New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-18

| the Educational system In France. Out ~ 10
difficult to understand how any Improvement
in the universities can be made by subjectng
them to clerical influences. If tho Education
| bill which has just passed the Assembly mas
any advantages, the amendment mentioned In
our telegram con hardly be included among
| them.
The National Board of Trade, by heavy
vote, adopted yesterday very sensible reso-
luton on the subject of national finances. IL Is
indeed well that day has been named for
the resumption of specie payment, but nothing
will come of such purpose unless something
is done towards accomplishing it. AS the Board
truly say, "no we'll considered methods have
been adopted for the execution OF that
measure"
The address of Prof Charles Davies. one of
the oldest graduates of West Point, before Its
Alumni yesterday, occupies middle ground be-
tween our reports of the Bunker Hill centen-
NAL and college commandments. Among the
latter we record that of the University of the
CITY of New York, Chancellor Crosby making
the parting speech to the graduates; and OF
Cornell University, which gave opportunity for
the formal presentation to that institution OF
the Sage College for Women; the college and
chapel, built and paid for. being mllniticent
gift from Mr.. Henry W. Sage.
On their way to Boston our Seventh Regl-
ment met salutes all along the line. beginning
with the vessels in our harbOr and ending at
the Old Colony Depot. In the Centennial
procession they occupied the right Of the line
of the visiting militia. and were fortunate in
attracting the attention and approval OF Gen.
Sherman, by their soldierly bearing and the
precision of their mancuveTs. The Seventh
has been New Ork's pet regiment for many
years, and despite the unquestionable excel
lence of several other commands seems likely
| to hold prominence for some years to come.
| Commissioner of Accounts Lindsay j. Howe,
in response to resolution OF "tbe Honorable
" the Board of Aldermen" reports that Con-
| trOller Green, as President and Treasurer OF
| the Park Commission, received for his services
from April Is, 1859, to April 20, 1870, in
Guiding travelling expenses, the sum OF SlO1,-
O9S 81. We assume that the computation is
correct and that Mr.. Green earned what was
paid him. A more serious charge against Mr..
Green, in connection with the parks, has been
sometimes raised by some of his successors.
| 1t is to the effect that he wants to he Park
| Commissioner still as well as Controller, and
that he understands the duties of the last
Office to include a pretty effective control OF
| the patronage Of the parks.
Brooklyn courts have two sensational cases,
aside from the more permanent scandal suit
Mrs. Merrigan is again on trial for the murder
IL. r. tI.<
case either on the theory of the prosecution
or the defense, being of the most perplcxing
character Nothing that Edgar y. Poe ever
wrote minges SO groteSquely the possible with
the improbable In the case Of the arrested
burglar, supposed to be the assaant of Mr.
Shutc, there ia a new complication introduced
| by the failure of Mrs. Shute to identify the
prisoner. II il should turn out that William
III. Mooney is not the particular burglar that
so nearly killed Mr.. Shute there will be no
help for it but that the mounted police of
Brooklyn shall spur their steeds over the sand
| barrens of Long Island again..
| I'm spite of weary waiting and unfortunate
delay, the great procession yesterday at BOs-
ton met the high expectations that had been
| formed of it, and was a superb affair. The
military pageant from the mere force of num-
| beers was most effective, although the march
| ing of some of the native regiments was not
perfect but it is always the dictate of good
taste not to eclipse ones visitors. The
| industrial display formed notable fea-
ture of the procession, which, as a
whole, was four hours i'll passing a
given point The delay in its formation and
movements compelled a shortening OF the pro-
gramme on Bunker Hill, and some of the adj
| dresses-among them that Of Gen. Charles
| Devens, the orator of the day-werc cOnse-
quently curtaied. Gen. Sherman, Gov. Hart
ranft, and George Washington Warren made
speeches. The crowd of spectators was cnOr-
nous the welcome extended to visitors from
the South was significant and pointed; the en-
! tire celebration was a huge success.
The Ohio Democrats, in their State COnven-
ton Yesterday at Columbus, did one thing
which deserves credit for its boldness, to say
the least They have distinctly and in terms an
nonnced their belief in the theory of currency
imitation. There is no installing their meaning.
Without evasion or cOncealment, they strike out
in favor of increasing the volume of currency to
meet the wants of trade, "leaving the restO-
'.ration Of legal tenders 10 par,"-which
is clcumlocuton for paying honest debts in
honest money" TO be brought about by pro-
noting the industries of the people and not
"by destroying them" This is dreadful stuff.
but the Ohio Democrats announce their belief
in it in the most positive terms and must
stand or fall by the doctrine. The issue thus
made up ought to he fairly met, and IL seems
a pity that the resolutions of the Republican
Convention on this subject do not come up