Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 31, 1878, Page 4

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To Vicror Huco belongs the credit or dis- eredit of inventing o new phrase for the es- pecial purpose of sbusing Narorrox IIL +* He wasthunder-kicked behind, " exclaims A, Huco, whose imsginative faculty ensbled him thus to express in a word the forty-mule power of the concussion. We have received two or three ingniries from subscribers as to the meaning of the Dill which was introduced on Monday last in will of the people ” in regard to disabled soldiers of the late. War, but are unable to exphin it until such time as the text of the bill is receized. RS i The new metric system proposed by Strpmexs, of Georgin, appears to us suscep- tible to too many variations. For instance, according to the Srermexs formmla, 44100 person might carry it ont as follows: **Three spoons one finger; three fingers one mad bar- keeper; two barkecpers one grand bounce,” ete. From the tone of the official Journal de St Petersburg it is evident that Russia is Dot to be bullied by any attempted intimida- tionsonthe partof England. If BEacoNsFrELD has a lingering idea that the Russian Gov- crdment will make further concessions for feur of drawing down the wrath of the Brit- ish nation, he may as well banish it at once. The meeting of ihe Republican membors of the Senate in Washington yesterday was really more of a circus than a cateus, and it scemed to hiave boen called for the purpose of affording the Casenoy and his adherents an opporiunity to cxhibit their clownish qudlitics. They attempted to unite the Re. publica Senators in opposition to the Pres. ident, but found 5 respectable minority whose Yiews as to the proper policy to be pursued were different in many degrees from tho CaEsoN faction. Therefore, no de- cisive action was taken. Congress is asked to remit the duty on the Currency to ascertain why the Receiver has not brought suit against about $50,000 of the stock, held by men belicved to be responsible, if the affairs of the bank are in 5o bad a condition as not to be able to lig- uidate more rapidly. Certainly it must be determined by this timo whether the assets of the institution will cover the liabifities, and, if not, then it is certainly the duty of somebody to sue on the stock without fur- ther delay. One of the visionary schemes for the over- throw of Russia in the East is propounded by the Whitchall Retiew, of London. This paper gravely suggests that Baxer Pasha be placed in command of an expeditionary force which shall land at Constantinople, dethrone the Sultan, set Mmmar Pasha up in his place, and then, with the aid of the Turks, expel the Russian army from Tarkey. We givo this mercly as a curiosity of British journalism. The difference between o Conference and n Congress has been the subject of consider- able discussion in the English and Russian newspapers. It hos at last been decided that a Congress is a meeting of Sovereigns 1n per- son for diplomatic purposes, or of Cabinet Miuisters sent by their respective Govern- ‘ments 0s plenipotentiarics, provided they are \not obliged to refer to the home Govern- ments for instruction ; and, also, that Con- gresses can only discass weighty matters and make final decisions. Conferences mny be held for the purposo of arranging and pre- paring subjects for discussion in a Congress sitting at the same time. ————— The first official address of Pope Leo to the Chureh, delivered at the Consistory last Thursday, was worded with diplomatic caution. His Holiness made slight allusion to the loss of temporal power experienced by the Church during the life of his pre- decessor, and, in fact, according to our dis- puiches, gave exceedingly frail intimations as to the policy which he intends to pursue in his spiritual rule. From his declaration that he intends to call upon the Cardinals for sdvice and co-operation in the manngement of the Church, it is in- ferred that he is not an ardent upholder of the dogmn of Papal infallibility. The infer- ence, however, does not appear to rest upon any other foundation, and it is not probable that the Pope would undertake so decided a departure without making a definite state- ment of his intention. Prrer Davisox deliberately shot and kill- ed Jony RonerTsoN some months ago, and yesterday a Waukegan jury found him guilty and sentenced him to fourteen years' im- prisonment, A vegue impression is getting abroad that_Waukegan is a poor place in which to conduct murder trinls—almost as poor a place as Chicago. It is fortunate for the reputation of our city that, by .a strange coincidence, on the - same day when this verdiet was render- ed, o Cook County Judge decided not to grant a new trial to the murderers SEaRY and Cosyerny. By this action Judge Jauesox has done much to uphold the re-’ spect for the Bench which good citizens have been unwillingly losing by reason of the ec- centric rulings of another member of the Judiciary. Unless the Supreme Court inter- feres—and there is no probability of such mterference—the youug desperadoes will receive their deserts on the 21st day of June. WEHO OUGHT TO BE ELECTED. ‘We reproduce the list of candidates for Al- dermen in the several wards, and, without unkindness or personal dislike to any candidate, but controlled exclusively by what, upon the best information wo bave been able to obtain, will best promoto the public mterests, we suggest o list of those persons who ought to be elected. If in this election we name more Republicans than Democrats, it is because there are a greater number of the Republican candidates who are better fitted for the place. The follow- ing is a list of all the candidates named : wpavgL R:publicans. | Democrats. Socialists. liffe. illing. i, 1. Lull. 3. T. Morzim, AL Stroelow. 1| 11. E. Mallory. L. Brinkman, 3 . O'Meara. . MlcNally ....1John Artley. J: J. Riordan. M. Bielfeldt. AL ¥ opposition. I.G. Owsley. A. C. Knopl..4ohn Cailahan! ump:)ulm‘\\'m. eld. do.. 5 Sixth Ward, J. Loveior: eventeenth nth Ward, CANPBELL; Ward, Joux Sechienis. These are the persons who aro candidates, and from whom the selections are to be made. From all the information we can obtain, aud without any personal prejudice {or or against any of the persons named, wo have the following suggestions to make: In theFurst Ward, Mr. MunraxF. Totey, an able and experienced lawyer, who is perhaps bells of St. Michael's Church, of Charles- ton, S. C. These chimes possess a real his- torical interest, having been placed in the belfry 125 years ago. In 1770 they were siczed and carried to England, but at the end of the Revolutionary War were returned. In 1863, when thie Federnls besieged Charles- ton, the bells were removed to Columbia, but were afterwards injured during the con- flngration of that city. They were Tecently sent to England to be recast, and mow are again sending forth their familiar notes to the people of Charlesto S_ereml cf the English papers have been tr;mg to reconcile recent events in the East with Scriptural prophecy. It is said that as %00n as the Czar shall have become settled 1u his Armenian posscssions he will begin to puzh southward, thus becoming that * King of tite North ” referred to in Daxrey, xi., 40., who shall *go forth with fury to destroy,” yet who “shall come to bis end, and none shall help him.” It must ben slightly un- plensant reflection, however, to know that previons to his fingl catastrophe ‘“he shall stretch forth his hand upon the countries, snd the land of Egypt shall not escape,” —— A good many of the depositors i . Gentral National Bank (the rezassns of me corT) are beginning to fear that the lively promises of liguidation made at the time the oors were closed wero largely imaginative, The Central and Third retired from business ebout the same time, and then it wes given out that the former was in a much better condition than the latter, and would pay out more rapidly; bat tho Third National has «lready paid 55 per cent, and the Central anly 25 per cent, on itsdeposits. A committee of depositors in the latter institution would do well to address the Comptroller of the better informed on all questions of law and fact concerning the affairs, past and present, of the City of Chicago than any other man in the city, has at the earnest solicitation of citizens of all parties consented to give one term of servica to sid the city in. its per- plexities and embarrassments. If elected, the city will have the services of an able and experienced man, and the voters of the ward will do themselves and the public at large a great benefit if they elect him. In the Second Ward, Ald. RoseNBERG, & Republican, who is now o valuable and use- fol member of the Council, though not nominated, has, at the pressing solicitation of constituents, consented to bo a candidate. "During the last two years, asa member of the Finance Committee, he has been of in- valusble servico to the city, and to discard him now for an inexperionced man would be gross injustice, and accomplish no useful purpose. Ald. RosENDERG is one of the most industrions members of the Council, and basa large and ‘permanent interest in the prosperity and credit of the city. In the Third Ward, AMr. Wit is opposed by Mr. O. B. Puerps. This is not the time to elect men to the City Council merely to gratify personal ambition. Never in the Lhistory of Chicago did the city stand in such pressing need of the counsel and aid of 1ts experienced and substantinl citizens. Itis no disparagement of Mr. WaITE to say that, at this juncture of our ‘municipal affairs, the ward ought to elect Mr. Prrrps, In the Fourth Wazd, there has been some op;_)osifion to Mr. Marronr, which we are satisfied has been largely due to misinforma. tion. Those who know him personally speak in tho highest terms of his personal mtegrity and bis business habits, and he has large property interests in the ward, Under 3 ' these circumstances his election onght to be a certninty. 1 The Fifth, or Bridgeport, Ward, which kas generally a dozen or more candidates, will choose this time between those named by the respective parties. The Socialist candidate will probably poll a large vote, and public safety perhaps suggests that Mr. BrrxeaaN be olected. 3 The Sixth Ward is so largely Democratic, and the Socialists are so largely represented there, that the election is a mntter of uncer- tainty. Mr. CuiLERTON, the present Alder- man, is a candidate, and both Mr. Ham and Mr. GreerIN are represented as reputa- ble men. 7 Ar. Kenpen is now a highly-respocted and useful member of the City Council, and ought to be re-clected. There is some un- ~certainty whether Mr. Prosser will consent to be a candidate, and of the host of other candidates, in case Mr. Prosses should with- draw, perhaps Mr. Frexmo would be the best to clect. There are two Aldermen to De elected in this—the Seventh—ward. MMr. Troaas Kefring, an old citizen of high personal character, who for years has refused all nominations for office, and who commands the personal respect of all citi- zens of tho Eighth Ward, ought to be clected by an overwhelming vote over the ranting, bloviating LawLer. ) Ta the Ninth Ward, there are no less than four candidates. Oue of these is the no- torious C. C. P. HoLpEy, concerning whom words would bo wasted. Mr. Suyrm is & young man, and, though a man of good harncter and o property-owner, is wholly inexperienced. - Beczuso of his inexperience, and because of HoLbE's excess of experi- ence, Mr. Lovesoy has been iuvited to be a candidate by influential persons of both parties, and will probably ba elected. There should be no such division of the vote, how- ever, os to render HOLDEN'S election pos- sible. There should be no more difficulty in electing Mr. CanpesTER in the Tenth Ward than there will be in electing Ar, Traroor (who has no opposition) in the Eleventh Ward. Mr. OwsLEY. the Democratic candidate in the Twelfth Ward, is a wortby citizen, who would doubtless make a good Alderman, but, in point of fact, whatever contest may be in that ward must be between Ald. RawrelcH and ex-Ald. Caxwserni. No citizen having any regard for the public interests, and who will inform himself of the Aldermanic records of these two gentlemen, can doubt the pro- pricty of electing Mr. RAWLEIGH. Mr. Kxopr is, by all meaus, the proper candidate to bs elected in the Thirteenth ‘Ward, and, though Mr. Gasrrierp, the Dem- ocratic candidate in the Fourteenth Ward, served creditably in the Council, Ald. Baus- GARTEN, the present excellent representative of the ward, should be re-elected. Ald. Warpo, of the Fifteenth Ward, has proved to be & faithful and honest member of the Council, and it would be disgraceful and calamitous to have the notorious ex-Ald. “Tox Srout clected to succeed him. In the Sixteenth Ward, the candidates are Perer WeTTERER and ArNonp Trrrp, and we mcline to the opinion that Mr. WeTTERER ought to be elected; that it would be better for the city to prefer him to Mr. Taree. The Seventeenth Ward has a Democratic majority of 1,000. In this ward the noto- rious Jomy McCAFFREY, who has just been bounced from the Board of County Commis- sioners, and whose record is as disereditable asit is judicially historical, is a candidate. Heis opposed by J. F. Wawsm, Democrat, and L. H. Eruczsoy, Republican. Either of these persons would serve creditably, but there is n danger that, by dividing the vote of the conservative citizens, McCarrrey mayibe elected. Thero should be a union for public protection. In the Eighteenth Ward, Mr. J. C. Brooxs, an excellent citizen and business man, is op- posed by ex-Ald. Joxas, who figured con- spicuously in the hold-over Counal during Mayor Corviy’s time. Mr. Brooss cannot Deelected without votes, and it is the duty of every voter to turn out, not onty to elect Brooss, but to defeat Joxas. From this review of the cendidates, we reach the conclusion that the following per- sons ought to bo elected Aldermen on Mon- day next: Ward, _ Candidate. Candidate. 1 G. W. Carpenter. Throop. T. Rawleigh, C. Knoof. J. Laumgarten. - A. W, Waido. Peter Wetterer. . J. F, Walsh, J. C. Brovks. Ward. 10 ordinary differences of opinion, and to unite in their several wards to preserve the iateg- rity of the City Council by electing the best aud most suitable men for Aldermen. The news from Europe looks squally, and the political barometer drops day by day. The storm may blow over ; but, if the two Powers principally involved keep approach- ing each other at dangerous points of inci- denco mnuch longer st tho rate they have moved fora few days pust, they will find themselves where they cannot retreat, and i the guns will go off of themselves.” Re- viewing the ground of the past fortnight, it will be remembered that, after the official text of the Treaty of San Stefano was re- ceived, the “English Government demanded that every article in that treaty should be placed before the Congress in such & manner that it might be considered what articles re- quired the acceptance or concurrence of the several Powers, and what articles did not. Russia promptly replied that she would only agree to a discussion by the Congress of those portions of the Treaty directly affect- ing Europe. and, as is mnow shown by the diplomatic correspondence for the first time, Austria refused to support England’s demand. Thereupon Germany withheld the invitations to the Congress, which was equivalent to an nbandonment of it alto- gether. In this critical situation, the En- giish Government announced its intention to cull out the reserves, the vroclamation for which will be issued to-morrow. Russia, re- garding this as a hostile act, addressed a note to the Porte demanding the dismissal of the British fleet from the neighborhood of Con- stantinople. .In nccordance with the instruc- tions of- his Government, Mr. Lavarp, the English representative nt Constantinopla, re- plied that the fleet would not leave until the Russian forces had departed from the vicin- ity of the city, and this was followed by or- ders to the Admiral commanding the Mediter- ranesn fleet to patrol the Dardanelles and Bosphorus, with or without Turkish consent. Thaus the situation stands now. When the English fleot enters the Bosphorus, in violation of the trenty of 1836, the Rus- sinns may bo expected to seize and fortify Constantinople and Gallipoli. What then? Either war or an jzzominions backdown by one of the two FPowers. That Russis, flushed with viciory, in occupation of the battle.gronnd, and féver in such a condition for war as mow, ghould withdraw, would seem 4o be omo of the impossibilities. En- gland, notwithstandiag all her preparations and bluster, may withdraw without injury to her amaur propre. :In cose she does not, then the future result of the war hangs upon the iction of Austria more than upon any other condition, So far os the impulses for action are now known, there is no probabil- ity that Austria will engage in the war un- less her personal interests are violated. i We have alrendy secn, by reference to the diplo- matic correspondence, which 15 just coming to tho light, that Austrin refused to support England’s demand with regard to the Con- gress. Although she has voted a war eredit, and IoNATIEFF's mission is reported as being a failure, it does not follow that she will side with England as against Russin and provoke a European war, in which she would be the worst sufferer, and exposo herself to disintegration. Germany will, if neces- sary, hold her off from s English allianco with a grip of iron. Sho owes that much to Russia, who kept Austria out of the field in the Franco-German war. If Austria, how- ever, draws the sword, Germany will protest. If there is gomng to be a European war, Ger- many will have o band in, but an Emperor who has been defented in two disastrous wars can be expected to learn some useful lessons. If Austrin were a homogeneous nation, the case would be different, for then tho Austrian Emperor could appeal to all his subjects, with the 'certainty they would sus- tain him. So long as Germany supports Russia, the Germans of Austria will not op- pose & movement that Germany favors. So long as Russia is doveloping a policy that is in tho interests of the Sclaves, the Austrian Sclaves will not oppose it. ‘If the Magyars riso in sympathy with England, then they are overpowered by the -Germavs and Sclaves, not to speak of the Austrinn army itself. So far as any future danger is con- cerned, she always has a bulwark in the oc- cupation of Bosnin and Herzegovina, to which neither Germany nor Russia will ob- ject. The London Spectator states the case well in the following extruct : To risk agrand war in which defeat wonld be ntter rain—for his German millions would at once join their own people, who carnot be dereated—in order to_prevent a porsivle and partly theoretical danger, is to attribute to the Emperor an imagina- tion of whicn hix ca trace. Of courac a weak North Bulgaria, und a weak South Bul and a Greece strong cuough to be dreaded in Philippopoiis, and of course he will tey to sccure these cnds in the Congress; and lus representative wlil point. as he arzues, to the mobilized_corps d'armee; but 0 supposc him capable of a gizantic war for them, a war in which, cven if he were vic- torious, Prince Bisuatcr would aictate the ultimate terms of peace, i8 toattribute to him the rashest folly. If there is to be war, it means war between Russia and England, in which Russia would be fighting to secure the results of the recent war, to which sbo is eutitled, and England would be fighting without a Continental ally for an indefinite idea. Such a war would be regarded in this country with extreme satis- faction. Remembering the moral aid ex- tended to us by Russia in our own War, the Bear would have our best wishes in his strug- gle with the Lion; and Yankee blockade- runners are os sharp and swift os the English. IMPORTANCE OF THE LOCAL ELECTION. It is & difficult matter to mantain & gen- eral public interest in local elections from year to year.. Two years ago, the taxpayers f Chicago were so thoroughly awake to the dangers of a continued bummer government of municipal affairs that they were able to carry everything before them, and succeeded in electing competent and trustworthy Al- dermen from nearly every ward in the city. This spasm of self-preservation extended over last year toa degree suflicient to enable the property-owners to elect their candidates, but this year the peoplo mainly interested in the result have again relapsed into a state of indifference. 'This indifference has been so generzl that the Aldermanic candidates in many of the wards have been'nominated by a mero handful of voters; many of the nom- inations were so objectionable that, within afow days, somo real effort has been made to improve them, and there is still an oppor- tunity, by the manifestation of the proper interest and zeal, to maintain a majority in the Council in favor of continued retrench- ment. 1t is strange that any man who has inter- ests to protect should ignore the special im- portance of noxt Tuesday’s clection. The General Charter under which the city is now governed gives the Council wider powers for good or for evil than it ever possessed be- fore, and the usefulness or injury which that body can now subserve has been increasedin proportion. Thero was certainly never a time when brains, energy, and Lonesty were more needed in the Council than now. The financial embarrassments of the city will require the keenest intelloct nnd cournge, 1f & satisfactory solution is to bo attained. Reckless men or stupid men could easily in- volvo the city tosuch an extent that there would be nothing left to do but shut up shop ” and throw the people upon a system of voluntary protection of all the interests included under the designation-of the City Government. Any such result could not fail to injure greatly the reputation of Chicago as 8 metropolis. It will devolve mainly upon the Council whose character will be determined by next Tuesday's election to adopt a plan for a permanent emancipation from the complications and embarrassments that have grown out of the recent Supremo Court decisions. It is admitted that, sooner or later, the city must revert to the only economical planof paying as it goes; it is admitted that the eficiency of the most essential departments of the City Government—the fire, police, and schools—inust be mamtained ; it is admitted that the city must not repudiate tho floating indebtedness whicli was acquired through the willingness of capitalists to advauce the ineans for paying currout oxpenses; it is admitted that the servants of tho city must be paid, and that without being subjected to such a ‘‘shave ” on tax-warrants as will re- duce their wages below a living rate. But it has not yet been determined how all these things are to be accomplished, in view of the limitation on the bonded debt,—the decisions of the Court virtually pro- hibiting the temporary borrowing of money,—and the unavoidable deferment of the tax-collection eighteen months beyond the time when the current use of the appro- priations begins. The solution of this problem will be the business of the Council, more than one-half of whose members are to be elected day after to-morrew. Has there ever been a situation. requiring more ability and devotion in the City Legislature ? TUnder this state of things, it is more than ever the duty of every voter to examine con- scientiously the respective qualifications of the various candidates for Aldermen in his ward, and cast his vote according to his best convictions. In some of the wards there are candidates whose names, positions, or past services are a sufficient guarantoe for capa- ble and honest service; inall such cnses, the duty snd self-interest of every taxpayer are obvious enough. In other wasds, where none of the candidates are wholly satisfac- tory, there is still a decided preference, and overy voter should take the pnins to inform himself reliably as to which candidate prom- ises the more faithful and efficient service. If this rule shall be followed “out in oll the different wards in the city, the bummer cle- ment will not have so many representafives in the next Council as it has counted on be- cause of the popular indifference to the elec- tion which has been manifest thus far. AR OLD-FASHIONED SUPERSTITION. It has been commonly observed for a good many years that, whenever pulpit fopics ivere scarce, or a city minister felt the neces- sity of advertising himself, the resort has been to o sensational attack on theatres. ‘We shall not undertake to decide which of’ theso causes prompted a local prencher to go over the well-worn ground last Sunday. It is n good sign, however, that his utterances failed to create o sensation, for it indicates a prospect for an abandonment of the theme for sensational or advertising purposes. In fact, the sermon to which we refer has searcely attracted sufficient attention to expose the uncharitableness which charac- terized it. This can best be done by recalling some of the indiscriminate and unreasoning assertions. “ Actors and actresses, as o whole, are addicted to almost every vice under the sun,—profanity, drunkenness, lewdness.” ‘“No well-regulated thentre can be found where the bar is mot in close proximity, and it is well known that inhab- itants of the brothels crowd to every place, of amusement; in fact, no theatre can exist without the bar and brothel as saccompaniments.” Such are sample extracts from the report of the sermon to which we refer. We credit the pulpit generally with sufficient intelligence and charity to believe that these broad and infamous characterizations of all theatres and all actors are discountenanced by nine- tenths of the clerical profession in all civil- ized countrics. It would be as unfair to condemn a church-edifice becanse there was o saloon zcross the street, or to refuse to ride in street-cars because lewd persons are at liberty to patronize them. It would be on o por to denounce all the ministers, and deacons, and church-goers because black sheep have been occasionally found in the fold. It would not be easy to apply much moro degrading langunge to confirmed drunkards, professed harlots, and other social outlaws than this supposed embodi- ment of peace, charity, and good-will ap- plied to a calling which bas a recognized standing in all countries and languages, and which has furnished some shining lights in literature, art, and good citizenship. There is no intention, of course, to enter into any general defense of theatres or the theatrienl profession, but merely to direct attention to tho disagreeable impression which these old-fashioned, illiberal utter- onces make nowadays. To characterize theatres in such general terms of ignominy and disgrace is to reflect wpon all men aund women who visit them to gratify their taste for dramatic literature or musical culture, or to seek an innocent and agreeable amuse- ment. It is not strange that a preacher who, in these times, can openly indulge in such a wholesale insult to that large portion of the community which go to the theatre (when they;can afford it) shonld also condemn this amusement as an * unhealthy stimulant to unnatural mirth,” ana because it depends upon * mere representation,” and is neces- sarily a deception and n sham. The infer- enco is that all right-minded people shonld perambulate the streets with their fingers interlaced before them, their eycs turned henvenward, brensts heaving great sighs, and their voices publicly raised up agairist a smile or a grati- fication of any kind. According to such philosophy, we should all walk perennially through the valley of the shadow of death, with nothing to look forward to this side of the grave, and a rather lugubrious misgiving as to what we may expect afterward. A good many people nowadays prefer to ren- der unto the Lorp that which 15 the Lorps and unto Cxsar that which is Czsaw’s,—to do their religious duty without thereby making life a dreary waste of gloomy fore- bodings. They look upon mirth and smuse- ment as natural rather than unnatural, and countenance the ‘‘mero representation” (that is, the sham and deception) of the thentro os a foil to turn their appreciation to tho real things of the church. Of course, the theatro is not now, and never hos been, from all we have read in books, all that the most cultivated and moral people would liko to have it. Pretty much the same general remark might be made of Governments, of courts, of newspapers,—even of churches,—and all institutions of a quasi-public character. But it is none the less an error and 1njustice to judge of them as pretentious *‘moral in- structors ”; they are not such, and do not claim to be.; For moral instruction the peo- ple go to the pulpit; bat usually the only inducement whereby the theatre receives patronage is the profier of amusement. It will not do to pass judgment upon them at the same staudard at which the pulpitis willing to be rated,—and the pulpit and the stage should mautually It each other alone, that the people may judge for themselves. ART AND SUNDAY. The Sunday question recently sssumed a new and interesting phase in Philadelphia in its application to art matters, and devel- oped o degree of obstinate bigotry that was hardly to be expected in that city. The Philadelphians, having an Azademy of Fine Arts, were desirous to extend its advantages to the largest possible number of people by opening it on Sundays, when many people might attend who have mno opportunities during the week days. To open it, however, they must obtain the consent of the Legis- lature, which for a long time obstinately refused to sanction the proceeding, but finally yielded. Considering the general reputation of the Pennsylvania Legislature, and the low ebb of Philadelphia politics, the repugnance of a large number of the mem- bers toa Sunday art exhibition is, to say the Ieast, an astonishing s well as incompre- hensible display of moral nicety and virtu- ous discrimination. If Boston can stand it to have her Art Museam open freo on Sun- dnys, aond New York her opposition Art Ecxhibition, it is difficalt to see why Phila- delphis, or the membors of the Legislature who represent her, should be so squeamish, orseek to broaden their phylacteries and exalt themselves above their neighbors. The papers of Philadelphin made o strong fight for the Sunday opening, and urged strong reasons on their side of the question, which might have been made still stronger. In the cnse of opening saloons on Sunday, especially those of the lower sort, the Sab- ‘batarians can make a strong and unanswera- ble protest, because tho whisky-shop isa their” | public evil, and any commanity would be better off withont it, week doys as well as Sundays. They are vicious, immoral, and depraving in all their associations nnd ten- dencies, produce untold wretchedness and encournge and develop crime. Whatever reasons may be urged against theatrical per- formances and so-called sacred concerts on Sundaj, as not being proper metheds of observing the day of rest, do not apply in this case. In tho case of an art gallery, no one will contend that it is immoral in itself. Exhibitions of pictures do not cultivate any form of vice, or conflict with any ideas of morality or religion. They are, on the other hand, conducive of good, and are powerful auxiliaries on the side of moral effort.’ The influences of art, therefore, being elovating and ennobling, it should be extended to the largest pos- sible number, and there is no more effective method of doingthisthun by free exhibitions on Sunday. Those who can afford the laxury of owning pictures and going to ex- hibitions are usually those who have leisure enough to go on any day when they are in the mood. There is a large class, however, who cannot spare the money, or, even if they can, have no other time than Sunday, be- cause they must labor during the week, and it is this class which onght to be reached, because art is a great educator, and, in a cer- tain sense, a powerful minister of religion. Give the poor people and the workicg classes afree art gallery on Sunday, and large num- bers of them will find the day a profitable one, and will be kept out of questionable re- sorts. The art gallery is not an immoral institn- tion. It does not endanger public virtue. It does not disturb the public peace. It does not interfere with public worship. As an ab- stract question of morals, it is just as sinful to look af a natural land- scape on Sunday as at its transcript on canvas. Conceding these points, the whole question rests upon the liberty of conscience and opinion, which is grossly violated by the action of prohibitory legisla- tion. The Philadelphin Z'elegraph hits the nail squarely on the head when it says it is the duty of persons who believe in liberty of conscionce ‘‘to oppose mensures which seek to compel people to pass their Sundays, not in the manner which their consciences ap- prove, but according to rules and regulations laid down for them by men who profanely attempt to represent themselves as enjoying in a peculinr manner the confidences of the Almighty in His moral government of the universe.” Those who desire to go to the Art Exhibition on Sundays, and whoso Gon- sciences approve the act, have just as much right to compel those who believe in the Puritanical notions of the Sabbath to go to the Exhibition as the latter have to compel the former to stay away from it by re- fusing permission for its opening. The whole question sums itself wup thus: If a man really believes it s wrong for him to look at pictures on Sun- day, then it is wrong—for him. If a man, on the other hand, believes it is right for him to look ‘at pictures or Sunday, and his conscience approves of it, then it is right— for him. But the first man has no right to impose his belief with regard to the observ- ance of Sunday by legislative enactments upon the second man. He might as well claim the right to legislate that the othor shall believe in consubstantintion, predes- tination, or infallibility as to claim the right to make him agree with him on a Sabbata- rian dogma, especially when his refusal to accept it does not interfers with any privi- lege the other possesses and does not dis- turb tho public, and, on the other hand, is a silent but powerful educational and moral force. The Philadelphia press is to be con- gratulated upon the victory it has won. THE SOUTH AND IMPROVEMENTS. The War has produced many remarkable changes in national policy and sentiment, but perhaps none more remarkable than the change in the attitude of the South with re- gard to internal improvements. Before the ‘War, and so long as the Jeffersonian school of politics was taught, no great work of in- ternal improvement was entered upon with- ont a protest on behalf of the Constitation and an appenl to the tribunal of history. The theory of Government, it is true, was at variance with the constant practice. The South never disdained an improvement when it could get ome. The James River & Kanawha Canal was broached more than fifty years ago, and Norfolk barbor was one of the first to be improved. Indeed, tho State of the Presidents, in spite of its rigid interpre- tation of the Constitution, was at first more successful than any other in getting appro- priations. But the improvements which did not imwediately benefit the South were all carried on against the vigorous protest of that section. The Constitution was again and ngain appealed to. JerrEnsoy, Mab- 150N, and Moxror declared that it gave no nuthority for the * appropriation of national money for such purposes; and their descendnnts to the second and third generation reiterated their declara- tions, The National Republicans of those early days were strict-constructionists. They went 5o far as to denounce the Post-Office as anti-Republican, although they could mnot sny that it was unconstitutional. MoxNroE broke away slightly from the precedents by signing some bills for keeping in repair im- provements already made, and by justifying in a sophistical mannor certain improve- ‘ments 58 not coming within the implied pro- hibition of the Constitution ; but he vetoed others which could not be jnstified or ex- plained by sophism. His conduct had the approbation of the strict-constructionists everywhere, and particularly of those in the South. When Jorx Quivcy Apavs, follow- ing him, threw down the bars and admitted every variety of claims for improvements to the consideration of Congress, the whole Re- publican influence was thrown against him, and his subsequent defeat was due to their cause perhaps more than any other. Jack- sox made amends by resolutely opposing (in theory) every variety of improvement at the national expense; and his memory is re- served to this day among Democrats for his snti-Federal doctrines. Down to the War, though thepractice was softened by the necessities of the case, the South stood like a stone woll in. front of the National Treasury. The War had a marvelous effect on this state of feeling at the South. Emancipation cut the ground from under the strict-con- structisnists by destroying the principal mo- tive for strict construction. The {slave- ' owners declared to the last that the Govern- ment conld not emancipate the slaves. When the simple answer was returned, “Why, we hare emancipated them,” there was nothing more to be said. 'There was nothing more to be hoped for, either, by up- holding the theory of non-interference in domestic affairs. It was now, so far asin- ternal improvements were concerned, each State for itself, and thd devil take the hind- most. Accordlingly, the entro, Sonth—ojy | ‘Whigs and Democrats alike—are now clay, oring for internal improvements. - Some of tho works they desire to see done by the Government are the building of levees alony the Mississippi, the Texas Pacific Railway, the James River & Kngnwha Coual, andy freight-railway from Nashyille to Charles. ton. These works are of a magnitady - that dwarfs anything undertaken by thy Government before, with the single excep. tion of the Pacific railways, which were for the benefit of both secctions alike, The South demands improvements now as mess. ures of compensation for the supposed bene. fits she might Lave . enjoyed if she had not preferred to keep the slaves and extend thy slave-power in the Territores of the United States. Itis argnad, moreover, that all of these works, if completed, wonld not mors than equal the improvements made at the North; that one section of the coantry ig entitled to ol the benefits enjoyed by the other; and that natural as well os legal right justifies o liberal policy of improvement with reference to the South. Nothing is s3id now about the Constitution ; and we be. “lteve that JEFFERsON or CALEOUN is notso much as mentioned in any newspaper which professes loyalty to Tox Scorr. It is amaz. ing how differently the Constitntion looks from different points of view. Formerly it authorized no appropriations ; now it author. izes “aliberal and humane” policy. For. merly the Federal suthority had nothing fo do with Iabor, which was ‘“regulated by nataral laws of supply and demand”; now the Government is in duty bound to spend millions in the wilderness, or be open to the accusation of putting the poor working. man down.” The inconsistency in the at‘itude of the So~:th is more amusivg than dangerons. It means nothing. We do not consider it blameworthy. Nor does it follow that be. cause the present interpretation of the Con. stitution is different from the old oze that it is wrong. But it is well to keep these things in mind whon debating the duties of the Government with respect to internal im. provements. If the South has now not her share of improvements—a fuct which can by no means be admitted—it is because a por- tion of the South opposed appropriations for such purposes when the General Government had the ability to make them. We do not deny the constitutional power of the Gor.® ernment to make approprintions when they shall seem to be necessary or desirable; we simply say that appropriations for such pur- poses are not possible when the Government is saddled witha war-debt. Thatisthe South's share of appropriations for internal improve. ments, and is by far the largest share of ths whole sum appropriated for such purposes from the foundation of the Government The improvements made at this enormons expense—the abolition of slavery and ths propagation of correct idens of Govern- ment—have been a greater benmefit to the South than all the improvements mado ab the North together. When the debt incared for these purposes has been paid, it will be time to talk of further expenditures in the South for internal improvements. Till then ernment is poor, or rich only in debts; that the peoplo are heavily taxed ; that the North has to pay by far the greater share of the taxes; and that, in consequence of wealth and population, it is justly entitled to more weight in deciding such questions than tha South or any part of it is. We arencw informed that Harper’s Drawer” is conducted by an insurance man, Mr. WILLIxs A. SeAvET, President of the Adriatie Fire-ln- surance Company. We have alwass suspected as muzh, and we fear that the Adriatic has not been doing a goqd business of late. P, S.—Som; of the jokes in the Drawer ” are very Adriatic. et Bt Bl They have had a reign of terrier in Bayonne, N. J., hitherto; but, after several cases of hy- dropliobia had oceurred, the citizens deciled that every dog bad had his day, and began hunting the canines. Hundreds of animals are * killed daily, and sausages have heen climinated from the breakfast pills of fare at the hotels. ————————— These telephones, and phonographs, and acrophones, are very good in their way; but what we really want is an fustrument that will prevent any one from hearing or recording any- thing that one ot our latter-day statesmen has to say unless it is worti saymg. PR s A The spectacle of Mr. and Mrs. TrLTo reanit ing to make war on Mr. BeEcHER isall thatis nseded to complete the Plymouth scandal. 1 15 the last emetic turns the horse’s stomach. ————— Leeal intellizence—Uncle Say va. Uncle Sax- Mr. Thiswas an action to recover the amount of income tax whereof dit. was allezerd to bave defrauded plf. Vetdict for plr., with costs. L AnpoL HAMID never wears the samearticle of clothing twice, this being in obedience to ivex- orable Turkish custom. Herein he ditfers from his subjects and HENRY CLAY DEAS. 4 Mr. TiLtoN is going to take up with Mrs. TiLTON, is hel Golny to regard her as a white- washed-souled ELIZABETI, as it were. Pity Mr. Tiupex iso't President: then he could nol. pros. his own casc. PERSONALS. | | Mr, Spurgeon is well again, and has re- turned to his work at the Tabernacle. ‘When George W. Smalley was nominated for membership in the Athenum Club at London, be received more black buils than white ones. Hartz, the famous magician (which his real name it 1 Joacph), ialying sick at his residence In New York of, nervous debility and prostration. The Sultan is not allowed to wesr any article of clothing twice. From fez to slippers be must be clothed answ each day, and the wora cluthes are relinquished to an atendant. Senator Butler, of South Carolina, re- marked, apropos of Mr. Howe's speech, that, **if Hayes couldn’t stand toe kicking of a jackass with his backbone broken and his hecls matled, he had bettersellont.” Viscoant Parker, heir to the Earldom of Macclesfield, an Enzlish nobleman who has spent several seasons hanting in the Calumet rezions, was marzied on the 1ith ult. toa rich and pretty English widow, Mrs. Richardson. Tennyson is writing a new historical drama. It has been rejected by all the macazines to which it was eent wigned **Peter Smith;" 80 he fecls confident that wien it comes out over bis own name it will prove on immense success. Tilton paid his counsel 0 apiece for their services in the Beecher case, which left them * $300 out, not taking into consideratior their time. talent, lore, and eloguence. Judge Morrds, who probably has » mote cominz due next week, **makes no secret of his loathinz and contempt fo¢ Ar. Tilton.” The new Register of the Treasury, M- Glenni W. Scofleld, is a natlve of Chautsnqsd County, N. Y., 61 years old, and bald to xces. De is the fourteenth Register appointcd to the of- fice since It was created in 1789. Joseph Nourtts the firat incambent, held his office forty years, b3 successor, Thomas L. Smith, sixteen. - Pope Leo's first Cardinnl is to be Arch- bishop Labastida, of Mexico, the first Mexican 1o be admitted to the Sucred College. ‘The comizg Cardinal is in a atill vigoroas middie age, tall 3% of commanding presence; he was at st parti~ ean of Maximilian. but, recopnizing the ROPC Jessness of the Impenalist cause, £0om WRbAK from i+ & it will be well to bear in mind that the Gov- . ~