New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-16

the Vice President to make any explanation.
Il is his Judgment, not his patriotism or his
sincerity, that has been so generally ques-
toned.
In Difference to small but factious body OF
Imperialists President MacMahon used his
influence against the admission of the Duke
d'Audiffret- PasQuier into the coalition CABINET
The President has now received we'll
merited rcbuke for his conduct from the
Assembly, which has chosen the Duke
d'Audiffret- Pasquier as its presiding officer by
a very large majority.
New-Orleans and Richmond were almost
equally noted in times past for fighting editors
That the spirit of pugilistic Journalism has
deserted neither is shown by the Warmoth
and Byerly affair in New Orleans few months
ego. and by the ARRAY which took place in
Richmond yesterday between editor Cowardin
and legislator Fulkerson. Happily, IN this
last case there was no political difference and
no shedding of blood.
That IS somewhat startling statement,
made in Germany, regarding the liability 10
seizure of goods sent to the Philadelphia In
hbtion in case the enterprise should become
| bankrupt. To the popular mind this IS an eA-
traordinary theory. AS it is calculated to cast
CONSERVATION among timd people here In
America as well as abroad, the managers
would do well to explain their view OF the
case.
Mr.. Jackson S. Schultz seems to have been
one of the first to bring the charge of black
mailing squarely against Mr. TiltOn. His
grounds for it appear at great length in the
curious narrative to be found in today's tes-
timony. The lawyers tangled Mr.. Schultz up
pretty badly, but there seems to be no doubt
as to the general correctness of his recOllec-
ton and his obvious desire to tell the truth
as he understood it. Mr.. Schultz, however, is
more remarkable for energy of statement and
action than for clearness of perception.
From the only survivor of the wreck of the
! Giovanni comes story of neglect and -lgno-
rance on the part OF the members OF the Coast
| Life Saving Service stationed on Cape Cod,
which would appear to shift upon them the
responsibility for the loss of the crew of that
vessel The Government carefully supplied
| directions for the use of the life-saving appa-
ratus, but placed men in charge of the sta
ton who seemed incompetent to carry them
out. 1t is stated that appointments to the
service have been made q political reward,
and that the service has thus become filed with
inexperienced men, who fail to keep up the
supply of equipments and who are too Igno-
rant of their use.
The official history of the negotiations be-
tween the United States and Spanish Govern
ments in reference to indemnity for the
murder of the American citizens captured on
| the YirginiGs is presented in our Washington
dispatches. The terms of the final agreement
are honorable to Spain and must be per-
| fectly satisfactory to our own Gov
ernment and people. The amount to
be paid to the United States is eighty thou
sand dollars in gold. the money to be dis
without any accountability to Spain for sums
not claimed. The British Government OBJ
tanned six thousand seven hundred pounds, or
one thousand pounds less than was
demanded, with the express stipulation
that if any of the heirs Of the British
subjects who wero killed should fail to claim
their share Of the indemnity fund, the
amount to which they are entitled should be
returned to the Spanish Government. The
British case was settled ON the basis of five
hundred pounds for each white man
and three hundred pounds for each
colored man who was killed whereas in
our case there was no distinction on account
of color, the claim and agreement being based
on presumed award of twenty-five hundred
dollars for each man Of the crew slain, and q
larger but unnamed sum for each officer slain.
The correspondence shows that the negotia-
tons were conducted with proper dignity and
frmness by the United States Government,
and it reflects credit alike upon the State
Department and our representative at Madrid.
PATRONAGE
When Mr. William s. King made his ex-
traordnary demand upon the President and the