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New-York tribune., 1867-08-09

in order that he may save the city IRON
the danger of having to pay an en-
ormous bill of costs. AS the task OF
collecting the evidence in these test
cases has been performed by the police, it is
difficult to understand how Capt. Bracket, and
SuDerintendent Kennedy who has recently
made q similar complaint against the Corpora
tion Attorney, should be in ignorance OF
the true position of affairs Gen. McMahon's
honesty in Office has got him tihe good will of
respectablo citizens, and the enmity of the
"Ring.n and we are surprised to iind Mr'
Kennedy blaming him for conduct Whlch oe-
serves our warmest Acknowledgements.
So. too. with the complaints against hack
drivers. second hand tradesmen, and JunK-deai-
ers. The police represent that out OF 4'3 com
plants only % have been brought to triai' Oh
the contrary, all have been attended TO- Inc
Police Superintendent has no official knowledge
of the disposition of any cases except those III
which his men appear as witnesses. but Ill
vast majority of instances the delinquents pay
their fines as soon as proceedings are taken
against them, and so the matter never gets INTO
court at all. In great many others testimony
enough is forthcoming without the police Deing
called upon; and in others still-and these Dy
no means few-thc police who make the COM
plants neglect to furnish sufficient evidence TO
support the charges before a court, and there
is no choice but to let the delinquents go.
New-York tribune., 1867-08-09
THE INDT1N VAR.

Savage hostilities are raging with unusual
fierceness on the Plains, in Texas and in all
parts of the Indian country. Trains on the
Pacific Railway are destroyed passengers have
been scalped and burned; and steamboats, on
the upper Missouri have to run the gauntlet oil
Indian ambushes We hear of very little doing
in the way of military movements to repress
these outages; but Gen. Sherman Is compe-
tent commander, and we are willing to assume
that he is acting for the best. Meanwhile, the
Peace Commissioners have held meeting IN
st. Louis and resolved to invite the tribes to
meet them in September mt Fort Iarah ana
Fort Laramie, in order to make arrangements Tor
their removal to reservations. This may he re-
assuring to some persons, but we confess II Is
not to us. Suppose the savages won't come to
the cOuncsl Suppose, If they do come, thcy
wont consent to remove TO reservations !
Either contingency is extremely probable.
Before September, il the war continues To
make as quick progress rs it is making now,
the whole Far West will be in blaze, and
any white commissioner who travels about
among the tribes will be apt to leave his scalp
behind him. A few months ago capable peace
commissioners might have stopped the spread
of hostilihes and restored good feeling. few
months ago Gen. Sherman told us we might
have peace or war; just rs we chose. The
fronticrsmcn chose to make it war, and now
we must put our trust in the army.
But after we have gained our victory there
will he grand work for the Peace Commis-
sioners to do. They will have to provide
against n repetition of the horrible scenes OF
tbis Spring and Summer. They will have to
reform our whole system of Indian manage
mcnt. stop the barbarities of the whites, check
the dcprcdatiOns of swindling agents, see to 1t
that our intercourse with the red men shall
not be rs heretofore, a huge, intolcrable cheat,
but shall he inspired by the justice, charity,
and moderation which ought to characterize
a Christian people. How to do all this is
perplexing problem; but we think that the
Commissioners are going to work the right
way. Terrible experience has proved that
nothing but evil can come of the contact of the
wandering tribes with the frontier settlers
evil to the savage quite rs much
as 10 the Christian. Pioneers are not apt to be
the gcntlcst and best of men, nor the most
patient of petty wrongs. The Indians get
little civilization from them except rum and
whisky. 1t is aeshameful fact, but the only
way to improve the condition of the savages Is
TO keep them out of the reach of the most OF
our own people. Then missionaries and be-
nevolcnt teachers of the useful arts may have
fair chance to do them good. There seems to
bo no practicable way of securing this isolation
except by the system of reservations. The
Peace Commissioners are already in search of
suitable lands. When they have found them
let us hope they will devise some ctlcctual
means of keeping intruders ont of them and
taking the Indian agencies away from rascally
political vagabonds. Then we may hope for
peace.
New-York tribune., 1867-08-09

The report printed elsewhere upon the treat
meut suffered Ivy nearly two hundred emigrants
upon the ship Baccareich, which sailed for this
port from Antwerp June 2, shows In brief that
the passengers were so shamefuly stinted IN
provisions Chat when four Of family OF nine
had died the nine ratiOns were insufficient to
satisfy the hunger of the five who were left;
that the water was kept in sperm oil casks, and
was, therefore, unhealthy and disgusting; that
the bread was sandy, burnt, and moldy; and
that there was neither a doctor nor drug
store on board. The wonder seems to be not
that nineteen persons died on board, but that
nineteen came through the course Of treatment
prescribed by the shipping house Of Strauss
e. 10
New-York tribune., 1867-08-09

The body of a man named Morris, who was
on an excursion at Atlantic city on Wednesday, was
found on the railroad track with his head severed from
his body. He was an elderly man. and leaves family
Yesterday several heavy showers of rain fell
in Philadelphia The water carried away the cuVert on
the Reading Railroad, about mile from the city depot
causing a detention Of one train for three hours.
Winnemore, the Philadelphia murderer, con-
tnues protest utter uncOnscousness Of having com
mtted the murder OF which he IS convicted An appeal
OF insanity.
Tie long wooden bridge over the Broad st.
basin Of the Erie Canal in Utica gave away this after
noon, preciptatlng team, a loaded wagon, and the
driver driver INTO & the water The driver Thomas Haley was
and valued at SGO0 was drowned.
Serious complaints are coming from farmers
in various sections OF North Carolina the effect that
the OF their lands and in that notwithstanding
they have paid high price for It, yet II is perfectly use
taken. 'e
Information has been received from the Uni
ted states Consul at faya Azores through the Depart
eruption occurred In the about nine miles the
west ward Of the Island OF Terceira latitude 5 north
and longitude 90 9s west and that the volcano was In
action on the 9th Of June.
Gen. b. f. Bruce, Canal Commissioner, de
neS he charge 81 hs e Aa m IL dn g pn
lie notice contract for repairs on section OF the Canal
ceaper Contract Of one Root Cen BTuce decares that
Root himself abandoned his contracts that the necessity
for Immediate repairs on the section question would
not permit the usuapubc notice 10 be given; and that
the Repair Contractor abandoned the work. though 1t be-
ionged TO him 20 attend 10 IL.
The victorious st. John (N b. oarsmen,
fresh from their international at PARIS had royal
exception home on Tuesday As they landed from the
Boston boat sautes fred from the wharves and the
hafdozen nights f the city, while large crowds OF peO
pie gathered the wharf and vociferOusly checred
The crew were received by the city people, placed in
large carriage and made the grand center OF
aiong procession OF citizens headed by the band Of the
18th Regiment hundreds Of flags and holiday decorations
adorned the shipping public buildings and STATS In the
early evening everybody out, and huge bonflres
pSazed from the hight and fireworks flashed over and
lighted up the city. The attended the theater
pad wero again enthusiastically received by a crowded
house Such OF rejoicing and harity has eldom
b,eu experienced In 81. John.
New-York tribune., 1867-08-09

The red-nosed old gentleman who stands al
the bar gesticulatng with lass of whisky
and exclaiming "Great heaven sir, this coun-
+" try is in q fearful condition, sir. We are all
going down sir" now edits The Richmond En-
quirer He says that a war of races is ineyi-
table. "The recent hideous Radical carnival
" in this city, like a fire-bell at midnight,
"should arouse every honest white man Ill
Virginia to sense of danger to his State
" his race, and his wife and children Ives
" sir, his wife, sir! by Joye, sirl. He must now
" see that, unless intimidated by the superior
strength of the white man, the negro Will soon
demand social equality and seize upon tho
" government and Offices of the State. THE
" Offices sir. Horror! the oflcesl! II the men
" of Virginia, whose valor has made our soil
4" classic, will demonstrate that they are yet
worthy of the worlds respect, we shall soon
teach the negro and his debased white heiots
that Virginia can never become the Hayu
(Which thousands who disgraced this far city
"by their orgies last week desire to make her'
"[Aye! aye sir. Their orgies-the nlggers'
d" sir-the hclots, sir-death and destructloh'
sir Now sir, mark my wOrds--let us take
" drink"
New-York tribune., 1867-08-09

A territorial newspaper states that an oppor-
tune accident has relieved Wells, Fargo & Co.
of some annoyance arising out of their con-
tract for carrying the United States mails by
the overland stage route. About 100 tuns OF
mail matter had accumulated at station
known as the North Platte Bridge, waiting
their pleasure to be conveyed West. AS there
was a good deal of express freight to be car
ried, they had not found it convenient to at
tend to the mails, and the mass was becoming
somewhat of an embarrassment, especially as
the bags were rotting. They were piled up in
heap near the bridge, and the waters rose
recently and swept away mails, bridge, and all
New-York tribune., 1867-08-09
THE CORPORATION ATTORNEY IND THE

CAR LlCENoES.
4 contemporary calls attention to the report of
Cant. Brackett of the Twenty sixth Police
Precinct relative to the failure of the Corpora
ton Attorney to prosecute the city railway
comnonics for running cars without license.
Over 2Os00 complaints have been laid before
the law bureau, and none OF them, Capt.
Brackett assures us, have been prosecuted.
This il not true. 4 large number OF suits
were brought against the Third Avenue Rail
road Company some time ago, and were de-
cidcd against the city, on the ground that the
license ordinance was of no force so far as re-
carded the companies already chartered before
that ordinance was passed. III we mistake n0S
an attempt was also made to collect the fee
from some of the other old lines, with SINH
lar result. Another suit, however, has been
brought, to recover license fees from these
companies under previous enactment, and the
case is now on the calendar.
With respect to the new railroad lines char
tered after the License law went into opera
tion the case is different. Some of them pay
their fees regularly. All the others have been
sued, and decision will probably be reached
in October. And here we have to notice n con-
spicuous example of honesty on the part of q
municipal officer which is so rare that it de-
serves to be recorded. Gen. McMahon, the Cor
poration Attorney, might, of course, have insti-
tuted proceedings in each one of Capt Brack-
ett's 2G,SOO cases. If the Court decided in favor
of the companies,ihe would have lost nothing,
but the city would have had costs to pay in
each action; If the decision was in favor OF
the city, Gen. Mcmahon would have been
entitled TO fees in each separate case, and out
of the whole 2GsOO he might have made COM
Portable little fortune. Instead OF doing this
he has selected as test case against each
road some one instance in which tho evidence
of violation of the law N clearest, and the de-
cision in these suits will render further prose-
cutions unnecessary. Gen. Mcmahon loses the
opportunity of making great deal of money
New-York tribune., 1867-08-09

than they now do. Not alone her women and
, children. now furnishing in compulsory idlenesS,
!. her merchants, her mechanics, her food grow
49, I'll finding their begging and thieving neigh
-. -, ddenly transformed into extensive and
oae4atIo ,ustomers-would be largely bene-
e. e4od tIouoh their clothing should cost them
far more money I. ian :. r.z.
III. Education of q. 'e masses 20 inoISpy;-A Az
community devoted to one puis"lt-Lul'Per-
inc, for instance-will neeee >arily have tar
larger proportion of idleis than one %hich
prosecutes twenty different SsllingS. Nb,'
more: A far larger proportion OF the youth OF
the latter than of the former will grow
up skilled in some department of industry
and thus qualified for usefulness. The value
of this education does not figure in the Prices
Current. but it can hardly be Overestimated.
III. AcceSsibHity Proximity and SteadtneS'
of MarketS-A near market is Tar less subject
to fluctuations than a remote one; they who
produce what their neighbors need and con-
sumo, are rarely Invested of employment ana
reduced to the brink of starvation, as are the
silk-weavers of Lyons. A farmer and me-
chanic or manufacturer, living side by side,
each receives all for his products that the
other pays; whereas, a cOn-grower III ILLINOIS
receives scarcely fourth for his crop that It's
European consumers must pay for 1t.
Nv. Protection increases that proportion OF
the community that is engaged in the produc-
ton of wealth, diminishing prOportionally that
share which lives by exchanging, swindllng and
speculation. We deem it best, not for one
class or locality merely, but for all, that there
II l. K
changers as possible.
" Dirers.fcdtion Of pursuits stimulates In
rention.-The world is this day richer by billion
of dollars for those American Inventions which
WTould not have been made if our workshops
and factories had remained in Europe. Were
all nations manufacturing for themselves, the
progress of Invention would be immensely ac-
celerated.
Now, then, if putting duty on imported
gold will subserve the ends above indicated,
we would have it imposed; if not, not And,
if the working of our mines OF gold and sill
yer depended on the imposition Of such duty,
we hold that all mankind would be benefited
by such imposition
80 Long Island Farmer should not too
readily presume that newspaper article might
change the opinion of a county. We have
written, in the course of the last thirty years,
at least one thousand expostiOns Of the Tariff
question as simple and as cogent as this one.
We believe they have converted some from
the wrong side and kept many on the right
one. But the majority whereby we are usually
voted down in Queens County do not study
Political Economy, and could not be induced
even to look at THE TRIBUNE.
New-York tribune., 1867-08-09

Gen. Sheridan continues to discharge his
duty. He has removed Judge Dougherty OF
the 18th Judicial District of Texas for refusing
to obey the laws, and the Chief of the New
Orleans Police at the request of Mayor Heath.
We have hopes that under Sheridan's rule
there will soon be no civil officer in Louisiana
or Texas who dares to defy the laws and de-
nounce the Government. That he will inter
fere unnecessarily with the civil authorities we
have no fear, for thus far he has had good
cause for each of his removals.
New-York tribune., 1867-08-09

A curious example of the beauties of English
law has recently been given in the Court Oh
Eyche0uer at London. In 1925, Miss MOstyn, an
English lady, married an Austrian officer named
Won Koerber, at Milan. The union proved un-
happy; a separation took place; and the lady
returned to England, where about 1882, she
married Mr.. (afterward Sir Fredenck) Slade'
distinguished English lawyer. Won koeroer
was still living but as there was good reason
to believe that the Milan marriage was mvahu'
ON account of certain informalities about WHICH
Austrian law is very strict, no attempt was
made 70 secure divorce, and the second union
lasted happily for 30 years. Then SIR frederi'A
d;od (tbe Austrian husband had died 10 years
before), and Sir Fredericks eldest son succeeu,"
70 the title and estates Gen. Marcus 0l'.'
the brother of the late barOnet now oflnss eui'
70 test the validity of the Austrian hariieo'
If IL was a good one, the second was bigainouo,
Sir Alfred is illegitimate, and the properly A~ I
baropetev 90 to the General. After long "nN
interesting trial, the four judges deeiareu U'n
selves equally divided in opinion, so tha' Nv
5oo;s;on .ouid he pronounced. Inc ma.'ei
,ron1a hove had TO be tried over again. Du'
fortunately the two claimants were oe''.. %S ,ss
TO agree than the judges. A coinpio"'' 80
effected, and the result OF the barren aae -. 80
less litigation, which promised 10 riVai ."o
of .Jarndyce agt. Jarndyce in leng'h ai,o VS. Cir
ness. may be briefly summed up tnuo -,
Alfred keeps the title and estates' pa' "a
60 nav about E4o,00O. The General se
GOO 600. out of which he has to pay nesagt nSo,t
f1S000 costs, and the lawyers receive aust aDoSss
f5S000. The estate il said TO have been aiinV4'
entirely consumed by the costs
New-York tribune., 1867-08-09
WHY rs PROGRESS so SLOW IN THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION'
TIE World Of ycstcrdny contained a" SpccmI
" "dispatchr from Albany, beginning as foil ows: /:

The World of yesterday contained a special
dispatch" from Albany, beginning as follo 4:
"The clique which has taken upon tsclf the work Of
running The Convention and controlling Its actions mas
result but It has come little quicker than was "a % antcl,
pajorif or me Comrsnfon IN contempt Tor bring absent
The party that insisted the call last Monday h1ye
almost crey troek Of he session tried 10 enforce oH of
He ConpetioH. The movement never accomplished any
good results In the Legislature, and much loss IN
this gathering &c, &c.
--"The clique" above mentioned, consists Of
those members who insist
1. That the Convention shall revise the Con-
stitution, as the People have directed;
2. That it shall complete this work in such
season that the People shall have ample time
to study, consider, and judge it before the State
Election next November;
3. That, if this shall not be done, the People
shall be enabled to see on whom the blame
justly falls.
Such are the aims of the clique :" and they
will not be bailled. The time of the Conven-
ton may be frittered or fooled away; no Con
stitution may be made, or none completed in
season to afford the People full and fair op-
portunity to scrutinize and comprehend it be-
fore they are TO accept or reject it by their
votes but it will not be found practicable to
do them this great wrong and throw the blame
and the Odium on those who have pcrslstently
struggled to avert the disaster.
On Monday last, the Convention-wlich
had adjourned at p. IN. OF Saturday to
10 q. IN. of this day-found itself
without quorum. That is to say: sixty or
seventy members who had no leave of absence,
and were in lduty bound to be present, were
absent. The Convention was compelled either
to suspend It's deliberations altogether, or to
call the delinquents TO their duty. 1t
could do nothing without them, since no
one wished to speak to empty seats,
and nothing could be decided in the
absence of quorum. SO the Convention
closed its doors and sent its Sergeant tat Arms
after the truants. Before quorum had been
secured, the hour of 2 arrived when, by O re-
solve previously adopted, recess must be
taken. The Convention, having no quorum,
could not modify this resolve; so the doors
were kept closed, the Sergeant proceeded
with his efforts, and the members, without
declaring a recess, went to dinner. At
the designated hour, they returned, re-
sumed their business, and were able, by
their officers help, to muster bare quo
rum. They arraigned the arrested de-
lnauents, heard their excuses, passed judg-
ment upon them, and resumed their delibera-
tions. Next morning, majority interpolated
into the journal a statement that q recess had
been taken while tho call was proceeding,
which was held to vitiate all subsequent pro-
ceedings under 1t and "let uD" all the alb
New-York tribune., 1867-08-09
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New-York tribune., 1867-08-09

The English House of Commons last night
had a long and exciting debate on the amend
ments to the Reform bill made in the House
of Lords. All these amendments, with the ex-
ception of one providing for the representa-
ton of flinOrties, was agreed TO.
New-York tribune., 1867-08-09
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ry, The O6cial correspondence concerning The
Fren11 Intervention in Merico, China and Japan
Ne,cs General Netr8 Items, and College, Com
mencements sS aciH be found on the second page;
Crop Reports, Representation Of Mn9nheS,
Gonrt Rcports, and the Money Article and Mar
kets on the third page; Literary Items on the
Sirh page and Life at BlackwelFS Island on the
New-York tribune., 1867-08-09

Some of the evidences of japanese readiness
to adopt the discoveries and inventions of the
Western World are almost startling. Yoko-
hama is soon to be lighted with gas. COM
pany has been organized in San Francisco,
and work will probably be commenced at once.
New-York tribune., 1867-08-09

Prussian finances are in a very favorable
condition, notwithstanding the recent war, 1t
is reported that the forthcoming financial
budget of Minister Won der Heydt will show
surplus of revenue over expenditures.
New-York tribune., 1867-08-09

A French boat recently took on board 1,5O(
Cretans. This is the best proof that the insur
recton is not yet at an end.
New-York tribune., 1867-08-09

The Danish Government officially denies tina
it has any intention to sell the Island OF SAINT
Thomas to the United States.
New-York tribune., 1867-08-09
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New-York tribune., 1867-08-09

we understand that meeting of citizens ia
to be called to present Judge Whiting with a
broom. We suggest that the Board of Health
receive a similar compliment
New-York tribune., 1867-08-09

SILvER-PLATED GOODS.
IcE PrrcnxRs Spoo PoRSs and Tableware Of every description
Gon the celebrated Manufactures Of the
NER,DES BRrrASSiA CoNPANr, and ROGERS, SMITH Co.
G. CoLLAMoRE g. Co.,
Importers Of Fine China and Glass,
No 73l Broadway Zone door above WaveTley'Paeeh
New.YOrk.
New-York tribune., 1867-08-09

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