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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-10
THE 1pPORTIONMEyT PPOGLEU

The problem of representation is one which
the Census Committee has not yet solved to
the satisfaction of the House. But it is
only fair to add that it is a problem which
the country has never yet tried to settle with
strict Justice. Under any mode of apportion-
ment yet attempted, it is possible for mi
nOrity of the people to make laws through
their representatives., even in full House.
A strictly lust and fair system would make
this impossible. For instance, it i proposed
bv the committee TO have a House of $40
members. One of those members will repre-
sent only G2.2GG people, while another will
represent 27G.J3l people. a representative
from Delaware will represent lac, Cos persons,
while "A representative from Florida VIII rep
resent 2G9. 1873. These are extremes, but the
inequality runs all through any aud every
apportionmcnt that has been on can be- made.
solely upon the present system. What j.
called in Congress the old plan allotment
of representatives for the largest fractions
is not more, but altogether les, just in some
Of its workings.
Thu, under thc plan now used the follow
Ing States would send lj2 members, VIZ:
Nevada, with representative for abo1t
$1,000 persons; Iioudl, TWO for 13j, 1000
each Rhode Island, two for 13o, 600 each ;
California, xix for ll1,COO each; Delaware.
one for 10000; Iowa, eleven for llG7oO
each Massachusetts,, twelve Tor Ii, COO each
Michigan, eleven for Ids, 500 each Kentucky,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-10
NrSIC FESTIVAL REHEARSAL.

In the hall of Cooper Union, last night, there was
a full rehearsal of the local chorus which is
to sing in the Music Festival next May
Nearly one-half the singers had TO come
from Brooklyn or from parts of the
city as far distant and 1T was not strange that the
rain overhead and mud undeTfoot prevented full
attendance There were nevertheless over 800
singers present, and work of study was attacked
vigorously and dctermnedly. The whole OF the
first part of Handers oratorio " Israel IN
Egypt" aud three divisions OF the
Solemn Mass in by Beethoven were rehearSed.
The stage, with an eXtemporized extension, was
occupied by an orchestra, the solo singers Mrs.
Osgood Miss Cary Miss WInant, Mr. Ioedt,
and M Remmertz, and Mr.. Thomas; the
choristers were disposed in the amphitheatre
of the hall and filled nearly all the chairs. There
was manifest a spirit of enthusiastic interest IN The
work and at the conclusion of the drill, Mr..
Thoma thanked the singers for coming IN spite OF
the storm aud said he was satisfied with the work
al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-10

Of my late husband on the Tooth anniversary Of mir
birth, also for your kindly greeting TO myself Ny
KIND regards to all youI scholars. Yours. very SIM
cerely, Caroline Leroy Webster"
Wagner, now living in retirement at Palermo.
would attract very little attention if it were not fer
the variety of dressing gowns-twenty-three is tho
number mentioned-wlich he is so fond of display
ing At first he attempted to escape the gaze of Tho
vulgar by having screen placed around hIm at tho
table dh0ie, but he takes his meals in private
The end of March il is thought, will witness In,
final touches OF his "Parsifal.v
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amusements 90 Night.

Appry's PARK THEATRK-" The Colonel
RiJor OPERA HOUsF-" EAfrGue"
BOOTHS THKATRF-" Pirates of Penzance'
DAYS THRATRE-" Odette." .uno,o n,
BAvfRLY's FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE -"""' -
Blonde and Brunette" ,,,o,ca"
HAvtkLY'sI4Ts oTRRRr THEATRE" PatlencGs,
EAyERIY's NIBIo's GARDEN" The Danchens'
MADISON SQUARE THsATRE-"Esmeraaa'
San FRANCISCO MINsTRELs. .
STANDARD 18F ATRE-" Patience.
ITALIA THEArRE-" DivorcOns' - 49, c or.-otcr+v
TuEIrRr t,oWIoUy-2 and s." Souatter SoVclS6sh'!'
rroSy pasroR's NEW l4TII-s T. THEATRE-Z ana 2,
I,NIoS ~pUAkE THEaTRE-'The liGhts " i,VnU'H'
WI, .cx,s ruR ,TRE-''The Money Spinner"
ACApTMY OF MUsIC-Rehearsal
ASSOCIATION HALL-Lecture.
IrNNFILs MUSEUM.
CmCKERING HAfL-Lecture. ,,,.,
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DEsIGN-Exhibition
SIEISwAY HALL-COncert
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New,llprk daily Gribllnc.
FOUNDED HORACE GREELEY.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1882.
THE NEUS THIS MORNING.

FoRFIGv.-Mr. Smyths Home Rule amendment
10 the address was rejected yesterday in the British
Parliament by a vote of 80 to 81. 60 Sir
Stafford Northcote and Mr.. Marriott, a
Liberal will oppose Mr.. Gladstone's
proposed rules 60 Twenty-seven lives were
lost by the laundering of the COsmO In the
Black Sea- -= Berthold Auerbacb, the celebrated
German novelist, died at Cannes on Wednesday.
w J. Stillman, a correspondent of The
London Times has been murdered by the ATnauts
at Ipex.
CoNGEEss-I the Senate, yesterday the Pension
Arrears resolution was discussed and eulogies were
delivered on the late Congressman OConnor. ==
In the House there was further debate on the Ap-
portionment bill. - Mr.. Hewitt introduced a
bull to regulate the count of votes for President and
Vice-President
DoMEsTC-Speaker Patterson will announce the
Assembly Committees to-day Go shooting at
fray occurred at Washington last night between
some newspaper men; one was wounded fatally,
It is thought. and another was badly
injured - Measures have been taken in Rich
mond to secure aid for the Midlothian sufferers.
&C. The Ice on the upper part of the Hudson has
been damaged by the rain =- Two men were
killed and others were Injured by an explosion OF
giant powder at Cornwall n. Y, Wednesday. =-
Fires are reported at Chicago Minneapolis, Yer
t.,
rnaitox River is rising rapidly account of the
heavy rains.
CITY AND SUBURBAN-O. b. Potter testified be-
fore the Coroner and the Fire Marshal
Yesterday. - The Liedcrkranz Ball
held at the Academy of Music. GO
yell-to-do German committed suicide in a
hack in Central Park. - John +. Wolfe was
convicted of assault at Paterson 80 Sir Henry
Parkes talked with TRIBUNE re-
porter about the prosperity of New
South Wales - The bondholders of
the Columbus Chicago and Indiana Central Rail
way Company considered plan of reorganization.
- Joseph p. Hague, broker, was arrested at
Newark. for conspiracy TO defraud the Mechanics
National Bank. 80 Gold value of the legal tender
silver dollar C412l2 grains, 87.3S cents. =StOcks
were dull and lower, but later made some improve
ment, and closed steady.
IHI WEATHER. RIBUNE local observations in
dictate cloudy weather with light rains, followed by
partly cloudy OF fair and warmer weather. Their
Inometer yesterday Highest, $50; lowest, $50; av-
erage, 367s0.
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the slave having been freed. they opposed bis
being permitted to vote; having been made q
voter, they opposed his being allowed to testify
in the courts; and now they oppose his being
educated and trained for the duties of citizen
ship This, too, is inevitable, and they must
sooner or later yield their opposition upon this
point also.
1t can hardly be wondered at, per-
haps, that each step, and particularly
the first and second, in this great move
ment in behalf of universal freedom
and human rights. was so bitterly and Obsti-
nately opposed. Selfish material interests were
involved to an enormous extent in the reten-
ton of slavery, while pride and prejudice were
enlisted strongly against the sudden
transformation of the bOndman to the fellow
citizen and voter. But upon the issue whether
the freed and enfranchised negro should be
lifted up and made a useful citizen or left in
ignorance to be a constant source of
danger and discomfort, it would seem
that there ought to be no two opinions
nor any long delay. AS to the matter of cost
to the State, we apprehend that it will be
found in the end that as a simple question OF
dollars and cents it is much cheaper to edu-
cate the negro to be useful citizen than to
keep him in ignorance and support him as
pauper or criminal. Kentucky is one Of our
most wealthy and prosperous States, even il
she is welded to BOurbOnism and it would
be very creditable to her intelligence to set an
example to her sister States Of the South by
making ample provision for the education of the
negroes in the State.
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trade, and his visit may result in increasing
the commerce between our Pacific ports anu
the vast, fertile islald-continent OF the southern
UemiSnhere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-10

Mr. Paddy Ryan was reported as feeling pretty
well yesterday in spite of the terrible pounding he
received at the hands of Sullivan. AS for Sullivan,
he retired from he fight without scratch. skip
ping along" says one Of the correspondents, " like
a bird" Thus is violence done to the fitness of
things. In the old days blunt gentleman, after
vainly endeavoring to solve the slavery question
and the Indian question, finally exclaimed in
his despair: 81 wish that every Niger i'll
the country would kill every Iniun in the
country and get hung for it," If Mr.. Sullivan had
killed Mr. Ryan and was booked to be hanged for
the offence the public would bear the announce
ment with resignation which is not inspired by
the news that Sullivan left the ring without a
scratch and that Ryan is feeling pretty well.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-10

The debates in the House upon the Census
Committees ApportiOnmeut bill have already
made it plain that the measure and the system
of distributing representation 1t provides are
doomed. Probably the bill will be sent back
TO the committee with instructions to adopt
the old method of apportonment. The COM
nittee may have devised what i'll theory is an
Improvement but it hurts too many States
and benefits too few for it to find much favor
in the House
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-10

1t was Mr.. Speaker Patterson who remarked a
week ago. in the course of his address upon taking
the chair, to properly devise andisklfully promote
legislation that shall do Justice to all and
injustice to none, demands careful, prudent
and wise action on our part and imposes a duty
that rests with equal weight upon each of u.s." This
Is wholesome talk but the fact that to-day finds
he standing committees of the House. without
which there can he no legislation, still unan-
nounced, warrants the suspicion that Mr.. Patterson,
although lawyer by profession, is better at preach
ing than practising.
When President Arthur reads the resolutions
adopted by the Suffolk Republicans it may occur to
him that they are opposed TO having poStmaster,-
Butcher'd to make a Stalwart holiday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-10

Sir Henry Parkes, the Premier of the New
South Wales Government, gives an intereShng
account Of the condition of that prosperous
Australian colony III conversation reported
In another column. The country has popn-
Iation of 100000, and possesses, besides many
other evidences of material wealth, $50 miles
of railroad and 80, 600, 600 sheep. Sir Henry's
mission TO the United States is not an official
one, but lie takes lively and intelligent IN
terest in matters relating to manufactures ana
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-10

1t is all very well for the Naval Committees
of Congress to take a course of instruction III
the difficult sciences of ordnance and ship
building from inventors, officers and ship
wrights, but in the meantime the session Is
fast running away, and nothing is being done
toward forwarding legislation for beginning
the construction of the new Navy which the
country greatly needs Congressman cannot
expect to become naval experts in few
weeks. They must take it for granted that
the Navy Department knows thing or two,
and can be trusted to build or buy few
slps.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-10

FoREIGv.-Mr. Smyth's Home Rule amendment
10 the address was rejected yesterday in the British
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-10

General Beavers spontaneous candidacy for tn,
Republican nomination for Governor of Pennsyl
yania has not been favorably affected 10y the bras
medal announcement. lie was running pretty wei
before that was made, but since then his campaign
has seemed to lose Roadway Yet he has not becI
dcmon,trativc in showing the people that lie has
claim 10 one of the medals
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-10

who is responsible for the unusually docile be-
havor of the Democrats in Congress at this session
Is Mr.. Randall the man who IS holding in Springer
and the other sprightiy members of the party Ii
he is he is entitled to great credit for he Is per-
forming a task which was supposed 10 be impossl-
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-02-08
Never Too Late to Learn.

Socrates, at an extreme old age, learned
to play on musical instruments.
Cato, at eighty years of age, learned
the Greek language
Plutarch, when between seventy and
eighty, began the study Of Latin.
Sir Henry Spellman neglected the
sciences in his youth, but he commenced
the study of them when he was between
fifty and sixty years of age. After this
time he became most learned antigua
rian and lawyer.
DR.. Johnson applied himself to the
Dutch language but a few years before
his death.
Ludovico Lonaldesco, at the great age
of one hundred and fifteen, wrote the
memories of his own times.
Franklin did not fully commence his
philosophical pursuits till he had reached
his fiftieth year
Dryden, in his sixty eighth year, COM
menced the translation of the Iliad, his
most pleasing production.
Ogilby, the translator of Homer and
Virgil, was unacquainted with Latin and
Greek until his fftieth year
DIR. Cary acquired nearly all the
dialects of India after he was well ad-
vanced in life, and his translations of the
Bible are still in Exchange.
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Elders and their Work.

Most congregations are engaged In
mission work; and in this the church of
to day is decidedly in advance of what it
was half a century ago. In all that con-
Germs such efforts to reach the terri bly,
neglected masses, or rather the masses
who terribly neglect themselves in their
own highest interests, the elder must find
his place and work in some form or other.
That all elders should go and preach in
our mission halls I do not believe, for
few have the gift of preaching. At the
same time, it does seem very probable
that the influence Of the Presbyterian
Church upon the masses has been less
than it might have been had it not relied
so exclusively upon the regular ministry
for the preaching of the gospel. There
are large numbers outside the church
who cannot, in the first instance, be drawn
into it through the regular and ordinary
means of grace; and it has proved impos-
sible, even if it be desirable, to provide
an educated and ordained ministry to
conduct the work that is needed in all
the mission halls, and highways, and
hedges to which the church is going, and
must continue to go, to proclaim the Cos
pei to those who heed it not. Even the
Episcopal Church is largely awaiting it
self of lay agency for services held else
where than in the church. Where other
than the regular ministry is needed the
most natural substitute is certainly the
elder, provided always that he has the
gifts required Religion languishes in
many country districts far from a place
of worship because there IS no one to
gather the scattered few to simple SER
vice on the Sabbath day; and elders in the
country should certainly be encouraged
to do their best in looking after old as
well as young in such circumstances
What most people need is to be preached
to in their own language, in plain Saxon,
in words Of few syllables. This ineligible
preaching is certainly one cause Of the
success Of the Methodist local preacher
Whether there are those among the
Presbyterian eldership who would be
alike successful under the same circum-
stances do not know but there is every
reason to believe that some would find
that their calling lay in that department
Of Christian work, and that there, by Gods
blessing, they might labor to the advance
ment Of his kingdom. There are many
other spheres Of usefulness that cluster
round the mission hall, where private
Christian zeal may fnd healthful exercise
and yield good fruit, and throughout all
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-02-08
Recent Publications.

LECTURES ON THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF Re-
LIGIoN AS ILLUSTRATED BY SOME POINTS IL
THE History OF INDIAN BUDDHISM. By r.
w. Rhys Davids. Being the HILBERT Lee
lures for 1881. Smo, PIP. 1852 New York
II. L. Rutnams Sons. 1882 For sale in
Richmond by West, Johnston & Co.
There is subject of more interest or more
Importance to the philosopher or the theologian
at present than the understanding of Buddhism.
1t is important not only because it is the reli-
gion which numbers the greatest number of fol-
lowers in the world, but also because ancient
Buddhism, in its morals as it came from the
hands OF Gotama, approached more nearly to
Christianity than any other system, or the teach
ings of any other pagan philosopher Socrates
and Plato not excepted. 1t presented in the
pagan world the singular spectacle of religion
OF gentleness, of selfrenunciation, of unworldli-
ness, of love-and yet it had no God 1t ap-
pealed like Christianity to the masses it had its
preachers, its sacred writings, its hymns, its
stated worship. When it became corrupt. it
had its monasteres, its ritual, Its relics, and in
fact took upon itself so remarkably the peculiar
ceremonial and practices which prevail in the
Roman Catholic religion that many believe that
one has borrowed largely from the other.
lectures, is one of the first among Pail scholars
and has already distinguished himself by his
previous volumes on Buddhism, " Buddhist
Birth Stories q" Buddhist Suttas from the PAIL
&c. He is the writer also of the article on
Buddhism in the new edition of the Encyco-
p@dla Britannica. We need not say that he
seems unusually familiar with this difficult sub
ject while his style is chaste elegant and clear
1t appears to that his design is to run
parallel quietly between Buddhism and Chris
tianity, and we suspect he regards one to be
about as good as the other. Ne should have
liked little ore frankness on this point, but
the work is timely and useful, and will prove
help to students of comparative religion 1t is
matter of regret that so wide theme had to
be packed in six lectures. We should like to
have known more about the early Buddhist
writings and the formation of the Buddhist
canon.
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Worldly Conformity.

DR.. James w. Alexander wrote to a
friend:
AS grow oldera as parent, my views
are changing fast as to the degree of con-
formity to the world which we should al
low to our children. l am horror,struck
to count up the prohigate children OF
pious persons and even ministers.
"The door at which these influences
enter, which countervail parental instruc-
ton and example, 1 am persuaded, is,
uiezdinq to the aOayS Of good society. By
dress. books, and amusements, an at
mosphere is formed which is not that of
Christianity. More than ever do feel
that our families must stand in kind
but determined opposition to the fashions
of the world, breasting the waves, like
the Eddystone lighthouse. And have
found nothing yet which requires more
courage and independence than to rise a
little but decidedly above the par of the
religious world around US.
Surely, the way in which we common
ly go on is not the way of self-denial and
sacrifice and cross bearing which the New
Testament talks Of Then is the offence
of the cross ceased Our slender in
fuence on the circle Of our friends is of
ten to be traced to our leaving so little
difference between us and them"
1t is sad indeed that the feebleness of
our influence should be due to such a
cause Let all Christian parents think
of this. In these days of worldly confor-
nifty it deserves to be thought Of
How little difference now between the
church and the world Not only do the
children of church members, but many
church members themselves, indulge in
amusements, pleasures, and extravagances
too closely linked with worldliness and
sin.
Let us heed the wise and afectionate
counsel of the apostle Paul, who wrote ::
I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by
the mercies of God, that we present your
bodies living sacrifice, holy, acceptable
unto God, which is your reasonable ser
vice. And be not conformed to this
world but be we transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that ye may prove
what is that good, and acceptable, and
perfect will of God" Rom. xii. l, 3
For ye are bought with price; there
fore glorify God in your body, and in
your spirit, which are Gods" l. Cor
vi. 90. The apostle James says, 1.-The
friendship of the world is enmity with
God" James iv. 4. The "beloved dis
ciple" said, Ifany man love the world,
the love of the Father is not in him"
The best of preachers said, Ye are the
salt of the earth Ye are the light of
the world" Matt. v Is, IA. Oh, that
we could all say with Paul, "The life
which I now live in the flesh, I live by
the faith of the Son of God, who loved
me, and gave Himself for me- Gal. ii.
%
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TIE N1SErEENrH CENTURY for January

The NINETEEYTH CENTURY for January
Contents:
Westminster Abbey: July 25, 1881; The Crisis
OF Parliamentary Government; The Biologists
on Vivisection Morley's Life of Golden )" The
Sicily of ThucYdides and Theocritus The Ag-
nostic at Church The Oldest Epic of Christen-
dom; Canada's Highway to the Pacific; Ny
thology among the Hottentots; The Machinery
of Elective Government.
New York: George Munro, publisher.
The FoRTEIGHTLY REVIEW for January. Con
tents:
On Land-owning Cultivators Note on Mary
Queen of Scots; Photographic Chronicles from
Childhood to Age The Future of Islam; Pietro
Cossa Dramatist Sir Charles Lyell; Vivisec-
ton -Four Replies Memorials of Caroline Fox
Home and Foreign Affairs also, The Freres
New York George Munro, publisher.
The CONTEMPORARY REVIEW for January has
the following articles:
Peasant Pioprietors in France The Value Of
Egypt to Great Britain Married Women in
Factories Zululand after the War; The City of
London, its Population and Position Christian
Socialists in Germany; Our Industrial Schools /;
Old and New Canons of Poetical Criticism On
Some Defects in the Educational Organization Of
Scotland The Irish Landlords
N. York George Munro, publisher.
We have received copy Of D. M Ferry &,
Co.'S Seed Annuol for 1882 published in De-
troit, Michigan. PIP. 1853. 10 contains innum-
cradle Illustrations, sor1e of them beautifully
colored. 1t is just the book for gardeners and
lovers Of flowers.
LIrrELIs LIVING AGE for the week ending
February 4th.
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Considerable progress will be made
this year towards the completion Of the
Revised Version Of the Old Testament.
A feature Of this revision must be borne
In mind. In New Testment revision
changes were made after the critical study
of more recently Undiscovered MSS. The
work of the Old Testament Company will
be mainly to avail themselves Of modern
help towards a better acquaintance with
the Hebrew language, and to restore the
Hebrew text where, as in a few places, it
is indisputably incorrect.
AT the opening Of the annual con-
vention Of the diocese Of Albany, Bishop
Doane delivered the address, in which
he discouraged the use Of the revised YER
sion Of the New Testament for other than
marginal purposes.
People are 10th to see their faults, and
have need to be told Of them the fact is
plain and the fault too, yet they must be
put together with application.