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New-York tribune., 1885-07-21
RlyJY1Y YEGOTIATTONS.

Mr. Vauderblt's frank expressions OF opin-
ion. published yesterday, will attract mnch
attention, as is natural. 1t would readily occur
In any one that he would hardly speak 80
blunty and strongly in regard to the conduct
of individuals with whom he had yet to COM
nIete difficult negotiation. Hence 1t might De
inferred that the part of the negotiation which
CONCERNS the control of the West Shore had
been in effect completed before Mr.. Vanderbilt
smoke as strongly as he did in regard to the
building and management of that enterprise.
Either he believes that the negotiations as
whole are likely to fail, it may be reasoned. or
ne has n conviction that the West Shore part OF
those negotiations is completed beyond thc
possibility of failure. On the other name, Mr.
Vanderbilt is q somewhat peculiar man, ana mas
not usually chosen to adopt the methods WHICH
other business men often find convenient IN
their dealings. But it is observed that he does
not speak in harsh terms OF the managers OF the
PENNSYLVANIA, though their rivalry has been IN
some respects the most serious obstacle To his
plans.
Mr. Vanderbilt does not state that the negoti-
ations with the Pennsylvania IN regard to the
South Pennsylvania and the Beach Creek road
have been completed. Statements published III
Philadelphia indicate that there Is strong
opposition in both companies 10 any plan which
would give the Pennsylvania Company the con-
troll of them. 1t is represented that the
directors of the Beach Creek Company are
about evenly divided, and that Senator Wallace
strongly rcsists the contemplated transfer. In
the South Pennsylvania. also, resistance Is
certain to be made by those whose interests ale
not identical with Mr.. Wander and 1t can
hardly be said how far such opposition III either
company may avail to prevent the success vi
negotiations Those who remember how long
the opposition of an Insignificant minority pre-
vented the consolidation of the elevated rail
roads in this city will readily understand thai
legal proceedings may greatly delay, even
though they may not finally defeat, an arrange
ment. But it is of no ncOnsiderable Importance
to have it frankly stated, on Mr.. Vanderbilts
authority, that negotiations are pending with
prospect of ultimate success. Though this may
not be- just what speculators in III" stock
market desire or expect. IT is certainly salts
factory to investors interested in the manage
ment Of the great corporations to know that
there is reasonable prospect that the long
continued and destructive struggle between the
trunk lines may in some way be brought to an
end
New-York tribune., 1885-07-21
THE NAg1L ZAREB1.

The use of the zareba in warfare with savage
peoples has been so'approved in many engage
ments In which it obviously saved small forces
of white troops from being overwhelmed by
sheer weight of numbers that tho plan ha s
become very popular In the British army but
ii will surprise most readers to learn that there
is serious talk Of introducing the zareba into
the navy. The fact is that naval gwarfare Is
to-day in so undetermnate q condition "a to
afford room for all kndslof crotchety appre-
tensions and conceptions. The latest panic
was over the torpedo question, and this was
accentuated by the issue of book written by a
gallant but somewhat feather headed seaman,
Admiral Elliott, in which he uttered the most
dismal predictions. According to this prophet
of evil tho British navy can only expect to BIZ
incontinently sunk by Whitehead and other
tOrpedoes the first time it encounters an enemy
at sea, and the size and elaborate machinery of
the great ironclads will only send them the
more quickly to the bottom.
Out of this torpedo scare, which the late
naval man@uvres in Bantry Bay have only
increased, by showing how hard it is to avoid
the blow of the torpedo, has arisen the wonder
New-York tribune., 1885-07-21

since Cuba Is closely connected with the
mother State by commerce and tho appearance
of the epidemic there is naturally to be ex-
pected in the absence of rigid system OF quar-
antine. Happily the quarantine officials at
New Orleans and other Southern ports are
compelled to be constantly on their guard
against :the introduction of yellow fever from
West Indian ports. and vigilance will not be
lacking if cholera appears in Cuba before the
close of the year. Nem-York in any event may
congratulate itself upon having as scientific
and well-conducted system of quarantine as
has vet been devised for the protection OF
coast city. 1t is amply guarded against pesti-
lence on the ocean side.
New-York tribune., 1885-07-21
FREE.TRiDERS AND REPUDIATORS


A new Democratic scheme comes to light in
dispatches from Washington. 1t is urged,
naturally, as a great reform. Every step taken
to break down non partisan Civil Service. to
DESTROY the dominant influence of loyal men in
the Government, to cripple American COM
merce, American shipping or American manu-
factures or to impair the public credit, Is called
in these days great reform. The new scheme
is based upon the idea that the revenue derived
from particular duty or internal tax can be
devoted to particular object, for which the
existing revenue from that duty or tax appears
to be about adequate. Congress can then, it is
said, deal with each particular tax, having i'll
view the particular expenditures to which the
revenue is to be devoted.
The object of this scheme, it is hardly neces-
sary to say, is to destroy the protective system.
The men who get it up perfectly understand
that the protection of home industry can be far
more effectively assailed in detail than on gen
eral principles. If they can break down the
tariff on one or two important articles, they
know right well that the injury to the whole
system will be scarcely less than if the entire
body Of protective duties were repealed. Hence
if the duties on few articles of such character
could be set apart in the scheme of adjustment
to supply the revenue for objects of expendi-
ture which are least popular, it is perceived
that the people might easily be induced to sus-
tain repeal or fatal reduction of those
duties The protective system would thus be
broken to pieces, and in detail could be easily
overcome.
While this Is the manifest object OF the
scheme in hand, one obvious effect of it, if
adopted, would be to destroy the National
credit. There would be set apart, for instance,
the tax on whiskey to meet the interest on the
public debt Bat in certain parts of the
country the tax on whisKcy is exceedingly un-
popular. In all parts of the country IL is re-
garded with hostility by class Of persons who
have large influence with the floating voters.
To get that particular tax repealed or so cut
down that it would not yield adequate revenue
would be infinitely easier than to carry through
Congress any act directly refusing the payment
of interest on the public debt. 1t is significant
that the same dispatches urge that the Sinking
Fund has been vastly Overpaid, and that little
or nothing needs to be applied to that end for
years to come.
The combination of free-traders and Of re-
pudiators may be expected to support snch
scheme as this. That combination has always
been strong enough to dictate the policy of the
Democratic party. But it is not able as yet to
control the United States Senate.
New-York tribune., 1885-07-21
NEw-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY, JULY 81, 1855

ful zareba suggestion. It is certainly tho
funniest notion that ever found lodgment In
sailors brain. The prop Osition is that every
naval squadron shall be accompanied by
vessel devoted to the transport of o complicated
system of booms. and that when night comes
the squadron shall stop, the booms shall be
unlOaded, and forthwith q zareba be con-
structed with them round the detachment, to
protect it during the dark hours from torpedo
attacks. 1t is not quite clear whether a
squadron in the middle of the ocean is expected
to get inside the zareba every night The pre-
SUMPTION is that it is to be used only when IN
an enemys waters, or, as is distinctly sug-
gested by bockadipg fleet outside an
enemy's port.
The richness of this latter idea is astonishing.
Oar blockaders had trouble enough in stopping
the blockade runners as it was but imagine
their condition if they had every night care
fully shut themselves in behind q network OF
boOms! And fancy the satisfaction with
which an imprisoned feet anxious to get to
sea, wonld view the arrangement OF the zareba
by the bockaders. OF course the proposed
plan would neutralze the naval force employ
ing il. 1t could never be Of any real service
except i'm the case of fiset shut into harbOr,
and then the bOoms might serve tor defence,
though the ease with which the Poyphemus
ironclad ram tore through such an arrangement
at Bantry Bay does not promise much for pro-
lection. In short, the naval zareba is plain
fantasy. and it never would have received
serious notice but for the unreasonable panic
prevailing on tho torpedo question. AS to that
panic, it is largely baseless. In action as
Hobart Pacha can testify ,storpedoes are by no
meaps so deadly as in theory. A ship well
handled can dodge Whitehead torpedocs as a
rule, and in seaway they cannot be fired with
accuracy, rs the engagement between the Shah
and the Huascar proved. They might be
effective in still water and when the ships lie
close, as at Aboukir or Copenhagen, but when
all the combatants are moving accurate aim is
impossible, and well-served artillery Will
probably destroy the torpedo boats before they
can come into action. But the proposal for a
naval zareba deserves to be recorded. for it Is
certainly the oldest conception that has been
advanced for A long time.
New-York tribune., 1885-07-21
PROG RESS or CHOLEKI

The ravages Of cholera continue with un-
abated violence in Spain. From the month Of
March to July there were $4,000 cases and
1887 deaths reported in ten provinces. Be-
tween the first and the second weeks of July
there was decided improvement. The num-
Der of new cases declined from 1,667 (July 81
to / 1,473 July 10y, and the number of deaths
from S55 to 600. The number of new cases
had risen on Saturday last to 1886, and the
number of deaths to 7l9, the figures indicating
increasing prevalence of the epidemic with a
stationary mortality. In Madrid the disease
has been kept under control. From its out
break there on May 20 to July 10, there were
191 cases and 115 deaths, a large proportion of
the victims being fngitives from infected dis
tricts. On Saturday there were nineteen new
cases and twelve deaths. The province of
Valencia has been the principal seat of the cpl
demic. In Toledo, Murcia, Castellon, Alicante
and Saragossa there has been marked i'm
provcment bat there are at least 200 towns
aud villages where the disease is now depicting
the population.
The attempt to prevent by incubation the
advance of pestience has proved Intellectual.
Dr. Ferran was forbidden fortnight ago to
practise his system in Madrid and directed to
deposit in the municipal laboratory all the
virus in his possession. This was an official
condemnation of his vaunted method of treat.
ment after it had been adopted in many towns
with the consent of the Government. DIR. Fer
ran has been accused Of making fortune out
of his discovery and with refusing to inoculate
poor patients without charge. This he has in
dignantly denied and he has angrily answered
the charges preferred against him by Spanish
physicians. and by French scientists. The
sickness and death of hundreds Of patients
whom he had inoculated have been an un
answerable demonstration of the uselessness
Of his reputed discovery.
The widespread prevalence of the disease in
Spain exposes France and Italy to second
visitation and imperils the public health of the
Continent. 1t is also source Of 81 We appre-
hension 90 far o. Americans arc concerned.
New-York tribune., 1885-07-21
AFTER SEVEN YEARS IN LIVERPOOL
RETURN OF Ex-coNsUL PAcKARD-TRADE WIFE
ENGLAND.

ENGLAND.
Ex-Governor s. b. Packard, Of Louisiana,
for seven years United States Consul at Liverpool is at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel He 10 large aud heavy mau,
massive in all his proportions close cut.beari covers
his entire face. A huge wart the side Of
his nose would have served as strawberry
mark" II he had got lost when child. The
Governor s accompanied by his wife and family Of Elk
children They will reaan al some summer resort not
yet selected until September. when they will 70 70
Orleana In his room, Mr.. Packard yesterday
hibted with pardonabe pride the Illuminated address
presented to him with service OF plate by the auhori
ties OF Liverpool The plate has been sent TO New.
Orleans On shipboard, just bcorn starting Sir James
pieton I'm behalf OF the committee which arranged
the banquet and the presentation OF plate, prsssntse
n souvenir album, also illuminated, containing thsis
photographs. Mr. Packard, answering TRIBUNE ~
pocters inquiries, said;
at ia a coincidence that arrived here just scssa
wears TO day from the time arrived In Liverpool V
take charge Of the consulate. There have been many
changes In time. The consular service has bees
much more active since Mr. Evarts's time. The CONNER
cal gland and the United States have
been increased aud cultivated. largely think. becau
of the personnel OF the service The work of Consul
becoming quite aruous and IL done without puzzle us.
play The merct deals directly with the CoLsu anu
SoSnsanss Of the state Department The English are
close buyers Thcv look great deal to the appraranes
of goods. Nsatness VI appearance 10 essenta. any
viii not bay goo1s put up shabby or siovenly way
Ear ths other class OF goods they viii pay good price,
r. bcen ar rse part my work to bring sellers az
nurchasers to oscther ia the two conntres' -
"wiI you return to politics In Louisiana
" shall at least walt until reach home"
"You have seen that ex-senator Jonas has been ms~
Collector ,.,..... 4. ..... o,.p Ne
was ful OF fire against the Administration and expee.
this appointment. Eustis aud Jonas VIII never rnaf
mn.,sr Jonas belongs to u different element Wnss
siTength he has is gained from the opposition 70 ,
Barss crowd who arc behind Eustis and who srs s.,
sarisd "a and corpora stionista Jonas ~
not make n combination with Eustis without issns
hls ov support."
New-York tribune., 1885-07-21
GEORGE O. JONES IN A CRITICAL MOOD.

George o. Jones. chairman OK the 6reenoas.
state Committee ofNsw-York' was watching INC eO =
rl, by and trying to catch sma cold wave In ff"ns
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, last svesns. when Teises
reporter asked him about the of views tna'
has been requested by his COMMITTEES to formulate
impose on the waiting country. lie saldi
IT'S too hot 10 do any writing at pressn. sns
until it is cooler The present heat might T-s
my epistle and mako 1t too hot doubt wne'ns.
tribune will care to print what have 70 say -
shall bear down pretty hard on tho hcpaoncsn rdo
rol,er had besu. to see ~ when he died. Thsiass
he was in New. York called on him. He vss oss
left my card He said to the eierk. u am ess !" w.
New-York tribune., 1885-07-21
Newqlork Daily Gribnare
SOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
TU SDAY, JULY 21, 1885.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGv-Earl Of Carnarvon's reply to deputa-
<ion from the Munster Bank IS Fenlan from
America arrested in London. - Russian crop
prospects DOOR, - There were 1850 new cases
Of cholera in SPAN Sunday. - Dominion
Parliament prorogued.
DoMEsTIC.-Hot weather was general throughout
the country. - In Virginia the mercury rose 10
1O4o above zero. - The strikers were quiet IN
Cleveland and in Michigan. g. Charles kose
the pay car robber, was arrested near Auaht'.
- General Grant rode out in his wheeled chair
CRY AND SuBURBAN.-Troubie over the produc-
4ion of Z" The Mikado." - John ROach's affairs
MT n standstlll. - Argument in " lin Nc
Carthy's case. - prisoner lashed In the Kings
Comfy Penitentiary.=rheS StLouis CLUB pea'eh
nv the New -Yorks - David Huyler dead -
Gold value of the legal-tender SILVER dollar s4lZ'
0rainsl. S243 cents - Stocks opened excited
at higher figures and afterward settled back 70
lower than saturdays prices and closed feverish
and unsettled.
THE WEATHER.-TRIBUNE local observations IN
dicate stationary or slightly higher temperature
and fair or partly cloudy weather. Temperature
Yesterday: Highest, 900; lowest. TAO; average.
SO.
New-York tribune., 1885-07-21

elsseus principles 10 sturdlly maintained by Th04S
and Eugene would sweep the Wabash Valley and cnthss
the Missouri brush beyond eli measure. We are pea
to know that the Indiana Democrats nteDh 10 exe1S
thsnscives In 1888: 1t " time for ths crushed vom =
turn and sting -fChicagO News
New-York tribune., 1885-07-21
suoer to Aopernsements.
Buslufss Notices.

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New-York tribune., 1885-07-21

The loud demand of the convicts In the Kings
County Penitentiary for hash for breakfast has
been subdued by the sight Of pistols and the sound
of lashes falling upon the bare back Of the prnci-
pal leader in the trouble. 1t is of course necessary
all prisons to MAINTAIN discipline, but the Com
missioner of Charities in Kings County would do
well to search carefully for any possibly just ground
for complaint about their diet from the unfortunate
prisoners. 1t does not follow, as the Warden seems
to think that If the convicts were allowed hash for
breakfast they would Immediately demand broiied
rtpu uchi el<.ua
New-York tribune., 1885-07-21

Persons tear,nq town for the season, and sum
.a.r travellers. can hare THE DAILY TRIBUNE
mailed to them, postpaid. for 70 cents per month,
the address being changed as often as desired.
THE DAILY TRIBUNE wM be sent toaay address
in Europe tor 81 IS per @oath. WhioA includes
the ocean postage.
New-York tribune., 1885-07-21

SKINNER Hotels are frequently designated oy
the Government as regular Post Offices. Before
forwarding their orders for The TRIBUNE
readers at summer resorts ,ciH do weH to ascer-
tain the er1ct Official title Of the Post Office at
pkicA thev expect to receivc their mail. Delay
and corrcspoadence mN be auoided 6y so doing.
New-York tribune., 1885-07-21
blood. Moreover the fighting had to be done

blood. Moreover the fighting had 70 DO uone
in an exceedingly rough country, whore 'hefe
were few or no roads, where communication was
slow and difticuls and where supplies couid no'
be obtained at any cost. 1t was tough ,"o
which the militiamen had set before them ou'
il was undertaken with pluck, carried through
with intelligence and crowned with SUCCESS
No wonder they are royalty received.
England certainly owes Ireland much IN way
of reparation for past injuries, botn poii.icai
and economical. 1t Is on these grounds tha'
most Englishmen justify the ard which 'ne
British Government have given to lrshmen iii
the shape of loans to buy land in accordance
with the various land purchase acts. But bad
effects as well as good follow such prac'ice
no matter what its motive is, and one OF the
deplorable results invariably is to foster
spirit of dependence and habit OF looking 10
the Government in any time OF trouble. MS
is illustrated in the case of the Munster BANK.
A delegation of Irishmen who are depositors
with the banking company Immediately turneu
to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for loan
to keen the concern going. They wanted
f5OO. 900. OF course they did not get it, Lord
CarnaryOn pointed out clearly that this was not
within the province Of the Government. But
the incident is instructive all the same.
The Democratic canvass in this State Is full
of lively complications some of which are men
toned in a letter printed elsewhere in to-days
TRIBUNE. One faction wants the Administra-
ton to interfere to prevent the party from
GOING tn destruction under the leadership OF
Governor Hill. while another factiOn-and prob
ably the larger of the two-is certain that II
the Administration prevents Hill from being
reoomnated it will be buried under an adverse
majority greater than that by which MIR. Cleve-
land was accidentally lifted into fame What the
Administration will do seems to depend
on the result of the President and Sec
retary Manning's coming deliberations in
the North Woods with Smith Nj. weed
and other equally well-known reform
crs. 1t is only fair to say that the great major
ity of Democrats are apparently in favor OF
making Governor Hill the party standard
bearer.
New-York tribune., 1885-07-21

costly and inefficient by England, whose great war
vessels are constructed under contract with pri-
vate builders. MIR. Roaeh's work for the Govern
ment, down to the cruisers now in progress, was
only mere fraction of his total business.
New-York tribune., 1885-07-21

The free trade journals that have been mcrcIIessly
assauting AMI mali gnng Mr. John Roach for years
are now outdong Pccksnih IN ther solicitudo for
his health and commiseration for his misfortunes.
They are all syery sorry for poor Mr.. RoachF In
like manner the English ship-owners were very
sorry for poor Uncle Sam when the Alabama and
her piraticai consorts were destroying American
commerce,
New-York tribune., 1885-07-21

Tho crownng moment of the political year Is
slowly drawing near. The Reform President Is
soon to take TO the Adirondack woods in company
with that pure and unblemished statesman Smith
NJ Weed.
New-York tribune., 1885-07-21

The Canadian citizen soldiers who are recciv-
ing 80 hearty welcome now on their return
from the Northwest Territories deserve all tho
applause they get. They have indeed had
rough campaign. The half-breeds whom they
had to fight are much worse foes than the In-
diaDs, for to the endurance Of the savage they
add superior intelligence and cunning, which
theY gained with the French strain In their
New-York tribune., 1885-07-21

Mr. O'Donohue's platform may not be very broad
but there arc great many voters willing to stand
nm IL.
New-York tribune., 1885-07-21

In many parts of the South there Is so little
respect for the sanctity of tho ballot that 1t Is
encouraging to find in The oxford tMiss) Eagle Of
July 2 this ringing declaration Of principle No
more ballot-box suihng except in of absolute
There is hope for the country when q
newspaper speaks right out in that
fearless fashion, especially when that newspaper
chances 10 be the home organ Of Secretary Lamar.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-15

This residence has been purchased !.
Cross and Watkins. Here tbs . v Oh
DR.. Cross resides, and here tbe,s : l'IalIFoi
the "lnfrmary for invalid lad;ss y located
love to think of the cheer and =. S0N
mind that an invalid may find IN '. as, d
over the sunny landscape, the u,ts. 'A,ag
picturesque hills, and the pretty off, = 'A'
out below. The large hall of This ". 'p''aa
home runs through the entire bnn .u'''
either side are large rooms, a larpe ~ On
parlor on the left, a large and nIs s''.
bedroom on the right. Airy, cool , ,s1 :,
lightful this home for invalids Is !, ,,.,l'.
beyond compare, where scenery, kind s,1
partnership, healthiul air, and all The ,tI,,
tions that weakness and deIcacv ,oon.,
are given without stint.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-15

Bishop Pierce will next Sabbath night
commence his course Of lectures upon Re-
ligion and Silence, at Trinity Cathedral at
8 o'clock. Bishop Pierce has the gift of
adjoining any theme or topic with his own
fine thoughts and polished language. There
could not be in our city more interesting
lecture by more interesting lecturer than
this science commingled with the high
theme Of religion. A large audience will
surely attend.