New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-12
DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY SHEET

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which are believed to have any chance what
ever of winning the prize. -1r
II would seem from the speech of the Hon.
w. ID. Kelley, at Youngstown, Ohio, on Sat-
urday, that this distinguished speaker on
finance had taken the stump for the Demo-
cratic platform in that State. At all events
his speech will be accepted as great lift for
the Allen ticket.
Our Pittsburgh, Penn, letter shows another city
striving to extricate itself from the ruinous
state into which it has been plunged by the
rule of municipal Ring of the Tweed and
Shepherd pattern. The Pittsburgh voters gave
solemn warning to the leaders Of this Ring last
Fall, and it is to be hoped that they will have
the courage to complete the good work at the
next election.
At the Ocean Grove Camp me5fn22g on Sat
urday thee was some preaching OF KIND c'o
does not often hear in New-YoIk or its vi
cinity. The Rev. Mr.. Osborne of Georgia,
whose sermon is outlined on another page,
was the preacher. The Ocean Grove meeting
is gathering of believers in holiness and full
sanctifcation on earth, and it is marked by
many pcculiarities.
The statement that the Canal Commission
has ordered certain contractors to produce
their books, and means to enforce the
order is an indication that although the
Commission has been very quiet about its
work it is doing it well. There is no good
reason why an honest contractor should refuse
to obey such a requirement., and the Commits
sion is right in persisting in its demand.
In the trial now going on at Columbia,
South Carolina, exTreasurer Niles q. Parker
has an opportunity of proving that the Ring
of Carpet baggers who so long controlled
the finances of that State were not so black as
they have been painted. The evidence printed
to-day shows pretty clearly that 100000 in
coupons were stolen or illegally issued from
the treasury; it remains to be seen who was
the thief.
Some new causes for TIE victory of our rifle
team at DOllymOunt are added by the mails
Our men seized frequent opportunities for
practice the Irish only took few hours for
this purpose, the day before the match. After
the shooting at 900 yards began on the 29th
the sun came out: this was favorable to the
Americans, says The London Tines, because
the Irish are better used to cloudy
weather. Late dispatches state that the
Scotch team started for Wimbledon before our
rifemen reached Glasgow. This dispels the
hope of test of skill between the Americans
and the present holders of the ElchO shield, at
all events till after the British International
match.
Two notable educational associatOns-the
American Institute of instruction at PrOvi-
dence and the University COnvocatiOn at
Albany-have closed annual sessions of I'M
usual interest. The proceedings of each have
been reported in our columns, and their clos
ing exercises are described to-day on our
fourth page. One of the most interesting papers
read before the Institute. was that of Miss Anna
C.. Bracket of this city on "The Relation OF the
medical and Educational Professions" Of
which we give an abstract. In the University
Convocation Mr.. William Claiming Russell,
Vice President of Cornell University, delivered
an earnest and instructive address in eulOgy
of the late Ezra Cornell.
Again unfavorable reports so far as finding
gold is concerned, come to us from the Black
Hills. The correspondence which we print to-
day shows that while there may he gold there
in quantities that would pay for extraction
when capital and machinery are brought to
bear on large scale, even that is uncertain.
The "poOr miners paradise" where placer
diggings and hand washing are profitable is not
in any of the gulches which the expedition has
vet visited. The miners there have many ex-
plantations of their want of success up to the
present time. AS explanations they are plaus-
IDLE. But the fact remains that all the gold
hitherto found in the Black Hills is about
enough to make a tOOthpck apiece for the In
dian Ring.
Filling the Harlem Flats, or rather the
application of the Board of Health for an
appropriation of $4,000 for that purpose, is
made a special order of the Board of Estimate
and ApportiOnment to-day. The people OF this
city expect from the members of that Board
the exhibition of better spirit in regard to
this important matter than has been shown
by some of the Aldermen. The Mayor
on Saturday favored the plan of transferring
an unexpended balance of Health Department
appropriations, amounting to something over
500. 900, to the work of filing in the Flats.
Whether by the transfer of unexpended bal
ances or in what way you will. gentlemen of
the Board of Apportionment, the people of
New-York expect that this outrageous nuisance
at Harlem shall be abated, and abated effectu-
ally, and the quicker the means for it are fur
nished within due warrant of law, the better.
The statements of Capt. Mcdonald Of the