Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 21, 1879, Page 4

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WASHINGTO AMUSEMENTS. MoVicher's Theatre. 5 Madiron strect, between Dearborn and State. Gagementof Edwin Booth. ''1tfcheltou." Eo Haverlys Thentre. Dearbern street, corner of Mouroc, of Clara Morris. ** Article 47." Engagement Hooley’s Thoatrn. Tondolph street, between Clark and TaSntie, Ene agement of Robson and Crane, ‘Comedy of Krrors.” Hamith's Theatre, Clark street, oppostto the Court-Houe, Ifls Majes- ty's Fiat-Doat ** Pinafore.” Academy of Music. Halsted street, between Madison and Monroc. Va- Mety entertainment, Expoaltion waiting. MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1879. Information is reccived of the wreck of the steamship Great Ropublic on tho: north. ern Pacifico Const, All of the pnssengers wero safely landed, but ten of the craw wei drowned in attempting to save some effects from the wreck, Harrisburg, Pa., is growing lively, The legislative atmosphero is filled with charges of corruption, A committee of investipa- tion las been appointed, and the newspapers are demanding that exposures shall be made, It is evidently nbout timo that some news- paper correspondent shall be imprisonod for contempt, If tho Ponnsylvania Lopislature were ng ontorprising as the Mlinois Legista- ture, it would throw tho correspondent of the Philadelpbia Press into the Morrisburg jail, and thon voto thatit is not guilty of corruption, ' “Christinu Socialism " {s thesubjectof Prof, Swinxo's sermon of yesterday, which wo print entire this morning—a thonghtful and intor. osting discnssion of the meaning and offect of tho commandment: ‘how shalt love thy neighbor ox thyself." Tho Rev. Mr. Pentecost coucluded his rovival Inbors in Chicago by nxermon at Mr. Moopy’s Chureh ; the Rey. W. 0. Youna bade farowell to his congroyation éf tha Fullerton Avenuo Chnroh ; and tho Rev. I. A. Noure, lato of Now Ha- ven, Coun., preached his opening sermon to hia future flock at the Union Park Oongre- gational Church. ‘A discovery has beon mada in tho Clove. lond (England) iron district which promises to chenapen tho cost of producing stect. Herotoforo, owing to tho large proportion of phosphorus in the ores of that district, it has not been possible to make Bessomor stcel from them, nnd, in conscquonce, the north of Englaud has almost ontively lost the rail trade. It is found now that by using a mng- nesium limestone lining to the converter, and by the addition of apiegeloison contain- ing 20 por cent of maganesa ang & por cont of,carbon, tho very best of Beusemor atocl ean be made from the ores, Tho threatene invasion ‘of Borvia by an armed body of Albanians, whose strength Is stated at upwards of 4,000, has called forth a * vigorous movement of Servian troops in that direction, 8,000 having‘started for the frontier upon forced aarches, expecting to arrive in front of tho enemy to-day, ‘The affair is ro sorious na to have been made the wubject of correspondence + between Italy oud Anstrin, tho Inttor Gov. ernmont having called attention to thu foot that tho Garibaldiang have been organ- izing parties to go to the assistance of tho Albanians, Mensures wilt be taken to pro- vont tho landing of these sympathizers on the Albauian conat, war vossols having beon dispatched for that purpose. —_— Curiozity to hear what Ool. Incengor1. would sayin roply to tho nunerons criti- clams passed by local preachers upon his “Mistakes of Moura,” rather than any sym- pathy with or approval of his utterances, may bo fairly anid to bo the raling motive which brought togetuer the larga nudiencu of yesterday afternoon, For tho samu ren. son thero will be a very genoral perusal of tha roport of iis rowarks which we print this morning, He hay demonstrated onco moro his faculty for sharp rotort, and hia ability to ontertain an audiunce, but he has not, it willy be generally thought, anawored the review. era who claim that hie attacky upon the BDiblo are thoae of ‘a special ploador who ig- paren what is good and singles out only what la bad, We presumo that thero is Democrat who will care to question Samuzn J. ‘Tinnen’s Domocracy, His views, thurefore, with ref- eronce to the measures ponding in Congress will bo of interest. In his letter, accopting the nomination for tho Prosidoncy, Mr. ‘L1z- ‘Den said: “In ny opinion, an amendment tothe Constitu- on ought to be devised, separating into distinct Uills the appropriat{ons for the varlous cepartinonts of the public service, and excluding from cach bil all appropriations for other objects, and all Inde. pendgat legislatton, In that way alune can tho ru- visory power of each of tho two Houses and uf the Executive be preserved and exempted from tho moral duress which often compola assent to ob- dectionabie appropriations, rather than stop the wheels of Government," If this was good Domoeratic doctrine then, oud was nocepted ag a principle of the party by accepting TitpeNn as 8 candidate, it is dif. cult to understand why it fx not os goud Democratic doctrine now, —-—_——— Supplementary electivns were held yeater- day in eight Congressional Districts of France, for mombersof the Lower House of thelr Natioual Parliament, At tho City of Hordeaus, formerly considered a Conserva- asking itaalf with grave concorn, in tho streets of Chicngo of tho military atyength of tho Socintists in this city suggests forcibly tho idon that this is o very freo country, ond that a little lesa of freedom in THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: ws MOND APRIL -21, recont genorn! balloting, fniled of election by ono vote, received 1,471 majority over 4 Moderate Republican, tlint fa, a Republican opposed to the goneral com: nation of Sperzonal. proporty and tho gon- eral division of landed estates. It is bolioved that Boanxqur will not bo admitted to tho Ohamber of Deputics, He wns prevented from joining in tho grand fete of humanity and salutation known to tho world as the Commune of Paris only through pressing engagements at n jail in Vorsnillos, ho hav- ing just previously to that governmontal ox- periment both thrown a bombshell at Lours Naro.eon and afterward succeeded, for about half an hour, in ovorthrowing the Provisional Govornmont of Franco, Ho is still in prison, and the Government will rofnse to roleaso him whethor or not the Chamber want him as n member, Threo of Ruesin’a, most celobrated Gen- erala have beon chosen under the Ozar'a ukase ordering the proclamation of martial Jaw and the establishment of n military gov. ernmont throughout the Empire, Gon. Govnxo is appointed Governor-General of St, Petersburg; Gen. ‘Tontenen, Govornor- Gonoral of Odessa; and Gon. Loni Mazt- xorr takes n similar post at Charkolf, with the probability of extending his iron rule ovor Poltaya, ‘I'chernigoff, Kurst, and Oral, ‘Tho powers of these Govornors-Genoral ara thoso of absolute despots, responsible not even to tho Czar Igmaelf, who, having solocted thom for their known devotion to his interests, would Heteu to no apponl from thelr acts or decrcos. ‘They go to their ports. with orders to put down tho revolution that threatens destruction to tho Governmont, and they ro the mou to obey orders, Whero it will end, is aquostion that all Europe is The unohnllonged demonstration yesterday some directions would be beneficial to tho rvemnining stock of liberty, ‘This flourish of nu. wal force was intended as a threat, o noti- fiention that trouble may bo expected if the Legislature passes tle pending Militin Dill, one clauso of which | oxprena- ly prohibits the organization, drill, .or paralo of armed bodies not on. rolled in necordonce cither with Stato or Federal laws, It was intended ns a men- uce, but will be recoived as a timely ro- minder of the necessity that exists foc tho passage of this prohibitory clanso in the Militin law. If the Lehr und Wehr Verein, tho Jaeger Verein, the Bohemian Sharp- shooters, and the Labor Guards nro pence- ful, woll-menning’ citizons, they will cheer- fully and promptly comply with’ thé law and. become n part of tho regular State anilitin ; bat if, on the contrary, they aro anemics to the penco- and good order of society, it is of the utmost importaneo thot an Inw bo pnssed which shall prohibit: demon- trations liko that of yesterday. In one view of the caso tho Militia bill is neaded, and tho Socialists may consolo thomselves with the roflection that by thelr foolish dis- ploy they have rendered mora cortain than aver the passage nnd strict enforcoment of tho law in question, DEMO-CONFEDERATE EMBARRASSMENTS, ‘Tho Hon, Jusern ©. 8. Bracknuny, of Kentucky (wo hops that nono of his nu- imerous progony of initinls has been omitted, but ‘the Congressional Record 18 not now within rench), is one of the very best apeci- mens of Confederate Demosracy that is juat now on exhibition at Washington, He was so conspicuous in tho Torty-fifth Congress ns an orator snd parlinmontarinu that ho be- came a prominent candidate for the Speak- ership against Sant Ranpawt, partly for tho reason that Joz is really on oxcellunt presid- ing officer, nud partly bocanse ho isn real live exponent of all that is contemptuble in Northern doughfaco Democracy whon vx- alted, sublimatod, intensifled, aud inado re- apectablo by the courage aud generons de- Hance of a reconstructed Confedorate Briga- dier, Sone of Muuron's devils chal- Iengo our admiration on account of their bolduess, and, while Mr. Hanacunuen is far from being a devil in the Plutouinn sonra, ho is novertholess a typical dnre-dovil of the Confederate species, with tho pluck, aud courage, andreckless audacity Unt his moro thnid Northorn associate Incks, Al his antoccdents load ns to expect some- thing of this sort, and his career thus far in Congross is in perfect harmony with his previous history, Ho is ono of thoso kind of Rebels that caunof shelter themselves uu- der tho flimsy excngo that they wont out with their State and drifted with the popu- Jar enrront of Sveaistou which was toostrong for any ono to withstand, for bo it remem. bered that Kentnoky did not secede, but Jos did, ont, after joining tho Confederate yrmy, ho fought it out tike a man, aud only return. ed to his Inw practicy afier that friendly intorchauga of views on national nfairs that took place between Guns, Guant and Lee at Appomsttox Conrt-llonse, le ix, thereforu, o8 wo havo said, not only a typical Bourbon Dumocrat born and bred, bat he isa roprusentativs Secossionist, for tho rensons givon above, and it iy conse. quontly not strange thathe fy looled up toin Congress by his assoointes and put forward as tho mature embodimgnt of their, hopes, intarests, und desirous, Added to those shine ing qualitiontions in a strictly partizan sense, Ruacxurn possesses cortain other personal charactoristies that tond to maka him » chmnpion and leader ou the Demovratic sido of tho Honse, For exaryplo, ho limps about tho aisles with a graceful halt iu his loft leg, tho effect of a Union bullot that some boy in blue deposited thora when Joe's life, fortune, aud sacred honor were all invested in tho rosolution to overthrow tho Government, aud this rmokes his (renson reapectablo in the eyes of all who fought and suffered for tho Lost Qause, ‘hon he is an orator, ns trudus was,—his oratory buing of that florid, tropical kind that is peoulinr to his section ; and after Hatoning to-one of his rhetorical fusiludes you uncorisclously expect to honr tho roar of cannon, the blaze of boufires, tho rod glare of rockots, and the grand display of fire. works, au tha necussary supplomont to his spooch, cy . Wo speak of Joseru O, 8, Bracxvunn, of Kentucky, thus eluborately beeanse, ax tho intelligent reader will begin to perceive, wo Ore ut the same time dvaling with tho whole Confudorate party in Congross, its personnel, ite past record, its presont animus, and ite bad snotives ond Intentions. Juat now tho whole country ix engrossed with wilnoashig ita deviltry, in the frat place by baving an extra session ot all, and in the second placo iu the revolutionary and vicious legislation that they aro striving to on- graft upon the statuto-book and Juttict upon the country, ‘Tho nuressonable coursy of the Coufuderates iu the last Con- “4 onst, is passing under hor influence. gress mndo it necessary for tho President to call on extra rossion, aud if tho businoss in- teroats of tho country auffor from it ani ita attondant excitemont nnd agitation, it is tho fault of the majority who had tho powor to pre- vent it. It is now greatly ombarrassod by what it haa dono and is doing, It finds it- solf in a dilemina from which it ean discover no way of ascape. It is ovorburdened with tho sing of tho past, embarrassed with pros. ont responsibilities, and haunted with super- stitlous dread of tho future. Tracgnonn’s porsonal ombarrassmenta on Saturday woro typical, but exactly similar fosthoso that afllict his party, It is nuothor example of vioarions sufforing, but not of vicn- rious ntonemont. Jow has na chron. jo habit of gotting into “the chair in Committee of the Wholo and making an ass of himsolf by his bolligerency and insta- bility, Ie displayed his plantation mauners at tho Inst sesaion by lonving tho chair ina huff ot dome remarks of Gon. Ganrtenp, aud strutting about the chambor with a chip on his shonlder,' daring anybody to knock it off, Ganrietp was kind onongh to help the com- bative Kentuckinn out of tho serapo, but Frye, of Maine, and MoKtnzey, of Ohio, did not let him off so ensily. bled out of tha Sponker’s dosk, as fs his habit, to denounce the Ropublicans who criticise his spoechos, he was takon in hand hy those gentlemen mercy. Jor’'s candidacy for the Speakership had made him so conspicuous that ho mado a koy-note spocch at thu oponing of tho present session, in which ho defined with olab- orate precision tho present policy of tho Democratic party. instincts and methods, ho put Ins foot in “it and mado assertions that he found it prndent When he hob- and flayed without True to his audacious to eliminate with his own hand before his speech was printed in the Congressional Record, ‘This ho was mado to confess when hard pressed on Saturday, and tho general yardict is that Bracknunn got tho worst of it and appeared to grent disadvantage. But for that mnttor, so do ‘his sisters, his cousins, aud his nunts” on that side of the Houso, whose chief roprenontative aud mouth- pieco ha is acknowledgod to ho THE ENGLISH ADVANCE IN AFRICA, ‘Thoro ia one direction in which Englnnd’s ambition and aggrandizement may bo viewed with satisfaction, and that 1s in Afrien, Hor acquisition of territory is‘ very rapid, and al- though the mennn by which she recomplishes tare not nlways suet as commond them. selves to tho accepted idea of honesty and fairness,—ns, for instanco, in the caso of the Zulus,—astil there is a disposition to overlook it, ng tho results oro in tho intoresta of the world’s civilization. In Northern Africa Egypt has substantially passed into Engliah and French hands, as their representatives havo reate in the Khedivo's Cabinet, with the, power of absolute voto, which tho Khedive cannot resist without the danger of dethrono- ment. Iu Southern Africa sho already holds tho Capo Colony, the Tranavanl Republic, ond Natal, and will goon have the Zulu country, thus. extonding her supromacy up to the limits of the Kainhari Dosort. Piece by pieco also the rich region of Contral Africa, extending from tho southorn borders of the Babara to Capo Colony, and from Sonegambin on tho wost to Egypt on tho th But ht tle ia known of it, ns it has not yet been thoroughly traversed by explorers, oxcept that it is densely peoplod and inexhaustible in natural resourcos, ‘Tho history of'the English ocenpation of theso rich tropich!'rogions is full of interost. England first entered that country by way of tho Nile to open up its trade, It is tho peeuliarity of hor territorinl! progress that she makes “commorco the pioncer of civilization, Sho established — trading posts at Darfur, some three hundred miles west of tho Nile, a vory for- tile district, peopled by over 200,000 in- hobitauts, ‘Tho ivory trade was soon dovel- oped and became a mine of wealth, but with it aroso the slavo-trade. Egypt carad htWlo so long as it received its rents for the tending statigns. As tho slavo-trado in- erensed the English gradually retired, but nsits dimonsions grew and tho world bo- camo shocked with its horrors, the Khodivo was at last compelled to suppreas it, and this ho did by commissioning Sir Samur. Barer to break it up by incorporating the country infested with tho Arnb kiduappors into his dominions, Sir Sauce Baxen overcamo them and ended thoir operations, but they took thair revengo by going fur- ther inland oud contiouing thoir businoss out of tho reach of either Egypt or En- gland. Once more the Khedive undortook the work of suppressing tha horrible trafic, and kent for Col, Gonpon, an English dfticor, who had had much exparionce in those ro- gious, In an intervtow botweon them, Col. Gonnos guaranteod tho Khedivo that slavery should ceasa whorover tho Egyptian flag was planted, provided he was givon a roving commission nud was left perfectly free to contrive the mothods of doingit. The'Kbedive gava him the commission and ho hus set about the work, thus far with great success, A correspondent of the Lon. don Zines, who has succeeded in ponetrating to Col, Gonnos's dominions, gives some in. teresting particulars of Ins administration, from which it appears that he rules without any roferonca toKgypt. ‘IIa levies his own rovonne, raises hiyown army,, administors his own justlou, and Jat, but not lenst, ho. appoints und dismisses his own officiate." Ife has established himself by forco and has fought bloody battles, but he has succeeded in restoring peaco and secyity along the wholo wostern valloy of the Nile, ‘and: tho English trado is rapidly reviving, hus far, though he rules tho vountry absolutely, ho has incorporated it us fast as ha has conquered it iu the Khbedivo's dominion, It ia noticeable in, this connostion that the London Times, in commouting upon its cor- respondent's letter, takes tho ground that it is not in consonunce with European policy that tho Khedive's dominions should bo any further enlarged, und thats commoreial poll- oy does not require it, sinco the commoerotal Lighway does not lio along thu Nilo, but by way of tho Indian Ocean.” It assumes that the Khedivo hus no title ta/tho conntry ex. copt that of force, and that ho has never shown any ability to seoure tho pence or happiness of bls poople, and thore- foro urges that Col. Gonpon should bo loft free to ruloit without regard tolgypt, os ho janman admirably adapted to the People and to the ciroumstances sbont him, ol, Gonnon’s retontion of his Govern. ment,” says the Times, ‘ia for the presont tho single sceurity which either Equatorial Africn or Europo possosses that the sum of human happiness will be increased by tha onlargement of Egyptian dominion.” What tho security will be in the future, if he is retained, ueod hardly bo stated, sineo his rotoution vill be tantamount to English occupation and poasousion,—and thia is os it should be.” No one will begrudge England the ricoh coranprcial fruits sho will deriva 1879—TWHELVE PAGES, from the trade in consideration of the bless- ings of civihaation which sho will oxtond through that honighted region, . BRITISH REVENUE DEFICITS. Tho British Governmont has beon com- polled to sustain n doficit in its revonuo dur- ing the last two yonrs, ‘Thin doflclt at tha close of March Inst was $24,000,000,—nn necumulation of two yenrs ond more, For many years tha nonual income of Grent Britain has beon in excess of the expondi- ture, and fo rogular has beon this aunual surplus that an annual reduction of taxation has beon the rulo In Great Britain. ‘Tho policy of the Govarnment has boon to reduce tho rate, or to abolish somo existing tnx, to An amount equal to the surplus revenuo of tho preceding year; and tho inoronsa of con- sumption {incidohtal to tho reduction of the tax hos almost inynriably furnished ns gront a rovenuo tuder tho reduction of tnxes ns was producod undor tho higher rate. Tho repoal of along Hat of taxes on imports has followed, gradually, this system of re- dueing taxes in proportion to tho surplus roventa of the precoding year. Tho dofloita in tho royonue aro tho result of tho business depression, or, as the Lon. don Times exprosses it: Distross and do- pression at hoing, inexplicable confusion in fiuanco and commorco, banking disasters, and depreciation of the precious metals, hava mado it hard for tho taxpayers to bear in- creased burdens,” From this it will be scen that the doprociation of allvor by its do- monetization has beeomo recognized as ono enuse of gront loss ond commercial disturb. auco in England. It was expected that tho Govornmont would recommond nn inerenso of taxos sufficient to enable ye ‘Trensury to take up tho floating debt. ‘in the olden timo tho rulo in England was, ag it is now ai most Enropean Stntes, to add a deficiency to the public debt; bnt of Inte yonrs Gront Britain hns liad no deficiency so sorions that it might not bo paid by n slight ad- ditional tax. But the Ministry has concluded to issuo n ronownl of the Ex- chequor bonds representing tho deficiency, and, leaving the tax as it ia; look to tho natural imorenge of revonuo for the menns to pay off one-half of the flonting dobt noxt yenr and the remninder tho following year. "The Op. position will oppora this policy, and try to compel tho Governinont to resort to an in- crenso of taxation jn tho midat of goneral de- pression, ‘i Tho expenses of tho South African war promiso to ko u sorious charge, During tho Jnat year $20,000,000 Kad been exponded on tlint account, Tho re¥onuerecoipts show that tho spending and egnsuming power has beon lessoned during tlie: last year, ‘Thus tho revenne from wines is largely roducod, and thoro ara leas recoipis from liconses for cnr- tinges, mon-sorvantt, and that kind of ex. penditure. ‘To offact, theao the recoipts front malt. aud tea have incrossed, in viow of which the Times says: “Th conclusion to bodrawn is plainly that all classes have bogun to our- tail their ontlny upontluxnries, and that the cheaper Inxurios, stich ag ten and beor, ro boing moro largoly used in placa of thoso that aro dearer,” VA os It must, howevar,, bo remembered that among tho permaueat objgcts of exponditura’ by the British Go¥etnmont is that of the payment of $25,000,000 0 year on the prin- cipal of the public debt, If the South, Afri- can war shall bo prétracted during the year, ‘ond there should cagyt any serious disasters, it is moro than posdible that tho oxisting de- ficioncy will recoivs a large addition, and that in tho ond it wiil requiro the application of tho prosout appriprintion for the publia debt to tho taking, up of the accumulated doficioncies in the reyenno, THE COLORED EXODUS, Tho colored exgdus now attracting so much attontion inthe South and West has some moral aud sXélal as well aa political aspects that should not excapo tho notice of statesmen and philnothropists, The first4 groat causo of thiy' uotablo immigration is the samo as that svhich Iny bohind evory othor similar movelhout of any considerable number, of peoplo ,qinco the days of Moars, oud in this caso tho-oxodis has ita inspiration moro in an iden thn in the hopo or expecta- tion of bettering their social and physical condition, although the Intter is not to bo lost sight of in coutiting tho cost involved in the change. Wo do not have tu seok long for the canso of this sudden determination to go West on tho part of so many colored peoplo in the cotton-growing States of tha Union, nor is our wonder excited that such a coursa should produce such an effect; indeed, whon wo remember tho savaga brutality and indo- scribable oppreasion that have been prnoticed upon tho ex-slaves sinco thelr omanoipa- tion,—thoir onfranchisement is n thing that {a hardly worth montioning,—wo think it strango that thoy did not floo from their tra- ditional enomies and task-masters long bo- fore, After suffering the moat abject servi- tude that tho sun ever shone upon for ovor twohundred years, and their manumission was at Iast purchased ot a cost of bleod and tronsure that made tho clvilized world stand Aghant, it was thoi belief and the mistaken bolief of thir frionds that tho mghts guaran- teed to thom by the Constitution and laws wonld bo observed and respected by all, and that they woukl bo'proteoted iu life, liberty, and property, Hut we all know how utterly elusive this hopo tas beon, and how the old tyranny of tha cruvl master and tho still more iuhuman and oruel ovorsoer, whila they groaned ia” abject slavery, has beun changed in kind only to bo aggravated and intensified in degree, Tho old slave's constant dread of boing sold upon the auction block aud separated forever from his wifa and children, under the old regine, was loss painful than the lively expostation, too often realized, to be onllod to his eabin- door at midnight by the Ku-Klux and White- League Domocrats and shot down like a dog because hu dared to havo a chuico in tho dis- position of the ballot which the Fedoral Government had placed in his. haud after ine conceivablo peril and tribulation, When the able-bodied nogro man represonted $1,000 hard cash in tho wlave-breeding n:arkot, and tho negro baby was worth froin five to oight dollars the pound, the self-interest of tho uinster offered some protection to tho senal- tive property, and promiscuous killing and walming wero unknown, and oven severe punishments wero only inflicted in extromo and stubborn caso of insubordination aud incorrigibility. lo was worth fur too mack: then to kill as o more pastime, and it was not until aftor ho was mangmitted dud his cash valuo takon away that tho Head. of the negro was used nu a conveniout target for tho praotico of the Red Bhirts and Nitlo Companies of tho back parishes of Miasis- sippl and Louisiana. It is safy to ssy—and the proof of tho assertion can be piled mountoln high—that as remorsolessly crucl, barbarous, wickod, aud irresponsible ag was the old slavo system, it’ was‘tho very milk of humnn tindness and the essence of Christian Honavolenca when compared with tho ont. ragos and inferaal doviltry that has boon practiced upon theso pbor people since they woro set free. ‘ho recitat of their wrongs constituted a chaptor in tho history of man's inhumanity to man that fs binck ‘enough to tunke tho Devil blush, and the atndont of othor days must seok in vain for any parallol to it sluey tho dawn of moiorn eiviliza- tion, A thousand years henea the blood of tho rendor will tinglo in his voins with a rightcons indignation ax ho pores over tha scarlet pages of thelr wrongs, and his angor will bo balanced with wonder that such horrible barbaritiescould bo practiced in “the Innd of the fraa aud tho home of the brave.” Somo of these poor croatures aro doing now what overy othor tribe and kindred un- der the brond clronit of tha sun have done bofore them when their wrongs and griov- anees could neither be borno longer nor re- dvensed by rovolution. ‘hey sre abandon. ing homo nud tho associations of childhood, aud fleeing from their oppressors with tho old hopo—not doluaivo in this caso, Jot us proy—that they may find lifo, liberty, ond tha pursuit of happiness moro secure ond leas liable to violont interruption undor a kindlior sky oud among a moro considerate, peaceable, and humano people, The only wonder ‘is that this colored exodus was nok commenced long ago, Dut tho negro is a penconblo, long-suffering, patiout, forgiving cronturo, who — carrics angor ng tho flint doos fire, and who bas less resontmtent in hia composition thau is compatible with the propor recognition of his rights, Ho is as gentle ns an unwennod lnanb whon ho ought to be ns fierce as a tigor plereed by a hunter's spear, Martyr. dom comes to Lim as n hereditury gift from aloug line of suffering and uncomplaining ancestors, and ‘ho has borne the ills ho had | He | rather than fly to thoso ho know not of. turns his faco nt last—as many a victim of oppression ns donc befora him—towards the sotting sun, with tho firm conviotion that tio hardship ond suffering which tho fature may have in store for him must be milder and moro casily endurod than tho cruoltios and atuses from which ho is now tleoing, THE BLATHERSKITE IN CONGRESS. ‘Tho grent nuisance of o politient debuto in Congress is that it nlways brings tho blather- skites to tho front, who olbow thoir way throngh and push asido cho better and moro ontorlnining men, ‘There ore nontly one hundred names on tho Speaker's list for specches in tho Houso on tha Legislative bill, which involves the ropeal of the Elec- tion law; and of theso ono hundred it is safo to say that not more thau half n dozen on cither side will have anything of interest or importanco to offer on tho quostion in hand. “Wordo, wordr, words!" is the -Inngungo of Hamlet which most fitly describes the utter- ances of tho blatherskite, whether he comes with his manuscript in hand or jumps to his feot in-the heat of debate with no other iden than a senso of his own importance. It any- thing, ho is more tedious in tho Sonate than in the Hougo, for thera ara no rules to bring him to a close, Thero-have already boon two or throe of these dreary speeches in tho Sonate ponding tho ,consideration of ‘tho Army bill, aud tho afliotion will probaBly inoreaso as the controvorsy progrossca, au oxcollent speoinian of tho blathorskite stylo of orntory was furnished by Voonures: ‘Thero was not ‘a ‘singlo fact, historical or contemporancous, aud not an argument nor a reflection of significanco, force, or bearing upon the subject under consideration, Thore was not even the rhotorical finish which somotimos stands for lack of idoas in a pub- Va nddrosa, It would ba dignifying tho offort too much to call itsophomorical. The same apecch might have been mado on any other subject touching the gonoral theory of Government. We have no doubt it has ‘becn made over and over again by tho samo man, and perhaps by many others before him, Exaggoration was its chiof @earacter- istic, nnd this was so overwrought and un- rensonnble as to dofent its own ond. ‘There was no attempt to interpret the Constitution unfavorably to the validity .of the presont Jaw; thoro was no effort to trace a history or dcacribo tho actual operations of tho Inw to discredit it; there was no suggostion of any snbstitute to seoure tho protection for which tho law was originally designed; there was nothing but empty assertion and sounding phrases. Tho puorila sitlinoss of the Voonners speech becomes apparent whon his assertions aro compared with tho facts, It was tha Army. bill which ho was discussing, and o ropeat of tho authority for civil officers to call upon United States troops to keep the peace at the polls, ‘Uhia, he said, wasn mienaca to ‘all Stato and local elections,” ns well ni tho Congrosslonal .and National clec- tions, and Asmorican citizens, “ having over- so0rs put over them, aro reduced to the con. dition of alnves,” Last full tho citizens of Chicago took part in a State cloction and this spring in ® municipal cloction, Doos any ono recall the presence of overseers? Who woro the slaves who wero marched up to the olla on either occasion and forced to voto under the dictation of the lash? Ag Mr. Han- ution, the Damocratio candidate for Mayor, was clected, wo must conclado that thoarmy was amployed on that decusion to compel mon to vote the Democrntis ticko’, Hero was Gen, Srerman using the cohorts at his command (for there. must be as many as twonty or thirty United States “troops” in Chicago, including tho staff ulcers) to olect a Democratic Muyor, and the Republicans not only tuuely’ aud supinely, but ignorantly, rmbmitiod to this outragvous interference | More thon this, the people of Chicago would nover have known that thoy had submitted to this glaring instance of military despotism if tho wtaterman from tho Wabash country had not enlightonod them as to tholr abject infamy, Mr. Voonnxes predicted in hia spouch that ‘tho people would resent this insulting tyrauny whon the facts should bo clearly prosentud to thom"; 80 wo may ex- pect 4 popular uprising in Chicago to strip from Gon, Burnrpan tho epaulettes which ho to rarely wenra, drive Gen. Forsrruz from tho dinner-partlos which will nover bo comm. plote without hin, and refuso to permit tho inauguration of Mr. Haunisox, who is now known to bo tho creature of auilitary des. potivm. . Mr. Voonures rovenled other romarkablo things of which the people generally Layo don in profound iguorauco, ‘Tho ballot. box laa boen ‘wrested fram the propor Jocal officers and givon to corrupt Foderal officials”; of courso nll Fudoral officials aro corrupt, Every Supervisor is a ‘ rufilon,” according to Mr, Voonmexs, ‘This and other equally harsh torms is thas made to apply to Mr, Disuoy, who was Obief Supervisor at tho Congressional olections in this olty last fall, and, whose horculcay staturo and terriblo carcer fully bear out the violont donuncia- tion of the Wabash Sonatar, So the goutle. nen wito served under Mr, Uisuor, though selected from among the leading: business wut professional mon, now know what hide- ous and despotic crontured they’ really are. Nut thin is not tho worst of it, ‘The samo spirit is now abrond in this conutry that rulod in Vonico under the Dogos, and thero are unseen Bridgos of Sighs whoro vic- Ums ora walking to tortura nnd denth, Tho political ovily undor the present Army Inw are poalliyely worse’ tUinn those which cost Cantzs I, his hen, or thoze which Jad tho Amoricnn Colonics to rovolt. Wa hnva among 13 somo drondful Person (namo not mentioned) who is seeking to monopolize the despotiain that oppressos tho Innd, and threatons ¢o bo moro torriblo than a combination of Oxsan, Crowson, and tho two Naronroye! : ‘This is certainly n frightful condition of things, No wondor Mr, Voonuzrs imploros tho Amorican people “not to forgot that thoir Iibertics nre trampled under foot with seorn nud contempt.” ‘Loy must not,— thoy will not; they might ondure the scorn and contempt, but not tho trampling. Re- curring to Mr, Buare's statislios, thoro is something appatling in the prospect of one Amoricou soliicr trampling 40,000 nblo- bodiod voters undor his foot. What» foot,— ond what 9 footfall, thore, my countrymen! In fact the fent iy all the greator, since it is necessary for every American’ soldior in the South trampling 40,000 qnon to trayorae about 700 squnro miles in tho operation. ‘This is an accomplishmant that far outdoos onything Gulliver did among the Liliputs, It is high timo for the frea American eitizon to riso up; no mau kuows when that droadful foot may come down on him. Voting is not on agreonblo duty at any time, but now that Mr. Voon- nen has pictured tho terrors incident to il, it will bo more diMloult than over to got peoplo to the polls. What silly stuff oll this is! And yotit was the burdan of a long and serious address, read from mannsoript, in tho United States Senate Chamber. It would bo insulting to {ho intelligonce of tho American people to think that such twaddle can influences public opinion, Its delivery cortainly isa disgrace to the people of Indinua, who aro responsible for Mr. Voonnres’ presence in tho Sonate, ‘Tho fact is that tho political system of this country is in much moro dangor from ‘reck- less demagogues and ignorant blatherskites who scoure places of authority thon from tho worst military despotism which tho feoble imagination of such people cau con- jure up to frighten childish old mon and to pandor to partisan projudices. An Insufferable deal of rot ts talked about the purity ot Urithh society in the Victorian Aue, especially fn the Euglish newspapers, which are fafrly crammed and saturated with filthior seau- dals than Americans haye a chance to read in the police gozettes, The latest sensation fs what. a society paper calla “Phryne in Pritls,? the uted ac 8, CONNIE Gitcunist, who ts paraded in frocks and pantulettes, and advertised us 13," So erent a favorite has sho become with the virtuous Victorian Court that she rides in her own carryall and hes an establishment in St. John’s Wood, and her photograph Ins driven ont that of Mra, Lanoriy, otherwise The Jer- sey Helfer” (because she fs the daughter of the Dean of St. Heller's, aud, with her largo sott eyes and creamy, vacuous ,complexion, tooks very) much. like a Channel Island cow). Missy Guncinust, however, fa post 15, and has been on the stage for several years. The Countess of Lonspanz 1s the other sensation of the day, She was Lady Guapys Hensenr before her marriage very recontly,.and 1s. OBO s| of the tallest women in Enufaiid’ oF ‘out “of Tt."] | ‘To this good gift of natura docs sho owe her fame, for, In spite of a nasty scandal with Sir dy Ju Kare, it was not until her’ photogranh was put on sale, representing her Indyship sit- ting negligently with one le-imb resting on the balcony railing, that the publfe became raptur- ously alive to her excelleiicies and charms. Now ste {sa reigning beauty, und amaller wom- enare fy deapatr becouse no London photor- rapher has yet had the brillant idea of tixing up Iie etudlo with dwarf railings, ‘slx-barred gates, ete. It such affairs as scem to happon every day in English society wore ta become public here, there would fustantly-bo n six- shooter and bowie-knifo recital, and the English: people would thank Gawp that they aro not as those Yankees, you know, ao ‘The number of the Atlantic Monthly for May eontalns an article entitled “The Abolition ot Poverty,” by Auenep B. Mason, of thie city, Some of the meaus of allaviating poverty are, according to Mr. Mason, untversal education; a rigid building’ Iuw, 80 framed and ‘enforced as to prevent the overcrowding of tenement houses; Hberal tand Jaws, Theav can be pro vided by the State. ‘The Church cannot do even ao much as the State, “The era of un- productive consumption by eccleslastics haw ugt quite passed away. As far os the proyen- omirera of that noblo warrlor, Gen, any, but Sutimater: pretty broadly ona latter had not wasted five precious day; atart, the “pursult! would joun oh over, Gen Ginvon tella of an Interesting ine dent, #ome months before the outbreak ot ‘he Nex Perces, Ju the fall of 1975, 9 hand ot que Indians, with the afterward-velebrayed vi . How! tI the At thy “ha Na Grass! at thelr ead, retiring ian {hunting exnedition, stopoed at Fir get “Whey gave o elim battle by request, tuutise in the conilet one of the tive <broached Gen. Canwox and beried regs. On being naked wanted for, ho auld: io ty, ake ‘fe? The General sugested that : “handfut of hay woukl do as well, “Thi cr i obtained, nnd, when the battle Tecotmencad, Fs Tndian, ertwetinw toward the oppasttin pane deposited his hay and actit on fre. The aid ‘being favorable, the smoke was carriod fats te faces of the enemy, and behind it the Victutlon, party charged forward with loud yells, ‘it drove their enomy from the fleld In wily Oe fuston,and thus ended the fight.” Gen. ¢ had reason to remember this incident t year, when nt the battlouf the Ble celscly the same tactiva were attempt: Indians, though happily without succe. pacers Raa eters ay, for sora Hal they werg Hanoy he nerg Hole pre. 2ULy the ag. At “a teading hotel in Upper Broadway, ert. porter of the New York Heratd tas interriony the gentlemanly clerk, who told hia att abont “Maj. Winttim Tuxex, Berlin,” an AgCHt who visited this country Inst week to purchase army for the Zitlus, at the Ingtieuton—or, ny xg might ray, the nssecaitiof—of Russia, Thy Major told the clerk all about his Aniselon why the frankness to be expected in a secret gent, * and fave some interesting particulars as to the snvaucs’ desire for vreech-loaders, Unon ton. paring the Major's Instructivo conversation wit an article printed in the London Standant Ty month under the tltte Zatu Weapons of Warn we nro struck with the remarkable similarity ty tween them. As thua: Maj, Turen in Herald, | | London Stand “ing trie Kaillr-and| ‘The tue Keine Zulu rojecta the nae ow and arrow aa unbe-arrow ny un coming the dignity oF a dignity of a wart warrior, but hu willalave hy will elave cheerful cheerfully for a year orfor a twelvenunh e tore to become the pos-'more to becotne the pre seasor of a rijle and am-lsenor of a rile and ay munition. Why, the na-juunition oy ties tives of Sonth ATefca," hele reamon to belleva tha continied warmly, “*hayel400, 000 euny of varias today no joss than 100, «kinds have passed inyy varlousithe hands of natives, Thor, ht ond guns of kinda.” This {s tndecd one of the most remarkatler incidences in Hterary Mstory. The dead special Rooshian, Maj. Patorrant Keritro. ViTCH, ought to be more careful fn future, —— = The New York Herald tatks come unaduttent ed rot about the American Loree Parule's yi top lu the Newmarket handleap, and says, “Neg. warket is the Bunker Hill of the Evelish terke inane’? Why Bunker Alt Then the Heuit says: “At the Derby, at Ascot, aud fn other races, forelyn horses uve been avcastunstiy victoriouas but for a Yankee to step on to New market Heath and to carry off the tandies honors," cte. In point of fact, the Newmerkd handfcap is one of the least Important of (uf events in England, and does uot. count inthe -Ulg events of the racing year, In point of fae, iin the previows invasions of Ainerican tartmea Mr. Ten Brogck began work fu 1837 by wi inlug at Newmarket the Cesarewiteh, ono of dt ‘two great handicaps, with an American mar, Prioress, und Mr. SanvorD won. five-sixths of What money he got in England ot Newmarket where Inst fall Start came within one of cary ing off the same great race. — In polntot fut also, itiaat Newmarket and in the handtea that forcign-bred horses have doue someut theft most, remarkable work, The New Yuk papers do not pretend “to take any interestis Anierican alfaira, but they mizht—Oh, ther Inlzht—keup thelr heads clear when diseussir ‘such important aubjects 98 a second-class hors race in Luunon, Our New York namesake publishes an inte: esting sketch, of Mra. Anos G. Pauser(m Jursa ByaTody Of Plastonbury, and supper that her famous work, the Ginstunbury Bibl, /Satill remalos in MS., for we have secn nove tice of its publication, In potne ef fact, the ' Aldernoy Bible ’—so it is frreverently’ styled, in incmory of the cows of the Misses Sstitu tlat were annxally aclzed and sold for tuxes—a published snd extensively written about ayet ago. The Lribune writer ia probably one d last year's crop of college graduutes, whowe not be expected to get his eyes open before the ninth month, nn . The Booton Jot eatls upon’ the Catholics of thls country to come to the relluf uf Archbiswp Puxcrer, and indurses the: proposition that 4,000 wealthy Cathotica -ahall subscribe etch 31,000, payable In installments of S100 n yest ‘This woutd make a total subscription of 3,00) 000, the whulo amount of tho debt, which would thus be wiped out in ten years. The Alot says tt fe authorized to astute that Arch bishop Winttass, of Boston, will subscribe to this amonnt, and will be realy to pay the aint 810 when the fret 1,000 subseribers ore yt0 ‘cured. Secetemnsmeansseaeeee Tho New York World anya: ‘ Nealty, the Taumagn trint, which has: already lasted too long for the reputations of the men engaged [a it, ts vetting to be past any toleration,” Ifthe Worldzould swallow alt the nustiness of the tlon of poverty is coucerned, $100,000 worth of mode] tenements may be safely expected to do far moro than $200,000 worth of ehurely edifices.” ‘Tha other great recognized force of modern soclety—that provided by the rich cannot destroy poverty, though the Inteligent efforts of this class can do ao Nttle toward it, Satvation must be soucht outside of these threa recognized forces. ‘Tho poor enh and inuet auve themeclyes. They must co-operate. Mr. Mason glves the rosults of lila observations of co-operative enterprisve in Great Britainand Gerinany, and recites his amusing experlence of wopractleal attempt ab co-operation In Chicago among the earpenters, The article shouid be read in comnect{aty with the ‘segond volume of (inonaz dacon HonyoaKke’s. Iiletory of Co- operation,” recently published by the Messrs, Limtincotr, Mr. Mason's artlele antagonizes Moryoakr's and muny ather exceliont author- ities by approving the plan of operations of tha Civil-Sorvice and other supply-atores of London; and we ore Juclived to think that HoLyoaKs has rather the best of the argument on this bead, = ‘The Okolona (Miss.) States saya ** Revorerion! evolntion!— Revolution! "— yollthy Radicals at the top uf their lungs, Well, yeees, It laa revulution, and no mistake, ‘The teat have beconss faut and the lust dret, ‘Tha Federal Urygadiers huye been collared and Jummmed into back seaty, and the Cuntedvrates have veun called te the fore, Mut thie te only tho beginning, Worho knocking the propa from under your amendments. Walt? Whon the rorolution haa mn its course, thoro will bu novor a law nora slatite dn the Innd chat wall contiict with State Rights, the principle of Secusmiun, or white supremacy, Walt! Jt is a favorite reply of the Rebel Bricaditers in Congress, when such utterances as tha abose arc thrown in thelr faces,” that the Okolona States 19.an obscure and insignificant papor whose statements do not reflect. public opinton In the South. How fs {t then that ithas the Jargest cir- culation of any paper In Misslsalppli How fs it (hut tt is Indoraed by the Macon Sun, the Mem- plis Appeal, the Oxtord (Milas) Aagle, the Co- Jumbus (Miss.) Jemoerat, the New Orleans (La.) Vindicator, Uhe Starkville (Misa) Tinea, tho Prentiss (Mlss,), d’eader, the Carnesville (Ga.) dtegiter, the Nuwton (Miss.) Bulletin, and scores of other Southern papers? How ts it thut the larger Southern papera do not condemn its in- famous utterauces? Sluply because ft is notso politic ay they, and saya out boldly und bluntly what the Kebel Brigudlers aro thinking, Do the Unlon soluiera of the North bear ta all this auything that suunds Ike the Rebel yolld Gen, Ginpon bas along article on “The Pur sult of Josgrn,” in the April number of the American Catholie Quarterly Keview. Ho la evi- dently not ono of tha nudlserimtnating ad. Bercuen trial without so much as a wry fart ft ought to bu able to staud the Tanstage trial ‘The difference between the two trials fs about the sauiv ne the differenco between the oper bouffe with fts canean and a well-regulatet elrcus, The World is growing sonaitive. ae * Chess with living figures” ia a pretty spe tuele, und draws very well to different parts of the country; but the representations aro tame compared avithdhose that used to be given by native Prince in Lndia, who played chess with istinguished visitors with Ilving chessmeo~ + slave children that wore decapitated as fast + they were taken and moved off the board, jas as if they wero Republican emptoyes at the City-Hall or in the United States Senate. a Taxnveon got $1,500 fur his last ballad. 4 Btriking proof of “American oxtrayagance # piforded by the fact that thero fén’t a oue-lure vountry newspaper in the United Siutes that doesutt between November and April of every year—ur, to speat more correctly, of every RO yenra—use up $225,000 worth of poetry le ‘tod ling fires in ite $4.75 stove, No wonder U¢ balance of truds is against ust a ‘The London Truth auya: “ It way perhaps Of uso tu those wnxious to beewue orators a know thutfor some cuuie or otter ulmost speakers ovenstonally uot ouly losu the tre uf theft argument, but lose all knowledsee what they aro talking about.” If this be trot, it would appear thut there are nunecrons ie bera of Congress about thie tine avxluus to come orators. 3 ng Some American publisher hay prodpeed #5 expurgated edition of Zoua's ** Assommiall” ‘The remark of a French critic who beard tt ee nounced that an expurgated voraiun of the ay was to bo placed on the stage may be quote ; that the Assommoty” was a sewer, and at ef purgated edilion would be a flushed sewer oe Honace Greener did not live in vain Le established the ereat truth that if you lene money to a notorious dead-beat you te blamed sight better chance of getting We than you would have if you invested It 1u 8 5° York newspaper, soe, yet the bool Loutea Manuanat bas a pug-noso, yet the tr, of ‘Kinvscirculatuata thayary Up of st.—Alant Coustooshun, Wrong, dearest, You should say? ae blood of Kings circulates to the very UP Louisa Manoanre’s nosd, yct it is a pud: * a i'Thoso two’ dwarf deformities are not Ge inarried, after all, but Wey huve hud thelr advertising all the same. eR towt Unters the Czar cau yet the neyygnapers |. Upr bts obitaury, the [feMmauruuce nt will do well ty cuncel thelr polleivs open UI ey