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

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SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1876 ‘__——_°_—'__ Greepbacks at the New York Gold Ex- change on Saturdsy were worth 8§93 cents on the dollar. i The new Mayor will probably enter npon his official daties next Tuesday morning,— the opposition of the two Confederate con- cerns to the contrary notwithstanding. * —— Marshal MacMagoN, on the 28th ult., 8d- dressed a very pacific letter to the Minister of War with regard to the Communists, in which he announces that the work of milita- ry justice, as concerns the suppression of the insurrection of 1871, may be considered asat £n end, except 28 regards the contumacious, and that in fotare * No prosecution ought to be instituted if it is not demanded in some +way by the unanimous sentiment of all hon- est people, to whatever opinion they may be- long.” Hisletter closes with the generons delaration : “I think we onght to allow all mets connected with the disastrous insurrec- tion of 1871 to fall into oblivion.” -Simul- taneous with this letter, the Journal Officiel mskes the announcement that eighty-seven persons have been pardoned for acts commit~ ted in that insurrection, and that 941 persons, fetained in prisons, have been accorded par- don, commutation, or reduction of sentence, having enrned indulgence by repentance and good conduct. It will be'with general regret that the mer- cantile community will hear that the Eastern fast-mail trains will be discontinued after next Saturdsy. Messrs. VANDERDILT and Scort have beth served notice to this effect on the Postmaster-General. Of course, the cost of running these trainsis very much larger than that of the ordinary mail trains with a full complement of passenger -busi- pess, and it was supposed that some arrange- ment could be made foradditional compensa- tion. Instead of this, the House of Repre- sentatives has cut dpwn the appropriations for the Post-Office Department, while exact- ing additionsl service in many direc- tions. This leaves nothing for the fast-mail trains, and there is no alternative but to drop them. It will be a serious loss to the rommercial public, which' had become ac- rustomed to them, snd it is expecteéd at ‘Washington that universal remonstrance will pour in from the West. But we do not see how this will help the matter, unless it in- fiuence Congress to make some special ap- propriation to maintain this branch of the postal service. There seems to be ““a wow, a wiot, and a wumpus” in the local organization of the Demoerats in this city, and a Conference Committee has been appointed, consisting of Jomx Forsyree, C. S. Camenox, and Jomy MarTocks (presumably representing .the warious elements of the party in Chicago), to sgree upon some scheme of “harmony. Nowthis ought not to be very difficult for the Chicago Democrats. There is really no oceesion for their quarreling among them- selves, Vicious or selfish dogs sometimes ight over a bone; but there is no bone for the Democrats to pick in Chicago or Cook County. If Mr. TmpEN was not convinced before that there is no use in wasting any campaign money in Chicago, the late city election lefg him no room-to doubt. If Messrs. Forsyrae, CamenoN, and MaT700RS will only add together the votes received by Marx Enpary and Joe McGrata in the late municipal clection, and then subtract the xesult from the votes received by Mr. Mox- rox Heatm, the Republican candidate for Mayor, they will see that there is really xnothing to quarrel sbout, and no hope of anything. Let us have peace. The St. Petersburg Golos, which is the Russian Ministerial organ, proclaims the Russian sentiment towards Servia in the fol- lowing very plaic and unmistakable manner: Our enemies now begin to perceive that Russia hes always endeavored to maintain the peace, and that she had no arriere-pensee inthe East. Even that portion of the press hostile to Russia recog- nizes the merit of the Czar in restraining Servis from war. But Russia and her Monarch have got tired of the line they have held so long; indeed, they find it impossible to continue their endeavors in behalf of peace. Now that England hpa pre- sented Turkey with arms and nmmnnmb% and £300.000 in cash, Servia is undoubtedly justified in drawing ber sword, and the Oriental question, ‘which has 0 Jong disguicted Europe, will be solved in the most normal and natural fashion. Europe, to whom is assigned the part of a second in the impending duel, will soon see which is the stronger of the two,—Slavonic heroism or Oriental sloth; Christlanity or barbarism. As regards Russia, there is Dot a man in the country who does not sympathize with our brethren's struggle for liberty. Though ehe may remain a mere spectator at first, Russia will set all Europe on fire rather than suffer the eister tribes of Balkanto be put down in the coming strife. If our intercets in the East are in- Jured, we shall know how to defend them with the dignity that belongs to & great Power. We shall then convince the world that Russisn might is something tangible and real. The St. Petersburg Ruski Air, which is the organ of the Russian Slavophils, also _ contains an article pointing the same way, in which it says: * It must be evident to every one that the Sick Men is not only sick, but sctually dying. The only guestion is how this half-dead body shall be buried out of sight.” If the Russian newspapers reflect the sentiment of the Russian people, it is difficilt to see how the Government can wuch longer vefrain from interference in be- half of Servia. In point of fact, the attitude of the Russian press and people gives an fir ©f probability to the assertion of the TLondon Spectator: ““The diplomatists may threaten 83 brusquely as they please ; but if the King of Hungary and the Czar of Russia permif Servia to be occupied by Turks for a month, their thrones would be exposed, from popu- Iar feeling, to a danger which they are mor- ally certain not to face.” The Conference Committee on the Army Appropriation bill are reported as having sgreed by taking off $1,400,000 from the in- crease added by the Senate amendments, and by recommending that the proposed legisla- tion of the House for reorganizing the army shall be omitted. This appears to be a fair settlement of the differences between the Senate and House so far as the army is con- cerned. It was certainly an outrageous proposition on the part of the Democrats in the House to change the whole army system in connection with an appropriation bill, thereby virtually insisting that the Senate should adopt its ideas under penalty of get- ting no appropriation whatever for the army. ‘We fancy that the impudence and cheek of this Democratic proposition received s set- back by the massacre of Gen. CusTer and his troops, and the prospect of a long and fierce I.u.dian war. The Democrats probably do not now aspire to shoulder the responsi- bility of weakening the army organization and destroying its efficiency for any emer- gency that may arise. Inany case, if they want to reorganize the army on a' different ‘basis let them proceed to the work in seps- rate legislation, so that the country may understand just what they are doing. S — The Chicago prodnce markets were quiet Saturdsy, and breadstuffs tended downwards. Mess pork closed 10@124c per brl lower, at $19.55@19.574 for Angust and $19.75@ 19.774 for September. Lard closed 23c per100 1bs higher, at $11.10@11.12} for Angust and $11.20@11.22} for September. Ments were quiet, at 8c for- boxed shoulders, 10jc for do short ribs, and 11c for do short clears. Lake freights were dull, at 1ic for corn to Buffalo. Rail freights were unchanged. Highwines were unchanged, at $1.10} per gallon. Flour was dull and easy. Wheat closed 13@2c lower, at 94}c for July and 96c for August. Corn closed §@fc lower, at 4550 for July or August. Oats closed 1@3c low- er, at 27§@27}c for July or August. Rye was nominal, at 60@62¢c. Barley was nominally weak, at 59c asked for July and 72¢ asked for September. Hogs were fairly active, with common heavy grades ruling easier. Sales were reported at $6.20@6.70, light sell- ing principally at $6.45@6.55 and heavy weights at §6.30@6.50. The receipts were 9,000, and for the week 78,560. Cattle were quiet and weak, selling slow at §2.50@5.00 for inferior to extra. Receipts for the week, 25,267. The sheep market wes dull at $2.50, (@4.00 for poor to choice. One hundred dol- lars in gold would buy $111.504 in greenbacks st the close. — ENGLISH VIEW OF DEMOCRATIC-CONFED- ERATE NOMINATIONS. The London papers which have recently arrived contsin comments on the St. Louis Convention and its nominees. The London papers have no love for the Repub- lican party in this country. Asa rule, it may e set down that they will always opposs the ruling party of the United States, whatever it may be, as it will take at least another Centennial ‘to develop that exuberance of good feeling which will prompt political generosity. But they have a special gradge against the Republican party, because it was under the leadership of that party that the ‘War of the Rebellion was prosecuted to a successful close, thereby nullifying the pre- dictions of all, and disappointing the hopes of alargo msjorityof the London and British newspapers. Nearly all the English press entertained the same views-Tegarding the War of the Rebellion that Mr. TIoEN held,; which were expressed by the Peace: Resolu- tion of the Democratic National Convention of 1864 declaring the War a failure, Mr. Tmpex was the New York member of the Committee on Resolutions in that Convention, and fully acquiesced in its sentiments, if he was not its author or prompter. Almost any one of the London editors would have written a similar resolu- tion at the same time, and few of them have sltogether forgiven the Republican party for having proved them false prophets. ‘With this natural sympathy for the Demo- crats it is not surprising to find the weight of English opinion in favor of the Democrat- ic nominee,—especially as Mr. HaYEs, being an Ohio man, is less known to them than Mr. Troex, 8sa New York man, and since Mr. Trmpex's record as the father of the Credit-Mobilier system and as a corporation lawyer has not yet reached England. But the Englishmen must remember that they had never heard of one ABRamAM LINcoL¥, of Tllinois, when he was nominated for Pres- ident, but that nevertheless he was elected, and is now one of the great political heroes of history. In the United States Ohio is regarded as sbout _ as impor- tant s Btate ss New York, though it has not so large a population; and, while the English newspapers dwell upon the fact that,Mr. Trioex has been Governor of New York,—a position which one of .them speaks of as second only to the President of the United States,—they scarcely appreciate the fact that Mr. Haves has been thrice Gov- ernor of Ohio. And, while they dwell on re- form, it is likely that Mr. Hayes’ personal character and his ideas of the Civil Service, as set forth in his letter of acceptance,iwill influence all foreigners honestly devoted to the cause of reform to favor him in prefer- ence to an opponent chiefly known s & rail- road-jobber and political schemer. It is rather surprising, however, that the English newspapers, with all their prejudices against the Republican party and in favor of a political change in this country, should de- velop so little enthusiasm about the Dem- ocratic ticket. Relative to the probable issue . of the campaign, the London ZTelegraph 88Yy8: Influential men in his party have turned against him on acconnt of his rather imperious temper, and, as if illustrative of the old Scriptaral adage that the foes of o man shall be those of his own household, a combination has been formed against Mr. Ti.DEN in his own State that threatens to re- fect him, even now that he has been nominated. Whichever candidate can carry New York will probably be sure of the Preeidency. In these cir- cumstances the chances of the two parties are pretty evenly balunced. Perbaps, on the whole, however, the advantage, as small as it is, is as yet on the side of Mr. HavEs. If it is not conceded that Mr. TILDEN can carry his own State, the hope of which alone induced the Democrats to nominate him, then our English cousins cannot look forward very confidently to his election. Concerning the two platforms, the same jour- nal says: On points fn which they seem at one, the Demo- crats Isbor under the disadvantage of having be- comie ruther sudden converts. Where the two par- tics differ, we find the Democrats strong in their frec-trade policy, in respect to which, however, A THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JULY 1§, 1576—SIXTEEN PAGES. thé Republicans are somewhat vagne and wesk. The Repnblicans are firmer with regard to epecie payments and Civil-Service reform, whereas on these pofnts the Democrats give forth, on the whole, leas certain sounds. o K B We fancy that the conclusion sbout the Democratic party and free trade is jumped at from mere Democratic tradition and preten- sion. The assumption has been sufficiently put aside by the failure of the Democratic party, which has had absolute control of the House of Representatives during the present session, to bring forward and pass a megsure looking to a revision of the tariff in the in- terest of revenue reform. On the contrary, in rejecting & proposed tax on ten and coffee, they rejected the fundamental principle of England's tariff system,—that of raising the largest amount of revenue from guasi-luxu- ries of the smallest possible numbet and at the least cost of collection. In view of our experience with the present Democratic Con- gress, it i8 mot possible to accept the Dem- ocratic free-trade professions -as anything else than mere tradition, which the present party has no idea of restoring. The difference between the two parties on the currency question is very clearly recog- nized by the London T'mes, which says : We can hardly doubt that the Presidential con- test of November will turn, almost exclusively, upon the currency question; and, if this be so, it is plain that the advantage must rest with the Re- publicane, The advocates of inflation have found 70 place in the Republican party, but on the Democratic **ticket," though they have a vizorous sntagonist in Mr. TILDEN, they have a partisan, or, at least, an apologist—unable to change the policy of the party, but capable of mischievously over- shadowing it—in Mr. HEXDRICES. Perhaps the effect of this combination of Troex and Henprioxs on-the Democratic vote i not as well understood in England as it is here; though the inconsistency and ludicrousness of the conjunction seem to be apparent. As a matter of fact, the nomina- tion of Hexpricss will cost TILDEN many votes among hard-money men that he would otherwise have received, especially in- Now York, while it will not give him a single .vote among the Greenbackers of Ohio, Indiana, and Ilinois that he would not have received in any event. Altogether the Democrats can scarcely find much consola- tion among their English sympathizers. THE MONGOLIAN QUESTION. The two platforms of the national politi- cal parties contain each a Mongolian plank. The Republican platform contents itsclf with a suggestion of official inquiry into the mat- ter,—a harmless and non-committal proposal, except 8o far as it may be supposed to con- tain wrong implications and to encourage a pernicious agitation. The Democratic plat- form is an outspoken bid for the support of the enemies of the Chinese immigrants on the Pacific coast. There can be no doubt that incidental evils, some of them of a try- ing nature, accompany this peculiar immi- gration. But the same general fact!? though with somewhat different specific details, might be alleged against the Celtic and. the Germah immigration. Twenty-five years ago, & wide-spread ex- citement, which led to the formation of & political party, temporarily victorious in many of the States, urged that the country was suffering great evils from the Europein immigrants.. These were charged with hav- ing o different religion (Romish) from that of the great mass of thenative-born citizens; with being largely ignorant and of alow order of morals ; with working and living cheaply, and crowding Americans out of va- rious industrial employments ; with demor- alizing polities, and usurping a disproportion- ate number of the offices and of places filled by official appointment ; and of introducing customs and making demands contrary to the time-honored observances of ourselves and our ancestors, especially in regard to Sunday and the Bible. The parallel between these charges and those brought against the Mongol immigration is noticeable. The storm raged with fury for two or three yoars, and then went down as suddenly as it came up. The difficulty was, that the proscription of foreigners was at variance with established American principles; and incidental evils could not be allowed to overthrow an impor- tant policy permanently and intelligently adopted. This Mongolian question must not be de- cided in the heat of passion, or under the influence of race-prejudice. How unjust a persecution may be raised against the unof- fending, undersuch an influence, has been ‘made manifest in the antagonism of the Irish to the colored people,—which culminated 50 cruelly in the New York City riot, during the Inte Civil War. The policy of our country, under which it has attained to grandest de- velopment, has ever been to encourage im- ‘migration from all parts of the world, irre- spective of race or religion, trusting to per- suasive civilizing forces to counteract inci- dental evils. What was wanted was labor to subdue the wilderness, to make public im- provements, to crente property, to work mines, and to render manufactures pos- sible. In this +way our canals and railrosds have been made, our pri- vate and public buildings have been erected, our forests have been cleared, our prairies have been broken up, and our thirteen States have been multiplied to thirty-eight. To resist the evil effect of the ignorance, superstition, unbelief, and im- morality which flowed in at the same time dependence wasplaced chiefly on two things— universal education and perfect religious freedom. Public schools assimilated and provided for the intellectual olevation of all children ; and religious freedom allowed full scope to Christian endeavor of every kind, to reach and evangelize the masses. And the experiment has been in a good degree successful ; so that no temporary pressurein o particular section is likely to reverse the national policy. ' The bearing of these considerations upon the question now raised on the Pacific Slope is obvious. Inan industrial point of view the Chinese immigration has been a great advantage to that section, where labor was scarce and wages were high, while the call for a rapid development of the vast resources of soil and mine was imperative, This fact is forcibly stated in the calm and dignified memorial of the Chinese * Six Companies” to the President. But for the Chinese laborers it would have been impossible to have built the railronds and other public ‘works in California, and to have pushed with needful rapidity many other important enterprises. They point out, also, that these- despised Chinese pay duties annuslly at the San Francisco Custom-House to the amount of §2,000,000, and an annual poll-tax of $200,000. They deny the charge that all the women are prostitutes, and claim that many of them are chaste wives, while they allege that the whites have instigated the importation of the prostitutes, and defeated attempts to send them back. Moreover, it is no small item thdt toen- ter upon an #nti-Mongolian crusade would be to violate specific treaty obligations, as well as to reverse our national policy. To abolish that treaty would be to close China Chinese. Our merchants, mechanics, tour- ists, and missionaries must be shut out from the Celestial Empire, or restricted, as of old, to a few ports, to gratify the insane preju- dices of those Californians who are jealous of low wages. The spirit of persecution by these Western Ku-Klux may be seen from this notice recently served on tho ¢ Six Com- panies ™: - HEADQUARTERS S. F. ANT1-CooLiz SEGRET So- c1ETY, May 17, 1876.—To the President, Offiicers, and Members Six Companies and Associates: In the name of and by the request of cvery officer and member of the above Society, formed in various wards of the city for the purpose of abolishing Chinese immigration, and the clearing of this city and State of those vile, pestilential beings, the coolic population, do hereby notify you that unless asystem of emigration is in full force within twen- ty-one days from this date, and 2 sufficient num- Ler of coolics shipped from this port to satisfy us of your intentions to clean this city of the sanie, it is our most decided intention to clean the same by force of arms. Signed by every officer and member, on oath, under penalty of death for non- fulfillment of the above resolution. Yours, % TiE PRESIDENT. It is admitted that it is difficult to over- come, otherwise than slowly, the attendant evils of Chinese immigration arising from ignorance and moral degradation. A pecul- jar langusge and s heathen religion are formidable obstacles, especially when thesad example of the so-called Christian popula- tion tends to prejudice these heathen against Christianity. But an encouraging beginning has been made by the local churches and by missionary societies. The American Mis- sionary Association (Congregational), the lending organization for the work among the Freedmen of the South, has a kindred worl among the Chinese in Californis, which is meeting with increasing success. It has 1,800 of them in its schools, and numbers 102 converts, in heart as well as head. The Presbyterian Mission points to 140 hopefully converted. The Methodist Mission reports 44 received, and 15 probationers. - The Baptists have received 15, and have, several candidates. There is in San Francisco 8 Chinese Young Men's Christian Association which numbers 500 members, all of whom have forsaken idolatry, and half of them are church members. The work, slowly prose- cuted at first, under great difficulties, is now rapidly gatheringmomentum, and by preach- ing, Sunday-schools, evening-schools, and the distribution of books and papers, prom- ises to make itself felt with power. Hence it would appear far more rational to Christianize and ciyilize these dusky, almond- eyed, far-coming Mongols than to drive them away by persecution. By so doing we shall uphold our national principles and policy, we shall put to grand use a providential aug- mentation of labor force, and we shall send back to China & powerful influence to change its ter and to bring it into accord with Christendom. By any other measures we shall practice oppression upon the helpless, and shall bring a blot upon our American reputation. — CHICAGO AS A BUMMER RESIDENCE. The extreme hot weather which has pre- vailed in all the large cities of the country outside of Chicago has in the extent of its consequent mortality had the effect of an epidemic. The mortality is not-to be meas- ured by the number of those perishing directly by what is known as sunstroke, but it includes the thousands of feeble persons, infants, aged, and invalids, upon whom the extreme heat has had fatal effects. The New York papers of Friday, July 14, contain the daily record of the effects of the intense heat. Work on buildings had been largely discon- tinned, the thermometer in exposed places reaching 150 to 160. On T'hm'sdny.the ther- mometer in the shade marked 99. For the week ending July 8 the mortality was 838, and for the five days following it was 966. The infant mortality exceeded 100 & day. ‘All the papers of New York, Philadelphia, Balti- more, and other places, publish long lists of pevsons stricken down with the heat. In Philadelphia, on the 12th and 13th, the heat ranged at 99, and the suffering, and distress, and mortality were excessive. The Ledger contained on the 13th and 1ith over two columns of death-notices. The St. Louis Globe of the 14th says: * The thermometer indicated 90 at 8 o’clock yesterday afternoon, less than at the same hour for several days previous.” In Cincinpati the temperature has been as great a8 in St. Louis. This sen- son of extreme hot weather in all these cities began as long ego as the 12th of June, and the occasional rains that have visited those places have failed to mitigate the severity of the weather. In delightful contrast with this protracted season of extreme heat has been the temper- ature of this city. The first day on which there was any uncomfortable warmth wes July 6, and during the next four days there was unusually warm weather—for Chicago. But, except for persons working in the sun, the greatest inconvenience was in the sudden change. During the whole time, until the 11th, there was an incessant breeze, making it comparatively comfortable in the shade. There was but one night when there was the least interruption to the great luxury of Chi- cago—cool nights. On the 11th of July the t“hot” spell, which would have been cool elsewhere, passed away, and summer over- coats again were in demand for evening wear while driving after sunset. Since’ then Chi- cago has been enjoying her usual summer weather, which is not to be found in any other city in the United States. Apart from the agreeable temperature of the summer in this city, Chicago has special advantages to offer as a summer residence o the unfortunate victims who are compelled to reside in the other large cities. The St. Touis or Cincinnati people, or residents of other cities, can find no relief in going to New York, or Saratogs, or to the sea shore. Going there as mere visits to fashionsble gatherings fo compare millinery and to gee and be seen, is ome thing; but to escape the heats and discomforts of home, and to enjoy the summer as jt can be enjoyed nowhere else, the only place is Chicago, with its metropolitan luxu- ries and comforts, and at the same time its unequaled surroundings. In thefirst place, it hasfinerhotels and more of them than can be found in any other city in the country; there jsno lack of accommodations for visitors ; and there is an unfailing supply of betterand purer water than is to be had elsewhere in the country. Chicago has already a system of parks and drives which has no rival in the United States. 'This is notlike the one park at New York, but a large succession of large parks, connected by drives, extending on all sides of the city. These parks are all accessible by good roadways, affording to those who visit them a magnificent extent of perfect carriage-road through a landscape hand- somely adorned. Three of these parks, with their roadways, are near Lake Micligan, itself an addition to the view hardly to be equaled. The market of Chicago is supplied by the whole country. California supplies us twice a day through the year with fruits and fish. tous, in the act of closing America tb the | On the cast side of Lake Michigan is the largest natural fruit garden of the West; while the city, located in the very-centre of the rail communication of the country,is supplied from every section. The advantagesof Chicago are nob un- known. During the last four yeers the crowds of visitors from St. Louis, Cinni:msti, Memphis, and ' farther south, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and from the inte- rior cities of the Eastern States, who come here to enjoy a summer season unknown elsewhere, have regularlyincreased. Thelarge number of these visitors who have this year come to Chicago to spend the summer have reason to rejoice at their escape from the fatal and wholesale effects of the heated term and stifling atmosphere of all the other large cities of the country, and to congratu- late themselves upon the wisdom which guided them to Chicago to spend the sam- mer. . TULTRAMONTANE MALEDICTION, 1t was a sad spectacle of the lack of Chris- tian charity, of the acidity of a once-sweet end gentle character, of the fury, harmless in this instance, aroused by longing for po- litical power, that Pope Prus IX. afforded the world at the recent feast of Corpus Dominiin Rome. The occasion was a nota- ble one. It was not only agreat solemn festival day, but it was also on that day that the Pope completed the thirtieth year of his pontificate. The dignitaries of the Church made it the occasion of a splendid demonstra- tion in hishonor. The Cardinals were in at- tendance. All the Roman nobility and high representatives of the Church, from near and far, also gathered to pay their respects and tender their congratulations to the Holy Father; and, to add to the interest, a band of 400 TUltramontane German pilgrims came from the very heart of the enemy’s country .to manifest their loyalty to the Papal throne and acknowledge ifs supremacy over body and soul, over spiritual powers and temporal thrones. Surely here, if ever, was the occa- sion for the head of the ancient and powerful Church to make an address which should be ‘worthy of the day as a festival and as a mile- stone in his pontifical progress. Upon such & day, and in the midst of such an assemblage, the whole world, irrespective of sect, or creed, or beligf, might naturally look for a calm re- view of the past, and sage advice for his fol- lowers as to the future. The Holy Father is an old man, on the verge of his grave, with little probability that he can reach another anniversary of this Iind. The world, there- fore, would naturally expect to hear from him a calm, thoughtful, dispassionate, solemn statement of the condition of the Church, words of Christian forgiveness for his en- emies, a forgetfulness of former harshness and asperity, and such sdmonitions to his followers as would crown the close of his life with acalm digpity befitting his white hairs, and forever enshrine his neme in blessed memory. But the world must be disap- pointed. The venerablo Prelate made no review of the past, gave no advice for the future, had no timely admonitions for his followers. His few words. were violent, vehement, and bitter. They commenced with malediction and ended with anathema maranatha. There was lamentation, not for the wickedness of the world, but for the loss of his temporal possessions. There were curses, not only against his German foes, but against all men, past and present, ‘who have dared to question the dogmas. He hurled curses at the graves of dead monarchs and the heads of livingones. He threatened the German Emperor with the fate of Axrroonus, and held up AppUL-AzIz a3 a warning to other thrones, although what the late Sultan did to ofend the Holy Father, or what part he’played in the ecclesi- astical wrangle, we do not know. The substance of the Papal speech lies in the declaration to the Cardinals, * We areall in akind of slavery.” He compared the Church to Topus in slavery, and said: “ SexnacmeRms was killed by his sons, and Tonus was able to return to his tribe ; and, let them remark, not only free to lus tribe, but to all those Tich possessions which were his be- Jone he was carried off from his country,” and closed with the following prophetic and bloody vision: ¢ The Church must triumph and the Revolution perish. The fathers will il the sons and the sons will kill their fathers, and all those born of the Revolution will devour each other.” In a subsequent interview on the same day with the German pilgrims, he narrated to them the Divine vengeance which had overtaken RaTazzr, which had brought disaster to the French and Austrian arms in recent wars, which consigned Aspur-Aziz to his grave, and killed ANTrocEus,—the latter symbolical of the approaching fate of the German Emperor. ! Such malevolent malediction against that part of the Christian world which does not accept the Papal political dogmas do not need comment. They will fall harmless because he has not the power to carry them out, but they are none the less pitiable. The saddest part of the spectacle is that all this animosity is displayed, not on account of any interfer- ence with the spiritual concerns or creed of the Church, but because, in the absurd and irreligious struggle with civilization, human thought, and human progress, forthe pos- session of the things that are Czsir’s, and for the right to dictate to Cxsan what he shall do with hig own, he has been worsted. The malediction is a drutum fulmen, but the 1sunching of the bolt from such feeble hands, ‘which should have been stretched in blessing over all the world, is none the less a sorry sight. e AN IRISH DEBATE IN PARLIAMERT. A remarkable debate took place in the British House of Commons on the 30th of June, which we find reported in the London Tumes of the next day with long editorial comment. Mr. Burr, a member from Lim- erick, who is the recognized head of the ¢ Home-Rule” party in Ireland, moved a resolution directing a special committes to® inquire into the circumstances and condition, of Ireland, and toireport such legislation as might be considered expedient. On this general resolation he addressed the House, going over the whole story of Irish griev- ances, and, though generally indefinite as to what Home Rule implied, he stated that it involved: 1. AnIrish Parliament, with ex- clusive jurisdiction over all things of a local character. 2. That Ireland be represented asnow in the British Parliament, her mem- bers to vote and speak only upon Imperial matters affecting the whole Kingdom. The British Pariiament is now the local as well as general Parliament for the whole Kingdom. After BMr. Burr had closed, Mr. P. J. SayTE, o member from Westmeath, pro- ceeded to demolish the proposition and argu- ment of his countryman. The English mem- ‘bers, it would appear, hugely enjoyed the scene. Mr. Smyrris a Natiora'ist, and dis- cards the Home-Rule proposition as absurd. Being Irish, representing an Irish constitu- ency, and claiming a higher patriotism, he directed his evident ability and powerful ora- tory to the annihilation of Home Rule and Mr. Burr. He was loudly cheered by all sides of the House. His objection to Home Rule was radical. He was opposed to any federal union. He claimed that the Crown of Ireland wag inseparably annexed to the Crown of Great Britain, but that the Kingdom of Ireland was a distinct Kingdom, and that 10 person on earth but the King, Lords, and Commonsof Ireland had a right to makelaws to bind her. This was recognized by En- gland until the Act of Union in1800, and there could be no other satisfactory settlement than the repeal of that Act of Union. Home Rule he denounced as an annihilation of Irish nationality and independence. Home Rule was federalism, which, to be complete and consistent, demanded & local Parliament for ‘Scotland, another for England, and another for Wales ; ad, if carried out, would suthor- ize the Protestant Province of Ulster in Ire- land to demend a separate Parlisment from that in which the other provinces were rep- resented. He did not wish for Ireland a fed- eration like that of Switzerland or the United States; he demanded nationality and independence like that enjoyed by Hungary. Various other speskers, mostly Irish, par- ticipated ; and the London Zimes speaks of the debate as the most brilliant that has taken place in the House of Commons for years. It states that the gratification of the House was unexpected. Therewas noreason to enticipate more than ‘the ususl parade of grievances. It spys that Mr. Bourr per- formed his part gracefully and well, and, speaking of Mr. Syyrs, it says: " The House was astonished and delighted to find itself listening to an orator who recalled at once the palmiest days of Irish oratory. . The specch of 3Mr. Suyru was on all sides recognized as the finest which has been delivered during the present Parlia- ment. The reasoning, the wit, the dramatic force, and the grace which have lately been only a tradi- tion in the House of Commons seemed to be re- vived, and members felt themselves under the spell of a new enchantment. Whatever else Mr. P. J. Saryru has done, he has once more cnabled ‘members of Parliament to appreciate the influence of Irish oratory, and has thus done much to make Dis country better understood. Independently of all other considerations, it is a matéer for no little satisfaction that the old standard of speaking has once more been exhibited in the House of Com- mons. Parliament has for a long time been tend- ing towards* a rough conversational style, and we had begun to doubt whether the traditions of former Parliamentary elognence were not mere legends. They can now be believed, and it is to be hoped they will again be emulated. This compliment from the British organ to an Irish member,’and that member an TIrish Nationalist, is without precedent ; and, not content with this, it adds in another part of the article that the debate had furnished an argument against a National. Irish Parlia- ment, because, considering S:MYTH a8 an ex- ample of Irish speakers, it is impossible to think the British would consent that all the Trish oratory should be confined to Dublin. ¢ Oratory like his was meant to be addressed to phlegmatic persons like Englishmen, to whom it is a useful stimulant, while it would be dangerous if applied to the sensitive tem- peraments whickr gave birth to it.” At the close of the debate, the motion of Mr. Burr was rejected by a vote of 201 to 61, several English members voting for it, and nearly, if not fully, one-half the Irish members voting against it. THE BATTLE OF THE BARDS. Mr. Roperr BucHANAN, the English poet, ‘has just been roasted in the English courts in an action of his own seeking. The details of the case are unusually interesting. It was an action for libel brought by Mr. BUcHANAN against P. A. Tavror, M. P., proprietor of the London Ezaminer, on account of certain comments which appeared in that paper directed against him as a poet. The quarrel of the bards dates back some years. In 1870, over the nom de plume of *‘Thomas DMaitland,” Mr. BucmaNan printed in the Conteniporary Reriew an article entitled ¢ The Fleshly School of Poetry,” which con- tained very severe strictures against Swiv- BURNE, Rosserrr, Morris, and O'SmAvuGH- NEssy, and accused these poets of introducing the covert indecencies and fleshly lusts of the French school into English poetry. The article brought forth a stinging reply from SWINBURNE in the columns of the Zz- aminer after it was discovered that “Thomas Maitland ” was BucaaNaN. The quarrel was then 2llowed to drop; but, in 1875, nearly five years after, it was suddenly renewed with more than its former bitterness. Trus- NEB printed an anonymous poem called ' * Jonas Fisher,” in which the writer took the ground that genius should be associated with decency. The Ezaminer at once assumed that BucoaNAY wrote the poem, and the old querrel began again. The Ezaminer aimed its sharpest arrows at BuczaNax, and among them the following = Thisanonymons poem [meaning **Jonss Fisher™] is enid by London corrcspondents to be the work of either Mr. RoperT Bucuawaxorof the Devil, and, delicate 28 may be the question raised by this double-sided opposition, thie weight of probability inclines to the first of the alternatives. That the author, whichever he is, isa Scotchman, may be inferred from his incidental sncers at the charac- teristic virtues of his countrymen. If a prophet lias no honor in his own country, it must be said on the other hand that & country seldom gets much honor from its own prophets; the worst things said about countries have been said by remegade natives. There are other and more specific cir- cumstances which favor the report that *‘Jonas TFisher™ is another of the aliases under which Mr. Buciaxax 18 fond of challenging criticisms rather than one of the equally numerons disguises of the cnemy. There is o reason why the Devil shonld go out of his way to abuse the flesnly school. ‘BucHANAN, after this declaration of the Ez- aminer, wrote to the editor disclaiming the authorship. The Ezaminer mede the cor- rection, and added that as it was not Bucmax- AN's thenit must be the Devil’s, and there- upon instituted a parallel between the two, closing with the intimation that the follow- ing verse from SHELLEY accurately described both: = The Devil was no nncommon creature— Alcaden-witted thief, just huddled Out of the dross and scum of Nature, ‘With mind, and heart, and fancy muddled. This was more than BucmANAN could en- dure, and his reply was a libel suit, which is now in progress in Ldndon. The appearance of Mr. Bucaaxax on the stand gave the de- fendant’s counsel an opportunity to place him on a gridiron, which he improved. After having drawn from him the statement that he attacked Mr:! SwINBURNE on ac- count of indecencies in his poetry, the counsel produced three or four of ‘Mr. BucmANAY'S poems, among them “Nell,” who was living with Ned, aman to whom she was not married; the “Nuptial Song,” a very glowing and fleshly description of a marriage service, which only *the mill- ion starry eyes of one ecstatic heaven ” saw performed, and which was “ the service read when Apay's faith was plighted”; and an- other poem, the heroine of which was a coster-girl with an illegitimate child who ‘went to see her lover hanged. After inquir- ing rather critically as to the fleshly charac- ter of his own poems, the counsel then brought in Warr Wrrrn’s fleshly poems. Tt will be remembered it is but a short time since Mr. BucaANaN insultingly arreigned all American suthors for not recognizing Mr. ‘Warny as the great poet of the ages, “the Moses-Hoxez,” as he termed him, and start- ed a subseription for his benefit in England. Little by little, in poem after poem, t.ixel counsel compelled him to admi} aan’s indecencies, as follows: Mr. HAWKINS having directed the ‘his Lordship and the juryto ap-m;; x',:t:::‘:,“ ol WinTVAN'S poems, which, he eaid, he cnnmx" read in court, asked the plaintiff, who also quletly perused it, whether it was not as flith, anything he had ever read? i Witness—I should certainly be ashamed of gy language as this passage contains Yo work of mine, *pRfelg n AMr. HAWKINS—Can you concelve any occasisy when it would be justifiable? s ‘Witness—I think what I have resd my been writtenundera total mistake—paradingtos ‘which ought to have been kept in the ‘backgrony, which, indeed, onght not to be written abont ag. .i‘ Mr. Hawsmis—Can yon conceiveof any Justifics. tion for writing such a thing da T have shown yog Witness—I can conceive of no justfication bat the man’s youth at the time of its poblication, ag his honesty of purpose in writing it. Mr. Hawkins—Would any language betoo. in condemnation of such passages as yon know. to be found in WALT WHITMAN'S writings? e ‘Witness—Certainly not; not for thy Pasmgy themselves. * And yet WALt WEITMAN i8 the man whop Mr. BuamaNax publicly proclaimed to be iy the highest sense *‘a spiritual person andy colossal mystic,” and that “in all his gry work the theme is spiritual purity gy health.” Whatever the result of the libed suit may be as to damages, it has shown that, while Mr. BUCHANAN may b 5 great genius, he is certainly destitute of cor. mon sense, and that his own school of poetry is quite as fleshly in its way as tha of th poets whom he attacks for indecency. Thery is 50 much glass in his own house that he js not warranted in throwing stones, even by poetical license. . Vi, e ——— . Among other deaths recently reported are thy following: Of Mr. Joserx TELEZINSKI, fort merly leader of the orchestra in the Paris : and a member of the Concert Societyof th, . Conservatoire; of Lord HARLECE, lately ML P, for North Shropshire, and one of the last creg- tion of Peers; of Sir Tmouas Hexgr, the Scnior Magistrate at the Bow Street Polie Court, London, who has been on that Bench twelve years; of JOEN AUCHINCLOSS, the old est dry-goods merchant in New York, a Director of - the Merchants’ Bank and a Trustee of i Equitable Life Insurance Company; of tha Rev. Jomx EADIE, of the Scottish United Pres byterian Church, the author of several come mentaries and of a ‘“History of ths English Bible”; and of Gen A ANDER W. REYNOLDS, an American office in the service of the edive of Egypt. Tne New York Zimes gives the following summary of his career: : The deccased wag born in Virginis. " He ja- ated at West Point in1838, and was appointed Sez- ond Lientenant in the First Infantry, United Statés Army; became First Lientenant June 11, Assiatant Quartermaster Aug. 5, 1847, and C3 tain March 15, 1848, when he relinquished rank in the Jine; was dismissed Oct. 8, 1835, and xentpuhlled Asaistant :%ummmer, with the rank of c?nin. March 20, 1858, and was attached to the staff of Gen. Twicas, as, to whose surrenderto the Confederates, ix 1861, he was a party. He was dropped from the roll of the army by order of President Luxcois, Oct. 4, 1861. Gen. REYNoLDS served the Confed- eracy from the breaking ontof the War to its close, articipating in many bard-fought battles. Imme- ately after the termination of the confiict he weal to Egypt and joined the Khedive's army. —_— at San Antonio, Tez- The New York Tribune publishes an extrad from a private letter just received from CArz ScruRrz, giving his impressions respecting Gov. | Haxes’ letter of acceptance. He says: There {8 o striking contrast between the hard- soft money mixture in the Democratic platforn and candidates, and the strong, fearless aasertion of moral duty in the financial paragraph of Gor. Haves' letter of acceptance. 'The views he ex. resses about the Civil Service form the most com- prehensive, most clearly defined, and in overy re- spect most satisfactory Civil-Service reform pro. gramme I ever eaw uttered in a few words; that programme is accompanied by the pledzeol an hones? man that, if be is elecied, it shall be_ faithfully carried out in its completeness, and thal 1o peraonal ambition shall interfere with the work. Never had_Civil-Service reformers a better oppar: tunity to fight with a chance of real success—] mean the saccess of the cause, and not only tht success of a candidate or a party. 7 shall support Gov. HAYES heartily and actizely, and I have nev. er felt more clearly conscious of doing the right thing for the best interests of the country. To the publication of thisextract the Tribum 2dds: “We believe there are very few of tha gentlemen who have been more conspicuously assoclated with ex-Senator SCHURZ in the public mind in movements for political reform from 1572 down to this time who will not be founl now taking substantially -the same course The nomination of HAYES carrics not only ths solid Republican vote, but the doubtful vote af the country, and that means success. ———— The big bonanza mines continue to pay regn lar monthly dividends, or, at all events, the regular monthly dividends are declared and paid,but the shrinkage in the bonanza shares continues. There is no reason for believing that the ore is giving out, or that ths yield of the mines 15 diminishing, and thie decline can only be ascribed to a growing sense of the uncertainty of all mining ventures. Hithe erto no mines discovered on the Pacific Slopa have yielded & third the amount of bullion that has already been taken from the Bonanzs, and none has been worked so thoroughly without being exhansted; and-evidently the truth is that people are beginning to look for the bo- . nanza mines to peter out at no remote day. Az cording to the San Francisco Bulletin, which ‘bases its calculations upon the regular quots- tions on the Stock Board, the decline in ths ‘bonanza shares from January to June inclusiva represents a shrinkage of $16,200,000, reduciog the stock value of the mincs from $45,600,000 in January to $32,400,000 in June, although in tht time the net dividends declared amounted to 6,450,000 Among recent deaths, not reported by telo graph, are those of the Rev. Jaues Boxce, the pastor of St. Theresa’s Church (Roman Catho- lic), New York; of THEOPHILE SILVESTRE, the original and powerful critic of French art who wrote that very remarkable book, ¢ Histoire des Arlistes vivants et etrangers, Etudes d’apresna ture”; of ParLip PueLrs, for forty-eight years Deputy Comptroller of New York, who for eight years has been retired from active service with a pension of $2,500 a year and the thanks of the State recorded in his honor upon the stat ute books; of Mrs. HaNNAx MERRILL, the old~ est inhabitant of North Conway, N. H., whowas one of the singers in the Congregational Church at the memorial services at the death of Wasn- iNeTON; of the Hon. E. W. HARRINGTOY, Cashier of the City National Bank at Manches- ter, N. H., and Democratic candidate for Gov- ernor of New Hampshire in war-times; and of Joux P. BEAUMONT, one of the largest art-fm- porters in New York. 5 - ————— A few months ago the new British Domesdsy Book appeared, giving a list of the names of all persons owning real estate in England and Scot- land. The new Irish Domesday Book is just out. The rental valuation is valueless, as it i8 that of twenty-five years ago. Irish rents have doubled since then. But it bas some value in° enumerating the owners of realty, who appear to be very small indeed. It seems that 13- acres out of every 20 are owned by large hold- ers, who number all told but eight or nine thoz- sand, and nearly all of them are absentee lasd- lords, spending the hundred millions of dol a year of rent squeezed out of the pinched ' stinted peasantry in England and on the €onti- . nent. Rent and absenteeism {re the two grest gricfs of the Irish and the impoverishing carsd of the people. Some time 2g0 it was observed by - several o the English papers that their Prime Minister was rapldly failing in mental powers. A receob London letter says: 5% 4 There can be no doubt that he is not the jnsn be was, and that the labor and responsibilities of b position as head of the Government are too much for him. e has been ailing for some time ba bat,as far as his specific indispasition is concerneds he is now rather better. The cause of anxiety 4 not a0 much Lis heaith as the failing in mental power and strength of character, which {s becomis constantly more conspicuous. He has ro M:‘ smlumenhry ‘businese, and leaves th heads gglrtmgum to do pretty much as thbfiplfl”' When he takes part in the business of thc House. 1 13 impossible not to be strock by the sort of dreamt