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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-01-03

Tue River Falls Institute is in a
furnishing condition. A goo ily nun
Der are in attendance. and the school is
made up of the best material in the
country. This school deserves an ex-
tensive patronage 1t should be sus-
tanned by every friend of education in
this valley, and made the central lrera.
ry star of Northwestern Wisconsin.
Ii is paving the way for the Normal
School, and the two together can scarce
ly fail to command the respect of the
whole surrounding country. Such in
situations as these will rapidly bring
wealth and population 20 orr village
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-01-03

20 not canvass for Bells oa desiring Church.
Farm Bell supptd
, 1873-05-28
posed Its voico and authority In favor Of tho
right and againat tho wrong, +

at 4 1"to meeting in Now York, ut tho houao Of
Mr. David Dudley Nold, Of number Of gontlo!
mon interested III tho Universal roaoo movo!.
mont, report was rcad by tho Row. James D.
Milon, who has recently returned from Europe
nnd who expressed tho l,o1iof that tho Gcneva
Arbitration had innuguratod now era In tho
sottlcmont of international differences. Mr.
Miles Haid TINT llo WAS rroaont in tho British
Parliament during tic warmoat discussions Of
tho Treaty Of Washington, and that ovon
those opposed to tho Horornrnent pre-
faced all tlolr attacks on tho troaiy
by tho atatomcnt TINT they woro iu
favor of arbitration. n[r. Miles report suggost-
od tho idca TINT 1t was HOW good tirno to cali
on international peaoo Congress-, and 1t waa do
termlnod to fix tho 2sd day Of Beptombor next
Tor such mocting, to which phbliclsts from
dldorent nations aro to DO Invited. h commit
too, consisting Of David Dudley Fio1d, Theodore
u. Woolsoy. Ill. D., Emory Waslburn, William
Doach Lawrence md Jamos q. h1ilos, was ap-
pointed to issue invitations and to mako arrange
nonts for tho Congress-. Mr.. Fold will doubt
loss DO useful in showing tho Committee how to
proaeryo peaco by Injunction.
, 1873-05-28

Tho Chioa go produce markets we're generally
steady yesterday, and moderately aotivo, except
provisions. A1oaa pork was dull, and 10@l5o
per brl lowor, closing at e1o.20@10.25 cash. aud
$f6.50@1G65 Bollor July. Lard was dull, mud
zoe per 100 1bs lower, closing ut es.o0@B.85 cash,
aud $805@o.00 seller July. Meats wero guiot,
and 10 per lb highor, at 014@Gy6o for shoulders,
eA@s99o for abort ribs, 811@8%o for short
clear, and 10@12o for Rwoot picked hams. Luke
frcights woro active and unchanged, at 10 for
corn to Buffalo. I1ighwinos wcro moro active
and steady at 91o per gallon. Flour was quiet
and unchanged. Wheat was moro active,
aud shade higher, cloaing at e1.20
cash, and s1.275G uoller Juno. Corn was
active, and advanced 10, closing ut 900 cash,
aud 39e9SS @oo91o seller june. oats woro moro
active md 11@9So higher, closing at 021 10 cash,
and 321}5o scller Juno. Rye was active, md 1lc
higher, at G816c. Barley Was dull aud unchang-
cd, ut 10000 for poor to good No q. On satur-
day oyoning lust thoro was In storo in
this city 42o,073 bu wheat, 4,G49 500
bu corn, 1,3a8,Ga4 bu oats, 24D,Go3 bu
ryo, and 7i,777 bu barley. Hogs wcro in
good domand and without material change in
values, closing steady ut s4.6o@s.o0 for poor to
choice. Tho cattle trado was dull, with priccs
in buyers favor. salos at a3.5o@0.l2115.
, 1873-05-28

The Hon. Alexander Mitchell, mombcr of Con-
tho Ne,cs Of that city to Bay that he mover drow
bis "back ray," but that 1t waa, at Ills request;
ooverod into tho Treasury Immediately afLer ho
became entitled to receive it.. Mr. Mitchell fur
hor anys TINT his first impulse was to draw 1t
and to bostow 1t on tho Young Mons Associa-
zion but his second thought was, TINT thoy had
no bottor right to it tl4an lo Ind; and so ho
caused it to bo promptly roturnod to Tho 'Treaa-
ury, wlioro 1t belonged.
, 1873-05-28

Derby Day has always hoen honorea by At, aa-
jonrnmont of Parliament, but OF lato ycars there
has been growing feeling againat tlH public
recognition Of "the national sport" Thomas
Hughos opposed tho adjournment last year in q
worry strong speech, aud made auothor protest
yesterday against tho proposal to adjourn over
juno g. which is Derby Day this your. lIo de-
eiared that tho conduct Of Parliament In tho
matter had boon public humiliation, and was
In tho hghost degree detrimental 10 public NOR
ais. After hearing hB speech, Parliament ad-
journed az uHunl.
, 1873-05-28

hfr. Jaapor Packard, member Of Congross
from Indiana, has boon requested by q county
convention of Ills constituents to resign on ac-
count Of tho Dack-pay business, aud hc has
writton lottor giving his rcasons for not doing
30. Ho claims that his back pay Is no burden
upon Lis constituents, because 1t is borne by tho
whole people Of tho country; that he haB cHti-
mated that tho Bharo Of 1t ta1son from tho poo
plo Of his district iB s12, aud that sum ho pro.
poses to deposit for tho bonctlt of tho 140 600
Inhabitants Of TINT Congressional District. It
Is likely TINT A1r. packard's nippanoy will hnve
tho effect Of intonBifylng the popular iuilgna-
ton ut hia retaining tho money.
, 1873-05-28
THE REVISION COMMITTEE.


Pnrtsaa Allotment OF xyork..roso,,,.
ttons Undcr Which tho COMMITTEES
urc Acttur
snssta, M'n,,., y n,.
spee'a' D'spase" 70 1he Chfcaao Tribune.
m;ttno NJ +ho r,ono3ot,,,o -, n,n,,;... -.
IT,. ~ - sno a1os''ae.4' VI loS'H'on mot TO-
aay III tho btato Library. Present, Senators
Clark. ", linton. and Char1oa n atooto ,ra
nenrnacntatiyos Million man nha,,oa '1e n'',, auu
and John II. Rountroo. The Hon. II. D. Hurl.
tho Acting Commissioner Of noviaion woa ,,oo
s w. N4eh oo'.A4'op'oAol VI 3'o'4olol, WIS nlso
prosont. Senator Upton was elected Chairman,
Md Horny Booth Of Ohicnpo Clar1, ~ thn
comm;ttoo Tno co,n,,;ttaa ss,;,' o.A w., " m s,1e
1oA1Alttoe' 1Ao committee feHolYou that the
, ~ 49,, '4Ao et"p'o1a plc~
pa'oa Wy 4liin pet"con tno oincfent mombora OF
the Committee IN snoh ,nnnnor M he may tl1iuk
bost consulting as fur Nil 1nay DO tho preferences
Of oaoh. Tho Criminal Oodo was allotted to Son.
orato tat 1u atip Hay L. ts IN
i3nito1 euni u.et sosssu pis Wlli BOON 10
al!u.lea ~ o11er luompefa 0! tno COMMITTEE.
The committee adjourned to moot at Chicago
on tho I'D OF July for conference, when
tho bills Allotted to thu several mom-
t bora f9r tacir special investigation will
, 1873-05-28

a correspondent writes 11s that Mr.. John f,o,.
ton, tho well-known modlclno.man" Of an,es-
burg ind Vicinity H otlo Of tho aotiyo supporters
OF Craig In tho preuont judicial contest iii tho
tifth DiHtrlct. Mr. Coltons fathor ia, and Inns
boon for long ti,uo, ono OF tho Directors anl
largest stockholders In tho c. D. L Q. Il. H. 1t III
perfectly proper for hIr. Cotton to support Craig
If o chooses, hut Tho public will givo lin credit
at loast for knowing OH which sido Lila broatl iu
.bntterod. Tho Inference is pretty strong that
tho rai)road mon consider their intorosts nafcr In
tho hands Of Craig than In those Of Lawrence.
, 1873-05-28
THE FARMERS AND THE SUPREME. couR.

THE FARMERS AND THE SUPREME COURT.
porsistent efforts aro natlo to laisload tho
people in regard to tho real attitude Of tho si,-
promo Court OF this State III respect to the im-
rortant question nov pending betwcon tho
far1nors ana tho railroads, Oh tho subject Of
rates Of transportation and uujuat discrimInn-
ttons between individuals and botweon difroront
localitics. It is surely Of great intcrost to tho
people to understand correctly their truo reIa-
tions to tho Court on this vital question, for
they will finally loarn that IT they over obtqin
that ro1ief which they ought 10 have thoy will
got il ut tho hands OF tho Courts ustoal OF tho
Legislative Department Of tho Oosornmont,
whether atate gr National. We propose bripf
roviow Of the decisions Of our own Supreme
Court OIL thin subject.
We will drst call attention to tho caso of the
Peorin h Rock Island Railroad Company '. tho
Coal Valley Mining Company, roccntly decided.
Tho question presented III this CASE sas, whothor
tho Railroad Company could. by contract bind
itsolf to transport coal over It's road for q
particular company, to tho exclusion Of indl-
viduals. Mr. Justice Walker, In delivering tho
, 1873-05-28

Tho Gonoya Lako OYis.) Herald publishes n
half-colun1n editorial donying that prosido.,t
Grant was drunk on tho occasion Of his recent
visit to TINT romantic and seductive noighbor-
hood. We had not npticod that my such charge
lad boen made publicly, although we had honrd
some gossip Of that kind Oh tho streota. Tile
Herald aays that tho President drank nothing
stronger than champagne ut Gonoya Lake, antl
only ono glass-a worry small ono-of that. at
tho aamo time tho Herald thinks tint "tho HON
orod Executive Of this froc nation ought to be
oxtromoly guarded IN his example before million,
Of young mon who are influenced by such au
nct y
, 1873-05-28

Tho saloon-Koepors' Union unanimously
agrocd. ut thcr meeting last night, Ut which 200
mcnbors woro present, to abandon their policy
Df defiant violation OF tho Sunday ordinance.
All the apcahors, among whom wore Mr.. Nosng
and Gen. Lieb, urged that tho course Of tho
saloon-keopors. in breaking tho law Inst Sunday
WIS scrious mistake, aud tint relief from tho
obnoxious ordinance must 10 sought only by
Legitimate means. A committee has been an
pointed to prevail upon tho Common Council to
allow saloons to be opened after o'clock on
Enndar
, 1873-05-28

Tho Indian Bureau has got into nnother auarl
relative to the foodlng Of tho Apache 1udlaua in
Arizona, Which is yory;likely to produce now
souroe Of trouble, III addition to the thousand
and ono othor troubles which a.o constantly cm-
barrasBing tho Bureau, Lust summer Cochise
and his band were induced to go upon roserya-
tion, under promise that they should bo provided
for If they behaved themselves, at tho samo
timc, contract was mado to furnish thom with
beef, md tho contractor has commenced filling
tho contract, but CongroBs did not appropriate
enough for the subsistence Of tleso Indiaus.
Meanwhile, Con. Crook Inns placed 1,40O moro
on tho reHcrvaton, for whom tlioro ia no proyi-
sion at all. The Subsistence Department Of tho
army refuses to furnish suppliau, because 1t IL
contrary to regulations, and, as tho Indian Onlco
las ITO money with which to reinab,lrso tho Sub
sistenco Department, no arrangement can bo
mado. Tho contractor wlo has boon furnishing
beef Threatens 10 stop unloss lo Is paid, and, il
Ao stops, tho Inlinns must oither starye or bo-
gin doproaations ngain. They cannot support
themselves on tho reservation, because they
Ia
How long will 1t bo before an Indian ia troatcd
like white man2 All Of this trouble might
lnyo boon avoided If, instead Of taxing i1llustri-
ous people to an enormous expense that 1ndiunH
nay 10 supported without work, the policy
had been adopted to eot them to work and mako
thom earn thoir living as white mon do. What
roaaon Ia thoro why they should bo supported In
idleuess, aud that u promium should bo offered
tllon not to work? a lazy white man hau to
work Or starvo.. Lot d. lazy Indian have tho
eame .choice. Labor iH tho remedy for largo
shRro Of tho Indian troublea especially for this
now trouble which has just ariaon. 10 borrow
tho apt phrase Of tho Nation, "agriculturo Or
death" should bo tho inile1iblo rulo Of tho Gov
crnment IN lts dealings with tho Indians.
, 1873-05-28
INDIANAPOLIS,

The Agricultural Uouurcss--1,Taaon,c
.-si,ort-4uorn 1roc,iers..r1,c nrutfas
sn.c;ai Dt.notch IN ~. ca;.o,o n.t,,,..
"ss-1ss ~ 49,. 1'S' ~ ~ 'oAE' ~
AsolAS"foL.S' Aao'' al"y a.-Ine National
Agricultural Congress will meet ut the Hall Of
Representatives, in this CITY, tomorrow. The
Secretary. Obarlen ". Greana ~ Tonno.so, nv
r,oot. ~, n,tanasa.a -. hst. - Anuosoo, ~
poots an ".'enaaace OF oot"ooh tWo and throo
hundred ~ delegates representing tho following
States: Vermont, Massachusetts,, Now York,
Delaware, Pennsylvania, MARYLAND. Indiana:
Ohio. 1liinois. W;aconain. Iowo s5;nroaoto
SIno,,s; a1s1...,'. A'eu. IVY, 4ooao.a'
aau4' 1aaa,: Nepiasha' Dallolnla' virginia south
tarolna, Georgla, Kentucky, Alabama, Tom
Council mot this ovoning, Gen, Jackson. Of Tom
neaaoo. In the chair and arranood H. ~:
ara,nna paao,n.,ans ~ 49, - a.a5esr. sno pro-
granme. RESOLUTIONS arc TO 30 1oforrod, with
out discussion, to committees On tho following
subjocts: Society Organization, Transportation;
Metoorolocy aud Cron Ronorta. A1ricu1t,,rof
Colleges. foroat CnIt,,ro Hnrt;c,,1t1Ea Pnt,;a
Land1. Railroad Svntonn 4 iorco n,,,nher r'.,f ~
dnlopatan havo nrriyci md thn rcmainIor ~ ~
oxnsotod in thn mnr1,inr: Aronta' ara hare ~; j.,
t,e ntaroat nf tLa 1taaten a1j Woator,, S,.o,a ~
nortation Gomnantos nnd alan sciamo 1tnma7 nan7
ton,natng thn cnnatrrcton ~ rai1ronI t.oas rons
, 1873-05-28
SPRINGFIELD.

| Canal Commiassoror. as.
n,sau;o,,nas o~ -ttau Wnfchotase Cons
sn.eta, ns.".,'. nimnoac y Ut Statistics.
qnn-yo....'. D''V1.t" u ~ 1"e eh'ed0o Tribune.
.fn1sof4EAn, may 1f'-uov. Doveridge np-
pointed commissioners Of tho Illinois and Sroh;.
gan Canal this afternoon, Their torr, ~ so.,,is.
is for two years from tic frat doy - 1.s,a .s.oe
1879 T1,., axo 1a.r 1n, 11', ens " January,
o~,,. ,,,.eaS ~ ooeopa otloy' OF Dixon, his
'"n suecossor; horace y. Anderson, OF Poor1s,
vice Virgil Usckox, OF this city, removed. and
and ". N. Drainard, Of Chicago, ylco Rohort
nrna";1o lo; o. nushpoEs' removed. The Board will
64o ~ oAee'
Tlo Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
mot In this oitv to-tlav and from 1r,,+ l.. t
o;vo, out u ~, :, -. ""At aau pcuu
s.,1 49, sas, """ supposed That ut 1Rst tho
poop'o "ou4o !earn OF something thoy had dono
or were going to do for thoir bonotlt but your re-
porter, On calling to tako notes. wna inforn,o;,
TINT tho conforenco tvaa n ,o . so..at s",
an .yo nb,;,,oa -, 1oa,, w "ooto' one' ano
~ was opngea TO 'oaTo without obtaining further
'ntofnaton. 1t was opsoryod that ". H. Ear
per, tue Chief Inspector Of Grain, was In at.
tendance probably to ern1a;n 1vhv - r. tta.
hv tho conrao ~ ,ngro,t1ot .s Wy ~ ~, ~ 'n"1'
o1on ia halnD " a;n,epp5 passuoo az Chtcago,
Enst an1 traeaa -. H., a.n1tIo tnaS city to the
onJ WV IL sa ti.t ~ ~ oaat as nea5iy patalyzed
1otter tat naar 49, 10 s.aso" ~ nis publlahed
i,una,t n~s,r =. ~ H. ."m ~ ,"aa oompeiled to
fact tho law n That RI he MesI Seovog gfaae . wren n
, 1873-05-28

A tornado swept through NeoBho County,
Kansas, last Tllursday. ,Its track :was half a
milo wide aud six miles long. It wrought a tor
riblo destruction OF lilo and property. sx per-
sons woro killed outright, mud Of twonty-ono
who wore wounded six more aro expected to tlle
, 1873-05-28

Thors Is down, and tho Dona-
partst haohfahon Ia in llis cont, it la announced
TINT tho Froo Trade policy will bo resumed by
tho uoVorn1nent. This is moro r,mor, but
gains soma pauslbillty from tho political bias OF
MaoAfahon, vino would not bo unlinolv tn link
klndly on tho policy which ho knows Napoleon
30 strongly favored.
, 1873-05-28

TERMS Of sunaon1pr1oN tpAYAntE nj ADvAnor}.
nsl1S. * 'nail.".S1 SHna9|ay..,.... ..S2.H
Parts of q ,ear at tho sainu rato.
To prevunt ion5 hnd mstakos. 10 suro md avo Post
Oilico addresa In FILL including Htato hnd County.
Temances may bn made eitps by dnfl express, Post
Ofnco order, Or lii soEsterod fottcra, at risk.
TEnMs TO CITY sunscn1pKHs.
Daily. dalivcrcd. Sunday oxcopton c5 conr rer wcek
Dally, uoyorrt Sunday included, ~ cena ror wopk.
Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY,
Corner hIniison and Doatborn.sts., Chicago, ill.,
, 1873-05-28

The negroes Of Now Orleans held mnaa-
t1ooting last Monday evening. They declared
thoir bolief in tho legality Of tho Kellogg Gov
urnmont' and determined to help put him right
pofolo Congress- and the country by appointing
sonnlttocs in eyory parish to collect evidence
1ut publication, mud by sending como Of their
ableBt epenkors to canyaHa tho North,
, 1873-05-28

A secret meeting OF the Railroad and Ware
house Commissioners was hold at Springfield
yesterday. Coy. Doyoridgo, with tho Attorney
Gonoral and drain-Inspoctor IIarpor mot with
them, and 1t ia believed that tho subject dis
nussod was the inspection Of grain in this city,
which is 30 Objectionable to shippers along tho
renn1
, 1873-05-28

Eo'thorn Presbyterian Gonoral Assembly to con-
fer with q committee from tho Reformed
Church, concerning n union Of tho two
E1hr1rcEna.
, 1873-05-28

Tho Agricultural Congress which, moots TO-
day Mt Indianapolis is expected to solicit Tod
sral aud State aid for sovoral magnificent
schomes. Among tLom Ia the project tor q
railroad from Leavenworth through Missouri,
Tennessee, Alabama, doorgia, and South Caro-
lima, to Port Royal. Port Royal il to DO made
great commercial Centre
, 1873-05-28

Thore iB Simmer attendance than usual at
tba meeting of tho Now England Woman-suf-
frago Association, which is now holding It's
scrrth annual session in Boston.
, 1873-05-28

Congressman Crobs; Of Illinois, publishes Lis
correspondence with I.rcnauror Spinner, return
ing lis "back pay +" to tho Treasury. Flo re-
coircd tho clsock for tho back pay on tho 9th Of
March, mud returned It to tho Treasury OH tho
31st OF tho aamo month. Mr. Croba voted
against the stalary-grab at eyory stage and is
entitled to clean bill Of health OH TINT scoro.
, 1873-05-28

Special Dfspatch to The Chicago Tribune
pEon1A, ILL.,, niay 27,-Elizaboth Arnold, OF
poku. ILL.,, WINS killed yesterday untlor peculiar
circumstances. Whilo loaning out Of window
the support Of tho sash gayo Way, causing it to
full. 1Ior neck was caught, and she WIS hold
until aho stranglod to doatl,.
, 1873-05-28

Thfera was always yio1ent P1oteotionist, and
Whom ho cama into power made llaste to Judo
III that Napoloon he'd done to establish liberal
commercial rolattona with England by the
Golden Treaty Of 1860. Nov that
, 1873-05-28

AtKEN'S STfIEATRE-Wabas, nvonur. CORNER of Con
gte.a streat. Tho f4aurn Keeuo UnInuty Uufbinhj jr
tuntoL Down or. tho Twu Lyts III Mary IojxG,
Afternoon and ns6nInK. " " N''
, 1873-05-28

CEDAR RAPIDS, In, May 27.-Ncar Vintou. Ia.
on Sunday, about Y p. NJ, Joseph Oustott,
do1nan 10 years Of age, committed suicide by
hanging. Ho vas an old resident Of the county.
for SONG time Ills thoughts have. boon occupied
With religious matters.
, 1873-05-28

DosroN, May 27.-Iho fourth annual gatl,or-
Ing Of tho Now England Woman Suffrage Asso.
olntion III fremont Tolnplo attraca loss attention
~ point Of numbers thnn uaual. Julia Ward
1Iowo presided Tho speakers included many
islatnro WINS vigorously denounced for its rocont
vote giving the suffrage advocates loave to With
draw.
, 1873-05-28

ACADEMY OF MUHIo :. tIalstod atroot, ho.nocu
Afternoon and eruuhg. ''
, 1873-05-28

Jaspor Utly, Horace g. Anderson, and ". N.
Bratnarl have boon sppointod Canal Commits
sioucra by Gov. Boyordgo,.
, 1873-05-28

nosroN, May 27.-The Boston Daity Times
9as b., been purchased by tho proprietor Of tho
Odsiy Nesns. Tho Times Hllf be- discontinued
from aud Rtter to-day, =.
, 1873-05-28

HOOLEY8 TlIEATRE-Randotph street, botvcsn
Clark and La5allc+ Through Fire." Afternoon aud
evening.
, 1873-05-28

Austin Bidwoll, tho Dauk OF England forgor,
who floa to Cuba, roachod London yesterday,
and has boon locked up at Nowgato.
, 1873-05-28
BUSINESS NOTICES,

LYONS 1NBEQT POWDER STANDS ALONE Az A
safe oxtorinator Of roachos hedbugs naoos Ats and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-01-11

one and half million males, of age, unable
to write. IL is no answer to say that half Of
these ignorant voters are black, who capnot
yet have had opportunity for education.
They are voters. And the other half are
white. Besides, the mere capacity to write,
though great advance upon pure ignorance,
is scarcely an index of sufficient qualification for
intelligent self-goternment at the present day.
The religious question which Is sometimes
foisted on this need have nothing to do with
it. Reading, writing, and ciphering are not
in the least religious or irreligious in their
effects AS between the State and the Cen
eral Government, it is better that education
should be looked after by the States. The
people at Washington have their hands quite
full, and that which their hands find to do Is
not always done in so clearly a manner as to
Justify an addition to their duties. But 1t is a
matter that no State can afford to delay. we
feel little doubt that if the question of COM
pulsory education were submitted to TINS
community to-day, the citizens who recorded
their votes so abundantly for Havemeyer and
for Lawrence and so sparsely for OBnen
would be found deciding in its favor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-01-11
TILE CURAN DLSPATCH.


The Cuban manifesto of the State De-
partment, if we may be Dardoned for so
describing the letter to Gen. Sickles, would
be a very significant document if it came
from some other quarter. The Secretary
tells the Spaniards, in effect, that they
have not kept their promise of emancpa-
ton and other reforms in the West Indies,
and that he does not believe they can; that
they have fought the revolt IN Cuba four
years, and are as far as ever from suppressing
it that we are Disguised with their hardness
in redressing the wrongs of American citizens
in Cuba and do not mean to put up with it /;
and finally that we find neutrality very irk-
some, and if they do not make haste to
relieve the strain upon our impotence he
is really afraid that we shall break loose.
This remarkable paper was dated the Goth
of October. Before it could have reached
Madrid, the Republicans in the Cortes insisted
upon measure of emancipation, and new
bill for the relief of the slaves of Porto Rico
was accordingly introduced by ZOrrilla about a
month ago. The letter of Mr.. Fish of course
had nothing to do with this bill; but it may
have been seen by Gorilla when he made his
declaration in moving the measure that no
reforms would be made in the government of
Cuba while an insurgent remained on the
island, and it was undoubtedly in his mind
when he protested with so much emphasis on
the 30th of December that no foreign inter
yention would be suffered i'll the affairs of the
colonies. No Spanish Minister would have
ventured to make any other answer to Mr..
Fish's note, and Mr.. Fish cannot have ex-
pected any other.
What then did he mean? He never means
war. A vigorous intervention in behalf of
the Cuban patriots is impossible while he
remains at the head of the State Department.
1t would be impossible also, of course, while
our Navy is in ruins, our iron-clads are I'M
seaworthy, our monitors dropping to pieces
with rottenness and rust. We doubt indeed,
whether the President and the Secretary have
fully considered the significance of their
demonstration, or whether they designed it TO
be anything more than an exhibition of Wig
orous indignation, valuable for some moral
effect which nobody could exactly calculate.
The people seem to have understood it in
that light, for it has made little or no i'm
preston upon them. But if Mr. Fish
means to hint that we shall wink at viola
tons of neutrality and secretly aid the in
surgents unless crisis come pretty soon, we
beg leave to enter protest. Let us have no
irregular and underhand dealing in this mat
ter Whatever we do must be done openly,
with the right clearly on our side and the
responsibility before us.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-01-11

life and not merely money depended upon the
issue. The prospect of final outrage upon
justice at the hands of the jury in the Tweed
case is 30 unfattering that we trust we may
confidently hope that the counsel will save us
from any needless exhibition of indccency.
And we trust, as we have before said, that
in the trial of this important case we are to
have no mistakes arising from over-zealous.
ness upon which endless appeals may be taken.
We want Tweed of all men to have fair and
impartial trial; for to convict him upon clear
and substantial evidence settles the fate of
all the rest of the gang, from "Slippery
Dick to "Policy COokn