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New-York tribune., 1884-01-23
GENERAL NOTES.

II Is asserted bv The JeriSh World that one or
the accused In the recent blood accusation" tral In
Hungary an old man named Solomon schwarz, has oeeA
expelled from several villages aud towns in which ne o an
tempted settle IN business, and Is stl waAdefhs "o
place to place IN search OF home.
The Paris Chief of Police recently issued IL
decree prohibiting the throwing into the streets OF tlo
contents Of domestic dusbins and wastebsskets- lhs
measure designed 10 promote the public health mas
aroused the opposition Of the ragplckers, who have ad
dres.ed solemn remonstrance to the Pretect setting
forth that the "professon" consists OF about oooOo
s yhose business is sure TO be ruined II the decree
- NOT revoked and that 10 pestlence ever was or ever
will be bred by leaving rags bones ETC. In the ga1.e
for an hour two every day Inc ehtio,, ,tI and he
tba ,unst familiar features OF the French capta anu ho
win moi readily suffer himself to be eXtefmihaleo
A shocking state of affairs is discovered IN
Copbagen the Danish capital by a call for contriba'
The erection Of an infant asylum III that 0
" Over two thousand ilegtmste chliren are ahnuaiV
bonn In Copenhagen" the extraordinary oocueH,
the author OF which Is a wclknown olerSymih' o"u
enough this" he continues but sldief sun tie a.' '
according 10 declarations publicly made by repuape PS
slcns thousands Of these children are farmer od'
live and die under the most scandaou'ly miserano CON
dtous within the last few days have seen eXampo'
os the aort OF protection the law affords Bsss B.st
moor waits In six months single worsus sus
oi these children four them fortunately to the eene
terv Wnen stop put 10 this interesting inhus,Il a.
iesf II was not because the children had been o1pe'.S
bnt because there had been fraud and forgery ~ su
money transactions In which they the ware dls
~ In another case father so maltreacd an auoP.S
child that IL died within twentyfGur hours after @ Iy
bcen paid 450 krOncs expressly 10 expNute " a,
many such eases are there In COpenhagen mat arc ho
discovered or punshedF The population OF OOpehni.s
h about 250 900; IN 1852 the total number OF eas
horn In the city 063iand those born out or ~ IA
TINS constituted more than nth of the whole ~
nrOposed establish not only AN infant ssylh ~ a
sneiety as well FOR tho support ana main ,hs
| propery guaranteed system of outside h'uS"s "
walls.
| The manufacture Of salt has grown more rap l',
d, than almost any other industry OF late years ID O
forna. which is the only State Ia the Union ~lo'' s-
extraction Of salt water Ia carried on 70
siderable extent In 1880 the production was ooivv
bu.hes all but small fraction of which was "Au. 81
surface brine. and the creator part from 'a' ss,an
| san Francisco Bay. long dry seas0a "H"
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rotten spot on one side. Senator Voorhees, did not
see anything IN the present aspect of the case
interesting enough TO distract his attention from
the fruit lie broke IL in two by and by and
Hospitality Offered the largest piece 20 the prisoner
He declined II with faint smile and shake of the
head. Colonel BoudnOt shook his long ks also
in response to similar profeT and the Senator pro-
ceeded with perfect nOnehalance TO eat il himself
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.--J. c. New, Assistant Sec
retary Of the Treasury unable to attend 10 his
Official duties to-day, owing TO a slight indispOsition
MAUCH CDUNK. Penn, Jan. 22.-Judge Harry T..
Packer, president of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company, who has been seriously i'll for several
days passed an uncomfortable night, and cOnse
uuently was quite weak this morning. He improved
during the day. His friends now hopeful of his
recovery.
WAsHINGTOY, Jan. 22.-The Emperor Of japan
has conferred upon General Horace CaprOn, of this
city the second order OF the Rising Sun. a mark
of his appreciation Of the valuable services rem
dered by the latter To Japan, especially IN the de-
yelOpment OF the resources OF the IsaSd YesO, the
most northerly of the japanese group
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 22.-Slatthew Arnold lectured
in the Unitarian Church here last night before an
audience which packed the edfce to the portals
Many persons unable to obtain an entrance.
Mr.. ATnods subject was Numbers"
New-York tribune., 1884-01-23
Tile ACOUITLAL OF MUTT.

The acquittal of young Mutt on the ground of
insanity may be said to have been foresone
conclusion, and it may also be said that 1t was
the direct consequence of the malfeasance OF
the jury that tried Dukes for the murdcr or
Nutt's father The whole case was an excep-
tional one Dukes slandered the daughter and
then killed the father He ought to have been
convicted of murder in the first degree, and
hanged, but he was acquitted in the most scan
dalous way. Here then the administration OF
Justice broke down, and left an outraged and
injured family without vindication or redress
for the cruellest of wrongs 1t was not
surprising under the circumstances that
young Mutt should consider himself bound to
aycngc his father and sister, and should Kill
Dukes. This having been done, however, 1t
became necessary to find pretext for exonerat-
ing him, and SO the much-abused plea Oh IN
sanity was resorted to, and the form OF trial
resulted in the verdict which everybody knew
would be returned.
OF course, strictly speaking, this acqqittal is
New-York tribune., 1884-01-23
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN-Adlniral Courbet has received instrnc-
tions not TO attack Mimi until further orders
g. mass was Celebrated yesterday il memory
Of ODonncll. -== Earl Grosyemor is dead @
Amurdcrer in Vienna confessed that he intended
90 murder the family of Baroness Malfatd --
A proposed strike of the French police is rumored
CoNGEESs-The Senate confirmed the nomination
of Emory Specr TO be United States Distrct-At-
torney for the Northern District of Georgia. --
In the Senate petitions for the opening of the
Oklahoma lands were reported back, adversely;
hill was Introduced to secure to the medical pro-
fession equal rights in the service of the Unit d
States; the Anthony resolution. respecting retalia-
tory action TO protect American meat products
abroad was debated, amend and adopted; the
bill to provide civil government for Alaska was
debated, -- reso ut0n re ative TO oleomarga-
rine was introduced in tho House; bill was re-
ported for the relief of Myra Clark Gaines; the
Grecly Relief Appropriation bill was passed bill
waspassed re aive TO recOyeries for infringe ment
If patents
DoRsric-James Mutt was acquitted yesterday.
- Cruelty is imputed to Richmond penitentiary
officials -- The Fall River cotton manufac-
turers propose to cut down wages. == new
treaty with the Ononda0a Indians has been nego-
iiated -- No more bodies recovered from
the G ,y Head wreck. - The State Librarian of
New-Jerscy has been removed. -- jury has
been secured to try Rowell al Batavia.
Cry AND SUBUBBAN.--1he testimony for the
defence in the Feuardcnt libel case was concluded
yesterday. ---- A west-bOund freight pool W; s
formed hv the roads running out of Boston -
Two Rrozilans were arrested for arranging to fight
a duel. ~ MT. De Nell testified i'll his wife's suit
for divorce =-- The funeral Of Theron R.Butier
took place. -- A Liverpool merchant was found
dead in the street. - Mrs ilampson III fateT-
son. secured Il verdict Of $4,000 for breach OF
promise. --- Two more plans OF RAPID transit
were discussed before the Commissioners. 60
The Alumni OF the College OF the City Of New-ToTk
dined at Delnonico's -- Gold value of the Legal
tender silver dollar Dig grainsl, So 62 cents 60
Stocks with some fluctuations, generally were
higher and closed steady at partial reactions
The WEATHrR-TRlBU ME- local observations IN
\,licate fair aud cloudy weather, with higher tenn
.,+rature and chances of light rain. Temperature
Yesterday: Highest, 80; lowest, l0e; average
233sNS
New-York tribune., 1884-01-23

a failure of justice, but IL was rendered iiieW-
table by the failure of Justice which preceded IL,
and through which Dukes was liberated ANA
it is very difficult to say what degree OF respon-
sibility attaches to the man who avenges MS
own wrong only when the constituted authori-
ties have betrayed their trust and ialied 10 10
iustice unon his enemy. OF the two II Is certain
that the acquttal of Dukes was the
greater scandal, and no matter what theoretlcm
respect the majority of men have Tor the aW'
Il may be doubted whether more than
minority will seriously find fault with the
iurv that refused to convict Mutt. What Is TO
he regretted, however, is the abuse OF tho plea
of insanity. Had the law permitted 1t, It Is GER
tain that plain statement of the facts would
have insured Nutts acquittal, without any such
subterfuge. But the shallow pretence OF lnsan-
ity, bolstered mp by grave professional opinions
can only tend TO bring still more into dlsrepule
plea which has been already extravagantly
oyerworked, and the ultimate effect may be a
reaction which will refuse the protection OF the
plea TO cases where it properly belongs.
Ii is evident that the practice OF the courts
in this regard requires amendment, as we have
already pointed out, and this quite as much III
the interest of really irresponsible insane crimi-
nails az for the prevention of such perverslons
of the plea of insanity as frequently take place.
and as occurred in this Mutt ease.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-23
Gmuscmrnls Co Niabi.

AMrRIc An Art GAJLERIEs-ExhtbitOn.
BIJOU OPTRA HOUSES" OrpheuS and Eurydice'
CAsISo-S-" The Beggar Student"
DAIY's TuEATRE-S-" eeyen-Tw eDty-idght."
GRAND OPERA House, and S-"ThOSe Bells T." ana
" Hobbies" .
GlyERIN : COMEDY THRATRE-S-"I Ia Grande Duchesse
NJ ,DISoN FoUARE TIIE S:30-"rhe Raiah."
MADISON SQUARE GARDRS-FanCiers' Show.
NEW PARK THEAT.E-S" M'liss"
NIBIo's GARDEN--2 and g." One Of the Finest"
STAR THHATRE-S-" Love Chase"
ITALIA IHEATRE-S" Deborah"
THEATRE CoNIQUe--S-" Cordeia's Aspirations"
UNION SQUARE THEATRR-S" storm Beaien.'
WAilACks THEATRR-S-"Deception.'
3p AVFNtE THEA ArRE--2 and b" Gabriel ConrOy.
5TH AVENVE THEATRE and s." Wres Peril
l4TU STRfET TfIEATRE--S. Unser Fritz
New-York tribune., 1884-01-23
CIVIL SRRFICE REFORM IN NET-JERSEY.

CIVIL SRRFICE REFORM IN NEW-JERSEf.
A few years ago certain New Jersey officials
of high degree in court and council asked the
Legislature to entrust them with the appoint
ment of the State Librarian. The office should
be lifted above the fluctuations of politics, they
said, and more definitely the position OF the IN
cumbcnt should be made secure. He had made
himself master of his duties; was consplcuously
efficient. And then, the State owed him CRATE
ful remembrance for the gallantry which had
cost him many wounds and the fortitudc with
which he bore them. The Legislature passed
the act, and placed the manned soldier under
the protection of these high-mnded gentlemen.
Yesterday four of them voted him out of ms
place TO make room for one of Governor ABB
belts hungry followers.
Either of the three officials who voted with
the Governor could have prevented the con-
summation of this outrage. But in our Trenton
dispatches, where the story is told this morn
ing. il is moi stated that any one OF them made
protest ~sainst what seems 10 be shameful act.
Altogether this is an unpleasant exhibition oi
Civil Service Reform, and the Albeit admins
tration starts of about as disgracciully as
could have been expected
New-York tribune., 1884-01-23
MUCH PROPERTY IN THE MARKET.

w. r. Hoily, reaI csiaie.-In half lifetime spent in
real estate have never much property In the
market Our books literally overloaded It alike
in for sales or ronts" The tendency Of prices Is
downward They must down. Sales are very slow.
Owners are holding old prices but buyers will not
touch property rates offered Rents Of big houses and
bigh-priced fats must down there will be vacan-
ces by the hundred Medium priced houses and flats VIII
hold their own for tho present rents II the only
property for which there Is any demand just now. To
snow you the extent Of the gu have over $50 houses
for SALE 81 houses furnished 100 boarding houses
in which there are accommodations. over 30 houses
In which there are furnished rooms to rent
New-York tribune., 1884-01-23

States has found practical expression IN Sen
ator Sewells bill which was favorably reported
Yesterday from the Committee on Military Al
fairs. II approprlates 5000, 900 annually for
imnrovinc the condition OF the militia, instead
of 5000. 900 as heretofore. We hope that
this bill will receive due attention in both
Houses of Congress. 1t touches a matter OF
real Importance to the Nation, which for years
has been sadly neglected. We have seven mil
lion men capable of bearing arms, and yet not
hundred thousand of them belong to the
militia organizations of the country.
Some of the legislators at Albany are so
earnest in their efforts TO reduce the pilot ices
that we are encouraged to hope that some
reasonable bill in regard to the matter may
finally pass both houses. The pilOtage ADJUSTS
az New York have been frequently descripeu III
THE TRIBUNE /: but attention may prOhtioi5 w
called to some of them again. All 'oe9o"
entering this port, except coastwise 'cSSoie'
have to pay pilOtage fees whether t,ey u'c "
pilot or not. This tax amounts 10 @loo oo ~,
n shin drawing twenty-one feet or wafer; anu
if she has to be tOwed in, 1t costs her 300 more
These are the pilotage fees only; in addition TO
them. there are other dues which make the
eynenses of entering New YOrll harbor several
hundred dollars 1t is indeed plain that the
most unjust of these burdens on our commerce,
the pilotage fees, should be removed at once.
The value of good manners and pleasing ad-
dress is once more illustrated in the story when
is published elsewhere in The TRIBUNE TINS
morning concerning the career of the Port Jer-
Wis forger, j. G. p. Smith. This man was SEN
fenced to several years imprisonment in lSSo
for forgery, and although the evidence against
him was strong, many people who had known
him refused to believe in his guilt An effort
was made to have him pnrdoned, and II Gov
ernor Cornell had been II less cautious man IL
would have succeeded. The Governor had
inquiries made about the convict, and lntolma-
ton soon came from Illinois that the fellow was
well known forger, if not worse. 1t is needless
to say that Smith was allowed to serve out his
term. which will expire tomorrow so strong
hold did he get on some of his new friends
however, that an effort is making TO have the
untricd indictments against him Quashed. III
strikes us that this plausible rogue is just the
kind that ought to be kept looked up II pos
New-York tribune., 1884-01-23
,orS uccr,IIoueH,s IMPROVED HEALTH.

Colonel William II Conher.-John Mccullough Is nav
ing an excellent sea the road think 1t will prove
one of the best he mas ever had He Is in Massachusetts,
al present but will come NewYork III February. HIS
health has improved very much this winter Mr. Nc
CuIlough tells ns that ne has gained twelve pounds "
weight since tho opened, and has not missed
single performance This think speaks pretty well for
man whom certain unknd people were for laying away
on shelf short time ago,
New-York tribune., 1884-01-23

The Bosion Post thinks August or September early
enough TO hold the Democratic National Conven-
ton. Well, yes cons doring that tho campaign
winch follows is to end in the usual defeat. tue
later it is begun, the less tho anguish for those
that sustain n.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-23

John r. McLean's enemies were hard pressed for
points against him when theystartcd the silly story
that he opposed Senator Pendlcton because the
Senator's daughter had rejected him. 1t is to
the credit of the SenatOr-always a gentleman.
even in the first bitterness Of defeat-that he took
the earliest opportunity to contradict this tnven-
tion. As a rlle stories Of this Sort pretending to
ind in the conduct OF lad es motives for the public
acts of unmarried men, are merely the devices OF
blackguards to annoy gentlemen whom they cannot
otherwise reach.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-23
TALKS ABOUT TOWN.
Mr.. vANDERBnrs MEIssoSIERa

MR. VANDERBILP5 MEISSONIER3.
William Hart, me iands.qps pointer.William IT, Van.
derbt a number OF very fine Meissoniers. At the
reception which be gave TO She artists last month"; was
standing in admiration before Oftwo representing
French General receiving dispatches. Mr.. Vanderbilt
said to me- What do you think OF that picture r. said"
like it very much cannot say thai admire all OF Meis.
soniers works for many or his latest productions h
TO be inferior to his earlier paintings But this has
much Of the wonderful qualities Of the Old Dutch school
II has great lnsh have all his pictures, but II ia
chiefly admirable for its tones for the In which
the blacks blend into olive greens, and these again into
yellowish grays. This isby far the finest Mcissoner
have ever seen" "we" said Mr.. Vanderbilt, 81 will
tell yOu how got H. When MeissOnier painting my
portrait asked him, point blank. which Of his pictures
Wa In his opiaion his finest work. He t)ld Of this
picture. learned from him who owned it, and sent an
agent TO him. lie the owner, and asked II be was
willing To part with his Meissonier "Yes," answered
the gentleman. but don't believe one Is willing to
buy IL, for ask very large price" How mueh said
my agent smiling SOmucI," said the owner. "Herc Is
check for the amount" said my agent and In this way
became tho of the finest Mcssoner in existence
And it is curious how all the artists single 1t OUT
New-York tribune., 1884-01-23
General Hustled evidently agrees with the poet
Tobin Tobin wrote she familiar lines:

The man that lays his hand upon a woman
save in the way OF kindness, Il a wretch
Whom rwere gros, battery TO name a coward
Tho fault with TObin was that he concluded his
poem without suggesting n remedy for this nm
gontlemanly kind OF laying on of hands. The
General proposes to make good the deficiency. He
has introduced bill providing for corporal punish
ment for wife -beaters-not less than twonty-hve
laahes for each offence. We are not prepared to say
that We object to the passage Of this measure but 1t
New-York tribune., 1884-01-23

The Senate has acted wisely in regard
IN retaliatory legislation touching the
exclusion of American pork from Ger
many and France. The whole matter was
referred yesterday to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, II is certainly well enough to wait
until the Secretary of State furnishes Congress
with all the correspondence which has passed
between our Government and that ef Germany
and of France, before either House takes deh
mite action.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-23

IL has recently been suspected that the Royal Irish
COnstabulary may not be SO absolutely free from
partisan bias as has been supposed. The cause Of
this doubt was the action of the police when called
upon TO disperse proclaimed meeting Of National
lists at Coote Hill. On that occasion the Orange
men obeyed The proclamation and did not hold their
meeting The NatiOuallsts disObeyed the prOclana-
tion. and orlers were given for their dispersion.
This was effected so quietly that nobody was hurt
but when, at Dromore, the Orangemen, not being
enioinpd from assembling did 80, they were dis
persed by tho police 50 roughly that many of them
suffered severe injuries. Naturally the marked
diileronco in the conduct of the eOnsiabulary on
these two occasions caused good deal OF comment
and the conclusion was drawn that they were really
in sympathy with the NatioualiSts. Up to that
time The LOYALTY Oftlle OIaagemen had renamed un-
shaken, and oven when charged upon BY the police
at DromOre they sang the national anthem while
dispensing. But their temper also seems to have
been changed for in the riot at Ennskillen, re-
ported in our dispatches on Monday, the Orangemen
are said to have Joined the Natonalist5 in stoning
tho poice-aftor which they vindicated them
selves by stoning the Catholic schools. II
would appear from these episodes that in Ireland
no mat TOR what beliefs on politics aud theology he
holds, "a policenan's lot Is not a happy ONE
"Holman's candidacy" so Mr.. Wattersop tells the
Washington correspondent of The ClerstdRd Leader
"is more a joke than reality" Mr.. Watterson
neglects to mention tO whom it is joke 1t GER
taiuly is not to Mr.. Holman. To him, as no doubt
less has already said in the proper quarter, it il
wilfu murder in tho FIRST degree, with no extenu
ating circumstances.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-23

STATE SHIELDS on THE GREAT PEDESTAL.
JossOh w. Drerc', 6aRke.-The rImor that the E1ecu.
tive Committee Of the BarthOdi Statue has made ap
peal to Congress- intends to make such an appeal for
the purpose Of obtaining funds for the completion OF the
work. most 1t is possible that when everything
is finished the Government Will be asked 20 spend little
money in identifying the island surroundings of the
statue That Is all. We getting on pretty well with
our collection money which In all the time from
one quarter and another. To-day am drafting sort OF
appeal to the Governors OF the different states and Ferr-
tories asking them to make official appropriations for the
coas0farms which be part OF the decoration OF
the lower part pedestal above the four entrances
In Richard NJ Hunts plan these TO be carved In stone
of quality that used for the rest OF the ped
esa But the suggestion has been made and meets with
general approval that bronze shields OF the state arms
shall be suspended upon the pedestal instead The eoct
beyond any question VIII be much finer, the color con-
trast with the will be striking feature In the
appearance of pedestal from distance, if the shields
are made OF proper size II would be necessary to nave
all the shields made arfistcay by maker. have no
doubt that different states will appreciate the propo-
sition aud this will give them all that OF ownership
In the which have tried to ncucate, but not
very successfully.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-23
WHAT DENVER VISITOR SAYS.

Thomas +. Poole. Of Dsnper, Ooiorafo nerehanL-Den
has passed through h feversh days OF her career
and has entered upon period OF steady, healthy
growth. The city is longer with specuatOrs.
whose aim in life is cheat their living ont OF The
of the world Less building done in 1888 than
in the years preceding It, Nevertheless the prices of
desirable building lots remain very high. You can't buy
lot any OF the business streets for less than
$4,000. think Denver Is the best equipped OF all the
larger cities in the far West The fire and police depart
mcnts exceedingly well managed; the streets are well
paved and lighted and the sewerage and gas systems OF
the city equal the best in the East Money Is pien
ty and be hired at comparatively low figure Inc
business the past year has been very satisfactory We
have seen times when we have made mjre money, but
mono when we have handled so many goods. Denver yon
know has become the great distributing point for tho
central Rocky Mountain region. Oar trade extends back
into the interior FIVE hundred miles, and is steadily
increasing
New-York tribune., 1884-01-23

Nothing viii be left mdono to rescue Lieu
tenant Greely and his companions from their
station at Lady Franklin Bay. The House
yesterday passed bill authorizing the purchase
and equipment of two steam whalers to set out
for the Arctic rs early as possible next summer.
Phe expedition will be in charge of the Navy
Department, and the appropriation is not
limited. Doubtless thorough and efficient prep
aration viii be begun at once.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-23

The free scramble for West-bOund freight be
tween the railroads running into Boston has final
Iy led to the establishment there of apool similar
10 the Trunk Line Pool of New York. This ar
rangement cannot fail to have good results, by
putting an end to the ruinous competition which
has heretofore seriously hurt the Boston
through lines. A freight pool is not an abso-
lutte guarantee against railway war
but it answers good purpose while II
lasts. The Massachusetts Railway Commission
ers will doubtless watch its workings carefully
and gather many instructive statistics
The Increased interest which has been felt oil
NJ fba different