The New York herald., 1871-03-17

troops ought to be considered also to say
nothing of the chances of war with the fierce
Haytiens, who are bitterly opposed to annexa-
| ton, or with the factions in the Dominican
republic itself. No, this question ought not
to be decided upon party political ground,
but with broad statesmanlike view as to
what is best, not for the Domincans but for
the people of the United States and for the
purity and perpetuation of our own social and
| glorious institutions
| Military Glory in a Suggestive Form.
The news from France this morning is not
very important. There has been no crisis in
Paris, the French Cabinet deciding to con-
tiuue its policy Of Cancellation toward the
insurgent National Guards This looks very
much as if the government was not certain Of
its power to crush the insurrection and was
trusting to time and chance to disperse the
mob of Reds intrenched at Montmartre. The
avoidance of bloodshed, however, is wisdom on
the part of the authorities. Men enough
have been killed in France during the
past seven months. Some idea Of the
| frightful slaughter that has taken place
can be formed from the despatch,
published this morning, which announces that
dead bodies have been found floating in the
| French dykes and marshes. So many corpses
have been left unburied that the authorities
have found it necessary to adopt measures for
the prevention of pestilence. In all that part
Of France bordering on Germany and Belgium
the loss OF life must have been terrible, as both
armies were well drilled and organized.
We believe that from Woerth to Sedan the
Germans lost more men in killed than
the French but after the capitulation Of Napo-
leon, however, the French loss in killed
must have far exceeded that of the GermansI
as the armies of De Paladines, Chanzy, Fai
herbe and Bourbaki were composed Of ~
troops, whose ignorance of warfare ~
tributed greatly to their slaughter on the '''l0
fields. But what suggestive comn''''y
upon war and military glory is this fling =.
dead bodies in the dykes and mrnes ol
France! Mems thirst for martial f1e "ouio
be materially lessened if they co... look ~
the swollen corpses of the poor v'liiis - we
ambition of monarchs which b Deeh' ioi
weeks and mon hs, rotting uni leo'
|
Tho City Sanitary Iusp
The report presented by MOTIFS the city
Sanitary Inspector, at the.st weekly meeslng
of the Board of Healt gave comparative
statement of the casesT' oon.asiouS uiSoa'e
reported to the Burf' - -. W. "eeAs
ending on the Ilth l. 'aA' Turing 'ne seoonu
, 20 - -. -, were reported tive cases
- ,;.,,..ou; ,1ne less of typhoid fever,
eight less of scr ie'ei' n'e "oie u ieiaps-
; ing fever, fort more OF measles ana ten
-. sc sn,oo OK. In each week there was
49, ~. ona oa.f typhoid fever. The Inspector
: 80 a. though there appears to be an
I :.oo.,f the cases reported Of smallpox,
Cases having been discovered which
; -, en- sequestered by their friends and |
. ut medical attendance, yet there is no
, .;nce Of the increase of the epidemic gene
y. He adds that the thorough system of |
buse-to-house vaccination now instituted by |
1,he Board will have the effect to arrest the
further spread Of this disease. AT the same
meeting of the Board of Health, however, DR..
Carnochan reported that cases Of smallpox
continue to arrive from Liverpool and other
IOTelSu pOTtS, auu Tue SAultdFy Oommltbc6
very properly recommended the rigid enforce
ment of several sections Of the Sanitary Code, |
particularly section two, which directs that no
owner or consignee of any vessel shall unlade
by land, or cause to be unladed or landed, its
cargo or any part thereof, without having first
received the written permit Of the Health
Department to that effect. In view of the
threatened approach of the cholera such pre-
cautions are now of the most urgent necessity.
Moreover, the condition of the streets, with
their accumulations of filth and their noisoms
odors, requires at this season especially the
utmost efforts to cleanse them thoroughly, and
thus prevent them from inviting and aggravat-
ing the contagious diseases to which great
and crowded metropolis is always more or less
exposed
THE SENATORIAL CAUCUS OF REPUBLICANS
was in session for several hours yesterday,
and determined TO favor the appointment Of a
joint committee of the two houses to investi-
gate Ku Klux eutrages during the recess. 1t