Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 14, 1875, Page 4

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TWO GLANOES AT HIR MIRROR —~ONE TE. fore, the other nftor asinig - lalrde Blooin of Youth V— will ‘eunvinco aay I dy of o at st b celod ten yoare of her age, 30 {3 88 Darsonal appearance £s concormed, (nring the fire winutes consumed In tho oporetlon, Huld Ly Druggists everywhoro. THE POPULAR FIRST-CLASS DENTAL ROOMS Mol ‘s, corner Clark and Randolnh. given or monz, refaniad, The Chicage Teibune, TFriday Morning, 2ay 14, 18765. Latest reports of the condition of the Hon, Joun C. Brecrmsminae indicate no changa cither for botter or worso, and no immediate prospect of dissolutio: To avoid a repetition of the arren haul, tho Warohonge Commissioners will raquire 1$nspection foes to be deposited in bank, sub- feet to tho drafts of tho Board Yesterday waa the cighty-third anniversary ,of tho birth of the Popo. A party of pil- grims from Mayonco congratulated His Holi- ness upon the oceasion, and in reply he com- plimonted the German clexgy for their stead- {ast loyalty. A porty of Black Hills adventurers, con- sisting of forty-two men and six wagons, hing been captured by a detachment of troops and takien to Fort Randall as prisonors, to bo held until instructions are rocoived goncern- ing their treatment. The Kentucky Republican Stato Conven- tion was held in Louisville yesterdny, and was notable for tho largo attendanco and the per- foot harmony of its procesdings. Gen, Jony M, Hanzay, o gullaot soldier, and a citizon of great populnrity and recognized ability, waa the nominae for Governor. e e It is stated by our Washington correspond- ent that Supereisor 3ousn, though not charged with cowplicily in the whisky frauds in his district, will be afforded an opportunity to vacate his office, the appoint. ment of his successor Leing by Secretary Bristow desmed essontinl for tho good of tho gervico, which will also requiro the dis- missal of all Gangers and Storokeopers of distillors where frauds have beon discovered. Doubts are expressed os to whother the Emperor of Germnny will sign the bill for the nbolition of monastic institutions, ad the Empress is desirous that the Sistors of Merey and other orders devoling themsdlves to tho cars of thosick and wounded be oxempted €zom tho provisions of tho messure. Bis- t1anox, having set his hentt upon it, threat. ©na to resign in easo the bill does not becoms a law before tho scssion of Parlisthent ends, The lotter of Afr. Hexey ViNoenT, pub- fished in this paper on Mondsy, concerning tho Brromem case, hns ovoked & delugo of lotters, in which ha is severely excoriated for his alleged dofenso of 3lIr. B, and arraign. ment of his traducers. Wo publish two of thoso letters, as indicating how Mr., Vin- oxxr’s letter was undorstood by porhaps o great many persons. Wo quostion, howaover, whether ho will ever zeceivo ony thanks for his elsborate roview of the cass from tho triends of the Grent Defendant. Another step in tho matter of sotting sside the recent fraudulent charter olection was (oken yosterday under the suspices of tho Citizens' Association, Several prominont members of that body, including its Presi- dent, are tho complainants in o bill filed in 1he Oircult Court ngainat the City of Clieago, the bill setting forth the various woll-kinown grounds for declaring tho roturns illegal and the clection void,—such ms ballot-box stuf- {ing, fraudulont voting, the nogloct to keep poll-lists, refusal to appointclerks, insnfcient and informal alootion natics, and other frreg- ularitioa, @ Judge Drrroy, 0 United States Cirouit Court, yeaterdsy rondcered n decision in the celabrated bridge dispute betweon Omaha avd Couucil Bluffs, in which also was in- volved the question, as between those two cltfes, of the enstern terminus of the Union Pacifio Railrond, The deolsion {a in favor of * Council Bluffs, denying the right of the Company {o operate the bridge by woy of transfer or lense o another company, and tompelling the operation of the bridge in such o manner as to form n continuous lino to Council Bluffs, Tho case will doubtlesa be cmried to the United Statos Buproma }@Jo higher, closing ot $1,01} cash and $1.03] for Juna. Corn was in fair demand and @jo bigher, closing at 72}c cash and 74jc for June, Onts were active and j@1a higher, closing at Gio.cash and €Gle for June, Rye wos qniet and stondy at $1.00. Barloy was quiet and unchanged, at $1.33 for Mny. Hogs wero active and closed ensior. Sales at $7.00@8.85. Caitle wero neglected and weak, Sheep wero flrm, Rep Crovp and Srorrep TAL wera seized with o desire to bo interviewed whilo iu Omaha, and the editor of the Bee had the honor of receiving their communications upon the sabject of the starvation of their tribes by dishonest ngents, The Sioux Chicfs tell a pitiful story of privation and suffering, and, ns thoy have beon shrewd enough to take their own interproters to Washington, they will bo nble to lay befors tho Grent Father their grievances in such a shape 08 to scours for them a fair hearing and prompt relief and rodress. In nnother column we print this morning an interesting Lut painful nccount of tho ronppenrance of the grasshoppor plaguo in the West, Tho prospect for this yenr's suc- coss of our Western farmers is not encouvng- ing. Itisto bo hoped frost, raln, or some- thing clse, will destroy theso pests, but al- ready they havo done considorablo damago to the erops, Last winter, in numerous public addresses to the peoplo for the relief of Kan- sng nnd Nebraska, Gen. Brisnry expressed tho belief that the grasshoppers would be- como n nationnl plague, and urged the socd- ing of ell tho belt of conntry over which they had pnssed. Tho course of the locusts ig enat,-and, it is said, they scldom are bad two yenrs in the same secction, but fly off to n now region 1o commit their ravages, 1t is now on interesting question whother thoy may not in timo becomo n national calamity. e rrema———e— The evidence on both sides in the Berermn {rinl is now finished, the last of tho witnessos Deing heard yesterday, tho Court adjourning untit Wednesdoy, when the argumont for the defenso will bogin, to continue for about five dnys, nccording to Mr. Evants’ estimato, Tho prosecution will close, probably ocenpy- ing about an equal length of time; tho Judge will sum up and deliver his chargo to tho jury, and there is reason to expect that in sbont two weeks the presont pro- ccedings will lhave ended. Tho trial propsr began on the 4th of January of this year, tho case being first brought be- fore Judge McCur, whose rule ordering TI'uon to file a bill of particulsrs had been reversed by Judge NrmsoN, to whoso Court, on the 5th of Jannary, tho suit was trans- ferrod, Mr, Evanys filing an exception, Tho impancling of the jury began on tho bth, and was concluded in threo days. Onthe 11th, Mr. }ornis began the opening for the plaintiff, snd on tho 13th Fraxcis D. Mouz- ToN took the stand, precisely four months 8go yestords; A PARTY VICTORY, ‘While it was not possible for any newspapor to withhold its approval of the recent success- ful raid on the whisky-ring, tho Chicago Times cnnnot repress its Democratic proclivi- tics, nnd it reflects the probablo tenor of Democratic prrtisan eriticism in the following paragraph: Whst does it mean? Dy what authority as Beere, tary Buiarow been sccretly placlog 3 mino undor the comUluca works of the whisky-ring and tho revonus sorvica? YWho lina permitted him thus to mp and mina the atronpest bulwarks of tho party, sod blow up itu fortificationy, sending sky-ligh hundrods, nsy thousands, of jtu most devoted genersla and lvuien- nts? What does ft moan? Haa Graxt Johnsoizad 2 las \he Washington Cobinet formed a conspiracy to destroy the party ship aod drown the swarma of offies- holdlug rats that Lava so long multiplied and fattenod in tho cargo? It means no puch thing as the Chicago T'émes nffects to believe, and nobody knows it better than that organ. It mecans that the TRopublican party is now, 68 in the past, the party of reform and progress, Malign in. {luences and corrupt agencios havo from timo to time attached themselvos to this party,— a8 what great political party may hope to es- ofpo? Monoy-makers and scoundrels nro shrowd cnough to work thoir way into the party in power, and honest mon have been doceived into indorsing or tolerating dishon- est mossures. Tho Republican party, inits sixteon years of rule, and besot with difficul- tios and complications that no other party in this country over oncountered, could not di- vest itself of these ponaltios of success, But it his, in all of its trinls, doveloped in time the pluck, honesty, and ability to exposo the corruption and rid itsclt o the orruptionists that have threatoned to weigh it down. During tho War, and since the War, the Ropublican party has boldly faced the disnsters that come from internal rascali- ties, and hns maintained itsolf by exposing nud corrocting the nbuses, instoad of shirking the responsibility, and endeavoring to hide, nod covor up, md smother, its own tronbles, ‘Thore i o bravery in this course akin to the potriotiam and energy which put down tho War of the Redellion, Itis this charpoter istic of the Rermblican party which has eon- stantly commandod the support of the popu- lar voto, in &pito of gerious dissensions, important disaffections, and temporary re- verses. ‘Thero havoleen troubles and abuses onough to have camied down any party not possessed 'of thia courngeous spirit, But every woll-dofined nbnso has met with prompt investigation, and the oxposuro and dismissal of the guilty parties, The Republican party took the Orcdit-Mo- bilier swindle by the horns and grappled with it successfully, Though it could not recoup all thot bad boon squandered, it'exposed to publio shame thomen who had boen leaders In tho conspiracy aguinst the public monoys, and it suthorized suits which moy in the ond secure & partial restoration of the fraudu. lent profits, ‘The District of Columbia Ring was one of tho most formidable raids ever organized upon the Government Trossury, and it had tho support of tho moat poworful personnl and political influences. Yt the Ropublican party broke it up and scattered ita forces. The New York . Custom-Iouse cliquo was siwilarly sustalned by strong supports of a porsonal and political char. actar, but it failed to escape tho inherent ope position of the party te corruption, nnd was driven to the wall, The salary.grab wos an Court. The Chicago produce markets were lrregu. far yoatorday, with loss doing, as the Board of 'frade adjourncd at noon in honor of the Arny Reunion. Mess pork was quiet, and 150 per brl lower, closing at £21.40@21.46 cash, and $21,55 for June, Lard was quistand 2§@50 per 100 tbs lower, closing at $16.85@ 185,87} cash and §15,40@15., 424 forJune, Meats ‘were quiét and unchanged, at 8}o for shoul- ders, 113@11]q for short ribs, and 1240 for short olears. Highwines were nominally un. ahanged at §1.18 per gallon. Yako freighte wers quict and firm, Flour was quiet aud sheady, Wheat was modsvutely sotive and abuso of the publio trast, which, like most of the public sbuses, wos achieved by a com. bination of the bad men in both parties; but the Republlican majority in Congress did wlat it ocould in tho way of otonement as soon as the drift of publio sentiment was ap- parent, and Republican voters promptly punished those who wera chiefly guilty, When ,tho sentiment of the country was ploinly declared agoinst the grantof public land and moneys for railroad and other {m. provement schomes, the Republican party abandoned fta formor policy, which liad beon productive of great bonefits as .well nagbuses, Nover was thero & more per- sistent aud powerfal lobby than that of the THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1875. Pacific Mail, and though one Congress was daceived and controlled by it, an oxposuro of its oporntions hy tho last Congress led to o prompt repenl of the subsidy, and left those who wera implicated to suffor for their sins. Theso are fair samples of what the Republic- an party has done to purify its own houac- 1iold, and to retain its claim upon the publio condldence. The recent movements of the Administra. tion, and especinlly those in revenue snd mail gservice, aro entirely in keeping with tho pol- icy of the Republican party from tho begin. niug, ns wo havo illustratod it above. They show that this party is still strong in the pos- Fession of tho right material to battle againat its worst cnowfes,—tho scoundrels who not with it for their own selfish purposes,— and that this mnterial comes to the front whon the emorgeneies of the publio servieo call it out. It has further the support of Le~ publican newspapers, of which theNow York Times, tho Boston Adcertiser, the Cincinnati Guazctte, the St Louis Denocrat, and Tnz Circaco TuinoNe aro samples, which have the fairness and fortitudo to assist in running down the corruptionists, and to insist in rid- ding tho party of their prosouce. The suce cess of thoso movements ngainst corruption by tho Rcpublisn party in the past warrants the utmost confidence in Heerotary DBmstow's bresking of tho whisky-ring, notwithstanding tho bold announcement that hie has 840,000,000 and s vnst areny of politicinns to contend agaiust, "I'ie raid on this gigantic ring ins Lieon begun in o manner that promises thoroughness in ita prosecution, It will probably load in the end to n vory general chango in the personnel of the revenno service, and nct as a warning and restraint on officcholders for years to come. In this way it is a grand victory for the Republican party,—grander and more ef- fective than will bo the defeatof WinLtax Arzzx in Ohio and the resoucof Indiann froma tho hanuds of tho Democrats. THE The First egimont of tho Ilinois Btate Guard paraded yesterday for the first time. Fhere were oboui 400 mien in the ranks, be- ing all that have yot been uniformed, Thoy made n most ftnposing appearanca in their handsome uniform nnd tasteful equipments, Thoe effect of three months’ drill to which tho companies have beon subjected was yes. torday very evidont. Tho officers doserve tlio highest commendation for the fidelity with which they have brought the men to such proficiency. The regiment hes so far been successful in maintaining its character ns an orgauization of rcputablo persons, and it is to be hoped will continne so to the end. There is no such hwiry in filling up the regiment as to induca a departure from a rigid rule of excluding all persons of intemperate habita or questionsble personal character, Bettor bo o yoar longor in filling the ranks than to take in thoso who may bo o reproach {o the orgenization, and ultimately lead to its demoralization, The rogiment Lins now a deserved roputation ng composed of finst-class mon, and that vepu- tation iz worth much to every nssociation, but especially to a military organization. Let it bo maintained, and tho ranks will in due time ba filled by those who may well regard it as an honor to be members of the First Regiment. Thero is nothing to provont this rogiment, thus composed, and officered by men proud of their comrades and skillful in military mat- ters, ottaining o front rank in tho volunteer soldiory of the Northwest. There is nothing to provent it becoming n most thoroughly officient nnd drilled orgaunization. The parade yesterday was creditable to tho regi- mont ; let theso young men see to it that tho standard shall uever bo Jowered. THE SCHOOL QUESTION IN OHIO, Tt js altogether likely that tho issue be- tweon tho Catholics and tho public schools will cut some figure in the approaching Gu. bernatorial campaign in Obio, The manner of passing the Geamaw law (rolative to re- ligious worship in roformatory and charita- ble institutions), though entirely proper in itself, the construction which has been put upon it in cortain quarters, and the partisan- ship created in the Catholic Church, have all helped to force any issuo that might possibly arisa botween tho Catholics and anti-Cath- olics, ond range themsolves solidly upon op- posite sidos. Added to theso ciroumstances, tho probability of Judge Tarr’s candidature will holp to bring in the public-school quostion. Judge Tarr wns ono of the Judgoes of the Superior Court in Cincinnati at the timo the controvorsy arosein that city relativo to the exclusion of the Bible from the public schools, The Board of Education passed o resolution which prohibited the reading of tho Bible, and those favoring its retontion mode up & case in which the Court was called on to pass uponthe question, The purport of Judge Tarr's dissenting opinion (aftorwards sustained by tho Bupreme Court) was that, there being nothing in the Consti- tation of the State raquiring the roading of tho Bible, nor prohibiting it, it was clearly at the discrotion of the Board to retain or ex- cludo its use, and that the Board had not, therefore, exceeded its provinco. Binco Judge T'avr has been prominently mentioned in connection with the Republican nomivation for Govaruor, this decislon has been cited ag Indicative of his favoring oither o division of tho school-fund between the Catholics and Protostunts, or a rclease of the Catholica from taxation for kchool purposcs.’ Judge Tavr, In a rocont intorviow with a cor- respondont of tho Oloveland Herald, has {flually set at vost all spooulations in this re. gord. In roply to o question xelative to o division of the school-fund, he quoted that portion of his decision in which he held that the Constitution of tlio State forbids the im. position of any sectional creed in any form in the publiec schools, and then added : A to the making of another Conatitution, I bolfers it s no part of thu Gubernatordal duty, But, if any one lias a curlosity to know what I would do, if T was Governor, and & Governor had anything lodo with naking n now Conatitution, J new ey that I wouid {eave that provision of the Conatitution Just aait fa, and the achool-Tund shouid bs forever invivladble—undividsd and indivaible, Uis position was rendored still clearer by the following queation and answer “1¢ you aro not in favor of a dlvision of the schook fund, do youfavor the reloass of the Catholics from thelr abare of the taxos now pald for the suppors of the publis schools 1# + Cortaluly nok,” snswered the Judge, * Tha Cathe ollcs muat conténua to bs taxed for the benefit af the publte schools, like every other class of our people,” If, then, the Republican party in Ohio shall nominate Judge 'Larr for Governor, it will havo a eandidate who holds no doubtful position in regard to the public.shool system #s ome of tho inatitutions of the country; and, in this matter, he will racelve the sup. port of overy oitizen who fully realizen the significance of thia issuo, There are many other reasons why Judge Tarr would be a bo- coming candidate for the Republican party, He has practiced law in Oincinnat! with oredit over sines 1885, emospt during thy yeurs le sat on the Bonch. The last time ho wna eclected to the Donch he hnd the exceptional honor of being choson unanimonsly, for, though nominated hy the regular Repnblican Convention, tho Demo. erats declined to put anybody in nomination agninst him. Ho joined the Ropublican par- ty in its enrlicst dnys, has beon o stauch adhorent of the party ever since, and hns al- waya refused to run aftor strango gods. With the excoption of his servico on the Bench, ho has never beon in public life, but his private earcer hna been ono of consistent integrity and devotion to the public interesta. CHURCH AND BTATE IN GERMANY, Mr. Davip A, Wasson's paper beforo tho Amorican Associntion for tho Advancement of Science took the ground that the prosent Toutonio troublo was wholly one-sided. It represonted the Olurch as aggressivo and de- finnt, tho Btate ns reluctantly forced inton hesitating policy of dofonse, which it pnr- sues with all possible mildness, Thisis n ou- rious instance of irreligious bigotry, It is not usunl to find a contest of many years' du- rtion betwoen two great bodies, ench of thomn niming at practically despotie power, in which one is oll right and the othor all wroug. Nor avo we accustomed to consider Prussia a8 n timorous, shrinking State, which cowers bofore opposition, and must bo gonded to tho Inst dogreo bofore making a fecblo attempt fo assert its rights. It is almost incredible that Mr. Wasson counld have drawn such pictnre, It is not only wholly improbable on a priore. grounds, but it is flatly contradicted by facts, We aro indebted to the Springfield (3ass.) Republican for o statement takon from a Frankfort paper of tho Govornment prosecutions commenced during tho single month of March under the Ecclesiasticnd lawa. There wero between eighty and ninety of thom. Five Bishops were involved. One or two of thom wero clapped iuto prison. At ono feil swoop, thirty-nine priests woro put in joil for an indofinite period, Lecause thoy declined to give any evidenco concerning s ‘tgoeret delegate,” whom the Pope is said to have sont them. Thoe address presented to tho Pops a fow days since, which was signed Dby one million Ger- mans, w8 repeatedly scarched for, Lut was not found. The fact that n secret con- fided toso many people escaped detection, shows that the Church has not been enfoobled by persecution, after all, The fines {mposed during March amounted to moro than 1,600, and the aggrogate term of imprisonmont to which the culprits were sontenced was twelvo yeurs. Some arrests were mada in the churches and by soldiors, There wore twenty **domi- cilinry visits,” Twelva public meetings and so- ciotics wero suppressed, and fourteen school- mnsters were suspended, While Catholicism wns so harassed, n freo-thinking preacher who had the blasphemons temerity to declara that tho Bible contained ecrrors was con- demned to » month's imprisonment. Wo commend this incident fo the party in American politics which proposes to *“ put God into tho Constitution,” Such uses of the courts is the natural result of religious politics, A frec.thinker in jail makes more froo-thinkers than he over conld outside of it. All this, however, was only ono branch of tho strugglo. There were fifly press prosacu- tions under these same laws during Morch. All of them resulted in convietiona ! Inviow of theso facts, the thoory stated by Mz, Wassox may well bo sorionsly questioned. Wo. aro not now discussing tho right or wrong of the contest. Oivilized men gener- ally admit that religious persecntion is wrong, but some of them seem to think that civil persocution is quito anothor thing. Whether or not this is so, thero soems to bo o flne snmple of the Intter within the boundaries of tho German Einpirt A STRANGE STORY FROM ALABANA, One of the mon who came to the surfaco at the close of tho War was Mr, Gronor E, Srexocen, Binco July 25, 1808, he has sat in the United Btates Sonate ns o Sonator from the Stato of Alabama. There is now some ovidonce that this statosman obtained his olection in an irregular fashion. The satory runs that some men wero bought with nionay and some were scared with troops. Monoy nnd troops were both frandulently supplied by civils subordinates of the General Govern. ment. Tho ways and menans of tho first clec- tion of Mr, Srexcer havo not yot appoared, but can bo imagined, particularly in the light of the rovelntions before a committeo of the Alabama Logislature, ‘Tho fall roport bosnot yet been mode pablio, but tho coplous ex- tracta from ths testimony which we have printed tend to show that Mr, Seexorn ia o political fraud. The evidence throws a good deal of side-light on Southern polities, and is altogether nn intercating and valunble contri- bution to the political history of the Soath sinco tho War. The proof against Brevcen scems to be cumulative and atrong., In tho firat place, Lo i whnt s called n political carpot-bagger. Dospito some marked and honorable oxcop- tions, this class, a3 o class, has not beon a guccess or abouelli to the country. Then his alleged agonta bave been, if tho evidenco bo truo, of & quoersort, His intimate friond and political supporter i Hivvs, the mail~ contractor who has recontly beon mixed up in on investigation by Postmaster-General JewzeL, Agein, his appointees to Federal offices havo in many eases proved to baof quee- tionable character, Morcover, the Legisla- tare which voted him in, in 1873, was ono of very mixed character, Finnlly, the evidence ngainst the man isstrong, and comes, most of it, from Republican sources. The manner of his re-election, in 1878, ac- cording to this testimony, scoms to have been ag follows: As tho timeapproached for the Logislature to convens, it bocame evi. dunt that the Domoorats, with the help of the honest Republicans, oould defeat Brenoes, A splitwas theroforercsolvedupon, Brevozn's frionds withdrow from the rogular Legis- Iature and set up one of thefr own in the Court-House at Montgomery, Each faction thon tried to sconro & quorum, Two mem. bers of the regular body were bribed, it is anid, and one was drugged into ingensibility. Tho absonce of these thres prevented any action by the “Oapitol Legialature,” ns it ‘was oalled, in contradistinotion to the *Court- House Logislature.” To give the latter a quorum, two men, Barxn and Cmsnora, do- fontad candidates for the Legislature, wero indncod to present themsclves and clalm seats. They were at onco mlmitted, Then Beznorn was eleoted, and $3,000,000 of bonds wero {ssued, A connection ia supposed to have oxisted betwaon the two facts. Buffco it to say that, when Attorney-General Wiri. 1aws brought sbout a coalition of the two winga of the Legislature, he made it o con. dition that the validity of Brexnces'’s clection and of tho bonds shiould not bo quostioned. Alabama never got a cent for those bonds, noc- cording to the finonclal roport of last year, &b noon as the ecalition iook place, Davrs rocolved a Blate offics. o was aftorwards appointed United States Marahal for Northern Alabama. Cinisriorat was appointed fo a placo in the Mobilo Custom-House, This is tho generl outline of the plan, 1If wo should fill it up, wo should guote tho testimony given with guch en- gaging frankness by Mr. James DBan- nEn, Clork of the Lower Houso in the 8rexoen Legislature and Assiatant Seerotary of the Republican State Executive Committeo, 1o submitted Brexoen’s autograph lotters on the subject to the Committoo, It was a nail- contraclor who held the monoy noeded to olect Mr, Srrycen; but it was our ingenuous friend Banoen who bought the Lowndes County delogation for &2,500 and a il roule apiece. Bo tho story goes on, What wo have given ia n samplo of the whole. In tho onaso of OArLpweLy, of Kansas, Sona- tor Montox laid down tha rulo that a man whose clection was dno to bribery, and who oven consonted to the negotintion, withont meddling in it himself, shonld bo oxpelled from tho Souate, As soon s Congress moets, lot an investigation take plac e SOUTHERN EDUOATION, It has beon a matter of public congratula- tion, especinlly at the North, that the publio school wos fast becoming a renlly national institution and tbat universal cducation had really becomo a fact in many communitios south of Masox and Drxow's line. The fonr of tho North lest tho first Civil-Rights bill shonld closoe Bouthern schools killed that measure, ond. the sccond drnft of the bilt wisely left the educational question un- touched, 'Tho closing of the Arkansss pube lio schools, mande necessary by tho bankrupt condition of the Btate, does not secin to have attracted any especial attention at tho South, but it hos been widely lamented at tho North. Some recont developments in regard to the text-books in vogua in tho South mny perhaps gerve to mitigato griof over tha fail- uro, and joy over tha success, of Southern schools, A Philadelphia firm has just issued a sohool-history, written by n person named Denny, who ealls himsolf *¢ Professor,” and who lives ot Augusts, Gn. Tho bookis de- signed for Southern use, and, judged by the oxtracts wo havo scen, is calenlated to do as much harm as any text-book can. It is bit- terly partisan, and its eo-called historieal facts aro as unhistorio ne those with which Hexny O, Caney s wont to eke out his pro- tectionist platitudes, Here i n specimon passaoge from this il judged and untimely work: ‘Which sre the most prosporous of the Southern Btates ¥ Virginta, Tennossse, Georgls, Texss, and North Osrolina, To what do they owe their prosperity ? ‘Ta the fact that the white population in those Blates 1 Jargely {n excess of the negro population, and honce thelr State Governments are entirely in the handa of tho whites, tho only race that ought evor te bear rulo in this country, Woat faouo of the most importsnt messures of Grant's Administration? Tho adoption of the Fiftoenth Amendment 1o the Fedoral Constitution, which, like the Fourtesnth ‘Amendment, was carried through by foreo and uaur- pation. What dooa the Fifteenth Amondment declaro? It declares that the right of cltizens of tho United Blatea to vote chall not be denled or abridged Ly the United Blatos, or by any Btate, on acoonut of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, What more can you say of ths Fourtoenth and TFifteenth Amendmente. They have sorved tokeep slivo & bitternses of fool- ing which bus for them would havs long aince disd out, TIn these five answers, the pupil is mado to afifrm that nogroes are unfit to hold any offices in this country; that the lnst two emendments to the Constitution were mado law by * forca and usurpation " (which in- volves, of course, the idea that this cssential part of our fundamental law should bo disro- garded and overthrown) ; and that they have served only fo keep alive bitterness and prej. udico, This ia a pretty crop of ideas to sow ina youngmind. It isnotto be expected that Southern text-books should dilato rapt- urously on the wisdom of tho reconstruction policy, but is it too much to expect that they should take an impartinl, non.partisan view of tho ovents of the last fifteen years ? No hook used in a Northern school, as far as wo know, contains any malignant tirades ngainst Southern views. If any such Dook: has crept into uso here, an oxposuro of its true naturo would insure its disappoearance from the eurriculam, We wish we could beliove 3 much for the common sonse of our follow- citizens in the Gulf States. Can they hon. estly expect any good result from cramming such prepostorous partisanship into young braina? Having gotisectarian religion out of tha schools, cannot we rid them of sectional politics too? It is anice question in ethica whether the Philadelphia publishers of this book are jus. tifod in {eruing it. Is the monoy it yields them a sufficient atonemont for the harm it may do the country? 8till, as these publish. ers aro the ones who wore responsible for tho mangling of the American edition of Cmaa- neng’ ‘‘Enoyclopmdia,” thera is porhaps lit- tle use in viewing their conduot from nn ethical standpoint, A FAMOUB DEBATE, A Cincinnatl publisher has just issued a volums contalning GrapsroNz's lotters on the ‘Vatican decrees and the severnl answors thoreto, aud has givon increased intercst to the book by including therein the report of the colebrated discussion between the Rev, ArrxaNpen OAuPnsin, a noted Presbyterian clorgyman, and the Rov, Jouy B. PunceLy, a Romsn COatholio, Mr, Oaxraery, died some yoars ngo, and Mr, PunceLs is now Archbish- op of Olncinnatl, Tho Cincinnati Commerciad uses the occasion of the republication of thia dobate to give some of ita history, It took plinco in 1887, nud at that time the country waa much agitated with religions eontrover- sles, not only between Protestants and Oatho. lics, but between Presbyterians, Mothodists, Baptists, Trinitarlons, and Unitsrians, The- ology waa aggressive, and of course relontless, Debatos and disoussions wore common, fre. quently degenerating into indecorouslanguage and stormny meetings, Crowds flocked to hear these disputations, and, as the Commer- cial states, no one was convertod, but cach went away more convinced than before that hq waa right. This particular debate attracted immensa intorest, What led to it, according to Mr, OsaxcenrLy, was that in 1836 a meeting of tho * Qollogo of Teachors® was held in Oincinnati, and at the closo of an oration on universal education Mr, Poscery arose, # gnd in that Protestant house, and before n Trotestant sssembly, diraotly and positively protested agninst allowing the book which Protestants claim to contain their religion to be used in the schoola.” It gecms that this question of reading the Tsible in the schools i3 an old one in Qincin. natl. Thialed to a dlscussion which soon ex- tended to general questions, and resulted in an agreement between Aosirs. OAMPRELL and PurcsLy to Lave a joint pablio debate, The time for the disoussion was fized for the sus. ossding January, Oa ihe 11th of January Mr, Oanrnery reached Cineinnati from Both- | any, in West Virginin, after “n tedions nid porilous journey of tan days,” by stage, sleigh, and on foot. 'Tho next dny tho preliminariey wero nrrangad for a veveulnys’ discussion, excluding Bunday. It was to take place in the Complellite Ohurch, ealled the Walnnut- Bireot Meating-Honse, which building was subsequently purchased and transformed into o Oatholio church, The dobate was hold from 9:30 n. m. to 12:30 p. m., and from 3 to 5 o'dlock in the afternoon, tho time being oqually divided botween the speakers. Fiva woll-kuown citizons wore chosen as modora- tors. A stenographor was appointed, and the debaten wero published for the benofit of sono charitable purpose, 'Ihere wero saven quesations discussed, ono ench day, and theso questions wero substantially ns follows: 1. The Roman Catholla Church 13 not now and naver was catholig, apostolie, or holy, but s s sect in the fair import of tbat word, 2, Her nolion of apostolfe succeaion fs without foundation in ilis Billo, in reason or in fact; au fn- Jurioun {mpomtlon, unncriptural, and resting wholly on the aplnions of mon, 3, 8hio {3 niot uniform in ier fafth, or united in her members, Lut mittabla and fallible as sy other sect of plillosophy or relfgion, 4, Bhe !a tho “Dabylon” of Jonx, the “Man of 8in ¥ of PALL, tho empira of tho “ youngeat horn of Dan1zs'a sod monster, (Serpent?) &, Her customs of purgatory, indnigences, auricular confeaslons, elo., are immoral in tendenoy, aud in- Jurious to the well-Lolug of soclety, roligious and political, ©. Woare not Indebted to hor for our knowledgo of tho Bible, and ite ovidences of a divine ovigtoal, 7. The Roman Oatholie religion—if nfallible and unsiteceptible of reformation, an allcged—is essontially anti-Amerfcan, opposed to the genfus of freo institu- Aons, sud positively wubveralve of them, The discussion was an able one, both dis- putants being in the vigor and enthusinsm of youth, The debate was more remarkable be- cnuse of tho nbsence of all porsonalitics, and by the courtesy and dignity of both speakers. Of all thoso who participated as moderators, committee-mon, etc., at this dobato, Arch- ‘bishop Puncery alone survives, ot the ngo of noarly 80 years, Mr, Oaarenrer, died in 1866, BO years old. It would seem that tho discus- sion did not sottle anything, for these same points ave as vehemently controverted now as they were forty years ngo, Oune may woll psuso and wohder what the pop- tlar viow of tho marrlage rolation actually s, whon o ** wodding in the clouds” {8 announced a3 an incontive to bring gate-monoy to tho en- terprising managor of a balloon-sscent. Vulgar and offonsivo os {a snch o profanation of oven s clvil compact, it 8 moro than ecclipsod by s ro- cont performanco in San Franciaco, The Moelo~ deon, or Music fall, of that city is almost unique. It g & variety hall, In which the oxhivition on thostago ia roliod on to attract custom to A low dive, wherain ecantily-clad waitor-girls worve out whisky. It was announcod n day or 8o sinco that tho monotouy of tho ovening at onoof theso placos would be varied by a roal wodding on the stage, by which tho favorite clog-dancer and femslo vocalist wonld bo united. Tho ceremony aotually occurred. It weam porformed by » Baptist clorgyman, tho Ttov. E. Z. Brintoxg, who, for the sako of o $20 gold ploce, consented to play bis part in this disguating performance, At tho conclusion of the coromony the consenting parties wero called ‘upon for an oxhibition of akill, which thoy gave. The clorgymau wasnot encored, Ou being in- terviowed by a reporter, the Rev. L. Z, Brmtoxs exprossod tho opinion that it was * quite n curi- ous effair.” On tho whole, it wes. If tho do- nomioation in San Francisco du not take epocial ‘paius to disponse with tho ministrations of Mr. Bnintons, and give him all tho tune he wants for varloty porformances in Molodeons, the publia will be led to conclude that it is ** qulte s curions city,” and tho Baptists of it ** quite curions peo- ple.” Mr, WiLxtAM D, Kerrer's sesertion, that all the Bouth needs to restore ita prosperity Is a ju- disious policy of fnflation, has been mat in sov- oral difforent quarters, notably in the New York Nation, with & reforonco to the condition of Qalifornis. Plenty of choap monoy is Mr. Esrixy's prescription for tho South ; why not eonfor a similar boneflt on the people of Califor~ nia? Thore is no currenoy at all in thot Btato, Tho bonighted population have stuck, through avil and through good report, so gold and silver, Mr, Kewrry's pbilogophy would teach him, a priori, that the condition of Calltornis muat bo to tha last dogreo misorablo. But the facta aro veory different. Californla is to-dsy tho most prosperaus State In tho Union, The tide of emigrstion thither- ward is ono of tho moot romarknble facts iu the history of this country. Nearly twice as many pasgougera woro carriod into tho State dur- Ing tho firas throo montha of this year Ly the Contral Paciflo Raliroad alone na during the samo poriod of 1874, Itis with tho greatest dificnlty that sufilclent accommodations can ba provided for the new-comors, though thors appoars o bo work for evorybody, snd wages aro paid n hard cash, The whole number of public and ptivato saviogs banks is placod at about 100, with capi- tal aud doposits of $135,000,000. Manufactures ara not as yet fully developed, in consoquence of tho high price of coal, but even this branch of induatry is growiog rapidly. Those are but {so- lated facts, taken at random from the mowspa- pera. They ought to bs mourntul reading for Mr, KsLLey. —— Mr, WintTIcR, the post, is not seriously dis- turbed by the various efforta to overthrow tha basls of the Danpana Fnircimne posm. Last Thursday ho sttended the Friends' Mooting ot Amosbury for tho flrst timo in soveral w having becn absent on account of {liness; and on his return, in conversation with a corrospond- ont of the Boston .Advertiser, he touched npon the subjfoct of tho poom and tho foundation for it. Hesald ho heard with rogret of thoat- tempt to invalidote tho truth of the story; but his beltef in Ita verity was perfect aud unshaken, Ho had the testimony of friends to support him, and numorous unsolicited contributions of evi- dence from persons in the Bouth, who woro eye- witnesses of tho lucident, ‘Tho matter seoms to us hardly worth golng into in dotail. The voem exiataj and su inquiry into tho circum- stances which gavae ¢ birth can bo profitablo and interoating onlyto literary goseips and thechron. folers of small things. \Wo know at least what e poet believod when he composod the basuti- ful lysic, The Committes sppoiuted by the National Temperanco Convention, Leld at Baratoga in 1678, to considor tho aubject of & standard tom- porance work, docided to divide the work into three parts, snd to offor two prizes for the two beat esanys on each of the following branches of the mabject: (1) The scientiile, embracing ita chemical, physlological, snd modlcal aspacts; (3) the historieal, s, economloal, and politi- caly and (3) the soclal, oducationdl, and relig. jous. Through the osortions of Mr, Joa H, JAOKsON, two prizes, of §500 and 8800 rospoct~ ivaly, wera given for the sclentiflo sreatizes. Tho Commitiee pow announce that theyare resdy with similar prizes for the best easays on tho other two branches, the offor remaining open until July 1, 1876, Persons dealring to compste should sddress A, M. Powzil, No. 58 Deade wireet, Now York City. —_— The Italian Minister of Publio Instruction re- ocently hsa occasion to ordar the resottiug of Micugy, Awoxto's msjestio atatus, known as Oropusculo, or Twibight, which surmouata tho tomb of Lopkxzo pe Mzt in Floreuco. Tho opportunity was thooght by the sulborities of Floreacs ta ke a good ons for opeuiug the tomb itselt, and eettling forever the dlspute sato whether Arxesavpro, the veputed son of Xo- aR¥zo, literallyalept with his fatter, Accordlng- 1y, the companion-plece to Twilight—Daws, or Autors—was also lifted from fis plece, aad the masalve sover of tha sareephagus was moved asldo. Within were found two corpses, lying with their heads at opposite ends of the marcophagus. Tho bodics were wrappe) in fino linen, hoving underclothing iy, looss trimmings aud rich outer garments, The fleaslh had disappoared, snd, s g bones wero lifted, they dropped apart, Ono of 1ha corpaes was undoubtoaly that of Lonexze aud tho other that of ALEssANDRO. Thoy wore placod fa thin last resting-placa respectivoly on tho 14th of March, 1530, and on tho 7ih of May, 1610, It waa searcoly desocration to disturh the duat of such mon for so Iaudablo & purpono ag the aottloment of o disputed question in history, Noither Lonexzo nor ALEssANDRO desorved wo)l of posterity. Doth of them flourished during tho most memorable epoch 1n the history of modorn art, end by this accident obtained a cqu. aequonco which they could nover otherwiso hare loheritad, S S PN The Clairmont (N. Y.) Eplacopal Clireh lian 3 frigutful scandal which has eulminsted in o potltion to Dishop Opexneryen for the removal of tho pastor, tho Itav. Mr. DATTEN. The offenso committed by this abandonod man iy almoat too shooking for publication, bus the preea is froquently compelied in the intorests of morality to divulge hideous secrets, and make nga of horrible suggestiona. It waa found, then, tbat Mr, BATTEN was oriminally impecunt. ous, He had nothing fn the world to live upon Dut tho selary paid him by his congregation, In addition to this ho had committod tho oooxam. plod enormity of carrying homa his marketing in n basket, and, to crown sll, was convioted of carrying & broom home under lis arm. This conduot was go at variauco with that of the vopular and fashionable preacher of tho day that tbo congregation was mnaton nlly scandanized. Indeod, it i3 & question whether thoss literajo andl piobelan Aposties, Peren aud Pavr, who oarnod thelr Hving ro- spoctively by ecatching unpleaasnt fivh and mak. ing strong-smelliug tents, could by any posse DLility hope for pulpit epgagements in this onr aristocratio and senaitivo fraction of Cliristons dom. —— Tho journalistioc world is acting upon & princle ple not univeraslly recognized a8 trus, that matrimony Is economy, Tho Pioncer and Press of 8t. Paul, though difforing widely in opinion, regolvod to live together 1o harmony for tha ake of living at all, snd in the Pioncer-Prees sot sn examplo to their Jndigont rolatlves and friends to bear and forboar. The wedding of the Globe and Democrat, of Bt. Louls, on Saturdsy, should be equally fortunaio. Though thoy aro to ove anothor as May and Decomber, they aro not op- posed in terporamont, and tho aimof thelr wed- ded lifo will bo that of thelr colivato dsys. The Globe may becomo moro staid 8 it fa improased with tho dignity of ita consort; the Democral will doubtless foel happier for ending ita bacho. lor days, But the one thing which both desira will bo necompliahed: thio barronoess of their former livos will be exchanged for, we kope, the productiveness of wedloclk. e e As the New York papora have at Inst got through priuting the statoment that New York hng paid for the hslf of tho BIIAKSPEARE mo- morial window in Stratford Oburch, which bas boon finished, and that the churllsh rosidents of other Amerioan citics have refused tosub- gcribo thelr expectod quots, it maybo justss woll to say that the ftem about which so much ado has boen made is n gross bluuder. "Pho tourigtathis aummer who examino tho Amer- fcan subscription bool in Stratford Church will find that a great part of tho subscribers whoso monoy put In the -window hail from other cities, Cinclonati, 8t. Louis, Chicago, aud very many emaller towns, aro representod. It is doubtful, in fuct, whothor Now York contributed aven half the coat of tho memorial which ia now modoeatly claimed as ber exclusive tributo tothe memory of SHARSPEADE. —————s The mucosss, ofka now play Immodiatoly necessitates & sharp eonflict over its ownership. “The Big Bonanza™ of Mr. Dary has achioved an unlooked for succoss in Now York, and rostored that gentloman to tho position ho for- morly ocoupied in Now York. Instantly half a dozen strategints apply themsolves to the pro- duction of tho plece as nearly as possible. *Tho Big Bonanza' waa adapted from a German farce called ¢ Ultimo,” ‘The stratogists seizo #Uitimo” and adapt it, advertislng it as *The sama a5 Mr, Dary's * Big Bouanza,"” This has boon done in Ban Francisco. DALY mow pub- lishea the direst warnings to all Imitatars that bis copyright of **The Big Bonanza" covers all sdaptations of *Ultimo,” and threatona suit, directing tho ospeotal attontion of Messrs, It. AL Hoouxx aud Tuowmas Maguing to the notico. —_———————— The reputation for generous axponditura ec- joyod by Americans on the Continont of Europo haa roceived frosh provoestion from the recent sale of pigtures by tho young Spaniuh ariiat Fonruny, The highest prico pald for ono painting was 40,800 fraucs, given by A, T. Brew- ant for * La Plago de Portlel.” Another, valued at 23,000 francs, tho * Bagso Courde I'Alam- bra," was purchased by the same wealthy Amarie can, Whilo tho diebursoment of auch sums ag thoso {8 not an unuenal procseding by our fortunato fellow-countrymon, ari-sales, es- necislly of moritorions works, indicats s naw flold for tlie millioaire to work, —_—— ‘The Houaton (Tex.) Agels s nswspaper with & wida range of obaorvation, aod highly fmporte ant opintons upon men and things. It romarks, apropos of Mr. JerFERSON Davis, thats Wo love Jeyr Davis aaws doour lfe, and it does our soul good and exalts uato do bim honor, God oniy makes s fow menina contury, und it fs s litils singular, but nona the lcas teue, that tho only four fu Amorica living when the lato War Legan—Bax Hovs- oK, Jxry Davis, R, Lxz, and BTOMEWALL Jacke soN—wero Bouthern men, But then some poople ave queer idess as to what eonstifutes a man. POLITIOAYL, NOTER, Px-Senator Boorr, of Pennsylvanis, hasa grave itated paturally into the Bolicitorship of the Pennsylvanis Railroad Compaay, Ex-Senator PraTT was not Baistow's mes for the Commlsslonership of Internal Revonue. Le would hava proferred » youngor and more éner- gotio person—from Kentucky, it is sald. Cenno-Gonpox Witruaus, of Kentucky, hav 10g lost the Domooratlo nomination for Govern= or, gives notica that the Benatorisl eleotion will not go by defanit into Oongressman Ducx'd hiauda. It did seem queer at the time that Marsha Paocusnp should apply to Mr, Fave for an au- thoritative construction of “'the WinrzLys com- promise,” Very likely he know tho oplnlons of ths author of the compromiso, It Mr. Arohitost Mowuerr's mouth conld be “ ungealed," hie would assuredly afirm that the Cinclnnatistone is **the best stons the sun ever shons tpon,” aud that the sarvice of tho Arehl- tect’s office, during hls incumbenoy, was ** the beat in ths world." Csual-reform in Now York is In gront dsoger of defeat through the macbinations of the cor- ruptioniats who have bypooritioslly espoused the csuse, Nobody opposes it openly, but some- body s starting up » strong underourrent dead sgainst the whole movement. Wazxwoox aod tho Young Men's Cbristian (Baxsxy) Assooiation of Bt, Psul traln together in opposltion to Beuator MoMiuraw, The came paign cannob bs conducted on atriot crasads prinaiples, for MoMitzax himself is » Obristisd statesman of the highest typo. + (God defends the right " is the proud motto of Bouator BrENCER; sud roally thore seems to be somothing in it since the repoct of ihe Inves: wgating Commiitss has been published. All hiat remains to bo done now iy to have Mr. Brexoen expolled from the Bonate. The rapturous partisan pewspapers were con- sidersbly diatrossed when they discoversd thed