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QVmneemcntB (?o-Nigt)t. Buor Opera Horan?8?" Orpheus and Eurydlco." Casino?te?" The ne-sarar HtuilenL'' Dali-"* Thkatkk?H?" Seven-Twenty-Elf-ht.** Okanh Opera HorsR?8-" Francesca da Rimini.'" Havv.ki.y's Commit Thbatkb?*?"!.? Vic 1'arlulenno, MAiuseeiN Square Thkatri-8:30?"The ?Bejah.*' hietkoi-oi.itak Opera Hoi'sk?2?llene-tlt iierfonaafic Kew Pahr TheaT' fc?8-" M'llss." NiHiai'e (iAiiuKN?M?-Tbe Pavements of Parts."' Star Theatre?w?"Mwt'ctli." HntNWAY Hall?3?Keoltul. Thai ia TBTBATBB 8 ?** Eteeeeeete." Thlatki (..miijiie?8 -" t'onlrlia's Aspirations.'* Vsioxt-vr irk Theatre?S-".-torin Reuteu," WAU k< K'i TlirATRi:?s?"Deceiitlon." 3d Am.mk Tin. aire?h? - l'u**iiiu'?8!sve." 5th Avim'i: Theatre?8?"A wi'e's Peril." 14th BTBKBT Theatre?8?" ForOunKreea." Jude* to l\OoeriisemeiitB. Pa?*. fol.' Pasre. C Amusement*. 7 6 0 Lost ?nd Fiinnil. 6 AnnoiiiiK ni"iit*. 8 (i Marnacet and Death* 6 Rankine Houses and Minuit . 7 Hanker* . . .. 7 H Miscellaneous. 8 Beames. FleOOea_ 4 1 New I'utLjoatinn*.... fl Business Chance*_ 7 4 Ocean steamer*.. 6 Boam ann Mooni*_. 7 ti Proposals. ti Op.irtncr.*lnp Notice 7 4 Heal E*r*te. 7 S Corpnraiinn Notice*.. 6 6 Uooin* and Fl?t?. 7 Dsiuans Academies.. 0 3 situation* W anietl.... 7 4 Diviilcnn Nf.l.ce*. 7 4 special Notlcs*. 6 Funpean Adv'*. 0 fi steamboat* *nd RR. 7 1 Finaiiria' . 7 H Savior* Bank*. 7 Instruction. fl 3 Teachers. 6 LeriiifsA' Meelina*. 7 6 Winier I'.esnn*.. 8 Meal Nuilee.*. li lil fineuueo Noticro._ " Alders-it Brand" B-iralw?y? Coxr>r*TSKP Vn.i Many prizes have boen awarded lo Anoos TUBA Kittkh* *e the must efficacious stimulant to excite th appel!!! and to keeeji the dlicestlvc organ* lu ?oe*l e.nler. TRIBUNE TP4RM8 TO MAIL SUD.SCKIBKK& rottagefrte in the United Staten, 1 Year. 6 Mouth*. 3 Month! PATTY, with Sunday. 88 50 64 25 62 15 DAILY, withontSunelay.... 7 00 S 60 176 BUNDA V TRI BINK. 160 Remit liv I'o*tal Note. Mon*r drier, er ne*ft*ter?d Letter Sr i'ostal Nuts, the remitter will please write on ths Nota "lu rna xBir-YoBKTamiMB." BRANCH 0PFI0ES OF THK TRIRUNK. AdTertl?emsTit?forpnhlicatloni*i Tiir Trihi'** *idorl?n f*rreriilar ileiivery of the'lally uaper, will t>* receive lat the following branch office* in Nsw-Yean City: Main t'piown Otlce. 1.2 n Hroadway, te a. m. to 9 p. m. Ko. leo- Wi st TwentT.third-st., Kial m. to 8 p. in. rio. 7l>ti I t.lr.lave., n.-ar Korty-seventh-st., 1 o a. >n. to * p. m. "Sa l.oe)7 Tlur.l-ave.. near **litleth-?L, 10 a. ra. lo a p. ia. Bo. 'JO1* Fast eine-huuelri.l-au.l-tweiiiyflfth-st.. 4 to *) p. m. Vnlon Htjuara, No. 92 Kaet rourteenth-st.. 10 a.iu to 3 p. m. IN OTU IR CITIBB. Washi.notos?1,823 F-st. I Lo "Un ii -i'i Redfe.r I-*?.. Utrand FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY NKW-YOKK, THURSDAY, JAN. 17. THE NE IFS THIS MOILXIXG. Foi:lh;\.?The debate on the address In reply t( Kinst Alfonso's Bpsseh waa Nannied festerday Tr.?_ I'riuci. Kraptetkinc wasremoved fimn priaoi to an iiiiiiiniiry. Ten men and a beey wt ie killed in B coul-pit in Wulcs. ?? - Mr. Gladstone has ieiillested the Liberals to lie- j.roent ut tin ope'tiiriR of rarlinrnent. A line of Bteemert will begin runiiiiig tm February I from Tiie-t,- t< Kew-Vi uk. Conciji:*>.-.?In tho Senate' yesterday Mr. Miller of New-Yorl:, preeented a lilli lor tin- BXttrpatioi , of pleuro-].in anaemia ? a liill WBS repotted BB! pasteeii ri .-lorim* lei the pulilie-domain landsgnotee in uni eif the Iron Mountain Ralfamad; the Jehu nilen wile nih.ptt-d; Mr. Hom's Kle-itenil Conn bill iva- peesed. IntheHimse Mr. Potter, ot i New-York, Introdoeed a hil] io maintain Um ene ?tency Bgatnal line -tiialioii* Mr. NntetlOff, of New York, mtrodaeed s hil) for the eonstrnetionol i ship finial around Wagara Falls; in Committee oj tho Whole thsflSBIBte bill appropriating $1,000,000 /or >li.-M*siiii.ii River improvement iva.* discussed Bud then repotted to the House. Domlsdc. ? Bpsakai Bheeid an non med tho Special (cmi.iitfee io iiive*tijri(<" the City Depart* ments yesterday. : ' - In the Nutt trial testimony was devoted lo OBtahHaliing temporexj b> Banity. ^=z A question has hun raised about tho hegiuuiug of tho terms ol the in w snore :ne Ce.mt ju<li:c-i. Aatr&ngeex plo-ion. Bttrlbated te. the i<-< OH .Mohawk River, \v;..s heanl at Silieneitailv. - A .student at the Boo toil Coii.-o-rvatory ol Mil-k luis my-ti iiously dlsap* peareei. Ensjlneer Beztosi, of the barned rail ?way tram, ia laeoTcring, ? ?? Ralph Bellow's will bestow * r^-eO.OOO on St. Lemis charities. Cii \ ami BOBOBeUX.** Mtei a Btoonj nieelini* yeattrday, the former dirct tens of the New-Y'ork, Ouiario and Western Railway were rs-eleeted, with Baa ex.cpt inn. m. . Mr. Beecher lectmed on "The Circuit e.f the Cmitim m." The Feoardeal trial was ailjoiirned faa aei e ra] daj - beeeaae of the sickne-v* of a juror. =zr**: Bargiaia seenred jewelry worth over (011,000 from safes in Miiitl-n-hine. =~ Ths Arti.-ts' Fvad Society decided to keep th.ir exhii.ition epeo on Baudaya =:-The lat t tlia! a 1'icii !im:iii hail been garroted aad lobbed of tjvlou was mada puhlic. := The American Boeiet* ol'civil Eagi* Mata bm t. - - ? A man saiel tei be an Aaatrlaa of? ficer fell downstairs, rt lulu drank, and broke his neck. - At tbe York ville I'oliec Coori s story of an uivsault al ihe OM ('turd Hall waa te-hi. Gold value ,>f the legal tender silver dollar (412*6 grains', 85. 09 cents. : Btocka were m-tne in spot*; the-y were erratic and tactnatiag and clewed Weak. 0 Tm. Wi cniKii.-iiiiHeM' local obsereallona indi. Uga wanner, clear os fail weather. Temperature yet-u idav: Higheet, 80*1 lowest, 10 ; averego, 13V. _ A rcsiiuiieiii proiiilinc* for thc abandonment of the weekly reeces was loel In the Aaaembl-y yest)inlay. Om legielatora would seem to hare an iiiiiluc appreciation ol the goepel of rt'laxatioii. There" is to he anot lu i Bunday exhibition in ?the Ac.ileiiiv of Deeign, notwiihatanding tlit ojiposition of Bone of ita flsanagers. The Water Color Society han decided lei follow ihe example of the Hailholdi l.oan Exhibition by keeping Open seven dayl of the week. Tot popularity Of lin-hist cllort in llii> iliicction has DO doobl led to tin- -.(cond. The report of the leg i~.!;ttive* eommittee lbj m\o boan inreatigating Um queatlon of riparian rie/hts in New-.ler.-ey preaentB some startling fact.--. It BBBeita that the State, foi b .sum of $i:il,0(K), hiis granted to two corporationa lands now valued at *14,600,000. li ls certain that laira which penni! snell injnaUee as i, ui Icgcd in thia report an in Bad need of ch ? It :!.. Bonnedoeaita duty the (lccioral conni bill passed by the 8enate yesterday willbe cemie law in tiinc to govern any dispute thal may ariee out of the neal l"ieaidential election. This la an important queatiou, action upon which baa been too long delayed, afr. Hoare Blea>iir( is ii |004OOO, i.nel sliemlil nu 11 with favoi.ililli consideration, in tho Ho Thc humiliation ictiuti-, for thc month of December hom thc y.uions customs ili-tticts Show utily a slight f-111 ii? jw- ot* ;is compaied willi the willie lnoiith in l**s^. "J ii,, reoenl talk in forei*rii ne-wspapcis of iiiuniiriints letuitiimj home di.*sati.*ticd appaicntly doet not have much elliot. Tlie dccicase- of 152,000 in the OnWkhol of iniinigiaiit.s who anive-d in this eountry la6t year, un compared with the pn-v - iouM year, was not wi much due to dlsappoint ment* here aa to a clnuiged couditi m pf alhiirr; abroad. ^ It is evident from the debate in tho House Sesterday that the advocates of the Mi>.-;.--ippi Jvtr improvements mean to get as Jurpe u illce iu* iM.ssihle ont of the Treasury huiiiIili. Their bo]id opposition t* amendments calculated lo g'iurd. ij a Dijiier WHbBBBi thu expcndituic of such appropriations, indicates ? purpose to benefit privato property rather than to achieve a public good. Thi plan of the Commission is on a colossal scaloMind if carried ont according to the idoas of ?? of its advocates in the House it will soon make a large hole la thc Treasury surplus, lt will be interesting to note how fa) thc Democrats, who profess to be so anxious for economy aud reform, will go on this question. Among tho pati image-grabbing mcnsuics which the Democrats rushed through the- la-st Legislators WM one in regard to the Slate Capitol. Mr. Perry, the .?superintendent who was appointed to enrry out the parpOoeB of thal Act, in his apparent eagerness to meet the ex? pectations of the Manning Democratic machine ha* got himself into trouble. Ho has not only a used up all the appropriation for continuing wink on tin- bnileding, hut in violation of law ho I I has incurred obligations to the extent of ? I $270,000 for which no appropriation had been I j made. Thc Senate yesterday wisely ordered an in? quiry into this matter. In N'ew-Yoi k city a depart? ment head gets over Fuch a difficulty by secur? ing a "transfer" of Boine alleged unexpended balance, bul Mr. Ferry has no such fund athis disposal. There has been so much looseness in , tho construction of the Capitol Building that it is lime the line was drawn .somewhere, and tho officials in charge of it made to understand that tho statutes arc BOi to bc broken with impunity. ? The special committee named by Speaker Sheard to investigate tho departments of tho government of this city will command the public confidence. It is composed of men of ability, integrity and legislative experience. Mr. Roosevelt, the Chairman, is familiar with the affairs of the metropolis, is in dead earnest in all he undertakes, and is as upright as he is alert and capable. The other majority Demhera, Ifeeara O'Neil of Franklin and Erwin ol'St. Lawrence, alee recognized leaders in the present House wboSS vote and intlueiico in previous Legislatures have invariably been for thc peoplo as against tho jobbers. Like Mr. Roosevelt, they both sat in the Assembly of 1882-'83, The minority members. Messrs Welsh of Niagara and Nelson, can be trusted to do their wliiie duty. Their record last year was good?they were among ihe Democrats who, thinking los of paitisanahip than of fair play, vn!cd to give tlie Republican Spragne the Beat which was withheld from him. This is not a committee which is organized to convict or acquit anybody. It is organized to investigate thoroughly without fear or favor. We believe it will render good and faithful Berrico, ? The Superintendent of the House of Refuge on Randall's bland baa frequently received commendation from Tm TRIBUNE for the teal ami efficiency with which he conducts the le.torniiitivc work of that institution. We cheerfully give place, therefore, to bis reply to Commissioner Letchworth's strictures e.ti the contract system e>f labor. Ho explains thc methods adopted In tho House of Refuge and contends that while ethe contractors are required to finnish the in-iiin-iot?, oroversoera iii the mechanical departments, tho officers and trustees of the Institution (bi not rclinqniah their authority. Discipline is not enforced by the employers' agent-, bul by officials who are : iponsible to th? Superintendent; the contracts may Determinated ninety days after notice and the instructors are only appointed after receiving Ute approval of the management, and may be dismi?ed lor violations of Hie regulations. Although Superintendent Jones i- sensitive to any Btrictlirea upon the ad? ministration of an institution willi which he has laen connected for thirty ye am, ho admits that he is mn anxnni- to sustain thc contract system. A FLAT Ll Eil) TARIFF. It ls just as we expecte d. Mr. Morrison's most favored organ announces, apparently by author? ity, thal " a considerable loitering of the tariff " will be reported to the House soon. It will not be a long bill, we are told, and will probably be opposed by Ba few extreme protectionieta among tia- Democrats,'1 bul is expected topaaa the House without doubt "'What the Repub? licans in the Senate will say to it remains to be sen." It might also have been added. What thc people al the ballot-boxes will .say to it re? in lin-, to be seen. Bul wc are especially interested just now in the method of reduction tobe adopted. Thc semi-official announcement la thal thc expocted change " will probably bo made In the main by a horizontal reduction.'' Precisely ! That ia ac? cording to past experience of Democratic staten* manship. Utterly incompetent toatUuat a tarifl to the many Interests of a commercial and in? dustrial Nation, and anxious, as dcinagngiic.-, usually are, to be abie io crawl behind .some ar? bitrary rub ol' general application as an <-x e-iisi- fm- changwa which ruin particular indus tries, thc Democratic party has always shuffled oil K .-pun-ability by making horizontal changes ni tarilla. In 1840, having gained power by fraudulently pledging it-, lt to uphold the tarifl ol 16 12, that party substituted a level fir horizontal duty ot a certain fixed p< roentage, regardless ot thc widely differing circumstances of diiti uni Industries. In 1857, having blunderingly concluded thal the country could prosper with a lower revenue, the- party made a horizontal reduction of a fixed percentage on all at tie le b. In tin- name fa-hinn, we suppose it probable, Mi. Morrison may propone to cut down all duties one-quarter or one-fifth, although BUCh a ledi:" linn would be hal mloSfl to sonic Industries ami death t.i otbt rs. Wo earnestly hope that no Republican may ?stultify himself by voting for an* meaeuteflo peculiarly Democratic in its confessed incom? petence, bb in its hostibi tenth ney. If then- is any Republican who believes thal the tarifl should be reduce d, Iel him insist npon doing so intelligently, and with decent regard for the widely varying ceimlilii.ii> of different ti.iebs. Or if any one believes thal this or thal par? ticular duty la te?) high or too low, there will be occasion to move for a change- of that duty. Hui a broad and Indiscriminate reduction on all classes of goods alike would bc by far the most stupid and moat hurtful thing that could bi? llillie, even by a convocation of coiiJ'csm d incompetents or avowed tree traders. I lu- country regards the Democratic party as on trial, with respect not only to its pnrp bat to its capacity. If ii has not the brains to propose anything better than a horizontal reduction ol dillies, Hie verdi.-t will be guilty of stupidity, il uf noihiug worse, Horizontal ii-diiciioiis ami horizontal tarilla, ia poinl of intellect* are jut about worthy the statesman? ship ol a Flathead Indian. CHINESE GOMlHUPa MOVEMENTS, The rumor that Chinese Hoidon had been compelled to ioign bia position in thc British Anny has bee u speedily conti,idii ted. It would have laen highly dil i. elil.iblo to the nnlitaiy authorities it they had forced him to tike thal step in const quern cot their refusal tei grant him permission to i ngage lu a new mulei taking in benighted lands. Having won his gnat cam? paign in the Middle Kingdom um a subaltern of Lin- Kiiginecr.*), hs has non reached Um tank ol Maioi-General in Uti Majesty's Barrios. Aa thc tl N ti i. it a B it T ol V in Pl a ti, ti it: III Ul ll. '?: lie 1. b ea descendant of a family of soldiers who liae baal fighting tho encniie* of England genen timi after generation, he could not relinqub his rank without poignant regret. Great as ll ?personal sacrifices would be to him if he wei Compelled to resign his position in the ann; these would be insignificant in comparison wil the lons which England would sustain in bavin the name of this unique soldier stricken froi the rolls. It is announced in to-day's cab fllspatclMI tb.'it the military authorities will N persist in their refusal if he be bent Bps cute ling the service of thc King of the Height! and witing out for the Congo Coiinfiy. Fin and lastlii'. has caused the mediocrities af tl HorseOnardaa great deatofaaaayaaea. Ta oute ties raised by ill-fiuiueil sentimentalists i England over the atrocities of tho Imperial!) campaign against the Tai-pings gave them I excuse for revoking psiUllsslOM tot him to com maud the Ever Victoiimw Army, alfhougl happily) Dot until his work was virtually dom His labors in the Soudan were not appreciate in his own country, and when he was suinmone to Pekin to arbitrate between the peace an war parties, and to avert the. outbreak a hostilities between China and Russia, th military authorities refused at Stat te allow hil to go and compelled him to give posit iv assurances that hs would not bike cominan of the Imperial Army. It is singular that an officer who has so loyn a regard for his own country as Hem ral Cordell has always manifested should have won hi reputation entirely in the service of foreigi governments. As the conqueror of the Tai pinga, the Lieutcnant-Coveinor of the Soudan and the peacemaker beween Russia and China he has dignified the profession of anns am demonstrated anew the characteristic fitness o English soldiers for positions of command ii bal barons and senii-civilized nations. He hui been unfortunate only when he has undertaker to serve his own country directly, SS In Hasuto tend, where hs returned his commission in tin course ol B DBW months, and also in Bombay, wh're he frankly admitted his error of judg mont in accepting the post of [Secretary to tht Viceroy, Chineso Gordon has suooeedod whenever hehas been left Inc to cut out his work for himself and to square it with his own Standard* of disinterested action in tlie interest of humanity. There is no man who knows thc ?Soudan so thoroughly as he dens. There ls nc ofl : in the English Army who is so competent to restore order to the distracted provinces, te rescue tho garrisons, mid either to withdraw from the country without fobs of dignity or to withstand tho advance of the False Prophet. Yet we are inclined lei believe Hint he will bc hippier and mon' successful In the Congo Country, with complete liberty of action and opportunity for pursuing those high moral aims which he always keeps in view, than he would be in the position of commutiil in Egypt or toe Soudan which the military authorities have seriously though! of conferring upon bim. BALM FOR A not SHED NEIGHBOR. Our reduced contemporary) Ths New- tort Times, is in a chronic .-tate of unhappiness about Tin: Tkiulnk. One day it snarls because we haven't exposed the Public Works DepaitnMnt enough ;?the next, because wc have exposed it too much, A story of it-own Invention, that the politicians arc scheming to give Tm; I'liri'vi: Editor an office?-in spite of hi* prompt declination of office whenever ten* lered?throws it into spasmsj find his lanna! trip to Albany to discharge lu- duties of his nnsalaried life position aa nemberofthe Board of Begenta always gives t the h.- stories. We are really unable to return this deep eon ?eui, As our columns habitually show, we lon't care B straw what Ihe Sr\r- York Timm lue-, or -.ays, or think-.?if it i-- capable of the attor process and we don't gratify it by notice ince In a hundred times, even when it delib ?ralely slanders us. We are busy, contented ind prosperous ;?its state of mind, body and elate can be easily Inferred from its Hl-tem icredand anhappy columns. Yesterday it broke mt on tin-old question of circulation, which tas so oin n vexed its two-cent soul, and ended i preposterous calculation about thia journal iv the foolish and .-lamb rous boasl thal it now cn ins four times aa many readers as Tm L'uii'.LNF.. It does nol reach lour time-, as nany, or three linns aa many, or, in spite of ts cutting its price in two, twie-c a> many, and tobody knows this fact bettor than thc braj ait i-lio puta forth the absurd claim. A -hort time after the reductions in price, ssl fall, the .Editor of The Tbjbumb happened oaaj to an interviewer that, Instead of being qjured, Tm: TrIBUXK had already gained at ?asl six thousand, Months later, someone? 10I thc Editor?telegraphed that we had then ained thirty per cent?which is, like tho nrmer statement, under the truth. Thereupon he sagacious two-cent person, reckoning ino loubl from his own experience) that there, mild lu- no possibility of gain after tbe first wo or lillee Weeks, assumes that the Six thuli? um! nf October ls the thirty percent of Jan arv. In poinl of bel there has m,t been, n Tmk Tribune, b week since winn fierewasnota steady and tolerably uniform .?in. ir then The 1 imet i? to eager for our fib? res, let it take the above fact, and calculate gain after its own fashion. -One month's gain aa six thousand; three months1 glin would be Lghteen thousand; eighteen thousand is thirty er cent ; and this gives a total of sixty thou md?which is a goo 1 d al mein- than The 'Tunes rer had! The absurd figure Th* limes'* foolish ih ul.nie.ii assigns Tm: Tribune rep:.-.-int -, of ?ii.-e. a lower circulation than Thi Tainuxx ss once touched or approached, even on the cry dullest day, for the last ten years at least, nd for how many mon- we cannot tell, But is it an unnaturally low figure for Ilie (bm* to name or be thinking about ? Ld k dculat a tittie. Ike linn* says that on thc orning of ito n duction, without any notice i<> ic newsdealers or the public, it gain, el 12,odo. ow it is a notorious fav 1, ? every newsdealer, thal on that oining il simply, 011 its 1 inaibil y, doubled every order it received. The nount of every ordei it received then, on thal orning, outside its mail list, waa, accor ling to iowa beal showing,precisely twe/rc tkounandl hi- goes far te confirm the amazing statement ' si'ine of the heaviest advertisers la New ul. that Tot Tfmetr'i sensational and, a; iii ??, explicable redaction tei one-hall Its former iee was simply the di spente deviece ol drowning man?that its total drcula m, including its mai! list, bael at that m sunk to bare!* nineteen thousand! if orders were only twelve thousand, the total, ?hiding mail list, may even have been less iui nineteen thousand, tl we may judge by I-pitiiui comparison its circulation through B mails ina hes w it h Tn l Tm rn m.'-. Then is t an edition on which we do nol mail twice as nh; there an some on which we m.di 1 luci .un! ir lillies as much. Poi tunateh this isa matter illy Milled, for the Post onie. Department san melinite- record of all it Bends. Wc reby (on our pail; aiitii?ui/i' the Postmaster* ?ieral to furnish to Tot Naw-lorA limn aa id statement of Um total payments on i ni. 1 Kin .si. uud Tot limes icopci'lively, for the year Just ended, on the solo condjtioi that each paper shall be required to publish i conspicuously ut the head of its editoria columns. Our readers will bear us witness that we have as a nile, troubled neither them nor ourselvi | with the performances of our reduced neighbor But birt unprovoked and foolish attack war rants M in going a little further. It ii perfectly known to tho newspapei profession generally that tho reck? less experiment of The Hom lins bean a disap? pointment and failure. Selling at three cent* to the newsdealers, if had a profit in roiimlnum bers, (less expense of manufacture) of two ce'iit on every copy. Selling at ono and half cents tei tho newsdealer, it has a profit of only one half cent. Having thus thrown away three fourths of its profit, it neods to ('uud mple Its circulation to get back barely to where it was. Nobody beliovos that it has tho half of this. And, besides, it docs not sell what lt prints. It has pushed out its papers in great quantities upon tho newsdealers, far beyond what they ever expected to sell, and has taken back unsold copies with? out limit. In one week one dealer bought from it for junk 08,000 unsold copies. Within threo days it sold to one dealer 11,400 pounds of returned copies; and within another three days 4,300 pounds toon. Theuewsdealcis say their ri'turns reach twenty percent of all taken out. They further say that the bulk of its gain was made within tho first fort? night of its expel iment, when immy people bought it out of curiosity; that it then gained more slowly fora time ainongthe classes it was evidently trying to reach, by its profuse supply of criminal news and Its systematic low? ering of tone; and that for the last month, instead of gaining, il has generally been losing. This, indeed, it itself, virtually admits, by its assamptioB (contrary to our experience) that November and December are months in which circulation falls oil'. Evidently they have been mouths in which its circulation falls off. Even in the cheap competition on which it branched out it is a failure. Tho little bantling of ? twelve? month published in The Tribuvi bases The Marilin;/ Journal, which (litters from it by beling decent as well as cheap, sells three or four OOpiOB to its two. When lt. wonders why, as it naively confesses, it finds November and De? cember bad months for circulation, it need only look at its own dirty columns for the reason. Since it turned them Into a common sewer for the nasty crime of a ??> 11 - tine nt, it has been steadily losing its resp, ctable subscribers, who do not wish a "dish of ita filth served up every morning at their breakfast tables. The'y may be a lllingtopay 1 wo cents for it themselves when they happen te want some? thing tupa <s the time on tho cara riding down town, bat they now leave Tua Tammin with their families. CONVENTIONS IS HIE DISTRICTS. In some counties In Pennsylvania tho Repub? licans ara already taking stops toward the election of delegates to the Chicago Convention by home conventions in flit- districts, lhere ls no good reason why the Itopublicana in this Slate?and all the States?should not begin I hi 11 ki ng a bout I he sn me matter. Under the rules adopted by thee National Committee the Btate conventions to elect delegatcs-at-large mnal be lie-lei. except in tho CBSOB of l.ouisan.i and Oregon, not less than thirty nor more than sixty days before Um National Convention. This will bring the Btate conventions this year betweuen ethe Sd of April and the 3d of May. Supposing that the convention bi this State, for i tampia, is he ld about April IS, thc district con? vent ions for the election of the district deb gates must be held, if at all, between April 1 and 15; and the county convention to elect delegates to. probably, beith the state ami district con? ventions will need te) be held some time in the latter part of March or carly part of April. If a point ia to be made e>f holding these home conventions, it is not too carly for au agitation of the subject iii Ihe various districts. It seems to us very important that home con? ventions should be held, unless them are great difficulties in the way. Bights which an-left lionised are apt to grow rusty. Tlie right of elistrict representation, in fact, and met partly in fact and partly in theory, has been secured after a considerable struggle. The best way to preserve il is lo use it. lt may pet haps be a lit? tle more convenient In some of the districts?in sonic, perhaps, will be considered really neces siry?to allow tho district delegaetes to be elected at the State Convention. But if thc CongTessieonal districts generally drift Into this habit, we should have the old system again In force, with all the probabilities that district delegates would be overawed by the- feeling of ihe Stole Convention, instead of looking only to their constituents at home. It is mu likely that any attempt will be made very soon to se! up the null rub-again, although thia very thing was tried in the convention ol 1880, alter the convention of 1876 had formally pro? nounced against it. Theprogreaeof events in the Republican party from the Hummer of INK!) to tbe present day baa been auoh as to break down whatever popular stipp.irt bossism and tbe unit rule ever had. The lime is propitious, then foie, for the establishment of thi system of district coin tnt ions, electing delegates di? rectly to the National Convention, uml holding the same relation toltthat the people of the district do to tbe ilimae of Repn.utatives al Washington. To have such a ayBtooi in actual operation ?ill develop a spii i t of Independence in tin -e i on-tituincies, wim h cannu! fail to be healthful, lt will also bo BUftfttl in ht luging the delegates into s mote direct responsibility to their constituents then will be likely, perhaps, if they ara chosen uniter ths shadow of tbe State Convention and by tbe delegates of dele? gates. Tho most encouraging tendency ed' i.v piiblieanisin in recent yean has been thal towan! Iiecdiiin e>f individual action and toward popu lii methods aud machinery, and wi believe tbe rn ol district conventions will be a gnat la lp Ul all of the-.-e. THE IRISH Ll XE HAR. Commissioner Fink has written a letter de? fending the action of Ula Trunk Line Pool in ag to carr] the freight of the Delaware, Lackawannaaud Western Railroad. According te Mr. Kink thi- .-ut iou has been forced on the pool by the policy of the Lackawanna, which, h.- ia* -, has refused te egree to the tarina of the Western nada, 01 te pabliaha tariff of its own te wilie h tin-y ooaldconform. The consequence nf thin poliey ha-, been, Mr. Pink alleges, lei disarrange the plana of the Ti auk Line Pool, to keep the WeSterB mads in a state of chronic uncertainty, to eBuhjeBcl theta practically to the dictation of a corporation which refused tobe bound by any rules, and finally to compel them lo wrong othei coonecting liaes by taking freight from the Lackawanna at lower rates hm th<- former paul, lt mu.it be admitted that Mr. link BmkSB out a strong casi- for .ii client*, though it is u be remembered i that the other Bide had not yet been heal I Nevertheless, the matters In issue are matters fact, and can be demonstrated. If, as assert* tho Lackawanna bas pursued a policy of unju discrimination with regard to itsowncustomei it can be proved, and tho same remark appli to t he charge that it has refused either to publi a tariff of Its own or to accept the Trunk Ll tariff. And If these allegations are true, lt ft lows that Mr. Fink is right in his assertion th one railroad acting in this way can paralyze tl most careful combination, or dictate to it. Tho whole situation, however, forcibly recd the prediction of Mr. Charles Francis Adam jr., made some five years ago, soon after tbe ei tablishment of the Trunk Line Pool, and be fore it was possible to form any conclusion i to its results. Ho expressed the opinion thc that unless this pooling arrangement answert tho expectation of its projectors moro con pletely than it then appeared likely to do, tl solution of tlie railroad problem would^have I lie postponed until in the natural course of ev< lution it wasdoteermiiied by consolidation. Tl Trunk Lino Pool has, it is true, been mot attentive than was then anticipated, but it not yet certain that it has not, by delaying con solidation, tended to postpone what tho expc rieuce of other countries shows to 1 the best practical adjustment of which tl railroad question is capable ut present. Tl public dread of railroad combinations has bec baaed rather upon apprehension of tho tyrann of great masses of capital than upon experience As a matter of fact, competition has alway been more expensive to tho shipper than con solidation, for competition has always meat ri'cklcss, costly war, to be followed by truce o alliance or absorption, and involving tho pay nu nt ufa heavy indemnity by the people. A the fierce "cutting" wars have bum carried o at the expense of the public, and, therefor! Consolidation has fended to economy and th reduction of rates by eliminating Ibo OOSi <> contests, and by enabling the consolidate! roads tobe managed upon a uniform am! con sequently cheaper system. In England ami Franco consolidation hal solved tho railroad problem al ready, or ima ri; so. The English feared if. as we have, but whet it came about, they soon found that it was ; decided change for tho better. The danger o suc!i ? contrivance M the Trunk Line Pool however, il that its cohesion ll not assured and cannot be. As the present case shim-., i is almost at the mercy of any line which choose* te) pursue a selfish, exclusive or Independent policy. Whether it can carry out Its threat against the Lackawanna remains to be seen Hut if it cannot bring thal road te terms, it is ti be apprehended that the whole nv tem may givi way under the pressure, and a general war o t! e old-fashioned kind ensue. The Trunk Lin. Pend ls no doubt a great advance on what pi seeded it, but it. lacks stability, and thc Interests of etoo public as well as those of Un corporations require that abstinence from thi* mischievous practice of cuf-tln'oat Competition should b'" secured by more effectual guarantees, Legislation h.ts thoa far Called io furnish the needed security in this regard; but it is proba? ble that the transportation quesstion willevent nilly, by raising ja it such difficult Issues as the present, compel invested capital to seek more permanent protection by resorting to thal policy of consolidation which has worked BO well else rn be re. ______________ THE PAMPHLET IS POLITICS, London, wo aro Informed by callie, is just now doodad erith pemphlots oe tin' Egyptian question, ths Huiil pamphlets being put forward by persona having persona! Intonate te B8IIS, Bi ter instance I-mail Pacha, who would liku te bs restored te the Khedlvate, Tbs aaa et pamphlets tot Bach a pei" pose eau only ba described usu literary revereton. For thia waa tbe method by which the hottest Ste of poli Ilea I cont rn \ I i i) wa I kop! up lu-fi ire the lui th nf tits newspaper press, ai tic tune when Grub Street baekB turned au honest penny b> writing newa-lettan ireekly to ibe country w-uirea, and when oeesalooa] "Mercuries"" were neut forth to c.-ury hera end then the gossip, nunora ami balf-fabuloufl news of the day, pnlitie ians wera in tho habit of scttini* forth their views and airing tin ir malioe and pey ing off their grudge* in cumbrous pam? phlets. No leesa a peraon than John Milton plied this trade) in his tiuio, and with a ferocity aeanely to be comprehended In theee days. From .Millern to Swift tim political pamphlet OOO* Moued tn tm a Telltale for naroeeaured abott an.l -. itaperetion, ami from Swift downward it has been at intervals re-,heil fur dialler purposes. Doctor Johnson could write a powerfoj political acned when tbeuccaaton arose, though his se-i|iii|M dali iii pimii.evs must here HOiuewhat dulled the edge ol in satiio. All j-rent wi item in (hose days wrote or hint written pamphlets. Bolingbroke was a laastei hind at the work. Addison could perform it grace? fully. .Stee.hi knew the trick. It was in fact the pree-ursor both of tho newspaper leader ami the rei lew article. Hut tim prints lias niiiile) the pamphlet obsolete!, mid if it in reverted to in theee days, the public are perhaps justified iii se i-.pei tin!* I hat the object llillli'tl lt is erne which fhn press leluvs to ls--i-t, and me which in, thin Lue, nol a proper one. Tin pamphlet cnn only nedi the few. lt ia true thal mr I'resieietital BempeiglU always bi im* out sonic >f these oM-faahtoned doenmenta, and that Na [ional ami Btate 1,'oiiiniittees are- prone to expend money uixui the circulation of them. Hut it i luublful if they e\e-t elicit niue h, unless tim ptis akes them as the beale for comment. TheKgyp i.ni perophleta which sw now beiiig ipraed uvei Loudon are the instruments of Oriental Intolli* .'enies, winch i-iiiiinit be supposed to know lunch limul so absolutely Wcti-ru an agenoy as the mea. Hut it is tolerably Bortala that the only leneflcianea te the eaee *?tll bethe astute writerti rho here obtained bendenine aunu for loud mg uml iring these literary Brown Barana. What do our Prohibition friends think of tim ligb license bill now pending In the Legfalaturaf t ilno nut lucan prohibition, but it is must decidedly n the interest of temperance. And io hiii; as pro libition is unattainable, la it not the part ol \\ ladom . tbe eci ompUehment of tbe ai (.linallie ia lin ame eliie-i lion f Half lim reform lout la bette! hii'i nu build. _ ? I I'-ulut-rat.sin Coognaa who have introduced ills repealing ihe Civil s. rvica law, svideotly ara eteriiiiiifil thai their proapesota In their party - ot be Pendletoniaed if tiny tan help it Mr. Chanbarlaia seems te have made uro of very louey phrases in li ir. .""peei li at Neweaatle, Hs n uirkeii tii.it the linty of the t.iiveiiiuian! respecting luyjit wea clear. Eaglaad oould not abandon Eg] pi ? allanby, and on the other hand the Govenuoeni ii t t tiiii I tts pledges. We would i iy that, instead ' making that duty dear, hs bas only randend .t nlntelligible. Tba Government cannot fulfil ns ledges unless it orders tba garrison to roths and ?Tee the Egyptians H toatew In their own Joice," i Mr. Courtney remarked aoaaa timonga, lt will ;i\ i- in i heetiin- iM-t wet u raoooaeing its pledgee ai el bandomng Eg] pi. It < anno! retain i ontrol of tho uiiili v Itu an iiidelini <? peii'iel and Bi the same me keep luith with the Khadiva ami with Eui ope. PERSONAL, ff Wu'..ntl Gibba of Harvard Tniv. r-ity, the first Aine-ricuti who lias ever been Blade a e-miiiT of the Germen Chemical Boeiety <d Berlin, Tbe Old Soul h Church of Boston having laally maaded the Hrs. Georgs A. Gordan te become Its toter, in- wdi eater npon his duttossa such on tba rei Bundey la April. lin-statement thal Bign r Edaaonde deAadau*, ta Italian author, i. ahoat tevlatt tin* country bas been denied, bot ls now confirmed. He oomea to write e book and deliver lectures. A set of three silk flags?said to be the finest in the flute?wee laet week presented to Keno Post. O. A. K,, Denver, Colorado, by ex-Senator J. K Chadee. Mr. George De Bonneville Keim, the new pre**, dent of the Reading Railroad Company, ls . thorough Pennsylvanian. He was lorn at Readmit. educated at Dickinson Cedlcge, piactiwii Jaw at Pottsville, and has lived in Philadelphia for the past twelve years. R. R. McBnrney, the secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association, is a hard worker, and hie labors havo made him widely known. The unfor? tunate young man in search of employment and the st ra tnrer in noe d of friends find sympathy and Lela at his hands. v Henry D. Winton, tho clerk of the New-Jersey Assembly, lseditor of The liergen County lewv-rt one of the most capable and influential papers in the 8tato. Ho has received the nuusnal compliment of having the unanimous vote of the member* of the Democratic cauens for Secretary of the rieuete for five suce^ssive years. His politics are eletent able, but his paper deserves from his party theree ogmtioa given. The Rev. Dr. J. H. Eccleston, formerly of Trinity Church. Newark, N. J., who was recently called te the rectorship of ihnmanuol Church, Baltimore, as? sumed charge of his new parish last Sunday. Ia his opening aeldress ho spoke in very high terms ot his predecessor, Bishop Randolph, and maele the following interesting statement, which, If maele by all incoming pastors, would doubtless prevent muck SaaayaaSB and ill-feeling in th" future. "I will state right at tho outset," he said, " aud for the in? formation of all the congregation, that any or all desirous of having their late pastor ollie late in any capacity at auy future time are at peifeet liberty to do se), aaa 1 will gladly assist aaa welcome bira whon he does so attend. I have had a clow friend? ship for tan years with Bishop Randolph, and will always be the hist to welco.him on his visits to his former eharge. I have only tu say In conclu? sion, I take Marga with tue consiiousuess of stre'iigth in tho power and goodness of God, and tho manifest friendly disposition toward mo by thocoa gregatiou." On the occasion of tho recent celebration of the centennial of Sir Moses Montefiore, in England. Montefiore Lodge, No. Bl, I. (). H. M., of San Fran? cisco, sent the congratulations of that body to hun. The lodge has just received the following auto? graph letter ia re-ply freiin the venerable philan? thropist: "Cast l'li tl' l.oelge'. Ramsgate, 15th, No? vember, BUI), l*e**n. To the- I'residciit, dil the ea e-eineei Members ead tba Bei rotary af ' Montefiore I.euli;.', No. Blt' San l-'raneiseo?.My Dear Sirs: Your mos! esssssBsd laster, eoaveyiag to bbs your f?!i?i tattoos en tin- BSSaaasa eif my entering, by the bh.-s InfOf Coel, upon my htuitlioelf li yeal of life, has weened mo on ethe eighth a4 Htthran. and I feel ui nt pie-.-isure iu eaprsBBtag te> yen my watasaal at knowledgiiietits for tho kim! sen ti men ts yon were plesssd io Bviaos toward bbb. In applet lelma nf the honor conferred on ase by you BoauBB?isa* lion, I heveplaced Hie same among tbe important doenmenta I kept iu Judith, Lady Monte-ore's I heologieal College, with a -new < >i un ki ne known to those uh" attend then bir the st nely of mir Holyday end the Hebrew literature, tho kindness i\ hi* h prompted yon to address ne on t he an ipieiooa ? \t nt. ' Moat feu vent ly du I pray tee Him who has ever been end ever wul Oe the Uuurdiaa of larool, to catlee His choice bleaainaa to alight apon ,\"nr -ell iiimI \mir reapeeted family, sn that you mav lie permitted te. continue la your prai teworthy work nf .. :n villein .- for h..hiv yean to come, in lull enjoy? ment of your napptneaa. With reiterated thanks, I am. my dear sus, yours very truly, Moana tloanu iona, v7_SBia*OTOa, Jin. 1-aV?ThePnaadeal v. iiiprd*. ably leave Washington neal Monday leer hew> ie.ri,-('.ty, to attend tho reception of the Ciiina ' League Club. Sm ni after Bil ref mn te Wa-hoi irt "a he will begin the social waaoa at ths White Boast with a ree eption, which will probably be glees to the public. Other receptions will beheld al in ervals during the season. TbePresideal will i>e ted on I bene occasions by bia --i-.t, r. Mi>. tte* Elroy, who has already arrived In Waahiagtoa, at al m ho rn ill rciniiin at the White; House for severe weeks. SciiKNKe T.mv, Jan.ld.?A committee from Hobart College, Geneva) waited on Preeldeot 1'oiler, of i-nnni Collage, to-day, and aftged hhathaanst* doney of the former Institution. He said that he '.Mudd consider thc matter. The Scbeaectedy Union suv- thal be bes also been ottered the preem deuoy ot Griswold College, in iowa. QENERAl NOTES. Apropos of tho discussion Bato the anfii'iiiiy of holiday conk tee Load.tornepoafeBt e( IBs Jfae> rheetor (htanftea wtUci thai tba initish Maaaaaa iin tosses ii print representing tbi lafBal Joann, wita fara happy new yeer. It le aa engraving es - Lowe i i ?? nunn* ii. ta. .-. eonil half of tb.-int. e..tu .?entiiry. 'iii.' Infiu.i I-. - ? n slaiull iii nnotOfl a itch Bowel ni r..ii ii-iii- lenin, 1111111111./ a lune nanaar. A.correspondent of I he London TtUgrupk who liappeued reeeatly to arrive ai \ i an the ....u.u .-? fl with Judge I i.i *i iiiiii, watched witta maota Intecwl ihe attention nee mill ii to tbs latter's lugs ?? theos** i.iiii-, .lillee rs. The Judge, being aboal t .> i?. - _ r n i; <itiut.il re-lilein c III file Mallei, WM lill Ul a ll\' till!.;, ll '1 With teeny stone Kol nu al theta wen opened bat the ..iiii-i-i- in I-reel tm I'sii, a tn, - ;i grand pi.inn. e kit. (.rm i..iii. I- imil ii i >. r tar. ii e. I iroreovei Insisted thal nil tbi io IIIIUl I"' SLitlll'l-el. " lilli Neill C. lilt r-tillllp tile Cut, Jl)U ki.'-.',," m .ir- a vam protest, and slam] sd nie- waa. Tho e-i.ite ol .Ioho Nicholson, ol' Philadelphia, who died in 1800, ls Jost emerging from thoBetwoca ?. litigation tu whieb lt hes been Involved fOr eighty th e . . ..ra, illili Its Tl lire.et lit.Hiv.- II).[ii ale.I in the Oipll.i ? Court on .M.iiiiiiiy to aab o tba rtlstrlBatlra ff fl "ftf coming from e aettlemaat ol "in- of the units, ai tao mum linn' s i Linn againsl thia sum waa arasaaled la be iielf of aoolhor estate vkleta la the !???-e o o. .ix mxes lllllile liv Mr. .M.llellstlll ill IT'.' ? ililli 17!)li, p.lV.il.le li, tll ..itl.i- of Kobe ri Morris. Bul the Judge held tn.it lUe i,..te- were outlawed and disallowed tho chUin, and tlie* -M.ooo vi...i I-, t . .-Mi (or ili-ii-ii.ui!..ij. MUSIC AND IEE DEAMA. OPERA AT rm: Al am:.my OF Mi sic. .Mme. (jenter npeated las! nighl fie-r delightful imi" intonation of / Mrs In Bellini's '.pera "I i'' tl tani." scoring again a sn. eeaa atmilar te> that whieh the wea early in thc aeaaoni ami thia, aotwlth-* standing that thara wen npeated avideaeea that lu-r voice is wearied with too eurah singing. Ths brilliant senses in each ii. t vieit) duly BCeseutueted and euilui-.ia.tiio applause followed thc ""Son Verglu Vi uooon whfc h Mme. Qerater had to repeet,and u.ei "Visa dil etto,"aung no leas charmingly. The duetaof tao beaeea never lacked power ima Bomen! coming aa they < 1 i* 1 from the aaiplo organs *of Galas*! ?nd *-ig. Cherublni, through ethel* maslen] rtfeel would have been enhanced If the latter had baea truer In his intonation. 8 asa tho Irtero, aadeang, aa bc sings everything, newing prisiuglywell,now lameutably iii. TheperferaiaBas nt " I ? i . nots" to-iiiDiiiov ?"v*'iiiiig. n which Hm ??. I"..id e rater, will bo h participate, will bc Mr. Mapleaoa'a annual i.etietit. Ou !htsoccaeion the stockholdi - ;-'l ?wine tb ir ? -1 ? i plan ami plat iud ? nt the in :ieiie lin-.'s di iposul, beve agreed te> re i lie-in an:i s. ml tue pm e tu Mr.Jtanl??-.'!>? ?*? l"!* ni. nt r.-iiiinl hi- appreciation of Mr. Maplc.^ons services bj aciuliiig hun a cheoh "j6 distribution ol ports ? ill i?? - the s.u.ie- as last weeli. WAU LCK'8 THEATRE. Mr. l'.oiicic.i ilf.s "(?!d Heads and V.mig !ii;.ni" w?s withdrawn .it w.ii.i. k's I Dight, aller trio Weaeka ff fair ii-i-ui- .-*, i"i<l iliin eve imiK- a BOW l'lay, eiuliii-.l "PanSSja^ or Aunt Ann." vin in- pn4uead thara too I'hi. pu. e pm,..ut, tn Lue i.ii diaooverrd anonf tba iiiiiiim -nt old Anti, in tbe theatre, un.I it I- described ss a UTI i- In lime .ie I.-.. Hie ci.-l nf pdt Ls 111 ll I- v le'lnee'SI m. Mi.'iiii . .John Ullta?rt. I'Htil.-k M.irteill... . (Irtiliepel .Illirl.-.Ole'lelir ll ID I nm Mululu-.H.mi't 11wylie!te. .Jenn ll - . ill' I . V I?? KelWIB. a . . . ... t uta. .. I ) .u.l.l KllVOIIlorlb . A** *' - m: . . Bea e'"i>"*u ? THE MANHATTAN CHORAL I Ml This toelet*. which ir. now la its thirl MtMfjlj s a Btxed rhofar al ahoet alztj Ira raassaj aaaaaaBBl ti have been rn riii.tl laigaly froio the VsMSSBB> lean af the ?-:t>-. paapla who, here *? aaa is in their own eeeatrfi mt> asBaftaasas n,t iie?ir ibivoiiun t<? asaaal awsla Ual nig*1 lue Luina i;,iM- lt* linet cou cort lu l m. ku u< H.ell. untler .,,,? ,.f \;r j. ir.yaraan FStaa, tot BSsaaapssBi neut* li.lUK lepalWd b> Writ. I'll.".' ut th- (III I Mill Ulld ?gi i v. i'.mi iii i.t tim arana. The jbwpbbmbs e-on -i.i of B BBBBBSt of fiui-part li.iti',**. infr *llh solos bf MUS liosei Mum, iii*. A.. O. wi Jut*. Must** WiUie Bord (a