New-York tribune., 1875-01-26

desire that Mr.. Robeson may find some now
and more useful sphere of official labor.
The all-pervading corruption OF the over
thrown District of Columbia Government IL
pretty well understood by this Tune; put
letter printed on our fourth page to-day makes
some new and interesting disclosures as 10
the methods of the Ring robbers.
The iury laws are no respecters Of persons,
and even Rufus Hatch has to pay penalty for
refusing to do jury duty. Not content with
disregarding the summons of tho court, Mr.
Hatch lately INDUCED in violent language to-
ward the messenger of the law. whereupon he
has been called upon to pay S5O,OOO for libel
In the Pacific Mail Investigation yesterday
Col. Irwin chatted very freely about the men
who handled the corruption fund and explained
the services which many of them rendered or
were expected to render. 1t seems that MIR.
Schumacher was retained for his prophetic
"pOwer." This batch of testimony is enter
tanning, but brings us no nearer the great OBJ
ject of the iDquiry-the part played by mem
bers of Congress in the corruption business
The Alabama Outrage Committee bit upon
n pood idea in summOning one Of our special
correspondents to enlighten them as to the
subject of their investigation. The corre-
spondent before them yesterday travelled all
through Alabama during the campaign pre-
ceding the November election, ana the Com
mittee will find in his letters, printed In IHE
TaIBUNE, a great deal of interesting and I'M
portant information. No fuller or fairer state
ment of the incidents of that campaign is
accessible.
II there are any who doubt the efficiency Of
Young Mems Christian Associations as means
of practical benevOlence, their best answer
will be found in tho report of the Secretary
of the New-York Association read at the
annual meeting last night. This Association
may well be proud of its record of situations
found for the unemployed; of meals given
gratuitously to the penniless; of relief afforded
the sick poor; of minor charities OF many
kinds; and all this in addition to what 1t has
done for the improvement of the physical,
mental, and spiritual condition of young men.
The most notable feature OF the annual
meeting held last night was the interesting
address of Vice President Wilson.
| King Caucus has received another severe
| blow, this time in the very house OF bis
! friends. The whole strength of the carpet
/ baggers and jObbers on the Republican side
| of the House of Representatives. was enlisted
| in support of the measure defeated yesterday
! by union Of the Democrats and few indie
pendent Republicans. We mean the rcsOlu-
ton designed to enable the Administration
party to push new reconstruction bills through
Congress in defiance OF the rights Of the
minority and of the views of a great majority
of the people of the United States as ex-
pressed Mt the polls in the late elections. The
door thus opened, all manner of jobs would
have had an easy passage in the few remain
ing weeks of the session. 1t is to be hoped
that the Republicans who arrayed themselves
against the "bummers of their party in this
matter will have the courage and consistency
to occupy the same position when tle same
objects arc attempted, as they assuredly will
be, by different means.
The documents relating to Louisiana affairs,
submitted TO Congress by the President yes
terday, embrace some so important that in-
quiries naturally arise as TO the reason of
their being so long withheld from the Legis
ative Department of the Government. We
have here an army officer of high rank max
ing substantially the same report as the Foster
Committee, but in language even stronger
than theirs. Gen. Morrow, who is highly COM
mended by Gems. Sherman and Emory, and
whose conclusions seem to receive at least a
quasi Endorsement from them, reports after
carefulinvestigation that the people of Louisiana
are well disposed toward the National Govern
ment, and have sincere desire to live quietly
under the Constitution of the United S6ates,
and that their dissatisfaction is with the State
Government alone-a Government which lie
says has not the support of the people, and
cOuld not stand single hour without the
protection of Federal troops In for
warding this report Gen. Emory makes
some recommendations which appear
to have been unheedcd and Gen. Sherman's
modest statement that he has an opinion on
the subject apparently elected no call from
the President for it. I'm the face Of these
documents Gen. Emory was OverslaugLcd and
Gen. Sherman was slighted, in order that Gen.
Sheridan might be sent to New-Orleans.
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