Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 19, 1876, Page 8

THE CITY. GENERAL NEWS.' The youngest son of Sergt. Gerbing, of the Lake strect squad, who died Fridsy evening, will be buricd to-day at 2 p. m. Ira T. Mason, Esq., of the firmof Wells & Mason, left Chicago last night on a visit to Europe. He sails Wednesday. Joscph Hogan, the County Plumber, starts ‘Rast fn a few days to figure on the plumbing for the new City-Hall in Philadelphia. Commissioners were scarce aronnd the Connty Building yesterday, and nothing was talked abont except the result of the cauvass aof the votes cast at the late election. The. mecting of the fricnds of the Sccond Regiment for the transaction of important busi- mess connected with the organization, whichwas 10 have been held at the Sherman House Jast night, has been postponed until Tuesday even- Nothing was done,_in the Turner case yester- sy in the Criminal Sourt beyond arguing as to the admisibility of ;:cvéggdn:s‘ b'fl.}c nuinzsanoé 'I‘I‘I: court, so far, are 5 Turner friends a8 more favorable than they were upon the former trial. Prof. J. Mahoney, of Washington Helzhi Yo e T itorethe: Bhilogophisal Bociety upon “The Province of the State in Education.” Owing to the inclement weather 1he attendance was not as lerge as the worth of. 1he effort:merited. R F Shortly after 10 o’clock yesterday morning William' O'Connor, 7 years of age, while at- tempting to board an incoming train on the Pittsbury, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad, acel- deutally fell under the cars, and bad his right Jeg 8o badly crushed that amputation was thought pecessary by Drs. Gray and Schaffner ‘who attended him. At 8:30 last cvening Officer Sanderson, of West Lake Street Station, found a fine male «child about 2 weeks old on the door-steps of Mr, Dana Slade, No. 235 Warren avenue. The dittle fellow was finely clad in clegant embroid- ered clothes, and was crying pitcously. Mr. . Slade would not have it, so the officer was obliged to take the little fellow to the Found- ling’s Home. Careful statisticlans have estimated that the Jabor expended by the women of America‘every year in picking up autumn-leaves, sortina them out, pressing them, wondering how they will durn out, and then sweeping them up as rubbish, §s equal to that of 2,3¢7,142 horses, and, if ap- pu'ffiw running sewing-machines, would, even Bt shop-girl prices, pay off the national debt in b years 6 months and 2.67 aays. A very interesting volume, ‘Sketch of the Life and Work of Linda Gilbert,”is on sale in this city for the benefit of the Cook County Jail Library. The it is Mr. Will 8. Mercer, Room- 19, Religio-Pmlosophical Publishin, House. The procecds of the sale of the work in 8t. Louis will be devoted to the jail library of that city. Sodeserving a cause should be xewarded by a large sale of the book. The bazaar and concert held during the past sreck {n the basement hall of St. Mury’s Church, coroer of Wabash ayenue and Eldridee court, «end conducted by the Iadies of St. Mary’s par- Ash, has been 8o far very successful. The Com- amittees in charge have determined to continue the entertzinment during the prescot week. ‘The seasan tickets will be good for each night’s -entertainment. Choruses and ‘solos, with or- <chestral accompaniments, will form some of the principal features of the bazanr. : Mr. Robert Hart, of the firm of Brunswick, Btephani & Hart, whose failure was announced yesterday, states that the Habilities of. the con- cern will reach 860,000. He attributes their trouble to the branch honse in St. Louis, which “was menaged by Solomon and Hyman Bruns- -wick, and which lost szt‘nhooo in a comparatively short time. This and the loss of $8,000ina branch house at Cincinnati are the reasons ‘which Mr. Hart thinks caused the break. The firm is composed of Joscph Brunswick, George Stephani, and Robert Hart. A class is being formed in this city to consist of deaf mutes and children with partial hearing, Jor the purpose of reciving instruction in articu- lation and * visible speech?” according to the anethod of A. Graham Bell, oi Bosion. The number of pupils desired before calling a ‘teacheris eight. Any persons who are inter- ested, or who desire tohave their children join such a class, may address 425 South Parkavewue. Assoon as it is ascertained definitely that -there are ¢ight children who want to bt taught by ‘this method a capable teacher can be secured. The Free Methodist Quarterly Conferences are always oceasions of a deepened fnterest in Teligious matters among this scct. Yesterday cevening the first meeting of the present quarter ‘was held in the chureh at the coruer of May and Fulton strects. Elder Kelly preached on * The Baptism of the Holy Ghost,” andthe large audi- ence were held attentive for nearly an hour. At the conclusion of the service many went for- waxd for prayers. This morniug there will be Ew:ning again in the church, and 2 love-fesst the evening, beginning at 6 o'clock. Father Forhan, the Catholic priest who got into trouble about the funds of the Church of the Nativity some time ago, has become the hero of another small sensdtion. \He eloped last week with the daughter of a prominent West Sider with whom he became acquainted while curate of St. Columbkill's Church. For- han is said to have become enamored of the young lady two years azo, and the result shows that she was by no means insensible or averse to his Jove. Tie couple have gone to Denver, Col., where Forhan intends to study law, The Nortluwestern Lnmderman has the follow- 4ng: “The firm of Lowell & Dalton, lumber merchants, have called u_mceting of their creditors for Nov. 21. We understand that among their creditors arc the following: Union National Bank, Chicazo, $12,000; Wyman, Buswell & Co., Grand Haven, Mich., $I1,000; W. H. Bell, Grand Haven, $6,500; Charles Secor, Manistec, Mich., §15,00; Green, Kelsey & Co., Whitehall, Mich., $6,000. The whole amount of their indebteduess is belicved to be “between §65,000 and 570,000. No statement of assets has as yet been made.” The other day a young editor wrote a highly interesting article on a variety of uninterc: subjects, concluding it with the aphorist; amark, * Haste makes waste.” The intelli <compositor grinued a fiendish smile when he came to this, for the young editor, as young editors of country papers will do, had of late gzibed him freely for the crrors he had and had ot committed.” Next morning the young cditor -was at breakfast, and read his article. {t con- <luded with the mystic, but_stlll aphoristic phrase, * Hash makes wash.” Ile never smiled Vagain, 1ill some one asked Jhim to at 11 o'clock. } The Gruetli Soclety (Swiss) of this clty held idts twenty-first annual festival last eveuing at Uhlich’s Hall, but owing to the inclemency of ‘4he weather was mot as much of a suc- tcess as it otherwise would have been. The festivitics commenced” with a concert, which was participaied in by the * Schweizer Maennerchor ? and a number of noted solo singers. Mr. H. Enderis, the Swiss Consul, made a short and interesting address. At the conclusion of the concert and the specch the 2ables were cleared away, and dancing was the order of the evening. A young married couple from the interior of Wisconsin came to Chicago last week on their ‘Dridal tour, and went to the theatre, having first ‘taken the precaution to arm themselves with an acting copy of the plav. 80.as to be sure that they got their money’s worth, and were not un- Justly discriminated against by the management n the way of catting out a few acts. the conclusion they said that the play was avery £ood one, but that the actors used to leave out a lot of words, like “Exit,” “Enter,” “Goes up,” “Crosses, L,” “Looks off,”” and the lik ‘which memnxu;‘orhc"viifl‘fnumm&nt they shouls rcpeat, clse why e ited them in the Book—and in aticn toot © 4 The Minois Humane Soci:g- were to have had 2 meeting ot the Grand Pacifle yesterday after- Doon for the purpose of changing the fitle of e on in sccordance with the provis- sons of the State law relating to corporations. Only five members put in au appearance, and it was decided to postpone the mecting until roper notice can be given the members. The ety have an ordinance under consideration to t the throwing of broken glass, old n% on the pavements. Much suffering s ipfli on_horses owing to the presence of such material on the streets, and it is thought that by imposing a penalty of from $5 to $25 for e xnfirfi,}mmz of the proposed ordinance the i;m of vur four-footed iriends will be ren- dered a little more comfortable than they are st present. “The colossal genius who edits the Tnter-Ocean supplement recently proved to the entire satis- faction of a reader who thirsted for information ‘upon that point, that the top of a wagon-wheel moved faster thanthe bottom thereof. He did t by £ and so elaborate were his calcula- tions mc decimals in the answer would have Jjutted into the advertisiog columns if providen- ally the calculator hadn't run_sgaiost an im- movable circulating dedmal. But the evil con- sequences of tuat caleulation could not so be checked, and in those unfortubate West- orn wilds where the Juier-Ocean large- Ay—~it be correct o 58y small-ly—circulates the people are in a ‘ of alarm looking for the inevitableday THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: BUNDAY, NUOVEMBER 15/0—SiXTEEN PAGES. tendepcy to politics and e: when the tops of their wheels will, owing to their sn?erior swiftness, have got so far aliead of the lower portions that the vehicle will smash up and break down. Happily, the astute editor has sugzested o preventive measure, and now, whenever a subscriber has driven two or threc miles, dismounts, and turns each of the wheels backwards for a fow inches. By this simple expedient any tendency that they may Thave acqutred to go too fast at the top is cor- A beautiful young Jady, dressed in the ex- treme of fashion, and wearing_ on her taper fingers more than half-a-pound of priceless jewels, bought 2t the ninc-cent store. called at 2 dry-goods storc ycsterday, amii on belog in- troduced to the Superintendent, isged softiv: T perceive that you have adrertised your de- sire " to employ 2 number of salesladles, and so have called to ascertain the amount of salary ou were inclined to offer as a remuneration for {:\bar insuch capadty.” “Well,” replicd the Superintendent bluntly, “we consider about § a week an ample remuneration in the way of salary for such labor as a faleslady can do, but if we could find 2 few shop-girls_that wouldn't mind doing work, we shouldn’t object to giving them wages of $10 or $12a week.” _She fainted, but on coming to resolved to be a shop-girl, and put ther pride in her panier-pocket. Ancnterprising gentleman, whoisalsoanacute observer of human naturc, ias hit upon a plan for reaping a large fortune while at the same time doing 2 great deal of good to his hapless fellow~creatures. He will shortiy undertake the publication of a monster literary weekly, de- voted' exdlusively to the publication of gushing stories and lukewarm poetry. The author’s pame and address will be attached to each, and the author-will be charged a certiin sum for ae-, cepting and publishing the contribution, besides being expected to take u certain nuinber of copics of the éuncr containing it. Thu Meta Lurline Popkins, of Boscabel, Wis., has an impassioned Iove-song five inchies -long that she wants to put in type, it will” cost ber 32 for composition, and she will have to buy ten papers at 10 cents each, or, say, 0 all, $3. Whenever was {nmeso easily, not to say reasonably, to be acquired? If her faney runsto a -pirate story or something of that kind, and herpurse is & trific . longer, she can get in “The Bloodhound’s Cruise; a Legend of Plilicoddy Reef,” for sbout $10 aud a han- dred papers. The publisher calculates that he can have his printing and paper bitis and all the cost of editing paid by the contributors, which. will leave him the advertising as clear profit, and as he estimates that in Illinois alongthere are 570 poets and nearly 1,100 mi ancous prose authors willing to pay any sum in moder- atfon to see themselves in print, be thiuks that the Big Bonanza was o mere sand-bar to the gold-mine he has struck. HOW A MATCH WAS BROKEN OFF. A scholarly and refined young gentleman has for some time been engaged to a pretty and amiable girl away up in the Thirteenth Ward, Her parcuts are simple and unpretending folk who came to Chicago when it was only a small town, and, through their wisdom in holding on o properiy they couldn’t sell, acquired much wealth. They are hearty and hospitable folk who think the world of their only child; an they liked her accepted lover very much, though, in their simple, homely phrase, they de- scribed him as having a tendency towards being ‘g pretty airy duck” at times. They take an intercst in politics, too the old man being a moss-backed Democrst, while his wife, with the finer in- stincts of her sex, is for Hayes and Whecler. They always used to trcat Amanda’s lover as one'of the family, and Wwhenever he appeared it was a favorite jest of t"e old man to salute bim, in mimicry of his daughter’s French, with the remark, “Squattey voo law!” Well, one nizht last weelk they were all sitting socially iu the dining-room at dessert, when, in an un- b:\rpv moment, the conversation turned on the political situation at the South, and the old Zentleman and lady cngaged in argument with all the blunt carnestoess of their simple na- tures, until finally he pushed his glosses up on bis forchead, ‘and remarked testily and without the slightest apparent cohcrency: “Well, if them ar’Southern carpet-bague: » _ount out Tilden, you can justgoto Toplet!” The young man started for a momeat, and blushed visibly,—almost _audibly,—but said nothing. Meanwhile, the old lady bad settled her apecta- cles more firmly upon "heér nose, and, stooping forward, hissed across the table in concentrated tones: “And if your shot-gzan Democracy kee; Rutherford Burchard Hayes, of Ohio, and Will- inm Almon Wheeler, of New York, out of their seats, you can just go to Erebus.” The young man blushed ~to the tips of his ears, and, rising with a eickly smile and gen- eral evidences of being uncomfortable, he stammered out: “Perhups I am.de trop and had better wish you rood might.” The voung lady, who at heart is & genuine, womanly ‘Wwoman, despising all shams and entertaining a strong love and reverence for her parents, what- ever may have been the defects of their early cducation, and with her fair face flushed, said 1o her lover: * Well, if my parents ain’t good cnough society for you, YOU van just go where the worm dieth not and the fire is not quench- cd” That young men turncd round at the door, with more spirit than they had given him credit for possessinz, and_hissed in a low, con- centrated voice: “And {f youcver see me in- side this house again, YOU can go to the lake ;!mt burneth with fire and brimstone!” Andhe LINCOLN’S REMAINS. TAE MEN TAKEN TO SPRINGFIELD. Although the whole plot to rob the grave of Abrabam Lincoln at Springfield has been given publicity, and the details were certainly suffi- dent. to carry conviction, a great maany people still bave doubts, and are not certain that the attempt was made. Not 2 few laugh at the statements published, and say the story is a newspaper hoax. Those who think thus cannot force themselves to the belief that men are base and degraded enough to commit such a crime. To detectives who had nothing to do with the cast, it has the appearance of a_job put up by a ‘n‘lmte detective to get Elmer Washburn into a * snap,” it being underatood that said detective “i:“ msl&qmexx&algn‘l?vg}z I':im Qrcemoved from the position of Caiel the Secret Service. thers, again, dain it is A PUT-UP JOB on general principles. This is the old_ery. There never was a_counterfeiter_arrested yst, and never will be, but what his tricnds say the Seeret-Service men have putupa job to cateh The evidence collected against of criminals is so conclusive t| there lutely nio_other defense, but fortunately very rarely believed by a jurr. It ‘will e the defense in the case of Hughes and Mullins, ar- rested Fridl%:mht by Elmer Washburn and his assistants. Both of them, as was stated in yes- terday's TRIBUNE, are believed to be members of the Ben Boyd gang. Mr. W. W. O'Briea, their attorney, says ““a job has been put up to enable certain persons to make capital,” and he promises some ‘‘rich revelations * at the prelitinary examination or the trind. Mullins does not scetn to so regard the case, since be stated last evealog that it was = piece of blackmail which had been going on for some time." 3 TABEAS CORPUS. The prisoncrs were to have been taken to Spriugficld yesterday morningg, but did not leave until 9 o'clock in the evening. Al the prepara- tions were made for starting, Mullins and Hughes being shackled together, and the carpet- bags of the detectives who were to accompany them were packed. At half-past §. o’clock Washburn and Leonard Sweet reached the Central Station,’and the former asked Mul- }ius and Hughes if they knew whut they were charged with. They said they di .| them by the law. Both denied mot. Washburn told them the charge was robbing the tomb of Lincoln, and inquired if they wanted 1o see a lawycer. The answer was ¢ chv" and a messenger “was subsequently sent for ‘W. W. O'Brien. This course was gd- vised by Mr. Swett, as there was no disposition todepnive the accused of any right grantad y knowledge of the crime, It was expected that they would, ‘Washburn felt that they would be remanded after a hearing under a writ of habeas corpus, should they conclude to gain a little time by in- voking it; and having o A&gmhcnsiuns of the recult, and always posed to just, he 'made the sugzestion ahout 30 attorney. It was dcdazd, therefore, to let them remain in this city until the even- ing aovhow, in order that they might consult Mr. O'Brien, and longer, of course, should an order of court require it. REPUSED- It would seem that O'Brien concluded to ap- ply for the writ, for at. llllbgnt 1 o’clock in the afternoon onc of his vlerks brought an appli-a- tion, which Mullins and Hughes signed. Mr. Kettle, O'Brien’s partner, presented it to Judee Rogers at 2 0’clack, but he declined to issue the doc'umcnt,‘ sayn:i Judge Gary was holding the Criminal Court this term, and the matter should be submitted to_him. unsucressful effort was made to find Judge Gary, and then the at- torneys had a_conference, and Gecided that bringing their clientsintocourt in Chilcago would do no good, and it was best to make their fight in Springficld. It was the intention of Aullins and Hughes, as Swigles states,—he being the man who knew all their {flnns, and was work- ing, while with them, in the interest of the Secret Service,~to secure the valuable services of Mr. O’Brien fer the purpose of seelnz that the; were treatod fairly and properly in the ne- rotiations for the return of the remains. ‘There being nothing to prevent their depart- ure, the prisoners LEFT LAST EVENING on the §t. Louis & Alton Railroad for their des- nation. Detectives Simmons, of the city gm&. and_McGinn, of Pinkerton’s agency, had charge of them. Elmer Washburn and States Attorney Reed went down on the same train. ‘The latter goes to assist in the nrosecution st tbe request of Leonard Swett. Messrs. O'Brien and Kettles will leave tomight, All the witnesses will be in Spring- fiddhv Monday morning, when it is expected undoubtedly attract a great deal of attention, since the attorneys on both eides are fn earncst, and there will certainly be a lively time in the court-room. ; HICKEY. TOE POLICE COMMITTEE AND THE MAYOR—A LETTER FROM ALD. GILBERT. To the Editor of The Tribune. CHICAGO, Nov.18.—In order to place the Police Committee and the majority of the Council in & proper light before the public, it will be my endeavor, in as short zud - concise manner as possible, . to state circumstances prior to and conmected with the investigation into the chargres made against Mr. Hickey. 3y reason is that a strong effort has been made to misstate facts, and to placc the Committee and Council in 28 disadvantagceous position as pos- sible, purposely to create sentiment for action of the Mayor, and to screen (if possible) the character of Mr. Hickey. Further, because the citizens were so deeply engrossed in the late and unsettled political contest that the facts and testimony were overlooked. When the resolution referred to the Commit- tee secking the appofntment. of a special com- mittce to; investigate - was” brought before . the Committee, it wus resolved, at the specialre- quest of the Mayor, to take the matter into our own hands, and thoroughly . fnvestigate all charges that might be preferred agalust the So- perintendent, and, In order to make the exumi- nation more_certain, the Mayor stated that he would afford to all members of the force com- plete protection if they desired to testify for or against Mr. Hickey. During the trial, in the tesence of the Mayor, the Chairman of the gommitwe repeatedly -stated that this course _ Was ursued at the = request of the Mayor, and he would afford such pro- tection to officials. The Mayor, although not by any means aconstant attendant, not being there any night and on(l:{r7 during portious of the dny, recognized the Committee's actions, and went so far as to ask that body if they would permit him to ask questions, showing at that time that he had Eivcn the matter wholly into the hands of the Committee. In a conversa- tion with me during the pendency of trial about certain facts fn the Lizzic Moors case, he wound up with the statement that he did not wish that in auy way to bias my judgment, showing at that time that he cousidercd the judgment of the Committee had something to do with the disposal of the case. The Corporation Counsel, Mr. Anthony, was present also at the request of the Mayor, and he 'was so apparently convinced of the constituted authority of the Committee that he acted inthe moet delicate and unobtrusive manner with all questions and suggestions. Furthermore, the Mayor stated to a prominent gentleman that it the Committee reported on the case asking Hickey’s dismigsal on the evideuce, and if that were confirmed by thc Council, he would feel bound to remove the oflicer, showing at that time he recognized the authority of the Council. Tt is false tostate that the Committee, of their own volition, undertook this. There was not a member who would not have gladly shirked the task. Further, in order to show our w}mslt.(an, and lead to a fair understanding, I will state that the Mayor, under the Mayor's act, has sole power to appoint and dismiss. The Council can- not act except in a secondary way in confirming or rejecting. It cannot creste. Again, it has not any inherent right to investigate. It cannot create any process to compel attendance of wit- nesses. fl has no power to arruign, nothing to enforce submission, or compel cvidence. Its oaths are administered extra-judicially, and it cannot punish for contempt or false swearing. In fact, an inyestigation sv conducted is power- less, and the Committee is wholly at the mere of d\c honesty, oral character, and truthful- ness of its witnesses. Mayor Heath kneiw this. Mr. Hickey kmew this. Every witness that came upon the stand by 2 broad hint or direct advice was sensible of the fact. Powerless of onrselves, Mayor Heath solicited the assistance of the Committee to in- vestigate ail charges, left the matter by his Woldgn and actions wholly at their disposal. Thus he wirtually (if not lcgally) delegated to them the power to act as judges and jury, and their report, if sustained by the Couneil, of which they were the representatives, was the verdict. If they acted bona fide, were honorable men, 2 fair representation of the Councll, were nof corrupt, he, os_an honorable man, after they lhad, as his substitute, acted for eight days and niglits, should have relicd,on their judgment, and hiot set up his ipso dixit, aftér he had vir- tually waived the right. Besides, if the Mayor had determined to act on his own judgment, supplemented by the un- bissed judgment of the Hon. E. F. Cullerton, he should lisve said, ‘It does not matter what you report, or what the action of the Council mayjbe, I'will act irrespective of that.” This wonld have been honorable and gentlemanly. And then that Committee, with one exception,— the Hon. E. F. Cullerton,—would have suid, “Sir, we humbly decline sucha task—not d siring to be uscd as puppets or mere autom- atons.” Would they have sacrificed days and nights at great labor and expense to act the ickey and Mr. Webster were stars? There is not a_parallel in.the case of larger legislative_bodies. Their rights are defined by statute. Nor can other cases be cited as analo- zous, because of the gecullnr powers vested in the Committec and Council by the words and actions of the 3[;?01‘. Further, when $fr. Heath read his inaugural he stated his great desire was to be in harmony and act with the Council, and evidently he felt that he was simply_the presiding officer and servant of that hody, and their positive recom- mendations, as this was, should be heceded. It is vain for Mr. Heath to say the report was not strong_cuough, -as on Tuesday morning he told Gen. Thompson and Ald. Kirk that he consid- ered the Council by its action considered Hickey guilty, but he did not It is vain to say that the large majority of the Council did not. consider lim_ guilty—as the debate c\'idcx;l:cd that they did. Again Mr. Hcath says: I sent for Mr. Hickey and ssked hiim, *If charges are brought against you, can s | you'sucressfully rebut them? Xickey said (of vourse) ‘yes’” Showing that Mr. “Heath at that time, ion previous to the investization, considered tilere were charges against Hickey about which be had not Tully made up his mind, and took the simple denial of the sus- vected party asa guarantce. The language of Mr. Heatir hins always been, “Mr. Ifickey told me he would do this or_that,” or this_was so, and that not, showing the extreme credality of Mr. Heath, or secret magnetic influence he could not overcome, ° Again, on the trial therc appeared Mr. Joseph Boniicld, a gentleman who, previous to this, had not been known in such cascs, and, although a rare echiolar, a courteous gentleman, was not, up to that date, suspeeted of possessing peculiar filunztm gondx(lc%lpuc‘l: :‘t lfisc- e is said to be e atturticy of Teath & Milligan. He a us couneel for Mr. Hickey, | b - © appeared Again, the Milligans, partners of Mr, Heath, have before, during, and siuce the investigation been firm friends of Alr. Hickey. Again, Mr. Heath, days before the sction of the Council, stated that he wotld relnstate Hickey. This was saying ©I will disregard the action of my own constituted Court.” ‘Why not tell the Court, and save expenscl—save the treatment of an honorable body in a very dis- courteous manner! It was a waste of time to act on the report—to debate the matter as a legisiative body, aud then have Mr. Heath laughine in his slecve at the pack of bables who were playing such an ‘unnecessary part. I had scen from the time of the Mayor’s inau- gural that he would not brook-any interference in regard to Hickey, whether from friendship or otherwise I know not. Mr. Heath knows that the intelligence and worth of the Council are ng;gnsfilhi? i,n this lmattcr. _Finally, I claim that Mr. Heath, after requ ing the Committee to act, and by bis words nc:tvi actions through the investigation confirming the power, should have acted on_their re« uest, and removed Mr. Hickey. I claim that the police force under former regime was so demoralized that it should be thoroughly organized, weeding out all bad material, and that the Superintend- ent, being the principal, who is the actual guardian of the lives and property-of cltizens, is a man who, like Casar's wife, should be abuve suspicion, Further, that he should have the con- fidence of the tax-paying, honest, aud indus- trious part of the community. This Mr. Hickey 8 i ot 1 . : claim that the men who influenced Mr. Heath on Mr. Hickey's behalf belonged toa certain guild composed of ceitain County Com- missioners and others, in whom the people have not the. utmost conidence. It was not the honest, stable men, but in many instances poli- m‘: whom Dboth parties would be glad to I charge that,—perhaps inadyertentiy,—ne has, by his hasty, ancalledfor action: maed oo sult fo injury to the clement in the Council which he should cultivate, because they repre- sent the tax-payers, not tax-eaters. ) And, further, I charge that if the and thicves wese opposed 6. Mr. Hickey: tay exhibited rarc cowardice in appearing in the room zs his s; athizers and on tl in his defense. yl?vpery gambler nng thfe!‘?h:% the cxamination will take place. The case will- %art of supernumeraries in a drama where Mr. | was examined was in the interest of Mr. Hick On another occasion, if necessary, I wiil in form the public as succinetly as_possible the in- formation on which they based their report. Jaxes H. GILBERT, Member of Police Committee. THE GRANGE. YESTERDAY’S PROCEEDINGS. The National Grange had two sessions at the Palmer House yesterday. Both were taken up by business of importance to members of the organization only. Many matters were referred to Committee, and much rontine business dis- posed of. This week the more important ques- tions in which the Grange, aad perhaps the pub- le, is intercsted will be discussed and acted upon. The following preamble and resolutions were offered, and referred to a Committee, but not acted upon: E & Wngneas, It is universally admitted by all men that agriculture is the trne basis of individual and national prosperity, therefore its due encourage- ment should cnlist the sympathics and endeavors of every citizen of every class; and, % WHEREAS, ‘Llie agricultural masses compoee at least one-half of the population of the free States of America, upon whom ultimately rest the taxes which sastain the Government: and, Witeneas, The political affairs of the Govern: ment, for a hundred years past, have, from the very nature of things, been hietly in the ands of the professional, the manufacturing, and mercan- tile claeses, which always lave, do now, and will always in future look wisely to their special inter- csts fn adjusting governmental burdens, or secure the tender regard of the Government toward them- sclves; and, . 3 : Wuggzas, It is the duty of wige and just legis- lators to see thyt the blessings and burdens of gov- crnment are shed or 1aid with impartial rule upon all classes alike, and_claiming for_onrsclves no’ more_than_the happidees, wesith, and general prosperty of every citizen, would seem to share in the duie and proper encouragement of American agriculture; therefore Resolved, Thut American iculturists demand that they shall be recoguized os a_real factor in this Government by the establishment of a Iiurean of Agriculture, to be presided over hy a Cabinet offlcer, - who ghall organize the same upon a plan to be devised by the wisdom of Congress, which spall embrace to the fullest the “agricultural interests of 20,000,000 of the people, and whose coansel and advice shall have due welgght accorded to the same on alt matters affect- L’.’fi.m agricultural progress, and aleo our pablic irs pencrally, S Resolved, That we unite as agriculturists in one common csuse to secure this object from Con- gress and the Chief Executive without rezard to political afiiliation, and that the Exccutive Com- mittee are hereby instracted to send this preambdle and resolntions to cach member of Congrexs of the United States, snd that cach Stato Grange prepare and ' sign ‘ petitions ' seiting forth our desires for the accomplixhment of this object as the vory highest that can enguge our com- mon endeavors; and we do hercby carnestly call upon all Grangers in the United States to give us their assistance, and every farmer and planter not & Granger to give his aid; and, furthermore, that the Executive Committee shall communicate this preamble and resolntions to every State Grange, and_solicit the co-operation of every Granger in the United States, and that of every farmer and planter throughout the land in such form and man- ner as to them may secm best calculuted to attain the objects set forth therein. FRANK STURGES & CO. UNWILLING TO ACCEPT THE O¥FER. The Iron Age of last week containg the follow- iog important information with regard to' the settlement of the affairs of Frouk Sturges & Co.: We have before commented on the growing dis- ‘position among our merchants to decline the com- promite of insolvents unless in cases where it was obvious that honest and competent men were over- taken by financial disaster through causes abso- lutely beyond their control. The temper of the (general hardware) trade in the matter of insolvent ldeh!nru is aptly illustrated Ly the following circa- ar: Nxw Your, Nov. 13, 1576.—~As creditors of Frank Sturges & Co. underitand thac an .attempt wiil be wnade to Induce you to accent & compromise of 59 centa on the dollar, with the axsurance tliat no more can be realized from the estate. and that the majority of the greditors at & meeding lascly held (n Chicago advised s course. We are convinced that property belongiog to the firm will readily pay 80 t0 90 cents. 1f clalms to s large amount, which we belfeve to have o lugal foundation, are disdllowed, tiere I8 no reason by the creditors'should not ultlinately recefve pay- ment n full. The desire to throw the whole loss upon the creditors, snd to allow parties who have shown themselves in: comnpetent to £o on in business with 8 larger capital than before, {8 evidently unfalr to otlier inerchants wholiave alieays patd in full, We belfeve 1t will also tend to demornllze business to a great extent, and we trust you will look carefully into the matter before signitig such a paper as pro- ed. Po¥ere qutte willing to take the property of the firm, and to accept, {n full discharge, whatever it will rool- fze: and we Bak you t0 join with us in carrying this out. Phel & Co., Naylor & Co.. W. S, & XN. e Te Pome b Covs e New BavonCapac Company, Fraser. Bell & Laughran, Lalance & Gros- mpany, Senn Manufacttriog Compsny. Jomes Alkman & Go., ‘Ansonia Brass and Copper Company. THE, SULLIVAN CASE. COMMENTS OF TOE ‘‘PHILADELPHIA' PRESBY- TERIAN.” Alate number of the Philadelphia Presbyterian contains the following: The broad farce of pretending to try Alexander Sallivan for the murder of Hanford, but of really trying the murdefed mon for *‘riling™ the temper of hia cowardly assassin, did not close with the ds- charge of the jury, the formal adjournment of the Conrt, and the fall of the curtain. The aforesald cnrtain was immediately lifted aguin. / Judge Mc- Allister had gone home and feft an iviportant part of his appointed work unfinished. He was recalled by Sullivan’s attornies. | He obeyed his masters, and returned to finish his work as promptly as Balaam ‘would have gone with the emisearies of Dulak to carse the people of God. _He seems to be abont the same style of man. He sscended the Bench. e ordered the Clerk of the Criminal Court to erase the record of adjournment. He reopened the case. Tie declared that Sullivan wns not guilly of murder, 28 charged 1n the indictment, and ordcred his re- lense on bail, in bonds to the fabulous amount of ,000. Mr. Sullivan did not return to the County dail. He may thank Judge McAllister for that maladministration of justice which to-day cnables him to walk the strects of Chicago a free man, while the victim of his brntal and unprovoked pas- sion slceps in a bloody wrave. i Few events in the history of Chicago hare so ronscd it people a8 has the partial and unjudicial couree of Judge McAllister during thistrial. Some of our most influential ccular papcrs—ind the Stagis-Zeitung is among the number—earncstly demand his impeachment. A petition calling for his immediate resignation will be !igncfl by abont 10,000 of our citizens, and presented by a commit- tec of 100. Though this model Judge threatens to jmprison for contempt of. court tny com- mittee * bringing - euch 4 petition, the people of Chi mio ‘*do mnot scare worth a cent.” Judge McAllister should be promntly im- penched, if he has not aense enough to_retire vol- untarily from a pisition which he fine disgraced by manifestations of prejudice, and by partinl and dangerous interpretations of law. By filling the necessary afliidavits of prejudice astoother judges, Mr. Sunllivan sclected Judge Mcallister to preside at his trial. Instead of declining, as common decency required, this elect Judge went to his work s goes an oss that knoweth his master's _crib. By his_rulings he excinded competent jurors. He allowed his court-room 10 be filled by 8 disorderly mob, whose jearings, and laughter, and npplause he 83id he was power- Joss to restrain, Ile allowed the prisoner at the Dar to call the Prosecuting Attorney *'a liaz * with- ont rebuke, He excluded important_rcbutting testimony offered by the prosecution. He tried to Dbrowheat and insult the public prosecutor. If Judge McAllister's name is remembered beyond two generations it will be mentioned in connection swith the **unjust Judge” of the Savior's parable, who **feared not God, neither regarded nian, " of ivill bé closely associated with that of Jeffreys. THE CITY-HALL. ‘The City Treasurer yesterday meted out Oc- tober salaries: To the police, $38,703; fircmen, $25,720. The employes of the Department of Public Works were paid $20,000. ‘The cost of cleaning improved streets in the month of October was as follows: North Divi- sion, $485.55; South Division, $725.84; West Division, $963.13; total, $2,173.02. Mr. Rithamiel yesterday obtained s permit 10 build a 2-story house 20x40 feet on the lot No. 64 Newton street. There were twenty- seven permits issued during the week just past, and the money - therefrom amounts to $57.50. Up to date 1,038 permits have been issued. Supt. Hickey yesterday destroyed some more gels of gambiers’ implements which were ob- tained in the raids of Friday night. The Chief says that the gamblers have “got to take it now. He intends to make war, tooth and nail, upon them until such a thing as 3 public gawnbling- room shall be no more. The 2,299: street-lamps in the South Division have all been supplied with three-foot burncers; the North Division lamps, numbering 2,184, will all be on by to-morrow night, and Work on the 8,555 Jamps in the West Division will occupy about & week, so that Satarday night will prob- ably sce every street-lamp in'the city supplied with a three-foot burner. _Supt. Hickey yesterday issued an order to the police to bave one eye open to those persons who with malice -.}(orethotht willfully break the law by breaking glass in street lamps, and to watch-with particular care the school-chil- dren.- It might be well to suggest that tipsy oung men rolling home fa the morning, brand- JiRing their walking-sticks, might bear watening. The Mayor has almost decided not to make any appointment to the oflice of Health Com- missioner, for he has looked over the appropri- ation and found that there is but little money left for the salary of =n officer who could sstis- factorily manage the department, or such a one as fie wonld want, if any were desired. The office f8 now vacant, and will remain so unless the violent and sudden outbreak of some rav- aging discase should malke an appointinent nee- vssary. Under such circumstances his Honor thiuKs that the Council could make an appro- propriation under pleaof emergency, and sccure the services of the best medical talent in the city t0 manage 'sanitary affairs. Dr. McVickar says that he shall not_reconsider his retusal of & rc- nomination, and hus withdrawn himself from all connection with the department. The contract for a tug to ply between the Rusn-strect bridge and the crib_during the win- ter has been awarded to O. B. Green at $300 for kecping the craft in readiness, and $9 an hour while in actualuse. The bid of Jesse Cox: ] and $8 per hour—ivas supposed to be the lowest bid; but examination showed that the difference in the hourly gxpense more than counterbal- anced the difference in the price for keeping the boat in r eSS, From the appearance of the books of the ‘Water Department it is plainly discernible that the receipts from water-rents for the year end- ivg Dec. 31, 1876, will far exceed those of any previous year. It has been approximately fig- ured out, and it is thought that the rcceipts will exceed the entire expense of the depart- ment by at lcast $100,000. The expenscs,. it should be mentioned, arc less than ever before, perceptible reductions having been made in salaries and employes. . The present sgncm of disposing of the zarb- age, ashes, rubbish, ctc.i that ‘pointed out b; the Mayor’s proclamation;—will be in use until January, when the next “appropriation bill is passed. Last year $17,000 was appropriated for scavanger purposes, but $100,000 would have done the work none too thoroughly. Whether or not an appropriation will be made in January depends upon: the success Whith: the Mayor's plan'meets With, which, ‘I it ‘works,well, will probably be continued; at least an effort will be made to continue it. The receipts of the Department of Buildings for Octoner were: From building permits, $130; street permits, $39; and house-moving permits, $205. The asmount: of bailders’ water-tax col- lected was $1,133.99; but this sum is credited to the Water Department, and as the Building De- partment oflicers think that it should be cred- ited to them, un effort will be made fn that di- rection. During the month the expenses of the office were $974.99. So it will be scenthat if the receipts from the builders’ water-tax were cred- ited where they perhaps justly belong, the Building Depurtment would be more than self- sustaining. Since the Post began to publish pretended in- terviews on the subject of the Mayor's rein- statement of Supt. Hickey, the Mayor’s ofiice and that'of Mr. Hickey hus_been daily visited by many gentlemen who desire to correcta mistake. Some of the gentlemen state that the Post has published {uterviews which never were held; others say that the statements made have been scemingly purposely turned around, and others say tbat no rcpresentative of the DPost called upon - them. In some cases it is found that the discerning and unassuming re- porter had actually interviewed clerks. ANNOUNCEMENTS. The Hon. John O'Connor Power, M. P. in the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain and Ire- land, wili lecture in this city in the middle of Decemoer. Prof. W. C. Lyman will deliver s lecture on “Reading and Oratory” before .the Union Catholic Library Associatfon this evening, flius- trating his subject by several selections. The Episcopal clergy, at their meeting to- morrow morning, will discuss “The Burial of the Poor.” It will be a continuation of last weel’s subject, * The Poor o Our Parishes.” All members of Company C, Sccond Regi- ment I. 8. G., are requested to assemble at their Armory at 9:30 o’clock this forenoon, in order to attend the funeral of Mr. Micnael Griffin, late member of said command. All members of other companies volunteering to attend are in- vited. s The lunches for the benefit of the Newsboys’ Home during the past week haye been 80 suc- ceseful that they will be continued the whole of this week at Nos. 119 and 121 LaSallestreet. - It is trusted that donations will continue to pour in, and will be followed by persons willing to pay to cat them. A West-Side course of lectures will be opened in the Cburch'of the Redcemer, corner of Washington and Sangamon streets, by the Rev. Brooke Herford, whose' subject will be “The Books of the Older World.” Tickets to the course, $1 each; single admission, 25 cents. Lectures begin at § o’clock. A public mecting will be held Wednesday evening, thc anniversary of the death of the Manchester Martyrs,” at_the Globe Theatre on- vesplaines street. The Hon. ‘Thomes Hoyne, the Hon. W. W. O'Bricn, the Hon. W. J. Hynes, the Hon. W. J. Onahan, and others will be present and address the meeting in the caunse'of Irish liberty. The annual meeting of the Chicago Athenzum will be held at its hall, 65 Washington street, Friday evening at 8 o’clock. Addresses will be made by Judge Booth, the Rey. Drs. Sulllvan and . Ryder, 'the Revs. Robert Collyer, David Swink, K. Kohler, E. P. Powell, Brooke Her- ford, Sumper -Ellis, sud C. C. Bonney, Henry Strong, Henry Greencbaum, Esgs. Tre TRIBUNE is requested to call the atten- tion of property-owners between Thirty-ninth and Forty-third streets to the action of the Board of Trustees of Hyae Park, who have ad- vertised for bids for building the Forty-first- street sewer. AIll parties who are opposed to the building of this sewer at the present time are requested to be present at the Board meet- ing of Trustees of Hyde Park Tuesday at 4 . m. P MISSIONARY FAIR. The Jadies of the Northwestern branch of the ‘Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, are mak- ing extensive preparations fora * Missionary Fair,” which they contemplate holding in this city, commeuncing Dec. 12 and continuing through the week. The fair will be held at the Palmer House, Mr. Potter Palmmer. having most gsnerously donated to the ladics the use of the rooms formerly known as the Democratic Head- uarters. The object of this fair is to benefit the Medical Educational Fund, and to aad to the treasury of the Socicty, which isin great need. The auxiliary socicties of the four States of Michigan, Indfans, Wiscousin, and Tilinois, unite in this effort, and "they are aiming to render 1t s attractive as any fair ever held in the_city. As there will not be anvthing connected with the fair that wili hurt the most sensitive con- science, all 2who are interested in apreading the Gospel throughout all heathen nations, are asked to give their E:\f.ronagc‘ 1t will be an ex- cellent place in which to purchase Christmus ifts. & ‘The Exccutive Committee, which meets every Friday afternoon at half past 3, has appofnted committees to have charice of the various de- partments of hoasehold wares, children’s cloth- ing, fancy articles, etc., and is perfecting plans to make of this affair & grand financial success. Owing to the financial depression under which mostpeople are laboring, the articles on sale will savor more of the uscful than ornamental character. The floral booth will be decorated and furnished by a well-known florist in his best style, There will alsobe a large quantity of Japanese, Chinese, and other foreign articlés on sale._ The United States, American, and Ad- ams Express Companies have offered to bring, free of chary from all points on their lincs in the four States—all packages not exceeding 200 pounds weight. 1 necessary information can be obtained by nddressing the Sccretary, Mrs. M. J. Hayward, 933 Indiana avenue. ) T CRIMINAT. Eddy Harber and Frank Conway, two little ‘handkerchief-snatchers, were captured plying their art yesterday on State street, and were locked up at the Armory. . Thomas Cooner, Heory Besch, Jennie Fay, and Hank Kirk were before Justice Summer- field yesterday charged with defrauding a Granger from Iowa out of §135. A chaoge of venue was taken to Justice Pollak. Frank Whitney and Mary Kollenbeck were locked up at the Madison Street Station last night upon charges of having purloined butter and produce from Water strcet merchants, and clothing from West Lake street clothicrs. Joseph McGoff. . and A. Herren were before Justice Pollak yesterday afternoon for. the burzhu?" of 3600°in goods from the furnishing store of J. H. O'Brien. They were held over to the Criminal Court in'bonds of .$1,500 each. ‘The Central Staiion police last evening swoop- ed down once more upon Watt Roobins’ den, No. 173 Clark street, and later, at 11 o'clock, upon Taylor Page, No. 145 Dearborn street, and ke Dunne, No. 133 Ciark street. The keepers and twenty-four inmates were bagged at the Armory. Justice Scully yesterday held the following: Charles Bennett, faw-book thicf, §1,000 0 thie Criminal Court; Joseph Kelley, vagrant, $20 fine and three months in the Honse of Correc- tion; Silas Buehler, beating an old and helpless :inun, tl‘.‘r:. Ellen Kain, 2lmost unto death, 032 to the Criminal Court. 4 oaly t0be “a gentleman,” BOSTO Wendell Phillips Tells Us What We Are Coming To if Tilden Is Elected. Another Cut of the Rapier at Charles Franeis Adams. Glory for Grant--Mr. Phillips’® Latest Hero. ‘Emerson’s Philosophy of Inconsistency Carried Out. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. BostoN, Nov. 16.—When it was announced dtring the cxciting days of last weck that Wen- delt Phillips would speak in Parker Memorial Hall on the ensuing Sunday upon the meaning of the Presidential election, there wasa good deal of fun made in the sly questions of how Mr. Phillips was to get at that meaning, which bade fair to be a conundram that wounld for a good deal longer time bang fire. But Sunday night came, and with it the crowd that always follows upon Mr. Phillips’ foot- steps began at an early hour to fill up Memorial Hall. Menwho believed in Mr. Phillips, and men who didn’t'believe in him,—quite 88 many of the clatter os -the' formér,~idnd 'a’ small army of feminine followers who believe entirely in the silver-tongued orator,, becquse they admire him, which is generally enough reason for unreasonzble women. Of course, people thonght that, when Mr. Phillips projected the lecture in his own mind, he trusted to the finality of the question being de- cided on the first of the week, and then to bunild his own arguments, in a measure, upon that finality. But when Sunday comes the co- nundrum is still past finding out, and expectancy becomes amased curiosity as to huw Mr. Phillips will mect the situation. How idle all such speculation of embar- rassment! As if Wendell Phillips was ever embarrassed! As if he was not always more than readyto meet the situation,—no mat~ ter what, no matter where! And whatever may have been the earlier intention of his mind, or To show how peuple want to hear Mr. Phy it i3 only necessary to state that this new le; i to be repeated in the course of the week, Lt ve.rF likely throughout the winter it “'flm calfed for by the various iyceums. And thiy very fact proves .that Phillips, cout; tothy general declaration from the ng:ff—\-.g.,' e thinkers and workers, has a power which g :‘g entircly attribatable’ to bis magnetism g language. And it is the same power of fngap ing”thit was_so potent i ihe old apn lition days. The danger of this power jg ot ¢ be made less by the ridicule of the stoges golng » who are not affected byit, and themlq;’ cannot conceive how the more emofinml—wflf Iwill say the less-balanced min ¢ infinenced by it -mxh {‘m‘mr ;mnm HANTE are too apt to think that their cloas nates, but the historyof nations progrn?:fi Greg . sa in his “Enigmas of Ijfen that, “Noble * sacri A ignoble masses: the good champion oftey falls, the wrong competitor often wings And'it is through this process of waiting for the ignoble masses that the higher andsaner: or class, suffer. And to oble we might the great majority of the simply emotional,why unite with the ignoble in being coza oy the wheels. Greg touclics this wherc Lo speaks of the philanthropist’s andrefonner’s schermes beina 8o constantly futile, abortlve, and cven mie chievous, and that “the has genery)) flowed 06t from tize doption of their piang i from their zeal havingcompelled the attentiun of colder and abler men to the work to be aveqm. plished. Thelr views are oiten Injudicions, ag their schemes so noxious that a great portion of existing ' evils may. be traced, either in thejr origin or their = presens,, ag avated form,. 1o benevolent © ften erence for ‘their removal; and it may be with little exaggeration, that in this worlda large part of the business of the wisc. isto counteract the effurts of the good.” ‘Wendell Phillips is a philanthropist and re. former in his intention, aud, with his great gilts of magnetism and eloquence of language, HE IS A POTENT AND A DANGEROUS POWER il WAYS with the dangerous classes,—the simply emo- tional, who never stop to eiit, to in bt are ready to follow at the first note of a leader who can play upon these emotions. When [ Tieard Mr. Phillips a few iem ago tell the un- cultivated workingman that, under the existj system of ten hours, he was a fool not to ghirl his labor, as the slave did in his days of bong- n,ie, I felt then that where there was such power of inflaming without direction, there was an im- mense power of dange N. P —————— ROBESPIERRE STOREY. To the Editor of The Tridune, ™~ CHicAGO, Nov. 18.—The Chicago Time may whether heliad other intention than he disclosed in simply treating of the contest and the probable cffects of either election. Though probable is scarcely the word to use if I intend to describe Mr. Phillips’ own feeling about the matter, THERE ARE NO PROBABILITIES IN WENDELL K PHILLIPS’ MIND on such a question as this.” *‘If Tilden wins,” Aie says, “ a solid South must cohere ‘a pation within a nation ’—the danger which Adamslong 2o foresaw. The solid South is simply the slave powerdragzed by Democratic success over the chasm of the War. Tilden’s election insures this South power. Hayes’ elcction breaks it up.” But I think the most telling point was when he said: “ Thefirstword to be spoken to-day, when we can icaulge some hope that the Ohio Gov- ernor will occupy the Presidential chair, should Le one of gratitude that Gen. Grant is now the Chief Executive. If the Republic is safe to-day, we owe it to the far-sighted statesmanship and fearless patriotism of the President of the United States. Fearless, because, in ‘the face of popular misunderstanding and miscon~ ception, Grant is assteadfast aswhen he was be- fore the enemy’s camp, cautious never to over~ step the law, but prompt to goto its extreme verge to protect liberty. NO MAN'SINCE ANDREW JACKSON has been more willing to take responsibility than Gen. Grant; and I believe on this willing- ness_to assume responsibility in time of necd has depended the salvation of this nation. The two names, Jackson and Grant, will go down to history together. Every _year hag added to the laurels of the hero; and this year, if Gen. Grant succeeds in his purpose, he will destend from his high st with the greencst of all his. laurels on his row. He bas, I helieve, risen to the level of every duty, and has never been found wanting when called to action. I bakt_adplmu.\‘e in prais- ing his fearlessness in well-doing, for I have maintained all along that the public man who best understands the signs of the times is the President.” Thoze of his audience who had good memo- ries, unobliterated by the Phillips madness of ad-~ miration, smiled a little as they recalled certain expressions of opinion only & very few years back that did not by any means agree with thia enthusiastic praise.” I turn now to the famous letter upon the Greeley nomination, from which 1 quoted, s few wocks since, the remarkable words of eritiism upon Charles Francis Adams. At the beginning of this letter, this admirer of Grant, who takes * pleasure in praising his fearlessness in well-dome,” who “ main~ tained all along that . THE PUBLIC MAK WIIO BEST UNDERSTANDS THE . BIGNS OF THE TIMES 13 THE PRESIDENT,” writes in this wise: “You know I am neither a Repulican nor a Grant man. Whom I shall vote for, orif I shall vote_ atall, I do not know.” ‘This is only a slight indication of the manner of mind in which Mr. Phillipsthen and up to alater date spoke of this newly-discovered hero of his. But nonc of us Who are familiar with Mr. Phillips' quiet way of ignoring & di- rectly contrary opinion of a persouality or character were eu?riscd at this. I presnme the blind partisans of this magnetic orator havea peculiar way of listening to the glowing sen- tences that flow from his lips. They are proba- blyina stateof admiration which, if they re- wmember what has foregone, inclines them to think that the King can do no wrong. Emerson’s free doctrine, thrown out some- where in one of his essayvs, that ““ A foolish con- sistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen, and . philosophers, and di- vines,” is perhaps Phillips’ ?hflaaophy, though not attributable to Emerson’s influence, as our orator is not given to Emersonian or other meta- physical reading. But how funnily, in viewing the attitude of our Reformer, Ewerson’s linea recall themselves: *“Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow spenk what to- morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day.” Certainly Mr. Phillips takes this course with 8 commendable coolness, which ought to excite Srite, -5 :‘I‘R.vzxm;o;;s AD!I!?AT!ON. 'y cver, of these cool contradiction: ‘which do not excite admiration in the oniinnrsy’ mind, except, perhaps, for the audacity, there was 3 high straw in_the lecture- which thrilled now and then. And there was also dramatic touches which burnnmgx!z%cf veu{.{fi Learers mind in ineffaccable colors. Take this now: ““The Nouth s e: iu only one thing,~—politics. Experienced, fzg;,t adroit, the Soutlierner js able to chicat the North to-day. On this fact the Southerner has staked all his hopes of regaining power. Some of the Repuplican party sce this. Other men, and Jjournals like the Springticid Repudlican, do not Charles Francis Adams, 2 man seg th)i:.s Take who not known for ten years whethe was a Democrat or a chnb)iimn, heebsznlé: in this latter class of men.” Here ve- hement applause broke out, and 1 ly, with that matchless spiri codl. ness, Mr. llins made pn;xt o mmuo P his i application of it: “That is right; 1’'m gl d ot appland him, liefs s good Tooryer,a. loamoy and high-toned diplomatist, who made the En. glish fig fcel that he was his peer. I have no hanks it e Toh e Of thake J:;; e; services at Geneva or . I WISH HE HAD STAYED THERE! " A ripple of laughter here, slight, but eff y ctive as showing the aj fati i B s e el of Lo on to say that wnen he is be wants'a leader who can ;hchh m»o%i He does or hisreeord in other directions,~I flA:‘ii :;&3{1&% only qzzeauan ias; Wh‘;.:g’;ga we Wi but honest men%vit?:ncyzfi'honub men simply, that, “Adams, of He illustrated by sayin Quincy, and Boutwell, of G é f;&not :: the’}?‘ttcr !;3’? eyes,ot:gfi:}'e Lh‘;“f‘t,m::; car e, ese_blind men must i like Winthrop, and Wobster, and. Calhoun. i 4 ::i (; }:ic da;} ;}til:\d the sound clement, the Blaines wjh‘a!uldcr stor hse Mk?i tion] close up shoulder 0d 0 on to the end this extrao inary ;rnhgxs'fi l:a"r;“efi oz(:]ourse, as expr\-;ssc,rd‘u by his ex- ucnce, makes hi el " listeners enthrall On this very occasion a listene el is always worth something bgv:;;,wnose rdmovln!on . g d t] exclaimed after the lecture n s comversain? ok have o{;e!;l etl:’ou hl. :x;u apower Phillips’ light in any one et AL path of sthee the Abolition - agpa oS But, e speaker gocy in a storm Ece throngh “not care ilot. man, now. Lool o Tirongh K 841t IS clean cut criticism way ‘THBSOUTH 1§ EXPERRT OXL: And, by the P%l:l’i,cs"; e ¥ay, Phillips made this critic stronger than I have quor, is criticism ing, with truth, thet the aotaloTe by dedar- T38 Bover trdiued to ‘say werpr” HLle B0 and thus his safely be charged with advocating revolution, and virtually inviting the perpetration of acts ‘which could but have a most disastrous effect upon the best interests of -the country. No enunciations during the Dbitterest portion of the ‘War were surpassed by the statements which are now being daily made by that paper. With- out a single overt act, or even intimation by the Republican party that it desires aught but the verdict of the people—with the absolute statement from Gov. Hayes that he will under no circumsiances accept the office of President with - the" slightest ub- stantiatfon fof ' !a change 'of unfaimess; with the universal expression of the entire Re- ‘publican party North that there is neither any disposition, or intention, or desire to see its nominee innugurated with the taint of illegality resting upon him; with so far no authenticated allegation that the Returning Boards of any of the Sonthern States wish zo perpetrate any act of corruption, the jnflammatory articles of that paper can only be aceounted for by-a purely mallcions disposition to incite the worst clement in our body politic. The Zimes is perfectly aware that the inditers of the following extract of aletter to the chairman of the Lousiana Re- turning Board, are Secessionists in every sense of the word, and have a hatred to the General Government which is paramonnt to every other consideration: Listen, villain, we are armed, organized, and sworn to do our duty. The braggart Sheridan and hia paid emissaries cannot save you or the corupt men at your back. _Our attack will be sudden sng decisive. We will do our work and disappear be’ fore the hordes of the despot Grant can protect you. Yonare warned. Now beware, UxiTED BROTRERTOOD OF LOUisiaxa. The Times is perfectly aware that the eame men who are now threatening violence are doing E0 not to secure the election of Tilden alone, but to fan into a flame the fire which shall again despoil the fields of the South. In this controversy are the elements of revo- lution;—it needs mno grest effort to precipitate scenes of blood. But the Zimes should not be ignorant of the fact that not one of tbe better elements of the Democratic party North, in the slightest degree favors evenz disposition to- ward inciting a rebellion. It should be aware, too, that what votes that party received toin- crease their majority in certain Northern States were from men who would denounce a tendency toward rebellion, and who would sever at once all association with a party to which they gave their votes because they believed its professions sincere. The telegram which it publishes from its Rebel eorrespondent in St. Louis should conelzn the writer and the publisher Intoin- _mm,: The real animus of that paper is now being shown. The professions of hatred against Bourbonmism, the lofty, high-toned position it has assumed, against its putrid reminiscence; the glorfous missions of the New Democracy are all {forgotten In this cry for blood. The dog has simply re- turned to its vomit. The people of the North- ‘west, or that portion which arc aware of the ex- istence of this paper, are not deceived by its professions and statements, for they have too often proved unworthy of belief and confidence; neither can they be bullied into the idea that our sister city, St. Louis, is desirous of precipi- tating war, or even considering such a deplor- able event pogsible. The rcputation of this paper js such that the public is awars that its present position s but the outcropping of its sentiment in ’62, ’63, and ’64: that its New Orleans rporta are the expression of one in sympathy with White-Leazuers and Ku-Klux clans, and that the hue and cry against the presence of Sher d;“;.'h mg of gun-boats, of soldiers, the action (1) of the Returning B aud the eutire course of the RepublFunvargfnthtminn is but to arouse that feeling which cngendered the War :l:d all of its rélsnsu'ous results. Its pre::‘“i + tacks are nof t the Republican pariy, but against the United States (?overnmeé‘t 53 Govemmeqc, and, were its efforts o be followed by the realization of its hopes, the Solid South would again set up the Alnna\lnl of rebeliion, andthe North would again be called upon tosolye the vuf.'groblem of the ability of the people to govern thewselves. \\}:eo. C. = SOUTHERN PASTIMES. To the Editor.of The Tribune. MOLWAUKEE, Nov. 18.—Perhaps your readers don’t all know how kindly and humanely the colored man is often treated st the South. A traveling man with whom the writer is well 16 Quainted, eaid he saw o short time sgo the fol- lowing: A party of the chivalry (white loafess) were seated, and, as a darkey came along, stock out their feet, tripped him up, and sung out (0 him, Bn%' us 3 match, you nigger.” The darkey was just out of acotton-mill, was all covered over with fine cotton fuzz; he scemed to know what they - tended to ‘do, and begged piteously. - The traveling man also protested to a conple of \po- licemen who were standing by. Thelr reply was, “ The boys are ouly guing’ to bave some sport with the d——d nigger.”” They made the darkey bring the match, aad -deliberately $¢& fire tothe man, burning him terribly. The Eentleman also related other instances, showing the same spirit, that came under his observation y MERCIIANT. —— BLOOD WILL TELL. Nxw York, Nov. 18.—The first race of fifty miles of the scries of 100, and 150 mile races for $2,000 on each race, between John Murphy’ :and Capt. Mowry, of Califo) came off to-1a¥ on the Fleetwood Park track. Cupt. Mowry rode mustangs, or borses of the Califoruis breed, and Murphy rode thoroughbred horses, both changing mounts frequently. The race was won by Murphy. His time, including changes, was 2 hours and 25 minutes; Caph: ;\:&l’vnré'!’u qaa being 2 hours 26 minutes ”dfx B e wi 1, vernos e b L inner’s avernge time per m! POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. Wb b k. FOURTH T7ARD. n" meeting of the Republican Club will be held onday evening at Lochner's Hall, Milwaukes fvenue, b;vrhzn‘:na!nen: of importance be 3t fore the ing. e quested to attend. o e All membess e 7,