New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-19

finally cattle-straler. Last year his law!ess-
ness was such that he was arrested aud sent
to tho capital, where he was detained under
heavy bonds. As Gen. Diaz has also ordered
the brigand and his cavalry to repair to the
City of Mexico, it is probable he discerns the
expedency of keeping him away IRON inc
frontier
The Turkish news continues full OF sur
prses. while Europe has been expecting favor
able results from the peace negotiations, 1he
Sultan has superseded the new Grand NMer'
and appointed Mahmoud Darlad as his sue
cessor. The latter is understood to DC d
rank conservative, intent upon abrogatinS
the Constitution, and thus disavow-
ing the least semblance of reform. Meanwhile
Russia has come to an understanding with
Germany which may remove the ohiy HIS
giving the Car had against ordering HIS
troops to cross the Danube. The ceier-
iy with which the engineers are chahS-
ing the gauge OF the ROumanian railways
TO that of the Russian lines gives IKE
wise a warike aspect to the news. Inc
situation agrees with the forecast which the
veteran diplomatist, Lord StratiOrd, recently
and Turkey alone will 60 to war; that the Car
will claim Constantinope if he Is victorious
while if the fortune of war favors the Turks
they will abandon reform.
Mr.. Marvin's resolution, introduced INTO the
| Assembly on Saturday, calling upor the New
York Central and Hudson River Railroad Tor
statement of the taxes and assessments pald
during the past two years, and the places OF
| Dayment, gives Che officers of that road an
excellent opportunity TO vindicatc themselves,
if they can, from the charge OF evasion OF
taxation. 1t has been frequently alleged
that this great corporation was dodglng
the payment of large annual personal
tax which the Court of Appeals had
declared it must pay, by swearing, through
its officers, in Albany that its principal Once
was in New-York and in New-lork that 1t
| WAS in Albany. If these charges are false, let
the company prove it by sending word to Mr..
Alvord and the rest of its friends in the AS
scmblv, that the resolution may pass, and by
following up its passage promptly with the
statement it calls for. This advice is good,
without reference to the motives which may
| have inspired the resolution. If MIR. Marvin
allows it to sleep. or the Assembly burles or
defeats it. we shall know that the officers OF
the Central road think it best to keep this
subject as much in the dark as possible.
When two men are charging one another
with the same crime it is usually safe to ac-
cent the statements in which they agree as
being in close approximation to the truth. Ex-
| Gov. Wells and Mr.. Kenncr the New-Orlcans
banker, who testified on Saturday, tell stories
with respect to the attempt to bride the
Louisiana Returning Board that differ i'll
important particulars. Wells says that
Kenner offered him money without Ills
solicitation: Kenner says that wells
| first asked for it. But both agree i'll the state
| ment that Kenner whether of his own motion
or not, did attempt to strike a bargain with
| the Chairman of the Returning Board for a
| decision in behalf of Gov. Tilden. Beyond
this point their assertions give each other the
| lie. Mr. Wells declares that he refused to con-
slider the proposition, while Mr.. Kenner de-
tails a series of interviews in which the price
of this service was debated, and Mr.. Weiss
figure was pronounced "perfectly ridiculous"
These were followed by interviews with
q number of other prominent Democratic
citizens of New-Orleans whose names
Mr.. Kenner gives with the same glib i'll
difference to the reproach he is bringing
upon them as he shows to his own disgrace,
and a subscription list was started to raise the
necessary money. All of which is interesting
as illustrating tive methods of Democratic
workers of the better class III Louisiana, but
not important in any way. The man who
coolly faces a Congressional committee andstclls
without blushing the story of his own attempt
at bribery, cannot, by his unaided oath, damage
the character of anybody