New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06

bOasts of tho C0nServauV0 leauer Chat all IN
lovely and of good report in the bucolic
| districts.
The letter from our London correspondent.
published to-day. which gives some account OF
the Fawcett Education bill. was written be-
fore the announcement that the British G0v-
eminent did not intend to make its passage
Cabinet question. Grave complications (Which
have not all passed away were then immi-
nent but the danger of Cabinet crisis aris-
ing from this affair is now considered a.
| avoided.
People who live in the busy, busting States
of the Union have no idea of the languid,
Out-of-door life of the natives of Southern
| California. Something of the imprOvidence
! and arcadian simplicity of the tropical regions
characterizes the aboriginal and naturalized
denizens of the soil; and the peculiarities of
each, as sketched by an Observant correspond
ent of THE TRIBUNE, are worth the study OF
| the curious.
! Mr.. Kelley proposes n coup in the House TO-
morrow, when the Burchard Finkelnburg
Tariff bill comes up He designs to move to
strike off its head, thus leaving only his sub
stitute before the House. 1t is not certain
how this movement will terminate the contest,
but it is certain to make things lively for
time. Meanwhile, the session wears on, and
at least two weeks are needed to complete
| any one bill.
Interesting letters will be found ON our third
page from Germany and France, giving an
| explanation of recent extravaganza rumOrs of
| breach between the two countries, describing
the condition of the inhabitants of Asace and
Lorraine, with their heavy burdens and divided
allegiance, and giving an account of the Re-
publican court which is now held in that
Palace of the Elys6e which sheltered the con-
spiracy by which the Republic of 1913 WAS
destroyed.
Outside of Florida not many people have
warmly espOused the side of either of the
| rival Governors in that State. The pending
| impeachment of Gov Read gave Lieut.-GOv.
| Day an opportunity to assume the functions OF
the Executive pro tenn. There has been
great deal of needless complication and con-
fct but all peaceabe people will now rejoice
that the contest has ended without the war
| like demonstrations that were threatened.
Gov. Read has been acquitted finally, and so
NJ Louis Blanc'S forthcoming history of the
siege of Paris promises to be piquant, if
nothing more An extract furnished in adj
vance to THE TRIBUNE, and printed herewith,
gives lively account of the writer's visit to
Trochu during the defense of the capital, from
which we gain an impression OF the General
which is not altogether hattering. NJ. Blancs
book is likely to deal candidy with the celeb
rites of the time; we have Gen. TrOchu, to
begin with, as a talkative philosophical sol
der, who is also a bigot and knows it.
The bill to prevent fraud and peculaton by
public officers, and to punish the same, has
already been spoken of in these columns.
The powers thereby conferred upon the AttOr
ney- General are necessary and proper and are
so guarded that they cannot we'll he abused.
The bill naturally meets with the earnest OPP
| position of the men who have grown rlch
| upon the public plumber, but this is only
| good reason why it should receive the earnest
| support of every true refOrmeT, Republican or
Democrat. Let no man now nterpOse his per-
sonal prejudiceS to save public rogues from just
punishment.
Medical men, with some show of reason,
object to the proposed constitution of the
Board of Health, as provided for in the pend
ing Charter. Except the Sanitary Inspector,
no practicing physician is called into the
Board, which consists of the Police Commits
sioners and the Health Officer of the port. 1t
is reasonably urged that the important and deli
cate duties of the Health Department require the
cooperation of three administrative
power, Police force, and Medical science.
These considerations are Of great weight, and
would indicate that the Mayor or some other
high executive officer, the head of the Police
Department, and competent medical men
should be associated together on the Board of
Health. This view OF the case is commended
10 the Assembly, which will next consider the
Charter
IN view of the few items of evidence which
are now coming out, it seems as if the alb
straction of the papers in the Buell. Inquiry
case is traceable to the license given to War
Department historians. 1t is very well known
that one of these gentlemen, who served on
the staff of the General of the Army during
the war. was permitted free range OF
the War Department archives while he was
compiling his history, which boosted superior
richness in documentary records. That he
made good use of his opportunities, is not
denied but how much such cleaners as he
carried away from the national repositories
will probably never be known. At any rate,
it seems now most likely that the channel by
which the Buell. papers disappeared is suf-