New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-18
and it wouid not be strange if it finally came
to precisely that figure.

There will be general establishment on hearing
that the Park Commissioners have discharged
all but eight of the keepers of Central PARK
for q garden and wood of such extent soon
runs TO ruin. if neglected. 1t is charged that
Navor Wickham ard Controller Green are the
obstructionists who have forced this unwlse
policy on the Park Commissioners. 1t is to be
hoped that both can clear themselves, for the
people will permit no triflng with the city's
pleasure ground.
In England the scenes which preceded the
Crimean war are being repeated. The Govern
ment organs are inflaming the public mind
agains, Russia while the Liberals are intensely
in earnest in avertng war with that Power III
the interest of the brutal Turks. The occupa-
ton of Constantnople is seriously discussed,
Col. Baker, who left prison to join the Turkish
service, having already made public scheme
for its defense. 1t is also proposed to seize on
Fpvpt. both to secure control of the Suez
Canal and counterbalance the territory Russia
may acquire in Turkey. The general effect of
the anti Russian demonstrations is to make the
Turks feel that for her own sake England
must sustain them.
In Louisiana the war or statements Is Iairly
under way. The Democratic replication has
been forwarded to the Republicans, and makes
one or two skillful thrusts at their opponents.
The Republicans are to return to the charge,
and the correspondence is likely to continue
indefinitely. Each party is well aware that it
is shooting at long range, and that the whole
country is watching the contest There Is
great publicity and no danger about this
pen and ink duel, and the letters will
doubtless hold out as long as the patience
of the public. Meanwhile both sides are heap
ing up affidavits and testimony against the day
of the official canvass, and each side proposes
to prove its case, as the postmaster III the
story secured his appointment from Mr.. Lin
con-by the weight of the documents. These
elaborate preparations for bewildering the
! Northern public probably mean long and bit
ter contest, before the count and perhaps after
it. In South Carolina the Democrats seem to
have gained an advantage in the order of the
Supreme Court the count has actually begun.
and Wade HamptOn's election is claimed. I'M
poTtant, if true.
Mr.. Bou wells reelection as Senator is thought
to be rendered not improbable by the over
whelming preponderance of the Republicans In
the newly elected Legislature of Massachusetts,
A Boston letter, printed elsewhere, gives some
expression to the sentiment existing against
Mr.. Boutwell, among the more independent men
of the party There are no objections to him. and
| can be none, on the score of personal character
or perhaps on the ground of personal Qualiii-
| cations. He is a safe, careful man, with no
| dangerous hereses and no unsOund spots IN
| his record. But he has not represented IN the
! past, and does not now represent, the
progressive and regenerating tendencies
on which the Republican party whether sue
cessful or unsuccessful in this election must now
depend for its salvation. There are many mon
| in Massachusetts, and ADLER men at that, who
! do 1t is 10 reflection on Mr.. Boutwelfs past
services to say that the country will be glad to
see a representative of the new era of Rcpnbh-
canism and not one of the old, sent to the Senate
from the Bay State. And if Gen. Butler takes
q hand in for Mr. Boutwell,, this feeling will
not lack for expression.
Quebec is rejoicing in the hope that the
| barrier OF ice that has hitherto shut of her
river trade five months in the year will be
broken hereafter. Elsewhere a correspondent
! describes the vessel that is expected to ac-
| compiish the task of keeping the ST. Lawrence
open. The undertaking is, specifically to
carry the mails by water from Quebec to
Paspehiac The latter is a small town in
Chaleur Bay; the voyage must of course ex-
tend beyond the mouth of the st. Lawrence
River into the Gulf and around Gasp6 Point,
making a total of nearly 700 miles. 1t is
believed that an open channel will be found
in large portion of the route. even in the
depths of Winter. A yet severer test is to be
made of the capacity of the new vessel for
forcing passage through the ice. The route
between Pictou, n, s., and Georgetown, p. L. l.,
is first to be tired in the coming season; if
successful there, where the Straits of Northum-
berland open on the Gulf and great masses OF
ice must be encountered, there should be COM
paratively little difficulty afterward i'll nayi-
eating the st. Lawrence. The attempt Is
very praiseworthy piece of enterprise on the
mart of the Canadians, and deserves success.
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