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Year: 1871

Tho discussion 90 to the best means of pre-
venting accidents on the railway in the upper
part of Fourth:ave. seems to be conducted for
the most part in a proper and practical spirit.
We Observe however. in some quarters dis
position to indulge in violent denunciation of
the railway companies, as intruders upon the
public streets, who have no scruple in slaugh-
tering a man day, and have no rights that
ought to weigh against the interests or con-
venience of the property holders of the East
Side. This is both mischievOus and unjust.
1t should be remembered that the interests OF
the railroad are in the long run identical with
those of the whole body of citizens.
Easy railway access to New-YOrk is not
merely o convenience to the twenty or thirty
thousand persons who use the roads and
source of profit to the companies, but it is an
element in our commercial prosperity. When
that ease of access is interrupted the city will
suffer rreparabe injury. Of course, it would
be an excellent thing if the Fourth-ave. could
be kept clear of iron tracks; but the locOmo-
tive must get into town some way, and when
We grumble about the injury to neighborlng
real estate, wo forget that the railroad was
there before the houses, and to certain OK
tent created tho values which it is now sup
posed to depreciatc. magnificent depot has
just been finished at heavy cost, and the start
ing points of all the roads radiating from
Manhattan Island have been brought together.
This is great convenience to the public, and
benefit to the city. While the work was in
progress we heard no complaints from the
East Side property owners, and no demand
that the plans should be modified but as soon
as it is completed the companies are bitterly
attacked, and warned that they must sink the
new depot and make other changes at enor-
nous expense.


No doubt the condition of the street above
the depot is unsafe. and tho proper preca'l-
tions have not been taken to prevent acci-
dents. Still we presume tho reports OF daily
"railrOad murders" are exaggerated, and
in many cases tho victims are also in
fault The companies assure us that they
are ready to build bridges or to agree to any
other plan which after due consultation shall
be deemed Efficient and while they meet tho
citizens in this becoming manner, it will be
just as well to remember that they arc not
public enemies, whom it is Christian duty
to worry and despoil. No reasonable plan
will enable us to use the Avenue for some
distance above the depot with as much free
dom as it might be convenient to enjoy; out
tho convenience and profit of few must
Weld to considerations which affect the COM
munity at large.
Year: 1871

The country will be relieved to learn that
four of the principal topics which engage
public attention, namely. tho Tariff, Internal
Taxation, Civil Rights, and Civil Service Re-
form, are likely to receive immediate cOnsid-
Grafton in Congress. Let us have no moro
threatening awful things about the Tariff.
but have done with what is to be done, and
relieve the commercial world of apprehen-
sions. The sooner the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau is reduced and simplifed the better, and
a real reformation of the Civil Service is
Just now wanted more than anything else.
There are various schemes involving more
complete defense of Civil Rights under con-
sideration; but if any Congressman can show
us how to get rid of martial law in the
South, and soon, without abandoning the poo
pie to self-destruction, we hope he will do it,
and will receive instant attention from his
fellow Legislators. But we need something be-
side talk.
Year: 1871

Really this is too much! A correspondent
calls attention to the fact that Michael Weldon,
one of the Brooklyn election inspectors on
trial for alleged fraud, is Republican en-
ployed in the Custom House, and asks if it is
not reproach to the party that he was caught
acting with the Ring Democrats of Brooklyn.
In view of the fact that Weldon's patron, the
late Collector, has been repudiated by the
party for his connection with the Ring of this
city, it ought to seem that the question did
not need answering. And yet it is very natu-
raj that the party must bear the odium arising
from the acts of the subordinates whom such
men appoint. Another scream about Tam
many Republicans would probably now be in
order from the men who appointed and sup
ported, in an administration Office, this COL
league of the Brooklyn ballot-box suffers.
Year: 1871

In the Senate Republican caucus, yesterday,
an unfortunate and mistaken sensitiveness
upon the subject of examinations into alleged
public abuses was manifested by some over
anxious Senators. The country will hold to
strict reckoning any man who, while ready to
applaud investigations into municipal corrup-
ton in New-York, or State abuses at the
South, shall seem to stop short when the affairs
of the National Administration become the
subject of inquiry. If there be such men, they
mistake the time and the temper OF the people.
More than this. they mistake their duty to
their party, and to the Administration 1t has
placed in power and supports. This Admins
tration needs no dark lantern policy. and
must count him an enemy who would
seek to avert the fullest, fairest, and
most open inquiry into al its dealings and
doings. The time Is one for searching I'm
vestigation into all manner Of public affairs
which arc ever proper subjects for examina-
Year: 1871

1t will be lucky day for Cuba if she really
does get rid of the brutal Volunteers who now
dominate the island. 1t is said that Spain is
to send such heavy reenfOrcements to Cuba
that the Volunteers will no longer be needed; ;
and the garrisons of the MORO, Cabana, and
Principe forts are already replaced by the
regulars. There is a spice of sarcasm in the
order of valmaseda relieving the Volunteers,
whether he knew it or not; but it is barely
possible that they will not care to return to
private life, even though sent with thanks.
Year: 1871

The sentence of the Byrnes woman to
seven years in the Penitentiary will reinforce
the lesson already taught to this class of crea-
lures by the conviction of Rosenzweig and
Evans. In the quick succession of current
events, such dreadful cases have lost the
prominence they had at first; but it is worth
while to call attention to the fact that these
wretches are punished and to warn their fell
lows of their fate. This nefarious business
leads To Sing Sing.
Year: 1871

Whv should not the Police keep the sailors
boarding.houscs, of which THE TRIBUNE gave
an elaborate account yesterday, under strict
surveillance No lawi Their outrages war
rant the invention of laws-the use OF the most
arbitrary power. They are known, and stand
o-day on the police books, as dangerous
houses. They are unquestionably the resort OF
n large and very vile gang of thieves. They
arc the homes of smugglers and the hiding
places of river thieves. They are liable as
houses of prostitution of the lowest sort. They
exist in violation of an unrepealed and con-
stitutional law of the State, and in
open defiance of the officials set to en-
force that law. The men and. women who
control them are not one whit better than the
emigrant robbers and the panel-house thieves,
of whom we have driven the worst, by exposure,
fl ON tho city. Why should the Police suffer
these to continue their course of robbery and
pollution after what they have done towards
suppressing the others. Suppose the Commits
sioners look over their law-bOoks again, and
call for special reports of the Captains OF the
various precincts. We venture to say that they
will find good reason and fair warrant for
summary action against these pests OF the
port
Year: 1871

Is this newly displayed virtue of the Common
Council enforcedi We believed the last spark of
dcccncy in that dirty body was long since snuffed
out yet here in dull official reports, find faint


ickcring glimmer of virtue rcyiving At their last
sessions both Boards passed tho usual number of
ordinances authorizing the placing of ornamental
lamps before the various rum-shops which Tammany
politicians out of business have opened but clause
to the effect that the ornaments should be furnished
at private instead Of public expense, heretofore
was inserted. There is suspicion that the Common
Council used to mako this branch of their bus-
ness tc certain extent profitable, pecuni-
ariy and politically. Was it justi BY the way,
these ornamental lamps are simply nuisance.
They arc used for advertisements, and in many in
stances tho whole surface of glass is covered by let
ters 80 thickly laid on that the weak gas could not
SHINE through them. Furthermore, they offen-
sivc to the eye, and in ninety-nine out of a
hundred they only served to point wayfarers the
roads they ought not to take to drinking saloons
and gambling hells. What New-York wants just
now arc lamps more useful and brilliantly lighted,
and less hideOusly " ornamental"
Year: 1871

Mr.. Killingers proposition for Labor Bureau in
connection with tho Department of Agriculture may
be deficient in it's details and quito possibly it con-
templates mpractioable objects but there is def
mite work which we should be glad to see this or sOmc
other bureau undertake. Questions connected with
labor are year by year assuming more command
ing importance. and legislation concerning them
cannot be wise unless based upon facts. which can
only DO asceraned through tho careful collection of
trustworthy statistics We should like to know, for
example, what has been the result of the eight hours
experiment. what proportion does the value OF eight
hours work. under the present system, bear to the
value of ten hours work. or Of eleven hours work
under tho old system what has been the effect on
production and prices of the labor unions organ
izaions; what is the present condition of operatives
in tho great New England factories; what are the
latest results of cooperative experiments and to
what extent are these already solving the needless
conflict between capital and labor. If some simple
and effective means of collecting statistical answers
to questions like these can be devised, without
loading it down by expensive nd useless machinery,
the result would bo most desirable.
Year: 1871

ton. As friends Of Republican Administra-
tion which we have aided in electing, We
protest against any indirect tactics that shall
wound it in the house Of its friends, exciting
unjust suspicious by an appearance Of con-
oealment, and thus striking deadly blow
while pretending to shelter that which courts
the light of day. This is no time for shutting
timiditV
Year: 1871

do not seise tho present opportunity to reform
these abuses, TO which We have long urged
them, and in which We shall continue to g,vo
them our heartiest support. they deserve to
be ranked a. no better than mere tradesmen,
with no higher idea of the great duties and
obligations of their calling than they can gather
from their own trade circulars.
Year: 1871

BY typographical error in yesterdays TRIBUNE
the Duke Of Cambridge WAS called the Duke Of Cum
berland The number Of letters we have received
on tho subject testify alike to tho intelligence of
readers AMI their surprise ut finding such slip in
thcsO coI'InrS
Year: 1871

TO mean. nine times out Of ten, o wider edu'
cation, moro refined habits Of living, aesthetic
tastes not the training Of the boy in the
stern integrity of the old Puritan stock, or the
hard-fsted honesty of his Quaker grandfather.
Now a beautiful home. exquisite dresses, dainty
meals, pictures, travel, the opera, are good
things in their way, but they cost money, and


the penniless clerk or lawyer who makes them


the goal of life is rarely scrupulous as to how


the money is made. He gets it by "sharp
practice "bold strokes" while the Western
lad put his hand into the vault and took it.
One reaches the convict's cell the other, very
likely, financial success; but both are alike
degraded in nature and ruined in life. No
people in the world have finer nsthetic tastes
than the Germans; yet they satisfy thcri, and
observe at the same time rigid economy
o riddle which it would be worth while Tor
every Young man to urge to its solution.
Year: 1871

We have read all the speeches made at the Boston
banquet given to the Russian Duke, and the best
thing whichiwe can find in them was the remark Of
the Hon. Robert c. Winthrop, who presided. He
was conscious, he said, that there were many
gentlemen better fitted than he, not by
their age but by their accomplishments
and their youth, for playing Corydon to
such an Alexis" Neat, was it not But it will not
do to inquire very closely into the propriety Of the
allusion, which is to that Eclogue Of Virgil which
Lord Byron denominated the horrid one." The
best English which we have found is Of course, in
o reporters account of tho way in which the Duke
got up and ate his breakfast last Sunday morning /:
His repose was long drawn out. Il was not till
about the time that the meridian bells were indi-
eating tho hour that he sat himself down to his
matutinal repast"-i.e., at 12 m. tho young man
arose and ate his breakfast A simple fact could
not DO stated more finely.
Year: 1871

His Views ON the Next Presidency.


Hon. w. 6. Brownlow arrived at his home,
yesterday, from Washington, where he hssbeen
since the commencement of the third session Of
the 4lst Congress. We visited him yesterday and
found him somewhat wearied on account of his
trip from Washington. His health is better than
when he left, and he really looks as if he might
do several years service yet The feeble state OF
his health has not prevented his faithful at
tendance upon his duties, intfhe Senate, and
few names appear absent when the roll Of that
body has been called as seldom as his. He has
recorded his vote on every single question of i'm
portance, and has always voted with Republi-
cans who stand by the administration, never los
ing sight of measures intended to benefit his
immediate constituencyi@ HEaGZf3u ~.


Senator Brownlow speaks hopefully of the
Republican party. He say. that Sumner
course has injured himself moro than it has the
party. The party has already fully recovered
out Of that unfortunate speech. he ssys that
President Grant is decidedly the strongest man
with Republicans and there isgnot . doubt Of
his nomination for reelection. He also ex-
presses the opinion that Mr.. Colfax win again
be nominated for the Vice Presidency. He
thinks the country may rely upon the President
for the faithful execution and enforcement of
the laws passed by Congress for the suppression
of the kuklux klans at the South, and that he
will go to the uttermost for the protection of
law-abiding men, be they white or colored. He
feels no doubt of the success of the Republican
party in the next Presidential campaign.D Tbs
seeming dssensions in the party will soon be
healed, and every onewhos feel. any interest in
the success of Republicanism will be united
against the Democracy He fully endorsed the
honesty of purpose, the integrity of principle
and general policy of the present administra-
ton, and thinks the country has cause for. con-
graduation upon the faithful manner in which
the laws are being administered.


We inquired Of HIM about Che standing of
the Democrats in the Tennessee delegation now
in the House, He says that as specimens of
brilliant statesmen, they have failed to produce
anything like a sensation, and those who ex-
pected in them proof that all the intelligence
and worth of the South had been identified
with the rebellion are certainly disappointed
They are regarded as very ordinary men, taken
as "a body. andwill not probably have any very
decided infuenc at the national capital
Year: 1871

i The rapid increase ofncryous disorders
among business men is justly laid TO
ogerwork Tho New York Times says
that the Frequency Of neuralgia, paralysis,
apopleNy, insanity, aud sudden death
comes from The great difference in our
modes fife since the railroad, the light
ming telegraph and the steam press have
come into full play.


I Eighty years ago professional or busi-
ness man in New York worked hard, but
The conditions of civilization then on.
forced rest. II he was lawyer, and had
a case in Albany coming on, he took a
sloop and might be four or five DAYS on
the voyage, resting and recroating him
self of necessity for that period. Now
he hires man to telegraph to the last
train he can take before the case comes on
and then jumps into a drawing-room car
and studies his brief for the whole Jour
ney. There is no rest, and but little re.
taxation for him in it.


lfa merchant, there were times when
business was quiet, ana no customers
came, and though he might be in his
couning-room or his parlor above, he
had almost complete rcpose. Now, the
leading merchant must keep himself in
connection, by telegraph, every morn
iug, with the markets of the world he
must be always on the alert; he has his
enterprises In every part Of the country;
he is building a railroad in Minnesota,
or working mines in Colorado, or Dig
ging coal in Pennsylvania, or LAYING out
towns, or constructing improvements, or
purchasing vast quantities of produce or
speculating with stocks. There is no rest
for his brains for a moment. lie has on
him continually that most wearing thing,
a sense of vast responsibility for the in
terests of others. Ills life is as different
from that Of the New York merchant of
1880 as the movements of the modern
riyer-steamers are different from the sloop
of early days.


This contrast is only an example Of the
general difference in the modes of life
of the two periods. One little fact alone
measures a vast difference, the univer-
sal reading on journeys now, while then
the brain must have been at rest.
Year: 1871

Whether the breed be chosen with ref
ercnce TO object Of dairy or not, the man
agement is not always the best. Not
much attention has yet been paid TO the
proper care of pastures, TO the raising OF
forage crops and other points. Bnt few
pastures will yield food enough for the
whole season. Plenty of good water
should always be supplied. Many de-
tails usually thought small, are really of
great Importance. As fall comes on,
cows need more attention; it viii be
found easier to keep them in condition
than to regain their lost flesh in the
spring there is little fear of their getting
too fat. Much Of the good results Of the
following season depends on how cattle
are kept during the winter. If milk is
expected in quantity in December, the
cows should be carefully fed; but wheth-
er the increased care andlexpensc will
be profitable, is yet TO be determined.
Most farmers in our section feed but twice
day, while cows are not giving milk, to
save time.


As milk-time comes on again, the quail
ity of food should be improved; if they
have not extra food and care, decrease Of
milk viii surely follow. There has been
lately some improvement in managing
cows, slow but sure; and when an i'm
provement proves Itself really such,it will
be adopted.
Year: 1871

Character is the substance. reputation
The shadow only sometimes longer and
sometimes shorter. How important then
Is care In the growth aud formation of
habits, since character IS but bundle of
habits years have been picking up and
combining; and when combined yon may
annihilate the composition but you can.
not altorit II Is no easy matter to drop
habits, even these that hang most loosely
upon the outside We have an attach.
ment to them or they have an attachment
to Us which is not readily separated
They are like an old pair of shoes which
though there arc no advantages attending
them, still they are easy aud we are 10th
to cast them of. They are like an old hat,
which though IL has become unsightly
still sits comfortably to our head, and we
dread the breaking of new one.
Year: 1871

Mr.. Campbell thus describes what he
saw while standing on elf one thous.
aid feet high, in Norway:


The ocean stretched away in silent
yastness at our feet; the sound Of tho
waves scarcely reached our airy lookout
away in the north the old sun swung low
along the horizon, like the SOW beat Of
the pendulum in the tall clock Of onr
grandfathers parlor corner When both
hands came together at twelve, at mid
night, the full round orb hung tiumphant-
ly above the wave; bridge of gold run
ming due north spanucd the water be.
tween us and him. There he shone III
silent majesty which knew no setting.
We Involuntary took off our hats, and
no word was said. Combine, if YOU can,
tho most brilliant sunrise and sunset YOU
ever saw, and lis beauties will pale be-
fore the gorgeous coloring which now lit
up the ocean, heavens, and mountain.
In half an hour the sun swung up per-
ceptibly on his beat, the colors changed
to those Of morning, fresh breeze rip
pied over the food, one songster after an
other piped up in the grove behind u.s.
we had slid into another day.
Year: 1871

II is said that three million dollars
annually are taken from the pockets OF
country people by the various swindling
establishments in New York city, who
spread their aIluring advertisements all
over the country and get small sums BY
mail. The Aac,icaa dgriculturid has,
with commendable enterprise, ferreted
out and exposed many OF those swindling
tricks; but shorter and simpler way Is
this-Ncyer trust your money, not even
a postage stamp, TO any person whose
reputation you know nothing about. The
bigger promises, the more likely YOU
will be caught. Avoid all advertiser
who offer You remedies for nothing
there will be some gouging behind
men do not pay for costly advertisements
Tor the sake OF gratuitous labor. Avoid
all gift establishments they will get
twice or ten times as much out Of YOU, in
some way as they give you. Avoid all
persons who sell watches, or ewelry or
anything else, greatly below market price
they will surely cheat you in some way.
Honest men find better way to bcstow
charity.
Year: 1871

The attendance at the races has been
very large for the past three days and the
sport fine. The mere fact that Long
fellow was to start in the two mile
race yesterday brought an unusual
large crowd to the course. The roll of
the running developed the fact that Nc
Gregor is himself again. Longfellow
with perfect ease, beat the celebrated
race horse Pilgrim in two straight heats
and in good time.


The Great Race Saturday.


The great 5 mile contest for Saturday
has closed with the following entries:
Lonfellow, Exchange, Pilgrim, Beular,
Nellie Gray, Morgan Scout, and Foster.
AS Enquirer gave away in his complain
ing leg while in training last week, Bu-
ford, substituted the handsome and fleet
footed Nellie Gray in his place.


Longfellow was never in more COM
plete order than at present, and it is
claimed by his friends that his running
on Saturday will mark smaller figures on
the time slate than ever placed on it be-
fore
Year: 1871

The sub committee find to-day that
several Governors have failed to furnish


the information requested by the chair


man of the full committee, and full re-
port of The matter above indicated will be


incomplete unless such information is
furnished the committee without further