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columns were s<yrEm 7nrs treat, and an adv ance
was deferred until there were $4,000 men In
the field. In Afghanistan the same mistake mas
twice been made. After the Treaty OF Gunda-
muk had been followed by the massacre Oh the
British embassy at Cabul, Roberts, with only
$500 men under his command, made dash Tor
the capital, and when he had reoccupied 1t bis
communications were cut of, and his position In
the city became untenable that he had TO retire
to the environments and fight for lie untii
Coughs force relieved him. Ii he escaped the
fate of Burrows's brigade, which was SUISSE
quently cut to pieces by the Heratose army, all
England trembled for him for an anxious fort
night. In all these instances the arrows have
been we'll aimed, but there has not been
strength enough in the bow. AT lsandula ana
beyond Candahar there was lamentable lack
of professional proficiency, but defeat has re-
suited from weakness of the rank and file rather
than frop weakness of the staff and Lack OF
tactical knowledge.
Now that another column has been over
whelmed by superior numbers in a now cam.
palgn, it becomes q serious question whether
British prestige throughout a worldwide
colonial Empire will not be impaired by series
of defeats attributable to the weakness OF the
Mother State as a military Power. 1t is true
that one. of the most competent men in the
British Army, Sir Garnet WOlseley, pointed
out few years ago that there were 133, 900
men in the United Kingdom available tor
campaign, in addition to $4,000 militia and
10000 volunteers and 100000 men in India.
Yet it was only with great effort that single
corps was placed in readiness for campaign IN
1878, and the strain of the preparations was SO
great that a return to the military establishment
of Pitt and Wellington was advocated in Par
lament. Sir Garnet Wolseleys 1884, 900 men
may be forthcoming at moments notice, but
emergencies are constantly arising in South
Africa and Asia, and the British garrisons and
columns are invariably too weak to do the work
assigned to them.
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NOT STRENGTH ENOUGH IN TIE BOT.

The British reverse in South Africa is to he
oscribcd TO the weakness OF General Cooley y
tuce and to the audacity of his advance. Find
ing during the last week of January that the
garrisons in the Transyaal were suTcndering
in quick succession, he set ont WIN l,2Oo ana
possibly 1900 men, not even waiting iOi inc
reiniorcements which had landed on the coast.
His plan was to relieve the garrlsons Ut once
and to restore tho authority OF the crown oe-
fore the Beers. ELF bOldened by their own sue
cesses, could receive irregular reIntorcements
from the Orange Free State. In fortnight he
was fighting to keep his communications open,
and now the column has been cut to pieces ana
its commander is among the slain. 1t IL easy TO
cIilicise General COleY Tor advancing INTO the
oncmy's country with an inferior force ana
assuming that European race would fight DO
bcttcr than Basutos. The Beers have always
bcen considered excellent maIksmen, but In tins
engagement they displayed the highest qualities
of good soldiers, charging intrenchmepts .oui
times with the same stolid courage shown ny
the Russians, when they were hurled, regiment
after regiment, against the earthwoiRs Ut
p,.vpo. But even if he unaerrated the fighting
qualities OF the Dutch farmers he is not to be
c,mpaign. Every success OF the British gen
era.s III Afghanisan during the last two years
has been triumph of audaciy. A commander
who finds himself fccbly supported in critical
emergency, with the risks increasing every
day. has no other resource than bOldness which
lacks little Of being rashness.
All the reverses sustained by the British dur
ING two wears have had common cause-in-
sufficient force. Zululand was invaded in jan
nary, 1879, by three weak columns advancing
from as many bases of supplies, and having u
single objective point The plan of the cam
paign was good bit Of tactical wOIk. But 1t
failed because neither column was strong Enough
to withstand the combined forces of the enemy.
While the commander in -chIet was reconnol-
trring with the main column it was surprised and
massacred almost to man. subsequently
Pearson was besieged for many weeks ut
Ekowe, and Wood, beguiled into raid, was
compelled to cut his way out. The three
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good service for honest money and public
prosperity in the course of his political ana
official life to have it supposed for a moment
that he would allow such blow to be struck
at the finances OF the country, with his aid, in
the last hours of his public career. Our
Washington dispatches state that the Presi-
dents veto will be prompt and vigorous.
1t will meet with the hearty APP
prevail of the country. The state
ment is also made that three per cent Fund
ing bill. shorn, however, of the obnoxious
fifth section, will probably be added in the
Senate to the General Deficiency bill and
passed Such a bill the President would
probably sign. If the loan should fail the
Democratic majority would alone be RESPONSE
BILE for the breakdown of policy which they
have persisted in choosing.
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M1rsrcAI; AND DRAMATIC NOTES.


"Tbe Black Crook will be revived at Niblos
Theatre next Monday.
RepetItions of 1.-THE School for Scandal" and
"'1he Guy'norn are to be given at WallacKs The
atre.
Edwin Booth will shortly act at Drury Lane Ihe-
otre London. in the character Of P5truco, FOR the
benefit of the Theatrical Fund.
Ills announced that Mr.. Hart Jackson has already
made an adaptation of " The Princess OF Bagdad,"
aud that this has been purchased by Miss Fanny
Davenport.
MIR. Locke Richardson has met with so much FAVOR
thls season IN his Shakespearean recitals at tn1
Union League Theatre that he is encouraged to gI;
a third series of them, and tins he VIII Degln mex"
week with 1.-The Merry Wives of Windsor"
PATHS performances at Monte Carlo were ex
tremely successful. SO many bouquets were show
cred on her that the supply of flowers on the island
ouickly gave out and all the neighboring ltailan
towns were laid under contribution; yet even tnen
enough could not be had.
The public rehearsal for the fifth concert OF the
symphony Society will take place at Stsinway han
this afternoon The programme is as follows: over
ture. magic Flute" Mozart '" cir, In Gentie
Murmrrs y from "Jephtha," Handel |; Concerto No.
y Saint-Saens (played by Mr.. Rummep; SYMPHONY
- ~ Schubert, The concert will occur on SATURDAY
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fionaI customs Of the period and Tue names OF ptoa
and people, habits, costumes, ete.


Mr.. Thomas ID. Jones. tho late Ohio sculptor. who
executed the Lincoln" aud the Soldiers Memorial
in the Capitol at Columbus. was at one time en-
gagged to marry the actress, Julia Dean. BE wished
her to leave the stage and she wished him to become
an actor. and In the disagreement the engagement
was broken. Mr.. Joness bust Of Lincoln is said to
have rival for faithful reproduction Of tie srk-
ing features Of that angular face The sculptor him
self was picturesque figure IN his more fourshina
days. He had q broad face. shaggy eyebrows and
iron-gray hair. worn long, hAf concealed under
wide-6rim slouch hat. A gray shawl, his INSOFAR.
able companion, was Hung around bis shoulders. a.
a Roman patricisn may be supposed 70 havo worn
his mantle. ht eg
Professor David Swing. in his sermon last Sunday
spoke feelingy Of the late Senator Carpenter aud
made this quotation from letter received last Sep
TENDER from the Senator: Whoever will read
Cicer0s Twilight Speculations about Duty and tho
Future Life remembering that perhaps he was the
fullest man of antiquity, the rpest scholar and stu
dent of the highest period Of Roman civilization.
and remembering that from the birth of Cmsar TO
the birth of Christ the only change that came to
civilization was a decline ard that Jesus belonged
TO an out-of-the-way people-a people apart from
the high tides of human greatness-and then will
read the Sermon on the Mount. cannot comprehend
how he can escape the conclusion that the difference
is not one Of degree but of kind That Jesus, sur
rounded as he was, could have promulgated system
of morals embodying all that Is most valuable IN !
the prior life of the world. and to which nineteen
centuries Of civilization have been unable TO add
thought or impart an ornament, Is TACT not tobs
explained by any ridicule.'
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Hancock had been elected.
The chief effect of the Funding bill. if it fails is
likely to be fresh damage TO the Democratic party
Trough the accession OF another unnecessary blum
der.
A full list of Cabinet advisers has been deter
mined upon by General Garfield although some Of
the gentlemen upon whom this honor is conferred are
not vet aware of the fact" What mingled emo
tons " this brief announcement from Washington
Yesterday must have caused in the bosoms of shrink
ing statesmen who have long fclt their own preem-
nrnt fitness to grace Cabinet chair! There are at
least "A Thousand of such statesmen who Derused the
dispatch with the profound conviction that at last
Justice was to he done them. II is the most heart less
piece Of information which has been published dur
ing this entire era of Cabinet speculation.
A veto Oh that River and Harbor bill would keep
green the memory of President Hayes for many
day in the bo,onls of the Texas aud West Virginia
statesmen They could be depended upon to re-
member Inn with warmth ak the rest OF their uaSs'
Sneaker Randall is the same sort of Democrat
that he always wns-n favor Of retrenchment and
economy in his stump speeches. and solid against
both in tho House.
The sages of the debilitated Democracy all agree
that Young men must be enticed in some way into
the Democratic fold. How can they be got in !
Liberal advertising with chrome rewards for allie
glance might do it, but decent record would be a
surer bat.
The Postmaster at Mentor is half persuaded that
the universe has come to Il sudden StaDdstill.
Where is Springcrf He ought TO improve tho
closing hours of Congress with demonstration OF
some sort worthy his fame The attention OF the
whole country is rivoted upon Washington now.
and if Springer cuts irst-class caper be will be
seen by an immense audience. That ought to arouse
INN If he and Sparks will join IN combination
nr,cuar exhibition every visitor tO the Capital VIII
rejoice that he IN there. and the rest OF the citizens
of the United States will be sorry they are not.
Let us not be too jubilauC during the inauguration
festivities IL should be borne in mind that the
time is solemn to several eminent statesmen.
Senators thurman, Wallace Eaton Randolph and
Herman step out of public life probably forever.
Mr. Thurman says he goes gladly, and ne probably
does, fer he must bc eager to lose sight of field
wherein he has made many mistakes. Wallace
takes his coffee pot under his and steps nimbly
out of view. wnkng slying as he disappears. and
tapping the historic vessel is VINO should say Il IL
improve il IN my SeciusOn aud have it ready for tho
party in 1884" Mr.. Randolph will devote himself
TO the study OF free-tTade, with view to ascertain
ing what man means when he speaks OF that doc
true as local isslle'
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TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRKIGN.-EdouardD rOuyn de Lhuys, the French
statesman. is dead. - The Irish Protection bill
has been approved by Queen Victoria, apo
Is now a law; the debate on the second
reading Of the Arms bill was begun yes
terday - Further details of the Count DE
Lesseps's plans and estimates are published -
The revolt in Crete is extending. - General
Roberts will leave London to-day for the seat OF
war in South Africa. - The official report on
the loss of the Bohemian is published.
DoMEs1Ic.-It Is considered certain that the
President will veto the Funding bill. - 1t Is
said that Senator ConkliDg went to Mentor to urge
representation in the Cabinet of the Grant element
in the Republican party. - The Senate Judiciary
Committee met yesterday, but took no action
mon recent nominations by the President. -
Governor Cornell has signed the bill amending the
Registry law for counties with more than 100000
inhabitants - Senator Aston has expressed de-
cded views against encroachments upon Central
Park. - Several thousand workmen In
the Connellsvle, Penn, coke region are on
strike for higher pay. - The 81.
Louis. New-Orleaps and Foreign Dis
patch Company has been organized at ST. Louis.
= The New-Jersey Legislature has passed the
Monmouth Battle Monument bill. - The local
option bill has passed the Delaware House. -
The New jersey Legislature passed resolutions COM
nlimenting Senator Sewell before his departure TO
Washington. - The Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Company has announced its March
prices for coal.
CoNGREss.-The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill
was reported in the Senate and its consideration
gaye rise to an animated debate - The De-
fciency Appropriation BILL the last of the general
appropriation bills. was passed in the House after
further debate the Funding bill was passed and a
supplementary bill offered by Mr.. Carlisle was also
passed.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-The injunction against the
telegraph union sought by the French Gable Com
pany was argued yesterday. - General Grant
expressed the belief that o site in Central Park
could not be obtained for the Worlds FAIR. -
The sale of the Coaie paintings amounted to
$4,000 At midnight Panchot was lead
ing in the walking match. - Captain
Williams replied to the Mayors charges about
street cleaning expenditures. - A German COM
mitted suicide in Flatbush by thrusting his
head in a furnace. - Gold value of the legal
tender silver dollars t4l2l2 grains) $3.50 cents
Stocks less active feverish and lower, closing weak
at partial recovery.
The WEAruER.-TRIBUNE local observations IN
dictate warmer partly cloudy and cloudy weather
with chances of light snow or rain. Thermometer
yesterday: Highest. 2S0; lowest, 30; average,
251so.
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Amnssmsnis ano Aisstiugs G0-nishi.

BIyou OPERA Housr-" SKIES and sevens'"
BOoTn,s lNEATRK--s' 100 WiveaD
DAIY's THRATRE-" Needles ana PlnA ,o-.,.~oy
HAvERLY's FIFTH AVENUE THEATss,, IN Pullman
HAvERLY's >IBIc's GAEDkS-"aoui'''e "
Palace Car" 9. rIoI,f,ssn
III o,soN souARE THEATRE =" Hazei krse'
p.sr THS xyRE-" Fresh. the American"
~ Ep ScTsCO MINsTREIs.
S1srnap IN THEATRE-" Bee Taylor .ro
I1,os SQUARE THEATRE-1:45-"C Camille" gre
licia." I'M. Yrrnorr,rrs
cu,cKrRNo HAIL-11-Lecture. s-New-fork homoe'-
nathjc Medical College commencement
srpi,HwAY HAII-2-SymphOpy Society Rehearsal
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General Grant is at last convinced that the
people will not give up Central Park even for
Worlds Fair. 1t is a pity that he should
ever have doubted their determination on that
point. At the meeting of the Executive Com
mittee yesterday it was said that the uncer-
uainty about the site had delayed subscriptions.
Now that the most stubborn OF sceptics can no
longer question the strength of the public SEN
timeDt to keep the Park inviolate, it is to he
hopeI that we have heard the last OF any
Suggestion of encrcachment. The necessary
million to start the work is not yet all raised
This is not surprising in view of the talk
about changing the site. But that million
must be raised Immediately, if the great show
is to be success. There has been far too
much delay already. A little more viii be
fatal.
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1t has been the general impression that the
Chambers Street Hospital was in charge of
men OF prudence and discretion. Public con-
fi,lence will be rudely shaken, however, by the
story in our local columns of the wanderings
of smallpox patient He was simply told to
90 to the Health Department-only that and
nothing more. He went in crowded street car
At the Police Central Office he strolled into
several rooms before he found the health
officials. There was something like panic
when his condition was discovered, especially
among some police captains whom he had
elbowed. The city could well spare few of
its captains, but a pestilence is not the best
means of getting rid of them. The negligence
shown in this matter was certainly amazing
and culpabe.
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II was only little more than year ago, while
denounciu.i ia one Of his Midlothian speeches the
invasion of the Transvaal as an act OF insanity,
that Mr.. Gladstone spoke Of the Beers as
free people, vigorous, obstinate and tenacious
in character as are ourselves" The stubborn
fight which these Dutch farmers are making in the
passes of the Drakenber0 proves that Mr.. Glad
stone did not overestmate the quality of iDhcXibie
determination which belongs TO this race when
aroused to resist what to them at least must seem
likewantOn aggression. The opinion is expressed
on every side that the victory OF the Beers
over General COlIey's command will arouse
Great Britain to more earnest efforts to subJugate
them. But it would be difficult to convince men
who are fighting for their homes that the way to
liberty lies through defeat. The lesson which these
battles should teach generous foe is that the
people of the Transvaal Republic are capable
of taking care of themselves That thoy have the
undoubted right of sclf-government has been pro-
claimed over and over again by the Liberal leaders
who now control tho British Government.
There is a bill pending at Albany which requires
creditors to pay the board OF such debtors as they
may cause to be arrested and sent to Ludlow street
Jail. 1t is very good measure to pass; it would
IN some degree lessen the number OF those who SUI
fer because of the malice of their creditors; but a
muCn more Slulpe, eHtctFc anu JU'V oili "ouiN w
one requiring the immediate examination OF tho
person arrested AS the law now stands, 1t is only
necessary to get up parte afidavits alleging that
the debtor about to leave the State and detraud
his creditor to secure the arrest of any person, resi-
dent or stranger here. Amend the law so as to re-
oure the production within twenty-four hours after
arrest of proofs of the fraud alleged, and many OF
the abuses will be corrected.
II NEWCOMERS had desired to array themselves in
sackcloth and ashes yesterday, the many barrels
lining the downtown streets would have provided
them amply with all except the sackcloth. Thanks
to the lnellciency of the Street Cleaning Bureau
our Ash Wednesdays come every week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-03

New-York is likely to get a tunnel under
the Hudson in good season, but the tunnel
under Broadway, which is an older scheme,
will hardly be completed in time for the
Worlds Fair. The enterprise seems to be
growing more shadowy and unsubstantial
every day. At the Corporation CounsePs
Office its charter is said to have expired, and
its President, General Mcclellan, apparently
cannot tell how much has been paid in for the
stock, while Mr.. Jewett disclaims all knowl-
edge of the scheme, although his name has
been used freely in connection with it. Evil
IDENTIFY New Workers will have to travel in the
air, when they are in hurry, instead of un-
dergrOund, for some time to come.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-03

An effort was made last night in the Senate
to 90 into executive session. but it was de-
feated. This leaves just one legislative day
in which the New-York and other nominations
ran he acted upOn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-03

The Funding bill has gone to the President,
and it will 20 back to the House. There is.
and could be, no question of the inten-
tions of the President toward such
bill as that which the House completed
yesterday, by rejecting all proposed amend
ments. 1t is bill TO organize panic,
bill to break down the National
banks; and Mr.. Hayes has done too much
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and the man spent the night In cell instead
of the lodgng-room.

The Lords lost their temper last summer
because the Commons did not give them time
to discuss the important measures laid before
them. Yet the Coercion bill is read for the
third time without discussion. and becomes
law a few days after it has left the lower
house. The interest taken by the acred and
consolledn aristocracy in public affairs seems
to have declined since last August, when the
Compensation for Disturbance bill was voted
down by an overwhelming majority, and
harmless Irish act thrown out from sheer i'm
patience. When the Land bill is sent to them,
discussion will again be in order.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-03

CAPTAIN Williams comes to the front promptly
in reply to the Mayors criticisms of the ex-
penditurcs of the Police Board for street.
cleaning with the cool assertion that it will
cost not less than a million dollars annually
to keep the streets in decent condition. He
blames the Aldermen and the Police Justices
for keeping the streets filthy, and apparently
with some justice in the case of the last
named officials. The Captain was evidently
in an unamiable mood. Perhaps his frame of
mind was due to the fact that he was thrown
from his carriage into the mud of Bleecker-st. a
day or two ago. and had an opportunity OF max
ing close personal examination OF the nth
which peIvades many of our streets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-03

Why man who wishes to end his life
should deliberately choose the most agonlzng
and horrible of deaths is a question for which
it is hard to find satisfactory answer. A
ghastly case of this kind is reported from
Flatbush. A young German OF despohoeIV
disposition, VINO had frequently threatened 10
kill himself, opened the door of furnace
forced in his head and as much of his body
rs possible, and was burned alive. He left
note saving that any one tired of life need
only initiate him. 1t is safe to say that he
will find few imitatOrs.