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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-02

very careful or intelligent notice Of new books.
The significance of themis too often overlooked,
and as loose praise is easier than fault-fnding,
since the latter requires some acquaintance
with the subject probablya good many volumes
which have not been read at all are dismissed
with reckless Endorsement. Certainly num-
Der of abbreviated editions possessingnO merit,
but on the contrary fraught with mischief, have
been so Endorsed, and it is to be regretted, as
well for the sake of the critics status &C for the
sake of the public. If the reviewers did their
full duty they would not praise such publica-
lions so lightly. They would ask themselves
what was the justification of all this cOndensa-
ton, and to what it tended. No doubt it is
corolary Of the hurry and feverish impotence
which characterize the age, but If this explains
it does not Justify the practice. Real and sound
learning is to be obtained to-day upon no re-
duced terms. Application and thorOughness
are as indispensable as ever. There never have
been and never will beany genuine "rOyal roads
to knowledge" Those who imagine it possible
tOacquire competent acquaintance with many
subjects by the use of the "cribs" and "cram"
books of the period, are deluded. Those who
undertake to teach their children by giving
them bits and scraps of literature, are intiicting
serious and perhaps irreparable injury upon the
minds of those children. For such teaching
sets up desultory, jerky habit of mental de-
velopment and procedure, and so can only add
to the number of ill-infOrmed, shallow and
trivial intelligences that already discredit
modern educational methods. The fashion of
Authorization will probably run its course, but
it is not a wholesome fashion, and this fact
must be made plain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-02

1t is now n week and day since Phoebe Paullin
was murdered. Detectives and "clew" hunters in
Vulnerable have been at work on the case. Results
Various bloOd-stained garments have been found;
witnesses have testified that tall, unknown man
with a light OveTcoat-Or n dark OyercOat
or no OvercOat at al-was seen following the girl on
the night that she was murdered victim of Jer-
sey lightning has been arrested and discharged, and
a negro is now locked up who was obviously en-
trapped into foolshly and falsely accusing himself
of the murder by the agency of similar fluids. At
this rate it does not seem probable that the muir
derer will ever be hanged.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-02
TWELVE PAGES.
LIE NEKS THIS MORNING.

FoRrIGS- O'Donnell was convicted and SEN
fenced TO death yesterday for the murder of intor-
mer Carey. 80 Measures were taken to prevent
disturbances between Nationalist and Orangemen
in Newry Ireland - Lord RossmoTe has writ
ten another reply in defence of his action AZ hos
lea Ireland. - Hicks Pacha was killed by
lance in the battle with Ell Mahdi. - The re-
mort that Bac-Ninh and Sontay have been eyacu-
ated by the Chinese has not been confirmed
DoMFsnC.-The Republican caucus nominated
Mr.. Keifer for Speaker, and the Democratic
caucus Mr.. Carlisle. - Mrs. c. Ii. Northam, ot
hartford beaueaths about 100000 to the
Trinity College. - A jury has been
emoanelled to try election cases in Col
umbia. S. C. - company has been
organized at Pittsburg to transport oil in bulk
down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. -- Mat
thew Arnold lectured on Emerson in Boston. --
The Academy at Kingston, N Y" after enlarge
ment. has been rededicated. - DIR. Albert g..
F. Goersen, of Philadelphia, has second time been
convicted of numbering his wife. == reception
was given Henry Irving by the Penn Club iii Phila-
dephia last night.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-A fire in the upper story
of the Masonic Temple yesterday caused damage to
the extent of about 100000. == The Mayor 5
Civil Service regulations were discussed by the
heads OF departments = commission to lay
out routes for elevated and surface cable roads
appointed by the Mayor - Distrct-AttOrney
Peckham began his duties. - The inquest in
the case of Jay Humphreys was held and Byrncs
was discharged 80 The American Institute FAN
was closed and many awards made. = Two ar
rests were made in the Phoebe Paullin murder case
but they were not considered important. - III
the suit for an injunction against the United States
Electric Illuminating Company the evidence was
closed. 60 The report of the Sanitary Inspectors
on the condition of the public schools was finished
but not made public. == Gold value of the legal
tender silver dollar 412l2 grains), $3.50 cents
- Stocks were alternately dull and active, but
higher, and closed strong.
THE Manufacturers local observations in
dictate cloudy weather and light rain, followed by
fair or clear and colder weather. Temperature
yesterday: Highest, 400; lowest, 2S'; average
33Ae.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-02
THE SUEZ CANAL AGREEMENT

NJ. de Lcsscps has made important concessions
TO English commerce. He hoped to convince
the shipowncrs and merchants of London and
Liverpool that Mr.. Gladstone's Ministry had
driven a hard bargain with him. He failed to
do this. He was courtcously received, but the
sophistrics of his argument were brushed aside
and his importunatc demands were firmly re-
sisted. lie finally perceived the eXpcdicncy, If
not the necessity, of yielding with good grace to
public opinion in the country where four-flths
of the shipping passing through the Suez Canal
is owned. He is reported to have concluded a
convention with English shipowncrs differing
in several respects from the agreement negO-
tiatcd last July and rcpudated by the COM
mcrcal public. How authoritative n contract
which has not received diplomatic sanction
either in Cairo or London will prove we have
no means of determining from the cable dis
patches. 1t il certain, however, that if VI. de
Lesseps has succeeded in satisfying the ship
owners and merchants, the heads of his agree
ment will form practical basis for the resump-
ton of negotiations between the British Minis
try and the Sucz Canal Company.
The concessions of the new convention mark
a decided advance uDon those of tho ureyious
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-02

crimes and Infamous character, followed by an
ingenious and plausible presentation OF the pea
of self-defence. They succeeded In confusing
the witnesses for the Crown and In enrappihs
corov,a sons into serious contradictions, pre-
iudicing thereby the jury against the evidence rs
a whole. On their own side they had only oho
witness IN question, and then, instead OF allow
ing the prisoner to take the stand ana teii tne
a.or,, Of fine eventful voyage, they rected 1t
themselves with literary artifice, dramatic hre
and intellectual power. 1t was an adrolty
planned. wcll-execu.ed defence; but u was
wholly unsuccessful. The jury refused TO be
mised by the sOphistries of a cunning advocate
They looked the facts i'll the face, and pro-
nounced the killing of Carey murder without
reference to the character or the deserts oil the
man.
On this account the result of this trial VIII DE
regarded with feelings of satisfaction Ill law
abiding communities. Murder is none inc less
murder when the victim is an execraDle wretch
abhOrrcd for his crimes and treachery. Inc
law has its duly appointed exccutioncr whose
functions are not to be usurpcd by irresponsible
AGENTS in moments of passionate resentment or
excited caprice. James Carey, dastardly con-
sni,otor and murderer as he was, had right to
his life. of which no human being was at liberty
70 DEPRIVE him. If he had forfeited that lie
by his murderOus plots against the Engllsh
Secretaries. he had purchased 1t back by his IN
famous treachery. The law, compelled to make
use of him for public ends, had flung to HIM his
soiled and ball ed existence and suffered MN 10
escape from the gallows. The legally APP
pointed executiOner was cheated out Oh Ills ue-
scrts. James Carey, in the interest or pnDllc
order and by virtue of the necessities OF human
tribunals. went unpublished. Even so, that lie,
forfeited once and regaincd only by iniamy,
WAS his to enjoy or drag ont as best he could.
The existence flung to him so contemporary
| bv +bc courts and guarded so inefiiciently by
| the Government officials was o sacred posses
sion. The sef-appOinted execltloner became
a murderer like Carey himself when he assas-
sinated him; and a murderer he is now adj
judged
II is fortunate that this trial has ended with
ont an international episode. General Pryor
| takes pains to let his American employers know
| that. if he has been a silent spectator, 1t has
! becn AGAINST his will He was anxious to apply
for permission to address the jury in order to
force the bench to rule him out, thereby eXcit
ing Irish feeling in this country. lie was only
! deferred by the solemn protcstatons oil the
English counsel that the appearance OF an
American LAWYER would be fatal To the prison
cr's chances. We suspect that his employers on
! this side were more anxious To nave MN CAUSE
international racket than to save the prisoner
|
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-02
MADAME BoPEKIRK's RECITALs.

Madame Helen Hopekirk is a pianlSS S.,.os
n,oasaut things have been said by the cr.Os
ot Ser native scotland and England That her aims s
hi Ssn is proved by the which she Sns
ranged for series of four rcca to be given IN a"oO. Sc,
tSs all out here but give one an example o. or an
cousy constructed scheme, and one ina. % mea
excellent opportunity for our musical nupo favor
sure tho ability OF this new csnaiaa'' '''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-02
OD0NNELUS CONVICTION.

O'Don8ell, with an eloquent lawyer to plead
for him, has been convicted. His counsel, re-
cruited on both sides of the Atlantic aud amply
rcmunerated by public subscriptions for his
defence, have not been able to secure his ac-
quttal. They depended solely upon great ad-
yOcate's scathing denunciatiOIs of Carey's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-02

NEU STORY or IN OLD EXPLOIT.
The story of the daring descent of John Paul
Jonos mon the coast of Scotland, with the in
tent of carrying of the Earl of SclkIIk, Is one OF
those romantic chapters in our Revolutionary
history which all boys know by heart yet the
fresh narrative of it which We print this morn
ing will be read with lively interest. JoncoS
own report of the affair we had before, and 1t
forms the basis of all the versions IN the stand
ard histories. We now see how the exploit APP
pcared to the principal sufferer from IT. ana II Is
worthy of note that the hero and the victim
give testimony which agrees III every detail.
Lady Sclkirk i'm "A letter to a ncighbor, de-
scribcs the invasion while the excitement Is
vet fresh. and in her vivid and exact account IT
j. easy TO trace courageous, dgnlhed ana
thoroughly sensible woman, mistress OF herself
in startling emergency. That il just the char
actcr which We should have been disposed to
ascribc to her from our previous knowledge oil
the incidents of the raid.
The character of John Paul Jones has cNcr-
ciscd the pens of great many American
writers, who have been at somewhat unncccs-
sary trouble in trying to reconcile his personal
fobles with his patriotic zeal. But Jones has
letter TO Lady Sckirk He belonged to Il pie
tmcsquc type of adycnturcr not very common
i'm his prosaic age, but familiar enough III an
carlierpcrod, and recognizable again III our own
day. If ne had been sent into the world III the
reign of Elizabeth he would have been the
most splendid and audaciOus OF sca-rOvcrs. III
Providence had postponed him until the time
of Abraham Lincoln, he would have been II
tremendous leader of Volunteers, equally dis
tinguishcd for the promptncss and severity OF
his fights, and the magnihccncc of his General
Orders. He was vain, bOaStlul, quarrclsOmc
and haSty. He dcspiscd his brother officers.
He would not have the Countess Of Selklrk
think of him rs an American, but only AZ one
who drew his sword for the rights of man.
Perhaps nc cared more for the fighting than the
| rights But he was gallant sailor, faithful
! and indcfatigable commander and the famous
incident of his purchase and restoration of the
captlIrcd plate shows that the chiyalrOus spirit
profcsscd in his high flown letter to Lady Sell
kirk was not an afIcctaton but genuine trait
Of character.
We may congratulate ourselves that no such
exploit as the plumber of st. Mary's Isle would
| be countcnanccd in the American or any other
reputable navy to day; nor would it be possible
for an officer and n gentleman now to plead that
he had to "gratify his men" by winking at
what he did not approve. But hundred years
ago the rights and wrongs of war were i'll de-
fined. Raids upon private estates, outside the
theatre of war; were organized by all combat
ants whenever they saw fit, and the British
during the Revolution made it a settled policy
TO harry our coasts and burn or carry of the
property of -cOmbatants. The only differ
cncc between their conduct and that of John
Paul Jones is that they spared nothing, and
never returned plate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-02

Apparently it is not safe in this city to play
the Good Samaritan to a drunken man. Mr..
Byrnes tried it the other night i'll the case oil
Jay Humphreys, who died on husbands, and then
for his pains was locked up in the TombS under
suspicion of murder or robbery, or possibly
both. Yet the case was simple one, and there
seemed to be no reason to suspect foul play.
Humphreys asked Byrnes to help him and the
latter did So taking for safc-keepng Hum
phreys's watch, which had dropped in the bot
tom of the cab When Byrnes found out later
that his companion was dead, he left the body
TO the care of the cab-driver, to whom he spoke
about the watch Afterward he gave the time
niece up to the police and told how he came by
it. He was promptly locked up. The reason OF
the suspicion against him was that ne
disappeared after Humphreys died. 1t
WAS not a brave thing to do, OF course. But
il was natural enough. If Bymcs had gone with
the body to the station he would have been un-
ccrcmoniously thrust into cell for the night for
it is police rule to believe every one guilty
until he is proved innocent Thanks to jus
tice White, but not to the Coroncrs jury Byrncs
is now ont of this scrapc. lie Will probably
leave his drunken acquaintance to look out iol
themselves hereafter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-02

An excellent lesson in mechanics many be
learned from an article on cantileyer bridges
printed elsewhere in this impression. The prin-
ciple is not novel, but is seen in the bracket
supports of many balconies. The new Niagara
River Bridge, however, is the iiIst bridge OF any
magnitude built upon this system III any coun-
try. The second will be in Scotland, over the
Firth of Forth, and is now building.
1t did not appear from evidence offered at his
trial that O'D0nnell was sent to kill Carey, the
informer, by any secret Irish society. 1t was
only proved that the prisoner committed the
murder. But ODonnclrs behavior after he
was sentenced shows him to be just such a man
as would be selected TO do the work of an
ayenger. From the hour of his arrest until
that moment he showed extraordinary frmnesS
and self-control but when lac saw that self
restraint would serve him no longer, the des-
perate man burst forth with terrible curses and
cries of defiance. 1t was not the conduct of a
man unjustly condemned to death for killing
another in self-defence but that Of man who
gloried in the result of premeditatcd crime.
The new scheme for building a system of ele-
waited and surface roads in this city, to be
worked by cable, will be carefully watched
BIZ the public. Some of the men who are push
ing it occupy excellent positions in this COM
munity but, all the same, the community will
not be pleased to see valuable franchises given
10 thom without adequate compensation to the
city and TO damaged property -holders. The
Commission appointed yesterday by Mayor Ed
son to lay out route for the new roads will not
emerge from their business with any credit 70
themselves unless it is plain that they have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-02
inner TO ADVERTISEMENTS.
Bus,ness Notlres.
TO THE TRADE AND CONSUMERS
Ppfi CHAMPAGSEs.

PPEi HElpsEck CHAMPAGSEs
oy -tradng and competition in all orahus VI ona, con-
.orether with the stagnation in business anu 'no
eral ignorance which exists as to the care Oh the
.,v oceasioned great leakage In many bsnus u"i"e Wv
- opd allowance has frequently been msue oy sun.
bouses for leakage occurring months and even y"1
,,v.ry II has been custom TO see tnat Ffhh -
80 I'm IN nroper order and selected from superior
-aviops 70 offering sale We have hsn theroloie
a., oo for leakage but seeing that the agents ioi MAN.
,oory eorked wines which are sold at e1tavagan'
unfairly usng this exaggerated argument .,Is
our popular HEiDsEcK' We peg 10 assure , e., ppsr
vine will continue be- as heretofore hoI only -, .,
,x,xv * ruR Markell but the BEST Cooked IN e'"nO
our confidence in our brand agree to exchange "p ~
,, until the first Of January 1884, at our Ofnces @
d,,sct en- stomers) all lcaSy bottles Of PIER on
,ood ones and. further we will PRESENT 'no ''
s,t,a botte for each leaky one deliveredus ,,o
Chromos and show cards viii be furnished upTn
ton n in accordance with the cus'o" u Wv
trade in this country.
JOHN OsDoEH son & Co.
az Bcavcr.st, N. Y.
Fstablished 1896.
Agents for the celebrated Piper Heds'eck an" .p''
which has stood the test Tor MY yeaIo
"ALDERNEY BRAND" Nrx
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ouorded nublic interests zealously. The city is
not giving away valuable franchises so iree'y 10
she once did.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-02

she once did,
Teachers and parents will be interested IN
the facts concerning the public schools OF TINS
citv and BROOKLYN which we publish this morn
iEg. 1t will be seen by the article on euu''',
tiOnal affairs in Brooklyn that one OIL 'he eie'''
needs of that city is trained teachers. iholo
equitable adjustment of the teachers s''"i'o'
also seems called for there The point OF great
est interest in connection with the schoolsln Ne"
Yorl, inst at present is the sanitary CONDITION
&c Tho bui1dines The Commissioners OF Edu-
cation and the Health authorities still perslsV Ill
KEEPING from the public the reports OF 'ne 0'i,-
itary Inspectors. To publish Them IL Is S',u'
would brighten foolish parents mat Wo''iu 20
all very well if the Board OF Educatioh "oui"
agree promptly to make all the changes winch
the Health authorities say are necessary 10
ropder the schoolhouses healthful; but 10 REFUSE
IN order such repairs and alterations ana theh
20 Sunnress the reports too, is to throw suspicion
ON every schoOlhouse in the city.
Mr. Carlisle is to be the Democratic Speaker
of the next House. We are glad Of it. His
nomination, which means his election, is an APP
nroacb toward frank expression of feeling on
the part of the Democrats Their party has no
excuse for existence if it is not for Free Trade
and unless it goes into the National canvass OF
1884 on Free Trade platform it will be trying
to ride two horses at once. If Mr. Randall had
been nominated that would have meant an
effort to conceal his party's real purposes
until after the next election. But now we
know that the canvass will be an honest one,
conducted squarely on the issues of Protection
to American industry or pairing down OF the
tariff and an approach to Free Trade. For
these reasons we think well of the nomination
of Mr.. Carlisle. 1t places his party on plat
form on which we shall be glad to fight 1t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-02

Mr. UowrLLs As AN OpsERvER.-Once for all
Ia r. sa1 that as nm observer OF his feOwcrcaturcs MT
Uowcis stands very high; "a student of The great
nv choco win the American type IL objection, for
t3s type il typical of the whole cass-llhe London
Academy.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-12-11
OF THE SINKING FUND


SAC, 1866 of the funded loan of 1881
was continued at 81 per cent.
S65. 3S0,25O OF the loan of July and
August, 1851, at 81 per cent.
$40 So, 600 are OF the funded loan OF 1907.
Sl41S, $50 of the funded loan of 1881.
S7l9, $50 Of the loan OF February, 1861.
$4,000 of the loan of July and August,
1861.
S266 900 of The loan of March 18Th, 1868.
Sll ,6S5 600 Of the loan of July, 1882.
A,765. 900 Of 6ve-lwenties Of 1862
81 100000 OF ive-twenties of 1864.
S705,000 az five-twenlies of 1866.
-, 500, 600 of ten fOrties of 1865.
SIS. $50 600 OF consOls of 1865.
81 0S0 900 of consols of 1867.
S2S5.7OO Of cOnsols of 1868
-, 546, 500 of Oregon war debt.
S545,000 Of refunding certificates.
Sl0,915 900 of other demands.
Compound interest and other notes,
$4,000.
Total, s134,17s,756 96.
THE REVENUE FOR THE PRESENT FISCAL
YEAR,
actual and estimated, is as follows:
The source OF actual revenue for the
quarter ending Sept. 80. 1888. the estimate
being for the remaining three quarters OF
the year.
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To THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
At the threshold of your deliberations |
congratulate you upon the favorable as
pect of the
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-25
PREPARE WINTER CLOTHING.

The american Agrieu!tWrist for October
gives the following good advice which, if
followed. will save in doctors bills and
medicine as much money in many cases
as the clothing will cost. 1t says
'The sudden changes of temperature.
and.cold, penetrating winds may now be
looked for, and it is prudent to be ready
to meet them promptly. Strong, vigorous
persons, in full blood, may resist fall OF
twenty or thirty degrees in the thermom-
eter, but none are sure of doing so. A
change from 30 to 40 or 80 degrees, before
the system is Injured to cold is more felt
than zero in December and January So
good warm clothing should be at hand
and outer clothing should be at hand for
instant use when an unexpected northerly
blast comes. A cold caught in Autumn
is apt to last a long time, if it do not
chance to terminate fatally. Let the win.
ter apparel be looked over at once, mended
shd remodeled, and new clothing ordered
Tailers and seamstresses, if to be employ
ed, viii be over busy, and less accomodat.
ing later on than now, and fabrics are IN
more variety at the stores, and cost no
more now than later
ITO doubly protect the throat and
lungs, line the undershirt inside, both back
and front and well down the waist, with
warm flannel. Give special care also to
the feet and limbs. Home knit stockings
of soft wool are by far the best Line
the knees and heels of children's stocking
with flannel"