New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-09

The latest English exchanges disclose conhcuhg
views respecting the news from Stanley and Emln.
Sir Francis de Winton, whose oiiiclal connection
with the relief expedition mparts authority TO MS
statements, explains that Lieutenant Baeft was on
the point of starting dowr the Congo on sick leave
when Tippoo lib received tidings rom Stanley ana
was the bearer Of the brief dispatch which ws sent
from the West Coast Ibis statement settles the con-
rroyersv rc>pecting the accounts from Zanzibar
and ST Thomas It was the same news reaching
opposite coasts simultaneously, End Sir Frsncis de
Winton considers the Zanzibar version the &C
curate one He thinks that in the Dispatch from
St Thomas which reported that Stanley had ar
rived with kmin' at the Aruwh-ml, WIN
WIS substituted for from by Il,'tf, ms
telegraphic error, if it be one, explains the ds-
crcpancies between the two accounts a1ld leaves
the fate of EmIn a subject for vague Conjecture
Mr. Johnston, one of Stanley's Congo companions
while discrediting Osman Dgnas report respecting
the capture of Emin, believes that there was some
foundation for il since Arabs hack imagj nation for
originating a realistic circumstantlal lie" lie
thinks that Lado was occupied by q MAJ: Saieh and
some European possibly Casati- taken isoncr, but
is confident that Emin when deserted by his fol
lowers, effected retreat westward IL SANKEY'S
track
II is very sad. The Albany carnival was to
DC held January 90 80 and 81 1t to he
full to OVERLOOKING with spectaclcs which arc con-
ditioned upon the frgid, frgd zee and the cold,
cold snow. Hence the state OF nsnd i'll which
the mana cement Of the winter" great laughter)
carnival now finds itself
"The Waterman" Of Athens, Georgia,
TO which reference was made the other day,
enjoys no monopoly in it's vilificapOn o. the
National flag. Commenting upon Judge Speers
patriotic rebukc of the outrage upon the flag at
Macon "A writer in " The Richmond Dispatch
says:
In june 1865, l was on my way to Washington.
A. Old Point war vessel lay anchor sith her hsg
y 1sOa ys of to bs EnsnsSS
he replied. "What beautiful hag " sad Ban.
uful p he answered witt Irish accent beautiful
IFS a dirty rag And II was to uInL TX Si1c
Of us feel rather more Of sympathy with the IIlsh
patriot than with the Republican Jaige. We hope 20
be- hardened by all men who VIII do US the 1LStlco
10 consider relations TO tho Uncd states nag
and TO own Confederate nag.
The same writer then, 10 the length OF rcarly
t,yo columns, pours out the vials of his chi valrc
contempt and hatred upon THE United States Gov
eminent, the Stars and Stripes Abraham Lincoln
and the North in general sneers AT the fra terniza
tion of Union soldiers and ex-rcbelS hs s,pI and
vhisxey reunions" - swings 3 co'aser u nder the
nostrils of President Davis. This writer is
nromincnt State officer of Virginia and ecognized
leader of the Democratic party IN that State. IL
i now altogether in order for the bourbon press
f., raise "A howl about waving the Ot,ody shirt
A great piisc awaits mankind After talk
ing many talks. Sullivan is going To fight
npht But on second thought, ~. have only
his word for it, after all
There is world wide insurrce:lon agalns5
tho use of French on bills Of fare IL Is not
long since it was announced that Emperor William
had ordered the bill, far as his power ana
influence lay, into solid German, and new the
botelkeepers OF various American elsie ARA assert
ING themselves in favor of Engnsh Perhaps
one thing that than any other Will help
N drive French out is this declaration OF Phla-
delphia proprietor" the cheaper the h)tel the
more French you have on tho bill Or fare
There are some terms, however, 10 is said, which
will have TO remain in that language because
the Meaning cannot be precisely expressed In
English, a., for example, supreme OF chicken
H. would appear that French is the only language
in which chicken is supreme
There never u meaner thing said than that
/. honesty is the best policy" but newer one that
WAS Tuer. The case of the managing men OF