New-York tribune., 1879-06-07

opinion OF Mr.. HaytS character. Lasuy' ~ is
stated that the Board of Indian Comms-
sioners will take no steps respecting his IN
dctment in Jersey City, as it is understood
that he has resigned
One of the latest achievements of the Dem
Ocratic House is an attempt TO cut down the
nav of the letter-caTiers to its former figure.
1t is certainly too soon to declare that the
new scale of salaries has not worked wen, ior
the law was passed only at the last session.
| There is no class of public servants who earn
their pay more thoroughly than the letter
carriers. and the Democrats will do them
selves no good in public estimation by re-
ducing salaries already small enough. one
| Democrat, Mr.. Cox, pronounced the piii
"mean, p9isimonious, coarse and desplcapie' e.
| This is strong language, but the bill deserves
energetic Characterization.
The letter of our correspondent at Columbus
may enlighten some OF the well-lhlorineu
| journals bere1bouts. which have been labOri-
ousy explaining TO their readers that the
nomination of General Ewing was Mr. Thur
mans victory. Our correspondent shows, In
more detail than before, just how hard
blow the nomination was to Mr.. Humans
political prospects. Also how much weakness
there is in ticket which was nominated not
for the sake of its own election, but IN order
to defeat an obnoxious manager. AT the same
| time, General Ewing's many elements OF
strength make it desirable that the Republi-
can party shall do its very best to beat him
badly.
The citizens of Easton have met the duty of
aiding Lafayette College in its hour of trial
in a way that must touch the heart OF its un-
selfish and energetic President. Dr. Cattell
has literally devoted himself to the
work of building up the college, and
has achieved marked success. The destruc-
tion of Pardee Hall just at this juncture was
a serious blow to the institution. The whole
souled way in which the citizens of Easton
have rallied to its aid. however, raises the
strong hope that the loss will be but tenn
porary one. Their eloquent resolutions,
while calling upon the friends of ed
ucatiOn everywhere for help, recognize
the fact that the people of the city
must themselves do all in their power. 1t is
to be hoped that this hearty assumption OF
duty Will lead other friends of the institution
TO do their share also.
| We print upon another page q letter from
Leadville, Colorado, which is the first of a
series of letters to be dispatched from the
great silver region by a staff correspondent
with whose initials all TRIBUNE readers are
familiar. There has been much loose and sem
sational writing about the Colorado mines.
This is natural in describing new revelations
of mineral wealth, for of these mankind loves
to hear tremendous stories and loves equally
TO tell them. Mr.. White, however, is corre-
spondent who has acquired National reputa-
ton for accuracy, and the readers OF IHE
! TRIBUNE may feel assured that they will learn
now the facts about the LeadvIlle region-aIl
the facts and nothing but the facts. The
/ increasing public interest in this whole subject,
| the extraordinary developments OF mineral
wealth in the Far West, and the certainty that
we are ON the eve OF an era OF large invest
ments in mining enterprises, have caused The
| TRIBUNE to send out other correspondents,
also Of high repute, to other portions of the
great new field of precious metals. We hope
and expect therefore to furnish the readers of
| THE TRIBUNE, in the course of few months,
with the most complete and trustworthy sur
vey of the whole of the new mining region,
extending from Nevada to Arizona, that has
yet been made.
There are two very striking and very touch
ing illustrations of the practical duplicty
with which the Indians are treated under our
Government, where no policy is certain to
last year, and the most solemn official
promises may be violated by a jobber's lobby
ING bill through Congress. One is to be found
in the talk Of Chief No Flesh, who cOmmuni-
Gates to a correspondent new and sovereign
device by which his tribe can keep a home
after they have got it. :" We knew that when
the white men build town of good houses
4 'the Government never moves them away,
"and so we said we will build town, and
then we can stay here always. The Gov
"ernment can't move us away. We Will
"haye a school house, and send all the
"children to school, so they can learn
ito read and write. We are going to do it
"iust as soon as we get the lumber sawed"
This is the untutored red mans way of trying
TO get fair treatment from the Government
when there have been DO pledges the letter
of Bishop Hare, which we print elsewhere,
shows how the educated and civilized Indian
is compelled to beg that official promises be
kept which have been already made. The San
tees are living Oh lands which they have culti-
| Vattu years, anu WHICH JHC Oo'Ci nus
several times assured them that they are to hold
without disturbance. And yet matters have
reached this curious pass: that, on the one
side. the Santees who hold certificates for the
lands, have been trying for several years to
obtain patents for them like ordinary home
stead settlers, by paying the regular entries.
while on the other a bill is pending in Con-
gress providing for the sale of these lands
from under them and the removal of the tribe !!
When Chief No Flesh learns how the poor
santees whom Custer-who was soldier and