Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 18, 1874, Page 4

, MATRY OF FUBkomETION {FATARLR 1 ADYANOR), al (1001 Bun Rtk S G001 foniay Partaot ayoarat e same rate. To provent delay aiid mistakos, be wure and give Post ©Ofi ceaddsesa n full, Including Stata and Count : Romittancos may ba mado olther bydratt, oxpress, Post Ofiico order, or 1 roghsterad lottors. at our tisk TEHMB TO CITY BUBSCRLDENS, Daily, dolivered, Sunday excoplea 2 conte per weok, Daily, aelivored, Sunday included, %0 conts por wook. Addroas THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Coruer Madison aud Doarborn-ata., Uhicago, 1l TO'DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. M'VIORKR'S THEATILE—Mndison strost. betwoon Dearborn and Stato. ** Clvilization," ACADEMY OF MUSIO~ Halstod stroat, botwaen Mad- facn and Monroo. Tingagoment on Schumann's Tranest- lantio Novolty Gompany. HOOLRY'S THEATRE~Randolph streot, betwoen Clark and LaSallo. 'rne Ureat Adeiptl Uotpany, Mine strolsy, Farao, and Varioty. SOCIETY MEETINGS. ATTENTION, Stated Conclave of Y 3 Vo, 1, 15, T, this (Tucaday) evens fll‘:‘llxll(;:mlm‘v‘t‘(d!?gu{(‘-:;k‘ll!‘“m Awyllulsh for businass nnd wark on the K. P, Order. Visiting Sir'Kulgiits cour- tho K, C, teowly lavited. “Siy ordogol fio Gl EN CITY LODGE, Ko, 11, A, Fy & A, M.— A Ronbars of Gragn Oy Loday, dra- horely Horjiad o mgat &t tclr fodgo-roum, - Orlominl, Tiall, nt 1250 oeluck alinep, on Tuosisy, AGR 18 for o purpose of ey tho funcrat of ou iato brothor, Tenty Lriotkos runcrat by cariniato Waldigiin Fark. Geathzon of sis- k o ntiond. tor lages fratornally fusi e o “BUSINESS NOTICES. DR, MCONESNEY, CORNER OF OLARK AND N nts the (inest and best full sot The Chicans Tiibuae, Tuesday Morning, . August 18, 1874. ‘The rocent olection of a Bonapartist to fill & vacauey in tho French Assembly s a very re- markable indication of the drift of popular son- timont iu that country. Tho lenders of the People's parly in Cook County met yosterday, and agreed to chooso delegataa to tho Opposition Convention called to meot in Springtield Aug. 26. Primary clections sre appointod for Saturday next, and a County Convention for Monday. Lord Dufforin's speech to the Chicago Board of Trade yestorday waa every way oreditable to him, It was simpioand unaffected, freo from ogotism on tho ouo hand and toadyism on tho otber, and as much distinguished for prudent reticonce in ro- gard to Governmont affairs as for gracoful recog- nition of hospitalities to tho head of a Govern- ment, The public men in tho United States who would appear to equal advantnge as tho guests of Lord Dufferin might bocounted on the flngers of ono hand, An ensy and expediticus mothod of municipal roform has been invented by the primitive poli~ ticiens of Louisiann., Wken o local government proves unentisfu tory to o majority of the citi- zous, an armed acoting is called, and notice is given to tho obnoxious ofticials that their resigna- tious must and sball bo sccepted. The choice of resigning lifo and offico together or of re- signing ofiico alone is given, and, strango as it muoy appear, the objects of tho meeting ave gen- erally atlsined without bloodshed. In this man- uor the Parish of 8t. Martin recently overturned ono Governwout and set up another in a singlo day. Gentlemen who beliove that the country is palsling for want of paper-money will be un- Pleasantly surpriged to leatu that the new Cur- roney net bas thus for worked towards contrace tion. About 1,000,000 more National Bank cir- culation bos been rotived than has been issued. This sum is 2 measure of the actual contraction produced by the act sinco the adjournment of Congress, The dispatch from Washington ‘which furnishes tho above information appears to bo autboritative. It closes somowhat cruelly by saying that the majority of the banks whicl hiavoe rotired their circulation are situated in the South and West. e—— ey Ar. W. A, Richardeon, in denouucing the call forthe Couvention of Aug. 26, charges that Chi- eago, in moking the apportionment, stole tho controlling number of delegates by taking eight dolegates for cach Sonatorisl District. Mr. Rich- ardson must have been misinformed as to the number of Senatorial Disivicts in this county, Therc aro but soven, making but fifty-six dole- gates inall, or about one delegato to oach 1,000 votes, Ono-touth of tho eutire voto given to Groeloy in 1872, in Illinois, was polled fn this oounty, and over one-ninth of the whole voto of tho Stato was polled in this county, ‘This county can poll 65,000 to 70.000 votes if it is Zornished o rensonablo opportunity to dofeat the Republican pprty. The Commou Council did no businoss lnst evoniug, for want of & quorum. Most of tho members were dancing attendaneo upon Lord Dafforin, at the Pulmer Houeo.: 1f they had im- proved the opportunity by lesrning good man- nors sud acquiring the labits of Lonest gentle- men, wo might more easily pardon tho obvious , dercliction of duty; butit is too much to hope that thoy did auything of the kind, They were drawn away from thoe Council-chambor by a pros- poctof unlimited cigars and champagno, juut as useful domestic animels are enticod by bundles of straw. Tho City of Chieago is suffering for want of adequate provision agafnst fivo; overy doy by which the present stato of alfairs is pro- louged adds to the disrepute lu which tie city 18 held. It isan insult to the peoplo for the Com- mon Council, at such & ting, to go a-ban- quoting. —— A private loter from London, writton by an English gentleman, furnisbes somo interesting points on the religious controversy now waging in that country ovor the Public Worahin bill, Tt has already hiad the offect to break up political partios, shoving vory conclusively that roligions ‘boliofs are strongor than political, Tho Rudical Low-Churchmon Liave voted with Disrali, aud tho Conservative Iigh-Churchmen husve voted with the Opposition, upon the ground that if the Btate will not bo tho servant of the Ohureh, then tho Church would profer togot aloug without the State. Tho same writoradds: * Very bittor fael- ing hos boen creatod by the Consorvativo at- tempt to pags the Endowed Schools act, nud the bill has beon withdrawn, It iu admitted by somo of tho more thoughtful Consorvatives that Dis- Tacli has not commoncod very well, aud Las mau- aged to dlalntogfate bis own eupportors and arty,” —— Tho Chicago produce markets wero rathor woak yesterday, AMlesy porlk was quies and §1.00 por brl lowor for Septomber, closing flrmor at $22.80@22.90, and steady for (ho yoar at #1080, Lard was dull and emaler for cmb st I460QIATE per 100 tbs, sad aote ive and ‘fim’ for the yoar'at k2t Monts wora quiot-and onstor, t 83¢ @890 for shouldors, 106@113¢0 for short ribe, 119%@12 for short clear, aud 183(@18¢0 for awoot-piokled hnms,”" Highwines woro less notive and oastor, at 97a por, gallon. Lako froights wero in bebtor roqueat, and firmor, at 80 for corn to Duffalo, Flour, wag dull and unchanged. Whoat was more act- Iva and 1o lowar, closing at $1.03%¢ onah, 81,0244 seller tho month, and 9830 for Soptembor, Qorn waa dull and 3¢o lower, closing st 6o cash, aid 6434 wollor Boptombor. Oats wore actlve, and X@}ge loiver, closing at 3790 cnsn, and 87 sollor the month. - Rye was quiet and steady at 720. Barloy was dull and enafor, olosing at 03}ga seller Soptembor. ogs wore quiet and easy; aalos at 20.60@7.60 for common to choico, Cnb; tlo worc in good domand at & slight reduction in common and medium grades, Shoop romalu quiet, 8 r——— A prominent reatauratour of Philadelphis, in & seriod of avticles on cookery, writtou' for tho Dhiladelpbin Press, mnkes the vory sensiblo suggestion that as ono foature of tho forthcom- ing Exposition thoro should boa trlsl of tho ukill of tho confoctionors and cooks al all coun- trien, o proposos that thoroshould bo Trench, Lnglish, Gorman, Italian, Austrlan, Rrussian, and Ameriean restaurants, that onoh should set forth the distiuctive national dishes of thoir countries, and that eminent good livors of all countrios should sit upon the {ntornational Jury and decido upon tha rospeotive merita of the varlous dishos, Thaplan is an sdmirable one, and, if proporly corried out, would do away with the humbug attnceed to foroign dishes on our bills of fare, uud convinco Amoricans of the oxcellonco of American dishos, 'There s no market in tho world so abundantly provided with miaterial for the tablo, iu fish, flosh, fowl, vog- etubles, and fruils, as tho American, and no bot- tor cools can bo found than thoso in Amorican homes. The Philadelpbia trial would sufiiclont- ly answer tho complaint of tho Duke Alexis that there ure-mo American dishos or Amertean cooks. It would do avay with tho nonsonse of Fronch cooks from Iroland and Gormany, and French confections and luxutios mado in this country, which are now considered 1ndisponsablo in our lnrga botels to satisfy the projudices of Amoricans, X —r—— Tho love-lottors of Theodoro and Elizaboth ‘Tilton havo amply rofuted tho charge that tho' husboud maltroated the wife, The following lettor from Alvs, Tilton to ono of our citizons wottld Lo bailed o8 corroborative evidence, wore ouy such necosunry : . BrookLyN, Nov. 21, 1872, My Dean Frrenp: T turn to youin this trial-hour of autfering, when my good mumo (so preclous to o woman) has been malo foul, to agaurs you that this Loy, though sovere, 13 naught to the udded one which wome of your nowspapers cruclly fnfiet in the imputa- . tlon that any Ausband has jeinced with my aecusers; os implled by his uniorluuate championship of s woman be tricd Lo betriund, 2’3 feeling fn the community agaust Theodors I cannot bear. All the nobllity of his naturo is roused fu ndignation aud lova to defend mo againat my enemles, Will yon not uso your influ- euce (hat this fenrful injustico toward bim may bo Tighted? A word from yau, who know him so well, ta tho cditors, will bo ol that's necessary, This word of mino of course I deslre to be strictly private, Ifelt your sympatliy und iutcrest lnst winlor, which cm- boldens me to como to you uow, With grateful ro- membrances to your dear wife, T am yours, in dor- TOW, Lrizavera R, TintowN, Could a wifo whose husbaud had oxtorced from her, tweaty-three months Lofore, & falso cone {fosslon of adultory, and bad since protended to believe that eho had yielded to her pastor’s criminal solicitations, writo such alotter? Wo appesl to Elizabeth Tilton sane, the writer of this dofeneo of her husband, from Elizaboth, Tulton insano, the writer of an attack upon that busband for deeds committed boforo this vol- untary testimony his nobility of soul was pounod, Out of hor own moush s tho crazed woman of to-day condomned HAS MR, BEECHER EQUIVOCATED P Mr. Beechor acknowledges, in his statement, that ko prevailed upon Henty C. Bowen to dig- miss Tilton from his position upon the Indopend- ent and the Brookiyn Union. He did so imme- dintely after receiving from Tilton n note which sbowed that tho lstter bolioved that he (Beacher) lad been guilty of somo great im- morality. This note was dated Dec, 21, 1870, Two days afterward, Mrs, Tilton made her confession. Mr. Boecher's nc- knowledgmont of his agoncy in depriving Tilton of ‘Lis only means of subsstonco is plain aod full. Ilosays: *Mr, Bowen wish- ‘inig my opinion, it was fravkly given. I did not #00 Low ho could maintuin former relatious with Ar, Mlton. . . . I spoke strongly and om- phatically. . . . AlthonghT have no doubt that Mr, Wilton would Lave lost his placo at any rate, I have also no doubt that my influence was decisive and procipitated his finat overthrow, + « « Ibnow appoarsthat Mr. Tilton, hav-- ing lommed that I had replicd to his throatoning Tettor by expresing such an opinion as to sob My, Bowen finally againgt him and bring bim foco’ tofuco with lunnediate ruiu, extorted from his wife," eto.,otc. Mr.Bocchioralso convoys the fine pression that 1t was duo tohis offorts that Bowen flually paid Ditton tho $7,000 ho owod him, Ifo says that ho was kopt in troubls *in order that T might, through my friends, Lo used to extract Trom Mr. Bowaen 7,000, the amount of the cluim in disputo botween thom.” Fho fact is that this 0,00 was paid indopondently of any offort of Mocchor. The contiect botween Bowen and Tilton . provided that, i cnso of tho lattor's suddon dismissal, ho should be paid a cortain, proportion of his noxt year's solary, Bowen rofused . to fulflil this contract, and Lilton sued him, Tho suit was finally . gub- initted to arbitration, Tloraco B. Cluflin, s mom- ber of the presont Tnvestigating Committeo, Charles Storrs, brother of anothor member, aud Jumes Freclund, to wham tho quostion was ro- terred, docided nranimously that Tilton's olaim wag just. Bowen gave his check for tho monoy. Tbls wan a simplo, every-day procooding, ‘Tho following bithorto-unpublished loltor from Mr. “Lilton to a gentlemun of this city shows, by in- ternal ovidouce, how purely business-liko tho arbitration was : Brookryy, April 4, 73, * MY DAl — : No nooner had I reached homo thun T tound (but miy untleiputed legal provvedlugs agatnst Alr, Bowon bid fulrly hegun, This ougromsed wll my mind, 5o thut I have writion for the Dpaper only what [ could not avold, Tha result of the caso will Dlease you. First, the affair wae withirawn from conrt and smhnltied tonrbitration,—tho urbitrators Viclug Horaco 1. Olutiin, Jumies Freolund, und Onarles Htoots, threo Jeading oftizens of Brooktyn, 'Thelr wword wag unnu- {mous, aud 1n my favor, us follows: Seven tliousand dollurd to bo puid to moe by Mr, Bowon, togathor with u certlficato of my unsulliod ehnructor, and o come Dlimoutary aliuston tomo fu the next Independent, It de fulr to Mr, Dowen to_say thut ho mot weina ntunly way, did what was roquived of him In n fres nud cordial apirit, gavo voluntarily, aud bofora the arbitratlon, the cortitlcate of good ehuractor which tho urbiteators declured was my due, nud in all Tospucls wudted like u Olrisifan gontivman, 1 haveulrosdy vocolved from him a check for tho 1ull smount, uud so sm coutent, T would Uke somo of 1y friends in your nelghbor- Tiood to know of this result,=tlough in referring to it please do Mr, Dowun's behavior tie full justlos which No man could have beent more civil, fair, and fraternal, 2o I dou't want any nlluslon to the matter tn the publio priota uuloss nnybody chioosss o say s kind sword :baned, not on' my privata statomont, but on the next week's Independent, Fratornally, Tuko] Tiirow, ' i _-'mmrq Aro Jusk two ways o which Boachor could hinve “noted through his frionds " in thi mattor. Ho might have inducod tho partles to submlt the quahtion to'tho dooision of arblira- tors instend.of Judge and jury. Thia would not bave boon & favor to Tilton, His oaso .was #0 clear that Lo wah sure to win in any couitin- Christendom, If Boeohor did this; ho did & good lhlng!or}lonryw_urd Baachor and foruobody olae. Tho seandal might then have boon mado public in thovonrts.. It could not boforothoe arbitratora, Secondly, Mr, Deochor might have induced tho arbitrators to give Tilton 7,000 (out of Bowoen'’s pocket) as * hush monoy,” This wonld have been oqually dislhivnorable * in tho threo Judgon arid in Boochor, and would have boen no fuvor to Tilton, since ho had » good case, In viow of thoso fots, it is plain that, whon Mr, Bocclier aysorta that ho was chlefly instrumontal In obtuining this partlal atonoment for tho wrong Mr. Tilton hiad suffored, 1t ia not unreasonablo, withont furthor light, to conclude thnt he aquiy~ ocatos, If Lio has boon guilty of this in such minor statomont, how much orodence la duo to hin ngsortions upon roints on which the gravest consequences dopond? Upon this point, a8 well 88 upoh many othors, the' testimony of Henry C. Bowou is needed. Io bas boon vory quict hithorto, and his name Lna searcely boon mou- ‘tioned,—oxcopt fn ‘Tiiton's and Boosher's atate- menta, Tilton declares that Bowon told him of particular casos.of unchnstity in Bocohor's con- duct, Bowon's stlence I8 a confousion, Mo hay’ boen mixed up in this businoss from tho veory beginuing. No report from the Tuvestigating Committoo will bo receivod as conclusive unloss it is prepared in tho light of such testimony ‘ay Heury 0. Bowen can givo, ¥ — . INSURANOE IN OHICAGO, e The letter from the President of sn Insurance company in Now York to tho editor of this papor, published this morning, is of iutorost in the con- eidoration of tho rolutive duties of the City Gov- ornmont uud of insurance companies, Insurauce is o matter of bhusincss,—as much so a3 keopiug n hotel or selling dry goods. When it cankes Lo bio vrofitablo, it will stop; when it bo- comes profitable again, it will resume. When tho business, at an avorage rato of one-half por cout, coases to bo profitablo, tho rates aro ad- vanced, but with each advanco in rates boyond a certain poiat the aggrogate business doclines, until at last tho company underwrites no moro, Tho business of each city must depeud for Its continuance on its own profits, boeause 10 well~ managed company will take risks whon loss is curlnh.f, for the moro sake of taking - such risks. Insuranco is profitable or losing because of many things well Lnown and uudorstood in thobusiness. Leavinovrof consideration reck- loss insurance, oxtravagroes In commissions to solicitors, ole., tho principa’ circumstance to wovern tho business is whother tho genoral loca- tion, material, construction of "wildings, are such s to justify the risks ngalnst tiro ; and whother tho means and' appliances provided by the community against firo are -such thot cn- gines, water-supply, and Firo Department will o likely to arrest & fira when ones wuder way, and provent its becoming an extonded confla~ gration. When theso things are wanting, then insurance at auy rate is extra hazardous, avd must nocessrily bo very select. The factis, tho greator the protections against fire, thelowor tho rate of insurance and tho greator tho profi to the companios, bLecause of - tho increased aggrogate of proporly insurcd. As §1,000,000 insurance, at the rateof one-half percent, iamore vrofitablo than $100,000 insuranco at 2 per cont, 80 it is to tho interest of honost insurance to hove rates at tho lowest flgure cousistent with ordivary safety, Whouever thero is & defoctive Fire Dopartmout—in muchinery, hoso, water-sup- ply, superintondenco, or goneral mauagernont ; whon the executive “control of tho Fire Depart- ment {8 incompetent or irresponsible, theso things diractly affeot insurance risks, insuranco rates, and gonoral confidence, and the public aro bled severaly for panio prices for insurance, or else bave to go without it booause of the withdrawal of the compaanios, The ineurauco companies do not build our Louses, sclect tho material, pur~ chase tho ougines and hoso, employ and offi- car the fircmen, nor supply the water. Thoy take these thinga as thoy fud thom, and "thoy chargo ratés for iusnrance, or refuse insuranco alto- gether, according to the condition of theso thinga. Tho City Government owes it, to the poople to protoct thom against fire by the employment of all the monus that scioneo and skill can furnish. Tl must be douo wholly indopendent of all idou of fsuranco, ‘tévory man Las a right to the Dest possible proteotion ngainet flro, and such protection should be furnished at the goueral _cost. This pratoction this city must ftord bo. foreit can huve substantial, rospongible, and rensonnble ingirance: aud if tho city will not furnish such protection, then Chicago must do without méurance, and accept all the conso- quences of such u withdrawal of confidouco and seeurity, . . 2 ILL-TIMED LEVITY. On tho 14tk of August, a doputation of Topart- ers waited upon Mr. Beeclor, after tho Come mitteo bnd loft Lis house, and uterviewsd him. aud his counsel, Mr, Shearmau. Mr. Boother wag in tho jolliest of wpirits. He Lioped that when the roporters wont to Hoaven thoy migght be changed into corkeorews, 5o that tliey eonld @ven open & bottle and ee what was in it. Ho Inquirod what ohances ho would have a8 candi. date for the Presidency of the United Btatos, and what the pross thoughy about it. - Il folt vory proud beeaure hie bad & now whito vost on, 1Io wanted all tho roportors to come up to Pook- ukill and cat poars with him, Ho indulged in somo “pleasant humor™ as to hly friondly foel- iugy for Thoodore Tilton, o was, in fact, not’ only goninl, bub exuberant, and runniug over Wwith nonsenso, . This extruordinery conduct of Mr, Bocchor's appears not ouly very incousisiont for onv of hiv cloth, but ebocking, . Thore are cortain do- concles of lifa which ought to Lo obsorved by ovory ono, ministers not oxcupted, Evon under ordinary circumstances, and with no charges hangiog ovor his hoad, such nonsense as this swould be n brouoh of desorum on the partof o man holding a position lilathat of Ar, DBoochor'y, But in this case & very norious chargo is ponding sgalust Lin, which Is not.yot wholly oloured sway, Itiy acharge which most intimately af- feets hia reputation and goout naue, sud may yot undo.tho work of his life-time. 1t fasn olinrgo which may forover biaet the good unmo of Mra, ‘Titton, It affecty tho woll-belng of roligion, the Ohurely, and woolety, All good men and women averywhora aro anxiously awalting tho full Lestie mony Ly the caso, o that they msy deoldo aa to the question of his guilt or innocenco, and freo thomsolves from the burdon of suspenso which overy ono feols to m groator or loss oxtout, Undor such circumsatances aa. thoso, & docont gravity of doportmont, at lesst, would bocome i Mr. Boeoher, until the final verdiot is made in Lin oase. Howovor jolly e may feol, the publio doos not foel like Jokiug about it Too many intoroals oro at stako for mirth. It doosnob affact Mr. Boaclior and klra. Tilton alone. It is o direot blow at roclory. In another way this lovity appears unscemly. Mr. Baocler, in his statoment, olaims that ho is aviotlm of hypochondris, inherited from his father and grandfathor, and that he often goos fnto tho pulpit with a strong improssion that it il bo his last Bunday, It such bo tho case, if this {8 anything moro than o smart dodge to Becuro sympathy, how fs it that ho s so jocose and oxuberant when othor paople, whoare not oven immediately iutovested, nre anxiousand doprossed ? If ho s a victim of hyp- ochondria, would not that dreadful disease at- taok him with ton-fold soverity under sucha combination of ciroumstancos? We cannot ioole upon Mr. Beechor's ill-timed jocosity in any light which sppoars oreditable to him. He should romombor, at this timo sbove all athors, that no ono elso feels liko laughing if e doos; aud bie should conso—to put it numildly as possi- blo—making o hortoquin of himsolf. A littlo more of his *horiditary hypochondrin " would bo becoming undor tho present circumstancos. : BMENTS, We linve had for somo days a table, compilad for us at Sprivgflold from tho returns made to the Btate Auditor, showing the values of taxable property, and other information, arranged in detail by countios. We flnd, howaever, a difi- oulty in making room for such a mass or tiguros, and given what will bo found fully: satisfactory Lo the goneral public, tho totals, which foot up as follows: " 173, sz Komter. ™ Vatue. > Sumber. 030,097 $48,789,900 20,003 2,014,801 000,077 08,310 X 101,168 092,080 35,000 1,027,043 053 0,410 459,691 Total values. ..., §100,705,290 390,407,210 * Thoso are tho Assessors’ roturns, They have Yot to be revisod by the State Board of Equali- ‘zation. The local roturns aro evidontly mnde in viow of same possible advance in the nssens- monts of that Board. Horuos, cattlo, mules, sfioop, and kiogs, are worth ns much in 1874 ns thoy wero fn 1878, Thore is a alight falling olr in the number of horses, sheep, and hogs, and an iuorease in the number of cattlo and mulos. Wo have also reccived s table showing the acreago under cultivation in Illinois in 1873, The value of this tablo is groatly lossoned by its be- ing & yoar Inte. If tho Auditor of State could obtain and publish at the close of oach year tho acroago in tho various crops, tho tahle would bo valuable. We give, howover, the acreage in Illi- uois under cultivation in 1872 and 73 Tolals in 187 “utals in 1874 Increase in acres,. 897,777 Tho total valuation of taxablo roal and person- al proporty roturnod by the Assessors for 1874 ia $1,006,886,002, sgainst $1,194,991,650 for tho sume proporty in 1873, Tbis does not iuclude railrond propotty nor capital stock, whiéh, in 1878, amounted to 144,754,941, moking a total for 1878 of $1,938,976,491. Tho values of rail- roud proporty and capital stock aro arranged by the State Bourd of Equalization, [ THE TAXATION OF CHICAGO. In Now York City, ths Stato, couuty, and city taxes are colleoted by one sot of oflicials at the samo time. Tho State and county suthoritios notify the City Collector of the proportion of their respectivo taxes which tho city is bound to pay, and he collects oll threoin a lump. In Chi- ©eago, we havo two cumbrous sets of tax-gather- ers, Ouo, clected by o choice gathoring of roughs as town-ofticers, collects four of our six taxes,—Stato, county, town, and park. Tho othor collects tho regular city taxes nud the apecinl nesesaments, The machinery does not work well—for tho tax-paver. It givos employ- ment to & numbor of tax-caters, somo of whom might better be maintained at the public oxpense at a point out- sido of ,tho city limits, — say at Joliet. Tho same amount of mouey can be col- lectod &t much less cost. Binco this is 0, it will be woll to find out now.! The first thing is to abolish the towuship ays- tom wititin the limits of large cities, It ia a relic of rustic Now Eugland which doos mob suit crowded citios, Notau ofiicor elocted under it disoharges any duty which cannot bo botter por- formod in adifferont way. It is wasteful, It eucourages a rascaily breod of petty politicians, TIts thoory is admirable ; its practico is abomin- able, -Tho next thingto bo done is to intrust the collection of couuty und city taxes to ouo set of officials, 'This wil 8t ouce rid us of & horde of sinecuro ofticeliolders. The Inat aud the most important thing to bo dono is to radicully chango our wholo systom of taxation by making it indirect instond of direct. Bpecial assessmonts cantot well bo loviod in thia way, but ovorything else can. Tho only objec- tion to indirect taxation is that tho people, not feoling 1t, can be mado to pay too much without rewonstrance. A rigid publication of oftioinl ac- oounts would obviate this, A graduated tax on licenses would rid un at s blow of the cumbrous and ill-working machinery of assessment aud oolloction which now squeszos our taxes out of ug. Evory man would pay in propértion to tho amount of his consumption, THo licenso-foo of the ‘wholsale grocor, for instmnce, would bo added in driblets to the prices at which retailers bought, and those latter would in turn make thelr custowors pay for their l. ocnsos, ay woll as for that of tho wholosale donlor. Buch taxation is unerring. Escapo from it is impossible, There can Po no evaslon by concealing one's property. Naturo, not man, {s tho tax-gatboror. The Citizons’ Ausociation has selected throe firat-class mmon 08 its Committce on Taxation, ‘Thoy will have plenty of work to do, And thoy will be gratefully remembored if they succeod in rldding Qhicngo of the present burdensomo sys- tem of colleoting taxos, if thoy cannot of the fundamontal error in tho plan of asseasing thom, Oinclnuati iy putting forth strong elforts to malo itself tho mnsical centro of thoe country,— an offort which will recelve n very matorlal fm- Pputso by the fostival to bo held next spring un+' der tho direvtlon’ of Mr., Thomas, Tho musioal soclatien In that olty are alrendy formidablo both in numbors aud mataslal, sad luclude tus follows ing: Tho Harmonio (American), which waa the bosls of the Iaat fostival} tho Clnolnnati Maene nerchioy, Otto Binger, leador, which will bring out, - thia senson, Mozart's “Itoquiem” and Linzt's ** Odyssous”; tho Orphons, Prof. Barus, loador, whioh also bas an amntour orchostra of thirty-four ploces; the St. Coctlta Macnnoratior, which s about to organizo a mixed chorna the Gormanis Mnonnorchor, Prof. Pickott, loador; the Ham Gar, Druid, 0dd Fol- lows', Tumer, and Bwiss Macnnorchors, the Liedortafol, and BSacngorbund. This list of goolotios makos a strong showing, Tho prompt readiness of Mr. Thomas to undertake a second fostival {n that city shows that ho has falth in its musioial rosources and abllity, The two years' oxporionco of ‘Mr. Binger, who was the drill-mnstor of the first fostival, with tho muslo- al soclotios of Oinoinnati, will also bo o great ad- vantago for tho next ono, 8o that wo may oxpoot a romarkable degree of succosn, It will not bo at all surprislog if the fostival of 1876 loavos Cincinnatl with but ons compotitor In the musical fleld, Boston and the Handel and Haydn Bocloty are a hiard tonm to boat, but ag the first featlval pushiod them very closely, and that waa au exporiment, Boston must look out for her laurels the noxt timo. — 8 OF SIMPSON, Original sin had nothing to do with thens peceadilloos, Bimpson mastored tho_ vicea he iuhorited from Adam at mn early age. By the tmo Lo was marricd ho must have boen an angolic charactor, for ho allowed his mother-in- Inw to Jive with him, A fow weoks ago ho foll sick. is physician, Dr. Hopkine, decided totry the transfusion of blood. Bnt Simpson's pro- posal, thns the rosident mother-in-law should bo doprived of tho necessary quantity of lifo-giving fluid, was indignantly nogatived by tho lattor. No friend profferod to shed Lis blood for the sako of Bimpeon and scienco, At last, recourso was had to n goat. Two quarts of its blood wore traneforied to Simpson. Remarkablo ro- sulta followed, His strongth rovived, ' but bis mind weakenod. Ho was & human gosat. 1o butted Dr. Hopkins fnto the noxt room. Tho Doctor gained that apartment with the sacri- flce of his slomach, into which the unruly pationt bad violently insorted his hoad four soveral times., Simpson waa engaged in smast- ing in tho door-panols behind which the Doctor lay intronchod, when bis luckless motlior-in-law antered the room. Instantly sho rogretted hor rofusnl to supply him with her own blood,~tho rofusal that indirootly made him o goat, Ono frightful lunge of the Simpsonian hoad and the mother-in-law lay palsied on .the floor, while Simpeon frisked sbout on Lis hauds and knees, mow nibbling ot the groen flowers wovon in tho carpet,-and now battoring hia holpless victim from houd to foot. The nows goon spread. Tho neighbors who had declined toshed tholr bloud for Simpson showed » gront willingnoss to holp shed his. They gathered with guns, sud woro discussing tho question of giving thoir intonded vietim & fair run over the country, instead of shooting him at sight, whou tho Doctor, who led them, suddenly turned pale and started for the rear. The reason way quick- Iy apparent, Bimpson eamo frisking toward the crowd, fillivg tho air with *ba'as, A lucky whirl of a nooso brought Lim up with a jork, Ho was soon securely tied, His couquerors returned to thelr homes. Dr, Hopkins now eucceedod o getting an Yrishman fo bleod into Simpson’s opsn veing, It was tho sigoul of recovory. Simpson i well again, Tobe sure, ho epoaks with a mighty broguo, Las jolned the “Erin-go-bragh Sun- burst Circlo of the Fenian Brothorhood,” and porsiata iu voting tho * Peoplo's-Party ticket of the town where he resides, io the groat disgust of his old Republican frionds; but theso uro minor disadvantages, The goat's blood shows itsolt but seldom. A fow Bunday's since, when Bimpuou asked tho soxton to show him s #oat, lio varled tho monotony of following by playfully buttiog him into tho baptismal font, ‘I'ie choir waa singing o line which made an un- future ot the moment when Simpson broke out. This was doubtloss tho canso of the little accidont. Iu one way, tho transfusion has beon of groat sorvice to Simpson. When he auggosts auything, and his adored mothor-in-law homs aud pursos up ler lips and beging, * DBut—" ho bas onlytn say: “But me no buts,” and lower his Lioad until his figuro somewhat resom- bles that of o goat, and that blessed fomalo hag- tily ejmculates: * Doarest Edward, it shall bo oxactly a8 you wish.” HARVARD EXAMINATIONS FOR WOMEN, When tho wuthoritios of Harvard Umiversity aunouuced thoir schome for exawining women, we gave it prominent and favorable notice. It was uot, however, widoly advertised throughout tho country. This mny perhaps oxplaiu the sinnll number of candidages who presented themuolves at Cambridge Iast June, Our rend- ors will remowber that the plan way, in brief, this: Exnminations on a cortain proportion of & givon number of brauches of knowledgo were to bo held at Cambridgo and at any other clty in which committees would arrange the businoss details, These examiuations wero to be prelimi- nary snd final, the former being elomentary. Tho quostions wero to e propared by the Facul- ty of Harvard, and cortificatos woro to bo grant~ od by thom to tho successrul candidatos, Ouly eoven porsons presonted themselves, Tho fact i to be explained, no doubt, by tho lagk of advertising alroady montioued, by the short timo allowed for preparation betwoen the auveuncomont and tho oxamiuation, by the nat- ural dislike of womon to make themselyves prom- inent by beiug the flrst to try the new gchomo, and by the fuiture of frionds of the idea to form subsidiary committaos anywhore in tho country, ‘Phils last is quite important, because very many Atudious women caunot afford to go to Cume bridge for the sake of gotting dogroos, Thoy must bo examined at homo, or mot at all. The soven caudidates all ontored for tho preliminary oxaminatiou, Curiously enough, 1 thoy all chose to be questionod on olemuntary physics fn preforence to elemontary botany. Thoy bad to chooso botweon Grook, Gorman, und Latin, Ono elocted Greek, throo Lutin, and threo German, Four pessod aud recelved cor- tificaten ontitling them to eutor for the advauced oxnwination. Two wero partially sucoossful, One wa rojeoted, 'T'hé examination continued six days and covored five howws of oach day, Horeaftor tha thirty hours will be distributod ovor moro days. The next examiuation will be in tho lattor balf of May, 1875, Muoh Intorest {4 alroady shown, and & largo inoreaso In tho nwwmber of candidatos 18 oxpooted, We trust tho expeotation will bo roalized. Buch & sohemo given women what thoy need,—a fixed standard of comparison, "Who dogreos granted wilt excito omulation, will Lo something to be proud of, and, espoolally in tho case of tonohors, will bo o sotual cash valua, Wo ‘hopo that tho Indios of this aity whio are prominent in urging the ehne kind roference to goats In.tho world of the: cipation of womon will at once take stops to organize a commlttes for the suporvision of an oxamination horo next May, Thoy can thue do somothing practical for tho object which thoy Liave aupported by so many words. Thoro wonld probably ba no lack of candidates. Thoro aro many young women studylng in tho difforont ““gollogon™ and * unveraltios” of tho North- wost who would gladiy embrace tho opportunity of gotting a dogree from Rarvard. — The edltor of the Ohristian Advooate will probably nol attompt a dofonss of tho Rov. J. W. Alvord, bocanso ho in colored. It may not irritato him to learn that a colorod miniator has boon acoused of roguory, The chiarga i brought by anothor colored olorgyman, tho Rev, A, @, Moerry, puator of tho First Colored Baptist Olutch of Nashville, The Iatter minlstor writos some vigorous English to the Nashville Union and American, oxplaining the manner in which the Naghville branch of the Froedman's Bauk was conducted. Tho branch was established in 1806; several colorod mimisters wero placed on tho Advisory Baard; the parent bank at Washingtun was in tho habit of sending agents to tho Bouthern citles to hold publio mooctiugs in aid of the bank; these meot- inga woro called by tho colored clorgymon, and tho poor colored peoplo urgod by them to deposit in tho Froodman's Bauk. This was tho modo of advertislng adopted. Mr. Alvord, one of thoso wiulsterisl agonts, says Mer, Morry, usod his pul- pitto tell the Nashville colored peoplo that evory dollar of tho bank waa invested fu Unitod Btates bonds, The writor says : Mr, Alvord {a » proachor, and I am one also, T want tho world oud all ‘mankind to. kuow that I have how found out that tho Rov, J, W. Alvord staod up in my pulpit nnd lold a lie, tioroby fooling many, nnd fie creulng the coufldunco of il proseut in tho bank, Unioss Lo Toponts of tiuls sin (which 1 a great siny, hell wild be hia home, . ‘Whether the last sontonca intercats _snybody or not is not material, oxcept to tho Advocato, but anothor conolusion reschoed by Mr., Merry is more doorving of considoration, Ho snys ¢ X linva loug sincq consoled mysolf with tho {dos,and couvictiou thut the former laveholder will give us “good adutee and coma an near doing the right as any one tse, and thal in many inatances he will do more, Tho italics aro bis own. It is tho fault of Mr. Merry, in common with othors, that tls doc- trine has grown out of fashion among the col- ered poople, —_—— Beardely one landmark of the snclens City of London ig aa woll known abroad as that fumous obstruation, Tomple Bar, It s, from o practical standpoint, an obstacle to trade. Its marrow arches pass the travelor from two of the princi- pal stroets of London, and the broad stroam of pedestrions and vehicles narrows down and surges through tho riducuious little passage- ways, jnmmed and disgustod. Bub its day bas come. Ithas beon falling to pioces gradually for the past half-contury, and now threatens to seattor its -antiquated masonry over the heads of tho populace if measures are mot taken to romove it Tho ediet has' gone forth, and Temple Bar will shortly bave disappoared, and with it the last of tho city gatos, Templo Bar was designed by Sir Christopher Wronu and built In 1670. 1t divided in old timos the citios of London and Westmiu- ster. No ploa but that of sontimont can be ad- vanced agaiuet ita obliteration, but soma of the historio associations which endoar it to the En- glish mind will cause & sigh of regret on this side of the Atlantic at ity 1emoval. Horo were ex- posed on pikes, for the loyal citizen to gaze at, the beads of executed robela and traitors, which romuined there uutil tho skulls whitened aod tho storme blew thom down. Horo the Lord Mayor went through tue coremony of delivering to his sovereign the sword of the city, to reccive it back with tho stereotyped plrase that it could not be in better hands. Hore those old writers with whom wo aro still on torms of the kindest familisrity—Goldsmith, Dr. Johnaon, and the long roll of their cantempo- rarice—wore accustomed to pass. Time and commerce demand the romoval of the venerable archway as little less than a dangerous nuisance. What public necessity domands, sontiment can- not retuin, - ‘Whilo Moncuro D, Qonway, in bis capacity as Journalist, furnishes the Cincinuuti Commercial with some of tho most thoughtful, -wholesome, and readablo correspondence, dated from En- gland and published in the United Btates, it I8 to bo rogrotted that his lottors are obtained only at the prico of his exile. Imprognated with radical views of life, thoy only make it more to be regrotted thab his own countrymen cannot enjoy to tho fulloat exteat that wisdom and originality of thought and expression which the fortunate Londonors listen to through the week. The factis that, as an exponont, of rationalreligion, Mr. Conway fiuds himself in England surround- ed by a number of congenial spirits such as ho .did not meet with in his own country.» Heis congequently more at home in England than in the United Btates, Times have changed ma- teriully siuce Lo loft, however. Cnuld he return to tako the chair of a soclety mimilar to that which now regards him as teacher, ho would find thnt his theories of life and things bad grown and oxtended widely. Thoro are alreadyin Lon- don many men to carry on the work in whicl he is ongagegd. Hia exile is an implied belief that +n prophet is not without honor eave in his own country aud among his own kin. — The graphic narrative of a bratal ight between & dwarf and w bull-dog, to settle & wager, whicli was printed not long since in one of the London nowspapers, has boen offlcially pronounced a hogx; but an nctual oceurrenco taok place re- contly in Livorpool which outdoos the dwarf and dog story in horrible brutality. On tho night of the 20th of July, a party of colliors set out for tho avowed purposo of *Lilling the Irish,™ Thoy attnoked six coltages occupiod by tho ob- uoxious persons, smashing in the windows with bricks and stones. In onoof the cottages lived o man over 80 yoars of ngo, named Patrick McGrath, They biwrst open his door and mado o diabolical attack upon him, One of his oyes was kuoclkod out, and ho was thon thrown down and drenched with whitowash. Somo of the brutes want g0 far s to 01 tho ompty socket of his oyo with tho liquid lime, and forced o Pportion of it down bis throat. His wife was also driven into the street and violently kicked, The orueltics practiced by tho Indians and Thugs can hardly oxceed In flondlahnoks theso brutalitien practiced inone of tho largest citles of elvilized England, —_— The sightof a Judgo of a United Statos Dis, trict Court drawivg a rovolver and heading & negrp riot oan searcely bo considered edifyfug or calculated to promote veneration for tho judicial ormino; and yet, if the Moftgomery (Aln.) Ad- vertiser i3 to be rolied upon, Rickard Busteod did sotually draw a pistol wpon the conductorof & train beeauss ho orderad a negro from tho ladles'- car, i which noithor the Judgo nor his protage had any right to bo sitting, A forwsrd car hap- pouad to bo full of negroes, and the Judge, in doflanco of the couduotor, brought fifteon or twonty of thom into the ecar whore they remained untll advised by somo whito sympathizora to retire. The socrob of tho matter was this: Thetrainwas bound to a Republican Convention, and the Judge, the col- orod dolegatos, and ono or two white men were travoling thither. ‘T'hero woro fovoral ladies in the rour car, aud the outrage was without shadow of justification, Like anothor disagroeablo char- acter montioned in Seripturo, Judge Busteed de- fles deconoy * Booauso he kuowoth that his time is short.” i i The # galted " dinmond-region sonsation which ocoupled the publio mind fora time has long ago been obliterated by a eucconsor, It is re- callod, for a moment, by tho arrost of one of tho principal partios eald to have beon engaged In tho eale of the mines. Philip Arnold, **the Dismond-King," as ho e callod, wae urrested on Baturday in Loulsville, on & wairant from Gov, Losllo, based on a roquisition of the Govornor of California, Bo far as the Loulsville papers have boen abls to dlacover, tho case L conueoted “with thio alo of some of the salted” proporty, the olinrgo Loing that Arnold obfained 76,000 on falso protonsca from one L. L. Trendwell, of Han Franclaco, 1t is bolloved thiat somo unkind rovolations will be made by Arnold whon tha caso I8 judioally probod, THE COMETS. . TIE CONGIA COMET, A comparlgon of obsorvations made upon Cogw gla's comet, duriug the time that it wan visible in tho Northern Homlaphore, has beon mado by . Tietjon, firat aualstant at the Obaorvatory at Berlin, who snnounces tho following sa the ro- sulting oloments ¢ Timo of poriholion passage, 1874, July 8.80780. Yonod, 8,065 yours, Longltude of periholion, 271 dogrees, 6 minutes, 51.8 soconds, Longltudo of north nodo, 118 dogrees, 44 minutes, 8456 soconds. Iuclination of orbit to ecliptio, 66 dogrees, 20 minutes, 560.8 socouds, Loga~ rithm of eceontriclty, 0.0093194, Logarithm' of periholion distance, .8208102, A % .This correnponds to 3 bLours, G5 minutos,” 47.8 woconds in the morning of -July 9, Ohicago timo, for tho dato of the periholion Ppasaago, Wo aro thus precise in etating tho timo, for tho convonionco of those of our readers who may wish to know oxactly whon to look for tho comet ¢ ita noxt return, | With theso figures wo may caloulate that the , omat travelod through spaco at the rato of 81.4 milos por second, when nearcst the sun; and that its spood will gradunlly deoresso to 41 yards per socond at the diatanco of 70,190,000,000 miles, when {t will commonco tho roturn joitr. uoy. At that point it will bo 803 tlmos as far away from the sun ss wo aro; aud 28 timea farthor off than the distanco of Noptune, the outermoat of the kmown planots, Yot aftor baving travorsod that onormaus distance it will 6t bo less than one part n 260 08 far away as tho noarest fixod star. The comet muat travel ontwards for nenrly 7,000,000 yoars, iustoad of 4,482)¢ yoars, botore it would ‘bo so far outside tho rauge of the sun's attraction as to bo drawvn away from bim by any other star in the firma- ment. e Tho boat monsures of the hoad of tho comet glve it a diameter of about 4,000 mites, witnin 8 coma-onvelopa whioh wss at one time tully 100,000 mites through, This would give a vol- ume for the comet (proper) equal to about one- oighth that of the carth, and & minimum masa of 100,000,000,000,000 tons; taking as tho basis of our ealoulation the reasoniug procosa traced out in T TRIBUNE of June 27 ast. THE TORELLI GOMET. Alotterin tuo Now York Evening Post gives thio following in referonco to tho fourth comek of 1874, which will be in peribelion about the 26th inst.: . On the 16th fnst, this comet will occupy & position pracisely midway between, aud in & lino with, tie twq yiare Polarls, tuo N(ilrlhdlfllu.f 40d tho star of o oz, remo end of ihe handle o t Ureo Majoris, Last ovening, with god opticat alor 1t was roadily vielble ns & fafnt cloud of ight about 4 min, in dismoter, aud of about tho brightaess of star of the niuth megnitude, without atiy definel nuclous, ' Its yoaition for the Gth, 10th, and 13th ns (Epoch 1874) wero spprozimately ta follows, pamely 14 dog. 56'min, 67 deg. 20 mis 14 do 5 83 ml: 0 -135. 05:!:: 70 dog. 46 i, NOTES AND OPINION. Congreesional nominations: Third Vormont Distriot, John L. Edwarda (Democrat), of Now port. Becond Maine, Philo Olark (Democrat), of Turner, Third Alabama, Taul - Bradford (Democrat), of Talladega. Sixth Alabama, Georgoe W. Hewitt (Democrat), of Jofferson, First Wost Virginia, Bonjamin Wilson (Demo- crat), of Harrison, —It is understood that Horsco Maynerd now doprecatos the discussion of tho Civiy Righta bil by the paople. g —William B, Btokes (Republican), ex-}. a., sunounces himself an mdopendont stump candi- date for Congroes in tho Third Tennossee (Chat- tanooga) District, now reprosonted by William Crutehfiold, and saya Iamin fovorof suy man running who desires o run, regardiess of a packed convention, 1 propose to muko the canvuss one of interost to_the yoopla, As tlioy are burdencd down with taxes, I proposo s Auro plau to relteva them, and one that'the humblest citl- zen will understand, . —Col. Thomas J. Pickett, formorly of Il nois, is accepted as the Ropublican candidate for Qongress in the Firat Kentucky (Paducah) Dise triot, without the formality of s nomiuvating convention, The negroes espocially indorso him, aa will be seen by the following : A mooting in the intrest of Cal, Pickott, R candidate for Cougress, was held ot Paducah the other night, The Rov. Mortimor, pastor of the colured Mothodiat Ohurch at Paducah, mado sn sddress to tie colored peaple prescnt, {u the coursa of whick ho sald 2 ¥ Don't emigrato to Hayti, to Africa, or anywhero clse, This {8 a8 much your coutitry ns tho wbite mon's, and God futeuds that all men should b equal hero, and e wou't bless tho country till such a the case,” He cursed it with war because our raca was in bondage, and, mark my word, there will b another worse ar e don’t have our vights in every reapoct, Bloy hers, ¢ Fight it outon this ne if it takes 3l summor,' o o« Whysin't the school fund equally divided ¥ As for me, X don't Lelieve in male schools or- fomale, in whita schools or blusck; but in having themn all mixed up togethar,* —Congrossman Thomas ‘Whitenoad, of ihe Lynchburg District, insisted on a formal canvass of hig constituents for renomination, the Vir- ginia Conservative rule to the contrary notwith- standing. Tho Btate Contral Committee thore- fore suspondod the rulo as to thas distriot, and Maj. John W. Daniel has gono inand cloaned otst Mr. Whitehead to his hoart's content, —Congressman’ Elliott (colored Republican), of Bouth Carolins, will go into the noxt Logls- Jature of his Stato, and thoro are eight aspiranta for his place in Congross, —Congressman Bloss (Democrat), of Alabama, of recent shooting notoriety at Tuscumbia, hne been dropped by his party, whose candidato Is Goorge W, ‘Hovitt ; but Sloss uttors & threat to run indepondent, and the Montgomory Adver: Her oo« : friends in the distriot it thie, jends in the distri SOUE our i e Tl ik 105 o look s Iifs boou-companion sud frieud, Sutler Spencer, for support. . . . The houest vators of the Slxth Dis- triot will have nothiug more to do with BMr, Josoph 1I, Sloss, Homny run, f Tl Gebiron, "ot overwhylming defeat and just and'righteous indignation await him. —Thomns M. Pcters, Chiof Justice of the Bu< promo Court of Alabama (by the graco of bay- onetw), loft the State-Lousoduring the late torm of thia Supreme Court, and madoa political ha- ranguo to & gang of negroos in Autaugs County, Bonjsmin F. Safeold, oue of tho Justicos of tho snme Court, has boen actively partioipating in nogro meotings in Dallas County within tho pust fow wooks, and ie s dologato to'the approaching Radica! Btate Convention, Richard Bustoed, Judgoof tho Unitod States Diatrict Court, is on campaign tour and moking the most ultra Radical spocches, fn which Lo disousses questions aud laws whioh may pousibly come before him in his Judicinl capacity, And laat, but not loast, Judgo J. Q, Bmith, of this circult, who should forover foil of recognition st the bands of whita women, scoms to be bidding for the smilos of Afrioan damsols by his brutal aud boastly utter- ancos from the stumnp, concermng the miarrings of ~pure-blooded aund atraight-haired white ladies to black negroes, Buch are tho men who are sclocted by liadionls to dispenso law sud Justice I—Aontgomery (Ala,) Advertiser. —Tho Radical Cougrosaman from tho State st large, O, O, Sheets, says among tho whites of North Alabama that he Is very much opposod to the Oivil Rights bill, and that, if it over passcs, it would bo of no consoquonco. Ho says he is ag much opposed to the negro mixing with the whites on railroads or at publio iaus ss any Democrat. Ho says that, as & party, they are no moro in favor of the nogro than the Domocraty wro.—Alobilo Register. . —Johu A. Hymun, the newly-slected colored Congrpssman from North Carolins, and tho only mombor returned by tho Radicsls in that State, i8 31 yenrs of age. 'Ho was a alavo bofore tha War, and was -'Zfa 8t auction soven times before ho becamo of age. He wis a momber of the North Carolina Conetitutional Conventtonin 1807, aud since thay thme Lgs boou & membor of the Stnte Bonate, At the timoof his gredncan ', Oburles R, Thomas, election, in 1870, ho was & prominont caudidato for Congress, and when ho upplied to Thomas o fow months since for an appointment a8 route-agont in the Post-Ofice Dapartmont,—a place worth 8000 per AUDUI, ~ the frionds of tho lattor urged him to comply with the requed a8 ho would thereby shelvo & dangorous_compotitor, Thomss refused, howe evor, and Hyman doclared that Lio would obtain rovenge by ‘ousting Thomas from bis seat acd #oouring it for himsolf, which thront he hins now made good, In North Caroling thoy aay tLat #oot would & white mark on iyiumsu' physlogaomy, ublican \ i - oy oTTE