Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 19, 1874, Page 4

r 4 TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. kR eliverad, livored, i (aany excopton S i tiided, 30 conts per wug Uty R UNTE COMPANY, arhnri.sta,, Ubloas g Aot Madiran and TO.DAY'S AMUSEMENTS, " TVUSE-Clerk stveof oppoaite PN TR AT Loova: Sinstrainr M tnA! AIIOUBB—Monroa straot, hotween B T A iorin "Hle Goorgla Minstrors wad vAFs(Y perforinanc LEY'S TIRATRE_Tandoloh ateast, batwasn O FaSarter T Tha Sphing. 5 USIC_Walated ateah, batween Mad- A o sone Fngaranent ol 0. T Fow's Eanto: wime-Troupe, ** Humpty Dumpty." X ATRE- Madlson sirest, betwnen Do S tnter nkazemont ot (he Kelloge Ln- sk OporaTroupo, " ** Trovator. STUD.STRERT OBFRAJIGUST=Cornor Har- i ol Lo streotey Macitvoy's Hiberaicott, Y MEETINGS. “socl il moet this ovontng, Oct. 10, At A L eiahers Ao reuoatad to Lrlniz il thoir FHiends sad fricuds of tho ca S NSUVIPTIVIES — MANY HAVE BREN hfiTo gog&lisflul‘l'lf;lrllflfllnmn)‘ in_favor of the use !_" B U e Do Cou-Liror Off and Linto," _Kxparience B proTag O b8 S S T hrons. . Wl dleaee ¥ i, D cturad unly by Ax 5. \WILDOI, Chome Fiston.. Boid by dragilets generally, The Chiragoe Cribuae, Mondny Morning, October 10, 1874. The Opposition party of Cloveland colebrated fhielr victory Saturday evening with s rousing meeting, at which Mr. Payne, tho gentloman who boat Diok Parsons so badly, epoke out bluntly as to tho errors of the Administration, aod attributed to them tho recent Republican disastors. e oxpressed the belief that the remody is to be found i tho unlon of Domoerata and Indopondent Republicans, The combination ortaiuly worked to some purposo in Mr. Payno's diatrict. A Cabinst-ofiice is not neccssarily a plodge of unalloyed bappiness. Already Gov. Jowell is gelting into » xoarl, and doubts are oxpressed a8 0 bis contirmation, Mr. Briatow, who swept ®o ¢loan at the start, Is said to bave wearied in well-doing, and to hava modified the compra- honsive system of reform which he inaugurated, Aud yot it may be that Dlewsra. Bristow and Jenoll ara doing ns well as now Cabinet officers eould ba expectsd to do. The accident on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Cbicago Ratlioad, which cccurrad on Saturday afternoon at Piorcoton, Ind., 18 atuributed to tho fact that the train was running st the rate of 40 mileo an hour, This fact of itself, bowaver. is not suflicient to account for tho azcldent. Forly miles an hour is not an unusual rate of speed, and is perfectly compatible with sefety. It 18 tho common rate of speed in England, aod many of the Enatorn expross trsins run on this time, In this coss tho engine struck a cow, and was hurled from the track, rosulting in the wrecking of tho train, If therehied Leen proper cattle-guardi or otner protection from animals at large & there is in Lnglaod, tho accident would not bave occurred. It is totbo laok of theso precoutions, not to the rato of speed, that the uceidant is due. The expocted mojoritios [n the soveral (now) QOongressioua! Districts of Indiana, based on the voto for Governor in 1872, aud the actual ro- #ult in 1874, aro ns followa: Naj, m 1872, Result in 1873, - JFuller, Dert., ... 408 maj. Ifathis, Dom . 5,560 mu). D. “New, IHolbun, Robinsolr, ‘Landuze, The Fitth District wan laborioualy made, by the Republican Legislaturo, with a view to koeep Holwan out of Congress. The Third District sives o full Democratic mnjoiity for tha Btate tiekot ; Alr, Kert’s opponent was a Domocratic inflationist supported by the Republicans and draning oft some Domocratio Yotes, ‘Whether tha New York Zerald's version of the von Amim complioation is correct ornot, it is sortainly the first intelligont cxplanation of ven Arnim's arrost aod imprisonment. Accordiog to this sccount, von Arnim was sent as Ambaasador to Paria nith instructions to mniutain the most trlendly relations with the Iranch Government. Instead of this, he broke with MacMshon, snd #ven doclined to present official communications; ho also set about to incrosss the contingent of the Gorman army on Frouch torritory, Ho was no soonor instelled in Peris than he wrote directly to tho Emporor William sttackivg Blsmarek's polioy, This comrmunication was promptly turned over to Bismarck, and vou Arnim was notified that ho must henceforward commanicate with the Foroign Ofice. There- upon eoneued & voluminous correrpoudenco which von Arnim, at his removal from Paris, took from tho archilvosof the oflce. It is for the rocovory of this correspondence, which Bismarck claims to bo oflicial, that the prosecu- tion is brought aguinst the ex-Ambassador, and his rofusal to ‘deliver it in the causo of his incarcaration. The antagouism betweon the police and the atudents of & univorsity town 18 as old as tho university system, and oxtonds to both conti- neuts. A college studant always regards & polico- man a8 his natuinl enomy, and the policoman looks upon the student aa Lis spocial cross in life. This traditional feud Las recoived o mow impulse in Ann Arbor, and has brokon out with a0 unusual warmth, TFrom the accounta that bave come to us, we should say that the Ann Arbor polico wero rather ovor-zealous on Suturday, when they in- terfored with <the boys on their own ground while the latior were engaged in wront- ling and other athletic sports said not to have been prolibited in the Univereity rules aguinst bazing., Dut s the studaots ovidently got the bost of the police in their gonflict, their subso- quent procession and nofsy qomonstration was Ul-coucelved. If thesd studonts’ sroublos at Ann Arbor go on from yoar to year, they cau scarcely fall to be seriously dotriments! to tho standlog of the University; aud it iy allke in the intorest of the College aud the tuwnupeople that they bo stopped, The Chicago produce marieis wero generally “stroog on Baturduy, with = fair aggregats of traneactiony, Moas ravk —ea activo and steady, olosing 8¢ 819,00 Bewos the monch, and $17.00 woiter tue yowr. Lard was active oud eusier, yoar. Bloata woro quiet and nteady, at 73(o for shouldars, 103¢o for short ribs, and 11}@12 for swoet-picklod Lams. Iighwines wero ¢nlet and 26 lower, closing at 930 por gallon. Lake froights woro in light domand, at 4}¢o for whoat to Buftalo. Flour was nctivo wnd enalor, Wheat waa in bottor demand and 3{o highor, closing at 809 soller the month, aud 8i)gs for November, Corn wag In good demand aud 1}¢@2 higher, closlng at 43¢0 ossb, and 7030 for November. Oats woro moderately active and 1o higher, clos- ng at 473{c cash, and 46}{o wellor November. Itye was qulet aud n shade easler, at 81l¢@820+ Barloy'was loss active, but firmer, closing at §1,0544 for Octobor, and 81,04 for Novombor. Hogs wero in light demand st o slight decline, Sales woro at €6,00@0.6234. Cattle avd ubeep wore iuaative, aud nominally unchanged. Tho sormona which wo print this morning om= brace the Rev. Rolert Collyor's, which is in~ vested with a special intorest ou ncconut of the recont aort to seeurs him for tha Church of the Mosslah, in Naw York, Iusome prolimivary re- marks, Mr. Collyer anuounced hiu dofinite doter- mination to remain in this city. It was all along & quastion to his mind of duty and use- fulness, avd we are siucorely glad he hes been porsuysded that Lhis duty is whero hiu heart is,—amoug hia tried and trus friends of Cilcago aud the West. It was scarcoly necessnry for bim to sny that mouey cut no tiguro in the case, for his action throughout, as well as his last decisiun to romain, clearly jndicata this, Prof, Swlug proached a characterietic scrmon on Pare Rellgion, with a graco aud calmness that showed a gonuine reliof from the dogmatcal (roubles which he ias turned over to the Synod aud Prof. Pation, Among the other notable addressos of the day was one by Mvs. Livermore, who occupisd Dr. Rydor's church. The Rev. Mr, Wiiismson, the pew pastor of the Wabash Avenuo Mothodist Churely, bod the Piosident for an suditor ; and very approprinlely, though perhaps uninteutionally, his sermon turned on the struggles of history betveon usurpation on the one hand and the poople on tho other. It iu well that ovory ruler, republicun or other, should have this mattor broughe divectly before him from thne to time, nnd the pulpit is w place whero it can be doue wthout ofense. QGen, Hurlbut Las at Jast Leuwn so0 clossly presoed by dr, Farnsworth that bo bas beon com- pellod to open his mouth with regard to his traneactions in cottun-pormits and other corrup- tiona charged upon him pending the timo be wzs in commaud of the Department of tho Gult. Lo 1abors through two columna of tho party organ to prove his innocence by bis owy nsaurtions and copios of lettors und documonts, What his says, however, is not 8o romarkablo as what Le docs not sny. He doos uot auswor or allude to the charges of perjury made by the Commission agalust bun ; nor does ho alluda to tho chargos wmado by this Commission ol ofilcial falsshod, of ante-dativg letters to exculpats both himselt «nd Robinson, and of permitting hus brothora-in- Iaw to roceive bribos for obtainiug bis signature to pormits to trade aud othor documouts,. It is also romarkable that Gen, Hurlbu! eanuot pro- duco any lettor domanding a trind or cour of in- quiry untll it bad boen dotermined by the Gove ornmeut, through Rowlias' iuteroeseion, uot to try bim, It will bo remembered that Prosident Livcolu was assassinated i April; that and the collapue of the Waur put an eud to all tasls for military offenscs ; but it scems strangoe that Geu, Uurlbut, who stood ju such high favor with the Beoretary of War and Gou. Graut's chief ad- visor, as he topresents, sbould not have been able to securo s trial on chaerges mads by a Special Comwission that oxsmined into the caso, and which left him under g stuin suro to chng to bim forever. THE REPUBLICANS AND THE ADMINISTRA- TION, Our correspondent at Indianapolis sends us an interesting letter upon politics in that State sioco the Ropublican defeat of Oct 7. e sume up the varionw opinions as to the causes of that defeat, und utates that the * nnvarnisbed truth i, that the moving cause was tha undorly- ing discontent of the people with sthe ving ond follies of the Admiuistration; all olher things wera subsidimy." ¥or thia causo thore wero sufticiont Republicans in the Stato who voted the Demoeratio ticket, or did not vote, or voted tho Indopendent tiokot, to give the Domoersts the nscoadency by & very large majority. Tho same feoling provailed {n Oldo, with the reme effact. That this {a 8o, is consplouovsly shown in tho election of membors of Congress. In tho presont Congross there are seven Democrats and thirteen Republicons from Ohjo. At tho olection onm ‘Tuesday there wero thirteen Demoorats olected to mevom Republicans, One of theso Republicaps~Charles Fos- tor—owed his re-election to the vigor- ous and manly exposwie of tho fraudulont and scandalous contracts made by the Treasury Department with Sanborn. That sot of hostility to the Administiation saved bim. In Indians, the Lepirlaturo had 80 arranged tho Congres- eional Districts that but three Democrats could bo elected out of the thuteen Cougrossmen to which the State is entitled. On Tuesday, how- ever, the people clecied oight Domocrats to five Ropublicans. In both' Statos, the people took ospecial paine to robuke the Adminfatration in the matter of tho sloction of members of Con- gross, The more notable the ftionds of the Ad- ministration, tho mora severcly the poople struck them, In Tows, whors Mr, Kasson was troated as an opponent of the Administration, the peoplo elected him dospite the opposition of the Fedoral oftica-haldery, while geversl of the Congreustacn noted a4 friends of the Administration narrowly escaped defeat. Indeed, there was no moro di- rect meana of robuke availuble than that of dig- placing the friendsof the Administration in both Houses of Congrons, and sending Domocrata in thelr atend, The net result of the olections in Obio, Indiaus, West Virginia, and Iows on Tues- day Iast way tho election of fiftcon Democrats to Congress In placo of as many Republieaus, mak- ing a differonce of thisty votes in the next House of Reprosentatives, It also lncluded the dofeat of two Republican United States Senaiors, and the eloctlon of Demoorats iu tholr places, Our Indiann corvespoudent writos that W fs now genorally conceded by the Repablicaus of Indians that Senator Morton made & great mis- tako {u not carrylng out hin original purpess of opening the campaiza by a vigorous denuucins tlon of the Presidout and his Admiuistration aod tho Republican papara of the State already bavo indicated that the Ropullican party, to live in Indlana, musc out loose from ail reaponsibility for tho acts of tho Administration, Senator Moiton, becoming aware of the storm that was to break, escapod two weoks ago, aud it s now euraived (hat bis visit to Callfornia fs to cone ault with Benator Newton Baoth, with a viow to the fururo, 3L Looth, fv wiil ve remema THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 187A. ting loose from the Itepubliean Adminiatration, denouncing the frands nml follics of tho past, and doclering himeelt indopendont of tho party. Ile wan successfuli ho not ouly triumphed tn tho Btato, but received the Senntorship from = gratoful poople. 1Ind Sonntor Morton followed Lig own judgment e would have nccompliahed fn Indinna what Booth aid last year in Califor- nin; would not now bo aftting on tho ragged odga of dimmstrous dofeat. The Ropubliean prrty In this Btate, and in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minuesota, may, in the light of the elections of last Tuosday, look forward also to the noces- nity of culting loose from the Adminietration and from the Third-Term pollcy, or witness a result as disastrous an that which is so grievously mournad over {u Iudiann. THE SWING CASE. An the Swing caso is once more bafors tho publie in the prospective hoaring of the appoal from the Proubytory to the Synod, a rosume of tho saliont fuots In the controveray will bo of rencral jutorest, and preaont the reader with » molo mtelligent idea of the points at lssue snd tho present bearings of the cake, During tho montbu of Fobruary and March lsst, Prof Tatton, the editor of the Inferior, printed soveial aditorial articlos in that paper impugning Prof. Swivg's orthodoxy and pronouncing several of bis kermons, preached during tho preceding winter, aa horetical, On tho 24 of March, ata meoting of the Presbytery, s rosolutlon was offored by the Rev, W. F. Wood, in bohalf of tho Patton side, requesting the author of theso artioles, or any member of the Presbytory, to bring the mattor formally to the notice of the Proubytory, with the ond that an Inquiry might be made, nith the view of determining whothor thoso doabts an to I'rof. Swing's othodoxy wero woll foundod or not. A motion to lay this reso- lation on tho tabloe was carricd by a vota of 28 to 8. Thercupon Prof. Putton annonuced his in- tention of proterring formal chargos against Prof. Bwing in April. On the 13t of April tho annusl meoting of the Preubytery was hold, and Prof. Pulton laid before it his formal indictmont, coneistiug of two charges and twenty-uine spect- fieatious, which were referred to the Judiciary Committce (Ravs. Pattoraon and Ely, and T, B. Otiu) with mstructions to report the vext morn- ing. Oun the 14tk the Commitleo ssked for fur~ ther time, snd an adjournment was had until the 20th. Ou thab date, both majority end nunority reporta were presouted, the resnlt of tho day's sossion befug the pas:age of en ordor to Prof. Patton to amend eortuin specifications contnining vaguo charges, so as to make thom expliclt. On thonext dag Prof. Patton presented his amended indictment, and also eutcred his protest againat the roport of the Judiciary Com- mittee, Tho trial commenced on tho 4th of AMay, and tasted twolve days. The sentimeut of tho Pieabyiery acd of the community was with Lrof. 8wing. Piof. Patton appeared in person a8 tho prosccutor, aud the Rev. Mr, Noyes, of Evanslon, aa councel for Prof. Bwing, ‘fle caso was ably conducted on both sides, although it wan &pparont ou the third day how it would ro- sult, Prof, Swing's popularity, and the gon- cral admiration of the spirt of human- ity and charity which bad s!ways appeared in bhis utterauces, created for hun = multitude of adherouts, who closely rallied. about him, and forcmost among them was bLis own church, which was « uniz in sympathizing with and sus- taining him. Tho trial 1csulted in his sequittal by & vote of 46 to 15,~(hree-fourihs of tho Pres- bytery thus declacing him iouocent of tho charpes made against him Ly Prof. Patton. It was closed with & notice by tho latter that ha should mako an appeal to the Bynod. On thio 218t of May Prof. Swing, who was absent from tho city, sent a dispatch to some of his friends aonouncing his inlention to with- draw from the Piesbytoriam Chureli; but on the following day Lo posiponed bis decision to await consultation with bis friends, and on the 25th addrosued a lottor to tho Presby- tery stating that at somo future time be ehould ask for a dismiseal. On tho 4th of June Prof. Tatton filed a copy of bia appen! and {he reasons for it with tho Moderator of the Preabytery. Thero tho maitor rested until tho Gth of the prezent month, whon Prof. Swing wrote a letter to the Prosbytery roquesting them to drop bis name from the rolls, which was acceded to after ocousiderable debate, At tho meetiug of the Proabytery on tho 12th, a protest was made sgainst Dbis action, and nolice waa given of an appeal to the 8yaod to rovise it. The Synod is now in susslon, and has beforo it tho protest and the reoly of the Prosbytery. The argumonts have not yet boon finished, but it is sare to presume thnt the Sy- nod will reviso the etion of the Preabytery aud then proceed with Prof. Patton's appesl. It ia equally safe to assume that it will sustain Prof, Patton, whioh in probably all that Prof, Patton cares for, Prof. Bwingis beyond his roach and the Synod cannot affect him, whatever may be thoir finding, Tho real issue now is botwesn Prof. Patton and the Presbytery. If the Prea- bytery is couvicted and Prof. Pattou sustained, It will then remnin to be seen how tha Presby- tery will bear the rebuke of thess hide-bound thealogians, The triumph of Patton sstathe Chnrch back into the rute of the sixtosnth con- tury. SUBSIDIES IN CONGRESS. The approsch of ths mesting of Congress nat- urally drawa attention to the schemes of plunder proposed at the lnst uesslon, but discroetly post- voned until aftér the elaction. Voters of Wis- consin, Michigan, Mincosots, and Illinois should oxamino thia list. Thoy should remember that all membors of Congress re-eloctod thio year will have securod a throe-years' sorvice, and will fool independont of the poople. Voters iu the Fourth llinois District, who aro asked to vote for Mr. Hutlbut, can find In this list of jobs, to be voted for or rejected, many millions of reasona why he should uot bo re-olected. Here I a partial ling of tho ponding joby: Nortuiorn Paciflo Ruilway—indorsement of 16 BOUNL v1eveaanne o weoensees $50,000,000 Texes Paclfio Haiiroait ‘Comnpany—indorio- ment of Eondi,, vy s .veees Sadimend Gevrgin Hiver & Ganal Compuny—indorses ment of bonds Jumes River & Wiuawiis fpraveimeut, purchiuge of caual from Virginia, ot ‘Purchssn und eulurgoment of Erle' 0, Assumption of debi of District of Colual Tucrvits uf tise army (pur anuum), Incrento of the nuy; Deficiency bl . ostal telegraph rnmhnln,- tladolplia, Assuruption of the Sonthos Tacitio Sloauwhip subsidy (sunusl).., Aggregate of atraight cash joby Inadditlon to these ralds on tho Troasury, thiero &ro numorous othor jobs vioh with divie dende, but in which tlhore are no diract appro- priations of monoy, the profits heing conso- quential. Tho more profitabla of thesa are 1 1, The organization of the ludian Leratory under a political government, with nu}hoflty to gyant landa to railroad companios. & N'no sudirional grauis of 100,000,000 seres of 1and to the agrioultaral colloges, 50,000,000 5,000,000 alomng st La for new, cash, aod 811,85 uellex the boved, lu 1570, tried f1o bold exparimint of Qule | 9, Grauts of land aud mousy W establish ke tional ‘schools end s mammoth university at Washington City, 4. Indotinita approprintions to onver the ox- nenditures by United Statos officials In the Bouthorn Statos for campaign purposca. 6. Nefunding the cotton-tax. 6. The oxtension and enlargemant of previous Iand-grants to railways, Action at Lho last scssion on mnuy of theso selicmen was poatponed, tho majority of the membors proferting to got ro-clectod bofore voling for them. ‘Tho best way to dofeat theso Jobaia to defeat every membor of doubtful roputation who {s trying to Le ra-olected, and ovory porson who hax ever been connectod with suoh jobu, A part of this vast subsidy schiome, embraciug intoreats in all partwof the country, I8 tho Third Term, Nouo of thoso monsures can become lnws without tho Executive aid, Lxccutive approval Is ag osnoutial as Congressional favor, and honco tho importance of tho Third Term in this graud distribution of subsidy money. We submit to tho peopls who are about to elect mombern of Cougresa that perbaps their best course is to cloct men who under no clrcumstances can bo supporters of tho Third Torm policy, and whose paos record gives assuranco that thoy will oppose thig wholo subsidy business from firat to last. ‘The ro-oloction of any momber who voted to nostpone these jobs until afier eleation will Lo a hazardous operation. OHARLZES FOSTER, There was one Ropublicun v the Forly-third Congress who vas not afrald of Butler, When the man with the ovil eve was dofsing at- tompts to investigate tho Ssnborn scandal, and ‘was ariving tho Houso before him, tho raw Rep- regentative from tho Sandusky District put the Lully down. He held his own sgamut the scath- iug roparteo of the Esuex politivan, He could ot ba cowed. His word-duel with Butler gave bim s national roputation almoat instantly, When ho was proparing his sposch on the Sanborn Investigation, Butler grow alarm- cd. o sont fricnds to him to exbort bim Dot to hurt tho Ropublicsn prty. Tho specch was rovised helf a dozen times be- foro it could bo toned down sufficiently to suit tho go-betwoenn. Even thon, its dolivery mode Dutler wick. Turoughout tho session, Ioutor held his gronnd, Ho wau the deadly enemy of Duttor and Butlorism, He parls flled tho place which Qou. Farosworth lefu vacant, The ability ho showed wns unexpected. Ils is a country wmerchant, and was nover **in polities " until bo ran for Congress, Ils te-eloction at & time of Ropublican disaster ehows that the peoplo ap- procinto bim. His arch-enomy spared uo effort to defsat him. Ie got seant encouragement from otiior party-leadors. IIim reckless Labit of apealting tho truth, whother it hit Domocrat or Republican, was out of place in Washington lnst year. Hohad to contend with anopposition fusbed withs the bopo of victory, Under such cheum- ubences his re-olection is po common compli- mout. Wo rejoice that hereceived it. It makos small difference what party-collar & man may wear 8o long a8 he 18 himuelf bevond thoe reach of the party lush. Cougress needs more Fostora, It the Obio ono docs as wolt 1n the Forty-fourth 28 be bas {n the Forts-third Congrees, wo trust that ha will go back to the Forty-fifth with a rausing majouity. e A THE NEW YOMK CANALS. For tlirty yoars tbe Erie Caval was the anly wator route between the Wost unud the East, and In 1856 tho State of New York completed nud put in operation what arc known as the latoral canals. Ton yoary lator, in 1805, tho Erie Caval had to its crodit, over and above all expenditures for construction and maintenanco, $41,446,400; and the othorn an adverso balance of $16,000,000. Iu 1872, the cradit balance of the Eric Caual Lisd reachied about $60,000,000; and the debit bal- ancoof tho other canals had increased to §49,- 000,000. Tho policy of tho Sialo of New York bas boon to oxtort frow the traflic ou the Erie Cana! a1 amount of rovenue equal to the main- tenanco of all theso other eanais, and the pay- ment of “ho cost of theirocnutinction, Asthesnr- plus earr ings of tho Erio Caual aro now not equal to cover the deficit in the earnings of the other canals, off courso tho policy of the Stata becomes more hopoless every year, Iustead of applying the surplus earnings of tho Erle Canal to its own enlargomont, and thereby increasing its ca- pacity and revenue, the money has beon apphed to ‘ropaira™ to theso Iatoral canals, mono of which pay nxponscs, and some of which require a0 annual exponditure of 81,000 for every dollar of revenuo collocted,. At the next olection, tho question is {3 bo submitted to the peoplo of tho State whother some of theso canaly ahall not bo abandonod. Nearly tho entire net earnings of the Lrie Canal, from 1820 to 1874, have been sunk in thoso side ditchos, which do no businesa, In the meéantimo tho Canadians aro diggicg away at thele canals, and bofore Now York will bave decided whether 1t will abandon the Crooked Laue ditch, the Canadiana will have complated their chaln of stesmboat eanals, affording con- tiunous navigation from Ohicago to Montreal a sates which will bo less than by the Lrie Cans), oven It tho State tolls be abolished. With the completion of auother trunk lluo of railway to tho East, Chicago, and the West generally, will havo s cheap water route to tho ocean during the sep~ son of navigation, and wu indepondont railway line to tho Atlautie during tho wintor,~both lines to” tha oxolusion of New York, and both in the line of direct importations from Europs, 1fad ono-third or ono-fourth of the surplus carnings of tho Erie Caaal which have besn aquundored on tho lateral canats been applied to its enlargement, tha Siate of New York would have been allo to reduce the folls, and would hiave kind an fucroase of revonue, Even at this day In 1874, grain reaclung New York by eanal- buat is hawked und peddied aboutths barbor of Now York, Instead of goiug into store, and thoro are no wore feellitios for the prompt Liandling of grain in that harbor than when the Erle Canal was completed, neurly fifty yoars ago, Cousiu Jerome Bonaparto nevor did admiro the rolgning branch of the Napoleon dynaaty sinca the great originnl cepaod to rulo. 1o Lias in hils possosslon, v s clalmed, & will of Napoloon Bonaparte, in which he disinhorited Louis Napo- loon, substituting in bis stead tho fawily of Jorame Bonaparto. 1o claims, therofore, that not only is ho the riphtful successor of the 14 3lan of Scdan,” but thiat that porsonage shonld novor have sat upon the throne of the TFrouch Empire. Prince Jeromo alludes in his papor, the Latriote dela Oorse, to his similarity in foate wro to tha QGreat Napoloon, Whereupon the geutlo firc-oator, Paul do Cassagnao, who i the ahampion duellst of Frauco, reminds bim that this mere faciol rosomblance la common smong cate sud rabuits, sod that it only makos Liv awe Lition the mors sacriligaous, Jeromo mays that Ls aid not desive to bavs the guardiatwhip of i youuy Pruce lwperial intrusted to hlw, whilo do Cassaguac insists that bis falluro to ob. tain control of the stripling fs the eocio. caure of all his vonom and abue, Those two worthics should fight about tho mattor once more. Thoy and the young Prince are tho only persons in- torosted. Tiance hat long ago dincharged tho whole Bonnparte crow, aud oan Apnro eilher or both of tho wranglors tn case of a fatal result, THE KU-ELUX LAV, There seems to bo somo doubt =8 to the con- stitutionality of tho Inw known ay the Ku-Klux Inw, approved April 20,1871, and directed against tho Ku-Klux outrages. That law was passed in suppott of tha provislons of the Vourteonth Amondmont, and preseribed pounltios for golug in disguise upon the public highways for tho purposo of depriving any person or olaas of per- “ons of equal rights under tho laws, The Fonr- toenth Amondmont iteelf affocts the States, not individualy, It preseribos that no Statsslinll mako or enforea any lnwr which shall abridge the privi- legos or immunitios of cltizons of the Uuited Btatos, or deprive any porson of life, lborty, or property without due process of lasy. Tho amendment, it will bo secen, does not ox. prosely authorize Congress to interfero with tho polico juriadiction of the individual States, and it 1s a question whother power eo to interforo can bo implied from the law, Judge Ballard, of the United States District Couxt, m Kontucky, bas questioned the constitutionality of tho st of Congross relating to punishment of tho por- potrators of the Ku-Klux outrages, Ife has chargod that the Ku-Klux'lawis invalid in o far a8 it confers jurisdiotion on the courts of the Unised Btates In rolation to crimoa committed upon persous io the soveral 8tates, but not uf- fucting Federal oflicers, or Foderal property, or witnasnes, or jurors in Federal tribunnla, Ile saye, *“For all disordors of tho Stato, tho Umtod States nro in no way ro- sponsible, Thoy bave " no power to punish thom,"” According to Judge Dallard, the police power of tho respeotive States over por- wons aud property not holonglag to the Federal Government is exclusive of the power of the United Statos ovor the samo. Judge Cooley, it would scein, does not go to tho same lenglh an Judge Lallard. IIe says that the Fowiteeuth Amendment left the protection of all citizons 1 iheir privileges aud mmunitica and thoir right to eu impsartial admivistralion of the laws just whers it wos before—with tho individual States. Tho amondmont of the Coustitution, e maintains, did vot concentrate power lu tho Genoral Government fer any pur- poso of polico govorumont within the S.nte. Judgo Miller, of the Supromo Conrt of tho Uunited Statos, romarked, in the New Oileaus slanghitei-house caso, that Congioss did not in- tond by the Iourteenth Amendment to tranafor tho eoourity and protoction of all the civil rights from tho States to tho Gerneral Govornment. Justice Fiold is of {he opinion that the Four- teontlt Amendment doos not interforo in any ro- spect with the police power of tho Stato, and that it was not adopted for any such purpono. Justico Bradley, in tho Grant Parish caso, deliv- ored an opinion in which ho maintainod thut pow- orto enforce the amendmeni is all that is given to Congress. It would scem from all Lhe opmions that tho Fourteenth Amendment affects and ex- tends to States, not to Iudividuals, and that thereforo the Ku-Klux law is unconstitutiousl, bocause it interfores in an unwariented mannor with the police power of tho fudividual States. “Tho Surrcmo Court of the United States has not formally presed on ife constitutionality as yet; but, in view of Judga Ballard’s recent nttorancoa in tho United States Dietrict Court for Kontucky at Louisville, it is probable that tho question will goon claimits attention, Judeed, there is to Lo an effort to bring it before the Court at the carliest moment during the noxt session; and it is not unlikely that tho daciolon will Lo alike un- favorable to Attornoy-Geaoral Williams' con- struction of tho law aud tho Chattanoogs Con- vention's domands for ita application. WOMER IN JOURHALISH, Thore is no groator sociat want in our day than respectable and congenial flelds of labor for women seoking employment. 'I'licre ave thousands of women iu {his snd overy other comntry thrown on thelr own resources to earn & livoli- hood, Most of thom are unmartied. But thero aro also thousands of even married women who unfortunately are ealled upon to support not only themselves but their families. Whilo the mumber of women who must support them- xelvoa is 8o great, it is & lamontablo fact that the flolds of Industry opon to them sro very fow. The forco of ocustom, or of publia opinion, conlines thom to a sphoro altogether too narraw, ‘Tho recent sotelon of the Yomsan's Cougress in this city hag called fresh attention to this sub- joct, and some of the papors read have consid- erod it vory intelligently, Mrs. Malloy, of Elkhert, Ind., » lady connocted with tho preas thors, pointed out, ina paper which she rond Saturday, how women can meke thomeolves usa- ful in country journallem. Mra. Malloy is ber- gelf au exemplar of what sho proaches, Tho country press {a s weokly press. It is not thove- fore ns oxacting a9 tho presa of o great city, Given tho domsnd for & wockly newspaper, al that is needed to ngsurs success Is industry, in- telligence, porseverance, and business tnot, especially in tho collsction of debts. In uone of these i3 woman nocossarily de- flelont. Thero aro thonsands of women who lhave sll the qualifioations to gather tho county nows, to writo on the currens topics of tho day, and attoud to the business pait of tho management of a country nowspxper. lLven from womun's sbillty to ** keep sovaral irons in tho fire,” Mrs. Aalloy infers hor capacity for country journalism, which froquently roquires the same peorson to road proof, sof type, and work the press. Eight years ago, Mro. Aalloy and her husband wont into the busivess of country journalism wilh & capital of $600. To-day thoy have au ofiice worth $6,000. Tho wifo Lias at timen romeined up all night to met type, after having attended to olher purts of tho business during the day. 1t is not probablo that many women will be tound who will bo as willing as Mra, Malloy to biestow three or four yearaon the acquisition of the kuowledge requisite to ongnge succous- fully in tho profession of journalism, and thon to submit to all tho drudgery it entails, besidea attendiug to the dotails of. Lousehold duties. Dut for such women thore is undoubtodly a placa 1o country journalism, the tone of which might be immessurably improved if some of the wives or daugliters would take the placos nom lield by husbands or fathers. [ —— The Spiritual Scientls!, & Doston publeation devoted to the propsgation of Spirituslism, gviovas over the objestless mendaoity of the QOlioago Zimes, That wicked journal, ¥ome weeks ego, permiited one of 1ts reporters, who Ly the dupe of evary strolling medium, and pres tonds himaslf to oAll apirita from the vasty doop, 16 woitd p vastaln aplili-photuycapbivg Gheske tlons. The Scientist fnnocontly remarks: “A portion of tbis account, which related tospirit photograpliy, wo coplod not long sinee, it being tho most positiva: ovidonce to a photoaraph taken under the most 1fgid test conditlons.” The poor gull of & roporter, Lowover, afforded 8O miich amusement to the phatographer thut tho lutter lot ont the socrot, Fearful that some other paper would expana the fraud, thoe Times, soorplon-like, tarned aud stung itsolt, alfecting to glve a description of tha procoss, Tho scien- tist thinka tho oxplanation a very bungling sffuir, and bowails & eredulity whicly tompted 1t to pub falth in the Chicago Times. This ia an intorest- ing history only iusemuch as it shows tlat theye are till ons or vwo poor creatiros who hiave faith in that bad and uniruthful nowspaper. But, oven In thoso rara oxcoptions, tho faith Iy not abiding. BUFFRAGE IN FRAKOE, Univereal sullrago n Finnco in looked upon ith drsad by all clnssos of tho community sava by a faw optimista, by those who would entirely upset Lho present order of socloty, and thoso who hope to be carried to the eminence of fame, position, and power on the popular wave, Itis & (langerous oxperiment to put edgo tools into the hauds of cbildron and tell them to defend themsolves, Just such nn exporunont has beon tried In ¥rauco. Tho Frouch peoplo, the Fronch peasautry particularly, sre childron in po- litiesl Lnowledge. Tho suffrago 18 the edgo tool that ias been put into their bands, It remalun to bo seen whother they will uee it for thoir defonso or their destruction. 'To judge by the last Frouch elections, we should be inctined to bolieva that univorsal sulfrago {9 a good thing even for Frauce. But, despito thoso aloc- tions, thoso Frouchmen who bave in them s grain of consorvatism etand in mortal drend of univeranl suffrage. Tho Kigaro calls universal sufirage, univorsal pestilence,—'* peste univer- aclle.” Btilt, thoae who ars most fearful of uni versnl sufftage do not wes their way to gatting 1id of it. There scoms to be no doubt that, 80 far at least, tho exercise of tho rignt bas dove no good to France. Pacia was always bad, The provincos it has changed for the worse. The pensnutry, bofore the era of univereal- suffrage, minded thelr busivess and attended to their farms much better than they do now, They have forgotten to improve their farms in thelr auxioty to improvo tho Constitu- tion, DBoloro tho reign of univo:sal suffrage, ad- ventirers coufined thommelves to Laris. Now, liko our own carpet-bazgers fv the South, they find & congonial field of operations in the coun- try, where the inhabitants ave 2lmost as guliivle 18 our own negroes. Tho Frevchman 1s pro- vorbially mercurial, Univorsal suffrage briugs out this characteristio in very bold rolef. Tho very eame people have, withm the space of a fow years, voted forand against the Empire. ‘They judge now of the goodness of sn Admin- istration by the goodnoss of the markat for the products of thoir fatms or for their cattlo, A bad barvest might bo made in TFrapeo tho causo of the overthrow of the Governmont. Bocialistio doctrines hava made conslderable headway in the country since the introduction of tho right of suffruge, The Treuch demagoguo has already discovered that tlie mnssos are only so much elactoral raw mate~ rial, out of which bho Is to mako capital. TLlce- tions do not pass off es quictly as o Amotica, - Ths surface of publio opinion s very apt to be disturbed for s long timo aftor the election. We do not worder, after this, that tho moze telligent of the Fronch prople ook wich alurm at the possiblo consequencos to the country of tho transfor of power by universal suftrago {o the massen of the country. It would scem, from tho acconnts that roach us, that the gift was prematuro, 8o far, coitalnty, tho uation s nob 1o Lo congratu'ated on tho offeol produced. A committeo of tho Board of Supervisors of Kings County, N. Y., o dey or two since paid s visit to the Nursery at Flatbush, ond the result of their investipation was a hidcous rovelation of humau cruclty ond depravity. There are at this institution no less than 875 {ufants, packed away 1 plueteon wards,—about tweuty to a ward, ‘The building itself wau n 2 [rightful condition. Ovor 200 ights of glasy waore broken out on thie north side of the building, and the ehiilly wind ssropt through thoe wards, including those sct apart for the sick, chilling nnd nambe iug the helplees fumstes. DBut, even with tuis coustant veutilation, the steuci was intolerable The bLath-tubs and water-clossts wore choked with fiith, the boiler was broken and jucapnblo of warming the building, and the kitchen with all e utensils was in = correspondiugly foul condition. Tho basement was in o state go much worso that ouly tho utmost courage could keep tho Commissionors down thero. And yet in this part of the building wero huddled togeth- or tho deaf, dumb, blind, paralytic, und idiotic infuuts who depended upon tho county for o lifo, 01 the other children the larger pumber were in raga, Mogt of them wero efllicted with syphilitio eoro eyes and itch, This was zccounted forpartly by tho £ilth and partly by the negligence of tho authorities, Thore wero only two scrups of towel allowed to ozch ward, and those loathuome dis- orders were communicated fxom one to the olbor by tho towols. Thore wore two rick wards mto which pationts suffering from scar- lacing, iwoaslos, or auy of the discazes o- infaucy, wore promiscuously huddled. With a large philauthropy, originating porhaps in o dread of the county joil, the anthoritics of the Nursery did not inmiat upon thrusting choleraaud small-pox paticnts into the sick warda wich the victima of menslos and searlutina. Is it any wouder that the wortality in this asylum for fu- noconts hovers upon 90 per cont ? In a Jeos for- tunate county, or witbout the conatant supply trom DBrooklyn, tho rising pgoneration would speedily bocomo extinct. The Cowmissioners hauve not complatad their labors yot, ‘Thoy should not uutil every person connoctod with the instl- tution, from thelowest scrub-moman upward, hus been discharged, and people wiio are not utterly brutalized avo put in tholr places. Tn selecting & Grand Jury in Balt Lske City lant week, 2 curious incident accurrod. U'ho Dise triet Clork and Trobate Judge, Gontils and Mor- mon reupectively, put alternato nawew in the Lbox to tho number of 200, aud thence the grand end potlt juvors wore dravn, Sevoral tosts wero required of the jurors, such as whethor they Liad consiciontions seruples against enforcing the Juw of Congrons agaiust polygumy, and whother thoy were living in polygamy. Amoug the jurors oxamined was Elder Thomss E. Iuous. Ho awore that he was not liviug In polygamy, and could conaclontiously fndiot where the proof was concluslve, The fotlowing day it was dig- covorod that Ricks had fivo wives, and chitdren by all them, Whon charged with making & false onth, Rivks said ho dia not understand it ag bis businoss to convict bimeolf. Attor some fasthor converaation, whoroby it becamo ap- parent that Mr, Ricks waa selected by the priest loud a8 » tent cass, Rloks was retained on bis own testimony, The flrat indiotment found by the Grand Jury was againat Mr, Ricks for *' laseivioun conabitaiion,” whereupon Mr., Itioks wag committed to Jail fu detault of $10,000 bail, TNe bas xince heon indicted for perjury and mur- der,~the last a * blood-atonemant " oass oome mitted ou young Ekeoms in 1871 for apostacy, ‘Thewo ave exalting timox iu Ulah, and the Sadute aru sald to be disperuing capidly, ‘he Now York Zvitune oxylalus that tiis rea. Bob Ly Benator Oglukby deliverdd tho madiva At the nnveilng of the Linooin moanmont was bocause all the oddiors had besn fus,ted and des clined, Then b addu: *If any one vojects ta thin keleotion, we would only stata thae some [} the Comnuttes proforred Sonnior Lupas," Thoro bas been an oxtraordinary cnsn of cone traction In Dergen County, N, Y., aud o cone tractor ought {o havo Leen the victim, A drawe bridge was to ko bullt acrors tho Iackourack Rivor. It was nota very diflienlt pieco of en- ginoering, nor a very heavy contiact, The river waa 810 feol wide only, aud the bridge nes to be of wood. A Joisey City firm obtained tho con- fract, and procceded to work upon certain drase fogs. Whon tho material was ready, and tho work of construction Imminent, the atmeapliero wau found to bave contracted the woodwork ab lenst 6 feat. Yho Dbridge was 011 foob long and the river 810 foet wide, Tho County Buporiniendent tliought that b feot was rather a heavy contract for tns wreather to porform, and mildly suggented that thin excuse was dizphanous. The contractors agroed with ki, and snid that rocent ralus hag onlarged he rivar by five feot; but o measurce ment ghowed thom that the figures 316 wore con. stant. Bometbing had #hrunk, but what it was could not be ascortained. Iappy thought! The nunlin upon which the drawings had been mado ou n sealo of 4 feet to the Inch must have cone tinoted. It wan laid on the muslin, Thero wag B0 means of gotling overthis ingenious defenso, and sn additions) appropristion wes mada ta lengthen tho timbers, The question {8 unane #wered wholher the contractars, draughteman, and commigsionors were not undor the weathor uléo, o, as ali events, under a cloud. The st Grand Jury impanoled in the Third Judicial District of Utah Territory uvder the Poland law way charged by Ohisf-Justics Me~ Koan in & manner caleulated to causo no little troptdation among the champions of polygamy. The address of tho Chief Justico was made iu & very uncompromising spirit, Ife arraigned Drighem Youug for plunder, and the substitn- tion by violence of the church lawa for the come mon Iaw, for ths establishment of o S:ato Churel, for prolubiting the fros oxerciso of ra- ligion, for iuvkiing to murder and arsou, and tho violation of law by ropeated acts of polvga my. The Congressivnnl act of 1802, homaiutainod, had Loou dofeated by perjury, aud he called upon the Grand Jury Lo * bring some of the influontial polygnmous eriminals to justico.” Iy orderto illustrate the monstrous authority of tho Hoad of thie Church, hs quoted from tho Journal of Discourses und the Deseret Newsto point out tho atrocious doctrine of blood-atonement urged by bim when e was Governor of Utab, and oalled attention to the hundreds of murdors which bnd been comm tied in eonsojuence of it, Lho ade dress concluded with un appeal to the Grand Jury to do their duty, however much they might be misreprosented or misundoratood, THE OPERA. The opera troups will commonce ita third wael this evenlug with a pe:formanco of “ Trovatore,” in which Miss Eellogg will take the role of Leonora. To-morrow evening ** Maritana ™ will be given, with Mrs, Veu Zandt in the title role. Oun Wedunesday evening occwa tho bonefit fox the Halnomann Hospital Fair, tpon wuich oce casion the troupe will repeat its magniflcant por~ formanoe of *‘Don Qiovauni,” Tho fact that this 1opresentation will be givon for the bonoflt of this most oxcollent charity, and shat itls one the beat, 1f ot the beet, repzesentations of this grand work ever known Lero, ought to fill the house to overflowing. On Thursday evening tho theatre will be closod in order te give the tronps & full renearenl of ** Mignon,” which wili be pro- sontod in English for the firat timo on Friday and Seturday oveniuge. Saturdsy afteinoon a mejuuge mabmes will 03 given, the acts of which ate not you undorlined, TUE LIEDERKRANZ CONCENTS, The second coucert of tho Liederiranz Soclety * takes place noxt Sunday eveming at tho Noith Bide Turner Hal, The progrutue, which was 1cecived too lato’ for tnsortion in vur Sunday's isgue, will be as fullows ¢ raRT L 1, Overtura to “Zampa " y Ori 2, Wald-Abendschein,, eesreiianne, Licderkrunz sociely, a?, 3, Romanza from ** Ald: Alr, G 4, Instrumental 5. DI quat soa¥i lngriume e letene lialatka, 6, Third finale to iun Vespers ™, Solty Chorus, und Orchestra, PARTIL 7. 8econd act ** Lucrozia Borgla ", . Donnizett] [1n coaturne and with ful a,) Tucrezts Boryia, Miss Auuia Rosetq ir, F, Koca COMAMENTS ON THE ELECTIONS. Thoe Republicans wero badly defeated in fl.o West. Thero v 1o uso in denying the ugly fact, and not much eatisfaction in attempting to ac- count’ for it.—New York Republic—organ of Granfisi. —T'he tide is vory steadily, If not xo atrong sa some auticipatod, ugainst Grani's Adminisira- tion.—New York Sun. ~14lden is 10,000 votes stronger to-day in Ncw York by reasou of Tuesday's work at the Wes: § aud the politicinns muy as woll ske thut fact 1o all subsequent caleulntions.—New York Tribuie. —'I'hicro 18 x great deal of vagne n{;}pwhcqax n and discoutont i tho public mind, Witha livcly senro of the discomforts of the situation, th-io is no clear couception of the romody. Thiscopdi- tion of public feeling is unfayorablo to tho pa:ty in _power, It producos a critical tempur, and” fault-finding moro or less jusb Tlungs which in ** govd times™ would go Uuav- ticed are puunced upon avd growled uver. it may bo party-trouson, but wo uro bouud to say that the Mopublicun party iy Dot propared o woll 28 it might bo to withstaud the operatior. of this mood of tho publle. . . . Thon, theran. dition of the Souch ¥ not winuing Republizan votes—2New York Tunes, b It isnota Lriucaph of the Farmers’ Movem-nt, which at ona time scemed formidablo in tio West; 1t 18 & Democratio trinmph puro aad simplo, and it warrante the expoctation that tho minor Bide-curreuts of our politics will be ah< sorbed in ong or tho other of thetwo riuu streams, According to proscut appearar.cs, overything Is tending to a grand straggie in tho noxt Irextdontial olection batweon the two xeg- ulrr parties, with 0o wide-wovomonts of any iw- portancs. . . . There must be no mors of the unwarrantod intormeddiing by which Kellugiz wus moade Covernor of Louwiana. Cong:erd st give thut State o fair eleotion a8 soon &4 1 nswemples, and the Prosident aud his super.ors vicoable Atiorney-Genoral musc loavo thoe | enl atfuirs of tho South to locul manugomout.~—.New Yorks Herald, 10_@1‘““‘ iy no use luhcanccnllngn:.hc faot that Yopublicau party hau mot with serious diye :’:?u‘r’u.y . . .« ‘Thecondition of the South, tho result of Democratio resistuuce to Republican putioy, and not of tha inhorout faults of the Lat- ter, morsurably injured the pacty. . . . Tha Ropublican Cubgross, too, hus boon carelesn of its good namo and indifferont to publlo opin.ou. T popular consclonce in the West i nioro mepsitive then that of the Last, and oa: which have no influence hero have beon 1nill: stones around the necky of many Reproaentae tives in Ohlo.—Philadelphia Press, f ——Can it bs that the honor of the Commone wonlth and the prosperity of the Natioa are bald clicuper tu Massuohnvetts than i Obfo ; that Lho wparty which here indorsos Batler {8 more worthy of coufidouce thau that which Morton lod t0 dee foat in Iudiaua ?—Zoston Lost, —No party which acknawlodges such lead>rs as Xellogg, Aloses, aud Clayton, in tho Bou:h, and Builer, Cameron, and Carponter, in (hw North, cun oxpect to rotain the rospect of {iio poople or successfully coutest an olection, . . Bullots cast against the Ropublican Ring are kot thrown away this yoar, Ilo time lLus come o punish the men who bave tyraunized over tho poople so long.—~Utica Obscrver, —T'no people, misled by doul‘%nlnx and eune ning mon, have ylolded to their delusive appeals, until, stundiug ou tho vortox of ruin, plundore 4 Ly a rapaclous set of bloodsuckers, and every avenua closed to thoir just appeals for a pur1 Qovorumeut, suva the ballot-box, thoy are noa awakoning to tho dangers that surroundod them. ‘The viotories of th present are but the harbin. gors of o futuro oucaoss whioh Is filled with hiopy for the conntry.—New Albany Ledger, —Tho Eupross oxpectod s defeat, but not quiu 6uch a Waterloo. ‘Tho Repubiican party” hau Loen {n powar w long timo, ’nd the poople wen sostlonw, nooking ohange.~Tarre Haule Kzprdi ==orgun of Morlea for next Fresident, —As wa neld i tha boluning, tha Nepublioay porly suowld have eeiited Uuto, aud ch fan Gaunbt be eouvealed Uiad 1t is o seriow 6ab-beof