New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-15
topic Of quarantine management; ana all o,
the subjects handled were OF real Vsiue anu
were judiciOusly treated.

the subjects handled were Of real value and
were judiciously treated.
The Tweed trial grows interesting. Iester-
day the story of the stolen vouchers came up
in Court with all the freshness OF q re
"vived" drama. Whatever taxpayers may
think of it, the lawyers in the case seem to
find il amusing, as daughter" duly punctu-
ates the reports.
On the second and third pages Of THE
TRIBUNE to-day are printed additional reports
of the condition of business in the city and
in some neighboring States. These confirm
the general impression that trade and manu-
features are improving, and that fears OF
Winter of great distress are passing away.
A Massachusetts letter, printed on the Sec
on3 page of The TRIBUNE, does not give
much comfort to those discouraged supporters
of the Administration who have turned to the
Bay State in this hour of their discontinue.
Boiling and general apathy have done their
perfect work, and both the great parties in
the State are in such highly demoralized
condition that good leadership is now more
| than ever wanted.
| Mr.. Robert Dale Owen, in pungent letter
which we publish on another page, shows our
Patent Office that belief in Spirituahsm does not
necessarily destroy the power of clear and torci-
blestatement. Many persons, who believe with
Mr.. Examiner Smith that the practice OF Spir-
itualism is generally injurious, will still hest
tate to admit his right, upon that. ground, to
refuse patent to an instrument designed to
v,svNVul aftn a
mediums"
In the Lamar imprisonment Tease yesterday
the Court directed the jury to find verdict
for the defendant on two bare questions OF
fact that Mr.. Dana did not knowingly con-
spire with Mr.. johnson to Cypress Mr.. Lamar;
and that he did not willfully assist In his
detention at Washington; these facts Delhg
proved by the defendants own testimony.
| The jury went out and stayed so long that
| the Judge sent for them and repeated his
order, and after some unavaiing protest from
Juror, who asked "if no was Donentty,"
| they found as directed, and the case 10 to be
appealed to the Supreme Court.
! The panic which began in Wall Street sifted
out the men who were doing business on
nothing at ALL and now there are some signs
of an attempted revenge by Disguised opera
ators. The singular suit begun by one OF
these against Daniel Drew. elsewhere referred
| to, is one of these endeavors TO get even.
| The complainant charges the veteran Drew
with seducng him into buying stock which
he Drew was quietly unloading" to use
the technical term of the Street The morals
of Wall Street have never been quoted above
par; this suit is only an accidental revelation
of what lies under the surface of things.
The list of suits against New-YOrk mer-
chants which has been compromised by the Gus
tom-house officials, published on our fourth
mage this morning, will surprise many unfa-
miliar with the extent to which smuggling and
differentiation of imports are carried at this
port. 1t will also furnish striking argument
against the system which makes the compromise
with crime and its cOncealment possible. Ii we
give the INSCRIPTIONS merchants to under
stand that In case of detection they Will not
only be mulcted in damages but exposed to
the public and their customers and rivals In
| trade, there will be less Of smuggling than
heretofore.
The frenzied excitement Of the Spaniards at
Santiago shows no abatement as yet. The
slaughter of fifty-three victims has not satiated
those feelings of bloodthirsty hate inspired by
the sight of ship-load of prisoners. The trials
have gone steadily on in spite of the orders
from Spain and the threats from Washington.
Only eighteen out of some one hundred and sixty
| five escape the sentence of death. Only four
OF five are set at liberty. The Peninsulars are
doing the work their victims could never have
accomplished. Their muskets are ringing the
| death knel of Spanish power in America
| The end is certainly not inconsistent with the
beginning. They conquered this continent
with fire and sword. They will lose the last
inch of ground they possess in the Western
| hemisphere through an injudiciOus indulgence