New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-05

Department to keep the new pavement on
Fifth-aye from being torn up to meet the
pecess;t,es of the householders in that thor
ouphfare. mandamus from the courts
should not have been need to convince them
OF that What General Newton and his suoor-
dinates can do however, is to see that the
pavement is always replaced IN the most
thorough manner This is duty which the
Department of Public Works has shlrked sadly
under other administrations. The pavements
in any street prove it.
The relations of Motley, the historian, and
General Grant. as narrated by General Adam
Badeau on the 9th page of to-day TRIBUNE.
make up an interesting story. Many OF The In
cidents are highly diverting, and yet are so cum
ningy described that our readers may often DC
puzzled 10 know just who among the actors es-
caped from his embarrassments with least cledlt
to himself One conspicuous moral OF the tale
is that men of distinction in literary pursu
do not necessarily and always possess The tact
and good Judgment which are so useful In dlplo-
matte hfe
A curious practice is growing up in the French
Chamber Of Deputies 1t is to pass votes oil
lack of confidence in regard to certain Min
listers. rather than the entire Cabinet. Then
the distrusted officers retire and the others re-
main. The vote in regard to the bill abolish
ing sub-prefectures is one of this kind. NM.
Sarrien. Develle and Goblet will probably go
ont while De Freycinet will Gil their places
with more radical men. The truth is, the
French of late have been so was'cful in the
use of Cabinet material that the supply is about
exhausted and they are now forced 10 econ
omize in the matter Of new governments
Capitalists in the North have heard great deal
recently about the natural resources OF the South
ern States They can learn more about them
from an article on fortunes in the South, printed
elsewhere in this paper There is no doubt that
Alabama and Tennessee offer great attractions to
energetic business men. The success OF the plo-
neers already in the field proves that 1t Is
pyophetic of the future commercial greatness OF
the South that the men who have been the first
10 appreciate the opportunities for investment
south of Mason and Dixon's line are Southern
born and bred. The Incidence of slave days is
gradually being thrown aside.
A typical Frenchman was NJ. Paul Bert. AS
THE TRlBUNEs letter from Paris to-day shows,
he was for Bert first, last and all the time; but
incidentally he was for France and Science.
For Bert he accomplished much, and his family
have a reasonable fortune well as a name; for
France and Science he also did something as an
Opportunist and Vivisectionis'. When he ac
cepted the post Of Resident-Gcneral in TOnquin
be doubtless really meant to give the natives
some idea of the honor and glory of being ruled
by Frcnchmen-and also TO increase his fortune.
lie died too soon for either purpose, but his
death dealt finishing blow to the Tonquin poi
icy of Prime Minister Ferry. 1t cannot be said.
therefore that he died in vain.
1t Is doubted by good many lawyers that
anything can be proved against Falcy's friend
Falkcnberg who tried TO sound Mr. Gray.a pos
sible juror in the McQuade case. The doubters
may he right; but if the District Attorney, the
Counsel for the defence and the Commissioner of
Jurors all work together to save their reputa-
tons from harm, it ought presently to be made
pretty clear how the fact got out that Gray had
been summoned. The Rravest feature Of the
case is that the jury list was not made up until
2 .. IA. on Wednesday, that Mr.. Newcombe had
one copy. Mr. Marine another. while the
original list remained 10 Mr.. Rei.ly's custody
Yet the same evening Gray was approached
although he had mentioned his summons only