Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 9, 1874, Page 4

R o 12,0 Plgpte 15001 “Partaoh a yenraf the 1ame raté, To provont delay and mistakes, bo sure and giva Posb 08 conddres In full, fncluding Stato and Gountr. Remlttascos may Bo mads cither by draft, axprosy, Posk Olice oudor, orin reglatared loltars, at ourFisk, TENMS TO OITT AUDGORIIENA. Dally, dolivorod, Bunday ercoploa 2 conte por wask. Daily, aelivorod, Sunday Mmoludod, 8 aoata por wooks Address "THR TRIBUNI. COMPANY, Gornor Madieon and Dearborn-ata,, Uhioago, Tl SOCIETY MEETINGS, WAUBANBIA LODGE, No, 160, mests this (Thus A o AL 15 8 0l i Ortontal Tt 143 LaRkite: iy Toetge 0 ¥ O DI o WL WK™ ! JOLN, TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. - AGADEMY OF MUSIO—IIniated steaat, between Mad: B Do M neamcomant af Davoaports o Fralaad 512 Waa™ aud +*Bkotonos in Indta, " 00, [EY'S_THEATRE—Randalph sirest, betwsen o g A gugetmons of Tony Tastors Ve sHaty-Troupo. : MVIOKKRS TITRATR ato, Riper™ 4 Fostaiton R, FOOT OF MADISON-8T.—S8nullor's bt Keruan Tppodrame, © Aftoraoon and avoniaks facison strook hetween asomons of 150 Vibgerd (RXPORITION BUTLDING--Lakeshors, foot.of Adnms atrout. * Paria by Muonlight.™ Alternout The Chivage Tiibune, Thursday Morning, July 9, 1874, Anothor oditorial in regard to tho Beechor seandal has appeared fa the Golden Age, There s moro rhotorio than sonse about it, The condition of the growing crops ig s mat- ter of general interest just mow. We publish this morning roturne from sovon Btates, Raiu has fallen during tho iast few duys ovor large arons of Indiana and Dlinois, but the advices from Missouri and Kansas aro unfavorablo, The prospects now aro that thoro will be an averago yield tbroughout the Northwest. Speculators aro wolcomo to make tho most of the dronght. Short snles may be profitable; thoy will not bo o uafo investment of nionoy. e James Qordon Deunctt has wagered $5,000 that ho oan shoot more pigeons out of 100 than & certain Georgo Lorillard, Old Mr. Bennett never wasted timo or monoy in running foot~ racos or shooting pigeon-matches, Ho was a flno Seoteh gentloman, with o thrifty eye to business, The young gontlemsn chooses to advertise tho Herald by advettising himself ns a° sportng character. The public will begin to suspoct, boforo long, that Le is playing at jour- wulism, A newspapor corrospondent says that Senator Carl Bchiurz has detormined not to be & condi- dato for re-election ss United States Seuator from Miseour, and will bocome aeditor of a Gor- ‘map newspaper in New York. Missourl politi- cians, it preeent indlcations may, bo trusted, wish to bo more directly represonted In the Senate than they have beon since the beginning of Mr, Scburz's term. Thoy want to be repro- sented by another doll like Bogy,—a lay-figure that nover spoaks before the wire is pulled. Mr. Poland, the venorable Groen Mountain boy, will doubiless be surprised to hear that tho bill Tfor tho regulation of practico in District Courts, wlhich be assured the public was purely local in 1t character, hns boon taken advantage of for very diferent ends by the Hon, A. R. Shep- herd. Tho fact s, that Mr. Shopherd hos sttempted to bring Mr. Dans, editor of tho Naw York BSunm, before a District Qourt to nnsvior a chargo of libel. The result of hia endeavor has not yot beon reached ; but enough lLas been developed to show that Ar. Yoland, either lnnocently or with malice pro- ponse, hos been instrumental in the passage of @ xasoally law, 7 M8yor navemsyor Las retired, bTODBbIY m doferenco to & anint ward vs 0dvice from Gov. Dix, from the advanced position which ho a sumed a fow days ago. ‘Tho Polica Commission- ers Charlick and Gardner bave been ailowed to resign, and thelr places have beon filled by the eppointment of twomen who aro as unfit for the poattion a8 auybody known te politieal lifo, Ouo of the new Commissionors is George W. Matgoll, editor and proprietor of an inde- cont journal called the Police Gazelle; the other i3 John R. Voorbees, an Excise Com- migglonor, of whom nothing worse s Imown than thet ho is one of Havemeyer's frionds, As if to givo a parting shrick of freedom and dofl~ snca to the State authorities, the Mayor has ap- pointed Garduer to be Excise Commissiouer in placa of Voorhees, Huvemeyer {8 invited to come Weat when ko has exhausted thoresources of Egstorn pationce. Mr. Colvin is Aeoping a place warm for him, Nothing camo of yesterdny's snsslon in tho Tronoh Assembly., The Intorpollation was rae jected by o Jarge majority, the Left not voting. A resolution was then Introduced, and announcod to bo a Ministerial measure, pledging tho Assem- Dbly to onergatically uphold tho Septennial pPow- ers conterred upon Marshal MacMahon. Itwas xojooted by 881 to 863, After the ndjowrnmont, the Ministry proffered a resignation to Presi- dont MaoMahon, but ho refused to accopt it, aud it was thon agreod wupon to notlfy tho Assembly that the President bad detormined to retsin tho offico in- vested in him, and would o pleased to have an organization of his powers, Thiu 13 & departure from tho accepted policy of tho MaoMahon admin. dstration, It moans that the Marshal now clains to bo nbranch of the Government co-ordato in power with the Assombly, Whether hix ofilce js oonfirmed by the Assembly or not, ho will not acage toclatn ft. Botho fesue has been reduced fo ono botwoen the old Bonapartist dynasty and the new MacMahon dynasty, with the probabili- tica rathier In favor of tho former, Couut de Chambord is now believed to bo out of the race. The Obfcago produce markets wore generally atroug yestordsy, but with less dolug., Mesy pork wan modorately netive, nnd 10@150 por brd higber, closlng onsler at $18.80 cneh or acllor Angust. Lard was quiet and unchanged, at $11,05@11.40 cash, and 811.40@11.45 soller Au- gust. Meats woro modorately active, and 4o por Ib higher, at 65;@6J{c for shoulders, 03¢c for short ribs, 0}go for short clear, and 10%@ 110 for mwoot-pickled hams, Iighwinos woro losa active and firm, ac 84340 per gullon, Lake frolghis wero dull and stoady, at 4o for corn to Buffale, TFlour was [n fawr domand sud a shade firmer. Whent wau moderalely sotive, and 1@ 1340 ighor, closlng at $1.143¢ oash, $1.10 evller August, and 81,183¢ for No, 2 Minnesota, Corn was actlve, and advanced 154o, but closed woalt at 600 oash, and 80}¢c sollor August, Oats were lu good demand, and /@1 highor, oloalng a4 400 ossh, sud 430 soller the month. DBya wag THE CHICAGO" DAJLY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1874 . qulet and firmor, at 85@853¢e. Barloy was moro notlve and onslor,* at $1.00 moller Boptombor, Ilogs woro in good domnnd, and averaged 0o highor. Cattlo woro more active and frmer. Bhoop wore unchanged. A writer in tho Induatrial Age, of Chicago, re- Jolcos excoedingly {n the passngo of tho act al- Tlowing 55,000,000 moro of Natlonal Bank our~ roney, aud apponts to the Grangors to unite and organtzo 1,000 associations, with 55,000 capl- tal ench, ound thue procure the loan of #55,000,000 at tho rate of 1 por cont por sunum. The 1 por cent is the tax paid on circulation by tho banks, and the writor arguos that that is all tho roturn nindo for the use of ocurtoncy by tho panks. As the article wns ovidently writton in sincerity, and was publishod in equal {nnocenco | of the facts, wo may presumo that it represonts the matter of National Dank ourronoy as it s understood by porsons who resd that olass of nowspapers, and it may not bo out of placo to state ovor again the compensation paid by the banks for National Bank owrrency. Thus, lo start & Natlonal Bank with $100,000 capital, thoro must bo raisod §116,000 In cush to pur~ chase $100,000 of G por cont bonds. Upon the doposit of theso bonds the bank obtains 200,000 of bk notes. - It hins to deposit 6 por cent of its Iuane at’ Washington, leaving it 85,000 Lo lend at such rates of intorest and on such go- ourity a8 can be .obtained—irom the procooeds of which it must pay an annual tax of 1 per cent, besido Stato and local tuxes and ofice oxpensos, 1t tho readors of tho Industrial Age can sco & protit iu this business, the door is now open. All they bave to. do s to go ahead. There will De £5,000,000 of, National Bank circulation vol- untarily surrondered by oxiating banks beforo the expuation of sixty doys. Who will teko it ? Don't sll speak at onc Chicago & Northwestorn Rallway was “Kicking nround® Wall sireel at the low price of 3G} couts ontho dollar. Mr. Honry Keep, who had rocently boon elbowed out of Now York Central by Commodore Vandorbilt, picked it up at that figuro, a8 the choapest thing in the market, aud by porsovoring efforts carried it above 70, and by 8o doing estaBlihed the credit of tho rond in tire monoy markoty ef this country and Europs on a very firm basie. After Mr. Koop's death the improvement countinued - uatil the common stock reachod 82 JIn & “‘corner” operation put up by Jay Gould tho stock wag at one time carried to a figure rogarded as quite appalliug by Daniel Drow and those who wore *‘short™ of it. DBut that was not s fair quotation, Bince the figure 82 was reachiod thero has been a steady declivoin North- wostern, resulting from what' may fairly bo called misfortunes. The road was nover under botter mauagoment—uo road was over under honostéy management. Yot its stock has fallon Dback uenrly to the figrwe at which Heury Keop pioked it up, Tho Septomber panic, the Wik~ consin legislation aud litigation, and the recent declslon, Lavo togethier pressed it down to 4034, ‘o following table shows the course of North- wostern and St. Paul, common and proferrad, during the past eighteen months : NORTHWESTERN. o AL Z\zmmon,l;;;t_ferrtd.l L\nmnm.{hf/mul. Jam, 3,207 B 8K 3% da, 3184, B0 | B Fro T ¥ob, 2, 1874 69 w 46X 13§ M, % 1074|502, i 0 Api 1 80| SUN | 72K g | B8N Diey 1, 27| 40% Wy | B Junol, il 0% | 8T 3y | 6 Juy LI A | e i | oe Juiy 6, 1974] duzg | owg |l odow | o July 7,187 &0k | oy || uex | sekc » A WAR OF RACES. The misgovernmeut of tho Sou th cannot con- tinue torover., Mlegovarnment means plundor, ingecurity of life, kborty, health, property, and reputation, It means anorchy. It méans bor- Aarism, Whon wa eay, then, that tho miagov- ornment of the Bouth cannot It till doomsday, e weuy sLIPlY tual the Nouthern peopla will not submit forover to the present coudition of things, "Tho Southern peoplo value lite, liborty, proporty, health, . education, refinemont, ou mueh ta othor people in other quartors of the world, Thay aro as well fitted by naturo to en- joy thom. Thay will ool againat the depriva~ tion of them as oy othor raco will. We may bo sure, then, that they will by some meuns bring the reigu of corruption and’ robbery to an end boforo it bringa itselt to o closo by reducing tho Southern States to the condition of Mexico and the Central Amorican Republica. i ‘When we ask how the misgovernment of the Bouth is going to ceaso, wo Aind oureelves face to face with an alarming problom. Whero the South Is misgoverned, negroes abound, and, be- twoen® their predominanco in cortatn States and the misgovernment thors, thero is undonbtedly the rolation of cause uud offect. Buch States caunot be helped to a belter government by ponceable means from within, Good govern- mont, then, suyposes negro co-oporation to es« tablish it, Dutsuch co-operation cannot ba ration- ally oxpected. Tho negro race has no inberited ability for self-government, and has not had time to acquivo it. It lias inherited abllity ouly to be govorned,—to bo lod. It {8 as natural for the American negro to be led as it is for the Ameri- can Anglo-Buxon to lead. Nor ean it bo ox- pected that tho Ethiopian . skin shell be changed immodiatoly by education, Can the Bouth afford to wait till tho negraes are educated ? . Ho fur as help from within, thon, Is concorned, the South i8 in this position: It needs, to do anything towards glving iteclf a botier government, the co-operation of the neogrocs, and the co-opera- tion of the negroes it canuot ubtain, Cau it ob~ tain poy help from outside? Tho Goneral Gov- ornmont cannot, under tho Constitution, legiil- matoly ragolve itsolf Into s proicctorute over the mouth, though it ecan do much by the forco of example aud by moral influence, Shall this force of example, this moul iufluence,” bo * oxorclsed? ~ If' mot, thon it will romaln for the Soutb to remedy tho avily it Is suffering from without negro co-opor~ ation and without aid from outside, This it csn do only by some kind of revolutioa, Wa aro far from counseling this method of procedure, Wo aro of oploion that it {s, cousidored au & remady, no bottor than tho dlsease, Wo rofer to it slmply &g tho romedy which cortain pooplo in the Bouth seom to cousider the ouly praaties able’ omo, Tho question of raco hms been raised in the Southorn Htates, It hog beon raised by the pogroos thomselves, Thoy havo boou drawing tho lines, Thoy have, under the lond of tho carpot-gsggors, enoraach- ed on the proporty-rights of tho Bouthern poo- plo, til in Loulsisna, as Gov. McEnory sald Intely, in au addrons delivered at Montoe in that Btato, unlous thoir insolence is anded, the *! day of the irroprossible confliot will como whon physlcal force will solvo tho problum in Loulslaus politios,” Aud ho coutinues Tha only mouns of averiing this calsmity Jes fn the unlog of the vhiles of tho Blato, reproscuting, u they Some six yours ngo the common stock of the, tully, 0, 1t virino, courage, and_wealth, Into ons compact and Imposinig pbalanx. Tho negro party and its cor Tupt and insoleut loaders ilare not ataud bLeforo the monaclg front of an insulod and cutraged peopie. ‘Thin {enuo I forced on un by the negro parly in Loulsinng, ‘Tt is nono of our sceking, nor are wo ro bnonsiblo for 4t and the resnlts that may Lo born of it, Oit {hio contrary, we hiave nlmost sacrifcod our hionor and manhood in frultlean ditempta to avold it, Tta gravily and its magnitudo torrificd ns'so thnt wo hardly dared jmagiuo it over covld atio, Butit 1w arlson, aud now loomsup o promtuontly in the politleal lieavens s 0 ovorshadow and dwarf every othor queation in Loulslana, It jomains to be acen If tho whilo people of Loulalaua ars capable of meeting the demands of duty sud the hour, or whotherby dis. Aenafon and division' thoy demonntrats to tho whole world tholr servility and thelr cownrdico, The Vicksburg Herald Indorses MoEnery's views fully, and comphina that jn that city, whors the population ie.about equally d_ivlduid Lotweon whites and blaske, tho laltor have so- loctod for ton out of fho thirteon of the city offices peoplo of ther own color, while whito mon chosen by thomere of tho lowost character. The man they nomivrted for Mayor waa indicted before his nomination for an infamous crime, and tho white man thoy nominated for Alder- man' wag dishonorably discharged from tho Grand Jary a short fime bofore. Tho uttornncos of McEuory roitorated by the Jerald point to tlo drendful pos lbility of & coming war of racos in tbe South, which, for the eako of civilizn:ion, must be averted. A DEFENSE OF MR, BEECHER. Tothe Editor of Th Chleago Tribune : Bun: In your jasuoof this morning, speaking of tho Tilton editorinl of the Golden Age, you suy of BIr, Boeoher: * And, npto the present time, tho ono por- son who knows whether ho (Tiiton) has told the truth or not biay not aflirmed the contrary,” In mevoral fn- atances you have mado tho ssmo siatoment, Yot, not muny duya slnce, you roprinted & card from o Brook- 1yn papor; in which H, W, Boccher emphatleally de- uouuces those slanderous utlerauces as untruo iu gen- oral, und {n particular grossly false, ‘Whilo Tiiton makes no specific charge, of word or deed, montions refthor tinio, plice, nor witness, what wwore could the sccusod do? Aluat a clorgymaa of une sullied veracity detean bimself by reposted assovera- tious? Is it honorablo to demand {7 Wero a no- blo wife, by imsinuation, cliarged with unchmstity, would auy one roquiro of bier repusted denfuls aud as- scveratious of virtue 7 A uoble man would be ashamed 10 ask, Madame, ove you guilty? And 80 3 it with Mr, B,'s brothers aud sisters, Thoy hiave not.tho face Lo ask such o brothor, whom thoy have kuowa so well, loved und respocled so higlly, Bir, are you a de- bouches, & lar, snd & hypoerite 2 Now, when not ono specific word or action fs ehnrgod, much less provod, Mr. B, {s to b regarded nd spokou of ns gullty, Mimply bocauss cartoin evil poreous bave fillod Tilton’s and the public cors with vile ipsinustions, It is moro thau doubtful whether au action for slander or lbel would s in any court, sinca nothing definlto fa chargod, Aro wo then to hold H, W, Dueecher guilty beeauae lie will nat proee- cute? Lot Tilton muko out churges and specifications of word or act, time and place, aud, my word for it Lio will b met to his hearl's content, In tho oditorlud of thy Golden Age, Which you pub- lLsh to-day, it fa said: “ fe (Tilton) intontionally avolded bringing any specific charge, and only alluded tohils (B,'s) oiennen themout indofinlte posstbie terms, because usccssary for self-vindication ”; snd this has always been true ; e has ucither scated nor proved a siuglo word or deed ; yot lio Is the acouser and would havo the public believe him to bo the sufferer, the pa- tent, tho maguaufmous, and Beocker to Lo the bor- tine,. the fuise, the hypoerite. Wil honora- blo and Christian people, on such fiimsy grounde, condomn uubeard and throw sway such & men ss I, W, Beecher, snd such s life of forty years' labor and aiust whom nothing talge or dishonorable ‘Weat, among all tho thouvands Lo hus as- sociated with, ever been proved? Isitto be nasumed tunt ho'la guilty? 1s not Lis definite denial as good us indefinito charges? Every lawyer knows that garblod extracts from o lefter aro notevidenco, Tho whols Iotter or nono, It may be explalucd in ways iudicative of grlef, or at most of lmprudent or untoward ciremn- atancea sud aesoclations, Nay, more, if explavations of tho oxtracts ba called for, they should coms from tho acousur, aud not the accused. Thess alleged ex~ tracte ave all and the only ovidenco, Wiy, then, did 11, W, Beocbor say, *‘I Lavo no charges”? Bimply Dbecause ke Lad forgiven Tilton, and elgnod the for- giveness, aud it was published, Thereatter Christian principle and honor forbade further actlon, Even new otfenses could not revive the old, He could not briug ohsrges, ‘Tho murderer 13 sccounted innocent {11l his gullt is proved, and a reasonable doubt clesrs bhim, But it suems, iu this ease, 8 long lifo of honor snd useful- uces, aud all that goes to make up IT, W, Deecher in tho Churel, the nutlon, aud the world, must gofor nothing, and guilt b assumed,—not becauss Lo has ot denled tho slenders, but becauso Lo will not go down luto the slough of a civil or occlesiasticul warfre, Are woto agsume that he s a lar? Yot o explicitly denfes, in ‘whole und in part, sud, if guilty st ull, a o foul lar, Arowo o askume also thut Lo is u hypocrite? Yot bear lis prayers, s, lecturc-talks, his {mpagsioned aud holy ulterances, Can allthoso bo mere outeldo, whilo within all fa cousclously impure, falss, Lypo~ critical? No, #ir, it {a uot. reason, philosophy, taw, or Justice Lo assumo his guilt, It is nedthor religlous nor Lonorable to do 80, Cu104a0, July 0, 1874, ANBWER, Tn saying that **up to this time the ono per- son who kuows whether he (Tilton) has told the truth or not, Lis not afiirmed the contrary,” we, of course, roterred to the time that has trans- pired since Mr. Tilton's lettor to Dr. Bacon was published. Nor can we admit that the card pub- lished by Mr, Beochor last year, denying *'tho stories and rumors which for some time past havo been circulated about me,” is & sufelont donial of tho contenta of a lottor signoed by n ro- sponsiblo person twelve months subsequently. ‘Wo reproduco the lottor, which {s dated June 30, 1678 0 tha Editor af the Iireoklyn Eagle: Ina long and active lifoin Brooklyn St han rarely happeued that the Kagle or myself huvo been tn nceord ou questions of common concern to our fellow- citizens, Tnm for this reason impelled to acknowledge the unsolicited confidenco und zegard of which tho columus of the Kagle of luto Lear testimony. I have Just returncd to the city, and learn that applieation has been made to Mrs, Victoria Woodhull for letters of mine, supposed o contuin Information respoeting cor- tain insamous stories against me. I huve no objec~ tion to have the Kaale state, in uny wuy it deems fit, that Ars, Woodbull, or any otler person or persons who may havo lettors of mino fn thelr possossion, have my cordial congent to publish thom, In thin connios- tion, and at this thoo, I will ouly udd that the stories and runors which for soms e past huve veen civeu- lated avout me are grosaly untens; and I stamp them, n generat and 1n purticulur, as utterly futse, Respects Uzxcy Wanp Deeonrn. Ir Mr, Boechor will now uso the same lan- b guoge in characterizing Mv. Tilton's lettor that ho Qid in oharacterlzlvg Mrs, Woodhull's stories and tho othor rumors ciroutating in Juue, 1878, wo shall think that the presump- tious aro altogethior in his favor, and that the Lurden of proof is on tho ether glde. Woda not overlook the fact that tho lottor of June 80, 1878, was taken by tho publio not only as & denial of every mcousation thon made, but of overy ouo that could bo made, against Alr, Boocherla purity of Mfe. If it was intended by the writor to bo g0 taken, aud if thors wag siill something coucealod, of which tho private lottor to Tilton contains the germ and the confession, thon it was obviously disingonuous, Under tho ciroumstances, how= over, wo think that Mr, Decchior may bo (has boon) fairly catlod on to make a donial of tho chargo iwplied in Tilton's letter, und that his feiiuro to do uo will bo construod ae s confession of somo grave misdomeanor. The dangor ia that it will puve %us way and glve lodgment to acou- sntion fav worse than the real fuoty. Woure asked whether the publio * will oon- dewn unhieard such a man as I, W, Becchor 7" By nomeans, They will not condemn him un- Lieard, unlesa ho himself profers that fato, Thoy are ready and anxlous to tear him, nod thoy will Lall with well-nigh universal acclalm tho word from his 1ips or pen which shall enable thom to soguid bim aud to condomn his Acounarte Thece lias novor baen, In tho aunals of publia scandal, nuch mnrked roluolance to bollovo Iil of an ncousod porson 88 hss beon shown in tho prodont cago, The Golden Age is right in eay- ing that " thore Ia.somotling almost ‘sublimo in the ephrit and attitudo of the American peoplo who refuso to condomn and degrade a groat and usoful man oven 1f in gome momoent of tempta- tion, orunder tho heat of an impnleo only the strongeat naturos underatand, ho did what he ought not—at loast until compolled to do so by thio necossitios of tho cavo.” Thore ia no room for Mr, Becchor's friends to complnin that ho1s tho viotim of projudico, or that publio opinion has taken eoap judgmont on him. fo far a8 Tnx OmoAgo TRinoNE is concerned, it dofouded Mr, Beochor through tho whole melce down to tho timo that the toll-talo lettor was published, and it did not condemn him oven thon. Nordoes. it condemn him now. It insists, Liowover, that ho will bo gelf-condomnod in more weya than one it ho maintains silonco on tho subjeot of Tilton's epistlo to Leonard Bacon, ——— ‘WHEN KILLING I8 NOT MURDER, Theo caso of Congrossman Bloss aud the man Long, ot Tusoumbla, Alabems, presents a new phago of tho quostion how far & man puts his lifo in peril whon ho makes the acquafntango of s young lady. It has been practically decided by tho vordicta of innumerable juries that whoro s man has soduced an unmarried woman and rofuaos to marry hor, tho sforosald woman, or hor father, or brothers, or any otLer rolative or guardian, may lawfully kill bim, It bas also in liko mannor beon estublished that whore. & msn makes the aoquaintance of & married woman living with bor husband, and tho two are guilty of improprioty, the: husband may sboot the foan; or, whon tho busband and wifo are living apact from ono anothér, the soparation being tho result of tho negloct or brutality and gon- oral viclousnoss of the husband, and she has any intimate friendship with - some other man, the husband may slay that man without any legal remponsibility, This doctrine has beon carried to the oxtremo point that, oven- if the wife have oblalned a divorco from her husband bocause of hia por- sonal dopravity, sud she contomplates marriage with, or is bofriended, supposted, or alded by snothor man, tho husband may kill that man, and juries will acquit him, Tho sontimentality which bas worked thia revolation of the hitherto established law of murder has boon reflned still further, and it has beon held that in casos whero a husband has avenged his woundod .* honor," the queation whethor thera had been any criminal correspond- enco botween the wifo and tho murdored moa, or whether tho man was the seducer or the seduced, was wholly immaterial, so long as the husband assumed such to be tho case, and acted on thut hypothesis, Up to this caso in Alabama, tho acoepted dootrine of juries governing the relations of mon’ and women msy be thus summed up: - 1, That it i8 not criminal i any woman to shoot and killa mon who has seduced Ler, or whom she charges with having seduced her, and refuses to marry her; mnor criminnl for any fathor or rolative to kill the man under auch circumatances. & 2. Chat it 18 not criminal for any husband Nving with or separated from or divorced fram his wifo to kill any man who has impropor rels- tions with the wife, or whom tho husband may sugpect or accuso of having such relationy, The Jmagation can hardly concelve of a mare liberal expansion of the law of justifiable howai- cide, but the Blosa csse transcends all prece- deute, and oxpeuds the dostriue very widoly. It appoars that bofore Mr. Blesa went to Con- gross, in December, 1873, ayoung man named Long, of renpectablo pareniage, but, liko most young mon of tho South, of too good a family todo any work, mado love to the dsughtor of Mr. Sloss. That goentloman, upon discovering the fact, manifosted his disapproval of the ffaix, and forbade Long visitivg bis houss, or the lovers baving any further acquaiot- ance. Long seems to lave accepted tho situntion so far us to discontinue his acquaint- ance with the family, but like a miscreant took his revonge by maligning his former aweothoart. What he said of her ia not stated further than that AMr. Bloss, on returning home, was told tuat Loug bad boen slandering his daughter, where- upon Mr. Sloss loaded his gun with buckehot and awsited bis opportunity, Loug was an ha- bitual Jounger in the neighborhood of a publie house st Tuscnmbia, and could bo found thara at any time. He had been admonished to loave town, as Bloss, on his return, might beexpected to shoot. Whon Bloss started out to kill Long, Lo did not go to tho place where ho know he could find him, but stationod himeelf in an appor sto- ry of u neighborivg building whore ho could soe him ns ho passed betweon his home and the publio house, As expocted, Long ald poes through tho streot and was shot, ono buckshot enteriug his nack and auothor his skull. Whon Sloss had, a8 Lo sup- posed, killed Long, Lo descended from hua place of concoalmont aud surrendored himaolf to tha authoritics, and subsequently was discharged. Hore it a case which in olden times, whou mon were gentlomen and assassination was doubly disgraceful as & cowardly orime, would have boon pronounced deliborate murder; but, so- coxding to public sentiment in Cuscumbia, it is 2 cago of justifiablo killiug, It does not appear that Bloss aver investigated the slandors im- puted to Long. Bloss was told that his daughter biad been elandered by bor formor admirer. It @oes not nppoar thut anyone inquired whethor the slander bind any foundation in fact, nor what the exuct slandor was, As Mr. Blous, iustend of bolng arreated, triod, convicted, and hanged for murder, has boen voted tho distinction of au horolo avengor of fo- malo reputation, it muat be added to the list of cases whoro Lilling is not criminal that of a {athor or othor relstivo who elioota & man who is roported to huve slandored a young woman whom ho was willing to marry, and would marry it not proventod by tho slayor, In his rolations with tho other sox the tyrant man is ovidently at a disadvautage, and woman ceriainly enjoys rights and privileges to which he cau make no claim, or which courts and juries will not re- spoot if alaimed by him, Thoso who aro intorosted in the project of organlzing & grand musieal featival in thia oity shoyld be rominded that a moosing s called for to-night at the Bherman Ilouke, st 8 o'clock, to cousider the profoot. Now York, BDoston, and Cincinuatl have all hod fostivals of this ohar~ uoter on a grand soalo, and it ia not fit that Chi- oago should bo bobiud, Bosides, we should do somothing to rodeem oureolves from the musi- csl flasco known au tho Ohicago Jubiles, We have & building alveady eracted which 18 ample i eize, and said to be wall adapted In acoustio properties, * We have an admirablo nucleus for & chorus in ko sluglug soclstius already or ganlzed. The risk attending auch an under- taking will, thorofore, bo less than in s city not possessing those advantagos, and the accos- gory aturaotions of Chiongo ara such as to at- traot a liboral patronage from abroad. Thoro is no clty which s so accossiblo from sll points, and none othor whoro the people can be 8o well takon cara of aftor thoy come, When tho laut Jubilee was given in Boston, a Oblcago muslolnn waa called upon to go to Europoe for the aitrac- tions, Tlia shows that it will not bo nccessnry for us to go ouide of shin city for excculive talont. If moything fs dono to-night toward tho organization of such & festival, lot It not Lo done bLolf way,. We want a fontival that will be notablo for its attractions, or we want nono ¢ all. THE MORDAUNT DIVOROE UABE, Aftor a reposo of some thiroo years, tho cass of Mordaunt vs. AMordaunt, boiter known as tho Mordsuut divorco oase, is rovived. Our rondora will remembor thal this case was instituted Ly the bueband of Lady Mordannt to obtain a de- creo of divorce from ber. The ground of his action was adultory. Lady Mordaunt, the daughtor of ‘a noblomau, n woman of oxtraor- Qinary atiractions, consldered even the relgning benaty of tho United Kingdom, bad for s long timo shoue =8 astar of the firsi magnitude in tho highest claszes of English soclety, but be- longed algo to & clique somewhat . inclined to be, in American pir]lnco[ -4 fast,” Among the ornswonts of £ho cotorio to which sho belonged was the Princoe of Wales, who wns somewhat ontaugled in the caso, much to tho disgust of his mother and to tho dolight of Dyadlaiigh, Aftor Bir Chinrles Mordaunt bad commenced his Buit, it way suggested to the Court that Lady Mordaunt was not of sound mind, and affidavits wers made to that effect. The question of divorce was thercupon dropped, snd that of the sanity or insanity of the dofendant considored, tho Court refusing to proceed in tho sult proper till this Iatter question was devided. AMdavits ocounter to those in whioh tho ivsanity gf Lady Mordaunt was aftirmed wero. also presented to the Court. The Judges then appolnted the, ‘woman's own father or guardian for the pur- poso of trying tho question'of her sanity. Hor father entored an appourance in lor behalf in obodience to tho order of the Court, and pleaded that ab tho time when the citation in tho suit was sorved ou his ward sho was not of sonud mind, aod that evor since that time sho lad continued mon compos. Issue wos takon on this ploa,and the question of insanity ordered to bo tried bofore the Court and o special jury. Tho Judge Ordinary, Lord Pon- zance, in his instructions to the jury, seomed to think that thoxo yas some dofect in the form of issuo teudered, but, as it passed without objoc~ tion, ho said fo them : *‘The only way Lcan put thocasois thin: Do you think that this (ady wasin such & condition of moutaldisorder as to be unfit or unsble to answer the potition or duly instruct an attorney for her defense " He remarked that L proforred this form of the question to that of whether suo was mad, iusane, or out of hor mind, for the roason that it way the roal ques- ton ut issuo In the cnso, and the. practicnl ona to bo eolved. The jury's vordict way, that, on the day the citation wag sorved on Lady Mordaunt, she was in such a atato of meutal digordor as to ba totally uniit 2ud unable to snswer tho petition and to duly iustruct her attornoy for ler defonse, and that sho atill continued 50 unablo and unfit, '.mlxh; ouded tho procecdings in divoree, for Lord Penzance ordorod that until tho defoudant bad rocovered hier reason nothing further should bodone iu tho case. Falling to have this order reversed on an appeal to the full Court, Bir Charlos Mordannt appenled to the Houso of Lords., That body hau reversed the decision of the Court below, aud remitted tho caso for trial, - “The nction of the Houso of Lords introduces into Xnglish jurisprudence tho principlo that in a civil action, in divorce cases at least, a person may Lo held accountable for a wrong committed in u stato of emuity, slthough st tho time the sction against him is instituted bo may be insane, unable to put in a proper defense, to sock compotent advice, or appolnt an attornoy to manogo his cage for him, It is a well-gottled principle of our criminal law that if a man becomes insnuo aftor he com- mits & crimo he cabnot bo tried for it, mor couvicted while his fusanity lasts, And even in divorco suits & husband has not been aMowed to proceed agaivst his insane wife on the ground ot adultery committed previous to her wsnnity, This princlple was settled by Bir Q. Cresswoll (in the caso of Bawden vs. Batoden), who remaried that, whilo i8 would bo a hard caso upon tho husbands? ho wss not allowed to proceed, it wouwld be sn oqually haxd case upon the wife if he wore allowed, This seems to bo the only cese in which the quostion was raised provious to the Mordaunt caso, unless we excopt ono argucd before Bir H. Jonner Fust, in which the point was not docided. It may be re- marked horo that tho full Court to which Sir Charles Mordaunt appealed from tho decision of Lord Penzance wero not unanimous in thelr do- cision. That Court consistod ot Kelly, C. B., Lord Yonzance (Judge Ordinary), sud Kesting, J. Tho two latter Judges held that tho oase should not bo proceaded with while tho defeudant wag - sane. Kelly, on tho other hand, who gave dissenting opiniou, held that, after hopes of re- covery had failed, the caso should proceed to Judgment. Bomo of our toxt-writers on law, commenting on these casos, say, and wo groo With them, that an actiou for divorce is not analagous to an iudiotment, aud that, therefore, thoro sre no public considorations which require the dofond- untto be sone when it {s carrfed on, It hes been urged, bowever, that whoro a mun kncw of lis wife's lack of fidelity to him whilo slie was sane, and might bave prococded against her but aid not, bo should not bo permitted to procead agaivet hor aftor sho bocomes insune, and this would seem to ba but just. Tho Americau law on this subject hue never boon sottlod. The de- cision of tho highost Court in which the comnmon law is oxpounded will have much to do in form- lug onr own law on the queation, While the Mordaunt case {4 progressing in Euvgland, scandal-oploures will havo & rare dish werved up to thom, the Quoon will probably be submitted to some mortification, aud the irre- pressible Bradlaugh will gloab over the rotton- ness of Englund's arletocrac) Whilo Ohicago Aldermen aro showing tholr ap- preciation of puro wator by drinklug chumpagne, and promiving by moaus of the new lako tunnel to supnly wator to o million people a fow years hence, Now Yorkors are awaking to s sonso of tho precovlous vondition af thoir own aupply of wator, 'The Croton aqueduct, according to the Llerald, s in many placon jun highly unsatis- factory condition, In mome placos the water ‘pours out in & continuous stroam ; in ohers old leaks bave boon filled by tho uatural doposlt of wmud snd ellt, only to catuse loaks in other parta of the ohsunel, Already the alarm has spresd from Fitty-ninth b Kighty-eighth atrend, and slooplosances hms overtakon the population in this distriot, A broak In ibo aqueduat would cause uuparalteled sufforing {n Now York., Apart from the damago done by tho "flood that would ensuo, the privations of consumors this woather would bo agonizing, Thore apposra to bo only ona remody: to comn to Chicago, whoro, with two tuunols and a growiug prodilection for lager-beer, our water supply 18 ample for \ho wholo population of New York and Chicago togethor, e Brooklyn I8 agiintod over the worldlinoss of & young Now York lady who married auold Brook= lymto for love. Bhe possossed considorable property and ho o salary of 26 couts o day. At the end of the month tho unspirituel woman left hor husband and returned to hor pavents, It seoms Lhat the old man had & couple of children by & former wifo, and expeoted his wifo to pro- vide for all four om 26 cents aday, Whon sho complained that sumptuous liviug on this allow- anco was diflioult, be told hior to Iay up for hor- el {ronsures in Heaven, place her affestions there, aud leave tho rost to & Hoavenly Father, Tinding, howover, that certain oreditors rofusod to accopt post-obits on a celostial inher- itanco, sho desired to loavo lum, One day sho found ber husband' snd stop-daughtor washing thoir feot and the dinnortplates in the samo bowl, Tho prospect of the most fabulous ‘but inacceseiblo troasure in tho noxt world conld not overcome her ropugnance to this state of mundano affairs, and sha roturned to her parents, ‘Tho papors announced bor elopoment, and her husband furmshed the story for tho articles writton on that subject. Thero aro apparently #omo uvusual peoplo in Brooklyn. Not that the systom of defrayiug butchors’ bills with biblicat oxurnets is confined to Brooklyn; it fa . tho domestic economy in the matter of sonp and wator which surprises one, aud is anawful warn- Ing against tho indisoroet expondituro of 25 conts n day. S The Baciety for the Provention of Cruelty to Animaly hus, if it could only bo convineed of the fact, a poworful, thongh secrot, slly In tho sausage-makor. The bhumanity of Mr. Bergh Dronks out iu the form of cconomy on the part of tho veonder of Bolognas, The Frenchman s come to the rescue too, and tho allied forces will move on the wrotch who dares to starve a dls- abled horso with crushing force. A starved horse makes poor ssusago; ergo, kill him be- fore ho is reduced in flesh, 'This lofty principle wus not openly urgod until recently, Now wo hear the TFrenchman urging the slaughter of woll-conditioned horeos for food. Duriug tho sjego of Paris tho French appotite Decama gonorally sharpened, and it can roadily be understood thnt, after a scanty diet, horsc- stenk was o rich foast, Tho New Yotk papers aro learnedly discussiog tho valuo of the horse on the gridiron, and thoreby aiding Mr, Borgh in his protection of the beast while alive. ‘Though no champion has yet appeared for tho dog, thoro is reason to beliove that, in these days of hydrophobis, the sausago-mglors are display- g o tender golicitudo for his welfare by Lilliug him beforo the ravages of disoase have rendered bim useless for the beer-saloon, Tt is oven binted that the presout pauie is gotten up to olaborato & coruer. —— It is not ellogether & new ides to ' drown one's sorrow in the tlowin' bowl"” Comedians Liuvo triod it for centurios ; lovers geucruily find the * Lowl” as haudy for the straugulation of -..EDUCATIONAL. . Commencement-Exerclsos of Res cine College. Heoting of Tllinois School Irinoipals at Galesburg. : Rncine Colleges Sneciat Dispateh to The Chicauo Triduns, RacinE, Wis., July 8.—Itacine Colloge has hoe como famous latoly through its Warden, the Rov. Dr. Doloven. Iis hoalthful situation, Inrge and boautiful grounds, the air of ordor aud thrift that pervades every dopartmont, and tho gontlemanly and scholarly boaring of hor studonts Linvo boon ofton admired. Hor glory L8 not leagened and hor courso is atlll onward and upward. "The exorclsos of commencomont wesk bejan on Bunday, July 5, with tbo Buccalaureato tor- mon by tho Right Rov. Houry C. Lay, Bishop of Enstou, Tho firat losson recorded ‘*Jacob's Farewell to Ilis Twelve Bons," snd was sinigu- larly appropriato to tho twelve patrisrchs of the graduating clnss, TIKI DACOALAUREATE RERMON. Tho Bishop took his toxt from 8t, Jobn's Gos- pol, socond chaptor, fifth vorso: ‘¢ Whatsosver Io saith unto yoy, do it.” Tho sermon was Lonutifully simplo, eloquontly earnest, and ro- pleto with fatherly advice. : The Lnrrabeo prizo oxhibition came off on Monday, July 6, and was very oroditable to tho contontanta, Mossrs, Martiu and Eldrodge do- served commendation both for the matior and mauuor of their spoedhos. Mr. Mnrtin loft his #ick bod to join in the contest, ‘L' following was the programmo: Iixerciso in remding; “Ialt Boliofs,” Goorge Hondrickson; * No= tional Growth,” O. H, Trucadeli; “Men pud Agos,” Eldrodge; % Pagan Rovival in Dolitics, 11, Martin ; * Robert Burns,” Frank Laudo: * Madern Lavguage,” J. M, Hongh, ‘Tuoedny was Rounio'n Day, but space forbids an nccount of it fent vities. COMME{OEMENT DAY, The great day of t.io weok wau ushored in to- day by the Gramm-ar-School exbibition, which wat bold iu the school-houso, n the forencon. It was very oradituble to the nine grammariang who spoke. Following is tho Y‘rngrnmmox Tourth Form—Declamation, W. L. Talson s decluna'ion, Gourge Olay. Sixtly Forn—Oration, "** Amorica &8 It Wns,” A, Greenlief ; original ' translation from Ciosro, W. Paulseu ; oratton, * An Appeal," W. Brooke; oration, ¢ Charles Bumuer,”" G, MeClury inal translation from Domosthones, M, Coxe oratlon, * Four Centurios,” O, D. Day ; oration, “ho Aztecs,” E. H. Clavolau 4 The CGheok' and Laun orations, by Mosars. Coxo and Pauluen, wore oqusily creditable to thoir sobolarly attsimmonuts and oratorical owera, ‘The orations of Messrs. uy, and McClurg algo did thom 3 At the closo of tho specches the Warden ans nouucsd the umamos of the houor boys for tho year, and nwarded Jorge number of beautiful prizos to dilforent boys, whose names we huvo ugt room to moution. " Tiug departmont of the college appoars to bo na ' VERY FLOUMISTING CONDITION. It containg about 1ol boys from 10 to 20 years of nge. ‘The coursoof iustruction is thorough ek cho grudo high. It provides two courses of iurtruction, called respectively the Clasgical and Maihematical Conrses. Tho Rev. Flavel 8, Lu- thier is ith Rector, and to,bis untiring onergy ite present prospority is largely duo. On rouching thoe timo for tho orations of-the graduating cluss, tho hall was packed with 8 vast son of swonting bumanity long beforo the pro- their woes as duok-ponds for new-born puppies. Tt remnined for a flippant, uot-to sny oxtrava- gout, youug Frenchwan to look at the matier in the most practical ight, It Lad boen tried be- fore, inveluutanly, it is true, by the Duke of Clarouce, but without that nicety of detail which distinguishes tho Freoch, Young Faillo, 28 the son of o wealthy wino-mor- chant, possessed advantages enjoyed by but fow among thoso who practiced the dostruction of melancholy by Malmsey. Tho object of his love, with tho shnllowness of hér sox, spurned tho beir of puncheons and barrels, prefeiring the tiusel and flercencss of a warrtor. Hence it bappened that tho older raille, while talking an aftoruoon nap, was sroused by tho sound of trickling, Huu firat thought was nuturally for Lis cellar, and bis second forbls son. Upoun ox- amination he found them involved in s common dangor. Tha love-lorn youth had incoutinently oponed the fuucets of a dozon casks of rare wine, and was endoavoring to drowan bimself in thie purplo iquid, g o The way in which the best-l#1 plans go wrong. is roslly distressing. ‘There was Mr, Giaves, of Lotter County, Pa. Estimating his wife at her full value, ho sold ber to a friond, Mr. Hayoes, for one day’s worl, a razor-sirap, aud a razor, ‘I'he equivaldnt was not princely, of course, but it wos probably all that Mrs. Gruvos wus worth, inusmitels y sho fully nesonted to the barguii. "Phis was & quiet littlo transaotion, which, though soarcely logal or morul, probably bonefited Mr. Qraves. Dut things never dogoright with somo peoplo, and women are unacountably fioklo. Mis, Graves abandoned Haynes and returaed to lier busband, Then, notsatisfled with thus com- plicuting mattors, she sdmiunistered poison to lor spoueos in order to have lm abandon her, DBut even this did not work watiafactorily, for Graves would not dio, and tho police authorities intetfered and arrested iho whole party. How the matter will bo straight- oued up ouly a Philzdelphia Iawyer can tell. It iy fortunnte'thnt the case ocourred whore the services of such s luminary could be readily procured, In the South, o colorod man's funcies lightly turn to thoughts of the Legislaluco, aris- toeratic famuly relations, and - bluo-blood. Mr. Hosking Bmith, otherwise known as Jobn Willlams, was originally & gon- tlemanly hited msn in a Mississippl fam- ily, but, roceiving promotion i due course of - time, bocamo a ropresontative of tho sovereign' people iu tho Stato Legislature. Theroupon ho marriod the daughtor of bis formor employer. 1t will rendily be understood that in the present uncivilized soclal condition of Miusissippi it would bo a bronoh of etiquette for the Hon, Willism Bwmith to appear in public, a8 ghot-guns and rovolvers aro utill ploutiful in that section of the country. By a judicious abe wenco Ifrom Gibson and Claiborne Connty until Congreys sball have adjusted somo triflug mat- tors Dy which the atatus of nogro husbands I fixed, the domestic veaco of tho Bmith family will bo less liable to mvasion by the disnppointed parents of the bride, His colored friends huva not hesitated to censuro Mr. Smith ou account of this gross mesalliance on his purt, —— Dr, N, R, Bmith, of Baltimore, criticlees the theory of Dy, Iiammond on the eubject of hydro- plotia, Lf tho diseaso were s norvous disurder, bo claims, tho effost of tho bito would be iu- stuntaneously tranemitted through the nerves to the whole systom, whioh I8 not the case, On the contrary, the perivd of incubution proves to bis mind that the disease doos nob difor in thin respect from others of a contsgious vature, which theory iu corroborated by tho fact that fmmediato cautory I8 & suro proventivo. But beyond all theories tho Professor etrikes right at tho root of tha ovil whon Lo urges tho kiiling of ovory dog in the Stuto of Maryland. ‘Thore Is plouty ot uilly sentimont opposed to tho extermination of these snimals, but the first substantial argumont for the presorvation of an oxpuusive and usoless army of curs by the com- munity has yot to be made, —— CANADIAN ITEMS, Bpecial Diypatch to T'he Chicago Tribune, WMonrutal, July 8,—1The steamer Corjuthian, of the Upper Cauude Livo, grounded in the rapids above thin city yestorday, Thoro was s, LRy telo Mlowing a¢ the dinc. A conuidorabla panio provuilod mwoug the passongers, wony of whom wore Aworicau tourity, until it was sucer- toined thoro was no venl dungor, They wera taken off by anothor boat, and brought to tho clty by traiin, ‘I'he vossol ia utill ou tho rooky, Tha Finance Committea of thiu city hava re solved to soud & dumnnuun to Luglund to olfeot roother loan of $U00,U00 in she Loudon warket. cession of digmturies had eutered. Upon an elovaied daiy tho Warden, the head-mastor: Bisaops Lay, Whitohouse. and Talbot, - an: the Rev, Artbur Harvey, of Eugland, took thoir seats. At tholr right -unf suu upon their left tho Professors sud tutors. Bich's orchestra discoursed inspiring musio for the ocoustion. The following was tho ORDER OF OBATIONS: Oratio Salutatoria, ** Erroris Nebala,” Albort B. Caldwoll; oration, * Vracticul Charity,” Horman Canflels ration, A Volte from ‘the Post,” Charley I8, Carlislo; oration, Utility iu Eduea tion,” J. B, Dae, Jr. ; oration, ** Clristtanity and the Rights of Men,” A. B. Liveimoro; cration, “ Progross aud No Progress,” Willinm ' Moirell oration, ‘* America's Noed," D. Iufinllu 0'Dell, Jr.; oratlon, Buccosaful Unsucceas,” Bdward, G, Ttichmond; oration, ** A Quustion of tho Day,” Goorge . W. Small: oration, Responsibility of Thoorists,” H. ‘wibott ; oration, “Our Chi= nese Probiom," Willintn D, Tilden; awaring of Tonors and prosontation of medels; Euglush prizo essayist, A, B. Livermore, DEGREES CONPERUED. Aftor the reading of tho essay. the dogree of A. B, was conforred upon the members of tho prudustivg class, Tho degreo of A, M. woa cou- ferred upop the Revs. Messrs, McLean and Os- bory, sod Mr. J. 8. Wmslow, of the claes of 1871 Tho degros of 8., D, was couforred by Bishop Whitohouse upon the Rov. J, H, Brown, of Cohoos, N, Y.; tho Rev. Edward Sullivan, of Chiengzo; and the Mov. B. R. Welles, Bishioy~ cleet of Wisconsin, ad th dogroo of D, D, upcn tho Rov. Artbur Hurvey, prisst of the Ghurch of £nglaud, sud brother of tho Lishop of Lath and Wells, Tho colloge medal in the Bchool of Lotters wag awarded to A, 8. Caldwell; m the School of Beiouco to W. D, Lilden, The Wisconsin melal was taken by J, B, Doo, Jr.; tho Clarisou me.lal by A. D. Tilden ; the mathematical modal by M, I, Simmons; the Larrabee prize by H. H, Mar- tin; the Grammur school modul by E, H. Cleve- Iand, and the Grook medal by A, D, Patkor. THE HRSD OF THE COLLEGE for 1875 is H, H, Martin, sud the hoad of the Grammar-Schonl C. H. Talburat. L'he vuledictory oration wustben pronounced by Mr. Q. R, McDowell, The Commitiee selsct- ed the Latin ssiutatocy as the bust oratoricai of« tort, and hovco conferred the Quintood mudel upon Alr, A, 8. Caldwell. Bishop Whitebcuse theu blessed the andience ana lot them go. 'I'he cinss party thus eveling wag an’elogaue nfinir. Buch’s orchestra discuursod sweot mueic, and overything was altogzethor lovely. Tho oluss of 1874i8 now turved loose upon the world, A prrt of them will ontor the priosthood ; roms will g0 to their furms sud morchundise ; woilo o fow will stady law and begin tho downwurd road to Congress, but whorever they go nwys blossing attpad them. Meeting of the School Principals ot + o Xlamars. . @pecial Dispateh to 1'he Chicago Trivune, Garzspuna, Ill., July 8.—Tho oponing sersion of tho Schuol Piinaipals’ Mecting opened this tmoralng in the High Sehool chapel at 8 c'clock, T'he moeting being oalledto ordor by tha Presi: dont, M. Audrows, ¢f Macumb, Mr. O. Luach, Jr,, of Galesbarg, dolivered the welcomiug ad: dress. 'L President's address, whioh followod, wagan able docomont, and was recoived with froquont applause. Duting tho specch tho Fposlier oxtrouned Dol i, favor of cheapor und Jose elatiorate sehaol bwildings, aud better, aud cousequently moro oxpontive, tenchors, 110 would slso hiuvo the Iigh-Sohool retuin its indi- vidunlity, oot baving taom proparatory suiscols for our colloges. . ‘Tl was followed by s paperon tho subject: sWhat Problem Connotied with Educacion Oughit this Moetiug: to Discues?" by J. Mabo- noy, of Winuolka, Tho opoumng of tha papor wan in ruther o bumorous vein, but whou tho rouder got down to sohid work, ho said that he would have su AN INTEUNATIONAL SYSTEM OF BCHOOLS, and lavo the Govorumout take hold of the, school-systom with greator curucalnoss, In the disoussion of tho sbove papor by J. A, Moveer, of Buoflleld, u detailecl oxplunution aud review of the presont sehool-system was given, Aftor recess, I, Hanford, of Cuicugo, gavoe & apor upot * Examin ations,” Mr, Huuford wonk Pmu a lengthy and mleresting disoussiou of tho merits uud ‘demonts of tho oral aud wridteu uyntems, both in their effocts uj ou toachons nnd sobolurs, In discussing the plau of crodit muarks, Lo was not {w fuvor of tho usnal scalo of 10, or of giving equal wejght to all questivng, Ho believed thut difforent questons, and slso studios, should havos Just valuo uttached to thom; that solid suudies rankod highor thau the less wolid, sluce ono provides pertaps a full tast, whilo tho uthor gives only & plight TENT OF TUE HOUOLALS' REAL MERIT. Qeorgo Blount, of Furreston, followed this papor with Its disoussion, Lho suoaker way 'afraid that in tholr worry over examinations thero was & tondovoy to make thom tho oue vbe et of the sekolure’ smbitlon, aud that iv cie. sted fu thom a spintof decoption. lle would liavo tho teachor crouto in the studont a spirit of contidouce, buth in himsel! aud In bis toachor, Mr. Bottwoud, of Princetou, arose aud heurtlly indoreed the poiuts brought out in Mr, Hax. ford papor, - He thought tho obtainiug of po oot unity and confidenco botwoen the tuncaor, the examining committee, and the soholar, was of vital Importance, and & question whiok domand- ol tho argombly’s varuowt sitoution, Bowme tuo the Bosid of Trustees and distinguished visitors, -