New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-24

| the State Convention to SEQ to 1t that OPPOSE
| ton to third term is expressed In the plat
| FORM This looks like business.
Appropriate to the historical reading of these
| Centennial days, is q version OF Benedict Ar
nold's treason and Andres fatal mission, from
Sir Henry Clintons point of view, which we
print to-day. 1t seems that Sir Henry was in
dignant with the treatment given by an Amer
lean historian to the subject, and hence deter
mined to tell the story himself. Aside from
its value as an historical relic, this essay is Of
interest as showing how widely different from
ours was the view taken of Revolutionary oc-
currences by our adversaries.
| The dispatches respecting the forest fires in
| Pennsylvania contain at least one pleasant an
nouncement. A rain storm has put them out.
| We can now sum up the disasters, and perhaps
reckon them by dollars, but the suffering that
| they entail We shall not hear much about. Let
those of us who have the means to relieve the
Door people who have lost everything except
their lives, hasten to afford succOr No doubt
their friends and neighbOrs will do what they
can to help but there must he much distress
for which prompt relief is needed.
To-day, our Philadelphia letter describes the
adjournment of the meeting of the United
States Centennial Commission after calling
the roll of States, from nearly every one OF
which good progress was reported. While the
chief supporters of the Centennial movement
were adiourning in Philadelphia, large meet
| ing was organizing in this city to forward the
cause and many of our distinguished citizens
were entering heartily into the work. Details
of the meeting and abstracts of the speeches
of Mr.. Evarts, Judge Van Colt, and others are
given in our local columns.
The official announcement that the Anderson
School of Natural History at Penikese will not
be opened this season cannot be called unex-
pected. The enterprise received blow IN the
death of its great founder, Prof. Agassiz, from
which. as it was not yet fairly established, 1t
could not have been expected Immediately to
recover There were indeed hopes that
under the management of MIR. Alexander
Agassiz. its objects might have been carried
out, but the proposal that the pupils should
contribute largely to the expense OF the school
seems to have been an unfortunate one. In
deed it should scarcely have been supposed
that the students would have been able to meet
such demand, as they were mostly teachers
in public and high schools, to whom Summer
board is at best costly luxury.
In orr Washington dispatches there will be
found many indications of the lack OF faith
of Our Indian visitors III the Ring that sur
rounds them. They get very little chance to
say ANYTHING, but what they do say seems very
much to the purpose. In the face OF their
straightforward statements as to the dishonesty
of Indian agents, the dcnials and evasl0ns That
we have had seem of Us doubtful quality as
the stuff dealt out for annuitics. 1t Is
not at all astonishing after their expe-
rience of Agency provisions, that Rcd
Cloud, Spotted Tail, American Horse, and
four other chiefs have left the hotel which
the Indian Commissioner had chosen for them,
and without regard to his wishes gone to
another. We trust that this unprecedented
endeayor to select their ratiOns to suit them
selves will not be regarded in high quarters as
caSuS JcW
The doubt whereof we hear from Elmira, as
to which of the Erie creditors should be PAD
frst-those along the line who have furnished
labor and supplies or the English bondholders
Il
who took the last issue of bonds under he
peculiar circumstances so vigorously narrated
bv President Jewett-is one which ought not to
cause much hesitation. On the lowest ground
of mere policy the Erie road cannot afford to
stir ND enmities all along its line by discrim-
mating against the men who operate it in
the payment of just debts long since
due, in favor of the payment of interest due
to recent purchasers of bonds OF extortionate
rates and under circumstances of doubtful
regularity The affairs of this unfortunate
Company are evidently approaching crisis,
and if its bankruptcy is really imminent, the
respectable officers would find it generally
considered very discreditable ending OF their
career to leave the line of the road covered
with multitude of small unpaid claims from
laborcrs and dealers in supplies.