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New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
PERSONAL.

J.P. Cobbett the third and last surviving son OF
William Cobbett, has just died in his seventy
seventh year.
George Stevenson. the inventor Of the locomotive
,yos horn June o. 1881, and IL is proposed In Eng
land formally to celebrate bis next birthday.
The Baroness Burdett-Coutts is not coming to this
country. as was reported. She has recovered from
her recent illness.
The anxiety concerning Mr. William Walter
Pbs4ps's safety, aroused by unfounded newspaper
renorts of his having been in tho Opera House at
Nice ON tho night of the fire, is set at rest by dis
match from Mr. Phelps received yesterday from
Florence.
The Bible which sturdy John Brown road Ia prison
be nresented to j. +. Blessing. of Charlestown, Va.
Tn Il he wrote: "There is no commentary in the
world so GOOD in order to O right understanding of
tins pleased book as honest ohildlike and teach
able spirit"
The late James SpeddIng-the most enthusiastic
and learned of all the editors of Bacou-met his
death under the wheels of o hanson cab. He was
deaf and did not hear the approach of the vehicle.
His injuries resulted In erysipelas, which carried
him of In four days.
The marriage Of Prince Oscar Of Sweden and Prin-
coss Victoria of Baden will unite the two dynasties
of Wasa and BernadOtte. The Princess is directly
daacended ON the fathers side from the last King Of
the house Of Wasa. Her grandmother was o dRugh-
fer of GlIstavus w., who abdicated and lived at
Eeipslc afterward rs Colonel Gustavson.
The Countess Pourtales. lady who In her youth
was a special favorite Of the Empress Josephine
lately died at Geneva The Countess preserved
her faculties unimpaired to tho last although she
lived to the great ago of eighty-nine She had On
excellent memory and was D brilliant talker
possessing almost inexhaustiblo fund OF aneedots
concerning the times and personages OF the First
Empire.
The present Car as ayouth disliked study, ant
his easy-going father let him have his own way ant
congoled himself In rejecting that after all IL wa
perhaps well not to instruct too highly second son
| Alexander I'LL is rough soldier, and hin manner
| have a guard-room sayor. They we're much rude
| whom no married the gentle Dagmar whose indu
enca over hisp IA manR Wase has bean oxcellent "
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
;Nssp;1l Daily Grihm'rss
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
SATURDAY, MARCH &c. 1881.
THE NEWS THIS M0KNLNG.

FoREIGS.-The British Government was sustained
hv majority of 90 in the vote on the Candahar ros-
CLINTON in the British House of Commons last night.
- Mr.. Gladstone was a witness in the Lawson
Iaboucbere libel case yesterday. - The Grand
National Steeple Chase at the Liverpool races was
won by Captain Kirkwood's WOodbrOOk. - lie
Beers had retired from Laing's, Mex, by Thursday
evening. - The terms Of the last otter made Dy
Tnrey for the settlement of the Greek claim are an-
bounced.
DosFsrTc.-The session of the United States Sem
nte yesterday was devoted entirely to debate on
the resolution for the election of officers OF that
body - The President made further nomlna-
tons yesterday, including those OF X. H. HIT, Oh
Illinois, to be MISUNDERSTANDING OF State, ana OF
Nathan w. Spauidng to be Assistant United STATES
Treasurer at San Francisco. - Lleutenant-
rsovernor Hoskins is seriously i'll. 80 The Com
mission to revise the Military Code of New-York re-
ported to the Legislature yesterday; the Astor
hin forbidding the use Of Central Park for
exhibitions or fairs was reported in the Senate; IN
the Assembly q resolution approving the nomna-
lion of Senator Robertson for Collector OF the Port
pf New-York was passed. 80 The New-Jersey
Constitutional Commission was appointed yester-
day: the Legislature adjourned without day. -
The Grecpback and ProhibitOry Conventions of
Rhode Island nominated State tickets yesterday.
- Colonel +. A. Roberts, the inventor of the
torpedo for oil wells died at Titusvlle, Penn, yes
terday. == In fight with revenue officers in Lee
Comfy, Va, three Illicit distillers were killed.
CRY AND SUBURBAN.-Witnesses were examined
yesterday by the Grand Jury, which is inquiring
Into the management of the Street Cleaning Bureau.
"A suit was begun in the Superior Court to
restrain the distribution of the $19 900 600 residue
,sommon stock of the Notthern Pacific. @ Two
Assembly committees began Investigations Of GER
tam industrial and commercial interests in this city.
- The Whitaker trial was continued. -
Gold value of the legal-tender silver dollar (412l2
erains), s7.7e cents 60 Stocks active and higher,
slosing excited and buoyant.
THE WxATuER.-TRIBUsE local observations In
dicate cooler and clear and partly cloudy weather
followed by light rain. Thermometer Yesterday
highest. .45c lowest, $40: average 3Siso.
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
DtRT AND DISFIG UREMENT.

A Anumber of objections were made in the Senate
Yesterday TO the Mayors Street Cleaning bill. The
nroyislon giving the Mayor sole power to revoke
contracts was stricken out, and Senator McCarthy,
who pronounced the bill "remarkable for many
veal pointsD objected 10 the unlimited power given
to the Mayor to make contracts, and to the provi-
sions which authorize the street-Cleanng Superin-
tendent to lease docks erect crematores for refuse
and make other heavy expenditures without other
sunervision than that Of the Mayor. The bill was,
Gnallv reoommitted with the understanding that 1t
sboll Ina reported back next Tuesday with such OF
IN. features of the streetcleanIng section OF tho
NcCarthv Charter as il may be found desirable TO
adopt
We still think there s a serious objection to one
feotnre of the Mayors bill-the clause which en-
novers the Mayor 80 10 make rules and regulations
for keeping the streets clean, which are TO nave oil
the force and effect Of city ordinances" We cannot
o,,o ton strin9ent ordinances on the subject, but
% ought not TO be left to the Mayor to make them.
for then he or q successor may change them at WILL
MAYORS after all are mortali they frequently
des,re reelection; they cannot be always
demanded upon to do unpopular things.
and the opportunities for offending indi-
,idroIs in carrying out measures for the general
"od Will be very great under this bill. The Mayor
should he required to enforce well defined ordi-
oucos Let him make as many rules and regulations
90 ho likes. bat require him to accomplish certain
,h,nqs and specify these in the bill. Revoke the
licenses of all street-booths abolish the hand-cart
nmsances of small pedlers limit builders to their
own property for the storage OF materials; compel
sbopkeepers to stop displays of goods on the side
woIks: punish the mixing of garbage and ashes IN
one common recoptacle compel householders to keep
,hose receaoes within doors until the streetclean-
ara call for them and make 1t fine to litter up the
straets in any way. The bill, az now drawn,
rocn,res the police to report violations OF the
contemplated rules and regulations of the Mayor,
ard to make arrests of viOlators. Go even further
than this and punish tho officer for failure to report
Go still further and name sum as fine for any
violation of the law giving half OF it to the in'
,ormer. The police will not report and arrest II
thew are not to be punished for failure to do their
dntv. neither will citizens in many cases, complain
70 thew are not to make something by 1t. Such q
nrovision would turn all citizens into inspectors
And while at it why not embOdy clause which
1l remove the obstructionsOf the street Overheadf
Projecting signs. awnings, banners suspended across
,he streets are eyesJres which ought to be abol-
isbed. They are o most hdeons deformity in city
which would be beautiful without them. They are
already designated as distractions, but anybody is
at liberty to obstruct 80 long he pays small fee
to n useless and expensive Bureau Of the City Gov
ernment
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
TIRE DEMOCRATS AND THE BANKS.

Senator Voorhees, leads the Democratic party
in a Iaid upon the National banks. Senator
Thurman, it will be remembered, took the
same course several years ago, and the net
resnlt is that Mr.. Thurman is no longer Sem
ator. 1t Is possible that MIR. Voorhees, will
have better fortune but the sober second
tbonpht of the people will neither support nor
excuse an attempt to break down the best
banking system ever devised. Mr. Thurman
was AN abler man, and had greater inhu-
ence in his party than Mr.. Voorhees, has, and
he chose most favorable time for his appeal
tn the anti-bank feeling. Yet he did not pre-
vail. because shrewd men, even in his own
marty. saw the folly of making war upon a
system 80 safe and beneficial. 1t will be most
surprising if Mr.. Voorhees, does not speedily
find that he has mistaken temporary irrita-
tion for determined popular hostility.
Undoubtedly there was much hostile feeling
toward the National banks, when their efforts
to save themselves from injury caused quick
contraction of the circulation. A great
many men looked upon the course of the
hanks as the result of combination
70 defeat the three per cent funding bill, and
this gross misconception has not yet been re-
moved from many minds. But the truth,
though it travels slowly, is steadily making
nroeress. Thousands of business men, who
were very angry about month ago, have
taken juster and calmer view Of the facts.
They see that the bankers who surrendered
currency acted without concert, in more than
twenty States. each in haste to get out of the
note-issuing business before the threatened
change in the law should take effect, and that
they did precisely what their most severe crit
ics would have done in the same circum-
stances. They see that the banks have per-
feet right to give up the business OF issuing
notes whenever they think it safer to do SO,
and that no one has any right to COMPLAIN.
NJ the people, through Congress, make it un-
profitable for banks to issue notes. they must
assume the whole responsibility for the con-
traction which they presumably intend to pro-
duce.
After all, the main question is whether IL Is
for the public interest to cut down and con-
tract, tl,e bank cireuiati0n- If II ia then there
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
rHe NEW.JERSEY LEGISLATURE.

The Legislature Of New-Jersey which came
to final adjournment at noon yesterday 40. ;.
serves grateful recognition both for Wna' !"
did and what it refused to do. This mas Deep
an unpro6table season in Trenton for JoDOeIs
and strikers, and general lobbying has noC
proved a remunerative industry. rev oD-
iectionable bills reached the Governors
room. and the vetOes of his Excel
lency have In the main been saiutary.
II has been demonstrated over again tnat
some modification of the constitutional prohi-
bition of local legislation must be made before
suitable laws for the government or the diner-
ent cities of the State can be hoped 1or, ana
the creation of a commission to suggest amend
ments to the Constitution was one OF the most
important acts of the session. Apart from
the Reapportionment bill, which will insure
to the State the blessings Of Republican
Legislature, the measures of most pracucai
utility are the act to equalize the distrlbu-
ton of school money and make the schools
generally free without district taxation, the
act to give the higher courts jurisdiction In
contested tax levies, and some of the proVl-
sions of the act for county government.
There is disposition on the part OF some
jealous Republicans in the State to criticise
the Legislature for adjourning before the 9th
of April, on which day the official term of
Secretary Kelsey expires. 1t is held that II
the vacancy happened during legislative ses-
sion the Governor would be constitutionally
unable to reappoint him ad interim. But grant
ing this, it is difficult to see why the Legis-
lature should feel called on to remain in ses-
sion for fortnight after its business was
concluded. No doubt it was wise to reject Mr..
Kelsey and leave the Governor responsible for
him until next winter. This will make an issue
upon which Republicans can safely go before
the people at the fall election. Meantime the
contention as to the construction of the law
under which the distribution of printed slips
to the newspapers has been made such a fer
tile source of income remains to be settled by
the courts, as it should be.
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
RlNqS, QUESTIONS AND AEsWERa
VIRGINIA FINANCE.
TO the Bdstor Of rae Tribune.

TO the Edftor OF rae Tribune.
SIR: Will you please give answer through
the columns your valuable paper for the informsoi
of myself and others, to the following questions, viz
First the origin Of tho terms "Debpayers" aud "Read
usters In Virginiaf Secondly, what Il the dierenc
between the two parssi Please accep thanks for 7ou
admirable articles unfortunate clty. for thet
olearness and accuracy thus placing the true conditos
OF our city before the public, especially thearce nBdei
the head OF The NewJersey Legislature, OF the 14u
inst In consequence OF our trouble property has de
preoated 40 much In value that IL does not pay the taxed
assessed and We have the prospects Of having what t,
property remains swept away through maadamnses In
tha t.x levy Because we wish TO adjust dsst Oh
such basis that can be aole 60 pay dollar Tor ccsr
RfSSfrs R%SsS not sras though Ioand sss
susIlS,SSaiiA usIEisaSsiA NJ J.. March 10. 1881
ITbe terms Debtpayers aud Readjustersp weu
frat heard in 1877, when members of the Virgins
Ieeisature were elected with special reference TO
the settlement of the debt question: In the follow
inc wear the division In the Conservative tof Demo
cratic) party on the debt question became mort
marked, aud in 1879 the Readuster party. of which
Senator Malone is the leader, was organized. The
Senator'S statement of the position of his party wa
published In TRg TRIBUNE OF January 8. and on
February ex-Secretary McCulloch's reply wa
priuted These articles will give our COZ respondent
the information be asks for. Briefly stated. the dt
farenee between the two parties Is this In 1871
the Debtpsyers, after consultation with the bond
holders. passed an act recognising . debt OF abou
$50 O0O, ,OOO and agreed to pay three four and five
ner cent interest on tho new bonds. The Readlust
ers repealed this law. and in 1880 passed on.
recognizing debt OF about $20,000.000. and
Offering new bonds at three per cent. lhis bill wa
Ito have been submitted to the peope
but 1t was vetoed by the Governor. The Read
iusters do not recognize as the Debtpayers dol tat
interest which "nccrued during the period OF wn
and reconstruction and which was capitalized "
the Funding Act Of 1871. 1t is chiefly by "elims
mating this item that they propose to reduce tns
debt to $50 000. .0o0.-
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
b.s strong Affection f0r bar and ssApy dsIssss5

hss . strong affection for hsr and zsauy deszsss1
virtues. y 81
There Is picturesqre story going sbout rAnasa
to the effect that Mr. Carlyle was > tsrribIs dos
mestic tyrant Mr.. Yates ssys thst ct breskfsse
time the Scotch philosopher would como dow{
grumblipg. and elsnoing ct tho welLsprsad bosrz
declare the food fo be un6t tor dos. Mrs Csziylt
thereupon would order the ssrvsn3 10 TAXA tha
despissd viands back to the kitchen. Presently.
when the philosopher was beginning to grow des.
perately hungry, his spouse would order the cano
dishes TO be brought back, which hor husband M
medately proceeded to deyour with in{nits reliS1
and without any more ado. No wonder thst IL
sage considered his wife greater womAu tn
either George Sand or George Eliot.
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
AM IMpoRrANT CORRECTION.

To the Edttof OF THe IFsVH"~
SIR The table you published in The IRiB.
usE Of yesterday morning showing the valne o. .u
real estate and personal property In the sxy couhs
IN the State of SewYork. as having just been
IN the Census ofce IN wasninsson s .ne ss.s
vaua AZ ths real estate made at Albany by the sisn
poara Of Equaisaton on the l9lh Of sepiempss' ioN
on basis OF SO per cont Of the full value q tne .cn
estate OF ali the cofss with occasional -
subtractions, as made by the State Assessors 10
upon tho oatns Of the supervisors and assessors n ~
the counties except New-York. And 70 he odsai.os
yalue OF the rial estate In she ccuup nom sue uens
once. Is simply added the assessed value y 'o
tantIler of sfatistsco m thS Census s.4''
nae stss efrQs, Tue fa veA9 y ~ tes' ~
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
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ConpoR ALTON NOTICES 7A Page attn coIunu'
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EUROPEAN ApyERTIsEnENrs-- % 4 tegnns teg0nns
FINANcIAI--7h Pdge-3d and 4th Columns
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New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
INDICTING OFFICIALS.

If the object of the street-cleaning investi-
cation, now in progress before the Grand
Jury, is to secure the indictment of the Police
Commissioners, there is little to be said In Its
favor. The conviction of q hundred Police
Commissioners would not clean the streets, or
reform the irresponsible and rickety system
under which they have become so filthy and
80 dangerous to health. And it is by no means
likely that the Commissioners could be con-
yicted. In National affairs it has long been
settled that impeachment does not impeach.
The jury invariably fails to agree.
Soin local matters, indicted officials almost al
ways escape through some loophOle in the law.
or through the discovery that, however unsuc-
cessful they may have been as public officers,
there is really no good reason, either in law or
Justice, for indicting them and subjecting them
TO legal penalties. The city has undertaken a
number of these costly enterprises, only to
find at the end that the money spent upon
them had been thrown away, and that the
last state of municipal government was, at
least. more ridiculous than the first. We have
had enough of these elaborate farces. in which
the laugh always goes against the prosecution.
II the Grand Jury inquiry is for the purpose of
making a presentation upon the subject, which
will be regarded at Albany as authoritative,
no one will have n word of objection. The
members Of the Legislature seem to be deeply
impressed already with the earnestness OF
nublic sentiment here in this matter, but it
will do no harm to remind them that prompt
AZ we'll as wise action is needed.
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26

,.bo ,ofr.s. to vota the Democratic ticket IA tnS
south is persecuted and denounced Just 90 he
Enumeration hold aloof from that sectlon. a-,shIn
hittsr tsf in the world about Northern
and sectional animosty wil aseii nOsaiDs'
Tho r,r.ro, oomnl,o,eut paid to Senator Robert
.on bv gentlemen Of both political parties at Albany
would seem TO prove that shose who know him Dcss
esteem him as man of exceptional worth. 80 iaI
as heard from no one dissents from the opinion Oh
hia legislative associates. And by the way. - s
poeeibe that one reason why he has been t
CollectOr of the Port can be found 10 tno LA,s S~
President Garfield estimated him at his proper ya,uo
and knew him 20 be an excellent man Tor tne pace'
There is q noticeable caution among the POLITICAL
prophets Just now about making predictions con-
cernng the course of the Administration. botn inc
President and his Cabinet are attending strictly 70
business and they all nave RreaO aoihUy Ia A0op-e
their mouths shut
Is this Blaine's or Conkling's day for bosSng sn
Administration that seems quto able to boss itself
Respectfully referred to the able editors VINO were
caught out In the wet without an umbrella on 1no
day of Judge Robertsons appointment
Incredible as it may seem, there is apparently
split in Judge Davis's Independent Party Oh one
Ex-Speaker Randall has appeared In washington
with the luminous observation that the hepuonoahs
beOin 10 realize the magnitude Of President
HAYeB0 Dl1nQeE IN VoUOluB bno AsOAuNo
Oh, do theyi And how did Randall tnd IL QUIZ
There is no Republican on the surface OF affairs VINO
thinks it was blunder to veto a bill which pro-
posed short bond at three Dor cent at time when
long bond at three per cent with lottery cnanco
attached sells in France for only 1914 IL isn't Gne
first time that what the Democrats cau Dluhuer
has proved to be what other people cal wlsuom'
The point for the Democrats to decide is-has
Judge Davis also "sOld Out"I
Senator Hoar takes altogether too traR1cal view
of the obstructive tactics of his Democratic col
leagues. They are not plotting treason. revolution
or rebellion They not plotting anything In par
ticuar They are simply following the bent of their
original genius for putting themselves into hole,
which they will be compelled to crawl out or ana 70
crawl out backwards at that
Nobody has arisen yet to say tnat Judge hoDert-
son is not first-class man for Collector. Even tne
extreme or niucompoop wing Of civil service re-
form theorists admit that while they wall over inc
partisan complexion" OF the choice.
The way to get Office under this Administration Is
TO stay away from Washington and make no apph-
cation, either oral or written. This has been 90
clearly demonstrated this week that thousands OF
modest and retiring American citizens take up their
mail every morning with q sort OF nervous tremOr
legt they find in it letter announcing 0tpclauy
their appointment to some high position.
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
MUSICAL NOTES.

Tschaikowski has just produced a new opera,
"The Maid Of Orleans" in st. Petersburg.
Mr.. stanford's new opera, The Yelled Prophet of
Kborassan,n is to be produced in London by Carl
Rosa.
Tho young violinist, Maurice Dengremont, and
MFR. Hubert dc Blanc. pianist. will appear at the
Metropolitan Concert Hall tomorrow evening 10
CONJUNCTION with Herr Rudolf Bal and his Or
cheRtra.
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26

rulers wise enough to understand these re-
sources and shrewd enough to learn rom eno
outside barbarians how to develop tnem'
There are few civilized nations In as gooo
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26

When Senator Edmunds informed the tiSsue-bal-
lot operators OF South Carolina that they must "un-
derVo the inconvenience Of allowing every man ono
voteD il they wished to draw new people within
their borders he uttered great truth which II be-
hooyes them TO ponder well. So lonR % every man
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26

.yudee Robertson's nomination for Collector
now has the public approval of all his asso-
ciates In the Legislature of both parties. A
resolution of warm commendation, and en-
bodying o petition that the nomination be
confirmed, was passed IN the Assembly yes
terday, following the example Of the Senate
the day before.
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
4 .nse,n.rlts ans ftlsaiuas ao-aisAl.

A.. nr~v on Musrc--e-e Islcia a Lamnefrmoof
blyog Ofa1n ~ ana g.. yoyagers IN Southern
Seas .x acs,a.,ei,a a at school, &
1919 ~, q, lapYS-2 and g." Black Crook.
aAvxsLrS fiSTa AvEEUE THEArnE-2 ana -
.SsasSs measSi ara STREET rHzArRE2 and sAast00on
:. Minstrols. e.oc- 20 tfazal Kirke.p
=, ~ Sas and S-s' Fresh the Americah
SAE FRANClsCo MMsTIEIs12, Z, and i,u,ss rsv,orp
TIs,cs s.,t. pY THEATRR-1.z5 and S;20. aud
WAIIscx's TaEArRI-l:30 and s-"old heaus anu
Young Hearts"
1suNHELL's MUsEUN x,.,,,,,on
,rax $1,000 aHA1y-Et tertainment. 2:30-Lecture.