New-York tribune., 1873-06-30
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49, NO oro boVinc AZ severe weather as last
.an =. ,hio time Our record OF sunsuoke1t
!. - length, and the discomfort OF
80. s,roI,crs has been great. Last summer
~ .b,s period. the thermometer ranged as
I;Dh "a qSO. probabilities promises ram
and there are comforting indications Oh the iui-
6Ilment of this expectation
Tho latest copies of the report OF the 70
loris examination, published by the Navy DC
partment, contain corrected transcript OF
| Sergeant Meyers map, In which ouInher
"Headland" appears under its proper name' as
] Il was baptized by Capt. Hall. 1t was no
doubt by mistake that the name OF summer
was given to this cape in the early copies Oh
| tbe report. and we cheerfully bear witness TO
the promptness of the Department in correct
ing what seemed like an act of injustice to a
nolitical opponent. We should add that the
| correction has been made in the text OF the
! Secretary's report rs well as IN the map
| Latest cable dispatches confirm the report
of the occupation of Khiva by the Russian
troops. The campaign has been short one
having been begun last March; ana IL
terminates two or three months sooner thail
the besiegers expected. 1t now remains 10 DO
seen if the Russians will keep their promise
to make only temporary stay at the capital
| They have fulfilled their threat to chastlse the
Khan and if they have no more serious designs
they must consider their mission practically
ended. The map of the seat of war and an
accompanying elucidatiOn of the whole diih-
entity. printed on the first page of THE TRIB-
TINE to-day, will materially assist the reader
to a complete understanding OF the situation
in Central Asia.
The crisis in Spain continues, and the stu
alton grows moro grave. The ri Margall
Cabinet has lasted no longer than any OF It's
immediate predecessors. Threatened by the
| extreme Left, what is called a compromise
Cabinet has been nominated, but not con-
frmed The clements of this new comblna-
ton are composite in character, and do moi
promise unity or permanence. This critical
} condition of affairs with the prolonged un'
certainty of the struggle in the North, natu
rally creates great excitement In Madrid, wher'
it has been found necessary to surround the
Palace of tho COrtes with guards" 1t cannot
be denied that the crisis is one OF Imminent
danger to peace and order.
The latest outgiving of the Civil Service
' Board intimates that it will be deemed here
after an act of impertinence for any Member
- of Congress to recommend candidates for
office. unless his opinion has been previously
asked This is the right principle. We have
ALWAYS said that Civil Service Reform consists
less in the improvement of the character and
ability of oflicehOlders than in breaking
down the system Of patronage which has done
so much to corrupt the profession of politics
and disarrange the machinery of administra-
ton. Keep legislators to their proper business
of making laws and executive officers to their
proper business of enforcing then, and we
shall get along well enough. Moro than half
our troubles come from the cOnfOunding of
the two functions.
Mr.. Joseph Brooks, who contests the right
of Mr.. Baxter to be Governor of Arkansas,
has made another appeal to the people of his
State This time his speech seems to have
been fervid and passionate He says he was
fairly elected by $4,000 or $1,000 majority /;
and that if the decision in his case, now pend
ing in the courts, is in his favor he will have
the Office cor death" The bitter contempt
which Mr.. Brooks pours upon the Baxter ad-
ministration has nothing whatever to do with
the merits of the case. Gov. Baxter is not On
trial his right to the GOvernorship may be.
1t is quite certain that the Clayton Ring
counted Baxter into Office by the most out
rageOus frauds. The Legislature, however,
gave him the certificate of election; and it is
stOuty maintained that tho courts cannot go
behind the action of that body. Mr.. Brooks
is determined to push matters in that direc-
ton. 1t is not easy to see how tho courts