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Ta ee MONTPENSIER. NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1871—TRIPLE SHEET. ainst any act not ushable. by laws that No of le by law; that no of fence or ou fall be aniahed wiin a peuaity ‘and that any military fy etvil functionary imflicting The Duke Defines the Spanish Constitu- | draws eoely pani ne Bot previcud a tion to a Herald Correspondent. —While the eleventh article of THE CONSTITUTION PROHIBITS THE OREATION OF EXTRAORDINARY TRIBUNALS and special commissioners for trials. In our case you will observe that all these wholesome laws have been trodden under foot by a go- vernment calling itself democratic and prating about constitutional guarantees, invividual rights, liberty, protection and other fine- sounding terms, taught in theory, but not practised. The oath required of us is not to be found in the constitution, the mili- tary laws nor any Spanish code, but merely in aroyal order signed by King Amadeus and endorsed by one of his ministers, which is not law. I do not mean to infer, continued the Duke, that the King and his ministers may not give orders, but I do insist that in issuing orders the constitution, its guarantees and the LEGAL PREOEPIS MUST BE RESPECTED, all of which, in our case, have been out- rageously violated. The government, feeling confident in the passive obedience of a ma- jority in the House, and so relying on numeri- cal strength, leads its forces for mere caprice or personal interest, trampling under foot the most sacred laws—laws that have hitherto been respected by the most despotic govern- ments that have ever ruled this unhappy coun- try. ‘To belong to the opposition is to be the butt of the most unjust attacks from the parties in power and to be excluded from anything like justice. Parliamentary immunities no longer exist, and the greater part of THE MAJORITY OF THE HOUSE ARE NoT FRRE TO VOTE according to the dictates of their consciences. Might, and not right, is now the ruling order of the day. What Ihave said respecting the case of the generals has been to show that even they have been most unjustly and tyran- nically treated. But MY OASE RESTS ON A DIFFERENT FOOTING. I did not rise in the Spanish army by pro- motion to the high rank of Captain General or Marshal. That title was conferred upon me by a royal decree, and always considering it as honorary I not only never exercised the duties, but never received any pay. If a royal order can confer a military rank ona person one would surely suppose that at the petition of the party interested a second royal order could be issued cancelling it. Such was my opinion when I made my application to be allowed to resign the honorary title I held; but I soon found I was compelled to take the required oath, or in default be banished and tried by court martial. Even my election as representative in Congress did not protest me, for I did not regain my liberty till after the military court had given its verdict. CorrEsponpENt—What was the result of the trial—the verdict of the court? Monrpensizr—The court ordered that I be struck off the list of Captains General, de- prived of the honors paid to that rank, and the pay belonging to a Marshal in the army. I have told you before, I ; NEVER ACCEPTED ANY PAY, and as for honors, being the son of a king, I can well afford to dispense with those Welong- ing to a captain general. In strikimg me from the list of marshals they have only done what I had previously solicited. COoRRESPONDENT—But if the proceedings taken against the generals are so full of ille- galities, and in the said proceedings the consti- tution has béen infringed, and abuse of power evident, can you not appeal ? MoNTPENSIER—We can. We can BRING TO TRIAL ALL WHO HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE PROOESS AGAINST US. This, however, I do not intend to do, but Iam resolved to bring an action against the party (Serrano, Prime Minister and Minister of War) under whose orders the other inferior autho- rities have acted. MARSHAL CALONGE'S CASE. CorrEsPonDENT—I will trouble your Grace with a few more questions :—Is there any trath in the ramor that the colonel who made the brilliant defence in the trial of Marshal Calonge has been struck off the active service list and put on half pay? MontTPENstzER—I have heard so from differ- ent crediable sources and have every reason to believe the statement to be correct. As advocate for the Marshal, the Colonel had to swear on the Gospels to defend his client to the best of his power, and, being a man of honor, he did so, and in so doing has un- doubtedly made many enemies. ANOTHER VICTIM, CorrespoNpENT—And what does your Grace think of the protracted trial of General Pierrad, who has been detained in a military prison upwards of two years, with his cause still undecided ? MONTPENSIER—General Pierrad, my dear sir, wes another obstacle to the government, and must, therefore, as a matter of course, be made a victim. The brave General was no more to be blamed for the occurrences at Tar- ragona than the child unborn, He is, as you are aware, an enthusiastic republican, and the events that occurred on his arrival at that place formed a pretext which the authorities eagerly seized to throw him into prison. The General and myself are ‘enemies in politics, but I will say there is not a more honorable man in the Spanish army than General Pier- rad. The General, at times, has been sold by those who called themselves his friends, but his enemies have never been able to buy him over, HIS TREATMENT BY AMADEUS. The Whole Proceeding Fu Flagrant, Arbitrary and Despotic Mlegalities. of LEGAL PRECEPTS MUST BE RESPECTED, The Cortes Not Free to Vote According to the Dietates of Their Consciences, OTHER VICTINS OF THE GOVERNMENT. Cuba Governed by Rogues Who Rule with Tyranny and Return with Riches. Maprip, May 13, 1871. In the course of my tour through Andalusia Ihave been so thoroughly occupied in sight- seeing, paying visits, interviewing persons of importance and prying into clubs, casinos and tertulias ¢f all political colors that I have really not bad the time to carry out my pre- vious intention of forwarding a series of letters from the different towns en route. 1 have, however, obtaine] a considerable fund of val- uable information ip political, mercantile and other circles, and have filled several blank books with “‘notes bythe way,” pen and ink sketches of Andalusian customs, contraband- ist, gipsy and bullfighters’ life , memoranda of antiquities, together with a mass of other cu- rious matter, which I shall lay before your readers in alternate letters with those of cur- rent events. I have, furthermore, taken pains in selecting correspondents in the different towns through which Ihave passed, to keep me informed at my headquarters in the capital of all that takes place, so as to have a check on the too oft false ramors and imperfect ver- sions given in sone of the papers here. It is my intention to establish in Madrid a bureau where American travellers, merchants, mer- chant captains and others may forward such information as may be interesting to our readers. THE DUKE DE MONTPENSIER, Jus; before leaving Seville I received a very politenote from the Duke de Montpensier in- formirg me that his Grace would have much pleasure in seeing me on the following day. I must kre mention that 1 had previously called at thePalacio de San Telmo, left my card, enter my name on the visitors’ book and exanined the Duke’s magnificent gallery of pietves and sculptures. On the day ap- poined I drove to the Palace, a gorgeous edi- ficezlose by the river Guadalquivir, and was shorn into a sumptuous apartment, where I remined till the arrival of the Duke's private secetary. The usual compliments having ben exchanged, this gentleman, who treated m¢ with every possible attention, led mo though other apartments and ushered me into ajcharming bureau. The secretary bad sarcely retired when an opposite door opened, ad the tall, commanding figure of the son of tle late King of the French stood before me. Vith a cordiality not usual among members of pyalty his Highness advanced and shook ands with me. Still holding me by the hand, te Duke led me to an arm chair, begging me bd take a seat. He then drew up another thair vis-a-vis and sat down. I congratulated iis Highness on his return to Seville from his banishment to the Balearic Islands on account of refusing, with other generals, to take the oath of fidelity to the new dynasty, and asked bim some questions respecting the matter. Up ‘o this time we had spoken in English. MontpENnsigR—Shall we carry on the con- versation in English, French or Spanish ? “CORRESPONDENT—For my part, I an- swered, it is perfectly immaterial, MontPensigR—In that case, said he, [ choose Spanish, for we shall come across many technical terms you will better understand in Spanish than I can express in English, I have no doubt, my dear sir, that you already know sufficient of this affair to have come to the conclusion that the whole proceeding is full of the most flagrant, ARBITRARY AND DESPOTIO ILLEGALITIES ever heard of. In the first place, to exact an oath at allis against the laws of the constitu- tion ;, for, by the constitution, the freedom of conscience is respected; and there are many persons whose consciences would be violated by being compelled to take any oath whatsoever, The old Spanish laws declared that an oath exacted by deceit or intimidation was not valid, and the new laws hold punishable all such as by threats, violence or other illegitimate means compel a citizen to exercise religious acts, This clearly proves that an oath was to be free and not compulsory. I leave you to judge whether threats, violence and other illegitimate means have not been used to compel officers in the army to take the required oath. You must bear in mind, sir, that we generals had already taken the oath of the constitution and, therefore, any oath of fidelity to the new King, and especially under the present demo- cratic system, was unnecessary. But the fact of the matter is it was deemed expedient to find, at any cost, A PRETEXT for getting rid of a certain number of generals, not altogether in conformity with the present state of affairs, and knowing that the generals in question would refuse to take the required oath, important vacancies would be left in the army which certain persons in power could offer to particular friends. The non-juring generals have been detained, banished and tried as for having committed an act or omis- sion punishable by law. THE LAW DEFINED. ARTICLE 1 of the Penal Code defines offences as voluntary acts or omissions punisable by law. But nejther civil nor military laws mark @ punishment Jor the omission Of a political act in a religious jorm. Arr. 2 0f the constitation sa Neither # Span- Jard nor & foreigoer shall be detained or imprisoned except for an offence committed. We committed no offence, and, therefore, the constitution has been Mar inged, THE CUBAN QUESTION. ution Says that in no case Ne Ang. 31 of the cont poall military or civil authorities estabiied osner J Coxrgsronpent—I should like to know THE POSITION OF ESPARTERO. CorresponpeNt—I have heard it said that General Espartero has refused to, or at least has not taken the oath of fidelity to the new King. Does your Grace know if such be true? Monrpensigr—Respecting the veteran Gen- eral Espartero, it is reported, as you say, that he has not taken the required oath; there is nothing to show that he has sworn fidelity to Don Amadeus, and for my part I not only believe the report to be correct, but am of opinion they would not compel him to do so; and you have been long enough in this coun- try to know how easily it may be arranged to appear that a ceremony has been gone through which in reality has never taken place. * your Grace’s opinion respecting the harassing”) question of the Island of Cuba? Monrpznsizr—This gem of the West Indies has always been a rich mine—not for the Spaniards here, nor for the islanders of Cuba, but for a set of rogues who are sent out there, who govern with tyranny and return after short time overwhelmed with riches. CorrespoypenT—It is said that the Cuban insurrection will be very speedily quelled, Is you Grace of that opinion? Monrrensier—From the very commence- ment of the rebellion we have been constantly receiving telegrams from the island to the effect that the Cuban insurrection was almost at an end and would be promptly stamped out. My opinion is that a rebellion that has main- tained itself so long as that of Cuba will never be completely crushed by main force; and nothing but the highest rectilude in the author- ities, wise administration, humane laws and liberal measures will do anything to recover the island from the terrible convulsion into which it has been thrown by the shocking abuses that have so long existed there. CONCLUSION. My interview with the Duke de Montpensier lasted from ten minutes past three to forty minutes past four P. M., when I terminated the session for fear of occupying too much of his valuable time. On leaving the Duke told me he should always be most happy to see me. He presented me with a handsomely bound catalogue of his picture gallery, and told me I could visit it with my friends when- ever I felt inclined, THE TENNESSEE DEMOCRACY, The Tennessee Demecracy Follows in Vallnne digham’s Wake—The Constitutional Amend- ments Endorsed—Reward Offered for a Live Ku Klux. NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 30, 1871. The democrats of the Twenty-first civil district of this county, the second largest outside the city of Nashville, have adopted a preamble and resolutions saying that, inasmuch as the present State constitu- tion gives the colored men every civil and political right enjoyed by the whites, the validity of the four- teenth and fifteenth amendments forms no sub- stantial issue before the people of Tennessee, and no person or paper continuing the agitation of that question is entitled to the confidence or support of the democracy of the State. The Ku Klux bill looks only to the perpetuation of the succeas of the radicals by violence, based on false pre- tences—a contemplated destruction of the govern- ment only to be prevented by a better organization of the democrats. The meeting also 1esolved to organize themselves into a posse comitatus, to be ready at the cali of the United States Marshal or Sheriff, to arrest and bring to justice any person violating the provisions of the Ku Kiux act in Ten- neasee, And binding themselves to pursue with the hue and cry the offender beyond the contines of the district, ofering a stanaing reward of $100 for the arrest and conviction of every offender in the civil district, and requesting the democrats of other counties to organize clubs uuder these resolutions. Among the signers are ex-Governor Henry 8. Foote, a member of the Confederate Congress; John . Thompson, of the late State Constitutional Con- vention, and others of the most influential and best citizens of the State, many of whom were practical rebels during the war. The resolutions were en- dorsed by every democratic voter in the Twenty- first district and will undgubtedly’be adopted by every county in the State. ANOTHER HOTEL A Vermonter Shoots Himself in a Bathtub— Pecuniary Difficulties the lrobable Caus Another case of deliberate suicide occurred at the Grand Central Hotel yesterday afternoon. ‘The facts of this latest successful att®mpt at self-destruction are as follows:— On Monday evening a gentlemen stepped up to the counter of the hote! and inquired uf he could have a room with @ bath in 1. On being answered in the affirmative he directed hts satchel to be brought from the coupé at the door, and was soon after shown to his room, on the fourth floor. About ten o'clock CAPITAL VERSUS LABOR. New England Labor Convention. Reform PLATFORM OF THE BOSTON AGITATORS. Wendell Phillips’ Defence of the Paris Communists. What America Owes tu the French Democracy. Political Corruption the Great Danger in a Republic. Bosrox, May 31, 1871. The labor reformers of New England could not allow Boston’s anniversary week to go over by de- fault. The occasion was too tempting for the dla- semination of their views and the rehearsal of ther growls, and to resist the opportunity was a physical, if not a moral, impossibility. They met this morning m Horticultural Hall, and run not only alivety fore noon session, but in the afternoon and evening there were spicy and entertaining discussions, peculiarly characteristic of that class who are so industriously and perseveringly stirring up the feud between capi- tal and labor. ‘the most eminent philosopher pre- sent was the accomplished and irrepressible Wendell Phillips, who was backed by such coadjutors as Parker Pillsbury, Stephen Foster and others of less distinction but equal enthusiasm in the cause, E. R. PLAcB called the meeting to order, and S, W. HovGes, of Boston, was chosen chairman, On taking the chair he addressed the Convention, and briefly recapituiated the leading arguments for the eight hour reform, and answered some of the objections which have been presented against He reflected upon the action of the rec Legislature of Massacausetts in regard to the ten hour bill, aud suggested that if the members of the Legisiature had their own wives and children at work in the lactories twelve or fourteen hours per day it would not take them long to see the pro- priety of putting a legislative restricuen upon sach destructive and uemoralizing practice, WENDELL PHiLLirs then came forward and read @ series of resolutions, declaring that labor reform is based on principles lying at the root of demo- cratic institutions, and is therefore a prob- Jem of national concerp; favoring co-operation, but regarding it impracticable until the poverty and ignorance of the laboring class and the excessive wealth of the employing class have been reduced; affirming that the reduction of hours of labor will gradually equalize wealth and not increase the cost Of production, ana endorsing the woman's rights movement as @ part of Jabor reform. ADDRESS BY WENDELL PHILLIPS. WENDELL PHILLIPS was the principal speaker. ‘The aim of his remarks was to show the usefulness and the necessity of the eight hour reform as illus- trated by the recent eventsin varis. The more he reflected on the question of labor reform the larger, graver andthe more important it seemed. He did not join in the universal voice of the American press im their indiscriminate condemnation of the conduct of the reyolutionists im Paris, Certainly he felt disgust at the vandal destraction of public and private property; but in this struggle between Paris and Versailles Paris represented what every American ought to love—the desire of the French people to govern themselves. ‘The Varisians knew that Thiers was seeking the restoration of the Buur- bons, or the Orleans branch of then, while other | cliques were striving for the restoration of the Bonapartes, The effort of the Ps REPUBLICANIZE FRANCE, and it Was an honorable effort and one that ts to be honored. There was no other people in Bugope that had done one-half the service to science thet Flance, has within the iast one hundred years. ‘There was ao otuer country é#n Europe that in the last two hundred years had done one-half what Franee had for art." In science and art France leads Burope to-day; and when you come to consider the guestion of hberty incorparated in institutions, HE ORDEKED SUPPER IN HIS ROOM. Nothing more was heard trom him until about ten o’clock yesterday morning, when he rang for a walter and cailed for 4 morning paper and a pitcher of water. He was then partially undressed. The chambermaid went to his room several times during | the day, but it appeared to be occupied. At about four o’clock she forced her way into the room, and, to her horror, discovered the man SITTING IN THE BATHTUB DEAD, Instantly raising an alarm, some of the employes of the hotel went to the room, when the fact of the in- mate naving committed suicide was revealed. The case seems to have been one of the most deliberate on record. From the appearauce of the body it was evident that the suicide had filled the bathtub full of water, and placing the nozzle of the pistol beneath the water so as to deaden the sound had deliperately fired and shot himself just below the heart. No re- port of the pistol was heard and therefore some hours elapsed after tne death of the victim be- fore the body was discovered. ‘THE SUICIDE was a fine looking man, about thirty-five years of e. He registered his. name on the books as F. H. ayes, but his real name was George C. Hathaway. He was the son Of a weaithy gentleman of Rutland, Vt., at which piace he resided. He was tne treasurer of the Rutland Marble Works, and drew a comfortabie salary. Among his papers were insurance policies showing that his life was insured for some $17,000. He also indit.d a long letter, addressing it to his friends, from wiiien it is inferred that pecuniary troubles caused him to commit the rash act. The letter 18 written in a clear, bold hand, and gives no | svidence of nervousness on the part of the writer. ne ROPY WAS REMOVED TO THE MORGUE last evening, and an inquest will be held by the Coroner at the Grand Ceniral Hote! this morning. POPULAR EDUCATION, Meeting of the Board of Public Instruction. The New York Board of Public [nstruction heid their usual business meeting yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, Mr. Bernard Smyta in the chair. After the reading and approval of the minutes a communication was received relative to the closing of the schools on Decoration Day, and a correspon- dence was read in which the closing of all the schoola under the charge of the department was authorized. | A communication was received requesting that | the salary of Miss Anna Gedney, principal of the primary department of Grammar School No, 34, be | the same as heretofore. | Communications were received from the trastecs | of Primary Schoo! No. 4 and Grammar Schools Nos, 33 and 48 conceroing new buildings and re A communication was received from the trnstees of the Twenty-second ward requesting that the salary of Miss Caroline 5S. Whitney be increased to | the sum patd in 1870. A communication was read from R. J. O'Sullivan, physician of the department, retative to the over crowding of the primary grades, which he constd- ered an evil to be remedied immediately. He pre posed that the gallery classes be dismissed duriug | the month of June at noon, ‘A resolution Was introduced to the effect that no pupil should be allowea after Seprember, | 1871, to attend the primary, grammar or normal | schools conirary to the laws of the department. This resolution was discussed in a lively manner by several Commissioners, it being strongly objected to on account of some forty girls in we normal kchool partly through the course, An amendment Was offered and carried. A resolution Was offered that the vacation should commence on ihe 4th of Jaly. It was referred to the Committee on Bylaws, the committee to report | at the next meeting of the Board. | ‘The nomination of Mary J. Brown aa vice princi- | al of the primary (lepartment of Grammar Schoot | io. 35 was confirmed; also the nomination of | Charles T. Brush as vice principal of the male de- partment of Grammar School No. 38 The Board } then adjourned. THE LOST STEAMER CITY OF BOSTON, The report pubitshed in Wednesday morning's newspapers that a bottle containing an account of | the loss of the City of Boston had been washed ashore at Shediac proves to be a hoax. A tele- gram from the Halifax agents of the Inman line of Steamers says there is no foundation for the story. NoTe.—The steamship City of Boston salied from this port on the 25th of January, 1870, and from Halt. fax on the 28th, three days after, and since then no information has been recetved of her, nor has any Vestige of the ship ever beep found, either ashore or AMOBLwED. HERALD, | Before doin; | tered substantially by an mcrease of wages and the | machinery and thereby di ,; Ul evening. there is Lo country, except England, that is entitied to be named im the same month with France. When Prussia had apased herself before one who was not entitled to be: called a despot, but a “‘kingling,” France was giving lessons to Thomas Jefferson. And if we, in this country, had escaped since 1801 the narrowness of the policy of the fede- ralists, who tad launched the government, we owed it to France. It was a debt to be remembered ty us, and one that could not easily be paid. He proceeded to speak of the growth of great cities a8 compared with the growth of the country. Boston was growing twice as rapidiy as Massachu- setts. New York city was outstripping in a greater ratio the growth of New York State, and similar was the condiuion of London as compared with the in- crease of popuiation and wealth in the rest of Eng- land, Cities thus became a hive in which were athered the very rich and the very poor—a per- manent class of poor people and of rich people—and from such condition of classey permanently fixed came insanity and crime. The dangers Which will beset this American government in the next generation wiil be those arising from the congregation of the masses in the great cilles of tne land, ana the condition of Paris may be possivle if the proper saieguard be not taken in due season. The solution of this, the problem of tne future, lay in partin the establishment of the idea that the laborer shall work less and get more pay for it. The success of our mstututions in the future was wrapped up in thts proposition, that the mass of maukind should work less and enjoy more. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES DEFRAUDED. ‘The attendance at the afternoon session, like that in the morning, was small. Indeed, there were iess than two hundred present, and they comprised a restless, weary set, Who kept hopping from seat to at and in and out of the hall, as if they were dis- nienied with the result of their labors. Mr. F. CHILLLNGWoRTH, Of Springfleld, explained and eulogized the overations of tue Kignt Hour law in the arsenals of the government, concluding with a resolution which was passed to the effect that The twenty per cent withheld from a part of the govern ment employes, In consequence of the misconstruction placed upon the Bight Hour law by {ts officers, Is justly due the workmen, and that itis the duty of the Senators and Representatives of Massachusetts to do everything within their power to secure its payment without further delay. LABOR REFORMERS SOLD OUT BY POLITICIANS. Mr. STEWART, Of Cambridge, said that the failure of labor reform hitherto has been vecause of the dis- honesty of politicians, Who sold the party out in New York, Connecticut and elsewhere. Tne idea of tne Eight Hour League 13 nothing more nor less than the abolition of poverty, and to carry it out we should not meddle with questions outside. He continued to elaborate his peculiar ideas at great length until his eyes rested upon a somnambulent old veteran in the front row of setiees, and he was warned toa summary close. so, however, he said briefly that tne condition of the working classes could only be bet- granting of more leisure for mental improvement. EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN FACTORIES. Rev. GILBERT HAVEN denounced the employment of children in factories as criminal in the extreme, and instanced a case within his own knowledge where a little girl of elght years was compeiled to work twelve hours for six days in the week, with no time for recreation or study. He argued the proper way to remedy the evil was to double the stock of crease by one-half the labor of the operatives. Place two men to do the work performed by one now and the resuit will be seen not = in the elevation of the condition of the la- borers, but m the better quality of their work. He advocated co-operation as @ powerfui agency in the work of reform, LUCRETIA MOTT, m full Quaker garb, deprecated the differences which see exist between servants and masters, made more Vor lass legislation, and trusted that all would work together before the world upon an equal plane. | ‘Adiresses of similar tenor were made by Stephen S. Foster and others, and the Convention adjourned Evening Sesston. WENDELL PHILLIPS ON CORRUPTION IN POLITICS. The principal speech after sembling for the ning session Was by Wendell Phillips, but it was delivered to more empty seats, though tateresting its hearers certainly, There were not more than | 180 present, and fully two-thirds of these were women. Mr. Poilitps, after veing introduced, went on to say that Massachusetts was eminentiy the best State in which lo commence the work of labor reform, for the working classes here were intinitely better of than those of any other portion of the work. If improvement could be made anywhere New England ts the field in which It is to work. Mr. Phillips wished to touch ‘the root of the matter. There ts un a ngement of society which gives to the man who has got money ‘an unfalr advantage over bim who has got none, and isians was oe it is thls arrangement and its remedy that we are called here to endeavor to settle. The licy pursued in France of starving he working people out of every vice until desperation drove them to revolution and unparalleled out ould prove an awful warn- ing to this country; for if we continue to oppress and grind aown the masses we may look with aloes certainty to @ similar resulk The more leleure you give a man the more ne ts elevated, ana | the better citizen he becomes, At present, said the epeaker, I can go Into the smaliesi rural town of New York State—those even whict are not depend- encies of the New York Central Rallroad—aud 1 will tind you scores of FARMERS WHO SELL THEIR VOTES at every election, Such is the inevitable result of the present false coudition of society. The corrup- Uon of politics lu New York, he continued, yan- grened the whole of American politics, and the money power behind it is the cause of the entire diMeuicy. Then he pitched heavily into corpora- ons, siying that if Tom Scott, down In Pennsyl- vaula, 18 going to be any nearer the posses- sion of Presidentiat power than Ulysses S. Grant, who i fattening in the White House, then I prefer tal are two remedies tor 3 openly in bloody struggle, oand mike the power of the Workingman equal tu that of his employer, This laiter 18 the true and proper course to pursue. It Will at least frignten the capitalist, and that is what we want, for no inan ever yielded an exclusive privilege until he was bullled out of it; but DA STRIKE, They are not economical, They waste capital and te; You can do more good with your ballots tuan you can with your bullets. Mr. Philips criticised ‘the Crispin organization, stating that while it was domineer:ng it was also poweriul, and if extended 10 its proper limits would wield & vast Influence in shaping the fabric of society. Combinauon and = co-operation, then, — are the only methods by which to discover a remedy for the evils of which we complain. If we fail in our object the nation Will go down like Kome in the ancient days of the legion, and leave a chasm in pouticat history never to ve brlaged over. He concluded with a statement that New York has just been saved by @ Governor's veto from being the tool of & combinauon of capitalists, to Whom, if they succeed in their objects, Conzress will only be a clerk to register their decrees. ‘ne resolutions submitted by Mr. Phillips tn the morning were thea adopted, alter which the meet- | ing adjourned, SO3I0N ANNIVERSARIES. Anniversary Meeting of the American Mis- ary Associ n— Polity Preaching— Sympnthy tor Southern Loyalists. Bosron, May 31, 1871. ‘The American Missionary Association held its an- niversary to-day, Rev. Dr. Kirk presiding. The an- nual report shows that 298 teachers are now em- ployed, principally in the istruction of freedmen, WIT a school attendaace of over 1,500, Dr. Kirk made a brief address, in which he claimed that the President and Congress had failed in their duty in protecting citizens of the South. M necessary tive hundred thousand men should have been used to do it. There was a giganuc conspiracy on foot, and its culmination wouid pe seen av the polis in Novem 1872. iW the democratic party did not favor tie Ku Klux it should say so, and iW it did favor tiem we should know where they stuod, and act accord- ingly. The war was not over; it was sull being conducted in detail, and ihe ultimate purpose of the rebels ripened fast. The tollowing resolution was adopted :— ‘That this meeting expre i¢ loyal people of the Sout In the suff i loyaity to the Union and thelr ad! the principles of a true and impartial 1ib them and the national government our hearty co-op in every conscitutiona! and Chrisian effort tor their relief and protection, and ov! Financial Operations aercgational Society —Ofic caw Unitarian Association. Bosvon, May 8], 1871. The financial operations of the American Congre- gational Society for the year cover the amount of $162,597, balauce on hand $37,143, unpaid sub. scriptions $48,526. E. S. Tobey, of Boston, was re. elected President of the Society. The American Unitarian Association has re- elected Henry Chapin, of Worcester, Mass., Presi- dent, and Wulilam C, bryant, of New York, ahd John Wells, of Boston, Vice Presidents, Among the Directors chosen are Mrs. Frederick T. Gray, and Mrs. James Freeman Clarke. American Core re of the Ameri- New Eogland Branch ef the American Tract | Society. Boston, May 31, 1871. It appears from the Treasurer's report that the New Engiand Branch of the American Tract Society received during the year from donations and lega- cies $7,754, and by the sale of publications $32,445, making a tota: of $40,229, which is an increase of $2,888 over the receipts of last year. ‘The amount received by the Parent Soetety of New York durmg the year ending April 1, 1871, from all the New sngland States was $28,297, an increase of $5,307 over last year. Since the establishment of unis branch, twelve years ago, the aggregate amount received from donations and legacies is $260,078, and fren the sale of pnblications $334,655, making a tote! twelve years of $094,743. The American Messenger and Chi/d’s Paper have a paid circulation ot 44,000 copies for Boston, and a votat circulation of 523,000 coptes, PRESBYTERIAN . GENERAL ASSEMBLY. CHICAGO, IIL, May 31, 1-71. In the Presbyterian Assembly to-day the Rev. Dr. Jacobus was elected chairman of the Sustentation Committee, and the committee was increased from seven to nine members. it was recommended that the presbyteries unite in making uniform arrangements for the opserv= ance 1 1872 of the third centennial celebration of the life and works of John Knox, the massacre of St. Bartholomew and other similar religious events. It was resolved that it was not expedient to make this or next year a memorial year. It was also ree solved that ‘the report of the Commiitee on Benevo- lent Works be taken (rom the table, and the items | Not acted upon at the present session referred to a new committee to report at the next annual session. ‘he Mileage Comittee reported the receipts at $24,393 and the disbursements $7,945. Excluding freedmen and missionary stations reports have been. received from all the presvyteries except five. I. is recommended that the Presbyterian assess- ment for commissioners and contingent funds for the General Assempiy for 1872 be fixed at six cenis per member. The report was adopted. San Francisco was withdrawn from the list of places for holdimg the next mecting, on account of not hearing from the oficials of the Pacific roads. A vote was then taken and resulved as follows:— Springfield, 1l., 5; Baltimore, 50; Detroit, 170. Rey, Charles Elllott was appointed delegate to the Waldensian Synod. The Committee on Overtures reported that the first overture sent down from the last Assempiy to the presbyteries was adopted. The rest were insut- ficiently considered. Overtures two, three and four were sent back for further consideration, to be re- ported at the next Assembly, ‘The third centennial anniversary and other im- portant religious events occurring in 1872, the pres- byterles Were requested to appoint days jor the commemoration of the exercises, ‘The Moderator anuounced the following com. mittees:—, William M. Paxton, 8. T. Stearns, ‘additional member to be appointed oy Presbyterian Representation 'yrus Dickson, Alexander Reed, Geo v FF. MeUill, Herrick Jobn- son, Elijan &. Craven, Henry Darling, William E, Moore, John D. Wells; Elders Wiliam A, Porter, William Strong” Joseph Allison, H. W. Willta rae Juinkin.; On Unemprrtet Movioters eant @hurcher— Ministers R. W. Patterson, Robert Patterson, L. J. Halsey, A teridge and D. 8. Johuson; Biders’ R.A. Kynond Selye. Onc the Sustent ition of Ministers. 8. T, Scovil! and James MoCo: ter, J. D. Vermilye, Charies D. Lan Os Hyon Boos Minietera—Rev, Drs. Herrick Jobnn Trambuil, Backus, &. T. Hatfield and James 0. Murtay eurge Junkin, Ezra Mekingserg and Giibert Joseph M. Wilson, John Scott, Peter Carter, W 8. Holmes, 8.0. Yalmer, Eawatd Mills, Satauel C. Perk Charles P. Kellogg and Thomas L. Maitland, The usual resointions of thanks were adopted, accompanied with the customary speeches. After singing a part of the 885th hymn and the delivery of & prayer by the Moderator We Assembiy was pro- nounced dissolved, [ts successor will meet in Fourth street churen, Detroit, on the third Thursday of May, 1872, ° A HU:BAND MURDER. A Woman Kills Her Husband With a mer Plate. Bernard Devine and his wife, who reside at 410 East Eighteenth street, quarreiled yesterday afternoon about some trivial affair, when the infurlated amazon picked up a large dinner plate, with which she de- liberately sirack Bernard @ frightral blow on the head, mashing in his skull. Devine was taken to Lellevue Hospital, where he died at eleven o'clock Jast night. His wite was arrested and locked up in the Kaghteenth precinct station house to await the ac- ton of the Coroner, Who Will to-day hold an Inquest, THE JERSEY RAILROAD TIGKET EXCITEMENT. The article woich appeare@ in the Heap yester- day explanatory of the recent excitement about tickets on the New Jersey Raliraad aad the cause leading to the temporary change appears to have caused considerable feeling among the conductors and other employés of the road. From the wording of a few sentences in the article these persons have considered that they were unjustly reflected _ Itshould, therefore, be stated that the President and officers of the compauy e™press themselves thoroughly satisfied with the gentiemaniiness and probity of ail the conductors and others now em- ployed on the road, whatever may ve thought of those few who resigned or were discharg Au the untrustworthy hyve been weeded out, ~ Bk TAS W Opening of the Season at the Military Academy. The “Plebes” Taken in Hand ST POINT, THE GRADUATING CLASS. Wes? Porn'r, May 31, 1871. In years past, when red tape technicality ana Wat Office nonsense ruled the roast at West Point, the 2d day of June was always associated with the “OPENING OF THE SEASON” at this delightful summer resort. Indeed, last year was no exception to the general rule; but it would seem that the experiences of the past ara not to be thrown away as good for noth- ing this year, and that more attention is to be paid to the interests of the institution than the Punctitios of old established customs, In other words, the folks who pull the Academic wires at Washington have set their hearts upon a much needed reform this year, which, though it may: knock in the heat many of the stilted notions of years gone by, will prove in the end of great benefit to many people whose welfare ought to be a consid- eration with the authoriiies tha’ be. It used to be the rule that the examination of the graduates should begin before the “plebes" had come to nand, What Was the consequence’ Need | say it was rather dis- | astrous to the pockets of many of the new-comers. I will tell you why. A “plebe,”’ as everybody whe has ever been at West Point knows, 18 an individual who comes here by the grace of some Congressionak Influence or other, to be turned into a Grant or & Sherman by due process of most wonderful training./ He is not always an extraordinary specimen of ; humanity mentally, and ijsometines happens that he has a toe that nature didn’t care much about making as perfect as the ordigary run of toes, Or & shoulder so out of gear that no shoulder strap in the world could lend a solitary grace to it; or he may even have a pair of lungs that will persist in cutting his wind short whenever he wants to TAKE A LONG BREATH. Weil, when the old rule was tn working oraer such a “piebe,”’ on coming to West Point, Was stowed away with other “plebes somewhere in the bar- racks, wuere nobody could avunoy him but those who had a mind to, “Whetner he was sound enough to pass the doctor or bright enough to get through rule of three without stumbling was a. mystery wu living of which was never aitenpted until weeks had passed by afier his arrival. Meauwhile he studied as hard to get ready for examination y | a8 a seven-year-old schoolboy would to get mto aw | apple orchard without meeyng the old man’s dog or the old man himself, ‘Then he had to do at others had done before him and others do now in the matter of showing what a superb soldier he could be—tf there were no ifs to prevent every plebe trom being @ cadet whenever he Iked 11, surgeon’ or no surgeon. ‘Thus, when he ‘destres wo cross the barrack yard he had to do so in regular recruit style, with his hands down at his sides and his chin elevated in such # way as to make a perfect stranger of his home-starcived shirt collar. When he went to get A BITE TO BAT | he was compelled to ge; into a crooked rank of hit fellows that no amount of cadet puliing or haulin could regalate. If he dared, meanwhile, to think of! home or smile blandly at the thought of wnat his fond parents would Say if they saw him trotted: about like a horse that had a biting reputation, and which everybody gave a wide berth to accord- ingly, he was certain to get nabbed just when the snile was at its broadest and equally as certain to get tucked under his painfully elevated chin in a | way that made his tongue wonder where he had got his teetn sharpened last. Now this kimd of thing sull goes on, I Know, and will continue to go on so long ‘as there is such @ thing as a plebe in existence. But then there 1s just this about the reform I have re~ ferred to iu the matter of examining the new- comers before the graduating class is taken hold of at all, and that is that tne greenies who will have‘to suffer will know that they are certain to be cadets, and that their sufferings and bitterness will end when they are stuffed into a gray uniform, with a half ton of bell buttons as a giitieang em- bellishment. But the principal thing about the new arrangement will be inthe matter of expense and time to the “plebes"” who are not gemuses. In of having to wait an entire month neariv—while the Hirst clasé is being examined—to ascertain their fate, their future, as Jar as West Point, is concerned, will he decided at once, and hopes chat are always strong will be dashed In ime to make their realtzation sometimes a possibility , before the academic year begifis again. In this con- nection, however, let me say that because of this new arrangement, which may postpone the opening of the military season, so-called, for a few days, that the season at West Point ior visitors whose enjoy- ment does not hinge entirely upon the appearance | of the cadets at dress parade, has not by any means been postponed. To be sure, the attraction of the ex- aminauon of thegraduating class has always proved, to be one of the most powerful to draw hitherward visitors from all parts of the Union; but the time has gone by when that alone was essential to make the season an enjoyable one. Nature has done her. work so Well in making West Point a beauty spot that I think even if the Academy were @ hundred miles away the CROWDS OF PLEASURE SEEKERS who throng to it every year would be undiminished sull, However, the ladies here the parades are very nice things, and as many ‘Die manages here to draw @ cadet into her net that for years she has sat in valn elsewhere, such must be the case. In this respect, then, the military attractions of the season are deservedly immense with a certain class of fishers of men, Judging from the present aspect. of affairs this season will be one of the most briluant we have had for years, and Unis, notwithstanding the arrival of another ‘negro boy who is as Diack a3 the ace of spades, and, for a wonder, quite @ iavorite aiready with those of the old cadets with whom he has come in contact—ata long speaking distance. The steamers Drew and Vibbard, which made their first trips to-day, left by far the larger portion of thelr passengers here, nearly every train that stops at Garnson’s is adding to the fashionable ‘foating population’ of the neighborhood, Cozzens’, the resort of all the big bugs, and the West Point Hotel. are rapidly flung up Lae everytuing gives promise of gay times ahead, THE GRADUATING CLASS. Notwithstanding the fact that the ‘piebes”? have | been given the preference in the matter of the ex- amination this year the graduates that are to be are hard at work, in anticipation of the ordeal that in a day or so wiil decide their fate as future major gene- rais. The class now numbers ouly forty-one mem- vers, The following are their names in the order of their merit standing at the last examination, the State where they were born and the state which they were influenced mto the Academy :— ‘eunsylvani Wisconsin, ... New York... Frank # Edmunds Waiter 8. W George 8. Andi Charles C. Morris George K. Bacon George B. Davi Uharies A. Woodruit, Leverett H. Walker... ‘Thorns M. Woodrutt.. Charles H. Ribbel. Ulysses G. Whit Ricnard H. Poilion Frederick Schwatka.. Andrew George F. Chase... dames B. Hickey. Thomas T. Knox Jobn A. McKinney James Fornance. Daniel H. Brast Hency E. Robinson Charis i. Ward. Pennsyivania.. Thinoia James E. Shortelle. .... ‘Thomas 8. Mumford. .... Thomas |. Townsend. r W, Ro Frederick D. Graut At large. Jultus H, Pardee. . CNY Mex William R. Hoag... -Pennsyivania..New Yi It will be seen that the President's son is quite likely to graduate nearer the tail than the head of ‘he: class, although he has been a member of the Academy five years, inctuding ove year which ne spent home on sick leave. His illustrious father graduated twenty-seventh, if T remember correctly, in @ class of about Afiy-ive. As he be- came the head of the army alter all, it may be that the fact of the son graduating a few steps beneath him in poiat of ciass standing may lessen in a degree proportionate to the difference of Standing between them young Frederick's chances as a soldier, Ii a cadet who \duates twenty~ seventh can get at the top of the ladder, surely one who passes the examination ordeal by the skin of his teeth, and probably by means of something more potent mi oficial cirelés, may in the end crawl into A BRIGADIER GENERAL'S COAT and cali it bis own, if he Is given @ fair chance ta craw), and gets, as the boys Say, a livtle *b once in awhile. In justice to the future by 4 should be mentioned that he ts heavy on the merit’ question. in fact, he was at the of the heap on this pont iast year, having been honored with a sum total of 192% Elght more would have been the death of him, but at West Point of late days if a cadet has friends he well afford to within one of the fatal number of demerits and Pe never get that oue. ‘The fact is Weat Point in respects is not what it used to be and ought to be, and more’s the pity. THE GRAND REVIEW vefore the Board of Visitors will take place to-1 raw afternoon. Tue Board Is not all om hand -f