Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 16, 1876, Page 4

THE CHICAGO 'TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JANUARY I6, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES. -1 5[ enke, Nits dremen s nistis st /s | Peesident, St consiltafion Vit oles ai WS ANTH, DUt ORI Bad SomiEy, nd o0 ::? tt;tsddecielzfist{;otaa?;y large porfiog of | proach, who ’nre open pw conviction, and | taries to answer leters to him from :_- TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. RATEN OF STRSCEIPTION (PATABLY IX ADVANCE). Postace Prepaid at this Oflice. Dally Fdition, post-peid, 1 year... eser. 818.00 Parts of jcaratsame rate. Mafled to £ay address FOUR WEELS for. Sunder Eqitioa: Parts of year at same rate. WEEKLY IDITION, POSTPAID. peryeer. Club ot five, per cop; Club of twenty, per co) The postage is 15 cents 3 year, which we Specimen copi=s sent free. To prevent delay and mistakes, be sure ind give Pat-Oftice address in full, including Statesnd County, Remttances msy be made eitber by draft, express, Post-Office order, or In registered letters, at ourrisk, TEXMS TO CITY 6UDSQRIBERS, Daily, delivered, Sunday excepted, 23 cents per week. Drly, delivered, Sunday included, 30 cents per week, Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Correr Madison and Dearborn-sts, Chicago, LiL. AMUSEMENTS., C'ark street, comner Einzie, Lecture st p, m, Uy S. B. Ferbueh. Bubject: “Hacg or Educate; a Pleafor Compulsory Educs- Hon." GROW'S OPERA-HALL—Lecture at 3 p. m. by B.E.Hoyt. Subject: “ Reform nud Reformers.” NEW CHICAGO THEATRE—Clark etrect, between Lake and Rendolph. * Epidemisch,” T0-MoRROW, ADELPHI THEATRE-Desrbora street, corner Monroe. Variety pertormance. MCVICKER'S THEATRE—Madison street, between Deazborn snd State. Engagement af George Rignold. “Heary V.7 NEW CHICAGO THEATRE—Clark street, botween Fandolph and Lake. Engsgement of Frank Frayuo® Combination, '+ 8 Siocum.” HOOLEYS THEATRE—Randolph eirect, brtwoen Clirk and LaSalle. Engagement of the Kellogg Opera- Troupe, * The Lily of Kiilzrncy.” WOOD'S MUSEUM—Monroo street, between Deare born and State. Afternoon, * Undes the Gaslight.” Evening, “ Po.hehont s, UNION PARK CHURCH—Lecture by Schusler Colfux.” Bubject: “ Abrahsm Lincoin.” SOCIETY MEETINGS. LADY WASHINGTOS CHAPTEE, No. 1%, 0. E. §, —Tke memvers of the Chaprer are hereby requested to beat C. & N, W, Depot at 12:30 to-day for the pur- 3wse of accompanying tho remains of onr late Sister, Ann Willisms, to Roschill Ceme'ery. Services =t ths gruve, Byorderofiho W.P. E. McHUGH, Soc's. L. 0. L—Red, White, and Blue Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 57, wil hold a regular meeting Jan. %1, 2t § p. m., and will meet the fint and thurd Fridays in each aomth in their new hall, northezst corner Ikml;l{xh aud Cinton-ste. Visitiny krethren invitod. By order of the W. AL, (GHTS!—Regular conclave of . 19, K, T., Joaday ovening, s iucks of fmpostanco. Visiing Sir Raphts courteously iuvited. By order:of the Em, Com, CIIAS, I TROWDRIDGE, Rtecorder. CHICAGO CALEDONIAN OLUE—Musical and lit- erary enfertsinment. The thind Jecture of the courss ¥ill'ba delivered by Jadge Forrester on Tuesday even- ing, 13th inst., 5t 8 o'lock. Snbject: *Mary Queen or Sceote.” Afusic under ths direcuon of Frof. Geary. IMPERIAL LODSE, No. 37, EXIGHTS OF PYTH- TAS —Regular Couventicn Monday evening, 13th inst., T 8 o'clock. Work in the Page Rank. Castle Hall, vorner of Clark end Washicgton-sts, By order of the Chancel.or Commander. ATTENTION, STR KXIGHTS !—Srecial Conclave of St. Benard Comwandery, No, 35, K. T., Tucsduy cvening at 5:3 o'clock. Work oa tue K. T, Order. By order E. C. J. 0. DICKERSOX, Eecorder. The Ehimgo Teibune, Sunday Morming, January 16, 1876. Beck gained in strength in the Kentucky Senstorial fight yesterday. He got 49 votes. b, S iy The greenback dollar represented from 8 to 86§ cents in gold at the New York Ex- change on Saturday. That Northern Pacific **isothermal belt” seems to have moved to Northern Dlinois, Chicago was sixteen degrees wnrmer yester- sy than Nashville, and only one degree solder than New Orloans. This latter matter of specie-payments is to de settled et last, so that Congress mey ns well ndjourn at once. A county convention 1us been called at Pontiac, in this State, ““to azke poper equal to gold.” The thanks of the country are due to the Pontiackers. e Amnesty will be the order of the day in ihe House to-morrow. The Democrats bave deposed Raxparw in disgust, and Cox takes charge of the bill. It will be substantially the same os that defeated Friday. Brane: will be given & chance to move his amend- ment excluding JeFr Davis, and the vots on it will be made 2 matter of record. Poor Exrrey, the ¢ Father of the House,” 35 said to find his putative children treating kim like o King Lear. Ho is reported to have T associates and no friends, save among ex- treme Confederates and inflation Democrats. e is thin and haggard, and feels bitterly that his old comrades have lost faith in his intellect and think his mind is failing. He is an outcast from his party; his old district is said to be hopelessly lost to him; and hé is only the head of the 3.65 combination, in which ho, Bucmaxay, and CamyseLy are the three men, and TreverLies the 65-100 of a nan. His efforts to defeat the Republican yariy in Ohio were o failure; his “grent #peech™ at Chicago was a fizzle; and he is withont weight in the House. The New York Evening Post is nothing if aot technical. Its venerable editor would rather be grammatically right than Presi- dent of the United States. While all the rest of the country hus been stirred up and agi- tated over the recent Congressional debate on the Amnesty bill, and the veterans on both sides have been fighting their battles over again, the Post has no comment to make, ex- zept upon the cold-blooded atrocity of M. Cox in torturing the noun amnesty " into the edjective ‘‘amnestical,” and the Ander- sonville horror perpetrated by the Nation in asing the same noun as & verb. It hasno spinion to express upon the subject matter of +he debate, but it pounces upon these gram- =istical outrages and crueltics with dogmatic terocity. There is something very touching ind terder in this devotion of the Post to the Queon’s - English, and its determinetion that ihe language shall not be tortured, even if orisoners of wer were. The editor of the Post reminds ©s of the devoted mathemati- tisn who stuck to his problems while his 10use was being pulled down cbout his ears. The tclegroph a faw days sinco conveyed e news that Naval Paymaster SraLpive, of Frencisco, had been arrested upon sus- icn of being concerned in frands. If the s levelopments made by the San Francisco Zironicle ere true, we should say that the mcpicion was a very well-founded one. \ccording to the Clronicle’s statement, one izonge ML PrxNEY, o leading politician and rery dissipated msn, wes a clerk in the pay nlce st a salary of $200 a month. The supplies for the Navy-Yard, Blarine Hospital, iad Mint, passed throggh his hands. Pay ‘uspactor R. C. Srarbive was the responsi- hend of the office, and was seldom sober, while Prxser kept kimself both scber and tigilant, and as the result of thesa excellent juslities wrongfully applied, absconded one 455, lezvizg behind him $1,500,000 worth of iorgad A fraudulent certificates in the head, and 8 cunning scoundrel really fornishing the brains and running the office, the resnlt has been just what might be expected. There is some doubt in California whether the Pay- master is guilty of actual frand himself or of a pertnership with Prvyey in the plunder, but of his criminal carelessness thers will be no doubt anywhere, especially as he had been repeatedly warned of his clerk’s char- acter, The Chicago produce markets were irregu- lar on Saturday. Mess pork was active and 10c per brl higher, closing at $19.40 cash &nd $19.47}@19.50 for February. Lard was in better demand, but closed 2ic per 100 Ibs Iower, at §12.27% cash and £12.37} for Feb- roary. Meats were quiet and firmer, at Tic {for shoulders, boxed, 10je for do short ribs, and 10jc for do short clears. Highwines were dull and unchanged, at £1.08 per gallon. Tlour wes quiet and firm. Wheat was activo and 2}c higher, closing at $1.00} cash and §£1.00} for February. Corn was dull and easier, closing tame at 43Zc cesh end 42jc for Febroary. Oats were quiet and easier, clos- ing at $0jc for January and 80jc for February. Rye was quiet, at G7c. Darley was dull and 1@1c lower, closing at §3¢ for January and 79}@860c for February., Hogs were in good demand and firmer, at $6.90@7.15 for pack- ing grades. Cattle were sctive and firm. Sheep were in fair demand. One hundred dollers in gold would buy $113.00 in green- backs at the close. The Court-House business has got so mud- dled that it has passed beyond the compre- hension of ordinary mortals. We do not pretend to understand it, but the facts seem to point to tho following condition : Trrey prepared o plan for an entire building. Eaaw prepared a plan foran entire building. These two plans were wholly dissimilar in every respeet, both as to the exterior and interior, -end of course s to tho foundations. The county adoptedEcax’s: plan for one-half the building, and the city adopted Trrrer’s plan for the other half. Then the two architects were locked up together and instructed to sgres upon a common plan. After a pro- tracted session of several months a compro- mise was agreed upon. This compromise is that TrLey's exterior of the whole building is proserved, and Egan’s interior is also pre- served. The whole building is to go up ac- cording to this plan, though Trrrey's exterior is wholly inconsistent with Ecaw’s interior, and both inconsistent with the foundation alrendy given out to contract. We won't vouch for the entire accuracy of this state- ment of the present ettitude of the Court- House business. The actual facts may be worse; but what we have stated is as near £5 an uninterested observer can como at present. THE PROBPECT OF WAR, The President in his annual message gave a history of our relations with Spain con- cerning Cuba, and, in considerstion of some pending discussions, suggested that in a future message he would lay before Congress the results, which he expected would be satis- factory. It is ucderstood that the President las addressed o note to the principal Eu- ropean Powers indicating or proposing some line of policy to be adopted by the United States, alone or jointly with other nations, touching the war in Cuba. What that note is has never been disclosed, though it isgiven out that it has met with the approval of En- gland, if not of other Governments in Europe. The country is left to conjecture not only as to what the chargcter of that note is, but a3 to tho extent which it is calculated to place tho United States in a hostile attitude towards Spain. All that the country has to judge from are the things out of thé or- dinary course which have occurred and are now taking place. Spain has appointed JovELrAR to the supreme command in Cuba, and has sent thither a large supply of guus, which, being unsuitsble o the war with the insurrectionists, mast be intended for some other purpose. JovELLAR i comsidered the sblest military man in Spain, and his dis- patch to Cuba at this time indicates that more than an ordingry emergency exists for his services. Unquestionably, the Island of Cuba will be placed in a strong condition of defense. In ths meantime, owr Government has been somewhat active in naval matters, During the foll months there was a general overhauling of the naval vessels, and consid- erable activity in putting them in repair and nonking them suitable for service at sen. Ad- miral Ropésss has been ordered from Cali- fornia to tske command of an Atlantic squadron. Port Royal, in South Carolina, has been made a naval depot, and the Atlan- tic fleets have been ordered to rendezvous ab that point. “Several thousand tons of coal have been delivered nt Key West, and six thousand tonsere on their way to Port Royal. Work on the double-turreted monitors has been resumed. The concentration of the naval force of the United States at the South Atlentic ports, and within eesy distance of Cuba, and the evidently industrious fortifica- tion of the island by the Spaniards, under en able military commander, are, in the absence of any other explenation, grave signs that Dboth sides are preparing for the consequences of a diplomatic failuro to arrange difficulties. Judging from the tone and language of the President’s message in December last, there is no direct controversy between the United States and Spain, save what may grow out of the charncter of the Cuben war, which may suggest the intervention of other nations. The President in that message discussed the measures of recognizing the independence of the Cubans, and of extending them belliger- ent rights, and thus commented on the other policy which might become a necessity : The recoguition of independeace or of belligerency being thus, {n my judgment, equaily inzdmissible, it Temains o consider what course ahall bo adopted sbould the conflict not ecou bo Lought to &n ecd by 2ctaof the parucs themselves, and should the evils Which result therefrom, alicting 4ll nations, and par- ticulurly the United States, continue. In such event, I am of opinion that other nations will be compelled to sssume the responsibility which devolves upoa them, axd to asricusly considor the only remeining measures pessible,—mediation andintervention. After referring to offers on the part of the United States to mediate, which ofers were declined by Spam, the President concluded as follows: Persuzded, however, that a proper regend for the interests of the United States and of ita citizens entitles it to relief from the strala to which they have been subjected by the aificulties of tka questions ang the wrongs and losses which ariss from the contest’in Cula, and that the futerestsof humanity iteelf demand theceasation of strifo Lefors thethe whole icland gnall belaid waste snd larger eacrifices of life be made, Ishall foel 1t my duty, should my hopes of 1 matisfactory ad- Justment and of the early restoration of pesce, and the removal of future causes of cowplaint, be unhipzily dizappointed. to make 3 further communication ty Congress at some period not far remote, and daring the preseat seesion, recommending whit may then s¢em Lo me 19 6o mocessary. This promised messege from the President 1 is now not only daily expected, but, in the light of the seeming preparations for war, is looked for with some sanxiety. Has the tions, reached the conclusion that the time hascome when the interests of humanity de- mand that the strife in Cuba shall ccase ? In such case he proposes to lsy the question of intervention—and it must be armed inter- vention or war—before Congress, upon which body will devolve the responsibility of aun- thorizing it. If the reports be true, England has approved this policy of intervention, but whether it be a scheme of joint intervention, or general intervention, or inlerveut?uq by the United States alone, must remain un- known until the President shall mako his communication to Congress. It may be that both pariies are preparing for a contingency thet may not arise, and that after all, whataever the negotiations may be, a peacefal and satisfactory arrangement may be reached. SEEING OCRSELVES AS OTSERS BEE TS, “ The mystery of journnlism”is a plrase not infrequently heard, much to the amuse- ment of tho journalist. The latter, if disin- clined to accept the Nalion's dictum that newspaper work is on a par with selling pork or measuring dry goods, if scornful. of Stepaan's attack upon such work as in- compatible with mentol effort, if unessy uu- der XM1LL's assertion that-journalism is the least satisfactory and remunerative of all in- tellectual occupations, is yet hugely amused at tall: about the * mystery” of his hum- drum toil, and equally so at most of the labored attempts to explain a simple thing. ‘When Deax StasLry innocently prattied about an editorisl writer **peaning terrific Suras,” and doing 50 **with all the energy and ten- sion of a crouching tiger,” editors chuckled merrily at the idea of seeing themselves as the Dean saw them. The Dean, howerver, is eclipsed by the average metropolitan corre- spondent when ho enlightened the readers of the rural press on the details of newspaper life, and conjures up & host of imaginary Boheminns dashing off brillinnt articles in tho intervals of drunkenness and selling them at enormous prices to the leading papers. Thero must be something about the business which bewilders the judgment, for nobody describes it well. Tmackemay, who was in it at the cost of his whole fortune, sketches soms of its details in a most idealis- tic way in *Pendennis.” Freperic Hop- 8oy, who was in it all his life, wrote a very unhistoric *History of Jonrnahsm.” C. F. ‘WNaaTE's paste-pot-and-scissors compilation can scarcely be called a book, and gives no true idea of the daily paper. Aud last of all comes Garpyrx G. Hopsarp, lawyer and ad- vocate of postal telegraphy, who reads a paper on *‘The Daily Newspaper Press” be- fore the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Secience, and succeeds in saying nothing new =2nd much that is untrue. He misdates the introduc- tion- of stercotyping, exaggerates the capacity of printing-presses, and settlos the relative profits, circulation, end influence of the New York press ina way that wounld be interesting if it contained s slight admix- ture of trath. The man who threaded the Cre- tsn Labyrinth would be puzzled, it is true, to find out the exact facts of newspaper circu- lation; but Mr. Husbizp seems to have evolved his figures from his inner conscious- ness. Ho states the aggregate circulation of the English prass of Chicago, for instance, at ouly 80,000! Altogather, the * mystery of journalism” geems to be a good deal of a mystery to Mr. GaepNEr G. HuBBArD, THE REV. MR. DUFFITLD OX RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. On 3ondzey last we published an essay by the Rev. S. W. Dourrrerp, pastor of the Eighth Presbyterian Church in this city, entitled * Christianity in Education.” The main point of Mr. DurFiELd’s eddress was that the rending-of the King Jaurs version of the Bible in the public schools should bs required and enforced by Iaw in this conntry. Alr. DurrFrerp ig one of those positive and logical preachers who neither shrink from the necessary conclusions of their thesis nor seek to slur them over with equivocal phrases. Hbe i5, to that extent, entitled to the respect of adversaries os well es adherents, and wo award him ours before we proceed to ex- amine the somewhat startling climax with which he brings his essay to a close. There are two principal versions of the Bible in uso in this comntry. Thay are known os the King Jaxes nnd the Dousy translations,—tke former used Dby nearly all the Protestant sects and the latter by all the Roman Catholics. “There is still another version nsed by the Jews, which excludes the New Testament and embraces some books not esteemed canonical by Christians, There is a fourth version brought out at considera- ble labor and expense by the Baptist denomi. nation, which has not yet come into general use even among Baptists. There is still an- other version in course of preprration by some learned divines of the Church of En- gland, ‘assisied by American and German |- theologians, which, it is anticipated, will evens- ually supersede tho King Jaues version, It is fair to presume that the Rev. Mr. Dorrrern has no objzction to any Protestant version of the Biblo now existing, or that may hereafter be produced. His point liesagainst the Cath- olic Bible, the Jewish Bible, and the no-Bible class of the community. The Catholics, on the other hand, insist not merely that the Dousy Bible shall be read in the education of Catholic children, but that it shall be ex- pounded by an authorized instractor, who has received investitura in the due course of apostolic succession. The Jews are satisfied to give their children the necessary religions training at home, but they object to a train- ing provided at public expense, which is contrary to their idess of truth, A large portion of the community, embracing persons of no religions biss, together with many Protestants and some Catholics; hold that it is better to disconnect religious tench- ing from the public-school system altogether than to jeopard the schools by a division of the funds collected for their support, or by a bitter and prolonged coftroversy over the subject; also, that such a plan is more in har- mony with our system of government. Mr. DorFrenp enters the lists against heavy odds, baving for his opponents not merely all the Catholics, Jews, and * infidels,” but o Iarge number of Protestants, including many clergymen of eminence. After stating his argument, he recites six conclusions, all of which, however, find their concise and defi- nite expression in the following : - Rom:znism, infidelity, etz,, being enomies of ciril- {zation, should be put downand kept down, and the mzn whoallows them the same rights with trath holds truth very cheaply, 1t is quite safe to say that this sentiment is not likely to become dangerously popular. It is & doctrine commonly attributed to the Pape of Rome and the Jesuit confraternity, with the slight change of the word Protest- antism for the word Romanism in the text. It is a doctrine which could not be enforced in this country without bloodshed and every species of social anorchy. The first trans. lator of the Bible into the English langnsge terwards burned at the stake, by the clergy of his day, in 2 small village in Bel- gium. His persecutors were men who arro- gated to themselves the power of deciding what is the truth, and of *putting down and Leeping down ” every form of belief contrary to their own. A large share of the Rev. Mr. DurrFiEL’s argument aims to prove that civilization owes its progress mainly to Christinnity. However that may be, it is perfectly easy to show that civilization con- sists more in the putting down and keeping down of the doctrine cnuncizted by Ar. Durrierp and quoted ebove, than in anything else. In other worls, modern civilization owes moro to religious toleration, so far as that has been achieved, than to any other canse that can be named; and it is most surprising that anybody should be found in this age of the world, and especially in this country, to declare himself opposed to such toleration. Patting dovn and keeping down any form of religious faith is religious perse- cution, whether the instrument used be the headsman or the tax-gatherer. This was un- doubtedly clear to the mind of Mr: DurrrELn when he chose the form of words we have quoted to express Lis meaning. Nevertheless, Mr. DurFrrip, as we have alrendy remarked, has merely carried his argu- ment a step farthor than others of his per sussion, in the matter of public-school training, are apt to do. The enforcement of a particular form of religious teaching in schoots supported by public taxes, and at- tended by the children of varying religious counection or perentoge, depends upon the doctrine that one particnlar form is abso. Intely true, that all other formsare absolutely erroneous, and that error entnils the penalties of hell. If it were given to finite and short- sighted men to decida this tremendous ques- tion not merely for hiwself, but for hig fel- low-mortals, then would Mr. DorrrELD ba justified in insisting upon putting down and keoping down Romanism, in- fidelity, “‘ot cotern,” Thowever large o multitude might be embraced in the Iatter category ; and we could only mourn that the absence of unsnimity among mankind had necessitated the employment of means which Jesus of Nazareth nover thought of invoking. Believing, however, that, if the Deity had intended to make salvation de- pendent upon one form of religious faith, Hs would not have allowed 50 many forms to gain headway in the world, and not perceiving sny evidence that He has granted infallibility to the Pope of Rome or any other Pope, wo shall continue to advo- cate the ontire separation of Church and State, and, as a consequence, the entire sep- aration of public schocls and rcligions teach- ing. FEMALE EDUCATION IN JAPAN, The Empress of JJJ)LB is evidently .n ad- vance of the generality of Royal rulers in the Eastern couatries. Sho has become greatly interested in the education of women in Japan. She contributed largely to the ercc- tion of a building and the founding of a normal school for girls at Yedo, and on Nov. 30 last, the school wes dedicated and formal. ly opened.. It began operations with no less than eighty girls. The Empress, attended by the Minister of the Interior and other high dignitaries, took part in the proceedings. The Superintendent in his address said : Our land affords from oldon dags down to the pres- ent time numbcrless instinces of virtwous wowen ; but sll, if we regard the matter in respect to the whole of our country, it must be allowed that tite reg- ulations for tne education”of women ure exceedingly defective. At tho present moment reform in enlight- enwent has gradually progressed, and it is s source of rejoicing 10 the wnyriads of our peopie that the Tokio Normal Bchool for girle Las been eatablished, and that by ber diajesty’s ationdance to-day tho ceremony of opening the echool is favorably carried out. Uur earnest desiro is that those who may in after time complete their education here may bocome virtuons women, and 80 nsaist their husbinds; virtuous mothers, end 4o fnstruct thelr children ; and that Ly their giving birth toand rearing up a worthy populs- tlon oar country may become 8 prosperons and tran- quil land. The Empress, in reply to the nddresses, thus expressed her interest in the school: Tpon boaring last year that this school was aboat to be established in order to foster tho growlls of educa- tion for girls, I was unable to contain my joy, Iis censtruction bas now been completed, and tho cere- mory of its opering has been performed. My exrnest desire is that this echool miy henceforth be prosper- ous, and that I may eventunlly sez the beantifnl fruis of female education appear in profusion throughout tha whole of the land, Several of the pupils read addresses andre- cited poems. To all these the Empress made presents, and the whole affuir terminated Leppily. Thisis the present stzle of the wor question in Japan. The effort made is to educate girls that they may better assist their husbands, and, as mothers, instract (heir chil- dren, and thus contribute to the enlighten- ment of the whole population, that the coun- try may become a prosperous and tranquil Iand. Nothing was said aboat the * Tyrant 1fan"” nor of the political equality of the sexes. The end sought inJapan, by the high- er and general education of women, looks mainly tothe elevation of the family circleby introducing thercin the enlightenment, im- provement, and entertainment farnished by edueation. The assumption is thet an edu- cated woman will make a better wifo and be of greater assistance to her husband than an. uneducated one; that a well-informed mother can better instruct her children in all the ‘duties of life than one not educated; and that o population proceeding from educated moth- ers will give new strergth and prosperity to the country. These ara points which do not receive that consideration in *“ Women’s Con- gresses " to which their importance entitles them, The Empress of Japen, however, takes a veryenlightened view of the necessity of educating girls. She has established the Normsl School to educate girls, who in time are to becomo teachers of as many schools, and thus extend all over the Empira the ma- chinery for educating the female portion of the rising and ell futare generations. Afar- riage -and the family relation are not ex- cluded from the foture of the educated girls ; indeed, the ecducstion itself is designed to fit them better for that state of life, Lest Sunday Toz Treuse bad some obser- vations on the subject of *Social Disintegra. tion " resulting from the toleration given to the doctrine that the scquisition of wealth wes man's highest duty to himself and family, and thet tho successful acquisition of wealth was not to be underrated in the mensure of a mea's social position because of the doubt- ful or dishonest means by which the wealth was obtained. Among the direct resnlts of the toleration of this principle, we men- tioned the universal disteste it produced among young men and women for honest labor, leading them to sbandon the slow process of saving from hogzest wages, and thus accumulating means, to the various ex- pedients of getting money without work. Now we have the Methodist, an infinential organ of the large body of Christians bearing that name, which declares that “ Thon ghalt the people, and it maintsies that resistance to this tendency to tolerate utealing is one of the duties of the American pulpit. It says: “The Indian i3 robbed; tho cities are robbed ; the National Government is robbed. There is a startling statement ascribed to official anthority that it would cost $75,000 to prepare a list of -official defulcations and shortages within the last seven yeavs. There is something staggering in the statement. ‘We havo altogether too many well-behaved thieves,~thicves in honest clothes and under Christian professions. Our thought is that the public education needs to be attanded to. Morals should be given prominence in the educalion of the young, prominence in the instruction given by the pulpit and the press. Wo must also learn how to condemn effectively the dishonest men, how to taboo him with the relentless severity which we visit upon offenders ngainst chastity. * Upon the churches must fall the greater share of the task of resisting this tendency and pre- venting its passing on into confirmed habit.”* THE FARCE OF CRIME. ‘We traced, the other day, in an editorial on the * Comedy of Murder,” the humorous acts and scenes connected with the taking of buman life. Thera is an afterpiece to the comedy of murder and other crimes in the raro cases when the criminals temporerily withdraw from active life and take up their abodes in stone palaces until somebody par- dons them out. This afterpieceis humorous, —in fact a farce. The prisoner, as soon as he has secared a lucrative sinecure in the Penitentinry, be- takes himself to literary pursuits. He may not be as fortunate as TWEED in having 2 pri- vate secretary to help him take care of the proceeds of his crimes, uncork his champagne, and write at his dictation. His profits may fall short of those made by the Ohio convicts, who have lately been utilizing the material and tools supplied to them by the Stite in manufactnring nickels, and so following Mr. Kerrey's injunction to make ‘“money” plenty. But he rises superior tosuch needs, and earns his livelihood by literature. Jovce has temporarily turned aside from his novel to composs a three-act play on “The Whisky Ring,” for- which he is to be paid $2,500. Bapcock is one of the characters. So is McDoxaLp. So is Judge Knegee, So, of course, is the suthor, who appenrs, clenred of all suspicion and radiznt with injured inmocence, Jjust before the drop. Happy the actor who is asked to play the part of Jovce. This gifted thief is now drawing such crowds of visitors to the Missouri State Penitentiary that an ad- mittance fee of 25 cents is charged. The proceeds are to be devoted to replenishing the library, and, of course, the first books bought will be Jovce’s movel and play. Henceforth, every Penitentiary, like the En- glish and our Eastern Universities, should have a department of its library devoted fo the works of its graduates. In England, Col Baxer is at work upon a volume of Eastern travel, and is reported to be already engaged for service in the Russian army as soon as his term of service in 8 British prison has expirfd. In New Haven, Conn., o murderer whose life ended, exceptionally enough, on the gallows supplied the press of that city with o series of poems which attracted general attention, and cansed & general movement to secure his pardon. His patrons’ ardor cooled, however, when the originals of the poems were discov- ered. Weneed not remind our resders of a somewhat similer event in Illinois. Then there was RuLorrsoy, who was interviewed by philologists in prison, and who offered to give the world his precions theory of the {function of the letter R in exchange for his life. Even persons remotely connected with a great crime—persons whose portraits have appeared in the Police Gazetée only onco or twico—take parts in the afterpiece. Has not Bzsstz Toryes had a novel written for her? We are lamentebly behindhand in .prison literature in this State, but tbe fault is not that of the prisoners. They—poor things— do not have time to write more then a chap- ter or two before Gov. Brremwar pardons them. ¢ THE COLLAPSE OF THE MUTUAL COUNCIL, The Mutual Council of Cougregational Churches, to which Mrs. MouLTo:w wes pro- posing to appeal in order to test the authority of Plymouth Church.to dismiss hes* for non- sttendance, has suddenly collapsed. The precise reason for this unexpected event grows out of the acceptance of an invitation by Drs. Stores and BupmveroN to sit in the Council, extended to them by Mrs. Motzros. After the acceptance of the invitation, Mr. Breecuer protested against them as praju- diced, wherenpon they declined to take ooy further part in the proceedings, and Mrs. AlovrTon's legal advisers and friends decided to drop the whole matter whore it is. Thero can be no doubt that they have acted wisely. The action of Mr. Brxcarr was conclusive evidence that Plymouth Church would accept no Council that would not vote to indorse Bexcurn, and thus, so far as justice or any possible hope Mrs. Mourtos could have thet her grievances would be redressed, tho deliberations and findings of such 8 Council would be & farce. Its verdict would be & foregone con- clusion. The mutuality of the Council would be all on one side, and that side would be the Beecrer side. In other words, Mr. Beecrer was willing to go into the investigation pro- vided he could pack the jury,—a condition which any man charged with offenses would be glad to accept. The action of Mr. Brecrer is 21l the more surprising from the fact that the proposed Council wes not called for an investigation of his guilt in the Trrrox matter, but for the examination of a question of church disci- pline and government. Its verdict would not have inculpated or exculpated Mr. Brrcmex. It would have simply expressed an opinion as to the sufficiency of Alrs. MourToN’s reasons for absenting herself from Plymouth Church, and whether Plymouth Church hed acted in accordance with Congregational polity in re- moving her name from the rolls. It would bave left Mr. Beromes precisely where he stands now upon the question of * guilty or not pguilty” of adaltery with JMrs. Trurox, and it would not have changed any onme's opinion. Had this Council been held, and had it been & Mutual Council, in which 3r. Beecuzr would have been Tep- resented by hia friends and Alrs. MourToy by hers, every phase of the question would have been exhausted, and the public. 5o faras it is interested in & matter of church disci- pline, would have arrived at the reel merits of the case, which cannot mow be officially determined. To object to the presence of Drs. Srorns and BuprNaToN upon the ground that they are prejudiced is a very hollow pre- tense, secing that Mr. Beromer was deter. mined to have the Council composed only of those who were prejudiced in his behalf, Drs. Szoszs and BuprsroN are honorable, fair. would have acted and voted from 2 scase of justice 2nd o desire fo arrive af the actus] merits of the case. Mr. Brecmer’s action, to put it in its most fovorable light, shows moral cowardice, and will _confirm the general impression that Plymouth Church in the fulure, as in the past, will, so far as it is able, hear but one side znd allow but one side to investigate any question growing out of this scaudal,—the natural effect of wkich must be to keep the scandal alive. Mr. Bezcmez's ection is surprising from still another pasition. Plymouth Church is alaw nnto itselfl. Whatever the decision of the Council might be, it would bo aptional with that chorch to acceptit or not. Mr. Bercmer has over and over again declared the independence of Plymouth Church, end his determination that no other Congrega- tional Church shall dictate toit or discipline it. It is under the control of no Preshytery, and is smenable to no organization but itself. If this Mutnal Council had beon held and had justified Plymounth Church in dis- missing Mrs. DMounroy, Mr. Beecan would have accepied it with a fanfare of spiritual trompets. If it had decided un- Havorably, Plymounth Church world not have moticed the decision nor beeh held by it. It would still have refused to replace Mrs. owrron's name upon the church rolls, znd woul'd probably have propounded to the other churches Mr. TWEED's memerable question, “Whnt are you goirg to do nboat it?” As the melter now stnnds, the wiser course for Mrs. 2TovrToN to nursue is to gracefully acc thanld'ally accept her dismissel. It does not strike ws as being a hardship of unusnel se- verity. Asfrequent reference has been made to the horreiss of Andersonville in the recent amnesty dobate, we reproduce an extract from the revort of the Congressional Com- mittee, which was composed of both Repub- licans end Democrats, who reported unan- imously, Thwose vwho were of sge during the War will not need’ this reminder, but & gen- erztion has coxne to marhood since those ter- rible days who are not familier with the foets. This eclass will bo able to form a clearer conceptiou of the merits of the de- bate after reading the extract, which is as follows : The eubsequent. histary of Andersonville has startled -one-tenth of the national d'ebt, —_— and shocked the workd with a taie of horror, of woe, and death befora unied rd and unknown to civilization, X6 pen can desiribe, uo painter sketch, no imsgina- tion comprehend, its fears'ul nnd unutteratle injquity- It would seem as if the coricentrated maduess of earih and hell had found {ts fina} lodgment in the brauste of those who inaugurated the Rebellion sud controlled the policy of the Confederuts Government, and that the prison.at Andersonville .tad been selectod for the 1nost terrible human sacriicv wkich the world had everseen. Into its narrow w:ils were crowded 35,009 enlisted men, many of them tho bravest and the best, tle most devoted snd Leroic, of those gr:nd. armiss which carried the flag of ther co.7atry fo final victory. Tor long and woary memths bere they suffered, maddened, were murdercd, enel died. flero they lingered, unsheltered from the Hurmng rays of @ tropcal sun by day and drex:ching and deadly dacs by wight, in every stage of mental and phystcal diseare, hungered, emacis ted, starving, mad- dened ; fustering with unbealed woazds; gnawed by the ravages of ucurvy and gangrane: with swollen limb and diatorted visaga; covered with vermin which they had no power to extivpate; expoysd & tae flooding ains which drove them drowning fron the mueradle ho'es inwhich, lie sicine, they burroved; parched with thivst 2nd mad with hunger ; racizad with pain or prostrated with the weakness of dinsolution; with naked lmbaand matted hatr: fithy wiih smolte and mud; soiled with tho very exerement frons which their weaknees wonld not pe:mit thern to escape; eaten by the gnawing worma whicis thesr own wounds hud engene dered with 1o bed but the earth; no covering save the clouded eky; thuee men, tiess beroey, boru in the image of God, thus crouching and writhing fa their terrible torturo and calculatiny barbarity, stand forta inhistory a3 @ monumént o!" the surpassing hosrors «f Andersonville asit shall be seen and read in all fn- ture time, realizing in the etudied torments of teir prison-honse tho idea of Daxre's Inferno and B TON's hell. . This was the condition of Andersonville after Winz and Wrxper had been invested with control by Jrrrersor Davis. This was the inhuman cntrage which he might Lave stopped with a stroke of his pen. It was this report, made by Demnocrats and Republic- ans jointly, which formied the basis of MMr. Braxse’s powerful indictment of Davis. —— CSITUARY, GEN. GEOEGE W. COLE: The New York Herald announces the death of Gen. Gzoree W. Corr at Mora. New Mexico, on thellth mit. Tho deceased achioved considera- ble notoriety in 1857 by slivoting L. H. Hiscox, of Svracure, in Stenwix IHall, Albany. Mr, Hiscox was at that time & member of the Con- stitutional Convention, and was murdered for alleged indignities to CoLE's wife. He had two trials. and was zcquitted on tho second, mpon the favorite plea of inganity. He was born negr Lodi, N. Y., in 1828, nud gradasted from tho Wesleyan TUniversity, (lonnecticut. At the outbreak of the War he wes in the lumber busi- ness, which ho left to take the commssion of Captain in the Third New York Cavalry. He distinguished himself at Kingstan, N. C.. and was promoted to be Major of his regiwent, and was eabsequently appowted Inspector of Cavalry on Gen. Beter's etafl. Near tho close of the War he organized a culored regiment, and was eventually made Brigadier-General of vol- unioers. About s year ago he went to New Mexico to practice his profe:ssion a8 & phrrsician. The Herald says of him: *He did not, after his gsequittal by the courts, again live with his wife, who, with her two grown-np dsugbters, basbeen a resident of Trumansburg, in this Staze, for a considersble time past.” OTRER LEAT'HS. 2xs. A, M. Woop, the eldest danghter of the late.L'resident Zaciary TATLOR, died at Freiburg, Gorzaany, on the 2d ult. ' Her death ‘leaves but two smurviving childron of Peesident TavLom,— Ars. ‘BerTE T. DANDRIOGE, formerly Mrs. Buiss, living at Wiochestor, Va., and Gen. RicEarD TavLoiz, of Louisians, a Lioutenant-General in the Cor'federate Army. Frascus GARDSER, for nearly filty years con- nected with the Boston Latin Schosl as ushor, sub-masuer, and master, died last Mounday in the G4th year of his age. His principal litorary fa- bor was thi assisiance he rendered Mr. Leven- ETT iu Lis preparation of the Latin Lexicon, of which Le afterwards made an sbridgment. CHARLES JANTOINE CAMB0N, the most famous scene-raintes in Fiance, died & few eels ago, He painted 1 or tho Grand Opera the sconery of ** Robert le Lliable," '* Les Huguenots,” *Don Juan,” © La [¥avorits,” * Lo Propoete,” “L'Af ricaine,” * Fa.nst,” and for the Porte St. Martia the piece *Wes Sept Merveilles da Monde,” Four orfive of thie preseat leading Bcene-painters of France and Elussia were his pu; —_— The Forty-third: Congresa forbade the intro- duction of bracket:s containing *laughter,’ tap- plauea,” ote.. intor speeches printed in the Record, but the ola practico bas been Testorecl by the Forty-fourth. Tho Demcerats sureliy cannot have reflected’ on the inordinate amonni; of spaco which our C.AnTER and Hridgeport Bare ¥EY will take up in tho Record, if all the tumul- tuous applause excilecl by their speeches is given the glury of print, e The mercantile faitavos in this country during 1575 were 7,140, or ove in every eimhty-tws firma. The grose liability wzs $201,060,959, about RoBERT ALsToN, of South Carolina, rnined by the War, sent s letter to the Now York ZTribune detailiog his pititul story. IIASrErL Dexyey, a Boston merchant, sent him.p check for $5,000. planters, and the Tribune charges 855 ling, in advance, for those rent to it, and hag mede econgh to meet the 6-cen: verdicy it 1o the Sun suit. —_— Nerw Orlezos bcasts a hopofal rival of T Poueror. He is only 4 years old, but ha brated bis Satarday boliday by setting fra oy playmate's clothing and 8o cremating hig, swoet thesports of nineteouth-century chfl% are. }) s | —_— The now life of tbo Democratic party sty . be unable to preveat s uumber of Dameery; deaths. Tno Detroit Sun west iuto pgm“‘; eciipse yesterdsy. —— An orgarn announces a ‘‘ great Democratie n vival.” Thisis probatly a IIBAPDProhens oy 1 the fact that that party ia in a Mcopy Couditiog —_— Bisyarcs’s remark to Denmerk: oy sell St Thomas:" Denmak's remerk ug ararce: “No.” —_—— Franco elects 225 Senatcrs to-daz, R PEBSQTAL The Cincinnati Gazelle thinks & bad Memey 5 Belped to muio our Carter ap:ea: rikumyy Then his memory exorted itseif noedleasly, | Panl Falk, who is well nowa 58 the prsjerzy ;’ of cheup Sunday onter:ainments, has dieg a Poverty nud paralyeis,—an awful Warning g ? young and giddy! A Georze, the Count Josunes, hsa been o ‘lenged to act famlet, and bo agrees on cery specified conditions, which he Iays down i & tail, to mest tha caallengar az Booth's Theatry, Goorge Washington forbads his soldisy bura the Poge in effiy. We supposs thera woy be uo objection to buraing him 1a tos-tos, e Iy for political parposes. The end, you knoy Jjustifies the means, The difference between Dan Voorhees and b son 18 slight, as the Cincionati Commercigl o serves, bocause oue, who is playing Hamle, is thy melancholy Dane, and the other, who 1 play second fiddlain his own connty, is the el choly Dan. Alr. Henry W. Raymend, son of tho late Henyy J. Rsymond, of the New York Fimes, is wiiting enteitsining letters on art and kindred topimpy New York to the Boston Globe. Tto Giobemy heisa young man of uncommon intellizeny and fine calare. New York Heraid: “My dear,” esid a Cincn nati packer to bis daughter, **a regular Mauril painting has been discovered in our city.” “ it water color, pa #” “No, my dear. it's a 1 hog’s oil painting.” And the young gy gcreamed, *4Ob, Lard!"” Lawrence Berrett sails for Australis Mih 20. Crane, tho favorite Chicago comed ag, geay the sarae way next fall. We hope ne mas hin abundant success, and gain o fortane whith from the exceedingly generons terms he by obtaited, now secms probable. 5 There w48 an utterly groundless romor in Ney York luat week that the well-known Jewely | house of Tiffany & Co. had failed. Thehouy > immediately caused a denial of the report tob i published, and stated thai it had ample nesy to pay any demands against 1t at sight, The London Safurday Revieir, refeiring to an advertising book pablished in Cincinnati, sy tle city containa & few specimens of srchites tare * which would no: disgrzce any of the thres Wostern rivais that have sarpassed it,—Louis ville, St. Louis, and Chicago.” Cincinnati hosls, The New York Slar, not very good authority, says that Col. George H. Butler, once famous 1 the nephaw of his nncls aud Consul to Egypt. is now a driveling imbecile in a hospital for the incarable. His present condition, it is sud, dates from a brutal besting he recenuly received . in New Orleans. g They say a horrid man on board the Deutsch Iand enved hia girl and got bLer adry place cas wast. Thep he proposed to ber. She lookedat the surping waters below, gracefally leansd het foot over ou his breast sod—accepted him. They were saved and are going to be married, which i8 to be lost again. i . o, gt S The Cincinnati and Indianapolia newspapers speak disrespectfaliy of the Washington corre epondent of the Chicago Times, accusing him of writing fine ponsense. DPerhaps theydo ook know that nonsenee telegraphed at 2 centss word becomes that mysterions thing which ths newspapers call ** enterprise.” Dishop Gilbert Haven explains how he cams to be ** mterviewad” by a reporter in Omaha He says he was invited to the housa of & clerical brother, and engazed in private conver:atic with him, never suposing hia remarks were to be published. He doos not deny that some @ t3e words attributed to him were used, but bt does refase to be held responsible for them it the sumo manoerasif they were intended fa publicazion. Recently an officer of St. Albans, Vt., haviog two insave persons to convey to an asvium far the insane at Bra'tlebo:o’, called one of tbe lunatics nside and asked his aid in Leepiog watch of his companion doriug ths journey, aad then did the esme with the other. Tho two lunatics eat side by side, silencly watching esch other throuch rhe whole journey, 2nd they bave continually kept guard over each other in the asylum ever since, Henry Somerville Digby, known also as ** Lord Digby,” cousin to tha Eacl of Digby, died & Bellevne Hospital, New York, last Sundsy. It appesrs that while in & fit of dolirium, indaced: by diphtheria, he bad forcedl a small bit of hand wood down his throat. He wis & man of un- common sbilities, and was able to maiotain hune gelf by writing irrezularly for the magazines asd mewspaners. leading a Bohemian hfe. He hsd sepaiated from bis family in consequence of ex- travazant habits. Donn Piatt merried two danghters. of the old man Kirly, whose gold and reputation are now in such great jeopardy. The second wife is still living, and is knowa to be an amisble, cultivated woman ; the first, when in Europe with her hus- band, wrote & very interesting book entitled * Bslle Smith Abroad,” which she dedicated t0 her father. The parent, by the way, seems $0 o bave been a zood deal of reprobate, in & quish way, 1ivaliog the lamented Singer for Lissmonss and lus lavish genercaity to his lady friends. Oskey Hall, humorous to the last, seems dis- posed to bear misfortunes like & man. He b accordingly made the following aunouncemesd in & published card : MR. OAKEY HALL {after a eix weeks' vacation) removes his Law orFICES . from 1 Broadway to TEIZUNE BCILDINGS, in Rooms Ncw, 40, 41, s0d 42, accensible by elevator, e will herentter confine himeelf as Advocats to the following specialt'es: Cases counasted with Criminal Luw, Leronal Remedies, Libel Defenses, Actions. against Skerifls and Marehals, Copyright and Theatt- onl L, Sucrogate Procedure, and Municipal mattars. He will slso, as Counsel, anecfally take charge of quet tions affe-ted | y Commercial Fraud, Polics Investisi- tionv, Atiempts at Social Extortion, or wiich zequire Diplomatic Negotiations. HOTEL ARRIVALS. Palmer Houge—R, M. Wilcox, New York; A, A. A% rinwall, Tituseille, Po,; W. W. Hastings and W B- ‘Thompaon, New York; A. C. Yates, Syracuse 8. L - Slat Rilitmors :lir..s\L' Jilel Buftalo; G, F. Prus- co,” Newark 3 . Macdopald, Lo - L. C. Paind, Pennayivania; © H. B Dey, ~Columbus, Ohio: J, 3 ~ Tamef Lansing, Mich,: Dr. G, Robifs, Germsny. ... Grand Pacijic—S. E. Cirey, New Orlesns; R. B.Fergth ontreal; C. F. Stausbury, Washington: D. B. Lovs ZLondon, Enx.; W. H. Baronm, Conaecticut; D. Sia* ton, Cincinnti; H. P. Cram, Detroit; A. Be Huu?}l, Cleveland; C. R. Diamond, Pbiladelphis, M. N. Woodruff, Southington, Ct.; George Skinnef, Bock Taland; J. V. Maoonoy and C, Jf. Osboras Rock Islan P. Willlima and AL H. Ms: Tiemont, Huuset. B an;wmfls e, Des Moines; J. A, Morraw, K, Jaumm% W. F. Ba:bly Kausas' City; John Auton Searles, Nuwark, Joh 3 0. B. Didge, Iowa....Sherman Cote, Preaidznt Iows Central Bail-, road; Prof. Ssmael Gardinor, Washingtoz, D. C.; the Eon. A Hart, Cleveland ; Col, L. A. Ath, Cleveland; tin Eor. E. IL Osborm, Quiney; W. S. Hazlbert, Cheyennc: A.J. Swing, Cincinnuti; T. P. Crook Ak bany: the Hon. J. 3L Southworth, Ilinods ; the Hon. D, os; Gan. . R. Holt, Iiling J. F. wortb, 6 Charles ; L. T . B, Bherman, New York,