New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-18

General Grant throughout his civil career was
thcuoht often unfortunate in his friends. The
extraordinary letters between himself and Gen
cIal Bideau elsewhere reproduced, only add
another illustration. 1t must be SAID that zen
qral Grants share in the correspondence does
him credit and that the publication now serves
at least ono useful purpose. in diSpclling doubts
a. to the authorship Of his famous book.
With bowling blizzard and snow-dIifts
from ten To twenty feet high fresh IN every
bodys mind talk about outdoor sports seems
grossly out of place. Nevertheless, the base
ball season is close at hand, and week from
next Saturday the Polo Grounds will be opened.
A prosperous season everywhere is confidently
looked for. Some trifling damage was done by
thc storm at the Polo Grounds. but a few dol
lars and few hours work Will put everything
In shape again.
The followers Of -. Patrick lejOiced in clear
skies and bright sunshine, even if they did
have to tramp through miles of slush. Their
paradc was a success in numbers and cnthus
nsm in spite of Mayor I1ewitts refusal to per
NIT the green flag to float from the City Hall.
The observance of the day by Irish societies
which indulge in dinners and other social
festivities on March II, seems TO be growing
more general However, this impression may
be due to the fact that there are more Irish
men here now than ever before.
The Post Office Committee Of the House has
decided to report adversely Oh the bill to abolish
the green two-cent stamp. These Democrats
have no eye for beauty, no sentiment, no SOUL
anyhow. That green stamp is an abominatlon,
offensive in color and disagreeably suggestive
OF arsenic. The United States is distinguished
above all other countries for the beauty Of its
stamps. They have been daintily designed
and cxqusitcIy engraved, and the reputation
thus acquired is well worth holding. The
House should reject IT'S committees report.
Should the Rev. DR.. Satterlee accept the
post Of Assistant Bishop of Ohio, this city would
lose an able and brilliant member of its corps
of clergyman. DR.. Saitcrice has been marked
" successful in his work in Calvary Church. as
he had previously been in the parish at WaP-
pingcr's Falls. There naturally will be
strong effort on the part of his present parish
toners to keep him in New York, and the
matter will not be decided in haste. The fact
that there was much bitterness in the proceed
lngs of tho convention would probably cause
DR.. Satterlee TO hesitate, even if otherwise he
we're strongly disposed to accept.
Readings by authors from their own works.
are not IA novelty in Newf orlS and Boston. but
Yesterdays affair was the first Of the kind, We
believe. tina. has taken place in Washington.
An interesting feature was the address
Of Mr.. i. c. Sledman-an abstlac.
Of which is printed in another col
umn. Mr. Stcdman made a f,rcibe plea for
International Copyright. His emphatic words
and the moral effect of the appearance of the
other wcli-known authors ought TO tell upon
Congress when action is t;I'IcD regarding the
Ch0ce biil Mr.. Stcdman summed up the stu
alton admirably when he said d" We want to re
deem this great and generous Nation from tle
charge OF being grand fence for the rccciv-
ing Of p,irioincd goods
The truth abc3t the great disaster caused 10y
the overflow Of the Fellow River in China. I;lst
September. seems extremely hard 10 get at.
A week ago IL was stated on the authority Of
the 1mpcriSs Commissioner who investigated