Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 7, 1873, Page 8

TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TPRNR OF AUNBCRITTION (PATANLY. IN ADVANOR), o B S15:00] Vol Tarta of & soar &b the Kamo rate. . ¢ provent dolay ahd mistékas, bo ‘iute and-glvoiPort OF coaddress in fall, Inoluding Btato and County. FU 8 mmay bo mado oither by draft, expross, Past or i roglstored lotters, nt our risk, ; i . . ~TENMB TO CITY BULSONINENS. “Daily, delivored, Bunday oxcontod, 2 conte por wask. | . Dndly; aclivorod, Bunday includod, 0 conts por waok. Addrons THE TRIDUNK COMPANY, Corusr Madison aud Dearbor Chioago, Til. BUSINESS NOTIQES, THI! GOODENOUGH HORSK-SHOF 1§ USED BY o ity ritwags, mnibus line, Hivers, Tito Daparic s Adume, Jixhross Compan st priva Boums, “HRAYTON, KING & GO.. 11 Michiganonr. @,ljz Thivage Teibune, Bunday Morning, Beptomber 7, 1873. THE POLITICAL CONFEDERATION, Tho roadors of Tuy Tniwone counot have fafled to notico tho riso, progross, and final col- ‘lapse of the so-called Hosing-Gormanico-Hibr- nian movement to take the govornmont of the City of Cieago out of tho hands of tho pooplo, and commit it to s now organization, of which " Mr, Hesing is tho Diotator. Ths movoment hus beon progressing for several months, and with- out any. opposition. After a long and stormy struggle it was supposed that asufiiefont numbor “of Germons had boon whipped into the business to fustify them offering to recolvo alliancos. The first overluros woro mnde to what aro tormed the * Irish;” ond Inst Bunday it was assumed that tho porsons who attonded tho secret meoting had sold and deliv- ered the * Irish” to the original Gorman organ- ization. Having done this, they have now sout out runuers to fuvito the Poles, the Bohominus, Danes, Norwegians, nogroos, Swodes, Fronch, nod Italisns to enter into tho arrangement, and, being thus prepared to prosont a golid front of foreign-born citizons, offer to roceive rocruits from tho Puritanioal Yankeos, The whole move- mont har been conducted on the Indisn plan of levying war. The BSioux, baving & grievance against the whites, send out their runnors to rll the other tribes, asking them to unite in a com~ mon warfaro uponthe insidious Yankees who aro oxtending their sottloments upon tho old Indisn hunting-grounds. Mr, Hesing, having talked up :tho tribe of which he claims to bo the big Chiof, has invited all the other tribes to join him. But the othor tribes rofuse to do 80, and rofuso to ‘be considerod ne tribes. The Jrieh, as o body, utterly rofuse to bo sold by any porson to take a position antagonistical to the Bunday laws, or in hostility to their American fellow-citizens. No committoo of mon, howover influentisl jn pnst’ " politics, can transfor the votes of tho Irish citi- zons of Chioago to any party of which Mr, Hos- “ing is the chiof, or to any alliance with Germans, or other persons of foreign birth, to opposo the portion of the people known' 85 Amoricans, As opposed to the ticket of the German slliance, it is probablo that what nro ealled tho *¢Irish" wards will give a solid vote for the Law- and-Order party. Nor aro the Gormana of Ohir cngo by any monna o unit. ‘Thousands of them bold in abhorrence that policy which sccka to array them nsa nationality against tho rest of the community. They claim whatoyer rights thoy possces as Ameorican citizens, aud not g8 Gormans, and thoy distinetly ropudinto any class- ffication which soparates thom ms citizons be- oause of their birul from tho mass of the Amer- ican poople. Theso porsons, though they may bo undemonstrative, will in no way support a party consisting of s union of foreign-born citizens ngaiost all others. Nor can the Beandinavians nor the Hollanders bo conxed or driven into a Know-Nothing party composed exclusively of foroign-vorn citizens. That party having rorched tho point of organizing undor & parti-colored flag, roprosenting all mations ox- cept tho Unitod States, finally discovers that it has no followers, and at onco sollepses. It has not failed because of any opposition, but faus a8 itshould do, becauso of its own lack of vitality. Attho esmo time that this arrangemont has ‘beon going on, & rival organization has also beon at work, and.with about as much succoss, It has gathered into it the extremes of the other sido, and has resolved upon an infinito variety of all manner of questions, Tho City of Chicago is not to bo governed in this way. The poople who are to be governed and taxed aro taking no part in any of these proceedings. Theso people are attending to their own businoss, bard at work, and are not troubling thomselves about tho chancos of anybody to be elected to office. The election itsel? docs not come off for two months. Bomo six or soven weoks hence, tho people of Chiesgo, who care nothing for tho politics or re- ligion of their public officers, but who want hon- .ost, and responsible, and compotont men, will Bave no dificulty in finding just such men to tako tho offices, and these mon the people will elect. The publio will not ask who nominated the candidates; they will, in their own way, flnd the right men for the right placo, and will eloot thom. The Germanico-Hibernion Oonfoderation may #s well adjourn. Auy candidate for an offles, to havo a hopo for an election, must wash his hands of any combiuation to forcea govern- ment upon the city whicn the poople will not have, Thore has never beon a time when Chicago has refused to olect any man to office because of tho nccident of hia birth, and there ia no protext or justification for this attompt to organize the foreign-born population into a distinct party fo control tho olection of tho City Govornment, and to exclude any native-born citizen who does not subneribe to their doetriucs or peeuliar np~ tions. It is animpudence that will bo promptly rosented at the polls. Thore has nover beon a time whon the people of Chicago have shown ony disposition to bo fauatical, or to intorforo with tho social, political, or religlous frosdom of any portion of tho community. This 18 & largo city, baving a population coming originally from all parts of the world, and wo aro cortain that a more tolerant peopls never oxisted. Tho utmost, freedom consistent with public order has invarj- ably existed 1 this city; and thero i not now, and nover has bpen, any purpose on tho park of the groat mass of the peoplo to make thus city oither fanatical or Puritanical in ita government orlave. Wheu the proper time comes, the poo- plo of Chioago will bave no difficulty in findlug city officers who will oxecuto tho laws yigorously, preaervo order, suppross disordor, and maintain publiodeconoy, without offering the least violence to the porsonsl liborty, sopial freedom, or-re- ligious indepondence of any porspn whatever. ¥ ——e— INiyols has nineteen membors of Congress and iwp Seunators, These gentlomen have boen secelving, siyge March 4 last, €625 por month, aod, whop Congrgus mosts Doo, 4, onch will have received, in addition to his oxponses, the sum of £5,026, or an nggrogato for tho wholo aumber of $108,126. To pay this sum will roquire "540,626" bushala™ of “corii:~"Soveral of theso gon= ~tlenion hivo® nlo ‘pocketod $5,000 - onch,: extra for *baok-pay\" Bat for sorvicos, which do not bogin_until Docombior. noxt, oach mnn rocoives an _ogulvalont’ of 8,125 bushols of his constitu- onts’ corn, overy month, MUNICIPAL ELEOTIONS, Bomo twenty years ago thoro happoned to bo & good denl of oxcltoment overa local eloction in tho littlo town of Northampton, Mass., which, at that time, hiad a populntion of botweon 5,000 and 6,000 inbabitants, For sovoral wooks prior td tho day of olection tho candidatos wero oan- vassod with that forvor which the atrong friond- ships nud doop-rooted projudices. of a small community oan. always providle on any given subjoct, Tho littlo difforonces in regard to sohool manngoment or the lo- ontion ,of the town-pump wore magni- flod into tho importance of great national issucs, ‘The good cltizons of Northampton—there wero fowor bnd oltizons in those days—had divided thomaclves {uto partios and factions. The locsl wookly papors had boon engaged in the impor- tant work of glving diroction to public sonti- mont. Tho pooplo had beon thoroughly worked up to tho duty of tho hour, and passed a flnal Babbath in moditation and prayer just prior to tho olaction, whioh ocourrod on Mon< day. The proceding Baturdsy, s °bright printor boy, about 10 yoars of ago, who desired to have his father elocted to tho School-Board, wont to his case, and sot up a complete ticket of his own, solecting, with ad- "ipal clections, mirablo judgment and perfect impartislity, the vory best men the Town of Northampton cun- tained, without reference to any of (ho tickets already in the fleld. Having mado up his ticket and corrected tho proof, ho struck off & fow hun- dred coplos from the old Washington haad-press thon in use, carefully tied them up, and earried them homo. Tho ticket had no title or dosignation whatevor, Tho boy kept his plan to himself, and put his ticket into his trunk over Sunday. Bright and early Monday morning, ho went down town with his bunch of tickots in his pocket. He se- lected some of his companions, all glad of an opportunity to peddlo clection-tickets, and dis- tributod tho ballots among thom without expla- nation or instructions, They, in turn, passed them around among tho honest and independont olectors of Northampton, When tho votes wero counted that Monday evenlug, it was found that tho printor-boy’s ticket was ocleoted throughout by & considorablo majority. g " We should sny that this is a model for munic- Wo need not Do told that, in o Gity of ovor 400,000 inhabitants, preciscly the . snmo gourso would be impracticable. We an- swar, that the Northampton olection was not oarried boosuso a bright boy had enginsered hia tickot'so slirewdly, nor bocauso it was spruog upon the poople at the opportuno moment. His particular ticket, uncanvassed aud without & | party behind it, was succossful becauso it was compozed of the very best citizons for public trusts, whose names wero o sufliciont guaranteo for thoir faithfuiness ip oflico, The choice of such men should bo tho pingle purposo of oll municipal cloctions. It {s rarely that thore are radical differouces amoug intelligont men #ud good citizons in regard to the policy of city government, p8' thore is ‘usually concorning national quostions. If the machinary of city govornment is s simplo as it should be, tho chiof object to be scuglt is the election of men who will sdmjuister tho Govornmont economi- cally and hongstly. Wo have had suflicient ox- amples of the daugors aud hardships that resylt upon & commitmont of muniocipal affairs into tho hands of any other class, There is nothing . to Do feared from comuraliza- tion or “COmsarism” in our local Gov~ ernments. Tho moro that power can bo congentrated In s municipality, so long as tho Exocutivo js direotly responsible to tho pooplo, the better will bo tho result: The administra- tion of Mayor Modill Lns beon s notable in- stanco of this. The ' one-man power" which John Wontworth ongo exorcieed many years ago, whon Chicago was soroly in nood of such an admiuistration, was of incalculablo benefit to tho city, Municipal issues are always tho same. Bhall the taxes bo thoroughly collectod? Bhall tho fundn be rigidly guarded ? Bhall the money bo honestly and economically oxponded? Bhall the lnws bo steadily enforced ? Bhall the police be managed for tha preservation of peaco and good order? Theso aro the quas- tiona which suggost thomsolvas at all municipal ‘olections. Tho only way in which they can be aflirmativoly assured is by the choice of men whokp capability and intogrity are coincidently suggostod with' the vory montion of thow namos, Tho first and most important pnfoguerd agaivst corruption in the admivistration of municipal affairs is sn abaudonment of all political divisions in thc selec- tion of the officer. Whilo thia would bave boen difienlt of comprohension to many porsons a fow yoars ago, it is now very genorally undoratood and believed by intelligent men overywhere. It seoms to bo particularly appre- olated in Chicago, At the last two municipal olootions, tho oxisting political parties cut no fig- +| uro, and the prosont prospect is that thoy willbo abandoned in all fyturp municipal clections, Tho | expression of opinfon eligjtod from variqus prom- inont citizons of Chicago belongiug to both the TRopublican and Domooratic parties has beon to this offact. Tho nppearauce of national politias* in municipa] elections is of iteelf indicative of cor- ruption. Thoro is no natural connoction botween them. Tho only purpose of allying them is to- make tho municipal government useful to the particnlar organization which succoeds in con- trolling it, Itis fmpossible to do this oxcopt to the defriment of municipal intorests, which thon bocome of segondary conideration, The intorest’ of tho caucus domineors ovor everything elso. Wo believe that it would be a physical impossi- Dbility for's convention of oither politica) party in thig - city to ' nominate &' thoroughly good ticket. Tho politieal banditti woyld jo- sigt ypon thelr reprosontation, aud tho po- litieal bandjti} pro in the majority mn porty gaucuses, The local grganization of political partios, having no broad fesues upon which to base their auccess, are forced to roly upon tho "rabble whick they gn control at the primarics and In tho pot-houses, Tho syetom of rowards for the chiofs of cland is & vital elomont of tho campaign, The demauds of *‘clements” aro always consyltod, ‘Tho sureat result is the com~ position of the City Councll, and all branches of the Govornment suppliod by wards, from the bummers and outlaws who control the primaries, pack the conyentions, siaud attho polls, and drum up the votes, No citizon with the good of the munlgipal goyernment in THE CHICAGO DAILY RIBUNE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1873, Z viow, snd the rosults of allowlng pro- fosslonal | politicians ' to yun 1t boforo him, con coiisclentiously’ sanction any direot’ Parly movemont for tho adntrol of tho city, It is a great mislAlic “to Anpporo that tho ro- apectablo pooplo 8o In the minority in all largo | aitios. It is vory raroly tho cnso anywhore. It In.certainly not tho ease in Chicago.” Thoy may | pormit " clty oleotion to go by dofault from a failuro to apprecinto tholr own rocponsibility in tho premison. Thoy may, it two party tickets aro offored with about an equal number of ob- joctlonableeandidaten, follow thol politieal habits and attnchments. " But; whofiéver & non-political tlcket of irropronchablo charactor is presentod to thom, they will not stop to Inquire who put it in nomination; thoy will not be terrifiod by ‘* star-chamber tyranny ;" they will ‘vote for it and eloot it, just as the poople *of Northampton did with the printor-boy's tickot twonty yoars ago. Tho rospectable people will always bo found in a mnjority whonovor tho issuo or tho eandidatos on cithor sido nro of a charactor to call out tholr united sction. A non-politieal ticket of good mon.may always bo trusted to ‘bring out the reapoctablo vote, and it has the ad- vautago of loaving to the various wards the contost over tho Aldormen, rogardless of tho of- foct upon the gonoral tickot. Thoro is littlo doubt that it would bo betterif tho Aldormon could bo alactod by the gonoral voto of tho aity, in tho samo way ag tho Mayor, As this cannot bo dono in Chicago undor tho prosont Inw, thon it is botter thot they should be chosen by tho united offort of the good citizens in the sovoral wards, without reference to tho goneral ticket, and whioh cannot bo dono in the caso of political nominations. It is only nccessary that all men should approciato the true importanco of baying compotent snd honest mon in tho Municipal Logislaturo, which fixea the appropristions and passes upon nominations. & —— THEODORE THOMAS AND AMERTIOAN OPERA, Theodore Thomas {8 about to make a now do- parture in music, sod when this is said, 1t means a groat doal, and is an snnouncemont which will interest tho wholo country. Mr. Thomas has never beon a charlatan or & speculator, Ho has worked in musio for tho sake of music, and, al- though ko has triumphed in ono direction,—or- chostral music,—it has not succeoded iu onrich- ing him, Ilis roward bas boon his own aatisfac- tion that ho has advanced - the natioual musical taste to & higher' standard, and bag Iaid tho foundations deop and strong upon which to build heroafter. Any now move whioh euch a man makes, thereforo, is of moro thay porsonnl intorest, It atonce suggests somothing still higher and somothing which is destined to affect the interests of every musical porson, a8 woll a8 tho musical roputation which tho country enjoya in comparison with tho othor great musical centres of thoe world.. Whatever Mr, Marotzek, or Mr. Strakosch, or Mr. Grau doos is boundod by tho limits of o singlo soason. Thoy are spocalators ; Mr. Thomas is a teachor pud reformor, Thoy labor fer thelr pockets, Ho labora in tho interests of his art, At.tho closo of thoseason of 1873-'74, the sorics of concorta given by Mr, Ihomas, which will havo extonded through w poriod of six yoars, will como to an end. It is bardly necossary to roviow the history of those six yoars. All know tho immonse obutacles ngninst which Mr. Thomas hes bad to contend, and all know tho faith and tho encrgy with which ho haslabored. At the outset, disastor nftor disastor overtook him. He worked without sympatly and was nesailed with doubts, Soasou aftor senson waa prosonted tho spectaclo of oue of tho best, if nob tho bost orchestra in tho world, iunterproting the hest of musio to o handful of poople. Mr, ‘Thomas' persistenco, howovor, at last triumphed, and people thromged to hear him, Ho con- quered New York, thon New England, then the West and the. South, and he clinched hia triumph by the Now York and Cincinnati Festi- vals last epring, and to-day ho is tho foromost musician of this country, and his word is law. In theso six yoars he has accomplishod the first first great tep in the nodertaking of hislife. Ho D got a pormanont orchostrs, inferior to none in tho world. Thia sssured, tho othor steps in Lis grand planwill bo taken rapidly, Bornard Listemann, so long the firat violinist of the orchestra, and Mr, Thomas' aller ego, has beon molded into au admirablo conductor, He is in complote sympathy with Mr. Thomas, appreciates his idens and understands them, and is compotout to carry thom out. Mr. Thomas, thereforo, has a substituto to whom ho can safo- ly intrust his orchostra, while ho carrles out the second moyo in his schome, which is the build- ing up of & chorus precisoly a8 tho orchostra was built up. The Brooklyn Philharmonic Society, wounderstand, will form tho basis of this cho- rus, and when that chorus is disciplinod and molded into shapo it will boa worthy counter- part of tho orchestra. Having thoso two features, whatthon? What should follow but opera, tho highest do- yolopment of musip, the voice, tho instrument, and llllxe dra- matic scone? 'Tho composition of this orchestra, and its severs and unrelenting diaci- .plino, all this bard work of six years, boro atraight upon this ultimate dosign. The Festi- vals of Now York and Cincinnati were not given tomake money, They were choral experiments with reforonco to this same grand dosign,’ snd their immenso and unprecedontsd success -at onco determined Mr. Thomaes in his course. Upon this chorus and orchestra hp will build Amorican opora—not English,. Italian, - or Ger- wan, but American opora, “tho liomo of" which will beinNew foil and Buston. Fortungtoly, Mr. Thomns has thoso at his back who know him, and- understand bim and, siand roady to help Lim and tho accomplishment of his grand undortak- ing, It contemplates & grand opera-house, noble in arclitecture and porfect in design, and a stago which will be truly artistic in all its applisnces, As it is an American euterprise, inaugurated by an Amoriean,—for Mr. Thomas is an American in all bis feclings, sympathics, and sspirations,— ¢ will bo devoted to the development of what Amerlean, and will, thetofors, afford o flald for’ Amorican talent suoh as it has never had be- fore, Why is it that the Buropoan schodls aro full- of Americsn singors whom wonoverhear P Bimply ‘because thorp hgs hpen po encouragemen, for them lhore, .I'hoy have advanced beyond us, and thoy havo found their roward in Europe. To furnish thom with inducoments to roturn hore, and to call - thom home again and keop them: here, will bo tho rofujt of thiy groat schome, and, when this Is accomplished, of nacossity thers must bo an ond to the slngle-slar systorn which' now imposos such an onerous tax upon opera-, goera, ‘Thoso are the outlines of Mr., Thomas’ grand plan, and it s ono which Is worthy of him. That it will be sccomplished is & cortalnty, gnd that {t will be well accomplished. the combinption of | is oqually corlain, for, in nll Mr. Thomons' long.cn_rn’ur, no one can put lhis finger,upon a singlo‘mbyomont or sict “of; his whioh bas ot boori made in tho interests of art. o conld have mado’s fortuno by bofng b chisrlatan, o could- | bave beon wenlthy yoara ago if Lo would bave encrificod himgelf to sonmation or charlatanism, but ho han boon {nexorablo as fate in followlng tho plain-path of his lifo-mission, and lio han followed it througn contompt, opposition of ail kiuds, want of apprecistion aud patronsgo, misundorstandings and jealousios, never sworving from his path, nover lowering himgolf fo tho untruo or sonsstional in muslo, aid nover allowiig snything unworthy to atand betwoon him and his high idoal, Thoso, thereforo, who hayo followed him thus far and have learnad to admiro and rospoct Lim will pin tholr faith to hia sincority, ind Intogrity, and un- flinching purposo, and will look forward to tho yonr 1870 anthe timo whon American art will ronch a higher and noblor phaso than over be- foro. + . — BEAU HICKMAN. Tho 1ifo of Beau Hickman, who rocently died in Washington, furnishes one of tho most ourious opisodes in Amorican socinl lifo and mannors, Although ho was in common parlanco "5 dead- beat,” who nover oarned au honest penny, and whoso vices. far outnumbored his virtuos, for forty yonrs ho has boon A colebrity, rocognized by all the rosidenta and Govornmont officiale of Washington. Fow strangors probobly ever went to that city who did not make his acquaintanco and contributo to bis support. Whon ho first came to Washington, he had his shoro of the patornal inheritanco, which ho spont in & yoor in riotous living. He com- moncod his Washington caroer as a fop, Whon Lis monoy gave out, ko beoamo a dead-boat, and & cicorone for gambling-houses and housen of worso ropute. Ho lived to s much moro ad- vancod ago than men of this class usually rosch, and ho dicd o wretchod pauper, was tumbled into his grave in tho Puttor's Field by an under- takor's assistant, and waa then resurrocted asnd dissoctod by modical students. - If by moans of the latter operation ho contributod any infor- mation to thosearchers after anatomical truth, it was probably the only good he had ever dono in his worthloss lifo, Thero havo boon mon befors who have been fops and dandies, and who have made dross the main objeot of their lives,—men like Boau Nash and Boau Brummol,—but they wero at the samo timo men of wit, ability, and intelligenco, whose company wos sought for on acoount of these qualitics, ‘But Boau Hickman was & pub- lic nuisanco, who nover furnished any compen- sntion for tho pittances which ho aqueezed out of strangers by sheor impudenco, while thou- sands of men all around him had to labor and oarn thoir scauty wages by tho swoat of their brows, and whilo others, oven with the hardest la- bor, could baroly manago tokeop soul aud body togethier. Beau Hickman contrived to mako a living out of othor people by his consummato impudence and utter want of shame, Ho had nolthor ‘wit mor intelligonco, and yot ho suc- coedod in improssing himself upon every ono, and in a cextain way to associato with all the prominons men in Washington during a poriod of thirty or forty years, Ho levied a pottyblack- mail upion every one, and every one paid it with- out question, o8 if indebted to him for some servico reudered. It was ‘considered & matter of mnecessity thac overy stranger who wont to Washington should seo Beau Hickman, and, laving seon him, should con- tribute something toward his support. How he accomplished this, or why poople should fool it ivcumbout upon them to support this elogant loafor, must remain more or less of & mystrry, It is poesiblo that the genoral impression that ho - bolonged to a distinguished family had somo- thing to do. with it. It is possiblo that Boau's oarly -brilliancy .made such a profound impros- sion fhat peoplo folt disposed to help him in kooping it up, and thus having drifted into the practico of paying him, it becamo & sort of duty. It is furthermoro possiblo that tho fact of his being a colobrity waa a reason whyfhe should be a publio pensioner. A celebrity is slways an object of ouriosity, espoecially to strangers, and when thero aro strangers in Rome they usually do a8 the Romans do, if not considerable more. All colobritios aro exag- goratod. Bosu Hickman's vicos were virtuos in disguire. Evory ono had a story to toll of Beau Hickman which was in his favor, and theso sto- ries, passing from mouth to mouth and growing a8 thoy traveled, made for him a roputation which impressed evory ono. Wocan conceivo *of no other reasons for his remarkable succesa in securing a living, for, stripped of his idoalized surroundings, he was nothing but a common loafer aud very unromantio yagabond,—an hab- ituo of ealoons nnd gambling-houees, which ‘he frequonted, not for the purposo of gaming or drinking, but for doad-beating others,—sud a nuisance in the community, Itis hardly possi- blo that there could be more than one Beau Higkman in any community. If thore were, tho law would step in and suppress thom, Worthless, profligate, and miserablo 2 this man's lite was, it was nevortheless not without an element of pathos, which has been emplasiz- ed by tho indignity paid to bis romains, attor the poor dovil had beon dumped uncorcmoni- ously into the Pottor's Field, He nover divulgad & word concorning his family rolations during his lifo, and thus saved them from public phame and peandsl. o always told tho truth and despised a liar. Inmost respocts ho was honost, and he nover harmed any onp. He nover ‘borrowed money, but alwaya took it nsn gratuity which belonged to him of right, The misory of hin latfer days waa tho natural gonssquence of his’ mode of lito, and when he wentto “tho demuition " bow-wows"”, Lecauso seedy fn Lis dress, was stricken with rhoumatism and othor disonses, and could only hobblo sround tho .6trepts, .& wrotohed, diseased, | poverty-utricken, broken-down old man, atill hayipg & traco of gontility about bim how- evor, ho was au object of pity. Whatever his ‘vioos wero, e had dopo no harm to any one, and when death kindly relioved the vagabond pon- siouer from tho nccosuity of making any further lovies "upon the commuvity, and ended hls wrotchednoss, ke might have been allowed to rost in his obecure graye, Instond of that, his remains wore mutilated in & manner which can- not'but sliock oven the most callous person, It 18 & dosceration under any circumgtances, but in thls Gaso, although ho hsd boon o worlhless parasito on socloty all his life, 1t seems woll nigh gaprilogjons. Tho lifo of this poor wrotch hind hoon a restipss and a misorable onp oven in his palmlost days. lowever muoh his death may bave baen g blessing or Lowever uudesirablo it may be tust Beau Hickmans: shall exiat in so- cloty, evon though they do no. direot harp, still ho had -suffored enough jn his lfetimo to de- pervo pout when bis lifo camo to a close, Buch mon pay the ponatty of thelr mode of lifoas thoy, go along.. Aftor thoy are gono, lot them fost: ) Among all the opinions on the anbject of local politics olicitad from tho various cltizons who, have boon {ntorviewad by the roportors, the sug- Rostion mado by Mr. J, I, MoVioker sooms to bo, tho mont {imoly and polnted. Ifis idon fs that, ‘f Mr. Hoping is dotermined to shapo tho noxt municipal oloction upon cortain lseucs of his own, tho falrest way to dotormine whoth- or tho peoplo favor his mentiments or not, is, for' Mr. " Heslug to run as o condidato for Mayor. Mr. Hesing clalma that o majority of the pooplo aro with him, in~ cluding a congolidation of the Germons and | Irish, and that this msjority dasiro to soo tho noxt Oity Govornment firmly sottlod upon tho eontimonts gvhlch ho ropresents in tho presont campalgn. Tt any ono elso than Mr. Hesing is to bo candidate for Mayor on Mr, Hesing's plat- form, thero ia likely to bo rome decoption, or at loast n misconcoption, In rogard to tho ticket. Pooplo may voto for it who do not want to voto for what it roprosents, and othors may vote agalnst it who would have voted for it if thoy could have boen assured of its real charsotor and pur- poses. No such counfusion au this con arlso if Mr. flesing himgolf is tho candidate represont~ ing Mr, Hosing's party. The issue will thon bo plaivly bofore the people. Those who dosito that Mr, Hosing shall run the City Government will voto for him, and those who do not desiro this will voto sgainst him. If Mr. McAvoy, or Mr. Partridgo, or any other of tho gontlomon who have boen talked of as the Hesing oandidato for Mayor, shall run, tho issue is blurred, end a groat . many people will not know ‘whother they are voting for tho Hesing party and tho Hesing sentimonts or not. With Mr. Hesing himself ns tho candidato for Mayor, thero is no doubt that tho cloction would dacido whethor the majority of the citizens of Chioago aro in favor of tho Hosing party or not. It is ovidontly Mr. Hesing's duty as a oitizen tossori- fico his privato intorests and consont to be a caudidate, in order that tho most prominent quos- tion of local politics at the presont timo may bo fairly and finally sottled at the coming oloction. — A Chinaman, namod Ak Gim, living noar San Francisco, racoutly foll dosporately in lovo with thedaughtor of his employer, who very naturally did not roturn Ah Glm's passion. He continued his suit, however, and ovon out off his pig-tail to mako himsolf more accoptable. Bho neverthe- loss still rofused him. Faiting to win ber heart, ho stolo hor phatograph and worshiped that for a timo, Tho countorfelt prosentment, howover, had little. consolation for Ah Gim, so one doy ho took it and went to tho houso, and ioformed her $hat ho had como- to roturn the photograph. Tho young lady orderod him to burn it, which 8o enraged Ab Gim that ho drow o pistol and fired at hor. Blho flod in torror, aud Al Gim fired two moro shots at her, none of which took offect, however. Ah Gim, snpposing that o bad done for hor, then blow Liis own braine out, snd Lappily succeeded in tho operation, to every ono's eatisfaction, es- pecinlly to the eatlefaction of the young lady who had been tho object of this Celestial perso- cution. Tho death of Ah Gimis of no spacial cousequounce, but tho fact itaclf is only another romarkablo proof of tho aptnoss of tho Mongo- linn raco in adapting itsolf to tho customs of o country. Al Gim bad undoubtedly boon reading tho nowspapors, and discovered that the provail- ing fashion of making love'is with cold lead. It is only & pity that all tho fools who make love with pistols do not meot with Ah Gim's fato, An English physician bas startod the slarming theory that'fatness will not associato with quick- ness of intelloot, and that, as mon wax in flesh, they wano in brains, and ho appesls to hstory and Shekspoare to sustain his dogma, making a special point upon the lean and hungry Cassius, but overlooking Falstaff, who was a mountain of flesh, and yot nover was accused of being dull in intollect. Tho London News, roferring to this theory, enys: ‘' Burcly Count Cavour might bo called fat, and ho was not & dull man. Tho late Cardinal Wiseman approached to the obeso. Charlos James Fox was of portentous girth, and 80 was Lord North; and Gibbon was so fat that, when ho onco wont on his knces to a lndy, ho could not got up again without ag- sistavce. Was not Anacroon fat, and did ot Horaco exhiblt somothing of the same contour ? Wo do not know that Fonry the Eighth can bo 8aid to have grown stupid as hoe grow fat, and cortainly somo of the clovorest of the Popos wore nlso among the fattest who filled the Papal chair.” It would cortainly not be dificult to pro- duco & splendid array of fat mon in Ohicago who havo quick braing, and porhaps it would bo just 48 oasy to array losn men, and moro of thom, as thoro are moro loan mon than fat mon, In the moantime, what havo John Ayer, R. 8. Wilson, and Mosdra, Colvin, Coolbaugh, Judd, Dr. Bart- lott, and Dr, 8mall to say to the English theory ? Bepor Ignacio Blariscal, a Ropublican diploma~ tist of Moxico, in & rocent interview with the ro portor of & Now York journal, made somo im- portant statomouts, which correct cortain rumors that have been afloat of late, touching the rela- tions of that country with othors. Tho report that the newly-electod Moxicau Congress -1s op- posed to Amoricun entorpriso, hio says, is ontire- 1y unfounded, and grow out of the fact thal Gen, Rosoorans' proposition for the construction of cortain railronds was declinod. The profer- qnea given to o pival project arose from tho fact that Gen Rosecrans propesed to build a narrowy- gouge road, whilo his competitor proposed s standard gauge of tho spme brendth as thoso al- ready built, . With rogard to another rumor, that Moxico had for its sim: the tranefor of Lower California to Gormany, Sonor Mariscal states that Moxico has plrondy alonated onough torritory, aud will mever . part with any maore, aud that . this rumor, like tho othor, hos no foundation In fact, A fow Germuns hiave gono to Lower Oalifornia to work minos snd dovelop tho poninsuls, but the samo priviloge {8 open to Americans, Bonor Mariscal olosed his Interviow with tho consoling assuy- anao that, when Mexico has any more torritory to dispogo of, tho Unitod Statos will havo the first offer, Dr, Wenry, Beliliemann, who for the last throo yoars hgs boen oconpled with excavations on thio' nile of anclent ‘Troy, bas struck g treasure-trovo of the richgst doscription, boing no less than thoe troasures of King I'riam, abandonod at tho sioge of oy, The Augsburg Gazello has rocently published a lettor from tho Doctor, In which ho ontalogues tho treasuros, There woro sevoral large silver vases, ‘two golden haud-hmd?, one frontle}, four oar-pendsnty, ffiy-six golden * oar-rings, thousands of gmall rings, dico, aud buttous oll of gold, six | Jdng. to goldon bracolets, two gold goblets, sixtoen chains with goldon idols attachoed, immonse numbers of ornaments on satrings, and thou- sanidd 6f ariall goldon articles. Ttis s handsomo roward for-tho Dootor's Iabors anil' pernovor- anco, sud undoubtadly old Prism would honrtl- 1y congratulate himsolf it ho could but know that tho Grooks Aid not gat hia jowolry, but thnt | thoy hnve fallon futo such oxcollent hands s Dr. Sohliomann's, The dlucovery also shows that ovon it Homor is & myth; tho myth knoir what Lo wag about when ho sung .of Priam’s; jowol-box, Tho Iast numbor of the Alaska Lerald which g come to hand ocontalns momo intorosting facts concorning tho matorial rosourcos of that torritory, which go to show that tho bargain | with Ruasia was not sucha bad ono sfterall, Tho editor of that papor haa boon making a trip, and, amongst othor places, ho visited Morshave, Bolkofalky, and Kadink, places which are not. down on tho maps, and of which’ probably fow Amoricans have over hoard, Morshave is situ- ated at tho oxtromo end of tho peninsuls of Alasks,. and is tho centroof suimmonse fur trado—mink, fox, sea-ottor, doors, and bears bolog the principal animals killed. Bolkofskky is notod for tho manufacturo of Quass, tho nae tivo article for whisky, which is used in groat quantities by the natives, slthough it is vory damaging to the honltl, and produces consump- tion. Kodiakiaan active businoss place, with sevoral stores, Tho inhabitants aro Creoles, Aleuts, nnd Russians, and thoy live togethor like a happy family, not troubling themselves with politics,wars, or rumors of wara, At Ilamla Bay, o placo not on tho maps, quartz boulders stroake od with gold have boen found, and & Rusao- Gorman, named Groenberg, is loading up n ves- sol with the boulders, which accomplished, o 1s going to mail in search of & quartz-mill, At Kotmal Bay, on the east sido of tho Alaskan povinaula, potrolonm is running to wasto in streams, whioh, if cared for, would yield for- tunes, On tho Konal peninsuls, immenso conl- beds oxist, Walls of coal thirty to forty foot in height riso perpendicularly from the water's edge. The conl 6o far a8 worked i’ bituminous, but the old miners beliovo that, it ono of theso coal hills was tunncled and & shaft sunk, anthracite would be ‘found in groat .obundance. What with cod- fish, furs, potroloum, and coal, our recent pur- |- chaso begine to loom up as a valuable acquisi- tion, and to offer somo tomptations to sottlers, provided they can stand cold woather, Quass, and Alouts. Thero is s disposition among cortain news- popers to divort the attention of the people from the last salary-grab by reviving the story of tho incronso of ealarics in 1860. Tho attempt will moot with failure. It was tried with poor success in tho Ponnsylvania Democratio Convention which rebuked the Hon, R. Milton Speer, asalary- grabbing Congressman, by refusing to allow him tonat a8 Chairman of the Gonvontion. Somo of his friends ondeavored to help mnttors by declaring that tho Hon. Charles R. Buckslew and ‘the Ion. Edgar Cowsn, two gentlemen of high standing In Ponnsylvania, woro involved in tho enlary-grabbing mossuro of 1860, But the Con- voution wad not to bo thrown off the track by any subterfugo of this kind. It simply rofused to listen to anything about tho incroass of 1806, aud Mr. Bpeer found I advisable to withdraw his namo. Discussion of tho salary-inoreaso of 1866 is not in ordor st the proeont time; tho peopla aro concorned in the snlory-grab of 1873. We havo already ox- plained that tho incrcase of salarics in 1866 wag mado under entirely different circumstances, a8 woro tho other carlier incrosses in Cou- grossionnl pay. But evenif that increase v.ero wrong, two wrongs cannot mako one right. The fact is, that the grab of 1878 is eo indefensiblo from every point of view, and is e0 thoroughly understood by tho people, that no effort to divert publioc attention from its consideration will over bo succosstul, - A It is not of matorial importance what rosolves & Domocratio Convention muy make nowadays, and particularly when that Democratio Conven« tion is held in Mnssachusetts. But, as if to domonstrate that the prosont condition of the Domocratio party were not sufliciently absurd, the Massachusetts Convention, reprosonting that anomalous and intangible body, resolved that “Tho Ropublican partyis responsible for tho sanction of the Democratiomembers of Congrest totho corrupt schomos of tho Republican party to rob the people of thoir money.” It is perfoctly natural that Democratic resolutions should bo vaguo and iucomprehensiblo to the modern mind ; but this ono scems to be vaguer and more incompreheusible than usual. The OCon- vention did not stop to explain Low tho Ropub- lican party could possibly b responsiblo * for the sanction of tho Domocratio mombers of Congress to the corrupt schomes of the Ro- publican party.” It wasu't necossary to ex- plain, it is° true; it is not important ono wey or anothor; but' it would bo interosting to kunow how, in the name of everything that is rensonable, it could all have beon brought about, If anything more was noeded to demonstrate the uttor imbo- cility of tho politiciaus that cling to the itlusory exiatenco of the Domocratic party, this resolu- tion of the Masuachusotts Convontion fully sup- plios tho deficiency. Tho London Athencum is particularly sovere upon three American books which have appoared recently, It pronounces Joaquin Miller's “Lifo Among the Modocs " o monstrously dull book, in which thero {8 nothing that concerns the Modocs, Tho Rov. G. Grant’s * Ocean to Qcesn" fsa vory dry narrative, and Thomas W, Knox's “Un- dorground " & work of no morit whatever. Con- cerning the latter, tho Athenaum uays: *Wo greatly wonder that an English publisher of Ingh standivg should have hoen found will- got his pamo. to & volumo (printed in Amierica) which is & mere compila- tion illustratod by many sousation wood-outs, and hLere and thero by a downright indecent print," The worat foaturo of the Athencun's critlolsm i probably that it is corroot, which should sorve as & warning to Amorican pub- lishors to kedp thelr dull books at home, ikt one Tt s rather a singular fact that tho Loglelative Chambor at Vetsnillos colabratod its prorogation with a solomn service of requioms and massos, but such was the case. The fact {8 o suggestivo ono, Would not our own Nptional Parlisment do woll to colobrate its adjournments in & muslcal manner? It would not bo dificult to mako out a vory obaracterlstio and impressive programme, ‘Phoro aro, for inatance, the “Dond March™ in *Sail" the ‘‘Rogue's Maroh," ¢ Tho Bold Buccaueors," the ¢ Thioves' Tament," ¢ Bwindling Billy," *I Lovo to Stoal Awhile Away," and other touching ballagds which might bo Introduced with great effpot. Tho French custom i worthy, at least, of con- aidoration, ‘ly, is voi RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE, Sometbing About tho New Church Eie U e "or‘CIichago. Roply }61‘ Prof. Swing to Prof, Datton, " of the “Interior” The Coming Meetifig at New York of the Evangelical “Alliance. - Excerpts from the Chicago Re« G ligious Press. Interesting Notes from All the Churches «=-Personal Paragraphs, Programme of Services in the Churches To-day. Thero are sbout twonty new ohurch build- ings now in process of orection in Chicago, In- cluding tho lots, they will cost near £2,000,000, In no ity porbapain tho wido world can such an array of now churches, In all stages of complo- tion, bo aeon. Theso buildings aro all just such 28 it would bo oxpected Chicago wonld build, They are every ono first-class, In matorial, arohitecturo, finish, and dimensions, they nre comparable to, the flnest, and when comploted must greatly onhanco the beauty of the Now Chicago. Mauy of theso are alroady racolving the finishing strokes of tho hammor and brush, ond the grand serios of dedleation will soon opon, In fact, the firat of the sorics will bo informally consocrated noxt Sundsy. We shall give tha unmes of some of thoso churches, and tho prog- Teuy, nt presont, of tho church-building. THE NEW ENGLAND CONGREGATIONAT. This Sooioty hos just comploted its new chapel on tho cornor of North Doatborn and White streots, onst of Washington Park. It is an elo- Rant two-story atone chapol, built In the Gothio style of architecturo, and finishod in hoavy black .walnut. .An informal dodication of this chapel is 6ot for noxt Sunday. Tho walls of the main bullding aro .aimoat comploted, and tho work will continuo until tho structure is com- ploto. 'This building will far surpaes tho old one in besuty and dimenslon. PROF. BWING'S ONUROCHL. This is Iocated on the cornor of Superior and Rush stroets, near the Wator-Works. It is about completed. Tho - basomont is finished, and tho upper part is being plastorod. Tho tinting and seating will roquiro noarly a month's timo, and, thereforo, the dedication of this largo and handsome Gothie stons structure is sot for the 18t of Octobor, It is o porfoot church build- ing, baving oll the modorn conveniencos, such a8 Sunday-tohool and Bible-class rooms, parlors, studio, eto, The soating will be in tho amphi- thontrical stylo, with gallery only in tho south end, The choir and pulpit are in the north ond, sud noarly on the same levol. UNITY CHUROI. This grand church is all ready for tho pows, and theso aro all complotod in Richmond, Ind,, and aro boing delivered and will be placed in position within tho noxt ton days, Tho msin sudienco room i8 quito impressive in its now finish, which is in pine and waluut, with sky-bluo tints, &e. The gallery oxtonds around tho four sidos, and ig'Bupported by light iron columns, Tho organ and pulpit are in the east ond, which .lenvos the grand wost window unobscured, and not not hidden, as in tho old." This church will Do dedicated ou tho 5th of Octobor, tho Sunday beforo the anuiversary of the groat fire, It is nx]mclull that the Rov. Dr. Furnoss, of Phila- delphis, will be present’ on that occasion nad pronch tho dedicutory sermon, Other minister- ial colobritios are invitod.and expeoted to nesist. s BT. JAMEY ERISCOPAL, Tho grand tower of tlus thuo edifico is no long- or an object of commisoration bocause of ita loncliness, ‘The whole large structure is inclosed, and the roof 1s being put on. The basement is alwont plastered and will soon bo comploted, It it expected tho upper room will be finished by Christmas and ready for dedication, Tho wmaln room of tlis chureh will bo iu tho sbape of n cross, with grand wiudows and elegant finigh- ings. Lt was fully doscribed in & recent numbox of e TRIBUNE. CILURCH OF TUE ASCENSION, ‘Ihis is & now building, now in process of erac- tion on the cornor of LaSalle and Elm stroots. Tho lot s 96x180 feot, on tho rear of which “a chapol, 80x75, will soon bo inclosed. Tho plazt {s to comploto tho obapol as soon a8 possible, and to commence tio mwan building wheu circumstancos will admit. The wholestructure will coustitute a first-class Gothie stono church, occupying ouo of tho most eligi- bl positions ou the North Side. At presont the Bociety worshp in a storo on North Wolls stroat, south of Oak, The church is in chargo of the Rev. 0. P. Dorsot. .. MOODY'S CHURCIH. T'ho difficulty of titlo to the lot selected by the chureh has beea adjusted, aud work on the Tubornacle 18 now rapidly progressing. Tha bulding will bo 121 feot on” LaSalle stroot, and 99 feot on Chicago avenue, with the main on- tranco in the southenst cornor, through o largo circular tower. Tlus towor will be 1156 foet high. Tho buildiug will bo of ricl trimmed with stone, with o stono base- mont. It {8 expectod the basowout will be rendy for occ?nney on Christmay, at which timo thoro will no doubt boa great gathering in the now house. The upper room will romain over, and Do finished next summor. OHUNCI OF THE HOLY NAME, Orring to tho illuess uf the Bishop, the cornor- stono of this new structure was not Lud on tha 15th ult., as announced, Itis not known now when it will bo laid. The Bishop, who isin Bul- timoro, is atill quito unwell, and’ nothing ean bo doue until ho decides in tho mattor. Thore i cousiderablomatorinl on tlie ground, and the foundations aro patinlly dug. The plan was to build a8 much of tho church as possible during tha autumn, and complote the buildiug noxt summor, Should 'the Bishop rotwrn soon, this plan will doubtloss Lo carricd out, At prosent nothivg is bolng done, “The church will bo built of stono, and filrgor than tho old ono, sosting ovor 2,000 porsous, sud costing about 200,000, It is lo- cated on the cornor of State aud Suporior strects, Somo of the fincst churchos in the city, if not n tho wholo country, o now baing complotod on tho South Sido, ~The tirst to bo completed in tho sories is tho SECOND TREABYTERIAN, on tho northwost corner of Michijgan avonus and Twenty-tuird stroots, Tha * n)!ullell stono " is dostined to an earthly immortality, since it has been choson as tho fronting matorizlof thisgrand odifico, The church ig all inclosed, aud is just now taking tho * true-blue " tintson the coilings. I'he main room of this church will Lo among the most imposing in the cn.rv. It will bo very Jarge, Yith mmoncly high osifiuge, and showlig tliroo storios in tho clear; flrst, o row of base-ling windows, cighteen on oach sido, in triplets ; next, & row of gallory Gothic-tincory wiudows, and above this, tho arcado, with a row of brill- innt glass-stajned Gothic windows, Tho pulpit will bo in the wost end, with an organ-loft just bohind, The organ will bo built in thireo com- pactwonts, and vo arranged that tho siugors will sit in the organ! The gallory is much similar to tho_old onp, as Is tho urching. This church, exclusive of the fll)lrn, wil) cosy about $200,000. 1t in to bo comploted ' by Novembor, and will, no doubt, be reaay for & graud Thanksgiving sor- vice during that month, THE CHURGCH OF TIE MESHIAM, The memorial b\\lldluf connected with this church is almost dono, It is alrowdy !»h\ularml below, and is hoing plastored aboyo. * It will e orhiaps tho finest ehapot in tho oliy, uontniniufi largo cireular windows in thoe north and sout) walls, aud a large triplot window in the cast wall, Tho coiling is a sorios of masive arches, which givo p graud offoct. The main ropm is ready for plastoring, and fitty mon aro busily engagad, who will goou bave the” whole struoture comploted. Tho offcot of the towors, dormier windows, high slate-roof, aud grent clroular windows, oxternal- 1 flng, aud rank this a8 ono of the most aitistio churchos in Chioago, It is locatad onthe southenat cornor of Michigan avenue and 'Uwen- ty-thivd stroot. 8T, PAUL'S OUURON, Tho walls of this now editice are up, and the raftors aro belng put on, It will be & spacions buildiug, of stouo wmatorial, with the. maiu room in the agoustomod cross-shape, with very laigo windows aud high cellings, Tho main Frout i