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Year: 1876




Some time ago an impartial aud thor
oughly wcll-informod correspondent of THE
TRIBUNE, after an inspection of the Panama
Railroad, made a statement of the deDrccia-
ton which it had sustained under the manage
mont of Mr.. Trenor W. Park. He advised that
gentleman and hisassociates that the only method
of restoring value to the property would be
to suspend dividends for tho current year, and
to expend all the net earnings Cf amy there
should bc) in the repairs so urgently needed
by the road and its appurtenances.


We perceive that Mr. Park has prompt
ly accepted our correspondents advice,
and passed the April dividend, but
whether from prudence or under compulsion
we are not fully informed. Inasunuch rs the
dividends q per cent gulrterlS) of the last
year have exhausted the Company'' funds, in
cluding cash received from the sale of its
steamship property. it may be that the present
action is not vountary-espccially as loans are
not so easily effected upon Panama shares ~
they were before the Company entered upon
its ruinous and illegal conflict with the steam
ship line from which it receives the most val
liable portion of its traffic. We shall continue
to regard with interest tho experiences OF Mr.
Park and his railroad. but at present have
only 10 compliment hin upon his alertness In
accepting our correspondents advice.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Morton has introduced n new Enforce
ment law, designed TO repair the defects pointed
out by the Supreme Court in the statute of
May 81, 1870, and it will probably soon come
ND for action III the Senate Whatever its
fate may be III that branch of Congress, there
is no probability Of its passing the House. and
for the present. if not forever, the scheme OF
Federal interference with State elections Is
effectually blocked. We have not yet seen the
full text of Mr.. Morton5 amendment, but from
the tclcgIaphc summary of it printed on Tues
day it appears to be identical III spirit with
the original statute and framed merely to
avoid-we might perhaps say evade-the
particular points which the Court has dis
tinctly declared unconstitutional by its deci-
sion In the Kentucky case.


It will be well for Mr.. Morton and the
school of bl0Ody-shirt statesmen whom he
leads, to consider with some care the parallel
Judgment of the Supreme Court in the Grant
Parish case before they try 10 TIMER this law
anv further. AS the decision in that case was
given upon fatal defects in the indictment it
was not necessary for the judges to pass upon
the constitutonaity of the statute, but they
laid down principles which must destroy
great deal of what remains of il whenever 1t
is brought to the test. The Constitutional
Amendments, according TO the Court, have
not conferred upon any one the right of snf-
frage; they have only forbidden tho States to
abridge it by determinations on account OF
color. Congress has authority therefore
to inhibit State legislation contrary to
these amendments, but when it comes to the
protection of one citizen against the wrongful
acts of another il is the State and not the
United States which must act The equality
:" of the rights of citizens says the Court,
"is principle of republcanism. Every re-
"publican government is in duty bound to
{" protect all its citizens in the enjoyment OF
" this principle if within its power. That
"duty was originally assumed by the States,
land it still remains there. The only obliga-
" ton resting upon tho United States is to see
"that the States do not deny the right. This
1.-THE amendment guarantees, but no more.
"The power of the National Government is
"Hmitcd to the enforcement of this guarantee"


Everybody knows how much mischief has
been done by divcItng the Federal Govern
ment from its proper functions, giving ii
ordinary police supervision over local elections,
and even putting upon it the task OF keeping
the peace. Mr.. Morton may as well drop ms
attempt to continue the abuse. The Supreme
Court has served notice upon him to quit.
Year: 1876

On the contrary, The result Is narrower real
profit and smaller annual saving from which
TO Day debt. The controlling fact in the for
eign exchanges, however, is completely over
looked by nearly all dsputants and writer's.
The nominal balance of trade between this
and other countries is controlled by exchange
of products. The real balance of trade is con-
trolled by reinvestment of foreign interest
money and new investment of foreign capital.


In the prosperous times, when the confidence
in American enterprises Is un5ounded, the
foreign investor cannot afford to draw his inter-
est He cannot use it as profitably in Europe.
In all old countries the rate of interest is rela-
lively lower, and the chances for good invest
ment fewer than in this rapidly growing land.
To move his interest-mOney TO Europe Is
to deprye the investor Of a. considerable
part of its value for future profit. In
such times, therefore, not only many
millions due to Europe as interest
on bonds, but millions more, sent hither Tor
investment are added every year to our avail
able capital. Individuals use the borrowed
money, and pay for the use of it. The nation
uses it, and mt the samo time secures Tor IN
vestment in its industries the entire interest
and millions more every year. But collapse
of industry comes and American enterprises
are distrusteI, American honor doubted. The
foreign lender not only refuses to make new


loans; he wants his interest "Yes," he says,
"three per cent in London is lower, but it il
"safe; | want my money where can see it,
In such times, instead of a constant addition
to our capital, there is IN enormous drain,
first for many millions of interest and then
for the principal Withdrawn. Thus there is
really an adverse balance of trade whenever
there is dstrlist of American honor and
American prosperity. Very few reasoners per-
ceive the importance of this fact We can put
the balance of trade in our favor whenever
we please to pay our debts honestly, and to
put our industry on a solid foundation. Till
then distrust will prevail, and the yearly drain
of capital will be most exhaustipg
Year: 1876

A PROVISIONAL REPORT TO BE MADE-NECEssITY


or AN EXTENSION OF TINE FOR THE COMPILE


TON OF THE woRx-ITs RESULTS TO De EM-


BODIED IN An AMENDMENT TO TIE CONSTITUTION.


IBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRiBUSE.i


ALBANY, April Cat the last meeting of the
Charter Commission, resolution adopted directing
the Chairman Mr Eyarts. to make provisional report
the Governor Legislature showing the extent Oh
the ground over which the Commission has gone and
asking an extension OF time until the opening Of the next
legislature The report Is expected to reach the Gov.
ernOr and the Legislature next week.


The extension OF time asked for cannot well be refused
n the report OF the Commission submitted to-day it
could not receive in the closing weeks OF the session.
that consideration which the vast importance OF the sub
ect and tho character and ability OF the men composing
the Comni sion require the hands of the Legislature
Besides this delay will not defer in the least the
anal action Of the people the propositions
OF tho Commission. 1t has been found already
in the progress OF their work that TO make OF any per


anen value the most OF Its results must be embodied
In the form OF amoniments to the Constitution. These
cannot bo acted upon for the second time by the Losa
tre until an election for Senators has ineryened 50
that whether the report of tho Commission be presented
n ths Legislature or the next the constitutional amend
ments embodied i'll 1t cannot be finally approved by tho
Legislature and the people for ratification until
the session Of 1873. .


The only harm that result from the delay VIII be
in ths popular disappointment tDat nolulDg eau %
officially known of the results reached by the Conmssioa
until the opening OF the next year. great deal Of work
has been done far and most OF the important features
of local government. such the powers OF
tho Mayor, taxes assessments, the super
vision and restraint which representatives OF
the taxpayers should be allowed TO exercise over
estimates and expenditures &C. have been discussed, and
IN some instances outlines OF schemes virtually decided
upon which the members of the Commission do not wish
made puoc. Their work will necessarily be OF charac-
ter to arouse opposition from certain classes, and
they are unwilling that any details OF their con.
cusons should reach the public until all presented In
"a consistent whole, with their arguments to support
them. II is believed that the Commission will fnd Is
necessary to make only two exceptions, Newlork and
Brooklyn to the general law governing all cities Of the
state The two cities named will need, of course,
special enactment.
Year: 1876

DEMOCRATIC PROfLoSION dND ihhcIIcH'


How earnest and sincere this Democratic
party is, to be sure, in its horror of bad ap-
pointments, and its desire to purify and ee-
yate the public service To hear their orators
declaim upon the stump or to read the fervld
ESSAYS of their able writers in the press, one
would suppose that the whole party wasanimated
by high and holy purpose to cleanse and
purify the Government in all its official places.


And how they condemn partisanship too.
Partisanshpl They would have none OF it.
Let us have good government and honest ad-
ministration, they said, though parties perish
from the earth "Rise above Party" was their
exhortation to honest Republicans who were feel
incthe disgrace which bad leadership brought
upon their organization. "Rise above party
"Rebuke the men who are doing all this mis-
"chiefn They wanted all the bad men turned
ont of Office at once. Not that they
had any desire for the offices them
selves Il perish the thought - but simply
that the honor of the nation might not
be tarnished and its good name destroyed by
dishonest and incompetent administration.
And if it happened that whom bad Republi-
can went out good Democrat went In, why
Year: 1876

All that might have been done toward de-
stroying the hostile Sioux does not appear to
have been accomplished in the battle Of Powder
River. OurpIevious correspondence told chiefly
of the success; that which we publish to-day
shows how and why the campaign was In
somo respects failure.
Year: 1876

still moro remarkable for its delays. The death
penalty seems now inevitable, and the false
hopes that have been raised by frequent post
ponement will add their ghastly mockery to
the terrOrs of the gallows.
Year: 1876

A Man SURs A WOMAN YoR MALICIOUS
KIssISo. A rather novel case was ia
ken before Esquire Miller yesterday,
being no less than o prosecution for
malicious kissing, designated on the
warrant as O breach Of the peace. The
party causing the arrest was negro
called Charles Glosson and the mali
cious kisser was Ella Daily, who, it 10
hardly necessary to state. is also color
ed. The prosecutor has q wife, and he
stated that Elias malice did not con-
sist in the mere act Of kissing him.
which ordinarily he did not object to,
but in persisting in kissing him in the
presence OF his wife, which had ten
dency to make things unpleasant at
home, and was expensive. when the
broken crockery and frying pans that
had to be replaced were taken into ac-
count Esquire Miller. after patiently
hearing the case, suspended judgment
during ths good behavior Of Ella, who
left the Office remarking that she would
"hit dat Higger wild brick" for having
her srrested.-I Memphis Avalanche.
Year: 1876

The NEXT FAIR Colonel w. c. Knight,
president OF the State Agricultural Society,
on Saturday received from General limbo
den Il letter holding out strong hopes that
many of the Centennial exhibitors and visit
orS can by proper efforts be induced to con-
tribute to the success Of our approaching g
Fair.


In accordance with resolution some time
ago adopted by the Executive Committee OF
the Society, 4 subcommittee will shortly
visit the Centennial and diligently endeavor
to direct the attention Of exhibitors ana
visitors hither.


The Fair this fall promises to be as good
rs any we have ever had. Much interest is
already manifested in it, and the Society by
Offering special attractions will be able to
command as large crowds rs in former
wears.
Year: 1876

MrssPENT EvrNINGs.-The boy who
spends an hour OF each evening louns-
ing idly on the street corners, wastes
in the course Of year three hundred
and sixty five precious hours, which, il
applied to study would familiarize him
with the rudiments Of almost any of the
familiar sciences. If in addition to
wasting an hour each evening he spends
ten cents for cigar which is usually
the case. the amount thus worse than
wasted would pay for ten Of the lead
ing periodicals Of the county.


Boys, think of these things. Think
how much time and money You are
wasting. and for what: The graft
fca:ion Afforded by the lounge on the
corner or the cigar is not only tempora-
ry, but positively hurtful. You cannot
indulge in them without seriously in
juring yourselves. You acquire idle
aud wasteful habits which cling closer
to you each succeeding year. You NAV
in after life shake them of but the pro-
liabilities are that the habits thus formed
in early life will remain with you to
your dying day.


Be warned then in time, and resolve
that as the hour spent in idleness is
gone forever, you viii improve each
passing one and thereby 1T yourselves
fos usefulness and happiness.
Year: 1876

Gd They tell good story of an old
business man who recently found him
self "cornered" financially, and desired
to go into bankruptcy. He applied TO
lawyer to know how much il would
cost TO have the papers made out and
the business put through. He vas told
that the expense would be about 500.
and, appearing TO be satisfied with th.
price, he told the lawyer to 90 ahead.
The lawyer followed the instructions.
and when the work was done he called
for his little Sle0- "All right" said
the bankrupt. "you can put your claim
right in with the Others!
Year: 1876

Hons LIFE A HUNpRrp YEARS AGO.
One hundred years ago not pound
OF coal or cubic foot OF illuminatint
gas had been burned in the country
No iron stoves were used and no con>
trivances for economizing heat were
employed until DR.. Franklin invented
the iron.frame fireplace which stin
bears his name. All the cooking anA
warming in town and country werv
done by the aid Of FIRE kindled on the
brick oven. Pine knots OF tallow can.
dies furnished the light for the long
winter nights and sanded floors sup
piled the place o. rugs and carpets. The
water used for household purposes wss
drawn from deep wells by the creak-
ing sweep" No form Of pump was
used in this country, SO far Is we can
learn, until after the commencement
Of the present century. There were
no friction matches IN those early day.
bv the aid Of which FIRE could be eas.
lily kindled, and If the fire event out"
upon the hearth over night, and tho
tinder was damp so that the spark would
not ketch. the alternative remained Of
wading through the snow a mile or 50
to borrow a brand Of a neishbor. Only
one room in any house was warm un-
less some ofthe family was i'll, in oil the
rest the temperature was at zero du.
ring many nights in the winter. The
men and women ofa hundred years ago
undressed aud went 70 their beds in q
temperature colder than that Of OUT
modern barns and woodsheds and they
never complained.
Year: 1876

e5Un.olved Problem.-All the great
problems Of nature are not yet solved.
One of the most interesting is how a
woman can bold her mouth full Of hair
pins while she is doing up her back
hair. and at the same time impart to her
husband exact and valuable infcrmanon
concerning the undesirah,lisy Of his
1droprin. his cigar ashes On the CARPET
Year: 1876

THE CENTRAL PARK RESERVOIR.


NEW YORK, Nov. O. 1873
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


visited the large reservoir In Central Park this
morning. found only about twelve ieet OF water In ~
could not lind out by asking much the daily sup
ply is but only that the people got all the department
could give The cause OF the scarcity Of water was
charged TO the unfaithful Almighty had not sent
tho expected rams upon tho hills and mountains TO
freshen the tributary streams and not at all TO the
improvident managers have allowed leaking reser-
vors and leaking street mains OF this neccs-
sary fluid into hidden ways There are many who
think that the ledn streets, old water and
the sewers taking in their Unsuitable mouths
great deal OF the directly the pipes, and
there is a for the opinion Often when digging
in streets 10 make connccliLn n with the
water pipe large leak is accidentally and uncx-
pcc,edy discovered which has been running Tor
long time unnotced Many dwellings In this
city have their collars made very damp and unhealthy
by these concealed leaks without doubt The convc-
is when all means of remedy have been tried that
the moisture and water comes from spring. and thus
IL rests Tho pubnc, no doubt has strong reason TO
believe that the present water famine s from msman
agemcnt OF the department. There is a waste which
cannot be accounted for and lack Of supply which
has not been satisfactorily explained The letter you
published few days ago, written by Mr. Schuyler,
threw some strong light upon tho means OF supply
know the public would ike 10 learn more from the
1t was ce,r account OF how relief had
been ootaned and how 1t could be yet, by practical
plans. In the meantime would nd that all
ctzcns take a practical interest in assisting the de-
partment keeping up an abundant supply OF the
great necessity, and that the Mayor OF the city offer
reward 10 the finder OF broken pipes which wasting
water In considerable quantities. These leaks only
this article and render dwellings
healthy many tunes, but undermine streets, sewers
and even the foundations OF some OF the most costly
buildings. The facts as they stand certainly very
alarming Should we continue long in this jeopardy
had better be looking, like Lot OF old, for refuge
in some friendly mountain. SUFFERER
Year: 1876

The second foot bridge was yesterday worked across
the rvor span from the Brooklyn to the New York
anchorage The process OF carrying over the rope
was in every way similar to that used when laying tho
FIRST bridge days ago Il will tako several days
yet before the second bridge will be completely made
fast to tho two anchorages Three more ropce have
yet to be laid across the river Colonel CoIingwood
Stated work yesterday had proceeded very
siactorly The third rope has mot yet arrived from
Trenton
Year: 1876

IFS USE IN CENTRAL PARK.


Commissioner Stebbns OF the Department of
Public Parks stated to TRIBUNE reporter yesterday
that the subject repaving Fifthve with the Tcford
MacAdan pavement, provided for by Mr.. FOrster's
BILL introduced in Assembly, has never been brought
before the Board OF Park Commissioners lie said the
bill had undoubtedly grown Out OF very general desire
on the part OF the residents Of the avenue TO have
durable pavement that would afford pleasant and easy
access 10 Central Park; and If the Telford or
some other similar pavement could be laid on the avenue
il would what had long been great public ncces
sHy. lie opposed however, to expending money on
any composition that had not been properly tested.


The TelfordMacAdam pavement is made first by exca-
waiting and preparing the roadbcd and bringing IL to
proper frmness by rolling; second the Tcford f0unda


ons OF from eight inches In DEPTH and of
generally uniform SIZE is laid by hand closely and care.
fully third the wedge-bndiDg" Of these by Others OF
similar form, well ramucd into the intcrsticcs is made
fourth, the MacAdam OF broken IaprOc Is put
In two lay,rs, each thoroughly rolled, trap screen
ings beng used TO consolidate the top OF
SupeIintending Engineer Bogart said This makes the
road have in the Ceura Park, where, however,
layer Of fine gravel on top OF the MacAdam, but
the gravel will stand the heavy loads that apt To
be drawn the avenues. Some Of the bOuevards and
avenues above the Park laid with this pavement with
out the addition OF gravel and IL lasts very well because
very few heavy loads them think IT would
bitmninous surface. While II would lie little
pensiye at first would cost much less 20 keep II In
pair and would he better suited " the requirements Of
Fifth-aye.
Year: 1876

There was an accident on the Greenwich
Street Elevated Railway yesterday but person was
seriously injured, and tho damage it is estimated, viii
not exceed $50. Three trains moving toward the
upper part OF the city ut about a. IN The tracks were
slippery and the fog dense that the engineer said
that could only few hundred feet ahead. Tho
rst train stopped at Thirethst and the second came
stop just behind IT, Tho third came up and was TO
top behind the second hut the brakes did not hold and


he wheels slipped the wet rails Tho front Of the lase
train into tine OF the second train The accldens
rreated great excitement in the neighborhood NJ tho
time, but the only who seemed 10 be at all hurt
vas an old gentleman who thrown down and some
,Nla
Year: 1876

A newspaper is window through which
men look out on all that is going on in the
world. Without newspaper man is shut
in small room, and knows little OF nothing
of what is happening outside Of himself. ia
our day the newspapers keep pace with history
and record it, A newspaper will keep a sen
siJIe man 10 sympathy with Tie worlds Cur
rent history. 1t is an cnfolding encyclopedia
and unbound book, forever Issuing and neycf
finished Always bear this in mind, aud
never iai to take, and, more particularly, r1y
for your home paper.
Year: 1876

The ship L. L. Sturgess, which arrived
yesterday, brings q cargo of 1000 tons of
ice to the Crescent City Ice Company, and
its arrival is most opportune. as the stock
on hand would not have lasted beyond the
first of the month. The ship Osw EGO is
now sixteen days out with full cargo, and
should she arrive within ten days the ice
company will be able to pull through, de-
pending, OF course, upon other cargoes that
are already being shipped. The Sturgess
drew eighteen fee. three inches of water,
and crossed the bar at the Southwest Pass
without detention.


Owing to q steady little business that
has been doing here all summer in freights,
and the brilliant prospects of a fine cotton,
sugar and tobacco crop, Northern ship
owners have decided to send US a large
amount OF tonnage as soon as they feel as
sured that we are to have no epidemic. The
port of New York is filled with idle vessels,
and their owners are anxious for their en-
plovment, as their depreciation is much
less when in the hands OF we,I-disciplined
crew.


The coal steamers between Philadelphia
and the East are gradually pushing to the
wall the large fine hree-masted schOoners
that have been built since the war express
ly for that trade. These steamers will load
a cargo of 1900 tons in Philadelphia in less
than one day. proceed to Boston and dis
charge and return inside of the time it
takes q sailing vessel to make the half trip.
Coal has been carried between these two
ports this season ss low as seventy. five
cents per ton.


Captain Davis, formerly of the ship
Adorns, famous for buying q whole cargo
of cotton to load his ship at this port, after
spending year at his home on Long
Island, New York, will again rejoin his ship
at this port. Captain Hawkins, now in
command, will try cossting while.


The steamship Jamaican drew nineteen
feet on leaving for sea via the Southwes,
Pass
Year: 1876

PHYSICIAN TO THE INSANE AsY-
Trustees of the 'rerritor-
ial Insane Asylum have rendered
the appointment of Physician to
DIR. F. w. Sparkling, now of this
city. We should judge tbs to be
as good an appointment, all circum-
stances considered, as could be
made from the material the Trustees
had to select from. DR.. Sparkling is
thoroughly educated and has had
twenty-five years Of varied practice
in his profession. He served as q
surgeon in the English army during
the Crimean war and in the Union
army throughout the late civil war


and was Medical Director for the


Military Department of the South.


west at the close of the war. HI
F, has had large experience in the or
) ganization and management of hos