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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-10
GENERAL NOTES.

AS the long drouth appears at last to have
come to cnd It is Of interest to notice that as; week
the Albany County Grand Jury indicted man for lar
ceny in stealing an umbrella. This looks Ike the begin.
ming OF reform movement that will ultimately establish
the security of umbrellas as private property.
A Chicago correspondent, looking over mef-
can tile directory for 1872 finds ;he black list the
entry: 'Z-Guiteu, Chas j.. lawyer" Turning 20 tho
definition OF the letter ~" he finds: "Z-Ineome un-
certain and often precaIious. Defer indefinitely me
useless. No credit or fsVors should be g1yel.'
The funeral ear of the late President was re-
moved Friday evening from the public square 10
Cleveland 10 Lake View Cemetery. IL Is terstood tas
the cemetery viii at have bui't over
fine building, chiefly composed Of glass with franc
OF iron 1t will be located at appropriate dig
from the final resngpaco OF the departed frvsF
dent.
Last weeks "cold wave" did considerable
damage in the northern part Of this State and In tle
neigbborhood OF Saratoga springs Al Mechancye iee
formed one-fouTth Of inch in thickness and se'erh
florists lost many OF their plants At Eagle Bridge tbero
wac ice tnroe-fourths % inch thick. The irost ~
BallstOn was the first OF the season, and mae sau '
among flowers and plants
The weather is not yet quite cold enough 10
send ali the snakes 10 their winter qarers aud stofy
writers are improving the time. FrOn the "iahu U
steady habits" what The Waterbury AD'er'ea"
terms true red adder story house, beng removedw
a new site Is minus chimney; bat the inmates reina
one night last week 6he OF the house got up lVr
drinh-of water-and stumbled over something IN .io
room not there when he went to bed. He hit it "'" m
bare foot though, felt fanny and reached down anu
put his hand npon IL. II felt funny some more, anu Nv
struck match. Perhaps cold streak OF lightnins "
something almost uncomfortable went up ana WV
the marrow In his backbone about that ne FOR ne ~"
that he had been fooling around with red adder ~
feet long Il had evidently come In where the chmhe,
went out but fortunately the three cats IN the room s
worried II into OF stupidity Another saA e
fopd n tho house In Cue morning ana was uislion
To the happy hunting grounds to see us ma'e' iHs'"
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GRAIN And GOLD.

The past week has been one of very impOr-
tant financial and commercial events. A severe
break in the grain and provision markets ut
Chicago, with unusual shipments of specie
thither to meet speculative demands; q decline
in lake and canal freghts to the lowest point
ever reached; further decrease in the re-
serves of the New York banks, and consider
able stringency here and at Boston; q loss of
S6,S74,5 500 III bullion by the Bank of Eng
land, and an advance of its rate to 5 per cent,
have been among the more important events
of the week.
On Monday the grain market at Chicago
opened higher, with every prospect of a con-
tinued advance. The spectators for a rise
were staggered on Tuesday by the refusal of
Lyons TO make further deposits on corn con-
tracts; the Directors of the Board of Trade
virtually ruled that "corner" existed, and
that 62 cents for corn was the legitimate price
upon which margins should be adjusted, where
as the market price was over 10 cents higher;
and rulings were made to admit as Irregular"
large quantity of grain held in warehouses
not previously recognized. The result has
been q decline of about 10 cents in wheat
and ii cents in corn; though there was
some recovery after l o'clock on Sat-
urday, the closing prices were 81 80
for wheat against 81 43s4 on Monday,
and 63l4 cents for corn, against 76 cents on
Monday. Meanwhile there was also a decline
of about 40 cents barrel in pork, and half a
cent per pound in lard. Whether the combi-
nation for an advance is completely broken,
and has permanently lost its control of the
market, is matter of dispute, some main
tanning that the partial liquidation, the
considerable shipments eastward, and the large
volume of new "short" sales, have made the
clique stronger than ever for future opera
tons.
II it was one of the purposes of this great
combination to force freight rates to the lowest
point, by making it impossible to ship grain
from Chicago to the East with profit, that re-
suit was completely attained On the Sd, wheat
sold at 81 43a4 at Chicago. with only 81 As
bid at New-York, and corn at rs cents, while
it was offered at 76l2 cents here, and only
75l4 cents was bid On Saturday, the differ
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already exist witch might easily broaden lnto
an open quarrel, give them additional rea-
sons for expecting the new President to faii
out with his own party and drop into their
hands. Hence the honey. There is something
almost pathetic in their soicitude for his well
fare and their anxiety for his success. They
overflow with wise cOunsels and good ADVICE
They are especially anxious that he
should seize the opportunities now ar
forded him to get even" on old scores;
to go for" those with whom he has
heretofore had differences of one kind
and another to raise up his personal friends
and put down his personal enemies. Now Is
the time, they tell him, to redeem the fight OF
the third termers lost at Chicago; to bring
Mr.. Conkling back to public life and "sit
down on" his opponents to put an end to
the political ambition of THAT man from
Maine" and above all, to take revenge on
John Sherman, who, as Secretary OF the Treas
ury, removed him from the COllectOTshp by
ripping up the records of the Treasury and
showing Sherman to the world as a plunderer
and rObber
Indeed; the chief burden Of their counsels is
that he should lose 10 time in getting even
seems to them the most natural thing for a man
in President Arthur's place to do 1t is sort
of Democratic instinct. And they cannot con-
ceve the possibility of bis doing otherwise.
Though they talk etenally in q lofty way
about public Office being n trust to be dis
charged with sole reference to the public
veal, whenever Is comes to ease in hand
they cannot help showing that they look upon
it purely as a personal possession to be de-
voted to personal USES to reward friends and
punish enemies. If President Arthur is OF
their mind IN this matter or can be induced to
take their view of it, their hopes of prOiting
by his accession may not be entirely disap-
pointed. But they do not seem, thus
far at least, to have made much impression
on him or any great progress to-
ward his invciglement. Being human, and
having been so long engaged in the encOun-
tiers of active political warfare, he has prob
ably not needed to be reminded Of all the OPP
portunities offered him for rewarding friends
and furnishing opponents. But there is reason
to believe that he takes a much higher view Of
his responsibilities, and that there is nothing
further from his purpose than the things which
our Democratic friends urge him to, ard be-
licVe that he must necessarily do. They who
expect him to be President of faction; to
divide or betray his party; 10 pros
titute his Office or diminish its dignity, or that
the history of Vice-Presidents will be repeated
in him, will find themselves mistaken. No
President was ever more impressed with the
gravity Of his position, or more conscious Of
its embarra -ments and perls, and none, we
b.Iinyp was rver rnOrp tbOrOuphly imbued
with conscientious and patriotic purpose.
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PROSPERITY TH4T NAY NOT LAST.

PROSPERITY TH4T NAY NOT LAST
The president Of the Bucklayer5' Union gives no.
tcc by advertisement to members TO keep away
from all jobs not paying 81 per day. The notice is
worth comment aside from the arrogance and
treachery it displays. for the society agreed with
the Builders Association to fix he rate for the year
nj not more than 81 per day. and tho majority Of
con racts were made on this basis. The extraoF-
binary number of contracts made n great demand
for masons the rate put mp in SPITE Of the
compact and even now, late as the season is the
masons refrse less than 50 per day. On buildings
which have 10 be completed within bref time as
WallacRs Theatre, for instance, they have been
demanding and getting ~ 80 and even - per day.
The prices have attracted many masons from other
place, hut The demand seems not to have abated :;
anu the high prices for even .usSiiiul workucn
sul,provaIi. By the way, it is a singular though
not unnatural fact that the higher his wages the
less skill and raqility the average mason displays.
That is 10 say he will lay fever bricks at ~ per
day than al - 30. for the simple reason that when
be is working at the low wages that poor demand
Offers he has 90 work RAPIDLY and well 10 keep his
place. for others, on. Of work. stand ready to take
hi, JOB if he should b" dismissed. When Sorlmen
are few aud wage, high he works slowly, knowing
that if di,ms ed he 20 across the way and OBJ
tam another job at a moment notice.
The effect Of this oyer-busy building season on
next years business is very likely TO DE bad. Labor
and materials are equally and high ut present,
and ruling rates now viii affect all coutract-mak-
ing next year. Contractors who have been badly
bitten this year will be ebay about closing con-
tracts except at heavy margins of profit and,
consequently. owners will be deferred from build
ing ut any rate, extensively this year. Conse-
auently brck-makers ana brck-masons may reason
abr fear that their present onwonted prosperity
ia for a season only snperiuty Of money next
year. such a. now exists. may tend to make n busy
building season next spring, but 1t Is not safe to
count on it.
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crat to some contemplate Office "with money
in it, Are they not aware that, If dead
lock occurs about the Secretaryship OF
any minor place, men will ask why
they did not make equal resistance
to the choice of possible President Per-
haps the Republican Senators may see their
way clear to justify their course, without
making any resistance to the earliest and
most important step of usurpation. But II
they should fail to satisfy the demands OF
justice and to protect the public interests, the
responsibility resting upon them would be very
great
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Amnsements DO Nlaht.

Appry,s PARK THyATRE-"Le Voyage En- Suisse.
BlJoT OPERA HOUsE-"The MascOite.
BooTH's THEATRE-" Fools Revenge" .
GRKMANIA THEATRE" Der WidschuetZ, I'm
HAvERLY's FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE" hanleas.
p.yFntY,s I4rg STREET 1HRATKE-"'49" .
MADISON SQUARE THsATRE-" Ihs trOleSsor'
METROpOLrIAN CASINO -" Ohyette
SAN Francisco MINsTRELS. .
sTASDAED THEATRE-' Patience"
ITALIA THEATRE" BOcc9eciO"
THEA C0MIQUE--" Tne Major ..y
IJNIOS Sou ARE Tar TRE" FOrget-Ne-No f., 17icbtv
WINDSOR THEATRE -" Around inc "oii" -
Days"
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To-day the Senate meets in special session.
The object for which it is called together is to
supply the vacancy i'll its chair, caused by the
accession of General Arthur to the Presidency.
Some other business will be transacted, but 1t
will not be of urgent "A character that 1t
might not have been put off until the regular
meeting in December. The purpose of the
session, as everyone knows, is to choose an
officer to stand first in the order of succession
to the Chief Magistracy of the Republic, so that
in case death again removes the President the
Government may not be without head
This is very grave act, and one
in the performance of which all the
States have constitutional right to be
equally represented. Yet the Democrats, be-
cause they will be in a numerical majority
when the body assemblies by reason OF the
death of General Burnside and the resigna-
tons of Mr.. Conklng and Mr.. Platt, are de-
termined to shut the door in the face of the
successors of those three Senators and hold
the election with New-York entirely disfran-
chised and Rhode Island deprived Of one of
her two votes. The proceeding will be an
outrage on two States OF the Union. Yet who
can say that it will not be characteristic of the
Democratic party, which rarely misses an OPP
pOrtunity to obtain power by unfair means
The Republican Senators will no doubt make
q dignifed protest, and, regarding the election
as unconstitutional, will move to take sec
ond vote when their three colleagues are al
lowed to take their seats.
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Mr. Tilden steps quictl into the public eye and
whispers BY the way, Reform! J"
The New-York Democrats seem to be bracing
themselves up 10 the task of bouncing John Kelly.
They may be able to toss him up, but they will got
hurt when ne comes down.
There seems to be no doubt that the people of Ohio
will reflect Governor Foster tomorrow. Why they
should do otherwise there is no apparent reason.
The Democratic candidate has shown no fitness for
the Office and has given 10 re tsOn why the people
should trust him with it. He has given many
reasons why they should not From the day of his
nomination he has not opened his mouth save in
private appeals of the most offensive demagogical
kind He has travelled over the State mixing
with the masses, but making no effort TO show in
teliigent voters why they should support HIM.
The IRE ample reasons for voting against him, but
there l. one above and beyond all these: He left
the Il, publican party in order 10 give full swing TO
his desire TO Islander General Garfield. We do not
believe the people Of Ohio are in the mood to vote
tor that kind Of a man.
Mr.. Tilden is the same sly parsonage he always
was lie says in his letter: The truth is ran
for Governor in 1874 simply for the purpose of
tanning the reform movement tO which had given
the three preceding years" The truth is. and he
knows the public know it we'll as he does that he
for Governor IN 1874 IA order 10 run Tor GieSl-
dent in 1876 That is all that ever came Of his re-
form movement.
General Butler has dined with President Arthur,
and Massachusetts, has troubled visions of him
back again in the Republican party dealing out the
patronage Of th0 Bay state
Tammany IL going 10 the Convention tomorrow
400 strong. There's a nuClcus Tor lovely shIndy !!
Judging from the attluence Of vinegar in The
UorM newspaper the Outlook Tor the glorious
Democracy is just o trite bilious.
1t is lttlo curious thai Mr.. Tilden should seel it
incumbent upon him to bulge into public view with
letter Iilden and Reform. There was no
especial call for ii. The rumor which he names as
an excuse was not credited by anybody. 1t was
merely product OF a dull political season. He has
stated with, for him. unusual distinctness that he
does not care To run for Governor next year. but he
has declared in the same breath that the cause Of
Tldcn and Reform is still in motion: " All desire
for the Democratic party in the coming canvass is
that it shall make the best pos sbe choice OF cand-
dates, and do every thing 20 advance the principles
OF administration To which have devoted 50 many
efforts and sacrifices" In Other words: Keep the
party solid for ne and my Reform lie is the only
man IN bis party who represents his principles. and
every thing which advances them advances him.
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INem12lork Daily Gribnaae,
oUNpED BY HORACE GREELEY.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1881.
TIE NEWS THIS MOANING.

( FoREIGN-The Turkish Commissioners had con-
ference with Cherif Pacha, in the course of which
they assured him that their mission was intended
rs mark of the Sutan's sympathy with the
Khedive. - The Kings of Spain and Portugal
were present at bull fight, at Caceres, on Satur-
day. - General Prendergast has been appointed
Governor of Cuba. - The committee of the
Mexican Congress has reported in favor OF the ap-
proyal of the railroad concessions made by the Pres
dent IN the course of the recess of Congress.
DoMEsnC.-James Willett was convicted ycster-
day. al Glens Falls Of the murder of John Il. Pair
e Some of the delegates to the Democratic
State Convention arrived in Albany. - 1t was
learned on Friday at Washington, Arkansas, that
the seven captors of the Iron Mountain Railroad
thieves had stolen $4,000, taken from their
prisoners. 80 Paper of the South Boston Iron
Company was protested. on Saturday. 80 Apache
Indians attacked q station on the Southern Pacific
Railroad on Thursday. and there was a skirnish
with band of the same Indians near the Huachuca
Mountains on Saturday.
! CITY AND SUBURBAN-A jealous husband yester-
day stabbed his wife IN West Side butcher-shop.
- drunken carpenter shot his wife and let her
bleed to death - An account was gwen of the
loss of the British brig AlDhonse. 80 Germans
made ARRANGEMENTS to receive the descendants of
Baron Won Steuben. - Mr.. Beecher spoke of the
mobility of human nature - Democratic pre-
parations for starting to Albany were completed.
The NEATHER.-lRIBUNE local observations Indi-
cate cooler and fair or clear weather. Ihermone-
ter Yesterday: Highest. no. lowest, 56o average
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Let us hope the party will obey his wish and get In
docile condition for him TO lead 1t in 1884.

A good many Northern Democratic journals ara
grievOusly troubled about Malone, but we have
seen none of them grapple with the battle cry of the
Virginia BourbOns: If you desire to have the NH
lie debt readjusted vote the regular Democrats
ticket
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-10

Now that the autumn storms have begun,
tales of disasters at sea will be a frequent iea-
ture of the daily news. The one we print this
morning of the loss of the brig Alphonse has a
much better ending than most such narratives,
for the brave sailors who worked the pumps In
the rain and wind for a day and night with
out food or rest, and then took to an open
boat when their vessel could be kept afioat no
longer, were picked up after another twenty
four hours of exposure, hunger and desperate
rowing and bailing. The captain of the
schooner Mosely, which rescued them, was
made 10 suffer for his humanity by having his
vessel quarantined at Charleston because his
shipwrecked passengers came from Cuban
port The Charleston authorities might have
stretched their regulations in q ease like this
Evidently the sea had washed all trace of III
lection out of the poor drenched and furnished
sailors of the AlphOnse.
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If there is any moral difference between the
Arkansas train robbers and their captors it
would seem to be in the favor of the robbers.
The captOrs found upon the persons of their
prisoners $4,000 which belonged to the Iron
Mountain Railway Company and was the prin-
cipal part of the plumber of the train. This
they divided among themselves agreeing with
the robbers to pay their families one hundred
dollars year each and try to get them par
doned if they would say nothing about the
operation. One of the officers was troubled
with a conscience, and divulged the secret,
The robbers were sentenced TO seventy years
imprisonment 1t remains to be seen what
will be done with the officers who attempted
to enjoy the fruits of the crime without taking
It's risks. However Arkansas law may define
their offence they are meaner criminals than
the men they caught and handed over to JUS
tice.
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at least one change in the Cabinet will occur
during the extra session of the Senate. Mr..
Window is understood to have made up his
mind to leave the Treasury and return to his
old place in the Senate.
{ The new friendship between Spain and
Portugal which King Alfonso and King Luis
have so cordially begun may benefit both
countries by drawing them closer together
i'm their commercial relations, but it
will not be regarded as important
by the diplomatists of Europe.
, The death of James P. Brace removes de-
voted philanthropist from a peculiarly useful
Reld of practical work. The single fact that
Mr.. Brace found homes in the West for 10000
Door children is in itself an eloquent epitaph.
Few benevolent associations have been able to
do as much real service to the cause of hui
manity as the Children's Aid Society, of which
de was one of the active agents.
The country delegates TO the Albany Con-
yention will not be likely to miss the Oppor
tunity to punish John Kelly for defeating
Governor Robinson two years ago. His
chances for getting his men into the COnven-
ton are very slim. AS for the Irving Hall
representatives, they have no chance at all.
Their delegation is little better than paper
one. The County Democracy will rule the roost
ct Albany.
Ordinarily the office of President pro tempOre
of the Senate is place of no real importance.
Its occupant has no appointing power, and no
more influence in the Senate than is possessed
by other Senators. But now owing to the
calamitous death of President Garfield, the Of
flee is practically the Vice-Presdency of the
United States. This is the reason the Demo-
cratic Senators are SO eager to lay hands upon
it that they could not delay their caucus ac-
ton long enough on Saturday to go through
decent forrnality of consulting with the Re
pubhcang.
A frontier fiction admirably adapted for the
boys sensational story papers comes from III
Paso by way of Santa Fe. The passengers on
the Southern Pacific Railroad who came through
Wilcox, Arizona, Thursday night report that
battle was going on between the citizens and
the Indians of such tremendous character
that the firing of the guns drowned the noise
of the train. If the story were true the pas
sengers were towards for not stopping to help
the citizens, but we may safely set it down as
q pure invention. Numbers of the Apaches
are still ON the war; path, but Indians are much
too smart 10 attack towns on a railroad.
In the contest between the new County Or
kanization of the City Democracy and the
Tamnany Han faction the Irving hall people
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A fuller report of Mr.. Gladstone's speech at
Leeds. which we publish this morning, shows
that he took decided ground against protective
tariff legislation, and instanced the decline OF
American shipping as a signal example of the
injurious effects of protective system. He
seems to have overlooked the fact that with
the exception of our ocean carrying trade all
our industries are prosperous, while many inn
uortant English industries are in a state of pros
tration. If Protection is a bad thing, and
Free Trade is the true policy for all nations,
as English statesmen of Mr. GladstOne's school
believe, then the flourishng condition OF the
United States is an anomaly not to be satisfac-
tOrily explained by a reference to our great
extent of territory.
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In the contest between the new County Or
Eanization of the City Democracy and the
Tamnauy Han faction the Irving hall people