Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 20, 1877, Page 2

i 2 & ¥ b il 4 b 3 £ & .1{ ic b o Sy i e RS LT an iinense Ay tildreth “coatesaed that lie 100K part tu ») HILDRETIL The Council Declines to Let Him Have a Seat. Meeting of the Judiciary Com- mittee===1t Reporis Against Him. Corporation-Connsel Anthony Says Mildreth's Con- ditional Pardon \Will Nob llelp Him. Hildreth's Counsel Hold that His Of fenso Was One Unknown lo Tilinois Laws. Dut, Evenif It Was, {he Pardon Wash- ed Out the Gullty Stalns. Efforts of the Filibustoring Aldermen to Put It Over Till Monday, A Hont Finally Donied the Whisky- Thiof by a Voto of 22 to 4. TTE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. AN ADYERSE REPORT, The Judlelary Committen of the ‘Conneil held & meeting yestenlay afternoon 1o consider tho Hil- dreth wntter. Ald, Gllsert presided, and there were present Ald, Tarnow, Waldo, and Lawler. Corporation-Counsel Antaony was {n attendance, ns wero Mildreth and his attorney, Charles M. Heed. Thero wero abont fifty outslders in the roum, they having probably come in In anticipa- tion of some fun. When it bocame ovident that there was to be no'sparring, a great many of them loft. _'The first thing dono was fo hear the opinion of Mr. Anthiony ou the cligibllity of Jiildretls to a seat In the Counell, This being read, the Corporatiun Counsel sald ko had another opfulon, written by Mr. Frost, which ho wishod to read, ALl Lawler objected, since the Law Department alune bad been ealled un for an opinjon, Bildreth desired 1o hear alt that could bo eald, wheroupon the objection was withdrawi, Mr. Itecd read his vie Having heard bothsides, the Commitieo went ine o scerct seaslon to agred upon thelr report, and after a ten minutes® conferenco adjourned, Thelr conclusions were ns follows: Yuur Committee on Judiciary, to wliom was referred the resolutiou of Ald, Siccrea - Felation to the eltgi- Dility of_ono dnmes H. nillarets, wh ¢ HUIE BDDCaTS fu the returns from the buventh Ward as recelving Vot rinan, having ad Lo saine utuder cuns ol i ctiiliv suumit the Tullowing repurt: e e United The' e ct Lol Btatca tor e Northiern Distzict of illinuls sliuw uR tie 11N dny of Eebruary, A. U 1670, “Jury o1 that Lourt found kn tdletineit o 10, dindrecd, Tin the Grst count of wi with uanlawinily sua h Narked nedly peiting to b res muved o 8 plice GERER tian Ue distilicty warchous Pruvidea Uy iaw, witlious paynient of the tax, & larse quuitity of distiled spirbs, Wi 1o u venuu langer of the Gulwtd Stited, e cleventh count of the fdictinent he Is charged cutsplracy teorgy Milicr nud Itenry G, cks. Aud othein, todeiraud the United biates of suilled spirita whitls actinig as DURCT. Un Lhie Gth day uf June, A. b, 1870, hio eutered a ples “of gulity of the vflcnacs Charkcd [ both thise counts. By 1o United Stutes Interinl Licvenna act under which this lnalciment was jound, those ulienscs are dos clared (o be Rusdeneavors, aud funlshablc by w hne of Rt Jcos LAk alx Doiths. Fequircs but o allihit koowledge of the laws of the # and tieie praciical Opcration (o perceive 0 4 ceTtmin axient ivolved 16 thy of he stands seli-convicted. F Laminitiee are of theopiion (it he has heen Guiltv of oifcusys gulnat buLlic Hurality sud guod Koy= ruuienl, und sta0us seif-convicted Of MIAIC. GRS which disquallly him, )f elected, (o 1aK0 bis Beat as an Alderman, erls very plain In Its tangusgo as o the ol an Alderman, Atnons other disqualf- 1 ¢ Norahall o b ellglbile 1f 1o shall victed of wrivery, or other (3%l sec- I / 17, It aaya: o ungit shafl b Judke O Ui cleviion But qualins cution of 18 uwa memers. ' ‘L e evidenco given in tlic United States Court (o this €ty hias shown uts &ppuliini siate of corrupiion, us YoIviug the Infauiy of u large nuinber of men, many. Whom were ofiicers uf Liie Unlted Blales, 101 enusthg Iuss uf rovenie 1o Lie Goverument. ] this cone A swurn officor of the Unlted States, ho has violated " hiwoath of uttices Clurved with delleato Rut Impmriant Lrusts, 1o has performied bis dutles distouently, 1le has Butonly deprived ahe Governiment of Tovenue, buk he s contrivted 10 uebauching yubile mor; id Lo tilo srac vuly extcnuating cunaiioration iiHalinEtact 1iat corription i otlics way, of d {0 LAV been, 1he Toiu 8¢ (ho Uime of the couimisaion of (he oltensds was e i o bey 18 alivuld teid Facher o uuravate b olfense, LI that cunditivg ot thinyg le 1o vs reversed, and nonesty wind purity la to be rulu I huils olices It can only contiie Y 1 Itivatlug o better puulle Ulodyht, a seitivent of aulliarity with e urror of the 3 B i iy deniand, atica i1, Jillarets was seoteiced by Ui aaid Distelct Cours 16 & Dhound Bupclsunnicnt, 10 sckuswisdued ths justice uf the scitence by paying his uuo, nud we tlue ufterward secured (rowlup late Kicadent w13 atated, @ yarial, o or, a coudiciual, pardon which uity oversted nsn relcusd GO watd Hildrcu frum & purion of the sentea &0 u ceneral OF Tull purdun Troi ull Ollciacs, B doct UL Lo sELCAL Ueree Temuve Lo disabiiities of anid aluteib, Vour Comuiitieo Js thorefulg uf th LOPIION LAL 4 18 The dily uf thy Council 16 Fefues tie ‘chunn of daines 1, 116rtl, that be s ot eilgthio to Lt U pusltion aaan AL Elang wid LAt in cuss Lo (e Tuttad 10 have ey eived i U gest BUMUEE of Vulea Tur « Atterman fi Uie reventh Ward of this ey, that he bo Miible To @ seatt and, TUrther, ' that lo bu Hberol tho Uiy Louneil of thie Geviared HOL DU ua 0 D ity of Wa e wcl wnd 0f Mr, Frast, wiiclh MF. Athuny e conbiuered usd partut bs optilon, Ci ey WLLOTUOY TOF IURTERL, Wskd Viiat reud! Javes . Watuoy CilanLes TauNow, AVIIY JIE CANNOT COME 1IN, TUE l'ulll'fll(&‘l'ldN COUNSEL'S OIFINION. Folluwing $# the opinion of Corporation Counsel Authony, setting forth the tueligibility of Hildedtl, ‘Lo it 18 udded B ubstract of Wt of Mr. Frosts TUR PACTS, Jamen I 1ildreth, u Luited States Gangoer, was fn be wonth of Febivary, 1870, mdictid In the Lulied Etales Dlatrict Court for the Noetheon Dis- trict of Hlinoly loz violating the provisios ol thy United States statutes, whilo In” the discuurge of ks dutles ue ouch Ganger, § Fhe Judictment was foand under See, 33,100 of thy United Stites wtatute, pages GOU and 010, and conslated of venty-tour counls, ¢ Pecord whows thut on' the :2id of February, 1h30, he eie tered the plea ot not gullty, June U, 1876, the Plea of wol guwilty te e fimt und ciwventh counts of indictment wai withe drawn, ond u vlea of - guilty enlered, June 19, 1230, the matter v the puuishuent wus conmidered, ml, ufter statement wade by the fenduntand the arzument of counesd, the Coilrt o0k thio mutter under advisement, dune 21, Py Gefendant belug under Lal for bis ollinse, was calicd i open court, o defanlt was entered on his recogaicanco for failing o appcar, and a sciry uc! Ged wiolnet Ly surclicd, Bept, 1, 1870, tue Court probousced Judgmoent, sentencing thy prisuncr 1o the vaymcit of o tine by e sum of EiLUU, aind Aeulente Of Bprsonment Wa sse Tended, s the secord rlalvs, ** 10 give tue dus Jendunt opporunity b oblatn d pardon, “Che wain chanto brouzht ugaint dildecth, and sl forth [n tio st and eleveuth connts of shy e dictment, wou for hezitgently und unlawfully p itk 10,000 prool gallous of abtiiled spiiits, which had pruduced abadleliery whero be was etationed, snd which was vubjeet o ax wider the provislons of the interual Reyeiou law, 16 e po- oved g plico Uuknown 1o the jurond, bt othice tan the dintilicry wasehuuss provided by Taw for euid xpirita, without the X ou the wpints beiug o) iy the uplalon of the Corporation Coun i Ted to Lo i K The offense I8 by the Unlted States statutes de- clared o be uanlademeanor, nud subjects the of+ fender to dlamisea) from oilice, (o u fine of uot Jeww thun £ 1,000, tor wore Vaan 85,000, dud be Surprisuiied nut leve Lhan ulx wonths nOr Wore than thiree yeuge. T hurpose was, sa charged, to defraud ihe Goieenment of tug United Slutes ol fus rightiul revenue, aud fnvolved fraud, pURURY, consuirucy, a williul neglect of duty, walfeasance (o pllice, and corruption. On the 3a of March, 1877, which was the last duy of I ‘e Lepin of ofice, Hildrel cut a conditivual pardon, putdshuient by fopriaone ek, which the Coust bad withheld, os the record showy, fur ihe purjwas of sllowisg bim an vpe portusity of obtaining a pardon. i tue Sd of Aprll, 1577, at the cliy election, Leld oo thut day 1o sud for (e cliy of Chlcag, Ar. Ehldecth un fur the ottice of Aldurinan du fby seventh Wurd, sud recewed a plusality of the Volce cust TOWEL OF TUB PUESIDEST TO GRANT FALDONS, Now, tho ponerof the Froaddent W graut reprivies wnd parduus Lor oeuscy aguinst the United States fa cerived from tbe Cowstitution of the Lulted States, and under this power the Pres- Jeut bas grontod reprioves uud pardous siuce the cummencement of the Guveruwent. duudry pros Viaione have been cuscted segulating is cavicise for the army sud navy, B vistue of the conntitu- tional power of Cougress Lo maky rulds and regu- ativte for the zoveruuent of the uruiy und uavy, Lt b atatute bus erer been passed rezulsting ivln cunca of conviction by the clvl aulburitien, Lnder b1y power conferred upon the Prosideut by the Constitution b can geout full bud cowplete pars dous for all convlitions, crimed, avd odeuacs, aud apeciadsud conditiunal ' pandous, —upou Just uch Loris and concitions us Le sces Ot The suthoritics siv uniforw, aud bold thata full and cousplete paréon for sn_ofcusy (ae wus sald lu the cure %( ex purte Garlind, 4 Wulluce, i reackes Lol tie puntabuicut prescsibed for tae of - feuse and the guilt of the olfender, ** und whew the purdon ba full, it releiecs the pumshment and blots wul of extateuce the gulll, so thut In the eye of the 1w the offender 1s us luuocunt us if by bad uever commlited the offeuse. 1f granted befuie cou- Nictun, it pievents any of the petsitios uog dlase bilitles consequent-ubul Conyietivh frow atiscbis z; If granted after convlction, it removes the penaltien And disadllities and restores him to all his civil righta: it makes him, an It were, 8 now man, and giyes him a now credit and capacity,™ ‘These anthoritics T Jo not dispnte, but 1 Anbmit that those eancs aro not declalvo of the qnestion sehich fe liere preecnted. This pardon 4 not & full and complete pardon,—it 16 n apecial pardon, It 18 e o4 it goen, A pardon b ot to be ear- its cxpress purpose. The Vxeentive metcy amd renft o part. The Prea. may pardon the crime, the sentence, or the exccatlon, but here ho. haw nefther pardoned the erlme, the sentence, nor thoe execution, bt only n wortion of the excention. Infamy nrococds from he crime, andin & consequunce bt nat n part of the sentence. The conviction and judznicnt of the Court remaln nnaffected and antonched, and no pardon of n crime, however full and complete, enn repeal a tatuto or'chane in the least tie quniidca- tionm nrercrlued by law for o public otlicery 18 19 not withiln the poser of the Preanlent or of the Congrens of {ho United Statee to wipe vt the statuten of thia State, orta chanze the qualifica- tione presceibed for municipal oficere, Willany. Toiy contend that Hildreth was nover convicted of malfeasance i oitice nud corrupt practicesy Wil anyhudy contenid that the Presjuent of the United Slates ever pardoned him of the crimes which he commiticd? LET US BER. ¢ Mr, Tlildreth goes to the T'resident of the United Staten and rays: ** Mr. I'resident, 1have been cane victed of derranding the Goscrnment; the Conrt has found me_yudity, has fined me $3,000, and 1 am liable to go lo lwlson for rix months or three years, aa tho Conrt inay determine, and I do not wnnt to be imprisoned. 1 will pay my finc, and will endure every other pain and penalty known to the law, you wht * relieve me from the ‘mvrlmnment." GVery well," payn the Presidenty M will you aceept o pardon on thoxe conditions?™ **Yes, ™ says Milarcth, **all I nak is to o relleved from the imprisonment. " Wherenpon, with that understandiny, the Preai- dent takew tip his pen and writes: * \Wherens, the United States Attorney who prosccuted him (1il- dreth] recommends that a pandon be granted to i, conditioned that it shall only operate to re~ lieve him from labliify to Imprisunment for the said violation of the Internal Itevenue 1awa: now, therefore, bo It known that 1, Ulysacs 8, Grant, Tresd te,, o hereby grant” unfo the eaid James 11, Hildreth n_pardon, npon the condition sforesald, to take effect and be delivered to him uppn his signing his name to the subjoined uc- knowledement and ace-ptance, " The pardon Is presented to Mr. Tildreth, and ho writeson If, **1 ncecpt this pardon on the condl. tion lllen‘hu‘llbr"!u ," slgmd his yame to- it *‘James 1 Nildreth," and it |8 attested by the wilnceses, What condition, let mo ask, ~what conditlon was Tiildreth referring to? Why, the condition was that he (Hildreth) should only be relieved from that portion of his puniehment which provided that he shondd be Incarcerated Ina jall or State's Prison. liildreth know that this was the condi- tion at the time when the pardon was issued, and any other construction of it would be absurd, 1t would be ke playing a confidence game upon the Presidont, n frand on the Dlstrlct Attorney who recommended ity and A frand upon the President who granted IL. IN TIIS STATE. In the case of lolliday va. The People, Gith Gii- man's Rep., . 215, the Court held: Maving Ui power to pandon i It Tollowal that e might remit & o e tesser pawer of remission 18 withiu the genersl wuthurity a4 Wilch 8 part of the punishtiient . It s contended by the counsel far Tl Cooplo that tie Fascitive wnly Intendad to o, it the curporeal punishment, thus leaviog the rest of tho o Jangiinio o Tio sentence In full foree, Jan; ¢ the pardy ad and tnguslined, {lie prisoner is pn of the “crime of which ho siands Conv Where general wotds are used in ctel o) A prant, thelr natural meauing e not to b restralned Iy OLHET worls, unlens tha 0y todo %0 is clear and nyanifest. ‘17 tia oliject was only to exercise tig lemer power' of remiaion, the phirsevloxy would pave been epectal, releslou @ yart of the - bun- hment, and nut geheral, forkiving the whols offense. Now, If the Prestdent of the United States had eaid to Mr. Iildeeth, ‘*1 do heroby on you of the olfenecs which you have commitied In Violating the Inlernal Reventie law,* thero would be no guestion whatever abont the matter, but he dii no wuch thing, 1o marely sald to_Idroth, ** [do notpardon yon of the crimes which you hiaye commitied, or any pains or penaitles, but I will stinply rclh‘\'e,ml from that portlon of the punlehisicnt which by Jaw sende yon to jail,* A SECIAL PARDON, Tho pardon !mlw.'n(‘mcm pardon, conld not do nxuy with the disqualideation provided by the charter. ‘ Inthocase of Foreman et al. vs, Daldwin, 24 1k, 300, it fa held: Upon the remalning potnt, the refoction of Katzns & z s wituess, we are satleded 1 (overiurs pardan did ot reature hls compeseney. 1t could not uverrido that ex- presa provision of the statuto which declares most. rine phaticatiy that ver ed ot lar. raon ceuy sl o deenied Thtaorin, sni- whalh. Farorer thieieafter b rendered Incapablo of holding any oitice of t, OF Profit, of votlui &t uny elcction, of or, And of g1ving testdmony, Thie Fate contonded 1o by tho defordant's counsel, that pardun restorcs the competency, 18 Jlmited. (0 caswd whera tho diability 1 8 comequetics of the Judg- ment. 4t where thy disalality (s snieted, by tho ex. press words of 1 iun 3 dott will not, 10 such o catl only 1o dun by act of sexalun there ura sy, by Now, wo havo a statute, to-wit: the city charter, whleh ' cxpreay prosldée tut nu person shall by an Aderman If he shall have heen convicted of certuln offenscd, Does o panlon wipe oot that statuio? Now, 1f tho pardon of fTildreth Is not a fall, com. lete, unid unconditional pardon, what gure dove [Lut im thia casor Tho abmwor 1y, NG WHACYOE: The qucestion {s, then, whetlier Hildreth )8 ellaiblo 1 1o oflica of Alderinon by the Inw of this State. ‘The General Incorporation act for cltles, under ity of Clicago Is nuw organlzed, Art. 111, See, i1, Hov, Stat,, p, 2105, nes tho qualt- ficatlons of Aldermen, and deelares that * no por- son #hull Lo M"fi““ to the ollice of Alderman une less he ehall b o gualiled clector, " ote., ate, * 4w o S*Norshalthic ba eliglbie I he shull have Leen convicted uf mnlfeasince, ‘bribery, or other corrupt practices or crimes, - This question I+, in my Judzment, CONFINED TO A NAIHOW COMPASS, Tt fnvolven u simple conetruction of tho statute, and deternination an to whuther thiaprovision of thie city charter {4 applicable to the case of u purty who hus been conviciod of the ollensea enumerats cd, I one of thy Federal courts of the Unltud Sintes, Tho Federsl conrts nru not forelgn courts, but thele Juduments are dotucstic judzments, and everybody Is bound to take botlea of thelr fudyge ments e wume ns hoy nre bound to take notlee of Judgments in Blato conrts, ‘The General Asoimbly has tho power to define the qualiication of its pubilic servanty (in the ab. wence of any constitutional restrietion), and to de« cluro that no man who 18 & convicied felon shatl uxcrchue the functions of nu Aldemun, or exvcute the (rusts which are necossarily Incldent to tho of- fee in any clty In this fene, The Genersl Assem- uly b the power 1o cstablish a standard of char- ucter tor the eftice of Alderman iu elties, aud I think: they havo dono Fo, Tho wtututo docs not limit its npxllcaflon fon rvon who has been convicted lu a State court of affeasance, bribery, corrupt practic oF eriles under and by ¥lytue of the luws of thisbtate, but it fa weneral in ita terug, and wil spply to o person who has been cenvicied of thoae e s anywhere inuny Stale or in any court and In any land, whether in 1bis counltry ot In uny forelgn cuuntey, ‘Fho atatuto dret uécd tha tern malfeasance, sut docs not nyon suy that & person’ must be convicted of mulfensunce i otiice beforo e {s disyualifiod, Now, walfensance means evit doing, ovil canduct, evel and dlvzut doeds, und the Coucll Is luft (o Lo na Judyes of the class or kind of ovil dolnge and evil” deeds, whether committed {a ofico or wut of oflice, which shall dll("unlily him from holding the oftice of Alderinun. Vo defraud tho Government of the Lultvd tatés fv o malfearauce, and to ahl and wsalat 1 defrauding the Government inany way Is n wmalfeasance; o (ako a bribo fur dulig It 1s acriine, and for @ perron to willfully negleet a duty that be gwuuice b perform. and sulennly takus au oath that ho will - falthinily perforom, 16 ot only wmalfeavance. but @ corrapt practico sud & crlme, In cvery orgainged Jovernment thers aro olways certain vmn‘ ubites required in ordor to hohi aillce, Why abould not uuuuvlr and an unsullied churacter bo oug of e prorequlsitest An individus] may in his private capacity do what ho likus,—he winy degrado imwell tn every way,--but by Uaa no tight to degradu woeloty, anl the fughdative power of the Stute way {nterveno t protect the counmuuty from contamination by rens dering tho Indhidua) ncligible to ollice, even 1t a wajority of the Julnbitante b found su'lost 1o viee tue or su Inseusibly to ail the proprictics of on en- lightened ehvihization as 1o fudicate Whoir prefer- eiices for hlm by the majorily of their vutes. 1 hnve examiaed this mutier with great co Jam of tho oplnfon_ that Mr. 1lidzeth war, snder e circumatancus, clearly fnellgible to the otice of Alderian ut the tine ho wus voted fur, and heuco hiow no right to t1ako tho vath o exercise Mis func- tions of an Alderman, 3 HI3 COMPETITORI. 'Tuls does not, bowever, clcet the person wha ro- celved tho uest bizhest votes, for by the uuiversal law of this cunutry the votes wero “cast fur a per: won, oud, sltiough that person wae Inciigibie, they {ndicate that tyo majority were not i favor of the uvat llglest,” snd " conscquuntly thers will buve W be & uew election. The sl doctring fe different. $*Thas It ew, " us McCrary wayw, Sec, 204, **That clubt of authirity this country | Y nsl the wdoption here of the Luglieh doctrive; aud we think shat sound ro cy, a8 well s reavon and autburity, 1orbids tiw sduptlon of that ductne 1 uu.mun(x . Ibie a fundamentul {des with us that tho wajurlty shal sule. wnd that o majority, or ut least a plurality, shall bo required 10 olect a persun L ollico by popular vote, An election with us 1¢ the delivers ute chofcs of & majorily or plurality of tha eluct- on. ARk doctriny. which open: 1he way for miuority rule lu uny cuvels anti-republican an luil~.\n¥erlt‘n. ‘Thu Envlish rule, if odhered to, would, in wany cases resull In competiing ver lacge majorities to aubmit to very smisll uinorf- $es, wanu Jueligible person may recehe, aud in ived, w great majurity of thy ough, 10 such 8 caae, 10 bold thy clyction vuld." Mil. PLOST’S OPINION. 3 'A;I-‘u following la thu substance of Mr. Froat's vplulou: u “Two queations were presentad by the facts: Férat—Wag Mildreth, under the vperat.on of thy statule of thisblate presceiling the yuatidcations of un Alderuau, dwualiicd frow belding Shut ofice und rendered Ineligible throforet A couvlggion, llluluLulthhhlx.. for '‘torrupt practices Or crince,” ls mado by tho statule au absulute disqudlidcation, and Ildrell, haviug beca couvicled of snodenss uzalnet thy laws of tue United States, fur which ke Was punlbable both by Gne uud fuprsouacat, i witliy the very words of the statute, und loelfibls becausc of s convictiou. y anil ; THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY. APRIL 20, 1877. Second—Did the rnnlon granted him operste to remove the disqualification, If 1t existed, and to render him elizible? Neither the Presiient nor Conzross, not any othor Federal authority, can dictate to e Leghsia- ture of a Saverelzn Kente the terms antd quatificus tions of Its own oflicera elected under the laws of the State, LEven an unconditional pardon can ac- complish nothing more thana remistion of the penalties attached to the erime. When the Stato siatnte presceibena disqualification, it is ntterly beganid the power of the President, or any otlicr ofiecrar depariment of the Federnl Govarnmont, {0 abolsh the disquatification which the Leglsla. tare has attachadd to the holding of the ifice. — Tha ottico of Aldecinan dependa excinnively npon tha laws of the State, and uvon a compliance with the terms and conditions on which, nndersuch laws, the pereon Iy deelared entitled to hold such otfica. T'unielment for one orime (s one lhln‘.’. Qualifica~ tions for @ public uillce are unother thing. ~“Punish. ment for erimes azainst tho lawa of the United States the Preddent mny reinit. Qualifeations for oflieea crented Dy tho Inta of an individusl Stale, the Presidant han no power whatever to in- terfera with, While the unconditional pardon wipes ont the punishment following np the con. viction and sentence, it doos not annibilate the fact of conviction, and so obliterate the history of the transaction as 1o compel the State, in (ho €xs crcine of e civil adminlstration, and In the requ- Intlon of thu terms ,and qualifications of publie oflicers, nllerly to Iunore the fact in a glven cato that a conviction Ur crime has been had, M. dreth’s pardon ecarcely comen up to the definitlon of o pardon, It Is nothing more nor less than a reminsion of the punishnient of Linpriconment, 17 a part of tho Tc nlty for the comintenion of the erlme had heen alequallieation from huldln,:lt offlce, that disabllity would not ba removed by such a con- ditional pardon, Leeansg no pact of the punlshment isremitted cxcupt the lmprisonment. = All other disabllitics attiched 10 n conviction fora crime, even if remorabla Ly general and unconditional parilon, remaln precisely as they did before ths ro- iniseion of punlsbment wae granted by the U'rosi- dent. Whatever disqnalieations ever attached to IMildreth fn consequence of hls conviction for crime under tho laws of the State and operated Lo Ple\‘l‘nl his holdine the ofiice of Alderman attach o lim stlll, - No power ontaide of the Leglslatnre can rellevehim, A PLEA FOR IITILDRETIL. NO OFPRNSH, AND A PULL PARDON. * ‘The following opinion In ilildreth's vehall was rubmitted by bis counsel, Mr. Charies 1, Reed nud Lawrence, Campbell & Lawrence, THE SENTENCE. Ttappears that on tho 234 doy of September, A, D. 1870, euld 1ildroth was acutenced by the Dis- telet Courtof the United States for the Northern District of 1llincia to pay a fine of £3,000 and the costa, Sentence of imprisonment was suapend- cd to allow him time to apply for & pardon. Sald rentence was baeed upon & plos of gullty by nald Hildreth to an indiclment charging him with a violation of tho Internsl Revenne laws of the United States as 8 ganger of distilled apirits, 1t 1a clalmed that #nid conviction renders him ineligibl to tho oflice of*Alderman of sald City of Chicago Ly reason of tha provleions of Sve, 3¢, pago y of the Revised Statates of 1Hinole, Sald wcction deelares that no person shall be clizible to theoflco of Allerman **if he shall have been convicted of malfeasance, Lribery, or other coreupt practices or crimes." ‘These terms, **malfeamunce, b bery, or othiar carrupt practices, or erimes, deiitly must be construad to mean snch ne laws “of tho State of llinols or the common law denominate malfeamanco, bribery, corrupt prace Aces, or crimes, ‘They are not 1o be taken In thelr ‘L;m '?lll‘" popular sense. No mound lawyer will eny this. \Ve aubmit that sald convlctlon doos not render raid Hildreth tnclimble to said ofice. * In ordor to runder o person Incligible by reason of mald Soe. ik, ho must hiave been convicted of soma oifenso do- noutinated by the Statutes of Miinols or the come mon law,—*" Malfeasance, bribary, corruptprace tices, or crimes. Eald [ilidretls was not convicted of any offenne agoiukt any Law of Lllinole orthe common law en- forced therein, ‘Flie Umted States courts have no jurladlction whatover of cammaon law offenscs, Thoy lave no urlediction to try aud punlsh a person ava crims nal for any net or oifselon unicas tho Congress of the led'Stutes has by law wade such act or oml na ceime or misdemeanor, Lawa concerning crimes or misdomoanors can bavae O RXTRA TEHRITORIAL FORCE, Laws declaring a person ineligible to hold ofco beenuse of convictlons for enimo must bu copstriod with reference to the criminal code of tho State or nation where such laws exist, Lrior to the enactment of certaln laws allowing overy person Lo bo a witness, no ono conld tostify whoiad been declared by law to be a felon; but this prohibltion did not extond boyond the Nmite of the State where such person had been decinred by law to Lo a felen, So & conviction making a peraon incligible to hold ofiico in o State must ba 8 convictlon for the violution of o lasw of such State or tho comuon law eulorced theraln, Supposc & man was convicted of any of the of- fences named In sald Sec. 83 in some court in anothicr State or furelgn country, . would it Lo claimed hy any reoutable lawyer thiat such convig- tion rendered i Inolizlble liore? A conviction in thy United States Court is as dls tinct and separate from o conviction In a State court as o conviction iu Iinuls iy distinet froma conviction inv Masaachuectis, Tho eriminal codo of Illinols f3 not the criminn) cudo of the Gnitad States, and the criminai codo of tho United States 1s not tho criminal codd of flilnole, "This 1s not a question of morals, but one purely Tegal. IERE 13 ALSO ANOTIER REASON wh{ 23l cunvletion dous not renior sniu 1fidretl Incligible, Ho was pandoued by the Fresident of tho_United States on the i day o4 March, A, D, 1877, lle was fully pardoned with onu exception, ¥lz. 1 that the panlon sheuld operats only to ro- lleve him from Habliity to Imprisonmnaent for biy uffeuse, Ho had been wentencod to pay s flae of £:4,000 and costs. “Tlho fue ond costa had bean pald 1o the Clerk of tha United States Court (as tho roce ord thoreof shows) before tho pardon was granted, ‘The punishment fized by law for sald oifenso of sald 1litdreth was tno and imprisonment, 1t s evident that the condition contained was 1n. rerted to prevent 3tz 1lldreth from recoveting or clalning to recover back the fine he had pald, The punlshinent for bis oifenso as fixod by the laws of {ho United States was o fine of not less than $1, 000 nor more than 85,000, and_imprironment not less than six months nor nore than threa years. ‘The punishment wae o unlt, It was ine and impriscn. ment, not fine or imprisonment. This was requlr- ed to satiefy the demands of the law, After sulfer- imta purt uf the punlshment ilxed by law, the par- dlon relloved bt frowm tho reat, Ihils iy anatagous 1o the canc of a man scntenced to prison far fve yoare, who s pardoned after sutfering impria- munt for threo ycars, 1le has suttcred part of tho poulshmint fixed b{’ law, and s rellevod from Mability to the rest by pardon. After Sir, Tlildreth Lad paid the ine and'costu thiers was 00 lfability to punishment left for the offenso ex- copt imprisument. Inasmuch, thereforo, was no other linbility for his uifenao toft (al it of the fine) but Imprisunmes fully pardoned from that, 16 neccswaril that liw pardon was and s {n offect a ful A fuli pardan (aithongh conditional) restoros al ights lost, and romoyes al incurred by the otlen Unitud blates Court guages A banion reachies both the punishmont prosoribed for thie uflens and tho WUlL of the 0ffeidery sl when tho yardon le full (¢ releasce tne puntaimeut and lote uut of oxistenca tho Gull b in U tio uilender 1 as 1ed tho ufiense. {f kranted jeats any of Vo penalticy uban convictlon from atiachiog) victlon, 1t removes th restored ifin 1o i} WETY, % RUw D capa.: o law o |t e bas o cone and s it uew eredil amd rant d ftar ¢ penslil 53 disabilitles e cf i ke i iy s bl ' nd iy Ty o w1y | THDILALION 1011 rcratfont 11 diice ot restaru iea forfeited ur iruperiy/ur iniers ‘l:l‘:]':l:l"l.‘nt'lll'll vlliers Lo conseyuence of the conviction The pardou granted to Mr, Garland, consldered In the ubovu case, was s conditional pardou, as sp- » by o rofervnco tu It In tbe reyort, Yot the Hupremu Court use the foreguivg laoguage In refer- cuca (o jts ollects, EQUALLY RNPIATIO In the lauguaze of tho sama Court in the cose of Osbarne ve, ‘Fie Liited bates, 1 Otto, p. 477, os {0 the elfect of a puidoz, ‘Fhiat too was & condi- tional pardun, o oppears from the report of tha cane, U ol the conditions 1 the pardon cous sldered in tha cave Jast cltod was **thut the pel- tiuner (tho yoraon pardoncd] vhould not by virtuo uf the panden cluini ony proy ry OF tha procevds of any property, which had been sold by tue order, {udguaent, or décroc of w const undur the contca: ft Jaws of the United Btaws," About 320,000 had been ubiained lrml tho sale of confivcuted property, which was [n the bands of the oillcers of Lie Court. The United Stales Supreme Courtdecided that that inouuy should bo puld ta tho perou par- doned because uf the pardon, awl suy thats ‘l i of the vuv cavence Of @& pardon (hat it vleasea tho oifonucr fiom the cunsequences uf hila ofciee,™ o Loth of the abuve cases thy LUnlted States Suprema Cuurt decided tlat tus dona (although couditioual) reatored tuo offenders Lo all thelr rights waviug thoss eapacially exompls oy, and removed all the disabllities, ‘Tha case in 2ith 1), p. 300, Las wo applicution to the present one, Thero tho statuta expressly mado the wite wees Incompetent. No such quesilon arises in dr, Hildreth's case. Tho probibitlon contuined in See, &4, alove guuted, Is only a disability, und the ardon uf Mr, Litdreth wiolly pemoyesibal, ob wo iave herclubefory shown, ALTOUGHE TUR COMMON COUNCIL 13 THR JUDOR uf (be qualidcation of and election of ity members, yo, T i pereon ls duly clecied, ho canuot b ox- eluded unless thure are wome lepal dlsqualid tlons, Il caunob b oxcluded bocauss uf & plguo. whiny, vr nrllcu. The Couucil mast buve aleyal reasorl 1o order 10 Juntify excluaton Wo subinit, fn conclusion, that Mr. Itlidreth ls not disqualiticd by reasou of sald conviction. 1. liccauee be bas pot been convicted of a { officnse devominated by nn* law of the State of 11[- nols or the Common Law In force theruin, —wal fessance, brioery, corrugt practices, or crime: b pardut 'has réwaved all ' disabilities, §f wercuny; and wo inelat that sald conviction did not creaty suclias aro required to exclude bl by vistue of sald Sec, . T'HTE COUNCIL. UILDEBTH KRPT OUT, ‘The Conncil beld an adjourncd meeting Jast evenlnz, Ald. Aldrich Inthy chalr, Ths sbesntees wero ‘Thowpsou, Cullerton, Kerber, Lougacher, Murphy, and Buser. ‘Tho lobby wes presty full of veople, 1t belng knowa that tbe Hildreth caso was coming up. Ald. Gilbertutated what the Judiclary Commit. teo had dons in thie afterucos, and prescated ite re- port, wh!' w. receiy “The Clerk then began toread the oplnton of Cor- Poratlon Counsol Anthony, i : When he hnd read tivo or three pages of the opla- on, Ald. White moved that It be pohlished- with he report of the Committee, and the matter do- ferred anti] the next regniar meetlng. Scveral Aldermon—lend ! Read | Ald. Wiite Inalsted npon_hin motlon, 1t pub- Tished,all would have an opportunity to read to. Tha' Chair diretted tha Clerkio eontinue the reading. 4 - Ald, White remarkod that ho dfdn‘t want, lo etay ont il o, 116 modifed his motion, making it that the further rending be dispensed with, This was uot apreed to,—ycas, 3; nays, 22,—ns follows: 3 Yea—1awler, ', Bweencr—1, .vfn';'»-si‘;finfli'fl.fifp’fl:fml Tosenbera, Al gich, Gtibett, Sonimer, Lodaing, Tarnow, lienlier, barth, Kirk—23, n ' " ANOTHER EFFORT. ‘The Clerk proceeded, and had read a fow more pazes, when 5 Ald. McAuley moved that the farther reading be dispensed with, Ald. White was opposed to the motlon, mince, Anthony's opisiun having been nearly read, the other ride shonld have a show, Jie then lannched out with the Intention of exliausting the ton win- utes allowed him under the rule, ALL MeAnley withdrow his motlinn, AL White got angry and talked abont conrtesy. ‘The Clile Tield that” the motion could not bo swithdrawn if thera was abjection, Ald. Lawior objectad. Al Whita went un to say that he had no feclin JAbout thoanatter.” e warited everybody trented fairly, While somo men had met witn nifefortuno and ivers down-hill, he felt tiat the criminnly should hava tha benefit of the doubt, Ile was up- poscid ta the learned Corporation Counsel going -l:‘uul‘xja for an opinfon,—referring to that of Mr. ‘ros Ald, Poarsona rosa to & polnt of order. Thero waa nothing before the house, Al W —1 think 1 aw. [Langhtor,] Ald. ons—The motlon to dispense with the reading lizs Leen withdrawn, \ ‘I'lie Chaleman—Tho point {8 not well taken. Ob. {chlnn ‘waa made tathe withdrawal, and the motion s boforg the hous ustico to bo done. o )mred. liey Al Whito des) sehetlier they wera Hiidreth or antl- Hildroth, would da as thoy woald be dona by, Ald. McAnley withdrow | wilon. Al Lawler anked why. Ald, Fyan, who bad come In late, asked 1f tho Councll had gotien thruugh with the cauvass of the returns of the recont olection, ‘The Chalr—No, AII:I Iiyan hoped the Conncll wonld proceed with n en, ‘The Chalr sald they were procesding in the order where they left off. 5 & Ald, Iiyan contended that tho Councll bad no rl;hl 0 stop nud receive a report, ‘The Chatir directedl tho Clerk to road, d, Lawlcr repoatod his_inquiry as to Ald. Me- Aula'{‘l roason for withdruwing his moton, Ald, McAuley replicd that wien ho wade the mation ha thought 1t wonld consiuma a great doal of time, but thought afterwards 1t would perhaps be wiser to hear it read. Ald. Lawler desired tho matter lald over untli Monduy, MORE FILIDUSTRRING, ‘Tho Clerk coatinucd the reading, and had gotten througl another page, when Ald, White nh{x'tm} to Anthony's stating what yas ubtrue. . Mldreth Lad nob visltod tho Proal- en ; A, Throop made tho polnt of “onler that the Conuci ios Lelng constantly fnteerapied unnccos- warlly, Tuu Chatr thought the polnt well taken. ; Tlo Clerk Licn dulsbed io readlug of Anthony's opinion, I’uln cction was made to the readingof the other opinfons, sinco thuy had not been callud for. Ald, Glibert 1wovad that the repart be concarred n. Ald. Lawler eald he had Intonded, to algn the re- port of the Committco, but o was surprised at fis contents, The undarstanding ‘was thot tho Com- mittea shanld ** recommend ™ to the Councll all the opiniuns, Only vne bad beon read, which wonld prejudico tho case. Ald. Waldo asked If {t was not the understand. ing that the Commitico should render o roport in t(':flfl nce with tho opinfon of the Corpuration Jou Al oty rd ‘aldo~] o leman's pardon, Lawlor didit wmfl“l‘n have lu?y **unploas. 11 did nat wint 1t 1o go abroad that ho taken astand on oither sluv, but he hopou there would be falr play. Hildreth slioutd nut be cruclied, 1fe would have a chanca in any court, and why shouldn’t the Council ¢ive him o chisnce? . ALD, GILBENT #ald when the Judiclary Committee was callod to order, Mr. lteed and Hildreth wore present, - The resolution under which they acted contemplatod only on oplplon fram Mr. Aithony. But, in order to sliow ~that thero was wnothing unfalr, (ho Committes ngreod to hear eed state his case, In_tholr session subsequently, tho matter was discusics Al Lawler wus , an asked for his opinion and gave it. Ald, Waldo woved that the Chuirman be Instructed to draw up [ rn|ruri bused apon tho opluion of the Corporation Counsel, and tiat motlon was agrood to. Ald, Lawior was told 3£ he wished to draw up s ninority report ho could do sv, but e sald ho would not, Ald, Lawicr—Didu't you ask tho Corporalon Counnel before adjourning if he had any ubjoctions to the document presented by Sir. Jtoed “accome panying the roport? Ald, Ullbort—Yes, and {4 Is with tho roport now. Ald, Lawlor subsidud, ALD, WIITR P romarked hat tho mutter wasa serfous ono, and ought to be woll constdered bofors the Aldermon ut thumselves on tue recurds Jlo did not think it was fair to_ hearan upiufon ** that wis apparont. Iy a schemo tion up for certaln ine [t " It was & **urows wrong' to the Councll aod the clty for Me, Anthony to” go outslde of hl Jurtsdictlon and got the oplulon uf a an. T, Tl part of tho vpinlon relating to 1ljldretn’s con. Yursation with tle Presldent wasa liv, |Luaghe tor.} 1Didreth never saw Gen, Grant except wnon he was aceldng in the defonsw uf his country, " {luhua ed that tho roport ba doferred, sud pub. abed, Ald. McAuloy objected to the publication of the opln:on of o Y“m aitorney, Ald, Rran favored White's motlon, Ald, McCren was unxious to yat on, bnt thonght here ouglt to bo wupiy expreasion in regand to the vote of the Poventh Ward, Lawt summer Hidreth was permitted Lo roslgn, througi tho eluguc pleaaing of his caso by Ald, Whito., llo felt fimcud Ly that procoeding] Ifitdreth ouglit (o havo ean expullod, . All. 0'lirlon—Why waen't Callerton expolled? ALD, M'CluA . aald “tono ot o thwe.' What evidenco afd Il dreth give, If ha took his weat, or was declared uligible, that they would not have the same dittle culty sy befuroy Ald, White romarked that expelling & member ‘waa treating him unkindly, 1f McCrea had voted 1o oxpel lllidreth he would have ** gane before tho public with bis hoad down,” 1t wonld nut have Loon gentlumaniy or honest to have duna o, Ald, McCren coptinued. If he had supposed Tiidreth would ever huve attompted to gve back nrvuln lio wonld have inslsted upon his expuleion. o did not concolvs thal any mian had bruss enouzh tu ruu away to Canada, spd then came knocking at the door fur admission. 'Tho matter was ugly, but thoy wust get utit. 1o disjiked very much to take hold of It but daty roqulred it of the Council, aud thoy should du it, * Undor White's motion, the report would go over ubdor the cheiter, but thoy hiud Ui right to ke tho wubjoet up and bandlo Ity undor the Corporation Couuvel's oplaion, 1o ufe fered tha followling: Wirnxas, Tho Corporation Counsel hasgiven this CoURCH iy lulu St dwsngs L. idrotts s InclA blg 0 wld ofiics Ul der tho City Goverumient Uy Towsun of hls conviction in the Unftod States District Courty EStires, AL (1 the seose of pta Caunctl hat tho oo a YOI0 cadt fur sald Hibiruth 16 1ho Sevunih Word Gf this b be declarvy vold and notvaunied, <l ty for Al ‘Fhe Chalr declded that White's motion Lad proc. cdence, but that 1tdid 1ot carry with It tho cau- v.m{?. of the vote sud tho dotcrmiulug of tho election, Accondingly, the report and opinion were Tuld orveruntll flundu, no vota Inuml:lcwunty. Un niotion of Ald, Thiruop, thy rulow wei vu«;uud.-—yu:u. 2} poys, O,—~us fulluwes 17as—-Peanions, MeAuley, | Nalland, Roseu iy B e Todalng, ‘Tumous hebi 'a Oudul, bntth, Urizgs, Liroupyitetreu, Hawlvlili flaviae uny Nlcaen, Waldo, Linsnbariby m rk: . uye—Suiumier, U'Brton. Lawlor, Whit ¢, Wheoler—35. aons, OUT 1B ‘Phe resolution wasthcn ouopied,—ycas 23, noyy S5 TR oAutoy, Datard. Totenn eue—Pearions, MeAuloy, Dallar onherg, Ale e Ghie s o 2 a0 DA, Ve wdel, BNt e, Throns MeCres, 1awiehen, Cloveland, Uatum garton, Niciey Waio, LAseckberib, bweeney, Kirk—: Nuyi=0'Brivu, Faei i Ald, Whito Inwsted that it took tweuty-four yates to suspend the rules, "Tho Chalr buld that It required stmply twosthirds of all the Alueruen peesent, Ald, White 2at down, TIIAT PARDON, WIAT JUDUE DANGS JLAS TO 8AY, The oaly conundrums fn convection with the wretched buslne 80 wuch palos t cenl the factthat he had gotica the pardont And wby did he continuslly by im« plication fnform the ruporturs that the reason the $record™, in the Hildreih case was Dot made up was, that the arrangement made with the ex-Alderman provided that semtence should bo suspeuded In order to ublain a pardon which bad Leen arranged for with the Attormey- u Ala Generul) ‘The pardon was Lisued o reh 3, the day Leforo Presldent Urant went out of oflice, sud four or five days a0 the pecord was uot wade up o contorm Lo tha facts. A Jougnal reporter yeaterdsy interviewed Judge Bungs a3 to how the Hldreth pardon was obtaiavd, with tbe following reaults 4 Ho atatgd that he had procursdthe pardo: PRSI RA siecusd the pirden fram the why hia had procured I8, ¢X <vi§ $hat ho uld so at th uess of - esats, Cauipleil, Lawreuce flureil's Lawyel b ot¢ thly iy for gtz elleuc st s ¥ 1hy LoV from the To'te poualhie [ ¥ l: 3 1 "‘mc mut:h;‘ uverutie " i for v bty ho c'lmmmn;ummmw of, aud wLich i Already 'rfillu y paylog " fine laat October. itdretls waaatruld tnat tiey mght izyciaia Ui, did ited (g pardon, e (Hauga) dald the fa Ueperal Taft, who ihosiht well of § twalu ) roceeded to the EX easlve ok #1006 macurday, Marh i, yhen Ta Vil jeob wrotd faddae b o jaak wi Xothing wns snid abqut the pandon Involsing poittton AahRfEaarE terarion dnvelsion nottied wag may politieal ity abont the esto, a4 s rath hid nat Beeh kintenced ta the Penltentiney, 1o DUEINS docanent In Ris ke, it when Sie ROt homio fo for 11 Lectiany had dim ale ity stnatre to 1 {heprcecncn or 't I Bird an Avgurios Camniei, (o Deputy 1uited Riats Marahal 0 dld not know whetlrer it remaved tha disabilitics of not; at any rate. nothing wassdil at the fnterview In which Hidreth icned The pardon ahout disabilitics, The enly thing talked of was fm; anment, and (L was to retlere him of thts that TiIdreth satd that he wanted the docament. 5 e ' THE LAST WORDS. Faneral Servleea Over tho Wifo of Gen, T, N. Stites, An fnnovation In fancral rervices ts of all things most mre, Parlicolarly 1s thin trne In Christian conntries, where from time immemorin) the aterc- otyped funeral has held stvay, Novellsts, histort« ans, and cesayists have exhaueted the powees of languags to describe what thunennds of others had oltempted to describe beforo them, but, while they have oftentimes presonted fo the world the moat touching pletares of thoe last eorvices of ro- liglon over the dond, thore has been an clement of samcness throughoutthe whole,—an element which descriptive talent has not wholly relloved, and ‘which Is naturally Inherent in the enpjoct. There have been two or threo real fanovations in catablished customs In Ahis reapoct of Jate. years, whieh linve attracted general attentfon and caurad nota little difference of opinlon As to the exact proprlety of such novel services. Ona of thess waa tho notahle fancral of Daron Da Palm some months ngo, which waa fully described at the ime, and 1h;: pecullar foatares of which overybody will ree call, TNE LAST INNOVATION on established usage occurred yesterday atternoon atthe funcral servico of tho lato Mre, Jenule C. Stllds, tho wife of Gen. I, N. Btllus, of this city, Qen, Stllea® own peenilar bollef, or disbollef, rather, In regard to religious mattors s woll known, and, witliool being too particnlar oy to the lvruurlut of the naweo which has heen applled to iim, hie hes generally been known as a total disbos llever In revealed Telljlon of whatever form or kind, Thevo views Mrw, Btilos hud silered, and finully adopted, so that It was not wittiout canse thiat many looked forward (o somp atelking pocullarities fn tho services over the dead, Nobody wan at all dllr\nrnlnlcd. Nolther cleegry- mau nor prest ofiiclated. The ouly ineignia of pgrief wore the tell-tale " evidences o red with weenlng, and aven ouly noticeable at aud, generally, ouly fn those who had not come 1o think of relizion as_n mere valm, empty, useless, worneont form. Tho two parlora fu ticn, Stiles' lhouse. No. 2ik3 Warren avenne, wero filled with Kfud-learted felcnde, while the lalls wore thronged witls those who could no: ind roows Inside, - Sy pathy nw{llmvll moved them all, and doudtlcss |t did, but the stronzer motlve of ‘cnrioaily w: 0 present, and not i fow were on tho very tiptoe of expectation, A table In tho front parlofamd s stil} Iarger ona in the back parlor wery ornamented with Deautiful florul deslene, A plano stood open in the front parlor, ruui for use, na will bo after- wards seen, Gen. Btiles eat in tho, back par. lor In & largo, roowy ecany-chalr, watching those whu camc In and now canferring with oo of thono around him in regord to (he arrangements, I'rominent among those who canie to express thelr sympathy wero Judgo Mcallister, Mcsars, Murray ¥, Taley nnd Jolin Lowis, partners of Gen, Stiles, Jiidda WilkInsom, Gen, Iuford, J, D, Ward, and oflicrs, Tho exerclecs were to commonco ot 4 o'clock, but there was some delay, Whilo waitin, {en, Sitlen took accnslon to rematk that he should bu pleascd to see all present converso freely and be nd cheerful as possfble. There was no general need for the remark, for most of the Iadles had an- tielpated Its aplrit, ancd had given tho relna to their tngucs, Souio o tho old-fashioucd panpte, hiow- cver, stiil _clung to the old manner flr looking roleinn and oven tearful, for which na doubt many itfe thew In thelr inmost hearts, Finally overy- hing scomed ready. GEN, BILES AROSE, and, In a tlear voice such 18 ho has nsod hundreds of times In appealing to Jur] said: ueral ILwill bo STl will o untlko g . conduetal in a manner to n great extent different Yeb iu Its arrangoments I deeply con- from other funcrals. have thought best, ffom what T have Luown to bo the views of my wifo In respect to it In cavo of her death or of iny own, and from what 1know to be tha views of my children, o pay some deference to Jublic” sentiment, I''havo not intended to Tmru entirely tho _customs _of tho_ peo- vle amone whom live, I think I owo suno_rospect to tho orlulnnu of averyh with whom I assoriate and live, though lhe‘y diffee rnlll:flll{ from my own, Theroare eome fhiugs I wunld like to speak of. 1 don't know that I shail o abla to do g0, 1don't kuow how far 1 shall b able to control mysolf. 'The fact I, that nature has been making hor demands on me that have to_bo responded fo, and sle may renow thom be- fore 1 get throngh, " (en. Stiles thenontered apon a short blography of his departod wife, dwelfing upon those traivs which su eminently distinguishied hee, and which wero #o_strikingly brought to light in thelr peaco- ful, havpy lives, In orie placo ho gavo way to teard, Hut 1t wis only for a second. 1lo had gane on to say that hie wife at first objected to BNTERING TIIE ARMY, \%We woro nowly married," sald ho: ‘four honeymoon was not aver; indeed, it nover has boen over unill yestorduy," The recollection of the pavt wan so full of mcaning to bim that the tears wonld flow In spite of his fortitude, Naturo had rencwed the dainands npon him that he alluded to inthe firet part of his address, Dutit was only a mowentary oifect, and he then went on as brave ascver, “[lls wife had finally given hor conscat jn 8 very fow words, and he kuu.v ehe meant all sho sald.” 110 thun apoke at some length of his army carcer, making partleular mention of his wife's virits o him atone time and anoilier, espacially while hie wus statloned at Fortress donroe. She oy E < Liud been a witness of the battla batweon the Moni- o) for snd Merrimac,~—one of the flyin: lmrnlnni within four paces of har, sequently wrlf which wi shells Sho had sub- tien an account of tho enyugoment publishied, Duting all l“‘u War, " enid he, **shio was n bravor soldicr than I was, bo. cuuso st no time did ahe lusa heart, and 1 did, o spoke of her daily lotters to him which wero so fuil ‘of eucouragesient, hopo, aud confidenco, During this time she was approhensive of dentlr. ond there wore Indlcations that it night ensao— tho diiculty balng the heart trouble” which had dnally caused her demlse. When the War closcdl, den, Stilos ward ho hud come o Chicazo and ilnmml ataliouse ln tho vicinlty of bLis present oing. *+ 1t waa about tho closo of the War," ke con- tinued, **or sbortly afterwards, that Mrs, Stilcs, who had been o membor of tho Presbytorlan Church, having jolned it when sbo waa child, not because of any conviclions particularly, but be- cnusc It waw tho habit In that country for children of religious parentago ta join tha clurch at an Bgo,—it was about this ilne that she begun to conslder the evidences upon which her opinlons Il rosted, thero were any.'. Sho bLecame _ very thoughtful on tha sub- iect. TMor © mind was then teoding n that dircction in which my own bad traveled, . Dut which I sedulously kufll from discusving with her for fear thut she might Lo developed as I had been doveloped, Iut we Lelioved in wubstantiully the samo things, and If ‘on her deathi-bed sho bad paked mo to pray, 8¢ utterly uavlcas aw It socms to 'me, I would have doneso, ~ Hier views {n s year or two changed radically, and it at firat caused her g geeat deal of uncasiuvas, More than once I thouzht of Herbert Spencer's remark: * No mental rev tion Is accomptivhed without much laceration, ' en, Stiles thon wonton to say that after Mrs., Btlles Lad passed throughthat period of uncaainess, HER NEW CONVICTIONS, formed in the clcar llght of reason, Inetead of from nn{ undue excitenient, caused her no pain or dise qulotude whatevar, Stio could not realst tha con. cluston thut us to the beginning and end & human mind could know nothinyt with any degree of col tainty, It wad becanwo who Lad entertulned those views, formod under no wpasmodic Iniluence, but with ‘her sober, ealm Juazment, that ho had not called fn tho aid of preacher o pricst, althourh ho should nave had o ubjection to umnf on amine wter [f o hud happened (o by o friend of Mrs. Jes and himeelf, gid had happened to bo Ilrcl- ent, Gen, Stlies said 1t would bo comparutively uscicss to mpeuk of tho depth uf that lovo that hadl existed betwacn hiimsel! und his wife. Other bus- fands find wises knew of unch lova without auy. thinz being satd about It. The living loved thelr wives as much us ho loved bLis, and his whole married 1ife was one of ainioat unalloyed bapplncas, Thera had been no deatbs in the fan - fly_cxcept bla own brother, aud thrce chlldron had béen born to them, A3 A WIFE AND AS A MOTHER Mra. Stiles had_been lacking In nuthing, and tad nolther tho daners nur responsibliitios of wite. hood or materulty, 8ho had died asabe lived, a tmo. noblo woman, |n once speaking to her about ha posalbliity of her death, of which sho seoimed 1o have somue promonition, sho had at Arvt evinced 8 desire (o spoak sbout religion, and to have Pprayors when that eveat should draw near, Uit slio soon afterwards #3ld that hier thoughts at such & e would not bo o true judex of tor mind, and that {t was vuly waila in & stata of perfect health that her judguént could be the trus une. Thoy then agreed tu concede o each other thy right of hav- gz o minbster I elther should desire It, Gen, duiles then tuuclinzly referred o his wifa's last 1llness, nd svoke particularly of her oft-lterated dealre for s Bt to b with net. Shio »p0ko of her mi werlpt, —her ovwn compoiltions, —of wi she hes viye tud 8 very wudest opinion, while he had lll“{fehl!ll pabliehing thew, In her sickness, sho (o.d biw to do anything with then (uat bis Judg- xgm;t dictated, She had often apoken of the Athena Boc uy. of the Ladics’ Unlon” Ald Soclety cun- nected with tho Foundlinge' Home, In both of whilch wbe took preat intoreat, tho had posscised sn actlye miud und an active body,—a reuarkably crae, clear, stong miud,—and her crovs-oxamini- tiou of bimion hie argumeuts and his testimony, ber criticisins of hiwspevches, bud vroved so valu- sbletu him that bo cawe, in thne, to solleit thom. Gien, Stiies spoke alno uf her trutbfulaess, of her vnlol qualitics which had ende ired ner to all, sud fu clustog gave all wio so desirud an Jovitation to 0 into tho upper rovim Where bis doad wifo lay, o then aunvunced that the pext thing ju order wos 5OMB NUIC,— eothoven's Mooulizht Sonata, arrauged for plano sud violuucolla, —wnich was ably given Ly Aise Wicser aud Prof. Efchhelu, cu. Stilea then announced that tho exerclses from thls point would e couducted by the ladles of the Athena Saclety, Ho sgalu referrod fo bis wifu's plilusopblcal” resiguation wheu the death Suwmons Ciwo, aid s3ld sho bad dicd 8s sbe Tived, bravely and Mwlullr. Weforo Gaking Lis b read sue tender, Toving lucs composed by bty wifu und read u the tenlb sunivereary of thele wedllng-day. R A e rief onlozy on tho character of thele departod friend, tho publication of which In prevented only from lack of kpace. Sira, F. Q. Uall read ton af Mes, Tirowning's ¢ Do Brafumlie, " and the exerciaca elaned with tha singing ef Toethoren's Farowull Bong by Mrs, E. O. Egymonr, (ien. Stlles' slater. She was sccompanied by Misw Emma Ktlics, aleo & alsicr of the General, Flig romning wore taken last eventng to Todl, TIL, whero Mrs, Stiles’ mother realdes, for intor- mel LABOR AND CAPITAL. READING'S REASONS, Spectal Dispateh to The Tridune, PmuAneLruta, April 10, —Preallent Gowen's ex- perlence with the Mollle Magnires has made him very intolerant of alleorts of trades-unions, and to-(lay will sae his rond frea from nnlons of every kind. Ho kllled the Anclent Order of Iibernians, which In Schaylkill County waa only n band of munlerers, broke up the Workingmen's Benovalent Assoclation, diseoived the Unfon of the Schuylkil! Conl Operators, and now ho has fonght the fght with the Locomotive Hrotherhood, and he " fa " an essy viclor, .. Tha Company annonnced Its fntentlon of dolng awsy with tho unfon on March 27, and aince then it has beon quletly preparing for a strike, - hut walting the ploasiira _of the cngincers as to the time. iay was finnlly agr¢ed upon, and there could has leen nobottor thne aet. Fow tralna rup on Sun- day, and thoy wero caslty handled, Yoslerday marning thera wete engincers In grent lesnl.y snxlous to po to work, and, {f they conld only havo been fromrly distrlbutod over the line, not o traln need have been stopped. ’nmlppllénn(l far outnumberedrthe places, *$\Why did yon choose to take the Snitiative ina aahl ll,mvt might never have have come, Mr. owen?" *‘Becansa T had anthentic Information that tha next strike wonll be on our road, The organiza- tlon, which was once B"'{)fl beneficlal as-oclation, Itas come to be an_eath-bound organtzation,—one of tho bittorest trades-iminne in the conntry;—and t [a headed by a man who boasted that, by'waving Iile hand, he couid stop_every locontotive runninig out of Loston, —a man whore object reems to be 1o control the entire ratlway teallle of tho conntry by micdne of his power over the lacomotive engince without whose seryices the entire inlund transporta- tion Lnalnees of the country would Lo paralyzed. The strike on onr road wonld have been made juat ne wo wero noarly ready to put all our forcea at work. Wa were just entoring into an actlve com- petition In the coal teado with other reglona, and tno wncceas of tha Schuylkill and Mahonoy conl- fiella in this competition, and the econ flnucd employment of abent 50,000 labor. ing men, depended entirely upon ‘about 400 mon employed ns locomotive-engincers, These minera were not getting high wayer, but we wore guaraniceing that they should be constant, ‘This wo could not do with our stall of locomotive engincere, bound by oath to oboy tho superior ofifeern of their Brofhorhood, and compelted by the oblipation they had taken to quit work at a min- ule's notice, : 1, ** Besldes this, il the other roglons wero Inter- exted In n auspension of our rond. An orzanized attompt was wado not long ago to orgunize n ririke, and monoy was sont from othor flelds to orzanize It, but in vain, If it wore jossihle for them to stop the HeadIng Railroad for tive manths, it would raln the Company, starve $0,000 miners, and put 300,000 peoplé on Its line to cndless trouble and_expense, but 1t would only cost the Trotherhood $1:20, 000, rexions fully 85,000, 000, herefora wo were compelled todo nway swith the rotherhood, What will tho result be? ~The Itoad will Toso perhaps £50.000 in_injured engines, seven belny burncd tralns wiil all Fun re Gowen mnld, furlher: ¢'No question of wavea {a involvod In tho lesuo. It 1s our. deslro at all times to pay as much as other roada do, and [ hava alwaye boen of the opiuiun that it a to the interest of the Coropany that ell of its eiployes should bo well pald. - Onr enginocrs aro grided nc- cording to thele length of wervico with the Company, ~and tho " highest ratos are al- to thono peat in_onr. ome great many of onr Lest men will remain with s, and In view of the falthfulness with which they have romained st thelr post during such an ordeal 'It I8 our intantlon o makon Afth gmlln of engincers, who will bo cntitled to. tho Ighest pay, and to place In it all those who havo reainted the' Inducements hold ont to thom to quit our employment and have kept thelr faith with us whon wa were atlicked." Tho Drotherhood Line taken in at loast 100 mem- bors daring the week past, bat, unlucklly, thc: are all on tho striking st. Nevertheloss thoy vy be suppuried to the bliter ond, . Plioy have tho unanimous suoport of all the anthorlties of the Order, and tho Drotherhood is rich enaugh. Tronble I8 expected next on the Now York Centrul and that Is not a rond (o take the same mothod he Heading, It would not be allowed tima to ro- fluct, and It conld not maka proparations, 1f the Iirotherhood lias another contest soon it will Loa 1ite or denth atruggle. THE READING STRTKERS, Porravittx, P'a., April 10,—Thore arc no new dovelopments in tho englnoers' strike to report from thls end. The Brotherhood men are working hard to induco thoso at work to Joln thelr eaun with but . lttlo sue. cest, All - tralns are, meacly on timo. At Polo Alto theroarea large number of loaded coal-cars stundIng walting for engines, taking np #0 much room thatthe tracks areblockaded. This, 1t 13 thonght, will compol a suspenslon of the min- ing operations by Baturday, thirowlng thousands of men vut of work, LeAmNg, Ia,, Aprl] 10.—Two -of the leading membery of tho’ Tieading Divislon Brothorhood of the Locmiotive Kogincers anthorlzo the publica- tion of the followiny proposition to Genoral-Man- azer Wooten: The Insurance circular of the Rend- in3 Railroad to bu withdrawn, the Compauy to pay tho onginecrs the samo Wflli‘t 0y were receiviug when they withdrow from thelr amploy, and prom- ise that thero shall bo no further reductlon of wages, Tho enginoers ogreo on thelr rxm. that they, thefr firomen, and all other old employes will return to work, and there shall be no stelko at any {lmu if the above condltions arc not broken by tho Cam) pany. TIE LASALLL MINERS, Orrawa, 1L, April 10.—Much excitement pro- vaolls at (ho coul mines at Btreator, tweuty miles mouth of Ottaws. Thero aro six coal ahafts there, cmploylnz on an avorage 2,000 miners, A faw wocks ago tho companies onunouncod. a reductlon of ten cents por ton for mining coal. The miners rofused to” work, and nre trying to prevent the companles, fromt! beinging fn noly hands.” Tho minurd to tho number of from 1,300 to 2,000 nightly parade the wtreots, aud a rolgn of terror provails at Strentor, WAGES REDUCED, Kzw Yonk, April 10,—Tho Typographlcal Unlon of this city has adopted & new and reduced scalo of vrices: For daily morning papers, 40 cents per 000 ems; for dally evenlug and weekly papurs, cente, Whilo it wae deemed unwise to fix uny definite rates for book work, owing to the grest depression, a guncral wish wos oxpressed that Sumu arrangomunt should be wrrived at between the cwployers and omployes. STRIKING COOPERS, CreveLaxy, 0., April 10.—About 1,500 coopers fn the cmploy of the Sundard Ol Cumpany, In this city, struck this morning on accuunt of & 10 per cent ruductlon fn wages. The Swndard Ol Lompany have o large nuiber of barrols In_ stock. Their business will not be embarradsed by this striko. 'Thicre la s probability of un adjustnicut of Sty diflcultion ut an encly day. & = ont’ yestorday, but jts argriy.” : r CRIME, COUNTERVEITERS, Hpectal Dirpated to The Tridune, Ixptadarotss, Juds, April 10.—The counters felters whose arrest at Osgood, In this State, was mentioned in last night's dispatches wero exam- fned to-day and put under bunds for teial at the May term of the Unlted Statea Conrt in the follow- ng sama: Levl, 85,000; Mrs, Rittennouso, $:2, 5003 8. Loe, 31, ‘Pna uirl Allons wau relessed on lor uwu mrllnnw. Cwo otbur mewbers of tha gung, ¥, A, Somorand Walker Hlatmond, wero a5- pested to-night, and will bo brought here, —— ¥ A BASE-BULLIONI#®|, Apeclal Dispatch (0 The Trid e Semixarizny, Sl April 10, —John W, Qorheart was arrested vear Murphysboro {nlzrday by De- fective Tutlle and Deputy-Marhal Prettynian ona charge of counterfelting silver coln, Dioa for waking L0-cent plecos and partlally complete coine were found In hfl podsesslon, Cloiheart has Leen wanted for sumie Gine, und Secret-Bervicy ageots bave been ou hils track. . EXTORTING A CONFESSION, New Youxk, April 10,—The negrovs of Bloaom Uil Va., suspectivg that Hatry Martly, missing {or two wecks, bad Leen fonily dealtwith, took his wife from her cabin and placing bier neck In § noose swung ber up to 8 troe und she confessed the kill- {ug, ber von uselatiug under threats. —— SENTENCE COMMUTED, RicuNoxp, Va., Aprll 10.—~The sentenco of Miles Iteddick, negro Who wus to have becn buny on Tuvedsy for the wurder of auother negro, bas been commuted Lo imprisonment for 1| ———— 2T HNANCIAI;.W. Ypecial W RS Dernort Sieher g 46 i 3t “ftickandson mad an sualsumut to-day. L1ablitive, §200,000, of wiilcl all Lat §30,000 {¢ secured. Jils asuign- went will not tireetly tnvaive the ltichardwon Mpich Company, whicl wil soon b put intg opee- atlon aguin, 114 professs to be ableto pay in Naw Youx, April 10, aecurlties whlch werv collatoral 1 & loan nade 1o susedy & Co., aud which sale was adveriiacd 0 Lo wade to-diy, Was udjourued to Satur- day “mext . Who Mt “of wecurities to bo wold Inciuded 6,700 slares of = Chicago sud Nortbwustern comuwon atuck. An wilueh ki uioong tho ered 1o WAL e 5 itors of heunedy & Co. (e it A and it wonld profit tho othor nnnecesanry, and tho brifef In the snccorn of thiy Arranzement hat favorably Influenced the markiet pelce of securiticn i which Kennedy & Co. were chiufly intererted, Kennedy & Co, have made an offer to thelr ercd. Atort to pay Wiks per cent In cast, Al Lo give thel - nolca nt faur, ix, and Lwelvo monthy far the hal anco of thele Indebtedners, They ray they will be sbleto pay 100 centa on the dotinr, provided that the banks which hold their collaternl as security for Toans do not press theat 100 hard, Ao nuspension Is aunonncad of Daldwin & Flawg, hat mannfactared, of Yonkers, Thele liablifties are raid to be abor 0, 000, CASUALTIES. THE ITAZEL-GREEN BER0M, Bpeclal Dispateh 10 The Tyidune. - NasnviLLg, Tean,, Avell 19, —A tornado awopt over Sorerque, fifteon miles from Nashville, fast night. . Four eabins, two dwellings, two ntores, nnd ona livery-stable wera blown to atoms, even the foundations boing swopt away. A little girl 1ying in bed with her brother had her bralns dash. e ont, whilohie escapod with a fow brulscs, A megro man and & negro boy had Lhole thighs broken, Anold lady was carried forty yanls nmidat tim. bers, deeply gnshed In' tho back of Ner head, ang had her arm twice broken, whilo a pleco of momo unknown ribstance srent enbifoly through hee weist, makinga gliastly wonnd. “tihe will ¢le {o. morrow, Others wero rescued from undernenth Inga which lald heavily acroes thelr bodies, Stheky of timber wore blown threc-quartors bf n mife, UNalls from lences weors blown fanr teet Into g ground, Thae whirlwind phicnomenon accompanfed theatorm. TFustern Assoctated Irese. NASRYILLE, "T'e Apiid 10, ~A ternblo tornada I'lrlllv.‘d through Rutherford Cotnty last nl: blowing dow fiftoen hotizes, nost of which wers in Lavergne, killing a child, mortaily wonnding an old lady, and wonading soma cigh others. BTORM DAMAGE, NEW Onreaxs. April 16 ~Ifolly S8prings, Lamar County, Miss., was vieltod 1ast nlght with n severe wind-storm, blowing down, unroufing, and otber. wise sertoanly damaging ofght or ten bnildings, mostly stores. No llves wore loat. Hndeon & ton, Drower & Son, and R, W. Willlams are thy principal suffercrs, - Bpeclul Digpatch to The Tribure. Kroxur, Ia., April 10,-A licavy rain-storm has provalled along the line of the Keo'tuk & Doy Molnes Rallroad during the past twenly-fune Liouts, dofnx much dainaze to tie road, Portlony of ihreo bridgea and ons culvert have been carried away, nnd about twehty feel of embaukment washed ovut, Last night's tealns were nlb delaye] about twelse hourd, and to-dny's about thte hours, No tralns lett here fo-night, but the dam oges have been repalred, and I s expected that trains will bo zunning Lo-morrow, TOO MUUH MORPIINT. Hpectal Dispatch to The Tridun, Font Wavse, Ind., Apil 1h—Dan Vollmer, an old and prominent citizen, and ono of onr leading drugglate, died at 3 o'clock this alternoon from the cffects of & dose af morphine administered by Limself Jaet night. o was not at Liomo durldz the night, and thls morning at 0 o'clock ho was found In the eellar under his storo in an nncon- sclous condition. Tlrough the offorts of phy. siclann, 1ifa was kept in the body until this after. noon, Whether ha killed himself Intentionally, or took the dose of morphincaupposing It to besome. lhlllxinhe 1t s difficult to determine. e stood very high In the comiunity, and was kctlye in fhe Church sud In Masontc und Odd-Fellows® fralerul. tiea. 1D deattt ganarally belleved to have licen accidental,: “I'he Coroner will hold sn ingucat this evenlng. e . i —_— 4 *+CRUSHED TO DEATIT. . &pmclal Dispatch to The Tridune, Jotser, Hl,, ‘April 10.~Patrick Devine, an em. ploysof the Jolfet Iron aud Bteel Worke, was In- stantly killed this afterncon by tho falling of the holsting spparatus at tho converting will. Devine waus working on the hoiat. takingup a load of coke, when tho npparatus was thrown out of geur in auimo munner ond the machiua feil to tho tioor, a distance of twenty feet, crashiug tho vufortunate man In {ts descent. The deceased was an fndustri- ous, hard-warking man, and lcaves a Lurge fumily, ; [l A STEAMBOAT BURNED. BSpecial Dispateh 1o Thg Tribune. YAXRTON, 1 T, Avril 10.—Tho steamboat Car- roll, which lalt hore Sunday ovening for Fart Pjesra Leavily loaded, was birnod to the wator's edga at £ o'clock this morning Aifty llcs above Fort lans dull, The boat was tied up at the time, and no lives wore Jost, The boat was owned by Dr, W, A, burlefghit & Son, of Yunkion,; apd was worth 16,000, 40 way not Insured, A jarge amoust of privato frolght wos loat, with bats Hunted smount of insurnca, e JIORRIBLE DEATIL. Nzw Yonk, Aprll 10.—~John B, Young, aged 68, of Clncinuatl, whila visitlng tha law-ofice of Richard L. H. Fineh, on the third floor of 202 Prondway, abont 01156 p. m. yestorday, full from ront window vutof which ho bud been looking, and waa fatally Injured. 1n falling ho eiruck an iron gas-lamp fixtare, upon which ho was fmpaled, tho sbarp fron passing through his abdowvu sud appearing at his back. A BRAKEMAN ITURT. Speclat Dispatch to'The Tridune. MEnpora, L., April 10,—~While 8 brakeman on the Chlcazo, Burlington & Qulncy namod Jrcobs wae conpling tho cara to an englno of & passcnger- train golng west thls afternoon, ho was cdught bee tuvoon tho bufers and vory ssvurely Injural nbout the hips and ahdomen. . 1o was taken back to b Hom In Chicako by tho 430 passengor, CONCENTRATED LY, 3 Apectal Diayaich to The Tribyns. . Trooyixutox, 1ik, April 10.—The daughter of KHiisn Gronnows, a leading citlzen of tho West 8ido, dled to-night from tho effocts: of drinking & aolution of concontrated Iyo last night, ————— - MICHIGAN LUMBER, - . Bpecial Dispatch (o The Tribune. EaxT BAuINAW, Mich,, Aprit 10,—It has raloed atoadily forty-cight hours, and s Jargo amonnt of water has fallun, aufcient, It 18 deowed, to start Jozs out on all the streama, whichnro rslug raps Idly, Convequently the problem regarding stuck 'for the mille la solved, ~ ' ——— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, - Lownox, April 19, —8tenmships Othello and Utopls, from New York, havo arrived out, ) PutganzLritia, Apnt 10.—Arelved, atcamship Nederldud, from Auntwerp. ——————— ' The Engllsh Civil Sorvico. Trof. Fuk, of Curnelf University, in the New Tork une, The essentlal funtures uf the English method are extended thorough competitive examina tlons (based on the theory that education forms the best avalluble test of qualitication for the public sorvice), & careful physical exawination, on equally careful examibation lnte the moral vharacter of tho cundiduto, aud a pre- bationary period of six inonths, Thissyatein s been ummly elaborated by some of ihe wiest statesmen aid bust scholurs of the greut Eve ghsh-speakivg natfon nearest nkln to ourselves has heen tested und perfected by the expericnce of several years, and, fu tho predent conditiunof our bigher schoals, Is greatly preferable to the German systew, which rests uson educational ualifications of tho most advanced chameiers ts machinery 8 vory slinple—the Clvil-Servis Coumission couslsting of three Cominlsslone) ane leglster,one Sentor Assistant Examlocr, 80 one Bueond Asslstunt Examlner, These 3 persons—ull muen of the highest standing—cut: trol all !Im appoiotenta ta the vast ol services of Evgland and India, The results of thefutroduction of the English mode of appolut- et Into this country would be ¢xactly whit they hn\l‘u been ;nl{:n."lnnd. They may be bricly summed up as fullows; (1.) The xlrfllm'mt:d Engllsh clvil service bos e tirely superseded the patrunage formerly enjoy® od by mepbers of the Dritksh Parligment, h-i placed the Government cmployes vutside o portivan Intluence, and has mude favoritlsm lu osuible—eo that Me. Aundell, (n Lls specch st rhu Cooper Institute four or fve years agu, cou! g say: 1 staud befure you, the represeutative o thig Jargest conatitueucy in Eoglaud, sud ! h:z“ pot the power to control the appolutiment of Lo Towust excise ottlcer.” (3.) It bas proved ftself o thoroughly demo- crotfe measure, putting the younger suns of 1b¢ gentry upon precisoly the sawe fuotlug 24 lh: kous of artlsans, and throwing pusitions fn lh- natloual service open to the whole people, b stead of liwiting them to an ollice-secklug 8> crucy, - byt ) {: has established a new nmleuw!.l. "u fi-ultfil‘uhl& educated rnuvlnElx _u;; r{:‘;:‘ i ‘which there aro ho possile grand prize; the law and the church, but which ofters tb¢ certatuty of a falr maintenance for lfe. 28 (4.) It has given an enormous bnpulse to & blo cation fn Eugland, helplig to render p«mlm tho uow compalsory schools nct, anct bag kreaty hnyror‘;.'d )Ihu charactir of the Engllsh prepst tory schools, 2T ey vastly elorated the moralo, and etliciency of the public service, 13 will be evit to any oue who Gompares its present stato W 1ts coudition during the Crimean war, e — A Big Storys New York svs Promiuent European cupitallsts Lave b:f: negotiating for sume time, aud ut last suc 7 llfliy, with the Luud Commizsioners of o s e for 33,000,000 worth of vravge: ks, T l‘;':nl fend To ring ugo the State 2,000 or 300 Ly ‘ax;nen trow England, Genwauy, rauce, v p