New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-04

needless wrangling over Mr.. T'lton's place in
the Communist procession; and more wrang-
ling. equally NEEDLESS, over another trivial
subject. tho nature of Gen. Tracy's pledges moi
to appear against NJ. 1itou.
The story of tho sad accident on the East
River Yesterday shows criminal carceSsness
somewhere, either on the part of the unfortu-
nate father for leaving his boat i'll dangerous
position, or of the officers of the steamboat IN
their haste to reach their pier sympathy for
the man who is the chief sufferer will throw
burden Of exculpation upon the officers OF tue
boat, and their excuse must I've more satisiae-
tory than that now given to clear them OF all
blame.
Instead OF improving the prospect for Re
form legislation. the judiciary Committee has
only added to the confusion OF the situation
by it's wraDgles over the Removal bill. In
stead of one hill there are now three. with the
same ostensible object, before the Assembly.
Tho programme of the Canal King
involves o division OF sentiment among
the Reformers, and as long Il
delay as possible at every stage
of the Reform movement. So far this
programme has been very successfully carried
out. In such state of affairs it would GER
tanly seem that the honest men in the LeSis-
latu,e ought TO see the necessity of united ac-
tion "a the only way of dispoSing of the sub
ject satisfactorily. and there is no better way
out than the adoption OF the original Absolute
Removal bill.
Perhaps it does not matter much whether the
Indian 10 whom the Government issues rations
ever gets them or not. The Indian is "p0or
creature who does not know whether he is
well or i'll fed. But after all it may be worth
the while of tho American people to know
whether OF not the expenditures they make III
charity ever reach the objects OF Their benevo-
lence or stop TO enrich political adventures on
the way The report of I.ieut.-Col. John l..
Hatch, received at the War Depart
ment yesterday, seems to indicate tha'
somebody who is getting pay for fat cattle Is
furnishing beasts which have to he Killed on
the way TO tho Indian agencies. We have no
DISPOSITION 10 bo "scurrilous or "soic
headed" but we Ito venture to inquire what
ails the "fat cattle" which have to be killed
on the way to the Indians iii order to save
tho beef. Is it possible that Lieut.-COl. Hatch,
away out there among the Indians, Is IN
league with the press against President Grant =
Secretary of the Interior
Mr.. Young, the Chief OF the Bureau of Sta
tistics. is doing great service to The public
in e9pedting the publication of the monthly
statistics Of commerce and navigation. He
has Just sent to the leading newspapers adj
vance sheets of the statistics Of exports and
imports of the United States down to the 1At
Of March. The month of February was an
exceptional one the imports being swollen by
| the arrival of vessels which had been delayed
by storms. IL therefore happens that while
the January imports were seven mllllons less
than those of January, 1871. the February
imports are over two millions in excess of
those of the same month in 1874. The cx-
ports. as compared with those OF February,
1874, show a decline of five million dollars,
the whole of which is accounted for toy the
falling of, in wheat, wheat -four and cotton
The other articles, taken collectively. show an
Increase Aside from the special circumstances
affecting gain and cotton. our export trade, on
the whole. ia III satisfactory condition.
Hammond on his reelection to the Preside ncy
of the Neurological Society. and reported in
full OH another page. he advocates the theory
that the spinal cord TO some extent shares
with the brain the faculties of perception and
volion. The experiments and observations
OH which he relies for his evidence arc GER
tainly very difficult TO explain on any other
suppositioi. Several OF the curious facts re-
lated ia tie lectures Of DIR. BrownSfquard
had, a. many of our readers will doubtless
recollcct, bearing on this subject, and might
have served DR.. Hammond in evidence Of his
theory. 1t is possible, however, that The applica-
tons Dr.. Hammond makes of it. especially i'll
the latter part of his lecture, may carry it too
far. Specific proof will probably be required
before it is generally admitted that ncon-
scous or automatic movcmenis-such a. walk
ing in an accustomed path or playing OH a
musical instrument while the thoughts are
otherwise engaged-sre produced independent
" OF the brain by force emaatipg from the
spinal cord.