Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 11, 1880, Page 4

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F.T.Mo- FADDES, Manager. yi GLASGOW, fcotland—Allsn’s American News Agency. 31 Henfield-st. ’ LONDON, Eng.—American Exchange, «9 Strand. SOCIETY MEETINGS. APOLLO COMMANDERY, No, 1 KNIGHTS TEM- PLAR—There will be July 15, 189). Company to aswembic at the Asy! a B01 ‘JB, at 7:3) o'clock sharp, for dril! 9f Apollo who detire to'participate in the drill are hereby them on Monduy evening, July 12 1 ‘will assemble at 733 Rotitied that an opportunity will be given sD. Sir Kniehts the Asylum at 7:30 o'clock promptly, the Brse-Rail Park, where ‘By order ‘of the TIFFANY, Recorder. ¥.—EXCELSIOR (UNIFORMED) ENCAMP- MENT, NO. 1uS.—All Patriareax are ordered to ap- Beat MM fasiews drews at the Halls Nos. 12 and 14 ft Washinuton-st., next Thursday evening, July 13, ana every ‘Thursday evening thereafter for drill. Ailbatiarchs of ctner, epearapenents are cordially ited to participate. By order “4 L. B BAIN, CP. E. D. RELNER, Scribe. MASONIC.—The members of the Masonic Fratern!- ty, their families und friends, are hereby notitied that the fourth annual excursion of Hesperia Lodge, Nc. 411, to Geneva Lake, Wiscunzin, will take place Pricay, July 16 Inst. Train departs from depot C. & 3, Wy) Raltay at J ‘clack sharp, wnd return same evening. ets ‘gall und steamer inclu . o . SAMES SMITH, W. SL CHAS. IL BRENAS, Secretary. THOS. J. TURNER LODGE, NO. 499, A.F_& AL, will bold a basket plenic at Kiver Grove on Tuesday, Aug.& Cars from recular train at Northwestern de- por Wipeousin Division) at dea) am. Tickets may ¢ had from members of the Lodge. Al! our friends are er] to meet with us for social reunion. Cor- ‘dial invitation extended tu all, Sa J. E. PETTISONE, W. Bt THOS. J. TURNER. LODGE, NO. 4, ALF. S AM, at Fréemasons’ Hail, 76 Monroe-st. Thurday even- ing, July 15. The membdeys are requested to meet the gentains of sine carp lbers: Bt, suck Neng ae 1 Sunday, Jal ul a Carriages to Rose! L. bs ees PETTIBONE, W. ML. W. M. STANTON, Secret CORINTHIAN CHAPTER, NO, @, RA. M—Stated ‘Convocation Monday evening, July’ 1%, for business and work on the M. M. Dearee. Visiting Companions are always welcome. By order of Z ROBERT MALCOM, M. E. HP. JOHN 0. DICKERSON. Sceretary. *GOURGAS CHAPTER OF ROSE CROIX, 19°.— ‘There will be a Regular Conclave Thursday evening next Br order of . W. CHAMBEBLALN, Mo.W-. & P.. ED GOODALE, Gr.-Sec. LAFAYETTE CHAPTER, NO.2, R. A. M—Hall % Monroe-st—Stated Conyocaiion Monday Eventng, qui. 12, at § o'clock, Visiting companions always welcome. By order of ‘ ay AWMOR. FORSYTIL, ME. HP: WA. 3. BRYAH, Secretary. BUTLER CHAPTER, NO. 36,0. E. S.. will hold their Regular Mecting on Wednesday Evening of each ‘week ut o'ctock shurp. MAGGIE CARKILL, Secretary. Mon. SUNDAY, JULY 11, 189. Persons leaving town for the scason, and sum- mer travelers, can have Tue Dairy Trooxr mailed to them, postpaid, for $1.25 per month, in- cluding Sunday edition, or $1.00 per month with- out {t; and Uic address will be changed as often as desired. ¢ r A FLOUR-INLL at Jonesville, Mich., was burned yesterday. Tho loss is estimated at ‘$40,000. Tue produce house of H. K. & B. Thurber, of New York, was damagod $20,000 by. fire yes- terday. - De Lesseps addressed the Cobden Club lust evening in explanation of his Panama Canal scheme. Tue Chamber of Deputies yesterday passed the French Amnesty vill as amended by tho Senate. ; Tre Basutos refuse to surrender their arms to the British authorities in South Africa, and the authorities are greatly perplexed in eonsequence, 5 ‘Two CoLORED men were hanged at Osceola, . Miss. Fnday. ‘hey had murdered a colored man last November. * Paut Broca, a Radical member of the French Senate, and an eminent surgeon, died at Paris yesterday. He was in his 56th yeur. Awnmisky house at Cinciunati was de- stroyed by fire last evening. The loss on build- ing and goods is placed at $65,000. Fully in- sured. a‘ ALITTLE boy was gured by a bull near Independence, Mo., Friday evening. The same animal gored his owner a few weeks ago, intlict- ing serious injuries. -The boy's injurivs are pro- nounced fatal. Granp Raps, Mich:; was.visited by a serious thunder and hail storm, which did con- sideraple damage to the growing crops, espe- cially wheat and oa! Woot-Raisine is profitable in Kansas. A * sheep-farmer of that State hus taken from some - 900 sheep an average of about 13.50) pounds of wool, which he has sold at 2? cents per pound. A CARPENTER{fell at Marion.’0., yesterday, from a scaffolding twenty feet high. He fell on the bandle of a hatchet, which came in contact with his armpit, lacerating an artery. He bled to death. ‘Two MEMBERS of the Upper House of the Hungarian Diet recently fought a duel. Both have been arrested, and one bas been cun- demned to six weeks’, the other to two weeks’, imprisonment. . James J. Jennrxas, of Gothic City, Colo., “took possession of Joseph Thompson's house during the Istter’s absence. When Thompson returned he tried to dispossess Jennings, who shot and instantly killed him. Osman Pasws’s removal from the Turkish Ministry of War is taken as an indication that ‘he Porte will concur in the decisions of the Eurvpean Powers. Other Ministerial changes favorable to a peaceful policy are expected. SECRETARY THOMPsoN addressed an im- mense audience at Terre Haute last night on the political issues of the day. The speech was well received. Great enthusiasm was’ mani- fested on behalf of the Republican nominees. A PASSENGER train on the Green’ Bay & Minnesota Railroad was thrown off the track about forty miles from Winona, Minn., last night. The engineer and fireman were killed and the United States mail-agent badly injured. ‘Tue Democratic Congressional Committee have made one of the committec-roums ofthe Capitol their headquarters, and are sending forth campaign documents therefrom. They also use the Government stationery, and have drafted the Democratic employés of Congress into their service. ‘They plead poverty in ex- THE CHICAGO TRIBU E: SUNDAY, JULY HU, 1880—SIXTEEN wastes ‘a, good deal of ent Tey without accom- cuse for their action, but ft is well known that they have two or.three barrels already at their disposal. They prefer to keep the money till a more critical period in the campaign. . Tue loss sustained by the Messrs. MceCor- mick, Qavis & Barringer through the burning of their elevator ut Omaha yesterda$ morning is estimated at $85,000. The insurance was $65,- 000. ‘The buildi il be immediately replaced. Gey. Harry Ware, of Pennsylvania, re- Ports that the Republicans of that State are united and enthusiastic in support of Garileld, and pronounces as bombast the claims of the. Democratic leaders that Hancock can carry the State. Tne result of the Senate amendment to the French Amnesty bill will be to exclude Rochefort and Blanqui and other noted Com- munistic leaders from {ts effects. The Gorern- ment, it is said, will allow them to return to France, but they cannot exercise any political privileges or rights. Cox. Inisn, Chief of the Bureau of En- graving and Printing, emphatically denies the statement made by the New York Star that he bad said he would support Gen, Hancock. Col. Irish believes that the country demands the election of Gen. Garfield, and he will heartily support that gentleman. A Syrian merchani doing business in New York is reported to have effected a combination which will control the opium tratlicof the world. The capital invested is said to be $75,000,000. Agente f the combination fre in the East ne- gotiat for the purchase of the crop, which Is said \ -2 scanty this year. Hast has another rebellion. A conspiracy against the President-cloct and in favor of a pretender has been discovered. Many, of tho leaders have been urrested. Some have been banished and others executed. A rising bas taken place in tHe northern division of the isl- and In favor of the conspirators, JupGe LAwkeENcE, of Ohio, prefers to muke an effort to secure the’ Republican nomi- nation for Congress in the Fourth Ohio District To accepting the First Controilership of the Cur rency. He bas declined Secretary Sherman's tender of the latter office. Judze Robertson, of Fort Wayne, will probably be tendered it. ON account of his unpopularity in Indiana, itis rumored that the Deniocratic leaders are seriously considering the ndvisubility of re- questing Mr. English to withdraw from the Democratic ticket. The’ matter will come up for discussion at the meeting of the Democratic National Committee at New York on the 1th, when some definit conclusion will pe arrived ut. ———— Martrx Lorrts, living in Nelson County, Virginia, wanted bis wife to aid him in robbing oneof hisneighbors. Mrs. Lotts refused, where-> upon her husband beat her, inflicting fatal in- juries. He then decamped, but, returning 2 few days ago, added to his vile crimes the more vile one of outraging his own daughter. The people of Nelson intend to deal promptly with him should he fall into their hands. ONE year ago Friday the yellow-fever broke out at Memphis. This year there has not been a_single case so far; and even in Huvana the disease is sald not to be epidemic. These facts, together with the satisfactory reports re- ceived from the Sanitary Inspectors in the Lower Mississippi Valley, encourage the Na- tionul Board of Health to believe that tho country will be free from yellow-fever this year, J THE French Government is disposed to await a decision by the legal tribunals on tha legality and constitutionality of the anti- Jesuit decrees before proceeding against the other religious orders. Thequeston of jurisdic- ton willbe settled by a body consisting of a civil Judge and the members of the Council of State, under the presidency of the Minister of Justice. It is notimprovable that Gambetta has come to the conclusion that he has gone far enough, and will feel bis way before proceeding further. JEROME, whose connection with the New York stock securities abstraction has been de- tailed in THE TrisuNe, was released on bail yesterday. His friends, McGibbon and Puatchell, are yet in the Tombs, being unable to’ procure bail. Both Jerome and Patchell evince an ex- traordinary and peculiar desire to make Me- Gibbon as responsible as themselves for his con- nection with the affair. Such a desire does them no honor, and goes far to shake belief in the pos- session of any such feeling in the breasts of th two cions of upper-tendom. ‘ —————— Carr. HAMLp, over whose discharge from ‘one of the Washiagton Departments the Demo- crats have raised such a howl, and out of which they have attempted tomake so much capital, turns out not to have besn discharged at af. His term of service had ex- Pired and he was not reappointed. Why, may be gathered from the following statement, quoted from the Washington Republican: “He was formerly on the Capitol police and was bounced beause he proved a lazy, shiftless, drunken, worthless public servant. . . . Tho Republican had some Knowledge of this man and found him faithless and untruthful.” Tho Republican adds that haa Senator Logan known of Hamlin’s character he would have commend- ed, instead of deploring, his dismissal. The Dem- ocrats will not be apt to parade Hamlin as a vic~ tim much longer. Two cases of cruelty to children came before the Police Courts yesterday. Mrs. Etta ‘Wade, a masculine woman, said to be possessed of a ficry temper, was arrested on the charge of having brutally beaten her stepson, a boy of 9 Years. The poor little fellow’s body was found covered all over with bruises, which he suid were inflicted by “his cruel stepmother. The case will not be disposed of till Monday. To Mrs. Forsythe, Matron of the Newsboys’ Home, beiongs the credit of ‘bringing this euse before the Police Justice, The- other case was that uf J. Kapp,a German, who was charged by his neighbors with beating and starv- ing his litue child. Kapp's case was continued by the Justice. It is to be hoped that these brutalities on children will be checked, and that the inbuman fathers and mothers will be made to suffer for their inhumanit; Tue French national féte-day will be cel- ebrated at Paris on the Iith inst. with extraor- dinary brilliancy. Already pleasure trains loaded with passengers are arriving. Arrange- ments for fireworks, flluminations, decorations, and other festive splendors are being pushed with extraordinary activity. TheChateau d’Eau and the Place de Bastille wili be illuminated with electric lights, Music and processions, flacs and banners, and statues of Liberty will be brought {nto requisition and ar- ranged only as. Frenchmen, and euthusi- astic Freach Republicaus at that, can, to cele- brate the event which preluded the Liberty of France, the storming of the Bastille. It is said that-40,000 delegates from the couutry and ten timesas many people will be present on the oc- easion. On the Buis de Boulogne will be erect- ed a structure representing the Bastille, which onagiven signal will tumble down, und from the wreck will rise the July Column, represent- ing the triumph of the Republic and the Genius of Liberty, as representing the boon obtained by Frenchmen through the Revolution. Lorp RosEsery, one of the ablest and most progressive of the English Liberals, will be the Marquis of Lungdowne's successor in the English Ministry. The rumor that the Earl of Kenmare was about to resign has not yet been confirmed, but it is quite probabie. Kepmure is the Catholic nobleman whose appointment has caused Mr. Gladstone so much trouble, and it is probable that the Premier will-not greatly regret his leavingthe Ministry. Ho is, like Lansdowne, an Irish landlord, owning large estates in the South of Ireland. Hoe. 1s the game person who, on obtaining 2 fon at the rate of 3 per cent from the Government to improve his property, charged his tenunte 5 percent for the portion of it lent to them; and only paid the laborers omployed in the improve-_ ments of his own farms the miserable pittance of Scents perday. A sleck, oily sort of per- son, by the aid of a few Catholic Bishops he has managed to persuade Mr. Gindstone that his appointment to placé would give grent satis- faction to Irish Catholics, who in fact were quite indifferent as to the matter. The Irish land- lords are said to be very jubilant over the resignations, hoping that they may deter Mr. Gladstone from pressing the Compensation- for-Eviction bill in its present shape. To strengthen their case, théy have also resolved to petition both Houses of Parliament against the measure. In doing this they exhibit them- selves in their proper light, as beggars before tho legislature for the property which their tea- ants have created. Hitherto they have begged of America, through their tenantry; now it is meet that they should do the begging them- selves. But most persons will express the hope thnt the supplinats will be refused. Tue Republican National Coinmittee have occupied their headquarters at New York. Very encouraging reports have been received from Pennsylvania, Maine, Indiana, and New York. From present indications it is more than proba- ble thut the Republicans jill carry Indiana in October. The dissatisfaction of the Democrats at the defeat of Hendricks and at the nomina- tion of English, together with the strong feeling created by the - partisan action’ of the Domocratic Judges of tho State Su- preme Court, tend towards this result. The Vermont Republicans are working with unusual energy. The State olection occurs in September, and it is intended to increase the Republican majority by 5,000 so as to give en- couragement to the Republicans of Maine, where the State election occurs soon after. The Committee say that the only doubtful State in the North Js New Jersey Pror. Hixny Youre Hurp, who has been appointed to prepare an analysis of the documents of the Halifax Fishery Commission, hus just published a letter, in which he makes the most startling revelations as to the manner in which the official statistics of the Dominion fisheries ~were falsitied in order to mulet the Gnited States in exorbirant damages. As an instance, he points out that.the customs au- thorities of Prince’ Edward Island doctored the statistics to show that there was exported to the United States from the island only $92,838 worth of fish in 1872, while the fuct was that the value of the fish sent to this country was $137,746., In alike manner, he finds that the Statistics were made to indicate that tho value of the fish exported:to other countries thunythe United States in the same year was $35,102 in- stead of $80,010. Other manipulations of figures have also been discovered of un equally sensa- uonal character. More will be heard on this matter, and: it will certainly not redound to the credit of the Dominion officials, but it may result in the United States receiving a portion of the money frauduleutly obtained .by the Canadians. Tne Irish tenantry are said to be dissatis- fled with the Land Dill {introduced {nto Parlia- ment by Mr. Forster, and with apparently good reason. Tho act applies only to districts in seventeen out of “the thirty-two lrish counties, and itissso hedged by restrictions as to aiford little protection to the tenanty against the merciless and brutal Irish landlords. Mr. Glad- stone, too, seems to have been frightened by the London press and the landlords into a modifica- tion of the original bill, which will leave com- pensation. at the discretion of the County Judges, most of whom are landlords them- and most of whom also owe appointments by. successive Tory Governments to the influence of the classon whom they will be culled on to assess damages. Mr. Parnell and his followers express their de- termination to obstruct and defeat the measure, and will not be satisfied ut unything less thun the extension of the Ulster custom to the whole of Ireland, and they ought not. If they accept worthless measure now, the English Ministers will not trouble . themselves to briug in a better toeasure until after some future general clec- tion. But if their worthless measure is rejected and the Irish party exhibit proper de- termination and spirit, the public opin- ion of the world, and his own pledzes, will oblige Mr. Gladstone to do ‘better. Mr. Gladstone's eloquent uppeals for sympathy forthe Slavs, the Venetians, and the Neapol- itans will be treated as the merest cantif he does nothing to prevent periodic famines and chronic misery in Irelum THE CHICAGO CENSUS AND REAL ESTATE. The growth of Chicago, as revealed by the census and as compared. with that of the other large American cities, can scarcely fail to give the owners of real estate In this city ahigh estimate of their possessions. The increase of. population in New York during the past ten years has been about 22 per cent; that of Philadelphia about 20 percent; that of Brooklyn about 2S per cent; that of Bos- ton about 45 percent, butsubtracting annexed suburbs only 1S per cent; that of St. Louis about 13 per cent, but allowing for the. doc- toring in 1870 about 40 per cent; thatof Chi- cago 70 per cent. This tells the whole story. ‘The highest expectations of moderate Chi- cago people were that the census would show 2 population this year of about 475,000, and conservative persons would have been entire- ly satistied if the enumeration had proved to be 460,000. In other words, an increase of 50 to 55 per cent was counted upon. Now that it has been demonsirated that Chicago’ has been growing during the past ten years at the rate of 70 per cent, owners of real estate in. desirable locations may safe!y add 20 per cent” to its value; they have a substantial basis for the added price. “ There is another circumstance which justi- fies. this new confidence on the part of real- estate owners. ‘The value of city and subur- ban property was at a standstill for many years subsequent to the panic. A large amount of unimproved property is not rated to-day as high as it‘was in 1872, though there had been buta year before a destruction of millions of dollars of improvements, and though the city at that time contained 150,000 fewer people’ than it contains to-day. - A year ago owners of property began to ask higher prices, and a large proportion of° those who were previously anxious to sell refused to part with their property at the highest offers which were made. After the “boom” in real-estate had gone ona few months, & good many peopie began to think it was fictitious, and there ensued a lack of confidence and consequent stagnation in the market. The census of Chicago and of Its suburbs shows, however, that the “boom” was rather under than above the warrant of Chicago’s growth and prosperity. The choicest’ business property and resi- dence property of a large and growing city is always limited in’ amount, no matter how wide a stretch of territory there may be out- lying. The tendency is always to concentra- tion. Chicago, including its immediate sub- urbs just outside the city (such as Lake View on the north and Hyde: Park: on the south), now covers as much ground as it will in ten years from now, though it is safe to estimate that there then will be 750,000 to .800,000 people,—allowing an increase of only 55 percent as against 70 per cent during the past ten years. In the meantimea large pro- portion of the vacant building lots in the business districts will be improved, and the various avenues and residence streets run- .ning north, and south, and west will be ex- tensively built up. The most desirable of these residence streets, both inside and out- side the present city limits, will be rapidly occupied, and the value of property will in- crease at a much larger ratio than it has since the turn came after several years of depression. What was fanciful and specula- tive before will become real and substantial, on account of the demand for actual oceupa- tion. aj The encouragement which the owners of Chicago real estate must find in the present conditions will be increaséd when the statis- ties of the growth in Chicago manufacturing interests shall be ade public. ‘This show- ing will reveal. the true foundation of Chi- cago’s present and future greatness, The increase in manufactures at this point will be larger during thé next ten years than it has been during the past ten years. The ad- vantages of our location are just beginning te attract proper consideration. The coal- beds of Indiana and Ulinois will supply fuel in such. quantities and at such price as to supplement the advantages for the distribu- tion of the manufactured articles, and make Chicago the most desirable and most exten- sive manufacturing centre on the continent. Manufacturing and distributing, going hand in hand, will support all the people necessary to their business, and there would seem ta be no limitto the growth of the city and its suburbs. Such growth gives new value to all real estate, untniproved as well as im- proved. REFORM IN THE: LEGAL PROFESSION. ~The lezal profession of the State of Ohio has been holding a convention recently in Cleveland to consider matters pertaining to that profession. The outcome of the Con- vention was the organization of the “Ohio State Bar Association.” A constitution was adopted, and the -object of the Society was thus.set forth in the preamble: The Associntion is formed to advance the science of jurisprudence, to promote reform in the lay, to facilitate the administration of justice, to uphold integrity, honor, and courtes: in the legal profession, to encourage thoroug! liberal legal educutton, and to cultivate cordiut intercourse among the members of the Bar. The objects of the Association were more generally stated by the President of the Con- vention, Judge Ranney, and some of the re- forms intended were outlined, but no spe- cific reform was proposed. There was a general glorification of the “science of the law,” and the profession was held up to the admiration of the world as gentlemen devot- ing their labors to master and promote that science, and using {t to benefit mankind, We do not dispute this high estimate of the Inw, but it is nevertheless true that mankind generally, seeing the law only in its practical operations, have adopted a much less com- plimentary judgment. P The American people are notoriously a litigious people, and the Constitutions and statutes of the United States and of the sey- eral States seem“framed so as to afford those disposed to litigate the amplest field and op- portunity. The provision for courts of all kinds exceeds anything known outside of this conntry. There are in Ilinois alone not less than 150 courts, the most of them in daily operation during the whole year. There are thitty-eight States and eight organized Territories. ‘There are in these States and, Territories somewhere between 3,000 and 3,500 courts, all in operation, the most of them unable to keep up with their ever-increasing dockets. This does not include the courts of Justices of the Peace, nor the courts for the exclusive hearing of cases of petty crime. ‘This is a- vast array of legal machinery for the preservation and protection of the rights and liberties of the American people. ‘fhis country labors under the disadvantage of having its legal administration scattered through so many independent political organizations, each having an exclusivejudicial organization. On purely political questions—those affecting “the political freedom and equality of the citi- zens—there fs, however, but little variance in these Constitutious. Except with regard to the rights of the enfranchised blacks, it ean be said that there is no material political right which is either doubted or periled to the extent of owing ifs preservation to the sleepless vigilance and untiring labors of the legal profession. Popular liberty and political equality (except in the case of the Southern negroes) find their surest guar antee and safety in the ballot-box. In the case of the Africans, endowed by National and State Constitutions with every civil and political: right which other citizens may claim, and who are denied the enjoyment or exercise of any of these rights, and are by force, by violence, and by cruel intimida- tion as- practically excluded from political freedom as if they were still slaves, we have never heard that there was even one of the thousand courts of our States open to them for a redress of wrongs, or that the ju- dicial arm ever was extended to protect them or their property in the exercise of their po- litical freedom; or that the legal profession, asa body, or even singly, ever volunteered in the name of humanity, civilization, law, Constitution, or liberty to protect these mill- ions of American citizens ruthiesly, cruelly, barbarously denied the common rights of citizenship. Judge Ranney, after speaking of the great. importance of the profession, thus described the controlling power of law over socicty. He said: - : What is it that the members of the Bar and the xentiemen upon the Bench are dalled upon coustantly to deal with and administer? One of tho grandest sclencos known in the whole Iist— applied scienc >npplicd a thousand times evory day to the concerus of men in society.. Taking inan in society,—soeloty being a necessity im posed upon his very existeuce,—you take bim on the outset and you follow him through all the various manifestations and relations that he sustains in life with other men, and the law goes right along with you, regulating und controlling this intellectual beiugiu all that he does that may have any effect whatever, injurious or.otherwise, upon bis fellow-men. Thutis the iaw. It is not an art; itis not a contrivance by which a cer- tain body of gentlemen earn a livelihood. as gome people are disposed to think. It is not that it is administering the laws of Nature—the voice of God—through the constituted tribunals of the country and through the intervention of these chosen and trusted axents Beginning with the very first step in society, that of hus- band and wife, no soouer fs the relation forracd than there arise out of it duties and obligations which the law recognizes and fixes. The next step, no child {s born into the world that is not the moinent he draws a breath under the pro- tection of this great science. : The “great sclence” does not, we sup- pose, take cognizance of black men, We fear that mankind has moved away— and a good distance—from the idea that human liberty, or even.the protection of life and property, is dependent upon the sacri- ficing .and vigilant interference of the legal profession. The time has gone by, if it ever existed, when mankind regarded the legal profession, or even the Beuch, as a certain protection against the oppressions of power, the oppressions of wealth, or the extortions’ of avarice. The world has adopted a less sentimental and perhapsa wiser judg- ment of the profession: and that is, the ren- dering of services in the matter of litigation to those who can pay for them. There are no knights of the law now going the rounds employing their lances in the cause of love and liberty, except those who are paid for their services, or who take the case for a divi- sion of the plunder recovered. Judge Ranney, in his address, referred to a great outrage upon justice practiced in Ohio, and, as his remarks have an application to things in this and other States as well as in Ohio, we give what he say: z In one respect it must be evident to every member of the Bur (and [-state a fact which .is, equally well known to every membor of the Bar), the udministration of civil justice in Ohio has come to be very unsatisfuctory, espe in the Appellate Courts. I know of no State in which. the disposition of business is su long delayed us in the State of Ohio. I am told by those who have the best means of knowing that ordinarily a cast commencing. in the Courts of Common 2 ens. find taking it3 way, aa every controverted case may, through ull the courts in which it can yo, stands very small chance of being finally determined before five or six yoars after its commencement. Our Constitution bis de- clared now for more than three-quurters of a century that the courts should be open, and jus- tice should be udministered without denial or Wy; und while I do not suppose that in the very nature of the business perfect pruinptitude in the disposition of all eases ean bo expected, I still think it to be a very great abuse aud.a very great dereliction of duty on the part of the peo- ple of the State or their represen tits rea that such @ state of things should continue as that purties cannot realize the justice they seck short of such an interminable delay. It is productive not only of the greatest possible inconvenience, but productive also of ruin to a numerous class of suitors. In the regular transaction of the business of the country, we think that a settlement cach year—a__ bring! up ot the busiaess of the year, seeing how we stand at the end of the year—is due to any en- ergy.or enterprise in the ‘prosecution of a busi- ness; and it should be equally so with the busi- ess transacted inthe courts, They should be put upon such a footing that ‘at leust for the muss of the business that comes inte it the year shall terminate the controversies that.the year begun. [Applauze.] ‘To stand by for five or sx years, embitter neighborhoods with controversy and litigation, make those who are deprived of their rights wait and wait before they can know whether are worth anything or not, or be- fore the property which may ba the subiect of controversy can be disp of any inway tosup- ert eveu the widow und the children that may be left by the futher to opjoy.it,—I suy to allaw such a state of things to continue is certainly a very great abuse. | 5 We believe this Association—and kindred onesin all the States—might accomplish great good for the country‘and do much to pro- inote the cause of juStice if it would. “It might suggest legislative reforms of the law that would largely reduce litigation; that would provide for speedy if. not summary trials of cases, civil and criminal, expedite business, and‘ secure justice, . But these re- forms would be in the direction of reducing the business and the earnings of the profes- sion, and that is a sacrifice too great perhaps. to expect at this day, when the profession has cessed to be sentimental..and is practiced purely as a matter of profit to those engaged in it. THE FOLLY OF DISHONESTY. In a work recently published, called “The Egotist,” showing why some men succeed and some ‘do not, and trying to explain the causes of failure, the writer takes the hope- Jess and melancholy view in one chapter that honesty does not pay, and that dishonesty succeeds more frequently than the old-fash- joned virtue, though we imagine the virtue of honesty is no more old-fashioned now than it-ever was, as human nature has been about the same thing in all ages,—the differ- ence being that there are more things to steal and more opportunities to steal them than there used to be. He assumes the position that the dishonest man’s conscience does not upbraid him, that allhe gets by cheating and fraudulent practices is clear gain, that he has an easy life, that he stands high in the estimation of his neighbors . if he obtains wealth, and is sought after -in society as his ill-gotten, gains insure him position, and that he is just as happy and more comfortable than the honest but poorer man. A very honest man, this writer claims, cannot succeed, because he is always timid. He isafraid to grab boldly and make ventures or take risks for fear of injuring some one financially, and conscauently misses his opportunities. {n fine, while he does not directly reconimend: men to be dis- honest, he argues to show that they do not lose anything by being dishonest if they are not detected and are successful in keeping out of the clutches of the law. The proposi- tions of this writer are stated so boldly and prominently that they invite a little Sunday sermonizing. -If this proposition were universally ac- cepted and acted upon, it would not only be the greatest possible mistake that could be committed, but it: would be a deplorable calamity with evil results, the magnitude of which cannot even be imagined, both to the individual and to society. Dishonesty is the basis of almost every crime in the calendar, and if once the theories of this writer should find general acceptance crime of every kind would be increased until existence would be intolerableand socicty a curse. Thereare now in this country 100,000 men, andsome women, in prisons, jails, bridewells, and various re-‘ formatory. institutions, besides numerous others awaiting trial for offenses the root of which is dishonesty, since nearly all crimes are committed against person or prop- erty. Even the majority of murders have their motivein cupidity. Larcenies, robberies, burglaries, counterfeiting, forgery, gambling with cards, at races, on Boards of Trade, in merchandise, all arise from dishonesty. Drunkenness may not spring from it, but al- most always leads to it, because drunkenness swallows up a man’s money, which he seeks to replace by taking money belonging to oth- ers. Let the proposition, theréfore, that nothing succeeds like dishonesty be estab- lished and accepted, and it will at once be seen that it opens the door to-a flood of erlmes which would speedily sweep society away. Even with disbonesty no more prevalent than at present, the moral evils flowing from it are of the most disastrous kind. It de- stroys confidence among men, dries up all the springs of sympathy, and arouses con- stant suspicion, not only between man and man, but between class and class and nation and nation. The natural tendency of man is to believe in men, to accept their promises, and to have that confidence which is so necessary ‘to mutual assistance and happiness; and this tendency continues until men, cheated and tricked and imposed upon, at last refuse to trust any one, and ‘take refuge behind the broad assumption that al! men are scoundrels and thieves until proved otherwise. ‘The principal reason why disYonesty thrives is that it always has a younger and. inexpe- rienced generation to practice upon. The older ones, Who have been caught over and over again in thefr younger days, know .how to take care of themselves by trusting no one. We take it that the author of ‘‘The Ego- tist” does not altogether believe what he writes upon this question, but is simply re- flecting a somewhat gloomy and pessimist: view of the prospects of honesty in this country. It ig a hasty view, however. Where one dishonest man succeeds a dozen fail, and the success of the one is of a very slip- pery and uncertain kind. Money dishonest- ly obtained is very hard to hold, and almost always entails diserace soongg or later. The mills of the gods grind slow, but they grind exccedingly fine, and no man ever yet was dishonest but the penalty, came either to him or to his in some way. Time makes things even between defrauder and defrauded, and justice, though sometimes late, at last is al- ways revenged. If the Egotist writes from sad experiences he has the consolation of knowlng that some. day his wrongs will be righted. ietaia CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES, Attention is called from time to time to the multiplicity of charitable schemes and elec- mosynary institutions in thiscity, with a view to some consolidation of interesis and a more effective disposal of the money so freely given but so loosely scattered in driblets Alexander Pope, in his ‘Essay on Man,* gave expression to an excellent theory when he wrote,— In Fajth and Hope the world will ‘disa; ty But all munkine’s concern is eharityy but recent- practice has developed. as wide- spread and obstinate disagreément in ,the management and distribution of the world’s charity as in the direction and conservation of the world’s faith. There is notting like a éommon purpose in the charitable efforts of our large cities, Nearly all the private chari- ties take on the complexion of some particu- lar retigious sect or some school of medicine, and mark out a contracted and exclusive line of work; allarecouducted withoutany régard to the public charities supported by taxation, and thereisa dissipation of energy and money, which, if concentrated, would accomplish much better work. Demands for aid and contributions come from all sides so frequently and with such pertinacity as to weary the most generous and most consci- entious people, Manifold institutions, main- taining separate establishments,—officers, boards, superintendents, and servants,—are constantly appealing for assistance, and nev. | projects for the distribution of other people’s money are ‘springing. UP every few months with what are represented 2s special clafms upon private purses, This unsystematic charity undoubtedly affords an opportunity for adventurers and adventuresse$ to make an ‘easy living, and, like all opportunities, this one is more-or less.improved. Aside from the swindles and shams, - misgnided zeal extracts a good deal of money and lishing much.good. - i it has been wisely suggested that the two Hospitals for-Women and the Foundlings’ Home may be advantageously consolidated under one management, since the character of their work is largely the same. Certainly, the same sort of medical -attendance, nurs- ing, - and service would be appro- priate and efficient. ‘These several in- stitutions are in a condition of chronic impecuniosity; but, if joined together, the same amount of contributions now dis- tributed among them would suffice for an ample ‘support in their, consolidated form. The work performed by the Erring Women’s Refuge is much better done by the House ot the Good Shepherd, and the former has a val- uable property, which, if properly managed, would bring in a substantial incothe to the mission in hand. The distinction between orphans and half-orphans is exceedingly fine- spun when the children in either case are tobe supported by charity. Yet two large establishments are meagerly maintained on the basis of this distinction where one could be well sustained, and its scope of useful ness correspondingly .enlarged by placizrg both under the same roof. and the same man- agement. One well-arranged and well-man- aged Industriat-Home for Women and Girls would do more and costless than the three or fotir independent and insufficient efforts in the same direction. : A conspicuous instance of the tendency to separate action in the case of every charity suggested is to be found in the proposed Home for Incurables. THe Trreune has urged this charity upon the people of Chica- go as one of the most commendable that eould be undertaken, and the medical pro- fession agree that every large community should have such a home.« But it is not necessary to this end that a new charter, a new Board-of Management, a new building, a new set of employés, and a new line of subscriptions should be started. When the subject was first agitated, Dr. Locke, as President of the St. Luke’s Hospital, dffered on behdif of that institution to assume the management, secure one or twoadjacent cot- tages, and give the proposed charity the benefit of fhe St. Luke’s corps of physiclans, nurses, and matrons. The offer was ignored, presumably because St. Luke’s Hospital is supported mainly by the Episcopal Church, as though it made any difference to incura- bles what‘sectarian doctrines govern those who take care of them! Fhe Old People’s Home, which has a large and comfortable building, might add a branch for incurables to their system, and thus secure new sym- | pathy and extend its mission;- but we pre- sume such a proposition would be opposed ou sectarian or some other equally irrele- vant grounds, * The work of consolidating the private charities of the city ought to be taken in hand by the Relief and Aid Society. This association commands the highest degree of public confidence “and has had 2 vast expe- rience in the distribution of charitable funds. Its management of the relief fund contrib- uted by the whole world after the fire of 1871 was wise, prudent, and efficient. Its officers and the gentlemen who have always interested themselves in its work are entirely capable to superintend the proper consolida- tion of the various private charities in a business-like manner. If they cannot secure the voluntary codperation of the various Boards of Management, -or the various churches, or the various cliques which are operating the different institutions, they may, by maturing a plan, obtain virtual control over private subscriptions, arid thas make sure of placing contributions where they will do most good. If all the people who con- tribute to charity, whether to individual beg- gars or paid solicitors for established institu- tidns, were to give annual or semi-annual installments to the Relief and Aid Society, and shut off other contributions, the money now expended could be employed to much better advantage in a consolidated system of charities. a : 4 FEW QUESTIONS FOR DEMOCRATIC ORA- Tl i ‘ORS. The Democrats of Albany held 4 ratification mecting a few evenings ‘ago. The Journal of that city propounded several pertinent: ques- uons to the orators of the occasion, which they devlined to answer, but talked in gilttering gen- eralities in praise of their “Superb Man on Horseback "and the good time coming whet tho Democratic wurd workers would: revel in spoils of oflice. That was as nearas the speak- erscame to the questions propounded, which were as follows: . 1. Don't you thinkit israther late in the day forthe Democratic party, after epending. the jast fifteen yeurs or more fa heaping curses ‘red with uncominon wrath upon Afun on Horseback, now to fallin behind Man on Horseback with profuse and fervent expressions of attachment for Man on Horseback? 2. Do you suppose that the majority of the people of this country will be so blind to their own interests and the ee welfare as to turn over the Government of this country to the ele- ments that triumphed at Cincinnati,—the Selid South plus Tammany Hall? 3. Is it your opinion that because Gen. Han- cock knows rather less about the duties that woutd devolve upon bim in the event of his election, kuows rather less about any phase of stitesmunship than the mano in the moou knows about the dilferential calculus, that therefore he is just the mun tor President? 4. Do you, or don’t you, think that the Demo- cratic purty was mistaken when it stigmatized the lubors of Huncock and our other soldiers on behalt of the Union as a“ failure"? 5. Do you, or don’t you, say ditto to the Dem- ocratic speukers who held forth in Albany last fuiland the burden of whose remarks. was a distinct and emphatic reassertion of the pestif- erous doctrine of State-rizhts? a 6. Can any of you mention any one thing that the Democratic party has done durkig the past Uwenty years that commends it 16 the confidence ot the American people? 7%. Does not the fact that the Democratic party nominated an unsuccessrul General in Ist, that it Grecleyized in 1872, gonfulon of the Coppérkend Tilden in 1878, and that it now “ supports” a distinguished Union soldier demonstrate that itswears by the weath- and is “ everything by turns and nothing 1g & Don’t you think the Democratic bontee ‘would have been badly enough beaten this tuli even if they hud not put English on the ticket for Vice- President? - fe 9, Do you indore the stinging rebuke of .the Presidential aspirations df Gen. Hancock which wus administered by the Chairman of the Na- tional Démocratic Convention that nominated Greeley?. The Chuirumun suid, you wijl remem- ber (aud snid it, too, amid the tumultuous ap- plause of his fellow Democrats), that * the nom- ination means instend of a War President, trained only in a military, schoot, and whose whole character has been formed in the ideas, and hubits, and despotism of military fife, in staid of this, it means a: Pence. President, trained in the.fdeas, ana blessings, and repub- livan simplicity of peace and freedom.” Do you annae es we repeat, that vicious stab at - cock? 20. Do you condone the extra session? ll. Doyou say amen to your brethren’s at- tempt to starve the Government to death ? 12. Do you.bold up the hands of the Bourbons Who announced ‘their intention of wiping the legislation innde necessary by the War-trom the ere Books? ‘i th % 0 you indorse the turning out of office wthe boys in blue in order to make Soom for the ‘boys in gray? 14. Do you regard the postponing of. appropri- ations that are absolutely necessary a stroke of commendable economy or of arrant demagogy ? 1s. The American peopie have ropeatediy since 160 snid by their votes to the Democratic party, “ Except you bring forth works meet for repentance you Cannot retarn to power.” Hns the party brought forth any such fruit? If so, beh you produce sore ot it? To be perfectly frank, do you not thin! that impartial history will record That itwas, the Democratic party ruther than the War that was a*fuilure”’ in 1864, and that the party’s entire canter. since then is best described by the same word ? Tue. bill’ for legalizing Marriage with a deceased wife's sister met with its annual defeat in the British House of Lords June 25. The majority dgainst it was, however, only 11, and more than-that number of Bishops voted against it. The division was 00 for ana 101 against. The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburg, and the Duke of Connaught voted in the minority for the bill. The Bishop of-Ripon voted for it. ‘The Archbishop of York and eleven other Bish- ops, the Earl of Beacunsfield, the Duke of 4r syll, the’ Earl of Derby, and Lord Hatherly that ft rallied around the - oted in the majority against the secdng ing. TheLondori Times is compelled to Admit in view of the rapidiy-declining majoritien® the Hquse of Lords, that the passage of they = aft an early day is probable. - The legal Prokity, tion is only protected now by the Establisheg: Church influence, and’ the ‘whole power the Roy#l family on the other sige gradually making itself felt. Ip bs ing the: second reading of the tr this year, Lord Houghton reminded thetr fons ships that the Bishops held the balance of Dowep on this question. It was felt outside, hese? that the Church of England, as Tepresented ig the Upper House, stepped‘between large p bers of the people and their rights, and al die turbed their domestic happiness. Having brien ly traced the history of the marriage law orga, gland, he said that at the present day, while the Right-Reverend Bench asserted the!r auth in this matter, the enormous numbers who egy: stituted the Noncunformist bodies of the cone try denied that it wasa relixious matter stan, ‘The Bishop of Lincola vindicated the actton, the Biehdpsin opposing marriage witn g ceased wifo's sister, a marriage which the Churey, of England had always condemned. The Ting. comments on the fact that 42,000 women og Leeds have signed a petition in favor of the bug, as one that “gives occasion to'some very stare Hing inferences,” whatever that may: 8 possibly that there are 42,000 sisters-in-law ig Leeds who long to. step into their married sig, ters’ shoes. , " * ASTRONOMICAL. ? Chicago (TRIBUNE oltice), north latitude 41 dep. som. 57s.; west longitude, 42m. 163. from Wasp ington, and 6h. 50m. 80s. from Greenwich. The subjoined table shows the time of sep ting of the moon’s lower limb, and the time for lighting the first street-lamp in eachcin cuit in this city, during the coming week, unio ordered sooner on account of bad weather, Aig the following times for extinguishing the firg lump: ¥ m. 2:50 2m, Tne moon will be in her first quarter it 0:25 next,Thureday morning. There are no re. markable configurations of the moon this week: but it may be of some interest to note thatehe | will tip over more than the average, the lines joining her horns being more nearly perpen dicular than usual. That is, “she will hold but. little water,” as the proverb has it. Ine asmuch as the mathematical astronomer can calculate scores of years ahend just how. muoh the moon will tip over at a stated tins, while very “few of him" are able to predict the weather, it is evident that there is no suck con- nection between this phase of the moon anda wetora dry time as has been so long and t0, widely supposed by the multitude. " ‘The sun's upper mb will rise on Monday ay 4:35% a. m., south at 1h. 05m. 24.03. p.m., and eed at7:34% p.m. , The sun’s upper limb rises Friday next at 4: 2. m., south sat 12h. Wom. SLI1s., and sets at 7:24 p.m. : The sidereal time Thursday be 7h. 35m. 19.03. oe Mercury is now west of the sun, setting after him; he was at his greatest elongation lait! Tuesday. Next Thursday he will south at 145 p.m. and set at §:38 p. m., or alittle more than an hour after the sun, and 36 minutes before Venus will be in superior conjunction wit § the sun next Tuesday evening, and will they pass slowly towards the position of an evening. star. ‘ 8 + " Mars is now a faint object fa the evening aky, and rapidly nearing the sun. Thursday he wil § south at 2:21 p. m., andset at 9:14 p.m. Sature § day evening he will be only 40 minutes of are north from Alpha Leonis, the brightest star ia the Sickle of Leo. _ . Jupiter will rise next Wednesday at 11:05. m.. and south Thursday at 5:36 a. m. Heis nowa very bright morning star, shining resplendently before twilight begins, and easily recognized at sunrise. Tuesday at 2:05 a. m. the sccond satel- Ute will emerge from occultation. Thurs day at 2:54 a. m. the ‘first satellite will begin ‘a transit of the planet; até Friday, at 2:13 a.'m., the same satellite will re appear fitind dcctitation.-cHBbig spot isan: tral" at 8:13s4 this morning, will be centralagain at2:20Fridiy morning, and at 8:5333 o'clock next Sunday morning. Saturn is a bright morning star, only 733 de- grees below Juniter, and the distance between the two is slowly decreasing. They will be together in the latter part of next April. Wednesday next Saturn will rise at 1:8 Pp. m., and will south Thursday at 6:14am: The apparent ratio of the diameters of his ring sy mean noon will! tem is still nearly 1 to 4 Uranus will south Thursday at 2:53 p. m. and & set at 9:37 p.m.” Neptune will south Thursday at 7:18 a. m. z $ ——— Be GARFIELD’s, views on the Chinese ques tion have been clearly defined by Congressmsm Davis, of California, in a letter to W. W. More row, Chairman of the Republican Central Coa mittee of that State. The letter is dated Home of Represantatives, Washington, June %4, and printed in the Bulletin of Saturday, the 3d inst The part referring to the Chinese question is 3 follows: : : Garfield is as thoronghly averse to an inv sion of Chinese as any of us. is anti-slavery. principles would naturally make him so, 6 Was confirmed in his views by his expert. ince in San Francis in 1875, his account of which has been freely onpied in California pre pers. Indeed, I have often talked to him ot, this matter, and he always‘expresse3 the warm est sympathy with our people, and when thé * Fifteen- Passenger bili” was expected to com’ before the House for discussion, he volunteered to speak in our behalf, and he would have dose 80, but the Democrats, as you remember, being aware of his intentions, by a partiamentary trick demanded the previous question instante « y ou reporting the bill, and this cut of lebate. like manner they refused al: amendments to the bill, snd among’ them ‘one offered by Gartield providing fo -- notice to the Cainese Government Ia the language of our platform, Gen. 6 I. “regaras the unrestricted immigration of the Chinese as an evjl of great magnitude.” His - only objection to the bill 1eported.to the Hous8 Was the desire to maintain the faith of the Gav ernment and to give a powerful and friendly nation that reasonable notice of our desire! modify our relations to her and her citizens which the- courtesy of nations requires. The . sequel has justified bis foresight, and I belters | if the Democratic Congress bad been less ant ious for electionecering weapons and had really, wished to check Chinese immigration, the fit would have been stopped before now. And when he is -elected Presiden if, the present Commission to China be unsuccessful, wo have the subject dealt with by an carnest serious man in an earnest and direct way, 00% to maxe petty electioneering-capital, but with the ren desire to put an end to this invasion. Congressman Davis’ testimony corresponds closely with that of Mr. A. W. Campbell, editor of the Wheeling (W. Va.) Intelligencer, who! printed a report of a long. conversation with. i Garfield on this subject some months ago, in the course of which the latter expressed the views bere attributed to him. It was a very lucky ebance that picked out so available aman fo, the-Republican nomination. Tue Disturbance bill, which is at preseit™ raising such a disturbance In the English Parlia- ment, is a vory smali matter when its real pur Port is considered. A writer in the Londg Spectator says: “It seems to be forgotten thst this bill {3 but a slight extension of part of the ninth clause of the Irish Land act (isid). Thsb clause states that * Ejectment for non-payment of rent . . . shall be deemed disturbance, 12. the case of a tenancy of a holding held at an a nual rent not exceeding £15, if the Court ll! certify that the non-puyment of rent casos the eviction hus arisen through the rent deine - & an exorbitant rent.’ If, therefore, from extraom dinary stress of weather, the tenants have beet; well nigh ruined, the ordinary rent becomes | once an * exorbitent* rent; and under these elf cumstances—iwhen place, time, and Judge's at cretion are all carefully marked out—there surely nothing very revolutionary or confiscating: in such a measure as the Ejectment bill. It # purely temporary, and provides relicf for a> normal distress.” ‘The narrow area of rellch . however, enly makes tho opposition of the last lords seem still mofe brutal. A Ay-attack on the University of Wisconsia that deeply concerns the people of that Sta will shortly be made. Dr. Biscom, the hon! President of the institution, is a graduate Williams Coltege, and was long a Professor in tf Faculty. He was spoxen of for dent of Williams in.1Si2 when Dr. Hop kins resigacd, but Dr. Chadbourne Wi elected at that time, and Prof. Bascom came West. it is now probable that Dr. Bascom will be importuned to return to his Alms Mater. He bas the respect and confidence ct -the alumni in‘an unusual degree, and it wou® fs S