New-York tribune., 1872-11-08


by the Germans. selOr LerdO de Tcjada has been
elected President u Mexico. Tlc Quebec Parha-
ment was opened by q speech from the Leutenantcov-
ernor
The later returns Increase Grants majority Of the cleo
farsl votes - schuyler COlfax declares that he Is
ne, a candidate for the Indiana senators0ip-
N ne case OF Louis samuels who died in the Wards
Island Insane Asylum, the COrouer's jury returned
verdict oeusung the officers for ncomptoney and neg
Iirenco Thermometer, $40, 40, 90. == Cold
II-s. li2G 1928.
States first recorded either as "dOubtful or
"not heard from" continue to drop over to
Grmt,-Alkansas and Alabama being among
the last so reported. In New-YOril the ma
joiity seems 10 be about $4,000. ClarksOn n.
Potter, yesterday thought to be defeated, is
now found 10 be elected from the Westchester
District, and we also have Mr.. WhtehOuse in
the Dutchess District.
when ihc noble State OF Virginia shall be
bpl'.i uiih iron roads connecting agrcul-
tuial AMI uiuOIal regions with shipping ports,
peoplr viii hcgin to understand the hidden
wealth of toe country. Something has al
ready been done in various directions,
whereof an ofical report elsewhere printed
makes mention. The coal trade of Virginia
and Wcss Virginia is just ON the eve of de-
NelopmeH,; it promises great things.
II, oar hst of current casualties, to-day are
reported what people win generally call four
accidents; they are foW murders. At Louis
Vile, Ky. two painters were sent TO wo1k on
u swinging scaifold. TIE cornice was weak,
the machine heavy, and the structure came
down in n wreck, killing the poor fellows who
hal been placed on this man-trap. On an lndi-
ana railroad an engine was wrecked by plank
which had been malciOusly placed across the
track: the fireman and engineer were killed
instantly. These are dreadful occurrences;
one shows how careless men may commit
homlcid2; TIE other gives a discouraging
slimpac Of human depTavity IN general
There is certainly abundant cause for con-
crltuiatiuc our sister republic of Mexico. The
new President begins his administration
with something more than fair promises. The
promise Of Little politics and much admins
"iraiionr is good in q country which has had
80 much of the former and so little govern
meut as Mexico. But the pacifcation of the
country, completed by the surrender of Por-
frio Diaz aud his following, is a better thing
than President LerjO's new watchwOrd. Am
II
and it is said that those repentant mischief
makers, Daz and TreyinO, are to be restored
to their former rank. AS the Mexican Presi-
dent further sgnalzes his accession to Office
by ceasing 10 exercise the extraordinary powers
conferred for more wGrlille times, we may have
bright hopes for the future of the war-worn,
much-eDdurinS Republic. ............
1t is little saddeDing, though human, after
all, that there should be much speculation
among military men as to who shall fill the
place made vacant by Gen. Meade's death,
even while his obituary il hardly written.
Washington dispatches say that either Gen.
A. II. Terry or Gen. +. r. s. Candy viii be
selected by the President from the line of
Brigadiers for promotion to the MajOr-Gene-
ralshp. There are eight Brigadiers, who are
classed in the order Of seniority of commits
sion as follows: Mcdowell, Cooke Pope, How
ard Terry, Ord, Candy, Augur. OF these, Gen.
Terry is the only one who is not graduate
OF the Military Academy. When the last reOr-
eanization of the army was made, it was enacted
that no promotion into the group of Major
Generals, then consisting of Gems. Halleck,
Thomas, Meade Hancock, and Schofeld,
should be made until the number was reduced
to two 50 the regulation number of Major
Generals is three, Gen. Meade's death making
the first vacancy. !
The concluding testimony in the Wa-d's
Island Insane Asylum case amply justifes the
verdict Of the COroner's jury. DIR. Eccbever-
ria's testimony shows a shameful state of
things inside the hospital. He says the warden
took an insane negro out of the violent ward
aud kept him dancing for hours in order to
amuse party; tkat the said warden was fro
enently under the influence Of liquor, and
that. on one occasion, the warden, house ply
s.ciun. and druggist were all found in an
upper room of the asylum, intoxicated. These
are serious charges to bring against officials
who have many unfortunate luDatics in their
keeping. Although the jury found that Louis
Samuels came TO his death "by improper
b treatment at the hands Of ignorant and in
Competent attendants" it must be confessed
Ahat they put the case mildly when they said
bhat the testimony shows a very lax and
p improper administration of the affairs of the
o. institution perbaDs re sl.u kOk al luu