New-York tribune., 1879-02-25

said about it. The natural anxiety OF those
interested in the livestock trade with Eng
land to resume their business will strengthen
tbls tendency. But, as Professor Law shows
not enough has been said. and the necessity
of energetic action to extefninate the plague
il not sufficiently realized The picture wmch
be draws Of the probable results to the ca'.ie
interest of the whole country, should there pc
neglect now OF necessary measures IL
enough to cause the most inconSIdeiate 10
cease their demands for an end Oi the agi'a-
ton.
The action of the conference OF bap.'S'
ministers in expelling the Rev. Dr' fui'on
should be left, perhaps, to the Judgment VI
tbe clergy and laity Of the denomination moS'
concerned. There can be no doubt thd' ~
Tulton,s utterancea are not always wholly diS-
erect and commendablc, as his friend Dr
Reed frankly admitted yesterday. The apol-
ony addressed to the conference by Dr. 1 III
TON for his reflections upon brother clergy
man WAS so worded that whereas he had
before injured one member only, now the
whole conference was affronted. A committee
arpointcd to deal with the matter, requested
him TO substitute for his letter a b!lef and
direct apology, and WAS met with an en-
phatic refusal The debate upon the commi-
tees report that Dr. Fulton's suspension oc
therefore indefinitely continued, seems TO nave
crown Oh lis own warmth until II culhllhaVtu
in hl, expulsion by a twO-thirds vote ii
would seem that a in most controversies
of thi, sort, both sides have some things 10
regret.
Mr.. Woolley's affidavit addressed to the
Potter Commitee, and his offer to submit a
sworn statement of all his transactions in
"nolitical matters" during the electoral cam
paign. have been respectfully declined by the
Committees: but he has managed even i'll the
brief and formal paper to which his name l. at
tached, to shed some light on his position lie
declares lhat the testimony OF the bland ana
willing Coylc, 50 fan as 1t relates to him, is III
every particular false and he also avows his
willingness. If the Committee would consent 10
receive such statement as he suggests, to
"re,poud fully and fairly to every point OF
attack made upon his conduct from any and
Z" every responsible source" If that did
not mean caStigation for Joseph sur
face Marble Mr. WoOley is more OF a
saint than be has ever been suspected OF
being. With yesterday testimony. however
the work of the Potter Committee practically
ends. 1t Is already announced that only two
more witnesses will be examined; aud one
of these is Mr.. Woolley, who is III, and
the other is Solomon, who, for all the
Committee knows, may he either In
Greece or Hartford, in Norwich or III
Rome. under Greenland's icy mountains, ol
somcvlcr nearer home. Whether with the
existence Of the Potter Committee all official
inquiry into the ciphers VIII end remains to
Ice seen. No doubt the coparcencrs view
with satisfaction the near approach OF
the Presidential Winter, when almost all the
energies of Congress will be absorbed in
political plouing; but the people may not be
80 well pleased wi,h the failure Of the Com
mittee to do It's work thoroughly. If it shall
seem necessary to complete the official inyes-
tigation, the coparcchels may rest assured
that it will be renewed.