Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 6, 1873, Page 2

o ~ T CITICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNISDAY, auwoss vy avewe —— e e e e e GERMAN DESPOTISM. A Cast-Iron Government and an Indifferent People. Army nnd' Novy=-The Condition of Women Among the Lower Olnsscs. Roliglous Bdnentlon-+Fho Germnn Sunday==Much Drinking and Little Drunkenuesss-Ignornance of Politics reUonnoruhip.of tho Prosu=-'The Intors nntionnis=-Thc Catholic Quarrvlss Alwnce-Lorraine=-1he Noxt Wir. Correspondencs of The Chicago Tribune. Corourr, July 17, 1873, The German Empite is nu anomely. It con- sluts of a civilized peopla and & cast-iron Gov- erument. Tho lattor hos a giant's strongth, and {8 tyrannous cnough to uso it llko a glant, If o German panthelst. should wish to adduce a fa- miliar example of an all-porvading power, ho ncod only namno tha German Siate, 1t shows ituelf, firel and foromost, in the ABNY AND NAVY. . In Limo of poaco, ot of ». population of about 41,000,000, 425,000 mon, noarly all of them bo- twyeon 20 and 28 years of ngo, are withdrawn from productive Iabor, and rigorously drilled in the seienco of elanghtor, Evory citizen, unloss ho 'belougs to ono of two fortunate class- o8, muat sncrifico to tho Btato tho first threo years of his manhood ontiro, and then boliable to ‘sorvico, incage of war, for nine years more. The two fortunato classos arc tho sick, who aro wholly oxompt, and thegvoluntoora. Theso lat- tor servo ouly oue yenr # thoy have spocin privi- logos ; and, unleas punished during tho yoar for nogloct of duty, thoy bLecome oflicers in the ovent of a war during tho noxt nine yonrs, It sooms, at firat sight, nu if everybody wonld vol- qunteor ; but thoro ara difficulties. A man must offer himsolf bofore e is 20; mnst bo thon pre- pared to pass an oxamination so rigorous that maony boys (o tho hond of n groat Gorman ®chool says) ruin their health in “cramming™ for it; and must, if accoptod, himsolf pay for Tis bontd and lodging, his olothingand nccoutro- mentd, Thie ontails a cost of from 800 to 500 thalors (a thalor i 85 conts in currency). Con- srequoutly, only young men who are both rich aud well-odueated can volunteor, and the ranks of tha three-yonrrs' condcriptaare kept full. Tho ouly distinction of uniform botween tho twoa clasgos is » slender greon and whito cord on vol- unteer shoulders. “The j DISCIPLINE of the army is sevore, ‘Thie officers are nndor more rigid coutrol, in somo ways, than the pri~ vates, Thus, an officer cannol carry the slight~ et bundle, not oven n lady's shawl or fan, Mo cannot movo in nuy socioly excopt tho highe est. He caanot marry unloss his intendod wifo ond ho own, betweon them, &t loast 14,000 tha- Jors’ worth of proporty. Ho is, morcover, sont to chureb, like o schiool-boy, at stated intorvala, The COST OF THTS ARSY vt 425,000 mon is something enormous., What Germany would pny for hor war-force of1,$13,- 000, I have no mosns of knowlng; but tho Almanach de Gotha for 1878 gives Lhe figures in time of penca : For tho yenr 1872, tho total ox- penges of tho Rmpiro woro 118,840,489 thalors. Of this sum, the military and naval oxpouses (iucluding o triflo over 12,300,000 for ponsions) absorbed 112,300,992 thalors. And this in timo of penco! 'I'his enormous monoy-cost i, how- ovor, but ono item in tho sum-total, Ib i imposgiblo to estimate tho loss of national wealth cougad Dby tho withdrawal of so mauy thousnnds of young man from productive indus- try, and still more impossible to weigh tho harm to Cormany and the world which may result from training & whalo poople, in its improssible youth, to war. Such s subject must be felt from subjoct to mounrch, THE ENPEROR'S RTUDY, which we saw just as ho bad loft it a fow hours bofore, seomed liko an indox to the Nations! spirit. Tho only pictures wera those of battlos ; almost “overy ook was on tho art of war; the ‘inkstands and paper-woights, etc., wore mado of tiny balls and bombs ; and on a high desk was & sndlv-worn map of Europe, on which Schieswig- Holstein and Alsace-Lorainue woro coverod with lettors aud iines in red ink. Thoro was searcely an object in tho room which auggested anything excopt war. A prominent fosult of tho army'’s abuorption of mon hos beon the widening of the sphora of WOMAN-~REGAKDED AS AN ABCIMAT., ‘Womeun nre farm-lahorers, hod-curriers, stroet- wweopers, hewers of wood and drawers of water. 1 havo scon the women tugging olong a caunl- bont, whife a man sut in tho sfern, smokod, and steorod ; aud o woman barneseed with an ox to draw o plow which o an gnided. Tiieso muy bo excoptional instauces, but tho commonest of sightsin o German city s & woman harnessod with a dog botore littio eart. "Tho natural con- soquences follow: Woman i8 despisod ; im- morality is frightful. An Ametican family which spont Inst wintor in Drosden advortised for o sor- vant for weoks before sn numnnied woman who bad no ehildsen could be prooured. Tormer . &g;os8 in regard to religions and secular EDUCATION diffor much in tho different States. Baxony ia here curiously despotic. Although the King and_Conré nre Catholic, the Stato n¥1lnillta nl’l the Luthoran miniaters, pays thoir salarics, and —mirabile dicli—givos out o series of toxts, year or 8o iu advance, from which the pastors must preach. o the same text is the subject in all the Saxon Iutherau_ churches on any givon Bunday. When I oxpressed sut- *)l'(ec on hoaring of this pocullar regulation, my nformant, an intolligont, woll-cducated porsos, said : “ If this wero not 8o, n ministor migh preach on soma subject tho Government did not want talked sbout ; L should think all countrics ‘would mnke such & rule.” Tho minfsteriul posi- tion confors no-social standing whatover in Gior- many, In this, the nation is probably without .parailel. A Sunday-school or & prayor-mesting is o rarity. ‘The Chureh is apt €0 be littlo more thau o _confirming-machine, ~ Divine servi gonerally woll atteaded by women, but vory fow of thom go regularly ; the great’ majority of men nover go. Yot overybody.is confirmed. Tho process ia part of tho sehoal-couriie. The Biato provides good efomontary edueation at n nominal cost, and makes it compulsory for soven oars of o child's lifo. droaf attontion is pnid o tho pupils honlth. Thoy Liave daily gymuns- tio oxeraiso, nnd nhort sessions for study ~ When tho childron are aliout Lf, they recoive spocini religious inctruclion for a yoar, and aro then cnnhmmd,——qnlln, a8 I havo said, a8 a part of the courso. What o sliem the whole thing may bo, inshown by tho fact tLat, in tho Saxon schools, in 'which tho pupils are, of courue, xtructed in preseribod ways, tho girls aro tuughit that Christ's wiracles wore bona fide; whifo tho boys learn that thoy aro nll oxplained by natural causos, snd were not miracles at allf Thus Yrulmmd, tho woxes are marshaled wp for contirmution, ‘Tho procoss is almost necessary for socinl po tion and for employmoent, Ho Germany, tho s called ““nation of infldels,” iy ono ‘muss of nominal Christians, [ rome Biates, contirma- tion ia & necossity for marringe. In Hmmn[y no man, muleua fio i o Jow, ean ho married until ho has hoen baptized, vaccinated, and confirmed, HUNDAY is kopt throughout Gormany as Luthor and Calvin uged to keep its atternoon. lu other ‘words, it is u holiday, Chuorches and rostaurants aro opon; stores ara shut. ‘The theatres huve thon their largest audioncon; tho beer-gardons are theu at theiv fullost. Good musle and fair beer are to bo gob evorywhero; everybody cls Loth. 'Tho good ordor iu remarkable, urlng _throo months' rosidence in Gor- muny, I havo wscen only six tdrunken men, threo of whom I mat in one duy in Vienna, Buch statistics must, bowever, be_talien as a baars of nri;munnt with.cantion, It was butn fow daya sinca that o a“’(i"“' olorgyman told his congrogation_thnt he had just traveled 1,000 mileg in the Unitod States, nnd had seen_onfy two drunkards, Novertholoss, it is tho alniost auanimous testimony of foroiguors aud untivos that hero drunkonncuy Is o rarity. 'This s nob cenngod by Binto or socinl offorts, Thoro are no probibitory Inws, no abstinenco rooiotics. Tn parts of Geriuany, the Jaw rogulates the mnount of boer that i to bo mado from n given amount of muterial. 'Thia is practioally all tho Htete doos in tho way of provention, Tho ;;runur purt of tho Gorman Empiro lios i tho olimatic zono of tha northorn half of tho Unitod Statos, The Inhabitanty of both, according to the earofni ro- urarchea of tho Alasusabnuntts Board of 1laulth, o neceasarily havo s atrong oraving for slooholio drinks, OUR ORTATER DRUNKENNCSS . 1n doubtlesn to be partinlly nccounted for by the difforonce of men. But, nftor nllowing for-this, vLu aro Atll far bohind Gormaiy, Tho 'rensons thoreforo tny porhaps be fouud {n ‘thosa faots : (1) In Gormany, modorato drinking is rospoot- sblo, Tho rondt In, that man.tako tholr fawmilios with thom to beautiful gardons, whoro thoy lioad oxcallont musio while thoy drinit, and so combine monial and phynical enjoyment, iustead of hoing forcod, in order Lo sluko thoir thirst, o go alons into some socret don, whoro temptations of il norta mogt thow, and wharo they aro doprived of tha hoalthtul rostraint of thole wives' and chil- dron's prosonca. *The sama reasoning applios to tho thentro, It In here undor no sort_of ban. All olnssos of good sovioty abtend: it Tt Ju nob depondent upon the mob for aupport, and so doos nat pandor to vile tnatow, -(2) Boor and wine aro good and chepp, Thore is, consequont- 1y,:almost no domand whatover for liquors. (8) 'Tronting is somothing unknown, - If six mon g0 to a hoor-gardon togothor, each takes n glasg ar two, aud pays for it. In Amorlen onch would foo) obliged to ordor boor for six. This would troblo tho amonnt drunl, and the cost thorcof. Tosides thoso alrondy mentionoed, thero ara many - QURIOUS CASEA of dtato intorforonco. A travelor must fill out n rinted blank for tho policoof evory oity at which Eo gtops, Yerhapa only his namo nod residenco are roquirod; but, fu Borlin and clsowlore, -ho iu.0bliged. slno to contldo to tho authoritios his 0go, his occupation, his placo of birth, the pro- posod longth of his stay, and his religion,” In #oma Statas, notably in Baden, insurance 18 com- pulsory. In all of thom, traops may bo quarterod upon thecitizons for two or throo days at a timo, whonovor tho bartacks (often tho largast build: inga iu the pinco) are crowdod. © 7 I8 THE EMPIRE HTRONG? . At firat viow, vory \ntmnr. Dnt {t has many olomouts of workuioss,” In the flrst placo, tho pooplo, s o wholo, seom to bo grossly ignornnt of thelr political privilogos, aud indiftoront to them. In Dresden, two university men, both of ngo, woro unablo to toll me whother tho mom- hors of the Imporial Parliament wero elactod or nappointed. Neither know the qualifications for vating, Ono did not know whather tha Faderal Btates had soparato Assomblies or not. The othor was wholly ignorant of these Assomblios' timos and placos of - mooting, and of ¢hoir pro- rogntives. Both conenrred in nu{lug: “If you wish to know about any such things, you umiust nsk n lawyor; mnobody olso kuows or cares,” To infor from the ignorance of thewo two mon that of the whole nation would be painfully like M. Iaing’a inforanco of all tho views of all Eng- lisbmen on all subjocts from the laoks and talic of iy ono follow-travolor botwoen Liverpool and London. It might ovon suggost that standard story of tho dmecr of inductive rensoning from too fow facts, which runs in this wisa: A tourist in Americs ontored in his note-book: ¢ Was Mom. : All barbors in the States have red bair,” But many othor Gornmans huve since confirmed what thero two mon said. Againand agnin have T'boon told that it was idlo'to expoct anybody but o Inwyer to know anything about the struc- ture of government, Aud, a8 far a8 my limited oxporiotico goos, nobody ofso line known. Such apathotic ignoranco lLas somotimes beon rolied upon by despotisms na their surcst support. Witueas Napoleon 111 and tho Fronch pensantry. But oxperionce and common-seuse unito to prove that peoplo who show aucl indifforonce, while they will not fl]ihf. to overthrow Lhoir‘gov- omument, will not willingly fight to maintnin it 'whon domeslic foes nttnclk-it, 'Thoy aro indilfer- ont to all local changes, as long s their own thronts and purso-strings are loft uncut. This astounding ignoranco {8 perhaps pavtinlly oxcusable, fur tho oloction-lawa aro apt o bo iutricato. Dologates to tho City aud State Coun-~ ciln are usually chosen, so iy by the people ot lnrge, and a0 many by tho difforont profos- sfons and trndes, This ia naturally somowhat ‘confuning. Quite a simple systom, however, is that by which Prussin regulates PROPERTY-SUFFRAGE. The Kingdorm is divided into cloctorat districts, onch of which pays_the samo,amount of taxes, and clects throo Ropragentatives to tha Lower Houso., Snf' tho amount of fax is $15,000. Do- ginning with tho heaviost tax-payer, and going .going rogularly down tho lino,” the mon who fogotiior pry §5,000 aro formed into o ¢ Girclo,” and elect onie Represontative. If ono man s a thivd of tho district tox hoisa “ Circle by himself. “Tho sccond * Circlo” is formed in tho samo way ; and the third consists of the reat of the votes, who, of course, py hotween them ,tho remaining £5,000, Thia sichome scems to bo 'the fairest syatem of proporty-sufirage yot do- visod. It is said to work well. . The classes who do take an intorest in the Government do it AT TREIR OWN IR, ' Tho.nowspaper conorship is rigid. Tho now presglaw, if it finally succeods, will put overy political writor in Germany into chaius, Free upnuuh doos mnot exist. The leader of tha ** Bocinl-Domocrats,” Iiorr Bebel, is elocted to tho Imporial Parliamont. In ono of hi dis- couracs he spoaks evil of dignitaries. o ia prosecuted thorofor, and couvioted. For avora yoar, ho has reprosoutod 18 constitucnts in s prison-cell. 'I'on days ago, the Borlin pross annonnced that & young workman had boon sentonced to several months' XmFrlanm'ul. He was talking with some friond during a raviow at Potedum, and spoks disrespectfully of the Emperor. Somehody honrd him, and he was at onco arrested, Ilis conviction was followed by tho trisl of & numbor of porsons for Liabitual attendanco at Social-Democratic mootings. This I still pondung, THEYE SOCIAL-DEMOCRATS are plegno apots on the body-politic. 'They claim tho control of the whole workingman vote. Thoy nre cortainly stroug, and most certainly oxtromo, Tho red flag waves in their club- rooms, aud thoir common greoting is: *¢ Wie gets it der Theilung?"— 1low goos it with the partition (of proporty)?” Thoy aro bittorly opposed to the Empire.” Thoir extravagauces injuro (hoir usofulness, but thoy do a good work in maintaining an oppesition {n tho State, in promotiug co-operation among themselves. s TIE OATIIOLIO ELEMENT isono of danger. Tho laws now in force in Prussia reapecting clorical oducntion, &c., how- over much thoy may bo applanded by ultra Protestants, who holieve dovotedly in striking tho * Scarlot Woman " whon she is” down, aro outrageous in principlo and practico. Imaginea lav in Awmorics which should compol overy l‘rnslfivlnrflnn olergyman to receive a ceriain apecified education under State suporvision, to pass n State oxamination therein, to nccopt n “call” only whon the Btato’ approved, and to submit any troubles in which he, in hia clerical eapacity, mighi bocome juvolved, to the decision of n spooint State Court, tho majority of the members of which' bolonged t6 denominp- tions bitterly opposad to his own. This is, iu brief, tho Prussian law in rogard to Catholics, Naturally, tho . Catholics of tho Empiro which Yrussin’s King rulos are indignant therent. They numbor 363 of ovory 1,000 iulabitants, o that their indignation iw formidable. That the Gov- croment so rogards it ju shown by ity netive of~ forts in hohail of tho OId Catholio sact. ‘I'ho mass of the pooplo secom to have little symputhy for Catholic wrongs, The Gevman Puneh, 4 Kladderadatsoh,” earicaturos tho priosts and their followers continually. 'ho picturo- atlories ave full of hitunt them,” The * Gosnits’ inglo-Tanglo,” o conrso welodrwinn aimed at tho Church, 8 n stoel-plecs in low concott-rooms, It has long beon n na- tioual charactorintio to make fun of Romo, The very old slory of Roiuoke Fuchs is fall of gross nitacly; and the ancient forns of tho "anat legend mako Mophistopholes appenr aa a monk, But how ald the fashion of such scofling at clerieal dignitaries is apponrs in an Arsyrian soulpture, prexorved in Horlin, of & domon in Ppricst’s costumio, ALSAOK-TORBAINE fanot yot transformed into Blsnss-Tiothringen, Tt 6till roquiven grent garenons, aud still biows hate of its conquarors. o wore eantioned not to speak Govman in Birashirg shopy, in ordar to ayoid fucivility and highor prices, The amount of weowling douo by tho populace ns troops raareh through the dtreots s something ludi- crously appalliug to weo. Tho photograph- satares aro full of piotures of “France Idding Iurawell to Alsace and Lorraino,” “‘P'ho Ravigh- mont of Alsaco,” ** Alsuco’s Dronm,” &e. 'Tha £ droam " i Lho expulsion of the German by tho French, These o only atraws, but ovidontly tho curront hau not yot turned towards Giermauy. : sln‘m another dungor that throutons the Empiro la tho JEALOURY OV 1T PARTE of anak othor axd of tho whola, Bavaria's npe- olat pr\\'ilut:cu are hnteful to tho other Fedoral Btaten, and each untion seems to feol that it Is unduly sbrorliod in the Lupiro, .. This fooling i often intense. Citizens of ona State taunt those of auother with having a puppet for o King, &u., and got n retort in kind, Tho PBI‘(IH horo outlined betoken n many-gided opposition 1o tho Impiva,~not that healthiul opposition which sacku tho control of the (lov- erumont in order to cavry oub the moasuros it doems of goneral good, but that which nime at radical ohruges in the Governmont. itsolf, I'ho Glovornment is, us L have wafd of cost- irou. It cannot bond,—but may it not bresk 7 st TR skl Senator Morton, From the Washington Chyondcle, July 4 1, Tho habitue Inst wintor of tho gallories of Cougross aud the corridors of the hotols would Lardly idoutifv, with the nsla. landan-skinyed, shaved this morning ; the barber had red hair,’ nromaturely-decroplt mnan who then totlered through tho ainlas of tho Sonate Chambor, with faoblo galt, and_supported by oratohos, tho vig- -orolw, rosy-ohookoed and hoalthy Henator from Indlann, who walkod Into tho Bbbitt Houso yos- tordny morning, aided only by o alight walking- utigk, Bostod at o tablo Inat evenlug, over which n builliant jot of gas throw a atrong light, bringlng luto view,avary linoamaut of hin Inca, Mr, %Ihrtml strueld tha many visitors who eallod on him with utter _astonlnhmont at his changed appanranca, 1lis haly, which waa' alwaya of a jot black color, bag gatnod o Flo»ny huo, and his oyos o spnrklo nud Intonslty that shonke volmos for tho reouporative powors of tho hot springs of Arkausny, whore ho rosided as n pationt fore savoral weoks. 'Tho paralysin of his lowor 1imbs, onco ro patnfully apparont, has hioon eon- quorod to such an oxtont that, while thero i n |urco§)t\llln halt i his gait, tho locality of - the roublo In contined almost wholly to tho right foot, This rojuyenation of his physical systom wooma to have nffected his gonoral apirits lu a corresponding dogros, and Lo convorses with an onso and dash that would bo strangors to noy- thing but & healtly phyaiquo. —— THE SUNDAY LAWS---REPLY TO T. B. EATON. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribunc: Bin: Allow me to assure Mr. 'I', B, Eaton, who takos lssno with mo na to tho allogations of my formor communication, that *Nativo Amori- can” i not only “ to tho manor born,” but can traco his linongo in thin fand for 200 yours; that ho i8 nlso quito familiar with Sunday Inws, hav- ing, according to tho sirictost scot of Now Eng-~ land, boon brod a Puritan, whore Sunday com- monced on Saturday night af sunsot, and was nono of your mako-boliove Sundays of nows times, but tho grim old Sabbath of anciont Jow- ry. I boliove it is n slandor, a8 roportod, that they used thoro to stop boor-barrols from worling on that day, for thoy didn't uso beor,—thoy proferred rnm,—but I know that any one travoling, oven in his privato enrriage, unloss to mooting, conld bo arrostod and fined for desocration of the Lord's-Day. ‘Waonro all growing out .of those old sholls, howover, andsoon the native-Amorfean pooplo poopla sill bo an tolorant in raligious customs ns thoy now ara in civil rights, ) Mr. Eaton donios that the londers of tho Snu- day-law movemont aro warring againet the Gor- mons, whom ho sucoriugly emphnsizes as *‘hanest,” or that thoy have initiated any ngita- tion of Uis pubjoct. Thay, forsoath, na lniip~ ions of “law aud order,” ‘nro only sookiug to onforco all Inws, whila theso posky Gormaus aro nagitating to hayve ono law ignored, “Thoro is o specious color of truth to thin view; Dut lot us look at the facts, nnd thon seo who will bo to blame if tho friends of good gavern- mont, through thoir division, bocowo noxt fail vigtima of thoir mutual enemics. Porbaps ono-fifth of our city-population Is Gorman, so-called, Thoy are noted as n soumu for their industry, thoir 16ve of order, and their good citizonship, ' They aro ns carnest for *law wud ordor” as aro our soll-constituted chiam- plons of that canso, Go through tho distriots donsoly populatod by theso Toutons, and, by day or night, your person is #afo from molostation, it you hehiavo yourself. You will find thoro no gambling-hells, no brothels, no bunko-dens, no ooplo drunk, or drinking flery liquors, unless it B0 W ohanco lristman of Amerién. oy aro ominently a Inw-and-order people. 'Thoy only differ from us as to the obgorvanco of the Sabbath. % When, attor the groat fire, a call was made for o mass-maotings (o £alco mor striugent monsures to suppross crime, those Gormnns ocagorly ro- epon&efl,—uouo mora eagerly. A German was, I beliove, Clairman of the moeting. A plau of action was ndopted, satisfactory to "all, &nd committeos nppointed to catry itont. At n_subsoquont mooting, o new sot of men appeared on the fiold, and somehoy took chargo of the whole moyoment., ‘Those men discoverad that n certnin obsolote I, not onforcéed for tiwonty yonrs, forbidding enloons to Do oponed on Sunday, wanld, if enforeed, bo .| b pouncen for all onr ills. They knew very well that our German friends woro in tho habit of spending o portion of the Sunday, ofton with thoir wives and children, in snloons whoro only their favorito boverago could be had frosh and polatablo. Thoy kuow vory woll thnt thaxo poo- lo would rogard tho odict as moroly onfore- Iug o rcligious observance obmoxious to them. Yot, rockless of consequonces, our zenlots resolved that tho Iaw phonid Lo revived and_onforcod. Tha Mayor aud polico were rodded out of thoir reluctanco; courts were angonned todo thoirduty; spies wore acattered, on Sunday, through the city, to bring evidence agatvat violators of the Inw. ‘Now, I chargo that all this was dono, not a0 much through » zenl to_ecnforce the laws, as through a zeal to suforco homage to a theologi- cnl dogma, 'Tho Gaddess'of Tustico was not the inupirine divinity, but rathor John Calvin and John Wenloy. This i evident becanso s : First—1To chiof promoters of this course aro not men who are known as aclive in makiug or enforoing other laws, but are aclive as piotisty religious propagandists, + - ‘Sccond—Though the rendon given for closing saloons on Sunday, to wit: bocause men are idle on that oy, applics oqually to_ the Tourih of July and othior 3 of 1 dosire to include thove days ainong the in- terdictol. g Third—Thoy do notshow any zeal to revive and anforeo othor obsoleto but oxisting lnwa, ns, for instanco, this: “1f any onoshall sell, or offer to scll, any’ pack of playing-cards, or any dico, billiod-tublo, or hillintd-Dalls [ote., ote.], ho sball bo fined," ole. Grosy' Slaiules, p. 193, Fourth—Many of these Sundny-law lenders makio o pretongo of any otker abjost bl to compel o recognition by all of tho Sabbath as a day bot intonded for rcorontion. ft thora is anything that will mako one's blood boil, it is to fool {hat any class 18 onforcing upon ug o roligious observanco which wo do not ac- copt, In it strange, thon, if tho Germans, recog= nizing thia pnimud in the * Law-and-Order™ party, as ol presont controllod, ato roady to £ to thie protection of almost any other purly whicl offors it g Can wo afford to loso their voto? Can we af- ford to run the risk of that vote being captured by such men ns Shorldan and Hickey? I toll you, Nol Wa noad tho votu of every lnw-nud- ordér man in the city to keop it from bocoming o second Now Yorlk in municipal infamy, 1, for one, wonld like to sce the knle'of ardent spitits supprossed entirely, I do not beliove that nll boverages containing alcoliol must bo in- terdicted if wo intordict any. I boliceo a lnw Torbidding tho salo of Lovarages of abova . cor- tain per cont of alcohiol would bo as practical aa ono forbidding all intoxicating drinks, But i this Huudn;—lnmiucuu worth the strug- lo and tho riske? "I'ho ** Law-and-Ordor" party B alienating wany thoneands of its bost friends, and tho hearts of thievea and gamblers boat Ligh with lm{m. Not mnny Gormans wonld vote fora nmty that thoy beliceed was friendly to bad men, but thoy might say, A plague on both your huuees " and refrafu from voting. Mr. Liaton compares the (ermans to the Reb- olg in the lnto War, who oried to bie *let alono.” A moro just figure would ‘:l\'n onr burglara and gamblors that position, aud the Gormaus thut of _ follow-Unioniats, eagoer with us to put them down, Whore would this nation bo now if, in the darkest hour of tho groat strugglo thd Ropublicnn party had dragged up and enforeed overy obsolato Iy it conld find that wos obuoxious t0 Northorn Domocrats, or to our German or Jrish follows-citizeus, .ovon thongh it know it might drive thom into sym-, pathy with the South # Yet n similar thiug avo thess mon Lr(iug to_do for aur city, Thoy aro doubtlass good moen ; but good mou, acting under roligions hins, lnve often brought, by thoir counuols, grent woes upon meny peoplo. ‘What thio pooplo want, i4 o strong, honoat, Cit Govornmont thut will kaop down tagation, aud, also, bo n to tho dnnsgmnuu classes, Our prosent worthy Mayor and Polica Suporintend- eut aro samples, T bollove, of that kind of ofticors that could ho sustainod if all law and ordoer lov- ord woro allowed fo not in harmony. At this montent I beliovo thoso ofticers wonld have uo ‘warmor frionds than would bo - tho entiva Cier- man ])Dimlnhnll, had not thoso Spblatarian en- thustasts moddled with their peiformance of Quty, Awitis, T supposo it is more timn doubt- fal it Mr, Modill could now bo olected, should 1o bo willing fo run again, though no bellor mun over fillod that ofileo, , - Thoso aro the fivst frults of thiy ill-advised couree, Lot ne Invoke Lotter counsels oro it is too Info. Lot ne pause and rofloct, ere wo allow thewo nion to lead us wheneo thers is no rotroat ozcopl I humilintion and rogrot, For u darling dogma thoy wonld be willlug, if necessnry, to cauo our streots to resound with tho confliet of mmy, Tut, whon that hour camo, not be- Lind o bayonet would one of these leaders be found ; thoro would bo o fearful cl{[dumlu of colio among thu wholo sut ahout that time, Nol thoy are, I fonr, just what the Great oachor deseribod, as thoso who place burdous on tho iwnmu which they thoemselvos would nat lighten by sio nuch na & fingor ; mon who would atrain ok tho gnat of Babbathibronking, though there- by weuny hevo to syallow s caravan of the camols of erimo. NATIVE-AMERICAN. holidays, yot nover have we heard | GORDON-GORDON, The Most Syccessful Confl- ! 1 dence-Man - Ever ., + Enown. Wy Exploits of an English Clergyman's i+, legitimate. Son. ., “rom the Toronto (Can) Madl, . Tho man now calling Idmdolt Qordon Is tho illogitimato pon-of tha Rev, -Dr. . Hussoy, rector of Ilayes, in tho County of Xent, England, At thio ago of 2 yoars lio was placed undor the earo of tho Misgos Borryy who kopt a boardlug school on Dulwich Common. Mo waa then known by the namo of John Hamilton. Hore ho appears to hnve continued for somo yoars, butho * EANLY COMMENOED 118 CARZEL OF ONTME. In tho yoar 1849 ho was In tho employ of Monsra, “White & Son, warehousomen, of' Olioapsido, Lon- don, and on the 25th of May in that yoar he was arrostod on a cliarge of obtalning goods by false protencos. ITo way committed for trinl, but no proscentor apponred on the caso com- ing up ond “Hamilton” was acquitted. I'wo. yonrs . aftorward ho tarned , up again at tho town of Yoovil, in Bumorsetshiro, wharo ke twas Assistant Master in & achool, This humbla ocoupation, . howover, did not long con- tont his ambitious mind, snd he soon sob him- nolf up for aman of wonlth, In this charnctor hio formed tho acquaintance of a young nttorney at Yoovil, whoso oliont ho bacamo, Ho expressed his intoution of purchasing an ostato . in tho country, sud actually, through uls friend, tho Iawyor, agrood for ono situated nbout aix miles from Yoovil, Tho ownor, howover, waa unablo’ to make his titla good snd the tranenction foll through, Bolug possossod of o plausible and woll-bred -manuer, credlt was gonerally given to his assumptions, and ho was enablod to contract o large number of dobis in that part of tho country, His oreditora roceived n severe lessou whon it was found that the wealhy Mr. Hamil tou had disappeared without recolioeting to ot tlo his “little bills." Aftor Ieaving Yoovil, this oxtraordinary yonng mau took another daring flight and ABSUMED TILE BACRED CUARACTED. of & clergyman, " In'fact, all through lis carcer lic'seoms to have displayod o considerable pons chant for a_roligious roputation. Buccoasful again, ho managoed to rocoive tho respoot nsu- olly paid tho sacordotal offico, and ofticinted for somo time in a London church, Ho was at last digcoyered to bo an lm{matqr, and 'was compellod fo ook ‘“frosh flolds a&nd pastures now." For n timo nothing was heard of him, but- in - tho yoor 1859 The once moro appoarod at tho littlo town of Burbir~ tan, whore ho was lodging, with a Mrs, Bayloy, still bonring tho numo. ‘of Ifamilton, though Lo had changed his Christion nsme from John to Horbert. Intho following yoar he becamo -nc- 3mintud with a Mr, Bird, & farmer mnldinfi at hessington court, near Surbirtou. Mr, Bird sold him a house, and almost immodiately aftor- ward lost sight of him for two yoars. In 1862 ha camo noroky him at s party given at tho houso of Mra. Bayloy, on which oconsion ho rouowod his acquaintauce with Bird, to whom he iutro- duced Miss - Bayloy sa Gis intonded. wifo. In 1806 Hamilton routed a cottage ot Orchard Court, Tlook, mnear Surbirton, which he furnishod magnificenily, Iors ho lived for somo timo with Mrs. Sarah Borry, _whom -ho patved of na his aunt.” My, Borry diod on tho 16th of July, 1867 and Humiéon tlhon eold off his furniture and agolo went to live with Mrs, Bayloy. Ha ocen- sionally visited tho Divds, and from timo to timo 'buli:':‘\l\‘ull money from Mr. Bird, By this time o ABSUMED THE NAME OF ‘‘GLENCAIRN," though it is diflicult to discover at what time he ‘made the change, - It would seom, however, that, when calliug himself Hamilton, ho had profixod the title of ‘‘lionorable,” and that ho subsoquently roprosontod that = this was: bis mother's name, which ho had assumed on in- horiting some_cstatos. In 1808, he ronted an offico at No. 57- Lincoln's Inn fields, London, and introduced himeolf to Mesers, Hownrd, Pad~ digon & Bon, wolicitors, of tho same address, 08 the * Hon.' H. Glouesirn,” roprosonting that ho was ontitled to the “ Glencairn " estates. Ilo doposited with tho Mossrs, Paddison & numbor of boxes, which, ho statod, contained & quantity of valusbla plato, jowols, and deods bolonging to his family, aud which boro in gold lottors the nome * Right Hon. Lord Glencairn,” In June or July, 1868, he wont to Glenislo, Forfarahiro, Scotland, in company with Mr. Bird. Tle thon pessed undor the name of Hamilton, and had a #mall shooting-box {n the neighborhood.. No ono know suything about him, and many surmises woro ofloat s to wha he was, but as bho paid his bills punctually, lived quiotly, and biad the manners of a gontle- man, no ono could find anything agninst his charactor or conduct. He loft about tho end of the gonson, having taken a larger shooting-box, for tho fallowing two sonsons. He roturncd to Glonisle in Angnut, 1869, undor tho titlo of “Lord Glencairn,” and accompanied by Mr. Paddison, his solicitor, and Mir. or Capt. Woblor. During the previous soason ho had thrown out hints to those with whom he camo in contact that he was somothing grandoer than he soemed tobo. Among thoso with whom ho became ac- %uninted wos the Rov. J. D, Simpson, of the 'roa Church, Glenislo, to whom ho enid that ho hind a place in Louarkshire, and another in_ Ayr- shire, but that ho did not atay much at oither, becauso thoir situntion did not agreo with his honlth, Mo also hinted that ho had proporty ot Northumpton, in Englond, His mannor soems to have boon, not to say directly who or what Lo was, but to make statoments Which [ed pooplo to fofor that ho was n man of title, and that ko bad property at various placos in the United Kiogdom. When he returned to Glonialo in 1669, a8 * Lord Gloncaim,” thoro wore gravo doubts ns to his obarnoter. Hisown stutomout was that his grandfather, a Cunning- ham, bad loft him & ward in chaucory, with o immonso property, on conditious that fie should take up the titlo of Glencairn whon be roachod the ngo of 27 5 that Lo was now of sgo and must tako 1t up ; that his agonts in Loudon had nearly complotod’ the process, and ho would in n fow months bo sefved heir to his grandfather, and ta tho Earldom of Glencairn. CONSIDERADLE DOUBT WAS PELT by many as to .tho corroctness of his story, but s Lo continued to bohave in o gontlomanly, manuer, had friends from England with him who' waro mon of standing and reapoctability, and ospecially a8 ho ‘was certified to be s man of rank aud wealth by his lnwyer, woll knawn firm in Lincoln's Tun, ho was in goneral creditod with voracity. Ho romeinod at Glonisle in 1869 fors furtul(;htin tho month of August. In Sep- tombor of that yoar Mr. Sunpson, the clergyman rofarred to, necompaniod him to Edinburgh aud “iutroduced him 10 tho it of Marsball & Sons, oldsmiths and jowelors of that city. ‘T'ho firm B compoged of DMepsrs, Thomas Smith, Alexandor Heott, and Willlam tivook. Alr. Simpson introduced his _friend to the motbars of tho firm 08 ““ Lord Gloncaim.” Im- mediatoly aftor the introduotion tho firm con~ sulted tho ¢ Beottish peorago,” and found thore statod tho fact, which was woll known in Scot-~ Inud at the timo, that tho title of Earl of Glou~ cairn boemme dormant in 1796, upon tho death of Jolm, fifteonth oarl of Gloncairn, aud that there woro two claimants for tho title, Tho firm in question, knowing Mr. Simpaon to bo o gontle- man of high charactor and standing, anncunced that tho ol disant Lord Glenenirn belonged o gomno branch of the Ouuningham family—tho fawily of the Earl of Gloneairn—and not what hoclalmed to bo. From this timo until Jauunry 1870, Glononirn dealt Inrgoly with tho Marshntl firm, hia Dill nmounuu&: in the ond to £400, which inoluded plato nnd jowelry of all desdrip. tions, [lo mado tho wumo ropresontationy Lo M. Smith that ho had alrendy made to Mr.. Biwpson, bonides which ho snld” o was o consin to the lato Marquin of ITnatings, . rolutive to tho Duko of Hawilton, und an intimato friond of tho Princo of Wales, Ilo toll innumorable atorls of lis g INTERCOURSE: WITHL TIE PEERAGE, | Ou one ocension he showed Mr., Smith & Dros. don dish having ou it a vory fine ministuro of n vory beautiful woman. 'This he nllogad to ba the portrait of tho mothar of tho great Napo- loon, nnd stnted that tho Emporor Napnleon L Joarning that he pousossed it, had sont to him for hin pormission to #oo it that ho had forwardoed it by o spocial moy- sengor to Parla for the Emporar'n inm poction ; that Uin Majosty hod afforad bim £10,000 far 1 aud that ho had'refused the offor. 1fo also told Mr. Bmith that his mothor wau & woman of fashe ion, and “a vory gay lady ;" but that ho ohor- iskied a vory high rogard for lis father. On ono ocondion, aftor finding that Mr, Smith's oldent son wan 20 yoars of ago, ho said, 1 will toll you what iravspired ono day when I was your oldest boy's age, At broakfast time my fathor oalled ma to Lis room und sald to me, ¢ Herbort, yon are now come to that time of life when you Bre n(nim ontor into tho world; you know how brieht your nrosveata are; deny yourself nothing; whatover zmnr tasto or Inclination loads ot to, gratify it, but nover do nuything you would pot 1iko ono to know ;' and,” “Glencalra " addod, “*"Chat s the advico T would give you in rogard to your bog." " Al thia-timo lia. boro tho roputation of 5 | i ’ A RIONLY MORAL, . niotito nn{ religiows man, Whon at Gloniale he Jnd xdgulnrly attonded Mr. Simpson's ohurch, and his conduct throughorit was most oxampla~ 1y 1o atatod that bis fathor and mothor wora, Toth dond; and that ho ind traveled in tho United Btates, in Conada, and on the Continont of Bu- ropg. In Lis lottors ot this timo he alwayn signod DimPolf ¢ 1T, Gloncalrn,” and tho papor anid onvolopes ho unod boro_the monogram 1, G.," surronnded by au Earl's coronot, Thia showed considorablo ignoranco on his part, n4 woll a5 on tho port of tho Mnrahall firm, of tho Inws of horaldry, ns an Tarl's ooronol ¢an only indicato rauk aud conld not bo propor- 1y borna o & oront, in which charactor it wna used In this caso, without somo addition to indi- ¢nto that It was o oroat, Alonogramy are sefdom or novor usod us orsty,nevor unless placed npon o "wreath,” Bosidos this, no Farl wonld sign bis name * IT, Glonoalrn," and tho proper signa- $1iro of o Paor boaring tho titlo agsumed in thia Instance would be simply “ Glonoatrn.' Enrly in January, 18170, “'Gloncairn * wont to London, and obtalued an Introduotion, through Ar. Padaison, to Mosara. L. Kollora & Co,. dla- ond morchants of No. 83 Iatton Garden, na Lord Gloncairn of+ Auchonlolth, Portuhiro, and mado largo purchases ' of them. In tho courso of conversatlon Lo stntod that he lad doalt with Mosars, Mar- shnl of Edinburg for yoars, Mr. Kollots not bow ing quito satisflod, wroto to tho Edinburg firm for information, but Mr, Smith of that houso Lhad hls susploions aroused aud tolograpled to Kollora to dotain *his Lordahip » if te oalled, nad ho ‘Smlth) would bo fn Loudon by the noxt train, He waordlngly went to London and saw Mr, Kellors, with whom ho had o' conversation which convincod thom both that . THEY HAD BEEN DUPED, Mr. Smith then called on Mr. Paddison, in Lincoln'a Inn Flolds, *Glencnir's™ uolicltor, On ontoring the room ho found the floor strosm with & quaniity of gamo, which lad boen wont there Ly Lord Gloneairn's _dirootions from Forfarshiro, whero ho boen shooting. Mr, Smith told Mr. Paddlson what ho wantod and what Lo suspected, and wna treated rathor cavaliorly by that gentloman, who ot lnat gont him into snother room which was ‘handromoly furnighed whoro the peoudo Toor wad writing. This room ho’ oalled his *“audi- once chamber,” aud ho appeared to hinyeno homo or fixed reaidonco, and was connectod tith no clubin Tondon, ‘After some convorsntion he ro- forred Mr, Bmith to Paddison to settle mnttors, and Paddison nltimnlely gave Smith a writton fi‘mnmmn for “‘the paymont of whatover sum s Lordship is nt prosont in dobt," ropresontin, that it should be Fnhl by the 25th of March fol- lowing, 3Mr. 8mith then roturned to Edinburgh with his suspicions lullod by what Mr. Iaddison bad assortod of tho bona fido and solvency of *Lord Gloncairn," Ho nlso rocoived alottor from tho Rov. J. D, Simpson, stating that as far a8 lis information wont, Lord Gloncairn was a orfectly good customor, aud that if ho hind re- orrod the firm to Paddison & Son, thoy woro porfoctly safo, for thoy wore men of honor and of high standing in- their profossion. At this timo the protended Enrl had beon lmuph\%' an nccount with Mr, Robert Yeaman, of the City of Glasgow Bank, Dundeg, whom lie intormed that his Engligh soat was dilbury Park, Naorthamp- tousbira, aud that lis incomo was £50,000 & yoar, At first ho doposited large sums with the bank, and ofterwards tried to OVERDRAW 118 ACCOUST. He also obtained crodit and :ncurred debts with & number of tradosmoen in Ldinburgh .and London. Ho managad to obtain £5,000 from Paddison, Atating tint ho roquired that amount for building purposos provious to entoring upon hls ontatos, and oxcusing lis_boing in want of ‘tnondy by stating that ho had Jost £80,000 in n transnction with tho Into Marquis of Hastings, He obtalned jewelry to tho atnount of £697 from Mosars, Kollors & Co.; jowols worth £200 from £Yostrw, Grant & Ponk of Gorrard stroot, Soho, London, aud plate and jowolry to tho valuo of £300 from Mossrs, Marshall & Co., of Edin- burgh, all giving him credit on the falth of his pretonsions. In March, 1870, he bado farowell to Mr, Bird, who has beon previously men- tioned, and in repnyment of tho money hio had borrawed of him gave him acheck on”the Old Bank of Rugby, signed * . Gloncairn.” This check wns roturned to Mr. Bird dishonored, but by that timo ‘‘his Lordship ” had disappoarod, It will bo remembered that Mr. Paddison had ansured Mr. Smith that the bill of tho Mossrs, Marshall should be paid by the 25th of March. For that_day thoy accordingly waited, and whon it errived without o romittance, Mr, Smith wrate to Mr., Paddison. That gentlomau was in' tho meantimo frantic. The man whose splondid retonsions and rospoctable connootious nd so deceived him that, astute Iawyor u8_ he was, ho had lont him_ 5,000, and on the very dny boforo Lo abscondod had givon £800, bosidos guaranteoing tho pay~ ment of his debts, had loft, and Mr, Peddison hind discovered, as ho #aid, his “ own grief and misory.” Ou tho Oth of March # Lord Glan- cairn ™ loft Londou, informing_ Bir, Paddison that be was going to Bootland mudl would roturn inn fow daya; at all ovents, bofore the 95th, whon he hind his ronts to roceive, ta%uthar with n Inrgo amount for arronrs which, ho said, ho intondod to placo in Mr. Paddison's hands for tha dlsohn:ge of soveral accounts which wonld thon fall due. Tho 25th came, snd no Lord Gloneairn, Mr, Paddison thon sont ono of his clorks to Bcolland to make inquiries, bLut no tmce of the missing Tarl could bs discoverod. Mr, Smith wont to London and snw Mr, Paddison, The two victims compnred notes, aud it was found that a largo Rmpnxuon of tho jewelry which “ ITis Lordship® lod ob- talned of the Marshalls ho had presontad to Br., Paddison's family.- "Theso articles woro all ro- turned on Mr. Bmith relioving Mr, Paddison of tho obligation of his guarantee, The Dundoo Banl and tho Tugby Buak woro both OAUONT TO A CONSIDERADLE AMOUNT, ond Mr. Yooman, of the formor, discovered that hie had rocoived gomo of the articles which bad como from Morshalls' and had not boon pnid for, bosides yonio which had beon stolon from their phop during Glencairn's vieit, All theso wore also roturnod. Yoor. Mr. Bimpson, the Bcoteh elorgymnn, who had been the inne- cout monus of introducing this accomplished swindler to the unfortunato tradesmon, was, ad. may bo imngined, in vory gront distress at hoar- ing of this state of things. Ho oxplained his connection with Gloneairn, and entirely clearod “himuolf of any suspioion of complicity. Glon- cairn was nover moro heard of undor that titlo, snd tho whole of his statoments wero soon shown to have beon puro fabrications.. Tor moro than a yoar the hintory of this man with many names is lost in obscurity; but in Soptember, 1871, ho apponred in -tho Stato of NMinnosots, whoro o was pnl!slfl‘; 28 - ‘‘rontp GorboN." Howas living at Polican Rapids, Ottor Tail Couuty, and the 'lttors'which bo had rocelved wera nddressed to *“Tho Right Hon, Goorgo H, Gordon," = Ho bocamo m:rlnnimed, amongst othors, with Mr, Trancis MoNamarn, who was a civil ongineor on the Land Dupartmont of tho Northorn Pncific Railroad, whom ho frequontly met both ot Polican Rapids and in the eity of SE. Paul. Mo showad him the contents of his pho- tographic nlbum, pointing out one photograph a8 tho Marquls of Conylugham and anothor us tho Marquis of Fiunley, to whom ho sald he was rolated. Mo wes ropresonted as being Georgo TToury Gordon, ono of tho noblo family of Gordong of Abordecn, When fivat ho went to Polican Rapids_ho_was accompaniod by Col. Loomis, the Land .Commissionor of tho Northorn Pacific, Ly whom ho was treated with great cousidoralion and doferonco, Ila hnda lnrgo rotinuo of nttondunts, and Col. Loomly g2id he was Lord Gordon, a Heoleh nobloman, with au incomo of £235,000 a yenr, "Phay carriod a large tonty and wheu t‘hny camped oul tho Amoericau ag was hoisled at ono end, and on tho otbor n poculiar flug which was spokon of a# Htis ronpume's rrae,” Gordon sald ho had purchased soveral thou- saud aeros of laud from tho Northern Pacific TRailvond Company, and had paid for the Limbor laud 95 an ucro. It Is utated, bul ihis Iy nov cortel, that while in Minnesota ho lwd sold o largo tract of land, and was ‘mid §15,000 in oash for it, though it way wnbsequontly dis- covored thaf he had no litlo to it. 1fo ropro- sontod thet he was going to establish o Beotch settiomont at Pelican R\lf)ldxl; that bo was_afraid the land ho had alrendy bought would not ho sufiicient for the Beoleh emi- f,rnutfl whom he wny goiug to bring over from 1in catatos in Beotland, . 1o ofton tatked about his franily plate, whioh ho said was at his castlo in Bootlaud, IIe induced a Mr, William H, ‘Tut- tio, who owned 100 ncros of land at Poliean Rap- idy, with & fino wator-powaer, to unite with him n 2 plan for erovting o city, which was to bo eallod ** Loomin," by ropresonting that his {nflu- euco, with that of Col. Loomls, and tho euil- anbl o was to bring over, would bulld up n own anywhore, e promised to furnish fuuds for bnilding & sohool-house, a mill-dam, and othar works, and suihorized ‘Cuttlo, wha was to give him half Lis Jand, to cut troos for tho dam from tho lands which ho asid Lo bhad purohasod from. tho _ Rollrond Compn- ny. duttle omployod & snrveyor to stako out of the town, hired laborors and mio- chanlos, und commenced work; )o cut trees from tho land which Gordon said was his, aud com- moncod and balf-Anished tho mill-dam, Gordon, don_beeamo | their escapo from 1luunlt( }:nw{;vnr, who had moanwhile lott tho noighbor- 0od, DID NOT ADVAKGE ANY FUNDS, Fiva any assistanco, or sand any tonanta; tho nnd turiiod out to bo the property af tho rail roid compauy or the Goyornwent, and the worl foll} througly, loaving Tuttlo ruined by the ox ponsok ho hnd Incurrad fn tho work, 7 In Docombor, 1871, whilo at 8t, Paul, Gors acquaintod s with Mry, Patton, or‘l‘mfighkuepnlo. hor son, and Lor daugliter, Mre, Beldon, with whom ho was stoying in tho samo holol. TTo was Introduced to thom by Mrs, Col. Loomfs, and professod to ho- ‘eotna vory muol: attachod to yonung Mr. Pation, Ou lonviig St Pau, Gordon Atachod himsolf t their party, np)mruuuy by acoldont, and travelod with them s for .as Milwaukeo, whoro Lo loft thom. The dny aftor thair arrival in Now York, Mr, Patton rocolved o tologramsigriod ** Gordon," nfintlng thnt ho'wasat tho Wontminator Hatol in- that city. Ifo soon aftor eallod af 3, Boldon's and oflerwards cultivated thoe scquaintanco of tho family very nsniduuusl{. Ifo waa invitod to romain o8 n giiost at tho houso, and did so for soyoral wooks, During his visit lio upoko of him- solf s n e ; NODLEMAN OF GREAT WRALTIL ond {nflucnco in Scotlnnd, snid ho owned a Inrgo traot of land on the Northern Paeiflo Railyoy, and roditcod & map .ot o town named Loomis, which ho safd was situnt- od on his Iand on Polican Lake. ‘Tho map way 1iko poor Martin Chuzziowit’s * Eden,”. laid ou and markod with ohurches, sohool-housos, and dwolling-houses, which ho said wora alrondy bullt. Alon woro atill, hio stated, at work on tho construotion of this town, and 500 familics_woro on their way from Snom\ud, and would arrive b; tho middle of April, 1872, 'This was fn Marel n¥ thnt yoar. Ifoalloged that ho had taken his 8ot in the Houso of Lords, whon only 23 or 29 youra of ngo, and was the youngest mombor of that diguitiod body. o ropeated a portion of &' spoach ho had made in the Houso ot Lords,when tho Poors woro 0 quiot and attontive that a pin cauld havo boen hoard to drop. Ho often usod tho oxpression ¢ ¢ ‘! WE PEERS OF THE REALY," nor did ho contont himself with the reputation of an insignificant member of the patrician ordor. Jio mald ho had conducted nogo- tintions with Bismarck, and that, whenovor fhore woere any. vary difiionlt matters of Siato to bo sottled, ho was usunlly soloctod by tho Dritish Governmont to conduct thom, on ne~ connt of his shrowdnoss and ability, ' In the moantime he had bocoms nequainted with'goveral prominont citizens of Now Yo', TIE LATE MR, HORAOE GREELEY smong the numboer, and hia_protensions ind the usunl” offeob on- tho ropublican_mind, which valued tho protondor at the worth hio chose to sot upon himaelf. ITo represcuted- that- o had the control of the Nuglish atock in the Lrlo Tailrond, and “conld can tho olaction aa ho wished. Tho proofs woro, ho snid, on thoir way from Hoath & Raphaol, in England, aud hio ofton specified the day on whiclt they would arrivo. On the 2d of March he expressed: to Mr. Grooloy and Mr. Scott his dosiro to soo Mr, Tay Gould. 1To had proviously suggestod it to Mr. “Grooloy, went_to Philadolphin, and got Mr. Heott to como to Now York to make Gordon acquninted with Gould. Prior to this ho had ro- coived & complimontary pass over the Erle Road, and hnd acknowlodgod it as “ Lord Gordon,” au on o sheot of paper besring the monogram ¢ G. H, @.," surmounted by an Earl's coronot, Ho 8o Gould by Scott's means, and had an intor- viow with iim in which Lo promised to CO-OPERATE WITIL 113 in bringing about n chaugo in the menagoment, and montioned his desira to support Gould go- orally, Ho roprosented that ho had control of 68,00 shares, and nceapted from Gould 20,000 “puta " aud 20,000 * calls.” Ilo accoptod them at 36 and promisod to lot Gould have them at tho same prico in_six months, * Gould. subsc- (\l}on(ly gove Gordon shares and money in ox- chauge for the ‘“puts” and. **calls,” The anount of monoy Was 9200,000 in_ greonbacks, and i rotura for this amonnt, Gordon promised to co-operate with Gould sud support him on tho Board of Directors. Io formed n combing- tion to re-eleot Gould, who was first to plnco his resignation in Gordon’s hands, -In addition to the cash paymont Gordon got sovoral hundrod thousand dollavs’ wordh of stock from Gould, ;’uprnucmlng that ho was ablo to control mill- jona, ‘T'ho history of the Erie coup d'etat which fol~ lowed it familiar to all, Gould and Gordon . QUARRELED JUST AFTERWARDS, Allogations of- sharp practico .or worse wore mado againgt - Gordon in_obtaining tho slopl " which he veally held, and Gordou chargod Gould with stonliug n quantity of sharos from bim. Then commenced the cross suits of Could agaipst Gordon nnd Gordon against Qould, in the Supreme Court of New Yurfi. Thoro was n grent onl of hard swoaring, and it was concodod hint Gordon wos not su English Peor. Ifo aworo that ho had obiained his Euglish stock from his Drothor-in-law, the IBaron or Count Charlos Ieory Thurl, or do Crano, for ho gnve the names variously with dif« foront addrosses. Tho fame of this caso reaghod tho ears of Mr, Smith, of the firm of tho Marshalla of Ldinburgh, who wont to Now York to prove that this *““Lord Gordon" w08 10 other that the former “ Lord Gloncairn.” Afiidavits were also made by Britiah noblomen ‘bearing thoe name of Gordon, TROVING TIE MAN TO BE AN IMTOSTOR, and by Eunglish polico oficors aud numerous othors, showing that no Haron do Crano or ‘Thurl could bo found in or noar_the places at which “ Gordou " bad given his nddroas. A war- rout for forgory was also issuod_ngeinst him in Loudon, at tho inatance of Mr. Bird, his former friond. " In tho moantimo, however, the impostor had disapponred from Now York. Ho turnod up in Toronto, whore ha bocamo acquainted with some gontlemon to whom ho mude various prescuts, ineluding some of the Jowelry ho had obtained from the Mnrshally, Ho aldo gavo directions for the building of a stoamor, but did not wait to seo it built, as, heuring that Mr, Smith, of Edinburgh, wns on his track, ho left for Menitobn. Probably the shortuens of his stay in Toronto may “account for the fact that ho' did not swindle auy ono hore. Tho latost thing in connection with. him is the attompt to take him back to the Stato in connaction with his Eria transactions, for which some poople are now belng tried by tho courts of tho Prairie Province, ———— THE MANITOBAN ATTORNEY-GENERAL. To tha Fdlitor of T'he Chicago Tribune: Sir: After o rosidonco of soveral years in Cunadn, the colebratod Rosbuck definod colonial sacioty as that wherein “ Everybody knows ov- orybody, and everybody hates everybody ;" and, judgiug from the small slanders retailed to the correspondont of the Minneapolis Tribune by the good people of Munitoba ngaivst Altorney- Genoral Clarke, one must admit the correctnass of thisdictum. Thero are two very embittored politicnl parties in Manitobs, one of which would rojoico heartily at tho overthrow of Clarka sud kiscot. 'This party hes its alinities with the “ opposition™ throughout the Dominlion, whilst Olarko and his party bolong to tho prosent Gov- ernment. Thus it is that occasion ia taken from tho prosent unforlunato occurrenco in Manitoba to defame the DPremier in overy way. But, whilet any of our peopls aro rotained thero undor & cliargo of folouy, I should think thnt moro porsonal abuso of tho Promler is neithor wiso nor oxpediont. Bowides, a9 s usnally tho casi, fn)soliood prodominatos in these storivs about Mr. Olmka. e Thiore aro sundry Montrealors in Chieago who know Mr. Francly Clavko, of Moniron], n most ostimablo and wealthy mnastor-paintor, ut_c.{ Al to them tho story of Clarke's paronts will bo sirange nows indeod. Ho was woll ublo and most willing to give his ehildron tho highest aducntion, Ko that, at an sorly age, the proont Promior of Manitobn had comploted his clussival studios, Thon assuming tho study of the Jaw undor tho presont_writer, ho pnssed tho nou- assary logn! parlod of study, partly in a lns ofiico, and partly in aiding his fathor b s businoss. Soon aftor his recoption to the Bar, andnt o tino whon most young llcn slo woro {ntosiented with gtorios from the Ducitie, bo started from hin home,—lnving, however, upon the ove of bt dopnrluro, marvied, ¢ Migs Anno,” n wenlthy snloon-koopor, who kopt a most respectablo and salaet pinco in the Placo &' Armes of Montresl, patronizod wolely by tho mevehants. 'Fhen, nftor un ahuonco of two or throo yoars, ho roturnad to Dis wifo aud to tho praotive of his profossion, whon he very rapldly uttained ‘to distinguished natico, wa the friond of Sir Georgo Cartlor, and bis nomineo to Manitoba. Really, with such n rocord, onn must sbuxo ot tho Jics' houpod npou hin chiracter at Manitoba Ly tho mahelous op- pononts of himaolf and party. Witk hia ohicinl trostment of onr: citizons wo ara voxod; but, knowing the natural genorosily of his heart, T fool convineod that much of it Is tho rosult of provoestion such as H,m Minneapo~ lin seribo indiwcreotly narraten. Tho ides of Junting » rofngoo from justico upon hin hail- bond boyond tho territorisl limits of our coun- try, and oxpocting sympathy and unppurt ‘(rum the country invaded, soems rathor *thin for loal sophfstry. Tho dotoctives noted at thoir poril, and falled ; aud it only remains to pracure by courtesy aud diplo- ly one of hardship, oo~ mnoy. Their caso i trul ing ihat they were ausured by lognl Bolons of tho proprioty of the uudertal + nud no doubt U this incidont in tholr cnse will groatly influonc the Canndtan authorition in rol mm,"fi thom so noon ad the logal quontion whnll bo deckded by the propor partion, roprosontinyg both tho Gov- ornments, JusTioz. ! " OUR RAILROAD-LEGISLATION. ]"fin‘t Wil fo Xiw Xiffccts wupon . Chicngo? To the Iditor of The Chieago Tribune ; Bm; Tho offcct of the logislation upon froight-tariffs ovor nll railroads In Iilinols will bo to turn o largoportion of tho commerca of the Misslewippi Valloy, aud allof the products of tho Missouri 8lopo toward Bt. Louls. Tows givos duo notico that sho will emulato Illinols, and .thiy a8 an effcot will produco a porfoct insula. tfon botweon Ohicago and this moction of the braad, pork, and beef-producing West. The earrying trade may bo o monopoly, but iy {8 opoh tocompotition. Whoraver a raflrond prys onormously, {t 8 soon found out, and a now one 16 at oneo constructod to drain all-or o portion of tho samo country., And, aftor the crudo loglu- Intton of Illinols, It seoms. ag though railroads and carrlors gonorally should, at last, ba loft to compotition and the inoxorable justico which compotition {natitutes in all tho avonues of Com- morco, - Tho first common oarrier of whom we have avy definite recolleotion, just st thin moment, was Noah, who, with his Ark, did tho passengor nnd livo-stock businoss for an entire globe. e Liad n monopoly which onded in his gotting ox~ candingly tight and making spectacto of himeolf govorally. And, over sinco his timo, whorover 6 corporato or individunl monopoly bas beon lot - alona by legislntion until compotition or somo intervoning moral or physlest causo collided withit, tho enmo monopoly has mado about ns bad *n go ™ of it na did the vonorablo nav igator of the ship which did tho businoss of all tho world, An to the * principlo™ of charging as much for onrrying & passongor or s pound of froight 200 mailoy ag for transporting hiim or it 400 milos, I can #00 nothing moro obnoxious in it than there is in tho mannor of rating postago by tho Unitod Btaten Governmont, 100 lottors to Ban Tranciaco, and pay postago thoroon, 23, And, tho samo hour, 100 lottors . aro mailed to Onlumot, which pay tho samo post- ngo. The hlurlulfliti nud “unjust discrimina- tion” by the United States juns subjact to criticism aud & uutrmn«l!z'lngln’lnflnn " oy railronds, and: all tho moro #o bocause the Goyornmont bas the' oxelusive right to emry tho mails. A Then, ngain, your "horso-railways ** discrime innto " with vast’inoguality, Riding ono bloclk costs just o8 much oa riding ono milo in the ros~ urrected and woudorfully-growing City of Chi- ongo. A pair of boots "there fora man b foot high cost {ust ay_much ag for * Long John"s and tho Inter-Occan 18 poddled with tho samo vooiforous offort as ‘though it wore o ronl nowspapor, 'These littlo injusticon and inoqualitios of commercial lifo mny possibly 8l bo regulated hi; tho ntatutos of tha sovereign Stato of 1llinols, but at prosont tho undortaling 800ms a most stuncudous ono. : But tne offoct upon the Northwest, upon Towa and upon Nobraska, i no moro disastrous than it will bo upon the brave cit{ which hns 80 ro- contly. omergod from tho blazo and ashes of a front mistortuno, Standivg as Chioago docs, 1t Lio tiend of tho Groat Lakos, offoring to hold in lior arms the golden grain of all tho Northwest, until, by ohenp trausportation over lake and through cannl, it can be earried to Now York nud roshippod to Juropo; and with no mischiovons logislation to cripplo, sho was the Queon of our commoreo, to whom, both by interest and affeg- tion, {ve looked for pormanent and mu- tually advantngoous © business-rolations. But * mow Nebraske and ~ Westorn Town aro to be shut out from Ohicago as offectually a8 though tho Groat Firo wau still raging, your olovators all gons, and no prospoct of quonch= inyg tho flsmes, muoh loss robuilding tho city. The legislation kills Chicago. It drives tho products of the two most fortile valloys on tho onrth to8t. Loulg; thonco to Huntington, on tho Ohio Tiivor ; thanco by railrond to Korfolk, or Richmoud, and tho senboard. The Ches- nporke & Ohio Railrond is nlready operating that distance, and whoat from Nebraske will bo sont thovo iu 1873. Yours truly, Cart MoRToN, THE BISHOP OF WINCHESTER. Mow Ko was Killed. From the London Morning Poat, July 21. Wido and sincere will be the griof folt in many clroles by tho sad nows which wo have to come municato of tho death of the Bichop of Winches= tor, which toole placo_on Baturdny, in .the G68th yonr of his ago. Ilis Lordship loft London on Saturday by tho Southwestorn Railway (baving misged the train at Chaving Cross), and, accom- Ennim! by Enrl Granville, atighted at the Loathers oad Station. Hore they waro mot by a groom who was in charge of two saddlo-horscs, upon which it was their intontion to proceed to tho housa of tho Hon. I'. Lovouon Gower, of Holme bury, noar Dorking, whore thoy com tempiated making o shotk visit prior to prococd- ing onward to Mr. Cubitt’s at Doubios. Thoy Jwero to bo met at Holmbury by AMr. and Mrs, Qladatono, ‘e horse that had been provided for tho uso of the Bishop_is said to have been spocinlly recommended by Enrl Grauville, on fc. count of its being a very quict aud suro-faotod animnl, The diatanca” from Leathorhoad to Tlolmbury in about soyen or cight miles, and tho route selocted by tho horsemen passes through one of the loveliost portions of this pioturesqus dintrict, Kooping tho high rond as far ns Bur- ford Bridgo, tho ridors turned their horsos ko tho right aud toolk the bridle path which follows tho windiugs of tho valloy at the foot of Ack« bufst Downs, loaving the town of Dorliug o mile or 80 to tho loft. At n point of this rond whore it pasaes ovor the farm occupied by Mr. Euershed, nbout half a mils from Abinger "Ifoll, tho path bocomes somowhat rough and stouy but thero is & wmooth streteh of mossy turf run. ving in n lino parellel with the horso-track, and upon this the threo horsomon puraned their way. Unfortunatoly, however, the grassy strip on which thoy rode is brokon here aud thore by au oceasional dip or Lallow, aud ono of theso, forn. ing o sort of natural basin into tho bauk, i fuat opposite some farm buildings belonging tc l\lr. Evershod, noar what is known in the locali Jusb at this point ty ns * Evoraliod’s Rough, b also, a peculinrly charming Dbit of scener; birsts upon tho” view, and whother it wa that tho Bishop, while admiring tho lend scape, was riding with o somewhnt cavelest roin, jis uncertain ; but the fact is that, gottin' it foro foot into tho Lollow, his horso stumble forward, and, boforo it conld racovor itsell, th Bishop was thrown from his saddlo, bead ‘first apon tho turf. His Lordship foll grou violence, snd his death must havo beou a sudden ne was tho uccidont which cauwed i is hat wns complotoly crushed, and, as wr aftorwards found to bo the caso, his neck wr dislocntad. At the momoeunt of the oceurronc Eafl Granvillo was riding a littlo in_advanc of tho Bishop, and tho groom was followi: at a little distance bohind. Blight ns wag t1 noiso mado by the Bishov's fall aud tho clu toring of tho florsn'n feot as it ftrove to pr vonb. himsolf from going completely down, canght tho ear of the noble Xarl, who saw tt Tight Tov. prelato lying motionloss on fu sround. Aithough ho’ showed no sigu of Lif ord Granvillo ab first supposed that his con panion was only stunnod, and, alighting nt on. from his horao, tho Earl endenvored to resto tho Bishop to consciousness. Alarmoed by t1 ifl-succons of his ondonvors, Earl Grauvitlo d ntchod the groom to Abingor Ifall, the seat ir, Parrer, Sccrotary to tho Doard of T'rade fow hundred ynrda from the s{:ut. witha quost for nssistance. ITis Lovdship’ romnin by the body until Mr. Farrer, who e ponad to bo st home at tho tme, Lnd rivad with somo of his mon, F'ho body was th placad upon & wort of hand-barrow, on whi somo cushious had_boon arrangod, and was onen conveyed to Abinger Hall, Eurl Granvi londing his help in tho molancholy task, Mow od mensongera woro at onco dispatohod for nu {oal nid to tho adjacent vitlage of Shire, and o to Dorking, and Ar. Furnivel, of tho for JInco, aud Dr. Clark, of Dorking, wero spoo n attondance, Thoir sorvices, howover, w of no avail, s o Alight oxaminafion atoned m it apparent that, althongh thora woro no extor warks of fujury, the vortobrw of the nock | beon braken. “Tho body was at onea takon . Farror's vonidonco. —— Phe Anglo—Iusstan Murringo. The London Gazelte, of July 18, contuin following nunouncomont ¢ “At tho Conrt of Osborne Tlouso, In. Wolght, tho 17th day of Iuly, 1873,prosout, Quoan’s most excollont Majesty in conucil. Majosty in Couneil was this duy plonsod £o clave hor consout to o contruot of matviw botweon his Roynl !H&"hnfi‘nn Altrad E Alhort, Duko of Edinburgh, Earl of Knnz‘ Ulstor, Duke of 8axouy, Prineo of Baxa Cul and Cotha, and hor [wparial Iighnous Grand Duchess Marlo Al;ul!-m.h‘(‘b\mnj dnughter of hus hhjnul{ tho Ewperor of Rur which consont hor Majosty heu slso on to bo signed under the Great Beul)' on in Uhieago to-dny mail