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4 PRELJBISARY HINT.

Mr.. /. L. Chittenden, a lawyer who re-
ceiyed rough treatment from THg TRIBUNE in
a buncomDe libel suit some years ago. and
hasn't yet got over the smart. is circulating
n solemn appeal TO the press to protect Mr.. f. b.
Thurber from fHR TRIBUNg's refusal 10 print his
communications Mr.. Chittenden is too small
game; but Mr.. Thurber may be noisy and
numerous enough to provoke some notice. If
he should once get it, he would be more grateful
theneeforward than he has yet been for the charity
Of TIKI TRiBCNE's silence.
Mr.. Thurber's grievance is that we didn't print
rambling and inconsednent communication for which
he demanded insertion as a right on the ground that
bis name had been mentioned in The TRIBUNE
article 10 which 1t referred. He politely
told that such a claim was inadmlssbe. but that
any proper and adequate discussion Of the snb-
ject WITHIN moderate compass would be consd-
cred. OF course, therefore. bis circular implies
falsehood but here and there an unusual gudgeon
among the newspapers swallows IT., appar-
entity in profound ignorance as to who or
what this +. Is. Thurber Is. If he wishes
10 rush before the public at all, there
are several things about HIM in which the people
might take greater interest than in his opinions
any subject whatever. They might like TO know,
for instance. whether il is true that he
was long largely engaged in selling oleOmarga-
Tlnc lOr Dntter, auiulcnty c0ncCalnR liS real
o aracter; whether he used his posi- ion presi-
dent of the Dairymen's Association 10 deceive
bis customers into the belief that they were
buying real butter while he did what be could
TO destroy the business of the dairymen whether
he pretended TO be a temperance man, while
one of the main elements Of his business was
the manufacture of bogus brandy aud whskey
ont of crude alcohol aud hayoring extracts;
whether he has since been largely engaged in the
manufacture If bogus honey ont of glucose;-
IN short. whether he Is a reputable business
or n Jeremy Dddlcr. Acts like these seem 10 be
freely charged upon him now IN the public prints
by reputable houses protesting TO have suffered
from his practices. 1t might he interesting.
too, TO know whether he has been engin-
ecriuR his fight against the New-IoTk Cen
tral in effort to extort special rates OF
freight for himself. and whether he has offered to
stop 70 Il he could get such rates.
Burhy. before Mr. IhurDer poses as the disinier-
cstcd friend OF the people and publc-Spr,ed pnilan-
thropist It would be we'll for him To show that
he is not irving 10 use the whole autobiography
movement 10 advertise his groceries. conceal such
practices rs have btcn charged upon HIM. and
cXior private frright-raws for himself. Till
Mr.. Thurbcr Is heard 10 some purpose on these
points. there does NOT seem TO b. any oy~rwhclm-
aug public necessity 10 give him much attention
ON uyfifny ele
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PERSONAL.

Colonel 7. A. Scott ~ not gong 70 Florida again,
but will spend most Of the summer at Newport
Senator Edmundss journey TO tho South has much
improved his health.
James q. FAIR IT,. of the Senator. IA in Yer
mont college where he il said 10 complain OF the
strctness of the discipline.
Lady Layard the wife Of Sir Henry Layard. Is an
excellent amateur sculptor and is described as
spending much of her time in Rome In modelling.
Miss TnokeTs novel of "Signor Monaldini's
Niece u said to have boon sold for $40 copy In
homo when the edition ran out,
Senator Jonas. Of Louisiana, Is q well-educatod
Hebrew, who speaks with huenoy. Ho Is not a
particularly handsome man. being somewhat cadav-
erOus.
Tho proposal that the Rev. Phillips Brooks should
become chaplain Of Harvard arousos much opposi-
ton In Boston. where 1t Is considered that Mr..
Bsoekss lrsnsfas from activity to scholastic retire
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GENkEAL NOTES.

a clergyman of SacO, Me-, recently init.
mated IN prayer that there was limit 10 the D,y,n
mercy by bes"eching the Almighty forgive II Tho,
cahst' the sibs OF our Governor" The Boston Hsrad
says 'hat u does not appear whether the reerrd 10
consist IN the appointment Office OF Fusionists ar In
something es atrocious, but nds comfort IN the rtpeo
tlon that Is probably Clear Ia heaven Bson eergS
man. who was asked by sconer 70 a. ne the IN
pifdonablc sin, replied: q" am sorry cannot obl,ge
you nut he patient. yOu'il know day" TIE saoo
n-ter evidently mistrusts that the Governor 10
BnOw now.
The collapse of large building, nearly
Completed In Denver. Col April l. NOT IA the eas
u'See one OF those so-caIled mysteries" for which It
Is impossible u DIX Tho responsibility. 1--we uxation
Drns out very clearly the Of the disaster VIII ch
seriously. perhaps fatally injured and BADLY
bruised number OF Others. The foundation waS 40
mlser4hly constructed that Il little more than pe
OF loose cob5le mixture which disgfased thu
name Of mortar and which mad been applied IN weather
50 cold that frOze before 1t set covered foundation
walls Above, the bricks were VI sucn wretohed quality
that OF them could be- crumbsd Ia The hand bya
Sign. pressure A." Everywhere ABOUT the RUINS" says
me Dcncer Repubcaa there appears With start nl
dis nchess ,he eydeuee OF criminal ignorance, negecg
and coyetousnes- rhe same Journal In calling hts
sort vi business murdrr, yes II about the right
Since early in January the people of Balti-
more have affected 10y the offensive odor aud taste
or the public water. After many ompIants and much
uneasiness Professor TIA Remsen. OF the Johns Hopkins
University. was requested To make searching investi
cation OF tho water supply report OF winch he has just
sent 10 Mayor Lstrobe Proceeding by the method Of
cuson Professor Remsen has succeeded ia rejecting
several talsc theories but has failed TO discover
true He finds evidence whatever to support
dead hsh, crustacet slge und sulphureted hydrogen
theories. and he describes the water DOT exactly
n.thy though very ofrusye. Whatever the roay
have been. be thinks removed for the streams
whence the supply furnishing pure water
10 the lake from wbea The reservoirs are Oiled The
trouble, ho~eyer emaius temporarily for ,he orgua
volume o. bad water has not been exhausted Professor
Reusen it l. rarely that adequate
found for the occasional offensive condition Of
the drinking water OF cites. though SEARCHING invest
gallons have BEEN repeatedly male Fortunately,
.umcrs ar generally. perhaps always. warned WHEN
water uuhg 20 drink by taste aud odor sud
pc ter renders II ha mlrss II Professor Remsens
ousnn correct, tnat when the taste aud Od0r haya
bern removed the water be used with lmpuDity.
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and the people will soon find means to defeat


and the people will soon find means to defeat
that effort.
1t is the misfortune of Senator COnkling
that he is not quite willing to have the peo-
pie rule. They did not elect him TO the
Presidency, nor General Grant They did
elect James A. Garfield. They clothed him
with the Executive powers, and imposed upon
him the Executive responsibilities, and did so
because they wished to see the Government
directed by him. and not by anybody else. 1t
would he a grave mistake in Mr.. Conkling to
endeavor to thwart their WILL The Executive
chosen by the people cannot be reduced by
Senatorial fat to the position of a clerk. to
record the will of Senator. 1t was not the
will of the people that Senator COnkling
should make the appointments, and he will
find that he cannot with safety attempt to
seize by force trust which the people have
deliberately withheld from him. The cOntrO-
versy is no longer one between different ele-
ments within party, for the President has
manifested such conspicuous fairness toward
all elements that no complaint is possible on
that score. 1t has become a contest, not be-
tween the President and Senator Conking,
but between the people and such Senators az
may wish to set themselves up rs masters
over the people and their President If Sena-
tor Conkling insists upon putting himself III
that position, he will assuredly find new &C.
casion to remember that no olgarchy is es-
tabished by the Constitution or desired by
the people of this country.
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XANTED-A HISTORIAN.
" nv 7 IsII-.t INIfI y II '<ht's
TO me Edtfor or The Irtoune.

TO me Edtf0r or The Trtoune.
SIR: Versatile and ambitious as are or
American nollr-, not one Of them bas written we'll
CONSIDERED aud comprehensive history OF our own
countty->uch a history thinsins man rrqcres-of
any sucn encth persons busIy empoyed N olAaf
read ug can Gni time 10 undertake. Bancroft hi' writ
ten veil yet leaves huge gap-fr0m 1852 IN iirrn
covers only the period from l7,7 70 lS2l Bryan 10
four 80 umes. does justice 10 our real hstory-F
til rentufy Bancroft Is nlydilab,e because tAe day
OF Carssa" and EvalIna" l. gOpe-we have bat ono
hfe Between Bancroft aud those used 10 our schools
not ono satsf Glory history seemingly exists. sueb ~
there are possess garpg defects "fbe tune has cone
now here IA tne man - Were you TO discuss : y
,ublrcf f. TIE TRIBUNE, might not somrDndy De N,u
Ia SUPPLY ths pressing ueed and make for hlm-'t'
forum READhR.
Troy ". J., March 81. 1881.
IA coachman can be advertised for. Historians
are not standing about waiting for suggestions The
man who can write such History Of the American
People rs the correspondent suggests will find II o
for himself without being coaxed TO dot. ii 10
undertakes so stupendous work merely WIN
view 10 making money by ii. the history Will be
a "pot-boer" and nothing else.-Ed.l
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The Ncw-Jerscy crews OF the Llfe-Slying
Service have. been reported as taking high
ground with the Department in regard to The
system Of ch cks ordered to bc used on patrol,
TO show whether each man has done his iull
duty. The fishing season has begun, aud the
men have on,y four weeks mure service at the
stations 1t Is time, too, that they were plough
.lng their little patches. but this does not alto
gcthcr account for their reported readiness to
strike aud 20 home. Neither isit TO be supposed
that the surfman who throws up his yearly
income, rather than submit TO a system 10y
which he Is kept mp 10 his duty under guard.
necessarily is the man who slulks or shlTks
that duty.
The Life-Saving crews are made up of sail
ors and fishermen. bold slliliul and faithful
enough as regards their especial work. but "a
n rule more at home with sea aud storm than
with routine or order of any sort Most of
them are utterly unused TO systematic busl-
ness dealings or the ordinary safeguards with
which men IN towns protect themselves against
dishonesty in others. The doors of their
houses stand unlocked night aud day; ac-
counts between neighbors frequently run on for
years without the exchange Of the mark Oh a
pen on the matter Money is loaned and paid
without due-bills, security or receipts To
men accustomed 10 transact business in this
lax, trustful way, we can understand how
offensive this suspicious system of checks just
imposed would be.
The system, however. is a good one, and
familiarity will make It, as well rs any other
odious things, pleasant. 1t is not likely that
Superintendent Klmball would have devised
and ordered tho use of such a plan. unless no
had known it 10 be necessary, nor from
what we know Of the man is it at all likely
that. once having ordered It, he will be driven
from his purpose by the mutiny of few
obstinate Jerseymen. There nro plenty
OF other men ready to step into their places,
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THE CARS ELDER BROTHER.

TO fhe Edstor Of Fhs Trfouae.
SIR: TIE TRIBUNE has recently made tho
abatement oher parties. that the pre'en nP'r1r
of Russia IA second son that tue oldest intended
TO be- thorJnshy educated while this one was not that
the former died engaged 10 the Princess Dagmar whom
the younger promi.ed the elder TO marry. etc. rns
naturally nas had much attention. But Ia there any
part ot II truei NV Almanac Goha," as Tar back as
1871 mark, Alexander the Gssa OF the ch!ldren, u
whom six are named. He born IN 1si0 four Years
after marriage. n there an elder ais name nu.s
have been dropped after death from tie family is,
when | cannot thlnk customary Probably the point
worth inquiry. N9oHhA
OrfiysttTg. Penn. April a. 1881,
Fl he present Car had an eicr brother. Nchoa'
Aicxaudrovltch. who died at Nice on April ~ looo
lie was q young man Of excellent scholarship ou'
had delicate constitution aud disked military
life. His betrothal TO the Princess Dsgmar took
place m October, 1864, at Copenhagen. The next
in line became heir apparent and married the Pm
III
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MINIS, QUESTIONS AND ANsWERS
BRET HARE IL ENGLAND.

70 the EdttOr OF The TrtbEh,.
SIR: ! see, going the rounds OF the Ameri'
can press a quotation IRON letter recently wu'ten
from London m which Mr.. Bret Hsrte. the American
Consul GlasgOw. Is described having been quite
dcnatonal zed speak by the sdulatiOns which ne
has received from literary and aistOcratc people In
Great Britain. | know from personal observation sod
the te ,umony ~ Others, both English aud Americans.
who cannot be mis- aKen that this does Injustice
20 mn who done anu dong great honor To tie
country WHOM he present. Ii true that Mr. HAre
has received very marked attentions from the IL.
erary people or England He II. In the
place. only foreigner Of nation no Was ever
appointed q make of the two set speeches at the
annual banquet OF the Royal Society which represents
ali that Is CHEST and ia Eugs and letters
lie WAS the last annual dinner appointed To eaf,
not merely American literature but for all Literature.
II was perhaps his faut tbat princes and oris aud
dukes we're numerous among the company woch at
soout Nun as he s,oke aud sppauded his highly eredn
able Effort. II true Str Harte has becn eleeted
an honorary member OF several leading London ubs,
out il j. matter Of nOt0uety that he never goes 70
the and letters sent to his various ciuD addresses n
vanably fan 10 reach him unul The steward forwards
them 10 Glasgow Hts intimate friends IA London ara
Mr Fruude and the literary circle Of which he Is me
crntrr Mr. Hardy aad william Back, Mr.. Trusner tne
publisher. ani the Fanny VI Colonel Nrbb, NlO made
gallant nht for iNngstOnc Stanley before Tue no Al
tirogriphcsi Soriry lie Is, moreover, under All CIR.
cunlsraucrs a loyal. even Aggressive Ann~riesn ara
rtorb 81 cOckncy only REVEALS the ignorance
~ he uan GOLD Mir Hdrte Inherited tcndeoy
neuralgia, which the damp. climate Of Gt'-etH
spsr,yttr, 10 lu * eut wAcn conprIs hm 30 maze
tqueut brlf WISH, to thu c.uniry. but hls conrMse'
ffoTi ~ trustworthy reports, II one W the Drsi su
isterrd 10 the Kingdom. lie dis.kes 70 ID" interviewed
ny,rior OF The roy that he has crawl aad Is sno'
PagGs. March II, lo-l
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Netu'1lark Daily Gribn,se,
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
THURSDAY, APRIL z. 1881.
1HE NEWS IHIS MORNING.

FoREiGN.-A synopsis of Mr.. Gadstone's land bill
Ii published - There rs great distress at >cip 40
consequence of the earthquake. - The collective
demand of the Powers was to be submitted to the
Greek Government on Tuesday. - Lord Bea-
.coustie!d Is recovering. - MIR Brddaugh Rad
icaD and Mr. Corbett CONSERVATIVE arc the OILY
candidates nominated at Northampton.
DoMKsYIC-The Sen ate referred petition in re-
lation to Michael Boyton to the Committee on For
eigu Relations; the debate was continued. Mr.. Bay
ard, Mr.. Sherman and Mr.. lloar occupying the
floor. TIA President nominated Hiram Price,
of Iowa, to be Commissioner of Indian Affairs. -
In the Senate at Albany the Mccarthy Charter
was considered, amended aud made the special
order for to-day in the Assembly the Steet-Clean-
ing bill was considered and made the special order
for to-day. - Governor Ludlow, of New-Jersey.
yesterday appointed Henry c. Kelsey Secretary OF
State At a caucus of Republican members Of
tho Pennsylvania Legislature n resolution was
adopted approving the course Of Republican United
States Senators. - Governor Hawkins. Of Ten
nessee has signed the bill 10 adjust he debt of the
State. - lthica, n. Y. has voted gaInst quoT-
selling. - The society of the Army Of the len
nessee held IFS annual reunion a Cincinnati vestcr-
day. - George Hover, age fourteen. murdered
his sister near Sunbury. Penn, in quarrel about
food.
CRY AND SUBuRBAN.-rbe Worlds Far Com
mittee yesterday requested subscriptions from he
railroads. - Sessions oil Methodist Conferences
were begun in Yonkers and BROOKLYN; the appoint
ments were announced in The Ne ark Conf renee.
= Professor Proctor leetured on tie sun -
The cross-examination OF Whitaker was continued
- The testimony III the TT al OF the
steamboat inspectors was practically closed
- woman was reported TO have
star red herself 90 death. - The Mcdico
Legal Society discussed hypnotism. - The
Brney sale was largely attenced. - TIE Rev.
DR. Tying, jr, has gned the rectJrsbip Of the
Church Of the Holy Trinity - Gold value oi
the iesaltender silver dollar ti12l2 rraInsl, S7.07
cents. - Stocks dull and after being lower
gradually improved. closing stroLg.
TIE Manufacturers local observations In
dicste fair or partly cloudy and warmer weather.
Thermometer yesterday: 'ihghest, 80; lowest,
;23'; average. 27sso.
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Jnoex to ADVERTISEMENTS.

AMusFxFHTs-3d P0ge-6th column.
ANNOUNCEMENTS -Sth Faee-5h couMn , ,.
BANKING HoUsEs AHp BANKERS I'm Pdoe-oth coiee'''
BANKRUPT NoIIcEs-6h Pdoe-2d column
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BUSINESS CHAScEs-7thPo0e-6 column
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DIVIDEND NorCEs-7h Ps0e-5th ana ON ceiuNaS
DRxss MAKNG-7M Pdge-6fh column 49,, -,
EUROPEAN ADVERTISEMENT IS -1m fege-oIn ooiuihn
FTSANcIAL-7n Page-4 n and 5tb coIuInhs-
FURNITURE tn Pdge-6rh column
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~ xsI,s AND SLATE MANTLEs-6k Paqe-4lh coiuhn'
n AHrIAc Rs AND pRATHs-5m Page-5th couun'
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REAL EsIATE--3d foee-1st ana "a Columns,
errp ATOMS wANTED-MAIEs-3d Poge-3d column
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.epeciAL NOricEs--5M Pasc-6th column a. "a.
6uA aBoATs AND RAILROADS.&C. Fa0e-4tn ana otn
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1mpsrmruts anne afleetinas -lisht.

Hlsou OPERA HoUsx-"Ohvette"
BoorHs THE ATRE-" Yoyagers In southern seas
DAYS THEATRE Cinderella AT School"
HAyrRtYs Sfbt0's GARDEN" Black Crook
HAvERLYs FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE" Tnat man ioo
CattaTaugns." ux,,
HAyERIYs arr STREET TuFATRF-" G0olms
MADISON SQUARE THE&TRK-" Hazel kTKe
PARK THEATRE" Fresh. the American"
6AN FRANCISCO MISsTRELs.
STANDARD THEATRE-" Biibee TAYLOR:
UyIoS SQUARE THEATRE-" Felicia
WALIACK's IHEATRE-"A Scrap or Paper.
AMERICAN ART GALLRRY-Exhiblfion: ,.
M.pIsos SQUARE GARD'N-l anu o-bdruu" S"o"'
masonic reMPLE-Lecture.
6TEINWAY HAIL-CoDcfrt
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nent would be grievous affection to the COM

ment would be q grievous affection to the con,
munity. ''af
Augusta Victoria, the bride Of the Young Germ.,
Prince looked very pretty she drove through the
streets Of Berlin in her great glass coach. She wa.
nestled in white wrap surrounded with swan.
down, aud beautiful white roses were fastened il
yer Drown bar, which was arranged simply Ia
low coil upon her neck.
The widow aud daughter of Old John Brown AZ,
said TO be living in poverty on a small farm ne.,
san Jose, California. Mrs.. Brown is seyep,,
years old and wholly supported by her good Daughter
who is Obliged to pfform the rough farm.work ~
earn sufficient food. Their property is mortga;ec
tor $1,000. aud the payment of the interest "A
seriOns matter TO the two lonely women. Sib,tsn.
ia heip ought 10 bc gwen 10 them by those Vic
admire the sturdy hero OF Harrers Ferry.
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not cover such case as this. Should an OFF,
cial decision b. made declaring the office VA
cant, and should Judge be duly and regu-
larry elected OF appointed to fill the vacancy.
his official acts should surely be, upon very
familiar principles, unquesionable, so far as
the interests Of the public and the rights Of
third persons came TO depend upon them.
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At this date last yoar catblr!s were singing in the
park Tickets ana cherry blossoms were almost
open. An uutim-ly frost came later. u IL true TO
check the buds and treeze the music IN the throats
Of the soagsters but the season at once rallied from
this snort reverse. and rushed onWari as II nothing
had happened Hyaciuths and tulips were IN full
bloom On the 9Th of April. while to-day their tips
are just appearing above the ground Clearly our
climate Is not troubled with excessive reyerrlce
for the almanac. And yet. according to VeDnor
spring will be we'll advanced bv the 18th. and April
on the whole is TO bc a month Of May mdness
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just as able. bold and slilful, and with more
practical sense. We suspect good deal of any
disafection there my be really comes from the
keepers. They belong TO a class to whom
minute details Of system are intolerable, and
they will not want IN be bothered with them.
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Newburg has already begun preparations
for centennial celebration of the declaration
of peace and the disbandment of the Army at
Washington's Headquarters. The advantages
of Newburg as site fo- the FAIR seem to
have been overlooked by the committee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-07

Mr.. Mason, the United States Consul at
Basic, traces back the scare which resulted in
the French edict against American pork TO
case of illness caussd by eating the flesh of
newiy-killed home-bred pig. This vindicates
the American hog. The French hog should
apciogize--and the French Government also.
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: Mr.. Gladstone will enter on the principal
contest of the session to-day when he intro
duces the first of the two land bills designed
to remedy Irish grievances. AS outlined else
where, the measure encroaches enough on
landlords privileges to provoke spirited de-
bates and stubborn opposition. The blow
which he strikes at the law of entail il one
Of the most significant features Of this i'm
pOrtant scheme.