Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 25, 1877, Page 4

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Sir huights '~Special Conclave at AIUm, 72 1 76 Monroc-si.. on Topsday Rext, Feb. 27316 p. m.. suarp. ‘The Orderof K. 1o will be con: derred. Al "SI Rufglits of (s Comimandery ars urmtl);:‘vql{:l‘_l‘e':dm ‘fi Déflrrl“-f l‘l/!" II(!: Sir Knights Soirtes By orcer ot the B8 7 ¥ I DONLER necoraer. NSSELAER GRAND LODGE OF PERFEC- TION, Acand A S eSS, QE TER hold 2 regular assembiy on Thuradar cvening mext at7:30 ogockhurp. Wore o the i ana s Uegrees, " By VAN LAFATYETTE CHAPTER, NO. 2, R. A. M.—Hall, 76 Monror R Convocatiun Monday evening, Feb. 2R, 4t 7:30 o'clock. for busibess and work on K. A. De- £ree. Visitors cordially invited lo meet withus. By order of_ ‘W. H. REID, H.P. E.N. TUCKER. Secretary. DEARBORN LODGE, No. 310, A. F.and A.M.— E]l! Lommunicition Friday evening. March 2. Teoheed. Vit corataty (iendsnce of membery ¥ v . requenied, " Visitors condiuly futed o st wiik s EX RULE LODGE, No.726, A. F, and A. M. — W?l?%(gd a gml"gomnr?un jon in Oriental Hall, Siot 10, ranter s A SgAT TeRlnE, Reb. 2. at & lock, to-coRter AL A Poaussied o attead. IONS SACESDYRETECAY CHICAGO iESDuIP!!E.\’T, 0. 10, 1. 0. 0. F.—The mcmoers of the atove encampment are requested 1o méfl. 8 thelr hall ou E’lfldly Z"cfll!xlf.enlfchmfl. ;:ri_fi 'clock, as €58 Of importance 1o every mem! B 4. Work on 181 800 20 Desres: TS Bo¥NToN,C. . E. D. SHULL, Scribe. . AGO LODGE. No. 437, A. F. snd A. M.—Spectal o mzéa-{ eveniog. Feb. 26, at 7:30 o'clock, stUriental Hall, 122 Lavalle-st., for work in bk AnDegree. Vidiony cordially whleomed. Dy rd e W, M. % NATHAN HEFTER, Sec. ST. BERYARD COMMANDERT, No. 35, K. T.~Spe- Pt Wednesday evening, Feb. 28. Work . ord ORips nder o0 K 3.7 Bpolisl srmBANE oG J .0. DICKERSON, Recorder. (CORINTHIAN CHAPTER, X0. 63, R. A. M.~Spe- clal Convocation ionday cyeaing, Feb.'%5. Workon the AL and P. 3 Degrees. By order J."A. CEAWFORD, M. . SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1877. At the New York Gold Exchange on Satur- day greenbacks raled at 953@95. Ths Douglas monument business is now fairly under consideration. The Commis- sioners of the Sonth Park apply for permis- sion to erect the monument at the head of the more eastern boulevard, which they ;:59. pose shall thereafter be called Douglas boaYe- vard. In the meantime, the West Side Com- missioners are moving to obtain permission to erect the monnment in Douglas Park, the most southern of the series of West Side parks. Either disposition of it will be better than fo complete the monument on its pres- ent site. The Democratic csucus on Friday night adopted, the policy of delay, but the cancus failed to have its authority recognized. Yes. terday, when the House Jmet, a motion to postpone till Mcngay the joint meeting of the two Houses to receive the report of the Commission on the Oregon question was rejected. Motions to postpone till s later bour wers also rejected. The two Houses then met in joint meeting, and the report on Orogon was read. Objections being made, the two Houses separated, under the law, and in the Senate the two hours’ debate was atonce begun. In the House the debate was also begun, and lasted for two hours, The vote of Oregon was then counted for Thay want to delay and put off, eo that in the last hours of the session. they may be able to accomplish their end. The action of the Houss yesterday has, however, shown that there are a sufficient number of Democratic members with the Republicaus to force the proceedings in the direction of a final count. Bat Fieun’s malignity outstrips that of all the others. His three months’ service in Congress will be memorable,~—memorable for the reoprd he hes made of what he attempted, advised, and urged, none of which is eapable of being construed as hon- orable or meritorious, The Chicago produce marketswere generally dull Saturday, and most of them tended down- wards. Mess pork closed 23c per brl lower, at §14.25 for March and $14.473@14.50 for April. Lard closed 20¢ per 100 ibs lower, at $9.673 for March and $9.80@9.82} for April. Meats closed i@c lower, at 5c for loose shoulders, 8¢ for short-ribs, and 8ic for short- clears. Highwines were inactive, at $1.05} @1.96. Flour was quiet and weak. Wheat closed §c lower, at $1.26 cash and $1.26} for March. Corn closed §c lower, at 4lic for March and 45fc for May. Oats closed easy, at 334c cash and 33jc for March. Rye was unchanged, at 65@65}c. Barley closed steady, at 48}c for March and 46c for April. Hogs were in fair demand and steady, at $5.50@6.00 for common to choice. Cattle were in fair request and firm, with sales of poor to good grades at $3.00@6.00. Sheep were quiet and unchanged. One hundred dollars in gold would buy §104.574 in green- backs at the close, — There was an animated contest in the Log- islature on Friday over-the new bill regulat- ing the sale of liquor. The present law makes the offense of selling liquor without a license and the offense of selling liquor to mi- nors punishable by fine from $20 to 200 and imprisonment in the County Jeil. The new bill changes this punishment by imposing the same fine, or imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the Court. The differenco be- tween the old and the proposed new law is, that under the former there is no room for the exercise of any apportionment of the punishment to the circnms\tances of the of- fense, but that punishment, fine, and im- prisonment must be inflicted in every case. The result of this arbitrary regulation is that that the law is practicallyn dead letter. It is not enforced. The penalties are dispropor- tioned to the offénse, and thelaw defeats its ownexecution. The new law leaves the maxi- mum penslty unchanged, but the Court is at liberty, upon all the facts and circum- stances, to imposo a fine, or imprisonment, or both, 8s the character of the pro- ceedings shall determine. With strange perversity, the especial friends of temperance opposed the change. They prefer the law with the extreme penalties, though that Iaw was never executed, to a law which gives the Court a discretion in the degree of pen- alty and which law can readily be enforced. The point sought by the bill, and the onl§ one which could justify its enact- ment, is to punish thoss who violateit. So long as the penalties provided are so exces- sive that convictions cannot be had at all, the crimes practically enjoy an immunity, and the law is a dead letter. Nobody is punished at all, and the unlawful sale of liquor and its sale to minors goes on undis- tarbed by the law. The new bill Proposes to make the Iaw effectiva by removing the only obstacle to its execution. The temper- ance men, however, refused to bs Ppractical, —refused to accept & law which can ba exe. cuted for one which cannot be,—and voted against the bill. The bill passed the House by nearly & two-thirds vote, aud, if it pass the Senate, then the prosecution of the ille- gal sale of liguors in this State can be carried on, sustained by general public opinion, ——— "MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. The cackling of a goosa may sometimes destroy as well &s save. It once warned and rescaed Rome, but it came near giving a falso alarm in this country which might have defeated the inauguration of Mr. Haves as President, and threatened the nation with Haves. The next State on the list was Pennsylvania, and, an objection being made, the two Houses scparated. The motion for recess till Monday was renewed, and, there being protestations that there was no pur- pose to defeat the counting, the motion for Tecess was carried by a small majority. The objection to Pennsylvania will be overruled on Monday, and then South Carolina will be reached, which is the last State that can bs referred to the Commission. e ) The Cincinnati Gongressmen—Sayres and Baxxve, both Democrats—are in receipt of the following dispatch from some representa- tive men of their constituency : A failure to elect a President now would be most . disastrous to il the busincss and imdustria) inter- €218 of the country. Itis prepaved tosubmit to the result of the decision of the Commission, whatever it may be, and acquicsceinit. It is not ready for snother cxciting Presidential contest. Trust you will etand manfally by the decision. This appeal was signed by a large number of the leading business men of Cincinnati, Democrats as well ns Republicans. It wonld be well if a number of the leading business men of Chicago, regardless of party, but particalarly those who supported Mr. Tz~ DEX, were 10 address & similar appeal to Aessrs. Cavrrewp, Hazrisow, and LeMorye, who represent this city in the National Leg- i There is not 2 man in, Chicago with his wits about him doing a business that amounts to £1,000 a year, and much less those doing business that amounts to bundreds of thousands and millions, who does not desire that the Presidemtial count sball becompleted without interruption, and Ar. Haves insuguraied peacefully a week from' to-morrow. Business men who are Democrats havé now as much at stake as ‘business men who voted for Hares, and the interests of both impératively demand a rest from political turmoil. the disastrous suspense of a new election. The goose that cackled in this instance in- habits Columbus, 0., where Mr. Haves is also resident pro tem. by virtue of his being Governor of the State. The Ohio State Journal is published in Columbus and edited by Gen. Jasmes M. Coxry. an able gentle- ‘man, a conservative Republican, and under- stood to be o fast friend, as he has been a persistent advocate, of Gov. Haves. The utterances of Gen. Coury's newspaper have consequently been regarded as more nearly reflecting Gov. Haves' personal views than any other. The inference has never been warranted, it is true ; but it bhas obtained all the same, as it generally does under a similar conjunctura of circumstances, that the Okio State Jour- nal speaks by inspiration of the President- elect. It is not surprising, therefore, that the comservative members of Congress from the South, who have becn meinly instru. mental in defeating the Desperadoes of the Democratic party in their scheme for ob- structing the count of the Electoral vote, should have taken some alarm at an editorial in that journal calling upon President Grant to recognize Packarp as Governor of Louisi- ans, to sustain him with United States troops, and generally rasort to the policy of Federal interference, which has become hate- ful to the peoplo of the South. Of course, the Desperadoes made the most of this arti. cle, circulated it vigorously among the cop- servative Southern men, and, as indicated in a double-leaded editorial of the Desperadoes’ organ (the Chicago Times), they thought that & fauz pas had enabled them to secure the strength which they could not gain on their own merits. Proper investigation showed how ground- less the suspicion was that Gov. Havrs (who is believed to be in favor of the present Re. r. Davio Dovrex FrEwp betrays all the malignity of a conspirator, and bas attempt- ©d 1o engraft on the legislation of Congress, and the proceedings of the Honse, the sharp and questionable practices for which he has becomé xotorious as a lawyer in the trial of criminel cases. His Iatest exhibition is the FPreparation of two bills founded on the as. sumption that the House of Representatives shall refuse to permit the counting of the vote to be concluded Theso bills pro- vide: (1) That anew election for President be ordered to iake ploce in May, and in the interval the President of the Senate shall be acting President of the United States. (2) That the defeated can. Ppublican policy of pacification) was in any way responsible for this effort to direct the policy of the retiring Administration as a guide tohis own approaching Administration. To begin with, Gov. Haves had not even read the article until his attention had been directed to it by tho excitement at Washing. ton. In the next place, it appears that Gen. Coxxx, the editor of {he Daper end friend of Gov. Havzs, bad been prostrated for & week on a sick bed, and that his pliysicians would not permit him to read his newspaper, much less write for it. Finally, the State Journal disclaims all communication with Gor. Huves on the subject, and it is explained that the article in question was sent fo the Dewspaper as a communication by some out- didate for President shall be authorized to institate i in guo warranto, and to bfing an action to recover the office in the Sopreme Court of the United States. He made the attempt to have the Democratic caucas commit that party to the support of these bills; but, so far, the Obstructionists bave not obtained strength enough to avow, sider, and used editorially in the absence and illnessof - the editor. A hundred such articles might ordinarily have appeared in tho Ohip State Journal without “ever being read or heard of outside of its regular sub- scribers in and about Columbus; but the desperation’ of the Obstructionists indaced them to grasp at it as about the last straw The episode has been i chiefly useful in showing that Gov. HavEs has no personal orgun; and, if auy newspa- per or individual sets up as an embodiment of his views and interpreter of his prospect- ive policy as President, that newspaper or individual may be justly set down as a busy- body not entitled to any credence. The determination reached yesterdsy h){ a union of the Republicens and conservative Democrats in the House of Representatives nof to take a recess, but proceed with the count of Oregon without unnecessary delay, forecasts the complete discomfiture of 'u_m Desperadoes. The effort to use an article printed in a comparatively fl?lmporfinb newspaper as a means for violating a com- pact between the two Houses of C«:_ngregs, and bringing about a special Presidential clection which would cost the country un- told millions of dollars directly and indirect- 1y, is about the last, as it is pbout the most puerile, trick to which the Desperadoes can resort. They will have to cultivate some of the fortitude and magnanimity of Mr. Hexsr ‘Warrensoy in succumbing to the inevitable, and for o time turn their attention to some mora honorable pursuit than that of office- hunting through tho agency of fraud, cor- ruption, intimidation, and * bulldozing.” OFFICE-BEGGING. ‘Tho ofice-beggars have begun their work. The legislative halls at Springfield are in- fested with the men with petitions asking siguatures to appeals to President Hives for office. We notice even that a caucus has been called th decido who of all the Re- publicans of Ilinois shall be selected by the President for a place in his Cabinet, and which place shall be assigned to tho repre- sentative of this State. With the fatality of all such cancases, the probability is that the caucus will seloct some one man for gome particular place, and will, according to precedent, declare that no other man in Hlinois shall be selected for a place in the Cabinet, or for any other than the place designated. Gov. Hates in all probability will select his Cablnet from public men with whose record and history he is acquainted, and who will not need petitions and resolu- tions to make him awaro of their fitness and ability. It being understood that the Legis- lative caucus will have but ons choice of offico in tho Cabinet, and but one person to fill that pertizular oftice, all the other aspirants aro compelled to seck minor places. Thus, pe- titions gre iu circulation recommending men for Collector of Customs, Collector of Inter- nal Revenue, Marshal, and Postmaster, in Chicago, and also for subordinate places under thesc officsrs. The value of these pe- titions, or their want of value, was happily illustrated in 1869, when a memorial was ad- dressed to President Grasr asking that the gentleman who was then Speaker of the House in thoe General Assembly bo ar. rosted, and for. his various crimes, all enumernted, he be forever ban. ished the Tnited States and denied tho privilege of claiming to be an American citi- zen. This petition was signed by all the wembers of the General Assembly, and con- spicuously and officially by the gentleman whose banishment wes asked. These office- begging papers sre evidence more than any- thing else of the atter pauperism of the sup- plicants. They are generally signed without objection, for the same reason thata man gives a dime to and hurries awsy from the mendicant who offers®to make profert of his putridity. Still, the disgraceful business is going on ot Springfield, and be fore the Leg- islature adjourns they will have recommend- ed to the nsw President not only enough persons to fill all the Federal offices in this State, but also to supply a complete new force to fill the diplomatic corps. 1t would be well for thée office- beggars to read over what Gov. Hares said on this sub- Jject of appointments and removals from office, in his Ietter of acceptance, and also that pert of the Repnblican platform sdopted at Cincinnati on the same subject. Both of these documents are instructive reading justat this time, when n President is about to be inaugurated who declared that ke would not accept s second term, so that he might be independent and freein his pur- pose to reform the civil service, especially in the matter of removals and appointments. Petitions for office, even for Cabinet offices, erenot likely to have mach weight with a President who does not propose to make changes for change sake, nor to overlook the points of capacity and integrity on the part of the persons to be appointed. —— —— THE PATTI BCANDAL, It will hardly be a maiter of general sur- prise that the freaky and flighty httle prima donna, Aperva Parri, whom the old con- cert-goers of Chicago will remember 2s a little child with a penchant for candy, sing- ing on the dining-table of the Tremont Honse twenty years ago, still as s child singing in MMetropolitan Hall with Org Buwy, and, still Inter, as a blooming brunette, singing in the Chicago Wigwam, has at Jast run ngainst a, rock in her matrimonial life. When Aperya. Part married the Marquis D Cavx, in the Hourishing days of the Napoleonic dynasty, it was well enough understood that it was hardly a case of two souls with a single thought or two hearts beating as ope, bt rather a desire on the part of the fair Parrr to add to her musical divinity and world- wide reputation a titular name, that she might surround herself with an aura of nobility and soar above the other song- stresses into that higher atmosphere in which Marquises, Earls, and Counts float so serenely. The Marquis DE Cavx alco had his objects in view undoubtedly, A lady who has a nightly income of from $1,500 to $2,000, not to mention period- ical contributions from her admirers of dismonds and rubies, ropes ' of pearls, opal-eyed humming-birds, turquoises, rings, bracelets, crowns, purses, and other bric-a-brac, making in fucta sum total for one night bigger than the average woman can scrape together in one year,—such a golden goddess is always an object.of inter- est to every masculine human, French Mar- quises not excepted. The two were married with & considerable fanfare of trampets, and tintinnabulstions of bells, and orange-flowers galore, and the duet went smoothly for a time, with both voices in tune, and as lovely 85 MozarT's Zephyr.” Then came s hitch in the musie, and it eventuated that the AMarquis was off the koy. Mnarquises are hu- man, French Marguises are very buman, and this particular Merquis displayed a weakness of humanity which iga universgl passion. ‘White she was gathering in large sums with her notes, he was disbursing them with a regularity that was discouraging to Mrs, Cavx. What she made on the stage he wounld lose on the green, and whils she was gamboling in “The Barber” or Elixir of Love,” he was gambling in Baden, or Homburg, or St. Petersburg. At last the duet went all to pieces. The melody was strained to tatters, the harmony wasdestroy- ed, snd the sccompaniment was all RWTY. They were snging the music of the future in keys that would bave delighted WiaaNrz. It wos in fact the samo od tuno that Cosma and Haxs von Buzrow had sung. The next news that came to us was the Diva’s application in the French courts for a divorce from the Merquis. The cause was not stated, but at last it has come out, and the story makes quite a symphony in th.raa movements, with divorce for the leading theme in each. and n finale. The first movement is an allegro,—Mme. De CAux'y application for a divorce from the Hnflms. The second is an allegretto,—the Marquis’ ap- plication for a divorce from the Mu%une. The third is a scherzo,—Mme. NicoLrst’s ap- plication for a divorce from her husband; the famous tenor. The fourth is a run-away in presto of Mme. De Cavx and quom}. 1t appears that the Divaand the tenor, who is about twenty years older than she, consti- tuted themselves into a sort of Returning Board, aud counted out the Marquis and Mime. Nicourst. To make things even, the Marquis and Mme. Nrcouist might now marry; then the Diva and Nicorint might marry; and then the quartette might sing as happily as Martha, Nancy, Lionel, and LPlunket. Meanwhile, will some mausical metupbygi- cian explain what hidden cause there is in music that should always interpose a discord in the duet betweon a musical and nnmusical person when once they are united in wed- lock? Why should thers be so few rests, so ‘many slurs, such bad time, such furious discords, such scaly’ performsnces, no agree- ment on the dominant, o tonic anywhers. Piinters, poets, scalptors, philosophers, all move along smoothly, though their wives are totally ignorant of the ensel, the winged Pegasus, the chisel, or the ¢go and non ejo. But Jink a musician to a non-musician and immediately the twain comwmeuce to pull apart until thers comes a break and the wholehousehald fabric goes to pieces. What is there in the swelling harmonies of ‘music, its passionate lapses, its divina aspirations, and its restfulinfluences, which shonld evolve such a frightful discord? What is it that jangles the sweet bells out of tune? SIGNS OF EXTRAVAGANCE. We hope the present Common Council, which has been regarded thus far as a fair representative body, aud inclined to protect the taxpayers against the extortion of office- holders and contracters, will not disappoint & sorely-pressed constituency that have rested their faith in its economical disposi- tion. The consideration of the Appropria- tions in the Committes of the Whole, though not final, is gencrally an indication of what will be done at the last, and it is the critical time of the year in Aldermanic deliberations. The progress in the estimates up to the time they were reported by the Comptroller was in the right direction,—that is, backwards,~— and the signs in the Council of changing front will excite considerable dismay among taxpsyers. The increase agreed upon. fo furnish & couple of more engine-houses, and involving an out- Iay of £20,000, ot a time when the zecords of the Fire Department show Chica- go to be about the best-protected city in the Tnion, and when property-owners can scarcely raise money to pay taxes as they are, was bad enough in itself, but it is Pposi- tively serious if it forecasts any general dis- Pposition to enlarge the Temaining items for current expenditure. The sewers are the most threatening vehicle of Aldermanie. extravagance. A sewer, besides serving as a conduit for refuse stuff of all kinds, is an underground avenue to local popularity in the wards which are particularly favored. It offers a constant temptation, therefore, to Aldermanic liberal~ ity with the people’s money. The appropri- ation for sewers resembles clogely the River and Harbor billin the national sppropriations, inssmuch as it opens up opportunities for illimiteble trading. Alderman A will agree to vote an appropriation large enoagh to cover the sewerage demands of Alderman B's ward, if Alderman B will do as much for Alderman A’s ward, and 50 on to the end of thechapter. Thisis the danger, and it is imminent when the Aldermen begin to hesitate, and not past till the appropriations aro definitely made. The estimate of $200,000 to expend on sewers during the present year is fally ag high as the financial status of the ‘municipal- ity and the capacity of the taxpayers war- Tant. It is a mere pretense to maintain that it was not intended to include the $79,262 for the construction of sewers already under contract. Of course, it was intended to cover all sowers to be constructed during the year, whether now under contract or not, and the pretense that it was not so is merely de- signed to enable certain Aldermen to lobby for work to the amount of $280,000, instead of only $200,000. The city is already well provided with sewers, and can got along comfortably these hard times with only such additions as the public health demands ; the sum of 200,000 is ample to cover all the necessities of the case. To expend any ad- ditional amount, whether to gretify the local demands of some of the wards in which Al dermen are looking for re-election, or to fur- nish contracis for the friends of some of the Aldermen, will be- properly resented by the people who have to pay the bills. The fact Taust be constantly kept in mind that the city 1as only just entered upon the duty of clear- ing up the floating debt, and that in times like these the struggle of taxpayers to sup- port their families and meet their private obligations is so great that they cannot en. dure any extra or needless demands for public expenditure. — AN INSIDE VIEW OF A TURKISH COUNCIL. The Augsburg Allgemeine-Zeitung of Jan, 31 reports the discussions of the Turkish Council which preceded the rejection of the Conferenco proposals. As they are of ex. traordinary interest, in view of the gravity of the situation as between Tarkey and Rus. sia, and no previous report has been made in the dispatches of theso discossions, g summary of them will be of interest ns show- ing the temper of the Turkish mind, and als0 a5 giving an insight into Turkish affairs. At the first meeting of tho Council, Sovm Pasua took the bull boldly by the horns and declared: “If we accept these pro. posals the Ottoman Empire is sure to Pperish; whereas, if we reject them, and war should ensue, the worst that con befall ug isto Jose a portion of the Ottoman Empire.” The Grand Vizer declared that if the Pproposals were accepted the Government of the country would bo transferred from Con- stantinople to some European Capital, while Kyonm Nassvmr, another official, aptly re. marked that if they were accepted * the Ottoman Empire is doomed to galloping cnnmmph‘ox!" The Grand Vizier then out. lined the situation as follows: 1f we reject the demands of the Powers, the Con- ference will be dissolved, snd some of the Powers 3y £0 to war with us. England ana France aro sure to remain neatral; Russis, with whom these Proposals originate, is likely to try and enforce them by the sword. Austrin having 17,000,000 may not be corapelled to do. 1f her Magyars per- mit; she may join Russia, and declare war agaiust us, or she may accupy Bosnia and Herzegovina for anindefinite time. As for Servia, Roumania, and Montencgro, we must prepare to see them takesides against us. Nor have we any right to count upon support from abroad. Taking all this into consid- eration, we must not conceal from ourselves that our position is critical. . Soveral of the officials thereupon exclaimed that sll they had to do was *‘to trost in the Almighty and make war,” which forcibly re- minds one of CroxweLL's exhortation to his soldiers to trust in Gop and keep their powder dry. The Grand Vizier then an- nounced the military strength of the Empire, which corresponds with previous statements that hove been made. He placed the avail- ablo force at from 500,000 to 600,000 men, all well armed and equipped, aud stated that large quantities of cartridges had been or- dered from Americs. The Grand Vizier, however, was honest enongh to look on both sides of the picture. He feared that the cartridges might be captured by the enemy before reaching Constantinople. He told the Council that Turkey hod no monsy, that the portels of the money market were locked against them, that no army could be support- ed without money, and that the paper money was very much depreciated. The Graud ~ Vizier's wet blanket, how- ever, did not dampen the enthu- siasm of the Council. The Government Commissary of Exchange exclnimed : ¢ Forty million Ottomans prefer war to the sullying of their honor. Command, and we shall oboy. The ghosts of our departed martyrs are invisibly present at this debate, and ex- hort us to be up and doing. It needs no speechifying. Reject! Reject!” Rurar Bey, a prominent member, enthusiastically doclared: “‘War is a fever from which we may recover ; the Conference programme is & pulmonary disease which would inevitably send us to the grave. What we have to do is to put on woolen cloaks, light red candles, and defy adversaries.” The Grand Vizier thereupon ought to quiet the general ex- citement and have the Council discuss the matter coolly, notifying them that public opinion was against them in ell Europe, and that public opinion was stronger than any other power. AsEprx Bey immediately roso and shot off the following rocket: * We are proud to think that, in consequence of our answer, six Awbassadors will leave Con- stantinopla simultaneously. It redounds to the glory of the Ottoman race that we are going to give the whols lot of them the same reply.” There was no withstanding this ar- gunent, and the Council passed the motion to reject the Conference Pproposuls,—Tarks, Greels, Armenians, Roman Catholics, and Protestants all consenting, with n ‘whoop and & hurreh which were irresistible. The pro- ceedings of the Council clearly reflect the fatalism, cournge, and fighting. qualities of the Turks, and show that they looked upon the acceptance of the proposals as gauta- mount to the destruction of the State. —— THE COMMON EENSE OF IT. The Tabernacle Committee have been rather fiercely assailed in the matter of re. fusing to open their building for Hexex ‘Warp Beecues either for a lecture or for a sermon. Some of the papers have charged them with flagrant Phariseeism; one editor even accusing the Chairman of saying to Mr. Beecmen: “T am holier than thou.” This is bardly fair play i the circumstances, and the fgct ought to be evident, apart from any judgment as to tke guilt or innocence of Mr. Beecaer. We have neither ocension nor desire to say anything on the latter point; but a few observations in connection with the bearing of admitted facts upon the pub- lic relations of the Great Accused will not be out of place, in view of the discussion in progress. Let us seeif we cannot reach the common-sense idens at the bottom of the matter. In o merely financial and business point of view, those having control of a publc hall avowedly offered to all desiring an audi. ence.room, on the payment of the required rent; need not concern themselves with the disputed questions respecting the opinions and conduct of one who seeks its use, By Tenting it to him, they do not indorse his doctrines, or his character, any more than does the hotel-keeper - who furnishes him apartment and menls at the usual per diem. If the Tabernacle had been erected for such 8 purpose, or, if for a reason satisfaciory to those interested, it were now held upen for such use as a place to be had for hire for any moral public entertain- ment, thers could havo been no ground for refusing it to Mr. BEECEER, any more then for refusing the McCormick Hall, where he actually lectured. It is not the part of the proprietors of public halls to sit in Jjudg- ment upon the mooted questions of the day. But the Moody Tabornacle was erected forn specific purpose, ang, it is said, with an ex- plicit agroement that it should be used only for the revival meotings, and for exercises under the auspices of the Young Men’s Christion Association. If that be 50, the Committee in charge must be the soly judges of the compatibility or incompatibility of any proposed exercises with the understand- ing under which they act; and they had a right to rule out Mr. Brecarn's lecture. If, now, one ask whether the matter stands in a different light by reason of the proposal that Mr. Bezomer should be allowed to preach *| in the Tabernacle, & view of the cnse as it wonld naturally present itself to the Com- mittes does not relieve the matter of diffi- culty, even on the supposition that, person- ally and privately, each member of it was persurded of Alr. Beecmer's purity. For oftentimes one ecannot in public matters act upon his private opinions, but must recog- nize an existing state of things, however unfortunate that state of things may be. Now, in the:cass of Mr. BEECHEE, there is a serious division of public opinion. A large number hold him to have been proven guilty by the evidence produced in court. Many others hesitete to go so far, and only affirm that the case looks badly, and that the accused has failed as yot to vindicate his innocence. A third class holds that he is not guilty of immoral conduct, but has been- unutterably foolish and imprudent. A fourth class has only admiration for his character and conduct, and considers him the most Ppersecuted saint of the ages. This differenca of opinion is due, in no small degree, to the fact that the civil suit tried only » single nerrow issue, and admitted only a single line of evidence, and yet resulted not inan ac- quittal, but in a disegreement of the jury. As to an ecclesiastical trial, none whatever has besn had, nor even offered, except upon con- ditions 50 unusunl a5 to call forth 5 solemn protest from many of the most eminent clergymen of the denomination, and to lead to the organization of a new local associa- tion of ministers by those who were nn. willing to remain in direct fellowship with Mr. BezcEer. This aspect of the case, re. inforced by the efforts which were made to _prevent Ihg_ trial of Mr. Movrrox's suit, has left the eomifignjly, here a5 elsewhers, | ment of astronomy clesses named hos in it men eminent for character aud intelligence, and who properly consider that their views are not to be lightly esteemed. Families, churches, social circles, and business callings are in this disagreement, and have finally come, in many cases, to a tacit understand- ing not to mention the topic. The peace is kept by ignoring Mr. Beecuea, Come back, now, to the case in hand. The Tabernacle Committee were but Trustees in behalf of the religions community thus sad- Iy divided in judgment about this eminent prescher. They were situaled with refer. ence to the question very much as was every prudent pestor in the city, whatever might be his private regard for Mr. Berciza. The pastor knew that it would not answer for him to invite Mr. Beecmze to preach to a congregation, part of which would hear him with delight, and part with disgust, and part in hopeless perplexity. It would be impos- ing upon a portion of the congregation his personal judgment in g matter not pertaining to his function as pastor, and in 8 manner which left them no option but to leave the house or to remain in a state of mental dis- tarbance not favorable to worship. This -was 8 responsibility which no pastor as- sumed, though one, secing him ‘present, ven- tured to invite him to pray, not without dis- turbing the sense of propriety in some of the congregation. We may thus concieve that the question with the Tabernacle Committee would naturally be, not whether Mr. Bexcrzz was a good man, or a bad man, but what was their duty as Trustees of the property of others who were divided in Jjudgment as to Mr. Beecmen’s purity. Had they s moral right to allow the building to be put o ause not contemplated in its erection, and con- trary to the known wishes of many who con- tributed to its cost? Especially would this be right, if there were Teasen to fear that a misconstruction would be put upon the act, here and in other places; sothat it would be interpret- ed as an indprsement of Mr. BEECHER, or 88 an evidence of public opinion with regard to him? Wheh so much doubt hung around the subject, the safe and wise way probabiy sppeared to be to keop clear of the complica- tion altogether, and thas not to open the ‘Tebernacle for the special purpose requested. The moral would scem to be, that until something can be doze, by 2civil or an ecclesiastical investigation, to get at ““the bottom facts,” by the use of all possible evi- dence, thero will remain this division in the Jjudgment of every community where Mr. Brzcurk may go; and that he must expect to be treated as ono who has not ¥et vingdi- cated himself from the charges which have beeu mede upon evidence partly published and partly awaiting & hearing. Those who beliove in his innocence canuot expect every- body else to act; upon that essumption, in existing circumstances. — A Compulsory Educetion bill is now before the Missouri Legislature. The St. Louis Globe- Democrat objects to it on the score that the present school system of the State is soin- efficient that 1t' cannot bear the strainof a largely-increased attendance. # Cotpnlsory education,” it says, “can only be successfully tried in 3 community where the system of edu- cation is already brought down to a fine point.”” This is, fudecd, putting a point on the subject. o R e S “In this cight-to-sevenage,” remarks a philo- sophical reporter of the Cincinnati Enguirer, “we can’t afford to have Democrats consume each other.” But the preseat indiatians'm‘c ti:at no other important business need restimin Democrats from consuming each other if they want to; their services will not be reauired in the management of the affairs of the nation. —— PERSONAL. Mr. Regamy, the caticatarist, Iately of Chicago, isnow attached toa French Government mission in dapan. Healy, the Chicago artist, is aboutto paint a por- trait of Gambetta, which, if dnished in time, will be exibited at the Salon. Guetave Dore has been visiting Switzerland, and Bas bronght back to Paris several fmportant studies he made in the mountains, almost in the clond region. ‘The Nation calls 3r. Piatt's nssassination ed- ftorial ¢‘a bit of newspaper delirium.” The de- lirious creature really ought to be put in an asylu fora termof years. . ’ The Rev, 0. B. Frothingham has undertaken 8 Iife of thelate Gerrit Smith, and calls for sugges. tions or material to be sent to his address, No, 50 West Thirty-sixth street, New York City. The Rev. James Freeman Clarke says anreserv- edly that the persons who are keeking to obtain the temporary use of a portion of the Boston Common are ‘public encmies.” He hopes to arouse the community to sense of the impending danger be- fore it is too late. ‘The Durtmouth College Trustees are tryingihard to keep Prof. Young, who has been called to Princeton, and they have voted to make his depart- distinet from that of physics, and to appeal at once to the friends of tha college for means to cstablish the Professorship, Anew illustrated weekly, to be called the Ameri- can, s £oon 10 begin publication in New York, the first number being announced for the. 3d of March. 1tis to be in the style of arper's Weekly, but assurance of its success s not given by the ab- sence from the preliminary eircular eent to this otllce of the name of editor or proprietor. The Herald hos a breezy article on the subject of :* An Impracticable Chimera,” which we hope to see followed at an cariy day by another on ** An Incontrovertible Fact.™ Mr. Bennett must have taken the office-syutax across the water with him, veeding its assistance, no doubt, for the compgai- ton of his fashion dispatches from the European centres of thonght, ‘' Talmage is too innocent for anything,” re- marks the Coston Post. *‘Inbhis Sunday sermon to commercial tzsvelers he advised them to empty the brandy ont of their fasks aad 11 them with cholera-misture. That's just it; brandy is a chol- era-mixtare, and it is a noticeable fact that the country has been remarkably free from this dis- ease for the last twenty yeare.” Mr. Cornclius J. Vanderbilt has talked with a reporter of the New York Herald in regard to the Droposed contest of his father's will. He says he fs ot inclined to be eubstantially disinBerited, unless after a fair hearing of the case the laws of this countey shall o decide. He has, however, @reat hopeg that his brother may, on reflection, see that it will be to their common interest 10 try and arrange the matter amicably and withont contest. Dr. Erasmas Wilson, an eminent London physi- cian, has taken on himself the charges of convey- Ing the obelisk known a5 Cleopatra's Needle from Alexandria to London. He has made the necessary arrangements with Mr. Dickson, a well-known civil-engineer, aten cstimated cost of $50,000. ‘The obelisk will be surrounded with water-tight and alr-tight casing of boiler plates, will have a wooden keel and &n iron deck, and will be towed through the Mediterranean by a powerfal steamer, A question tiist is azitating the religions people of Bosten s, *‘Shall the Episcopal Church be Democratics” The Rev. J. H. Ward maintains the afirmutive of the proposition, and finds a large support frem the outeide clergy. The Rev. B Laird Collier enld on Jonday, in the Chestunt Street Club, that the Episcopal Church only needed to unite its conservatism with the democratic life of the age in order fo sweep the country. Who ever expected to gec the Episcopal Charch g sweep? The New York State records at Albany have been hopelessly matilated. More than 200 docaments, iMustratiog the eatlfest periods of the history of the State, are not to be found. 1Is it profanation 10 suzgest that an cmissary of the ** old familles ™ bath done this thing? There maybe descendants of the Knickerbackers who now are ashamed to bave the world know how many paus of brecches thelr progenitors wore. ‘Happily, Washington Irving has in some measare relleved our anxiety on this score. BOSTON. True Story of the Attitude of the eral Christians, m e Joha Welss Opinion of the Mo Sankey Revival, i _— Hr. Savage Rectives Abnsive Letters the Reiral, ————t TUnitarian Toleration and Timidity Oreed of Ghristendom, b Special Correspondence of The Ty Bostox, Mass., Feb, 2L~Out of jmm a strong and mpidly—!ncxeaslng Tespect for thy liberal thinkers who do not spprove of the Moody and Sankey system,—to 53y uothing of the facts of the case,—I think jt 1s high tige’ that the truc story of “the other side» A be told. The Boston DEWSPADLTS have peg, quoted as “filled with Mcody and Sankay, "and the inference drawn therefrom is thyt all Rog. ton wurthk speaking of—all intelligent Boston—ig going by the board over to Moody and Saney, or the doctrines that they so Fehemently i, culeate. it is not suprising that Western printy should sccept this view of the matter, whey earer neighbors with “crangelica] prefa. dices for Critichige JOTFULLY JUMP AT TS cONCLUSIOY that come of them de. Here, for instancs, what one of the correspondents of one of thesa “ neighbors * has to say on the subject: “ One is tempted Just now to doubt whether. aiterall, Boston is so unorthodox ag hey hen’ claimed or charged by friends ang foes, and ty Delieve the boast. of others that it Is more inte. lizently sonnd in the faith wvangelical thap any other city fn the Union. It 1s said that 3p, Moody came to his work here with some mis- giving as to his reception, though perhaps siy little doubt as to his final success. If g be ‘has been disappointed at Tesst in the opening. The daily press, without ex. eeption, have spoken favorably of g comiag, and of the beginnings of hls o, and of all the pulpits, with divergent and ever hostile theology, scarcely one can be mid 1 have been arrayed against him. Mr, Savage, with the 2eal of A" young convert—it is only, few years since he was a radical Calvinist, g still fewer since he ceased to be an orthodar minister—signalized his utter départure fmg Christlanity by a carleature of Christian dos trine in.a sermon which ke entitled ‘Xoody's God.’ On the other hand, many of the abla¢ leaders of the liberal sehool are showing genuine sympathy with the work.” In the first place, to state a fact that N EVERY ONE WHO IS AT ALL EXOWING inogy NEWSPAPERS, ~—is perfectly well aware of,—the columns of 4 daily papers are filled with reparts of any publie proccedings tirat there is a call for from 4sufl cient portion of the community to make it pay~ that is, to sell the newapapers. The Moodyand Sookey meetings “pay,” for they are the I excitement. This is to syate it simply and burely, and perhaps boldly. ButIam g now of newspapers asa business. 4 £reat num. bers who seem to have sufvlent sense upas other business undertakings seem pever to comprebend that a newspaper is a business on- dertafang like any other, and that while an honest, high-minded editor will be carefol not to admit ansthingto his columns which wil diskoor them, he will admit a qrest. deal with which he himself has no pessonal sympathy. It is only fair to suppose, then, that it may by just possidle that the fall re- ports in the Boston papers and the Javorable spealing are quite as much due to the business enterprise of the eqitors us o person- al sympathy, I faney it would be difficult to make many of the really intelligent people bere believe that itis much of a &exsmul matter with the Boston dailics to publish the Teports. of the Moody and Sankey mectings,—be; the personal desire for a business m;".“r mean. The evangelists and their Sympathizers would no doubt infer from this thag THE BOSTON EDITORS WERE IN A VERY 3K NIGITEDs CONDITION. But I make the statement on Iy OWD responsi- bility: und from my kuowledge of them, be- lievinz them to he of the really, and not merely so-called, futellizent party of the community! Aad in this conoection it is quite apropos thay Ishould give John Weiss' opinion of the = vival matter contained in ene of his cpigram- matic replies. “ Do you think that TUE INTELLIGENCE OF BOSTON IS INSCLTID by this Moody and Sankey enterpriscl" asked one of the liberal thinkers of Mr. Weiss. “No,” responded - Mfr. Weise, “for I o't ‘tltrflnk \“.lhlg’ lutelligence of Boston has been ad- essed ! Mr. Weiss, 1t will be perceived, puts s mach higher Sul’é“r’pxentlon or meaning to the won intetiizence than is commonly nsed. 1In speaking the other day with s gentleman of the “orthodox ™ persuasion, who, AT THE START OF THE REVIVAL MEXTINGS, expressed n great deal of interestaod sympatky Ih"u“; mezc::llh.n decided ‘Enhnxflzu\nl fll o= which strack me as very significant. disappointdd,” said tbxsrygeatlcm “Whea Mr. Moody began, in the two or thres first mectings, T sympathized with and beartily in- dorsed lifs course, which scemed to be devoted to morality; but now he has developed the old doctrival scheme that was in ‘'voguc forty years zfo, and worn out then. I um very .wryb_\; thisdevelopment and exceedingly disappotnied.” 1 think a good many of us who, though 20t on the listor the sympathizers at any time, yet were disarmed by the evangelists’ gentls statt, arc gomething more than disappointed by the later developments. Mr. Savage’s stand from the first had veen that of a bold and nncom- promising opponent. From the first he has de- clared that Le believed Mr, Moody o beasineery and earnest man. He had no pe 3 ism whatever againsc him, but he believed as carnestly that Mr. Moody’s plag wasa taken aud “pernicious one; in short, an T3S one, which perverted the Scriptures ml_fi: outa fixed creed, a scheme of salvation, e only 10ad to Heaven and OCUT OF THE JAWS OF HELL. From this standpoint of belief Mr. Simgs Bas preached for scveral successiva flnndl!lflf opposition to Mr. Moady's sermons. courses have beea _critical apalyses of Wn'.'-: vivalist’s words. Of course severe criti Y fallen upon hiself for this course. It was e be expected from those who sympathized i the cvangelists, but scarcely from those called themselves of the Unitarian faith: yet the timid oncs of the order have alwags bis ready to pluck at the skirts of thelr balder bretiren, while they locked over their shoalder :l?prehensu'ely at the old rear gurd of orthodosy. Bat - the criticisms R the Unitariaos have been, I am bappy t0 8T of the dcprecating kind, soringing nob from timidity, but from that I > which i8 80 afraid of not beiog if & everybody’s creeds, that I verily belleveif ir- 3ooay’s very tangible ‘nzvn.bsuom.nhm s uflum'& s amongst them in the propria perso sscribed to him, they would proceed to welcoB® him in the most urbane fashion, and would pr- testingly cry to anybody who mrqedthe:r“ shoulder to his majesty, “There, therd, :;h: don’t say anything; he has a right to his fon; he means better than we think, 4 aud, anyway, it isn’t our business to put ol out!” But Mr. Savage has none of this timidity, T gaters the lists with all his armor o, 34 18 lance poised for the fray. Andm regard tO 1 [sition of other Unitarians he says Botlr, “If believed as some of the Unitarian m!nlstu;’ Boston seem to helieve, I would not lundu s and preuch to you one s“dfi,;“g“' Moody’s picture of God, of salvation, arw itry. Isthe true one, then the Unitarian pisors of Boston have no business to exist ooe e longer; they are a crime, they stand in the of God's will. There is no place for comps misc between the position he holds A which we hold to-day; and if we represen ime szh;x ‘principles, mfin now, it f'fif;u m' o 10 for those that have the ears of stand up for the flag of their prlmg;‘o; ol and deprecation of his opponents. THE WRATH HAS MANIFESTID in 3 number of abusive letters. Theso, £ the orthodox side, which fact certainly dfim tell very wellftox\;i:n_r powerot xegvflhl:g!‘.’ odey sweet 0! og spirit, and ¢ is Aupm to result theref In last Suz day’s sermon, in alluding to the fact had thonght his language ‘unnecessaril; [