New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-24

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wild animals, and these gentlemen misIepresent
their constituents when they turn the hal OF
the House into bear garden.
The Mussulman revolts in Roumeia and
Macedonia must be ranked with those
accidental circumstances which have so
often advanced Russian interests. Already
they have demonstrated the necessity
for the occupation of part of Turkey by Rus
sian troops, and have likewise occasioned the
formation of RussO-Turkish commission to
restore order. The latter measure affords a
striking instance of the polite manner in
which Russia is gaining her ends by concl-
iation and intrigue at COnstantinOplc.
more formal defence of the Board of
Health than was made in our columns yester-
day will DE found to-day in the reports of
Sanitary Inspectors Hamilton and Bryatt to
the board, in which they take issue withj the
main allegations of Mr.. Musgrave, both with
reference to the East and West Side estab-
lishments. One of the establishments criticized
also submits statement declaring that the
very processes which were suggested for its
use in the Citizens Committees report are car
ried on now. The issue of fact Is plain, and
an appeal to a committee of noses seems TO be
the only way of settling the dispute.
Western letters and dispatches unite III one
long chorus of rejoicing over the prospects
this Spring for the wheat crop. All
agree that at this time of the year
the outlook was never so good, and that
the season has been the most favorable ever
known at the West. The bearing this good
news has upon the continuance OF the balance
of trade in our favor, and the cOnse-
Quent ability of the Treasury Department to
resume specie payments, makes it Of almost
supreme importance. The unsettled state OF
European matters also helps us greatly. All
the elements seem to be working Ill our favor
The Mexican party journals which mis-
interpret so wildly the establishment OF
diplomatic relations between our Govern
ment and that of President Diaz's should
bear in mind that the obligation on
either side to act justly and i'll
neighborly way is rather increased than les
scned by that step. In recognizing President
Diaz, we simply acknowledged that he is the
valid ruler of MexicO-an accomplished fact,
that could not be much longer officially ignored.
If Mexico gave no pledges in advance, 1t Is
still her interest and duty to remove all
grievances attaching to the Free Zone the Dor
der raids, and forced loans.
The second Fall River defalcatlon is a fac
smile of the first, in all but the amount. Mr..
Hathaway has been universally respected In
the community so was Mr.. Chacc. Mr.. Hath
away has had the entire confidence Of the
directors; so had Mr.. ChaCe The directors in
Mr.. Hathaway's mills are almost all ruined by
their failure to exercise proper super
vision over their own affairs; so 1t was
with Mr.. ChaCe. Mr.. Hathaway is found
thus far to have stolen $G50,00 Mr.. Chacc
did not take so much. But Mr. Hathaway will
make no confession, give no help in arranging
the disOrdercd accounts, and proposes to escape
criminal prosecution, if lac can and Mr.. Chace,
it seems, is going to follow bis example Both
at the beginning and at the end, therefore,
they will be rivals in rascality.
There is not so much of the spice of personal
danger in the story of Captain Glcadclls
achievements in saving human life as in some
others that have been made known during re-
cent years, but there is none the less merit in
his record He has saved siXty-fve lives in
less than five years and saved them by the
exercise of all the skill his long career in sea-
manship gave him, and at the prompting OF
most humane instincts. There are so few such
men standing above the dreary level OF human
nature that we ought to miss no chance OF
pointing them out to the world. There Is no
danger, however, that Captain Gleadell Will
not be known, as his exploits have been re-
peatedly recognized by humane societies III
England, and by our own Government.
Where are the Kiskiminetas and Cone
maugh Rivers That is the great cOnundrum
of the hour Mr.. White, Of Pennsylvania,
wants a good sum of money appropriated for
them, and yet no one seems to know where
they are. The fearful suspicion is at once
aroused-Are there any such rlyerST Mr..
Wright wants to be Governor of Pennsyl-
vania, and he says he doesn't know they
are new names to him and he insinuates
that they are trout streams Mr.. Bridges Is
from PENNSYLVANIA, too and he wants to be
informed whether he couldn't step across them
at low water and then Mr. Wright says
the rivers are about as wide as the
book maps on which they are represented.
All of which makes Mr.. White very
angry, suspciOusly angry; for who would fly
into a rage if he heard the existence OF the
Hudson denied, or who would furiOusly resent
the remark that member Of Congress could
step across the Mississippi Are these real
streams, on one of which, Mr.. White says,
steamboat once ran-a stern whecler-or do
they exist only in a Congressional magma
ton And why shouldn't lac prove their ex-
istence, instead of threatening to throw his
book at Mr.. Wrght's head 7 And yet we may
be Understanding their importance, and do
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