New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-06-05

Of fervent promise without high fulfillment
they are late in the field as opponents Vi
what is known as secret societies. .
Assistant. Secretary Sawyer has actually re-
scnod He il the last-so far as knOwn-Of
what the President calls the Sanborn men,
Unlike Mr.. Richardson, Mr.. Sawyer mas oeen
garrulous, positive, and self-assertins' ohi'no
Mr.. Banfeld, too, he has evaded all RESPONSE
bility. and has pleaded "not guilty WIN
wearisome iteration. Some natural compass
sion went after Mr.. Richardson when he ieit;
some doubt followed Mr.. Banfield out OF the
Treasury. But Mr.. Sawyer goes without re-
gret behind him, unless some impatient per
son SORROWS that he went no sooner.
The famous Bank of England forgery,
which startled foreign capitalists year ago.
had remarkable parallel in the vast scheme
nv which American merchants and bankers
were duped few months afterward Inc
Fnplish forgers have been hunted down anu
convicted. but the course of justice on
this side of the ocean has been slow
and unsatisfactory. The confession which
Olmstead, the engraver, made yesterday, OH
the trial of one of the accused forgers, was
startling one and put the defense on thelr
mettle to break its force by rigorous cross
examination.
Gen. Butler, il must be acknowledged, has
been more candid in his opposition to civil
Service Reform than many Congressman VINO
are the enemies of that branch Ofthe present
| sbifty pretense at reformation. He does not
hesitate to say that he believes this whole
| movement a fraud. He is now reported to
have opposed in Committee the appropriation
of $4,000 for the further work of the Com
mission. declaring that it is a sham. There
are many opinions as to the ACCESSIBILITY or
continuing the so-called reform. There is Dut
one opinion concerning the honesty or Con
gressmen who make speeches in favor OF the
reform and stab it secretly under the fifth I'D
The coopers' strike has been marked py
two tragical episodes. One of the strikers was
attacked by his frenzied wife after she had
urged him to go to work In spite OF the
trades-union, and in moment his three
children were crushed to death. A gang OF
Society men, after ridlculing, insulting, and
threatening quiet cooper who did not be-
long to the Union, followed him into a
| Brooklyn street car, where one OF them
attacked him with belayng-pin, until, in
self-detense, he shot down his assailant. The
trade movements this season have been such
stupid blunders that no one can have patience
with such an outrage as this.
The letter from our London correspondent,
giving an account of the last days of the Car
in England, refers to an incident which is
particularly noteworthy. Queen Victoria, with
a fine indifference to the proprieties of the
occasion, left her guest, the Car, to
his own devices the day before his
departure from England and proceeded
to BalmOral 1t would be charitable to sup.
pose that high interests of state required that
an especial degree of GOODNESS, almost amount
ing to incivilty, be displayed toward the Car.
yet the magniticence of the reception which
had already been accorded HIM prevents us
from placing any great faith in this theory.
The royalists in the French Assembly are
again doing a dirty kind of work which
chiefly serves the purposes OF the BOnapart-
lists. The intelligence which we publish TO-
| day from Paris shows that, by large major
ity, the Electoral bill has been passed to its
second reading. The Extreme Right has ap-
parently been so much startled at its show of
energy in assisting the Republicans to drive
the Duke de Broglie from Office. that it has
suffered itself to fall back into its former
position of promoting the cause of the Bona
partists by depressing the Republicans. The
Right Center, moreover, has adopted a pro-
gramme which dissipates prospect of union
with the Left Center. Thus the stigma
which ex-President Theirs cast upon the
Duke de Broglie may, with a great deal of
aptitude be applied to the rOvalists of both