Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 30, 1875, Page 4

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY MAY 30, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES. of the Cook County National Bank. “Witha disdainfnl disregard of the- limitations of the National Currency act, and an utter indiffer- ence to the penalties thereof, Mr. ArreN, as &an individual financier, kept on checking out money from the bank which he controlled unti, it is now believed, that he had person- ally nsed sbout $900,000 of bank funds be- fore the doors wero closed. Of course Mr. AveN was not sble to meet the requirements of a large banking instita- tion like the Cook County National, doing & reckless business’ on poor securities, and weathering the storm of a general panic, without dabbling in outside operations. Hera: Mr. Arzex's geniusserved him.. With 840,007 of the bank funds he could obtain $75,0.0 of notes, which he’ could indorse and Tise for his personal necessities. Then ke wonld get ‘hold. of 8. couple of Lum- dred thousand sent to Chicago to invest in pork, and he would postpone the investment. Then a country bank would send on some money to be invested in United States bonds, and he would ‘defer buyir:g the bonds, Then special providence would come along in the shape of Government funds, secured through political influences. City funds helped oarry him aleng for a while, and even the State contributed to the extent of Mr. Harerr's deposit. When everything else failed—nond Aviex was frequently on the ragged edge, ready to go over—he conuld gen- erally obtain somebody's nole as collateral, and start things up sgain. At las’ he sold exchange when his New York corrd pondents would no longer honor it, and evex then he hoped {o bridge over with a depos’.t of State funds which were to besecured thre,ugh thein- fluence of one of his newspaper o :gans,—the Inter-Ocean. In this he was & 'sappointed, and his resources were all exhnusted. He closed his doors like Fraulein Spr:rzies, when the principal was all gone and I3 could bor- Tow no more. ‘We pass over in silence Mr. Artex's run. ning comments-on the gentlemien with whom he was associated, and some of the other bankers of Chicago. Mr. Duesmis and Mr. Cmavncey T. Bowex probilbly have their opinion of Mr. ALLEN now; we suspect that Mr. CooLnavar hsd his Iong ago. We do not regret that circumstances which we shall not reveal led Mr. ArzxN to transcribe his operations from day to driy; for it was this daily transcript which has enabled the world to become familiar with th e most remarkable financial career om reccad. But as Mr. Brecues's troubles have probably served as a warning not to write Jetters, Mr. ALrex's example will probably st the folly of keep- ing a diary. ! OVEERFED MINIE I'ERS AGAIN. It is so seldom that 7. me OmIcaGo TRIBUNE and the Chicago Inli:rior sgree upon any topic, secarian or unse starian, that when this unanimity does oceur i, is worthy of more than a passing notice. Prcf Parroy, the Swixa ParroN, not the Conysregational ParTox, has always been singnlariy felicitous in occupy- ing the opposite side of every question from that assumed by Ty; Tamune. When Tag Tareune hes sfirme d, Prof. Parrox hus de- nied, and when Ti(e Trmuxs has denied, Prof. Parrox has affirmed; and this dis- crepancy of opinior.s had become 50 constant and unvarying that we had begun to despair, and wonder whethe r there was any question, ‘physical, mental, m oral, philosophical, social, or theological, upon which Tme Cmicaco Temsoxe and Prof.. ParroN woulp agree. A subject, however, ]:.as now been found, and, 88 'we agree heartily 1 1pon it, we are dispossd to congratulate Prof. Parrox that for once he i8 on the right si¢le of s question. The question i that of * overfed ‘minis. ters,” to which 1v)ference has boen herstofore made in Tee Vranoune, in some comments upon a paragrapls from the Christian at Work, complaining of 1he manner in which parish- joners gorge thigir ministers on Saturdays, and then expect. them to preach bright ser- mons on Sunds-gs. The Jnferior not only thoroughly indr wrses us, but it piles Pelion on Oasa in the wa: g of suggestion. Says the In- terior : * The I5lood cannot be in the stomach digesting salaé ;, and in the brain stimulating great though fs, ot the same time. 'The preacher mu gt make his election between nourishment for the -stomach and nourish- ment for the brain. He needs them both in generous mryasure, but not at once. On Sun- day, the prinoher needs to give the whole of hisbody to the support of his mind. No part of is physical ‘system wants to have any work ¢ £ its own on hand at that time. If the miv ister wants to coms to the delivery of his serpion frosh and crisp 88 a frosty morning, e must keep stomach and liver at the lowes; possible poink” This is correct. Prof. Pat ox has stated his premises indis- putably, and thereupon he lays down a bill of fare, lin & very general way, which the minister ought to follow. Says the Pro- fesgor: - * A sensilo philosophy would seem to indicate, Take the whole bill of fare in (he earlier part of the week, but taper off foward the end of it. If you must go through {0 pudding and filberts on Monday and Tues- ay, stup-at roast beef on Thursdsy, make fish the terminu on Friday, and confine yourself to soup on Baturdsy, And ss for the New England pork and ‘bewns ar) Bundsy morning, they will crush the ife out of the lcest sarmon that sver Was written. Dry toast 204 tex., and very little of elther, will bo the best in- troduc fon to your sermon. And then if you have an evenin g sarvice, eschew the hearty Sanday diuner, Th isis nice as far as it goes, but it does not gofarenough. The Professor's menu is not indir:uted sufficiently in detail. He fails to remsymber tha the conventional minister is & gootl. eater, and that his gastronomical ar- ranvgements are nqb constructed with refer- ente to resisting temptation. The general marner in which he lays out his bill of fare leav gs room for license, mental roservations, and culinary Iapses, which may seriously in- terf ere with the Professor's regimen. To sup- ply this deficiency, T Tarsuxe accepts his general grounds, and would prescribe some- thing like this for the weekly ministerial bill o fare: On Monday and Tuesdsy, soup, fish, rosst fowls, ronst pork, a few hearty entrees, puddings, fruit, ices, and cafe au Init. That makes a good start, and is good enough for anybody. Wednesdny and Thurs- day, he might have pea soup, boiled fish, roast beef, corn-starch pudding, and coffes with cream. Friday, all meats should be dropped, and the minister should be con- tent with bean soup, one kind of fish, bread and butter, and tea. Saturday will test his moral courage, for he must eat fish thres times, thereby laying in a sufficient quantity TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE WATES OF SUDECKIPYION (PAYARLE IN ADVAXCE). Postago Prepaid ot this Ofice. 313 ]Wuul. 3.00 . Partsof ayarast thesamerate. WANTED—Unc active agent in esch town and village. Special irrengements made with such. Epocimen copies sant free. o provent delay and mistakies, bo suro and girs Post- Oftice eddress ia full, inclading State and County. Remi:tancesmay be made either by draft, expross. Poste O cuonder, or in registered letters, at onr risk. TEDNS TO CITT SUBSCRIRERS. Diily, delivered, Sunday excovted, 25 cents por week. Daui delteerod Sunday included, 30 centa por wesk. Acines , TRIBUNE COMPANY, Cermar Madison e i Dexsingistoo Chisagw, I AMUSEMENTS, ADELPET THEATRC—Doarborn strest, eormer of Monros, Beuefit o Billy Manning. HATADEMT OF MUSIC-Dulsted siovet, ‘Lectars by Prof. Pepper. MDQOEHK(‘:"K 'EALK—-‘mh lack strgen corme in. Legture by the L A e e Wk ay- Phopie. %™ onzow, LEY'S & m‘m,—lhfld Inh _street. m‘.:]flumdngmn. Arisgenns.of Jons Frompron: LADELPHITHEATRE Deasborn sireat, eornes Moo- ‘sriets otertaiomont. of Baverly's Minstrels. AcAusuv OF MUSIC—Hulsted sireet. botmoen Mad- faom and ‘Engagement "SOCIETY MEETINGS. ENIGHTS OF mms—ne brothren of Dioarias Lodge. N ot Ee lLr invited to be ., on R 5. OF L C. U. poiabors of the Sorerolyns of lada hen s By Juten »xth o3 Batgrday. Businee, rorision of byl riat o el A snuus. —nm!flhelm“mmfinl of the iy, Juaatat s “3OLREGH, Soot. LAFAYETTRE CHAPTE! xn.'R.A.u—swrm vaxvnu_nn Mondas .S"NE; 81, fof work on the 2L Degree. Bundsy Lforning, May 30, 1875. AN AMERICAN BPITZLEE. Qur readers may not have forgotten the career of a unique financial genius known as Froulein Apere Serrziem, who went into the banking business in Munich two or three years ago, and acquired s large line of deposits by paying 12 or 15 per cent on all the money thst was brought to her. Fraulein Sprrzuer simply placed the deposits in her safes, paid the interest out of the principal, and used the residue in defraying Ler personal ex- ‘penses, wWhich were on o magnificent scale, and in giving charity dinners to the poor, which incrensed her popularity among the ‘working classes, who were her easiest dupes. Traulein Srrrzizs's coreer came fo an end only when the deposits in her possession had &ll been eshausted. Then sho gracefully submwitted to 2 criminal prosecution for ob- teining money under false pretemses, and retired with the serene satisfaction of hav- ing msde hay while the sun shone, and the distinction ~of having dome the largest bosiness on the smallest eapital ever known in banking circles. The romance of this gifted Indy's early career traced her back to & New York concert-saloon, and it was sus- pacted at the time that she had ncquired her financial theories in her American experience. This is strongly confirmed by Mr. B. F. Azvrex's autobiographical confessions printed in Trz TRmUNE of yesterdsy. Tad the most skillful sccountant—for in- stance, the Bank-Examiner in this city—had socess to all of the books of all Mr. Arrex’s banking concerns in the various States and Territories, covering all the time and transac- ticns recounted in this remarksble diary, he would have failed to attain so clear and vivid & staternent of Mr, Avvey's financial opera- tions g8 the ruuning comments of this daily rocord give the reader. Liks Fraulein Seirzirs, Mr. Auxy took »po sccount of peronel expenses, and did not care bow much interest he paid; he only gave 2p when the last dollar of the principal was gone, and he conld no longer make Prres pey Pavr. M:..Am.}:w seems to have been perfectly conscious all this while that he was uun-v & serio-comie part; ““Be sustained his " s the play-critics say, to the very last, md then he wrote, 88 GRDLDI might have written sfter all his antics: ““The play is over.” It was probsbly the first time in years that B. F. Avvsw had breathed natural- 15 and freely. Thore must have been a feel- ing of relief when the safe was finally empty that he had sighed for in vain during years. Arrrx had many things to be thankful for when the curtain was rung down, not the least of which was that he was plzying in Chicego, T, and not in Munich, Bavaria. ‘We have no desire to go back of Mr. Arxxx's personal record of his operations, snd 50 wo find that his Iate financinl ca- reer begins with his sppointment as Receiver of the Missouri & Mississippi Railroad, with half & million dollarsin nego- tinble bonds under his control. We have no personal stotement of how he used these fands. They may have gons into Towa lands, Des Moines banks, New York banks, Tllinois banks, Chicago real estate, impecunious @swspapers, personal expenses, charitable do- mations, ete. ; they may have been divided up emong the manifold claims that are made apon the man who has the reputation of, ead lives like, a millionaire. At all events, " there was that supreme indifference to the ‘day of settlement which is characteristio of the American financier of the Arcex stamp 4ill the day came around, when Mr. Arrex dngugurated (with the assistance of legal sadont) a serics of delays. It was pending this -legal parrying that Mr. Avrey found anoppor- tanity to purchase s Chicago National Bank, ‘which hsd important political connections, the ussurance of certain newspaper support, sad a line of deposits smounting to $1,300,~ ©0. It would puzzle less expert financiers ewing half a million past due and unsble to pay it, how to buy & bank that hsd capital stock of $300,000; bat it did not trouble Mr. Arzrx. Besides, he found material assistance from the gentleman who owned a majority of the stock and controlled the bonk, and who, 3 is said, accepted 8 check of Mr. ArrexSon the Cook County National Bank for $265,000 when Mr. Arzes hod no funds there, and drew the money to pay himself for the stock hesold If this was the way of it, the depos- itors in the bank wers mads to pay the retir ing President full par value for his stock, the value of which was then & matter of doubt, &ad to present it ¢o the incoming President, Almost anybody would have been willing to purchese s bank on such terms, but the op- portunity was especially grateful {0 Mr. Arrey, 83 it oponed up & large line of deposita to his personal control. He made a note of itin his dnlly record. “It will help me to work oui the -Receiver matter; my intention ,is to get tho bank’s monsy to help myld.! individually,” he wrote down. And he 3id work out of it, to the se- gious coxt of the stoskholdars sud depositors xus, to last him over Sundsy. 'The next day ‘must be mannged with extrems care. In the morning he might luxuriate in oat mesl, grits, and milk, and weak tea. At noon, if he preaches in the afternoon, graham bread, toasied, and @ small piecs of cheess, wWith & glaes of milk; and at night, rice and toost water should mortify his inner man. - He ~rill gleep soundly Sundsy night, refreshed with & good day's work well done, and be ready on Mondsy, with renowed appetits, for his pork and besus in in the morning, and his sowp, fah, ronst fowli; ronst pork, tho hoarty’ of brain provender, in the shape of phaspho- | end rees, pudding, fruit, ices, and cafe au lait, 8% the 5 o'clock dinner. The programme for tlae Iatter part of the weck may seem hard to the average minister, but the average minis- fter should remember that tha Son of Man &d not come eating and drinking; that JPETER and PAvz, and the rest of the Apos- tles, lived upon fish ; and that Jorx, who was nost eloguent and -fiecfiva., and came crying in the wilderness, fared sumptuously oz ‘locusts and wild honey. - The former lively bird is now so abundant in this country that every minister might have a plate of them st least once’or twice & week, either made into soup or fricasseed, as he prefers them. The only difference between TaE Cmroaco Tarsoxe and Prof. Parrox is that, while the former has recommended pork and beans for Sunday morning, which is the foundation of the New England theology, the latter thinks it is a dangerous ‘distender, and ought to be reserved until Monday morning. ‘Tre Tarms- e is not inclined to moke any issue on such an immaterial point, and i8 disposed, there- fore, to yield to Prof. Parrox, who has prob- ably had Sunday experiences with the con- ventional . New England dish, and b'penk! Imowingly. THE TaIBUNE, furthermore, is disposed to congratulate Prof. Parrox that, while they may not agres upon what the preacher ought fo preach, they do agree upon what he ought to eat. The Chicago ministers may, therefore, understand that Tar Tamune snd the fnterior have formed an alliance to reform their menus and secure ¢ gparkling and snapping " preaching. ot S i BLOODTHIRSTY FLOWERS, Sir Joun Lumsock’s last book is entitled “British Wild-Flowers Considered in Bels- tion to Insects.” He shows that & number of them, considered in this way, ere eaters of flesh and drinkers of blood. Theylive partly on the forces they draw from air and earth, bat partly, t0o, on the insects they allure, en- snave, and digest. Tho statoments of this book are confirmed by the researches of Darwmx and Dr. Hooxee in England, several botanists in France and Germany, and Mrs. Mary A. Trear, of Vineland, N. J. This 1ady has been studying the subject indefati- gably, and has published some curious results of her investigations. There are eight known genera of insectiv- orous plants, and-several more, as yet undis- covered, probably exish, Several varieties are very common in this country. Among them are the bladder-wort and the sun-dew. Some of them swing little buckets of water in the gir, and 80 catch and drown rash insects. Others thrust out tubes coated inside with a sweet glue, in which bugs stick and strangle. Still others are arranged like an old-fashioned rat-trap, with sharp points that allow an un- wary animal to pass in but prevent his going out. ‘And others, again, hold valves open until some winged creature flics through them and then suddenly shut them up and proceed to absorb the victim. These vegeta- ble blood-suckers are provided with nervous systems and digestive fluids. The sun-dew has been nunmed with especial care by Mra. Trear. It is & savage ipsect-destroyer. It thrusts out hairs which exuds a sticky fluid that shines like diamonds in the sunlight, snd 60 attracts the crentures it ensnares. The long leaf catches mot only small bugs, but ¢ innumerable moths and butterflies two inches across." The leaf is by no menns o passive trap. It acts with apparent intelli- gence and with something like free will ‘When Mrs. TreaT pinned living flies within & quarter of an inch of a sun-dew, the Iatter renched out its hairs and caught the victims. When a live fiy was put in the centreof & leaf, it was completely enveloped within three hours. The sume leaf folded up around a piece of raw beef within twelve hours, When it was offered minerals, bits of chalk, ete., it declined to swallow them. Ttis one of the greatest boasts of scienco that it is practical. The average American, looking st theso new facts, will at once be- think him of & possible application of them. The grasshoppers are eating up tho West ; the sun-dew can eatup the grasshoppers; then give it achance. Plant the infested districts thickly with this grasshopperivorous vegetable. Detail the Digger Indians, whose stomachs yearn for the 'bopper, to stand in ranks behind ‘the gun-dew in order to capture and devour any locust that escapes a sticky death. Then the farmers of Kansas can live in plenty and the rogues of Kansas ean no longer live by collecting nbsmpl.xom for sham sufferers, HOW THE B m NDS wm ENDAN- GERED, ‘We have more than once referred to libel- ous statements in the Democratic papers to the effect that the money of the State be- longing to the Inspection Fund was ordered, officially, to be placed in the Cook County Bank as the basis of a credit for a Bewspaper in Chicego. This smtemant.. we have in- sisted, chould bo refated in justics to the BState officers. Bat now Mr. B. F. Azxxx mskes another rovelation, which is of more importance, Though Mr. Aviex and his Cook County Bang wers notoriously bankrupt, and hsd been baukrupt for years, he puts it on record, in writing, that, & fow days be- fore ho had to closs his doors, an ar- rangement had been made by which the newly-elocted Treasurer of the Btate of Hili- nois was 1o deposit with Mm in his bank the moneys of the State. During the months of November and December, 1874, he con. fesses that he frequently did not have over $6,000 in money in his bank. On the 7th of December he obtained, he .says, from Mr. Prm.. Wavswosrs, the newly-sppointed Col- lector of Internal Revenue in this city, a promise of the Government depocits, if Seo- retary Bewmrow would give his assent ; but 1his does not seem to have been obtained. On Jan. 6, 1875, he writes: “ Paraee, of the Jnter-Ocean,” has returnod from a special ission to Bpringfield, and “says that the State Treasurer promises us the State de-- posits. 'The Treasurer gets into office on the 88 possible.” This is Arzxx's statement of what Pararer had assured him was the promise of the State Treasurer of Ilinois. The 11th of January came on Monday, being the day on which the newly-clected Treasurer, Mr, Rioway, was to enter his office. - On that fatal Monday Auzex sold $160,000 exchange drafts on New York, whers he hod 1o money ; tho drafis wera returned dishon- ored; he was obliged to take every centin the benk of all kinds, and belonging to evory- body, to take up these protested drafts, or close his doors. Still, so strong were his as- surances from Paraes of relief from Spring- .field; that he—without a penny in his bank— wrote down his hope of *seeing daylight next week,” and confirmed his own hope by writing ““ I shall receive the Stats deposit on Monday"—Jen. 18." But the 18th came, lnd, failing for some unexpected roason to recsive ks money from Springfiald, and fot baving & dollar of mykmd, or eny collateral in his bank, ke put out a sigu that, until. he could convert some of his vast real-estate posses- .gions into cash, he wonld close the doors of his bank. That Mr. AznrN was an advum:xer, and never had in Chicago the least financial sub- stance, is beyond all question... He was for- ever seoking ‘‘influence.” Like Mr. CHITTEN- D&Y seeking a paving contract at Washington, he was always ready to pay nny man who had | “influence,” and would exercise it to induce | other people to put their money in his bank, and he was followed by & pack of men who were bleeding him on that pretense. . How much ho paid for “influence™ to have the inspection funds placed in his concern .may yet appear. How much he was to pay for “influence * to have the Internsl-Rovenue collections deposited with: him, - and “how much he was to pay to have the State funds brought from Springfield and put in the Cook 11th, and we shall have the deposits as soon |. County Bank, may never be known, because both attempts failed. But, in the case of the attempted rnid on the State Tre: , we have Mr. ALzen's own testimony as to who was ons of the sgents using political influence for that purpose, and, before a week is over, we Will probably be able to give the whole history of that transaction, so far a3 Mr. ALLEN hag put it on record. The State Treasury of Lllinois, in January last, when the new Tressuror took possession of the office, had in its vaults a fraction over Two Mrions or porraus! How much of this sum—whether one-fourth, one-third, or one-holf—was contracted by * Pazar, of the Tnter-Ocsan,” to be transferred from Spring- field to the Cook County Bank, does not ap- pear from those portions of Arrny's daily record which our correspondent has sent to us; but we hope to have the full particulars, We, however, -have to congratulate the people of Hlinais that they escaped the calamity which would have sttended such a transfer. ‘Whatever had gone into that bank would have been lost. We have no doubt that, so desperato was the condition of the man when Parxrn went to Bpringfleld on that mission, he ‘would have paid 50 per cent commission for every dollar brought to bis bank, Henco the poople of the State may understand the prob- ablo price which ALrLEN was to pay for thein- fluence which would have transferred the State funds to his then empty bank-vaults. Wo must, in justice to Mr. Rrooway, the Btate Trensurer, say that there is nothing in Avzen's ‘daily record to show that he hsd made any such promise to deposit the State funds with either Axzzy or his bank. The only thing thot appears is that ¢ Paratr, of the Inter-Ocean,” sssured him-that he (P.) hod fixed the matter, and the money would come up a8 soon as the Freasurer got into offico. THE, CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS. The closs of the proceedings for contempt againat the Aldermen who voted in favor of canvassing the charter election, in violation of the temporary injunotion of the Circuit Court, is deferred, but there has alresdy been prog- ress enough to develop some very astonishing things. Not the least of these is the goneral ignorance on the part of the Mayor and all the guilty Aldermen but one of an opinion given by City-Attorney Jaxueson, when the injunction was first got out, to the effect that 4 violation thereof wounld be contempt of Court, and subjact the Aldermen to punish- ment by fine or imprisonment, or both. This opinion was asked by the Mayor, and handed to him at a time when the injunclion wag the sensation of the day and the Mayor and Aldermen more interested in the construction put upon it than in snything else in the world, since the extension of their terms of offics was involved. The opinion was priated in all the newspapers at the time, and, after lying on Mr. Corviy's table all day, was found iying on the desk of the President of the Council during the session of the Council. Morcover, the Council that same night passed a resolution which they feared might bo construed as s violation of the in- junction, and asked the advice of Mr. Jaxre- BoN, who was. present, as to its effect. He then gave another opinion, to the effect that, though the resolution in question might not be construed as a direct violation of the in- junction, it would be better to reconsider it. All of this shows that the Council was famil- iar with Mr. JaxresoN’s opinion that the can- vassing of the vote would be & violation of the injunction, and make the Aldormen amenable {0 punifhment for contempt. They did not' then violate it, nor did they until Attameys hind been specially employed Who gave an- | other opinion. Now, in spite of the notorie- ty of this affair, all the guilty Aldermen, ex- cept Mr, Drxox, in their offort to purgo them- selves of confempt, swore that they knew nothing of the opinion; and Mayor Convmx swora that he had really forgotten all about it, and that, if he had been called to the stand a day soonmer, he would have sworn that he hod never seenitatalll Canitbe that th8 conflicting testimony in the Besomen trial has already hed its influence throughout the country? “ There have been other surprising incidents in this contempt trial, among which was Mr, Fravk Apaus’ apostrophe to the jewel of consistency, called out by his having joined in both opinions, taling precisely opposite grounds. Thers was also o magniloquent declaration of AMr. Exery A. Sronss, to the effect that he *“ would pluck his heart’ from his bosom rather thanshrink from giving an honest opinion, aye, even were all the Courts that ever sat to flaunt terrorism in his faco I” Such professions on the part of Mr, Storns are very affecting, end we have no doubt that his bold and fearless utterance struck dismal remorse into the hearts of the Judges before whom Mr. Sroses is accustomed to practice; Theso and other attempts to in- timidate the Court, including violent partisan newspaper comments, have made the pro- ceedings among the most remarksble of the time, : The Courts, the legal “profession, and the general public, have more than a passing in- terest in these proceedings. It must be remembered that the injunction was _temporary, holding only ten days, and might have been argued and dis- posed of at any time that the counsel for the Aldermen had ween fit to take it mp, If their injunction was so plainly illegal and void as the counsel for the Aldermen pre- tend to believe, it would have besn but short work for them to go up stairs into Judge ‘Woruan' court and have it dissolved. In- stead of sdopting this usy, fair, and pro- fessional course, they chose to give the ¢ opinion” that it was illegal and void, con- scicus that this opinion would be accepted, 88 it was, for full authority to violate the in- junction.. To sustain this courss will be to set 8 most dangerons precedent. 'The legal gontlemen who have adopted it have entersd ‘upon & plan - calculated to underming their own profession. If the Courls fal, the lawyers cannot hope to stand. If the Qecrees and injunctions of the Courts can be violated with impunity, when thers is an easy way of correcting any injustice or error that may have been mode, then we may as wali sbandon our Courts. If the * opinion” of hired attorneys that an injunction is illegal elieves those who violate it of punishment for contompt, and if such attorneys are freed from contempt beenuso they, did not adoiss o violation, but merely gave an ‘‘opinion” that it was illegal (knowing it would be construed 08 advice), then the Courts had better ceaso issuing injunctions unless they are furnished with an army, to enforce, Lhem. "The foct is that o desperate game was played by des- ‘professional sanction will have more reason in the end to'regret their action if this con. ‘tempt is not punished than if it is punished ; for, in the former case, the Courts upon which they rely will henceforth be powerless. ‘WILL CANADA SECEDE? . A piece of. recent Canadian legislation has partly severed one of the few remaining links between that country and England. Hither- to an appeal has lain from the courts of Can- ada to the English Privy Council. A Cana. dian Court of Appeals has now been formed, which is to have coextensive jurisdiction with the Privy Council An appellant can carry his case to either, but the decision of cither will ba equally conclusive. When the bill comstituting this court was laid before the Cnnadian Parliament, it contained no pro- viso for giving the new forum equal suthority with the Council. A private member moved that its judgment should not be subject to any Imperialappeal. Ministry neither sup- ported nor opposed the1dea. The ex-Premier, Sir Jomn MacpoNALD, opposed it as * the first step towards separation from the Em- pira.” Yet the House carried the amended bill by & large majority. It passed the Sen- ate only by the casting vote of the” Speaker, who sheuld have voted the other way, ac- cording to the Spectator, because “ the tradi- tional duty” of the Spesker of the English Honse of Commons is to give his casting vote in favor of the existing law. Unless the Crown exercises its almost nominal preroga- tive and vetoes the bill, the legal system of the Canedas will be practically separated from that of the Empire. Tho change is not one of slight importance. The Spectator comments on it at length, and says: ‘ Auntonomy in its technical and proper sonse means nothing more or less than exemption from the appellate juris- diction of & superior.” If Canada means to follow up this step, she will moet with no armed opposition. When murdling Stetes are old enough and strong enough to walk alone, the Mother-Country cannot keep them in lesding-strings much longer. The fact i8 & legacy left to politicians by the American Revolution. ‘¢ The Canadians will never celebrate;” says the Spectator, “a Declaration of Independence followed by a ‘war.” And the reason, according to the same authority, is that whenever the Colonies want to go, they ean do so. When Lord GEANVILLE was managing the affairs of the Colonial Office, ho showed very plaintyhis belief in the policy of persuading them to go. He thought the eolonics weremere execresconces of the Impe- rial body-politic, with the exception, of course, of Hindostan and a few others, and wanted tobe rid of them. Few Englishmenyper- Taps, fally share his views, but the only good the colonies do Groat Britain is to throw a vague glory around the pame of Englishman, to serve as training-schools for young and asylums for old politicians, and to enable, orators to dilate on * the scattered jewels of the Imperial disdem.” It is very fine, from one point of view, to have a drum-beat that circles the world and a stretch of terrifory 50 vast that the sun never sets upon it, but ell this costs money and piles up the taxes. It does not pay to pesceably retain the colonies ; it certainly would not pay toretain them by force or try to do so ; and so Cana- da can secede when she wants fo; without fear of harm. And, since this is so, it is not probable that she will long acknowledge even & shadowy sovereignty in & Power 3,000 miles away. Loyalty is not strong emough to stretch across an ocean. The result of seces~ sion will doubtless be voluntary annexation, ere long. The * manifest-destiny " argument about controlling the Mississippi from sourca to mouth applies to the St. Lawrence as well. UEIGABDB M’UBXCAL BILL ‘Wo print elsewhera a detailed statement of the money which has boen paid by the con- cort and opers-goers of Chicago for their music during the season which is now vir- tually closed, embracing the months from September to June, inclusive. The state- ment is complete, excepting ' the patronage bestowed upon the Beethoven Society and Apollo Club, which it is very difficult, to esti- mate, ingsmuch as the membership ticketsin these organizations are not all limited by a season, aod the Turner Hall receipts. The total amonnt by our showing is $112,573.25, and it is posaible that the additional receipts at the concerts mentioned might aswell the amount to $120,000. Of the first sum mentioned, $55,181.50 have been devoted to purely local music, and $77,441.75, or litle more than twice a8 much, - to foreign music, in the shape of trav- eling operatic snd comcort troupes. The details of thess totals are of interest. -The English opera troupe, which hed the good fortune to open the season, and get the cream thereby, in two weeks did the large business of $36,076.75, or an average of 2,677 for each of its fourteen performances, —asum almost equal'to the combined re- ceipts of all other foteign performances, and yielding a véry handsome profit to the mana- gers, Miss Krrroce and Mr. Hess. The Ttalien opera troupe, on the other hand, was not so fortunate. Its two weeks’ season was ® very poor one, the total - receipts being but $18,785, or an average of $1,341 for each performance. With & troupe twice as expen- sive as the English, its recsiptswere only half 0s large, and the season was a disastrous one, which immediately -precoded its dis- ruption, as the management had hoped to re- trieve its Eastorn losses here. The opera™ bouffe troupes proved signal failures,—s -fact ‘which goes to show that this class of enter- tainment is 'waning in popularity. The best business was that of the Antez troupe at the Academy of Music, which in one weck took $6,228.50. The Girofle-Girofla troupe in one ’| weok received but $2,901 ; and the Sorpzxe troupe, in two weaks, only $2,286.50, ar an average of $163 for each performance. The two Trouas orchestral seasons ‘were . moder- ately remunerative, yiclding $11,164, show- ing that good musio, even in a dull season, still retains its hold upon the people. The Dz Monsxi, Avzrame Prmriees, Cauria Urso, and R1cHINGE-BERNARD concerts wers all financial failures, am.mngk they farnished us some most excellent music. The only troupe which hos made & decided profit is the Ea- glish opara organization, .and - this for threa TOABODS ¢ llvnhmtbmnpymona!a perate men,. and. the lawyers who gave'it-a | itwas 8 welhmmaged troupe; and i was comparatively an inexpensive one. ‘With ono exception, it made money upon each per- formancas The sum wral shows that; notwithstanding tho hard times, the punpla have, been liberal in their petronsgé of music. . The disastrous roverses of the managers- have been partly due to bad mansgémént, hut mainly to the fact that the managers have taken no account of the dullness of the sesson and of the de- termined economy of the people. They have come to Chicago when business was slack and money tight, and wranged their prices of ad- mission as if the times wore flush and money sbundant. The same remark is true of the purely local concerts.--Of the hundred or more given in' this Gify for. churches, chari- tios, and other purposes, very few have paid the expenses, partly bLecause they havé not been very attractive in the programmes, and partly because the prices have been too high. - /| The managers of ‘our lacal concerts have not been particalar enough to make their pro- grammes new. : People' have been surfeited with Pmvsurr, Cray, Morroy, ViRonia Ga- pRIED, Frsca, Hai1o¥, CLARTREY, and others of this stamp, who are tedionsly alike. If a large price is charged the programmes must contain something attractive. There have been amateur.. concerts given here this senson, " abt - opera prices, which did not contain .a single.element of nov- elty in their programmes, or & &ingle number which has not been heard scores of times. On the ‘whole, however, thers has been an mcrease of interest in musical mat- ters. The number of entertainments for 1871- '75 has been much larger than for 1873- 74, and the various musical organizations of the city are in good condition. Immediately after the Fire, Tux Trrsune predicted that music would be the last element to recover the ground it had lost, and this has proved to be the case. All the signs, however, are now ‘hopefnl, and we anticipate for next season a much grenter success than this, both finan- cially and musically. THE SHYSTER CASES. The Chicago Z%¥mes has been recently the defendant in two cases of libel, the offense in both cases being in applying the term “shyster” to the defendants, who were at- torneys-at-law. ‘The first case, Burzes plain- tiff, was tried, and the jury gave a verdict for Buse was plaintiff, there was & verdict for defendant. A defense in both cases was that the term shyster was not necessarily libelous, and there was a8 mass of testimony as to the ‘proper signification of the word ; in addition, there was the general defense of justification. ‘What wes the controlling view of the jury in either case we do not know, nor why BurLes got damsages snd Buse got.nothing. We know neither of these persons, and what we propose to sy has no reference to them or to their cases, ‘While the word shyster has so far no ad- jadged or lexicographical definition, it is a term popularly used every day. Itisa term applied exclusively to parsons who practice law, and, when used to describe & man of disroputable personal and professional char- acter, is applicable to & very large class of persons in this city and in all cities. When Tused in this sense and thus applied, the term has very justly and properly a most con- temptuous and degrading signification. There is need of such a word. We do not knew how old the term shyster is, but there was an oceasion for a proper term, and we sapposa it was a coinage of necessity,—some-~ thing to supply an existingwant. We donot mean to ssy that ‘““shyster” has no other meaning than to describe o disreputable law- yer doing a disreputable business, nor that it alwiys.has » degreding significance ; but what wé mean to say is that there are, in all large cities, a large body of men who get ad- mitted to the legal profession, to describe whom some title was needsd, and that, if shyster covers them, then it is a word as much negded for popular nse as gambler, sherper, vagrant, swindler, and other terms used to describe other social pests. The Jegal profession make a great mistake ‘when they loosen the lines which sepazate an honorable profession and the practice which is of questionable character. There may be a necessity for two branches of the profes- sion; onefor the practice of the law in an honorable ‘manner, and one for the abuse of the forms of law in the interest of knavery, dishonesty, vice, corruption, and social depravity. : If this necessity exist, and lawyers are needed for both lines of practioe, so beit; but the distinction between the two branches of the profession ought to ba 50 wide, and the moral and professional lines separating ther so plain, that there ought to be no possibility of having & member of one branch mistaken for & member of the other. But when the standard of the profession is 50 laxened, and the peculiarities of - the two schools of prac- tice are 850 mingled, and the business prop- erly pertoining to ench 5o generally distrib- uted and sought after by both, that it is impossible to say *shystar” or “lawyer” without applying to a large portion of the profession equally, then the term shyster “loses much of its foree, and bocomes another term for the legal profession. A man becomes a shyster, as distingnished from a lawyer, because of the character of ‘his business, and the peculiar practice which that business mnecessitates. = Certainly, mem- bers of tho Bar ought to know when the one is merged into the other ; and they ought to know that they cannot be both and hope to escape a proper estimate before the commu- nity,” The fact is, there should be two distinct professions : every man admitted to the Bar should be compelled to make his choice, and not be allowed to practice as one while pro- fessing to belong to the other. Then there would be no mistakes; and there would be no libel suits for celling men “out of their proper names,—a mistake which even the most carefal are now likely to make whenever they undertake to refer to mem- bers of the Bar following a general practice. Tho shysters—those who _shyster for & liy- ing—constitute the most despicable class, and one of the most dangerons men in all com- munities. They are ministers af the altar of Justice, &it within the temple, and officially aid in holding the bllznce, and yet they are the pfi.rtners and associates of crime, shara in its spo'h, invent perjuries, bribe vntnansu, pack juries, and resort to every possible means to rendér courts of justice and the forms of law odious and contemptible, in- {amous and corrupt. . Tke closing of the Anderson School of Natiopal History on Penikesa Island, which waa annonnced in a circular last week by Mr. Arzzaxper Acssarz, is o sad blow to the canse of scientific education in this country.. The’ schocl was smccessful from the start. It farnished opportunities for advanced and nxpmmonm instraction - which ' ‘were .no-. whore clse presontsd. It gave teachers & $500 damnges. In the second case, where. chance to ba taught.- The second summer at Penikese was a surprise to the friends of the school, and as striking a success ag the first, It may be asked, then; Why ‘hasha school closed ? The trouble-is the want of an endowment. Mr. ANDERSON'S gift only pro. vided two years’ support of the school. Tha pupils in pttendance, for- their part, can con. tribute very little in the way of tnition. 'nm, come from a very poorly-paid class, and have as much as they,can do to pay their own ex. penses while on the island. The prof on the othér hand, can scarcely afford to give up their vacation-season. to teaching, vithout remuneration of ‘some sort. ~And so the en. terprise falls through, unless. some. “worthy benefactor shall como to its assistance. ARNQLD ARD ARDRE. The Jouv CABTER Bxam{ Library, in “Providence, R. L, conthins' & History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the' American War,” by STepMAN, an officer in the English army. ~ This particular copy of the book once belonged to Sir Hexar- Crrvrox, who conducted the negotistions with Bzxg. pIcr Anvorp, and sent out Alaj. Axper to confer with the traitor. It contains many annotations by Crixrox. His comment on Srzpyax's account of the attempt to betray ‘West Point into the hands of the British'ia: ¢ Tgnorance of the ‘whole transaction,—top tender a subject to explain upon now.” the time he finished reading the book, hay. ever, he seems to have decided to record what seemed to him a fair statement of, L\u case. The fly-leaves at the end of the seo- ondvolume contain this curious record, which has just been published for the first time. . - AnvoLp opened negotiations with Craovron in 1780. He said that the alliznce with France had disgusted him, and that he would, on- this account, go over to the British, pro. vided he was guaranteed personsl security and indemnity for any loss of property he might sustain. Sir Hexry was *liberal” in his promises. He got from ARNOLD, on sev- eral occasions, “ most material intelligence,? and finally, at the latter’s request, sent Axoxg to meet hin?on neutral ground. At this time, CraNroN was still uncertain whether his cor. resporident was really Masj.-Gen. Amsorp, Several meetings were planned, but each one * wos prevented by some unexpected circum- stance. Finally, on Amvorp’s suggestion, Anprr visited West Point under a flag of trace. He had been charged by Crrstox “not to change his dress or name on any ac- count,” and to earry no suspicious papers, He was to return by water, ashe went. If this plan had been carriéd out, Axpze would bave incurr¢d no risk whatever. Bub As. NoLD, either for some unknown renson, or be- cause he loss his presence of mind for the moment, persuaded or compelled his visitor to disguise himsef and pass throngh the American lines with only & passport and his wits to protect him. Both resourcés failed. Arxorp, when he heard of Axpac's arvest, fled to New York and ecarried the news to Crxston. The Ilatter was gmeved, but sup- d - that his friend would soon be ex- changed. He was horrified when .“Mr. ‘Wasanerox’s ” Council of Wer condemned Axpze to death. Hig having landed under s flag of truce, at the request of AzvoLD, and his having sssumed a disguise and taken a false passport at the instance of the latter, are urged in'this eurious doctment as reat sons why his life shonld have 'been spared: Thisis not very conclusive reasoning, but better could not be expected from such a warm friend as CravroN. He cnds his nots by saying that his heart will * never cesse to bleed™ atthe thought of Axpre's fale. Hfuch es we msy deplore the untimely death of a gallant gentleman, whose judges grieved over the sentence they had to pronounce, it can scarcely be serionsly denjed that the usa of a flag of truce, under the circumstances, only aggravated the guilt of the spy who wes canght with the written proofs of his crime concealed upon his person. Ho was a good man, and a brave man, and a smart man, but another spy of the American Revolation was greater than he. Axpre, hung for his share in s plot to carrupt a soldier, canuot be com- pared with Natrux Hire, 8 legitimate spy, ‘whose work had nothing vile abont it, and who went to the scaffold regretting that he could give only-one life for his country. & VARITY OF VARITIES, “ Vanity of vanities,” saith the preacher, “gll ig vanity.” And if SovoMox had known. Lz Grasp Loczwoop in his life, and seen his palace et Norwalk, Conn., and foreseen the ultimate destiny of the Norwalk palace, he 'would have made his reflection still longer and stronger. Only a brief decade ago Mr. Iz Graxo Lockwoop was a millionsire, rclling in money. Everything he ‘touched was tronsmuted into gold. He had 21l the power, influence, and sdvantage. which . almosh boundless tressures can bring., Some 8d- mired and others envied him, and he was courted by all. A large portion of his wealth was .put in a privato residence at Norwalk, which was palatial in dimen- sions and in equipment. Ho built it of solid blocks of granito, and b finished it with rosewood, mahogany, snd ‘cedar of Lebanon. He adorned his- floors: with mossics of more than ffty different kinds of marbles, and one door nlope, com-. posed of. many different kinds .of wood, cost him 33,000, which is more than the aversge price of the dwellings of the rest of man- kind. Helaid out forty acres of ground,’ with the finest taste and skill in landscape-' gardening money could- procure. Thres acres of conservatories were filled with the rarest exotics ; ‘and, when the palace was. done, it had cost Mr. Lz Gravxp Locx-, woop 8 million and ‘o quarter of dol: lare, * And what then? Cui ono? Mr. Lz Geaxp Lockwoop .died (for even millionaires . must die), and was gathered tohis fathers. The palace has possed into the possession of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad” Company by foreclosure of & mortgage, and the elegant establishment upon which Mr. Lz Graxp LoCEyooD eI+ pended his million and a guarter was recent ly offered for sale at $110,000,—a beggasly pittance s compared with its original cosk. Notwithstanding this is the way of the world, there is an element of sadness' init. Iti pathétic closs to an ambitious life, when' all’ ita aspirations are left unsatisfied, the day whick opensso gloriously and bright-. 1y closes in gloom and storm. Although the _ social economist may.mourn and “moralize’ over the folly of squandering $o many thos sands upon a residence, there is somethizg’ Isudable in this desirs to establish sn alegaot home for one’s self and posterity, and some- Lhmgndwhnnanaxnmhxhnnnauhdlnd vulgerized, and one's dreams turn to such stern and bittar realities.. The moral, how- ever, remains; and the words of the great preacher are ;u-ln trus now a3 when they were uttared. ; © The zymmnngfmmmmmda- asters in Great Britain is appalling. The re= turns relating to these disastars for last yeat