New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-22

earnestness upon the part of the Government
in the conduct of the prosecution. We hear
now that they are resOrting to some OF the Old
and too familiar methods of bringing pres
sure to bear upon the Secretary of the Treas
ury with view to securing compromises. But
Mr. Bristow stands firm. He Is in the right;
every man of them should be pushed to the
very wall.
In his address before the Grand Army of
the Republic, at Newark yesterday, the war
Governor of New-Jersey appeared in the role
of peacemaker The keynote of Gov. Par
kcr's speech is found in the words, "The fu-
"ture of this great nation demands the burial
" of dead issues and the applause with which
it was received afforded another indication of
the heartmess with which the veterans OF the
Union Army respond to the cry of the whole
country for reconciliation
From the report of what took place at the
Cabinet meeting yesterday it is evident that
ex-GOv. Shepherd is about the only inliuen-
tial adviser of the President who favOrs the
retention of Judge Fisher in the Office OF Dis
trict- Attorney. On the other side arc Secre-
taries Fish and Bristow, Attorncy-Gen-
eral Pierlepont, and even Secretary Dclano
-besides Postmaster General Jewell. SO there
is still hope that Judge Fisher will follow his
son in stepping out OF office.
| Major Fulton. who was the fourth in the
contest at Doymount, won yesterday the
| Challenge Cup, for which members OF the
American Team alone competed. This cup, it
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Council of the British National Association to
| the American rflemen for annual competition.
The winner is to hold it until next year, when
it is to be shot for again at Crcedmoor. 1t is
to be regretted that the veteran Col. Bodine
was too unwell to take part in the contest
| The criminal charge made against the Lon
don merchants, William and Alexander Collie,
| is very grave one Ii is alleged that fraud
ulent bills of the firm are afloat to the amount
of from seven and half to eight and half
million dollars, of which the London and
Westminster Bank holds two and a half mil
| lions. If ali this be proved the fraud will be
as colossal as that of the Tweed Ring in this
city. 1t is remarkable reverse of fortune
| that makes it necessary for merchants who en-
jOyed so extensive a credit to go to prison Tor
want of bail which was fixed at the reason
able sum of $4,000 each.
A coroners jury yesterday found that the
| shooting of Samuel Bailey by his son, i'll W est
| Forty -fourth-st., on Sunday, was an act OF
self -defcnse and the young man has been re-
leased on bail. We suppose that the jury in
tended to give a sharp warning 10 brutal
husbands and fathers, but their discretion Is
less commendable than their intention The ex-
tremty of young Bailey and his mother hardly
appears to have been so desperate that the
son was forced to take his fathers life as the
only possible means of escape, and if he is not
properly punished for his too ready use of his
pistol evidently with intent not to wound and
disable but to kill, the influence of such
failure of justice is likely to be widespread
and miscellaneous.
The Liberal Republicans represented yester
day at Saratoga stand mainly for protest.
Their power may be little much as they
conduct themselves, and circumstances turn.
There is great body OF independent voters,
mostly made up of dissatisfied Republicans,
some of whom left the party i'll 1872, and many
more of whom were driven out of it by the
revelations which followed that memorable
campaign, who see little to choose between
the professed principles of the two parties,
and are resolved so to use their votes as to
force both to the selection of the best
candidates, and then to make tho choice
between them according to their own
best judgment. This state of affairs
a wear ago led to the great elevation Of our
State politics shown in the presentation of
two such rival candidates as Gov. Iilden and
Gen. Dix. The citizens who forced the two
parties to that attitude, if they never accom-
plshed anything else, may still lay fair claim
10 the public gratitude. They can doubtless
do AZ much this year, and they may do more.
NEPHEW VERSUS UNCLE.
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