Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 21, 1874, Page 4

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This announco- ment will bnng o cortain amount of reliof to in- terestod persons who have been on the anxious weat, The caucus syatom Is receiving some hard blows in various parts of the country. A nota- ble instance of the power of tho peoplo 15 tho withdrawal of Mr, Rindskopf, the Congressional candidate of tho Opposition party in the Alil- waukeo District. Since Mr. Rindskopf’s nomi- mstion, there has bLeen a strong opposition to &im smong his own political adheronts, and it bogan to look su though Alr. Ludington, a Re- publioan, would be olected in n distniet which is largely Democratic. Pablic opinion seems to ‘havo been the moving ezuse of Mr. Rindskopt's rctiremont from tho ownvass, Mr. Wiiliam Pitt 1Lyode, & lowyerof Milwaukoe, who i3 highly spoken of, hua been substituted, and it is protty wertain that ho will ho olected, Mr. Noyes nonds us o caxd, which we print with tha procoedings of the Synod, setting forth that tho call of the provious question prevented him from replying to Prof. Fatton's oral argumont in favar of sustaining his right of appeal. fn this <ard ho virtually charges Prof, Patton with mis- Tepresentation of the Scottish law, ingsmuch as the latter quoted only (hat portion of it which provides that the prosceutor ehall bo convictad when he los bound himselt to underlie the samo punishment it he fails to make ont his case, AIr. Noyes quotes a parsgraph 1mmediately following, which pro- vides that the puraner shall not bo roputed os o <alumnious accuser whers tho accusation is basod upon common fame. Mr. Noyes holds that the Beotish law is stronger hero than the Amorican, ond it is certainly singular that Prof, Patton ehould have omitted this portion of it. ‘We refer to tho arguments at greator longth in wnother article. Tho Maber-Farwell case came up yestorday for trial. Mr. Caulfield, who is Maher's attornoy, hod made o mation the day beforo to amend hia bill, but stated at the opening that Lo conld not make an afidovit to moet tho facts, "ho case thon wont to trial, and Mr. Caulflold callod Mr, Farwell, tho defendant, as his first witness, The examination elicited the stateraont from Mr. Farwoll that he had ccquired the land through an election bet, and not through a debt nt cards, though Lo admitted that be had played poker with Dir. Mahor for “*gmall suma ™ aud *‘amosement.” Mr, Caulficld said this evidonco was something very difterent from what he hied boen led to oxpect, ond sekod leavo t smend bis Lill. Mr. Farwell is to come up $hig moraing for cross-examination, Altogether ha oponing of the caro is peculinr; and, ag Me, Caaulfiold ia & candidato for Congress as woll ns coungel for Mr, Maler, and Mr, Ferwell o candi- date for Congress as well o8 dofondant, and the 3o & gamo of pokar, the caso will searcoly fafl #o excite considorable attention and olicit varied commonts. The railroad-war orter County, Ind., was terminated yestorday without the shedding of blood, though it required the display of arms to ‘ovexcomo the rosistance of the Michigan Ceutral <mployes who were enguged in gusrding the track. A company of wilitis, consisting of 120 men armed with broech-losders and baoked by #so Gatling guns, bad actuslly prepared to muke a bagonet charge befora Mr, Garduer, the Ohlet-Engineer of the Michigan Central, asked or % parioy. Ho then listened to the roading of the warrant, and wag ‘arrcatod, togother with all his men, Bubeequently tho mags of the emploses, who at no time endeavorod W precipitate an open outbreuk, but were content to stand their ground, were pormittod to disperve; but the leaders were taken to Valparaivo. We should By that these gentlamen had got thomsolves inta o bad serapo, and ohall offer no objectious ton. vigorous proge- cutlon ualess it shall becomo ovident shat thoy wero acting nndar the orders of superior ofiicors in the background who were xeally the inatigs- tors of tho abourd and lavless resistaves, ‘Yhe gnthoring of & mob to resiut a lawrul proceading s serions matter which no railrond ofticialy cun afford to countenanco or abet In thess dayy, After tho disperslug of tho crowd, the Baltimoro & Onio construction corps proceeded to lay the czossing nuder tho protection of the militls, who remalnod over night, Tho Chiengo prodnes warkets wero rather un- sotiled yostorday, tho moveowent of produce be! tog light. Mess pork was active, end 16@200 yor bil lowor ou uptlons, closing at $19.00 weller tho mouth, and §16.70 soller tho year, Lzid wau 100 per 100 1ba lowar on e, at §12.75@18.00 cash, atd 91180 teller the year, Meats were quiss sod oxslor, &0 YO0 Tor ahotiders, OX@iMe tor short ribs, and 11}@1135c for mwoot plekled hama. Highwines wore active and stoady, clos= iug ot 980 per gallon, Lake freights wore dull and unchiaugod at o for wheat to Buffalo, Flonr wao quiot and stondy, Wheot was quictand 1o lowsr, closing at 87)¢0 cash or sollor November, and 88c for Docomber. Corn was dull and un- obanged, closing at T434e cash, 7434c for Octo- ber, and 70}{¢ for Novembor. Oats wore mnoro activa aud strongor, closing tamo nt 500 onal, 403{c for Octobor, and 47c for Novomber. Ryo wanin bettor domand snd firmer, at 82@830 Bartoy wan moro activo, and 1@20 highor, clos- ing at 2L.08 soller the month, snd 31.05%{ for November. On Haturday ovening Inst thero wao in storein this clty 1,452,124 bu wheat, 06,021 bu corn, 461,199 bu onts, 48,650 bu rye, and 140,~ &09 bu barley. Hogs wero 20@200 lower, with sales ol $476@0.00. Cattlo wore dull and 25@ 400 lowor than Jast woek, Sheop were atosdy, CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS, Couventlons of the Ropublican party were held yestorday fn the First and Third Congros- slonal Districts,’completing the nomiuations in which tho voters of this clty and eounty bavo & particular intorest in tho coming clection, Xo the First District, tho opposing candldatos were Mt, Siduoy Smith and Mr, Joln 0. Doro, 3r. Dora was o consplenous and oarnest sup- porter of Horaco Greeley in the last Prosidentinl campaign, and it was uurcssonable o suppoze 4hat o could recolvé s Ropublicen nomination for Congroos ot the presenttimoe. Nevertheless, bo would bave beou nominated but for the throwing ont of the Third Ward delegation, which was composed of his friends, aud tho ad- migalon of cloven porsona as members of tho Convention who wore never eleted at all, This is rogarded by Mr. Doro's friends as s foul blow, butitis plain that Mr. Smith io in nowiso ro- sponsiblo forit, since Lo never lifted a finger to securo his omn nomivation from first to last. Bir. Bmith is & lawyer of first-rate ability, and an honorable, high-toned, stalwart, and cour- agoous man. Chicago has never had o bottor represontative in Congross, and at tho present timo Liaa not ono half so good. Mr. Smith ought to be olected. Tho diatrict is, however, s pro- carious ous. 3Ir, Caulfield, the Opposition can- didato, is an ablo snd expericuced campaigner, and & popular mau, cspecially with the Irish voters, who aro pretty numorous in tho district. On thé other hand, the County of Dupags, which conatitutes a part of the diseriet, is usually good for 800 Republican majority, and ought to bo docisivo in Mr, Smith's favor, it o reasonable ef- fort is mads to bring out a full voto. In the Third District, Mr. C. B. Farwell wos ronominated. We have opposed Mr, Farwell in provious canipaigns, bellovivg him to be a rep- rosentative of the most dacgorous type of modern politics, When ho waa first an napivant for Congrexsionsl honors we bolioved that be was n gambler, ned we bolioved him to be wholly unscrupnlous in his pub- lie us well a8 hig private relations. Wo have scen nothivg to change our opinion, but much to conflrm it, and wo ehall not cease to warn the peoplo of bio district ageinet the do- moralizing and belittling act they commit overy time thoy voto that be is » fit representative for them, It is cleimed that Alr. Farwell has douo great things for Chicago sincs ho las beou in Con- gress, Will somobody bo good enongh to name them? Ho has beon thero four years, and his namo i8 not associnted with any public moasara that we rocall, excopt the Chicago Roliet bill, where ho signalized himselt by dropping out tha articlo of lumber ot o timo when lumber wus the thing most particularly needed. As rogards iho new Custom-Houge, the bill providing for that was the joint product of Judge Trum- bull, Gen. Logan, mnd Mr. Farwell. Tho location was mado on the present sito afier Mr. Forwoll had exhansted overy effort to carry it to another place where it would boneflt somo property of hia owvn. A bill for a new Custom-Honse and Post-Oftice in Chicago would have passed all the sawe whother Mr. Farwell bad boen in Congress or not, or whether wo had had any Congressman or not, for tho reason that the old one had been bumned, and the public business bad outgrown the dimensione of the lot on which it stood. Most of the now Custom-Ilouse buildings unow under construclion ure jobs in which 8 dollar is wstolen by raseally contractors and politicions for every dollar jinvested fo Iabor and imaterinls, and we suspect that ours is no different from the rest. DBut whatover ours may be, Mr. Farwell is no more entitled to tho credit of giving us o now Custom- Houso than ho is to tlo blame of burning down tho old oue. In polnt of fact, Mr. Farwell pos- gcedes only ono qualification for u Copgress- man,—if that can be called a qualification, viz, ¢ chicanory, Incases whore indirect mothods and “slulduggery” aro wanted, ho Las few superiors. He hau had & considerablo amount of commercial experioncs, but in tho statesmane ship needed to apply it and make it useful Le js wholly deficient. This was exhiblted by bis action on the Currency bill, when he upoke on ono side znd voted on the other, Mr. Favwoll is one of thoso who belisve in the potooey of money as a politioal agency. Thiy fact xlone shiould zouse the better classes of so- ciety to the dangers Involved in putting power in his hondu. Tho only thing talked off in con- neotion with his candidasy for weeks past bas been his ability to buy up any opposition that he might find inbis way. We don't believo o can Luy it 2l up this time, but we sliall sco, S, S — THEE NEW YORK *‘TIKES” ON THE TRIRD- TERM DELUSION, The Now York TVnes publishes a quite remark- sble article ou the Third-Terin question—ro- markable cousidorivg the source from which it emunatos and the plainness of speech in which 1t 1a couched, Tho ZTimes allows that thore is no cortain ground for belleving that Gon. Grant is working for a third terny, but it perceivos that & cortain newspoper in Wasbington Uity, con- trolled wnd vwned by *‘the Adwinistratlon,” Ia advocating o third torn, Moreover, the Admin. Istration scoing to bo acquiring *¢ organs™ now- adays. A Hepublican newspaper which Is not sirictly sn organ fo intolerablo to the Adminl. trauon. “Indopendont support,” the Zimes euwustieally remarks, **ig sure to be tempored &t thmes with adverse critiviem, oud the Pres- ident how cortainly mudo no soerct of tho fact ot ho will not brook adverse criticlaw.” 'Thers In no reforance bore to » uowspapar recently started fu Now York to glve the Admintiration « an unwavering support,” We supuly the omivsion by wentioniug that $he LAz of tWs nowapaper iy the Republic, sud that it has auswered the donble Purposa of wak- iug 2 porfectly subservient organ or ftaolf, aud o tulevably iudependunt oue of its nelghbor, the ines, "Tiae Iattor 023 on to say that sluce the third- taum bugboar bsa got tato the Yublio miad in oue way nud suotbor, thy Reptblioan party 9 balng serfously Injured by it, and thon it make {he ntartling suggestion that Qov. Dix, who la a candidato for ro-olection in New Yorlk, should publicly donounco the third- term horony, and no longer allow himsolf to bo whipped ovor Graut'a shonlders, This lio might do the moro rondily, soys the Times, be- causo {lioro {4 really nobody in favor of & third term except ' & littlo knot of porsons who have thoir own ends to servo,” It is intimated that Qon, Dix keops silont out of cousldotation for the feolings of othorn, but sinco it ia pretty cor- tain that these * others " havo uo consideration for him, the Tines thinks bo owos it to hunself aud the party to sponk froely. Tho Times is pretty nonrly right whon it says that tho Itepublican party is iunocont of any complicity in the third-torm schemo, A faw leaders, including probably Seustor Conke ling, aed Tom Murphy, and Pattorson, of Bouth, Carolina, and Sponcer, of Als- bama, oud possibly Bon Butler, with a baggoge-train of Fedoral office-holdors, conatituto **tha third-torm movoment.,” With a groat majority of the party londera it Is simply & terror, and with tho rank and tilo & nulsance and an abhorrence. Thoro s no more likelihood of Gon. Grant being nominated for n third torm by tho Republican party, or any othor party, than thero {8 of his being eleoted Popo of Rome. BSuch & nomination, it it could bo in any way broughtabout, would shiver tho party into atoms and uttorty dostroy it. And tho foroknowledge of this fact will of itself suflico to ronder such s nominotion imposaible. Meanwhile, however, tho * gchemo ™ ia doing tho party o groat dosl of harm, not merely in New York, but overywhere eloe. If Gon, Dix wants to savo his bacon, he will do well to follow tho advice of the Zimes, aud doclars thothird-term projeot an unmitigated dolusion, THE NEXT CONGRESS, Tho practice’ of whisiling while passing througl a grave-yard is an old ono, sud the fn- ter-Ocean is Just now whistling the tuno of * Who's Afraid 2" with singular vohemengo. It sums up the result of tho elections for Congress- men, 80 far a8 thoy havo been held, aud prints & table in which the results of the elections yot to tako place aro given in minuto dotall. Here are ita totals ‘Presont CQhgrosa—Republicans Democrats .. Republican majorityee.cieeasesans Nino States elected in 1872~Repnblicaus, Democrats , Ropublicall I8JOTtTuure e svrensrssrorenesanns 20 Sawo Btatos in 1874—Republl Demoer: Republican majarity.. Republicans niready electod, . epublicans to be electo ‘Total Ropublicans, , Dewmocrats elected, “ Democrats to boe clected, Total Democrata.,.. HRepublican majority. Thie is the Imizerable outcome even of the ante-election prediction. This is whot is issued to encourage the boys with the cortainty of vie- tory—tho catiing down of the majority of 102 t018. Uunfortanately for the organ, it makos o mistake in tho comparative numbers of thoso alroady olected. Sixty-threo members havo been clected, of which the Republicans beve S0 and tho Democrats 33. 'L'his correction reduces the predicted Republican majority to 14, ‘This ma- jority of 11 is mado up of & cluim that tho Ile- publicans will gain ono member in Illnois; that they will olect 8 iu Alabama, 3 in Minnosots, 4 in Missouri, 8 in Tennessee, 8 in Virginia. It al- lows un Opposition gain of 1 in Michizan, 4 in Now York, and 2 in Pennsylvanis. Tho claim ot o gain of n Ropublican wember of Congress in Tliinois, if it be o sample of the whole prophoetic vision upon which & Republican majority of 14 dopends, ia not & good thing to risk money on, THE ARGUMENT IN THE SWING CASE, The 8ynod of inois North voted Mondey to sustain the’complaint against the Ohicago Presby- tery for orasing from its rolls the name of David Swing. This action showed that thoe Synod was strougly inclined to favor Prof. Patton, Imme- Qirtsly aftorwards, four of the fivo members of the Judiciary Committes reported In favor of heering tho appeal of Patton ngainst the Pres- bytozy of :Chicago. After the adoption of this roport bad boon moved and seconded, the Rev. 3Mr, Moyes wndo a long speech ngainst tho mo- tion. His srgument was, substantially, that the sppeal should nat bo heard, becsuse the law of the Church is against it ; because there are no rrecedonts for it; becsuee thore are precedents againgt it; and becauso jus tico forbids that the casa shonld be any longer continued. Firat, Presbytoriad lasr is agalost henving tho appeal, The right of np- peal is rostrioted, by the Book of Disciplins, to “ ariglond partios ¥ who are “aggrieved” and who hiave *“submitted tos regular trial.” Patton isan original party, Lut he hos neither been tried or aggrioved. Only convicted porsons cau be called sggrioved, Authorities in ecclesiasticnl and nou-ecclosiastical law (many of whom are cited) sustain this definition of tho word. Patton's appesl is therofors uot within the Jotter of tho law. Second, thore are no precedonts for the appeal. Of tho soventy. four cuses of appeal against the fndiugs of Prosbyterian courts, ouly two can be relied upon by Patton, In theso cases, the procecdings wero in cloar violation af the low, and could have been provonted if the acensed persons hud cared to object to them. Moreovor, theea two docisions were given by Synods, The others were given by tho court of last rewort,— tho Goueral Assembly. Third, there is a prece- dent, and an Hlinols oue, ugaingt Pation. It s tho cago of Cearge Fishbavk vs, The Synod of Ihinois Bouth. Tho last Genoral Assembly, which Putton pronounced to be * souud,” de- cided it, 'The Presbytorian Church at Carlin- ville ndopted the rotary system of oftice-holding. One of tho resulta of this Iuuovation was that Elder Fiehbacl was rotatod out of ofiice. Heace eused the Church of heresy in departing so wido- 1y from the ordinary digcipline. 'Tho Prosbytery sustained the Church. 80 did tho Synod of Il- luois South, to which Fishback apposled. Ue then fook un appeal o tho Gomeral Askembly, That body refused to consider it on the oxpross gronud that the sppellant wes not un sggrioved party. Mo hiad not brought his complaint for porsonal wrong, bub for heresy. A decislon aguinat him did not, therotore, ronder him * ag- grioved,” in tho technicul sonse of that wonl Bo the Aseerably hola. 'Tho sight of sppest do- nied to Fislback canuot bo granted to L'ation. Fowrth, Justico forblds that any oue excopt an fujurod party stould have u right of apposl. A tormiduble array of persons from the time of the Apostls Prul down to dote lave so doclarod, Patton bau ot boeu injured. e hse no right, then, to continue to perecuto Bwing. Prof, Parton made sn akle roply io this strong Epeai, 1t 18 Alddenlt to Sl 30 Wi deaiuion ki THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WE NESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1874--TEN PAGES. Impartlal Banch would have como, but tha 8ynod promptly adapted the majority roport of tho Ju- diolary Commitico, and so gave Patton the right tobring the Proubytory of Chicago into court, o will make bis argument agalukt tho vordict in the Bwing cnso to-day. We understand that ity main polnts will bo tha following : Tho judgmout should bo roverzod on account of the irrogularity, the hurrying to a declsion, tho projudice, the mistokes, and the tjustito of the Pronbylery. Tho srroge uvlarity way (hroofold. 'Tho ovidonco ra- colvod wns not confined to tho charges and speoiflcations, 'Thus Hwing'n couusol wus aliowed to maot proof of the hioterodosy of ser- mony by proof of orthodoxy of lecturcs, talks, ote. Again, the best attninablo ovidenco was uot produced. Hoarsay ovldenco about sermons wag acceplod, whou tho mermous themaclves might have boen got from tho nccused. Finally, tho Moderztor was permitted 1o vote, and to de- liver written argumonts in the cage, Dy hurry- ing to o decision} Laoird Collior's teatimony, which was oterinl and attaluablo, was loat. Tho projudico of tho Prosbstory waa shown by porsonalities, by loud remarks about **shiowing colors," and beiug on the winning sido,” by publie indorsement of laxity of views, and by tho disoussion of tho trial ny a contlict botween Old =nd Now School Presbytorianium. The Presbytory mado twolve mistales, Firat, it ro- gorded the formal plea of *not guilty ® as ovi~ dence. Becond, it gavo wolght to Swing's dec- laration that he was & Now School Prosbyte- rian, despite his failuro to dofine his idea of New School Presbytorianiem. Third, it accopted his vaguo statement that he hold various dootrines in thelr * evangelical sonso™ a8 proof that ho held thom rightly, Fourth, it rogarded his quo~ tation of the Articles of Faith s a roason for hia acquitinl, although tho Articles do not contain somo of tho important doctrines hoid by the Chburch and alloged to be denied by Swing. Fifth, it hoeld that ovidenco to prove horcsy 1must romovo all possible doubt. Sixth, it sssumed, without proof, that Bwing accepted the “ Auburn Declaration.” Seventh, it decldod that it must either acquit Swing or impeach his intogrity. Unwillingness to do the Iattor influenced its docision. The coufirmation of tho chiarges would have proved nothing what~ over against his moral character. Lightl, the Presbytery bold thnt tho prosecutor must prove the {utention of the accused, whereas tho trae legal doctrine is that 8 man i prosumed to in- tend tho patursl consequences of his acts. Ninth, o separate voto was not iaken on evory specification and thon ou each charge. Tenth, o rosolution way passod that tho voto on the speei- fleatione should be “in thair moral senso na implying the guilt or innoccenco of the ac- cuged.” Tiie intuenced votes unfairly., Many mombers of the Preabytery who wore uawilling to volo to sustain tho specifications would havo votod that thoy were true. Eloventh, Bwing was acquitted when bo did not disavow the specific errord imputed to bim, or avow the doctrines which he wag accused of disbelioving, 'This wns coutrary to tho rulo laid down by the Goneral Assembly in 1830 in the Craighead case. Twelfth, Biwing’s peculiaritics wero wrongfully condoned on tho ground that he proacked to a peeulier audience. Tho last and most important of the fivo grounds for reverting tho verdiot is the in- justice of the Presbytory. The latterwas bound tont teast consure Biing, but it did not du so. It was bound to conviet him. The case against him was clearly mede out. To provo this, Prof. Patton will roview =2ll the evidouce rud argn- ments of tho trfal, This summary will includean elaborato speech, which will doubtless raiso its author's alresdy high roputetion as a ronsoner and n scholor, whatever tho hearer or reader may thiuk of the intense sort of religion shown in progecutiug the appeal, ‘WEDDINGS IN KIGH LIFE, Thero was o bhigh old wedding in Cincionati day beforo yeaterday, or rather amile abovo Cin- cinnati, the ceremony having been performed in a balloon at that altitode. The bride was o red- haired circas-ridor; tho happy groom was tho tickot-geller, and bridesmaids and groomsmen were the ladios and gentlemon who nightly dis- play their gymnastics in the saw-duet ring which lolde such n profusion of beauty and mystory for small children and nurse-girls, The ceremony occupicd fiva imiuntes, concluding, wo prosume, with o jubilant hoop-la from tha high old crowd, who at that bliseful moment conld lock down upon 21l the world, and then they came down agsin to terra firma to resume their communion with tho world, whick had been intorrupted just forty minutos, There was anothor wedding in this ity yostor- dey which waain very high life, but not as high 43 the one In tho balloon, Qur columns zre graced this morning with the detnils of thoe cera- mouy, and those who wero not there can satisfy themselves by foasting upon the glowing narra- tives of our roporters. They will flnd therein tompting and technical description of tho trous- soatt, that kighost aim of the average femalo ox~ istauca; of allthe pretty things that wera worn by tho favored guests; of tho decorntions of flowera that did their best to look Lecoming, and not epoil tho eusemble by drooping a petal or dropping o leaf until the ceromony was consum- mated; of the elogant and artiatic viands that =are deatined to advertise the ca- terer oud give soms one tho dyspopsia to-day; of the wedding-bells’ yoyful chimes ; of tho kaleidoucopo rovolving ita blazing jowels, whito ehoulderw, rainbow colors, gorgeous robes, snd many-colored lowers and gurlands; of tho gallant bearing of the groom and the gracoful demoaxor of the bride. Ihe disappointed ones can cousole thomsslves by reading all those glow- Ing and rose-colored details of the nuptials of our Chicago bride, to whom the san of Mars has surrendered ab discretion, and &% which grim- vignged Mars bungol? mnoothed his wrinklad front, Wae fancy thero will bs no ono In all this groat city who will bo so chiwlish a5 not to be- poalk for the happy pair all mannor of blessings, and sond after their doparting train an abun- danco of old shoos, Botween this wedding on terra firma and that onc o inile up in the alr there 18 ouo common resemblance. T'he happy aeronauts who wero married m the clouds bad tolet [off some gas and como to earth ageln, Tho olber pair are goma distance above tho earth ut prosont. All nowly-married éouples aro, at this interosting period, more or loas in the elouds, But akindly fats has #o ordained that we cunnot always re< wain thore, Tho gaseous oloment muub bo shorily dissipatod, and the balloon must canis down osgein to tho substautial realitics of the world. ‘The serousuts who aro nowenguged in bullding their onstles in (he upper at- mospliore can't go aalliug | through alr all winter, « Thoy ot f como down sgin to thiv valgar warld of grocaries, cosl Lilly, butchers' shops, sarvant gith, tuxes, dry gooda ateres, aud 1allen, mone of vhich have otings Wik eaitise b Spala o2 doe bille b thk clonds, Tet s hopo that the balloon will come down gracefully and safoly. If thoro be euy mntrimonially inclined who feol dishosrtenod nt tho mongroncsu of thelr prospectivo coromony in comparison with the stupondonaness of this ono, lot them connolo thomsalvos that all tho halloons hiavo at last to como down to the samo lovel, and tbat o hundred yoors houco it wil bo all tho sama whethor they had a aplurge or didu't linvoe one; whether they were married in tho clouds or on the ground; whother the wedding guoats wero in silk and satin or in homespnn ; and whother tho Drido bad twolve hundred dollars’ worth of flowors or only a singlo roscbud in bier hair. All balloons, soonor or inter, must como down, and thon ono is s neartho atarsns anothor. Somo of thom explode fu tho procoss, othors get torn and smudgod, and others arrive snfely, Lot us hopo the Intest balloon which started oft so maguiflcontly may get to earth sgain all right, Until that time, bon voyage, THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIDRARY, ‘Ilto success of tho Chicago Public Library at- toats the necessity thot oxistod for such nu fu- atitution, and tho great benofit to tho public that has rosulted from its establishmont. A fow figures will show tho operations of the Library. Thero aro now 30,800 volumes in the Library, of which 5,000 aro for roferonco and other books whick are not clreulated, leaving for the circu- lating departmont 25,000 volumes. 'The number of registered book-borrowers is, malos, 8,116; fomeles, 5,197 total, 18,318, And this number iy increastng at tho rate of 100 per day. The total circulation during the waok ending Oct. 17 was 8,471, or adoily averagoof 1,412, Tho number of books given out on Saturdsy, the 17th, was 2,194, On Monday, Oct. 19, tho circu- lation was 1,601 volumes., It muy bo intorestiug to gives list of the works of fiction which arc ealled for by readers, We have complied tho following list, glving tho uawes of tho authors, the number of sots of tholr works and of volumes of eachin tho Li- Lrary, aud the number not taken out, =8 it stood on Mondny morning. To this we bavo eddod s liko statement =8 to tho juvonile works of fio- ton, The liot thus compares : ‘WORKS OF FICTION, No. of No,of Copies volv, in. 1,028 LE3, & Rlecuuceesancavncmemccmarcons Goveread Ty Castlomen, Dellle, . DeFoe, Retd, Totala.. 8 L3603 2 Theso figurea eliow thnt of the 1,938 volumes of works of fletion of tho suthors named, rapro- senting 314 worke, ol were in cirenlation excopt 62; sud of the 1,266 volumes of juvenile fiction, all woro in circulation except 48. Of tle total of both clasues, numbering 3,201 volumes, all wero out in the hands of readers save 95, Thore is evidently & need for movo books of this same clasa. Probably no library was over drawn on so closoly. Tho best, aa it ia tho largest and most con- veniontly-arranged, library in the country is the Boaton Public Library. This consists of tho Contral Library, comprising Bates Hall, or the general collection, with 168,753 volumes, and Lower Hall, or popular circulating department with 83,341 volumes, and fivo branches, Thesa fivo branches contain 51,808 volumes, mostly poputar books. Tho ontire collection, including duplicatos and bound numbers, embraces 205,488 volumes. The revort forSoptember, 1874, showa that the daily avorage oirculation for the month was : Bates Hall, 93; Lower Hall, 712; East Boston, 203; South Boston, 284; Roxbary, 233; Charlestown, 205; Brigh- ton, 65. Totsl, 1,796, Tho Lower Hall resembles the Chicago Library at this timo, ex- cept that it has 8,000 more volumes adapted to gouernl circulation. It would seem thoreforo that tho Chicago Library with 8,000 less volumes hine double the circulation of the Boston Publie Library, Tho experienco of the past year Lias shown that tho circalation of the Library Is re- stzicted by tho want of books, The lst of au- thora of worlks of fiction might bo doubled, snd oll the copies duplicated, and yet the supply wouald fall far ehort of the demand. There will bo thoso who will object that tho Library fur- nishos an opportunity for young persous and otliers to obtain inforior novels, If the resding ot thia olags of flction involved n substitution of that kind of reading for other and moro sub- stantiol and {nstructive, it might bo considered unfortunato. But this is rarely tho case. Thoso ‘who draw novols from tho Library ave not thoso who abondou the reading of other books, but aro mainly those who heve no books at all to rend. It would bo batter perhaps if these persons selocted somo othor class of books, but reading novels cannot be go pernicious as spend- ing the time used for that purpose in reading nothing at aull, andin ruoniog tho gauntlet of tomptations which fill up the unocoupled time of every povson, It iu better that boys aud young mou take books of flctlon to read during evon- ings at thoir homos, then spond their eveningy iu the streat or in ssloons; and it is botter for tho young women to bo rending novels at home than be out at night in company with the boya snd young niou who hiave no taste for resding books at howe. Thers {s no buok issued from tho Library that is of Jtself indocent, or thut might not bo road alond in any fawmily ; and the clrenlation of booka of this kind, it it havo no other effect than to culiivato a tasto for road- ing, and reading st home, and reading booka thxt can ba road openly and not by stealth, will Do a vast benafit to the readers and to sooloty. 8 Houlds Daker {s tho vame of & prominent origiuator in the kohemo of golting up a cone vontion of Houthern Loyalists. The AMons- gomery (Aln) Advertiser thinks (hat Bonlds Bakor {s & falr vomple of the men who embark In such undertakings Lo * bear falue witnews against thelr nefghbors;” und procesds to toll what it fusiste it kuows ot Boulds aker, In the year 1808 or thereabouts, the steatasr Planter was liboled in the Distrles Uourt of the United fitatos. She Lad a ozrgo of uevoral huue Grod balm of cotton. TDe tax:papars or per festis dtbd Ny thos AR oF Lo Batiim bk dked ( servico bofore, and tho cotton was condomnod. It wne provon aftormards in o court of justios thint tho Bouthorn Loyaliot, Boulds Dater, wau tho vorson who had sold the permit usad, aud that ko was & rogular denlor or broker in such permity, ———————— THE RTYAN MURDER. The dotalls of tho murder of Matthew T. Ryan, o boarding-houro keapor, by Jamen Finu- can, o stroot-car drivor, printed fn the lnst fssuo of Tur TumoNe, show the murderor to have heon actuated by s cool dellboratoncss and stud- fod purpose which aro almost without parallol, The only motivo which oxisted for the crimo was o suspicion which Ryan had oxpressod that Tinuean had stolen a revolver from nm. 'This accusation Finucan chorished in his mind for two wooks, apparently resolving upon some plan for revenge, To maturo his purpeses, he got drunk on Saturday last, and remeined so for two days, but took no steps while in that condition to carry thom out. On Monday ho waus sobor, and during the forencon deliberatoly took a pis- tol, went to Ryan's saloon, remarked to Ryan, “ Matt, thero s tho pistol you said I stole,” aimed it ab his victim snd shot him, inflleting a fatal wound. Tho murderor then quictlyloft tho #nloom, walked loisurcly to his uncle's storo ‘wheroe lio oIt his pistol and his watch, and then wont to tho station-houso and gave himself into oustody. Iu bis interviow with the Coronor tho prinoner stated that ho committed the murder because * ho had alwsys borne a good charaotor in thoso parts and aid not want auy such roports circulated.” Ho expressed himself as having no regrots for committing (bo decd, and ro- tired with a very good opinion of himself and the approval of his very extraordinary covsciance, ‘T'aken altogether, it appoasa to be the coolest, most unprovoked, ond most pastiounless murdor that has occurved forn long timo. It also prosonts somo very romarkablo moral anownlies which should at onco cugago tho attention of tho Philosophical or [Sunday Afternoon Tecture Nocloty, Xore is @ mman proviously engaged in the mot very olevated occupation of driviug tho odoronua cars of the Archer avenuo line, possessed of o con- gclenco 0o pliable that ho could go off on & sproo and lose his cash-box, but possessing a moral senso 80 fino and dolicately orgavized that ha could not bear oven tho suspicion that Lo might bave stolen o pistol without killiug tho porgon who had that suspicion. Having killod this porson, which by tho way does not relievo hira in tho lenst from the suepicion of Loing a thief in thoso parts,” he adds to his roputation tho fact, not the suspicion, of being & muvderer, and cowardly, cold-blooded murdorer at that. Strango and inconsistent as tho moral idens of Mr.. Finuean may be, there is undoubtedly somo romson for thom, Presuming thot Mr. Finucan reads tho newspapers, he has probably road of tho lew's delays in cases like his; of the iunumerable alipa botweon tho prison and the gollows; of maony murdorers like himeelf, fust us guilty a8 himsolf, who have gono scot freo; and mony othora who have been confined for a sbort tiwe In the Penitentiary oud havo then been relessed by the Lixeeutive clemency; of the fact that thoro aro numerous maudlin indi- viduals in the community whose sympathies al- ways flow out like waler for a murderer; and of tho very gencral impression thut a man con compass almost any otber priviloge moro easily than that of being hanged. He kas also prob. ably rend that in highor spheres of life thnn that of tho cavdriver it is con- sidered as chivairous to kill tho porson who has offeiided you; that, smong gentlomen in tho South end in the large cities of the North, ono who speaks slightingly of anothor does 8o at the poril of bislifo; and that if any one of those chivalrous and high-toned gentlemen called his friend o thief, as Ryan called him, then the frioud is no gontléman unless ho sueaks up bo- hiod tho other and choots him, and for this chivalrous display of courage no blame attaches fohim, He has probably read in the papers that Mr. McDonsld, aggrioved nt somoremarhs touching his cheracter, went to Mr. McGairy's enloon, just as he weat to Ryan's to shoot the author of the accusatious, escapes indictment, and is liablo to become a hero on this acconnt. Rending all these things, what wondor that 3fr, Finuean went and did likewise. If it should bo Mr. Finucan's fato to go to tho gallows some fine. moraing, lie can havo tho consolation of know- ing that ho is tho glorious exceplion to tho rule. It is not often that the two wives of a bigamist unite against Lim, and, when thoy do, thaora must bo trouble. Ono Wilbur Fiske Dale, of Brooklyn, howevor, has tho distinction of hay- ing wedded four wives, snd experiouced no les than six warriasge cercmonies. 'The first wife ho manied in 1830 i Boston, and deserted her o yeur ufterwards. Ho mnrried the second in Brooklyn in 1861, and desorted her uleo, Next yoar ho married & third in Vormont, who de- sortod him by dying, and completed his auota by manying & fourth in tho Far West, and aban- doned ber whon he grew woary. In 1866 ho ro- twued io wife No. 1, who was then living in Beston, sud with much skill induced her to receive him once more. Sho did so on the condition that a sccond marrisge should occur. She had heard of hiv froquout muiringes, but, feeling ifat- tored at his resurn to hov, willingly forgave him, In 1870 he agaln abandoned hia first wifo, aud in 1878 was mnrried o second time to his socond, Last July lo left heragain eud wanderod away into bachelordom. His second wifo followed limy, and, fecuring o warrant, intrasted an offi- cor with his arrost. But Wilbur Fisko Dalo hiad eucaped too many women to be captured by au ofileer. When the policeman entered the door of bia roow, Dale left his apartmont by tho win- dovw, fall §0 foot, broke two or three ribs, and was picked up eenseloess and token to un hospital. Ho hed barely rocoversd when Lo agalu dodgod the polica by escaping from the hospital, Auxious for sym- pathy, with wmiling foce and noatly-dyed mas- tacho, Lo prosented himself to wifo No, 2. Sho gove tho word to s lady friend, ond, su officor boing procured, Wilbur Fisko Dale wau boforo o FPolioe-Justice. Both wives made conimon cxuso againat him, and his fato 18 upparently seuled. is porsonul safety, one would usturaily sup- Pose, could only be ausured by the stroug walls of a cell. With {wo wives on bis track wll o thixd hizoly to appear at any moment, his chances of proserving & wholo skin without somo soxt of protection would uppear smuall. — ‘Thie old troublo of sacerdotal aceudenoy snd superstition haw brokon onut in Persls to dofoat oue of the few good ucts which may bo eredited to the SLah doriug his barbaric relgn, Tho L& cunt Herald vlabos that on his retwra from tho Europosn tour, which hupressed upon Lim tho nobbery of Iurope, sod on finue ropa {le bLrutal nofure of Persia’s mover- eign, the grear potentatn cousented {0 a vavy Important concorsion, 1ia Urond Vizler, Mirzs Tuwgelu Xhau, preveiled upou bim to graut big loviug subjeots & charter, Lestowing opon them priviloges hitherto unknowa fu Terslu, proteote mg the peor frowm the spolintion of the riek, aud bothi rieh and poor ftow tho estortions of tho clergy, But she lalfer were equal ta the owergency, aud, by the timo the chattor was pros clatmed, hod o fuevaued the fguoisut peopls Rgatoet It Wiat 1 GPPOATRNCO WOH the sigual sof e Blwdlang rivta Wi 4v2r \he aodbtey. The pooplo rtojoctad tholr froedown becawmo they woro decoivod ua to its oharacter. Tho AUpIreng hend of tho clorgy, tha Mustelk, correspundivy probalily to an Archbishiop, hns boen snmioned to Tehorun Lo ueconnt for the robelllous conduct of tho possantry, and it is probable that Gormany will nat long have a monopoly of the war botwoon Chureh aud Stato, The arbitrary enhiduot of tha Cormau Covornmont 4 not o clroumstance to thiat which (ho Bhal's Governmont can oxerelsn, and spoedy decapltation of tha dosigning prienty enmasse 16 an ovent which would erento httly antonishmant, hiowovor much of Lorror it migiy ozeito, Itis anch an obvious way of sottling 1)y mattor that an unserupulous dosgot wi surely not Lositata long beforo having racourac to t, g ‘Thora is 8 Judgo in Utah who doca uot hollove fu treating slandora a /a Beechior, On Munday morning, o weok 0go, the Salt Luko Herali pub‘n listied on articlo which biad proviously eppeared n tho Virginin City Independen, commonting o chargo of Judgo McKonn, Chiof Justies of the Torrltory, to the Grind Jury, The Judze hae recommendod them to look aftor the dispojal ot vast traets of Innd and vast forests of thabey by the Territorial Leglalature, Tho artlele copieg by tle Zerald commontad thus on the abova , £ Whiat will Lo dono with them aftor they huge been inquired into we do not Lnow, uuless, in. doed, with tho nccommodating apirit for which the Oblof Justico of Utsh is €0 remarknble, hip appropiiates them to his ownuge and profit, ashy did the Bilvar Shicld sud o couplo of other mines.” Whon Judge McKenn road theso Vnog inslbunting that ho might approprinto to his onn use vzut foreats of timber sud vast tracts of land, to which he had no moro title tha: the ede itor of tho Herald ; and that ho had already su appropriated & mine or two, he did not 2o to thy cditor of tha Jndependent, in whosa pPRpCT tho ur. ticlo had firat appdnrod, nor to tho editur of th Herald, into whoso journal it waseoplar, nud de. mund o wnitlen rotraction. Noithor diei ho stel tho aesistanco and advico of & * mutus| fricud to induce tho editor of tho Herald to hush the mattor up, Ho did not wigh ho were dead, nor it o tho ragged edgo of despair, but hio * went for” tho editor of tho Herald, He called tho Grand Jury beforo him, road the above item 1o thiom, told them to investigato its truth or talsi. ty. If true, he wishod toem to indiot it ; it ok truo, to ludict tho editor of tho Herald, . The * Sacrament of tho Holy Commmion " 1y to bo brought futo court in England. 4 wember of oncof the Eplucopal churches at ¢ lifton re. monstrated with the Rector o the ovor. slrong utterances of his eormons, Tho Revtor and 16e monstront me! and dlscusaed tho maiter, The wily divine Imd o trap for the Iayman, aud in. duced him to say that he beliaved uaituor ju the ‘vorsouality of the devil nor in otorust punish- meut., ‘Thon, triamphantly, ho told the that, unleas ho received = written relraction of theso words, he would rofuse to give him (the layman) the Sacrameni of thy Lord's Suppor. Tho layman disregarded the wamng, and, sure onough, uf ke ueat commonion way left out In the el Ll happened a sevond timo, wheroapon tha layione appealed to the Biskop of Glouvester and L:ig. tol, who roplied that the elergyman’: conduet wan unjustifiable. The layiman then turessencd the divino that if on tho thivd occaslo: be was zofused participation ho would cartzinly seo him In {ho proper conrt, ATRUSEMENTS, THE OPERA, The repetition of “Alaritana " with the sfame cast 28 ou itg first porformance did nct prove u vory strong attraction, and tho audience lngp evoning thercfore was not vory lage. Tho performance in most part, however, vas avery creditablo one, and tho opern was well received, This ovening a pals performance mey be expoct- ed, as the troupo will give * Don Giovaar: ik haa been the groat success of the season, for the Lenefit of tho forthcoming Hahnemaun Iosnital Tair. Apart from. the pressing claim which this exceilent chiarity has upon the public, aud which sbould bo rocoguized to_tho fullent extess of liberality, thoeo who attoud will oujus ona ot the most rewarlkablo performances of **Don Gi- ovanm " over given in this city, The Linloesa of Mr. Hesn and the uard work of the Jadies jn- {erosted in this fair should moet with a vory sub- stantinl tokon of appreciation, and thero is ne ‘bettor way to show 1t thau by crowding the the- atre to overtlowing, WASHINGTON. PostmastersGeneral Jewell and the Stumped-Euvelope COntract — Miss sonri £ucific fRailrond Case~Another Free Riow—Socrctary fRobeson, Speaial Dispateh to Lhe Chicano Triduae, ‘WasiNarox, D. C., Oct. 20.—The Portmastor 2t Chicago tolegraphed the Poalmaster-General to-duy inquiring when ho would bo supplied with the stamped envelopes erderod on the 1st met., sdding thot tho businoss men of tho city were boginning to complain seriously, as for somo time he lLas had nono to fill their orders. To this the Postmaster-General replied that he could not tell when ke would La able to extiufy tho roquisition. Mr. Jowel scoms stubborn: in his determination tiat his Connecti- cut frionds shall havo the benoflt of the coniract without regard to tho inconvenionco to which ko may subject the public in sorving the. TIE UIFSOURT PACIFIC BAILROAD CASL, In the Suprome Court to-day, tho case of Wolf- sou ye, Murdock ot al. was taken up. This esso involves tho right of tho Stato ot MMissourt to lovy upou and sell the property of tho lacite TRailrond Compauy to smmz o lien forasslitance ui\‘an by tho :rma toward thocoustruction of thy road. ANOTHEB FREE DLOW. The big guns were takeu a-oleasoring ou the Pacifio moil stoamsbip City of Poking some tiwa since, which doubtless bad o goud eftect, sud smoothod the wuy to the roviviug of tholapse of & subsidy ineroase. Thomato of the Peking, tho "I'nkio, is Lo moke her trial trip to-morrow, and tho small f1y, who aro sometitues usoful in nga. are iuvited to sccompany hor. Col. D. 0.Cox, the Pension-Agent in thio aity, left to-day ik hio fomily to takoin the freo blow. If Cirant does why should not Lus potty oflice-holdors ¥ BEORETARY ROBESON is not expected to return for & pormanont stay until the 1at of December, st IAASONIC. N Diepateh to The Clacago Tritune, nunuI:chllil Ia.',p Oct. 20.—~Thoe_3fasonic Grand Chupter nud Grand Council of Towa commenced tholr coanions hiere to-day, and will continuo fu aession until Thareday morning, when thoe Graud Cowmandary wilt weat. Tho following aro the ofticors of thinGrend Chapter of the State of fowa clacted for thio ensuing year : Coxfla. Roburt 1%, Dowers, Koolkuk, M. E. Grand Idigh Pries; Comp. Horace §, Winslow, Nawton, I. E, Depa- ty Grand Uigh Pricst: Comp, 1. Ainsworh, Den Moives, 1, Gvand King; Comp, Williew Lofiingwoll, Muscatine, B. Grand Scribe; Compe W. A. Scoit, Bollo Plaine, B. Grand Treasurer; Comp, Williem B, Lanyridge, Musoatine, E. Graud Sooretary, The (irand Connell of the Btato of Iowa mot this aftornoon and elected tho following oficers for the enowug year: M, P, Grand Masier, . Senton, lieokuk ; Deputy Grund Master, P, C Duum, Ottumws; 11" Grand Master, Qeorge M, West, Red Lake; 1, I, Grand M tor, J. 8. Allon, Washington ; Graud Trensurer, 1, I, Bown, Keokuk ; G Tiecorder, W. B. Longridgo, Muscative ; Graud Stoward, J. B, iawes, Sigonrnoy ; Captain of the Sword, Fred- erick (Htetiell, Don Moiuen 3 Sentiuel, Theodors Schreemor, Monut Plorsant. e Suecial Dlspatal to The Clicugo Tribune, INpiasagors, lnd,, Oot. 20.—The Grand Canneil Hoyal nad Seloot Alwater blubugs of lu- Aixna met to-dey, Thera sro 1,446 Boval sud Select tlusous i tho Stata, Duriug the puup year 140 comradas here have takon degrees and vo died, ‘Lhe Most DPursant ém'lffimf\nm.-" recomouds that (he taljug ot the degroew of Roval wud Seleus 9 uda & prorequisily 1o the Order o fi!fla!fi:xmu‘? 'l'ho,l"olluwklg grand otlco wera «l: luoles A. Fnoto, Crawfordsvitle, M, AL g ftobere J. Sbaw, New Albauy, U, P, i Uuo MeDonald, Plymaonth, 0, G, 'L A, 3 ol Hichardson, L_atpnu ort, Qraud P, O, of the Work; Clarles Fishov, Iudisuapulie, Grand ‘Pruavuser;- Jobu M, Hramwell, Indisnapolia, Graud Recotaty, Lorrie Book, Ark, Oet. 20.—The Grand Lougo of Alesuus to-dny elevted tha tollows olivvrs (0F tho eosuing year : 3, L. Hell, G S S G s Sy 1033 Qeutge ul Vadbet, Osind Steretac, [