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New-York tribune., 1882-02-18
ENGLAND IN 4 TIDGET

The discussion which has suddenly opened
in England over the military dangers of the
Channel tunnel is significant III many re-
spccts. 1t illustrates several Characteristic
traits of tie modern BritOn-his conservatism,
first of all. This scheme Of tunnellIng under
the English Channel is not a new one 1t has
been discussed by engineers and members of
Parliament, and been made the subject of
glowing prospectuscs and intricate calcula-
tions at various times during the last
twenty years. Yet it was not until a
few weeks ago, when two rival companies were
found to be actually preparing to take adyan-
tage of the Parliamentary privileges which had
been conferred upon them, that the public
eyinced any interest in the matter Up to that
point Englishmen had been profoundly scepti-
cal in regard to the practicability of the enter
prise. So distinguished an engineer as Sir
John Ilawkshaw had prepared the plans and
revised the estimates, and concessions had been
granted by the French and British Governments,
SO that two companies had come into existence
for the purpose OF carrying out the project
Yet the public looked upon the enterprise with
absolute Indifference. Ever since Englishnen
had been Englishmen, they had made the
journey to the Continent by water at the im-
mncnt risk of a headache and disordcrcd
stomach. To concede the possibility of under
ground transit was to call III question the in
sularity of the United KiIigdom-to undermine
not ouly the Channel but the British Consti-
tuition, and to shake the foundations of national
faith. The engineers plans were proof of
the speculative spirit of the modern age. The
practical English public, so far as it took
any notice OF them ut all, was
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoBEiGN-Mr Gladstone has gwen further ex-
planations regarding his Home Rulo opinions. -
Tho British House of Lords, by vote of 90 TO
IS has ordered the appointment of n select COM
mittee on the Land bin - Tho new license
taxes have been collected easily at Madrid -
1t is estimated that sixty seventy lives were lost
by the Durham collery explosion.
CoNGREss-In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Miller
presented a memorial from the Union League Club,
of this city, - The House passed the ApDortiOn-
nent bill and refused to authorize the restoration
of Thomas Little to the Army.
DoMEsr1c.-Two letters of instructions from Lord
Granville TO Mr.. West in regard TO the ClaytOn-Bul-
wer Treaty are made public. - Correspondence
relating to the boundary between Mexico and Guat-
emala is also published. - An explo-
sion in fireworks factory at Ches-
ter, Penu yesterday morning caused the death Of
fourteen persons, and seriously injured between
thirty and forty others. x Documents concern
ing the correspondence i'll regard to the Peruvian
company sent to the House yesterday -
Some express trains were delayed five hours near
Stuyvesant n. Y, owing to freight cars having run
OIL the track. "A. w. Campbell, of Wheeling.
W. Va is seeking a divorce - In the Virginia
Senate, yesterday the deadlock was broken by
Republican voting with the Readjusters. 60
James G. Allison has been hanged at Indiana, Penn.
for numbering his father.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.--A wall fell In Roosevelt
st. yesterday and killed one man. - The
Alumni of Ringers College ate their annual dinner.
80 Verdics were rendered in two murder trials.
" w. Macfarlane & Co., lard retincrS, sus-
pended business. - brakeman was killed by
freight train on the New-York and New-Haven
Railroad - Gold value of the legal-tender sill
yer dollar (4l2le grainsl 1882 cents. - Stocks
were less active; then opened higher and afterwaTd
were feyersh and unsettled, and so closed.
The WEATHER. tribune local observations in
dicate colder and fair or clear weather. Tcmpera-
ture yesterday Highest, 45o lowest. 23o; average.
QE6ao
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18

was the object and Mr.. Patterson does not
deny it. They did make the trade. 1t was so
announced and the Republican members. VINO
were only waiting for the bargain TO be con-
summated, began to have hopes that the Demo
cratic Legislature would presently be or
ganized.
Mr.. Patterson was elected Speaker by Tam
many votes, and so much was accomplished
toward carrying out the bargain. Then the
Tammany men called halt until they could
be assured that the Speaker would carry out
his part of the contract. There was dllly-
dallying for several days more, and the pubic
business waited for Mr.. Speaker Patterson.
At last he announced his committees. The
Tammany men broke out in chorus of in
dignation, swearing that they had been cheat
ed. And it did certainly have that appear
ance
They did then what most people would un-
der similar circumstances-endedt the deadlock
and emphasized their Indignation at the man
ner IN which they had been treated and the
men who had cheated them by voting for the
Republican candidates for the subordinate
places.
And now the men who tried for six weeks
to make bargain with Tammany, finally
made il, and then, after getting their proilt
ont of it, cheated Tammany out of the consid-
Grafton agreed upon, are patting themselves
on the back because they have given proof
that they were above making trades, ana al
most standing on their heads because the ke-
pubIcans arc proven to be corrupt by the
fact that their candidate for Clerk of the AS
scnlby was elected by Tammany votes.
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18
ten years, by rail and by river, are as follows:
lOso
BY nver. | BY rail-

The commerce of other Western cities shows
q similar state of affairs. Enterprise is taking
away from the river that which st. Louis per-
sistently claims belongs to it, the transporta-
ton of the produce and manufactures OF the
region Of which st. Louis is the centre. 1t is
safe to predict that the Mississippi can never
be the highway of greater commerce in the
future than it is now, unless q spirit of enter
prise is exhibited equal to that of the managers
of railways. 1t is probable, in any event, that
the river will secure only small portion of the
general increase of trade.
The danger of diversion of traffic from the
railways by grain barges on the Mississippi
has been somewhat exaggerated. The success
of barge transportation would be greatly pro-
NOTED by paying cargOes of freight for the
return trips up the river Return cargOes are
not to be depended upon. Very rarely can
any be secured; and the cost of towing the
clumsy bargcs up the river, with their high
houses in the wind, is great. The tOw-boat
consumes 500 tons of coal on the round trip;
all expenses are heavy; and the time spent
in the trip is thirty days, making the charges
for interest and depreciation oppressive. 1t
has been discovered, furthermore, that even
the largest patterns of barges are not large
enough to secure the prime object of cheap
transportation. The latest barges are 225 feet
long, 80 wide, and 9 deep, with a cargo-house
on deck. They are large boats. They carry
10000 bushels Of grain. They are so large
that no steamer can take over five OF
them, that is to say, not over 100000 bush
els of grain at one trip and rs a rule, no
steamer can handle more than 10000 BUSH
els at trip advantageously, and that is not a
shipment large enough to secure the cheapest
transportation. Unless, therefore, the whole
system of barge transportation is completely
revOutionized by the substitution of an en-
tirely different class of boats which are at the
same time larger and easier to handle the
boats arc not likely to meet with more than
moderate success. Certainly there is no immc-
diatc prospect of the commercial supremacy of
New York being shaken by them.
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18

No brass medal or its photograph has been sent to
this office yet
The leading idea of Democratic craftsmanship
hercabous seems to be to keep Tammany in a state
of war with the Democratic party. This meets the
unqualified appreciation of Republicans.
Three hundred and six is large number for a
dinner party. but small one for political party
which hopes to elect President.
Is Mr.. Tilden leading or following at this time
If he led in the Albany mauGuvre the result is not
likely to bring him much credit. If he follows
where the outcome of that manGuvrc is certain to
lead he will sooner or later encounter John Kelly
swinging the same old shillelah and completely
blockadng the roadway. The time seems to be rs
favorable as it has been forfve years for Mr. Iden
to retire permanently from politics.
The Democratic minority in the House got away
from Messrs Randall, Cox and Springer on the APP
portionment question. showing that their tripar-
tite powers of leadership not equal to he de-
mands of the occasion. We have been wondering
fer some time what it was that was keeping Springer
so quiet. He has been posing as a leader" This
comes very near TO being the ableSt caper of his
Sprghtly life
We do rot notice any enthusiastic predictions in
the Democratic press that the next Governor of
New-York will be 4 Democrat.
II is possible that the brass medals may be con-
verted into liver pads or chest protectors and thus
be saved from entire waste.
The Hon. David Davis, in the course of his last
periodical dsquisiton on the shortcomings of both
political parties, remarked that he supposed the Re
publican party would outIve the Democratic, " not
because il is the filter. but because it has the Offices
and therefore, the inside track, not to speak OF bet
ter discipline and better business sense" The two
items which be does not speak of are the strongest
in his count. The Republican party lives chiefly be-
cause of its good discipline and its business sense
Ii does not allow its brass medal faction TO lead il
into bundcrS and il has the business sense TO keep
it's policy abreast with the desires and demands of
the people.
1t is queer that the third-term banqucters forgot
to say anything about President Arthur. We're they
afraid of disturbing the Administration in ITS peace
ful sunDerS9
The country hardly prepared to pay $27 200, 900
simply to allow the glorious Democracy to get it's
whskey cheaper.
We notice with considerable amusement that sew
eral able Democratic editors remark that in passing
the Deficiency bills this Republican Congress has
reversed the Ietrenchment policy inaugurated by
the preceding Democratic Congress. VIII these
able editors mention a single Congress between
1876 and 1851 where there not Deficiency
bulls passed by Democratic majority to repair the
ravages of Democratic retrenchmentY In 1877
these bills amounted to 1884, ,G95; in 1873 to
81 5l7, 1856; in 1879 to SI5,213.259: in 1850 to
81 633 S24; and in 1881 to ST, lS,0S5. All these
were Democratic Congresses.
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18
amusements 60 Night.

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HAvsSi'Y's 14rH STREET TuEArRE-2 and g." The Mas
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HAvERLY's NIBLo's GARDEN-2 and S. oeieor"'0"
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MADISON SQUARE THsArRE-2 and SC" Esmeraida'
PARK THEATRE-2 and 30" The Colonel
GAN FRANCISCO MlNsTRELs-2 and T. .,.y
sTANpARp TnHATRE--2 IS and IS" Patience" >,
ITALIA THEATRE-2-" Divorcons.' y, ia ""e''''''
THEATRE CoMroUE-" s0uatter Soverelgnty ~. =, T ~,
UNION SQUARE THEATRE and s. ihe hish''0 A'"
don" 49,, e,...ry
WIspsoR THEATRE-2 and $" ~"
Ac.nrsy OF Musrc-Children's Carnival .
RDooxIYS ACADEMY OF MUsIC-Philharmonic concert
BUNNELL's MUSEUM.
CUCKERING HALI-Concert - ,,
n aT,oSa AC ApENY OF DRsIGS-Exhibiton.
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18
SPEAKER PATTERsON's UNHAPPY LVI
d IN From me Syracuse Journal tRepD
I,V"' ,.,,,.,sX, hetvppn Sneaker Pat

L. tho controversy between speaker Iatt"r-
III 'nI ~ Tnnnnny contingent In the Assembly, inc
are all against the speaker lio ue'' 20
prODa IN .naOcr To the demands known 10 have Dr'li
d 10, Ia Nv Tammany ana which must have bccn acCedeu
~ Nv assurance or promise, before be coHd hayo &c
% "nt tSe part OF wronged parties In Their SeSeao
%e1risals UpOn the party that cleaSd ,nr iSged
c @ 10 xcust his breach OF faith by charging
r T.u on, with not going INTO caucus as he uh1eS''o'
,n,i' would Patterson Is In n bad boat
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18

There is war on the Rappahannock. and the
cause of it is that innocent bivalve the oyster.
An expedition headed by Governor Cameron
has been fitted out, and is ailoat. consisting OF
artillery and infantry, well supplied with ra-
tions, to capture the trcspassers and vlndlcate
the laws of Virginia. Governor Cameron takes
a truly patriarchal interest in his people. Con-
trast his activity with the apathy of the Gov
crnors of this State and of Connecticut. The
ovsternen on Long Island have quarrelled
with their neighbOrs across the Sound for
years, and apparently each side has just cause
for war. Not long ago a Long Islander found
n deep hole full of beautiful oysters, and went
home at night with bis boat full. The Con-
necticut men, whose baskets were empty, saw
this, and watched their lucky enemy until they
found out where the rich bed lay. Then they
appeared on the scene, and the strife ragged, it
was said, for days, until finally 1t was agreed
to divide the spols. And yet the apathetc Gov
ernors of the Empire and the Wooden Nutmeg
States sat quietly at their capitals and let their
people fight. Not even a proclamation was
issued here, while the position of the Virginia
oystermen is supported 10y charges of grape and
solid shot. 1t is pity, if there must be fighting
over the oyster, that the retail dealers cannot
be called in and placed in the thick of it,
to meet Just reward for their assurance
in charging now for their wares the same high
prices that prevailed in war times twenty
years ago. If any blood is to be spilled it
should he taken from this class.
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18
THE PRESIDENT WARNED AGAINST SrcRRs.
~ Erntn me Neir York EUeHln0 Post lInd hepJ

For elaborate. eXuberant, gorgeous eulogy,
,bsre is uothng like mutual aiGlslOn meeting 9l mo
on put fhe charmed circle seems To be gradually mar
o"U Not only ia there vast area OF solitude garner,
Inc around il which makes its Snahess ~ wen "s ~ -
nSerJorfu ncrformauces amuslngy conspicuous IA ~
n,oars also inclined 70 crush aud cOusGn 10 oJhEVn
bpp Unworthy among its own members win inc ~tEnC
w VI a.. scuce some 0f cQntcn pprarlrs are, loI ~
toe notclng the fact that NJ the last PuDuc ehhg
n of that select party in this city president At' f
hi "a MIR Arthur tries TO commend ninscII 10 nc ~
rnbaton Of the people he forits me taTGr tT o2
SrbI,r had better take warning MI EuoI9 S'IiI''
lii alton Is of the withcriuS Anl M thc I''S
mora mora hniJ be careful not to expose himself To IL
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18
ONE HIST DEMOCRATIC ESTIMATE OF THE Al"
oNL JN0A RANY BUS NESS.
r., ~, RrootIyn EGgie (Def)

The Republicans are GeIaPg 5 RANKS sSt OF T HS cpo
for Pron4rns assume ~ any airs of Hrtuous ndiSpaioa
asains, them simply to be S EtO1S s"mcfm" sfs @ 3 70
the re"au ' non what score Iamnany Is to be cen
Sared SS We imagine 1t TeRSSs@isGh Si he Sf
ceINcu' r hS, notco influence, BY the r'snlsrs lucy
@ oU ~ moi Vote Tor Mr. Jacobs without % =,
.o,, demacoQues 10 have NOtei for thS -
nlices nader such circumstance mlsh od have
been accouhtV" nf The spanielfond of the Io0I tuas
g SRs and the hand that apple. the & %3p caught & in Ger
trlh ia that the Democrats hlV 49, me nit witch they
SE Tor Others They are O0a & 9e11 10 ho
leoansc tnoS 80, ~ manhood to stand by their coiVA'
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18
PUBLIC OPINION.

II reouires no prophet to fOresee the llleli-
bond of dnsneratn 10 ca battle In this country about
the wear 1Ssl-(Boston Herald dnc.)
II is not the amount Of the state debt OF
enneseee that troubles the Democrats ot tit otie -
the priucipe of paying pubic dcht Ihat inspires tcr
Opposition Boston Tray cler (lIep1
For OUT own part, we should like TO see the ths
ocrs of tbe legislature hold their places during eo3d
vinr a, th ~ of Parliament do Then there would
b nn dad.locks and Hh2ckufs.-Bunal' Express
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18
FACTS ABOUT THE 1906"

r,,o Id,,;c n,;;" If the stand taken 10y Emory \.
q. -, o,,d porson Newman accepts Gulicau AZ MS own
Sstimao, as the who put an END to rhe n, C ,a,
ed 7inat IL all there Is OF II The people sehb
1I tEo,e 3oG men who the brasscolar OF Grn 10 10
tlc e'a I'd defeated the popular will Let us n"t 'oSe
t, t - oG tbese facis They ought 70 command dec'ny
y,n rom men lost to any ordinary lueaS ol
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18

In the Assembly yesterday Mr.. Sprague in
troduced q concurrent resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution prohibiting
the use of public money for private purposes.
The course pursued by the majority In the
present Legislature furnishes a potent argu-
ment in favor of the resolution. For the DEM
ocrats in both the Senate and Assembly have
done little else since the session opened cx-
cept use the public money appropriated for
paying the expenses of the Legislature for
the private purposes" of their political fac
tions. The typical intelligent foreigner max
ing study of our governmental system might
well conclude, after listening to the august
debate which took place in the Senate Thurs
day and yesterday, that in New-fork State
gentlemen were elected to the upper House
with the understanding that they should de-
vote themselves exclusively and enthusiasts
tically to making or breaking Tammany Hall.
And yet we believe the fact to be that the
hall in question is not recognized by the Con-
stitution.
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18

The Legislature has adjourned over until
Monday evening The Assembly spent yester-
day, we take pleasure in noting, in the indus
trious discharge of long ng-postponed duties. Not
30 with the Senate. 1t wantonly wasted the
entire session in debating matters which have
about as much to do with the legitimate work
of a legislator as Colonel Robert hgersoll had
TO do with the revised version.
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18

It was Senator Boyd who in explaining ono Of
his votes the other day, made the sublime exclama-
ton: "Patrotsm demands that time be
lost" But ii is painfully evident that in the vocab
ulary of the majority of the Senate, patriotism is
defined to be a clerical error for parisanship.
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18
, C,xDDATE FOR A MEDAL.

81 u,as LnncLed down, muddied. ana woe
,,, i','d said tine small boy, but becauee Giint
rrH too loud / think ought 10 have brass medal
weicbng a pound OF two"
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18

The failure in the prosecution of tho Star
Route cases in Nebraska is not tc be taken as
a test of the cases yet to come, notwlthstand-
ing that the Star Route sympathizers in Wash
ington are in a state of exultation because the
Judge directed an acquittal from the bench.
1t is not likely that prosecutions at the Ma
tional Capital when once fairly started, will
be weakened by local influence rs seems to
have been the case in Omaha.
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18
tho blame lies on any except those who
unfortunately were so needless as 10 expose
their lives unnecessarily.

1t is hard to sec any good reason for the
bill introduced yesterday into the Assembly
making change in the law touching the COM
position of the Board of Education OF th>s
city. The new measure would cause the pres
ent Commissioners to 60 out of Office on May l.,
1882, and make the new Board to consist Oh
twenty-four members, one from each Assembly
District, appointed by the Mayor. The meas ,:
ure is probably grounded in the long g-standing
complaint that under the present law me
Mayor can select for Commissioner any GU,
zen whom he pleases to take He may appoint
two from the same block if he wishes But
certainly no man who is intelligent enough to
secure an appointment to the Board, and is
willing to serve without pay, could be so mar
minded as to build up the schools In any
one part of the city at the expense OF another
part. And there is no reason to increase the
Board by three members even. No more brains
or talk is needed to administer school affairs
wisely than the present Board can control.
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18

Generally it is the explosion first and the
fire afterward. But in the disaster at Chester
yesterday this order was reversed and it is
painful to know that if the warning given by
a boy who was familiar with the building and
its contents had been needed the loss of life
might have been avoided. The catastrophe
did not occur until the flames had been in
progress for nearly an hour, until after two
small explosions had taken place and there
was no hope of saving the building. The
firemen and spectators must have known the
dangerous nature of the articles stored in the
burning structure, and it is singular that they
had not retreated to a place of safety The
accident seems to be one for which the friends
of the dead and the injured cannot say that
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18

A New Orleans theatrical criticism reads: This
play is one of the most satisfying on tho stage.
After seeing it once no wants to see it again.
In the same sense the present State Legislature is
satisfactory.
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18

A suggestion to Sunset Cox: Why not beg the
Life Saving Service to try if it rescue the
Democracy of this State from the destruction which
now seems to await il
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18

No brass medal or its photograph has been sent to
this office yet.
The leading idea of Democratic craftsmanship
hercabouts seems to be to keep Tammany in a state
of war with the Democratic party This meets the
unqualified appreciation of Republicans.
New-York tribune., 1882-02-18

We do rot notice any enthusiastic predictions in
the Democratic press that the next Governor OF
New-York will be Il Democrat.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-03-11
MILK CRCST.
FALLING HAIR.

Frank A. Bean, Steam ire Engine . Boston, wa
cured OF Alopecia, falling Of the hair by the Cu
cura ResOlyent blood purifier internally and Cuii
cura and CutcuIa soap lihe great skin cures. ex'er
nally. which completely restored his hair when al
said he would lose II.