New-York tribune., 1877-07-09

945lO cents --- StOchs uuh anu io''Ai''' "'' Wv"
ing strong.
The Manufacturers local observations indi-
cate partly cloudy and possibly occasional showers.
Thermometer yesterday. 73o, $50, 730.
If the Old Line Wing actually thinks of get
ting ex-senator Pool into Cabinet position,
he may as well go back to his grave. The
whole party, dead aud alive, could hardly
boost him into "a frst-class clerkshp.
II is the pleasant prerOgative of the United
States Supreme Court to put an end TO htga-
ton. The Court has brought the wcarisome
,Jumel contest 10 a close, leaving the property
where it was before, and the public will hear
no more of the case forever.
The announcement that DR.. j. d. Hooker,
President of the Royal Society of London, Will
undertake this SUMMER in company with Prof.
GRAY of Cambridge and others, tour OF IN
yestication in the Far West, will be OF great
interest to scientific men generally. We shall
be gamers by this visit, as the reports OF the
exploration will be made to our Government.
1t has been clear for long time that the
pilot system of this port was IN need OF changes
that would save both time and money for the
owners of ships OF late, however, the incom-
petency Of individual pilots has brought the
system again under discussion, and there Is a
chorus of such complaints as are given III an
article in another column. The pilots are hav-
ing streak of bad luck, and they may find 1t
10 their interest to cOncede promptly at least
some of the demands of the merchants.
Gen. Howard seems to be doing good execu-
tion in the Indian country, as Gen. McDowclPs
dispatches show, but it is evident that the
Indians are active and blood thirsty and have
already driven the Whites out of considerable
sections of country which they had begun to
consider as their own. 1t is evident also that
the operations in their defense are somewhat
embarrassed by the meagerness OF the available
force of soldiers. The Indian yell for scalps has
probablv silenced the Democratic yell for fur
tber reductions of an army already Ieduced.
Rricbam Young got almost regiment OF re-
Inducements by one of Saturdays steamers
II is not every church that gets its new mem
hers NV the steamer-lOad. But these seven
hundred and odd accessions cannot be consid-
cred as those of new converts, and 10y no means
,rove that the Mormon doctrine is making
remarkable beadway. This company is stated
% Inc composed of families and parts of fami-
lies which are already represented III the Nor
mon church. and its members are drawn, proba-
blv. more by ties of natural affection and the
hone of greater prosperity than by any zeal for
an absurd faith.
In Armenia the Russian prospects have sud
denlv Enlightened. Troops have come to the
relief of Bayazid, and have doubtless routed
,he Turkish troops, which were intent on
forcing the garrison TO surrender. Inns Oppoi-
,rne movement will enable the left wing to re-
treat in good order, or to hold its ground until
II receives aid, when it may again compel
NnLbtar Pasha to keep a large force posted 10
orrest It's progress The renewed energy dis
,loved around Kars indicates that the RUSSIAN
iines are still intact Should that fortress alone
foIl ,ntotbeir hands the Russians would have
,oason IN be satisfied with the campaign Inc
oonture Of Erzerum would inevitably iollOw'
The story of the assault on Mrs. PaIlsh' oi
r.. Iee illustrates the trials of the local re-
FORMER when the locality is small ana not
,'y,er civilized village. Because Mrs. Parlsh eA-
a,ted herself to break up some OF the 10" oIlhh-
go dens with which villages are so oiten
oe5;c,ed she incurred the enmity OF the oaser'
:. .ha same time, that she earned the respect
of the better sort of people, and the other night
che WAS as brutally beaten and thIotIieu anu
,~;oLed in front of her own house as she couii
80, .mon0 sayages. or in o select asso-