Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 29, 1876, Page 4

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES. 6 o'clock in the opening prospects of busi ntences, quoted ver. o vote for Tremem et batim The Tribwae., TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE—POSTAGE PREPAID AT TEIs OFFICE. Parts of 3 year, permoath... Mtatled 1o any address four e Sunday Edition: Literary and Leltgious Doubie Speet Postage prepald. Epecimen coples sent free. To prevent delay and mistakes, be sure and give Post Oftce zddress in full, {ncludiag State and County. Remitiances may be made efther by dralt, expresy, Post-Office order, or fu registered letters, 2t our risk. 7ERNS TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS. Datly, delicered, Sunduy excepted, 25 cents per week. Datly, deitvered, Sunday included, 30 cents per week Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, 1 LAFAYETTE CHAPTER, X R. A, M.—Hall, 72 Monroe-st.—Speclal consocation (Slonday) evening, 3t 7:30 o'clock, for work O%I‘I':‘: AL )}!'. l:ifiree.e’ B ‘;'uxl;mg: cardially favited to meet with v Iy order ot the . B+ .—;\z‘w:{ ‘eveniog. Kalghts CHICAGO COMMANDELY, No. 19, K. tion, Sir Knfahts | Staicd Conciave Monda: Oct! 30, 3t 70, for business. Vsitiog S Urteos Vil ¥ et of 3 - 5] CourteOusIy IV . FROWBLIDGE, Hecorder. A A G, foaial e by Arthar K. . Atciot, M E. zh Priest, l&llfl hall, Cflr?ld‘s.\;!,mg:'r‘; ‘nfld Vialz ympanio: - Fe sirects. Vidliiog companions fratermely SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1876.- At the New York Gold Exchange on Satur- day greenbacks were worth 91} cents on the dollar. ' s There wes oce statement of Mr. Bemny's that should rot bo overlooked, and that was to the effect that some of the jurymen com- plained bitterly of the want of whisky while they were confined. Ozne of them needed his “iod” so badly that he was ready. to throw Begey ont of the window, so the other eleven could report their agreement. i — e Our cable dispatches this morning confirm the report that the next step in the Turkish- Servian complications will be the arrangement of an armistice, when will occur the trouble- some question of conference. Russia will, it is reported, insist that Turkey be ex- cluded from the conference of the Powers called to decide mpon her fate. What England will propose in event of an armistice as tho basis of conference isthe maintenance of tbe independence and integrity of the Otto- man Empire, and that the object of the con- ference be narrowed to the amelioration of the condition of the Christian subjects of the TPorte. The conundrum which it is now im- possible to solve is whether England can effiect allicnces powerful enough to secure &ny such basis of conference, or to goto war to secure it. # The day the Svrrrvax trial was concluded, when Judge McArisTEE was interviewed relative to his proposed action in case the petition for his resignation should be pre- sented to him, he hinted very strongly that he would commit anybody for contempt who should dare to present him such a petition. We hope the *‘sober, second thought " will convince Judge McAruisten that such a course would ba at once despotic and ridic- alous,—despotic in the effect and ridiculous in the outcome. *Is the clay superior to the potter?” McArsstee as a Judge is a creation by the people; and, though nobody has the right to insuit him on the Bench, or impede a pending trigl, it is simply prepos- terous to presums that the people may not express to hixa a desire that he shall vacatea trost which they reposed in him, when they &0 it in an orderiy and becoming menner. ‘We do not think the Judge is dangerous in this metter, nor do we believe that he has the power Le hinted at. The Chicago produce merkets were rather quiet Saturday; provisions being tame, and breadstufls firmer, in consequence of small®| receipts. Mess pork closed 5c per brllower, at 815.20@15.25 for old, seller October, and @ 4 seller the year. Lard closed firm, at $9.673@9.70 cash (new) and $9.32}% @9.35 seller the year. Merts were steady, at 6}c for new shoulders, boxed; 8jc for do shori-ribs ; and Skc for do short-clears. Lake freights were dull, at 4c for corn to Buffalo. Highwines wers steady, at $1.10 per gallon. Flour was dull and steady. Whest closed 3¢ higher, at $1.10} eash and $1.10§ for Novem- ber. Corn closed @3¢ higher, at 42}c cash and 43c for November. Oats closed jc higher, ot 323c cash or seller November. Rye was firm, at Gle. Barley closed dull, at 82c cash or geller November. Hogs were dull, ata . further decline of 5@10c, packing grades selling at $5.25@5.50. The cattle trade was fairly active, and prices were firm, at $2.50@ * 4.85 for common to choice. Sheep were in demand, at $3.25@4.25 for common to prime. One hundred dollars in gold would buy $109.75 in greenbacks at%¥he close. The immense crowd that tlironged the Exposition Building last night to hear MMr. Branve, and the egually large crowd that turned away unable to get within hearing distance, attested, in & way that could not be mistaken, the lively interest the people of Chicago feel in the present political can- vass. The enthusiasm with which 3Ir. Branr was greeted was an ovation to the hero of the Andersonville debate such as it has been the fortune of few men to re- ceive. His speech, which is reported in full in Tae Temoxe this morning, was a master- 1y presentation in his own trenchant style of the vital issues of this cempaign, namely: whether the control of the Government is to be handed over to the very men who sought its destruction; and whether every man, black or white, entitied to vote shell be protected in the free exercise of that right everywhere throughout the Union. Novoterin the city should fail _toread it. There is liitle of the stump- speeck order about it. But it contains a master'y review of the situation and such a massing of ihe indisputable facts es makes it impossible that the sinister sims of the pretended Reform Democracy should be mis- taken. Itisone of the few speeches that deserves to be read and pondered. - e A careful analysis of the Indiana election has brought to light the interesting fact, which proves also to be a suggestive one, that the only districts in which the Demo- crats made gains of any sccount wers the First, Third, and Twelfth. Inthese districts they gained immenscly over the vote of 1874, when they had 17,200 msjority in the State. The situation there was as follows: Majority, Majority, Dem. Districts. Yaral' ~isre. goind i 337 569 232 Gein over1874 This is nearly twice majonity in the State. A reference to the map will show that oll thecountios of the First and Third Districts e along the Kentucky border; and that the counties of the Twelfth District lie along the Ohio border, within easy range of Te- peaters. ‘The Indianapolis Journal remarks: That is the way the Democrats carried Indiana. That is the scheme of Austiy H. Browxe. Does Gor. Hexpricks **know the details™? Every day since the election has been ‘bringing to light the details of the frauds committed in the border counties on the 10th of October by the Democrats. TUnless u_:e Kentucky repeaters get in their work again on the 7th of November, the State of Indiana will cast her vote for Gen. Hayes. Hex- prrcks was elected Governor in Oc- tober, 1872, by 1,142 majority by the sid of 10,000 imported votes from the State of Kentucky into those border counties, 'The repeaters did mot repeat * their visit at the November election, and the State was,swept by the Republicans by a heavy majority. It was a carious fact, and one well worth stating, that those border counties in October, 187i—the tidal-wave year—foll far behind the Democratic ma- jorities given in October, 1872, whereas all the other Democratic counties in the central and northern parts of the State gained large- Iy over tho vote of 1672. There is just one explanation of this phenomenon, which is that the southern counties were not coloniz- ed by repeaters in 1874, but were in 1872 and 1676. It is believed that the Kentucky colonists will generally stay at home at the Presidential election, and if they do Indiana ~will cast her vote for Haves and WHEELER. Bex Hruy, who was forced into the Re- bellion by his fervent desire to preserve the Constitution, which, when he seceded, he car- ried off in his coat-tail pocket, as it were, for safe keeping, remains as devoted to thatsa- cred instrument—*¢ compact,” he calls it—as ever. As in 1861, he is satisfied also that the sacred compact is imperiled, and to his Georgian compatriots who then ‘seceded and made war upor the Union in order to sus- tain the Constitution, he zppeals to now stand by the same. The peril that besets it is the'same, tco. It comes, as he explained in his speech a few days since at Columbus, Ga., from * the North,” which comprises all the States that didn’t join the Confederacy. He said (we quote from the report of his speech in the Columbus, Ga., Enguirer): ¢ The North had always been on the offen- sive and the South-defensive under the Con- stitution, and the Republican party had not been approved by a majority of the people of the country. There is not a provision of the Constitution they have mnot violated.” It was to the restoration of this vio- lated Constitition that he wurged the people of the South to rally. The office of “the South” in the Union, according to him, is to do precisely what, accord- ing to him, it went out of the Union to do, to-wit: to preserve the Constitution, which has been persistently and continuously vio- lated by the loyal people of the country from the hour Sumter was fired upon by zealous defenders of the Constitution. Itis for the preservation of the Constitution, and for the restoration of government according to the Constitution. then, that the Solid South is arrayed against the so- called loyal, but really disloyal, States which have thus violated that instrument. Mr. Hou, in the speech already cited, said —and the reflection seemed to afford him a deal of comfort—that the Somth was now solid, and he hoped it would so remain, for the preservation of the violated instrument. In that fact he sees the hope of the country; ‘and not a man south of the Ohio’ River is there who believes the invasion of the sacred soil of sovereign States by the Union armies was unconstitutional, not one who holds un- constitutional the whole of reconstruction, including the adoption of the amendments, is there, who is not of Mr. Bex Hry's party of Union-savers, who aspires to regain power to save it after their fashion, as they would have done in 1860. SHERIFF AND STATE'S ATTORNEY. The public good is superior to all mere pary considerations. In fact, no party has anything to commend it to popular prefer- ence, unless its claim of superior ability to promote the general welfare. In the admin- istration of local government the public in- terests can be best promoted by the selection of such officers as by experience, intellectual ability, and personal integrity can perform their duty the most effectually, faithfully, and honestly. That party which fails to present candidates thus qualified and com- ‘mended fails to deserve popular support, and it is the duty of every citizen to defeat the candidates who lack these qualities. We wish to call the attention of the voters of this county to an impending celanuty, for which both parties may be held responsible. ‘We refer to the two important offices of Sheriff and State's Attorney. These offices are of vital concern to the peace, order, and safety of the community. Without under- rating the importance of the courts, it is not the less true that an incompetent or untrust- worthy Sheriff, or a weak, incompetent, or faithless State's Attorney, may defeat the whole usefulness of the courts, peril the safety of life and property in the communi- ty, and allow crime and the criminal classes to have complete sway over all things, social ond-political, in Chicago. The candidates named for these offices are, for Sheriff, Mr. Joay H. Croucs, by the Republicans, and a saloon-keeper named Cmarres Kexry, by the Democrats; and for State's Attorney, L. L. Miaxs, by the Re- publicans, and Ecpeer Jayiesoy, by the Democrats. ~ Citizens of each party have a direct personal interest in the character and fitness of the candidates of the other party. Each voter who has theleast solicitude for the common welfare is personally interested in the charscter and fitness of any man who, being o candidate, has even & possible chance of being elected to an office of such vital public importance es Sheriff or Public Prosecator. The Sheriff is the executive officer of the judicial bzanch of the Govern- ment. He does not expound the law nor give verdicts, but he selects the juries who sitin the nine civil courts of this county, and the grand and petit jurors who pertain to the machinery of the criminal courts. He has it in his power to aid and promote all the ends of justice as between litigents, and between the public and the perpetrators of crime. He may make the administration of justice respectable, honest, and effective, or he may make it disgraceful, dishonest, and abortive, as it is now, in great degree. He may, by the manmner of executing the laws and the duties of his office, repress ecrime, enconrage respect for law and authority, and contribute largely to the elevation af social order and public safety. He may be a Sher- iff to the great benefit of the community, or a Sheriff more dangerous and fatal to all public interests than the worst criminal whom he confines and boards. The State’s Attorney is also an office of no less importance. Like the Court, he maybe- aided in the performance of his duties by an konest and competent Sheriff, or he may be embarrassed and defeated. He is, however, the only legel protection the pnblic_ l_mve against o corrupt Sheriff. He, too, is in a position where he may promote the ends of justice, or defeat them. He stands between the violated laws and the men who violate them. He can let the criminal classes go un- punished, or he can hold them responsible. He can indict and prosecate ; he has, in the performance of this latter duty, to encounter opponents selected specially for their skill, learning, experience, and ability. The greater. the crime, and the higher the personsl stand- ing of the criminal, the greater the array of ability and strong, vigorous, and frequently unserupulons means adopted for the de- fonse. The Public Prosecutor, in a county like this, where & large and wealthy city of- fers the most extensive field for profitable crime, must be a man of unflinching courage, vigilant activity, ripe experience in the phi- losophy of ‘crime, and personal knowledge of the motives, and habits, and schemes actu- ating men in the commission of crime. This experience and knowledge are mnot to be picked up at school, nor derived from books; it is not received by inspiration, nor does it follow as a result of a nomination or election. It is the resnlt of liard labor, of long and se- vere struggle, and of sleepless thought and study, illustrated by personal experience. The objections to Mr. JasiEsox. are that, whilo he has some ability, is moderately well read, and has held official position in the city, he lacks the equally requisite quali- fications of ripe experience in the peculiar line of duty of that office. He lacks the mental power and professional weight which the officer meeds for an equal contest with the sharpened, vigorous intellect and audacity which crime can command inits defense. He lacks the confidence of the public, and the circumstances of his' nomination for this office have not been of a character to inspire that confidence. He was nominated by a howling mob of disreputable bummers, and at the personal appeal and—as has been publicly charged by Mr. Doorrrrue—the frandulent procurement of O'BrEy, the fitting President of that Convention, and the recognized professional organ of the dangerous classes of society. AsMr. Trr- DEN sgys, no man can emancipate himself from the aims, policy, hopes, and interests of those to whom he owes his clevation to office. It is conceded that Mr. Mmuis is far su- perior in legal ability and natural adaptation to his opponent for the office of State’s At- torney. He has had considerable experience in the Criminal Court of this county, stands high among the young lawyersof this city, and, if elected, as he certainly will be, will prove himself thoroughly capable of admin- istering the office to the satisfaction of the people and with honor to himself. He is by far the better man for the office, and deserves the united support of the Repub- licans and other well-disposed citizens of Chicago and Cook County. The objection to Mr. Kerx is that mere hail-fellowship, of a promiscnous sort, is not a sufficient recommedation for a good Sheriff in the ghsence of the other qualifications we have named. We do not believe that he Lias the present intention to be unfair or dishon- estin office; but this community has had costly experience with Sheriffs, and that ex- perience has shown that the election of a man advocated by the classes and surrounded by the influences which support him for Slieriff is certain to prove a public calamity. The public have had the benefit of Mr. CroucH's services during three years of con- tinual struggle with the great dishonesty that prevailed in the County Board Govern- ment. He was fearless and incorruptible, giving his time and ability to the publicata sacrifice of personal interest. No man, friend or foe, will imagine or suggest that Crover will pack juries, civil or criminal ; will discriminate in the performance of his duties in favor of or against any portion of his fellow-citizens ; or that hé will not in official life be the same fearless, independ- ent, and honorable citizen that he has proven himself to be in business and in pri- vate life. Free of all narrow-mindedness, broad and liberalin his views, he has by the rectitude of his conduct won the respect of men of all parties who know him. With such 8 man for Sheriff, and a District Attorney equal to the performance of the high duties of that office, the pub- lic interests, and the peace, and order, and safety of .the community, may expect at least reasonable security and protection. But the election of a different kind of Sheriff and the election of one of the present candidates for State’s At- torney will be accepted as a formel sur- rend:r of all hopes of & proper administra- tion of the law, and will add to the history of Chicago another public cfilmity. THE CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES One of the most important ends to be se- cured in the forthcoming clection is the choice of the three Republican Congressional candidates from the First, Second, and Third Districts, so that ;Gh.icngo, with her vastmer- cantile and commercial interests, shall be fitly represented in the next Congress. To this end, the Republicans should labor encr- getically and faithfully. The candidates are deserving of their best efforts, and if elected will do much to remova the stigma that was placed upon Chicago by the ignorance of CavrFreErp and the ill-timed Joe-Millerism of HarnisoN. We want menin Congress who can remember whero Camp Douglas was; men who can attend {o the interests of Chi- cago, instend of setting themselves up as ob- Jeets for leughter; men who can act, speak, and work, and represent their districts so as to command respect and enhance our inter- ests as a city. Mr. Wrtnuasr Arorrcs, the candidate from the First Distriet, is & public-spirited citizen, a prominent and successful merchant, and a gentleman who has had legislative experi- ence. In his long business career in Chicago he has commanded universal respect, and not a shadow of suspicion has ever attached to his name. No man in Chicago stands in ‘higher esteem, and no man deserves better of the community. He will bring to the dis- charge of his duties an intimate knowledge of the needs of his district, a conscientious appreciation of his position, and a character above reproach,—qualities which will make him and his constituency respected by Congress and the country. His opponent is & cunning, scheming specnlator, identified with jobs and rings, and working in the in- terest of subsidies; an ignorant man, who would be the butt of ridicule; a man who would lend himself to the lobby; a schem- ing adventurer, who has an itch for political notoriety ; a man who secored his nomina- tion by doubtful meaus, and is now seeking to secure his clection in & corrupt manner. Between these two men there should be no hesitation as to choice upon he part of those who have the best interests of the First District at heart. Mr. Arprice will represent the district with credit to him- | self and his constituents ; Mr. Hoxe cannot do anything but misrepresent it, because he is utterly unfit for it. The Republican candidate for the Second District is Col. GEorce R. Davis, & man who is highly esteemed in private life, enjoys the respect of the business community, now commands the First Regiment of the militis, and served with honor during the War of the Rebellict.. Against him the Democrats have renominated Carrer H. HARrIsoN, whose career in the last Congress is a suffi- cient reason why he shonld never go to Con- gress again. When he was not acting the buffoon in the House, he was subserving the interests of the Sonth. When not babbling of sprend-esgles, Marine Bands, and Indian miscegenation, he was applauding the utter- ances of Bex Hrrn and truckling to Confed- crates. The West Side has no farther need of 8 man who has made himself an object of ridicule from one end of tha country to the other. / . In the Third District the Renublicans have placed in nomination Lorexz BRENTANO, & representative German, who was banished from his native land for his love of liberty. He has served his city, his State, and the United States in various capacities, and in every one of them has proved himself to be an honest, incorruptible, faithful public serv- ant. His election will be a fitting compli- ment to our German citizens, and will send to Congress a man who has never been any- thing but a Republican and will never sac- rifico one of his convictions. He will prove true as steel an' inflexibly upright. His competitor is Mr. Lx Moyne, apleasant gentle- man, who loves musi2aad knows pictures, and is too fastidious to ‘associate with his constituents. As these qualities, however, are not essentials of statesmanship, there is no reason why he should be elected ; on the other hand, the fact that every vote of his, if elected, would be on the Confederate side, is o sufficient reason why he should not be elected. He may be a very affable, genial, caltivated gentleman, but he is in bad com- pany. As between these nominees, the citizens of Chicago who have any care for its interests ought not to hesitate. They have already the records of two of the Democratic candi- dates, showing them to have been do-noth- ings in Congress, and they have the reputa- tion of the other, showing him to be unfit for tlie position. But the thres Republican candidates, excellent as they are, cannot be elected without a determined, energetic effort and unusual vigilance to prevent frauds at the polls. There aro but a few days left in which to work, and in that time all three districts, which are clearly Repub- lican, can be redeemed if Republicans will wake up and do their daty. . THE LAW OF THE REVOLVER. ‘We have already said that there is nobody who has demanded or is now demanding Surrvax's blood as an expiation of his crime in killing Faaxcis Hawnrorp, There is no mob going around demanding that he shall be hanged. Released on bail, he re- tired to his home entirely wnmolested,— more quietly indeed than Berey, the juror, was permitted to go. The deep-seated in- dignation of the community proceeds from the circumstance that one of our regular Judges should so conduct the cose as to teach all evil-minded persons that they may carry concealed wesapons, assault unarmed men, and even Lill them without danger of the consequences. Thereis not aruffian, a thief, a prize-fighter, a bully, 2 gambler, a loafer, or a passionate man in all Chicago who does not to-day feel freer to take resort to his revolver than he did before this trisl.. There is not & business man, or householder, or quiet, peaceable, law-sbiding, and inoffensive citizen who does not feel less secure in personal safety. and there is not a true-minded woman who has a fother, or husband, or brother, or sweet- heart, or son, who does not feel that the lifa of him who is dear to her is in peril from the conduct-of the very tribunal which onght to provide protection. This is the side of the case on which Judge McArrisTzr seems never to have bestowed a single thought. ‘We have in mind now especially the two in- structions given to the jury to the effect that a “citizen has a right to carry about his per- _son a loaded pistol for & lawfal purpose”; and, further, that if the jury believed ‘‘ the circumstance of his having a pistol with him was solely owing to the practice and habit of carrying it, then the jury should dismiss from the case the idea of previous malice.” These two points are to be considered together, for that was the way in which Judge McArzasTer — impressed them wupon the jury: (1) There is a statute moking the habitual carrying of concealed weapons an indictable offense. This is what Surnivay did, and no distortion of the facts can make it apparent that he had Dis pistol for & lawful purpose. He had not procured it and put it in his pocket to de- fend himself against an attack specifically threatened. He was not engaged in an avocation that justified any apprehension of ottack. He had been, for nearly two years we believe, a clerk of the Board of Public ‘Works, and his duties required him to pass a few hours every day in an office which he left long before sundown, so that he was not called out 2t nights nor into dangerous places. The practice of carrying a heavy piece of iron and stecl in the pocket never becomes so habitual that this inconvenienca is taken without some purpose. SULLIVAN'S purpose was not a lawful one, because he wasin no danger of attack either specifically or generally; oll the proof which he intro- duced on tlis point was to the effect that he carried tho revolver fora number of years ‘habitually, which is in violation of law. And yet Judge McALLISTER'S instruction on this point was calcnlated and designed to impress the jury with thejbelief that Svrrrvan's car- rying of the weapon was a lawfal act. (2) Not content with thus officially approving the practica of carrying a concealed weapon, which is in violation of law and one of the greatest of sll menaces to public safety, Judge McAruster further instructed, ¢ of his own motion,” that this practice was a prima facie evidence of the absence of all malice. * You must dismiss from the case the idea of previous malice,” he said to the jury, “if the circamstance of his having a pistol withhim was solely owing to the prac- tico and habitof carrying it.” In effect, these two instructons in this particular case meant that one unlawfal act shounld not merely be regarded as lawful, but also that it should serve as an extenuation of a subse- ‘quent unlawful act which resulted in the taking of a human life. It is not too much to say that there was never a more pernicious doctrine than this delivered from the Bench. Itisput forth ;n acity of nearly half a. million inhabitants, Which is beset with a full quota of roughs and villains, and has thousands of frivolous, reckless, and guarrelsome young men who violate'the law against carrying concealed weapons. When these classes are informed from the Bench that it is lawful for a man in the peaceful avocation of & clerk to carry 8 loaded revolver as a practice,and that the fact of so carrying it will be an evidence of the absence of malicé whenever it is used for its dendly purpose, no.one—not even Judge McAvrusTer, we think—will deny that pretty much every restraint upon the taking of human life has been removed. If this judicial adviee is to stand uncontroverted, then it is tolerably certain that® every man will buy & revolver—they -are now down as low as $3 apiece, s0 as to come within the - means of all—in order- that the evil-minded msay have the proper legal excuse when they assault, and that the peace- ful citizens may provide themselves a pro- tection which the Court has denied them. ‘We should think that the pistol-manufac- turers and tradespeople would quote Judge MoArusTen's instractions at the head of all their advertisements, and that it would scarcely be possible for them to supply the demand for revolvers in this community. Fortunately, there is enough of intelligence and peacefulness about the Chicago people to deny any such monstrous rule of law, and to insist that it shall not obtain, in spite of the dictum of a single Judge, who was picked out by a criminal to acquit him. “ GUSHING"” RELIGIONISTS, By this phrase we do not mean earnest saints. Heaven forbid! For thoroughly good men of any religious creed we have a pro- found reverence, and it is difficalt to conceive of goodness which is not earnest. Zeal is a necessary part of virtue. A manwho, under any religious system, is -characterized by ‘benevolence is under an impulse, and is con- scious of a purpose to make the world bet- ter. He will then seek that end, day and night, and by all sappropriate means.- Of course he will talk about it, and about his plans, and the measure of his success; and, if he be a public man and have opportunity to address audiences, he will discuss his favorite themes with all warmth and em- phasis. And so he will show himself to be on earnest man, and on that very account to be worthy of respect, be he priest or min- ister, clergyman or layman, revivalist or moral-reformer. But that does not make him o *“ gushing religionist.” 'We have often heard Mr. Moopy, for instance, commended for his earnestness, but do not remember that any one has ever accused him of what has come tobe known ss “gush.” Evidently he feels, and not without reason, that his choice sim- ply lies botween earnestness and hypocrisy. “Gush” is essily recognized, though it may be difficult to define it with accuracy. It is areligious sentimentalism which knows no bounds, which violates all canons of taste, which ignores any distinctions of time, place, and company, and which slob- bers its favorite words and phrases over ev- erybody. It hasasort of religious slang; for pet expressions of a pious character soon become what in secular life is celled slang,— especially when they are of a figurative na-. ture, And the gushing religionists taks to_| figures of speech as readily as do ducks to .| water. They especielly dislike to say any- thing in a natural, simple, straightforward way ; but they seize upon a rhetorical figure with avidity, and make it do endless service. They thus remind one of BuLwer's hero, Hudibras, of whom the poet testifies : For rhetoric, he conld not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope. Thero ere men who tell theirneighborsand acquaintances of their affection for their wives, and who display their conjugal love freely before all spectators. There are young ladies also whose regard for their par- ticular friends exhausts the English language, and who dote upon admiring young men in a manner decidedly astonishing to more se- date people. We suppose some of these silly ones are occasionally converted, and transfer their effusiveness to the religious sphere. Thereafter they wear a pane of glass in their breast, so that all may discern their inmost feelings, and their tongue is worse than a newspaper reporter in announc- ing the most private things to the public. Religion to such persons is chiefly 2 matter of feeling, a glow of sentiment; and their langnage takes on a semi-poetic dress. This were well enough if it did not gradu- ally degenerate, with some, into sensuous- ness, and with others into insincerity. Too much sentiment weakens the moral faculties, which require a firm will acting in view of clearly perceived truth. When sentiment takes the lead, and emotion controls, the will becomes subject toimpulse, and moral distinctions grow confused. A leading “‘or- thodox ” pastor in this city recently uttered a much-needed truth. He reminded his auditors that a steamboat at the wharf often makes a great churning of the water with its wheels without moving a foot,—the line not having been cast off. And so, he added, .a man may exeite himself with talking and singing, until his sensibilities are all in’ a foam, and then go away and commit adul- tery! This was putting the case in rather a startling manner, and we might have shrunk from so bold a statement ; but there mustbe some truth in the assertion. It was founded on sad facts as well as upon plausible theory. 1t is not at all unlikely that Davip himself, ‘before his memorable fall, had sunk into a ‘merely gushing and sentimental religion, and had fallen into the delusion of substituting psalm-singing and temple-service for moral principle and self-restraint. The progress of the Brooklyn scandal simply drew atten- tion to n nest of gushing religionists, whose ever-twittering songsters finally quarreled, and turned from benedictions to maledic- tions. When the correspondence between the parties was published, it was difficalt to say who had “ gushed” the most, ** HExey Waep,” or “THEODORE,” or ‘ELzapers.” Mr. MouzToN was the only one who simply talked business. The others mixed up piety and lying, religicus sentiment and human love, Scripture- and English literature, till there was a moral chaos 'in all their minds; and it remains to be settled who has been decpest in the mira of sin. As if Brooklyn were fated to employ this wretched dialect, Dr. Taraace has just added to years of sen- sational preaching a gushing utterance over a peculior transfer of himself from the Christian at Work to the Advance, which has brought upon him the ridicule of the entire secular and religious press. He could not quietly and simply change positions and bid farewell to his old readers without bring- ingin the totally irrelevant and gushing re- mark, in conclusion: “This world never seemed so bright, or Heaven 8o glorious, as this afternoon.” And this was said in the very nct of inserting—unlmown to his assod\ ciates and the proprietors, and after they had left ot night the forms made up for the press —a farewell which advertised his new occu- pation and place of business, to the injury of the paper in which it was to appear! Ina similarly gushing strain is his salutatory in the Advance, in which he informs his new readers that ‘* Newspaperizifig is to me an exhilaration, and religion a joy, which must have some place to run over,” ad winds up with this thrilling piece of news: * The hills are purpiing with the zising day. Itis ness and religion. Yes, it is 7 o’clock, and time to get up. Good morning!” This re- minds oge of the correspondent of an East- ern religions newspaper who wrote from this city o mixtureof the most heterogeneous news, and was consequertly said to make sometimes a *“sad mixture of pork and piety.” ] Why is it that we find ourselves more and more led to suspect not only the good taste, but also the thorongh honesty, of the gush- ing Teligionists ? Largely, because so many facts look in that direction, and because that kind of sentimental pactice is so unnatural as to savor of artifice. One may not com- mence it with any purpose of deception. He may even fancy that he is rising intoa high- er phase of piety. But in the attempt to feel and talk in this unnataral way, and from the habit of using metaphorical words and phrases of lofty sound, he will gradually fall into a religious cant, and this will infallibly generate a disingenuous state of mind. A men’s words soon outgrow his actual feel- ings, and then they tend to become a cover for positive evil. How canwe help suspect- ing one who, when called to face hard facts, andto act upon clean-cut principle, begins to talk sentiment, whether it be in politics or in religion? The people have finally discovered that the Hon. Mr. Bag-of- wind, who expatiates on the Rebellion and the iniquities of Slavery, when asked aboat Civil-Service Reform, or who glorifies the ¢ battle-born ” and ‘*blood-stained ” national currency, when urged to vote for a return to specie-payments, is an unrelisble character, and should be left at home, instead of being sent to Congress. He has evidently been studying how to draw applause from an ig- norant crowd, or how to please the specule- tors who long for areturn to-** kiting times.” Can we judge differently the gushing religion- ist whose whole capital is a set of phrases, & ringing of changes on favorite figures of speech, and a display of ‘true in- , not cause e any ial reason for loving' Y, Dbnt becanse 1 have goud reasvns for mg‘:fi"fi‘;‘g Democratic party, and. loving the Democratic par. ty, I cannot do othecwiee than 1 do.” He ealozized CoorEn, spoke approvingly of the platform, *he: Canee it'ts the platform of the Ohio. Democracy: but CoorEn is in 4 situation which makes it wholly impossible for him to be elected.” 1fe then shifteq upon the subject of corruptious and bayonet rnle, where he appeared to be perfectly at home, but when he attempted to enlozize TiLLEX the enlozy stacl: in his throat. The best he could say of hin, was that his Administration conld not be any worry than GRANT'S. ALLEY reemed glad to quit, and said that he had said all he had o say, ahd all he proposed to say, when he advised Domocrats g exerciee their right as freemen and vote to sustain the party the principles of which they indorved. The home organ of ALLEN, the Chillicothe Advertiser, on June 22, a few days before Tp,. DEN'S nomination, said: ALLEN was never connected with the swin Tammsny Democracy, but the fumons ufl"{ -+Reform " candidaté\was ‘‘hand in glove™ with TWEED for yeass. ALLEN'S ‘‘reform™ fs a res] thing, TILDEN'Si8 & **damned Larren ideality,” ALLEY is 5 Democrat; TILDEN [SnOt. ALLEX tan car) hio; TILDEN cannol’, ALLEN ¢an carry New York; TILDEN cannol. ALLEN would be elected, while with TiLDEN as a candidate the Democroty would be defeated more disastrously than they werg awith GREELEY. e ——— The proposed actlon of the Citizens' Reform Association to remove the name of Mr. Haw- EINgON, the Republican candidate for County Commissioner on the North Side, from their ticket is producing great indignation among the Scandinavians. It is regarded as utterly unfair and‘improper, 25 Mr. HAWKINSOX will make an excellent Commissioner. He is altogether a better and fitter man for the office than the per~ sonwho s on the Democratic ticket against him. We don’t believe hecan be defeated, 2s he will receive almost the solid Scandinavian sapport; and very few Republicans will be led away from him by false reports. We hope the Republicans will give him their solid support, Speaking about the same matter the Evening Journal says: There is great indignation among the Scandina. vians at the proposed ostracism of Mr. Hawkry. sox, Republican candidate for County Commisy sioner on the North Side, by the Municipal Refor Club. Mr. HiAwxIxsox is old citizen of Illinois, was formerly Swedish Consnl inthis cityanda Jaustice of the Peace. He is known as s respecta- bleand upright citizen, and the Reform Fentln- ;;nim will make amistake if they do not fndorse m. —_— Judge McArvisTeR intimated toa reporter wardness” to the outside world? To con- demn his bad teste isnot to sit in the seat of the scoffer, but is to protest, in the name of religion itself, against the hollowest of shams, which threatens to bring into disre- pute all that is sacred. Give us earnestness in religion, as in everything else, but deliver us from * gush.” A NEW LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE. Judge McArvsTER has not contented him- gelf with so construing the law and the evi- dence as to secure a disagreement of the jury in the Surzzyax case, but acts the partisan of the accused now that the case is over. Thus, in a reported interview after the trial was over and the jury discharged, Judge McAznisTer summed up the whole case as follows: .The fact of the business was that SULLIVAN struck Eaxrorp, and then that this big fellow grabbed him around the neck and held him, and while he held him there and conld not move, Haxrorpran up and struck Ars. SuLrvay, and raised & gust of anger in SULLIVAN'S mind, and that is what cauged him to shoot. Notv, “ the fact of the business is,” that the above is a pelpable misstatement of the case, in no sense justified by the evidence produced on the trial, which we presume to be the only source of information enjoyed by Judge MoArrisTeR. About the only actual truth in the above is the statement that Sur- LIvaN struck HANFORD ; but there is 2 sup- pression of truth even in this, since McAr- 1asTeR did not say that Haxrorp was being held by Mr. Duxmaxt when Surrivay struck him, and since he also forgot to mention thet Surivax knocked him down) 3 him and pulled -him off. As to fellow” holding Surrrvay, it may tioned that there probably isn’t a difféxence of five pounds in the weightof Svrravax and McMuoLrewN, and that Svrrrvaw is the more ethletic and powerful man of the two, besides being the physical superior in every way of the man he first knocked down and then killed. ~ Further, when Judge McArrmstee says that while McMurrren held Sorrrvay so he couldn’t move, ‘‘ HaNrForD ran up and struck Mrs. SurLvay,” he draws very largely upon his imsagination. Suzrrvax and Haxroep were not more than four or five feet apart, according to Mr. McMULLEN. The evidence shows that SULLIVAN'S wife und .brother rushed up to HANFORD after the litter was down, and it was very probable that Hyx. ForD could not get up without pushing ther off. It is possible that in doing so—he was stunned and bewildered, and the blood was streaming down from his face as he arose— he might have thrown his hand into Mrs. SorLrvax's face in the effort of pushing her away. The only evidence that she received a blow comes from Sorrrvax and his broth- er, while the prosecution would have proved by Mrs. Haxrorp and the hackman, if - they had been permitted. that Havrorp struck no blow. The doctor attending Mrs. Sur- 11vAN in her mervous prostration saw Harte's rhyme commemorates. now declares that neither that he might commit for contempt the citizens who brought him the petition requesiing him to resign! The first parties who should movein any contempt proceedings should be his seven associate Judges whom he contemptuously pro- nounced religious fanatics unfit to try a murder case on account of ignorance of the law and prejudice against crime. —— PERSONAL. George MacDonald's new novel in- Lippincotl's Magazine is the continuation of the last and oneof the best of his stories—** Malcom.” The name of the Swedish explorer who hasre- * ported the discovery of a mortheast passage is Nordenskiold, not Vordenskiold, as printed in Taz TminvSE of yesterday. The Park Commissioners of New York have passed a wholesome set of restrictions upon the maunificence of the statue-givers, the intention be- ing to protect the public taste from the injariesof bad art, . ‘The succesges of Mrs. Lanra Dainty in her read- ings at and about Boston continue. The news- papers have many pleasant motices, which wonld ‘be as gratifying to her many friends in Chicago as to herself. B The world will be interested In knowing, evenat this late day, that Mary Stuart had besutifal golden hair. This vexed question in esthetics has been gettled by Mr. Theodore Martin inhis **Life of the Prince Consort.” M. Thicrs wishes to have It known that he has retired definitely from pablic life. During hisIate tripto the Sonth, some anxious friend inquired ‘what he was traveling for. Hereplied: **Notas & candidate for office, but to see your fine farma." Mr. . W. Story has been pattisig into the clay two remarkable Shakspearean embodiments, s King Lear and a Lady Macbeth. His statue of America™ is raid to be remarkably pure and original, and removed from conventianal valgar- isms. A critic who shows much intelligence and knowledge of the subject tinds the key to Wag- ner's musicin its essential materialistic.quality. Asan exponentof the higher natare of man, he considers the music of Wagner vastly inferior to that of Becthoven. A new edition of Mr. Brysnt's ‘* Library of Poetry and Song,” of which 80,000 copies have been sold, Is now in course of preparation. The selections are made with rare jndgment, and the book is valuable, 1f only as a collection of the favorite poems of agreat poet. It is said that the gentleman who was near pur- chasing the artificial footprint discovered in the sandstone at North Canton was & member of the celebrated Society on the Stanislow, which Bret Thus & chunk of old red sandstone has again worked frightful havoc in the Soclety. One who does not admire the poet, philosopher, and bore, coutribates an old jingle, for the verbal accuracy of which we will not vouch, to the follow- ing effect: Two poets Wisd ed bestrode, Sclomon and Fupper; . Solumon on the saddle e, The other on the crupper. In the absence of definite information om the. subject, it maybe presamed that Talmage groomed the horse. Victor Hugo hss alwazre heen v tat the way in whicn his dramas n_‘ez:::! f::“ma into opera librettos without his consems, anghe *¢Lucrezia Bol **atigoletto,” nor *‘Ernani,” shall ever be per- formed agnin on the Parisian stage if he can pre- ventit. The first effect of hia resolution has been to shut off & performance of *‘Lucrezis Borgia™ for which Mme. Marie Saas was making grand prenarations. ‘The first speech ever reported verbatim in Des tim in getting up.” Afoines was delivered in the war daya by the pres- ent Senator Kirkwood. There were no stenog- raphers to be had, but Mr. Frank Palmer, then of the State Register, was cqual to the emergency. He engaged four long-hana reporters, and had them take a sentence each inturn. The sections were afterwards patched together, and a tolersbly accurate report was the result. Buat a phomo- graphic revision would doubtless have revealed some astonishing lapses. : There isa funny report in one of the Eastern® apers of a performance of the lively ** La Filleds Madame Angot” in German. All the French cAlé evaporated in the transliation, and even the scold- ing fishwomen’s duet was given in uninviting ;:hezness. Opera-bouffe in German must, indeed, % % adegree more unlovely than the same produot to his feet, he stretched his arms toward in English. The wlcked{mppamno‘ the Eznnhw Surrrvax, and the shot was fired two or three | French institution might find their sermons and feet lower than his arms in avital part of the | 50da-water by attending a repetition of Offenbach body ; the trace of the ball was downward, | *23 Lecocd in the Leavy tongue. showing that SuLrrvax did not shoot at flu:_ c::,f: :’o;:ng”d cbaru;urto c::?‘ mr::,,‘::’;‘;: 5 8 nZ man of respectable anl m’;:,is “:c‘:h:e“ several feet higher up. | hope to be excused from his seat at the theatre, 1f sort of case out of which | hehaaalady as o companion, withont exciting Judge McArrister constructed a theory of | BRWorthy suspicions in regard to his motlves? self-defense, and it was on the strength of | 0¢Y '€l of a young lady in Baltimore who stern- these facts that be advised the jury, in effect, | pe s e ot O eEEIEE B Fiak Serarrivs cassalt oh BA\TO’E 4 see 2 man,” and told him thatf he left her at 1 > D ceased | all he must leave her forever. He did mot leave. when McMurzex pulled him off, that' Hax- | If be had had proper spirit he would have Forp renewed the quarrel when he got up, done 80, The innocent should not suffer with the and that Svzzavax then hed the right to d. no trace of it. Mr. DuNEaM also testified that when Haxrorp got up he (Duvmaa) again took hold of him, so that he could not have ““ran up and struck Ars. Svrrrvay 7 and it was while Duxmax was holding Hax- ¥orD that Surwrvax shot him,—the whole affair occurring within a compass of a few feet, and within a few minutes’ time. It should be remembered that Svnrivax has said always that it was his purpose to wound I+ Ha~rorp in the arm. The fact is, that when Haxrorp, a feeble’ man, blinded with blood and steggering from SuLLIvaY's blow, arose guilty. It is better that ninety-and-nine unright- 5 N . i eous should drink once each than that one earnest cl::le ltx]xlmscelf with the revolver. This is | soul who really does want to see s man should be W] e Cincinnati Gazette, in commenting | denfed that inestimable privilege. Trisl and sen- on the case, calls ““the scoundrels’ code of | tence should come after the offense, not before. self-defense,” while the St. Lonis Glode. | *JUFY Of onc's peers shonld view fagrant offenses Demnocrat concludes from the case that **A ;:‘:&m““:".‘l'“ s¢ch fadement "l;‘“’:" mj:.‘,g,', A Chicago Vil ot Y e thrifty and the thirsty should not go {ucago man may not only arm himself gs g | inacommon rain. preliminary to going out shooting, but, if he The indecent condact of the New York journals will only knock Lis victim down, he in sending reporters to haunt the dying bedof shoot him in defending himself from the mmodore Vanderbilt has not been in any degree ConetPiak % i d by the expressions of indignation whieh it ve sssault committed by his vic- | has called forth. The reporters swarm abont the This is sbout the law of | house, pry into it when they have the chance, in- self-defense as it has been left by the Soryz. | terview the members of the household, and mani- VAN trial, test almost a fecling of regret at the pertinacious ——— refusal of the Commodore to put himself and the Old Bur ALLEN, of Ollo, in June last de- world out of misers. It is really very unkindof clared that he would not make an hes | the Commodore not todie as per arrangement with this-campaign, but pressure cuuugg ::’::‘m“;: the newspapers. Tis obstinacy is proof of a hard- on the old manto squeeze one speech out of ened heart, of which, indeed, there has been fre- i = quent rumor herelofore, and the first indication of po‘:'lt tsh;u'::l_mr day. The Cincinnati Gazette re- | which was givenin his refusal to grantthe 2saal ALLE ke TR passes over the New York Central Rallroad. Bat, to 8y about. Loulsiana. Sag with allhis faglts, the man has nghts, and, if be tary desporlu, ot ot should apply the new doctrine of brawls in the case were waiting to hear, viz. : of his tormes i Abost all the advice Be had him. RLor], T COBISUATLY, would sty ur. and had 8 great deal South Carolinaand mili- litde about What they TILDEN and Reforn. %0 give upon this point