Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 8, 1877, Page 4

—"If Gazmnezz, Scorr, add Vasommemr do " THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. APKIL 8 15/{—SIXTEEN FAGES. sowed troubles and reaped troubles perish at the TILDEN case is concerned, the public it cheérfully concede him the right of “withont publicity ” are fraudulent. There is & radical defect :in the laws regulating di- vorces in some of the States. We believe the ‘latest invention in ‘the patent divorce business is to apply by letter to a Court in Dtah for divorce, the applicant living in any part of the United States, and the decree is furnished by mail. The divorce business is bad enough at the best; but, when agencies for obtaining fraudulent decrees are openly TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. BY MAIL—IN ADVANCE—POSTAGE PREPAID AT ¢ THIS OFFICE. Dafly Edition, pos:paid: 1 vear. Farts of nyear, per montii. Haticd 1o oy dddress four wEeE 07 Sunday E 2 and Rell Sheet e Huomdavt {ug. established, the law ought in some way be ©f 2 jéar, per month.... made fo break up these agencies so far as INBERLY FLIHIOR, FOSIEAID. possible, and this bill has that' purpose in view, and is therefore comm; ble. Postage prepaid. Specimex corfes sent free. . Tt is noted that the ter! mombers of the what is and is not permitted, the widest lati- tude is allowed.” One of the causes of the simplicity of Washington life is necessary economy. It is not a rich city, smell, and lavish expenditure impossible, which is one explanation of the preference for afternoon receptions, inssmuch as they are an economical form of entertainment, and * well adapted to 2 city which is very hospitable and does not overflow with money.” The writer closes his society-sur- vey with the following comparison between life before the War and since : £ . 01d Wachingtonians will tell you that the heyday ©of Washington soclety Is over; that its prime was durlng the period of Southern domination, before the new people came in; and no donbt soclety was Toyrevent delay and mistakes, be sure and zive Post- Cficeaddress in ull, tncluding State and Countr. Eawiitances may lemade cliber by draft, cxpress, Fust-Cfce urder, Or i regiatered letters. at our risk. ~ERMS TO CITY SUBSCRIDERS. elt vered, Sunday excepled, 25 .cents per week. cedvered, Sauday ticluded, 20 cenzs per week Adidress THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, sComer Madisen and Dearto County Board who would hold over in case the bill does not pass legislating the Board out of existence, include abont sll the de- cency and honesty in the Board, and that the Commissioners -who have won any claim to public confidence are not opposing the Ros- 1880N bill, even though it legislates them out of office. As to this, it may be said that such members of the present Board as have convinced the public that they are honestly in favor of the same line of retrenchment and economy that has distingmshed the Re- form Council will be ye-elected if legislated out of office. - The: object and determina- tion of the people is simply to seoure 8 County Board -that shall administer county affairs on the same principles as the new Council have sdministered city affairs during the past year ; and, if the people are given the opportunity, they will elect onty such men as they can trust with the dis- bursement of the Court-House bnilding fund. Any man whohas fought for the taxpayers in that corrnpt Board will have a sort of claim to re-election in case be be legislated out of office in order to get rid of the rascals whom he has opposed. APOLLO COMMA PLAR=Speciai Conciave o W 7d Monroe- 5t.,0n Toesduy evening nest, April 10,2t 7 o'clock, whea tie Urder o the Temgie wiil be conferred. Visitng Sir Knignts courteously fovited. Hereafter members of thisyommaudery will meet wn the Armory for drill every Saturday eveaing at 7 o'cl J. 1. DUNLOF, Bec. | LINCOLN PARK CHAPTER, NO. 177, B. A. M., sl corner North Clark and Centre-sis. —Special Con- o lon Tuesday evemnz, April 10, at 8 o'clock. Seoniy Tavited: By Smic; of th A gOUPARIons cour- oy oy, Shier of the 112 5. : ¥ oMY S STREAT, secretary. ST. BERNARD COMMANDERY, No. 35, K. T.—Spe- clal ‘Conglave Wednesday eventdz, ApHI 11, &t & Selock. Work onthe K C. Order. Vistiing Sir Enights usly ; er o 7 T M. BURDASE, B. C. J. 0. DICKERSOX, Recordér. ~ + CBICAGO COMMANDERY, XO. 15, K. T.-Atten- tion €ir Enights! Special Conclave Dfldg‘Y evening, Aprtiu. Work on R C, Order. Vislting Sir Knights urteously in: 'BY order of commeomylaviied. By 4% SANBORN, E. C. JAMPS E. MEGIN, Rec. GO COUXNCIL OF PRINCES OF JERUSA- L G G T Masans—Wiil hold 8 Regular The llinois House of Representatives h;§ ot R Sy e e ~ . Wi n the 'n| x1 i it il 1,,‘;9,“”, ot thed HUSSELL, 5. o G s passed a bill, which we trust the Senate will ED. GOODALE, Gr. Sec. also pass and the Governor approve, regnlat- BLAIR LODGE, X0. 395, A F. 314 A, 3.—Regular | ing the vight of sulfrago by paupers in this Communication Mondsy evening, st 7:30. Speclal Comunication at 4 p. m. Work on the Third Dearee. Yuiting brethiren cordially inyited. By order of the W. M. C. W. O'DUNNELL, sec. State. The bill provides that no pauper, or inmate of auy county poor-house, insane asylum, or hospital, shall, because of such abode in such institution, be deemed a resi- dent or legal voter in the town where such asylum or hospital may be situsted ; that all such persons shall be deemed to be residents of the town, city, village, or precinct in which they resided prior to becoming an in- mate of the poor-house or asylum. * In this there is no discrimination against paupers, or poverty, or misfortune. The public asy- lums are mere places of relief or temporary refuge, and there can be no such thing as “‘a residence,” in the political sense of the term acquired by merely seeking relief, or be- ingplaced there fortreatment forsome physic- al disability. To muster these persons on election-day and vote them for any purpose, especially for the election of local officers and at town meafings,“is an nbuse which re- quires correction. This bill proposes to re- move all legal doubt on this subject, and it ought to become a law. CORINTHIAN CHAPTER. XO. R A M.— Hoguiat Convocatian Mouday crening ApFilS WorE Mark Degre jer - * PT§TL crawrorp, 1. . SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 1877. MAREET SUMMARY., The Chicago produce markets were generally sctive and stronger, with an fmproved demand for @min for shipment. Meas pork closed 20c per brl higher, at $14.07!4@14.10 for April and $14.221; for May. Lard closed at 753@10c per 100 bs high- er, at $0.40@9.45 for cash and $9.50 for Moy. Meats closed }¢ better, at 4%c for loose shoul- ders, 73cfordo short ribs, and 7Xc for do short clears. Highwines were quiet, at 51.05 per galion. Flour was in good demand and stronzer. Wheat closed 2@2!c higher, at SL32K for April and £1.36%@L 30% for May. Corn closed 1c higher, at 40%c for Aoril and 43%c for May. Oats closed abont 1c higher. at 32%c for April, and 30%cfor Mar. Rre was }4c better, at 6315@6Sc. Barley ciosed nominally at 52@33%c for April Hogs were active and 5@10c higher, ot $5.108 s. Cattle were ateady, at 85.25@5.50. Sheep were dull. Onc hundred dollars fn gold would boy $105.00 in greenbacks at the close. The Council must not be misled by Mr. Riorpax’s proposition to contest Hiprrra's scat on the ground that the latter’s majority was obtained by fraud. The duty which the S ee——— " In New York on Saturday gfeenbacks were quoted at 95}@95%c. Council owes itself and the city is simply to declare Hruorerr ineligible to a seat in that ‘body under the law, being a confessed reve- nus defrauder. Any contest which Mr. Rion- DAN may make for the seat must be prosecuted without any reference whatever to Hironers. If R1orDAN can show that he 1ot stop their *“ wars to the knife,” the pub- lic will begin to suspect that their main ob- ject isto secure free advertising for their roads. , They manage toget a good deal of it iu these chronic collisions which slways end then more bomogeneous and settled. The **Grant- ism™ of thelast four yesrs hus had the effect of revolutiontzing society as it has revolutionized poli- tics. You csanot talk of asocicty being Inany sense settled when there have been two dozen Cabinet changes in two terms. . . . 1f we could make x comparizon between the old South- ern society and that which is at present to be found at Washington, 1 think it would be found that, un- seitled and heterogencons as it now maybe, itis, on the whole, and from these very cause, more entertaining than it éver was,” Atany rate, as we of shie generation can never know what the old slaveholding Washington was, we cannot sigh very much over its disappearance, particularly as the life of the city which has taken its place is the pleasantest life to'be had in America: The, writer might have made. his letter of still more interest had he traced the probable influence which the Haves Administration will have upon society in that city. The first 1ady of the United States, who in her style, manners, and receptions is the very soul of elegant . simplicity, cannot but exer- cise'n very powerful influence in still further simplifying society 'life in Washington, and there is nothing in the style of Ar. Hives or his Cabinet to conflict with the process. The simplicity, dignity, earnestness, man- liness, and independence which Mr, Haves has introduced into politics bid fair to be reproduced in Washington society, especially o8 society is under political domination. The needs of the one are quite as urgent as the other. The same quict but resistless power which is purifying politics, wiping out the old corruptions, ‘inspiring respect for law, and bringing the noses of politicians down to the grindstone of akhsolute’ equity, can alsoreform society by substituting a judicions economy for useless extravagence, if not criminal waste; by substituting dignity for frivolity ; an elegant simplicity for vulgar display; reality for sham and shoddy. MINISTERS AND CHURCHES. There is an honorable sensa.in which the churches ave the religiops public schools of & people. Asin g well-regulated community, under modern civilization, one sees the land dotted with school-houses, for the purposes of secular education, so he finds everywhere, for moral and religious uses, the church edi- fice. Each of these institntions ministers to a felt want, or assumes to do so. Thatit may really fulfill that purpose, it must be 2dapted to the particalar necessities of the time and place. ‘Thus, to have educational value, the secular teacher must instruct in branches related to the wants of the children put under his care. There are localities where a high school or a classical acadomy would be useless, while a primary school would be a priceless blessing. Read- ing, writing, and arithmetic may bo commonplace studies; but young - children of the ordinary class and average prospects inlife are commonplace also, and demand precisely such a preparation for coming work s those studies furnish. It wonld seem more dignified for tho teacher to be instructing in Latin and Greek; bat the school-houses are not built for nbodes of dignity. And so one may resson about the churches as devoted to moral and religious education. To serve the people well they must not stand so much 22 Gonthinalions received 2 majority of the legal votes cast That the citizens of Chicago are in favor of | for Alderman in his ward, he will be entitled the Lill regulating the Cook County Board of | to the seat; otherwise there will be a vacan- Commissioners is testified by the meeting last | cy, to be filled by a special election. But night, and the action of the merchants is re- Hrvorers must-cut no figore in all this. He spectfully commended to such of the mem- | must be disposed of on hig, own demerits by bers of the Legislature from this district as | & resolution citing the law in the case and hope for re-election. pronouncing bim ineligible. He conld not = ————— be prevented from parading his infamy by The Commissioners to adjust the differ- running for the Council, nor could the peo- ences botweea the United States and the ple of his ward be prevented from disgracing squatters on the public lands within which | themselves and the city by voting for him; * the Arkansas Hot Springs are located got $10 | there was no law for that. But thers is o per day and expenses, while the bulk of the | law which excludes Hmoners fromi the squatters in that locality payabout $10 s day | Council, even if be received all tne votes for expenses. It is easy to sce that Uncle | cqst in his ward, and this law should be ap- Sam will tire them out after awhile. plied in his case by o unanimous vote of the Tt begins to look as if the Couneil would | CO92¢lk “lose an orator despite the efforts of the re- SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON. Peaters. At acaucus of Aldermen last night | There isa popular notion in this country it was agreed to throw Mr. Hruoners out on | 8S'well asin Europe that society in Wash. his whisky record, even if the contest of his | ington is aristocratic. Close observers find, opponent should fail. It may be a misfor- | however, that it is very democratic. One 6f tune to the history of oratory, but thers is | these observers,—and a very attentive one,— TOW a strong prejudice in favor of integrity. | has written a letter to the Pall ifall Budget o upon the subject, and, as it will be interest- " The war-cloud which hung over the Iowsa | ing to look at the society of our National / railway pool for the past two or three weeks har vanished. A protocol has been signed, ‘whereby the Nebraska wing of the Burling- ton Rosad recedes from its demand for a “pro-rate™ with the Union Pacific to and from Fort Kearney, and Jar Gourp to bury the hatchet. The settloment is re- .. garded with favor byall parties in interest. —_— Capital through English spectacles, wo re- produce the substance of the letter. The writer introduces his topic with a compari- son between the society of New York and that of Washington, and finds in the former & decided inanity and frivolity, a total lack of a serious interest anywhere,—* no com- mon ground on which everybody can meet which possesses some higher attractions than gossip or stocks.” In Washington, on the other hand, society being in the hands of the governing class, “the result is that there is a common subject of interest for every- body; and, since politics are losing their bitterness, it is atways becaming a pleasanter and more amusing subject to have in com- mon.” He finds that ‘Washington society is at once the pleasantest and the most simple in the country. 'The social calendar provides some social duty for every day in the week, such os Senators’ days, Judges’ days, Presi- dents’ days, Secretaries’ days, and so on, and, by the *‘relic of a state of society very dif- ferent from any that now oxists in Wash- ington or anywhere else, the meanest citizen has the right to go to the Teceptions of the | highest officers of the Government, and, Laving called, considers him or herself en- titled to a return of the civility.”" Besides these receptions, the fashionable life of ‘Washington prescribes only dinners; and little else except “at homes,” ¢ Lkettle. drams,” “parties,” *hops,” * Germans,” and “ balls” He sums up their modus oper- andi quite tersely: You sit up late as you can and get up lete as you can. If you are aman, you dress 8s you would anywhere else; and, if you are a woman, you dress as expensively ‘as you can afiord. In short, Weshington society is very much like so. ciety anywhere else, except that from its connection with polities it is more intorest- ing, more exciting, and, sbove all, more real.” He finds it to be simple in the sense that its artificiality is not the artificislity of etiquette, ard that its rules are not rigidly enforcad, since, owing to the hetarogeneons- ness of its members,—some of whom have obtained their entree through money, some throngh family, and some through ciever- ness,—there is no court’ of Iast resort. “There are no traditions to appeal to, and consequently if any one setsup a hard aBd fast standard he simply becomes singular and eccentric. The consequence is, that in- stead of their being, as by tradition thers ought to be, & very narrow margin betwesn In an interview with the five Commision- ers yesterday, Gov. PAckaxp said that, ‘**if recognized by the President, and reinstated i the possession of the Court buildings, ar- senals, and arms,” he could take care of him- gelf. Which suggests the case of & weak- minded youth who, abont to marry, was told | Le could not support himself, let alone a wife, “I know it,” he answered, “but I can almost stpport myself, and it does seem as if 8 wife ought 10 help some.” — A bill s paseed one branch of the Legis- lature authorizing railroads to run their trains through the corporate limits of all cities and towns at the rate of twelve miles &n hour, and repealing all municipal author- ity to limit the yunning of such traivs ata less rate of speed. Can it be that the Legis- latare fully understands the effect of such a biil as this? Al the railroads entering Chi- cago penetrato o the most thickly.settled parts of the city. They all traverse several miles wilhig the city limits, crossing streets und avenues, some of them the busiest thor- ougbfares. Are the trains of these roads to Dbe nliowed to run at the rate of twelve miles a3 liour?” Will the Legislature assume for the State the losses of life and of property certain fo result from such a proceeding? ‘We suggest that the Mayor and City Conncil take action to remonstrate againstsuch legis- lation ss is proposed by this bill. — Tke Legislature has passed and sent to the Governor alaw. probibiting the adver- tising of agencies to procure divorces with- out publicity and in secret. We do not Inow how far this bill will Teach the shame. ful abuses of the law, but, as it is in that di- rection, wo heartily approve of it. Thesein- vitations of divorce business are invitations to all msnner of crimes. Unfortunaiely, there is no possibility of .having uniform laws governing the granting of divorces, and hencg persons ’ desiring “to .commit frand heve the privilege of choosing any one of the thirty-eight States in which to_ practice it. All these cases where divorces are obtainsd q / upon dignity as upon utility. They must be in close relation with the actual wants of the mass of men among whom and for whom they exist; contemplating not the tastes of aselect few, but the needs of the many; or- dering their exercises not for the exaltation of the clergy, but for the moral and religions improvement of the laity. This end should be steadily kept in view as a justification for the number and expense of the churches. If a traveler from a semi- civilized land were to express surprise at the foct that he met o school-House at every turn, and that the pzople should donsent to erect such costly buildings and to support an army of teachers, our explanation would be, to point to the necessity and value of educa- tion and to the obvious practical benefit which the people derived from this expend- iture of money. It would not be a sufficient answer to claim that the bnildings were an ornament to the place and that the teachers mede an eminently respectable class in the community. In the old days of united Church and State,when the people were sup- posd to be of one religious faith, provision could be made systematically for their re- ligious as for their secular training; and a church could be located in its parish, as we locate a school-house in its district, according to the perceived need. That idea surely con- templated. a practical benefit to be derived by the entire community. But not less msy we -claim a similar relstion of things under the voluntary system. For what moral right have the various sects to organ- ize 50 many churches, to croct 5o many eccle- siastical edifices, and to incur such vast ex- pense, in the support of the clergy and in other parish outlays, if they cannot show s corresponding benefit? And this benefit should be real, and not imaginary ; tangible, andnot sentimental ; wide-spread, and not confined foa few. This is necessary to a moral justification of their existence; but, in so practical an age as the present, it will be found equally necessary to .their continued support by the people, who will interrogate and investigate each sect, in each place, un- til on some ground of nality it justifies its right to be. 4 ' It has been charged that the clergy do not sufficiently keep these truths in mind; that in some churches the people have a great excess of ritusl and & deficiency of instrue- tion, the sermon being omitted or reduced to a starveling essay of fifteen or twenty min. utes; while in others there is preaching enough, but the discourses are not sufficient- Iy varied in topic or. accurately adapted to the everyday emergencies of life. Not long since the Nation made this criticism: Sermons on pracfical questions, on Thanks. g'ving-days and the like, oftenrcad as If delivered agesazo, to audiences long passed away, while articles in_religions mewspapers often bave the flavor of bomilles to persons whose temptations are What we need ia the pulpit, and in the religions. Ppaper ‘‘sanctum™ most of all, is readiness in the application of the great principles of morallty to the ramifcationsiof circumstance, the conflicts of duties, the remote dangers, and the duplox responsibill. tles of which so many of our grest social, political, and economlcal problems now consist, and this readiness cannot be acquired by mere familisrity with principles. 3 There is force in this suggestion, even though one should not wish to limit the preaching to the mere moralities of life. For doctrine on theological points, except as an intellectual gymnastic, like any other linguis- eimply in the direction of lying and petty larceny. . tic, logical, and philosophical exercise, finds its end or use in character, and “is 50 s_nt forth in Scripture,*where it always occurs in practical form and relations. It isa- great error, then, when'a minister mistakes his church for a theological seminary, and preaches 2 serios of dogmas simply as dog- mas; that is, in the dogmatic form s to statement and proof. Neither is it sufficient that he simply x‘nterpnb the New Testament parables, and apply the recorded miracles, for purposes of a technical experience, half the- ological and half emotional, important for certain purposes as this may be. Nor yet will it fill the proper idea of his ministry to indulge in vaguo generalities and pulpit platitudes about leading a *“ spiritual life " and avoiding “ worldliness.” 4 Tt is just here that definiteness is wanted, and useful specification ; so that the Church may indeed differ from the world, and be a-f school of moral education, i which there ie not merely. much talk about * truth,” ‘“duty,” and “holiness” in general, but an inculeation of the particular traths, daties, and exemplifieations of holiness which per- tain to the circumstances of those ad- dressed. " There is, or ought to be, & crowd of the plain, working men and women in at- tendance, whose toils during the week give them little time for reading; and on Sunday they should %ind in the preacher a moral in- structor of patience, sympathy, and tact, who will stir and inform their minds in such a way as to put them on their guard sgainst the very daugers which they will be called to faco during the remainder of the week. And, in the case of the higher classes, moral dangers are 23 numerous and often more insidious, especially amid the complicated relations and problems of modern civilitation, where many things operate to veil and disguise the true natare of transactions, snd thus gradually to blant Jeading statesman of Europe. Conld a men of such reckless activity, however, remsin in jdleness with the whole political horizon full of threatening louds, foreboding the storm of war? Unless' signs’ ave deceitfal, the time is near at hand when: Germany will need the counsels of his master mind and :‘,l_l'g direction of his firm hand. In such a crisis it jwould be impossible for Bisiarcx to re- main an jdle spectator, and it would :be equally impossible for him to do anything without doing everything. 5 THE PAPAL ALLOCUTION.- The Europesn sensations of the day are the Turkish Protocol and the Papal Allocu- tion,—and, if anything, the latter is more likely to" accomplish its purpose than the former. Itis exceedingly donbtful whether the Protocol will secure the demobilization of the Russian armies, as intended, and much less settle definitely the troubles be- tween Turkey and.her dependencies; but the recent Allocution of -the Pope hds cre- ated a sensation which will lead to a more serious contest between Church and State than any that has ‘occurred 'since VIicToR Emanver dispossessed Prus IX. of his tem- poral power in Rome. This is the more re- markable, because Papal allocutions have been by no menns rare- within the last few years. An allocution is simply an sddress made by the Pope to his clergy thronghout thg world, and these addresses of ‘late years have been, mainly, laments over the loss of temporal possessions, which naturally found no particular sympathy outside of the Ultramontane classes. Buj the secret of the interest which the present Allocution has awakened is to be found in the fact that legislation is fow proposed of which the Pope has a right to complain,—legislation more injurious and unjust than the Farce la#s of Germany, and in-a country where resistance is more likely to be organized the edge of consciénce. When current meaxims, common usage, end selfish aspira- tions combine to destroy delicacy of#discern- ment, & clear-headed enunciator of princi- ples, an acute dissector of motives, and & discriminating judge of intricate transactions is needed as a public teacher. In him,as a pastor, evqry perishioner will find not a flat- terer, but 8 mentor; nota parasite, to sit often at his table, enjoy his dinners, and sound his praises, but such a guest as Simon, the Pharisee, had when be invited the Great Preacher to his house, and bad the gruteful homage of the forgiven harlot turned into a text for his personal instruction. No doubt the moral tone of the community owes much to the Church and rhinistry as 'n constant power of impression. We only desire that it may owe still more. THE FRESHET IN THE RIVER. The recent-irmption of the water of the Desplaines River into the west branch of the South Branch of the Chicago River was not an evil altogether unmixed with good. Regarded from a sanitary point, it was most_ -beneficial to the city in many respects. For nearly a week there poured through the South Branch a volume of water with .such force and speed 2s to give that branch and the main river a scouring such as they havo not had for years. It'took from the bottom of the river an accumulated deposit from the sewers and street washings, and forced it far out into the lake. ' The rush of witer was not confined merely io midstream,—it swept the whole width of theriver. It cleaned awey the mud and the offal at.the sewer openings; it swept around and between the vessels; it scoured out the docks, and deep- ened the river better and to a greater extent than could have been done by a whole sea- son of dredging. Under the ico there had been accumulating since last November the sewage of the whole city, and also the filth, and blood, and even solid matter surrep- titiously placed there by slaughter-houses and distillers. This vast deposit, relieved of its frozen crust, would soon,* under | the rays of the summer sun, have liberated its noisome odors and fetid gases, carrying disease and discomfort into every dwelling. The canal merely carries off the surface water, leaving the solid putridity at'the bot- tom of the river, but this freshet from the Desplaines River last week made an effectnal cleaning out of the whole stream, leaving it purer and cleaner than it has been for sev- eral years. The public anthorities have now in hand o scheme to build a flood-gate to prevent the overflow of the water from the Desplaines into the canal Would it not be also advisable to have an- other gate constructed at & snitable point on the river through which, in the spring, and at any and all other seasons when the water in the Desplaines River, S more than ordi- narily. high, that surplus water might be turned into the South Branch, and thence carried through to the loke? No other means can bz so available to clean out the Chicago River thoroughly as to turn the water of the Desplaines into it, and carry the filth and currentless sew- ‘age out into the lake. If such n purification of the Chicago River could be bad two or threo times a year, the ordinary droinags by way of the canal would suffice to keep the river comparatively clear all the year round. There certainly could be no objection to such an improvement. The or- dinary cost during one scsson of dredging out the bars created at the bridges and the openings of the large sewers will exceed the whole cost of providing for turning all the high water into the Chicago River from the Desplaines, and thereby have our river scoured and cleaned more effectually than can be done by gny other means. If the late freshet shall turn public and official attention to the subject of utilizing the occasional high waters of the Desplaines, and making them effective in cleaning the Chicago River, then it will, in addition" to .| the good which it has already done, be pro- ductive of & permanent benefit to the city as supplying a means of gétting rid of- the .ordinarily stagnant and offensive waters of the river. s — Later advices from Enrope make it doubt- ful whether Bisyunc serionsly contemplates actual resignation of his office. It would appear from the conflicting nccounts that he intends to take a prolonged vacation for his heslth, but will retwn his official position. It would mot bs surprising, however, if the reverse were true. He is an old man in shattered health. He has been crossed in many ways. The recent action of the German Parliament in removing - the Supreme . Court from Berlin to Leipzig was n severs blow at his policy of contralization, of which policy he is the very essence. His enemies have in- creased rapidly, both in Parliament and Cab- inet and among the people, and they have not been slow inlaying at his door the re. sponsibility for all the miseries of hard times that are now afflicting Germany. He hag, then it was agninst Bismarck, with Von MorTxE's army to sustain him. The presont proposed encroachment upon the Papal authority in Italy is so ruthless. that it has |} attracted even the resentment of the English Liberals, whoss organs do not hesitate to protest against it in the name of Liberty. It 18 certainly an exceptional condition of affairs when Protestants and Liberals plead the principles of tolerance, free thought, snd free speech in behalf of the Roman Catholic Church and its ruler. The occasion of the Papal Allocution is the proposal in the Italian Parlisment of what 1s sage of which would be as much s violation of CAvoUR's motto,*‘ A Free Church in a Free State,” as was the temporal power of tho Pope. 1In this case the usurpation would bs on the part of the State instead of the Church, but not the less a usurpation. Tp to this time every step taken by the Italian Government in its dealings with the Chureh has been to strip it of temporal power and possessions. First, the Pope was limited to the Vatican in his temporal authority. Then laws were passed which prevented religions communities from coercing obedienco fo vows and regulations. Then tha enormous accumalation of property by the religions orders and their possession-of great estates by endowment were limited by law. Against all of these things the Pope has protesied time and again, but, as they all related to temporal affuirs, of which the Italisn Government had secured undis- | puted control, and as they in no wise pre- vented the waintenanco or foundation of as- sociations for religious purposes or threat- ened the spiritual power of the Pope, the Papal protests have found no effective re- sponse thronghout the world. In the * Cler- ical Abuses Bill,” kowever, it hos become evident that something of the same sort of persecution is to be inangurated against tho Roman Catholic clergy in Italy as prevailed ander English laws in the seventeenth cen- tury. The proposed bill 1s not rimed directly at the Pope, but reaches him by providing severe penalties for the glergy who attempt to put his spiritusl commands into execu- | tion. Under it the Pope might still com- i mand, but the clergy could not obey without | risk of fine and imprisonment. Thus, the very first article of the proposed law pro- vides that * The minister of religion who abuses his office, 50 a8 to offend ngainst the institutions or laws of the State, and perturd the public conscience or the peace of familics, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term ' ranging from four months to two years, | with & fine which may extend to 1,000 lire.” Under such a law, any uter ance which & Roman Catholic clergyman should make in Italy might subject him to prosecution; for there is no proselyting pos- sible, and no church discipline that can be imagined, which - conld not be construed to !* perturb the public conscience or the peace of families.” The conversion to the Catholic faith of the son or daughter of Protestant parents would be likely to disturb the Ppeace of that particular family, and the priest who bad been instrumental in making the con- version would then be liable to fine and im. prisonment. Any priest who should an- nounce from the pulpit, or in any other way publish or circulate, & Papal allocution re. flecting upon any law or Royal decree, wonld probably be shut up in a dangeon. * There is nothing of the Protestant or Liberal idea of liberty of conscience in this sort of legisla- tion. The progressive Italian Government has had the sympathy of the Libera! world in all movements divesting the Roman Charch of all exclusive advantages denied to other churches in Italy, but it will lose that sym- pathy when it shall seek to deprive the Oath- olic Church of an equal freedom of thought and expression under the law, The Popal Allocution has served to call the attention of the world to the rigid law that is proposed ; but how isit to be suc- cossfully resisted? ‘It is doubtful whether foreign intervention will be exercised, when even France, where the Church is so strong, declines to interpose. Any uprising of the adherents of the Church in Italy and against the Italisn Government would be constrned B3 an effort to restore the temporal power, and would be unsuccessful. Itis snid that the digritaries ‘of the Church, who are én- titled er-officio to sestsin the Upper House of the Italian Parlinment, following the En. glish system (but whohave never yet availed themselves of the privilege), now Pproposs to take their seats and endenvor to defeat the pursue. Let the Roman Church battle for its rights in & peaceable and lawfnl way when they are. threatened, -and it is likely to get them in the end if it abandon its claims to peculiar temporal sdvantages, If the Halian Government, on the other hand, undertake anything like' persecution of the Pope and clergy, on account of spiritual be- lief, the reaction' will be to the benefit of the Church, and real religions lIiberty may suffer a serious blow. - Under real, not ideal, moreover, accomplished the great work of his life,—the unification of Germany,—and by re—| tiring now he would leave in . the . midst of hig fame and go down to posterity as the Ppersecution, the words with which the Pope, . closes his Allocution will make a strong ap- peal: * Let them fear of whom it is written, ‘Isaw those who *committed iniquity ‘and called the “*Clerical Abuses’ bill,” the pas- J§ bill. This would be the wisest course to |. the whisper of Gop, and they were consumed at the breath of His anger.” But for- those who fear Gop, who fight in His name, ‘who hopo in His power, is* prepared . mercy and aid, nor is there room for doubt that, His 'E:e- ing the cause, His the battle, He will gnide the combatants to victory.” " M. Dz Gmarpry has recéntly prepared an essay, entitled ** The Question of }Inneg,': in which he takes the ground that all existing Governments, except those of England and Americs, axe hurrying into bankruptey, and he finds the principal cause in the immense amount of money spent upon their respective armies. The statistics which be furnishes dre very interesting. Thé six Powers of Europe spend £500,000,000- annually upon their armies, He 'calculates in detail that England’s military expenditure per annum is $58.256,160, each soldier costing over $503. France spends ‘$112,913,298, each soldier costing over $254¢. The total cost of the Russian army per anoum is $137,034,985, or $238 per man. * The cost of the German army - is . §92,764,603, or.$225 per man. Italy pays less than $181 o hend, the totdl cost being $37,176,686. The Aus- trian army is the cheapest'of all. Each man costs §174.30, which for an army of 273,800 gives o total of $47,705,914. Adding to thesé sums the annnal amounts expended for naval armaments, which amount to $60,- 000,000 for England, $33,000,000 for France, 824,000,000 for Russia, $7,500,000 apiece for Germany and Italy, acd §5,000,000 for Austrig, and the sum total expended upon the military camp of Europe foots up 635,000,000 e L2 o rovz % The New York Times (radlcal Republican) 3 Dot quite pleased with the President’s order withérawing the Federal soldiers from the Columbia (3. C.) State-House, where they have been upholding the shodew of Guberpatorial authority exercised by CAAMBERLAIN since Decemberlast, But it is candid €10ugh to re- mark in defense of the President’s course: Hete, then, is 2 complete abandonment of pasition heretofore beld by the Rapabiiesn ;2::; as 4conkequence of the reconstruction policy. One might have expected some excitement among He- publicans at the North, if only a3 an indication of Sympathy with those who, like Mr. CRAMBIRLALY, have fought a gallant battle in rellance upon ex- trancous help, and have been quietly given over to the common.enemy. But there ki no” excitement. The anproaching extra session of Congress moy bring 1o the surface fecling cow held in check, but even then it is more likely to be among the repre- sentatives of- Southern Republicans than among the Northern members, Why? .Divers considera: tiona eoter Into the answer. The interpretation ac- cepted by the President iy ndoubdtedly trne up to o cortain “point. There is o wide-spread fm- patienco “with the working . of tho system mow to be discarded It is looked upon as a fallure. 1t has not accared peace. 1t Aas.mot insured adeguate protection of tAe blacks mor fog. tered friendly relotions between them and the whites. 7t Aus nol promoted the prosperity of the South. These are ¢alld rcasons for .cmun‘&lng the policy that hud becn acted upoa, and are the Justification on which the Prnl:lo:n! 1must muinly rely. The 2l :n‘ndinfi busincss depression hay probabl contsl uted stifl more fo'the remarknble et which attends the new. rule of action which the Preciden bas mla;ucdi_ What the Countey now expects Is soime compensating advantage, the realization of {his the vindieating S The Sew poliry depends. Individual injustice will be wltl, Inately overlooked. if the general resalt bo. satls. factory. 1P iLaxrrox fs honest enoush and strong enough to fulll his pledges respecting the froed: men, and If, sder hls 2dminlstration, the State Tegain peace and prosperity, tiy if have litcle to fear from Bis owh u;n;m centall ——— After a harrowing varlety of things specifl the Globe-Democrat goes on to .a,.-‘ufv"’g hlvfi; freed four mfllions of slaves. But we have mot {reed them absolutely. We have freed them outy If HAMPTON consents not to re-enslave them.. This is @ sad anti-climax.” It will be mews to wmost people that HAMPTOX has been appointed Dichstor-General of the four millions of slaves freed by the War, Some of them are seattered in other States; some also have been In the Stateof Misery all these loog years. Wil these miserable creatures be re-cnslaved under Haxerox? Not while Unele Brrr McEep can shoulder a musket, McCuLracs sWing a ¢laymore, or Dax HousER lead 2 forl orn hope. Let the - G.-D. corps #et on war-paint, meet Haxprox on the St. Louis border, check hisagd- vance. and hurl him back to the little State {rom whence he came., —————— ‘“A'man who has done as much ‘lawing? for other people as Mr. TiLpex has, certainly ought to'beallowed to doa little on his own hool.— Spriugfield Republican. 1f be uses his “own hook ™ he will be apt to get more balt "' than fish. A man whois bis own lawyer has a fool for a client. T ———— 2 MUTT CARPENTER hss written a letter edltor of & Wisconsin paper; in the conrse of ‘Which he observes that “No lawyer canbe dfs- ;mcdhynbadnm,bmonlyhym e- tmeat of {t.”” Bo far as MaTr’s connection with, to the elther horn of the dilemmia, 50 fong: as the gy grace comes out even.’ It may Mave been' i “bad cause,” or it may have been the “m, ment of it.”" Either was suffiéiéatly disgracefy- e ———— -. The L¥mes, which strongly backed up the 4y kansas carpet-bagger for Clty Attorney op w count of his defense of SULLIVAX, who kille: HANFORD, sneers at the chrpet-bagzer after iy’ A defeat, thusly: ST SL o " W. J. Hrxrs will devote the “mext few weakely the construction of 3 genealoglcal tree that myy show conclusively that none of his ancestors evy, jumped oz Irish boe. He piaes in-secr=t for a sigyy of the famillar stern-wheelers. of the Arkanmy River, and yoarns for 2 bowl of .the"healing watan that bubble st the Hot Spri Hyxgs i lony. some, and wants to-go somewhere or do Somg. thing. . - . ‘Mr.J. P. Paur, of Vermont, was one of thy bapplest men alive Fricoy. Hewas Invited toy party, and just as he was ready to go the Gor, eroor of the State forbld ‘his attendance, - Of course this was execytivé tyranuy, but it saveq his life; for Mr. P was to be hung, and by ‘was kept from gofog tohls own funeral. Tt waj have been fairénough for PraIR, bit it was up. f2ir £5 the people who want to have condemned murderers tucked away under earth, whers thiej will do the most good. AR e Ex-Gov. CHAMBERLAIN must De somewhat consoled by reading his own obituaries. He hgy had mare good sald of him.by papers and per sons within the last two weeks thau oll the other politicians taken together; excepting, per haps, the President. Who wouldn’t give upy Jjoint-interest in the Gubernatorial chair of § lttle partl-colored State for' such encomitms} He will scon be the envy of everybody. ¢ T The Zimes had an article glorifying ltself § terday. That is Just what the Z-0; did oaly 3 little while before FAWCETTS execition againit 1t was returned indorsed ¢ No property found.) Like the dying swap, some newspapers sing most sweetly just before their collapse. : 1 Siumdeis it Sougalbicun They do not appreciate the telephone in Phil. adelohia, and a local paper @eclares ‘that tha thing will have to be iraproved or the ears of the people enlargeds” There was no such com: plain: ia Milwaukee when the experiments were made there with the telepnone. ~ The hornets of the new: ACministration haye stung cx-Secretary of the Navy Ronmsoxto * expluining thinge” When 3 retired oficial fs forced iato such a stralt, his friends wmigit, \ well take himi'to 2 lunatic asylum who expldins is lost. ; for the man Noimprovement in business, say free-trady untii juses are abolished. And taere was no Ovement in ‘Custom‘Housés untfl MrLLepZives abolished. Who says therels retregfession whi ee Trade would abolisa MCLLETT'S handiwork. . g - Paris bas 65000 beggars, it 13 stated. Let Paristans be thggkful; for if those men wers not begzars t€y might be insursace solicitors or sewiagzdchine or book agents, and then the Commure would be insigniicant by comparison, ———— | [ i ) i 1t appears that the attendants st the great book-trade sale in New.York did travel the Jericho Road right lively,—200 coples proved Dot near esough. nad duplicates to the pumber 01 355 were called for at regular trade rates. ‘The Hon. S. RaxpoLpa Tuckes thinks well, It s stated, of * tke Democratic fotore.” Un- doubtedly State-Rights will come out anead fa | that tuture, but it will be a ‘state of erernal torments. ) ——— $ ** Has Harzs' dullness bees, 2s Dics Syrra once satd o! his, the result of deep design!’— | Courier-Journal. Admitting the dullness, that | s certainly the way it would 100k to a man up atree. - ———— b Real estate was lively.doring the month of Mar:h,—operators. erein foiling for over ——— PERSONAL, London has 320 newspapery. ’ 1t is said Edwin Adamsis dying in Sxn Franclsco, The only witnesses in a.St. Louls murder trial veere named Dics, Z 4 Private-Detective Beard, of Kagsas, is sitisfed that b2 has caught tho Bender tamily. A cool-headed Prenchman has 10oked fnto it, and 8353 {213 ust **bluc glaan.” It is the **calealus of probabil G N S The New York ageacy of Macmillan & Co., the eminent English puolishers, will rémove May 110 ¥o. 22 Boud street. Mra. J. M. Swayze, widow of ths Eansas editor “wbo fvas shot, hav sasumed edltorial mansgement f of i Topeka Hlade. Chinese newsboys cry: **Here's yer Nichi- Ficks Shirdgen ! All the news in the Gaaia Niopo!. Tne Choya Sai- Kai Shinbun, wirs™ - Abe Rothuchild, the supposed murderer of Bessto > Moore at Jefferion, Tex., some time ago, has Bbeen taken to that State for trial. The Loulaville Courier-Journal utilizes standard poetry as editorials. Fridsy it poblished - the toaching aitty, ** Mother, may I go ont to swim,” ete. g 5 It might be a good scheme for Oskey Hall to in- terview Loals J. Jeanings, and aiscover from thas Sentleman how and why he disappeared from the New York Tymes. G Mcmillan & Co. have, just ready forpubileation, Matthew Arnoid's mew volume, entitled ** Last Eaays on Church aud Religion,” unlform with **Liternture and Dogma. " i The 18-vear old son of James McNelly. sn Ohio g miser, broke his leg, and his father-beat him with 4 atrap during the operation of setting the limb, because of the expense In ‘which the accident had | tnvolved the paternal hoard. Yim Ak Tung loved Any Sin. bt not with a pars devotlon. . She repulsed his.advances, and he sighed and wound her quene around her neck and strangled ler. And now the Chinese popalation of San Francisco clamor for the life of Yim Ah Tang. A train on the Hanpibal & St, Joseph Rosd ran over the body of an unknown man near Clarence the other evenlag. A broken' whisky-bottle was' the only means of identifying him, snd that was mot enougn.—Erchange. It war emough to Ide- tify him 28 & Mixsonrian, : Mrs. Eliza Metz, of Lockport. N. Y., has been arrested 2t Cincinnati by her brotner, who charges Ber with:forgery. Shehad been ' in the habit of signing bis name foryears, and has drawn 816,000 * from timo to time, all of which she pald back, ‘Three notes for $1,000 fell'due recently, and, fna- Jng hersell unable to take them up, she algped. One Onkey Hall, in dire alacm At Tweed and Sweeny's notion. Disguised hiinself, and changed his name, - And fled acrods the ocean. . : Aad now, on Alvion's chalky clidts, He dralte his draojhts of Tokhy, And mormuzs, ** Hall's himself agaln, And, better still, I'm 0. K.» - : Do you see dem dere - mo; cage?” sald one darkey to another at Cole’s mensg- erle, last night. *“Tn course I does; what yor 'spects my eyes for. no how, "less I sees dem?™ **De reason I asks you is dis: dey are niggers, dey 13" was the response. *'Aln't yer ‘shamed o buse your dex, for why don't dey taik ef dey'snlg- genst! And the old darkey sald: **Ease dom monkeys is too smart; dey is, to go talking, for ef dey did, fore de Lord, de white folks would cut dar tails, . put & hoe in, dar bands, and send dém fo de cotton-deld, unleas dey went on de chain-gang, 20d den dey would go.to ‘President's Island. You Bear me, 'don’t you? “Fore de Lord, 1t's true, sho's ? in dst ‘ere you 'Hive."—Memphis Appea, ... 2 *"“A curious story of discoverod treagure is told iw our 1aw reports. The researches of a claim-sgens tevealed the fa2t that the widow of Gen. Wallaoe | ¥as the owner of . two §1,000 bonds on which she | bad not collected the interest. - Mrs, Wallace was Induced to examine again her hasband's effects, and unexpectediy found the bonds In an old bucke skin wallet. 8o far the story 1sall pleséantand preity. But thers L3a frightful background of forgery and alleged bribery. The interest had -beea collected on forged warrasts by people to whom it did not belong. A Treasury clérkis m trouble on account of ‘evidence that he shared with the clalm-agent In the fee (amountingto half the " interost on the bonds) which she paid for recover- ing the interest. Many a good novel has been con- l;;;nad out of more slender materials, —Yew York T