New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-06-27

the Secret service DuTtaus vuV w. ""A''
the head of this bureau, protests his innocence
and demands full investigation. 1t Is en-
couraging to know that Secretary Bristow Is
determined to go to the bottom of the whole
business, aud punish the conspirators. Inc
present aspect of the case is decidedly unfa-
yorable to. Col. Whitley and his Secret Service
Bureau.
We print this morning on our third page
the last of that series of graphic and enter
tanning letters in which Mr.. Bayard Taylor
has given his Impressions of Egypt revisited
after many years. Those who have followed
this keen observer through his later visit
have gained new views of the wonderful
changes brought about in that land OF mar
wells by the energy and progressive spirit OF
one man. 1t will be an event without prece-
dent in history if the ruler of Egypt Is
able to raise his people to a higher plane OF
civilization and whether he succeeds or fails,
Ismail Pasha has already established his place
among those who richly deserve the respect
and gratitude of mankind.
The demand for heroic remedies to improve
the financial condition of Cuba has become
familiar to those who have read the kilograms
from that Island within the last six or seven
months. The intelligence which we publish
this morning, however, marks new point on
the road to bankruptcy where new and oner-
GUS taxes are about to be imposed on the
suffering community. What is to be the par
ticuar character of these taxes is not of much
account. Under the present system of mis-
management, they are almost certain to be
merely of temporary benefit to the country.
There is no great reason to expect that the
rise in the price of gold and exchange will be
checked, and it is not unlikely that there will
even be clamor for reputation.
1t seems great pity that Mr.. James Nc
Kenna should have got 80 hopelessiy and
helplessy drunk the other evening, or that
being about to get drunk he shou d have gone
about 1t with $1,000 in his pOcket,swhen he
could have done it successfully with half the
money, or that having succeeded in getting
drunk he did not find some less public lodging
place than doorstep on Eighth-ave., or that
having been awakened once and found his
money safe he did not 60 home, or that he
did not keep wide enough awake to catch the
Policeman Shaw ransacking his pockets. He
The consequence is Policeman Shaw is on
trial for robbng him. And yet it seems hard that
well-meaning citizen cannot get drunk and
lie round on door-steps all night with $4,000
in his pocket without being robbed.
If there were any political oblivion for
British Peer the Marquis of Salisbury would
have been consigned to it long ago. Mr.. Dis
raeli, the Earl of Derby, and most of the re-
naming Conservatives in England, have ex-
perienced the necessity of following the liberal
tendencies of the country. The Marquis of
Salisbury however, has for many years been
engaged in the thankless task of attempting
to stem current which it would be absurd
to imagine within his control. In his OppOsi-
ton to the Public Worship Regulation bill, he
seems to believe that the most serious charge
that could be brought against the measure is
that it is step in the direction of a separa-
ton of Church and State. He may possibly
be spared in his old age the cOnsummation of
that aim but it is very likely to come in the
time of some of his younger party associates.
IT appears upon examination of the bills
passed by Congress at its late session that an
act embOdyng the provision which Senators
CARPENTER and Conkling were so anxious to
have passed concerning the law of libel and
the jurisdiction of the District courts was
actually passed, the effect of it probably not
being understood at the time OF its passage.
The bill referred to was reported by MIR.
Poland, from the House Judiciary Committee,
and extends the provisions of the Judiciary
act of 1889 to courts created by act OF Con-
gress in the District of Columbia. This con-
fers jurisdiction of criminal libel upon these
courts, and gives the power to arrest parties
charged with libel anywhere, and take them
to Washington for trial. All of which, we
presume, will have not a feathers weight
upon the press of the country in criticising
Members of Congress-
All prospects seem fair for Harvard in the
coming race. Five out of the six oarsmen
have had the benefit of previous experience.
Already the form and style of the crew are
noteworthy, and compel the admiration of
expert observers. Last years race has not
been without its lessons, and an improvement
in the stroke has been successfully introduced.
With knowledge, experience, and skill, they
have also the fortunate selection of men in
admirable physical condition, and there is no
reason to fear that carelessness on the one hand
or undue severity on the other will, in the
process of training, unfit them for the final
effort Whatever may be the result in this
contest, it is evident that Harvard proposes to
make business of boating, and the prepare
tons on the Charles River described by our
correspondent are designed to make aquatic
sports more than ever feature of the Uni
versity.