New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-21

lists OF all persons who have been prosecuted,
showing the disposition of each case, and the
division OF the fines among those entitled to
fees By all means insist on such a return. 1t
may cause some CONSERVATION in certain mar
shals' and commissioners and district attorneys
Offices, but it will afford an excellent argument
In favor of the proposed reform.
We IDust respectfully suggest that our neighbors
in Philadelphia have rather ghoullike taste i'm an
tlqultes. They sending plenipotentiaries to
England and moving heaven and earth to get pos
session of many of PENIS bones as can be scraped
out of his to place under their public build
ings Yet they are allowing of the most singular
relics OF the Olden times to be DESTROYED relic that
has perpetual living interest The famous old
Botanic Garden of John Bartram is offered for SALE
and unless the city some individual nterferes will
soon be laid out in town lots. John Bartram as our
readers may recollect. was Quaker born natural
ist who from his earliest childhood gave himself up
TO the study of trees and herbs. He laid out this
Botanic Garden in almost unbroken forest on the
bank o. the Schuykll. and travelled thousands of
mules on foot to procure specimens His whole life
was spent IN this work. Linnaus pronounced him
the greatest of natural botanists In the Garden
overgrown with weeds it is. still stand the giant
trees, 1872 years Old which he carried home in slips
IN his pack from the wildemesses of the West or
from Europe and Asia The stone dwelling with its
inscription, " God protect John and Ann Bartram
I'3l still stands, in which the old botanist then
80 years of age. received Washington Franklin
Ialleyr1nd and every noted foreigner who visited
the Colonies and came to pay respect to him. The
Garden, with its history is still well known to
European botaniStS. Indeed, the visitors to il of
late years have been almost altogether tourists from
England and the Continent. Few Americans. how
those fond a. frees shr1,hc avor
heard of the place. Surely, Philadelphia will not
let 1t he destroyed There AT least two of
her citizens whom we con name that have enough
OF both feeling and money 80 save II and make it a
perpetual green reminder of the past.
Our English consIns are growing with every month
more nn aSy in conscience to the double miquity
first. OF com icling The Burmese to raise opinrn and
secondly OF forcing the Chinese 10 buy il. The Eng
lShman has an unfortunate internal construction.
lie wants money and will have it, even if he wrings
the life ont OF weaker nation 10 give it to him. Vet
he Is tormented by conscientious love of fair play
which forces him to cry " Hands Off 10 himself
II is qui in Keeping with tins national character
ISic 10 find in one column of The London Times the
fuil report made by Chief Commissioner Aitchison
"l bnil~h B1rnah, on the Change coming over the
Burmese III consequence of the of this drug II
" destroys the nerves. cinacatcS and diseases the
BODY, "nicebles future generations, and fills the
J'lis' lie had received Populations from the
most influential Of the Burmc.e protesting against
the misery forced on their people bv the Government
traffic IN opium. In another column we are given
counter testimony to prove that all Oriental peoples
must have stlmulant, and that while the children
born of parents who haliually take opium are
strong AMI not 100 numerous those who are born i'm
an misunderstanding community are prcdsnosed TO
hIIocy and disease. John Ban not only belongs TO
that class whom Hawthorne calls the "unfortn-
"A In l,lt ], -.
bat to the slll more unfortunate who know the
best road and pcr~is,entiv follow the worst No
where VIII we find condemnation so vehement of
the British cNhaus i've policy toward her colonies
undergraduates a. in ,hc i,alilg English journals
50 far he efforts of vi. Harrison. the agent ap-
pointed 10y the Governor AMI Legislature of Penn
sylNauia 10 negotiate for thc removal of PENIS re-
MAINS have not mt with success. The trustees of
Jordan', Burial Gronud oourtcously refuse the an
ph'aton. some oi the reasons given are similar in
effect and almost identical in lancuage with those
suggest d bN TIE IHBrNE. 1hcV show that the
trustees fee that guardians OF The rights of the
dead they ere bound to consider the known charac-
ter of ia" sentiments oi the deceased. The refusal
10 accodc TO the request may be right but the
ground of refusal is open 10 objection William
Pcnn'S life closed in ohscuriy and he knew moi thai
the seed he had planted iu another continent wonld
grow up and bear great fruit. Had hc known this
he might have preferred 10 repo>e the great city
he founded IN the New World. where his name is
idcntinrd with mighty success rather than To resi-
amid the scenes where IA life close in comparative
poverty and failure. We mast wait now 10 hear
whether Mr. Harrison accepts This Gcci sion rs final or
whether he viii adopt some other procedure and
attempt to st aside tin action al the trustees
The class of 1850 of Brown University has organ
zed movement to secure AN appropriate memorial
of the late Professor Diman. icv proposc to es
tabsh fund Of at least $1,000 the ANIMAL in
come OF which shall toe applied to the purchase of
works on medieval and modern history The fund
will he called the " Diman Memorial Fund.- and
the WORKS purchased viii be placed in an alcove i'm
the University Library known rs the Diman Me
mortal Acovc." There will not be the slightest
difficulty, probably. IN raising the fund. No enemy
of Professor Diman ever went forth from the IIui-
versity. and there is not of the graduates who
enjoyed the privilege of his instruction who will moi
he glad OF an opportunity to contribute TO suitable
memorial of him.