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period we have witnessed nothing but o dis
graceful succession of squabblings, chickering's
and bargains among the hybrid crowd that
treasury. The Mayor has sought to
make personal perquisite Of the city
government, and his appointments, where
they have not been controlled by political
trading, have been dictated by personal friend
ships or interests. The consequence is that
the chief magistrate Of the city. instead OF
standing up as the champion Of the law and
of the public interests, is found striving to
conceal beneath his official cloak the corrup-
tons and illegal practices Of his subordinates.
The Police Commissioners are not the only
heads of departments who have rendered
themselves amenable to the law. The prac-
tees in the Department of Charities and Cor
rection are of no doubtful character Sup
plies have been purchased in violation of law,
and the city has been defrauded in the prices
charged. A proper investigation would
prove irregularities against some of
the Commissioners as directly in
conflict with the law as those crimes which
nave tIhublcIIcO MI. lWeeO 70 one Oh Inc
institutions under control of tho department.
The Mayor is endeavoring to conceal these
grave offences and to mislead the people by
raising side issue as to the expenses of for
mer years, just as he is rumored to be
contemplating the championship of the
convicted Police Commissioners. We are
thus fast tending to state Of
anarchy or of official independence of all
the restrictions of law. It is about time for
Governor Dix to take these matters into con-
sideration and to calmly examine the situation
of affairs in the city. Any attempt on the
part Of the Mayor to uphold, justify or excuse
the convicted ex-Police Commissioners in
their defiance of the law should be promptly
checked by the Governor, if need be, by the
suspension of the Mayor. Such an outrage
would not only dangerously incense the
citizens, but would be directly calculated to
disorganize the Police Department and to
convert the force maintained for the protection
of the lives and property of the people into
lawless and lcentious rabble. Foolish. in
considerate and stubborn as the Mayor is, he
had better pause and reflect before he CON-
mits so serious an offence against propriety as
that which he is reported to be contemplating.
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n8ASmO ana RUSSIA IN tho 0esps
There are no more interesting questions at
this time than the commercial problems
springing out Of the rivalries of England and
Russia for the trade Of Central Asia Jealous
les have long existed between the two coun-
tries, the English being fearful Of losing their
commerce with India as the result Of Russian
aggression in Khokand, Khiva and Bokhara.
For years these jealousies have prompted the
English government to undertake many alb
surd measures in order to check the designs
of the Gar and prevent too near o contiguity
of Russian dominion to British India A
graphic picture of this peculiar diplomacy,
together with full account Of the CONNER
cial designs of Russia in the East, is afforded
in our London correspondence this morning
on the Eastern question. 1t is true this chap
ter treats not Of the cid Eastern question, once
30 familiar to everybody and yet SO FAR from
being understood by anybody, but Of that
newer question, which substitutes the railway
for the caravan and diverts the trade of
the East from its old and long established
channels into other and cheaper courses
nation, and though she may build railroads
into the very heart of the old civilization and
exert political dominion all the way from St
Petersburg to Samarcand, the people of other
nationalities will come in to share with the
subjects of the Gar whatever profit may be
made out of the trade with Central Asia.
Trade, like ideas, runs in channel of its own,
from viii ch it cannot be successfully diverted,
and it is becoming more and more the rule
that it distributes its blessings with an even
hand. England probably has nothing to fear
from Russia in the East, and at most she can
only lose her commercial supremacy in India.
This, 1t is true, is one of the most grievous
losses which could befall her but the English
cannot expect to be for all time the shop
keepers and traders for the rest of the world.
and in the next few years they will receive
heavy blows from the industry and traffic Of
both the West and the East
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Why General sherman Len Wash
inEtOn.

inStOn.
The letter of General Sherman to Secretary
Belknap, just published, dated from the
Headquarters of the Army at Washington,
August 1870 shows clearly the grievances of
his position which led him to remove to ST.
Louis. He complains that as General of the
Army he was interfered with by the Secretary
of War, and that in matters over which he
alone ought to have control, or at least over
which none but the President as the consti-
tutional Commander-in-Chief, should have
supervision. The letter, like everything from
the pen of General Sherman, is clear and
shows the difficulty that has long existed on
this question of divided authority. The
General, no doubt, felt that the interference
of the Secretary of War with what
he believes to be his proper duties
made it unpleasant and inconvenient to
have his headquarters in Washington
hence he got as far away from the War
Department as hc could to have his eye
over the army. After all St. Louis seems to be
the proper place for the headquarters of the
army. The letter of General Grant, written
in 1866. to Secretary Stanton Is in accord
with that of General Sherman. In fact it
may be said General Grant initiated the move
ment for having the powers of the General
of the Army defined and independent of the
Secretary of War. The difficulty has existed
too long, and Congress should at an early day
pass an act defining explicitly the functions
of the Secretary of War as regards the army,
and giving the General of the Army the full
power that is necessary tor the efficiency Of
the service
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THIRTEEN ILLICIT DIsTnLEEIEs have been
discovered in two counties in Georgia-Haber-
sham and Rabun. The United States revenue
officers. assisted by the deputy marshal,
seized the contents and destroyed them. II
we understand the despatch right there were
revenue officers connected with the fraud.
The officers acting for the government were
attacked, and an attempt was made to rescue
the offenders Evidently there are those in
Georgia who like cheap whiskey, and are not
particular as to how and where il may be
made. These extensive whiskey frauds carry
us back to the fourishing times of revenue
theft when Johnson was President. Let us
hope the operations Of the rascals have been
effectually arrested.
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SPAIN AND THE yRoINIUs 1T will be seen,
from our correspondence elsewhere pub
lished that it is believed in Madrid that Mr..
Gushing has really made demand for the
payment OF an indemnity by Spain to the fam
lies Of the unfortunate victims of the Sam
tago massacre. The fact confirmed from
washington, that Mr. Fish has made
such demand will add largely TO the
credit of his diplomacy. Recent publications
show that the English government has de-
clared that it will be satisfied with nothing
less than the payment of such an indemnity.
1t seems to us that the position held by the
American government is as strong as that of
the English, and we are glad that our State
Department will assert it. The belief here
tofore entertained of the failure Of our
government to assert it has given Eng
land influence in Spain that America is
far from possessing. and at the same time has
thrown Mr.. Fish open to cruel and, we are
confident, groundless suspicion that in some
way he is under peculiar influence OF the
Spanish government SO far as Cuba is con-
cerned.
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The Canadian Exodus

Some very patriotic Canadians desire to
stop the flow of emigration to the United
States. They are even anxious to coax those
Canadians who have expatriated themselves to-
return. Free passage home and grants Of
lands are proposed to prodigals to induce them
to return. The men who make these advances
belong to the class of poetic patriots who can
never be made to feel the influences of such
material blessings as liberty and prosperity on
the opinions of mankind. Patriotism is all
very well in its way, but to give it intensity
there must be outward antagonisms against
which whole race has fought for centuries.
Mere geographical expressions do not create
countries, and without the sentiment Of coun-
try there can be no patriotism. On this Con-
tinent there is but one country-America. All
the local subdivisions, whether named Canada
or New York. are but portions of one great
whole. BY an accident certain districts Of
America are called "Mexico'' and 1.-The Do
miniopj" bnt thesa ere mere geo.
graphical expressions, and viii, sooner
or later. be merged in the American ma
ton, growing up under the protection of the
Stars and Stripes. This fact ia felt by
the e1patriated Canadians. They know that
whether in New Orleans or New York, they
are as much at home as though they we're set
tied in the vicinity Of Quebec. They are
Americans, and wherever the American flag
waves they find their fatherland. The Con-
vention Of Canadians would have shown more
wisdom had they recognized this fact and
turned their meeting into an organization to
bring about the early entrance of Canada into
the Union, which will be the fulflment Of her
manifest destiny" The subject Of Canadian
secession from the government Of England to
the flag of the United States has assumed
degree of national importance in conse-
quence of remarks which IL ELECTED in the
English House of Commons yesterday. Pre-
mer Disrael defended the loyalty and citizen
honor of the people of the Dominion in words
of general application. He was in bad
humor with the press paragraphists, evil
IDENTIFY on account Of their endeavor to keep
the idea OF Canadian secession ahoat But
great ideas are not to be frowned down-a
fact which Mr. Disraei knows better, per-
haps, than any other man Of the present age.
CHURCH AND STATE IN GEBMASY.-A cable
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A COVENANT 1T is an interesting point
in this painful and loathsome Beecher affair
10 remember that Mr.. Tilton on one occasion
signed document in which he said:-
l. Theodore Tlton, do, OF my free will and friendly
spirit toward Henry {. Bowen and Henry ward
Beecher hereby covenant and agree that VIII
never again repeat by word OF mouth or other-
wise any Of the allegations or imputatlons or innu-
endOes contained In any letter hereuntO annexed.
or any other injurious imputati0ns or allegations
suggested by or growing out OF these; ana rhae l
will never again bring up or hint at any cause OF
dif1erence or ground OF complaint heretofore ex-
listing between the said Henry Q. Bowen and my
sell or the said Henry Ward Beecher.
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GOVERNOR DESsIsoN ACCEPTS the position
of Commissioner Of the District of Columbia,
and was promptly at the Treasury Department
yesterday, to make arrangements for the pay
ment of interest on the District bonds on
Thursday next. Full provision for the pay
ment, it is said, has been made. The other
Commissioner, Mr. Blow, is expected to-day
Looking at the respectable character OF Gov
ernor Dennison and his associate it is to be
hoped the affairs of the District will be
Strengthened out and thoroughly reformed.
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WE ARE GLAD TO LEARN from the World that
''the imperial presents of great beauty and
value which the German Emperor has be-
slowed upon Mr.. Bancroft, our Minister at
Berlin, will be forwarded to the Patent Office
at Washington. AS the World well observes,
the German Emperor has ''nany thousands of
admirers IN this country wko will look for
ward with pleasure and interest to the oppor-
tunity of examining in the Patent Office these
tributes of respect and appreciation"
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SPAN.-Further news confirms the victory
of the government forces in Spain over the
Carlists. But it seems that the veteran Mar
shall Concha has lost his life. The death Of
Concha will be moral blow to the cause of
Serrano. He had been for many years one of
the foremost men in Spain, and especially in
the policy of reaction and repression.
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Crem q ton Weather.

When the thermometer reaches the nineties
according to the Fahrenheit measurement
Manhattandom groans and perspires and
insists upon q record being made of each
daring raid made by the Clerk of the Weather
Yesterday this much abused individual went
far beyond his Legitimate limits and crossed
the line which separates New York summer
weather from that of the tropics. Staid bust
ness people in q melting mood almost COL
lapsed on reaching the vicinity of the HERALD
Office, where the thermometer at four o'clock
in the afternoon indicated 101 degrees in the
shade. The knowledge of such an exception
ally high state of temperature must neces-
sarily lead to serious thoughts. Every one is
obliged to succumb to some extent to this
semi-cremation on the part Of the weather.
and the main question is how to avoid oil
fatal consequences. It is notorious fact that
the undue indulgence in ice water during the
summer is fruitful source of half the danger
Gus diseases that prevail in this city from June
to September. Attention to the most ordinary
sanitary rules and avoidance of excess in eat
ing or drinking which in cooler weather may
not be Of such terrible results, vii! tend to i'm
munity from danger when the thermometer
INDUCES in such tropical extravagances.
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The CIoPs IN ALABAMA-The Alabama
papers agree that the crops this season will
be quite large The Montgomery advertiser
states that the prospects for grain of all kinds
were never better. and wherever harvested
.'the wheat has turned out splendidly Oats,
while not as good as expected still make
fine yield Throughout the State the corn is
good. From present appearances meal and
-four will be cheap enough next year"
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THE INDIANS Notwithstanding to our
news of this morning more trouble is threat
ened by the Indians. Two dead bodies have
been found--the bodies, evidently, of buffalo
hunters--not far from Adobe Walls. II is the
opinion of Colonel Brooke, now commanding
at Camp Supply, that the Kiowas and Co
manches are moving north 70 depredate on
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council at Fulda during the past week sent
conciliatory proposals to the government in
Berlin. 1t is to be hoped that the news is
true. and, also. that the imperial government
will be disposed to meet the offer Of the
prelates in o conciliatory spirit
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ANONYMOUS LETTERS The latest Brooklyn
scandal is in reference to the discovery of the
authorship of certain anonymous letters to
respectable citizens by leading member of a
Brooklyn church. The writer has been sex
communicated - but, as the Union we'll OBJ
serves, "too many families in this city to-day
are suffering from the effects of anonymous
and obscene letters to allow a guilty man,
when caught, to escape" There is no offence
against society SO grave as this. 1t is bad
enough when wounded vanity and mortified
disappointed ambition lead a man to distress
hundreds of thousands by the unnecessary pub
LEGATION of scandals that Cypress and weaken
the Christian heart; but when rufian, like
an assassin in the night, wounds and kills
reputation, and shrinks like coward from
the responsibility of the act, he sums up all
crimes in the one crime, and should be hunted
from society like a poisonous snake or dog
with the hydrophobia.
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From orr reports this morning The probabilities
are that The ,oedthey today aeiA be partly cloudy,
10Th local rains
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be severity as well as fair play
Cuba-The BEGINNING or tho End.
In the Eastern Department Of Cuba tho
Spaniards are preparing to abandon the small
towns Of the interior. They no longer imvs
the means of defending them from the enter.
prises Of the insurgents This rs confession
of incapacity to subdue the instruction which
authorities. If the proposed movement Of re-
treat be carried out it will hasten the end Of
the cruel war which has been waged now for
we'll nigh six years. During that time both
parties have stoutly disputed every inch Of
ground, the Spanish soldiers displaying ex-
traordinary tenacity. They are now. however.
weary Of ON aimless war, in which neither
glory nor profit can BIO gained Some few
chiefs manage to become rich. but for the
mass of the army there is little but privation
and wounds to be looked forward to. The
abandonment Of the interior would be great
advantage to the Cubans. It would enable
them to thoroughly organize their govern
ment and strengthen the Mambi colonies
which have been formed in the forests. Spain
is surely loosening her grasp. II would be
better for her own interests and those Of hu-
mainly if she could be induced to do so with
out further useless effusion of blood Even at
this late day Cuba would be willing to pay .
large indemnity as the price of her liberty.
The money could be used by the Republic In
putting down Carlism and restoring the Span
ish finances. It would be much wiser to a0-
cept this solution than to go Oh spending
blood and treasure in hopeless struggle.
PATCHED THoBoUGHFAREs. condition
of our thoroughfares at present, apart even
from all sanitary considerations, is sufficient
to create feeling Of disgust against our
present municipal authorities Avenues lead
ing to the Park have become pitfalls for those
who wish to indulge in driving, and we regret
to say that below Central Park there is not q
place where gentleman can trust horse
and wagon for the space of block. Tho
wooden pavements are simply frightful, and
the patching business which now prevails
makes matter worse. Seventh avenue may
be termed q series Of excavations, where no
one can drive without imminent danger of q
foundered horse and broken wagon. Sixth
avenue is no better. Fifth avenue is so in
vaded by building contractors that locomotion
becomes very disagreeable, and in Lexington
avenue, the only driving place left, ruts like
wells exist, and considerable care must DO
exercised even at walk We want driving
place to the Park sacred from the intrusions
of trucks and ice wagons. Persons owning
valuable horses and turnouts have now Sc
lected stables in the vicinity of Central Park.
What is the Department of Public Works
doing?
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If Mr.. BowLEs, the editor of the Springfield
Isepasbican, should become Member of Con-
gress in the place of Mr.. Dawes, as is now
proposed we shall probably have some inter-
esting debates between the independent
journalist and General Butler.
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The PRESIDENT RETURN TO WASHINGTON
will be the occasion for the transaction of a
great deal of business in the departments
which requires the action of the Executive.
Then General Grant will be ready for his
summer rest at his cottage BY the sea.
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Two THINGS on the subject Of hydrophobia
are repeated with some regularity by large
number of papers. One is that season makes
no difference in the occurrence of this disease,
and the other is that it is less frequent in the
summer than at any other time. For the lat
ter point writer's all refer, with somewhat
monotonous iteration, to statistics kept in
France-because these are the only ones kept.
These are cited as showing that the larger
number of cases occur in the spring months
and the fewest in the summer. Would it be
too much to require that gentlemen should
remember that we are not in France, and that
in the use Of the words spring and sum-
mer they are somewhat darkening counsel
With US the spring months are mostly
cold, but in France they have in the spring
months that very change Of season and
that Ant burst q fierce xsathsz that We have
in the SUMMER. Perhaps the same season has
the same consequences in the two countries,
though called spring in one and summer in
the other.
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CHURCH AND STATE IN GERMASY. cable
man Catholic bishops who assembled in
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ROMAN HIPPoDROME,
Madison avenue and Twenty sixth street GRAND
OF NATIONS at 1SO p. NJ. and
att r. NJ.
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the settlements on the line Of the Arkansas
River. Aftor this warming it win be the fault
of the government if the settlers suffer. In
all our dealings with the Indians there muss
be severity as well as fair play.
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COLOSSEUM,
Broadway, corner OF III rty NTH street-LONDON b
NfGHT, at 2. NJ. closes at I. NJ. Same att r. NJ.
closes at 10 r. NJ.
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CENTRAL PARK GARDEN,
Firy ninth street and seventh avenue-THOM CON-
CERT, at 5 r. NJ closes at 1880 +. M-
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MRS. CoNwAY's BROOKLYN THEATRE
THE SEVEN DwARFs, at 7. NJ. CLOSES at l0:45
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING

NIBLo's GARDEN,
Proadway between Prince and Houston streets-THE
TWO slSTsRS. OK, III + DEFoRMED, at /. NJ closes
al lo;s5 NJ Mr. Joseph Wheelock and Miss lone Burke
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THEATRE COMIQUE,
No 5l4 Broad way.-sAVED FROM THE WRECk; OR
woMANiS WILL, ut ?. NJ; closes at lJ:U p NJ. j. T.
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THE CRY BUDGET. Thanks to the firm
stand taken by Messrs. Vance and Wheeler in
the Board of Apportionment. the new city
budget has been finally cut down from
500, 100000 to less than $32, 600, 900. This
reduces the rate Of taxation from So 40 per
cent to 50 rs, although the greater part of the
reduction is not q saving to the tax
payers, but merely bridging over from
1874 to 1876. The good work accomplished
by Messrs. Vance and Wheeler reaches, how
ever, beyond this temporary tightening of the
heavy load of taxation. 1t insures greater
economy in all the departments in the future,
a more strict accountability on the part of all
city officials and reformation of many of
those abuses which have grown out Of our in
considerate and deceptive financial policy.
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TRIPLE S HE E 7.

New York, Tuesday, June 30, 1874.
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WOODS MUSEUM,
Broadway, OF fhirtieth street-THE SCOUTS OF
the PLAINS at z. VI. closes at 40 r. NJ Same at
NJ; closes at 1880 r. NJ. Buffalo Bill