The New York Herald Newspaper, June 14, 1873, Page 6

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THE EMPEROR RE- VIEWS HIS TROOPS FOR THE BE! IT OF HIs ROYAL VISITORS! A COMPARISON BE- TWEEN AMERICAN AND AUSTRIAN TAE€- TICS! UNWIELDY ‘TRY AND POOR HORSEMEN! EFFE MANG@U\ RES— Firti PaGE. THE NEW SPANISH POLIC THE CABINET! FI PROMULGATED BY DOM FOR THE AN- SUPPRESSION CA PROGRAMME! THE FOR- EIGN POLICY UNCHA ‘VENTH PAGE. BEARCHING THE LAVA BEDS! A PARTY HUNTING AMON XPLUKED CAVERNS FOR THE REMNANTS OF JACK’S BAND— TENTH PAGE. NT OF THE ALABAMA CLAIMS! BRITISH L NOTIPIOATION! “HARD COI A HALF MILLIONS OF FIV RECALLED! A GOLDEN PROS- '—SEVENTH PAGE. & MURDERER EXECUTED IN KILLING OF JAMES LITTLE A CLERICAL ILLEGALITY! SLAYER'S SPEECH ON ey THE STORY OF THE ee THE KANE MURDER! THE DECEASED SHOT FOR N THE EVIDENCE SO FAR GIVEN PaGE. ROCHEFORT TO BE TRANSPORTED FRANCE TO NEW CALEDONIA! THE MOLISHER OF THE VENDOME COLUMN TO BE PROSECUTED—SEveENTH PAGE, 4 FAMOUS SAXON BAND EN ROUTE FOR NEW YORK—IMPORTANT GENERAL NEWS. Ve ENTH PAGE. OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE BROOKLY REGATTA COMMITT y GRADUATING CLAS: g AND PRIZEMEN OF YALE COLLEGE— ENTH PAGE. GIPOSING OBSEQUIES OF THE LATE MIN! TER ORR—REAL ATE TRANSACTIONS-- Eigutn Pace. CHE “NICE” CADETS AT Th YACHT i NATIONAL MILI- TARY SCHOOL! HOW THEY ARE DE- OUR ARMY —FoOurTH Pag: DERBY DAY SPORTS! DETAILS OF CENT GREAT RAC AT JEROME PAR Firth Pack, THE OF HIS POISONING CASE—LEGAL BUS MARIZED—ELEVENTH Pace. BURROL TONE IN THE WALL REET MAR: ! THE BUSINESS Cod MATED— Ninta Pace, PREPARI FOR THE FALL A COALITION WITH TE BRAVES BROACHED! THE ee ADOPTED—FiFTH Pace, APPOL FROM | | duties and to | their party or to overthrow the adminuistra- » years—of any war or foreign complications to NEW YORK ‘HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. . The Political Horizon—Questions in the Future—The Position of the Admin- istration, We are just now at the lowest ebb tide of political movement. It is commonly so imme- diately after a Presidential election, the inau- guration of a President for four years, the expiration of Congress at such an epoch and the long calm from Spring till the assembling of Congress in December. Somotimes, how- ever, there have been exciting and unsettled questions standing over, and the politicians have kopt up some degree of agitation during the long Congressional vacation. But when the people, by their votes in the election of a President and a Congress that enters upon its functions with the new administration, have confirmed or declared what the policy of the government should be, there is a general ac- quiescence in tho decision and ao lull in politics till fresh issues arise or succeeding elections arouse agitation again. We are, then, as was observed, passing through one of those quiescent phases of our political life at the present time. Nor isit easy, when the country is prosperous and going along smoothly in a general way, to arouse the American people, This has been the case particularly since the excitement of the late war and that growing out of the reconstruc- tion of the South and the adjustment of the national finances. The peoplo had, during that period, a surfeit of oxcitemont, and now desire repose, The Louisiana trouble, which in former times, or under other circumstances, might have caused widespread agitation, has been scarcely more than a ripple on the sur- face of our political life. So also the Cuban question, the St. Domingo question, Mexico, or anything else fails to disturb profoundly the popular mind. General Grant, in his proverbial expression, ‘Let us have peace,’’ reflects the desire of the people generally. They do not want agitation. They are ready to sacrifice even their sympathies, their na- tional ambition, or to submit to the exercise of arbitrary power on the part of the govern- ment for the sake of peace and to enable the country to pursue the even tenor of its way. Not that public spirit is dead, Bot but that it would be aroused in case of serious danger or in a great emergency, but, there being ap- parently no such state of things, they say, «Let well alone and let us have quietude.”’ Hence we see the uphill work of some of the old democratic politicians and journals in their endeavor to raise or resuscitate old Their often repeated platitudes about free trade, for example, fall flat upon the public ear and like seed upon rocky ground. It is not so much that the principle of free trade is opposed by the mass of the people as that it is not applicable ander the exisiing state of things. The majority of our people, no doubt, approve of the principle as a sound one in political economy, particularly among the farming and planting population, but they see a large revenue has to be raised to pay interest on the debt and for support of the govern- ment, and would not be willing to bear all that by direct taxation. They prefer to raise a large portion of the revenue indirectly and from customs duties, and are not unwilling, under the necessity of the case, that this should afford incidental protection to home industry. They would hardly consent, if even it could be done, to change entirely the established system of raising revenue. Sound as the principle of free trade may be as one of political economy, they would | scarcely be prepared to abolish all customs pay direct taxes to the amount of three or four hundred millions a year. We may modify our revenue system from time to time and approach more and more to free trade, as the necessities and in- come of the government become less; but absolute free trade could hardly be made an issue now, and, consequently, the old demo- cratic politicians and journals are laboring in vain. They will not be able to reconstruct issues. tion and party in power on that issue, and, therefore, must find some other. In the absence of any important event to excite popular fervor during the next three stir up national or patriotic sentiment, or of any question of annexation, to which the peo- ple are not at present inclined, the issue of the next Presidential campaign and of the elections preceding it will probably turn upon the financial management of the administra- | of the | the THE POLICE 30 BY MAYOR MAY West Port Acapemy.—There were some | Interesting proceedings at the West Point Academy yesterday, including the distribution of diplomas to the graduating class of cadets by President Grant, an address by General Belknap, Secretary of War, and « brief address Trom General Sherman, the business ot the Bay being crowned with the pleasures of a ball in the evening. Only two out of a nating class of forty-three failed in the exami- pation, and they are to have another chance and will pass. This will be cheering news to the families and frieuds of the young fellows ho thus go forth into the world with the | Bndorsement of the West Point Academy, and ave congratulate them all on their advantages | Yn securing it, and hope that in every gency to the end of their lives they will | prove worthy of the confidencesf the couttry, which, in qualifying them to filit its battles, -felies noon their fidelity. tion. And should the administration pursue a policy satisfactory to the country General | Grant will, most likely, be able to determine | the Presidential succession, He then could say indicate who should be his successor. Although much remains to be improving the management of the national finances, and many errors secretary of the Treasury to be cor- | rected, there are some facts standing ont prom- | inently that will loom up on the credit side of account for the administration. While | we are far from that standard of economy in the expenditures of the government which the people desire and look for, and which was | characteristic of the Republic in its early his- | tory and before the late war, it must be | | admitted that there has been a great improve- ment since General Grant entered the White House. The revenue frauds and extravagance during and after the war and up to the time | of his first inauguration were frightful. This arose in part, no doubt, from the prevalent corruption in and out of Congress and from the antagonism during Mr. Johnson's admin- | istration between Congress and the President; but that is no reason why we should not give | General Grant's administration the eredit due to it for its instrumentality in checking the | evil, whether by influence over Congress or by | a more vigilant contro! over its subordinates. There was a better collection of the revenue, less corruption and more economy, whatever | the causes may have been, and the credit is | properly due to the administration of Genera! Grant. This, undoubtedly, had great influ- ence with the conservative people of the coun- try wheu they cast their votes for the Presi- dent for his second term. or done in | Nor can it be denied that the payment of over three hundred millions of the public debt | during General Grant's first term was grat ing, however much the people may have com- plained of burdensome taxation and the too rapid payment of the debt, It would have been wiser policy to have reduced taxation more and to have left a greater share of the burden to posterity. The relieving of those who had borne the enormous cost and gacrifice | of the war, and thus to have lett a leg: smount of an the hands of t the people to recuperate and advance their industry, would have been moro siatesmanlike. But General Grant know little or nothing of financial affairs, and necessarily trusted to others. Ho had been inspired with the idea by the Secre- tary of the Treasury and others that popu- larity would be obtained by a large and rapid payment of the dobt, and he yielded to the seduction. Notunderstanding the subject, ho looked at one side of it only, and that one which was presented to view by the Secretary of the Treasury. The payment of so much of the debt will be recognized as a great accomplished fact, notwithstanding the defec- tive policy that brought it about or the bur- dens the country was called upon unneces- sarily to bear, Knowing the conservative character of Gen- eral Grant, we do not expect to see any sud- den or disturbing change in his financial policy ; but thers are some things, probably, that he has learned which may induce him to modify that policy in accordance with the wishes and best interests of the country. In the first place he should see that the Secre- tary of the Troasury, either from personal ambition or to serve a clique of friends or the ‘Treasury Ring, docs not pursue a policy of fa- voritism or one inimical to the commercial and industrial interests of the country. There has been too much interference with the gold and stock markets and too great a disposition to manipulate the securities and currency of tho country at the instance of or for the benefit of speculators, There has been too great and tender regard for the national banks. It is » disgrace to this rich and mighty country that eight years afier the war our cur- rency is depreciated seventeen to eighteen per cent. This shows that the financial administration has been faulty. Look at France, with all her terrible war disasters and cost with Germany and the Commune and an indemnity of a thousand millions of dollars to pay within three years. Yet specie payments were but nominally and temporarily suspended, and there is to-day but little or no difference between specie and paper money. Why such a contrast between France and the United States? Rich as France is, she is not richer than the United States, and prospec- tively this country is infinitely richer. Almost all results from the difference in the manage- ment of the national finances. General Grant should now turn his attention to giving this country a proper financial basis and system, to reducing taxation, to economizing still more in the expenditures and to preparing for specie payments. If he has not the right man at the head of the Treasury Department to carry out this policy he should find one, From our pres- ent view of the political horizon the financial course of the administration will determine the next Presidential election, and if General Grant be wise enough to meet the wishes of the people he can indicate who shall be his successor. Inside the Cuban Lincs=The Herald's Triumph in Describing the War. In another portion of the Herazp will be found the first instalment of the Henanp secret commissioner’s story of his visit to “Cuba Libre.”” The perfect success which has crowned his efforts will, while witnessing to the Heratp's triumph, make his recital of ad- ventures in the Cuban lines especially inter- esting. The great bodily risk of the under- taking is, by this time, thoroughly understood, and we need not, therefore, refer to it here. The difficulties involved in reaching what was really the initial point of his mission have also been kept out of view; for, although exciting in themselves, they would only form a long prelude to the subject around which the real interest clusters. ‘The hardy, tireless and vigilant patriots of Cuba are scen at their work of carving out the fair island's redemption at the point of the sword, Their forest lairs, their mountain homes, their primitive camps, their generals and soldiers are seen as they exist to-day. As Mr. O'Kelly was present’ at the battle of Jiguani, so it was Mr. Millen’s fortune to wit- ness two fights in the forest, ‘‘Dos Bocas’’ and “Pedregalon,’’ where the victorious Spaniards were the real sufferers. The Cubans, it ap- pears, lost four men and a number of pots and kettles. After the Spaniards had retired with their dead and wounded the Cubans quietly teoccupied the positions they had been obliged to evacuate two days before. These small affairs have their lesson, however. They show the utterly exhausting nature of this war to the Spaniards and the impunity which the wary insurgents enjoy in the dense forest region where they can fight or not as they choose, and where they can always find safe retreat in the presence of overpowering num- bers. When such affairs as these have their counterbalance in victories like Jiguani or the sack of Holguin we gain some insight into the unbroken hope which stimulates the patriots to greater exertions in their cause, The mode in which the war is carried on, the stratagems practised and precautions taken will be found intensely interesting. The Cubans in the field count surely upon ulti- mately depleting the Spanish forces and treas- ury. The present state of chaos in Spain will, if long continued, soon be sensibly felt in Cuba, and the long sustained fight of the patriots may end in victory at last. For five years they have defied the power of Spain to subdue them, and, granting that Spanish credit was strong, the Iberian Peninsula under a stable government and her people working out their destiny in peace, the Mambi still might take an unlimited lease of their rebel- lion. This is the result of our commissioner's observations, and, being the trath, the ani- mus of the Spanish authorities in Cuba against Heranp men is comprehensible, although unjustifiable. We commend the nar- rative to all, and even the Spaniards who | speak of the insurgents as “four wild ne- | Emmanuel and the government of Emperor we have alluded has been concluded, then the r | terrors ola Goma Byapiva yall gumipel groes’’ will find much solid fact to astonish | them. Rurortep Treary Auwance Brrwren WLEMANY AND [vaty.—One of our fatest | cable despatches from London has it that a treaty of alliance has at last been conclided | between the government of King Victor | varying shades of cclor | of diverting a France restoréd to keep PSR ‘Tealy andj Germany in alliance give » good guarantee for the continuance of peace. Are We to Have a New Egyptian Empire? A telegram from Constantinople informs us that the Viceroy of Egypt has obtained his long-coveted firman from the Sultan, and that Egypt bas become all but an independent Power. We rejoice at tho reception of this intelligence, and see no reason to doubt its entire authenticity. In the brief despatch three points of concession are named :— Firs!—An independent internal government. Second—Authority to augment the army. Third—Permission to conclude foreign treaties, The internal government of Egypt presents at this time a consolidated administration that might well be envied by some of the Western Powers. At its head is one of the wisest and keenest of Eastern statesmen, Sherif Pacha, who, without doing violence to the religious convictions of the Mussulmans, has so organized the civil service that Euro- peans fill every important executive post, and educate their immediate subordinates to be- come apt and energetic. So thoroughly me- chanical is the internal government that when His Highness the Khedive desires to go to Alexandria: the Departments of War, Ma- rine, Foreign Affairs, Police and Interior follow by the next train, and the administra- tion of affairs moves on unfettered. Compared with the complicated, tardy and stupid operations of the Porte at Stamboul, the Khedive's system is absolute perfection. It is easy to imagine, therefore, to what degree the government of Egypt bas been embarrassed by that of Turkey. The moment that Egypt, sustained by treaty stipulations, began to evince a high order of progress, her sovereign was humiliated by firmans restricting his rights, and Cairo and Alexandria were flooded with spies and enemies of Ismail Pacha. When it was announced that the auspicious day had arrived for the opening of the Suez Canal, and all the world rushed to Egypt to witness the severing of two continents, Ali Pacha, working for his master, the Sultan, prepared a firman degrading the illustrious Khedive. This document was read on that historical occasion. Its reactionary and inso- lent character disgusted the moral sense of the world, and from that hour the influence of the Khedive has steadily increased. Against the wave of sympathy that poured towards Egypt from every Christian power Ali Pacha sought in vain to place an effectual barrier. He called the Khedive presumptuous, extravagant, a renegade from his people and religion, and Nubar Pacha, the Egyptian Minister of For- eign Affairs, an ‘impostor running about Eu- tope.’’ But Ali Pacha, who was the only genuine, if misguided, statesman in Turkey, died. As the chief characteristic of his policy ‘was opposition to Egyptian aggrandizement, it found no resolute champion in his successor. The Khedive grew daily in favor. The new Grand Viziers of the Empire were not wily enough for his Talleyrand, Nubar Pacha, nei- ther was the Sultan ambitious to be repressive, when such a policy might curtail his pleasures or interfere with his devotions at the Mosque. While the Khedive became stronger and more influential the Sultan was sinking into a state accurately described by ex-Minister Morris at Constan- tinople, as “‘imbecility.’’ It is not surprising to us, therefore, that His Highness, after first having obtained, at enormous cost, the right of succession to the’Vice Royalty in his own son, should succeed in rendering Egypt prac- tically free of Turkish control. The crippled state of the Ottoman finances may have needed the healing influence of the Viceroy’s gold, and a large bakshish, may be the secret of the last firman, for it is notorious that Turkey isa borrower to pay the interest on her debt. But, by whatever means accomplished, we regard the severing of these Turkish chains as Egypt struggling out of the land of bondage. In granting authority to augment the army there is a recognition of the principle for which Ismail Pacha has long contended—the unfettered right to employ foreign officers. There are now in Egypt seventeen American officers, the majority of whom graduated at West Point or the Naval Academy. Since their tenure of office in the Viceroy’s service they have been the victims of Turkish in- trigue and English jealousy, and have not received that consideration which is their due. With this new firman we “trust all oppo- sition to the full employment of their abilities and professional taleuts will pass away and that the Khedive will take every advantage of the ripe experience of these officers, who learned frontiering in a far wilder coun- try than Africa. Egypt is now able to com- mand two hundred thousand soldiers of in any emer- gency, and over one hundred thousand stand of arms are stored in the citadel at Cairo. Her commercial marine is in an ex- cellent condition, and from every stand- point she is prepared for that new era of pros- perity which the late concessions will un- doubtedly bring about. By far the most important concession is that which enables Egypt to conclude foreign treaties ; for it is in her relations with other Powers that she suffers the most galling in- justice. It is probable that a reconstruction of the exterritorial jurisdiction of the Consu- lar Courts will follow, and that His Highness will thereafter be relieved from the necessity large portion of bis to keeping matters smooth at Many of the noto- become extinct, and income the Consulates. rious abuses will while the strongest Power in Africa will grow | ‘ : or more appreciable of the meaning of true stronger the weakest Power in Europe will grow weaker. The firman will also materially change the attitude of Russia and England toward Egypt, as it may hasten the expulsion of the Lurks from Constantinople. But on these subjects we reserve our comments till the full text of this important document shall be in our hands, ‘Tue Empress Eveunm has, it is said, gone to the Continent of Enrope by way of Ostend, Whither is she bound? Has she gone to meet some of her old friends on the frontier? | William. It has long been manitest that some such arrangement was in preparation, Italy, however, disappointed Germany during the | late war, France is tapidly recovering her strength, aud the Ttuians well kuow that | France owes thom a grudge. It it prove to | be trne that snch an alliance as that to which Is there a coup d'éatin contemplation? The Orleans Princes are in Paris. So is Plon- Plon. Is there any good reason why Eugénie shonld not pay her respects to President MacMahon? It is not our opinion that the ex-Empress, ambitions as she is, will do any- thing rashly. It is not unnatural, however, Wo ablagh gyyne Waporigugg (0 Wain vigil. } | tion. Again, there is ambiguity regard- | only changed in form, not in intent; that the The Search for the Polaris. The fate of the Polaris and the part of the crew that remained on board when the vessel broke away in the pitchy darkness is a mystery which the government must under- take to solve. Never has any similar expedi- tion created such a profound sensation, and, as it is the bounden duty of the authorities under whose auspices it was fitted out to secure the fullest information relative to the missing parties, it would be well to consider the best means towards carrying out that ob- ject. The latest proposition is to despatch the United States steamer Juniata, a third rate screw of eight hundred and twenty tons, to Disco and Upper Upernavik, in the hope that some of the crew of the Polaris will have ar- rived by the time the rescuing vessel reachos these points and some intelligence may be ob- tained of Captain Buddington. It seems, moreover, that the commander of the Juniata is ordered to remain at Disco a reasonable length of time; but, failing to obtain any trace of tho Polaris, the Secretary of the Navy is to fit out an expedition to go in. search of her. Clearly there must be some mistake in the proposed arrangements. If it be the intention of the govornmont to allay all apprehensions of the safety of the Polaris no time should be lost, in the first place; while +a properly equipped vessel should bo selected for the purpose and placed in com- mand of experienced navigators and ex- plorers. Instead of a heavily laden man-of- war, carrying only sixteen days’ coal, it is evidently much more prudent to charter two merchant steamers, which, thoroughly fitted out under the supervision of such a man as Dr. Hayes and laden with coal, could readily enteron the search just about the time the sealers start on their annual expeditions, And it is absolutely necessary to employ more than one steamer, having in view the fact that Buddington and his party may be®found in the same terrible predicament as the survivors rescued by the Tigress. It would require the most vigilant lookout on both sides of an ice floe, while a place of rendezvous could be determined on before starting, where, with the proper appliances at hand, a satisfactory search could be instituted. But it is idle to talk of sending the Juniata to Disco or any similar locality, there to await intelligence that may never come. Altogether apart from her unfitness for the task, it is bordering on the ridiculous to despatch a steamer with a Micawber-like expectation, when the expendi- ture of a little money in the proper direction will quickly determine the great question at issue. After August next no vessel could go much beyond Disco, and should the Juniata fail in obtaining any information on the sub- ject of the Polaris her misson would be worse than fruitless. In view, therefore, of the great public interest which attaches to the fate of Buddington and party, as well as of the deep and threatening clouds which overhang the entire expedition, the Secretary of tho Navy should not hesitate to act promptly and with judgment. If the Juniata or any other war vessel is to be sent to the rescue, her equipment for the work should be complete in every respect, while arrangements should be made by which a vessel somewhat similar to the Tigress could be chartered at Disco or Upper Upernavik, and, with scientific and experienced officers on board, might at once commence the search. Want of judgment and delay will unquestionably prove fatal to an undertaking to the successful result of which the world looks with great anxiety. ‘The Secretary of the Navy and his assist- ants in conducting the Polaris investigation met last evening to consider and group the evidence collected into a report. Meantime, from all the hints given out touching the results of this investigation, we expect that our original accounts from St. Johns will be fully confirmed, even to the misgivings re- ported in reference to certain parties on the missing ship. The Spanish Ministerial Programme. The programme of the new Spanish Ministry has some important features, but their accom- plishment can scarcely fail to be more diffi- cult than their adoption as a policy. And yet upon the success attending the practical oper- ation of this programme does the success of the Spanish Republic depend. We suppose that federation can be easily brought about in so faras the boundaries and limits of the States are concerned, each province, including Cuba and Porto Rico, forming a State ; but | the difficulty will be found in defining and practising what we call ‘State sovereignty.” We shall understand it better when we have ascertained the Spanish meaning of federa- ing the phrase “liberty of tbe An- | tilles."’ As a guarantee of freedom for | the Spanish West Indies it may | mean much or little. We fear the phrase has no definite application and covers no well defined purpose any more than the repeated | acts looking to the abolition of slavery in | Cuba had any definite application or purpose. It will be many days before the Spaniards in | Cuba will permit the government at Madrid to accomplish the overthrow of slavery by minis- terial programmes or decrees of the Cortes. The declaration of martial law may be important, but it will not in itself overcome the Carlists. But all these things in the minis- terial programme are to be commended. Un- fortunately, however, the promise to pursne the old-time foreign policy shows that Spain has Republic and the Cortes merely take the place of Amadeus, as Amadeus after the interregnum took the place of Isabella Il. Spain still is Spain, and in nothing does she seem to be becoming wiser or better or more magnanimous and earnest republicanism. A New Utility for “Old Probabilities.” On the 6th instant we had to record the failure of the great regatta of the New York Yacht | Club owing to the dead calm prevailing in the Bay the day previous. ‘The Atlantic Yacht | Club, determined not to share the same dis- appointment at their late race, took the pro- cantion to telegraph to Washington on the | 9th instant to ascertain the probabilities for Tuesday. The answer, stating the special | weather likely to prevail on the day of their | race, put down “warmer and clear weather, southerly and southeasterly winds, varying | from gentle to fresh."’ This announcement, | made more than thirty hours in advance, as | will be seen by the independent and full Heravp account of the race, was almost liter- ally voviligd, ‘Lbg Hanany reporter ef dao | recapitulate now; | for their sufferings, and | attaches to the Spanish character for the un- sixth annual regatta states that the wind “a “southerly during the morning,” ‘tha weather was charming and a plessang southern breeze rippled over the water’®\ at the start; ‘the breeze freshened,” and,’ ‘coming home,” he mentions some of yachts “with the breeze on the quarter’ some having the wind ‘dead aft.” Yi racing at this season of the year is so ent for success upon the shiftings of the wind! that our club committees will do well here- after to ascertain the probable freaks and fan~ cies of wind and weather on the day proposed! for sailing ; and this they can generally do by: communicating with the Weather Office. Om the 5th instant, when the New York Yacht’ Club made its first great sail, the weather pre- monitions had not been invoked, but the pub-' lished reports did not presage a suitable day for the grand annual regatta. The telegram to the Atlantic Club on Monday was, we un- derstand, the basis of many arrangements, made for the next day, and which were justified by the event. By following the sug- gestion of this Club our yachtsmen may” otten avoid much inconvenience, risk andi disappointment, to say nothing of oxpense, and also enhance the chances of individual success, Our Correspondents and Their Achieve~ ments, The practical work, not only of the nows- paper, but of the newspaper man, is well illustrated by the recent achievements of the correspondents of the Heraup. In all parts of the world—Equatorial Africa, Central! Asia, the Antilles and the lava beds of the Pacific slope—the representatives of this journal have pursued the missions entrusted to them with such persistence and: skill, combining the highest courage with the most conscientious intelligence, that both they and their labors demand from us and our’ readers a word of recognition. First of alt comes Mr. Stanley, whose successful search for Dr. Livingstone has been so widely cele-, brated and so generously acknowledged. The Stanley-Livingstone Expedition opened a new field for journalistic enterprise and gave anim- petus to intrepid inquiry such as the world had never seen before. Even the British govern ment regarded an expedition into the heart of Africa as extremely hazardous and as possess= ing few chances of success, The desire to hear from Dr. Livingstone was universal, but the hope of ever hearing from him again was en- tertained by few persons, owing to the ap~ parent impossibility of success in a search for him among the bck barbarians of Equatorial Africa. Itisa high tribute to the newspaper press that what the British government feared to undertake the Hzrarp accomplished, and in this connection it is due to Mr. Stanley te say that his achievement shows the literary qualifications of the journalist and the cour- age and administrative abilities of the field marshal, Indeed, the combined qualifications of the soldier and the jouznalist seem necessary im any person who would give the world informa- tion from distant quarters or the battle fields of semi-savage nations, The recent letter, from Mr. Macgahan, our Khivan correspond- ent, illustrates this point. Like Mr. O’Kely and Mr. Millen in Cuba, he did not wait for official sanction to undertake his mission. Ag it was necessary to go he went, and succesa rewarded his going. His remarkable letter to the Heraxp is the record of his remarkable journey. Braving the dangers of Siberian snows and the storms of the sandy steppes of Central Asia, he journeyed from St. Peters. burg to Fort No. 1 on the Jaxartes. Five hundred miles yet remain to be traversed, but acorrespondent who has shown s0 intrepid a spirit can scarcely fail to overcome the ob- stacles in his way, and to send us, from time to time, accounts of the battles and conquests, or, perchance, defeats, of the Russians on their new and chosen field. The same reasoning applies to our Cuban correspondents, Mr. O'Kelly, who is now om his way to Spain as a prisoner, and Mr. Mil- len, who was more fortunate among the Span- ish hidalgos and is now home again. They undertook a like mission, their mission being to penetrate the camps of the insurgents and supply the Henratp with information in regard to the actual condition of the insurrection. It was a diffiguit task, and Henderson’s failure added to its difficulties while making it all the more necessary that it should be undertaken. Many reasons made the mission of these men a necessity. Cuba had long been at war with Spain, and though the Spanish authorities were constantly asserting that the insurrection was at an end the war did not cease. Neither the government of Great Britain nor of the United States bad any certain information as regarded affairs in that island, and no means of ascertaining what the Cuban insurrection meant. Under these circumstances the Hzxaxp undertook to supply its readers with the knowledge which even Mr. Fish did not possess. Mr. O'Kelly was accordingly de- spatched to Cuba with the avowed purpose of penetrating the Cuban lines and bringing us a faithful report of what he saw and heard. But lest he might fail in an undertaking which everybody knew he was trying to accomplish we sent Mr. Millen on the same mission, ex- cept that his purposes were not to be avowed. Both happily succeeded, and both were ar- rested when they returned from their visit to Cespedes. The rest of the story we need not but the world is better off another stigina necessary cruelties inflicted upon the Henatp's representatives, The task committed to Mr. Fox, our corre- spondent in the lava beds during the war against Captain Jack and the Modocs, was not | easier or less dangerous than the missions of any of the others. That it was so well done is in itself sufficient evidence of the faithfal- ness and courage with which he performed his duty. He shared all the hardships and dangors of the troops—often doing duty with them—that he might be able to report the hardships and dangers and the accidents and achievements of the campaign. Tho whole country was auxious for the fullest informa- tion on the subject, and this our correspondent enabled the Heranp to give by manfully braving every danger, living in the camp while the troops were at rest and going out with them when they went in search of the , treacherous Modocs, A newspaper may well be proud of corre. spondents so intrepid, 60 courageous, 60 akil- ful and go faithful. It is not an easy matter Q Gad pervepa Giled i overy wow (ox the | dee