Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-01-25
THE NEW YORK PRESS.
Editorial Ez.raets From lhe Grea. DalIIcs
RELATIONS or SPAIN AND GREAT britain.

RELATIONS OF SPAIN AND GREAT BRITAIN.
IRON the N. \. Tribune
The British Secretary for Foreign Affairs is
quite too coneidernte in his treatment OF the
question Of the alleged Spanish slave trade In
his reply 10 adeputation which has waited npon
him to procure English Intervention in this pal
pable neglect Of treaty obligations ON the part
Of Spain, Earl Granville said that, as Spain has
an instruction upon her hands, the matter is
too delicate for England to interfere in now.
The notorious manner in which Spain has neg
lected the slave-trade obligations demands in
quiry; but II looks like unkindness TO say that
there is an instruction in Cuba when Spa de-
clares, upon her honor, that there is not.
THE LATEST CONCERNING TWEED.
From the N. Y. Herald.l
They say he is waiting in this city, in refer
ence 10 his seat In the Senate, to see "What they
are going to do about it" at Albany; and that,
meantime, he takes "his three square meals a
day, except when he rides out to the High Bridge,
and then he takes four" OF course he is in no
hurry to go further up the river.
A VALUABLE WITNESS IN THE CUSTOM HOUSE
INQUIRY
From the ". Y. Times
Last night Mr. Bernard Hess came forward as
another witness on the "siden-for Senator CAS-
serly has taken special pains to have it under
stood that he means this an affair OF 'sdes -
Mr. Hees is a strange man. lie was well known
something. Mr.. Rollins refused to appoint
him, notwithstanding the most earnest entreat-
les Mr.. Deano was similarly besieged, and al
so turned deaf ear to this sprightly witne 8.
Then he was recommended by Senator Fenton
for a post-Senator Fenton being ever on the
lookout for men OF unblemished character, like
himself. After one or two other moves, Hess
tried to get at" Mr.. Delano through Senator
Sherman: and then failing, he sent, as we are in
formed an ofice-broker to Mr.. Delano, saying
that Il was in his (the brokers) power TO prevent
Hess from making damaging exposures, Upon
this Mr.. Delano very properly put an end to the
affair by forbiding the mention Of Hesss name
or claims in his presence. MIR. Hess then
came to New York to testify as "refurmer.
OF course Senators Bayard Casserly and the
Tribune will be charmed with his evidence.
TIE POLICE RAIDS ON THE 'PRErTY WAITER GIRLS"
From the n y. World
No possible good end can be served by action
like this. 1t is undoubtedly desirable, in the in
teresta Of public morality, that all these nasty
places should be closed and kept closed. But
nobody anticipates any such result from there
raids. Experience does not warrant hope that
concert saloons will be any less rife next week
than they were last. They will be reOpened
with additional attractions" and the virtue Of
the police will go to sleep for another indefinite
period The only result will be that a certain
annoyance will have been inflicted upon the
keepers of them, and positive distress as we'll
as what they will consider fresh degradation
upon the wretched women who have made their
livings in them. The police practically confess
that to insure the permanent suppression OF
concert saloons is beyond their power. II that
confession il true the only way in which they
can do any good in the premises is by SlTUetl-
lance and regulation.