New-York tribune., 1872-05-11

Arcadia must be disturbed; but IT Ia fading
before the march of the practical Anglo-Sa1On.
We give Mr.. Edward Atkinson one more
hearing on our fifth page, this morning, both
in reply to THE TRIBUNE, and to Mr.. Cooper,
whom he "cOndescends," as he says, to an
swer.
The deadlock on the Palmer Charter has
been dissolved, the Senate having yesterday
agreed to the Assembly amendments. The
bill accordingly goes TO the Governor, with
the proviso prohibiting appropriations by the
city for sectarian purposes. The apprehension
that the Governor will veto the bill is natural,
as all his antecedents forbid us to suppose
that he will give his approval to a Charter
containing the non-sectarian appropriation
clause.
They had good time in the House OF Rep-
resentatives yesterday. Looking over the de-
bate, one might be puzzled to know exactly
what business, if any, was before the House;
but many funny stories were told, ana hot
few ancient Jokes cracked. Then there was
the usual amount of laughter" which comes
to us duly punctuated through the official re-
port of the proceedings. The result OF IL all
was, that the House agreed to reduce the outy
on pig iron ten per cent.
Considerable excitement was occasioned IN
the Assembly yesterday by the extraordi-
nary efforts of the Tammany Representa-
tives to obtain control of the lmpeach-
ment Management. AS it turned out
these men, who have heretofore impeded
all progress of this business, were not allowed
to have things their own way. We deeply
regret, however that Mr.. Tilden was excluded
from the Managers. Certainly, his ability,
known vigilance, and activity in the cause of
Reform, prominently fit him for the conduct
of the case against the corrupt Judges.
A letter from Mr.. Nordhoff will be found on
our third page, describing, in his pleasant
way, the lazy, pastoral life Of Southern Cali
fornia, the home of the ranchero, the
indolent, languid movement of busi-
ness and of education, the half-barbaric
simplicity and patriarchal shiftlessness.
To show the extremes of civilization,
on the same page, our Paris correspondent
reviews with fine insight the last volume of
poems by Victor Hugo, and our letter from
London resumes the latest gossip from
England, from the Fawcett debate to the visit
of Miss Grant. From Cuba there is the old
news of continued brutalities from the Volun-
teers and the mutterings of revolt against
Valmaseda; and from the Dominion of Canada
a picture of parliamentary infelicties.
A dispatch from London announces that ne
41n Init oto md
England Oh the subject of the Geneva Con-
ference were yesterday discontinued We have
already prepared the readers of THE TRIBUNE
for this intelligence. The arrangement of the
difference became excessively improbable from
the moment when Mr.. Gladstone made his i'm
pulsive and injurious speech in the House of
Commons, asserting that there was neither
logic nor honesty in the American interpreta
ton of the Treaty. This was necessarily fol-
lowed by demand for the withdrawal of our
Case, which was wholly inadmissible. If the
Treaty now fails, it will be a subject of regret
to all those who imagined they had seen the
end of an annoying and wearsOme controversy.
But there will be no such results as timOrOus
or dishonest writers are trying to represent.
There may be a momentary furry among the
is SO cowardly as capital and a days profit
may be made of the fears of shareholders.
But there will be no diplomatic rupture, and
the follies of both Governments are not
enough to stir up the two peoples to hostilities.
Nobody will be surprised by the report of
the Senate Committee on the French Arms
sales. They say, as THE TRIBUNE had already
shown would be the case, that no harm has
been done, no wrong committed, and no prin
ciple of law evaded or violated This is
amazing, and, as if to draw attention
from this bold attempt to whtewash one
of the Executive Departments of the
Government, the Committee fly off into a
scolding TRADE about the Marquis de Cham
brun and the part which he has played III
this business. This trouble, they complain,
is all owing to Chambrun, who meddled in
things which did not concern him. Without
denying that arms were sold, they talk about
the ignorance which the Government had of the
character of the purchasers. Yet it is set up
that no violation of international law was
committed, and that the money received
was all honestly accounted for. But for the
Marquis de Chambrun, all would have been
well; nobody would have known about the
sales. Why those sales were made at ALL and
by what authority, we are left to guess. The
report will satisfy nobody, nor abate one
jot of the scandal.
We publish this morning on our second page
a remarkably full and interesting account of
that singular colony of Lowland Quakers, who,
under the name of MennOnites, have lived for
the last 800 years in Russia. The reason why
q special interest attaches at this moment to
that estimable and peculiar sect is that they
ora seriouslv contemplating a removal in mass