Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 19, 1875, Page 4

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1875, e eSS ———————————————————————— e eSS e TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. RATES OF RUDSCRIPTION (PAYABLE TR ADYANCE), 1'repaiid nt this Ofice. 3030 | Werkly, 1 yea 3,00 }l{m ev\l;l-u Fpee 2! arrangoments made with aunti, Epechmen coples sent froo. aprevent delay and mis(akes, 1o sure and cive Post. Ofen sddrers in foll, incliding biata and Cousty, Tteinkitancosmay bn sitborby draft, express, Post- Ofi.ce order, or In registered lettors, at o *nMS 70 CITY AUNACRINR Dally, delivered, Sunday eacented, 205 opnts perwaek. Dati, doltvered, Ranilay (cinded, 3() cants por wesk, Adi TIR TIRIRUN OMPANY, . Corner Madison and Dearborn.s Uhleago, 1l TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS: NOOLEY'S THHRATRR~Itandnion atreat, between Clars and 1aSalle, * Davld Garrick,™ ADELPHI THRATRI~Dostborn streat, corner Mone oo, Varisty enteriainment. DRRMY OF MUSIC—ifzisiad strest,between Mad- u:fi»“ mm\‘v mm‘“}tnguemenll of G. M, Ciprico, * Fdmund K ¥ A-NOUSE~Clark” streat, opposlts A e el Wit lEirlar = M'VICKER'S TIEATRE—Madlson strect, betwen oty Suaras Aangemeat of Magate Ditoneil * Fauchon," EXPOSITION, BUILDING—Lake Adamssireet. Kahibitlon of Paintiig: Shors, foot of "SOCIETY MEETINGS. THE ORIOAGO '*UNBANDALE" CULONY OF BOUTIIRRN CALIFORNIA will nicst at tiie rourns of tha Burinos Unilega, avor the Publle Library, eorner of Wataan.av. and Muilaunes:., on Tavsday, Apell W, 1615, ock . s forth iiposs of usiplotlug i oe: anization, and far slec!lou o1 viligors. - l‘unhn‘ Lo lucate hrl aro Invited to lmnd. ELSINESS NOTICES. NATURE RECEIVRA THE CREDIT OF HAVING Qovélupad many exanisfio comploxlons wiiich, in reality, ro duw tolly to ated's Lloun of Youth, 'Thepale ur aslluw facos whioh bocomo rsdiant uader fts operatiun 3 80D, oand o have dorivod tholr now foveliners feom & 20my changn in tho physical condition of the party besus tised, Bold by all drugaiate. DURNIIT'S COCOAINE FOR THE TIAIR woed the testof time and compailtion, It tas Hsncd w roputation for putlly aud ethicacy in every urld, For twenty Jears 1t uss boan 8 favu with thy peaple and a leador with tho tias ™ Cocraiuo® Line breomo a valuablo propert; eratisnod our anle TiKnL to §:8 Use 13 srvoral anita at jaw, {hus protecting (he publly Aud oirsoives from impasliion: e e e e The Chivage Tribune, Monday Morning, April 10, 1876, A plot for the assassination of the President of Mezico and tha members of his Ministry has been discovered and frustrated, and fiftcen of the conspirators, among them sovernl journalists, have been arrcsted and banished. Thao Mill River region in Massachusetts has beon the scene of another eatastraphe, the breaking of n dam having let loose a flood which earried with it disaster and destruction to tho extent of $200,000 worth of property in the Villages of Wrentham and Norfolk, about 25 miles from Boston. o loss of lifo i reported. Our Conadinn noighbors are feliciting themselves upon the possibility that the Pope will sclect Montreal ns his residenco in caso o is compelled fo lenve Rome. They tlaim to have authoritative intimation to this lower poor to extra light ot $7.40@8.00; nud common to good heavy at 87.76@8.50. Tho cattle trado wasactive at fully Friday's prices, closing firm with all sold. Bheep wero in demaud at stendy rntes, ——— The subject of tho second coming of Christ, fixed by the Limist wing of the Second Ad. vent denomination ns certain to take plice this evening, nttracled general attention in Chieago yesterdny, and wns sclected ns tho theme of varions pulpit discourses, At Elder "'nunyax's meetings the crowds wero very large, and the cceentrio interpreter of DaxteL's prophesies defended his compu- talions aguinst many questioning skeptics. Beyond a doubt, Inunsan and his hundred or morg followers in Chicngo solemnly nnd firmly believe that the world will come to an ond beforo 12 o'clock to-night; they awail tha ovent with confident and ccstatic anticipn- tion. The Rov. Dr. Rypen, of St. Paul's Universalist Church runs, tho risk of feoling chenp to.morrow, and boldly gives assurunco thnt tho Savior's re-ndvent has already oc- curred ; whilo the Itev. D. J. BunneLt, Pres. byterian, taking moro conservativo ground, thinks Christ is to come again, but not just yet. In the midstof all theso differences of opinion ns to tho accurncy of Elder Tirun. MAN's reokoning, it is pleasant to reflect that wo shall soon know all about it, A CENTURY Ag WHAT MIOHT HAVE The London Times, in an article comnent- ing upon the invitution given to tho Govern- ment and people of the British nation to take part in the International Exposition cel- cbrating the Centennial Anniversary of Amer- ican Independence, said that while the in. vitation might bo in one sense ungracious, it was nevertheless to bo construed s an invita. tion to purticipnte in n comparative exposi- tion of progress made by the two branches of the British family which separated o hundred years ago. The rupture, nud tho causes of rupture, and tho armed struggle, wero to bo forgotten in the Ligher consideration of the prosperous growth which hind attended that portion of the English-speaking family which Iind gone out secking independence. The same paper then discussed the possi- Llo result upon both nations, and especinlly upon the British Empira, had the policy of the Dritish Whigs provailed, instead of that of the Tories, in tho ante-Rovolutionary days, when the Colonies wero petitioning, as loyal subjects, for o rocognition of their rights and liberties by the Imperinl Government. ‘The Fonrth of July, 1876, is tha anniversary of tho formal dcelaration of independenco by tho Colonists, who had then been in nctual revolt for a considerable time, and who Lnd actually fought and won the battles at Lex- ington, Concord, and Bunker Hill, The Times dnted its conjectural cnse long Lefore this, when the ontire Colonies were loynl, and wera nsking concessions which at this day are recognized to have boen just, and which were much more moderate than tho terma which Grent Dritain at this time forces upon the acceptanco of her colonics. When tho Col- onies * petitioned for redress in the most humblo terms”; when, addressing the Brit- ish peoplo, they * appenled to their native justice and magnavimity” and * conjured effect, but of course woe know better in Chi- £ago. Bishop Bowstay, of the Methodist Episco- pul Church, finds in the Brooklyn scandal the suggestion of some very wound advice, which he thonght proper to offer to the can. didates for Deacon's orders. The wise Bishop urged them to *bo careful of their words, their temper, their hobits, and their social rolations; and, nbove all, *to converso sparingly and behnve prudently with women.” What wonld not Mr, Brecuen givo to Lave had such counsel, and to have heeded it! 'Tho citizens .of Brownaville, 'Texes, have been at some pains to collect ovidence to con- tradict the assertion of the Mexican Minister ot Washington, that the border outrages wore committed by ex-Confederatesoldiors disgnised ra Mexicans, A committeo nppointed to in- vestignto the mntter have presented n report in which Benor Manmscar's theory is com- pletely upsot, and the incursions are plainly tracedl to organized bands of Mexican ma- vaudera, A party of womon in Wilton, Towa, have carried the crusads manin to a disgraceful length, Thoy forcibly gained entrance to a Louse of ill.repute, which they thereupon proceeded to turn inside out, demolishing the furniture, driving the inmates into the street, aud gonernlly conducting themselves more like crazy demirops than Christinn * ludics. ‘I'ho shinmeless proceading was crowned by an act of wanton cruelty, onc of the femalo inmates being taken from her bod and sub- jected to the outrago of a coat of tar and foathers. The social evil isn socinl blessing compared with this shocking explolt of these ruffians in petticoats, who have shown bru. tality, not horoism, and who have covered themselves with shame instend of glory, A Now York bachelor of 80, at whose birth, it may be supposed, ** tho morning atars sang together,” and 8o gave him early in life alove for musio which remains strong and fervent in hig old age, has donated a ronnd million of dollars as an ondowment for o musical col- loge, to be established in the great motropo. lis. 'The institution is to be dedicated to the danghters of America, but tho sons will also enjoy ita benefita. Rumor lays out o grand scheme for the eollego—nothing less than TRicaaep Waanen at its head, and Turopone Tuoxas, Dr, Dasnoscy, and Dr, Prancs as mombers of the Taculty. The glorious old gentloman who makes the gift, but who mod. vslly withlolds his name for the present, hins other millions left to Lo ‘divided among his zolatives when he dies, and thus are dimin- ished the chances of & lawsuit, Another gratifying evidenco of his sincority is the fact that the plan s to be carried into excoution forthwitl, The Chicngo produce markets were very jrregular on Baturday, Mess porl was rather quiet and firmuer, but closed weak at 22,00 cnsh, and $22,82) for June. Lard wai quiet and 5@7)c per 100 lbs higher, closing at $15,45@15.47} cash, und §14.70@15.72} for June. Meata were in good demand and }@}c per 1b highor, st 8}@84c for-shoulders, 12¢ asked for short ribs, and 12}o for short clears. Lake freights were quiot nnd steedy at Go for wheat to Buffalo, Iighwines were active and unchanged, at $1.14 per gallon. Flour was in botter demand and firm. Wheat was quiet and 1o lower, olosing at $1.01} cash, and §1.03} for Moy, Corn was quiet and 1j¢ lower, closing at 71@71{o cash, and 75}a for May, Oats were dull und Jo lower, closing at 69c cash, and L0jo for May. Rye was in better demand end firmer, at $1.03@1.04, Barley was dull, and nominal at the close, at $.30 tor April, snd §1.00@1,10 for May. Hogs were {n light demand, and sold a shade K thom by tha tics of our common kindred,” Tiad tho policy of tho Imperial Government been different, and the prayera been granted ; “nnd if, as tho Colonies progressed, the parent Government had in like manner canceded all the demauds of the Colonios, what would liavo beon the effect both upon England aud the peopla in the present United States? Tho London Times, assuming that the Imperinl policy would have been such na would have strengthened and porpetuated tho American fecling of loyalty to the British Crown, argued that tho wonderful increaso in the American population would have been just n8 great as it had been., If there were less migration to America from the Ger- mon States, the deficlency would have ‘been more then made up by tho increasod migration from the British Islands, nnd the American Colonies would bave become settled more exclusively by an English.speaking populntion, whose traditional love and attach- mont for British institutions would have been strengthened by the constant infusion of Now English blood and projudice. Tha Colonias would have opened an extensive field for the best talent, surplus wealth, and mechanical skill of tho country ; the wonderful extent of the conl and iron deposits would havo been irresistiblo. It was a continent of fortilesoil, covered with a forest undorlaid with coal, and interlaced with natural water-courses, destined to becomo the granary of the British Empire, it not its work-shop, fonndry, and ship-yard, The growth of the American provinces would havo been more largely at the expensoe of the British Islands than it has been. America's progress ss a productive coun- try, sccelerated by the removal hither of DBritish capital, would bhave mnde America the seat of Dritish production and trade, and made British Americon ports the great markets for the imports and exports of the wholo natlen. Assnming that the actual increnso of population iu this conntry wonld have been no greater than it has been {n fact, tho horeaftor of the Colonies would have long since largely outnumbored those of the pres- ent Kingdom, and this country in like mnn. ner would have becomeatho sent of the wenlth, production, and commerco of the Empire. Under these circumstances, the English pa. per reached the conclusion that there would have beon before now a necessity for either a division of {he Empire by the erection here in America of a accond Dritish monarohy, just ns in tho case of Drazl and Por- tugal, or of Tome and the Eastern Eupire; or that tho Imperial Government, with Crown aud Parlinment, wonld have been transferred from Loudon to New York or some other Imperial eapital in Amerien, leav- ing Eungland, Scotland, aud Ireland under local Governments, as Oanads, Jamaies, Aus- tralin, and the other British provinces are now. The conclusion in eithor cose was, that, instend of being now nbout to celobrate the one hundredth auniversary of tho Ile. public of thie United States, this country, if not an indepondent inonarchy of British origin and raled by the same Royal family as Groat DBritain, would have had trons- forred to it the.Dyitish Crown and all the branches of the Duperial Govern- ment from the comparative iusignlficant islands to tho great contineut stretching from the ArcticSens to the Gulf of Mezico, nud from ocean to acean; peopled by n free, thrifty, and homogeneons people, rich in all the olements of wealth and production; the farmers aud manufacturers for mankind, and the owners of the commerco of tho world. It was argued that this latter result would have long since beeun nccossity, beoause so groat and complicated wonld have been the intorests of British America that the whola time of the Imperial Parlinment would lave been engrosied with Amerlcan uffairs; and that the yemoval of the Goveruwnont to the soat of {ta chief possessions would lave be- come indispensable, Ot courso this articlo of the London paper, the substanco of which wo havo nttempted to reproduce, was purely speculative, ns much so0 ns auy speculation upon what might have been tho effect of tha now happeuing of any finportant event a century or centories ngo, but it still furnishes food for reflection. It i unquestionablo that separation from Great Britain wns a senfiment of slow growth, andwas not thonght of at the time of thefirst grievances, The eloquont orntor Bungr fervently appealed to the Hritish Minisiry to concedo overything tho Colonies asked,—to coucede it even as a necessary ovil, 1l pre- dicted the futuro greatness of the American States, declaring that the futurs of America would exceed anything that conld be pictured Ly the imiagination, and he nppealed to the Ministry to retain these peopla who in time would bo the great Lody of tho British Empire. There is, however, noother side of this question, To imagine Groat Britain & hun. dred years ngo conceding anything to her own peoplo or to any one is to do vio- lonca to tho spirit of that time, and especinlly to the spirit of the British Gov. ormumont. Great Britain was ruled by a Tory despot, and herstatesmen were of tho despotio school. Force, and ngressive force, was the policy of that day, and the arrogance of the Britiah nation was well illustrated in the ar- rogaut remark of GneNvILLE, that five Drit. ish regiments could reduca nll rebel America to obedience. But, assuming that the Coloninl grievances had boon then redressed aud the Colonies placated, how long would the union linve boen preserved ? Would not Great Britain have called upon the Colonics for troops, monecy, and provisiona for the wars with Franco, and wonld the Colonies have granted thom, orwould the Colonies have permitted the impressment of their people for the Britishservico in Europe? Tt is nlmost possible, from the actunl circum. stances leding up to the actual revolutionand separation, to sny that such a demand would liave been made by Grent Britain npon the Colonics, and that the latter, resisting, a sep- aration and American independence would have ‘followed. The fact is, the American people, lowever loyal they may havo been seemingly, wero determined to be free. Their notions of liberty were not only far in nd- vance of any governmental theories on that subject at that time, but far in advanco of any popular ideas on that subject beyond this continent. Thero was a radical antag- onism between them and all the forms of government then existing among men. They ere henrt and soul rebols, not merely ngainst the British Government, but against the spirit of all tho Governments in Europe. They were freemon, and it was impossible to adopt the aristocrat Government ana caste policy of Grent Britain to the Amarican idea of political equality and personal freedom. The wide ocean separated them from the Old World ; but that separation was not so wide s that which existed between the sentiments and inflexible detorminations of the American peoplo and the spirit dirseting the Govern- weutal anthority of Great Dritain ns well as of tho other nations of Enrope. The union was hourly proving to be unnatural; sub- mission to o foreign power was daily becom- ing more repngoant, and separation, accom- plished by force, was sooner or later to be inovitablo, The Anscricans were s century in advance of the Old World, aod no conces- sions, short of independence, which the British Government could have made, would havo satisfied the wishes or filled the mens- ure of their ambition,—to be free and inde- pendent and a peer among the powers of the el TOE DEED-FORGERS. Tho evidence said to have been given by Reep before the Grund Jury is of a charactor which warrants the expectation of a full ez pose of the operatiors of the gang of deed- forgers, whose exploits cover several States aud a long torm of years. Tho contents of Reep’s trunk, now in safe-keeping in this city, will probably supply the miscing links. There is now little doubt, whoever mny bo finally implicated or exculpated, that thero was a reaular organization for blaclinailing property-owners in Illinois, Missouri, and somo other Western States, by means of forged deeds, and that thousands of dollars have been realized in various parts of the country from this proctice. Rerp is cred- ited with the statement that he hns been en- gaged in this business for twenty years, and its success is & protty certain indication that prominent persons have been nssocinted with him. The practico wna to placo on rocord a deed from some former owner of tho property, sate-dating tho title of any living person, and then to bring suit for ejectment. '"Thie suit onco begun, there was a cloud on the title, and, if the owner desired to sell, it was necessary to remove this cloud. The holder of the forged deed waa then willing to give a quit-claim for a considoration ganged by the value of tho property and the nervousness of the real owner. The modus operandi is fairly illustrated by the Iyde Park caso, which led to the detec. tion of Reep and tho arrest of R, K. Tonnes, who was o taxlawyer in Quincy, This property wos ownod by a Mr, Hir, who got his doed from Hoxm in Now York, whose title came from . P, Ronmsoy, tho young man who is sup- posed to have murdered his mistress, Herex Jewzrr, and burned the house aftor- wards,—a case that attained a wide-spread notoricty at the time, The docd on which suit was commenced sgainst Houn was in the name of oue Geonde A, Kmoe, of Massachu. notts, who is not known in tho West, and who is reprosented by Tunven. Kipee's tit comes from HereN O'Hana Fanoer, soid to bo a dissolute woman, who hay since been lost track of; hers from Eurson Hasmr. ToN, andhisfrom R, P, RosinsoN in a deed au. te-dating by some two yearsthe transfor which TRonngoN sctually mado to Hoxie, After the suit was commenced, IfiLL became satisflod that the doed from RonmvsoN to Haanvron was & forgery, and set about to run it down., Io got information that a man named Fannina, then in the Poniten. tlary on a charge of forgery, could furnish a clow, Ilmwy procured a pardon for Fannina on the agracniont of the lutter to oxpose and approhend the decd-forgers, nnd it was through FawniNa's sgency that Reep waa committed for trial without a preliminary ex- amination, TouRNEs, after his examnination, was held to bail in $50,000, his father, a rich man, becoming his surety. It is now ru. mored that Tunnee has fled to parts une kuown, after having failed to induce Rexn to suppress his knowledgo of the operations, but this canuot be deflnitely known until May 8, the doy set for Tuusen's trial. I'his kind of Qeed-forging is not entirely new, though it was probably nover carried on to the sawe extent ay by tho llinois gang, Eazly in the present century thore were many forged deeds, purporting to reprosent French and Spanish titles. As tho forged deods al- ways como from persons long sinco decensed, and nre generally removed beyond all living verification other than the forgers ean fure nigh, this kind of forgery is freer from tho danger of discovery than every other, and tho prospect for a profit is particularly good be- causo of the necessity for removing the clond thns put upon the property. It s to bo hoped that the prosceution of this case will be vigilaut, and the punishment of the guilty persons severe, that the insidious fraud may bo rendered morn perilons in the future than it hias heen in the past. THE FREEDMAN'S SAVINGS BANK, The last number of {he Nation conlaing nn interesting sketch of tho career of tho Freed- man's Bank. We condense the record of rascality,—the word iz not stroug enough for the conduct of tho scalawag politiciana who stole millions of dollars from tho poorest classes in onr country, dollars which had boen laborionsly earned nnd which should have been beld as the most sacred of trust-funds, inutead of boing used, as they were, in wauton speculation, Tno bill chartering the bank wns pnssed by Sennte and House in the closing hours of the scssion of 18G4.5, Sumsen reported it in the Seonnto, and ho and Ducrarew, tho Demo- cratic Senator from Pennsylvania, vouched forit. As tho bill then stood, it simply au. thorized the ostablishment of n Ravings bank in tho District of Columbin. Tts corporators wers of sterling worth,—Perer Cooren, Brrant, Epwanp ATrinsoy, and othors of the same sort. While the sct was defective in not lolding the Tyustees to & proper responsibility, it yot forbade thom to invest the deposits in anything but *stocks, Londs, Trensury notes, or other sccurities of the United States.” TIn some unknown way the eminent Trustecs were got out of the institu. tion, if indeed thoy were ever really in it, and the rotten District Ring got control of the machine. The bank, as wo have alrtady s0id, was nuthorized to do business only in the District, but it speedily cstablished branches in thirty Southern cities. It was industriously puffed as a semi-Governmont scheme for the benefit of tho blacks. * Thia benerolent institution,” said the bank-hooks, “ is undor the charter of Congress, and ro- ceived the commondation and countenance of President Liwcoux.,” Within five years the deposits amounted to imillions of dollars, ‘Thon o sinister amendment to the act of in- corporation was slipped through both Houses, without a word of debato, except a short protest from Sistox CAsteroy, who said the amendment would **in the end prob- ably destroy the institution.” And so it did. Yot its wording was inuocent cnough, It simply authorized the Trustecs to invest in mortgage securitios and to hold and improve real estate in Washington. This was in 1870, It took just four years uncer this authority to tuin the bank, In 1873, it was pro. nounced to be in a bad way. In 1874, it was wound up. This took place very nearlyn year ago, but as yet no depositor bas received ncent. The schedule of what are ironieally enlled its ** assets " iz oven more amnzing than that lately submitted by the Receivor of the dofunct Manufacturers’ National Bank of this city. The CGovernment securities, to which tho bonk investments were confined bofors the amendment of its chartor, amounted to just $400, when the swindle collapsad. One loan of $75,000 wans mada on Sencca Stono Company stock: A chinttel-mortgnge on furnituro was takon ns collateral for £30,000, Chattel-mortgages, in fnct, scomed to have been favored socuritics. The bank Lield them on paintings, on jewelry, on groceries, otc. Ring stocks were pledged without difliculty. BShares of the Metropoli- tan Paving Company were presented by s man who got several thousand dollars on then. The renl-estato sccurity was of tho most worthless description. A bit of swamp or an acro of sand wore allenflicient. Ring politicians got loans on them withont dif. enlty, This is n sickening story. Tho worst of it, 3 the Nution points out, is the inavitable dis- courngemont of thrift and cconomy mmong the robbed and wronged negroes. CONCORD AND LEXINGTON, #The first shot that ie fired in Ameoriea separatos thoe two countries,” said Lord Crat- uart, That shot was fired 100 yonrs ago to- day. Concord and Lexington in Massachu. setts claim tho honor, It must properly be divided between them, Tho first shot was fired on the Americans at Loxington; the Amoricans fired tho first shot which killed an enemy at the British at Concord. Acton also claims a shinro of the pride and distinction which attaches to that first shot, since it was an Acton man who fired it. But, far the matter of that, the glory of that brave ‘strnggle of a contury ago may bo shared by all the towns of that section of the State. The Americans who overcame and routed the British at Concord gatherod attho rendezvous from Acton, Bedford, Brookline, Boverly, Concord, Carlisle, Combridge, Charlestown, Danvers, Dorchester, Loxington, Lincoln, Lynn, Littloton, Medford, Newton, Roxbury, Ronding, Salem, Watertown, and the othor villages round about., And so Massachusotts may falrly celebrate all nlong the line from Boston to twenty miles beyond Concord, every town nnd village, with o just clalm to having rendered good service on tho birthday of American liborty, The eventa that lod up to this informal de. clarntion of war were & series of oppressions running back over a century, Within o year of tho fight at Concord, Dritish tyranny had become insnfferable, and the people of the provinces had begun thelr] proparations for resistanco, ‘The destruction of the ten in Boston harbor in 1774 had roused the people. Thore were formnal and delibernte organiza. tious looking toward independenco, The Continental Congress, which met at Phila. dalphia in Septomber, 1774, was followed by a Provinclal Oongress in Concord, which met in Octobor of the same year. Its purpose wns to encournge the organization of the peoplo into militia companfes, and provide armsandmnnition fordefense. Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island wero tho dis- tricts in which the disscnsion had spread, and Boston was tho centro of the revolution. ary spirit. In the country about, young and old were organized into mllitary companies, ond the minute men were stationed ns sen. tinels wherevar military stores were collected. Buch young men a8 Banven Apaswu and Jonw Hancock, then “rebels™ and *villains," were inciting the peoplo to rovolt, Minute men were appolnted fu the City of Doston, the headquarters of the Dritish, to give tho first warning of danger. Among other places whero arms, antnunitions, and pro- vislons wero stored was the Town of Cou. cord, admirably suited for this purpose by runson of ita location iu a valloy betwoen two hills, with a little mountain-stream ruuning through it Huace it had acquired s spoaial importanco, nnd the road botweon Concord and Boston was watched by men of fireless vigil aud undaunted henrt, Tho British Govornment hnd long been conscions of this growing spirit of rebollion, but all organized effort to suppress it was postponed until the froops could Lo sufll clently reinforcod to assuro o prompt and sum- mary crushing of this spirit, nud the punish- ment of the leaders. Early in 1775, sight of the crnck regimonts of the British army wera sont to Doston, nnder the command of Gon. Gaar, It was now thought that the Govern- nient was strong enough to undertake tho Awift dispersement of ‘‘rebels,” wherover found, nnd secure n return to tho undispnted right of oppressing tho Coloniats, It wna cxpected that n mero demonstration of tho power of tho Governmont would bo sufficient to nccomplish this; and, with some such in- definite idea, n detachment of regulnrs, num. boring 800 or1,000 men, werestaried from East Cambridgo on the night of April 18, 1775, on their march to Concord, They wore precaded by somo officers who went ahoad to recon- noitre, and, if possible, to eapturo ITaxcock and Apams, who had been proscribed, The Dritish belioved their movoments to have beon faithfully kept scerot from tho robels, nnd hoped to surprise Concord and capture the military stores deposited there, Tho surpriso proved to be on their part. The * Bons of Liberty” in Boston lind sent out tho alarm, and Pavn Revere earned immortal famo by riding ahead of the troops, wak- ing tho farmers along tho line and warn. ing them of the approaching danger. Thus Apaxs and Hancocx eseaped, and befora the dawn of the morning of the 19th the church bells of the villages between Boston and Con- cord, o distance of 18 miles, wero ringing the alarm and spummoning tho inhabitants to resistance. At Lexington, something more than half-woy from Boston to Concord, about 100 people had gathered on the Common wlhon the British camoe in sight, Half of them wore unarmed, and their lender ordered the others not to fire, but to disperse. But the British were oxasperated at tho sight of tho Americnns undor arms, * Yo villains, yo rebels, disperse! Lay down your arms, damn you ! " cried Maj. Prrcamny, and ho dis- charged hig pistol at tho crowd, which was alrendy giving way., Col. Sarrm, in com- mand of the British troops, gava the order to firo immediately after, and the firo kept up ng long as any of tho straggling villagers wero within range. Eight Americnus were killed and ten wounded; and it wns, as FReperic Hupsox calls it, * simply a cold-blooded mas. sacre,” ‘This was the first blood shied. The British rocommenced their march to Concord shortly after sunrise. Col. Ssurn, ‘meanwhile, warned of the uprising by the sound of the village-bells and slarm-guns, lind sent back to Boston for reinforcementa. The six or seven miles thoy hnd to march was gone over without furthor disturb- ance, and they reached Concord about 7 o'clock. Thore had gathered alrondy a small band of patriots, consisting of Concord, Acton, and Lincoln men, who held a position on the hill near the liberiy- pola ; but they waro teo weak to attack and so fell back, The British troops entored tho village, took up their main position on the Common, nnd then sont out detrchments o scour tho town and guard the bridge, which afforded tho only entrauce to the villago from the north, Meanwhile, tho patriots were coming in from all sides to the rondezvous on the hill near the bridge, They were organ- ized in minute companfes and militia com- panies, and numbered 500 men by 9 o'clock in tho morning. They wero raw, undrilled, undisciplined farmors, against twice their number of tho British army. The first attack was on the bridge, gnarded by about 200 reg- nlars, and the Acron minute men undor Davis led it. The British, who fired the firat volley, were driven from the bridgo with a loss of five officers and fiftecn privates, be- foro thoy could be roinforced by the troops in the town, and the Americans followed in hot pursnit, TFrom this time the patriots had the advantage. The British soemed to be astonished that tho Amoricons shonld stand fire at all, and from that mo- ment wore - demoralized. They retreated from Concord at noon, the Americans vigor- ously pursuing thom. Among tho pursuers wero many old men, who ot the young men au example of ardor and bravery, Among the white-haired patriots was Deacon Jostan Haynzs, 80 years of age. Ha was foremost in the attnck on the regulara at the Bouth Bridge, and ardent in pursuit from Concord to Lexington, taking o shot at the rotrenting rod-coats whonever he could draw a sight on them. At tho latter placo he waa killed by n musket-ball while blazing away ot tho encmy. Tha whole 18 miles from Concord to Bos. ton wns for the British troops ono long and fiery ordoal. Unscon foes, lying behind troe, and ridgo, and stono-wall, and fenco, hailed bullets upon them, The deod and wounded foll out of the ranks, the living hurried on, wonryand blown, regardless of their comrades’ fato. Tho rotreat wns a rout. At Loxing- ton, reinforcements waited the British, As the story runs, the 1,400 troops who had como out from Boston to cover the retreat formed a hollow square into which the beaton rogulars ran like sheop. The minute men atill hung on the flanks of tho cnomy's forco. Tate in the nfternoon the Iatier resched Bosaton, The British loss, in killed, wounded, aud missing, was 273 men; the American was 90 men, of whom 49 were killed, Forty-nine homes left desolnte, but & new nation born. The prize was worth ita price, This is what happened a hundred years ngo to-dny, To-dny, Lexington and Concord make holiday, Tho first unveils statues of HaNcoor and Apaxs in the presonce of Pros- idont Grant. TRromano H, Daxa, Jr,, deliv- ers an oratlon, and hymns by Juria Warn Howe and Joun G, WmTrms are to be sung. This {8 in the morning. In the afternoon, ono of the finost stntuca in the* conntry, Faexon's “ Minuto Man,” will bo unvoiled at tho Concord end of tho bridge. Esrensoy, of courso, delivers the oration, All New En. glaid will be at tho two places, And o month and a day thoreaftor, May 20, North Carolina will celebrate, wilh public jubilee, the centonnial of tho Mecklenburg Declara. tion of Indopendence. 8o North and Bouth rojoica together over the birth of our com- mon country, 3oy we not hope that the contennial ora will briug with it a new pa. triotism, a new dovotion, and a new morality, @0 that the public virtue of the days we cole. brate may live again in the days that ure, The Oity Council of Aurora has brought unmerited disgrace upon that thriving and intelligent town of 12,000 or 15,000 inhabit. ants by ropealing an ordinance passed by a former Council to establish a Fres Publie Library and Reading-Itoom. We are not in- -formed whether or not the Mayor of Aurorn had the power to veto this repealing ordi- nance, but, if ho did, his failure to exercise it must make him bear & part of the respon. sibllity for this formal notics that Aurors is oppoeed to the spread of infornation and to popular education. Ahis {s what the ntion of tho Council really means, If it woa thought necessary to retrench in public ox- ponsos, the Council should bnve commonced somewhero else. A REPUGEE AND HIS REFUGE, An auzxious publio will braathe freoly again. Vouxer Vourune Swrn, the erstwhile Liou- tenant-Governor of Arkansag, has beon lieard from, The last nows camo when V. V. 8., in order to avoid any appearance of singu- Inrity, clalmed to be the only lawful Governor of Arknusas, aud remarked by telograph that he would like to have the United States ariny shipped to Little Roclk to remove tho inhabit- ants thereof, or, moro striotly sponking, ail tho inhabitants oxeept tho corporal's gnard who did not consider thomrelves entitled to tho Gubernatorial chair, ** Troops | ¥ shrieked Voracy, and at once left for the mountains, Tho {roops, duly dispatched by Cov. Gan- 1AND, with a warrant for tho absconding clnimnnt, appeared, but VouNey, where woa ho? Ask.of the trains whicli far around with Governors of Arkansns strewed the country, In one of them rode Siurm, the Ssitu, Having temporarily supprossed his swelling pomp of inaugural names, he rode safely on. A needlo in 8 haystack is as nothing compar- ed with one of tho innumerable multitnde of Sairus, Our Bamrm got to Washington, ‘Thero ho and his hopes collapsed together. Tho War Department would not give him ns much as a bayonet,—which was n pity, be- cnuso that plesing tool s admirably adapted for hari-kari purposos, and despair might bava driven ono Governor of Arksnsns into offering Liimsolf on the altar of his State, and g0 roducing its stock of rulers to & round hun- dred thousand. But the doferred hope, in- stond of making Vouvmy Vortims St heart-sicl, led to porsistent boring which made somebody else sick. Togot rid of him, lio has been shipped to St. Thomas, in the West Indies, where ho will servo ns Consul, and J probably spend his loisure timo—mnny & Consul’s timo is apt tobe leisuro—in prepanng o claim nagainst the Unitod States for damngos in keeping him out of n Governovship, 'The Congress of 1975 will havo the peasure of voting tho payment of this clnim, with interest. This is an added renson for our luying up fortunecs for our grandchildren. Rovolutions and fruit grow spontancously in the West Indies, o that V. V. 8., when ho grows wenry of tho pursnits of ponco, ean just slip over to Hayti or San Domingo nnd turn over thoe Govern- ment, if there happens to be any thero just then, in the twinkling of an eye, Porhaps he will grow so enamored of (his sort of life that he will never come back, Iappy thought. The yollow fever sometimes rages in those Intitudos, and rocent orrivals are most opt to suffer from it. Happy thought No. 2. But at sny rate wo lave a respite. Our Burra has been found, and has been transported to the clime whero tho wicked never ceaso from t{roubling and whero those weary of warfars aro nover at rest. We nrowell rid of one of those Ar- lansns Governors of whom it mny be eaid, ns it wuos of some prototypes of theirs: 9 “ Their namo is Logion Tre Triovxe has frequently and freely pro- dictod that that the finat solution of the race- issue at the South will be found in the aboli- tion of the color-ling, nud the distribution of the negro voto among two or more existing political partics, and at the samo time a re- distribution of the whito vote. We are glad to bave tho testimony of so scute an ab. server and so careful n writer as Mr. Cmanres Noronory that this is already in the way of realization in Arkansns. Mr. Nonpnorr writes of and from that Btate : Arkansas {s st peace, The condition of partles ‘makes prosoription for oplulon's sake impossible, for naitber party cau afford to sacrifice ndhereuts, Both pactics will try ta seare the colored Yote, and it may Lo confidently said that the color-lnein politice is broken in that Btato, The Republican leaders aro already co- quetting with the whito Democrats, whosa votea thoy niust securo 0 regaln the sscendency ; and the Demo- crathove, for » year pust, been busy establishing triendly relations with influentlal biacks, Wherever 1 met colored poplo they aeemod comfortalle and at easo, and I nelther saw nor hieard the least avidenco that they aro regarded by tho whitcs otherwiso than os sn integral and fmpartant part of the population, What- ovor bappens, tho nearo s aafs, for his voto—which c2n be got only by kind troatmeut—~wlill bo sought by the leadara of both parties, and he who wrongs & black man will loss votos, The Conservatives of Arkansas, mado up of former Democrats and Whigs, now hold the baolanca of power by only about 10,000 voten, They are therefore compelled to concilinto the colored vote, and they will undoubtedly goin a good portion of it. As they gein negro votes that organization will loso white votes, which will be divided on the old lino of Dem. ocratio and Whigs tondencies. And so im- pereeptibly, and almost before the people know it fully, the negroes and whites will bo voting together in both parties; then the roce-issue will have disappeared from the politics of that State. Democratio politiclana talk of * volegating ™ tho currancy quoation to the Congressional Dis- tricta in the noxt Prosidential canvaes, Sax Raxpavry ia not ovly a ealary-grabbor bat alsu a defender of the famous Ring in Pbiladel- phis. A good man for Spoaker of the Demo- cratio Houss ! Hero wo hava the New York World blowing away about tho purtty of tho Dowacratlo Gov- ernors, and keeping muns shout the Democratio Loglistaturos. Honatio S8zrioun seems to imagino that part of Gov. TiLoex's viitoe cooslsts in his ugliness, olse what does ho maean by speaking of tha Gov- oruor &8 an * ugly honest " man ? Jony B. Hay, of Illinois, has never taken his back-pay from the * wego-fund” of Coogross, and It abides there yoi to hlu credit—or discredit, as the caze may be, Postmaster-Goneral JEwsLL, they say, futonda to bave bls house uwopt and garuished agaluat the time whoo Demooratio Iuvestigsting Oom. mittoos come knocking at bls doors, Very far-fotched indeed is the opinion of the Peotin Lemocrat that Mr. SBcuvyixn CoLrax {a dolfvering his locturo on LixcorLx in Illinols for political offect. We Lave not beard of Ar. Cor~ 74X 34 o politioian sinco 1872, Biuce tho railroads ln Conuocticat have been enjoiucd from granting free psssed, membors- eloot of the Legislature have beguo to talk of & short sesvlon, The effect of the injuncilon is, of courss, to prevent many fiying visits bome. Judge Tavr Is now mentioned aa the most llkely Republican candidate for Governor of Onlo, The Tolodo Blade comes out flatly for him, snd the Cincinnati Gazet/s Is connted on to support him, Ho has & strong Germau follow- ing. * My sympathies are with grand old Irelsnd. May God bless ker,” wrote President Gnaxz in declinmg an [nvitation to the bauquet of tho Baltimore Krights of Bt. Patrick, The third- torm bobgoblin dossn't bother thoss Irlshmen much, 1 It is & problem with tha Indianapolis Journa bow ¢tho bautard civilization” of the South ean ba casiect replacad by s true sod healthy ous. Northern immigration, It suggests, may turnish the key 10 the puzsls, o ths mesutie, " tho bastard civilization ™ fa assorting its tighty in 8 vory pronouncod nannor, aud would probg. bly mrko minco-mont of tha Journal man suoh as ho If they should stray within reach, T'he Boutlioru prosa acquieacon in tho oplnlog of Gen, Gonpon that the Houth should not gy, roprosontad on tho next Democraiio Nalions) tickat. Tho Bouth is contont to kesp i ty, backgronud bofgro the eloction aud take fig g afterwards, Baxt Bowr.ss bns heon eomowhiat talkon abaey by the action of tho Postmantor-Ganurat in y, pointing his paper to puilish the Pont-Ofics o vostisemonts in Weatorn Massnobuseits, No, thoy aay tho Sprinafield Republican iwau vq, wan iu epito of itwolf, Z "Tho Indrpendent thiuka that tlio next Prosile,, tial olaction will bo the Lurdoet fought contey through which the Iapnblizan oraanization i ovor passod ; and, aa things now look, the pay, hins not & man tomparo, and 0ot & friond wigy itcan afford to alionate, Mayor I T. Bannuvst, of Bridgeport, Conp, eribbed his inanguial mesaugo ousofa vuum'; Hitle work writton by himuell omo yaars yg, entitled ** Socrota of Succesa” Tho book wy, pralsoworthy venturo, and wnselfish withal, §,. nemuclt as it kopt nono of 1ts seatels ta fiself, Tho compromiea in Louisiana having be.y connummatod, it becomoa the dity of the Dy, ocratio journals to argue that it was mors thy, tho Ropublicans wanted to give, orloss g}, they ought to bave given. Auyway, iLisad,. gerous procedent, and an tonovation on copyj. tutional rights, from o Damocratio slandpoin, Beeause Gov. Bepus, of New Jereay, jiy made & whito Illepablican & Judgo and a by, Democrat & Notary Pullic, thoy eay-ho ouglt g be mado Presidout of tho Tuited Btatea iy, It 18 becoming dangrerous for any Domocntis functionary to do right, leas ho may bofor . with taken up by an oulLumiastio populacs ay] thruss into tho White Ionse. Indianapolis, Ind,, has o Domoeratic City Gy, ornment, and its ioances aro domorstized, g orders on the Citv Trossury aro uow lndering ** Not patd for want of funds.” auddraw iote e at G per cent till paid. The Journal s1maupite situation as folluwst **An empty Tressury, ay increasing dobt, au antlcipatod revenue, aadbo:. rowing monoy to pay current exponsos.” “Mr. ATKINSON,"” 8syn the Now York Natm, *¢is realiy In danger of injuring his own repita. tion by allowing it to appear that bo consltery Mr, WexorLy Pamies qualified to diseuss thy carroncy at all.” That ba & homely truth, plynly put, which political occonomista gonorally, anl editors of mnowspapors in particular, caunol recogaizo too soon. It I8 widely and curiously reported in Tonyss. sco that thers I no real foud between Ay Jonsson and Parson Buowxeow. If theto is, it's of no conseqaonca; for, ns the Nnshril: Banner says, “nolthor of thesa vonerabls Tennesscoans ia Ikoly to play any consplc ouy part in tuo futuro political affairs of tho Et: The time for tho prodominanca of East Teroes sco und Union men in that parcof thecosutry hias passed. Some Philadelolia newspaper lately asid that tho Ponnsylvania live of etoamera were enaliel, by ueing n cortain kind of bituminona conl, to croas thie ocoan {n losa timo than th vessels of rival Jinos, Tho statement suggested to thy Newport (B. L) News the portinent reflecting that, sloco those Pennsylvanisng have moit of evarything than anyhody olse, and evaryliing thoy havo 13 unrivalod in quality, thoy ough: t» bo nblo to live without protectlon against c.z potition, The New York Times gaya: * Thora can ben) that the Republican pasty might becoma Lia progreseive party of the Southern Siates, gub. ering ioto its ranks tho young, onergatie s:d Liberal-minded mon of thoso Btates, ana gexr ing for itself & brilliant and lasting poatan. Onca romovo from the politica of tho Soutn w passion and prejudics arousod by thequiral over the vefro's rights, and the Demoustiy party must loso many of ita bost mombare, who have been in sympathy with it only on that ono question. The Republican party can win sl tho Domocracy loses, if it s rightly hand'ed, and from all appsarances there Is much mory cliance of its being 8o handlod than ths Dino- ctats liko to admlt.” e — PERSONAL The Parls Figaro has exhnomed Cen, Pire, and expects the world to beliavo thas he s alire, Now that he has attracted attpation sbrosl, it fa timo to ask whethor his mame is Dorrovor BoyxroN. Miss BTERLING, the English vocalist with pe- cullar manners, has married s Kow Yorkernaued Jonn McKINLEY. + Sraury, tho original rallroad man of Frazes, has soversd his carthly tles and made ao eir lino for Hoaven, Spring may be backward in this country, bot the cholera busincss in Indis opesed up Hry some montha ago. "Thia 13 the way an * intelligent comp” setc? tne Halls of tho Montezamaa: **Tha Helis of tho Monte Games.” An ox-robol writes tos San Tranoisco pst that Bannans Frieronte did hold ber flsg tota window, He ahot at it himsolf. The Acton man who, it {s cimmed, fired (30 firet gun at Concord, in cupposed to have leen Acton on his own responsibility, The London Philologioal Boolety will hotds spocial meoting Ja & fow days to hear Frol. ‘WiTsey, of Yalo, read s paper. McCrosxey's elovation is of questionable 33 vantage, 1n view of tho unploasant fact that Pius 1X. has already buried 104 Cardinsls. TuLLERTON'S Renerosity in belng sick just Be¥ can be best appreclated by the nowapspers which Liavo tho heaviest sdvertislng patrocig’: A Loulsvillo man's remarks o bia wife stord #carrying cools to Newcastlo® are quite lnl;l- ligiblo mow thad his nome is known to J BrooaunaoK. Deang, the author of the * Little Jaux!!‘ Compositions,” must Liave made a fortuoe n!‘ of his Iast place, on the San Francisco HNeus: Leller, ns ho weltos merely for Funnow. Dr. Many Warxes is uaid to look like 8 mh- sionary's wife, and to have a subdned, melsa- choly ulr; “which Is rough oo the migsionasy S48 domostlo solmal. o Luor Hooraa savs $hat the best proof o the wonderful talent of Frenoh soirestos I8 . portection wmghich thoy portsay girlish 122 cenco and N Xt Dax Dny; namo was Daxisu O'BuE% This we could boar with fortitude, but 0 l;: that Epwanp Brramax, suthor of ¥ Th:d o Hyperlon,” is ouly Eany Susy, 1n indo tresaing, Saya that inestimable fogy, . Wal:un teach schiool five years, sud no 0 fi:: Jive with her aa & wifo.” Wusts YIIIIIDI.D B“ hawouldbo if he could—one of Lio's @ kidooy. 1t the world doea mot end to-ni Giinent will bave s l;:uolt}: b‘:““:fl‘l’lul 3 NoA's b rome. wi [ in whlchpmy of the best muslcal soclotied be represonted, Mrs. Honatio Brmioum has provailed flr:: tha olorgymen of Buffalo to proach a0 snuo! 8 mon in aid of tho soclety whicls Dxsait :p. sents, Jau't this cruelty to Duffalo & PF subject for Bzrax ? An srrapgement has been entored IM; which wilt give uuiversal gralification. Evs P X‘" writes to the Inter-Ocean, sud ‘blt; lrfl’fi publiehies what ho writes, Tey &18 bol snd the publio is spared. ot Jauws Russein Lowrwn has s papet T North American Review foe April on Brll."m in which he gives this definition of I:! #A clasalo s properly & book whioh 8 L ftself by virtue of that bappy oA Yorrm smaster and styls, shas innste sud axqub i) pally betwesn s thought fhat glve Dro Lawst "1 ght, LoDb s L.