New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-02
Chances HERE AND THERE.

that Mr. Bancroft served the country and served It
WELL as Secretary OF the Navy from 1s45 to 1919
The growth Of the free North and freer west and
the rise and ascendancy Of anslavery and protection
st opinions. have combined TO stereotype for us In
black characters the contemporary feelings that con-
demned the two great OF that ADMINISTRATION
the annexation OF Texas and the tariff OF 40 Yer,
As I'm the OF Van Buren,. the country has now got
far enough away from the contemporary pol on VIEW
10 make It possible to take wider view and w'hoVt
az all desiring 10 reverse established opinions u u
not certain that these questions the last WORD nss nor
been said For example the tariff OF 40 hutuu as
WE Were have ever had The Object OF its Author the
Hon Robert J: Walker, was a " tarih Tor rcy e
and he carried It out by asceraining' on LYME 10
ascertain. for each article Of our imports the rsie
Of duty likely to produce the largest revenue Iheh
been free and Independent for seven years Ia sever!
wears no Mexican soldier had trodlen her SOIL olshi
we to have allowed her 10 fall into me eager arms
OF France England Ought we even TO nave run
that risk! These are things we can now AFFORD , 10
consider dispassiOnatey. Who VIII furnish us the
facts
Again is heard in the land the bitter cry Of the
poor homeless single gentleman for some one Oh
any age sex, race creed previous condition OF serVi
tde that shall rescue his linen from the cruel Gluten OF
the aundryman ana Just wash IT, One esteemed core
spondent means in an audible hand that ne mas no
sooner recovered from the shock Of having his hgh,
cockalorlim- handlerchiefs disfgured by hOrrM
rIstv ST 1sGO X lust above his own beautiful
embroidered marking (and not nearly as legiDlel thah
his nervous system IS again Frustrated by having MS
fayorite cuffs sent home with the iaundryman Jibben-
sinosay mark on both stss.-front and back. VINO
shall deliver us from the body OF ths ue"e"o"''
When the car conductors. street or elevated, are
forced as they are by utterly inadequate service
70 allow seats, asles and platforms, front ana rear
70 become so crowded that getting on of IS i'm
possible in the time allowed, may be permitted 10
suggest that even these autocrats will have to relax
their iron rule and allow more time. They evidently
think act L they thought, that letting the pas
senger of IS no affair Of theirs on they 60 heoTe
pQpr"
dares But It won't be for always, gentlemen some
day there will be penalty for every pasSen ger seaed
its proper number Why notl The man or woman
who has scat IS nearly as much wronged as me one
who has to stand. Quite much X you won't let
him get of. When that happy day comes you VIII
find or mako way to accommodate everybody.
Who wrote these touching lines and where can
valued correspondent of The Tribune buy. beg. or
borrow a complete edition, de luxe preferred, OF the
authors works
Roll on, thou Connecticut, who forever has ran
Bringing shad to South HadIcy, and pleasure to man.
So the original ordinance of secession Of Lou siana
captured by Major G. c. Fierce. OF the 4th WIS
cOnsn Volunteers, whom Baton Rouge was iakeh
and now hangs on the wall in the Stato House at
Madison. Wis, does itl And the Governor OF WIS
consn would like 10 send it back TO the Governor
Of louisiana but the gallant officer who captured
II refuses TO lot him, claiming the 0rul
nance as his private property. SO runs the story.
But assuming its truth, TO whUm does that d0cu-
mont belongl Clearly it belongs either TO the unted
States by right Of capture in war, or else 10 Louisiana
as a part of It's archives A vast injury has been
done 10 the public service and TO history hy the re
moval usually thoughtess, yet too often Intentional
OF public documents of all sorts especially during ana
lust after the war. Many papers Of priceless vtle
10 the historian and therefore TO the American pcOpie
have thus disappeared Even when found ana pup
llshed how are We TO know that We have got them
ALL that Others essential TO their proper oomplehehslo
are not MISSING YS qRy 2@%4s b"%
Count Harry Arnim 10 prison for years In lonely
fortress for taking state paper from the Prueslah
archives.
one day those who live in uptown fat look from
their windows upon vacant lot opposite where the
goats are browsing among the rocks, aud the next
day IL almost seems a block of flats meets the
gaze At one corner of this block is probably drug
store; at the other grocery, butcher-shop or
beer-shop with the chances in favor OF the latter and
If this particular IS not then occupied be Nre
that the corner opposite is of the countless homes
of Gambrnus. Block after block square after square,
street after street, is built up in this way and the
enterprisng and advertising brewer with his accom-
modating mortgage. is conspicuous element in the
city's growth The ne ghborhood is given over al
most wholly 10 residences. Stores and shops other
than those named are seldom seen. The marketman,
tho Deutschc auothele," the grocer, thTves on the
daily necess ties of tho people but most OF all does
night early morn and the midnight hour
find the proprietor busy, but Sunday is his
particular harvest time. The door Of the family
entrance is forever on me swing and the policeman
taking his morning dram Of gossip with the iasitors
daughter is Indifferent % the beer trade carried on
by can and pitcher and pail the tolng church-bels
All day long this thing goes There is pretence
OF secrecy Little drunkenness IS poted; many
DAYS none is The population of the neghbor-
hood is largely American, weltodO, respectable. but
so far as regard for the odtimc observance Of the
sabbath goes and in its habit of life it is almost as
foreign as the country eas Oh Avenue a. sach Is NE
in the upper part OF the city: thus Whatever was
once distinctive of American life is being merged In
cosmOpolitansm
Some day some stalwart citizen, personifying popu
lar wrath Will rise in his might and smte hip and
thigh cheek and jow of those Whyo guards on
the elevated roads who order passengers TO step
lively dere - and growl let em off fust" in a tone
that would make one Of the Broadway squad tremble
in his double soled shoes The public stand being
hustled and dubbed by policemen. but it's patience
has nearly reached the line that ought 10 be drawn at
of the insoent servants OF the midair railway
corporations
Every seat occupied when woman entered a car
on the Third ave. elevated road. Not a moved
from his place the passenger with her bundles
came down the aisle Yes, one man did move. He
was an amond-eyed, blueshrted Mongoan going TO
Hallem.n With Chestcriedlan grace he gave up
his seat while the other male occupants Of the car
read their evening papers If they were examining
for examination the current topics OF the day
Two of the most distinguished scientists Of America,
the late Professor Alexander Dallas Bache and the
late Professor Joseph Henry, were once passing the
time by discussing children and their ways pretty
and not pretty. youth is an institution ex
claimed the mo- only greenness" replied the
other. Doesn't every child live in world Of its
own Once come to years of indscrtlon, We live
tn NJ pbodv he
day dear little curly headed boy Of five taken
by his mamma to see an afternoon performance OF
Our Flat As the audience dribblcd out he
heard saying IN sadly disappointed tone Oh, dear,
the ghost didn't out after ALL 50 for the
little man the comedy turned into tragedy.
The doll with the sawdust gone nothing 10 1t.