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accompany him into retirement. the substitu-
ton of such men as M. Grevy and NJ. Casimir-
Perer has certainly nothing alarming about
it. But it seems reasonably certain that
crisis is approaching in the history of the
Assembly which will decide its future more
promptly than has lately appeared prob
able. There was little to choose between the
two candidates, so far as the Right were con-
cerned. Whatever their pretenses may be,
they are no more anxious for the establish
ment Of Republic under NJ. Theirs than Of
one under NJ. Gambetta. The electoral Ad-
dress of the Count de R6musat was scarcely
less Objectionable to them than that of the
ex-Mayor of Lyons. The Government, there
fore, would seem to have little inducement
left to attempt to conciliate this irreconcilable
faction, and the weakness it has displayed in
the recent election must convince M. Theirs
that any further concessions to the Right will
be equally frutless and dangerous.
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ulous province of Azubijan-a post Of the hrst
dignity under the empire. The roads and
mountain passes between his government and
the capital swarmed with armed bands, di.
rected by ambitious contestants Of his acccs-
sion. 1t was important that he should reach
Teheran as swiftly and secretly az possible
but every way was full of peril In this
emergency the Russian Minister and tba
British Charge d'Afaires joined forces, and be-
tween them, by skillful maneuyering. the
young Shah was brought safely through tia
ambushcd robber bands, and duly crowned.
Some recollection of his Indebtedness TO tbe
good Offices of the European Ministers at this
critical moment of bis life may have moved
him to his liberal policy toward Europe and
the Europeans. In this he has exceeded all
his predecessors, and Persia already begins 70
reap the fruits of his intelligent, but at Grss
altogether unpopular, reforms.
Travellers who have visited his court ssy
that be il a calm handsome sovereign, with eyes
large, dark, and sad, bushy eyebrows that
arc almost joined together, nose Of Oriental
curve, such as may yet be seen upon the
sculptures old as Egypt, older than history.
Of Khorsabad and Niheveh. The type seems
not essentially to have changed in four thou
sand years. Nabopoasar may have had such
nose; 80 may have Cambyses and Artaxerxes
Mnemon; and the same hair and beard may
have characterized Cyrus and Darius Hystas-
pes. Nothing changes in the East. One age ia
as another; and the races Of men vary "a
little as the races Of the wild ass and the
camel. Those who look upon Nasreddeen
Shah amidst the imperial and kingly and
princely group which is to gather under tho
crystal dome of the Austrian sovereign by tho
borders of the Danube, may fancy if they like
that they are looking upon the renascent image
of some of those mighty and warlke Persian
kings that thunder through the bible books
with such unscriptural clangOr, 'and who re-
duced the world under their dominion. This
king will not be likely to do much in that
way; but if his visit to the West enables him
to govern his own people with increased wis
dom, to augment and encourage their indus
tries, and ameliorate their social and political
condition, it will bear fruits quite as sllutary
as the more ostentatiOus visits of his prede-
cessors, who issued forth with chariots and
horsemen and leagues of armed men from tho
gates of PersepOlis and Susa.
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to fix tho responsibility for these repeated
plumbers, which are nourishing general In
dian war on our border. The facts are OF inc
utmost gravity. To those who know
anything of the Indian character IL
is not necessary to owen upon
the disastrous consequences whlcn "u''
necessarily flow from these repeated SUI
cesses. There are no considerations Oh honor
or good will possible between the two races
The Indians have been too long the Victims
of the rapacity and cruelty OF the poiue,
ruffians. whose lives are passed in robbing anu
maltreating them, to feel toward the WHO fa'o
any sentiments but those of hate ana sus-
picion. I'm this state of things it Is aDsOluteiy
essential that they should never be allo"eu
To forget the superior power of the national
forces. But by a series OF mlsfortuhes anu
folles unexampled in our history .ncso
wretched and ignorant beings have peoh
brought to believe in their capacity TO WIFI
stand and to defeat the soldiers Of the regular
army in greatly superior force. Every ono
knows how rapidly intelligence is communi,
Gated among these tribes Last week We nearu
of scattered bands appearing in war pam.
at several points of Northern California anu
Southern Oregon. 1t will not be easy TO pre-
dict how many bands will spring up from TINS
last fatal success. While this deadly contagioh
of blood is spreading through the mountains
how is the Government preparing TO check
and counteract til The President is taking
long and apparently agreeable pleasure excur-
sion in Colorado, giving his name to snowy peaks
and his thoughts to the question whether
Washington or st. Louis would be the better
permanent residence The Secretary OF wal
is enjoying himself in Texas, and hopes TO
dino in New-Orleans on Wednesday. The
Associated Press sends word so naiyely
ridiculous that we must repeat it here "Ihe
Z" visit of these prominent officials has created
"the best feeling among the people, VINO
"regard it as evidence that the Government
"takes an interest in frontier affairs"
If the loyalty of "the people" accepts suci
evidence as this, there is certainly no reason
to complain of the decay OF faith in the nine-
teenth century.
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ANOTHER MODoC MASSACRE.


A terrible and fatal blunder has again been
committed in the Modoc campaign. The dis
aster of the slaughter at Tule Lake has been
aggravated by catastrophe of still more Sc
rious practical Importance. The murder of Gen.
Candy and the Peace Commissioners was, from
the savage point of view, great and inspiriting
achievement, but it bears no comparison
with the exploit with which every mountain
campfire and every digger's hut is by this
time ringing. The Modocs have met con-
siderable force of our artillery and infantry in
what must have appeared to them fair fight,
and have entirely defeated and routed it.
Two batteries and one company started
out on the Goth of April to reconnoiter
the supposed stronghold of the MOdocs. They
were permitted to advance without opposition
to the place where they could be conveniently
killed, the foot of the bluff south of the lava
beds, and then the sayages opened murderous
fire upon them. before which they were utterly
helpless. They appeared TO have lost in q
few moments some twenty killed and
eighteen wounded and the survivors hurried
back to camp through CALLING fire to which
they could not respond, leaving their wounded
TO the mercy Of the exultant savages. The
list of killed embraces a captain and three
ieutenants, and the promised punishment Of
the Modocs is indefinitely postponed.
1t would be rash at this distance 10 attempt
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sanity which has been so much abused; and
il we consider for moment the prin-
ciple upon which legal punishments are
founded, we must admit the propriety of the
exclusion. Vengeance is not the business OF
earthly courts and statutes; but penalties are
annexed by law TO crime in order to insure
obedience their object is to protect society
by lettering the offender from repetition OF
the offense and lettering Others through tho
example of his suffering. Hence it follows
that any man who is capable OF beng deferred
by the fear of punishment is fit subject 70
be punished. The precise degree of his moral
accountability may be left to God.
In fine, according TO Mr.. Fields view, y inc
"question Of legal responsibility must come 70
"this-Was the person accused capable OIL
"knowing that the act or omission was vlo-
"lation of law, and of refraining from itP
al do not ask" he continues, whether he did
"know but whether he was capable of know
cling. If he was capable of knowing and
"of refraining, then he was in the sense
"of the law free agent" Ii Will be
found that very few insane persons are insen-
sible to the fear of punishment or incapable
of knowing what is lawful and what is for
hidden. Insane Asylums are all managed upon
the principle that the unsound OF mlnd are
governed 10y motives and can be ruled by fear.
"There is scarcely one of the patients" said an
eminent physician, "who, il he wasted his but
"ter and were told that it would be taken
"from him il he wasted 1t again, would not
"refrain from doing so.p But if the object OF
punishment is the protection of society, why
should we not go still further than Mr.. Field
propOsesf Why should any insane criminal
| be set free, to repeat his violations OF the
| law, and to encourage other lunatics TO SINH
| lar oflensesi There is no one perhaps more
| to be pitied than the victim of bomicidal
mania; but then there is no one more to be
| feared. To turn such q person loose In the
streets is to endanger the community, and
| we have no more right to leave at large
the victim of a mental disease that i'm
perlls other people, than sufferer from
smallpox or similar contagious affections.
The great difficulty in the way of Furnishing
the insane is the death penalty. It's a question
whether that ought to be imposed in any case
but so long as it is the law, there are GER
tainly insane murderers now at large who de-
serve to be hanged quite .as much as Foster
did, or Rogers. We may come at last to
change in the law which shall abolish all dis
tinctions between the sane and the insane in
the courts, and leave the jury no function ex-
cept to pronounce upon the commission OF the
act, tho judge no discretion in imposing the
sentence Whether the prisoner was sane
enough to be free agent might afterwards
be determined by a commission of experts
and upon their report competent tribunal
might be empowered to commute the SEN
tence, if necessary, into imprisonment in a
! lunatic asylum. -..s.s.-,csrzs
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TILE VISIT OF TIE SHAH.

Among the group Of sovereigns which will
assemble at Vienna this Summer, none will
be likely to attract such curious and sur
prised attention as the Shah of Persia, who
has just set out upon a visit to the principal
European courts. The traditions of his house
and dynasty are opposed to travel Since
Darius encountered the Scythans near the
mouths of the river on which the Austrian
capital stands, no monarch of Persia has Wis
tied Europe on mission OF hostility or
pOliteness. The people whom he rules
dwell apart. They are fenced with des-
erts and mountains, live under the
shadow of traditions dark and DID, and possess
the Eastern hatred of and contempt for for
eigners. This has abated somewhat of late,
owing to the liberal policy of the Shah. He
has introduced the telegraph into his dOmin-
IONS, and meditates railroads. He has assembled
round him officers of European training to dis
cipine his desert armies in the drill and tactics
of the West, and in the numerous colleges of
Tcheran are some professors of the learn
ing of the lands of the lnfdel. Some
of her mobiles have sent their sons to
Paris to be educated and of late, casting aside
the cumbrous and arbitrary usages which have
been employed in Oriental government for
ages, he has remOdeled his polity in some
accordance with Western standards. He has
fashioned ministry something like that of
Great Britain, and introduced extensive re-
forms in the government of his widely dis
persed provinces. His territory is nearly as
large as that of Mexico, and formerly the
Governor Of each province wrung taxes from
its inhabitants at will. He bought his office
of the Shah; his subordinates bought their
offices of him; and their subordinate in like
manner purchased their smaller holdings, and
all fell on industry and thrift with the 1angs OF
wolves and the talons of vultures. So long
as the Governor paid his annual tribute at
court, and the Governors local farmers of
the revenue paid their tribute to him in suf-
fcient abundance, nobody cared where 1t came
from. 1t was the fruit OF plumber, oppression,
and rapacity. But all that is being changed.
The Shahs visit to Europe will undoubtedly
accelerate the reforms which he has SO hap
PLY inaugurated. With the introduction of
railways and improved systems of agriculture
for the latter is still conducted with the same
primitive instruments and methods az il was
in the days of the patriarchs--there is likeli-
hood that Persia, with her ten million inhab-
itants, her almost imitless mines and quar-
res, her capacities for the production of cot
ton, silk, and other important staples, may
assume new and more important place
among the nations of the earth.
The present Shah is about forty-six years
old, and has sat upon the throne twenty-five
years. On the death of his father Mohammed
Shah, he was. AZ is customary with Persian
heirs apparent, Governor Of tho rich and DoD-
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Netu'Qork Daily gribm,re.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
WEDNESDAY ApRIT, 20 1879
T RIPPLE S Ell E E T,

Carlist successes are reported from Spain. 80 The
will Of the late Emperor Napoleon is published So
Ten thousand emgrants left Liverpool last week for
America.
An attack the Modocs disasrousy repulsed, %
soldiers being killed and 1s wounded. - A bill sup
Elementary to tire New-York Charter was passed and
signed by the Governor. The furniture Of the Hall
OF Representatives was sold at auction.
Bids were received for the ferry leases. - Proba-
bly, no reduction Of salaries will be made in the public
schools. = The Crispins threaten TO strike immedi-
ately. == MorTisaDia fireman was murdered -
An Italian missionary absconded with 5000 === The
Long Island charter election took place. -- Gold,
1i7k, iioi I6I Thermometer, so, $50, lso.
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J. They frsi lien on its Net Earnings
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earnings for 1879 will be large
and bonds received exchange for Northern
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The raggedness of the Charter which has
just been passed by the Legislature is illus
trated by the fact that it already needs sup
elementary patching. 1t is said that the bill
of amendments will only include a few little
things that were overlooked in the original
measure and must be attended to now. 1t is
more than likely, however, that this reopcning
OF the question OF government for Now
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-30

One or two of our local magistrates have
greatly terrified evil-doers by their vigorous
judicial decisions and sentences. The Legis-
lature has reinforced this seasonable alarm by
passing bill for the prompt arrest and
punishment of petty thieves and pickpockets.
We may now hope for a good radiance from
the horde of scamps who infest the city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-30

The proposition to increase the tax on foreign
immigration seems to be finally defeated in
the Legislature. There was never much show
OF reason in the agitation of the scheme
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-30

On the third page of THE TRIBUNE, to-day,
we print foreign correspondence ranging from
Rome to Yedo, and from Yedo to Mexico Mr..
Bayard Taylor writes picturesquely, as well as
forcibly, from the imperial City, He finds
Rome, as the capital of Italy, improved and
improving in many ways Whitewashing and
decorous wall-scraping, to be sure, offend the
artistic sense somewhat but the railroads are
convenient, and the streets are said to be
cleaner than since the time of DiOcletian !;
which is great gain, though the ancient tradi-
tons perish. The Nineteenth Century Is
nOisily crowding its way in the venerable
capital Of Japan, as well as in Rome. One Of
our correspondents tells of the delicious
scene which occurred when an American
lady vigorously shook hands with the Mikado,
"and thought it kindness to His Majesty"
That that sacred parsonage, the Mikado Of
Japan, should give audience to lady (even
with train-bearers) was wonderful event ;
but his submission to the pump-handle cere-
monial is more curiously amazing. Next we
shall have the Grand Lama dancing a meas
ure with the Woman of America. Our Mexi-
can picture Is less pleasant than either of the
others. The country seems actually weary
with corruption; and the officials busy them
and intriguing for perpetually increasing fees.
On the eighth and ninth pages of THE
TRIBUNE will be found pleasant letter
about recent picture sales in Paris, and one
from Berlin giving some account of Spiel
hagen's new novel, the appearance Of which
was literary event in Germany.
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York viii be seized on as pretcxt for moro
radical changes. I.-..

Precisely what the Congressional Convention
at st. Louis is expected to accomplish does
not appear. The programme, however, en-
braces three days doings. of which one Is set
down for welcoming and work; and the other
two are devoted to excursions, banquets' ana
other varieties of junketing. This may not be
useful. but it is undeniably Congressional"
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WHAT Us YITALITYf

yet answered this cOnundum The principle He
The researches OF chemists doctors and metahyseans re-
We know however that when the blood Impure
the bowels irregular the liver dOriered the
relaxed this eustsrng principle whatever DO, is
Of power and the body snmats snguhes We
too capable OF deriving knowledge from anthem
tcad facts that uorETKRs BrTTBRs impurities
BLOOD nygorae regulate the bowels the liver
nerves. thereby combating subdung the leading
bid shorten life The time Of human
existence might unquesOnsb be greatly heightened by udOus
stimulation especially the decline Of life and this famous preparation
undoubtedly the most wholesome smulan at present known
THE GORHAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY
remind public Supreme Court the United States has
Gently given their which full protection from
the iRitg,ors Of their designs
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Tea Services and Wedding Outfits great variety
from the largest the highest order constantly is
Suing from the Gorhsm Works.
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Now that the Commissioners of the Sinking
Fund are receiving bids for the ferry leases,
criticism of tho management of the various
lines Is timely. The statement that most of
the suburban ferries are operated at loss to
their owners is evidently threadbare apology
for the wretched accommodations that are af-
forded those who live out of the city. Better
returns should be made in dividends, cleanli-
ness, and comfort for capital of nearly
S4OOO,000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-30

There are indications that the Assembly will
pass the Senate bill to modify the usury laws
The ordering of that measure to third read
ing by large vote shows favoring of the
bill which Is unexpected Such modifca-
tion would be relief to existing though in
operative statutes. IL forfeits the illegal In
terest exacted; but it does not change the
present rate established by law. 1t is doubt
ful, however, if any more radical change in
the usury laws can now be secured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-30

A real reform measure was adopted by the
Senate yesterday, in the reduction of the cost
of public printing The TRIBUNE, in its ex-
posure of Mr.. Terwilligers operations at AL
bany, last year, was able to lead up to COM
plete exhibition of this branch of legislative
extravaganza. The Senate has profted by the
information gained and has just struck OIL
some $4,000 from the enormous annual ex-
penses for printing. This is flash of econo-
my which lights up pretty dark place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-30

There is something pathetic in the struggle
after posthumous remembrance which any
dead mans will reveals The last will and
testament of the late Emperor of the French,
which has just been made public, is sentiment
tal-if not pathetic. His Napoleonic desire for
a dynasty makes "my son" the central figure
of the document; and for this very ordinary
young man he has fine philosophy, as well as
good wishes for his due establishment in the
Elysee. People will be surprised to see that
the ex-Emperors estate is valued at only about
S6OO,OOO; and that all his greatness finally
shrunk TO this little measure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-30

The attention of those who are interested in
q discussion of the Labor questionl(and who is
not y is invited to letter on this subject
printed on our fourth page to-day. Our cor
respondent examines the problem of strikes
with intelligent and generous views; his con-
clusion, that association in labor is the most
hopeful remedy for present complaints, is one
which is becoming daily more acceptable and
popular. 1t is natural that we should find
some similarity between the danger and the
remedy this is combination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-30

The opposition to the proposed reduction of
salaries in the public schools has been SO
vigorous that the Commissioners will probably
postpone indefinitely, at their meeting to-day,
the consideration of the subject. A revision
of the pay-rOlls, rather than a penny
retrenchment, is what is 'Yded, and body
that is popularity known as the Reform School
Board cannot with dignity shirk the plain
duty OF equalizing the salaries of teachers
wherever an unjust discrimination is made on
account of sex. If women fairly earn the
wages of men in the public schools. they
should receive them.