Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 16, 1879, Page 4

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CREGIER LODG] 405 Milwi APOLLO COMM XO. 1. K. T.—Stated Conclave Tuesday eventng, March 18, 18743t € o'clock, .| Organization for dzlil will be co:nmenced. Members of Sister Comimanderics are alwaye welcome. Dy order of Emioent Commands e . 5. TIFFANT, Recorder. ST. BERNARD COM: Stated Conclave \Wedne: v o'ciock. Warkan the K.T.Ord esired.for tncte wil] be bilslacss of i ng Sir Kulehts are {ovite . order e 3O DIGKERYD! 2, Yo. 61 A, i, March (. Degre wivited.” By order. SAM'L KERR, H.P. CORINTIIAN CHAP CHICAGO CHAPTER, No. 127, R A. M,—134 Twen- y-£ccond-sL. ~ Lieralar Convocation Monday evenine at 1 o'clock. Work on the Mark Degree. Visiting ranfons cordinlly invited. 8y orderof the M. E. ELLSMITH, Secretars. SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1872. It will do no harm to whisper in the ear of our over-confident Republicans that their ex-~ cellent tickat will not clect itself, and if they are reckening upon - the apathy of their op- ponents they may wokeup on {h¢ morning 2fter the elcetion and find themselves griev- ousiyjdeceived. Caxzrer H. Hirrisoy is the first man who has run for Mayor of Chicago that 1 twenty years has made the issue of State Sovereignty ©s. National Union. Canrer imbibed hispolit- ical heresy in the State he came from,—Een- tucky,—where they put the gray above the blue, and the State above the Nntion. Last fall Mrres Kenor Inid out Carrer H. Harazsox for the Congressional nomination ; but Carrn took his revenge on Mmwzs by quietly inciting his friends to kmife Krmor ot tho polls, which they effectnally did, and in reward for which Mmrs is expected to pull'off his coat and enthuse for Cazrer for Rayor. The hard-money Democrats are trying to find out where Carten H. Haxmisox stands on the Fiat issue. Is o in faver of suspend- ing the resumption of specie payments and rotuning to depreciated, irredeemablenotes ? The nomination Le received at the hands of the rag-babyites would indicate that he was Totten on the money question, The present French Government does not find its path strewn with reses, and the in- dications point with slmost certain aim to another crisis in the nenr futnre. Op the vote in the Cbamber of Deputies on the resolution to impeach the Ministry of Mny 16, - the DMinisterial side was geriously sphit, the majority against the pronosition being only 25. The withdrawal of Wapprseroy from the Premiership 1s de- manded by Epmoxp Asour and Eamre De GIRsRDIN. — There is an incressed intensity over the contest for the Speakership of the next House. Forthe first time since the begin- ning of the canvass, RavparL admits the possibility of defeat, provided his opponent were to come from south of the Potomac. but should o other caudidste than Bracs. BURN come to the front. bis victory isassured. The latest Congressional arrivals are not friendly to the late Speaker, and several of the Senators are working hard in the in- terest of his Kentucky, rival. Congressman Wazrace, of Pennsyivauia, his enfered for 1he race, and Raxnarv's friends look upon it with trepidation, as it is a-diversion in the Tear which was not auficipatad. BrLr Mon- nreox suys there is no possibility for either n derk horso qr a compromise, and that the contest is squarely defined belween the two prineipal candidate: On the contrary. equally shrewd politicians declare that botly will be thrown overbonrd in the caucus. The new Canadian tarif, under which the import duties have been almost doubled, ‘went into effect yesterday, end the Domin- ion ranges itself under the bzaner of so- called protection to home industries. r. TiLrey, the Dominion Finance Minister, in & long epeech in Puarliament on Friday eveuing, stated that the Government was pre- pared to enter into negotintions with the TUnited States on the question of a reciprocal tariff, promising thet if the Urited States would reduce the " dutics on certain clesscs of geods the Cana- diens would do likewise. This declaratior probably refers to the tur’ff on grain. The Canzdians pre anxious to participste in the casrying of the cereals of the Northwest tc the Eaglish and Continental markets, and are fearful that, with their tariff on bread- stufls, they will not be able to do 50, With- 1 out this carrying trade their canals cannot earn enough to keep them in repair. - At thig distance it would'seem as if the Canadians kad determinod to force this Government into a cominercial treaty. y The Democratic Senators now in Wash- ington held a caucus yesterday to consider the reconstruction of the grave and reverend body with reference to the Committees. There was 8 tacit understanding that the Chairmanships would be allotted according to seniority. It is probable that Appropria- tions will be given to Davis, of West Vir- ginia, Finance to Bavamp, Privileges to Savissozy, and Foreign Relations to Eu:os. Indicstions are that the Southern Brigadiers will appropriate twenty-two out of the thirty-one Cheirmansbips. It is likely that none but the prominent officials will be re- moved, at least for some time to come, and 1n view of this contingency the office-seek- ing hordes are very despondent. ———— The investigation of the affairs of Arch- bishop Puacerr discloses the fact tha his liabilities amount to $3,874.371, of which £85,000 is secured by mortgage. The assets, in nddition to the real estate, which has been assigned by the Archbishop's brother, have a nominal value of £484,000. The Trustees to whom the investigation was committed find it a hopeless take to determine where the money went, how much was spent on the; 'Cathedral, Sem- inary, and Orphan Asylum. The collapse is attributed to heavy 1uterest, bad invest- ments, shrinkage in values, and want of business management. The Trustees close their report by asking the substantial aid of the faithful throughout the country to pro- vide for the relief of those who, by the smash-up, have been deprived of the support they had set aside for their old age. The great international pedestrian contest which has been going on in New York for the past six days closed at 10:40 o'clock last night. Rowzry, the English champion, walked 500 milgs and was declared the win- ner of the championship belt and the first prize. Exxs, the Chicago pedestrian, made an earnest cffort {o secure,it for himself, but failed. - He traveled 475 miles and takes the second prize. Bamnnuax, the represent- ative of the Pine Tres State, by a steady pull made the requisite mileage, 450, to allow him a participstion in the receipts, and gots the third prizz. The race was finished in the presence of an immense aundience, and a5 the contestants left the track they were soluted with ‘bursts of cheering, and were made the recipients of beautiful floral tributes. Contrary to the general expecta- tion, there was no disturbance whatever. ALDERMANIC NOMINATIONS. The following is a list of the several nominations made for Aldermen, to be voted on the 1st of April: Wards. _ Itepublican. Democralic. 1xon Jobn Tyrrell. No candidate. Autbony F.Sceberger. No candidate. ot nominute earge B. Swil J. D. Everett H. W. Thompson.. Lewis Martin... J . C. McGurren. ke Ryan. d Mever, -W. G. McCormick. The Nominating Conventions of both par- ties have dons remarkably well in the mat- ter of the candidates for Aldermen, especial- ly the Republican. Amravr Drxox is the RBepublican, and Jomy Tyrezin the Demo- cratic candidate in the First Ward, and both gentlemen are personally unesception- able. The only regret is that both cannot be elected. Drxox has had experience, and proved himself au able, faithfal, usefal, and honest Alderman. Ald. Birraep, who is a firstclass men, has been nominated by the Republicans for re-election in the Second Ward, znd the Democrats will make no opposition to him. In the Third Ward Afr. Crank is the Republican, and Mr. Serperezr the Democratic candidate, and both are men of high personal and business character. In the Fourth Ward the Demo- crats will not have any candidate, Mr. Grax- 15, the Republican nominee, being entirely satisfactory to everybody in the ward. There uave been no Republican candidates named in the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Wards, The contests in those wards will be between the Democrats and Socialists. Mr. Rrper, a new man in politics, is the Dewocratic nom- nce in the Fifth Ward. Mr. Cormay, who is represented as an intelligent and respect- able property-holder, is the candidate in the Sixth Ward, and Mr. Rrorpax, who hasbeen o fairly creditablo member of the present Council, is tho candidate in the Seventh. - In the Eighth Ward, Jonoy O'Briex, a some- what notorions bummer of the Council in past yesrs, is again a candidate, and the Republic- sus lhave nominated Mr. 0. W. Baneerr, the well-known insurance agent, with strong bLopes of electing him. He will receive large supyort from the more respactable portion of the Democratic party. The contest in the Ninth Ward will bo betwesn Mr. Rromarp Joxes, for many years engagod in the paper- hanging business, Republican, and Jrx PeEvEY, dealer in meats. Joxes is much the best man for the place. Both parties hava yet to nominate in the Tenth Ward. In the tleventh Ward Mr. Groree B. Swrrr, and in the Twelfth Mr. J. D. Evenerr, two first- class citizens, are the Republican candidates, sud will have no organized opposition. Ald. ‘Troxrsox, who has been such an excellent mewber from the Thirteonth Ward during the last two years, is the Rapublican candi- date for re.clection in that Republican ward, and should De re-elected withont fail. We do not know anything of his opponent. In the Fonrteeath Ward 3ImE Rrax, the present Democratic Alderman, is a candidate for re-clection, and Lewrs MarTrx is the Re- publican; but the probabilities are that the Communist candidate, not yet named, will be elected. There is danger of a like result in the Yifteenth Ward, where Joax C. Expers is the Republican, aund -Ap Mever the Democratic candidate. 3Ir. EXDERS s o first- clgss citizen, and there ought to have been a uvion of both parties in his support, the ward being Republican. “Mr. Wrrrras Stewart, the Republican candidate in the Sizteenth Ward,—the well-known wholesale grocer,—will have no Democratic opposition, and skould bs elected over the Communist. Ald. Jaxssevs, Republican, is a candidate for re-election in the Demoeratic Seven- tecnth Ward, and Mr. E. P. Bamperr is the Demoeretic candidate. The Repub- lican candidate in the REighteenth Ward, Gen. Carrrary, and the Democratie, Mr. Wrirran G. MoComuck, one of the owners oi McCormick Hall, are both acceptable to the voters of the ward generally. These are the Aldermanic nominations so far as made, not including thoss to be named by the Communists. Wishout going into de- tails at- this time, we msy ocongratulate the Republicans on the general respectability and substantial character of their nominations. The list indicates that the new Council will have o decided majority in favor of good order and public economy. THE BAD CANAL SMELLS GONE. A fow weeks ego the public gar was stun- ned with an outcry down the canal against the offensive smells that arose from the water discharged into the Illinois River be- low Lockport. Threats were made to fill up the canal at the Summit and stop the flow, “compelling Chicago to keep her own stiaks,” as the irate denizens said. A Iarge committee, consisting of Village Blayors, Magistrates, and otherofficials, was appointed to visit Chicago and lay their unfragrant ‘grievances before the City Fathers, and sce what plan could be devised to abate the nuisance. The City Engineer told them that just o8 soon as the weather moderated enough to melt out the ice that had nearly filled up the prism of the canal the bad smells would cease to annoy them. Iet the canal have a chance, he said, to carry off a larger volume of water, and above all let the air hove free access to the surface of the flowing water, aud the smells would disap- pear and the water become comparatively pure by the time it reached Joliet. The Committes returned home reposing little faith in this opinion of the City En- gmeer; but the rosult has been just as he predicted. The ico is gone, the 'canal dis- charges a good, Iarge stream, the water in the Chicago River is no longer offensive to the olfactory nerves. Whatever odors may arise from the Chicago River as it enters the canal disappenr before they reach Joliet. The chemistry of this change the peoplo down the “ditch” have not studied. The various animal and vegetable substances emptied into the OChicago River by the sewers emit or exhale unfragrant gases into the air, which the oxygen of tho atmosphere seizes upon and consumes by a process of barning, more slow, of course, but as real as if it took place in & furnace. This slow combustion the chemists call “ crema- causis,” or, to use a simpler term, oxida- tion. This oxidation is the grand process by which the surface of the earth, and the air, and the sea are purified of contamina- tions. Noxious vapors from decaying ani- mal and vegetable matter and pestilential effiuvia are destroyed by the oxidation, or slow burning process, that is constantly going on. Thus tho offensive imprities emptied into strenms fromsewers and slaugh- ter-houses, which escape into the air in the form of noxious gases, are seized upon.by the all-devouring oxygen of the atmospkere and consumed, and the fonl and putrid water is purified and sweetened by exposure to this action of the air, and thisis the rea- son that so little offensive odor is mow perceived at Johet, Morris, Ottawa, LaSalle, or other points ou the Illinois River, past- which the canal water flows. Aslong as the Chicago River and the canal were hermetically senled over with two or three fect of solid ice, the oxygen of the air conld not reach the noxious gases; and, os the foul water did not come in con- tact with the purifying atmosphere wuntil it was discharged ihto the river at Lockport, the oxygen of the air had not time to consume the mephitic vapors that were thrown off in large volumes as the water churned and tumbled over the fall between Lockport and Joliet. The effuvium was eliminated too rupidly for the oxidation, and it contamin- ated the lower strata"of atmosphere, and coussd the outery of th8 inhabitsnts who breathed it. The jco is now out of both the Chicago River ond the canal, and a large part of the effluvium isdestroyed over the river asit rises, and most of the remainder is consumed in the way described before gomg the thirly miles toLockport. If it were not for this beneficent provision of Nature, all the river- valleys would become unenduruble from the rising of noxious vapors, and all lakes and seas would be contaminated, and, in fact, all the air would become uufit to breathe, VICIOUS LEGISLATION. It was the remark of zn experienced and judicious legislator in one of the Eastern States, that he was of the opinion that he had rendered his constituency and the Common- wealth at Iarge more substantizl service in preventing bad' and mischievous legislation diring a long and lsborious career than he Lad ever been able to do by favoring good and wholesome laws. An ignorant or vicious lawmaler, either in Congress orin a State Legislature, is es pestilent and dangerous a fellow os can be found anywhere ; and if his wickedness is allowed to crystallizo itself into the form of laws, and get sn abiding-place upon the statute-book, the community begin to realize the truthfulness of SEAKSPEARE's remark about the evil that men'do living after them, while the good is oft interred with their bones. The people of a State will naver be able to appreciate the valuable serv- ices of the conservative legislator who spends his time in ferreting out and killing the bad bills that hove been introduced,—in pretty much the same way end for a similar pur- pose that a man undertakes the business of destroying rattlesnakes and other obuoxious vermin. He is working on the principle that preveation is better than cure; and, while our thanks go ont freely to the skiilful physician who has carried us sefely throngh typhnid fever, we never think of thanking the Health Officer, whose scientific knowledge and prac- tical wisdom bave prevented much disesse, suffering, and death in the community, And 50, next to the fool-killer, who is sadly needed around most of the State Capitols each win- ter, we have an abiding respect and admira- tion for the member who quietly busies him- self in strangling the immature offspring of these idiots whenever and wherever Le can find them. In some of the Westorn States, every wolf-sealp taken within its limits brings a high premium in cash, which is awarded in the interest of agriculture ; and we have sometimes thought that it would not be a bad outlay of money if & reward was offercd for the destruction of the whole batch of immoral and pernicious bills that annunily obstract the channels of wholesome and legitimate legislation. Just at this moment there is a large num- ber of bills of the description above indi- cated before the Illinois Legislature that are seeking a permanent home upon the statute- book that ought to be summarily and incon- tinantiysquelched, and put forever at rst without the benefit of clergy. The number is so large, we are sorry to say, that we bave not space to mzke special reference to el of them in one article, so we fire at the whole flock, with the hope (vain though it be) -that our wise men at Springfield will be admonished to prevent this disgrace- ful lecislation as far as possible. Nearly haif the time of every legislative body is taken up with the effort to correct the mistakes; or to alter, amend, change, or entirely repeal the work of their “illustrious predecessors”; but in s0 qoing they are often as guilty of malpractice in -the business of lnwmalking themselves as those who preceded them. * Some of thiz viciousness in legislation Tae Trisuxe took ocension to rebuke the other day. The text of that articls was the unjust discrimination which was made, or intonded to be made, by some of the pend- ing bills against the forsign fire-insurance companies that are doing business in this State. We pointed outhow and in what man- ner those measures were not calculated to benefit the peopls, sugment business, or render property more secure, but were, on the coutrary, pornicious in theory, and utterly destructive and unjust in their practical operations. A similar batch of bills hos been introduced relating to life insur- ance that should not be allowed to pass, if passed at all, until they are thoroughly dis- cussed, examined, and pruved of all obnox- ious provisions. - Thesa bills are in different stages of legislation, aud we'wish to call at- teation to them now in 8 general way in order that none of them may be smuggled throngh in a shape that will cripple or ob-- struct business: which is of the most vital importance to a very large aud coustantly increasing class of our fellow-citizens. Good insurance of *any kind is none too abundant now, and it will not be wise to make it moro scarce and less secare by unfrienaly legisla- tion. Especially will it be impolitic for the people of Tllinois to make unjust and invidi- ous Jaws regarding safe and solvent foreign companies that are now doing business within Surlimits; Our experience here in Chicago with foreign insurance compsnies, both fire and life, when compared with some of the home institutions, has been very much to the credit of the former. Inthe great calamity thet fell upon us in 1871, nearly all of the companies doing business hers went up in a chariot of fire, like Erwax of old, and only left enough behind to pay o small perceninge of their losses. But the foreign companies, as a rule, paid a hundred cents on the dollar, and still live. So we might continue this porallel in regnrd to life-insurance compr- nies. The operations of the Republic and the Protection Life do not fill the mind with pleasant memories, and the policy-holders in both of those disreputable concerns have been compelled to look for security to com. panies organized under charters granted by other States. Therefore we beg our Solons at Springficld not to tinker-with laws that are already good enongh in the vain expecta- tion of making them botte: SIMON AND TEE WIDOW, The Hon. Snwox Caxeroy, bustling youth of 80, and alleged gay trifler with female affection, has been ordered to stand befors the bar andshow cause why he should not pay $50,000 for the damage he has occasioned to the susceptible and confiding heart of plump, blonde Widow Oriven, of Georgis, ““fair, {at, and forty”—or fifty. The widow tells a straightforward story ; and, as simple Sntoy was given to letter-writing, she may have damsging documents, penned in bis softer moods, that may sustain the story. As the suit is on the calendar for trial, wo may soon know. Itappenrs from tke widow's story that after the close of the War she went to ‘Washington, and-made the acquaintance of the gallant Senator. It must have been a case of love at first sight, for she says he took ““a deep interest ” in her, and, as Sprox never took a deep interest in anything un- less ho wanted to acquire it, this looks suspicious for him at the very outsot. She left “Washington pnd went to New Orleans, and shortly afterwards Snroy met her there and took -some more decp interest in her, and urged her to go to Washington and he would procure her profitable employ- ment. After his return home he sddressed her a letter, recommending her claims to Secreta- ry Bristow, and he closes that letter with n gush of sentiment intimating that employ- ment will make her happy, and that he has often found happiness in making others happy, which is just the reverse of the opin- ion usually entertained of old Smroy. Sec- retary Bristow gave her a clerkship, and then she says Sntox wrote her: T will carry you to 2 better home than Washington. You should ot stay there. I think I shall j have a safe place for you with relations to protect you. You will be my wife.” If this letter is genuine, it is very blunt and to the point, to say the least, and indicates a degres of certainty without previous court- ship that could not have been very flattering to. the widow, who, like the rest of her sex, did not like to pe carried by s coup d'etat, but preferred a protracted siege by gradual approaches, so that she might have the luxury of a struggle before capitulating. Snioy must have felt this, too, for subse- quently he addressed her some tonder epis- tles, making protestations of the deepest love, and reeffirming his desire to marry her. Encouraged by his letters, the widow com- menced on her troussean and things ; but, as the trousseau and things advanced, Soiox began to cool. There was an area of low thermometer in the Caxexox district that did vot suit the widow. She lost her posi- tion in the Treasary Department, so that she was out of place and out of a lover. She went to see her ardent suitor; Lnt his flame had expired, and he was #s cold as if he had first been premared by - Signor Rotura's process in the freezing chamber to run for the Senate a century hence. She man- aged to support herself by getting a position in the Patent Office, and, after a thorough ex- awination of her affections, determined not to let concealment prey like a worm in the bud upon her damask cheek, butto bring suit against her perfidious suitor. When Smrox heard of it, he crme dows with $1,000 to the widow, which.she claims was in no way connected with her claim for damages in the breach-of-promise suit. After farther investigation she decided that Srxrox had in- jured her affections so seriously that it would take §50,000 to repair them and make them as good as new. Henee the suit. On the other hand, it mnst be admitted that Srwox does not pat 1n a very vigorons answer. He admits that he wrote to Secretary Bmistow asking work for the widow, and that this, of courae, created an ac- quaintauce between them, snd * s kind of familiarity sprung up,” It may be in this connection that Snrox inspired a passion in the widow—sort of kindled a little flame on the altar of her heart—without knowing it. Such cases have occurred, though not usually where the Apozs is a dry old oc- togenarian like Snroy. Whether or not this was the case, tho widow was touched, and paid court to Sprox so assiduously and per- sistently that he became annoyed and re- quested her to discontinue her visits. Noth. ing daunted. and perhaps believing that he was shy and needed pressing, she renowed her suit more boldly, when, to use a street phrase, Sowox *“sat down upon her.” ' Then she began to talk, and to stop her talking Borox gave her $1,000—as if that trifle were sufficient to stop a widow from talking! As to the promise to marry, Smox says it is all bosh, and plsinly intimates that the widow is blackmailing him. But how about the declaration in his letter, *You will be my wife,” and the amatory epistles in which he made matrimonial promises? ‘We have no disposition to prejudge the case. The ancient Snrox may have toyed with the widow’s affections, or he may not. Ha may heve beeu a gay deceiver, or he may not. It seems difficult to realize that, he could have- turned his fancies to love at an age when the Inst dull sparks of passion are extin- guished under the snows of 80 winters; but it hos happened sometimes that shivering Curip has blown a last spark into a flame that has seemed to burn all the more brightly on account of its dead surround- ings. It may he that one of these little flames flashed up for 8 minute so warm and bright that Staox felt a reminiscence of the old glow, and really thought he was in love, only to be disappointed when it flickered out as suddenly as it had flashed. Whether this be so or no, this breach-of-promise suit should - not be allowed to close with- out summary peoalty. If Smon cen establish that the widow has been blackmpiling him, she should be severely punished as & warning to all other adventur- ous widows seeking whom they may devour to let octogenarians alone and seek out younger victims for their prey. If, how- ever, it shall evenfuate that Srvoy really trifled with the widow's affection, rnised ex- poctations in her susceptible breast that'he did not intend to fulfill, promised to give her a home and make her his wife, then the sum which she’ claims is moue too. much, Rot becouse we fancy old Sniox could damage her in that amount, but because he ought to bo mulcted in that sum as a lesson to let the widows be, TREATMENT OF “INSANE"” CRIMINALS. “ Insane criminal,” or ‘‘criminal insani- ty,"” strictly speaking, is a contradiction in terms; but the plea of insanity has come to be urged so frequently of late yearsin ex- tenuation of crime that *insane criminals” must be regarded as a class differing at once from the harmless lunatics and the deliberate ragcals. This class calls for a special kind of trentment. = If actunlly insane, it is mnot right to meke the perpetrator of a crime suffer the proscribed penalty therefor; but, if convicted of a criminal act and excused on a plea of insanity, it is not advisable to allow such person either to go free, when in- sanity may again betray him into crime, or to mingle in the ordinary asylums with per- sons who are merely unfortunate and have not even been suspected of & criminal act. The wardens and physicians of the insane asylumshavelong protested against the custom of confiding to their charge ¢ emotional ” murderers and thosa who have been gu:lty of other crime, but who have escaped punishment on the plea of insanity; they wurge that it is contrary to good morals, and injurious to the welfaro of the unfortunate but innocent patients, to associate the crim- inals and non-criminals together mn the same institution; on the other band, humane con- siderations prevent the punishing of such persons like other criminals, and the welfare of society does not admit of their being en- tirely discharged from custody and restramnt. These conflicting circumstances have sug- gested the establishment of a separate insti- tution for the detention and care of the “criminally insane”; but this suggestion leads to the enlargement of official charity, of which there is alreedy too much in Tlli- nois, and in most States of the Union. - The true solution of the dificulty, we think, is to set aside special insane wards in the peni- tentiaries, or in at least one of the peniten- tiaries, where there are more than oneina State. Properly regulated, this plan will furnish both the curative and punitive treat- ment which seems to be requisite in the case of *‘criminal insanity "—emotional mur- der. Recent events in Chicago will serve to il- lustrate the necessity of some such system as we suggest. Day before yesterday a men named DoNarUE was tried for the murder of another named Evusrace. Without going into disagreeable details, it is snfficient to recell that the morder was unprovoked and brutal. The murderer was found to be in- sane, and, as Judge, jury, medical experts, and Prosecuting-Attorney all. agreed to the verdict, it was presumably correct. But, if actually insane, DoNAHUE's insanity is of a peculiarly horrible character, and his con- finement at the u Asylum cannot but be extremely offensive to all pérsons who have {riends at that asylum, and it may be inju- rious to tho unfortunate inmates of that asylum. A couple of years sgo 5 men named P kilied the editor of nSpiritualist paper, on the ground that the latter had se- duced Mrs. Pree. Pme was adjudged in- sane. Perhaps he was, but certainly not more so than a good many other peo- ple who go about with hobbies and in- dite bad poetry for the newspapers. His insanily was of a kind that has been very common of late years in a somewhat varied- form, for it was cf the same general neture as follows the extreme indulgence of any visionary theories. Pme was also sent to the Elgin Asylum, we believe; whother or not he is still there, we do not know. A few weeks ago a young man was arrested on the charge of robbing s safety-deposit, of which he was a trusted custodian. His friends rallied around bim, enlisted the services of some medical experts and technical attorneys, offered some testimony of personal peculinritios, and procured his discharge from criminal lisbility on the plea of insenity. He was sent to Elgin, but only romained there two or three days. The authoritics of the Elgin Asylum would not dotain him because, a3 n matter of fact, Le was not insane, and he took his departure for some other part.of the country, where he can laugh at the humbugged Chiengo Courts. Had Axerrn chosen to plend insanity, there are incidentsin his carcer and traditionsin his family which, with the aid of shrewd attor- neys and liberal-minded pbysicians, would probably have secured his temporary confine- ment at Elgin instead of years in Joliat. There is now in jail, .nwaiting trial for the wmurder of & child-wifs, an impertinent and - reckless young man named Stevess, whose attorney has alresdy formally sonounced that his defense will be a plea of “emotional insanity. If the plea shall be successful in this case, 28 it has been in other similar cases, it is probable that Ste- VENS will bo_set free; for the experienced managers of the Elgin Asylum would proba- bly refase to retain him, as they would any- body else in full possession of bis faculties, even if the Court wera to go through the form of committing him. The cases we have cited cover a large range of insanity’ as developed in criminal actions. Most persons will agree that in some of these cases the men under indictment wero alto- gether criminal, and oot at all insane; in noue of them, howerver, is there & condition which warrants o commitzal to the ordinary Insane Asylum and a discharge from' all penalty for the unlawful acts of whioh they were guilty. An insane ward in the Penitentiary, from which there shall be no escape except through & judicial proceeding, would be the best possible trea:ment for these and all other “‘criminally-insana” people. The penitentiaries are nlready provided ,with all the facilities for tho detention of such persons; they have good physicians, who would begin to give special study to that phase of insanity which manifests itself in criminal acts: and the wardens and gunrds have an experience with criminals which would enable them to detect any shamming of insanity where there is none. This class of quasi-criminals and pseudo- lunatics could be treated as well and as scien- tifieally in & State’s prison as in-a more cost- 1y and luxurious insane asylum, and there would riot be the same danger of imposition nor 80 good a prospect for a quck and easy escape. If confined under the condition that releaso can only be by a judicial procedure, showing the victim to have been insave when the act was committed, but thoroughly cured and not subject to a relapse into that pecul- inr form of aberration which manifests 1tself in murder, defaleation, or kleptomani, society would begin to feel some protection ngainst that class among whom viciousness and’ insanity are synouymous terms, It is also possible that, underthesé circumstances, the plea of insanity put in by the lawyers would not be relied npon so generally to secare escape from punishment, and that the new trentinent would prove to be deterrent of crime as well as curative of a dangsrous kind of mental derangement. — A new code of etbics will have to be estab- lished for the telenhone. The society editors and writers of books on etiquette should take the matter up. The telephone has come into very general use. ‘Ttis a blessing not coofined to the best society. Some of the cremedela creme have telenhones; but others who are nei- ther creme nor de la creme have them also. The company requires no credentials as to social standing from users of the telephone. Any- body who has ane can call up anvbody else sim~ tlarly provided. The question is, What degrecs of intimacy are required to justifv one te)ephone~ holder in “calling up™ another? Should the formalities be more or less than in the case of an orainary visit? Is the intrusion of an undesirzq , Ting at the telephone greater than that of a ring at the door-bell? These are erave and absorbing problems,—fit for Sun- day meditation. On the one hand, it may be said that, inasmucn as the person at the tele- phone is zoz ¢t prelerea nihil, and even the vox may be unceremoniously switched off, such a call should not under any circamstances be resented. But, on the other, the penetrating nature of the call should be considered. It invades the sanctity of the home, picrces the shutters and the cartains, and reaches with all its shrill 1nterragations the privacy of the bed- chamber. “Not at home” is an unsale answer to such a call, for the telephone sends in no cara, and, uotil one knows who the caller is, how can one tell whether to be ‘“at howe? or not? Generally speaking, we should procounce it unwise to ‘““call up” anybody save the most intimate fricnds before 11 in the morninyg or after 11 at nizht; to attempt to solicit subscriptions or peddle patent medicines by telephone; or to ask for the loan of money by thatconveiient medium. But it is entirely within bounds, speaking tropically, to use the telepbone for any professional purpose,—to call, uv your doctor, for instance, or to orocure an *interview for the morning paper thereby. The owaers of telephones must understand that this valuable fovention has bronght the newepaper reporter to their own bed-room doors. It has expanded the machivery of the newspaper in- definitely; and for this let ali of us, particularly those of us who are liable to fall victims to the persecutions of the wily futerviewer, be sol- emoly thankful. Gop moves in a mysterious way his purpose to fulfill. ' e v ‘The New York Commercial Bulletin publishes the following - unique communication from a Consul in favor of a *general Subsidy law,” and reproaching the editor for his opposition to the Roaca subsidy steal: PrILADELTIIA, March 1, 1870.—7The New York Daily Com. Butletin: Ircarly am astonished to see such an article in your paper The Defeat of Roachs Snbsidy—. I dont think vou take much interest in the commerce of this country — — To the disgrace of the Nation—the only American Lino to Europe with only a local mail from Phila, & when in England to have to send your letters by English_mails — What this couniry wants s 3 general Subsidy-law without monopolies— ‘The Jlunufacturers and Agriculturers both want outles for goods Yours Lexey C. PoTTER: Consul for Nicaragna. On this the Bulietin justly remarks that * Con- sular incompetency is believed by merchants to be responsible in no small measure for the *na- tional disgrace’ referred to; and that people have learned to put a proper estimate upon the atriotism of private interest.”” It might have pointed out that ‘‘what this country wants,” according to Consnl. POTTER, is just what it would not bave got by the RoAcH subsidy, and just what Mr. Roacn himself does not want and did not lobby for. Monopoly was the very es- sence of his raid upon the Treasury. Take out the monopoly and his interest in the steal would quickly subside. ———— Ex-Gov. PALMER takes this view of the Lawn “murder case as it now stunds, with the prepara- tions going on for change of venua, appeal to the Appellate Court (which can delay or defeat justice; but not promote it), new trials, alibis, - pleas of emotional insanity, and every other de- vice which the faw and lawyers have provided for the acquittance of the euilty: 1t is reported that o man, one JonxNT Laxn, has been convicted iu Chicago of murder. and en- tenced 10 oe hanged, Al the eame time we hear that the thngs und murderers of that city have #otten up 8 ‘*pool™ for the purpose of raisinz irhatever eum of money is required to_insnre that the jaw shail oc violated and justice affronted by setiing him at liberty. Bat gome people wonder why real estate is so cheap in Chicago. 1t is coeap there becanse buman life 18 cheap. and becanse immunity from punishment1s cheap. The value of proverty everywlhere is in exact ratio to the assurance that crime is punished. s fosia The Senate rule probibiting removals of of- ficers of the Senate docsn’t scem to worry the Democratic newspapers to any painful degree. They generally speak of it with derision, and without any appreciation at all of the bigh and uoly mission of Civil-Service reform which we boped to obscrve in them. Even the Cincinnati Enguirer, which is well koown as a purist und an advoeate of *‘culture” in oflice and out, de- | clares that the changes will take place. It adds, with less tban its customury dignity, “Don’t you forget it,”"—this remark buing a confidentfal ‘““aside” to 5,000 of its subscribers who have goue to Washington for places. Concede the demands of the Democracy a8 they appesr in the umendments of the Appropristion uill, and the New York repeaters can add thres States—New York, New Jersey, and Connecticat— to the Solid South. The issue s made clesr. 1t Iy whether the Sonthern Confederacs shall, through violence and fraud, have sapreme control over the United Stutea.—Cincinnati Commercial. Carrer H. HARRISON came home from Wash- ington and instautly pronounced himself on the ballot-box stufling side of this issue, and bas managed tomake bimself the Democraticeandi- date for Masor on- that issne. As®a Kentucky Democrat, he:vunts the Southern Confederacy to buve suprerac control over the United States. Tnat’s bis little zame. ——— Senator LAMAR said . that it was oot an eagle, but a vulturesthat gnawed the vitals of Proxe- T:.2US. This iz, we Delieve, the direct opposite of the truth. ‘Bug there is the highest authority for saying thut bhe eagle in question was not. CARTER HARRISON'S bird. Nor will that his- -toric animal gnaw anybody's vitalsin the futare. He bas been bronght up ina kindergurten, and, spite of his terrible lungs, is as mild in temper- ament as a sucking-dove. — Dr. L 1. Hatzs has fntroduced in the New York Legislature a bill to authorize the tannel- ing of the Hudson River and the establishment of a unfon depot or terminus underground at the lower end of Manbattan Island. The bilt provides that the ruilway companies z;gy taka “such lands under water and uplands Uunem. vloyed owned by the State as may be peces, for the purpose.” The money or Interest back of this bill s not known, but it Is presumey there {3 nope. The tunneling of the Hudson Kiver is feasible, so far as the engineering wory is concerned; but it is a question whether the underground depot wonld be- sufliclently prog;. able to make it worth while. ————— ‘WiLLiaM SEIPP was nominated for Treasurey by the Democrats on the uuderstanding thag by would contral the votes of bis customers, Bqy this is 3 great mistake. At the preseng Prices of beer the SEires should be graceful to their customers, not their eustomers gratefu] to them. This man says o the beec-gellers of Chy. cago: “You have bought beer of me. You bave made me rich. Now make me richer electing me City Treasarer.” Why shoula the beer-sellers of Chicagn care to make By, 8errpricker? He is rich enough. —————— We are not at all confident about the wisdory of the Eighth Ward in the matter of selecting Aldermen, and therefore are not saoguine Hm: Mr. O. W. Burrert. the Republican nominee, will be elected; but he ougit to be, as he would make a very much better Alderman than his competitor. Tivo LAWLERS from thas ward in the Council is certainly ofe too manv for the good of the taxpayers. Ex-Ald. Jisx O'Brizx, when in the Council, always acted with the bummers and tax-esters, and azalnst the inter. ests of the taxpayers, and will again, if elected, —— The Schobarie (N. Y.) Zepublican recently pub- lishea the names of ninety-six persons who wers on the school-rolls. iu District No. 4 of the Town of Schoharfe, Schobarle County, N. Y., ja the year A. D. 1819. Of thiat number, sixty years after, in January, 1879, there were fifty- three still living. The ages of these fifty-thres averaged 71 years. All, or nearly all, of them still reside at or io the vicinity of the homes of their childnood. . —_——— The new afternoon paper, the ZTimes, made its first appeararce yesicrday; and, though larme enough to lose all the news in it. did bot coma up to its promises. The troubdle is, that the News, Telegraph, and Journal pretty well occupy that field, and we don’t sce how the Times can do any better, even if it should print a paper as biz as a house, 'and postpoue its hour of {ssue till after dark. e — Mr. STOREY'S meantic eterprise, which he has been bragging about for three months, was revealed in all its mamuoth propurtions toward noon yesterday, when three-guarters of his sub- scribers were served with a mewspaper which contained no news, and the other one-quarter didn’t get any paper at all. It takes a fertile brain to get up such enteryrises. — The nothination of CsrTER HARRIZON'S eagle for the Masoralty is hardly a compliment to that historic bird. After beivg sdmired by gaping multitides in the National Capitol, and dipping his wings in the spray of the Pacifie Ocean, it is a great come-down to be the unsue. cessful candidate of the bummers of Chicago i i i i Mr. Storey drops his sapplement, adds s strip about the width of his tbumbnail to the main sheet, postpones nis hour of issue till noon, cuts off all his country subscribers, de livers 2 sheet of his paper without telearaphic dispatches to city subscribers, and calls that— enterprise. ———— There are a good mavy persons, perhaps some thousands, who would have voted for Murrir F. ToLeY or Georaz L. DuxLAP for Mayor who will not support CArTE® H. HARRISON, nor say’ man of his characteristics. .CARTER is too great a demagogue to be a safe or suitable man for Msyor. —————— The new Zimes with large type contains less matter than the old Times with small type, and about three-quarters as much as THE TRIBUNE with supplement. It {3 really a messure of economy—retrenchment and reform—on the part of the Old Man. ———— If M. F. Torer,had been moreof a dema- gozue he would have received more votes in the Democratic Convention; but he had neglected to make Himsell “solid” with the rabble, and therefare got “left » in their Convention. - = ‘When DONLAP and TOLEY were defeated in the Democratie Convention, and HARRISON was nominated, the rabble and taxeaters yelled with delight. —————— Our reporter failed to learn last evening whether or not MrLes KEmoe was enthusing for Carter H. HARRISON for Mayor. B Mr. STOREY’s “ enlargement” is really are- duction. It is cvident he couldn’t stand the pressure of printing supplements. e — Carter H. HaRrisox is potoriously unsound ou the *‘Sovereignty” question; i3 he also rotten on the currency guestion? After the election the eagle will feel like séak- ing his head, as well as his wings, in the Pacific. —————— *“Let the eagle—let him—scream,” Mr, HAz- RISON. Now is his only chance. ———— PERSONALS. Mr. O'Leary had 8 good deal in him, if it was wine. March appears to be in active training to go ont like 3 Tion. The American climate, it seems, is good only for English pedestrians. Mr. O’Leary couldu’t keep anything on his stomach, not even the champlonship belt. Mr. Tilden is in very poor health ; but the progress of his disease is slow, very slow. Dr. Mory is our only iruly great Walker, now that Mr. O'Leary has gone out of business. Mr. Harviott says his wife didn’t tell him to hit the man twice. Sbe timidly said, ** Hit'im gt o An Enstern paper spenks of the spirit. of the next Houose. We supposa it will be **tho same."™ One hundred thousand Democrats have gone to Washington, not to oust Hayes, but to get am office. i A pew life of Butler is announced It shonld be kept out of the hands of the young and tonocent. » Alr. Beecher says he should not hesitate to shoot aburglar. Is this doing os he would liks 10 be done by? Mary Anderson’s mouth is so sweet that several Eastern editors wish they were sticks of chewinz-gum. ? If Rowsll's meanness in beating the Chi- c3go man doesn't make him sick, we shall be very much mistaken. We basten to inform Madame Anderson that she has 3 verfect right to walk herself to death if she pleascs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton has become & mother-in-law. The name of the fcarless, lion- hearted gentleman is not given. M. Manton Marble never reads tho Now York Tribune. We suppose Ar. Marble does 2o% ‘want to forget how Lo run a newspaper. It is rumored that Mr. Dana will be st the bead of the monster excursion party which will £o to'San Francisco to meet Gen. Grant. We learn that the Princess Louise has vented o very pretty walking costume. XNone shall escape the mania for pedestrianism. ‘The last number of Harper's Wezkly, con- taining a plctare of Zachariah Cpandler should be respectfully dedicated to ex-Presicent Davs. Archbishop Purcell never took much stock. in the doctrine of infaliibility, and his thorangh and efcient failure shows that he was right. Drunken men in New Orleans carry lan- terns around in the day time—under the jmpres- sion, we suppose, that they are atill having 8 night of it. Mrs. Christiancy will soon follow her huf-, band to Pern; and evidently the good lady doesn’t think he is 60 unbealihy ss he has tried to make oat, s