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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-16
THE STREETS or NEW- YORK.

How long before New York City will become
uninhabitablef The question has OfIon been
asked in Jest but the events OF this winter have
demonstrated that it must be asked i'll sad and
sober earnest before long, unless new modes of
managing can be devised. AS to health, tho
city certainly is not improving. Its streets are
becoming more and more inadequate for the
NOV ement of goods, the passage of private
teams ana foot passengers, even in the hes: OF
weather. it's harbor is filling up with the ship
loads Of stuff empted into it each month, and
vet the streets are in condition that is posi-
lively intolerable.
The street cleaning problem, New York be-
gins to discover, is not quite so easily solved as
some have supposed. There was u prevailing
impression, not long ago, that ineflciency of ad
ministratiOn was the real cause OF the bad con-
dition Of the streets When Captain Williams
was selected to have charge of the street clean
ing it was generally thought that his energy
and ambition to earn public favor would either
solve the problem or bring to light the precise
changes in methods or laws that were needfu
to secure decent, healthful and safe condition
Of the streets. Even those who had carefully
investigated the subject, and who knew that
neither Captain Williams nor any other man,
however capable could overcome the difficult
ties existing with resources ut present provided,
had some hope that the practicability OF keep
inc the streets in good order, with enlarged APP
pliances and means, might be demonstrated
1t is the simple truth that the efforts OF Captain
Williams have only served to make the situa-
ton appear more hopeless. His very first at
tempt TO clear only one street after moderate
snow storm not only resulted in dismal failure,
but proved that the entire resources of the de-
partment, employed according to the present
methods, were entirely inadequate tor the per-
Torrance Of that small fragment OF the work
that ought to he done. Moreover. his explana-
tons of the obstacles which prove insuperable
are in the main sensible, practical, and deserv-
ing OF attention.
The Street Cleaning Department has moved,
from December II 20 January II, period of
about three weeks, 1885 loads of snow, and
81 ,844 loads of ashes and other refuse The
accumulation of ashes alone, at this. season of
the year, is about 1850 loads daily. The cold
weather and the hard hauling have used up the
teams; the men cannot be prevented from
Sinking work, especially III bad weather; aud
the pay is less than private employers or cor
porations give for similar work, while the de-
mand for carts far exceeds the supply. In hard
weather the men are liable y be crippled at
their work by FROST while the boats get blocked
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-16
BITS OF CRITICISM.

GEORGE ELIOT GREAT TEAcHEe..Snss
great teacher. For all who read het Doess
felt 6y hundreds aud thousands OF men aud women
In proportion as IL has been felt II has added wossn
disuy TO their lives NO n9vest mas eyer ors sieyst
ing influence upon Der readers. Ihe ossenthi wssrv
The s sr rSl and le more real historical value
EIols writings lies in the act that they are m~ ~
the Intellectual Influences operative In this las q
Of tue nineteenth century among US. Tue july y
science has often spoken 10 us In modern noscs sSbs
has that Of poesIy but fs.s has never heard
novels OF george Enot Since the poet OF HALE ~.
lived ana wrote few have approscssd 20 and
charactern the faculty Of appreciating the onssaf
elements 10 the tiagieemedy Of lfe--as the ass's.
Adam Bede. "-tIondon Standard. tl
GEORGE ELIOT's Work FOR WOMEN.-EvFea11
II she had written no novels the force and
the intellect, the colossal strength OF the n
the woman who, five and thirty years ago. c0ua 40
the requirement OF culture her noDlest inLei.ss. s
VINO could ud the pages OF Strauss lisht
u dark place, would assuredly not have been 'Sscs
their lasting effect and their loving memorial, ss
Iaut sometimes comparatively simple. somettmss w M
veously complex, and the more complex 80 n a. ne
death o. George Eot will BE- great at The nsss
the shock felt at the death OF more ihan on s,mu
She moved 10 regions remote from the purely s Ssf
mental. To ordinary women her nature AZ wc 20
mo- one ever fought more earnestly for ths emedyaS
those expressions under which women are comPSh0~
live and To iabor.-lLondou News. r
Nix. BOOTH's BEIIUCCI0.-With the exc ~.
ton touches In air. irvings Matnias, srs ar
not remember 10 have within the last few ~
piece OF acting NJ once daring and 90 sacces naSs
THIS The least sep In the wrong orectlon wous HI
Il az once the opposite VI what - M bootn "a
It U.s. In other passages which arc nefs er -
same kind but which make hos demand upyu 49, sorra
capaelty ar at once expressing aud CONTINUING ~
Of conflicting emotion Mr. Booth s e. y esr shnsss
markedly successful IN one scene enys ~ sssS ~ r.
scene Win his daughter in the secona 80 = AZ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-16
many Hall The old business of "ignori9g nm IN
will not work any better now than II did Win slr
Tllden and Governor Robinson.

many Hall. The old business OF lguonp11k ;ts ~.
wilt not work any better now than II uiu WIN 'As'
Tllden and Governor Robinson.
General Garfield Is said to be- good listener. and
he ought to DO. He has unlimited opportunities for
practice.
No bettor illustration Of Democratic methods ana
morals has been furnished for long time than that
given by the outcome of the Bisbee-Hull contest.
II was Just as plain two years ago it IS to-day that
Hull had no right to the seat. The evidence was
clear, simple and ndisputsbe. Yet Hull was al
lowed to hold the seat, to vote regularly with the
Democratic party, and to draw pay for so doing.
Now when the term is almest expired. the Demo-
cratic Committee, with no fresh evidence to force
conviction. decides that the seat belongs 70 MI.
Bisbee. Even yet Hull is not Ousted. de Is hkely
to draw pay till the very end OF the term. VI
course Bsbee is entitled to pay for the full and
the result will be that the Government will pay
double salary for the same seat for two years nav
ing nothing to show In return but the votes OF an
illegal Congressman which have been cast uniformly
against the best interests of the country.
Has any effort been made to eorganize Gumbletonf
That might preciptate Crisis.
Wade Hampton seems to have lost his temper per-
manently. He took offence at something which
that time-honored organ of Southern chivalry, The
Charleston Mercury, published about him, and sent
back his copy of the paper. and requested that no
further numbers DO sent to him. When the editor
wrote him letter of remOnstrance. Hampton re-
piled - beg to say that regard your letter as an
impertinence and your paper a nuisance" This
roused the wrath of the editor and he responded in
o letter accusing Hampton of trying to kick down
the ladder which raised him to his elevated POSITION
asserting his right as a Democrat in good standing
to crtcise the acts of the partys servants and clos
ing with the information that his address, was
Charleston, S. 9. 1t is very pretty quarrel, ana
must "perplex If 1t does not almost discourage"
the Iato advocate OF the principles of Lee and jack
son.
Poor Thurman he is pretty far gone: 1t took two
ballots in the Ohio Democratic csucusfO secure for
him the empty honor of complimentary nomination
for United States Senator.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-16

weekly reception ct Albany "a Ihursday =
The Albanisns show sreat 6ASfrs g
General, and hs hes already recsivud -
invitations than he will - able to acceDS "A =
Mr. Elisha Gray, the invsatsr d ~ 49,
said to be receiving an |" ensemous rsyanSS p
bis invention. Az he b aremsxiabiy eonepsra r. H.,
he finds no Difficulty in getting nd Of sood ~
IT, nj, ne u ABOUT 20 ryS course q isetufs 81
Senator Malone, Of Virginia. has ass H. W.
his homo at Petersburg. and many yslu.HlS :
lures, and asscholarly end artastic tsstsi +; <
own. He is mentioned - possessing an I'm p *
to support 1t. $3.50 y, E-s's y, ~
1t is good to know that George Eliot has y &
unpublished works behind her. One Of tsss, =. y
History of Ideas of Immortality, n Wiz. ~
eral years ago. The other Is 0 o0mplete trnnua
of Spinoza's % Ethics" executed during ths 3f,,sS
and Feuerbach period. -
The royal family of Wiirtemberg d nesriv ~. q
Prince Wilhelm. the heir apparent to the sesd -
has just lost his infant son, Prince Urich. VIA ~
exception of Prince Wilhelm the Wiirtemb,,. 4 q,
lily consists almost exclusively OF princes bcyon6 ~
prime Ut life. ~
Charles Dickene had sharp eve for literary -
liarities. On January 10, 1858. when Co.
EliOts sex was still secret he wrote to Mr.. TO-
ford: Twill you-by such roundabout wsys ~
methods as may present ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~,
note of thanks fnclosedI to the author OF $780,,
OF Clerical Life,n whose first two stories can ~
say enough of, think them 80 truly admtrsAfs
But, if those two volumes. or part Of them ~,
not written by woman-then should BEGIN IA ~
lieve that am woman myself" S4sSss,~7
Mr.. Gladstone is au ardent lover of books ana -
only keeps pace with the literature Of the day ~
finds time even during the period of Cabinet ooua.
ellis to frequent the little old second hand bod
shops in London. Not long ago he was discovers
In shop where he had been o customer for ar.
years. Presently crowd gathered at tho wiudev.;
less front, staring at the Prime Minister of Enead
pecring round the walls, and from time To tin
buryIng his head in the leaves Of dirty book. II
paid 10 attention to the throDg which presently
completely blocked up tho narrow thoroughfaSS
The bookseller at last tempted him into an uppN
room by tho promise of fresh collection of hsoFa
and thus he was Withdrawn from the public 80
Among the secondhand books on sale he found
copy Of that somewhat sloppy " Life" Of himssN
which Cassells recently published, and thiA ~
bought He also selected one or two odd copies 2.
Lord BeacOnstied's novels which he could scafcry
he going to read for the first time.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 15.-Colonel Prievalski WA
arrive here on Wednesday next from his trayeh u
China and 1hibet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-16
PERSONAL.

Professor NordepslQold is preparing fresh exps-
dition of the coast of Siberia.
Mr.. CarIylc's health Is growing better aud he Is
now able to take carriage exercise again.
Mrs. Ramsey, wife Of the Secretary. is recovering
from her recent Illness and able to entertain but
not to 90 into company outside her own house.
General and MIA. Grant will attend Mrs. Cornelps
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-16
TRIPLE SH E E T
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-The London cable dispatch to THE
TRIBUNE gives the latest phases of the political sit
uatOn at London including the aims of the Parneil
and Radical factions; the British Government is
Becoming impatient at obstruction in Parliament;
the Radicals favor liberal terms for the Irish, but
the Government has so far made no change in its
programme; Mr.. Gladstone is recovering from
cold and expects to attend Parliament on Monday.
- Greece intends to attack Turkey at the end OF
January ali the Powers now favor arbitration
- Gambling in stocks which are in default is on
the increase in London. - The Russian Minister
of Finance says that the army and naval expenses
should be cut down. - The British Court of APP
peal has ordered the discharge of the wrts of attach
ment against the Rev. Messrs. Dale aud Enraght.
e The Hanlan-Laycock boat race may be post
poned.
DoMEsTrc-The action of the Democratic leaders
in the House in regard to Refundiag measures is
criticised as designed to cause Reputation. -
Secretary Sherman visited General Garfield yester-
iiay, - Governor-elect Ludlow. of New-Jersey,
will BIO inaugurated on Tuesday next. - 1t is
proposed to build large hotel at Long Branch.
- J. Z. Minor, a banker of fredericksburg, Va.
has disappeared his affairs are in bad shape. -
1t is claimed that frauds upon the treasury of
Albany County, N. Y. have been discovered. -
The hosting works at the Hale G. Norcross mine.
- The crew of freight train was caught in a
tunnel near Newark, Ohio. Friday night, and the
men were seriously injured by the smoke from the
engine. - William Belden, stepfatber of General
Garfield, died at his home in Michigan, Friday
night. - A boiler exploded at Paterson, N. j.,
yesterday with fatal effects. - noted burglar,
sentenced to long term of imprisonment, made an
'atten pt escape from Sing Sing Prison yesterday
and was shot dead by the guard. - The United
States steamer Dispatch made thirteen knots an
hour, yesterday morning, in going from Hampton
Roads to Norfolk.
CONGRsss.-The Senate was not IN session yester-
day. - The attention Of the House was Occu-
pied with the debate on the Refundng Bill, to
which many amendments offered. 1t ID be-
lieved that final vote on the bill will be reached
on Tuesday next
CRY AND SUBURBAN.-Dr. Green yesterday de-
tended the scheme to unite the telegraph companies:
members of the Cotton Exchange threatened to
start rival line. - Further details of the suf-
ferines of Mary Hammil were learned. - The
Finance Committee OF the Worlds Fair Commission
met - Gold value of the legal tender silver
dollar (412la grains). 1924 cents. - Stocks
active and generally higher, closing exctedy strong.
The WEATRKR.-TRIBUNE local observations in
dictate warmer and partly cloudy or cloudy weather
with chances of light snow. Thermometer yester-
day Highest, IT, lowest. 100; average. $780,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-16

A religious association that does great deal
of useful work and only finds itself once in
sixty-ive years in such pressing need as to be
forced to ask the public for help, should have a
ree-hanled response. The New-Y York Female
Auxiliary Society's appeal will he found on the
seventh page of this issue. We specify the
page because we do not wish to leave any gen.
erous reader an excuse for not finding the
article.
The celestial music with which the mighty
Chang is complimented in his elegant leisure
is the Joint product of Demonstration and
clothes. pins. 1t seems to have a thousand
Satanic vices and only one heavenly virtue
it never ends. A threatened exodus of
all the guests of the hotel, an abrupt
descent by the police or some other
fortultous event put an end to the uproar in
this instance, while poor Chang was either
suffering from indigestion or was buried ten
fathoms deep in the ocean of thought. But
khe fiddlers were still wreaking their VEN
Geance on one and the same tune. The
chances are that they would have gone on for
q month without whistling on the next page.
Our special cable dispatches support view
(Which we have been forced by the facts of the
case TO take in opposition to impassiOned appeals
such az Mr.. Redpath makes. That is, that Mr..
Parnelrs advocacy OF agrarian reform IS weak
ened BY his determination to subordinate it en-
tirely to political aims. 1t is plain that he is
bent upon defeating any land bill, however sal
utary or radical, which the Government may
propose, for the simple reason that he will
have better chance OF carrying the people with
him IN the agitation for Home Rule, il the ses-
sion can be brought to q close without the pas
sage Of any remedial legislation. He not only
persists in heading an agrarian agitation with
out letting friend or foe know precisely what
peforfns the Land League are striving to effect,
Int be pledges himself and his party In advance
! to resist any measures which the Government
may bring forward. The great leaders whom
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-16

will depend largely upon financial considera-
tions But the construction Of passenger and
freight railway ACROSS the lstbmus will doubtless
be the first step. and that work alone may in
volve consequences of great Importance to the
cOuutly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-16

The oversh Allowing importance OF Irish
affairs is again recognized by our regular Lon
don correspondent in his review of the opening
debate in the House of Commons. His main
conclusions are that some modification OF the
rules will I've found necessary in order to put an
end to obstruction, that the Ministry have been
materially strengthened by the separation OF
Mr.. Shaw's Irish contingent from the Home
Rulers, as we'll rs by the breakup OF the Rad
ical cave" and, finally. that there is no evil
dence that public confidence in the Premier has
been impaired in the taintest degree. A states
man who, like Mr.. Gladstone, towers in epic
dignity above the public men of his time, not
only in intellectual attainments but also in
moral grandeur, is placed at decided advan-
tage in a great political emergency like the pre-
sent Ais associates and rivals alike shrink
from facing the responsibilities OF his position,
and are willing enough to allow him to settle
the Irish question if lie can. The constituencies
realize that the greatest man in the country Is
needed, and that it is no time to substitute tim
idity for courage, cleverness fol originality,
prevarication for sincerity, OF illusions and arti-
fees for practical wisdom and progressive
craftsmanship.
The Ritualistic cergymen arc released from
their bonds on techncality. The Court OF
Appeal has ruled that the prohibitions of
Lord Penzance must hold good, and that all the
proceedings in the Court of Arches were
strictly regular, but has ordered their dis
charge on trivial iIregularity in the writs
for Imprisonment. AS the commitment OF
clergymen to Jail is not very
edifying spectacle - this being generally
enumerated as the nineteenth century,
the action of the Court in straining techni-
cality will not be scrutinized IN England.
However hollow and Fictitious their martyr
dom may be considered. London Will be
greatly relieved to have them out. Ii they
resume what their Low Church prosecutors
style the "mass i'll masquerade " they will be
liable to further pains and penalties. But I'M
prisonment will not be likely to be inflicted
again. The Dean of Arches has been operat-
ing more effectively against the Ritualists
of late by prOnOuncing against MIR. De La
Bere, the vicar of Prestbuy. sentence of
deprivation of his living. This is n mode of
procedure which Will be more harassng to the
High Church party than imprisonment The
decision, however, will be Overruled by some
higher tribunal, as has happened so many
times before in this interminable series Of
ecclesiastical litigatiOns.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-16

Ireland has followed in the past have never
Organized aqtarian movements tor purely po-
litical ends, and then banded their adheIents
tepetber to render reforms impossible. he
would better allow the Lords to do what no
calls his dirty work." as they DID last sesS'on'
Another week has been wasted in blocking
ND the Refunding bill. The Democratic con-
sniratprs now stand unmarked. They don't
really want to have the bonds converted into
three per cents. They want to do all the
mischief they can. By delaying the passage
of practicable bill and by striving In an
underhand way to prevent further refunolng
altogether. they are plotting against the pup
lie credit, es they have done so many tunes
before. As the debate drags along the more
shameless of them catch at every chance W
vote for partial reputation, to embarrass INC
Treasury Department, and to break down re-
sumption.
The new treaties with China have enectualy
disposed of the cheap labor controversy anu
the mischievOus Sand Lots agitation TO WHICH
it gave rise. The public have gladly recog-
nized the fact that troublesome question mas
been settled in most satisfactory way. Inc
Pacific Coast legislators have been trudglng
about in the fog so long that sudden burst
of daylight blinds them-the Democrats espe-
cially, for they cannot forget that, thanks 10
the Morey letter, they carried two States on
the Chinese question. The word laborers
is not specific enough, and the naturalization
clause, forsooth, will make more trouble
They shake their heads and insist that the
drizzle is by no means over. When the live
stock of the ark disembarked on Ararat, the
fox and the donkey probably brought up the
rear with umbrellas over their heads and arc
tics on their f0repaws.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-16

Advice is said to be pouring In upon the local
Democratic reorganizers from al quarters but there
are limitations that any of it emanates from John
Kelly. Several statesmen whom Mr. Kelly squeezed
of Tammany Hall have offered their cooperation,
but Tammany as body stands solidly aloof. Under
these circumstances the efforts for reorganization
lit.lo short of grotesque There can be no sue
cessiul Reorganization without the cordial adher-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-16

The Chinese cheap labor issue assumes the aspect
OF bygone.
The Democrats will probably oppose the pension
ing of Presidents, because there is little proba-
bility that any Democrat will be benefited in that
way tor many years ~ come.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-22

Plaza.
WHOLESALE GROCERs.
Taber, Harker d CO.-Importers and Wholesale
Groeers, Nos. los and 10 California street
Wellman, Peck d Co.-Importers and Whole
sale Grocers and Dealers in Tobacco and Cigars,
Nos l26to 1872 Market, and No. 90 California;
Root d sanderson-Importers and Wholesale
Grocers No 122 Market street. and 10 California
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-22
THE PENALTY OF WEALTH.
Territorial Enterprise, March 10th. ]

Territorial Enterprise, March GOTH.
Letters addressed to John W. Mackay
daily arrive at the office in this city from
all parts of the world. Very many OF
these come from Europe, particularly from
Germany. Men or women who want to
beg or borrow money write him all manner
of curious yarns, also men who have grand
schemes of various kinds for making mill
ions on millions.
Not long since man wrote asking him
to furnish $1,000 900 with which to buy
up all the goats in the world Having got
hold of all the goats, and secured to them.
selves forever all future increase of the
animals, the writer and Mr.. Mackay
would thereafter monopolize the kid glove
trade.
Recently came letter from a young
lady, who said she was living in very
dull and stupid little country village. She
was sick of the people and almost dis
gusted with her own mother would Mr..
Mackay kindly send her S25, 900, in order
that she might go forth into the world and
seek some more congenial sphere.
Even the address on many of the letters
is curious Here are few out of batch
of letters received during the past week
Mac Kay, esq, Bancker, Nevada or
New York"
John Henry Mackay, North America,
Big BONANZA"
"Mr. J. w. Mackay, Esquire, possessor
of the silver mines of Great Bonanza, Ne
vada, California, America"
Here is one for Mrs. Mackay
$40 Mrs. j. W. Mackay, owner of the
silver mountains, Nevada, Great Bonanza
California, North America.
The "boss," however, comes from Hun
gary, and is exactly as follows To the
most respectable J. W. Mackay, Esqr.,
Proprietor of the silver mines in Nevada, at
Great Bonanza, New York, Nord America
to own hands," On the back of the en-
velop is written: 81 hope Mr.. the Post
officer will exactly know where the con-
signee resides"
If letters reach the United States they
come on all right. Not few are received
that are simply addressed Mr.. Mackay,
North America. Formerly the Postofice
clerks in New York wrote below such adj.
dresses - i" Virginia, Nevada" but now
they send them right along to the Mackay
of North America. "Mackay, America, !"
is about as good as the elaborate address
of the Hungarian, given above.
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RAILROAD TROUBLE IN THE WEST.