Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 2, 1875, Page 4

o——— TERMS OF THE TRIBUN BUTES OF SUACCRIPTION (PATANLE TN ADVARCR), Postnge 1'renald ai thin Office, ditlon, nost-naid, L 5t fairg Datta of yesr rp1r YOUR W) Malled to "(uff-fl il Quneopy por st Club of five, per €opy. Club of teenty, par copy. ‘The postage 1s 15 cents & yoar, Bpecimen coples sent free. o prevent delay and mistakes, be sure and give Foat-Ofco sddrers in full, tucluding Statosnd Connts, Temittances misy be mado ejther by draft, express, Post-Offica order, or in regiatered letters, at our ri TENMB TO CITY SUBSCRINERY. Dy, dellvered, Sundsy excepted, 25 ceot por week, Darly, detivered, Bunday fuctaded, 30 centa per week, Addréan THE TRIDUNE COMPANY, Corner sta., Chivago, 1l AMUSEMENTS, VICRER'S TIEATRE—Madiron atrest, between D:fl?\mlru and Btate, Eugagement of Barry Hulivan, “ Richelion.” rornor P—Dentborn_ ntreel ADELPHI THEATRE—Dearborn Jw Around Moneoe, Engagvment of the Kiraify Troupe. the World in Lighty Days.” LUY'S THEATRE—R:ndolph stroet, betwean C\!‘!‘kz?ngxld‘afllue. Eugagement of the Califorois Miustrels, NEW CHICAGO TflF.y\TXI-F_p-C\uk #ycet, hetwdan m;!l‘x‘:lpll and Lake, Eugagemont of Kelly & Loon's Mipstrols, v 'S MTSEUM-—Mouroa steeet, between Dear- m‘:nofigf ‘B‘(Alo. Afternonn, * Clevalier D'ludus. trie," BEvenl! 'eep o' Dny," BUSINESS N STARTLING TRUTIL—THOUSANDS DI AN~ ally from Teglscted cattghn aud colie, which woon Fipen into copsumption or otiicr enually fatal diseared nf 1he Tungs: shon, by the timely use of 3 Mupie hoitle of Dr, 8. D, Howe's Aratian Alilk Cure, v and por- Imanent cave 38 often cected. Tho 3ilk Curn, while Tt poancason all the virines of Cod Lier Oil, cati he re- tatued upou the wtomach without natseating,~iee 2d- sertiwment, RIDNRY DISFASES, DROPSY, ETC.—ALT. PIlt- sons aflicted with Diseascs of the jitinesy, zin i the Tiuck, Grasel, and sll Urinnt s Discason, Bivhutn y, Nervaas Debdlity, ctc., aliould at vtice try Ilowe's Arablan Tonic Blood Purtfier.—tie dcoirtise ment. The Cligagy ribune, Thursday Morming, Docomber 3, 1875, Greenbacks at the w York Gold Ex- change yesterdsy opened ot 86} aud closed At 87, ————— According to Mr, Brustow's montlily bulle- tin, tho publie debt of the United States wis whittled down the sum of $40,075 during the month of November. Tho Rowing Associntion of American Col- Jeges have challenged tho Oxford, Cambridge. and Dublin crows to take part in the annual regatta in July next, the rules of the race to ba according to Americnn usage, the cox- swain being disponsed with, Joux Monnissey wants to bet 210,000 that Sax RavpaLL is the next Speaker of tho House. The Senator frum New York City takes this unostentations way of indicating his preference to his brother Dumocrats, and at the samo timo leaves on attractive opening for a difference of opinion, Ihe Rov. Dr. Eccrrstoy, of Philadelplia, daclines the Town Bishopric, although a ma- jority of tho Standing Ccmmittees have rati- fied his clection. The choice of tho Conven- tion waa the occnsion of much bitterness of foeling on the part of tho minority, and in declining the election Dr. EccLeson bas prob- abiy acted for the bestinterests of tho Church snd tho Diocese. Postmaster-General Jewrrt in his forth- comwing report will recomend that the post- aga on transient newspapera ba reduced to 1 ceut for every two onnces and fraction thereof. ffoisof opinion thut the prosent mte of postage on daily nowspapers regularly sent 1o subscribers is reasonable, and favors ity continuance. Mr. Jewenrn davotes consider- abls space to tho subject of ocean mails, nnd speaks strongly in favor of the employmont of American vessels only for this sorvice, [t b In support of the assertion that there was n great deal of CanrEntes in tho Milwaukeo Whisky Ring, our correspondent in that city furnishes several offivial documents bearing npon the question whether thé then Senator Trom Wisconsin did or did not interest him. self deeply in the case of Bax miwsxorr. We imngino the reader will have no ditficulty in arriving at the conclusion that the nssor. tion wns true, and also that the then Colleotor of Internal Revenue aud Diatriet Attoruey ot Milwoulkeo shared in the prevalent solicitade for the welfaro and prospority of * Princa” Bast. Official files are stubborn things to sontrovert. Deacon West takes early oceasion to avail himeelf of the restoration of his standing as a member of Plymouth Church by submitiing -lo that body o letter requesting the church o unite with him in calling o Mutua! Conn- ¢il to adjudicate upon the questions now dis- turbing not only Plymouth Church, but the Renomination at large in Amerien. And the questions to be in this maoner decided Den- con West simplifies and condenses thus: “ Is the Rov. Henny Wano Bercues guilty of sdultery?” and *‘Is the Rov. 1L W, B, guilty of perjury?” This ie what Deacon Weasr wants to have settled, aud Lo hopes Plym. vuth Chnreh will meet him in the sume spirit u? frankness and affection that aniiates him in making the proposition, Tho remarks of Judge Janesoy, nowon the Criminal Court Bench, in deciding the appli- cation for s continuauce in the cose of Davis, indicted for the murder of Cmantes War. 1aND, indicata clearly that the defonse will 1meet with meagre encouragement in fighting for mere delny, and that the Court will be true to its responsibility for the safoty and interonts of the public, No one will bogrudge tho murderer tho woek's time granted yoster- day to onable him to get zendy for trial, but it is gratifying to be assured that none of the ordioary transparent protoxts of lawyers for postponement will sufiice to retard the course of justice in the case of Davis, Tho safety ond interosts of the public requiro that his trial should proceed with all the dispatch that ls consonaut with justice and fairness. The Chicago producs markets wera less an- Imatod yesterday, bub the feeling was steady. Bess pork wasin fair demand and 106 per brl lower, cloging at §19,15 seller the yeor, aud $19.40 for Febrnary. Lard was quiet and easier, closing at $12.26@12,27) cash, aud 812,40forFebruary, Meats werclesanctiveand g@iclower, at 7o for shoulders, 10}¢ for short ribs, and 10jo for short clesrs, all boxed. Mighwines were in fair demand aod steady, at $1.11 per gallon, Flour was dull wud unchanged. Wheat was quiot and fivm, closing at §1.03} cash and 21,04% fur Jun. uary. Corn was dull and eavier, closing at 47{o cauh, and 47c for May, Oats were were active und steady, closing at 80}o cash and 80jo for January. Rye was dnll at Gdc. Barley was qnist and firmer, closing at 85§ @8te eash, and B5jec for January. ‘The hog minrket opened dull, but became netive after prices hastbeen reduced e, and closed steady nb §.7047.00 for pnckors' grades. Cattle wero in fair demond at easier prices, with pales ot $2.3076.40, Sheop were firm at $4.00 @H4.50. Ono handred dollars in gold would buy #115.12§ in greenbncks at tho close. The honthon Africans who ara wnging war agninat the Republic of Liborin, that feeble nursling of our old Colonization Society, hiave adopted an effective method of living off the encmy, ¢ o latter published clsewhera sliows. When they kill or capture a Iibe. rinn, they cut off his head and right hand, which are enrefully dried and preserved, and boil and eat the rest of him. 'This simple plan saves the trouble of guarding prisoners and burying the dead. It greatly simpliGies the commissariat departntent of the army. Instead of the copquerors feeding captives, the captives are made to faed them, There can be no donbt that the asenilauts feeln starn joy in meeting foomen worthy of their stomach, Tho little Republic scems to bu in o bnd way. It deserves sympathy for its gallant fight, especially since the war wos Legun Ly an attompt on it part to suppress the Cape Palmas slave-trads, Englond and tho United &tates have Loth been nsked for nid. 1t is certainly a hord fate for a man to b broiled Leneath an Afvican sun for many years, ouly 10 be finally Loiled for nu African stomach, The ouly possible revenge i to make yourself so towgh beforehand that yonr devauter will have the nightmare for o night and dyspepsin forever after. COMPTROLLER ENOX'S REPORT, Tho veport of the Comptroller of the Cur- reney, asido from its historical reviow of the obligetions and the currency of the Govern- ment, is chietly valuablo for its succesaful de- fenso uof tho National Banking systom agninet the unreasoning nttacks that have been made upon it, His report contains information which skould bo o sufficicnt warning ngainst thio proposed folly in certain quarters of ro. calling tho National Bunk currency and snb- stitnting therefor the irredecemable Federal serip in spite of the solemn pledges of the Government that the carrency shall nover exceed 400,000,000, that it shall bo redeem- ed ot tho enrliest possiblo moment, and that such a change would run down its value in proportion to the incronsed issue and addi- tional difficulties of redemption. Tho differ- enco batween tho Government curreney and the national curroncy is found in the afore- said plodges, and in tho fact cited by Mr. Kxox that the Government currency issued during the War of 1812 was withdrawn with- in two,years after the close of that war, whilo the National Curreucy act provides that the banks of iwto organized under this law shall be suthorized to ocontinuc for o period of twenty yenrs aftor orgsuization. In other words, it was tho intention of tho Gov. ernment thut tho Treasury notes shonld be temporary and the National Bank currency permanent, There has heen pothing in the experience with both thus far that can justify o change in this ivtention. The objection urged by the opponents of tho National Bank system, that these bunks enjoy a great monopoly and exorhitant protit from their privilego of issning cirenlating notes, is foreibly et by the faet that, sinco the pussago of the Free Bankin g law, they havo voluntarily surrendered §133,000,000 of their circulatiun, and that forty.throe banks, with nn aggregato cirenlation of £3,000,000, have gono into voluntary liquidation chicly ot acconnt of their notes of issne, which wero found not to be profitable, If the Nn- tionul Bank+ enjoyed the Luge monopoly and profit that have been urged sgainst their privilege of f:suing notss, the effect of tho Froo Bunking nct wunld have been just the reverse, and, instead of capital being with- drawn and citeulating notes being retired, new capital would have been invested, new bauks started, and willions of National Bunk notes put upon the market for lonn, Tho fact is that a given smount of enpiial enn ba loaned with greater profit in o private banking busi- ness than if coaverted into currency under | tho restrictions and costs of o Notional Banl orgunization, Wo will say that $5600,000, loaned in a private banking busingss, will carn 10 per cent, or £30,M0 a yoor. Take the suwe amonnt sad invest it in National Bank notes, and we havo: (1) The 8500,000 will bring only $430,000 of United States b per cont bouds; (2) but Y0 per cent of these Londs, deposited in the Government Troasury, anny ba issued in circnlating notes, or ¥387,- 000 ; (3) tho Government requires that & per cent shall bo left on deposit in Washington for redemption purpasen, and it s eslimatod that 5 per cont more is idle in the transition to nud from Washington for purposcs of re demption and roissue, which deducts over $48,000 moro ; and leaves loss than §350,000 availablo for loansble purposes. A Western Nationnl Bank of issue then earns, we will Aoy, 04 follows: 0On United Btates bonds, 6 per cen On $330,000 potes loaned, 10 per cubt, ., Total of ¥600,000 in National Bank notes wonld apparently yield §2,100 moro profit a year than if that amount of capital wero loaned directly in a privato banking business. But thia apparent advantage is considerably ovor. balanced by the other restrictions of the National Bouk systom. For one thing, the Nationnl Banks must keop on hand 25 per cent of its dopoeits for a reserve, whilo the private banks aro not required to koop any veserve. The National Banks pay a very much larger proportion of local taxation than the Stato bunks, because the forme: are taxed on the par valuo of their shares of stock, while the latter exhibit no shares to tax, and gonerally monage to avold much local and ftnto tuxation. The averago guin in this respect mny bo estimated at fully 2 per cent on the capital, or 10,000 per yoar on a capital of halt o million, Mr. Knox estimates that the average loeal toxation pald by the Nutionul Banks {s 3 per cent’ on thoir capital. 'Thu experience of bankers under the National Dunking systom iu that the losses inoident to the restristiopy of the law considorably more thau overbal. ance the small margin of profit at the pres. ent high premium on bonds, aud thiy s amply sttested by the withdrawal of circula. tion in the extraordinary degree noted by the Comptroller, "The public benefits of the National Bank- iug system aro jllustrated in other waya by the Comptroller, and particularly by a com. parison butween the logses under the old sys. tem of tho State banks' notos and the pres. ent pledgo of Government bonds for the re- dewption of the National Bank currenoy, It bas been estimated that in the twenty yeurs imwediotely preceding tho passage of the National Ourrency net the peoplo lost, in the worlhless bills of broken banka, an amount equal to the entira bauking cpital of the country. But, with the failuro of thirty- cight Nntional Banks from tho passago of the law down to Oot. 1, 1875, having n capital of 9,001,100 and » vircnlation amounting to 5,874,893, not ono dollar has been lost by the people on the circulation. Thero is now a margin of 26 por cont over and above tho outstanding cir- culation in the way of absolute security for its redemption. The comparison of losses on deposits is almost au favorable to tho Na- tiounl Banks, The total amount of claims proved up against insolvant National Banks lLins been %14,672,106; of this amonnt 8, have alroady been paid. and it is estimated that tho total loss to creditors of nll kinds throughout the whole country will not cxceed 23,985,000, At least 73 per cent of the linbilities of the insolvent Natio Bavks and overy dollar of the circulating medinm will have been paid before the final settlement, Of the sevon National Danks that Lisve failed in Now York City and Brook. Iyn, itis believed that the loss will not ex- ceed 5 2-ii por cent of the claims against them. In twonty-two of the States and ‘lerritories, including alt of tho New England Stotes ox- cept Connecticut, thero have been no faitures whntever. The mercantile failures since 1869 ara estimated nt £809,460.000, whilo the fail- ure of twenty-two National Danks during the wame poiiod has resnlted in liabilities of not mora than $8,962.878, 73 por cent of which has beon or will be paid. THE UJELESS CITY MARSHALSHIP. As the proposition to appoint n City Mar- shall is atill pending in the Common Council, and there js o possibility, notwithstanding assurances to the contrary, that this useless ond absurd mensuro may yet bo adopted for partisan if for no other purposes, Tnun ‘Tnsuse would once more state the rensons why this suporluous ofiice should not bo filled : 1. It is filling the samo place with two men, ond it is hiring two men to do one man's work., If thero beany good ronson why there should bea City Marshal anda Buperintondant of Police, then for tho same renson thero might be two Mayors, two City Clorks, two Comptrollers, nnd two heads of the Firo Department. The dnality in the Intter cnso wonld bo just as consistent as in the former. Ono argument that was made in favor of the now city charter was that it simplified departmenta nnd brought them un- der the coutrol of oue responsibl head, and yot herois an cffort mnde to establish two heads to tho most important department in the city. 2. 'The appointment of a City Marshal in nddition to a Superintendent of Polico at once places these two officials at cross-pur- poses. As the duties are precisely the same, und ns whut oue does Lhe other can veto and would veto, especially if the new com.r should happen to be ignorant of police busi- ness, there would bo in reality no heed to the police furce at all. At present, Supt. Hicgrs iy probably doing as well as he can, 80 for as be i allowed Ly tho authoritios over him. Yor even that much the people of this buiamer snd erlmo-ridden city are profonndly thank- ful. In cnse, however, of the eppointment of a City Marshal, who could do nothing but intorfere with him, that little would be lost and Lis usefulnass would bo ddestroyed, and botween the two the polico force would bo utterly demoralized, and the thieves, gam- blers, and bunko.steevers would make them- selves secura in tho city, and regain that froe. dom and licenao which the Mayor's policy ns leretofore given them. 2 3, Ifa City Mariial shall bo appointed, there can be no responsibility in the Yolice Department. The City Marshal will shove responaibilities upon the Superintendent, and tho Superintendent in twrn will shove them back upon the City Marslal, and, if they are so disponed, both of them can shove them upon the Mayor, and the Mayor upon thom in turn, and thus no one will be really respon. sible. Worso than all, it makes the Mayor virtually sbsolute in police power, He can do what ho pleases without any responsibility. ‘When it is remembored what Mr. CoLviy has done under & limited responsibility, tho Council should bo slow in bringing obout n condition of things that would leave him without oay responsibility at all. 4. If a City Marshal be appointed, ho must work for nothing, and there is no way of pay- ing the debt, a3 no appropriation has been made for the exronss of this office. Asan Aldermsn romarked: ** What s 'the nuso of liring & muu to work for the city and then not paying Lim?" Theso are some of the reasons why the of- fice of City Marshal should not be filled. There are equally forcible reasons why Mr. Goobrry, the prosont candidate for the of- fico, should not be sppointed, Mr, GoopzLy is an amioble, geninl, and social gentleman, This, however, is not & qualification for the office. Me iz a rook-rooted, hide-bonnd Bourbon partisan, If tho Domocratic party want to place & man in this office who will maunipulate tho polics forco and use it for partison purposes, ko 83 to carry tho eloction mnext wspring in the ih- terests of the Opposition, evon though he has to do the work gratuitously, we can sce why they want Mr. Goopery in the office; but the public will not leok upon thisns o qualifieation for the office, and Mr. GoopeLy will ouly waste his time. If police work is wanted, theu Mr. Goopey is utterly unfitted, by experience or natural qualitios, for tho po- sition, Ho Loy hod no experience what- over, and {8 not reputed to have ex- traordinary exeoutivo ability, No man can offect reforms in tho police force, main- tain disciplino, and bring the force up to its maximum of effectiveness, without having either military qualification or beon educat- ed to the busincss. Looking tha whold ground over, thore s not only every reason why Mr, Goovery should not be appdinted City Marshal, but thero aro also many reasons ‘why no person should be appointed. When Englishmen first sclzed Indis, there ‘wag no pretense of care for the natives, A feverish greed for gold was the sole recog- nized motive, and the nabob soon becsme a feature of British soclety, The idea of any duty of the rulers towards the ruled wus vory dim, indeed, up to the timo when England supplanted tho East India Company in the control of the offnins of Ifindostan, It can scarcely be said to possess romarkable vitality evennow, Bubit hus an undenisblo exist- euco. Englivh M. P.%s nre quick to resent Fawerrr's attacks upon the adwinistration of Asian affairs, and the English press publisher, Isbored leaders from tinie to time in the ¢ . deavor to prove that Hindostan g better off for being under {rureign rule. This marks an advance. ‘Half a ceutury ago, the only question ever consid. ored was whether foreiguers wwre better off fur ruling Hindostan, The Londen A'Vnes, in o recent articls of thiy sort, says that En. 18 CUICAGO TRIBUNT: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1875, g ndministration has given tho natives n fur greater degreo of freedom than they cver had before, hos taught them to spy out de- feets and vemody them, hay given them modols of eneryetic and capable action, has awnkened the native mind from its whilom apathy to social and politieal aspirations, This is doubtless true. A raco that can Fur- vive the contact of civilizntion nlways profits by it. Now that the English are really be- ginning to ses that they have some duties to- warda their Indinn subjects, the Iatter can snfely enterlain rather bright hopes for tho future, ———— THE INDIAN QUESTION. A flood of light hins been thrown upon the Indian question in the recent reports of Sn. perintendents, of the Indian Commissioner, and of tfie Dlack 1ills Commissionars, but the most perlinont suggestions have come from the nrmy ofticers, especially from Gens, Surmoay and Pore. Gew. Sueripax in his annual report briefly but very practically criticises the present Indian policy. He is of opinion that it would have been better if tho Indinns had always been considered a part of tho population of the United Btates, and argues that whon forced upon reservations they should have been subjected to special government until they were fitted to obey the ordinary laws of tho country ; nnd that the preseitt system of Indinu civilization hins not met with n success commensurate with ihe expenso and bloodshed that Lavo attended it. Hig system. for civilization is to transfor the Indinn Bureau to the army, and Lavo ita administration ' governed nud controlled in responsibility of acconnts with our present system,” Ho adds: “The Iudisns will thus bo humancly and honestly dealt with, and I beliove if this had alwnys been the case there wonld hinve been but few of the troubles nnd bloody records which have characterized the civilization of the Indians in the many years gone by.” Gen, Porg, in his report, takes substantially the same view ns Gen. Suenmay, and ox- prosses his beliof that tho Indian reservations should be under military rule, Ha says: 1 desire to may wiili all cimphssls, whot every army ofticer on (Lo froutier wilt corroborate, that thero 1a to clasnof men in this country who are e0 disinclined to war with tho Iudians ua tho army stativnea nmeng thom. 'The army bas nothing to guin by a war with tho Indians, On tho contrary, It lin evorything to lote, Iu such s war Jt suflera all tho ardshipa ana vrivations, and, exposcd aa {t 18 to tha charge of areas- aluation 1f Indinna are killed, to the charge of fnef- clency if they are not, to misreprosontation by the Agents who fatten on the plunder of tho Indians, aud misunderstood by worthy people nt s distanco who aro deceived by thess very Ayents and their following, tha woldier lins Nitlo to expoct from public feoling, Navar- thicless, bo is #o placed under tho prosent arraugo- ments and orders fhiat ho L 0o power whatover on the ludiati reservations to redrcas or prevent wronge which drivo Iudians to war, Gen, Scrorirwp indorses both Gens. Pore and Bnenray, and thus defines military management: Military mansgement menns slmply more economlcs 81, Juat, natfori, snd counfatent excention of tho Bz~ acutiso will, It mesns penmanence i tho mods of dealing with tuo Iudiuus through the agency of 1ife- teauru ofitcers, who have spent most of their actlia lives among the Tudiann, who know thelr clinracter and wants, and who have every poasible moliva for desling with thom wisely aud jusily, It means (o do away writh the constant fluctuntisus of poiley, the continusl disturbances of pre-existiug arrangements, and fre- qucnt disregard of treation or promises which have lea the Inltos to an Klmost total disbelief in tho faltlh of the Oovernment. Military managiment means peaco und security, iving even & graMer- oppur tunity for the labors of Ciizintian mixsionaryes to civil- ze and inetrues the savago tefbew, It ndds forco to the direct recormmendationa of these distinguished ariny offioers that the President himeclf coincides with them, and hins more than once expressed himeelf to that elfect, aud that the peoplo themselyes favor tho army administration of Indian civilizn~ tion. Tho prescnt plan has been tried for years, and hes not only sigually failed, Lot is continnally growing womie nud worse. Theve is no way of refoiwing it or making it better, The Tndinns and the Agents are too for removed from the public gaze. Their transactions are too remote. Thero jsno possibility of discovering the frands and cor- ruptions of Agents, These frauds throw the operations of the Whisky Rings into the shnde, becausethey can be carricd on with vir. tual impunity, snd the army itself can bo employed at any time to hunt down and wipe out the Indians if they oppose them, 'Cheso Agents do not go out there from a sense of duty or for the sake of the small enlaries, They go thers to muke woney, and the only way they can make money is by swindling the Indians. Tha Quakers thomselves have shown their impo- tency to counteract the infamous work of the Indian rings. Thero is no remedy ex- copt to tako tho Indian Bureau out of the civil list and place it once more under mili- tary control. Such & change will not only promota economy, hongst exponditures, nnd regard for trentics, but it will also guarantes peaco and security {o the frontier settlers, #nve tho oxpenses of Indion wars, help on the civilization of the Indian, aud tend to develop more rapidly the scttloment of the Great West. MB. BLAINE'S PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, BMr, BLAINE's proposition is that the ngita- tion of the public.school controvensy, which is growing wider and mors dangerons con- stantly, shall bo flually set at rest by the aduption of the following amendment to the Constitution of the United States: No Btats sball mako any law respeciiog an eat Usbment of religion or prabibiting the free oxerciss thercol; and no twoney raled by tazatioa lu any Biate for the support of public chools, or derived from any publio fund thercof, shall over be under tho control of any religlous suct, nor sknil uny money so sulaod evor Lo divided betweon roligious sects or de. nominafions, ‘The proposal is timely, and wo nre entirely willing that the Democrutic party shall gain the crodit of fathoring it, if tho coming Con. gress will voto to subwmit it to the States for rotifieation, 1f the Democratio party at large is not sufficiently in hormony with the doc. trine to sustain such an ection on the part of ity Congross, the Republican party will seo to it thot the amendment is ratified. Hut the permita ench 8tate now to sot up an estab- lishedd religion, or to restrict the privileges of citizens on account of religiona belief, or to divert pnblic moneys to rectarinn purposes, 'ha lattor has been done over and over again in New York State uuder tho thin disgniso of cndowments, and thero have beon formidable movements in sevoral States, notably Now York and Ohio, te divide tho State funds set apart for school purpoees, 8o that the Catholic Church might avail itsolf of a portion of them in order to teach Romanism, Some of the States havo partislly protected thomselves ngainat this scctarian danger by making religious freedom a part of their organic law, bnt they are sub- ject to such pnrtisan movemonts ay wmay lead to changes in their Constitutions, Religious strife introduced into politics is an ¢lement whick & popular form of govern- ment cannot suatain without great damagoe thereto, It is tho duty of every good citizen to contribnte to any movement that may render it impossible, It is mors likely to bo born of the publicschool controversy than ouy other, and it is well thorofore that tho publio schools should be singled out in any constitutional amendment that may be sug- gested. Tho forin snd substanco of Mr. Bramve’s proposition scem t6 be compro- hensive and sotisfactory. Its terms do notro- quire the Stato to madify thoir public-school systems, no# make them conform to any stated model; it simply forbids ‘the introduc. tion of sectarian controversy of overy nature by providing that no part of the public funds for school purposes sLiall ba useal for sectarian purposes or divided nmong religious sects. Tho issuo is now before the cpuntry. There is no question nbout that. It is better that it should not be a party issue, and the Demo. cratic Congress shortly to convene can koop it out of politica by adopiting and acting upon the suggestion which Alr. Braing has wmade. If the Democratio ‘Congress, with the full nature of tha controversy confronting it, fails to show o sufliciont patriatism to pro- pose an pmendment making a fiunl disposi- tion of the danger, thon the Republican party will no longer hesitate to add this to tho other boons it hax conferred upon the Ameriean people, and it will bo a conspicuous issue of the Presidentiel campaign of next year. yot IRSURING FARM PROPERTY, Tho insurauce companies of New York have recently raised the ra.tes of msurance on farm property, Among the reasorrs given for this couruo are somo that it is n.ot pleas ant to be told about. ‘The report of the State Farmn Doard of Fire Insurauce, at o meeting lately held at Utica, N, Y., says that these rensous are ** tho alarming increaseof tramps, the use of inflammable aud explosive oils, grent deprecintion of property, nud a provail- ing and incrensing Inxity of mornlen"” The Bourd thought ** the first of theso rea ons had n ore immedinto effect thau tho othera.” ‘The last ong enumerated, if true, fluruishos # sad commentary on tho decay of tho old. time, robust virtues of the yecomanry, It is o familiar fnct that in hard times Jlosses by firo grently increass in cities, and .Jnsnrance men nlways expect & large pert of tho losses of a trisis i certain to be thrown on their shoulders by incendiary bankrupds, It is slartling to hear that bacolic integrity yiclds to the same terriblo temptation. 'This growing disregard for honmejty shows that country clergymon ought to re- double their evangelizing offorts, and that, peuding the reclamation of thelir flocks, the insurance companies should protect them- selves by raisiog thoir mtea, The Intter covrse was that taken by the Now York Board. ‘They fixed tho minimam rato at 75 conts for three yonrs, with s tero-thirds valu- ntion clanse in the policics, and a chargo of 10 ecntg extra per $1,000 v/ben o policy is written+in goneral terms, 'The companied represented ot this medting of tho Board agreed thnt their husiness on farm risks had been dono at a loss. One of the New York compunies had had to replace its capital, entirely lost in insuring farm ywoperty, The public hns 8 gnod doal of interost in this mattor. The questiom: of rates concerns only] oitizens of New York Btate, but the rensons on which tho inorense of rates bns been based concern ay wider circle. Tho statement of thouo roasons, unsupported by the facts, reads almost like a libel on what has always been supposed to bo the most honest and least vicious part of « ur population. ‘Tho Board diracted its Secretn 3y to obtain all the facts connected with insur snce losses on forms during last yoars W hen theso arv compiled, let them be publish 1d for the odifi- cation of the public. The origin of life, liko thes future of lifo, remnins an unsolved mystery. Science hos tried in vain, by analyzing the phenomwmena of Spivitunlism, to readthe futurw. Tho attempt has been fatal to the roputulion of Cmookes ond has injured that of "Wainice, Baf- fled in the future, Sclonce s mnow trying as vainly to read the riddlo of the post. How did lif'o onginato ? BasTiw thought ho had founfl the clue in inorganic matter, but Pastevr and his kettlo wrote and bolled the ** promise and potency " of life out of Bastian's soulleys gerins, A mew theory, first broached in 1805 by ‘Ricures, is described in o letter publi,hed on another pnge. It ascribos the origi‘a of lifo to atoms contained in moteoric stones that have been hurled upon this plauy’c from other parts of the uni: verse, ‘fheso atoms are supposed to hnva‘l contained the mysterious principle of exist- ence which we call *life,” But the proof adve acod is -of tha slightest, and the demon. sten tion, if it could be made, would still leave tho. puzzle as much of o puzzle ms over,— m oro #o, iv. fact, since this would tranafer it from the earth to the universe. How did 1 ite originate in tho infinite apnce from which tho meteors whirl 2 Comptroll;r Kr‘mx‘ruo;m;arnrds in the most urgent terms the consolidation of the na- tional debt into bonds boaring not more than dangers nm_. are threatened by the contro . 4 por cent interest, and ho copfidently be. versy are 8o imminent pnd sorious that we &' fu | 1jeveq that this can be accomplished within willing to forogo auv partisan advantage t} ¢ ton years. This expectation is bnsed, of might be gained, in. orderto insure tho ¢t ym. courve, upon confidence that tho promise of pleto presorvation. of one of tha most* ital resumption shall be faithfully kept; withont principles of pajpular governmont, * it, such a consolidation is not within tho Mr. BLaix, in bia lottor setting fort’ 4 this | rango of possibilitics, Mr. Knox also thinks proposition; doea not claim any originy lity of | tnat the National Banka should favor such o purpose, out iy at pains to point out but supplements and realizes the inten. tion of ManisoN and Jerremsox, v gho pro- oured, jn 1789 the first amendme st to the Coastitution of the United Kitates, which de- ‘larcs that ** Congress shall mske no law re- specting on establishiaent of ligion, nor prohibiting tha froe exercive thor eof,” Althe time thi amendment was P ropossd and adopbtd, the only danger of 0 gl an attomnpt was apprehended from Congr us, and hence no effiort was mado to extenr | (Le operation of the amendment to individ o States. Dut the tenth amendment, whio! } resirves for the Statos respectively all pow erw not delegated to the United Btates by the Conatitution, that it | gonsolidation, for it would furnish a rosource whorein the banks could invest and keep their reserves, and convert them readily, Moanwhile, he thinks that no better guarantcs of financisl security can be found than o bank- {og system which has resources amounting to $1,900,000,000, of which $1,000,000,000 aro loaned to the people, and more than $400,000,000 to the Government. The Librarian of the Oincinnati Public Library has made Lis snnual seport, which coutaing some points of interest. Duriog the year, half a million people have made use of its books, periodicals, and newspapers. The whole number of volumes ciroulated was 215,- e T e et e 220, and 51,189 volumes wora {ssued for con- sultation in the rooms. The Civcinnati Com- meteial, in commenting npon the report, says thot the issue of hooks showa ** n favornblo cbange in the pullic taste.” Tpon exanrin- Ing the statisties of the report wo find tlnt %9.4 per cent of tho books taken ont were worka of fietion an .1 per cent religious. Thq Commercial will bo credited by tho good poople with a singular iden of good tasto when over 79 por cent of the books taken out aro novels and less than 1 per cent religious. ———————— s The diraction of tha musical features of the Contennial Exhibition at Thiladelphis hins been tendored to Mr. Turoporr Tuoxas and promptly accepted by him. Both tho wisdom of the choico andthescceptance of thoappoint- ent aro mattors for general congratnlation. Mr, Tnosus js universnlly recognized ns the representative musician of the United States. e han abundantly shown Lis nbility to con- duct such a musical festival by his grent sue- ceases ab Cincinnati and olsewhero. o has organizexl and drilled ong of the finest orches- trag in the world, which will of course ha the auoleus of the Centennial orchestra, 1t will not bo diffenlt for him to organize n chorus of auy Eize that is nceded., With theso forces he will produce, not the clap-trap and sen- sational resnlls of & Ginone, but legitimato music legitimotely performed. o will place the United States before tho world in a mu- sicnl Tight thot will confer honor npon the whole country., Tho compliment to Mr, T'ncons is woll deserved, nnd tho result will show that it was most worthily bestowed, The Brooklyn Eagl, in an editorial upon Mr. BowzeN's present relations to Plymouth Churdh, afirms not only that his connection with the church should ba severed, but it goes atill furthoer, and ssys: ‘‘In tho ener- getio langunge of the streot Arabs, he should bo bounced, aud there should be no time lost in doing it.” And it goos even further than this in advising tbat Plymouth Church should creal.o such a sentiment a3 to compel Bowexn to leave Brooklyn. Is not this rather stretch- ing the powers of Plymouth Clmrch? Thero is 1o question that the church has the power nndl the disposition to dismiss Mr. Bowey from its momborship, with or withont cause, bt it should pauso before it takes any stops in accordance with the dangerous advico of 4ho Brookiyn Eagle. Powerful as Plymouth Church nud Mr. Beecuer may be, they may aarry their revengos 50 far ¢ to causo a ro- sistance against religious persecution. Our rendors will romotuber that the announce- mont wan made some thmo sinco that somu’ mys- terious porson had decided to endos & Frea Col- lego of Music in Now Yotk City to the extent of five millions of dollars. The New York ferald bins nnoarthed tho mysterious gontleman. Iis name is SaxvEL Woon, an old millionaire, loug time retired from busincss, who bumit up the Village of Woodsburg. near Rockaway, and it is stated thut ho was 1nduced to give this dizection to Lis desico to endow somo kind of an jostitu- tion by Dr. WiLLiay Evdkr, bis vhysician, who is » mumcal enthusinst. Tho Now York Mail given an intoreating sketeh of tho progress thus far atleined, from which it appears that, after 3Mr, Woon bad decidod tn mako the ondowmont, advivo was takon with President Srtronine, of tho Perk Department, who for mnny years bus baco tdeutificd with tho mustcal prag- rees of Now York. loe Inducod such proam- inout gentlomen as (ov. Monraay, Judgoe Pienneront, Mansuart O, Ronexts, and others to act a8 Trustees, and ob:aned tho pacsage of an oct authorzing the Park Department to al- low tho foundor of tho collegs to erect omo of tho twelve scctions of the Art Musoum and use it for the purpose of wusical art. Doti tha city snd tho Btate recognized tho proposed gift iu an tmmediste sna practical manoer, Biuce that time, howorer, thore Lins boen o delay in getting tho inatitution launchod, and now 1t appears that the bouevolent old gontloman fe snarled up in a law-suit, which concerna a will made by bis brother, nud may possibly divert avery large sum of mouey from hiwm. The Free Coliego of Mueis, theceforo, haugs fire for \ho prasent, It 18 to be hoped, howevar, that ho will bo enablod to carry out his gonerous design, wiieh, if dono in a judiclows mavner, will be productivo of greas good. It will bo remsmbored that » Governmant wit- nees agaiost the Whisky Ring in this city was mystailovely attacked and stabbod some woeks #go, and has sinco becn carefully hidden {n or- dor to keap him alive uutil the Chicngo trials come off. 'The exploit has roused tho Bt. Lows Ring to'envy, and the dced hes beon imitated. Its lesno shows that clilorofurm fs 8 moro rolis- Lle weapon thap & bowie-koife. The Chicago man was stabbed and gol over it. CuxARLEs Jaoav, luto of 8t Josepl, Mo., now—let as hopo —of Henaven, wae chloroformod and did not get. overit. We condenso his dosth-bed statoment from tbe Times of Mourrizon, Iit, where' be divd. Ho wes {o testify in behalf of the Gov- ernment, aud as Eoon a3 thio wA3 known hie life was throatencd. After two attamnpls to sssapsioate blm bad been mado ot 8t Jo- eoph, ho decided to flee, snd 8o took tho trafu to Chicago, Ia this morst oity be was of courne porfoctly eafo. Our gamblers murder ooty Clilcagoaus ; thay meroly rob stiangecs. In s evil momeut, bo alartod for homo. Near Mortiaon, he wens into tho closot on the ear. His next appearanco was iv a smotherod condi- tion ina mud-puddle at tho side of tho railway. Pickod np aud taken to Morrison, he gasped out bis story and died, The story waa that two men seized him {n the clovot, chioroformed lim, and chuoyed hum out of the window, He swore tothe truth of Vs, It iu uot probablo that a dying man would detiporatoly porjure himsalf, but fear may have drivon him jukane, The Coroner's jury took tha latter view, If JAoAu was iusano, he departed from the ususl custom of madmon, They are wout to kill somebody else. Coronor'a juried sit on the bodios of their viotime, not of them The Mongollan washee-man Yas made hia ap- pearance in Doston, whervst a correspondont of tho Advertiser grioves. Ila admus that the heathen waslh **extromely well " avd very cheaply, but wauta to know how ++good Chri« tian women™ can roooncile it with thelr con- sclonoces to bave heathen handw rub shirts up and down s washboard, when white Obrintiany want the work, “Every lady who ompioya & Chiness to do her washing,” vsya this veracious peison, * is notually inviting " 40,000,000 China~ men to como to this country, This 18 cortaiuly ‘hoepitality oo a large gealo, with nothing moou about 1t. 'Ten suoh ladles, ‘thou, invite the whate population of Cluns, sivce this ia rock. onod st only 400,000,600, As thero nuat be ut least 10,000 women lo tlo coun- try who are wntrustivg the mysteries t to Mouvgolisus, it follows myith- :-:IZ:IIL‘I‘L‘: overy rosidont of China roceivos, once & weok, 1,000 invitations 0 viuit the Unlted States. Fow persons could resist such urgent nospitality. 16 thereforo, the mournzul prodic- tions of the Doston man arowull founded, we may expect ero long to seo our streets s sen of pig-tails, and our rats, cats, and doge mado to subserve & useful purposo, ———— A matier of soms foterest in New York news- paver circles is tho fact that the Telgram, s 1ittle eveniug paper, has begun tue publication of a Bunday issue, and prints s certslu clase of (e small sdverifsements freo. The most Sur- prising featuro of this is that the Telegram is & teuder 10 the Herald aud owned by Mr. Dix- sxTT, whose cllef advertisivg patrouaga con- slate of the emall advertisements. Theexplans- tion is probably o be found in the fact that the Bun is anostly to begtu the publication of a Sun. day editlon, and Mr. Benxerr foars thad i wl acquire from the Bunday Herald that clsag oy wmall advortieoments which tho Sun printy dor. ingg tho woek, vis. @ thosoneoking help, not thoy socking omployment. 1t these can ba sccurgy tor the Telegran, Mr. Besxrrr will noy fog tholr loks from the Jlerall, ‘Tho circumstane 18 oupacially fntorosting from fho fact that thy Jerald took thin branch of advertisomenta fron the Sun, which had the monopoly of it Tany Fonrs arzo undor Mr. Bracit's ownership, 1f thjy is the explanation, the fight will probably be Dbitter one befora it is over. ______ o Tho llinols Stato Torticnltural Boclety wiy bold its annual mooting at Quiney, Dec. 14-17, Itis expectod that business of nnusual {nterey and Importanco will be transactod. Papers oy geology, entoinalogy, botany, landecapo gardop. iug, stborlcutture, and kindred topics will be resy and diceussed. Most of the rallroads o thy Stato wiil turnish specinl rates to thoso dosiring toattend, Copies of the programmo and othep inforination will bo furnished on appiieation to 0. BB, Gatusua, Heerotary, Normal, MoLean o, . S The Afrlcan Gold Const Is to Do ropressntad ay tho Contennial by the contributions of the ng. tivo Kingn. Brazll, wo believe, fs to moke s great display of pressrved monts, snd Australia will rhow bugo cavs of pottod besf, Tha Afr. can Kings, bound nol to bo outdone, will prob. atly exhibit soma choice specimens of pickled missiounry. Tho Brooklyn Eagle, which is the eapocial or. fan of Piymonth Church, eays that Hexar c, Rowry must be driver out of Brooklyn. This i8 hard, Telling & man bo i8 unfit to lreln Brooxlyn fs mueh liko telllug him that bta motaly ate bolow tho Sodom-nnd-Gomorrah standard. 0. ). Ransom, of Baltimore, is st the Pacifio, The Hon, F. I, 8mith, of Iows, 18 at the Tre- mont. Tho Hon. E. W. Koyes, of Madison, is atths Shorman. L Tho Rey. R. I, TPuliman, of New York, {s sy the Gardoor, The Tion, Angus Camoron, of LaCrosae, is st the Bberman. ©. C. Wagbburo, Madison, Wis., {8 at thy Gsand Pacific, Lord Harry Paredll and sorvant, England, an ot the Sherman. The Hon, M. A. Ozmun, of Rochester, Minn,, is at the Tromont, The Hon. H. J, Colwoll, of Negauves, Mich, ia atthe Stiermaa, The Hons, D. 8, King and D, E. Hill, of Akron, 0., aro nt tho Bhorman. The first colored caucnos was & crow, and the 1aet a seareorow down in Missisaippl. Our accbitect who allowed tho otbor fellow ta undermiuo him sooms to be n sort of Tillep Stowboy. & An adopted daughter of Henry Wilson, sgad 10 yoars, iy living in Norfolk County, Mass. Her uamo is Eva, Qorv, Beveridge left Springfeld yesterasy at. ternoon for Washiogton, expecting to be abesat about two waoke. Prof. Proctor is to becomo a Professor in ths Romnn Catholic Col'ege at Kensington on Lis roturn to England. It is & wook to-dsy since Mr. Whyland waa phot; and tbo indignation agaiast Lis murderor Las not subsided yot,~not quite, Tho patives of Bombay wolcomed the Prinde of Wales with baguners bearing the soul-stirring inseription, **Tult Mlamma We Aro Happy.” Gen. Logan suffers continaally with rhen- matlsm in nencly all parts of bis body. The physicians pronounced him botter last night, bud b dn wtill vory il Tho Princo of Walos has alroady epoken of the immensely hard work e has done sfuce he line been in India. On oue occesion ho danced an hour continuously, Tho Now York Graphie rofraina from expross. ing A opinion on the case of tho murderer Scaunol, since he hos boen declarod arazy, sud wili prooably be turnod looso in a day or two. Thore aro ssid to be more maidens willn’ now {hau at auy provious time o the bhiswory of our country, 1In fact, the hard times have deprosse ed the matrimooial market, liss everytiiog else. The Boston Advertiser and othor nemapspera in the East owood by the Protectionlsts sro op- posing the eloction of Karr ta the Yponkerabio. Ho iv & Fres-Trader, aud they cannot aiford to Le bonest all around. Thomas Jafferson rofused to permit {owirmo- tion In foncing at thoe University of Virgimds be- cande {ta object was thodestruction of le. Dut he allowed dancing, as be undenstood it to bvy a3 art desigued to embelllsh lifo, Somo ono suggests oppartunely that Cungrass appoint @ committeo of women to select fivenishe ing for the Capitol, It might tims be ponsibin, if the Commntice wore udd fn numbor. to bave ca rpets that would not alfend the eye. Mr. John Oxeaford haa retired from the vl of aramatio entio of the London Zimes. .Ue was goocrally cateomod an able critlc, thon b & man of violant prejudicss. be Liag beon & bard wor%or, haviog furnisied abamas, original avd (rauslated, to overy theatre of importanve in London, Prot. Bwing's setvico in M'Vicker's Theatrs next Hunday will afford sn opportunity for be- nevolont porsone to dispose of thelr connter- fuit nickels, ragged sbinplusters, oud poatages stampa, Thore used to be » genoral olesriug out af pockat-rubbish when the hut was passed around throe years sgo; and the persona who wore loudast in thol clamor for Free Religlon wovo tho most niggardly iv their subscriptions, Apropos of Alr, Batrry Sullivan’s present ep: g-ggmrm Ins Cnicago & good story is told. When Mr. Sullivan was bore in 1859 be played Mao- beth. ILhe actor cast for Bangwo bad been notorious forsome yeara as & bard drinker, and Lia eccontricities hixd veveral times been som= mented on lu the newapapers, It s the oustom of BIr, Bullivan in the bauquet sceno to address an iwagloaty Zlanquo, iostead of haviog the ghout appoar upon the stsge. This custom wal foltowsd on the occasiou roferred to, The next morning the newspapers animadverted soveraly upon the absunce of Banguo at tha critical mo ment, and intimated that the patfonce of tha Chicago public was quite worn out by his con- duct, Tho remarks wera partioutarly unforiu nate, s the actor thua publicly condemned hed {or ncutly & yoar boon exemplary iyx bis hsbite. Mr. Sullivan racsived high pralse for his mase terly dealiag with the difilculties of tho situs o, UOTEL ARBIVALS, Falmer Rouse—Lbrauk Myers, Pllllbnlr!: .Yn;- Lowreiice, Dakota N, O, Doagiirly, 1 i, Morrte 11 | C. ¥, Urows, Cedur Falin; O, P. Nofaty 1, Goshen, Ind €. P, nud ‘Maunlog, Baltimors New York ; T, D. 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