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4 THE THREE GREAT OPPOSITION SEN- ATORS. SUMNER, TRUMBULL AND SCHURZ OUR BURKE, FOX AND SHERIDAN. Their Origin, Talents Motives. and WHAT THEY WANT. Anecdotes Illustrative of the Men. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24, 1871. Asketch of the positive peopie m Congress and out of it opposing General Grant’s renomination, republicans chiefly and many of them prominent abolitionists in umes past—beiore many leading Tepublicans of the present party dared to look into the face of the slavery question at all—will satisty ‘the inquisitiveness of a large number of your read. ers. The data appenaed are derived from per- sonal knowledge and reliable testimony, WHO LEAD TRE OPPOSITION TO GRANT. The President’s foremost adversaries belong to tnree classes, First, members of the Senate who have appre- bended the tremendous advances of the Executive office upon that prominent body of the Legisiature, wheedling it, bribing 1t, or making it seem to see teat the country can better be run by concordance atail times between the Executive and the Senate than by any emulatien of opposition between the benate, as asympatietic body of the Legislature, and the Executive ofice as the right arm of the Legislature; in short, those independent Senators, who do not like to see the Senate made a branch of the Executive arm. Next, the scholarly iolks, Who appreciate dignity in omice, and many of whom control the reviews, weekly, montaly and quarterly; specialists, Uke the sons of Charies Francis Adams, who bear down upon particular evils and find them to be parts of the general tyranny of the civil service; the ola- fashioned student of history, like Groesbeck and others, who at last recognize that commercial politics and the Executive patronage are eating us allup, Thus it happens that that portion of the republican party which has attested its power to outlive mere party populari.y and political indigna- tion ig universally arrayed against the President's Yeneminauion.. Grant 18 not the choice of bis own supporters in the republican party, but be will be renominated by political gravity and the tremendous pressure of the Executive patronage im the rear, When we make a new President ou the present terins we presuppose his renomination if be works in barmony with the Senate, Thus it happens that tne Senate has come to be by far the overawiug body of ine Legislature, and people seldom inquire what this or that poten- tial representative says, ior his Senator ieads the Way. s the public is now meditating upon the Tew men—wainly Senators—iu the opposition, I will eketcn them at once. TRUMBULL REPA D. Itis apparent to everybody Washington ihat Lyman Trumbull has gravitated to the head of the aut-Grant republican party. ‘ims place be has taken by political talent, by large, consistent and prolonged political unity of purpose, by great dis- cretion extended over many years, and, at times, rising to nearly a sublime independence Trumbuil deters to no man, President or Senator, in hig propositions of government, and he is never 60 weak or so ulfectiona‘e as to be embraced in any other person's platform. His posiilons are his own, And bis dearest friends can not count upon nim to come ito their coalitions. It singularly appears that even the glitverimg diadem of tue Presidency 1s as Cold an object of purpose to this curious char ter'as the favor of his State constituency or the re- gard of the makers of opinion within the republican | xanks, HIS LPs. Lyman Trambali vorders upon sixty years of age, aud comes of that celebrated Trumbull family in Connecticut which has given America in foreign countries the name of Brotuer Jonathau—Jonathan Deng Washington's genial appeliation of Jonathan Trumbull, Goveruor of Connecticut in Revoluuonary umes, Trumbuil jeft bis home in the Nutineg State very early in life to go to Georgia and teach school, to make his own living. ibe Trumbvulls bad been all persevering, speculating, iuteilectual men. Lev any man read the life ot Trumbull, the painter, whose handiwork is now a pari of the orna- mentation of the Capitol, and explore his assiduous successes uver John Randolpa and the ceusorious Southern criiics of that day, and see his patient, laborious pertinacity in collecting the portraits of many communplace people of the Revolutionary time. In a larger sense Lyman Trumbull has all the power jo detali and in Generalities that the painter wad. Connecticut men ave told me of the scene in his native towa when he resolved to go to’ Georgia, and tne peopie gathered around the stage coach to see the most promising boy in that part of Connecticut quit his Kindred, Then, as now, he was thin and cool, tall and well-reguiatea, ana he nis native village Without outward tears, although regretted there as the mnodel boy of the country, Perfectly seif-cone centrated, wiihout seliisn and yet without ver- dancy, this spare rib of a youngsier took his way to the distant fields of Georgia, aud was a tutor there tor some time; aud im the portion of the State Where he resided bis cool power and msensibillty vo Ocal OF partisan passion is silt remembered. Being now a man well aloug i days, It ts not rewem- dered tlwt thirty-one years ago he Was @ meu- ber of the Legislature of ihe young State of Illinois, Waere he emigrated wile still @& stripling. The next year he was Secretury of state there, avd lor five years, begin- ning in 1848, he was Justice oi the Supreme Court Of the State, He was elecved to the iuwer House of Congress, but before taking Lis seat he Was chosen to Whe Senate at Washington, aud tiereiore he has ever bad auy term of provation th (ie lower House, lils education has beea chiefly judicial aud his pub- ic Ie Senatorial. TRUMBULL TO LOOK aT. To Jook upon, at present, frunivuli ts tall, mode- rately ihin, well-reguiaved, respectably apparelicd, wit @ high forencad and inin lower face, dark hair without @ gray Strand im it, dark dress, gold spectacies, and somewhat Of the jvok of a doctor ot divinity, He 1s @ widower, With children grown up ‘to tue age of citizenship. Although wlieged in cer- tain circies to be dispassionate, and some say “a cold-hearted Man,’ he 1s _kuown to nave been one of the most tdoatrous husbands an jatiers wittin the province of the jegislative government, It was When Le took the strong aud Curious siaud of oppo- sition to Jonuson’s Conviction under the terms of Jmpeactment that his devoted wire died under the shadow oi the Capitol Trumbuii loved his wife as jew men im public jife regard those who lake their name. One of the last acts y She Was as Obre+ at as C Write a letier to the LeWspapers, showing up the base conuuct Of a clergyman Wl wtiempled to give himself wordly importince by attacking Mis parish- joner and supporter, the Seuator irom Trumbul's death was basteuea by U ‘uplous row over the nupeaciment Wish aii whe resentment of tae state period, Trumbull has never made a 8; eecn referring ‘to his conduct at that ume, although the republican Party bow applauds him for toe position he assumed and oe scene he spared te country, of riotous party greed, Senator Trumbull is avout aix feet high, moder- erately thin and his address is gentle, without being impulsive, to strangers, while With poilticans he 18 eminently @ refiective person and lis conduct 1s guided by hig thought. There is a great deal of mean, suoordinate ive in Washington, out Trum- Dall jolus no coauuion and takes nevody's opinions. Lis presumpuion of palnotism appears to ve that, under ue forms of modern development, many in- define things ought to be assumed by the federal State, wise the abiic conscience should be made to know thas the highest form of national government 18 aistributive, and that a State well animated by love of country is better than & Stave supine at the sect of federal dictation 10 short, that our Lbion is a srongeg one for la ing every State, every county aod every voter moderaiely Independent than to see party spirit temporarily directing everyting by force and presoriving exactly What pawivusm should be in every part of the Union. it ts almost Impossivlé im social intercourse to know Trambu. a8 be is, Le does not autagonize hanwelf with people; on tue coutrary, he listeus to tein, bat his rellective capacities niaster lis de- monstrative , and lis best inends sometimes Jament toat with nls type of face aud mind he is “90 and yet so far.” rus around Trntball is to ex- tarow yoar Poe ph S EFE SI (01 Japper ie on called him “old teliows” yet ‘Trumbull is won- drously desirous ef good fplewane. Whoever has seen him on Capito Bil, in the open square, playing eroguet with his your ohildren, or nouced him im New York, rui‘ing around among the theatres with the susceptibilities of a young boy out Of College and permuted to see the sights, can sympathize with his high notion of pubitc place and his bold resolution never to be employed tor private uses W vile he makes a part of the permanent gov- eroment of the country, There is no man in pub- luc Tlie Whose family discipline is so beaulifu: and genue, His position at present im the republican party 1s that of & man who means to stay Liere, and not to lead any new departures. He teeis that, on the whole, bis 1eg:slative lite has been the best rep- resentative of what the republican party should ave been, and he does not mean to let the crea- tures of circumstance witain that party take bis place and drive num out. Therefore he will join no new party movement, but he 1ayors @ new nomina- on, POINTS IN TRUMBULL'S LIPR. Trumbull, while in sowe respects an ambitious man, is never willing to permit his ambition to be subservient. When he was first elected Abraham Lincoin’s iriends appeared to have sufiicient votes in the lilinois Leyisiature to send bim to the Sen- ate in case irumbuli would witadraw. Trumbull was approached, anda he diadained to with- draw. No mention of compromise would make bim dose. But Lincoln demonstrated bis faith in bim when he said:— “Between Trambull and any other candidate I ds support lum, cannot have choice, Let all my He will do honor to lino,’ Lincoln advocated ‘Trumbuil’s re-election tn 1861, and in 1867 he was opposed by Governor Palmer, Who 18 now in trouble with the lederal authorities tor maniully opposing General Sheridan's direcuon of the city government of Chicago atter the fire. this he derives, unexpectediy, his most tmmediate and manful help trom Tramobuit, who thinks that the federal government has no business to admunis- ter cities without direction from Congress, ‘frambull 1s called a cold man, and yet Washing- ton Ife is {ull of exemplitications of his impulsive- ness, Take the case of Vinnie Ream, What ts called here the intelectual School united to destroy this girl, both as an artist and as a family character. A half dozen females, like Mrs, Ames, Mrs, Lippin- colt and that class, resented the giving of a com- mission to her to make @ statue of Mr. Lincoln, and cated her a little half-Duten girl trom Wisconsin and Kansas, ‘Trumbull was @ neighbor on Capitol Hill of Vinnte keam, not paritcularly well iniormed ‘ aout her, but he resented the confederated dispo- sition to put her down, and oue night, of ais own youtlon, appeared at her fatuer’s house and gave her nis support, He voted tor the appropriation to her; and when she wassent abroad, lamenting ber helplessness and youth, he endeavored with ali bis force to have per lather get some governiment posi- ton, So that the girl's character could be supported by the family contact and she relieved irom ieeding her tather and mother, Few persons Know how olten Trumbull 1s seen in matters of this sort, as & generous advocate, and in proportion to his advo- cacy of helpless cases Seems to be is Opposition to larue, organized party movements agatust individ uals. TRUMBULL'S CIRCUMSTANCES. He has sold his house on Capitol Hill to Mr. Wil- liam M. Evarts, ol New York city, and now occupies very plain and cheap quarters im tne secoad swry Of & Smnail three story brick honse in tne rear ol the Kirkwood Hotel. ‘The clerk of nis committee in the senate 1s his nephew, and bis companion in lus Jodgings is his sou, bota full grown young men. ‘Lrowbuil ts by iar the chief personage low in the Senate, Ne is*the coolest and vest d aiways in earnest and yet never at how stands 10 tine rapport with the able Sevate who flew off from his suggestion in the im- peachment tial, Mr. Sumner thinks igaly 0: hiro, and all seem Lo acknowledge that he 15 a man not to be put aside, either by passion, 1terest or ambition, and who Will sit m the seat which he occupies and drive his team towards What he wishes, and even if Supreiae power ile i the Way Will not deviate irom Als path Out oi any delicacy; at the same time, if supreme power avect lis notion of seli-respect, he wil ative over it. In short, ‘Trambuli is a jurist, looking within himseif for motives, and believing that by a luigh grade of public charaeter, constivu- eucies may be ratsed to a level with their statesmen, and that this is easier and novier than to reduce one’s seif to be a Gemagogue and lead tue cousttus eucy by unworthy means, CARL SCHURZ. The noplest adventurer in this country is the great German who came to the senate upon the uulsiortnues of John B, Henderson. ‘There never Was a more gallant spirit in Congress than Hender- son, and be deliberately voted away his honors and his fame while in the prime of itfe ratner than break his oath and sense of responsivity before tue country and posterity, Carl Schurz did not treat Heuderson weil. ‘i'vere are things on record which he ad to say about that victim of party rage, which, tor Schurz’s fame, It 18 to be hoped, are now Jorgoten, Scuuurz 13 @ man to be treated and considered al- together under bts intellectual aspects. While a gentle, considerate and reliable facher and hus- band, he 13 in great part a seltish man, living upon his talents, and altuough he has been alt his days idenutied with democrats and republicans of all nations. he 18 in heart and in feeling an aristocrat, tie is, 1 short, One O1 the very Oest types of modern: Germans, jond of the ribbon in the buttonnole, a cevoled student, ana taking to revoluuon as the more legitimate form of tuteliectual dominion. | ‘Phe element of resistance 18 powerful in Schurz, and atministrauons, dynasties, and, in fact, the | whole plane Of poitucal life he considérs as chiefly avallavie to make line dramatic poinis upon them, Since Albert Gailatin we bave never had any man in America, born abroad, Who distinguished fim- seli so weil. Although representing uri, Schnrz 1s 10 deep sympathy with the Eastern States, aud their modes of thought and processes of lite. lie carly apprehended the scholarsnip and loity dis Unction of Charles Sumaer, and cast himself to be nis iniend, These two men have had a mutual in- Nuence upon each other. Schurz nas made Sauer, jor te first Ume in his ile, & revoiutionist against party government, while Schurz derives ts main disuucuon in the Senate from Sumner’s support At one ume Drake, and the strict party folks, meant to have read Schurz out of the republican caucus, in whichcase he would have been thrown back upon the body of the democrats, and half nis influ- ence lost. Al that time Sumner stepped forward ana defended him; Schurz was saved to the republican party, and he and Sumner are noW the liveliest toils in the Senate, Selurz is only forty-two years old—one of the youngest Senators. He is in the prime oi vigorous ine, very tall, broad-shouidered, spare and graceful, and he may be likened in appearance to a fine stag. He lives like a genlleman, urinks @ bottie of good Wine at bis dinuer, sees well to nis apparel, dressing Jor the most part in fine English browns, roans or biues, and he wears gold speciacies, His income, derivable from bis paper in St. Louis, his writings wud his senatorial salary, is probably about $16,000 His wile is probably one of the very fnest nens of German women in America, the nier, 1t is said, of a Hamburg banker; sne met in the city of London when he was a poor exile there, living upon remittances from home and jrom correspondence from his pen to German jour- 418, aud she sympathized with him and loved him, Schurz is @ dark-latred, dark-eyed woman of iu) figure, and amid and delightful expres- sion Of coulilenance. Schurz and herseif are very quuca ta Jove With each other and they keep the best class of company in Washington, Both of them are earnest aud strong in their attachment to German mauners and the German country, Mrs. schuré appreciates the fact Laat our republic atords her hasband the besc chance for a high career; but she and be prefer to give their children a au education, And vhey like to ve well con- sidered and remembered by the North German Statesmen. When Schurz rag for the Senate against Heoderson and Ben Loan, old Baron Gerolt, the Prussian Minister, appeared for the only ume tn his lie On neWSpaper row, sanguine to get poiats in Savor of his iriend, Schurz 14 on good terms with dbismarck; and his enemies here have alieged tat he ineans to reture to Germany and take part in that government; on the other hand he has re- peatedly said, With emphasis, that tnis is his coun- try, aud that bls whole future is comprixed in America. waded ce it same ss a « SCRURZ’S POWER ANALYZED. In considering Schurz it is never to be forgotten that he is @ man of great boldness of character, backed by the finest talents. He 18 not without humor, but it is of the grim, severe sort, cniefy exercised in saure. He belongs to the class of seniler's young German patriots, versed both in tne book and the foll, soldiers and scholars at once; and although he did not distingaish himself in our late war, there was no man io it of more amvt- Uon and personal valor. Asan orator he beiougs to (he grave, epigramatic, finely-cut scnool, nis brain directing the charge aod his heart kept weil in reserve, His face, whicn is long in the nose and jaw, and rather Mephistopnilean when first 100ked at, grows after a tme to be w rather soit, gen- tie and mteresting face; his hair is of @ browntsh auburn, his beard 1s also brown and his eyes aro a strong gray. He composes with facility, Js a constant reader, and yet none of the wrinkles of ihe student appear i his face, which ts of @ fine, healthy color, somewhat inclined at times to be Saliow. While open-hearted aud boyish at bis house With those be likes, at the Senate he is forinal and Wil seidom go the aoor to see anybody, but has visitors invited to the Senate parlor, where he pre- senuy appears. He has nothing to do with jobs or oinee gett and subsists solely upon his pride of couscious talent. It has been thought that in mal respects, Scnurz is the coupierpart of Hamiet Shakspeare’s creatiot saving the melancholy, whico he compensates for by @ certain grimness. SCHURZ’'S LIFE. ‘The tife ef this Man in any country but ours would have been considered versatile aid adventurous, He was weil educated at Cologne and Bonn, and became an editor prior to the revolution of 1848, which made him popular im Germany and forced hitn into the besieged town of Rastadt, When the German Mt pre broke up he became a reiagee in Switzeriand, Paris and ion, whence he wrote for the newspapers at home, and taugot languages, &c., in the private schuvls. Only nineteen years ago he came to America, satistied that the large German population here would be wiliung to appre- ciate him, and allured aiso by the courteous char- acter of our laws, which permitted easy naturaliza- tou and even high aistinction in the government, He had married we!i im London, and while yery oor, The Germans in this country knew im instanty; Jor thousands bad fled trom their Fatherland on the fatiure of the Revolution, and they were well informed on the points of Scnurz’s life; how he had, at the peril of his neck, ingra- uated himself into a fortress aear Berlin, with the romanuc-notiou of pS out his old college prov fessor and chum, ant all knew that he had suc- ceeded in his task and crossed the North Sea to rootland with @ price on hishead. Schurz figured a8 an Opponent Oi siavery among the Germans, and le Wa8 thelr favorite stump speaker. In deference to tue German vole Mr, jliac@la.4n (40), OMly Mime yours after bis arrival in this coun! ‘Mants- ter to Spain, After lo pA Y sod him, Schurs a where fortune was Waanhi ingtor probably the finest 8} thi genus ever sent here, not in ee Ee in neral graces. From that vocauon can pronabiy traced his present attitude in y dent ali the time, From Wash. mn he went to Detroit to edit an English paper there; but Detroit being a conservative, duii city, he tatled, Tnen he went to St. Louis and took a an paper; and the Germans of St, Louis having been electrified by the Blairs, Gratz Brown and ochers, 80 as to be aware of their importance in poiltics, resolved to have one of their number im the Senate, and they took up Scbura, SCHURZ IN DRRATE. Scnurz has no equal in the senate in pointed attack, skil{u; aua graceiul vehemence an: Tare scholarship, which seems to be as in Our history as in that of Germany or France, No- body dare meet him in debate; for all feel that he has reservations of Ce jorce, which to tempt woud not be agreeavle, He is, however, a man of cold temperament, ber aprien trae than hearty, and gra Sturinuse wo tuoetacaly Raoult a class—t 0 adore Lacul Ww and chivairy. Schurz despises the saint It istration, is honest contempt—that of a scholar for a fortui- oficial creation, The processes of Schurz’s mind are sequential and endorsed by the Inghest advices,’ while the President guesses around, showing the usual luck of @ genuine Amer- ican, who does not seem to require to be wise in order to be successful. CHARLES SUMNER DEPICTED, Nearly sixty-oue years old, Charies Sumner fs the representative scholar of tie Senate. He has made ali his points in life by scholarship. began by being one of the finest students at Har- yard and at the Cambridge Law school, Then he travelled abroad on errands of scholarship. Af- terwards he was reporter for the United States Circuit Cours im the Boston circuit. Then he was a lecturer at the Camoridge Law School, and afterwards edited a law puoucation and many jegal Works, At the age of torty ne came to the Senate, sent there by tie scholars and students of Massa- chuseus, who demanded that one of themselves should be recognized. In many respects he is one of the ablest men who have satin the Senate, and in other respects he 18 a specific creation of books. SUMNER TO LOOK AT. Look at Sumner, and you will apprehend him at alance. In the first place see his col.ssal body— Six feet three inches high, weighing, at ordinary tmes, 208 pounds, and measuring around the chest forty imehes, and around tne head twenty- three, The man’s name shows that he ts of lezal descent, 1t meaning @ summoner—that sort of an oticer which in old Saxon days cited delinquents to the Ecclesiastical Courts, and is thus reterred to in Chaucer:— And soumpnour was ther with us tn that place, ‘That hacde « tire-red, cherubinnes face ; For sausetieme he was with iron even narwe, As hote he was like rouse as a sparwi With scaled Lrowes, blake and plied berd, Of his visage children were sore aferd, In the “Coventry Mysteries” one Somner 1s told— In baste to wend bis way, And bid Joseph and his wife To uppear at court this day! Charles Sumner 1s of pure English descent. His father was Sherif of Boston, Although he dislikes Grant very muuch, yet they resembie each owner, bota being imperious spirits, unwilling to admit anybody to terms of equality with themselves un- less there are certain points of deiereuce admitied, Grant was originally a democrat o1 a very siailow and narrow school, and he got to disiie Sumner under the current name of fanaiic, ‘the President, in those days, probably looked at no question With @ thinking mind, and teli into the general current of conservative teeing, wich was that every aboliuonist must necessarily de some sort of a convict, ‘Tne President as grown into the apprehension of freedom Uke a pareenu, and as such Sumuer despises nim, SUMNER AS A FRIEND, Sumner is a very different man, in tact, from ‘What he 1s supposed to be in Massachusetis, in the first place he is a voluptuary, He likes a good dinner, varied in its courses, washed down with good wines and cheered up by genue company around the board, Next, he 1s a social churacter in the fullest sense, His heart warms upto young company who can appreciate him, aud in whose laughter and saliies he becomes young again. ‘to UWwose persons whom he honors wiih Eis con- idence le 18 the sincerest friend, ready to go miles out of his way any time to belriend them. le is not like Schurz, merely an intellectual person, but &@ warm, Kindly and impuisive man, who will write @ letter to a newspaper reporter, praising someting that has struck him, or stand up in the face of powerful executive patronage, even although his beloved State of Massacnusetts re- buke him for Mis temerity. On the other hand, he is an ungenerous enemy, accoraing little or nothing to the advetsary, aud if he nud been a soldier he Would have taken nv prisoners on the field. He isa Shaggy, leoaine sort of a man to look al, dressing generally in grayish English clothes; and while ne 18 @ Consillutoual lawyer of very high character, his notion of government 1s the reverse ul constitu- tonal, and 1s bused upon his temporary affection or repulsion. Mental bolaness he has to the highest extent, and be joves true men and hates sualiow ones. He 1s just now engaged in pushing what he calls the Suppiementary Civil Riguts bill—e bill re- pulsive to most of us, and yet, on the waoile, a proper sort of bill, if we look at at on the groundwork of rights only, This bil provides tnat hotels, schools, cers, &C., suall exercise Lg discriminauons in tae matter Of accommodationsy We have not yet ci to that stage when we rid-ourselves Of all our prejudices in the matter; but that some generation wil come to this stage and ‘applaud Summer ior his bolduess in the proposition taere can be no doubt, HIS MARRIAGE AND CAREER. Mr. Sumner never married until late in life—too late, perbaps, to understand that in married mat- vers there can be no cone will, but two together must direct. He did, however, marry a lady wao solic- ited him, and who was the suitor and the courtier, There was no fonder or prouder wife in Wasuing- ton, When the causes of the separation whicn en- sued come to be known they will be found to do no large discredit to the Sen- ator from Massachuseus, who enjoys to this day the fullest confidence and affection of his wife’s con- hections, and lis beautitul house in Washington Was presented to hun by the father-indaw of his Wile—iion. Samuel Hooper, the member from Bos- ton. Sumner’s first husband was Hooper's son, What a varied career has this man lived! Once berated by that old incaraation of adfectation, James M. Mason, as nota genticman, and vet, to- day, one of the idols of the Southern people, whom. he resembles very mucb in pride of character, ven- eration and honor! Then see him, struck down in the Senate tor some one of those tremendous personal- ites in which ne is never deficient, and yet, to-day, a3 hignly regarded in South Carolina as Calhoun himself! Again, see him move on General Stone and ovher folks of the war with the furious ardor of @ public defender upon the mere soldier,’ and yet, on the other hand, observe with what bray As devotion he supports every approved institution of the country, te army and the Davy, the diplomatic service and the coast survey, and Whatever becomes us, Again, see this man flourishing the party wolp during the impeachment trial, tellmg Mr. Trumbull that he “had made iis bed and must he tu it,” and voung guilty ou all the articles; and yet, observe him to- day im hearty aMmliation with the independent Spirits of Ihe Seuate, and perhaps the most terrible opponent of party government that exists tn the country, These thiags, atter all, teach us that Mr. Sumner is a flue incarnation of noole seitishness aud restive Independence; that he believes in the ited States and himself, and nothing between. Those of us who onderstand human nature suflicient- ly to appreciaie tnis fine character of man will be sorry When the day comes that he withdraws him. self from public life and moulders in the mighty fabric of the country Which he has helped to dig- nify and elevate, yee a Oe NEW YORK CITY. The Comptroller yesterday succeeded in raislog $40,000 wherewith to pay of the street cicancrs, The boller used in the Yorkville Court Honse yes: terday sprung a leak, ana necessitated the ad- Journiwent of both the civil and crimioal courts ‘until to-day, when the work of repairing will have been periected. Professor Rood, of Columbia College, will lecture this evening, at the Academy of Music, on a topic of very general interest, nameiy “Sound ; the Voice and the Ear,’’ and will filustrate his subject by magnificent experiments, such as have never been seen belure by a large audience. On the night of the 4th inst. Eugene Malloy, of 59 Monroe street, and John R, Baker occupied a room together, Malloy charges that during the night Baker got up, took $81 in money from hts pants’ pocket and left the place, He was arrested by Usicer Barry, Of the Fiftecuth precinct, and yester. day upon being arraigned at Jefferson Market was fully committed for trial Coroner Young was yesterday called to hold an inquest on the body of Jobn Dillon, fifty vears of age, and born in Ireland, who died in Bedevue Hospital from the efeets of injuries receivea seven weeks ego. by being kicked by @ horse at the depot of the bleecker Street Railroad Company. Deceased lived Cg Tenth avenue, whither the remains were removi After an absence oftwo years Judge Thomas A. Ledwith made iis reappeurance at Jeiterson Market Court yesterday. Judge Shandiey, who formerly sat at Jefferson Market, came to Essex Market, where he wiil dispense justice for the future, subject has been mooted ever since last elect and was vecided upon last Saturday. As each them Will nowbe 10 the district in which they reside the change is mutually suusfactory. The Board of Fire Commissioners hetd their reguiar weekly meeting yesterday afternoon, the President, Mr. Hitchman, in the chair, A number of complaints were received against certain fremen who had violated the rules, They were all disposed Of in the usuul Way, Several yentiemen belonging to the Boston Fire Deparunent paid @ visit during the day at the rg aud were suown Urough the building, The board went into execu- tive session shorty afier transacuag the usual Toute business of reierriug & number of com Waaoatious Wa the AVOTOUTIALE COMMIMACd POLITICAL MOVEMENTS AND VIEWS. The New Gity © vr aud a Republican Organ’s Thereon. (Prom the Albany Journal (republican), Deo, 26.) The work is clearly the result of careful study and of honeat purposes, It evidently been framed with a siacere effurt to provide the best and most efjcient admunistration. No ulterior design or un- worthy object appears upon its face. If men differ as to the’ practical working of some of ita features Tal credit of honest endeavor. “This sacetity of in the ce of any permtesa haat gardodae Sar The obj to xecure the best popular gov- ern: without reference to party advantage—an poet vhe rere Iraaet eck £8), Ws eam “erm ata eae re a, which uf baved’ upon the idea of Garman he promny ieee te tne color 40 any im Of political government a8 hero arranged 1s not one having Ite-ceatre in Albany, not une der the control of any G . eroment of the whole people, wi & majority still having the greater power and the ty & Voice commensurate with their A New England “Sumner” Jouraal on the Washington Treaty. {From the Boston advertiser (Sumner republican), Dec, 27.) * * * * Clearly defined as these duties have been again and again, and especially by English writers and statesmen after the breaking out of the War of 1870 between France and Germany, it seems: incredible that an effort will be seriously made to reconcile the conduct of the British government toward the rebel cruisers, one and all of them, with those international obligations to which Ureat Britain has of late professed 4 more than religious fidelity, If this view of the case were to be in- sisted upon, against wrongs Itke those which the United Staves suffered, and sustained by the tribunal as quite consistent with the duties which one nation owes to another, it might well be said that the rules of the Treaty of Washington can have litwe effective force, and that there will be litue inducement for nations in future to adopt the peaceiul method of arvitration for the settiement of thew differences. If Georgias, Alabamas, Floridas and Sbenandoahs go out from neutral ports and prey upon the commerce of triendiy na- tons, Withous violation of internauionai duty; and if tt be no offence to recruit men for them, ana sup- ply them with arms and provisions trom neutral soll, certainly the United States, with her extended Tronter on born oceans, has more tterest than any other maritime Power in recognizing that tact. The Alleged Indian Pension Frauds—Letter trom Senator Harlan, ot Iowa. (From tne Burlington (lowa) Hawkeye, Dec. 24.) SENATOR HARLAN’S LETTER, WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 18, 1371, General J. A. WILLIAMSON, Des Moines, lowa:— Deak Str—In reference to my connection with the payment of Indian pensions the material facts were these;—In the spring of 1866 my atten- tion was called to claims filed by attorneys, chiefly by a man named John W. Wright, for Indian claim- ants for pensions, When I entered the department I found nim with others as recognized attorneys in the dilferent departments tor suca ch ents as chose to employ lim. I knew of ho suiticient reason for debarring him or re- .tusing to consider claims merely because peopie chose to trust him with their business. 1 was in- Jormed by the pension clerks that the evidence pro- duced in favor of many of these Indians seemed to be conclusive, and that it was sustained by the records ot the War Department, It te ousiness had proceeded in the usual mode those sustained by tis poo in the absence of rebutting evidence, woud lave been allowed, the names would have been en- rolled and the pension certificates tssued as a matter of course. But, distrusting the reltability of eviaeuce taken ex parie in the indian country and the pro- priety of issuing certificates to Indians to be col lected by attorneys, fearing that the funus might not reach the Indians, 1 determined to have these cases re-examined on the ground, in the presence of an officer of the department, and, where found valid, payment made to the Indiansin person. Hence, L ordered their names to be enrolled temporarily aud Tappointed Hon, George C. Whiting Special Pen- si00 Agent for Fort Gibson, and sent him out to per- form this service, tostructing him to see ihe indians, exumine each case, take down tne substance o1 the new evideace im writing, pay those who were found to be legally eatitied, take their receipts in in due form, aud report those not found entitied to pensioas under the law, to be stricken from the Tolis. He gave bond and security as any other pen- sion agent, drew the amount of money deemed ne- cessary by the Commissiouer to bee 4 them, and pro- ceeded to the Indian country. He started some uusre about April or '. before he made his report 1 had retired from the depart- ment. ‘This 13 the whoie case, so far as I had any connection with it, Here my oficial action ended. I made an honest edort to guard tne rights of the Indians and at the same tune the Treasury of the United States. The man I sent was at the time principal appeal pension clerk iu the Secretary's Office, had served some years as Commissioner of Pensions, a8 cbiel clerk oi the department, and as Acting Secretary of the Interior. His capacity and famiiarity with the pension laws acd modes of proof were undoubted, and his integrity has not veen questioned. But suppose Whilingenad been a rogue and participated mm irauds, ne aud his bouds- men would be responsible, and not the secretary. His accounts, however, have been adjusted by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department, and not one voucher has veen thrown out for jilegauty or insu ficiengy of proof, His re- port Was nddée January 15, 1887, four montng aiter had resigned. But 1 have examined it on the files, and his account stands thus:—Ho ts charged with requisition $75,000, the amount supposed to be necessary to pay the honest claimants, and $450, found by him 1m the hands of his predecessor, mak- ing in all $75,480, He is credited in his report with something over $52,000, returned to the Treasury—a little less than $25,000, paid out to pensioners, including $300 or $400 commulssion, And all of this has been approved by the Aiul- tor and Comptrolies as legal aud correct, ex- cept $1,049, suspended “for informality,” want of proof of “muster in as officer,” or sumeiaing of that sort, But these sianderers say Judge Wrigit has been arrested for fraud connected wita tis matter. He says in a pubiished card that he has not ven. But suppose he has becn, and suppose he Is gulliy, how does that affect me? Idid not put any mouey into his hands nor trust to the suficiency of nus evi- dence, Prove him guilty and you justiiy my cau- ton in not trusting him with money or. pension cer- tuficates, and in not relying On the evidence flied vy him. Because I exercised this caution in cases presented bya man who they say is a scamp, and Teiused to trust either him or his work, J am de- nounced or his supposed crimes. Yours, truiy, JAMES HARLA, General J, A. WILLIAMSON, Des Moines, lowa, THE REFORM DEMO ban? CRACK, ls, Activity of the Apollo Hall Party—Heavy Enrolmeut of Voters in the Various Assem- bly Districts. Tne Apollo Hall democracy are now engaged in enrolling the names of all the iegal voters of the city With a view of securing, if Possible, more purity at future elections, and ascertaining their probable strength. They invite all voters, irrespec- tive of party, to enroll their mames, and, to tacilt tate the work, twenty-one Supervisors of election’ have been appointea in each Assembly dis- trict and books opened uuder their supervision at some central point in each district, The enrolmeat commenced on Tuesday, and the books will be open from ten A. M. unti ten P, M. daily until Saturday next. In these books the pames of all who present themseives are entered alpna- betically, with the residence and occupation of the voter, who, however, is not pledged to vote for any particular party. Each name is numbered. To secure fairness at the primaries, where heretofore there have been such gravo abuses and frauds, such voter, on recording his name, is supplied with a ticket numbered to correspond to tint opposite his name on the roll. This ticket is his passport to the primary elections, and without it he cannot vote or participate in any mauner in the organiza tion of the party, When the enroiment shail have been completed a general canvass of the respecuve districts will be made, and all non-voters whose Dames have been entered on the roll will be stricken off, ‘The next step to be taken, after the completion of the evroiment, will aT x pO ed oe all whose names are reo! ) Ww Ww of per: bly Democratic Reorm Assoc!ation organizations once etiected ‘y will be held to elect three dele- ves from election district, who shail form General Commitiee for the ensuing year, This eral Committee Will have the direction of te hole, The committee, iu their democratio Jee eer eat ath ties (aol couadent r ‘Upon it, and the comm! i conden nat pone wae are tn favor of this being done, wilt Lai to that no in Jeud their aid by coming forward to enroll ther names in Lueir reepective “Kesersbiy distrious, During the past two days the work of enroiment has been progressing and in many of the assemoly districts dt dreds Of Tepublicans have had weir names placed apon the roils. in some districts the enrolment nas been light, owing to the neglect of the committee to give suificient publicity to the enrolling places, German reformers have a separate organization throughout the city, but many of them are enrolling under tie banner of the Apollo Hall dewocracy, and it 14 confidently @x- ected that eventualiy these tivo powerlal organisa. fone will be COusOliduled uvou some geueraly accepted vislorum TROTTING, : Meeting of the National Association for che Promotion of the Luterests of the Americas Trotting Tarf. AsSpecial meeting of the Board of Appeals was hela yestorday at the Everett House, Union square, commencing at ten o'clock in the morning and con- Uinuing until a iate nour in the night, About thirty protests and appeals were laid be- fore tno Board, a dozen or mere of which were con- sidered and persons and papers examined, de- cisions in all cases being reserved until all the cases presented shall be fairly investigated. Among the number of cases before the Board yes- terday afternoon was a resolution trom the Prospect Park Association asking for an opinion on the subject of conuitional eniries to purses. It appears. frum the resolution offered tnat drivers have been allowed by several associations through- oUt the county to enter horses, with tue under standing that jf they did not wisn to start their horses: im the race tor which they have been entered they Would not be compelled to pay entrance money. The proprietors of Prospect,Park, having been ap- Proached by some drivers ast fall asking tor like Privileges, called @ meeting and passe the reso- lution which was submitted to the Board last even- ing, asking that body to.enact a rule properly defin- ing the duties of assoclauons in regard to entries for purses, and to enact punishments for violations, suould any bereafter occur, Anotuer case jaid belore the Board was a protest against Kingston and mate Winning the ast race they had with Honest Alem @nda running mate at Prospect Park Fair Grounds, J, H. Martin drove Eingstoa and mate in this race, and as Mr. Martin had veen ruled off the Fieetwood Park course a year previously and had not been reinstated by We Board, 10 18 urged that he could nut win any race uuder the clreumstances, Testimony was exhausted po and con., When the affair was laid aside jor future decision. The cause of Mr. Martin’s oeing ruled off the Fieetwoud Park, it will be rememuered, Was tor not suffering Nis uorse Johnny Keb to ve driven by auocner pel when the judges suspected oir. Marlin, Wwe driver, of Wurowlag the race, Alter Murtin lost the race ine judges acclared all bets off and ruled Marun off the ‘track. He trated his horses, Kingston ana mate, agaiast Honest Allen and mute at FleciWuod, aad tuen at Prospect Park air Grounds last tail, out George Carpenter drove the rst race and Tom Carpenter the sccoud, and noting Was said about mu or ms horses. Tue tird race the teams troved dr. Marun iorgot hin- self and Wis expulsion and drove the race, giving his Opponents all the advantage they wanted, that velng the supposition thas twey mught win and coud not lose, ‘ihe case was muutely Ivestizaied by tue Board und tue case laid asiue lor judgment, - The uext case Was tiat OL Phomas ’. Watiuce’s Appzat ‘rom Une aecision Of the juages Of the Tace at kiectwood Vark, Wuen is horse Jas. ui. Coeman wou @ heat, WiLCh Was supsequently declared no heat by wwo.ot Wwe jadges. The fucts of ire case Were ose:—On the horses being called for te secoud heat of the race, there being nearly a dozen in it, they Scoreu ULUi the pauence of the judges Was nearly exhausted, the beil verag pulied nearly ali the une Tor tae horses to go vack lune. AU length cue President oi the us Mr. Van Couruand, the starter, seemy ti logether as he ought it posse tu yet luem, gave ae word “go,” and away they went in a straggiing Mauner, A lew moments ailerwards Darius Lali- man, lie Superintendedt of the course, culied vo Harry vaier, oue of the judges, two rag whe bell and call the horses back Mr Van Courtland insisted that there could be no re- call and forbade Dater w ring the bell. Dater, however, Commenced ringing, and Mr, Van Courtiand Jett the stand in disgust When tie drivers of tae horses heard te beii toiling some of tuem began to pull up, allnough ine majority of them were well on to the quarter pole. ‘hey alt linuliy siopped, with tue e. puon of James ii, Coleman sud Charley Green,*Who had a head and head contest all tue Way arounu and up to Within a Jew lengths o/ tne dnish, when Chariey Green uroke up and James H. Coleman won the heat, Harry water and General Dunham, the two judges re- maining on tue stand alter “Air, Van Courtland bad rewired, declared ‘no neat.” Mr, Watiace tea sent is horse to (ne stable and the race went oa without him, ‘Lie avove are the facts on wiih Mr, Waiiace bases his appeal, and what the Joard will do in tne Matter remains to be seen. J. H. Martin put in an appeal to be reinstated on the track, beneving, a8 Me asserts, tuat the ruling: of hun off that track was racher too great a punisa- meat for s0 slight an Offence as “chucking” a race, Evidence Was taken on both sides. Budd vobie applied by counsel to have his case ‘Wilh (he Lrenton Association reopened. it appears wnat Budd entered the bay gelding Hotspur in a purse at Trenton, and, the weather proving uula- yorabie, tue race Was postponed until we next far day; but, ior sume reasoas or Other, the Managers concluded to iuriher postpone the race unc & ven day. ‘Tne first fair day came and judd Was ready to. troty but ne was told that the day had been changed. “He had an engagement in Boston of greater moment and could nob Wait, 80 he demanded his entrance money back. This was refused, wud he now asks the Board of Appeals to make tue Trenton gentieman disgorge, Laid over for decision. Waldo T. Pierce entered a protest against the mare Butierbali for trotung in a race where she had no business, and gave proof of the mare having trovted two races “away down East’? where tne tume had been suppressed. Evidence taken aud decision reserved, W. 8. Frazer appealed from the decision of the assoctaiiun at Kalamazoo, claiming that tueir rulmmg was Wrong in nis case, Evidence all taken, and case laid aside for final dectsion, Jonu Murphy protested against the chestnut geld- ing Major Alleu (late Locust) for starting in a race at Springfield, when he had been trained and fed in the same stable up to the day ot race witn the black stallion ‘Thomas Jefferson, who started in the same race. Evidence all takenaud laid aside forconsider- ation, The Board of Appeals will probably get through all tue cases to-day, and may possibly render deci- sions in the whole of them beiore they adjourn this evening. . ‘Tue Board 18 now composed of Colonel Sprague, of Narragansett; Mr. Vail, of rtford; Mr. Bar- nard, of ‘roy, ana Colonel Hall. of Brooklyn. Letters were received jast night from Mr. K. ©. Barker, of Detroit, and Mr. Hamlin, of Buttalo, each prowlsing vo be at the meeting to-day. AR SUICIDE IN PATERSON, Constable Monks, of Paterson, went yesterday moruing to serve an attachment on the furniture of Charles R, Burroughs, tbe Keeper of a disreputavle house in Franklin street, in default of Burroughs’ paying the reatdue, The agent had called several times lately, but having always found the doors closed could get Do satisfaction, aud resorted to an atiachment, Constabie Monks arriving at the place yesterday moruing broke opeg the dgors wutil he reached the Foorl 6eipied by Burroughs. That individual sat, oy ryher reclined, on two chairs in tne centre of the room, With @ blanket pulied over his face, and apparently asleep. The officer removed the blanket and was about to shake lim to serve the warrant, ‘When, (0 nls consternation, he saw that the man was a ead. It is needless to say that the frightened constable did not remain long, but tan for Dr. Quin, the Coro- ner, who soon arrived, It was found thac Bur- Troughs’ death was a mos! unusually deliberate sul- cide, having swallowed a mixture of laudanum and arsenic aud coolly laid himself down to die. Some remains of tue poison were found in a bottle near Dy ye in Burroughs’ pocket Was found a noie, stating thai the ace was committed on the 10th of Decem- ber, yet the body had froan stiff and there were as et Mo signs of decompesition. The note stated ‘Unat the reason of the sui¢de was because a woman named Lydia Garravrant who had omiciated as his housekeeper, had lett hin, and he had no one to take care of his place, and Was alone in tne world. Coroner Quin deemed no inquest necessary, us the circumstances were very tain. Burroughs Was @ miseraye man and spent a ne- farious existence, ihe howe bearing a most disre- putablename. it was hee that Jonn Canty mur- dered Eugene Taylor some months since. eee has never been capture) Burroughs’ wife was sent to the State Prison soue time since for keeping a disorderly house in anower part of the city. It is probabieé that no one will nourn the dead man, ex- cepting the landlord, wuon death has robbed of a month or sos reat. ~ PERSONAL NOTES. Secretary Robeson has starned to Washington. Mr, William G. Kennedyhas assumed the editorial conduct of the Sumter (3, J.) News. Harris, the editor of thesavannah Morning News, ‘Was at one time connectedwitn a circus. Jolin C, Calnoun’s planation In South Carolina has been bought by a wealtiy cotored man. J, W. Whitenead annotices that he will com- mence about the middie of January the publication of @ paper in Greenville, Als, entitled tue /ndepend- Eni Thinker. Governor Geary, of Pentylvania, has appointed Adam G, Reimoehl, ¢ex-Minber of the House of Representatives from Lanaster county, as Deputy Secretary of the Commonreatth, vice James M. Weakiey, who resigns to tke his seat in the State Senate, Commander W, N. Allen, Jentonant Commander Wiitam H. Whiting and rst Assistant Engineer James L. Vanclain, have ben detached from the Swatara and placed—the fst on waiting orders, the second on sick leave ad the taird ou walung orders. There {9 no truth in the sttement that Assistant Attorney General Bristow jsisis Upon the accept> ance of his resignation. It t true that bis resigna- tion was tendered at the sme time thay Attorney General Akerman resignedyut he withdrew tt ab ‘Une request of Lue President SINE SIR SAMUEL BAKER. Latest Reports of eat Mutiny and Shooting of Sir Samuel. IS THE EXPEDITION A FAILURE? Seven Hundred of the Men Said to Have Perished at Gonddkora. ANXIETY OF THE VICEROY. Carmo, Egypt, Deo. 1, 1671. Alarming ramors of the death of Sir Samuct Baker and his whole party are being freely cirou- Iated in Vairo. On Monday last I heard ® story, which purported to come from Suez, stating thet Sir Samuel and his whole party had perished from Starvation, not many miles from Gondokora. The authenticity of this intelligence I doubted at once, and through the American Consul General received an emphatic demal from the Mintster of the In- terior, No one can tell at this moment THR EXACT POSITION OF THE DISTINGUISHED TRAVELLER, because the government has received no tntelit- gence from him for over month. ‘The Minister in- forms me that Sir Samuel did exhaust all fis sap- plies ata point near Falvro, in latitude tour, just of the Nile shore, in the terior, and shat he had applied to the Goveraor General of Soudan ror assistance, and it ts expected that she necessary aid was immediately supplied, as this oficial is tnstructed to support tne explorer in every possible way. It is a great mistake to believe thas Sir Samuel Baker will permit himself to starve in the neart of Africa after so much experience, and particularly when his wife is with him, his lose meaning her own, It 1s perbaps promature to make any criucism upon tls EXPEDITION TO THE AFRICAN LAKES, the greatest, I may say, yet undertaken. Still there 18 No doubt that it was li-advised in many partiou- lars, As far as I can ascertain, 2,000 men ascended the Nile, equipped, provisioned and prepared for a two years’ exploration along the river and in tne unknown countries lateral to its fow. Dragomen, domestics and the completest appoimtments the lavish generosity of the Vicervy could bestow were furnished upon demand, and its English chief se- ceived the ine salary of $59,000 a year, and that probably will nardly be the beginning of nis re- wards if he opens up Africa to the world, Suck A MAMMOTH UNDERTAKING is regarded here by many of the finest minds in Egypt as too gigantic to move successfully among tne un- Known wastes of Ethiopia, In the first place, ib is taking anarmy into a country foul with tne an- healttiest malaras and charred to desert sands by the fiercest of African suns, ‘The base of supplies, running along a river course, crosses deserts and winds by devious ways through hostile tribes aad the wildest savages, To move ahead 13 war; to send back is to meet a fire in your rear. The loss of powder, the toss of ammunition, a@ determined mutiny, starva- uon, all tend to kill the enterprise. AS it now stands, we have intelligence, regarded as of une most authenile characier, that 700 men nave per- Ashed from tie heat aud that Sir Samuel and hus brave lady are the only white people connected with the enterprise, and they still possess courage and hope. THE VICEROY ANXIOUS. In Egypt itseif the profoundest apathy prevails concerning this and ail other enterprises to un- bosom the African Continent. Not so, however, with the Viceroy and his intelligent ministers, but with the population, which typifies bar- barism veneered witn civilization, Among those who are savants in African exploring matters, how- ever—and there are many here-—the experience of the HERALD correspondent who penetrated the eastern coast from Zanzibar has excited the greatest Interest and admiration. I donot think tt wili be taken as immodest to write that the efforts of the HERALD are duly appreciated here, and that tts en- terprise 1s freely commented on in upper circles in the matter of solving the tropical problem of the age, and that people here regard {ts mission as one wo induce the Americans, metaphorically the “whitest? People on the earth, to civilize the Airicans, mate- rially the olackest. KEPORTS OF SIR SAMUEL BAKER, When last heard from, a month ago, Sir Samuet Baker was reported near a small settlement about latitude four degrees north, poinung his iron boats, which are to constr tute the first flotiila of imland, equatoriat Africa. Think of it! on the waters of the Victoria and Albert Nyanza the Viceroy establishes this first navy upon inland seas which have seen, witn several exceptions, only the faces of gorillas and chimpanzees. THIS NEWS, meagre as it is, shows us that Sir Samuel Ja ready for the central lakes and that there he will begin operations im the most methodical manner. His contract stipulates that he shall finish this expedi- tion by the end of the coming April; but 1t is very doubtful if he will be able todogo, At any rate, when hé comes back three-fourths of his commana“ will probably nave perished, and if he comes down the Nile in the heat of summer it w im- possible to say how many can survive. THE MISTAKE OF THE EXPEDITION has been that it has been undertaken on too grand ascaie, The waste, sheer waste, of tood for 2,000 men would readily feed twelve hearty Europeans who might desire to cross the Equator. The great G¥if 0: all African exploring parties has been that it nas been dodducted too much after the fasaion of the British tourist, and too many theodolytes, barometers, sextants and artificlal horizons have replaced canned meats and desiccated necessities. 1am of the opinion (hastily formed, perhaps) that twelve energetic, live, I might say reckless Amert- cans, each with his special mental and physical gifts, could bare this whole Continent to the view of an anxtous mankind, The British are good, naray, stubborn travellers, put they are like their journal- ism and ideas—slower than tbe wrata of the Grecian gods, LATEST REPORTS OF THE EXPEDITION. Again there are fresn stories of the death of Sir Samuel Baker and the complete fatlure of hu expedition, This time, it is said, that 400 miles above Khartoom a military mutiny broke out, and that in am efort to quell it Sir Samuel was shot through the shoulder, from the effects of which he subsequently died, Yt then followed that the band, disorganized and factious, became a chain of irre- sponsible fragments, and there ends the tale, That there may be truth in this statement no one here Would be surprised to learn, because it was carly © experienced that the troops felt restless under the command of a Christian. It is thought that beyond the realms of civilization they indulged their cow- ardly Mussuiman proclivities and revolted, CARL SOHURZ IN BROOKLYN, Carl Schura, the distinguished statesman and philosopher of the West, delivered his exhaustive lecture on the Franco-Prussian war last night, im the Bedford avenue Reformed church, Brooklyn, E.D., by invitation of the Library Assoctation. The church was well filed by intellectual persons, and the plillosopher-statesinan was warmiy received. In speaking of the orticials in the Pras sian civil service Mr. Schurz said that they were very poorly paid, but their poverty dia not afect their houesty. if any of them committed a pecula- tion they commiited suicide when exposed. But it was diferent hereabouts, This fling caused an outburst of applause, and gave the philosopner a chance to wipe bis spectacles, CORRECTION, CONVENT OF ME 25 East HOUSTON STREET, Deo. 2 To THe Eorror oy Tak Heeaip;— I beg to inform you that the statement in your paper of the 22d inst, concerning the profession of @ Miss McGuire in our convent is a mistake. There iano lady Of that name In our community, and no ceremony of the kind mentioned has taken place here for some months. Please contradict tne state- ment in your next Vary? and oblige, yours. vere weuly, Suter M, AUGUSTINE, Supeciorews. A isn.} ’ ?