Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 7, 1875, Page 4

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W5ikon thoBhowman.t 'SOCIETY MEETINGS, TLAFAYETTE CHATTEL Gonvacation this Manday eveal wutk on the Py and M. K2 ), hotwyeen Mad- aserlys Minsteels. 8, R A, M speeial ‘eloy STardar af ho il B <1, Becrutary, ik ey “BUSINESS NOTICES. BLEMISHES THAT FORTEN YEARS MAY HAVE o 3 1ndy, ara renoved by ar ploxion rondor. The Chicags Tribune, Monday Morning, Juno 7, 1875, An aged spinstor of Savannaly, Ga., Miss Many Teneatn, a daughter of ex-Gov, TeL- ramn, and who died last weel, in her will de- vised to varions religious, cducationnl, and charitable iustitutions in Georpia legacics amounting to a tutal of over &1,000,000, In the great internntional racing event of the European Continent, the Prize of Paris, contested yesterday, a French horso was vie- torious, while the English thoroughbreds, the cream of the racers throughout the Kingdom, failed to get a place, being nowhere near at tbe finish, ] The grasshoppers of Nebraska aro follow- ing Monack Cnerney's advico and going West,—Northwest, Perhaps they have dis- covered tho ** fertile belt™ of tho ex-North. o Pacifio Road, and aro bound for it. But this is unlikely, beeause nobody has yet seen that mythieal belt, excopt when paid for the discovery beforchand. The Indians le! ‘nshington for home on Saturday. ‘Tho negotintions with themn will probably be entirely fruitless, but the sealp- ing senson, delnyed by the backward westhor, janow ot haud, nnd thera is a faint chanco 1hat their enjoyment of it 1any lead to some vigorous wnrlike mengures that will save us the necessity of doing anything more for theso partioular braves beyond burying them. Some more wonld-be politiciana have sue- cumbed to the rago for secret politicat socie- ties nud alphabet-sxhausting titlen, An Ol wnorganization lins been incorporated ns the “Knights of '76,” and proposes to form lodges over the whole conntry, inculeata the patriotio principles of 1776, and rogulato American politics. It is not yet stated what higher, closing at $18,70 cash or scller. July. Ments woro (uict and easier ot 8 for shoalders, 11c for short ribs, and 113e for short cleaw. Ulighwines -were in fair domand nnd steady, at 117 per gallon, Lako froighta were quiet and stendy, at dle for corn lo Bnffalo, Flour was guict, Wheat wagnetive, and 1ie higher, closing nt 84je ensh, and 9ijo seller July. Com was in better demand aud §fc higher, closing st 66jo ensh, nnd G)]¢ for July. Oats wero moder ately netive aud tehigher, closing it G0je cash, aud A6fe for July. Rye was guiet at 88c. Darley was in beiter request and firmer, clos. ingat 4ie bid for Soptamber, 1Togs wera active andd @ shada higher, selling at #6.40@7.10 for inferior to ostra. Caitlo wero in brisk de- mnand, and the market was stroug, with sales ot §3.00@7.00. Sheep were negleoted and cnsy at S.00@1 Ttecent informntion received in Washington oflices the Ottawn Knights propose to run for themselves, ‘Tho Boston Times thinks that the Ton, Jostan QuiNcy is n very witly wmam, and ro- lates a8 o proof of this, nnd with abuudant itulics, that, when wooden pavoments wers betng disoussed, ho suggestod that the Com- mon Couneil “‘should Iny their honds 1ogether.” It is a pity that Syoysy Ssrn said this first, and it was especially unkind in him to make a botter joke out of it than his imitator did, It is stated in our Washington dispatches that tho President hns selected, but not yet wmade known, the gentleman who is to Lo the Snb.Treasuror in Chicsgo upon Gen. Wen. sren's vaention of that ofiiee to enter upon his dutics as Collector of Internal Revenuo. Gen, Wrpsten's appointmoent was not in cither casa a political one, nor wns it tha re. sult of Seuatorial recommondation or influ- ence, but was duo rather to the President’s personal knowledge of his fitness; and it is ssid that tho chojca of his successor will be siwilarly governed. ‘Wo print this morning the fulltext of threo intercsting sermous, deliverod yestordny in Chicsgo pulpits. The Rov, TRon- ror Cortyer had for his topia A Good Hope,” and its valuo to mn- kind, as compared with the bonefits of frul- tion ; tho Rov, Epwarp Buruivay, of Trinity Xpiscopal Church, in treating of * Prayer usnd Grasshoppers,” eamo to the resene of the Governor of Missonri, and approved of his proclamation ; while the Iov. Nonsaw A, AMrrreno, of tho Wicker Park Congregational Churely, spoke in behalf of * The American Sabbath ¥ and its clnims for observance, From the 18t of January to the 1st of June thia year wo have oxported 1,461,000 of specie, which exceeds tho export of last year, during the samo fivo months, by fully £8,000,000, and fs %11,000,000 more than in 1878; whick accounts for what is enlled the Ligh prico of gold, or, more properly epenk- ing, tho low price of groonbacks, ns gold hoa romained unchanged in purchasing power of the world's commoditios, Lhe New Yerk banks coutinue to gain logal-tauder notes, and bave now 69,571,000, Money is uu. wholesomely cheap. It is gratifying to knaw thot Alr, Brisrow has boow able further to reduco the legal-tendor circulation by $1,000,- 000, making a reduction of §5,000,000 slnco e bocame Becrotary, The jury of inguest in the Iolyoko dis- nster vepoat the old, old story—nobedy to Llame, and criminal carolossnosa shown in the construction of the gallery and means of egress therefrom. , If no one s ta blame, then why is there any carclossuess? Aud, since curclessness of this sort s naver pun. ished, why call it criminal? And, since this kind of finding is & inore matter of form, why investigate tho construction, anyway? As the great majority of churches and public hallg are characterizod by the same foults as tho Holyoke church, why call up tho.painful subjoct in any shope? Juries of inquest aro growing to be very inconsiderate of peuple'’s foclingy, especially of buildora and coutract- ora, v The Obicago produce markets were stead. fer ou Saturdsy, Moss pork wasin fair de. mnnd, and 450 per brl higher, closing at ©10.75 cash, and $10.80 for July, Lard was modevately sotive, and 100 por 100 ibg hrows new light upon the Mexican border raids, so bitterly complained of by the Texas people, 'Fhero is now reason to believe that Contixa, the chief of the Grenser bandits, is & regular oficor in the Mexican army; that ho is now under orders from that Government; and that fn lis expeditions into Toxad for pillage ond murder he lhas Leen nssisted by Mosican soldiers. If this i4 true, tho Moxican Minister's cool disavowal of responsibility for the border outrages will no longer suflico to prevent n strict reckoning between tho United States and the Mpxican Governments, in which the Intter will'ocenpy n rather uncomfortable po- | sition,—that of hnaving permitted, if not nuthorized, n General of its own army to or- gonizo and operate o largo forco of desper- adoes for the purposo of systomatic iuvasion and plunder. THIE THIRD-TERM GHOST. Wo print o lotter this morning from “a Republican " who professes to bo still dis- satisfied with the President’s Third-Term letter ond 'Tug Triousels interpretation thereof. We venturo to say that his appre- hensions aro shared by & very small propor- tionof the Republican party, and his eriticism {a full of errors that may be charitably traced to the unduo influenco which sonsational 4 Cresnrisn” has exercised sinco it waos flrst put forth by tho New York vrald. We shall note n few of them, In tho first placo it was not the Herald's chargo of Gon. Gnaxt's Third-Tenn aspira- tions, nor the fact that it was not deniod by Gion. Gnast, which eanused tho defeat of the Republiean party in 1874, There are too many good reasons for this dofeat to secek for any obicure and improbable explauation of it (1) The prohibition erusade in the Northern States drove off from 250,000 to 300,000 Ger- mang who had always acted with tho Repub- lican party, and who were among its most devoted and entbusinstio adherents. Wo do not boliove that & single voter ant of all the Gorzan radieals who went over to tho Dom- oerats was influenced to do so by tho Chird- Term nonsense, (2) Thero waos & wide- spread discontent on account of ¢ hard times,” which led to a vory serious disaffec- tion in the ranks of tho domimant party. All politienl observers are agreed that tho standing and infinenco of s party in power aro more sorionsly affected by a commereial,| panie than any other circumstanco that can arise ; that party has to bear the brunt of popular discontent, whother or not it is in auy sonse rosponsible for tho businoss troubles. (8) "Thore was a strong fecling of popular anger and disgust at the Credit- Mobilier ecorruptions, at the salary-grab, aud at other ovidences of n corrnpt tendoncy on the part of the Forty-second and Forty. third Congressen, (4) ‘The rasealitien of the earpet-bagiers at the South, the full mensure of whose misconduct was just becoming np- parent, had alienated still others who acted with the Republican party on principle, and not for the purpuse of sustaining any un- serupulony offles-holders who might fasten themselves upon the orgarization, Other minor eauscs might Do cited which had their effect in producing tho general result, each ono of which wns infinitely more powertal thau the Third-Term accusation; bat the four main couses wo havo eited account for the grent bulle of the disaffection, and it is wnfe to say thatnot 1 per cent of the Repub- lican losges wora caused by the ery of Third- Termism. In instituting a comparison botween Mr, Jerrenson’s lottor and Gon. Gravt's lottor on this subject, our correspondent admits thot Jrrrersoy did not disclaim any aspirntions for n re-clection at the closo of his second torm until ho had been *‘urged to become Lis own guccossor for tho third term " by the Legislatures of North Carolina, Vermnont, Virginin, and numerous other political bod- fes. Tho only possiblo provoestion which Gon. Gnant could have had for an utterance on the subjeet, prior to the resolution of the Peunsylvania Convention which called out his Jotter, was an indorsement of the Third. Term iden by a Conventlon of carpet-bag- gors and misled nogroes in Bouth Oaro- lina about a yenr ago, As this action was not ropented by any other conven- tion or political body, any reply which Gen, Guavt might have mado at that time would havo boen subjacted to ridieule, TheRepnb- licans throughout the country wonld have sald that Gen, Gopaxt might better have waited until Lo roceived somo respeotablo as- suranco that ho was wanted, and the Demo- crats would havo misconstrued his letter thon 08 thoy hnve done now. Our correspondont’s criticlam on the phra. neology of Gen. Gnant's lettor will not hold any boiter than the other partaof the contrast o secks to ostablish between it and M, Jer- rEnsoN's lettor. Gon. Gnawr says that he would not accopt a nominatlon If it wero tendored to him unless it came undor suol circunstances as to make it * an imper- nativo duty," which ho considers to bo highly jmprobable. Woulit not JerrensoN have ace cepted a third torm in such an event? The Datriotio tono of his Jotter cortaiuly indicates that ho would, if he concelved it to Lo essen. tiol to the welfars of tho country, Jerrrn. sox did not discusa this phase of tho quos- tion, it is trne, but 1t was beoauso he was ro. plying to certain political boales who had urged no uational necessity nor great cmer- genoy, and who weva prompted only by po- litical preferences or partisnn attachmont, Had Mr, Jeveensoy belioved it to Lo a duty to his country that he sbould remain in oftice under some monncing circumstances, or had such necessity been sob up and ho had discred. ited it, hia lotter would in all probability havo beon of the samoe tenor of Gon. GRANT'. It popular southmont is opposed to a third torm under any and all ciroumstances, thon the poople should have moved for an amend- went to tho Constitution prohibiting it ; but, 84 thoy do not, there ia no reason to criticise Gon, Gnaxt's treatmont of tho subjact, The peoplo have nover moved for auch a constl- tutional amendinent, and probably never will, for tho sama xeason that Gon, GraxT namas, ] —tiocause it wonld b tying their own hands, and wonld prohibit them from carrying out their own desires for their own goad, if an imperative neceasity for tho ro-clection of & Prosident n third timo should arise, or be- cnnso thoy mny somo timo want to veeall to the ofiico a President who has sorved two terms, and has been out of oflles four or eight yonrs, If the people ever adopt & constitu- tonal amondment of this nature, it will prob- ably limit the inemnbeney of the vfiice to ono term of sixor eight yenrs, X THE SCHOOL QUESTION IN POLITICS. Tecauso the Catholic clergy in this Stato Tinve not yet mado nny aggressive effort to secenre o division of the school-funds, or in Hon thereof a releass from taxation for pub- lic-school purposes, wo shonld not look indif- feroutly upon the sulject. Any movement of {his nature in any part of the country threntens 1linols nud every other State, Bue. cessful in any ono State, it mny bo succossfnl in others where the Catholics develop sufil- cient strongth, cither among themselves or with the aid of political demagogues of one or botl of tho great parties, to overthrow the present system, Tho issuo is really one of nntional import wherever it arises. Thore is little doubt it hins taken n practical shapo in Ohio, whero the GEeaiAN bill concerning ro- ligious services in public institutions (right enough in itself) was mado a Catholio issue, and nppenfed to the Catholic voters to rauge 1homselves en masse, snd on religious gronnds, with the Demoeratic party. “Ihie sehool yuestion had alrendy been sgitated in certnin localitios, such as Cleveland, Colum- bus, Cinelnnati, and Toledo, and it hecame ovident that the attack on the public-school system wns iho ultimate purposo of the allinnge between the Cathojic clergy aud the Domocratic party in that State. Hence the declaration of the Ohio Republicau Conven- tion ngainst any division of the school-fund was timely ; and it uuquestionally reflects tho sentiment of tho Republican party evory- where, It appears thnt tho extrems Catholics in Ohio have no intention of disnvowing the purposo thus charged upon them, ‘Their orgon is tho Catholic Telegraph, published in Cincinnati, 1t took oceasion in its last unm- ber to comment on certain utterances of the Prosbyterian General Assombly ; and, ina. roply to a suggestion from & secnlar nows- paper to the ellect that no Protestant sect should assumo that the advocates of secular education ore working in the interest of Trotestants, nnd that Catholics ought to ad. mit that it is not an opposition to their Church to prohibit the interference of all seets with the school system, this Cincinnati Catholie jonrnal snys: Catliolics cannot mak tho above *admiaston without ccasing 10 b Cathiolics, Tho forly-seventh and forty- efghth sriicles o€ the syllsbus bave authoritatively sst- tled for all timo that the exclusion of religlons fustruc- tion frow daily education 18 & damnablo rellgious er- ror, which Catholles cannot approve withont a denful of faith snit commisaion of sin, Legislation does, therefore, an faz an Catholics ave feoncernod, interfero with tho subject of religlon, 'Tho §tato hww na inhe- rout authority to exclude religion from pubtic educa~ ton, Whien it does o, it play the tyrant, clothing it~ #cif withs o commisaion of power for which it can show no warzaut, 1€ the Stato did not tax ua Lo support fn- stitutions that deny ua liborty of copucience, wo would nut compiain, at foast of Injustice, The ruin which sccular edueation wlll inovitably bring upon tho Btate wauld, bowaver, not ba avertod, Dutsa long as the prosent system prevalls, the Stata not only quostions o] failh, but denles to ua ita froe and unrestrictod ox- erclue, This may be construed 8 an suthoritative statement from the Church that even the ex- clusion of the Bible from tho public schools, —which has been authorized by decision of the Supreme Court in Ohio,—and the absence of avery color of religious tenching, does not antisfy tho domand of the Catholio Church. On thio contrary, the brond ground is taken thnt no Catholio oan acquiesco in this system, and send his children to the publia school, without committing a sin agaiust the Charch, We doubt very much whother n ma- jority of tho Cnthelic laity subseribo to this doctring. Those who do ought not to have voluntarily sought a home in a country and under a Government whore the soparation of Church and State is one of the fundamental principles. IHaving done 80, howover, it {s their duty as citizons of this Government to acquicscs in its prin- ciples, and not to conspire for their overthrow, If it be true that their Church pronounces it a “sin” for them to send their children to schools where dogma is no part of the in- struction (which wo very much doubt), thoy are at porfect liberty to establish dogmatic schools of their own oud support them at their own exponse; but thoy Lave no claims on that account on any part of the public school fund for tho support of scctarian schools, nor are they entitled to any releaso on that account from their just proportion of publio taxation for all public purposes. They must settlo their Church questions for them- solves and outside of politics. SHERMAN'S TERMS OF PEACE. ‘Wa calted attention some doys ngo to the great mistake made Ly Gen. Buerstan, whon ho undertook, in his colebrated treaty with Jor JounstoN in North Carolina, in April, 1665, to roconstruct tho Rebel States, and sottlo all quostions, social aud political, grow- ing out of tho War. Under tho Suzruan-JomnstoN agreement, Blavery wos fo be perpotuated; all tha citi- zons of the SBouthieorn States were o be gunr- anteed in their property s it was regulatod by Btate Constitutions and laws. It will be romembered that Smenxay made theso terms subject o their ratification by the suthoritios at Washington, who promptly rojected them, That we wish particutarly at this time {s to call attention to o somowhat extraordinary sintemeont made by CGen, SnEmmay, to the effact that those terms wero known to and wero opproved by the principal oflicers of tho army, and that some of them, notably Gens, Joox A, Looax and F, P, Bram, urged that ho conclude the arrangement without sub. mnitting it to approval at Wuskington. We will givo the statement in Gen. Smeruar’s own language. On the 14th of April ho ve. cofved a lotior from Jonysron asking a con. foronce, which it was sgreed shionld be held at n point fixed, on the 16th, On his way to tho conferonco ho heard of Mr. Yaxncown's ossnasination, TIla then proceeds, Vol, 2, pages 348, 850, 861, and 3522 ‘Tho traln then started, and, as wa passed Morris’ Station, Gen, Loaa¥, commanding the Fifteenth Corpa, cawe tuto my car, sud I tald bim I wautad to wco ikt ou wy retvm, 88 I had somethiing very dmpor tant to communieate, 1o kuew I wis gofug to msct Gen, Jounszox, und voluuteered to say that e hoped Iwould wucoced fn obfainiug his suzrender, as tha wholo ariny dreaded tha loug wmareh to Churlotle (175 mils), already begun, but whick kad beon {nterrupted by tho recoipt of Gen, JounszoN's lettor of tho 13th, On our way back (aftor the first day'a oonference with Jouwatox] to Ralaigh in the ears I showed tho same dlspateh [LixcoLw's assasination] to Gen, Lo- UAM, anJ to aevoral oficers of the Fitteonth Dorpa that ‘ware posted wt BMorriaville aud Jones' Htation, all of ‘whom were deeply Impresasd by {8 { but all gave thelr opinfon that this sad nowa abould not clange our goae «ersl oourse of action, Darlng the sveutng of the 11t s28 moraing of ‘tae 10l Xasw Dossly ali tho genardl omors of {18 acmy MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1875. [ScitorixLy, Brocus, Howanp, Loaaw, Duain], aml o tafked over the maltar of tho conforenco at rx- NETT' honso of tha day before, and, without oxcep= oty il advraed e foayres to some ferns, for they all droaded (he long and liarasslog mareh fn puraust of o dirsotring and fleeing army,—a march that might casry s baek agalin over tho thoneand miles that we had fuet accomplished, Weo all knew that §f wa could bring JoaxsToN’ army to bay we could deatray it fnan hotr; but that was simply fmposelblo In tho country A0 which we found oursefves, Wn Glacuened sll tho yrobabilities, among which waa whether, it Jonsatox madoa poat of 1t, 1 shioulid aszent to the escape of axrr DavIR and lus fugltivo Catinet} snd gomo oo of my general ofticers, either Logan or Litair, inslsted that, f asked for, we should evon providy a vessel to carry fhom to Naunau from Charleatun, On tho 18th, the conference with Jousston wns renowed, and the terms of peavo wero agreed to aud signed, subject to tho approval of the United States and Coufederate Gov- ornments, Gon, Buensay, pago 434, pro- coeds s Tho papers were duly signed; we psried nbout dark, and my porty returned to Raieigh, .+ o On thelr faco they [tho terms) recited that T had no authorlly {o make fnat terms Involsing civil or epoltical questlons, but that T submiitted them to the proper quarter b Wash Ington for tholr setfon 3 and the letters fully explained that (hio military sttustion wan anch that tho delay wns a0 adsantago to us. 1 cared Nitle whther they wers approved, modifled, or disapproved i tofa; ouly T wanted fnstructiovs, Many of my general ofticers, among whom, I am almost pomtie, trere Gens, Loganand Hiatr, urged me to neerpt the terma without reference at all to Iashinyton, but 1 wreferred the latter course, As tho grent political Llunder of the War waa this agreement proposed by Gon. Suun. Ay to Gou. Jomnsrox in North Carolina, which was ot only condemned at tho time, but has heen’universally condemned ever since, and as tho direful consequonces of that agreoment were only averted by tho eau- tion of SuerMAN in making thom dependent upon the approval of tho Government ab Washington, this stateruent of his, while it does not relieve him of his responsibility, includes in that responsibility thoso of his Generals who agreed with the terms, and especinlly those who were even in favor of making them final, without reference to what might be thonght of them by tho President. It will bo well, therefors, that some of those fwplicated should rise and explain, THE BCOTCH PRESBYTERIANS, The London Zimea of the #2d ult. rbeords the fact of the gathering of tho Annual Gen- eral Assembly of tho Established Church of Scotland at Edinburg, It was opened ro- contly with great pomp and coremony. Her Mnjesty was reprosented by the Lord High Commissioner, tha Earl of Rossnyn. The magistrates of the city also took part. Tho streels “wero filled with processions and the gront dignitaries of the Church wers escorted to the Cathedral by troopsof soldiers,—horse, foot, and artillery, Nothing was loft undone to invest the ooension with tho utmost pomp and pngenntry, It was in overy sense the grent show.dny of the dominaot church pow- er of Scotland. Upon the snme day and in the samo city, the Goneral Assombly of thoe Freo Church was held, without show or pomp of auy description.- The Z%mes draws tho following suggostive contrast batwoen the two assemblios : The contrast which this tody invitea between tho Eatablished Church snd {Uelr own—botweon tho bond woman and the freo—must, wo prosume, ho not alto- gother disploaing to thom, since ft would be vory onay for thein to svold 1t by assombling at another time, They soens, however, to have been impircased by 3t, and 10 hwve drawn from St thelr own lowon, In place of the jubilant notes’ of trinmph, which wero weil in place fn tho sermon proached before tho Establishod Church and its supporters, the members of iho Frea Clurch wera compolled, not less appropriately, to liston o s very differcut sound, Thoy beard of Licaviness, of manifold temptationa and troubles, and of faltls triod withs fire,—slt of which were, nevorthio- toss, to ond In Joy, and lonor, and pralse, The canso for this general rojoicing and imposing display upon the ono hacd, snd the dispirited and gloomy character of the other, may bo explaincd by a briof referenco to the history of tho Established OChurch of Seotland, In the days of Kxox, ench con- gregntion clocted its own ministor, as among the Congregationnlists, and onch congrega- tion could get rid of its ministor when dis- satisfled, andelect & now one, and these rights wero guarnnteed by tho Revolution sottle- ment in 1688, and jealously reserved from the power of tho Dritish Parlinment, Five yoars aftorwards, however, tho Parliament of Queen ANyE pnssed an act for the restoration of patronsgo in Scotland, by which the ap- pointmentof the clergy was given tothe Lords who lLad control of the tenantry, the object of tha act being to advance the Jacobite in- torest by rondering tho clorgy mere depond- cnts upon the aristocrnoy and to wealoen thelr influence in n liboral direction. The passago of thia nct slowly but suroly brought about a violent agitation in the Ohurch, which de- veloped into open &trife and frequent. collis- jons betwoen tho Church and tho civil courts, T'ho passage of the Veto law by the General Assombly in 1634, by which it was dodlared # that it is o fundamontal law of this Church that o pastor shall be intruded on any con- grogation ocontrary to the will of tho people,” renewed the strife ; and at last, in 1848, a schism broke out, hended by Dr. Cnavarens, and the Free Clhurch was estab- lishod Ly the secoders. The sehism turned ontircly upon the right of eleoting ministers. All tho other dogains of tho Presbytorian Church were retained. From that tlmo until now, the Free Church has made a peace- ful progress, and strongthened itaclt through tho operation of the Sustentation Fund, cs- tablished by Dr. Omazatens, Moeanwhilo an agitation commenced in the remnoant known 09 the Established Clhurch In favor of tho rostoration of tho right of electing ministeys, which had been abrogated by the aot of Queen ANNe, The powors conferred by this et had novor been harshly administered, and the patrons had alwaya been careful to exer- clso thelr prorogatives in dofercnce to the wishies of the congrogation, yet thore was a strong fecling against tho law, and at last it grew into such positive projudice that on at. tempt wos mede to obtaln & ropeal of tho odlons law from the GrapsToNs Governmont, *This failed, but it was renowed with success undor tho present Government, Mr. Disnaxes baving put o bill through restoring the right to the congroga- tions of electing their own minlsters, and the present General Assembly of tho Established Church is the first which has mot since the passago of the now law ; hence the rejoicing and jubilant character of the Assombly, Tho principal object in securing the passage of tho act of Vicronta was to romove the last point of difference betwoon the Istablished Cburch and the Freo Church, to bridge over the only chasm betwoen them, and draw back the soceders. It hashad thiseffect ton certaln oxtent slready, No formal union has been maode botweon the two bodios, but many have lott the Free Church as individuals, and many more will undoubtedly follow. Hence tho gloom and despalr which scem to have selzed upon the Froe Church Assombly, Itisevident. ly ouly a question of timo how long it can remain o8 8 soparate organization. Tho two Churches have always had the same creed, and now they have ths same praotioes. Thoro 18 uot a shade of difference between of bonds. rants for theso fictitious claims, smounting to ond in 1870 nnother nct of tho Leglslature them. Tho only concession demanded by the ¥ree Church has been mnde, and the triumph, thereforo, in reatly upon thoir side, It is probable, howaver, that tho rivalry which hiay boon going on for the Inst thirty yoars, amd tho fonduens of religionists for dispntation, will koep tho two in nutagonism, ntthough thers is nothing to Sght about, wntil the stronger shall absorb the woaker by indi- vidnal secesslons, ‘I'his i3 evident from the spleit which characterizes the Free Church Arsembly, the Moderntor of which uxprossed his conviction that ninc-tenths of the Chrig- tian world wna given over fo AxTrcnnisr, ond that Brothers Moovy and Baxkey wero tho only hopo loft, which lrings out tho fol- lowing umphatic declaration from tho Loundon Timea: Now, n body af Chrlatinnn which rerlously regards ninetonthy of profeseing Christendom an glvon over to tho powers of evil und forming the domain of ANTL~ ontnist, whichile opeuly appored fo the advanco of muiern acteuce, amd, tieed, shows ftxelf incapable of understanding the meaning of tho word sefonce at all, aml which find it ehfef consoiation under tronbla and ita bost hopo for the future In tho servicen of Merara Moony and Banary, must certainly Lo ess teemod out of hartuony with the nge n whilch wo lvo, Tho propheey which Lord Cocununy ventnrsd at thy timo af tho separation—ihat tha new position of tho recedera would probably muke them moro favstical tlian ever—sooms (o havo been fulfilled alresdy, evon moro completely thsn ite outhor could bave ad res gon to expect, THE REW YORK FRAUDS, Gov. Tipey, of Now York, recently par. doned Jaxes II, Inoensonn, who hins become historieal as *' tho chnir.maker” among the conspirators in tho T'werp robberies in Now York, Ixoensort wns convicted and sent to tho Penitontinry, and has now been pardoned that his testimony may be used in tho civil suits for the recovery of the stolen money. It will bo remembered {hat Tirvex and 0'Covon voluntarily devoted many months to he investigation of tho frauds, and ‘by por- sonal serutiny of the bank accounts of ull the parties, and comparing them with the bills paid, were able to trace Inrgo sums directly to severst of the gang; but still thore was much that wns unexplaived. The long statomonts of Ixorngorr, and GAnvEY clear up what was then involved in mystery. The business begun in 1867. No money could bo withdrawa from the 'Treasury with- out tho signatures of tho Controller, Cox- ~orLy, Mayor Horrsran, aud Sweesey, Cham.. berlnin. Tho auditing authority was the Board of Bupervisors, of whieh Twerp was Presidont. ‘I'ho first plan of operations was to “put np” the nmounts of bills for sup. plies 85 per cont, of whick TwrEp was to ro- coive 25 nnd CoxvoLry 10 per cent. Nearly n million of dollars was thus obtained. 'This continted until the passago of certain laws in 1868, giving the Contraller authority to adjust and allow old claims against tho city or county, and to pay thcsa by the issue Inoensorn states that under thesa laws tho now form of pryments began in Baptember, 1808, This new aystem was that bills bearing old dotes wero to be manufactured, and that 55 per cent of thslr amount was to bo divided among tho Ring. 'The division was: Twrep, 25 per cent; Coxwovnry, 20 ; SwrzENEY, 10 per cont ; Iyaensory, 46 per cent. The most of the Dbilla were flctitions, Theso Inws were passed in the spring of 1868, but no operation un- der thom took place until Beptember, In Soptember, Horraan, tho Mayor, was nom- inated candidate for Governor, nnd was thencoforward generally absent from the city. Tosas J, Conax, President of the Board of Aldormen, acted as Mayor, Coxax, on the 10th of Septembor, signed nbout thirty war- §250,000 ; on tho 12th and on the 16th other warrants were signed by him, the wholo amounting to over & million of dollars, Coxan rigued in all ns acting Mayor warrnuts for over $2,000,000. Tho suno warrants wéro also signed by Coxvorry nnd SweeNer. During 1869 this plan went on successtully, was obtnined, establishing the *‘Special Audit” Boprd, The Controllor was. nuthor- ized to issue ‘‘revenno bonds” in paymont of all tho bills audited by this Board, Theso short bonds were payable ot of the noxt tox lovy. But provious to this timo it was ar- rangod that bills wore to bo made up on tho apportionmont—35 per cont to the supposed creditor, Tweep 25, ConNorry 20, Swrency 10, Warson 5, and Woopwasp 5 per cont. The old claims bore {futerest, but tha claim- ant got no intarest ; his shara was merely 86 per cent of the principal Bweeney, Con- Novry, Warsox, and Woonwano divided the interest, Inaznsoru oponed his furniture factory, which factory consisted of an office and n sot of books, I1Ie mover reslly had a partnor, but, in making out bills, ho callod himself “Inaensory & Co.," “J, A, 8surn,” or “0. D. Bortar & Co.,” or *A. G, Mrrn,” thus avoiding having all tho warrants mado out in his own name. The warrants, whon made out, wero then indorsed to him. When Inoensors ot ono timo objected to baving to pay 60 per cont of his bills, ho was answered that the other 35 per cont paid him wans a liberal allowance on & purely fictitious claim, All this relates only to Inornsorr's own bills, Thera wera other gories of billa passing tlrough in a lke manner. IngensoLn, CoNav, Warsm, and Nonton wora appointed Commissioners to tho new Court-Honse, Twxrp told Inoenrsort that the Comumissioncrs would all want to make gomethiny; eo, when the Commissioners or. ganized, INoznsoLr sald to them, ‘‘All wo have to do, gentlemen, is to cortify the billa and recolve for ourselves about b per cent aplece,” This was agreed to by all the other Commissioners, The Commissioners never had o meeting, but approved the bills sep- aratoly, In time, howaver, they found that it was necessary to ‘‘put up” the Dbills bo. oanso Twrep demanded 15 and CoNnworry and Watson 15 per cont for their shaves, | The many payments of the fraudulent sums to tho respective parties of which T~ DN was unablo in bis investigation to get ouy trace, are now accounted for by INaex. soLy, who, withont dopositing in bank, or drawing checks, froquently paid the money diroot to SBwreney and Coxvorry in person, Gauvey's affidavit also in like manner ex. plalos in detail hia transactions with the Ring, and the rovelation romoves whataver doubt, if any existed, of the deliborato plan. ning sud unquestionablo combination of the various parties by which thoy robbed and plundored the City and County of New York otuvyeilonscediied, Bocretary Druaxo, and that other guilcless olild of Nature, Mr. SroTr2D Ta, do uot geom to havo agreed in thoir notions about the Dlsck Hilla, DEraXo, in the first place, triod to give BrorTe Tatt o leason in geogra- phy, which the latter wouldn't learn, Drra- No then jnformed Srorrep Tan that, if the Unitod States Commission found any gold in the Black Hills, 8 fair prica would “bo paid for thew, whoroupon Brorrsp Tam notified Dxraxo that it was not worth while talk. ing. Blagk Hilla, as they would demond » very largo prico for them. Dunaxo got mad with Brorren Tawn and threat- onod him, wheroupon HSrorien Tatu geve him s homo thrust by informing him that the Grent Spirit told hbm (8. L) nover to steal anybody’s country without pay~ ing for it, and therenpon yuite broadly inti- DetAxo said ho wasn't o thiof, and Brortep TaAln gaid ho was ; and thoro the matter wns loft pending botweon the two children of Naturo, ‘I'hon Brorrep Tarn anitd ho wanted to talk ahout bis Agoney mnttors with tho Commis. sioner, 08 ho was golng homo the next morn- ing. Devino very coolly notified Srorrep "T'a1n hio could talk all night about the Agency, if Lio wished, turned upon his lcel and loft, and Srorrep Tan turned upon his heol and "Ihus ended Broz. b Tarn's pow-wow aud Denaxo's diplomacy. ‘The nnprojudiced ohserver ean hardly fail to como to the conclusion thnt SroTTep ‘Far's plain talk was moro forciblo than DEraxo's mated that Deusxo wes o thief, left. Ifonors were easy. diplomocy, TIE BIGOEST LTAR IN MAINE. 1tis fair to presutno that tho Yortland I'ress hod nccumnulnted o mass of historical nnd statistical datn concerning the lies and lines of Maino before it asserted that Mr. So-axp.90, n residont of Portland, wns the The person so kindly noticed without chargo felt nggrieved, and naturally sued for o tou-thousand plaster to cover up tho alleged hole in his char. Theroupon the undaunted Press en- tored n plen of confession and avoidauce. This imposed upon it the task of proving to tho satisfaction of the twelve men good aud truo that Bo-anp-So was not only bad and untrue, but that he eclipsed, surpnssed, biggest Jinr in tho Biate, acter, outshone the cfforls of overy other resident of RMoine, This was a gi- gwmtie task. Lying Las not been considored especially characteristio of that section of the country, but it unfortunately is characteristic of human nature, and human nature provails therenbouts. In fact, it is not difficult to roeall certnin cnses of Maine mendncity, ‘Thero are people there who say that the * Maine Iaw ” has suppiessed drunk- onness, snd that poor fanaticnl Nxan Dow has been tho savior of Americs, snd that Maino wonld go Democratio in 1872 and 1874 and 1876, nnd that the protective tariff which has shut up, all the ship.yards of tho State wasa good thing for the community, snd that the majority of Maiue Custom-Houses wepa good for anything except to provide snfo rotvoats for battered ypoliticiaus, ate., oto. in Maino enrth will suggest to the intelligent reader, And yet, in tho Inco of this vast army, the Portland Press snid that Se-axp-So was the biggest liar in Maine. And when he laid bare his woes to o jury, the Press laid bere its proofs, and the vordict added an additional woo and proof. For the dozen jurymen, by ncquitting tho paper, declared that, in their opinion, the plaintiff was tho biggest linr in Maine. We bolievo this is tho ouly judicial declaration of such o fact on record, The plaintiff is now & phenomenon, Ho has boen authoritatively distinguished ns a linr, 8 big lar, the biggest linr among 626,916 people. Thero is some consolation, after all, in belng first. MMr. Mirron hns g saying about the wish of the Father of Lies to be first in hell rather than second in eaven. TheF. of L.'s most prom- ising pupil in Maine may perhaps find somo consolation in this idea, Hereaftor, no ono will dispute his claims to ability in drawing the long-bow, Lessor liars will make way for him, Witnosses, summoned before Con- gressionnl invastigating committees will vigit him to learn tho art in which he stands suprome. The demand for his sorvices in tho mext campaign will Do simply incalonlable, o can supply somo of the choicest spocimens of partisan literaturo over printod. And yot, aftor all, his great~ ness has beon thrust upon him too Inte, Hod the verdict only beon renderod a hun- dred doys ngo, Mr. So-awp-So would surely have beon securod for one of tho prominent witnesses of the Brooklyn trial. There his peculinr powers would have had full scops, and ho might have even rison from the comparatively small importance of the biggest liar in Maine to the dazzling hoight of the biggest larin Ohristendom, That prond position is now ocoupiod by somebody at Brookly: THE OITY PEINTING. ' To the Fditor of The CAleaga Tridune ; 1t Lins been ropoatedly ehargod by the T¥mss that the charter of 1875 contalna s clauso by virtno of whick the psyment to 3r, Hosing of $20,000 to $30,000 per sne num is rovived and provided for, or contluved in somo way, Tho writer haa soveral times brought shig to the kuowledgo of prominont niembors of tho Exoc- utivo Committea of thu Oitizons® Atsociation, who en- gineored the bill through tho Legisiaturs, and thoy have uniforialy atated thst 0o such provision exists in tho law of 1875, Will you wet the minds of your read. ersand the publio generally at vest, by stating which statoment ia corroct ; and, it such » provision exista, point out whero in the law {t ogcurs T Pno Boxo PUBLIOO, ANSWER, Tho story published by tho ZVmes, and re- peated 50 ofton by othors, has no foundation in fact. The charter of 1875 provides, Art. IV, 8co.4t Each Board of the Common Councit ahall keep & core froct Journal of {ta procoeditigs, and publish tho same 28 pioy be prescribed by ordinance; and all tho city printing shall bs done tn conformity with such o dinancea sa thie Common Council ahall enact, This section gives the Common Counell the absolute control aver tha entire subject of the city printing. The presont chartor compels tha publication of Council proceedings in the Staats-Zeitung ; the chartor of 1875, on the contrary, places the wholo subfoot at the diserotion of the Common Council, Woure glad to notice that the New York World has at lsst awakencd to a realizing 1den that there aro other places bealdes Ohi- cago which neod protection sgainst fire, and ‘we are glad to bo assured by it that it le uslng its beat endoavors to romedy the dofoots of its sixty-nino hotels, yhich have bsenofficially designated as fire-trapa by the Commissioner of Rates apd Surveys. If it had followod {ho course of "I Onicago Trinunz long ngo in urging and domanding proteotion against firo, our hopos for improvement in that olty would be stronger,—and, perlaps, eoonor reelized, 1Itiamaver too late to mond, how- ever, and now that the World has commenced its wrestling with the rackloss owners of thoso fire-traps, and with i{nsurance compa. nies which aro willing to tako risks on them, it will probably give Ohicsgo & rest for some timoe to come. It ix go zaroly scover good com- mon sense and oalm statement from a SBouth- ern source that the following utteranco of B Hier, of Georgis, 16 very rofroshing: Io & & stupld visionary whao supposes ho can over mske peace botween the politiclans of the two seotions, Those politicians have Leon the duaturbers of the peace 1oz twenty ysars, Thsyhave soquired powerby reason e e wey ue o e daatbese of taad 5 s - An innumerable throng of instdnces which truth Dbas been crushed to themsolves reachadl,—tho peopls of the North snd the Honll,—ap, thay mut lio roachied fu #iich & tnanner m (o' g them that they liave & commnan fulcrest, and ougly gy hava A common feellng, L Mr, 1ot has stated tho wholo trutl in nutshall, and, were ho possessed of o knene: tusight iuto the movement of polities he would discover that *the peoplo have i,m, renched," or rather that the peoplo themacelyeg have discovored it is time thoy shonld Wanngy tho rauning of the political mnchine, ¥Hongy have como the wnearthing of politienl cor, ruptions and rascalities, aud the recent defenty of hide-bound and corrupt politicinns, Ay, Hua's remarks have n special appliestion u; the South, which Lina boon kept prostratg by the professional politicians, and must remain #0 until the poople arise and net for they. relves and bury ont of sight the five-eaterg and turbulents who keop that soction in con, tinued confusion for their own nggrandizs, ment, The fconoclasts aro atill atit. One by eny thoy ara ovorthrowing all the idole whom o hava loved and roverod. s it not enough thyy WasmNaTon did not cut the troo with hig jij)y hiatchot ; that Capt. Jonn Burra was not saye] by Pooavoxras: that Wrsnian TELL not ouly did nob ehoot ab the applo, but that Wirrny Tern never oxistod 7 Why couldn’t thesy feonoclnsis liave spared ua tho tomb of Anzranp and HeLotse ? Tho way thoy havo demolished itisthis: A movoment was rocontly mado fy Paria to apprupriate 13,000 francs for the restor. alion of tho tomb and grava of tho immostal lovers. It has been dofestod, howover, by the Municipt] Counsolor, 3L VIALLET-LE-Dyo, who lna shown, firat, that tho mtne; which ornamont tho tomb aro flclitious ; and, second, that Averanp and Hrrowe aro nop ‘buriod in Poro 1a Chalse at all! 'Tho crowdsof gushing young creatures from thia country, thorofore, who have followed thair gnide-book ta tho sacrod spot sud wont copiously over the graves of tho unfortunate lovors, have ehed thelr toars fn valn ovor bones and ashes which belong to no one in particnlar, Thus have the roman. tlolovers of four conturica been fooled. Tho noxt thing we sball hear from these iconoclasty probably will bo the assertion that Aperanp nover lived, and that the falthful Abbess nover guarded hie romaing, bocauso abo never lved ocithor. Tt may at lonst bo nrsortod with rafery that M. Vsarter-ne-Doc will be pronounced a monster by tha whole world of youtltal loyers, A distingnishing featurs of tho Woman's Col. logo at Northampton, Maus,, will bo the absonca of dormitorion. Tlo managers of ths institu. tion bavo wisely dacldod to give the young lady pupils oll tho bonefita of home-lifo. A number of dwellings will be built for vesident Profees. ors, cach of whom, it ia expootod, will takea small numbor of students into bis family, Pu. plls who cannot bo accommodated in this manner will flud homes in tho villago, Thoso who are aequalnted with Now England lite in the coun. try do not nead to bo informad that the advant. ages offerod thoroby are almost equivalont i thomsclvos to s liboral education. On the whole, the plan of the Northampton College geoms to boopon to fow objeotions. Ono ime provement upon it would be an inflasi. blo rulo excluding uumastiod wmales from tho Faoulty; snocher might be ths offering of & spacial course embracing those studies in whick women aro known tb ba genorally more proficiont than mon. It would not bo oasy, cortainly, to dotermino tho coustita. ents of such a courso, and any immediate Bug- gestions wonld donbtless provoke an intormina- bla controversy ; yet 1t doon soem that, granting the qualities of the fomale mind to be differont from, and in some respocta superior to, thosa of thoe male, provision should bo made for tho ade- quato dovelopmant of the pocullar excellensca of woman, Prof. ViLrant haa recontly written a letter m which ho deacribes tho operations of tho Ordor of Camorra in Bouthern Italy. The Camorras live by preylng on thelr follow-men. Tho difference botwoen thom and common thioves appoars to bo that they aro more perfectly or- ganized, loss scrupulous, and more indiscriwi- nato in oxuoting thoir tolls, Thoy stoal from thievos outetds of tholr Order s woll aa front therespoctablo classos. They control Muntcipal Governments, and bave to bo bonght up to per- mit somo uzefnl and nocossary plece of leglsls- tion, in the samo manner a6 a Ring of Ninoteen in Chicago or a Council of Ton in Philadelphia. Tho Csmorra make s protiy littls sum annually out of Naples, whero thoy havo conneotiona with all claagos of socioty, and strong influence at tho very sost of suthority and powor. Thoy aren specioa of unrocognized dotectives, lving on all men in tronblo, maintalnlog a certain degree of ordor among the ordipary criminals, and menag- ing to find their profit by tho way. e The Bt. Louis Central Baplist 1a so willicted with splonotic bigotry ag to object to the recont docoration of tho graves of doad saldiors on Buoday, which it pronouncos a descoration of tho 'Babbath-dsy.” 1t eays: Tast Bunilay 10,000 peoplo met at Jefferson Barrackt to decorato tho graves of the soldlor dead, Federals and Confederatss met togothor,~Oen, BRERMAN, Pris- {dent, ¥lowors woro atrawn, siicechies made, aud - sla rendered, 1iad it boen any otlior than the Bablath~ day, there was something o commeud, Dut thom walild have been, evon thien, a great deal to condemn. « + o It waas desecration, Meny tnoughtfal peopln eamo'wway mortifed and Indlguant, Nox May lav tho dead teat fn peace, or honor them whon you g0. Anothor day than Sunday should be cliosen, Why another day than Bunday? Bundsy s tho firet day of tho wook. The Beventh day is the + Floly Babbath," nod that s Saturday. Looket your Blble, sir, —_——— Those journala in Towa which defond Mr. B P, Arixy, and attack Tne Tninuxe for oxposing him, noed to bo informod that persovorance {8 such » conrse will arouse palnful suspicions sa 1o thoir own integrity. Honest nowspapors havo a publio duty to porform In thia osse. 1t Mr. B. TF.2Auxy guffors in the oporation, so much the woren for him; it cannot surely be said that ba does not deserve ta sufter, Hisown confosslon in tho colaxna of this paper ia sufilolent to jus- tity all that Trz Tuipune has aver sald of him. Wae aro glad to motice that the most public- npirited and influentisl nawapapors in Iowa—thosd which bave no suspiolon of mortgages abood them—bave takon tho sama position with Tua ‘Trinuxk in this mattor, ————— Wo have rocolved the following communics= tion1 19 the Edltor of The Chleaga Tribun o Lo sany, snd who, were the Qommanders-in-Chiof of the Unfon annlsd during \fim m:-uwn, “:fl‘}" loag \I;?Iwm 15 thst poaition? #0 dolng you | yo greatly ol o e ANSWEEB. ‘Thare wae but one Commander-in-Oblef of the Unlon army during the Rebellion, snd hia nsmé waa Apnimax Laxoors, Ho was made Com mandor-{in-Chief by tbe Constitution. gl R cbetecd dianm, The 8t. Louls Globe-Demwocraé does nat share the aversion of ts contemporariss for Ohloago. 1t comos to our seacue on the dolinquont tax-0ok leotlon, Iteuggestathatthe Ohloago authorities adops the Bt, Louls fashlon of souding alstesn oconagcutivo ofiicial notices to delinquent tax- payers, and farm out the back of them for ade vertislng purposes, Tho idea la good. Let Bt Louis have the benefit of tho firet batoh. Bbe noeda it badly enough. ———e Thare has occurced {n Pacls, obsarves sn 6% change, within two montbs, & scone such aa fow Fronchmen Lavo over witnessed beforo: & poacaful and chatty interview in a draning-room botwoen M, Tmwns, tha late ¥ cuiof do Votat,* and Marshal MacMaxox, his succossor, For elghty yoars, the predeceasor of the French Oblef-Maglatzato for tho time belug bas nsuaily been & rofuges in & foroign country, In abosd the aitustion looka maore hopotul than ever. o -t il oo National gold-banka sre gainiug In popularty in Californls. Thero are now elglt of thow ia opesation In that Btate. They bavo a capltal ab Pack, Tkt peogle mush be | 64,080,000, lonas aud dlscounts of $0,733,%%