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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-09
PERSONAL.

General Grant will spend the summer in his Long
Branch cottage. He will arrive there on the LIST
of June.
Ex-yice-President Wheeler has gone South for 0
six weeks visit; at its conclusion he is going
abroad 10 stay long time.
Mr.. Thomas Bailey Adrich, it is reported, ia to be
entertained at public dinner in honor of his be-
coming Editor or 1he AttdHI1c'
There is movement to induce the Government to
give Mrs. Thomas the widow Of General George
Fl. Thomas, pension of not less than 500
month.
President Garfield says he has fully recovered
from the recent strain and excitement, and adds
that he never felt better He is heartily glad IL Is
all over and especially thankful that everything
has passed offso pleasantly.
The Rev. f. d. Power, the clergyman In charge Of
the Washington church attended by President Gar
field. is q young man only thirty years old and .
remarkably brilliant preacher. He was once pro-
lessor in Bethany College, West Virginia.
CAPTAIN Paul Boytcn has been for several months
employed by the Peruvian Government 10 improv-
ing its torpedo service. Daring the recent engage
ments between the Peruvians and ChilIans Captain
Boyton was slightly wounded In two places
Ex-Attoruey-Cieneral Devens intends to open
law office in Boston in the autumn. He Is stu IN
Washington staying there In order 70 argue IN the
Sunreme Court for poor negro ana Witnout COM
sensation a case under the Civil Rights law.
The Rev. DR. c. A. Bartol began last Sunday the
forthwith wear of his settlement as pastor Of his
Boston church. Reviewing his preaching for ell
these wars. DR. Bartol mentioned three fundamen-
tails on which he had laid stress--theoiogcal SIM
cerity ecclesiastical spirituality and moral purity.
Mr.. Carlyle, in his autobiography. speaks Of his
double, ct. Carlyle. advocate" and the numerous
mistakes, wilful and involuntary. which he, from
nv fifteenth year onward, had occasioned me. sell
ing his pamphlets mine. getting my ettcrs as his
and vice versa; nay, once or more with some amoas
sador al Berlin dining ia my stead foolish vain fell
low who called me Antichrist withai IN his serious
moments"
OTTAWA Ont, March e.-SIr Charles Tuppcr VIII
sail for England next Tuesday for the benefit of his
health,
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reduce the military operations upon WHICH an
imaginative Premier and his impulsive ficeroy
had entered with such light hearts to the lever
of a fools GRAND. The faintest rumor OF the
abandonment Of Candahar excited the wrath OF
Lord Beaconsfield. Scarcely had the session
Opened before he charged the Government with
Sscuttling out of Afghanistan," and Loro
Lytton seized the earliest opportunity to de-
mand the publication Of the secret correspond
ence captured at Cabul. Now that the LOrds
have censured the Government for even enter
tanning the idea of withdrawing from Canda-
bar. the Conservatives in the Commons have
demanded q night for debating the question,
and the closest division which Mr.. Gladstone
has vet been called upon to face is likely 10 De
the result. 1t will be the last stand made by
the party which suffered It's leaders to drag the
Nation into a war which was as Improbable as
it was unjusti6able.
For whether the British garrison remains or
retires, neither England nor India has protted
by it. Candahar itself is not worth more than
81 900 900 in annual revenue, and 1t Will cost
SIC, 900, 900 to occupy it permanently and to
keep the communications open; and so long as
troops remain in the district, turbulent tribes
will have to be watched and preparations made
to resist attack from Herat or Cabul. The
presence of British garrison will increase the
prospects Of war. Russian agents will be
tempted to renew their intrigues; Cabul as well
as Herat will look to the North for aid and SYM
patty; and the SepOys will constantly be ex-
pecting marching orders for fighting ground
which they detest. India is safer without than
with Candahar, and, financially, will gain by
losing the outpost.
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rgr C1YD1H1R QUESTION

The retreat of the British forces from Canda-
har will complete one of the most striking par
allels in military history. The Afghan cam
paigns OF 1888 and 1878 opened with series
of easy victories for the invading army. The
passes were forced, the fortresses were seized,
the country was Oyerrun and tho tribes were
compelled TO sue Tor peace. Wien the troops
had been sent back to India and British envoy
had fairly undertaken to govern the country
with the aid of puppet sovereign, there was
an instruction in the capital. In 1912 the gar
rison, enfeebled by starvation and forced To
give up their artillery, rttreatc1 in disorder,
and only one Englishman reached Jelalabad
with the tidings OF the massacre. IN 1870 the
massacre of the embassy was followed 10y the
conquest of the capital and the execution of the
murderers, but the British commander had to
fight for his life at long distance from his
base of tupplies, and eventually WHOLE brigade
was cut to pieces near Candahar. Roberts re-
stored the prestige of the British arms 10y a
difficult march and brilliant victory precisely
as Pollock had forced Kbyber, releve ed Jelala-
bad and encamped in triumph under the walls
of Cabul and in each easo the-tr0Ops stirred
from the capital as soon as q second sovereign
could be officially recognized. All that had
cost so much blOOu and treasure was abandoned.
The cost Of permanent occupation WAS reck-
oned, and the impossibllity, OF at least the in
expediency, OF going on at so high n rate Of ex-
peuditure was made the pretext tor u speedy
withdrawal from Afghanistan. The evacuation
of Candahar was almost the last act of the
earlier campaign, and the garrison is now wait
ing for marching orders, while the Conserva-
tiyes are Offering futile resistance in Parlia-
ment. A vote OF confidence in the Govern
ment will be q signal for retreat which will
leave the invading army precisely where it WIS
forty years ago.
1t is not strange that the two men who were
responsible for the last i'll judged campaign in
Afghanistan have raised their voices against the
retreat from Candahar. Both Lord Beac0ns-
field and Lord Lytton had sanctioned in ad-
vance the negotiations with Abdurrahman,
which had rendered q withdrawal Of the army
from Cabul expedient, and the necessity Of the
flying march across country TO Candahar was
too urgent to admit of argument. The Treaty
of Gundamuk had become a dead letter the
scientHc frontier had been blotted out of the
new map of india but British garrison re-
manned in Candahar. The campaign had cost
from $50, OOO, 900 TO $1O0,000,000, and save
this old trading town of 10000 people there
was nothing to show for this enormous waste
OF treasure. A retreat from CahdAhar would
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GENaRAL NOTES.

For the first time in four years an execution
has taken place in Prussia. The culprf wife-mur-
dorer named aehrke was recently beheaded IN the jan
yard of Cosn by man named Krants. the execnaoner
OF the wOuldbe regicide HodeL The execution was eo
Quoted in the old STYLE with axe and block instead
the guilone As soon as the head fell INTO the oassss
a number OF superstious bystanders rushed .vfwsstn
and dipped their handkerchiefs In The oui ~ pooe ~
the belief that their business would thereby prosper
The sum of 100000 francs has been or
ia about to be distrbutedin France among the Sotus
of the Second OF December In the form oflte annuls
varying from 1000 70 400 francs, 10 ADDITION %
smaller sum already dstrihnted among the neea'ass
The Pan Mall Gazette says that this win fu psh 'ns
thrifty French people with strcng argumei tata'1'
Imperialism and the Bonapartist presge for WIN M
press upon them the cost Of the Second Enp anu hp
crimes by which 1t was brought about This t'ssyn,sk
IA disturbed by the reflection that the odium OF
81 seldom put where It belongs at time q
Citeeui aud that IN soule one " tns nav ia
Prenohmen delight TO undergo me hnk ~ f5ars IN
cursed Tor discharging debt wmcp saa A'aR's =
CURED. 4, =.
Further details Of the capture OF Lana nayo
been received from the Peruvian capital oy ma gr. :.
they were eydsnty prepared In full sympasny W.
trIamphans ohiiaps they szs probably s1s's
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Nelu,alerk DaiIu Gribmaae.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1881.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRHIGN-Many arrests were made in different
parts of Ireland yesterday under the Coercion Act.
and considerable excitement prevailed. - In the
House of Commons Mr. Gladstone said that the
Government approved of the armistice with the
Beers. - Mr. James Russell Lowell is said to
have been asked by President Garfield to retain his
present position as Minister to England. - The
Batavia has arrived at Liverpool
DoMEsI1C.-The Cabinet yesterday discussed the
question: Of the withdrawal by the National banks
Of the iega-tenders deposited in the Treasury and
the substitution of bonds. 80 The surplus in the
Treasury fo- the next four months is estimated at
Ss7, OOO, 900. - The probability of a called
session of Congress is again discussed at Washing
ton. - The Maine Republican caucus nominated
W. p Frye to succeed Mr.. Blaine in the Senate.
- IL has been made clear that Assemblyman W.
d. Brennan took his own life. - The Delaware
Senate indefinitely postponed the House resolution
declaring that Mr. Tilden was elected President in
1870. - Spring elections wero held in New
Jersey yesterday. - The Michigan Democratic
Convention yesterday refused to coalesce with the
Greenbackers, and Endorsed the Funding bill. 80
Railroad travel has been resumed in the Northwest
- Governor Ludlow, Of New-Jerscy, vetoed the
bill providing for tho employment of prisoners to
work roads - The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has contracted for the purchase OF majority
of the stock of the Philadelphia. Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad Company.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-The Medical Department
of the University of the City of New-YOrk gradu
ated 1911 young men last night 80 Albert with
drew from the walking match. - The Police
Commissioners held an angry meeting. 80 There
was tedious expert testimony at the Whitaker
ccurt-martial. - The Bar Association discussed
the Civil Courts and the Code. An unknown
man shot himself in Waslingtonsquare.= "A
large meeting was held in Brooklyn to express SYM
pathy with Ireland. - Gold value of the legal
tender dollar i412l2 grains). 1921 cents. -
Stocks less active than of late, eVerish and uctu
ating and closing unsettled at about yesterdays
figures.
The Manufacturers local observations In
dictate cloudy weather, with higher temperatures
and occasional light rain. Thermometer yoster-
day: Highest, 51o; lowest, $50 average, 1922.
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4 PRACTICAL CIVIL SERVICE POLICY

4 PRACTICAL CIVIL oEhIICL IObIC1'
In his admirable Inaugural Address, Presi-
dent Garfield has outlined a measure OF Civil
Service reform which is entirely practicable
and needs only an act of Congress for Its i'm
mediate and full operation. 1t does not de-
mend for its effect upon examining boards or
unon the elastic interpretations OF executive
officers. Indeed it does not attempt to pre-
scribe methods for the selection of public
officials at all, but only seeks to establish a
fixed tenure for those in office or hereafter to
be amounted. Most of the efforts to improve
the Civil Service have hitherto begun at the
other end of the problem. The refOrmors have
devoted their attention chiefly TO the question
of how to break down the system of political
patronage and get good men in Office by a
method of competitive examination. Their gen.
eral idea has been that subordinate official once
in place should stay in for life, unless shown
70 be dishonest or incompetent President
Garfield passes over this part of the problem,
reserving it, no doubt for fuller consideration
after he has had some experience in the exer-
else of the appointing power, and addresses
himself directly to the question of how to
keep good men in Office when once appointed.
His purpose is to free the appointing power
from the wearying and time wasting impor-
tunities of place. hunters, and to relieve Off
Gals from constant anxiety lest they be sacri-
feed to make room for the friends of powerful
noliticians or fall victims to intrigue and
calumny. His proposition is presented in the
following brief paragraph:
The Civil Service can be placed on satisfactory
basis until 1t Is regulated by law For the good OF the
service itse for the protection Of those who are In
trusted with the appointing power against tho waste OF
time and obstruction the public business caused by
the nornate pressure for place and for the protection
Of ncumbents against intrigue and wrong shall ut tho
proper ask Congress to fix the tenure OF the minor
Offices of the several Executive Departments, aud pre-
scribe the grounds upon which removals shall be made
during terms for which incumbents shall have been
appointed.
The radical Civil Service reformers will say
that this does not 60 far enough, because it
does not indorse their pet plan of boards for
competitive examinations of candidates, and
only proposes q definite and limited tenure Of
Office instead of the tenure during good be-
hayior which s an essential feature of their
theory. On the other hand the adherents of
the old spoils system will object to it because
il makes the official when once in place en-
tireiy independent for term of years of tie
political influences which have secured him
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The Democrats don't like the President and don,k
like his Cabinet. This ia doubly sad.

u.
There should be no surprise because the Demo
Gratis are preparing 10 grab the organization Of the
Senate. They have always grabbed everything they
could reach.
Mr.. Tilden is credited with the prediction that
General Gar6elds Presidential term viii DO the
stormiest on record Who viii supply the thunder
and lightning and other storm accessories, he does
not tell us. Possibly the Sage of Cipher Alley viii
furnish them himself There are no DEMONSTRATIONS
of storm from any other quarter. Everybody else
thinks he sees peculiarly que. and prospsTToqi, 7.
may be that Mr. Tilden has private information to
back up his solitary view. The term OF Mr. Hayes
age was summed up at the close it was found to
belong entirely to the Democratic party.
Democratic anxiety about Secretary WINDOWS
financial soundness would be more impressive were
il not exhibited so soon after the attack on the
banks and the public credit
If there Ia single person in the country who obs
iects to the appointment Of Colonel James to the
he is yet to be heard FROM
MIL. White. Editor of The Providence Press.
says Senator Window favored the Imitation bill.
which General Grant vetoed, not IN obedience TO has
own convictions but on the mistaken snpposhon
that the instructions to vote for 1t which from
Minnesota T0pIbecubou niAhUoS unonisA~Ns S',s-
ment of the State. Mr.. White recalls convefsa-
ton which he had with Mr. Window at the iattsrs
home in Winona, after the Adjournment OF Con-
in 1874 in which he frankly confessed that be
had been mistaken about the demands OF enc people,
and expressed regret that he had not voted DIS own
convicfions The Secretary las q chance now 70
blot out the old record by placing over u new one
of valuable service to sound finance, and there Is
every reason to believe he Will do At.
There il no encouragement in Presi dent Garfieids
Cabinet selections for the men who were watching
for split in the Republican party. If the present
indications are correct the solijest thing in this
country IN 1884 will be that same RepuDican party
President Garfelds Inaugural was a better bait
for young meu than anything the sage ex4GoF-
ernors of the Democratic party have invented or
can invent.
If the South Is sincere in its professions OF scTce
ment with President GarfelPs words. it will cease
to offer further obstacles to free andfair inyesega-
ton of contested Congressional elections. That viz
be a sure test. II men like Chalmers are given 70
understand that IL they steal seats they must not
hone to be sustained In the theft by local pubic
sentiment, they will stop stealing The Soqtn mas
always been fair enough what rs necessary Is some
fair deeds to show that the words are genuine.
A few vigorous remarks from Mr.. Watte-son on
the subject of free trade, favored with some free
observations on the dunderhead procvities of the
Democratic party, might enliven things somewhat,
| The danger OF the Democracy now Is gradually
Increasing lethargy which may develop into the
sleep that knows no waking.
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NrW-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, MARCH y ISL

think It probable-that the educated people Of
the South may see, in the prospective pOliticai
calm Of the next two years, that their course
has been q mistaken one, and that, by retraining
from factious opposition to President Garteld's
Administration and exhibiting more patriotism
and less partisanship, they may change the as
pect of affairs. 1t Is certainly to be hoped that
they may. But it rests entirely with them.
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In the most sheltered and sunny Spots like the
ooutb side of the foundation wall Of q we'll warmed
bouse. snow-drops have been twinklIng for few
days past. But yesterday brought the first bit Of
color to brighten up the dull brown aud drab of the
still lifeess year when the crocuses opened their
shining cups and the more rare bulbOcodium perRgm
blossomed out in pink and purple. Distinct and
nositiye too was the flash Of color from the blue
birds. whose fight was visible hereabOut for the
frat time Yesterday AS usual the approach of this
bird had been made known to the ear forty eight
hours earlier. On Sunday morning his mellow, far
AWAY warble-"a wandering rumor of Spring ~
was floating in the air, but not until yesterday did
no materalize into an actual and visible presence
With him came the pioneer song-sparrOws, whose
prolonged LIQUID notes, winding up with water
bubble cadence are the first to make the orchards
melodious Altogether, the day was one of cheerful
propbecv; and IL Mr.. Vennor and the portentous
bunch of planets in the sky will give our frozen
world but half a chance. the spring revival, with
all its music and fragrance and freshness, can be
looked for yet on schedule time.
Downtown merchants and professional men and
small tradesmen who do not keep letterboxes at the
Post Office look TO the new PoatmasterGeneral hope
fully for a remedy for defect In the City Letter
Delivery Service which Mr.. James fully recognized.
The carriers in their rounds do not deliver at the
Offices of the persons to whom they have letters. but
entering tho lower hallway Of building, blow their
whistles and call the names OF those to whom they
have deliveries to make. II the persons called dc
not respond the carriers so their way aud deliver al
| thu next round In largo huildings with elevators
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-09

A statement comes by way of London and
Liverpool that President Garfield has asked
Minister Lowell to remain in his present place.
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The Delaware Senate refused to pass the
silly resolution of the Delaware House fling
ing handful of mud after ex-President
Hayes as he retired from Office. There is
hope for Delaware.
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amnssrltIlts ana alsslinss ao-nighI:

.Aaapruy or MUSIC Don Giovanni" s..,.n.p
EfJou oPErA HOUSE, aud g.. skies ana oe'enS
AoSTH'e TTEATRR-r Brunhid .a.Aoo,u
flsYx;s THrATEE-2 aud g." CDderels o. Scnoo6,
HAyrSLY's NIBLo's GAHDEE-,2 snd 1,daS ScA "iOOA
- VII. We / 1rn STREET fHEATRE--" HoDDes-
1 c,snH aotI ARE THEATRE :" Hazel Ktrke.
pIxx THElT9E--" Fresh, the American
SIr FRkyCisCo MTNsfRELs.
S4asnAR p JHEATRE-" Bilee Taylor"
Tixros SQUARE THEATRE-" Felicia"
wAIIlcx;s THRArRB-"T The Guvnor.F
y2uNSELL's MUsEUM--Cat Show.
Masonic TgMPLE-EutertainmeDt
gTRfNwAY HAIL--Chamber Concert
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-09

The Alabama Republicans who presented
an address to President Garfield. have hit
upon compact phrase to describe the SUBJ
lection of the real majority in the politics Of
the South. They speak Of the Democratic
marty there as "the dominant minority"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-09

Everybody now seems ready ID give the waIkinI
Matches kick and it may fairly be hoped that VI
are seeing the last of them Even the Board of Az
dermen has aroused itself and has asked the Corpo
ration Counsel If it has any authority to stop the
performances at Madison Square Garden. The Az
derman who proposed the inquiry spoke Of the
matches as fraudulent and shameful This indicates
an appreciation Of the general public sentiment
which we are glad TO observe in the City Hall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-09

convieted thieves Is costly luxury for treas
uries and taxpayers.
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The Michigan Democrats 10 their State
Convention, the first held since the elections
of last fall, take their stand squarely upon
the Funding bill, which they abuse the Presi-
dent for vetoing, and bitterly denOunce the
National handsome of the best banking sys-
TENS for the protection >of the people ever
devised. THIS is the kind of platform to
please the Republican party.
The sale of g controlling interest in the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rail-
road to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
which was announced in Philadelphia yester-
day, is an important movement IN railroad af-
fairs. 1t gives the latter company, for the
time at least, decided advantage over the
Baltimore and Ohio in Eastern and Northern
connections. Full particulars of the transac-
ton will be fund in our Philadelphia dis
patches.
Genet is TO be sentenced on Saturday. Since
the decision of the Court of Appeals there
has been great deal of effort in certain
quarters to excite sympathy for this man, and
the Court will be appealed TO pitfully for
light punishment. But it is hard to see why
he shculd escape the full penalty of his mis-
deeds. He was one Of the most vulgar and
vicious OF the rascals who stole the peoples
money and piled np the. mass of debt under
which the city stagasrs. Maudlin pity for
/.
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Democratic anxiety about Secretary Windom's
financial soundness would be more impressive were
il not exhibited so soon after the attack on the
banks and the public credit.