New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-14

is not difficult to believe Mr. Ropes docs not
exaggerate.
The letter OF our London correspondent
published on the second page Of to-day's ISSUE
contains a list Of twenty bodies or classes
which desired to obtain adhesion 10 tneH
principles by the electors IN Great britain.
In largo number of cases, especially IN that
of the Licensed Victualers' league, these
bodies exercised an influence hostile to tho
Government. When we reflect that the
Radicals. who have hitherto been counted
among Mr.. Gladstone's followers. had ap-
parently resolved to act Independently OF the
wishes of the Government, we should not be
SO much astonished that there is a Conserva-
tive majority, as that the majority is not mucn
greater.
The National Grange has finally adjourned.
Its work. as far ~ made public, was useful
and of considerable value to the organization;
it has given the whole country better idea
of its workings and aims. One of the last acts
of the Convention was to exclude the Boston
Grange from the association; this Grange had
been organized by men engaged in active
business pursuits in Boston and vicinity. IL
| is urged on one side that they are merchants
and middlemen ; on the other side 1t Ii claimed
that they are also " interested In agriculture
as that phrase is meant in the constitution OF
the order. The National Grange dooidos' IN
effect that its members must be actively ana
not incidentally interested in The tllling Oh tile
soil
Mayor Hunter has declined to hastily sign
warrants for the payment by the City OF
Brooklyn for improvements in the town OF
Flatbush, and says he doesn't mean to do so
until convinced that Che assessment is legal.
Mayor Hunter may be proved wrong in the
end, and Lmay have to sign tho warrants
against his present convictions. but tho vigil
| lance he displays in examining bills before
| paying them will increase public confidence In
him, and probably help to lessen very consider
| ably the public expenses Of his city. His action
| in this instance is in encouraging contrast 10
| that of the Controller, who signed the war
rants with hardly question as to the legality
of O very enormous and doubtful claim.
Brooklyn has great need Of a few officials
who are disposed. like the Mayor, to go slowly
This year, tho Indians have taken time by
the forelock with their usual "annual scare"
The season for their yearly warlike demon
stration is the Summer; but tho Sioux who
rove over the section Of country lying between
the forks of the Platte are in arms. Several
murders have been committed in the vicinity
of Scotts Bluffs, north of Cheyenne and south
of the North Platte. Gen. Sherman issues an
order which has in it much of his usual yigor
and heat He thinks this is the time to strike
the Sioux, as their ponies are poor and the
game scarce. Dispatches show that the
Indians are resolute and daring. Other ac-
counts say that they are starving. Major
Dudley, in late report, says that the Sioux
near Sidney Barracks were leaving their res
ervations because they had nothing to eat
If it should turn out that the Indians had
been cheated of their provisions by rascaly
agents, nobody would be surprised But we
should have can Indian war" just the same