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PRINCES OF JERUSA~ Pra OORT ChrrE ‘E MASONS— Will hold a regular ing, at 7:30 o'ck Sip Wak oo oe en eb Segre tp Groperal Bp Goonans, Gr. S00.” #s KNIGHTS? ra of ‘Chic fee ON hee he iy tiers HOS SEES Sori se = oe Ne SELEMS, eos LAFAYETTE CHAPTER, No, 2 B.A. M.— Hail, {B Monroe st,—Stated Convocation Mi Teac and work. “by order of a ene ny cnlret EL N. TUCKER, Secretary. The Chicage Cribune. Sunday Morning, May 9, 1875. The London Spectator of the 24th ult. con- tains a noteworthy article, of especial inter- est to Americans. It is a review of the sec- tion on American literature in the Zacyclopa- dia Britannica, That section is marked by some gross errors of judgment and some few mistakes, The writer in tho Spectator cor- recta both, He is not an advocate, but a jadge, and his estimation of what this coun- try bas done in literature is just, He men- tions few nemes,—indeed, they are unfortu- nately few which deserve it,—but he character- izes those whom he does name with a few words thnt must make pleasant reading in Boston and New York. Has Hawrnonne ever been summed up better than in this lit- tle phrase which speaks of his “wistful reserve”? It is a pleasure to find such an article in the best known contemporary of the review which so touched our pride to the quick by its question: “Who reads an American book?” New York City has a comfortably-sized febt. According to the Controller's report of the city finances, the outstanding debt on April 30, 1875, amounted to $150,330,157. This debt was made up as follows: '7;240,600 $30,157 293,690 200 which provide for the issue af bonds in pay- Ing for certain permanent works. That city also anticipates its annusl taxes, general and special, by issaing bonds therefor; these revenus bonds are taken up with the proceeds ef the taxes as collected, How much tax re- mains uncollected is not stated, though we suppose it is equal to the bonds outstanding. The New York World seems to have an ab- solute mania for intermeddling with other people’s concerns, and is setting itself up as © general critic of everything and everybody. Yor some time past, it has been devoting Ktself to Chiengo with reference to its ex- posure to fire, and has now turned its stten- Hoa to Oshkosh, and expresses its regret that the mill-owners af that city will persist in running their mills when the wind blows. Its meddlesomeness is not confined to firo matters, however. It has recently been greatly exercised at the architectural con- Btruction of the new building of the New York Tribune, the owners of which probably ponstruoted their building with reference to their own convenience, and not that of the New York World, The latest fear of the Worlgis that Mr. Dav Smvron, who has kindly offered to construct a tawer in Cincin- neti as a donation to the city, may not make his tower architecturally beautifal. Now, wouldn't it have been just as well for the World to have waited alittle? The project hhas not even yet taken definite form, and, when Cincinnati and Mr. Smrron want the World's advice, they will probably ask it. Until that time its proffer of advice is both officious and impudent. : ——_—_—_— After a long respite from ocean disasters to passenger steamers, the terrible news comes of the logs of the Schiller, belonging to the Eagle line, and one of the largest and fastest boats in the transcontinental lines. It is as yet too early to comment upon the causes which led to this fearful disaster and involved the loss of at least 200 lives. It is only known now that the ill-fated vessel sailed from New- York on the 28th of April for Hamburg, by way of Plymouth and Cherbourg, with 149 cabin and 106 steerage passengers; and a large and valuable cargo. All went well un- til Friday evening at 10 o'clock, at which . time a heavy fog prevailed, during which sho etrock upon the rocks of the Scilly Isl. lands, lying on the southwest coast of England, sbout 30 miles from Land's End. ‘The sea was very heavy at the time, and, ow- ing to the dense fog, the Scilly lights could not be seen, ‘The fearful loss of life is the, acddest feature af the disaster. The passen- gers seem to have been almost entirely Ger- Tans, among them at least twelve from Chi- cago, on their way to the Fatherland to re- ‘vitit friends fam whom they had been long severed. This news, therefore, is doubly aad, fe thet ft will sorrow into hundteds of batane, bath in New aid Ol4 World, ¥HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, MAY 9. 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES. not only among the friends left behind but among the fricnds anxiously é awaiting them. The painful scenes + reported by the telegraph to have occurred in New York will be repeated in Germany. This fact adds still more intense poignancy to the grief which must be occasioned. So far as the details are known, however, no one seems to have been to blame. It ap- pears to have been one of those catastrophes against which no provision could be made, and which no foresight could have sverted. We hope this will prove to be thewase, and that the additional regret will not be felt that this ascrifice of life might have been pre- vented. THE MAN WHO NEVER VOTES. There has been a committee appointed by the Bar Association of Chicago to report for discussion by that body a scheme for reme- ‘dying the evils of our suffrage system. Any scheme for that purpose must necessarily be incomplete unless it make some provision for tho case of the man who won't vote. The non-voting population of large cities is in- creasing annually. The recent eldctions in Cincinnati and St. Lonis show a very marked falling off in the number of votes polled. In 1873,. there were 46,000 votes polied at the charter election in Chicago, which was the highestvote since 1868. -Asinother cities, the vote polled does not keep pace with the in- crease of thepopulation. Under acareful reg- istry, if all the persons legally entitled to vote were registered, the list would shows total of not less than 70,000 legal voters in Chicago. As a general thing, not over one-half of these go near the polls on election dey. In 1868, there was a strong vote polled ot the Presidential election, but there has been no election since then which has had sufficientinterest to call ont any- thing like s fall vote. So general is this, that a comparison of the list of voters will show thatthe voting is done pretty much by the same persons, there being rarely any new names added to the list. Now, the class of persons who do not vote are not those who are uninterested in the elections or.unaffected by its results. On the contrary, these persons haye large inter- ests at steke, and are perhaps of all others most deeply interested in good government, and in the honest aud efficient execution of the jaws. On election day these persons are at their stores, warehouses, factories, banks, counting-rooms, and offices, and on the dey after election they are the loudest and most vehement in their denunciations of the result of the election in which they had omitted to take a part, A preventive of non-voting and of absent- eeism in legislative bodies has been wisely provided for in the Constitution of Diinois, and in other-States, and ought to be pro- vided in the Constitution’ of the United States. Our State Constitution provides that no act of legislation can pass either House without the formal call of the yeas and nays thereon, and the affirmative vote of a major- ity of the whole number of membersof each House. A quorum is essential to transact business, and no law can be enacted, amend- ed, or repealed, or appropriation made or tax levied, without the recorded assent of the majority of the people's representatives. Here is a remedy for non-voting, absenteeism, negligence, and evasion on the part of mem- bers, and the remedy consists in the fact that votes not cast are counted in the nega- tive, The people continue to be represented, because, if: their member fail to vote, he is counted in the negative, and the negative side in the great multitude of legislative ques- tions is the side of safety and wisdom. This rule, however, cannot be made ap- plicable to ordinary elections of officers,where the matter to be determined is the election of one or another individual; but perhaps the Bar Association may be ingenious enough to devise some scheme by which the non-voting legal voters may be represented in determin- ing the result If this be impracticable, there may be found some way in which per- sons legally entitled to vote, who do not vote, may be subjected to some penalty therefor, or be put under an obligation to render some other service to the State in compensation for their failure to vote. . The greatest and most difficult problem in American government is how to obtain good, honest, snd competent city governments. ‘The evil of the day is the failure of city gov- ernment. That evil: owes its origin, and its continuance, and its alarming growth, more to the non-voting of large bodies of the pub- lic than it does to the successful voting of the cflice-seeking class; and there can be no radical or permanent improvement. of munic- ipal governments until this public crime of non-voting by half the legal voters is rooted out and abandoned. A CHALLENGE TO SCIENCE, Of late yeers science has been flinging down the gauntlet to religion on all sorts of pretexts. Now prayer was to be tested, and now inspiration, and now something else. But as the tests were always of a scientific nature, and the proposal of them generally of @ belligerent and irreverent nature, the church militant has not stooped to pick up the gauntlet. Now, however, these tactics have been abandoned. In fact, precisely the op- posite policy has been adopted. Religion has challenged science. It is anent Louise La- ‘reav, a Belgian peasant-girl,who has recently displayed two miracles. Every Friday her body is marked with the bleeding wounds of the stigmata, and every day she lives without food. Scientific men have scoffed at the ides, but now several Belgian ecclesiastics have de- fied science to disprove it, They offer to Place Lovie Darzav under the exclusive care of Prof. Vmeonow for six months, and let this eminent scientist detect deception, if hecan. He, strange to say, has declined the offer, The Church is now.in the position which science has so often occupied of late, and the aggressive clergy claim that Vm- ouow’s refusal of their offer is equivalont to an acknowledgment of the two miracles. Without speculating on the reasons of the refusal, let us see whether the supernatural may not, in: this case, be reduced—or ele- vated—to the natural, There is, in the first place, the sweeping possibility of imposition. A Catholic priest in San Francisco put a speedy end to a stigmata miracle, a fow months since, by setting 8 watch and catch. ing the devotee digging her nails into hands, feet, and side, in order to produce the bloody marks. There are a dozen ways, too, of surreptitiously taking food, The chal- lenge to Vironow only shows that the priests interested believe in the genuineness of the marvel. Mademoiselle Larzav may have good reasons of her own for thinking other- wise, But if the hypothesis of imposition is set aside, there remains this settled fact, that strong emotion, especially in the case of nervous, sensitive natures, oan pendase almost any effect upon the partionlar parts of the bofty to Which the agitated thoughts tain. ‘The wellacthintinsted idstanes of the mother who saw, with inexpressible agony,: 8 window-sash fall upon .and crush tbe fingers of her little boy, and had her own | fingers at once affected im the same way, is a caso in point, Love Larzav is a person wko has been diseased for years, has been half-crazed ‘by neuralgia in hor head, and is subject to fits. Here sre all the conditions necessary for the production of physical effects by religious ecstasy. ‘The problem of life without food is a more difficult one, Still, Louse does not sotually exist in this way. She takes the communion often, and drinks water. The consecrated breed and the water, which may contain solid substances, might balance the waste, which oust be very ‘small in her case, as she lies perfectly still and does nothing which de- roands any exertion of strength. Andaslong as waste is repaired life continues. Even if the scanty food taken is in itself insufficient, it may be reinforced by the absorption of the fatty portions of the body. - This is the way in which a bear lives during hibernation. - At any rate, death would make slow advances. ‘There can be no doubt that the girl will die ere long. ‘Tho brace of miracles thus seem to be sus- ceptible of explanation on natural grounds. But it would have been more satisfactory if ‘Vincnow had accepted the challenge. There are few scientists who get the chance to measure, and-weigh, and analyze a miracle, MRS, TILTON. There have boen but few persons who have ever been reduced to so pitiable a condition as Mrs. Touron. It is immaterial what the verdict of the jury msy be in the BrEecuEn case, there can be nothing added to or token from the terrible load under which she stag- gers, and which she must bear alone to the last. Those who read the correspondence between, Tr.Ton and his wife during the period eover- ad by the years 1866, '7, °8, and’9, as publish. ed in Tax Trmuxz Inst September, can un- derstand the great change which. has ovor- taken these two people; which has broken up and forever a household where there was so much peace and happiness, andhas severed two persons who, from that correspondence, were linked in the strongest bonds of con-, fidence and love. In 1870 came the revelation which, while shattering the faith that had preceded it, de- veloped the strength of the love of these people even in its ruin. For six months the secret was kept, and the household to all the world was unchanged. Then, maddened by what he understood was the malicious effort to injure him in his business relations, ‘Truron sent, by Bowen, the letter ordering Beecuer to leave Plymouth Church. Then in hot succession followed the events which have been the subject of so much contro. versy,—the correspondence, confessions, recantations, statements, and counter-state- ments, from December 31, 1870, to July, 1874. During all this time Turon, except in his dealings with Brzcuer through Mouz- ‘ron, protected his wife's fair fame before the world, going to the extent of explicit de- nials of the more serious accusations. “He continued to live with her, and to proclaim his confidence in her moral purity. At last, the wife for whom he had played such a false part so many years abandoned his home and went over to the sdvarsary, and denounced her husband ‘Then, abandoned by the woman for whose protection he bad been so long silont, Txxo- pore Triton proclaimed his accusation against Brecrse in the most formal and pub- lic manner. Mrs. Tuvron became a partisan of Mr. Bzecuer. She appeared before the Church Committee and testified in his behalf. She has attended this trial, taking her place among his friends, and, as was disclosed by one of the witnesses, has been supported by money contributions of his friends, Hardly had she left her husband before her humiliation began. Mr. Bzxousr im his statement before the Church Committee spoke of her having thrust her affections upon him, and claimed that his grief in the past had been caused by his not ‘having put aside the affection she was seeking to Jayish upon him. In his evidence on the trial he repeated this statement substantially; that the woman had become in love with him, had pushed her affections upon him, and that the only weakness he was conscious of was that he had not spurned her. His innocence was all-important, snd to establish that the de- fense adopted the theory that this unfor- tunate woman had been for years forcing her Jove on Brecuzn, without any * reciprocity on his part, and that all that there was in the caso was traceable to ker weakness and her forgetfulness of daty. f Doring this long suspense this poor-wom- an, if she have the ordinary sensitiveness of human nature, must have felt that, in aban- doning a husband because he reproached her, to espouse the cause of a man who pro- claimed her moral gailt as evidence to sus- tain his own innocence, she had hardly bet- tered her condition. She had left a husband who, belioving she had been betrayed into guilt, still braved the world’s scorn for her sake, and for the sake of their children, to take up the cause of a man who, from first to last, has secused her of wantonly thrusting her affections upon him against his will, thus placing him in embarrassing positions, and giving color to unfounded charges against his character. © She abandoned her husband, childrcn, and home; while Mr. Brzonzr has treated her from first to last as a sickly, sen- timental fool pursuing him with her affeo- tion and vainly tempting him into error. In the progross of the great trial, when her husband and Brscusr had both told their versions of her conduct, wealmess, and, por- haps, crime, she waited with patient, agoniz- ing suffering for the moment when she could tell the Court and jury, and that world which had so long been busy with her name, the sad story of her life,—waited until she could tell them what she knew, and knew better than all others, of herself, and how she had suffered, and what she had endured, while used as a football between the two great Egotists—her husband and her pastor. Day - after day she waited. Witness after witness, including her own servants and her brother, were put upon the stand, not to tes- tify to her innocenos or her guilt, but to the innocence or guilt of Mr. Brrcnen, She, the grest central figure of the whole case, Upon whose innocence or guilt ali other things depended, was entirely ignored,— treated as outside and foreign to the case, Men and women, and Mr. Baxcnes himself, swore to Mr. Brsonen’s innocence, ignorii the fact that, if the despised little moan tive ing upon. alms was guilty, no amount of swearing could scquit the man to whose de- fense unlimited money and unlimited friends had been contributed. The attempt to acquit Mr. Bzzoxm and lesve the world to be. lieve what it chose of Mrs, Trrrox's guilt 4 one e shal bw which ato not explainable, however, hae bean the Qucty. of ths Gefniie, ide. -Bzncuze, at the last moment, oven if he had ‘ever intended to do so, refused to let Mrs. “‘Tmumon tell her side of. the story. He had called her as witness before the Church” Committee. Ho had paraded her in the court-room with his friends, But theagonized ‘woman, who is of. necessity #5 innocent as he is, was refused permission to tell her story, to explain why she confessed, and re- eanted, and confessed again; to tell her version, of her eequaintance with Mr, Bexouen, of his visits, of his letters, of their rides, and of their various meetings. She ‘was again repelled, rebuked, turned out of court, and refased o hearing in a case where the sole question of fact is whether she com- mitted adultery. Her exclusion, it must be. borne in mind, was by the person charged swith being her companion; ho had related his varsion, but refused to permit her to give hers: ‘The reason for this exclusion is too. patent to.be misunderstood, and it did not. need the explanation that the’ defense would eall her as’ witness if the other side would not cross.” examine her, - It will be remembered that, in his examination, Mx. Begourn’s memory of various incidents and events of which he and Mrs, Trrow alone were cognizint was very defective,—too defective to enable him to state them in detail, or even substantially. It is possible that the unfortunate’ woman. into; whose memory all these things have ‘been branded as with a.heated iron would. have filled up the gaps in tho story, and given par- ticulars of. which Mr. Brzcuzr had no -recol- lection. She, of oll other witnesses,. could tell whether the accusation of adultery was |: made in 1870 or in 1874, and on this point she could sustain the defense, or overthrow it. Driven from the witness-stend ; refused hearing in a case where the sole issue is, was she sn adulteress ; without home ; ssparated- forever from husband end children ; iving upon the contributions of persons interested, not in her, but in Mr. Bezones ; her name spread over the wide world and dostined to live forever in the chronicle of the gréatest scandal of the age ; forced into silence and submirsion to every imputation upon her morale, and especially of her intelligence,—she is an object of commiseration, of sympathy, and of pity,—a woman so overwhelmed with affliction that mental oblivion seems to be the only possible relief or escape. BEAUREGARD. AGAIN. The New Orleans Bulletin, theorgan of the “ banditti,” having recovered from its frenzy over Tax Catcaco Trrune’s criticism of the course pursued by the Conservatives of the Louisiana Legislature, once more is exercised at Taz Tnreung’s comments upon Beavre- canp’s public declaration that he was in favor of giving no quarter during the War of the Rebellion. Unfortunately for the Bul- icin, Gen. Beaunecann's recent letter to Gov. Porrer, of Tennessee, and other letters of his which have been printed, are so expli- cit in this declaration that it can make no is- sue in this direction, but frankly says: ‘‘ We are not called upon to justify what he said, nor to attempt to vindicate him, nor to ad- |* duce arguments in favor of the policy of mak- ing no prisoners of armed men.” It seeks, how- ever, to blunt the charges, first, by declaring that the object of the malice of Tmz Cmcaco ‘Tarsune ‘‘canin no manner be lowered in the eateem of the 12,000,000 of men, women, and children of the South by any slanders which can be invented and set in flight from Chicago.” We commend to the Bulletin the fact that this was not a slander invented in Chicago, but a fact: stated by Beavrercanp himself. Second, the Bulletin covers up | the charge in the following pane- or art can assure them thst in honesty, purity, chival- xy, and all magnanimous inetincts they cannot name a Northern General of the Union army who will dare claim to bo the superior of our knightly and noble Beavnecanp. Scion of a lordly race of men, he went Into tho Southern war as a triod and thorongh soldier, an ardent patriot, a lover of political Wberty, and hon- cored citizen, and a chieftain whom the young men of ‘Louisiana followed with devoted attachment, All this may be so, and yet it dces not alter or affect the facts in the case at all. North- ern Generals will not be likely to compete with Southern Generals in point of. chivalry. We have no ‘‘scions of lordly races” in the North. A Northern man who should adver- tise himself as a scion of a lordly race would be looked upon either as a Innatic or a hum- ‘bug at once. No comparisons will be insti- tuted, however much the Bulletin may invite them. The chivalry of the Southern sort is unknown in the North.. The facts, how- ever, to which we wish to call the attention of the Bulletin are, first, that Bravezcarp advocated hoisting the black flag without provocation; second, that Beaunecarp was tho only Northern or Southern officer who made a public declara- tion of the fact ; third, that universal massa- cre has never been considered among civilized nations since’ the commencement of time as a, characteristic of chivalry; and, fourth, that this is the reason why Gen. Bravercanp was not included in the invitation to the Sol- diers’.and Sailors’ Reunion in this city. . Had any Northern officer advocated a war of ex- termination, he would have been excluded for the same reaso ADJUSTABLE DENOUEHENTS. Mme. Onnistins Nizsson-Rovuzaup hasset 8 curious fashion, by which she leaves an au- dience ita choice of a denouement. She has provided no less than three endings to As- neorse Tuomas’ opera of “Mignon.” In the French performances, Mignon marries Wil- helm Meister: As this would be very ridicu- lous to the Germans, especially those. ac- quainted with Gorrim’s heroine, and as they would bo sure to violently condemn any such liberty taken with her, when ‘‘ Mignon” is given in Germany the heroine dies. Recontly Mme. Nusson has been making a tour of Belginm and giving - “Mignon.” 4s Belgium just now occupies a sort of intermediate place between Franco and Germany, and the audiences in the Belgian theatres“ are ‘made up mainly of French and Germans, .Mme. Nissow has shrewdly provided s denouement which suits. both classes and .gives them free- dom of choice. As the curtain falls, ' Mignon sinks into the arms.af Wilhelm Meister and quietly reposes there. ‘The Ger man, if heso choose, can assume that she dies there, and go sway satisfied. The Frenchman, on the other hand, is at liberty to infer. that she swoons away only to recover and ever afterlive happily as Mrs. W. Meis- ter. The Belgian, being a neutral, we pre- sume takes the neutral view, and regards Mignon'ss neither dead nor married, but in- definitely reposing ,in a comatose state upon Wilhelm Meister's manly breast. ‘There are a great many advantages in these adjustable denouements, and hereafter the playwrights snd Lbrettista will undoubtedly so arrange their catastrophes thst the sadi- ence may have the privilege of ehoice to auit their own notions, There have been eases where dramas have two endings. For in- stance, & varsion of Romeo Foliei has been peuphred iit wile dalisch resuview fret, her poison, which turns out only to bean anesthetic of a harmless description, and Romeo marries her, and their wedded life is of the happiest description and abundantly blessed with olive plants. Thero is a musical version of “Othello” also, in which, just as the Moor is about to suffocate Desdemona, his insane jealousy is overeome by Emilia, who satisfies him that Desdemona is true, where- upon he forgives her, they rush into each other’s embrace, and ever after are happy. In these cases, however, there are but two. endings, and they are not so adjusted |: that the audience has 8 choice. In “Mig-|: non”. there are two different endings, and, in addition, the third one, which can be made to suit any one’s notions. Such an arrangement would leave the dramatist free to plunge his hero or heroine into all sorts of situations, with no regard to the manner of extricating them, since that responsibility would devolve upon the spectator. The vil- ‘lain of the piece-at the close would be hand- ed over te the audience, which might slaugh- ter him upon the spot, or hang’ him, or send ‘him to the Penitentiary for life. It would ‘also be flattering to novel-renders, if the ‘writer fitted his work with an adjustable :deriouement, so that the reader could dispose of the virtuous heroine, the afflicted lover, | the scheming uncle, and the tormenting vil- lain, as he saw fit. It would gratifya harm- less vanity to be allowed this privilege, and, in the case of the drama, would add immense- ly to its effect and popularity. BEPUBLICANISM IN EUROPE. | Mr. Evwanp A. Freeman has been writ- ing, in a thoughtful way, of the difficulties of. planting Republicanism in European soil. He makes outa good many. The truth of the doctrine of evolution, so far as the science of Government is concerned, was long since recognized by all students of politics outside of France and Spain. Good Governments grow. They cannot be manufactured to or- der, unless, indeed, the materials of the old structure are liberally used in building the new. So a monarchy can safely become a Republic only by a slow passage from the rule of the one to the rule of the many. Moreover, local self-government must precede general solf-government. A democratio State must be a combination of political units, And the anits must form the State instead of the State’s being artificially separated into them. The latter process has been tried in France, where the central power split up the country and appointed a lot of prefects to superintend local action. Bat there has been no Jocal action, ‘hepresence of the prefects crushed it,.and the division merely aggrandized the central despotism. When these two leading principles—that a new form of government must have its roots deep in the old one and that local must pre- ecde general self-government—are applied to particular cases, it is evident that Mr. Frxe- man’s doubts about an immediate develop- ment of republican institutions abroad are justified. There is Spain. This unhappy country tried to be a Republic, as it, or part of it, has tried every other known system of govern- ment. But the new form had no connection with the traditions of the past. It wes op- posed to them. Moreover, Spaniards are guilelessly ignorant of local management, though not of local independence, despite their sharply.drawn provincial linea. Mr. Freeway thinks the demand for a Federal State, which wrecked Casrenan’s pretty theory of rule, was a healthy symptom. He interprets it as a sign of a growing desire and capacity for local self-government. But, while palaces built by Kings for Kings stood empty in Spain and a Spanish King lived at Paris, what could be expected save what came ? France, according to the eminent historian, has not sacceeded in making out a very ser- viceable scheme of government. He picks flewa in the new plan rathlessly. Still, it may be permitted us to say that the now scheme is really in great part a growth, and that France has passed through so many phases of government that any new theory must find root somewhere in the past. Itis true that the prerequisite af local manage- ment does not as yet exist, but there seem to bo chances of the survival of the Republic, which are perhaps more weighty than the chance, upon which Mr. Fneman lays stress, of the return of Hxnnr Fifth under the lilies, or of Narozzon Fourth under the violets. Switzerland is the eminent writer’s ideal Republic. He discusses the details of its government with rapture. Its Executive Council seems to him far superior to our single Executive official ; for, as he says with some humor and more weight, ‘‘ The Fed- | eral Council is never born, it never dies, it never marries, it never falls sick and recov- ers; its walks and rides cannot be recorded in a Court circular; it holds no drawing- rooms or Jevees; it pays no one the honor of a visit, and no one has the honor of being invited to visit it in return.” There is no chance for the gradual introduction of cere- monious pomp by which Bonarants the Consul paved the way for Narorzox First, Emperor. Switzerland is sure to maintain her Re- publicanism ; France may; but elsewhere thore are no prospects of any immediate de- velopment of democracy. We are not awaro that the fact is a bad one. A government generally fits the governed. When they grow, it grows. No doubt a Republic is the only good form for such a highly-intelligent and civilized people as our own, but “ effete despotiams” suit effete nations. Working to introduce Republicanism abroad instead of purifying it at home is much like subsoribing to supply the Feojeo Islanders with’ Scriptural shirts, while thousands of native-born heathens are left to rot and die uncared for. A gentleman who pretends that he was on in- timate terms with Macneapy has written s com- munication to the New York Evening Post in re- gard to Butwer’s “ Richelieu * and Macrzapy’s opinion of itss s playing piece. The writer of the communication sseerts that Macrzapy held rather low views of Butwer's ability aaa dram- atist; and, a8 confirmation, the sotor gave op ‘one occasion, in private conversation, the history of “Richelieu.” ' Macrrapy said that when Butwer first brought the play to him, Richelieu ‘waa % subordinate part init. The character did not appear until the fourth act. On being asked whether the world was not 3 much indebted to Macazapy a3 to Burwez for the play, the former is anid to havo smiled and ssid nothing. We have given the story thus far merely to ssy that itis supported by no sufficient authority. Ma- onzan?'s friends and admirers would be sorry to have him convicted of such incredible presamp- tion and vanityas the unknown writer charges ‘upon him, : * The name of the first controversislist to ao- cept the challenge to prove the inspiration of the Bible was withheld bya gentleman in this city on his own responsibility. He has author. ized ite publication now, He is the Rev. O. A. Buraczsa, President of the Northwestern Chris. tian University at Indianapolis, Mr. Bororss bas, of course, procedsoce of all competitors in thm higemdad ; thal in, Of berms. cin be agated (Was acquitted, SS upon between the parties. Mr. Buncess says: “T hope no one will think I am weak encugh to suppose I could carry my point before the jury ; ‘the fact thata man who does not believe in the Bible is to select half that jury st once stamps impossibility on its face. ‘There are, however, moral questions which call for some extraordinary work on either side; we are living in the midat ‘of such times, and this offer mayserve a8 & means of attracting attention to the real issues of the day, and may end in settling the great dis- pute. My effort would, therefore, be more to the worid througn the jury than od the jury ‘direot.” —_———__+__—_ Compounding felony isa fashionable crime, ‘and go frequent that ordivary cases scarcely at- :tract public notice. A very extraordinary cass chas Istely come to light in New England. Tho ‘Souhegan Netional Bank of Milford, N. H., was robbed last October by masked burglars. The :detectives failed to find any clew to the stolen property. After all efforts in this direction had been abandoned, the President of the bank re- ceived a telegram from a pretended detective in Baltimore which induced him to visis that city and grant an interview. Several interviews Were held between tho President and the rob- bers, and the former, becoming satisfied that the stolen property could be obtained in no other Way, was persuaded to bring on €40,000, the sam demanded for its restitution, from home. We jet the story continue in the language of the re- porter: Mr, Towns was taken to the private office of the so-called detective and required to place a certain som of money on the table, ‘When this was done tho agont rapped on the door, which was instantly opened ands package thrown in, Mr. TowNx was requested fo examine thin, which he did, occupying nearly two hours, Am of securities -he found many belonging to iis bank, which he checked and laid one side, When this was done he was requcsted to place another sum of money on the table, which he did, and another a was thrown in and examined as be- fore. .Tais resulted in the recovery of many of the missing papers and soms which had not been missed, Mr, Tow2e was taen informed that this was all that could be done for him, and be was allowed to pocket the valuables and depart in peace, His situation dur- ing the negotiation was not an enviable one, ashe new he was desling with desperate nie mien, with whom ho wus forced to Cust himsaf with a large aus of money, with no security against assassination, ‘The condition of the detective service in the United States is pretty well exposed by this criminal proceeding on the part of the Naw Hampshire bank officials. Doubtlesa tho detec- tives will remsin the most accomplished and merciless thieves in the world so long as they find it profitable to maintain the traditional policy of Addition, Division, and Silence. $< ‘The libel suit against the Springfield (Masa.) Republican, which reached the end of its firat atuge lat week, is in some respects remarkable and deserving of public attention. The action was inatituted by Mr. Wis G. Puerrs, of Springfield, contractor, municipal benefactor, and what not, who had been charged by the Re- publican with fraud, The language used was incapable of misconstraction, Mr. Paeurs was saidto be the “Boss Twzep of Springfield,” and ‘a public corrupter.” The plaintiff? claimed damages of $200,000. The verdict gave bim $100. A peculiar feature of the trial was tho absence of s jury, both parties cousenting to the statutory provision which allows 2 trial to proceed: before s Judge, nem. ‘con, Of the ‘verdict, if may be said that the substantial victory rests with the defendants. No doubt, the Judge ascertained and determined the merits of the case much more exactly than a jury would have done. He was compolled by the technical necessities of the law to find for the plaintiff; yet a regard for the public good, and a brosd view of provocations and motives, induced him to sward only nominal damages. One word more remains to be said of this re- markable case: The conduct of Mr. Bowzxs, proprietor of tho Republican, from the begin- ning to the end of the proceedings, has been of anature to evoke the warmest admiration and sympathy not only of journalists but of all who appreciate courageous and disinterested devotion to the public good. Sn Influential men‘are such because they are commonly supposed to be men of judgment. Popular estimation frequentiy places them a notch above this, and supposes them to be men of strong moral purposes. So it frequently hap- pens that the influential men do an immense deal of harm in the mere matter of selling bad and foolish books, A country minister has just called attention to this evil in a card published inone of the Eastern newspapers. Hoe bas been looking over a small yolame of ‘Instructions to Agents ” issued by a firm of subscription-book publishers, snd has found in it such golden aphorisms as these: “Always secure the most influential men first. . . . The getting of leading names is the great turning point of snecess in canvassing. - + If any of these leading people are unable to buy or assist as a helper, then ask for their namos to head your list for the sake of their influence; the condi- tion being that they are at liberty to take tho book or not, when you bringit.” This looks ‘very much to the country minister like a con- spiracy between publishers, canvassers, and these important “‘ioftuential men” to obtain money under false pretenses! from the general public. ‘The Jouns Horutxs University msy yet bean institntion worthy of the uame it bears. The only effect of the controversy thst has arisen ag to the scope of the curriculum has been to diroct the attention of the Trustees to the post-grad- uste plan suggested by the New York Nation, and to enlist their sympathies in its favor. The Baltimore American has suthority for eaying that some of the most influential and energetic of the Trustees are strongly disposed to adopt the nowidea, and put it in execution at once. ‘We are heartily glad to hear this, Mushroom colleges and universities have flourished and fallen in this country eo often that a single addi- tion to their number would hardly be worth noticing ; but the establishment on a solid foun- dation, though only aso beginning, of an institu- tion that would really assist the canse of higher education, is an event of the utmost consequence.- OBITUARY, ‘HEINRICH EWALD. rn day or two since the cable snnounced the death of Gzozra Hemnion Aucusr Van Ewan, one of the most eminent of modern Orientaliste. ‘Ho was born at Gottingen in 1803, and com- menced the study of Oriental literature in his school-days. In 1823 he wasa teacher at the Wolfenbuttel Gymnasium, in 1827 cxtrsordinary, and in 1681 ordinary, Professor of Philosophy at Gottingen. His first great work was his ‘* Critical Grammer of the Hebrew Language,” in 1827, several abridgments of which have since been published. Between the years 1843-1850 he pub- lished an important work in four volumes on the “ History of the People of Israel Until the Time of Christ,” and a volume on ‘The Antiquities of the People of Israel.” His lectures at Gottingen embraced tha literature of the Arabic, Persian, Aramaic and Sanscrit tongues, which were the precursors of several volumes on Arabic sub- jects. In sddition to these books, Ewarp planned the “Journal of Eastern Knowledge,” “the Yearbook of Biblical Science,” and several minor volumes of Ethiopic literature. In 1866, at the time of the reconstruction of Germany, he appeared as # defender of the rights of Hano- ver, and assailed the Prussian Government so violently that ho was tried for high treason, but ‘MICHEL Levy. ‘The New York aie of the 6th says: “4 cable ym Paris dated jorning, oe 5th inst, aes tthe death of woe oe well-known publisher, He and his brother, wero also editors of drama‘ “Enact Je fue 4, Jeurnal du Dimancha, L'Untcors eee eee ‘Thoilt to prevent the of strat. Pallroad tracks with aalt wes preotically defeated in the Rew York Lagislature jest. Wodnsaday, ‘Pbsralizosd sccipenies aout a sivasg ivbby tip to Albany, and, after peculiar influences beg been brought to bear for = short. time, the As. sembly was induced to reconsider its action ang recommit the bill. The great difficulty of the members who had originally voted for the bil} was to assign placsible motives for changing sides. One of them did at last, however, strika out a beautiful line of defense, and the bill was recommitted on the ground that salt-sprinkling, by clearing the tracks, helped horses more thea it burt them. PERSONAL Exrza Weruensny is accompanied by her sistes in ber travels. Boston is going to make Omantorme Cus. & farewell present. Dr. Saxcgt Sursex, of the New York Sun, - ig at the Tremont House. ‘The Oshkosh Worthwestern bas bean reduced in size to correapond with the town. It is profanely reported that the Emperor of Austria is about to undertake a Dalmatian tong Journey. Hannrer Mantrveavia getting weary of the world, and is asid to expect a transformation at any moment. Postmaster Frasz, of Vicksburg, is in hot water about the sppointment of colored cleks, Letters have Pzsasr. Acorrespondent of the St. Louis Republican saye Lowa Grpenr was outof pocket $25 by her benefit at Banya’. Madame Parrgnsos-BonaranrTsy has erosaed the Atlantic sixteen timos, and proposes ts do it again, though 90 years of age. “Wako mo up when SHeanuan cries,” is the Brooklyn substitute for the Old Bowery dersand, “ Wake me up whep Kirby dies.” © Texas Jack” is still advertising in the Lon- don papers for young Englishmen who want to travel and slay the buffalo on the prairies. Cuaxxgav bid $99,000 for the Enwix Forugsr mansion in Philsdelphia the other day, bu! could not getit. The upset price for it is $110,000. Sus V., a Boston correspondent of thefpring- field Republican, characterizes Hzxny Varcxr's discourses as “‘tedious and intolerably inxso- lent.” The Rev. Grorcz CaxeBErap has accxpiel eallto Mount Pleasant, Ia. We suppose he's IAmesded there.—New York Commercial Ad- ‘vertiser. Another ‘Roy. Dr. Wout Parros” bas been discovered. He is of New Haven, Conn. Should he come to Chicago, what would the newspapers do? Dr. Livprwanx, the “Director of the United States Mint, estimates the product of the Com stock mines at $35,000,000, and next year's Product at $50,000,000. The Florentine version of the McCroser hat ceremony is best. The Epocaesaid: “ General Grane will, with his own bands, place the ber- retts on Moxzoxy’s head.” Envest Buves, author of “ Bose Michel,” and the impending quarrel between Daty sad Suxnmax Snoox, is ao editorial-writer on Vio~ Tom Huao’s paper, Le Rappel. ‘Dr. Hasnsonp has discovered that a frog cam live without brains, When this discovery was made, forty years ago, it was also fonnd thats frog waa stracturally like a savan. Gzonar H. Nonzis, Esq., who has boen spond- ing the winter in Florida, auperintendiag his exe tensive orange plantation, has returned to bis home in this city in the best of health aad spirits, Senor CasteLan gave’ a party at Madrid. ‘Treo posts read postry at him, and he weut intg exile next day. His just appreciation of literary merit qualifies Senor Castziae for a responsible position at the editorial stone. Wifely devotion reaches the sublime in the case of Mrs. Riaxotp, wife of the handsome New York actor. She isa good actrois herself, ‘but will not plsy for foar of interfering with the success of her husband with his jady auditors. A Nashville prescher hopes his congregation wilt testify their approval by elappisg theiz hands—into their breeches-pockets and hauling out contributions. The ladies think ho must have excepted them. How can Jndge Fortzetox hope to make 2 good record on tho track this season if tho trial is not disposed: of this month? He can’t find time to train against Occmznr and the Mam, if he is cramped up in court all day. Adjourn or finish up. The New York Tribune editorially denies that Joun Hay's father-imlaw is going to bay ths Cleveland Herald for the suthor of * Little Breeches.” Har isa stockholder of the Tribune and content. This is evidently the work of the other member of the family. ‘Tho Golden Age baving ssid that romance war better than rum, the Literary World retorts that & bad romance is more harmfal thrn first-rate yum, inssmuch as it reached snd demoralized & class—young gitls—which is secure cgeinst the attacks of John Barleycorn. When Burr, of the St Lonia Republican, complained that in his fight with ex-Senator Cnanpier he had the United States Treasury againat him, a gallant old soldier f:om iMichi- gan—a Bepublicao, too—sent him his contribu- tion of 50 cents to keop his end up. Conoupus, our CHRISTOPHER, is said to bes candidate for canonization. The Count Roseuty DE Loxowas has written an offical Catholic his- tory.of bim, under the title “The Ambassador of God and Pros IX." Cunisroruze being the Ambaseador referred to, it leaves Pxos no choice of title. ‘The venerable Archdeacon TnoLtore, of Stow, England, bas beon placed upon a conuaittoe, of which Mr. Disnazxt is President, to crect 9 mo- morial over the grave of Lord Brron. Did tho Britieher mean this as « dig st our American Srows, who tried to erect snuther sort of me- -morial over his grave? Mra. Barrett, of Fort Dodge, Ia., took spirit photographs. One gentleman recogaized in the angel which hovered over him his lamented wife; a distracted father saw in two hitie chere ube his Jost children; but the vulgar ekeptics found such a painfol resemblsnce &: cherubs and angel to the familiar picture “Mamma in Heaven,” that the believers have decided not to exy much about the matter. ~Itiessd to think that the heartof a young man in New Orleans has been rent asunder by the wiles of a Chicago maiden; but, when one re~ Miss Morir Parsows, or Miss Mrmiz Pras 60x, resides in this city, there is but one con- cluaion to be reached. Morzre, you must have broken the solemn promise you gave the Judge nevor to entrap any more fools. The Rochester Democratia howling with wrath bocause the Now York sgent of the Agsocisted Press telegraphed the fact that there were no jests in Mr. Beecuzn’s discourse to the 105 new members of Plymouth Church. Bat why bisme the newspaper man? Mr. Brecmsn can't rea- sonably be expected to be fanny all the time, and it does no harm to his reputation as @ humorist (to speak mildly) to mention one 00- casion when he behaves like s clergyman. Mile. Cromerre, the French actress, baa set 2 new fzshion. The extravagance of Pariaisn snd American ladies in using 90 much material fot their dresses is proverbial, Cnomerre has made ® reform move, and uses leas silk or velvet. Un- fortunately, instead of taking it from the train, where itis superflzous, ahe ekimpa % ever the bosom, where it is already none toe plentiful. ; |The Cnomerrz corsage is already the rage, and ig ssid to have s powerful effoct in recalling the fig-leaf atyle of Eden. Faaxors J. Harz, » young man of this city, who inherits a roving disposition, is about to embarkupon an original expedition. Though bat 17 years of age, he has mapped out for himecif & route fore tour through Scotland, England, and the continent of Europe, having completed Serer will wander round the world. Moest- Bropores to tara bis own Kying sad vag as why, be 46 Which ke wishes te ome caives » letter from that city inquiring whether ° s