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Show .WW'S I'HOV WASIIl.SQTOS'. (frem Our rif intr tfcrtt-yewltot 1 WaiuiNUTiiN, July 27, IVOO. Tho ti ort ol I'ourth Aiiiitant 1'oit-inaater 1'oit-inaater Geniral llriitow on tho (peculation (pecula-tion nl Neelt and oilier irrrgularltlea and exlravigamei In Ihe Cuban xital yilcin, which wai made public thla wiek, ii nut fluttering In thoic Amerlrani who have tha Idea that our government ol Cuba wat to teach the Culaim hon-eity hon-eity and good Kovernmrnt to ai to pre pare them to fittingly govern them telvn iipanlih offlclali had tliowiithe Cubani far generatlom how to bo dli-honeit dli-honeit andeitravagantln handling public pub-lic money, and il ii humiliating In the i xtrcme to ire itofllilally, Tiue, there li loine contolallon in tho fact that the crookednen wai expcied by the U. 8. government and that the crooked American Amer-ican otllclali haye already been degraded and am to be puulahedfor their raarah Ity, Imtead of hnvlng their ihortcomlng! winked at, ai the government of bpaln uiualydid when the tteallngor extravagance extrav-agance otlti Cuban olllciali hnpiued tulx) expoitd, but nono tho Im the w hole builnen muit he comhleied nn-fortunate nn-fortunate In Itt tlltd Ukiii Cuban ldeat of Iho character! of Amerkniii. If the Smate Intended whtn It unati-Imouily unati-Imouily voted to Inilruct Hi committee on Cuban Relation! tu make an inviitl gallon of receipt! and exHindllurei of public money in Cuba that the Invciti gallon ahoulilcnnilit uf Iho commlttie putting lit 0 K. upon Inteillgatluni made by teveral exicuttvo deparlraenli of tho government which collected aud pent tho money, nn itattmeiit to that effect waa made on the llotr ol the ben-ate. ben-ate. Several benalon did tay that they conildtredtho Inveitlgatlon to bo mado by the extcullvedipattiiitiiti, all that Iweio ncctnary, but they voted (or the resolution (or the Inveitlgatlon. Ben-atorl'latt, Ben-atorl'latt, ot Cwin., clialrruau oj the 'wmii'ar<iibjiiiJ TlonT wat liTWaiXlngtoa i thl wtad being aiked when the committee would begin work, laid "A itarchlnglnvntl-gallon itarchlnglnvntl-gallon into the expenditure of Cuban fundi li being mado by both the l'oot-offlce l'oot-offlce and War Department!, and when they are prepared to leport their finding! to tbe Senate commlltie, wa will have lometblnguptn which tobegla work " To wait for lb departmental rvpoiti will doubtlcn make the work cf the Senatorial co.utrittfe much eailer, but will the publli regard that ai the independent tiiveallgatlou the Fenato couunittee wai expected to make, and will It be good polillci for the parly In power to allow the Inveitlgatlon to drag along unlllafterelectlon? lloldntiaand pmiuptntn in the handling ol dlihonnt men, whither In olHilal or private life, it alwayt admired by the American people. peo-ple. New! from China grows more Inilead leripunllng T!ioPrcilduit'irreeuient to mediate In behalf uf China with the powen, provided tint China will put thu foreign minilterl in communication with their government! and Hint the Chlnete Imperial army will cooperate with the allied troop! In leilorlng peace and order, li regarded n a good move. If the condition! are accepted and lived upto, thetiouble would ipeidlly end, aad the only need for mediation would be to determine the manner In which Chlaa ihould pay the owenfordumagea done, but, lay the doublen, mppiie the Chineie government hat loit control and cannot crrry out Fromleei It may make? nother menage l.ai been recel-vel recel-vel from MlniiterCongor, and there li nodoublof It! being all right, It wai dated July 4th, and laid the foreignera wero all in the lirltlih It gallon in l'ekin, under comtaut ultack from the Chineie loldiera, who were tho only aulhorll) in the city, and lhat iinleil iperdy help catno a mimcro wai certain Some re-gird re-gird that ai bad newt, lomo ai gnml, Somo aiprovlng that the uicgiign from I Mr Conger ncelv.d through tho Chin tie Mlnliter wai genuine, an 1 otheri ai ehowingltto havobeen either an old meaiage or a fergery. The Chlncee M In- 1 liter tayi It ii good and that he It cer- vtmrv""' I on th'' " 'i," '"""'" i, tain lhat the foteigrnr! are all right anil that the Chineie government ii getllnt; the Ihixt ii undir control I roni other Chineie lorcri the U. 8. Conml at Canton Can-ton haa wired the Department of Staler that the foieign Minliten at I'ekln war a'lve and well on July 23 Willi all thli contradictory newi It Ir not lurpriaini; that men with nltlvroplnlom are hanl to find. Men hiiK! for the bet, but will not bo eurpilied to hear the wont Indication! In-dication! are all pointing Io a break op oflheallledpoweri, aud It will not be lurprlilng If It comes before the allltt army advance! from Taku The Irou Moll Mo-ll In reaching an agreimenl ai to what the rtlhd army ihall eccouipllih. Thl goiernmenthat announced lit determination deter-mination not to allew American troops to be natd for any other pnrperei than the rricue and prufctlon of foreigner In China, '' |