New-York tribune., 1874-11-21

pressing it as soon as he saw it in print.
Even the urgent pressure of Senator Clayton
is not likely to move the Administration to
come to the relief of Smith of Arkansas, who
wishes to be considered its Governor. Mr..
Smiths followers are too few; fact which
even Judge Poland recognizes, and nothing
serious need be expected from them If the
claims of their aspirant are postponed till
Congress meets.
The repairs of the Capitol and the improve
ments in its surroundings must have meian'
choly interest for many Congressman, whose
time to enjoy these advantages VIII DO 80
brief. The early assemblage of Senators ana
Members at Washington, involving the PROD
able sacrifice of their family Thanksgiving
reunions indicates the expectation of a great
deal of business in the short session.
| II seems that missionaries from America
have not been excepted from the outrages
committed on Christians in the Turkish domin-
| ions. The promise of full satisfaction, which
has been made by the Grand Vizier, has
reassuring tone about it. But when we take
into account the difficulty which some Euro
pean powers have recently had in procuring
| the fulfllment of similar promises, the state
| of affairs appears less hopeful
The Reformed Episcopal Church has re-
ceived an important accession. The Rev. Dr.
Nicholson, Rector of Trinity. the oldest and
wealthiest of Episcopal churches in Newark,
announces his adhesion to the new movement.
He has long been regarded as leader III low
church views in New-Jersey, and was noted
for his opposition to ritualstic practices. His
letter of resignation gives his reasons for the
change: the field of his new labOrs will be IN
| Philadelphia.
| The story which yesterday afternoon repre-
sented Mayor Havemeyer, Gov. DIX, Con-
troller Green, and Mr.. TIlden in terrible
conspiracy to remove all the present heads or
departments and appoint new men who should
be obnoxious to Mayor Wickham, is hardly
worth the elaborate denial given it else
where. But as Mayor Havemeyer has come
to be thought capable of any absurdity In
municipal rule, it is possibly worth while to
assure the public that he is not clean daft.
| Hester and Beach, United States Special
Agents and outrage manufacturers, have re-
turned from Alabama, leaving their work
unfinished. The State has lost its interest for
them since the election. and the subsequent
proceedings of people whom they have thrown
into prison and subjected to other annOyances
are likely to prove embarrassing; and In
| Hester's case the memory of Mobile citizens
| respecting his adventures in the Confederate
navy and the sudden death of one OF his ship
mates must be especially disagreeable.
In the broad field of the Safe Burglary case
the defense have wandered around to such an
| extraordinary point of view that the counsel
announces to the jury that Mr.. Alexander was
himself principally to blame for the "put-up
"jobn but owes debt of gratitude to Har-
ringtOn for exposing it. There is not much
room left for surprises in this case, but per-
haps before its conclusion we shall have
somebody proposing to put Judge Humphreys
under arrest. and give civic banquet and
| laurel wreaths to the cOnspirators.
The several suspensions yesterday among
produce dealers cannot be considered as actual
failures with heavy losses to creditors. In
ability to meet engagements, owing to the
dullness of trade, complications arising from sus-
pensions of others during the panic year ago,
occasioned most of the suspensions now re-
ported. In the majority of cases it is to be
hoped that time and the fOrbearance of cred
itors will enable the crippled firms to continue
| and recover.
Joy and hope reign supreme in Alabama
| since the election, and our correspondence re-
lates many incidents that show how great is
the Improvement expected with a riddance of
carpet-bag rule. Already land is valued at
| higher prices, and measures have been taken
| to render personal property more secure. In
fact the only danger seems to be that the
people will hope for too much from the polit-
| ical changes, forgetting chow small, of all
that human hearts endure, the part that
kings or laws can cause or cure"
| Brooklyn, it seems, is responsible not only
| for the unsavory scandals, political and other
wise, which are daily waited to our MetrOpOl-
itan ears but also for the ill-smelling odOrs
which offend Murray HILL Our Board of
Health has informed the Brooklyn sanitary
guardians of their offense in this way, and it
is hoped that at least some of our neighbOr-
ing nuisances may be abolished. AS for the
others,-well, we do not despair of their
eventual abatement, for decency and honesty
must prevail some day.
Mr.. Beecler's counsel have decided to ap-
peal from the decision of the General Term Of
the Brooklyn City Court denying the applica-
ton for particulars of what Mr.. TiltOn means
to prove. This will delay the trial of the
civil suit against Beecher for some months at
least Meantime MoultOn's suit in the United
States Court may come up, but the disposition
to pettifog that, too, will doubtless soon be-