Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 12, 1878, Page 1

FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1878 from walking. There are many and varlous opininns as to the welght to be attached to the advice offerea by tin lawyers on tho illezality of the Orange Soclety. It 18 strongly nrged that it was pever contemplated to apoly the act clted by the lawyers to the Orange or any other modern secret soclety, including the Odd Fel- lows, Foresters, Temperance, and Irish Cath- olic societics, for all areIn the sama position, The Consolidatea Btatute, which the counsel have piven their opinlon upon, fs manifestly in the matter, would ohey the orderof any Maglstrate who, having read the rlot act, would calt on him. Tho participants in any row, whetber policemen, special policemen, Cath- olics, or Orangemen, would have to stop when called on by the proper civic authorities, or, In responsd to thelr roquest, he would order the troops to fire on all. It made no difference who was hit, but the streets must be cleared nm‘ the public peace malntained. He declined to act the part of a policeman A VOLCANO. The Seething Fires of Ex- citement which Threat« en Montreal. ‘Woolons i S8UPERIOR in 8‘&3%“.‘,’,& Fiaish, We make them in s Snost THOROUGH, DURABLE, and ARTIBTIO manner. We em&}g the most QILLER ARTISOILS Maiticle Vo bn BA: e WAR orere A bn EX- Wi REP. . AUTLYnH%\?r o0ds as low an an HONEBST EITHER TO PROTECT TN NOEMEN Off AR- | founded upon the act of 3438, passerd by the K'{'z‘-i;flcg(;a. fQUALLY GOOD, oan be | Peculiar Sitnation of AfMfairs De. .o O A e BarsleTor spLraIBE otk Aurnished. 4 Suits, $46 1 5 Jiusiness By 4 o O while marching. 1t Mayor Saudry has sufficient. | sonable socleties arlsing out of the 1837 rebel- Trousera, 31 picted by the Latest Runineds strength to overcome the Orangemen, well and | Mon. It has been auggested that the Afiro"r"sxsfig‘fi %’gllllfi'gifiiv?u‘:la, and pro. lblspntclms. good, but if not, they must take the conse- | Mayor nllow the procesrion to proceed 9 art. quences should his troops Le ordered to fire on unmolested, and then srrest soy two or three tho crowd. igheat stvis o 1, duged In o NGRS AY B XAD Te HIGTI- ATTENTION to leading Orangemen, Who, could give ball and B DR ETOILETS., Ve [ e Military Wil Protect| AT A #zemo or pmowixesr ournogics | malic thelr case a test and beforo tho courte, BDWARD BL, 2 v thls afternoon, at which the Mayor wag pfcsent, | The forces under the commaod of Lieut.-Uen. IMPORTING TATLOR, Noither Orangemen Nor it was resolved that he should st the | Bmythe number about 8,000. PINAL ORDERY were fssued this afterncon with rerard to thelr disposition to-morrow. The Fifey-third and Fifty-fourth bottaifons, about 400 strong, will take up a position on the Place d' Armes Byuare, “A" and “B' Bautaliuns, with mounted detacliments of the Fiftleth and Fifty-seventh, will occupy Victorla Square and Beaver Hall bill, The Eloventh Dattalion will occupy the Grand Trunk shop, at Polut Bt Clarles, and the Montreal Enginecrs and Besubarnals Contingent will ocelapy the barracks anid guard the stores on thao island. The remainder of the force, com- prised of Nu. 1 Troop Cavalry, Montreal gaeri- son artillery, the First, Third, Fiith, Sixth, und 8ixt-fifth Regiments, together with the St. Jean Baotiste company of infuntry, will occupy Do- minfon Square, All the troops will be in these positions before D&, m. The Montreal Fleld Battery witl proceed rapidly from one place to snotber ns occasfon requires. Each division will bo accompouled by s Magistrate, under whoae instructions thoy will act. VERY PR ATRANGERS arrived fp the city by tralp during the last few dnys, ond this morning the cars wero com- paratively descrted. A company of imilitary Is to be stationed at Vietorla bridge to guard it. Inan fnterview with Gen, Bmvthe to<iav he stated that ho would act under the Magistrates’ city volico In the vicinity of tire Oratiee Hall, with tho speclals in the backaround, to be catled on If necessary. 1le should then come vpon the Orangomen the moment they ap- peared on the street, and order them to dlsperse and vofrain from marching, or he would conalder it his duty to arrest them. It they shonld make any resistance, ho wonld then call on the military and all good citizens to ald him in keeping the peace, It this proved {ucffectunl, the Catholles would then, en masse, resort to arms, with the full determination that the Orangemen should ncither flaunj their bruncrs nor play the insulting party tunca, LATE IN TIE APTERXOON the Mayor, Baudry, sent a letter to the County- Masier, Grant, stating that ho haa taken legal advice on the legality of the Order, and that the Council bad fnformed him that it was not ex- cmpted from the provisions of the statute, and that he would therefors be com- velled to order them to dispersc should they sttempt to march, or he would arrest the whole party. Grant promptly convened his cohorts together, and (o thewn ho read the Masor's letter, and also explained the position taken by Gen, Sinvthe. Hoalso dI- lated at Iength on an opfalon he had recelved from ex~Judge Bodgely and two other proml- nent jurists (whose nawmes he declined to make public) that they bad 163 & 165 Wahash-av,, cor, Monroc-st, MOTEL. HO' FOR WAUKESHA. THE CELEBRATED Fountain House Iias accommodations for ONEIHUNDRED AND FIF- Ty GUESTS, Depot reports to the contrary, and X can and will see that all are ace- commodated. A. CLEVELAND, Manager. REMOVALS. REMOVAL.. Catholics, Mayor Beaudry Will Stop the Procession ab Any Cost. The Orangemen Will March with Flying Colors, Whether Arrested or Not. Manifest Certainty that This Course Will Precipitate Bloodshed. History of the Order of Orangomen from the Date of Its In- ception. EXCITEMENT, Apectal Dirpatch to The Tridune, MoNTngAL, July 11.—This las been one of R the most peeuliar days in tho history of thiscity. orders. Twent: additlonal men were e For over a week there have been dread nlasms, A PRUFECT RIGNT To WALK, added to um’ Water Tollce force to- and thie city s been in o constant. fever of ex- | And that no power, military or clvll bpd any | 4o ™ A (umber of roush-looking characters authority to stop them. To get thoftnse of the meetlng, 1t was proposed to omit 4the pro- ceasfon with regalias gnd banners, otion ‘was laughed to sco: They woula r give up voluntarily the right to walk. Iowever, they determined to oboy the elvil law, Thiscon- cluslon waareached afterastrong debate, In which tho hot-headed members insiated that all at- tempts to stop the proceaslonshould beresisted to the death. Near unto midnight the ques- tion was debnted, and IT WAS FINALLY RESOLVED that they would form in frout of the Jodge- room to-morrow morning at 0 o’clock. 1f the polico should mako an arrest, the entiro body should acquliesca in o body and march with drums beating and banners fiying to the county full. They will then immedintely apply to the Court for a writ of habens corpus, and at once test the constitu. tlonality of tho law on which the Mayor bascs citement. This morning thero swas apparently an easler fecling {n thic minds of the mercantite class, This was due to tho prescncoof over 8,000 troops under the command of Gen. Selby Bmythe, who had been sent here from Ottawa to preserva the peace. There are two batteries of artillery, n troop of cavalry, a company of lancers, and tho remasnder cons!sts of volunteer infantry, thoroughly drilled. But UNDEGNWATIL THE SURPACE there was a slumbering voleano ready to break out without 8 moment's warning. Last even- foz Mayor Beaudry came to the concluslon that ho would recede from his proclamation of two or threo days before, calling upon the regiment to dlsperse and not march through the streets os they had intended, and issuc a inanifesto protesting against the usurontlon by the mili- tary power, and leaving the peace of the city in thie hands of thoso who Invoked the ald of the Tho leading spirlts of the Catholle UAS REMOVED TO 80 & 82 LaSalle-st., STATE SAVINGS BUILDING. REMOVAL. C. BECEKEWITH, LAW OFFICE, N. W. Corner Dearborn aml Adams-sis,, {Honure Duilding), oo K, L. and M. called on o dealer In explosives to-day wanting dynamite. One man was anxlous to get a small kez, ‘The applicants would give no satisfactory reasons for such unusual orders, It was re- vorted to Geu. Smythe that the twenty-five keys of powder atolen from the Humilton Pow- der Company are concealed in the drains of the clty to use, if opportunity offurs, in blowiug up buitdings. DETERMINED TO MANCH. ‘The Orongemen are 'detormincd to walk to- morrow 1u spite of tho letter from the Mayor that, acting under legal advice, he would arrest those taking part Jn & public -procession. Some prominent luryera have stated that the Mayor Lins no legal autlority for stopping a pro- cessfon, Sir Sclby Smytho has taken ncasures 1o liave tho steamer from Quobec stopped and 400 armed roughs ou bogrd scarched. TUlG "0, NOTICE. H. D, BOOGE & C0, Sioux City, Xown. anny. Tonoxto, July 1).~The Tenth Royal Regi- a'l'h:‘ghig:g% &E%"t’:’m‘:&‘i‘é"nfi‘é‘xfig party, os soan as they learned of the determina. | his action. This afternoon ment Loy heet ordered 40 hold lhenfn‘nlrufl Room of tho ‘Fromont House on FIIDAY, | tlon of tno Mayor, ONE OF THE WARDENS OF STANLEY BTRERT | readincss tostart Xol; Moutreal at a moment’s gl:xrl‘ ‘l\\fln,atvg.& g:lflsl:l:;‘:‘ni sharp. Impore NURRIEDLY GOT TOGETHER, CHURCLS, notice, The Queen's Own - Klites are also Deing wot ready. The' Grand Truuk Hailway Lave instructions to bo prepared 10 supply threo trains for the transportation of troops to Montreal if required. Suould trouble oceur fn Montrenl to-niorrow 2 teared It would have the cffect of cau+S&mo flotl it here, A number of carpenters ave busily ensraged making shutters for shop-windows fn antictpa- tion of troubla to-morraw. 1t hias been reoorted that 400 men srned with revolvers lett Quebee this afternoon to comnu to and, after a brief discussion of the sftuation, sought legal counselof four sminent lawycrs,— Messrs, Bethune, Carter, Ritchlo, and Bernord, Threo of them are Protestants. - They were ap- vealed to foras opinfon as to the legality of the Orange Society, {n view of tho act of 1501, which pravides that all bodies which take upon themselves an oath of sccrecy, the Masons ex- where it is proposed to bold the Orange re- lgious excrcises, called at the hall, armed with o copy of the statutee, lMe proposed to provo therefroin that the procession would be illegal, und that ft woull be better for the brethren not to do (t. He was ignominously hooted ont of the room. A quartet of Protes- tant Magistrates, representing tho sofid wealth By ordor of the Committo Chiia aud, Pottery Painfing, RS, F. L. BLARRB foriner ¢lass will find_her to- doy wail éve 8t o Talmer Housc—** entre- nol. New pupils i e, IOATIONAL. . o eneroeoonew | teDled, shall be decmed to be {llegal bodics, | of the town,and who declined bofug inter by il asaald the O Jennings fpminary, Aurora, Ill, |sod tho members thereof subect to | viewed. nsombled in oneof the St Lawronco A A e il arranzes THY BCROOL POL THE T{MES. imprisonment for not more than scven | Hotel parlorsto devise means for indetinitely | ;;0nts for to-norrow the Ifotel Dieu (hospital) rfm. :\éll advertisgient I nextBaturdavetuneof the | or less thau two years. The four voatpouing the Orange psrade. They seut a | haa alsa ect apart a ward for accidenta, MAUTIN ¥. CADY, Principal. MICHIGAN- FENALE SEMINARY, Xalamnzoo, Miohigan. OX MT. HOLYOKE FLAN. A Behool for the highier education of Youne Ladles. Itaafm tborough Imatruction comblned with careful at- eatlon to whatever refates 1o conspleta drvolopiment. welfth year commences September 5, 1874, Ter! 8173 a yesr for ultion, fuel, lghts, and fe nisiod rouml‘slll.'i to u-u;muu of "clargymen, alogucs M1 ) cal reas o . JEANNETTR FISHEIL Horgan Park Nilitary Academy Capt. ED. X, RIRK TALCOTT, } Associaf SRR RO AT eiiat A fit-class Preparatory School for Doye. . Location evated. Fifteen acres of ground, 1 1878, For tull informavion and Ither of the Principais as Morgan lawyers named, who have been dubbed *‘the Queen's Counsel,” returned an oplnion that the Orangze Association came within the purview of :)P;e law, and that thelr proposcd parade would, latter to the County Master, begging hiri to ro- voke thie order of march, on the grounds that much blood might be shed, and incalculable damago dono to the city. For ncarly torce hours they sat and consumed AN IMMENBE AMOUNT OF OIN AND WATER, while walting for an suswer. Thelr communi- cation met tho ssmo fate o that of Mayor Boau. dry. After midaight they were Informed by onoof tho Lodge Masters chat the Orangemen would do as datalled above, This they did not relish, and they made frantic appeals to the brethiren to abandon thelr schieme, but it was of nosvall. TUB ORANGEMES ITAVE DETERMINED TO MAKE TUIS A TEST OASE, and they wlil ablic by tho result, Atthls writlog fears of o general riot have wencrally 1N QURBEC, (iuxnsc. July 11.—A laree crowd of men vis- {tedd the hurdware stores fu the Lower Town to- day, took all the revalvers they could tlnd, pay- ing for them lu some fustunces, but not fn oth- ers, The proprictors of all other hardware #tores, learning of the fact, closed their estab- lshiments, An immense crowd was present on the whart toluy wheti the steaner departed for Montreal, About 800 Irishmen left, aml wars cheared by crowds on the wharf, who flred several plstol- shots in the mr ae the bout moved away., This evening miore Tevolvers wers stolen from o hardware-store lu St. Ruch's, and about fifty men, well armed, left to-uight by train for Montreal, Two additional companfes of the Ninth Bat- talion were called out to-day for marrison duty at tho cltadel duriug the absence of *B* Bat- ENTIRELY ILLEGAL. Armed with this opinion 2 delegation of lead- ing Catholics, including Ald. Mulhy, Kennedy, and Donovan, Stephon J, Mesny, of (Fontan fame, Barney Dovlin, member of Parliament, and other prom!nent Irishmen, walted on the Mayor last night after he bad determiucd to fs- sue the proclamation referred to, and asked WMm to stand by his original views. Ho took the matter under consideration, and promised to give ao answer this morning. He met the representatives of tho Irish socle- ties this morning, and told them that be had ::l:l'nn ‘wwgll Talogue adr Fark, Cook Co. BWARTIIMORE COLLEGY, l(‘?. ‘fhe feeline hera is very pad, and party ex- Ten mlies trom Pulladeiphia, under chocara of Friends, | carefully consldered the legal ooinion prescnted | boen dissipated, but it 18 anticlpated | citement runs hiel Lord and Lady Dufferin g s l‘!mnrla‘v;l:‘l: i:’.‘":‘.‘:,f‘.’ Sducation to botlitexes | 1o him, and would act in accordance therewith. | that the Yoiunz Dritons, an oftshoot | rrived intown this morning, and are staylog at erlve the Sauio degtees,” or ewtalozue, wlving full | Sortly aftcrwards of tha Orangeuien, composed of young | the cltudel: Swarthmore FAVAKD 11, MAGIELT Trestdent, A MBETING OF TIE MAGISTRATRS fcllows ranglng from 18 to 22 will not listen ' to HISTORICAY. srthimore Lollege, Swartlinore, lielanaro Lo Ih: § of this city and county was held hiere, the great | the counsel of tho oldor i0tds, sud thetacolli- | o o0 oot gno o WU Lo e i vn?:r;‘"!‘:l;‘lle:‘ fl&“‘:{.fi?:;.fl 3‘(‘)[1‘;&(!'!1._0“” bulk in attendance being of the Catholis per- | sion must unavoldably ensue, 'The Orange CANADA. B A0 ARaadies aud o N + | suasion, and it was tnally agreed, after a long leaders bdvo promlsed to control the younsters s faras posalble, and it is thelr-Bellef that they will prevall, THHE OUYLOOK YERY GLOONY. Ta the Wealern Assoctated Press. Fpectal Dispatch to The Tridune, Toroyro, July 11.—The Orauge Socloty dif- fera from ncarly all other secret assoclations fn this, that it has no Hterature which can be dls- in “nehool: will reoas iedneaday, Bent, 19, For clftuiars spmy o R e dfn fiT. LOUIN LAW NOLTOOL, (Law Depar(uent of Waslitngton ‘;l;-»aun anuusl term opeow Get. 16, 1874, C vonsultation, to call fn 500 special policemon. Bome of the moro timorous wanted ten tlmes tho number, but others thought that 200 or 400 would be sufliclnt, A com- tinctively called its own. [Its bistory has yet to ,‘;;‘{:_,[“,"g,f“‘,;':g-,‘_,{"y\'gg;;_:':“;;‘;'"{_f vromisc was made on 500. The Mayor's [ MonTurat, Can., July 11.—The Mayor has | be written. Thu Btate papers in Engtand and uly }, 1874, HENILY HITCHCOUR, Dexn. | determination, and tho sction of the Magls- glven bls ultimatum, tothe offcct that ho will | ju Canada contain much valuable Informatfon trates was made known to & meeting of the represcntatives of tha Irish socleties, and It was KECEIVED WITK IOWLS OF DELIGUT. There was an_immediate rush of ably-bodied cltizens to the City-Hall to be sworn fn, Cath- ollc Mayistrates and Aldermen were un haod to sc0 that thelr constitucnts were properly taken carry out his proclamatlon and prevent the pro- cesalou taking place. For thls purposo be will awear in 500 epcctal coustables, 1o haa marched o large body of police to Orange IHall, on 8t. James street, whero they are placed in frout of the building, with a force of detectlves lusido scarching for arms.}}A vast crowd . s co\!eclcd concerning the Order, and thie part it has played siuce its organization. The anvual reports of the varlous grand and subordinate lodges are 1llled with statistical Intelifzence that, fn the hands of o judicious complier, could bo used to advantage fu giviog to the world thu history of abody whoso shibboleth fs an oveut which hap- NO'TICE. Natlonal Central Execative Committes of 21 Narrow-Usuge Rallroad Convent! np, fod., June3s, 18 whhe National Narro s Tiniirosd Contewnioa: vl sasembled tn Bt. Loats, Juus 19, 1674, adopted hn Sullowing sesalutions A Jecanizets KL in view of tho necosslty of concert of sallon a4, te dlisemination of jaturiation on coa. | £AT0 Ofs The applicants for police duty wero | observing the situation. B4 peaed nearly 190 years ago,— P wm’r“n‘k.‘;'.?é‘..'.'{.'."c?.,'..'."..‘.‘:.';:'."z.';.'.?.'l!.?'“é' asked it they belonged to any secret soctety, TIR IRISH CATHOLICS . > TIE DATTLE OF TIE BOYNE, rteen pereos, Lo appolated, ‘wilappilcas | and, on auswering in the negative, were prompt- have asscmbled In Uniun Hall to considéF what actlon they will take. The altsudance ls im- nenso aud tho excitement Intense, Thres of the Magistrates who slgned the requisition to call out the military bad au inter- view with Gen, Bmytho to learn his views as to the course ho will adopt fu the prospect of a W whoty id wil statistics ald Comunfites rrow-gsuge " ad: 19 advance ¢ mea and pluces sucti actlun Bs tticy sy LMETOW-RRIKO IOV REnE Kuacral futereats of 18 cordanco wi 1 wee Ith thaabove, by order of sccordnes wilh . the Com+ w‘flfl&: i:;“:‘-’.‘::flfi‘f{;&'fi‘u""" Convention 18 hery- Witllom ILL acrived at ‘Tarbov, Dovonshire, Engiand, Nov, B, 1638. - Ilis flagship boru the arms of Nossau quartered with those of En. gland, and on the bauncr was Inscribed, *The Protestant religion and tho Jiberties of England 1 wilt matntaln.” IHis arrival wos received with ly accepted, Qutof 500 sworn o, not more thau ten wero P'rotestants, Bridgeport scemed to Lave been transplanted hero for the oceasion. At tirat, when a man acknowledged Lo belonged to the Cathollc Unlon, he was excluded, but THE CATUOLIC ALDERMEN AND MAGISTRATES i uatl. July 17, D878 4 ereat joy by these who professed the Eolacopal DNt Nariw (lecd Moce todmeuting of the KICKED VIGOROUSLY, confllet of action between tho Mayor and the | faith, and cven tho dissenters were not adverss T th pivecy duriug Which Beriod seyeral ies: | and the Deputy Chief of Police, o Fronch Cana- | Maglatrates, Ho sald bis first desire wae to | to lus coming. At Excter, on tho Slst of the Bty i Dt I Operut dlan, took ull that como, so lonyg sy thoy were Y Consac nelther Masons nor Orangemon. [le no longer believed that the Cathiolic Unlon wes a sccret soclety, Whilo tho swesring-in of the specials was golng on, the Mayor of 8t. Jean Baptiste, s neighboring sillage, cawe in aod offered the services of 1,000 quarrymen, Catholic, to assist 1o preserving the peace, ‘Throughout the day PAMPULETS in tho Freuch language were freely circulated minong the descendants of the colonists who preserve the peace. 1o would take his orders, however, (rom the Mugistrates. Matters aro now in A MOKN COMPLICATED CONDITION THAN RVER, and no ono cun tell what way occur at any £o- ment. The streets are filled with peonlo, and tho greatest excitement prevalls. It Is not known what the Orangemen will do, but it is toought they will persist in walking. TUR EXCITEMENT INOREANES #¢ the Oraugo sunlvorsary spproaches. - The same mont, was forimed tho first Orango or- gunlzation, The declaration of principles was drawn up by Blshop Burnct, whose listories of the Reformation and + Iis Own Time " aro to bo found in aimust every private sud publie Nbrary. The sigucrs pledzed themsclves tn aefend and supvort Willlam, Vrince of Orange, o upholding the Protestant religion. This cowblustion was called TN OHANGE CONPEDERATION," After the Battle of the Boyve, which was 0 hu uiler'an upportunis Tor Nurrow.t 20 unportunity i ) Lurs aud Mlaiesy tnutiye Butlders, C Th Luck iy duthtors, Car e b Wi Tu Tr-umuy LOILDare 4 of the two. aystems, ¥ colipare the power and speod of Wid narrow g, wfed el copye h ot comton, 108 Tedipg Lineiealy cubare Ls” caactty of Proight - 46 Pructically comparo the question of Dead 10 practically compare the Operating Expensea of ! {Iu EMK#,‘I (g seticlly, sicertain how far Narvow-Guues drat g und nf.":'r'-‘. l!:‘:::r’lu 'rfiwnn»'it':l .,,';l‘.ih:. came over with Jacques Cartier, denouncing the | Mayor Is resolved not to be superseded, and | fouubt July 19, 1600, aud the subscquent sur Miset yasscuger wud [felyut ra e o ¢8| Orangemen, aud calling uoon them to resist the | will have command of both the city police | renderof Limerick,—James II havivg in the the Blaudard Gauo o3 1@ ieutis of duvulo iauss with | encroachuients of the Orangemen, who were | and a body of 500 Special Coustables sworn fn | weuntimo fed to France,—the Irah Protestants ey :“‘:':‘:f“:‘;,:“i,;:f,':‘g:,‘{;:_:,“}g;y;',lmm_‘fi‘-m deoowjuated the bitter focs of C-mfl;t'-‘x:é to-dsy, The military will rewaln under | {n the North forned societies to perpetuate the ieruys localitics to prov) - sciveawith ratitond faciticn. by the aioptias i"iba bew. cheap aysleti, whero llierwles they st hecsrs #arily pewiala withGuS thewn Tor LishY years. hl L Lo praciivaliy demoustzal 0 ‘the full sathatec. fhiwot Cupliul, at Narruw-Gauge Kuads.In (5vorasie ocalitivd eeouo coustiucied aud operaied, are Theso pamphlets haa thefr eflect, for, the City-Hall and the various market-places, thero stood, all day foug, xnotsof thesimple- winded Freoch Canadians, wrought up to tha highest pitch with the bellef that the direction of the Magistrates, who called them out, Bir Belby Bmythe being tn command, The latter bas not been aworn us Peace Cown- wlsloner, aud therefore will ouly act in & mili- tary capacity. remetmbraneo of the Prince of Uraugy, whio bad done e0 much for them, In Dublin was organ- ized @ society kuowp as the ‘*Aldermen of diinner’s Alley,” purcly ‘s lucsl allair, belng B andaate o frre Active scorch was made fn | couflued to tho Protestant freemcn and froe- nn1u".”3:'.}‘,:‘,',.‘,‘:;‘ ot gravolaipurtanceto the presens the Orangemen wero golug to violate | Orange Hall to-day by the police for arms, but | Lollors of the city. Londonderrs followed sl eabiih BTt of (1o pecbie of the Uuliaa staten | thetr churches aud altars, I tho mcan- | e were found. The Recorder ana other [ yext with tho “'Preutico Boye' and shortly eidud Delcratca. (0. Lss Coin vitlun coly ¢ oro) EE.'Z’““ Tull Feporta of 'tha cows uf thvir Faspuctive 248, 88 Wil K4 TELOIL OF (L EALINE KX pensss: bl Sarrow Gale Sl Lo lered, partially o \uu.P:zlnu:n A A A Ky TH Lar Work, ALUTuLLUuroEs { ‘g Subyiien e ris, of Itall ; it iodicallwiy Souruate are cordiady atcel ‘sad thwe, tbe Orabgemen were not ldle. They werehourly poated on the movementsof the oppositiou, and calinly went through thelr bus~ nces st their ball on 8t, Janes street, nesr tao Post-Oftice. County Master Grant and District Maglstrates have been eugaged all doy swear- Ivg in Spectal Canstables, aud it is exvected the full pumber of 500 will bo sccepted to-nlght. Euch Special Constable Is required to swear tuat Le belongs to no secret socliety, Most afterwards Eonls Killen turncd up with tbe “Boyne Society.” The last wentloned hsd susillary brauches. It wos extended through- out the country as a weans of scll-protection s:guinsy an alleged guerilia party, known os Bigealy fequested tu acad Delegatee, Master Mack: s f the men who gave i th “. ) e Cuiventtun Wit . r Macksy weredn and out all day, makiug ol eir hames wero TiL® RAPPARERS, be A‘:'.E:'" tl.gl“:},d‘l Y oieioyraut one. andshould | yrrangements for to-morrow's proceedings. | Catbotics, cither Freuch or Irish, From tbe | whowere charged with midulght asssssinations, o 10 appuluicd, tliey arv ruqucated (o ro- ‘Tuey were asslsted by Lodze Masters Byrd, L. 4 Wie Biig by 1otio Aaj AL 8impson, Johnsou, Miller, Foster, and Cleg- general run of men accented, tho gravest 3. JOLN BYRNE, Becretary Local Commlttee, burulog of buildings, and destruction of prop- doubts are eutertained by thoss present of thelr erty. Tho * Happarecs”” were the uncouquered By onter of the Nuttonay borin foure; Ciucauail. | horu, Both parties wero fu frequent consulta- | belug any great belo n preserving tho peacoof | few who would not ackuowlcdge Eoglish £ HULUERT Socreiary, Bedtord 3 tion with tho clty. Ouo bundred Bpecial Coustables to | preusacy- GRN. SMYTUR, the commander of the furccs, and each tried tocapture him. He.has bad cxperienco with rlots and mobs in the old country, and declined to take the part of cither. Ho told your corre- spoudent to-night that be _wauld 1ake vo sldes protect the workshops and sheds of the Grand Truak Railway ut Polug 8t. Charles were sworn fo. Bixteen tuen werc also aworn to gusrd Bt. Patrick’s Church. 1T 13 NOT REALLY KNOWY whether the Mayor will prevent the Orungewmen During the years intcrvening between 1740 and 1750 & vast number of assoclations similar to the ~Boyne" were forwed {u varlous parts of Evgland. Nine years later there were fre- quent uprisings fu Lreland, particularly i the southern countivs, Tho luiurgeuts were dreased in white shects,—whenca the name “White Boys,”—and armed with guns, pikes, and plstols, and they made it very warm for the’English settlers and those who sympathized with thein. in Tipperary the natives were ore wanized against TIE SASSENACHS. ns the Raxons and foreigners were termed, and bore the names of ¢ Levelers,” ** White Boys,” and > Rapparee The earts of Oak '’ appeared In Ulsier in 1763. They were put down tomporarlls hy the authorities, end re- appeared as “learts of Steel” In Munster suother guerflla party was known us the “Kight Boys,” and in the North another body bora the nama of * Defenders.” In 1791 was organized tho socicty of * United frishmen,’” with headquarters” In - Dullin, By the Protestants it was PRONOUNCED A TREASOKABLRE INSTITCTION, and an intended muster and parade on Dec. 0, 1701, was frustrated only by Royal proclama- thn. But to go back for s mioment. The “Defender ™ and the ** Peepot Day "' orzani- zatlons zot falrly under way in 1331, The former were oxciusively Romanists, and the latter Presbyterians of decldedly Repubifean proclivities, who were auxlous to sever all con- neetlon with England and establish a Demeo- cratic form of government. All these native Irish movements of course gAve an Jmpetus to ibe Doyne Soclety that it would not otlierwise have achieved, Noblemen and vroprietora of landed estates fent their in- fluence Lo and openly encouraged its extenston, Georre 11, openly sipported ft, snd pronounced it the great mainatay of the Church and Enulish connectlon In Ireland, - Commencing {n 1776, the Protestants in the South of Ircland began the formatlon of the Boyne s}wlcuz-. and” skortly alterwards they were ARMED AKD PAID BY TIIE GOVEBNMENT. ‘The Countles of Cork, Clare, Galway, Kerry, Limerick, and Waterford were overrun with “White Bays * ang ¥ Peep of Day-crs,” and so numerous were the depredattons, that the peo- viewere afraid to sleeb. The Bogne Socletivs were called by dillerent names—*"True Biues," “lilarers,” Williwites,” * Britons,' and * In- vineibles,” In the fall of 1705, an fincursion was made agalost the Protestante settled in Tentaraghan, County Armagh, and they iwere oblired to flee to the bills, whcre o desuliory warfare was kept up fur three or four days. At fts conclusion a deputation of priests called upon tue lo:al magistrates and gave assurances of their deslre to restore quict and tranquility. The magis- trates had sent for military ald, but, relyine on the represcutations made "by the priests, with- drew the request for help. After some furtler consultation it was agreed tu hury the hatchet, each party enterinzinto bonds to Keop the peace. THIS ACRELMENT, liko ple-crust, was designed to be broken, Three days later, ept 21, 1705, an attack was made on an LEnglisn Protestant settlement, kuown as the * Diamond,” a small village near the line between the Countles of Armnagh and Tr’omu The * White Buss * suflered an in- glorious deteat, notwithistanding they outtum- bered the othera twu tu one; but the late ter hind the best of it, naturally, as they fought from bLehind and from within their houses. The skirmish was succecded by Pro- testant raids fo search of jruns and other” arma of which they had been despolied. Many of the Catholic party, whether from feac of dis- closure of their connection with tho Diaond affair, or others of a similar character, or fear- ful of personal violence, fled the country and went to Cunuaught, whenve originated the ex- pression, 4 IELL OR CONNAUANT." From tho evening of the Battle of the Dia- mond, as it is called, dates the existence of the first Orangze lodge, and its membership was atrleted to communicants of the Church of En- glaud. In a Parlluwuentury investigation, the Question was uskeds - . — - e # WWhat waa the causo of tha fnstitution, and what were tho ebjects they hiad in viewt ‘Tlie answer was: " “7The objects they had in view were scif-de- fense, the “maintenance of the Protestaut ree lgion, and of Britiah connection.” Tho Soclety tbua organlzed spread very rapldiy throogh ircland. 14 bLecame popular with all the Irotestant sects except those Presbyterians whowere tinctured with Republicanism and par- ticipated 1u the affalr of "33, The ritual was curried over to Encland, and numerous lodges were there orpanized,—the English body being subordiuate to the Irish Grand Ludze until 1503, THE PIIST GRAND MASTRR of Ireland waa Thoioas Verver, who was elected to the offic March 0, 1703, Somewbers in the nelzhborhood of 1820 the British Parlament passed an act prohibiting the existence of any pohitical oreanization. ‘Inis was a scrious blow to Urangeistn, The Duke of York had be ed Grund Master of the Grand Lodze of Encland, and tho uufriendly press made rood use of thelr opportunity, Parliamentary Invenlfuuon was ordered, which cutablished the fact that a Ruval relstion had refused to Juin the Order untll it had purged ftaclt of soine oaths snd oblirations which were regurded uy au Infraction of the law. The Duke of York resizned in 1821, snd there was o vacancy in the office ot (irand Master until 1827, whon the Duke of Cumberlund was elect- wd, Then bewan a revival in tho Unler. IN CANADA. For ncarly half a ventury Orangglsm has been one of the institutious of Caoada, 1n 133, Ozie R. Gowan, of the County Wextord, who was trand Sceretary of the Irlsh Grand Ludee, was cummissioned Dy the Duke of Cumberiand, then Graud Master, and subsequently King of Han- over, to oo 1o this country nni set the Orvge ball rolling properly in ita feral grooves, Pre- vious to that tine (ranre work had been done in the Donnolun. Neacly all the reglments of regular troops then statfoved here contatned more or less Orangemen, sod they were n the habit of mecting vecasionally for work, and in- itintlug such of thewr comrudes ns desired to joln, Among the carly scttlers were nicnbers of Irish aud Enclish lodiges, 8owe of these urought warrants with them, and fu thesparscly {nhobited setttements they were fu the babit of meetine ot each other's” houses and volng through with th ludg‘u-wnrk more for the pur- sose of establishiug kindly soclal relations than or any utbur Feasons, MIL. GOWAN, who subsequently wos elected Grand Master, and heid the oflice for mauy years, and was afterwards chosuu to repreaent’ two or threo diffecent constituencies in the Canadian Parliu- meut, had been, os it were, weaned on Urange- fsm, His friends and relatives bad all Leen nurtured in the Order, or, rather, had realty founded {t. ilc himsclf was an euthusiostic Leliever fn its principles, and some years wxo began to write o history of ity but had'only pub- Ishied three small volumes when death inter- vened, Hi3 son, Harcourt Guwan, now sn attache of the Customi-louse In_this city, has a1} the manuscripts, materials, and unpublisbed pxmcn which lis futher bad coliceted, Khcse w AT BOME FUTUHE DAY bo placed In the hauds of a Commission, to carry on the history from where death caused him to Jeave off. Gowan senior wus @ mun of moans, well educated, uud an oxcellent speaker, {le arrived in this country in tho summer of 152, #ud on thie cusuing 1st of Jnuary cstablishad at Brockville, about 200 miles cast of here, the first _recularly-constituted Orange lodee in Canada. For séveral veurs afterward ho traveled from ons ewd of the Provinco to the other estab- lbtng lodgee. Oue or hts pecullaritics in thuse days was his dishke of Lbe United Statcs. When atiuding fo them he never spoke of the Americau Revolution; I8 was the Yankeo vebehifou; and he would wind up by saying that if there had becs Uranre lodges In” the coloules fu 1770, they mever would have sue- coeded In severing thielr conuection wilh Ureat Britaly. lu 1837 occurred TUR WILLIAM LYON MACRENZIE RESELLION, fu which he was alded very exteosively by s Frencu-Cayadisn party, theu kpown as the “Rouges.” The Oravicemen hurried to the sid of the Goverumeuti—for they belleved that they were estra-loyal and had ouly one mlsston, that ot uvlu{ tny country to the British Crown, Tho lusurrection was suppressed fn Juis thun inety days, if your corrvepundent remeinbers aright, vod Muckenzie and otber leuders fled to tho Upited Statea. The rauk uud o Ladd down thelr arme and returued to thelr bomes. In 1849 the Administration in power was kuown as that of Baldwin sud Lafontatne, Buldwin rep- resented tho Upper Canuda Whigs, and Lafon- 1aine the sold Luwer Cauada vote, whib then s uow Lolds the Lalunce of puwer, and will always go for those who will @ive it most. A bt was dotroduced ino Parliament st that session to {udewnify the rebels for what property bad been destruyed fuibe several skirmisics which they had had with the regular troops sud militle. Tbe Awmcricun reader who hias watcled the procecdings of - the 1ast sesaton of Contress can seo tor himseif LOW, B1sTORY BEIEATS 1sELY. The bl was pussed by tha coalition, us 1t wus duubtless tho price Batdwiu puid for bis political uscendaney. Lord Eleln, who was Governor- Geueral of Csuada at the tinw, sigued the bill. A howl uf udiguation weut up frui every Tory wod Urduge throat us suon a3 fts OWher Was fu- PRICE FIVE CENTS, A THUNDERBOLT. formed of what was done, for thers wers no rallroads, very lttlo telegraph, snd very few daily papers 15 Canada fn those da; THE PAKLIAMENT RUILDINGS 1N MONTREAL WERE BURNED, by whom it pever was wscertained. Political malice did it ‘The next or following summer Lord Eigin, in his capacity of Uavernor-Ueneral, determined to make a tour tbrough the Upper Provioce, with the hopo that his personsl presence would do much to allay the indignation that the peo- pie were continnally giving vent to over the rebel-dosses indemnity. At Believiile, Brock- wille, Toronto, Ham!iton, and London, the sup- porters of the Administration and the civic authoritics msde great preparations to give him a richt royal welcome as the Queen’s represent- ative, Triumpheal arches were erected, and miles of bunting hung out ou the outer walis, On the early mornfug of each day on which he was 1o coter the various towns named, the Or- angemen and Torles hurriedly got together, CMOPPED DUWN THE TRIUMPHAL AUCHES The New York Custom-House Rocking under Execu- tive Lightning, Removal of Collector Ar- thur and Naval-Offi- cer Cornell. Surveyor Merritt and Doputy Burt Appointed In Their Places. tore the buntlug to tatters, and, sa tnu gpay- balred rupresentative of lier Majeaty was algwiy driven through the maln streets tn lis cosgh of Effect of This Action, 8o Long Prayed For by the West. state, he wan greeted with a shower of ejrzs giv- ing out 8 very strung odor of sulphureted by drogen. In bhoth Toronto and London the regular troovs had to be cslied out, canlpped for war, to protect tha head of the Bruce family from ?erlunll violence. With bryonets fixed and orty rosnds of ammunition, truops of red- cuats formed & body-guard for the old man, while a hootiog, ye{lin crowd followed cluse bebind, Riote in both cliles were imminent, ang it wus only the shutting up of the salovns that prevented s grand disturbance and the conse- quent geeates o less loss of life. Atthe next geuncral election thers was a change of Ministry, and shortly nfterwals Elitit went hume to'read Byron's oplolun of his tarbleapproprlatiug ancestor, This husiuess of the * rabellion Insses " gave agreat impetus to Oraneetsm throuzhout Up- per Cannda, and it has grown v:r{ raplily esch succe@Jing yesr, It also crystallized It lnto A BTRONG POLITICAL BODT. For the pust thirty yewrs alarge mafjority of the pulitic men of Canada have belonred to the Order. Many of the small-try polititans also beemine members {1 order to get at the loaves and fishes lytng around loose In political cani- palgns, or to sccure & clerksip fg the Civil Hervice of thecountry. BirJohn A.Mudonatd,ex- Premier, aud onwol the * HighJoints * engaged in pegotiating the Waushington Treaty, has been au active member for tuny vears, UGovs. Til- ley of New Bruuswick, Archibald of Nuva Sco- The Stanning Blows Delivered in the Teeth of the Great Ring- Uang. Reasons Which Aotnated the President in Making the Changes, - NEW YORK. THE BLOW STRUCK. Apeeial Digpatch to The Tribune. New Yous, duly 1l.—Lightoing bas struck the New York Custom-House chief offictals, and there s trembling throughout the camp of tha Ring. even to the lowest grade of tide-water. At noan to-day arutnor obtained curreucy fn tha street to the effect that startling news bad been reccived ot the Customn-House from Washing- ton, It soun took shape and resolved ftself Into thissulid form: * Collector Arthur basbeen suspended, und Ges, E. A, Merritt, presont tia, Jiodgeoy of Privee Edwurd's Island, sud | Survesor ot tue Port, las beon sp- Laird of the Nurtlwestern Territorles, are also | pointed or promoted to hls place. The members. Hom A, B, Cornell bas been suspended IN T{IE PRESENT DOMINION MINISTRY, from the Naval Oftice, and Col. 8. W. Burt kas Burpee, the Commisaloner of Customs; Ca: wright. Minister of Finunce; Smith, Minister.of Mariue and Fisherles, wear arauge lis on the annlversary of the battle of the Doyne, Inthe Duminion ~ Senate Chamber the follywipi been promoted to his place. Gen. U. K, liralinm has been appointed Surveyor.” The report spread ike wild-fire, and CAUSED GHEAT EXCITEMENT Orangemen Luve seats: Allan, Bensou, Eliut, | o all quarters. It created a profound sensa. Read, Sbaw, Bkzm!d and Vidal. The LoWer | tion, A thunder<clop from aclear sky would {{"“'“ f““"""‘““"‘,‘ . ""‘."."" ”““"k,‘“““c"'l"[:‘ not have causcd greater surprise. ‘Tho Custom- cheater, unoEry 3 et nompson White. owell, rown; | House Bulding was the ceatre of attraction, Btephensou, Ferzuson, Jones, Norris, Schultz, MeSMiliun, Colluw, Cookburu, 8mitl, Montelth, Pope, Binckar, Little, Yeo, Platt, Cumeron, aud Higuiubothsm,—a very fair allowance all around, the resders of Tia Trintye will say. The Orangs Bociety 18 INCHEABING IN BTRENGTII EVERY DAY, There ars uow 1,660 Jodges, of which about 250 are fn Ontarlo or Upper Canndn, in active aperation, with a united membershlf, of nearly 200,000, Mllwmlllllun of the Dominlon s uot over 4,000,000, there s oue for about cach twenty labubitunts, fncluding women and chit- dren. In the rural districts, and also fn the elties, though not to so great an extent, the male chlidren of Orangemen take grest interest -finy loui and with great pleasure to, tue day that will see them allted to the Onder. 'Tlifs spirt Is Tostered by the side wlug known as Young Britune. This organization was start- ed in 1554 by flarcourt Gowan, and wus calc but the Collectur's room was liermetically sealed to all save a sclect few. Thurlow Weed was closeted with Collector Arthur for some houra. A smull number of the Colicctor's old stanch Irlends were admitted, and the con- sultation proceeded uuder guards us close a4 those formurly placed about the most secret conclaves of the Romun Inquisition. 'To say that the lueal wewspaper men were disgusted but faiutly depicts thetr couditton. They had Leen for three days siware ot tho presence hero of Sccretary Snermaui had publisbed daily palite bulleting announcing his husiness as con- nected with plaus for, the resunplion ot specly payment, cte., ete., without for o moment sus- pectiug that the real purpose of his visit was to crush to death thele darling Custom-flousoe Jated to Include {n fts wemberablp youny men | Ringe They bad for weeks utterly from 17 yeura and upwards. Two years later | fgnored the coutluued scsslons of the be enlarged Its scope by ndding two degrees,— | Customs Invesitzutlun Commisslon, os- the “ True Bluer ™ and "'Proutives,"—the feat | gupijug, doubtices, that It bad collapsed to cunsiet of buys of 10 tu 13, and the second of youth from 14 to 17, The are reanded s capital nurseries for the ncu- batfon of young Oraugemen; but at the same tima they ‘toust be regarded us hot-beds of mis- chief, for these buys, taught to dewviev a Catholic almply becalse he Is 8 Catholie, are gruwiog up lutoleraut aud bigoted. TIE FIRST RIOT in which the Orungemen e a body were en- gaged occurred in Hamilton in 1834, 1t theu rejuiced {u » suburb named * Corktown.” On the 12th of July of tueyear ntioued, the Hamilton Orangeinen chariered & steatnor and went to Torouto, whare tbey enjoyed the day in the orthodux mauner, Oo thelr returnto Hawliton, they formed s processfon, and start- el for the lodge-rovm. As the head of the volumn wasabout emergiog frow * Corktown,™ which lay between the city end the dock, a baud of roughs made au attack on the bas drummer, vamed McKinley, . flo ¢ boeited twoor three of thew over the head with the drunsatick. A geovral row then ensued, Mo Kinley was shot dead, The Oranize party tben went in ua thelr muscle, aud klled two of the ussaflutits, upon the retirenent of the merchant-membera thercor somu weeks ago. 1o thele wrsth at lav. fug boon duped by lack of enterprise, und in pursuance of a settled determination never to adimit that the New York Custum-House f4 and hua Jong been A SINE OF CORRUPTION, the newspapers, With a few exceptions, declara that the removals bave been niade soiely for political reasons, with the view of building up an Admipistration party (n this State. Thus the Commercial Advertiser, Hugh Hustings’ pa- per, says: “The {dea of changing the Fed- eral officers in this city to carry out the doctriuce af Clvli-Servico reform Is trunsporent. It Is o hold fmposition.” There s rood reason to belleve, bowever, that the newspapers are wide of the mark. Somany attempts have been made, ulways resulting in dismal faflure, to reformy the New York Cus- tom-Houuw, that the publia bas come to think they are mado for mere show,—that they are shamie. The movement ot present fu progreas Lus been laughud st ond derided, but your cor- TILE SECOND HiOT was the ooe which oceurred tn Montreal last year, The Lody there uumbers seven ludges, i With o combled memberahio of sbuut us mauy | febvudeut baa o the }""‘ "'h seasns bundred. - There ure slso six lodges of * Youuw | for belleviog that from the ~start Brituns, nunibiering between 500 und 600, Last } the President and tho Becretary of the 12th of ‘July was the first tine they ever warch- | Treasury bave been fo deud carpest o1 tu that city. The result thercof—tho uurs der of young Hackett—Is of so recent & dato us to requiro uo detsiled mention. S EARTY TUNES,!. Great stress (s Jald by the religious opponents of Urungelsm on the vifeusive churacter of thy party tunes. Yearsago Croppies, Lis Down," was played by thie country pipers and clariuets players. Promiuent meinbers of the Order tell me that now it is no lovger used. British na- tlunal uirs aro the only vncs fn vocue, with the ception of one song, called * Fitth or in the uxpressed purpose ta crush the Custom- House Riug bero at every hazard, It {s scarcely too much Lo say that the real work of the In- vestigating Cotnnlssion commeuced when tho merchant-members retired. Now for TUE SECRET RISTORY 3 of the movement which culmiuated {n the mas- ter-sitoks of toaday. It ts known that about ten days ago the Cominission forwarded to Becretary Sherman o report scriously fmplis i wber,” sung to the old tune of * Lilliby cutlig Juhn I Lydecker, Collector Arthur's Jero.” “The chorus Is the following doggerel! | Chjer Deputy, In frouds of the class com- ‘T‘Jfi.‘}'-m“".y"fi'.‘n'ni“‘" we‘v‘:r'y one, monly known ss “chiuncy-package” frauds. And get ua mory cro To make up our lowses, And relics to mateh the Protestsnt dran, ——————— 4 Chotteau and the Proposed Iranco- American Commorcial Treaty. Currespondence New York Etening Pust, Pamis, June 27.—The veturn of M, Leon Chotteuu from America was Lo sicnial for re- onening the question of o treaty of comerve between Frauce sud the Unlted Brates, which has lain dormngat for somie time, M, Cliottean was the honored guest at u dioner given at lavrs on bourd the Safut Laurcut, uf the Trans- attautic Ling, on the evening of the day on which ho ureived In tho same steamship, ‘Lhers wus s goudly delegution of members of the Committee to meet him, among thein M, Menfe the wealthy insuufacturer, Senator Fouclier o Carefl, Deputy Millaud of Lyons, and such prot- inent people frons the Chamber ot Cowmerce ju Havre and trom the varjous llberal profes- slous as conly be hostity asscmbled. M. Chot. tenu fe a bora Jecturer, and bie gave an account of Iy fourney which was both witty und prac- fleat, He scems bl of the largest " hope thut tue Congress of Americana snd Freuch who ore fo assemule here on Aho Tth of Augzust will suc- cved in establishing the basis of u treaty, und both he sud &}l the otber {olluential spwakiers announced the desire of Frauce that utmost reciproclty should be accorded. 1t is to be uoted that hiutls was sald concerning free trade at this doner, but much neution was made of o moditication of tarifts, Tuee people of Havro sre cobvinced that such & treaty s f» wantedg would 1u a short tlme doubla the pdhulation of thetr clty aud i meusely increase the velue of the producta tmported and exported from this principal bar- bur of France. They are makiug ample x'n:!mu- tlous for ddditivnal trade; the yuays and the sutrauce tu the port have been Very much colarged. (i0od sbecches wore wade st the digner by others than M. Chotteau: M, Memer, Foucherde Carell, Edouard Mitlaud, M. Peleh- yey, tis Deputy lor Havre,thy llx(yurol the city, alf wetting torth ¢l seity of nstuut action, sud the advautages certatu to result froma reciprocal treaty, botteau fs now devotivyg his wttention to prepacing thy way fur ths delegates soon to arrive from Awerica, aud thiy way beussured that they will bave an ugree- ably sojourn lu Frauce, 88 well us somo vigorous discussion, ———— Kpeelal Dispatch (o The Triduze. MiLwavkeg, July 11.—A dupacn was re. celved ta this clty to-uight by Sho manager of to 5t. Paul Ratlway Compuuythat 200 bramps would arrive fu this cdty over the Western Union Ruilrosd. A squad of Dolie were detatled W the depot 10 uwait thy 4rrival of the train ami take charge of Lhe wob. Ouly fve men wers fuuin] stuwed awsy b1 a box carn, and they wero htw 1o Lo station sud locked up for the ulzote The casc was an old oue, known to certaln Customs ofticials aod others hero for yuars, but kept sceret under the Impresslon that Lydecker was so strongiv {ntrenched us to render Lls removal lmpossible, every orovious effurt having proved wbortive. Mr. Lydeeker has becn tn office twouty-six yeurs, but, regard- fug him as the chicl of the Riug, with u caso supported by clrcumstantial evidenco strong enough to hang a wan charged with murder, the Commissiun did not hesitute to present it to the Becretary for his actton, It 18 uuder- stood that the Sccretury prowptly referred the repors to Collector Arthur for tuvestigation aud action, but that Gen. Arthur efther 10NORED THN MATTEL ALTOONTHNE, or refused to even suspend Lydecker. This it 18 Lelieved I the casc upon which tho President dirveted the Secsetary to proceed to thls city aud tako summary action, Your correspondent {8 of oplulon that Uen, Graham has uot been ap- polnted Survoyor; thut that appolatment is iu abeysnce; but that as to the other changes common repurt Is true. Whatever cuntroversy aud bitterness the removal of Arthur and Cor~ uetl may cause (u political clrcles, the sppoiot~ ments of thelr successors cannot but bo higbly spproved by all who look atmiply to the falthful collection of the reveuue. Bothare 1n the strict Jue (of the Civil-Servico rules laid down by the President. QGen. Merritt bas In tho gstiort period of bis {ucumbancy of the Burveyor's otfive Introduced mavy radical yo- forws, aud bas only been preveuted fromn an- tirely purging It of corrapt ofliclale by the power over bis subordinates exercised by Collector Artbur. r, GEN, MERRITT is & Vermonter, but has resided In the northern part of this State from carly boyhoud. Eo was chosen & member of tho State Assembly ln 185, and re-clectedtho next year. Ho was a supporter of Horace Grecley for the United States Scoate in 1501, - and from that thoe on bis (stimate friond, joming biwm {u the movement for his election to the Presl- deucy in 1572 He entored the Uplon srmy at the opening of the War of the Rebellion, sud served tUl the cad with distioguished credit. Under Gov. Fentou be served the Btate as Quartermaster-General. Ho waa & mewmber of the Constitutional Conventlon of 1870, servivg us Chalrmau of the Comnities on Orgaslzativn of the Legislature. He was uppoluted Nuval Olicer of this port in April, 1569, and ailed the ¢ Chicago Baily Teibuney oy