New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-01

-----~-----
Yesterdays warm rains did theiI best to srsuado
the frost into relaxing its hod upon tho earth. but
rarely has the first day of March brought with it
80 few tokens of spring. Not bud Is
swelling on the trees. not n buebird
has returned from tho Carolinas. hardly
a tinge Of green is gathering on the brown lawns,
and even the tough little stellarla whose white
stars twinkle, in ordinary seasons, every winter
day when they feel an hours sunshine still
holds its flowers tightly folded. A warmer yellow
on the twgs of the willow gives a faint prophecy
that the deep roots Of the trees are conscious OF
the coming spring, but 1t is winter which still
reens on the surface Of the ground.
People who are getting disheartcned on account
of the unusually long and unrelentng domination
Of the frost can find some comfort In the
thought that in our climate there is no
such delightful experience that of the
sudden bursting into life of tho renewed
year. These exceptionally rapid transformations,
when new world seems to DO born in n day, are
fine natural consequences of season like this and
we arc justified in hoping that Natures grand spring
,neniug will be unusually brilliant and successful.
In thoir action on the Funding bill, the Democrats
have sluned against light and knowledge. Ihey
cannot pretend that they had no warning OF what
,vonId be the result OF their stupid. pig-headed as-
eault the banks. AS curry 80
after the bill made its appearance in the
House. ex-senator Dorsey in letter to The TRlB-
USE printed on the Goth, pointed out very clearly
what wonld be the action of the 'banks if the meas
ure passed II the banks are forced to take
three per cent bond to maintain their cir
culationn he wrote, "in my Judgment nine
ont of ten will reduce their circulating notes to the
lowest possible point" This process has begun al
ready and IL sure TO 90 on II the Democratic scheme
for upsettng the finances aud business OF the coun
try is not blocked by Republican frmness in Con-
ress. or by Presidential veto in case that hrmness
is Of no avail.
Tho inpatient souls who In groups OF hundreds
gathered ut the ferries yesterday morning. INDUCED
IN expressions Of disgust not wholly unmlxed with
nrofanity ct the delays in crossing caused by the
heavy fog To be fogs are not absolutely neces-
sary to the happiness Of our suburban frendsj still
thew have claim to be considered. occasionally at
least as blessings in Disguise. Our fogs are not so
black as Hood has painted the London fog OF the NO
vember season, and they not wholly deserving OF
the anathemas hurled against that of yesterday.
There ia this consolation that while the fog prevails
the rivers are freed from floating Ice for, absorbing
the heavy moisture of the fog, the ice sinks to the
bottom never to rise again. II requires, indeed, some
stretch of good nature as we'll az Of Che imagination
TO train ones self to look upon the bright side OF
fog STILL science and the river pilots will tell you
that il has its uses.
II lisa little difficult to divine the motive or to
comprehend the character of the WOOnsocket hus-
band who mysteriOusly disappeared and left his
family in ignorance for twentyseven years that he
was at work in an adjoining state-unless he was IN
State Prison; then his reticence might have been
understood But this secretive person makes his
character still harder to comprehend by expressing
ON his return his disgust ut finding his wife married