New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-04


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There is a disposition manifested In Boston to
keep severely sharp eye upon Governor Butler and
to detect Inconsistencies 10 his conduct
mzer CT tho peoples money. Thus 1t is asserted
that while he draws a salary of $76 90 week az
] Governor he makes no deduction therefrom when
ho Is absent II week on private law business. His
| critics think that Governor who is so particular
| about reading newspapers at the expense OF tho
State ought not to put the States money INTO his
own pocket when he Is not attending 10 the States
business. This Is captious perhaps but II is on par
| with many of the Governors reform 81 poits.
Our genial and fsr-sghtod friend Professor Z
Stone Virgins astronomical weather prophet,
comes up smiling and informs us that he predicted
the storm Of January 10 to day. We publish his
letter elsewhere and wish very much that we could
refer our readers 10 1t cheerful and rcas-urlng
document. The Professor with a cslmness which
under the circumstances does moro credit to his
nerves than hs heart cites two letters in each Of
which he predicted the exact date Of the January
Storm and Giles them proof that his dreadful
forecasts for February aud March III be fulfilled
Ile accepts THE TRIBUNEs proposition that his
standing AS a prophet no decided by the success or
failure OF hio predic ion Of heavy storm on Febru
AIRY o. in this bold and handsome manner: 81
ask the public TO act as judge These be solemn
words The oOmposure OF the professor IS full of
bad omen for this planet aud its people We may
be all blown out into space within the next forty
days
Once inevitably every six months the inc0gnito
prince turns up In the newspapers. and Is always
uore taking item than tho sea serpent or tho
v oman who has not eaten for months, or even the
81 inf Al In has
inst married q coal-black negro. THIS favorte hero
la hiding is sometimes tho of one of Englund's
proudest dukes" who has inczOrably given himself
mn TO the pursuits OF an ostler IN this city an
heir to an Italian princpality who Is 'lOngshOre
man near BC ston. etc.. etc. There arc always enor
nous estates and incomes waiting for this disguised
prince and scores of royal and noble relatives on
their knees nploring Inn to return but no, he has
an iron will aud LOFTY soul he preters the simple
ity OF republican lite and the dignity OF labor to
their soft alurcments. 1t Is inspiring to read OF
him 10 folks cho have to work for their living chat
he il never 81 iercd to die out Over in England
lust now he has taken the shape OF young lady.
the daughter OF an English tide-water. adopted by
n mserly French count who died and left her his
upcouutrd millions. only she is not voluntarily In
disguise, but has boon abducted by the heirs
and hid In a convent where nobody eau
OF "a human being of his own volitiOn giving up
rank or money. But Amerlclns can rise high
enough to imagine such creature. aud they hasten
to write admiringy about him. At this present
moment he is In Chicago driving a smallpox ambu-
lance lilo Is young aud handsome. and is the SOD
of Russiun prince and tus letter of credit for
limited sums always ready Tor him to draw NJ on.
But no never does draw on IL and he drives his
ambulance. and no hugs the patients rs no carries
them H. and refuses to listen to the seductive wlles
of the interviewer Probably he will take no higher
shape than this our day.
Tho interesting Mr.. Vincent of Alabama, who has
helped himself to $4,000 of the States money,
continues to inhabit parts unknown. We are told
from Montgomery that the Legislature will attempt
to guard the Treasury from further losses of this
kind by passing law making gambling in
futures" O felony. We suppose Reputation OF Just
debts would not come under that head. That Is
rather gambling in pasts" A law making that n
felon, would have a tendency to elevate the moral
tone Of the whole State.
One OF the most heroic and herculean efforts to
smile ever recorded is described in the Associated
Press account Of the arrangement of the Phenrx
Park assasslns in Dublin Yesterday The narrator
VINO could have been no other than an Irishm an
gave an account of tho identification of OF the
accused, and then added: "Upon his identifying
oBrien the latter attempted to smile. but soon
afteIward broke into profuso pelspiration."
We have grown so accustomed to hearing of
Kniokerbocker blood in this city that other anoes-
trail claims have been comparatively disregarded.
II wo except tie Sons Of New-England. But now o
movement Is on foot for HuPuenot Society, which
recalls the number of our prominent citizens de-
soended from Huguenot ancestry. Mr.. John Jay,