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Neso%l lork Dailn Gribmete,
MONDAY, DECEMBER 0, 1872.
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The Counties Reform bill has passed to third reading
the Prrssan HcrIculaus. ==- NJ CeresOlc has been
elected President Of switzerland. sehor Lerdo de
T,iada has been inauguratod President OF Mexico
The suoiiou in Louisiana is practically unchanged.
t== Tie report OF the Indian Commissioners gives
rosc-coorcd v.cv Of Indian an irs === Gen Butler
threatens another attempt to ous the Liberal Repub-
ican Chairmon OF House Committees
Inc Ereniag Express building was burned. =- There
has been % run on the Mutual Bank. - References TO
Mr. Greoley's death werc made In many pulpts' -
Gold. 49, Ss 1lS Thermometer, Si $50 S5 46 ~ SS0
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Our neighbors of The Brenipg Express win
come from country home or seat in Congress,
this nOrning, to n dismantled Office. Serious
rs is Their loss by last nights fire, it cannot
materially disturb their well-estabshed busi-
ness But the loss of books and papers, and
particularly Of Mr.. Drooks's library, is Ear moro
nearly irreparable.
A deeisiOn by District of Columbia justice
that d restaurant-keeper may, if he choose,
refuse to furnish food or Teireshment to a
colorcd man, seems contrary to all immediate
precedcnts on that question. If this con-
struction Of the law holds good in the Dis
tlict a great many rights secured By cOlOred
men viii melt away.
The fund which The Herald had generously
begun to raise for tho family of Mr.. Greeley
is promptly turned INTO fund for the crec-
ton of statue in his honor. George w.
Childs of The Philadelphia Ledger, with char
actcristic prOnptness and liberality, telegraphs
that his subscription of $1,000 may be used in
any way which the family of Mr.. Greeley
may indicate. The Herald gives the same di-
rection to its equal subscription, and many
others are doing the same
There seems to be no end to the cOmbina-
tions to create q monopoly in petroleum.
Scarcely had the famous South Improve
ment Company's ring been exposed and broken
up, than the Producers Association attempted
an artificial control of the price OF oil. Now
the Refners' and Producers Associations have
combined to shut out the jObbers, middlemen,
and all other outsiders. 1t is probable that
yuch a combination may succeed for time;
but the inevitable tendency of the laws OF
trade would be to bring an end to the
unnatural monopoly.
II is unfortunate that some of the sensitive
and high-spirited Boston newspapers protested
against their sufferers by the fire being the
recipients of outside aid. The protest chilled
somewhat the generous impulses of the whole
country; none felt like offering relief which
might be considered Obtrusive. But now the
Central Committee of Relief are obliged to
say that they need 100000 for immediate ne
cessites. To be sure, no appeal Is made to
other cities, but the Committee pOintedly init
mate that such course may yet be necessary,
unless the people of Boston respond literally.
1t would not have hurt the dignity of our
good friends in Boston to receive the prOflered
gifts it would have done much good to those
who were so forward with their generosity.
Mr. Dorman B. Eaton has given q sincere
and intelligent study to the evils of our mu-
nicipal system and we know no man to whose
Judgment our citizens viii be moro glad to
give deserved weight. If our Reform move
ment is not to end in fastening upon us a
new Ring, instead of the old, that result can
only be aveTted by the resolve that we shall
not consider efforts for reform as synonymous
with efforts for party success. This view, and
considerations growing out of it, we hear are
likely TO be presented in the lecture Mr. Eaton
has agreed to deliver, next Tuesday evening,
In the hall Of the Young Mems Christian AS
sociation, in response to the invitation of a
number of our best citizens. He deserves q
full house and thoughtful hearing.
The report of the Board of Indian Commits |
sioners is sufficiently rosy to make amends for |
the irritation which has been caused by past |
inconsistencies in the so-called policy Of the |
Government. The Commissioners find nothing |
but smoothness and goodness to chronicle
but everybody knows that the whole difficulty
with the Indian question now is in the ire
pressible conflict between the Peace Commits
sion and the military authorities. Until this
eaprcOus exchange of one kind of treatment
for another is given over, we shall have moth
ing worthy the name Of policy. AT some of
the posts IN Arizona, for instance, after the
Apaches have been turned over to appOhtees
oil the Interior Department, they have been
virtually transferred again TO military rule by
hn order from the War Department placing
them under the surveillance of the officers of
A l. a.