New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-03

of the amendment Mr.. Plumb found himseil
in the lead of the Democratic side OF the
Senate-an odd position for Kansas hepuD-
lican.
The Grand Jury have pointed out the care
lessness and mismanagement which led TO the
Spuyten Duyvil disaster, and indicted Con-
ductor Hanford and Brakeman Melius as the
men most TO blame. They also censure super
intendent Toucey and the management OF the
Central Road for not sufficiently guarding the
DANGEROUS cut where the accident occurred
Their preScntment is pain-spoken and talr
Now let Us see whether anything Will come OF
il, or whether the. matter will be allowed to
drop, as is customary with the presentments
IF Grand Jures and the verdcts of COroner's
Juries iii similar cases.
The n-polygamous branch of the Mormon
Church begins to make itself heard. 1t Is
a small sect, but it claims to have the true
prophet in the person of Joseph Smith, the
sen of the original Smith, who found the
golden plates of Nephi, was kicked by the
devil, built the first temple at Kirkland and
the second temple at Nauvoo, led the first ex-
odus of the Saints, and was killed by a Mis-
souri, mob The present Joseph lives some
where in Iowa. 1t Will be a surprise to most
people to learn by the petition of his followers
TO Congress that they support missionaries in
Utah to preach against po!ygamy. They claim
to have converted 10000 persons in that
Territory, and they ask Of Congress vigorous
measures to extirpate the pernicious doctrine
and practice introduced by Brigham Young.
Ioe two of
most intelligent and energetic Of the younger
officers of the Navy TO proceed at once to
Siberia and assist Lieutenant DanenhOwcr in
the search for Lieutenant Chlpp, of the jean
nette, and his missing boats crew. The Off
GERS named for this arduous service are Lieu
tenant Harder and Master Scheutze. Lieuten-
ant Harder is now in command. Of the torpedo
boat Alarm. He entered the Nava! Academy
from General Gariields district in Ohio, VIII
ming his appointment at a competitive eyamina-
ton. Ii will be remembered that the late
President, when in Congress, was one of the
first members to establish such examinations
for candidates for the West Point and Annap-
OILS Academies Master Scheutze's home is in
st. Louis. and he is now serving on the Ten
nesspe The two officers will 20 to lrkutsk 10y
way OF St. Petersburg as rapidly as possible, in
order to begin the search in the ep"ing.
Mr.. Blaine informs Mr.. Chrstiancy that the
confidential letter the latter wrote about the
| bad character Of the people of Peru was left
in the State Department because it related to
public business. He adds that the files of the
Department are full of equally confidential
notes, and that the letter in question was no
doubt inadvertently sent TO the Senate by See
rotary Frelnghuysen. Mr. Blaine takes too
charitable a view of the matter. If the conf
dental letter. which by the rules of the De-
partment should never have been made public,
was sent to the Senate by accident with the
other correspondence relating to Perm, why
was it not sent entire? Why was an extract
made for the purpose, apparently, OF making
political point against Mr. Blaine ? Of course
it is not to be supposed that Secretary FIRE.
linghuysen has searched the secret archives of
his Department for confidential letters bearing
on the South American diplomacy OF his pre-
decessOr in order to print them in the news
papers, but ho would DO well to exercise a
more careful supervision over his clerks than
he appears to have done in this instance.
Whoever pat the extract from Mr. Chris
tiancy's private letter in the batch of cor
respondence sent to the Senate knew perfectly
well that it did not belong there.