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lous robberies of last year; let them learn elr prayers, avoid the impure wines and liquors of the Albany hotels, pay their board pills and washing accounts out of their own pockets, and there may be hope for them t. But if they should persist in their mad lly and close the present session as it has ‘commenced, they will not only seal their own spolitical doom, but will drag the party they disgrace down with them into the dust, Summary of Unitarian Faith. The great feature of our sermon budget to- ay is the discourse of the Rev. Freeman Clarke, of Boston, on the positive doctrines of Wnitacianism. It will be remembered that in @ recent editorial review of a doctrinal sermon preached by another Unitarian divine from the ‘*‘Hub” we showed that the doctrines were en- ‘tirely omitted, and it is with pleasure that we produce to-day, though somewhat in detail, a (pulpit address which has at least some of the doctrines of Unitarianism in it. When Mr. Hepworth left the Church of the Messiah and ‘the Unitarian denomination his strongest pro- test was uttered against its ‘‘negations.” This ‘charge of a negative belief has been taken up bby the orthodox pulpit and press and passed round very freely, until the faith of some thas been shaken, if not entirely overthrown, in the stability, if notin the needfulness, of the denomination to exist any longer. It was to ‘counteract this influence that Mr. Clarke and others have been invited to preach doctrinal sermons in the Church of the Messiah, and yesterday this eloquent and leading Unitarian divine let his congregation into the mysteries of their faith, and, through the HeraLp, we shall pass it around until thonsands and tens of thousands are enabled to see and read for themselves what there is in Unitarianism that is worthy of their approval or condemnation. In the first place Mr. Clarke tells us that the unity of God is the leading doctrine of Uni- tarians, and that which gives the denomination its title. And by teaching the Fatherhood of God it brings the Deity nearer to the buman unind and heart, and hence there is no need of propitiation, atonement or sacrifice, in order that this Father may be able to forgive His penitent child. It does not speak of a partial ‘God who selects some of His children to be eaved and others to be lost, but of one whose love embraces the evil and the good, and whose divine decree is that not any should perish wholly and forever. The second doc- trine which Unitarianism teaches is the capacity of man to do good or evil, and that sin is not only the road to hell, but is a hell itself; that selfishness and falsehood and every other crime is hell also. Orthodoxy thas seen the dark side of life which allies man to earth, sense and evil, but it has failed to see the other, and has supposed that God is most honored when man is most humiliated. This idea is, of course, contrary to Unitarian- Sem, which teaches the very opposite, that in man’s deepest dogradation he is still the child of God, and has in him the seeés aud germs of a majestic futore. The aert doctrine taught by this Church reletes to the divinity of Christ, and it presents Christ, not as a human God, but a Sivine man “made in all respects like his brethren.” ‘Then of course He was not ‘‘the only-begot- ten Son of God,” but one of a family of sons begotten of earthly parents. ‘He is the truest man the world has ever seen, He is our model of human nature,” says Unitarian- ism. This declaration is certainly consistent with that other touching the Fatherhood of God; but it is contrary to the declaration of the Bible that “‘Jesus Christ, by the grace of God, tasted death for every man.” Either the Scriptures must bo false in this regard or Uni- tarianism must be. Again, in regard to the iuspiration of the Bible, Unitarianism, while accepting it as an inspired book, teaches that it is also the word of man. The inspiration consists in its illu- mination with truth rather than in its freedom from error. The fifth doctrine enunciated by this Church relates to the conversion of human souls and the future state of bliss, and, while Orthodoxy teaches that salvation comes through Christ alone and from without, Uni- tarianism teaches that it can only come from within. And hence it adds to conversion Christian culture, Heaven is notanything hid- den or far off, but it is something that we have here—“‘it is to sit now in a heavenly place with Jesus.” Then, pray, whither did Jesus ascend when He left the disciples on the mount, still ‘‘gazing up into heaven” after him? ‘The resurrection of the just is not anything past or anything to come, but it is to rise now out of sin into holiness, out of time into eternity, out of hell into heaven” This, we are free to confess, is not the resurreotion of the just as we read it in the Word of God with our orthodox spec- tacles. The sixth doctrine of Unitarians is that which teaches pregress in the mext world as well as in this—in dell as well in heaven. And hence it urges work and prayer that God’s kingdom may come and His will be done on earth, and in time. The seventh and last thesis of this re- forming Church relates to the Holy Spirit’s influence upon human hearts and His in- dwelling presence in the souls of men, und, as presented by Mr. Clurke, is not onlike that believed in and taught by the orthodox Churches. Unitarianism declares, moreover, that men are not saved ‘by creeds, by protession, by ceremonies, by Church sacraments, but only by keeping conscience void of offence toward God and toward man. God has not left the truth to be guarded by infallible Popes, or synods, or ‘Bssemblies, He is near to every human heart that seeks Him. His grace is freely given to save all those who tura to Him. He is wait- Ing to be gracious—walting till we are ready to receive His grace. Churches, creeds, ceremonies, Sabbaths, Bibles, ure all helps and ateps; but they are only the means, not the end. This, then, briefly, is the creed of Uni- terianos. [Io many things Mr. Clarke claims it is one with orthodoxy, but it generally teaches the other half of the truths which the latter haa loft untaught. -We commend the reading of the entire discourse to the public. There is nothiag very striking in the other Sermons which we present to-day. Dr, Hitch- cock preached his farewell sermon to the Second avenue Presbyterian church, and pre- sented the necessity for steadfast faith; Dr. Osgood discoursed in St. John the Evan- gelist’s Protestant Episcopal chutch on the @ory of the Saviour’s interview with the woman of Canaan; Father Callaghan preached about the transfiguration of Christ in the Catholic church of St. John the Evan- gelist; Mr. Hepworth talked about moral blindness and the preference which men have for darkness rather than light, while Mr. Frothingham treated of moral inspiration and tried to demonstrate to his people that the power of religion is declining. Dr. McGlynn’s definition of ‘‘Charity,” on which he preached yesterday, is perhaps the best and the most concise that could be given. It 1s, he said, ‘‘the love of God for His own sake and the love of our neighbor for God’s sake,” Father Kearney shot at ‘‘sensation preachers” yesterday, and did not miss the crowds who go to hear their pet preacher in- stead of the word of God. Mr. Beecher had another word to say about money-love and its danger and the true use of riches, with a recommendation to his wealthy sinners to seek the true riches of God. The other Brooklyn pulpits were quiet and orthodox in their utterances, A new Methodist church was dedicated in Hoboken yesterday for a congregation which has come out of great tribulation and many persecutions by the political ring which has hitherto controlled that suburb, in imitatlon of our own ring, which has been so badly broken, The narrative of the event and of their trials and triumphs, which we present elsewhere, will prove interesting as a piece of news, and will also act as an inspiration of faith to others who may be similarly situated. We commend the entire batch of sermons to our readers’ consideration. A Pious Brother Tries His Hand at Bribery—A Donation for a Charity. We acknowledge the receipt of the follow- ing letter, enclosing a ten dollar bill :— Sunpay, Feb. 25—P, M. To THE CiTy EpiTor oF THE HERALD:— DEAR SiR—Your paper is on Monday morning the universal preacher to the American people, What makes It so acceptable ts its fairness to all sects and parties. Every sect can hear the best and ablest ministering of his faith by simply taking the Heratp. I toid bso reporter yesterday that Rev, Dr. Clarke, of boston, one of the most learned men of the American pulpit, was to preach this morning m the Church of ‘the Messiah, corner of Park avenue and ‘Thirty-fourth street, a sermon on the affirmation tenets of the Unitarians, ope that would be accepted as a fa‘r statement to the world of the positive points of doctrine of this sect, and that the manuscript should be sent to the HERALD inis afternoon for the morning paper. It will atterward be published in pamphlet form and stereotyped as a standard document of the Unitarian Church. We should like very much if it could go in full in your columns, But ff not ia full, then, as nearly at length ana in the words of Dr. Clarke as your other arrangements will permit. As it will require extra attention on your part to attend to 1t, be kind enough to accept the enclosed for your trouble. I must ask you to preserve care. fuliy the manuscript, and J will call forit to-morrow morning. Very truly, yours, DEXTER A. HAWKINS. Mr. Dexter A. Hawkins is a shrewd Unitarlan brother; and we cannot refrain from acknowledging his compliment to the Heparp as the ‘“‘universal preacher to the American public.” In fulfilling the duties of this sacred office we now admonish Brother Hawkins that there is no sin more severely condemned than that which causeth a man to lead his brother astray. We suggest this as an appropriate text for a sermon from the “Rev. Dr. Clarke, of Pennsylvania,” in which he may give us his views of the evil of bribery and of attempting to lead the servants of any master from the path of duty by offers of money. As to the ten dollars which Mr. Hawkins enclosed in this letter, we hold it at the dis- posal of some religious charity. We have not quite made up ouc mind as to which is most deserving. There is a good deal of clamor among the Union League people as to sectarian schools and the appropriation of money for sectarian purposes. And as an encouragement to the efforts of our loyal and rigorous brethren at Twenty-sixth street and Madison avenue we shall, unless better advised, send them the ‘Hawkins mito” as a subscription to an anti-sectarian fund. Still, if our readers can make a better suggestion, we shall be pleased to consider it. The “Hawkins mite” mast be spent for seed that shall not fall on stony ground. The French Government the Press. The question of giving the government in France additional power over the press is exciting considerable agitation in the National Assembly and may prove embarrassing to President Thiers. The Ministry appear to be divided in opinion on the measure. While the Minister of the Interior, M. le Franc, and the Minister of Public Instruction, Jules Simon, urge the passage of the bill, and the latter going so far even as to threaten to resign if it be not passed, M. de Larcy, the Minister of Public Works, opposes the proposed law. The bill is a gov- ernment one, yet it is opposed by a major- ity of twenty-three in the Assembly. What is most remarkable, if the tele- gram reports correctly, is that Gam- betta, the professed ultra republican leader, defends the bill. These French legislators are a peculiar and unreliable set of men, They know less of the true princi- ple of republican liberty than any schoolboy in the United States. How absurd to think’ of establishing freedom or a republican gov- ernment in France with the press as trammelled as under a monarchical des- potism! The freedom of the press, as Junius well said, is the palladium of civil ‘and religious liberty. Frenchmen of all parties, republican as well as monarchical, when in power, ignore this fact. They seem incapable of comprehending the fundamental principles of free government, Personal Intelligence. A Lieatenant Commanaer F. R, Smith, of the United States Navy, ta stopping at the St, Denis Hotel, Colonel McNeill, of the British army, is quartered at the Brevoort House, The Countess de Paula, of Loudon, has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel. W. B. Phelps, of Oswego, Superintendent of the Oswego, Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad, is registered at the Sturtevant House, General C, W. Hinks, of the United States Army, has rooms at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, dJuage J. W. Hale, of Massachusetta, is at the Grand Central Hotel. General McAdaras, of Paris, ia sojourning at the Clarendon Hotel. F. W. Rice, Esq., of China, is staying at the Ev- erets House, Major Treadwell Moore, of the United States Army, 18 domiciled at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Ex-Governor James Toits, of Moutana, rooms at the Hoffman House, Chief Engineer W. H. Kennedy, with a committee of six of the Water Commissioners of Pittsburg, aye rooms at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Their object 1m coming to the city 13 to exumine the water Works of New York and Brooklya. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1872—TRIPLE. SHEET. MEXICO. Legal Preparation of the American Reply to the | Death of General Forfirio Diaz—A New Tariff English Case—Counsel Opinion of British Policy. TELEGRAM TO’THE NEW YORK HERALD. —— Panis, Feb. 25, 1872 The counsel of the United States vefure the Geneva Boara of Arbitration are engaged in prepar- ing their reply to the case submittea by Great Britain. They think that England will finally consent to arbitration, but that the Gladstone Ministry will be out of power before she reaches that determination again. ENGLAND. Disraeli Pledged for Easter Servics at the Cotton Centre. ‘TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LONDON, Feb, 24, 1872. M. Disraeli will deliver two public addresses in Maachester during the Easter holidays. The Priuce of Wales Proposes a Tour. Lonpon, Feb, 26—6 A. M. After the Thanksgiving Ceremonial at St. Paul's the Prince of Wales will go on a tour of the Italtan lakes, staying abroad two months, SCOTLAND. Disastrous Flood in the Valley of the Tay and Heavy Loss of Property—Sweep of the Water from Dundee. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpoy, Feb, 25, 1872. Despatches irom Dundee give accounts of a wide- spread and devastating flood in the valley of the Tay. The waters of the Frith and River Tay over- flowed their banks last night and poured into the plains on both sides, sweeping everytuing before the rushing stream, The flood extends from Dundee at the mouth of the Frith to a point above Perth, on the south side of the River Tay and the head of navigation. ‘The level country around the latter city is covered with water, and portions of Dundee have been renderea uninhabitable. The railroad between the two cities is washed away in many places, and much of the road bed must be rebuilt, in Dundee the damage to property is immense, The lower stories of several large warchouses filled with juteand flax are flooded, and thousands of bales of fax are destroyed. No estimate canbe formed of the losses in the country along the banks. BELGIUM. The Count de Chambord and the Royalist Consti- tutionalists in Council—Deputations to the Dethroned Prince and Demonstra- tions of the Democracy. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. ANTWERP, Feb. 25, 1872. The County de Chambord has not quit the city, as reported. He nas received deputations from several French towns, and the members of others are now on the way coming. A meeting of citizens was held last night at which resotutions were adopted protesting in fsrcl- bie terms against the sojurn of the Count de Cham- bord. The crowds in the streets in the evening and at night were noisy and tumultuc&s. The gens d’armes who were patrolling the streets charged and dis. persed several gatherings. ‘The city 18 quiet to-day. Demonstrations were anticipated, but none have been made, The police force on duty has been doubled. Count de Chambord’s Advice to His Friends— Qniet Restored. ANTWERP, Feb. 25—Evening. The Countae Chambord urgently requests his friends to refrain from visiting Antwerp. The city 18 quiet to-night. There bas been no dis- order to-day. Street Disturbances at Midnight—Action of City Authorities. ANTWERP, Feb, 25—Midnight. There were some riotous demonstralions at a late hour to-night. All large assemblages of men were dispersed by the gensdarmes, as President Thiers Bocoming Interested. Paris, Feb, 25—Night. President Thiers is understood to be decidedly op- posed to the continued residence of the Count de Chambord at Antwerp. ITALY. Royal Compliment to the Court of Germany. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Rome, Feb. 25, 1872. ‘The King of Italy has conferred the decoration of the Order of Savoy on Prince Freaerick Charles of Prussia. Earthquake Shocks and City Alarm. FLORENCE, Feb. 25, 1872, Five distinct shocks of earthquake were felt at Leghorn on Saturday night. They caused much alarm, but no damage was done, SPAIN. Radical Political Effort for Anti-Cabinet Coa- lition. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. MADRID, Feb, 25, 1872, The Central Committee of the radical party is seeking to effect a coalition against the new Ministry. GENERAL SHERMAN’S TOUR. The American Party in the Ruins of Pompeii at Pionic. TELEGRAM TO THE WEW YORK HERALD. FLORENCE, Feb, 25, 1872, General Sherman, Admiral Aiden, Lieutenant Grant and a party of American reside nts and vist- tor, went to Pompeli yesterday and had a picnic among the ruins, Special excavations were made to give the visitors an opportunity of witnessing the process and making discoveries. The party returned to Napies at a late hour, much pleaged with the excursion. OALIFORNIA. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 25, 1872. A BIG BLAST. AD acre of ground was pulverized by sixteen blasts containing seven hundred kegs of powder which were exploded simultaneously in the Dutch Flat Blue Gravel mine, by Mr. Field, electrician of ane Western Union Telegrapn Company, yesterday. SUPPOSED MURDER AND ARSON. Elizabeth Thompson, @ colored woman, aged thirty years, is supposed to have been murdered and the bouse burned by tue murderer, at sacramento on Friday night. PUNERAL OF THE LATE JUDGE SPRAGUE. The funeral of the late Chief Justice Sprague takes Place at Sacramento on Tuesday next, HEAVY GALE—NUMEROUS VESSELS WRECKED. There was @ heavy gate along the coast on the 21st and 22d inst. News has been received of the wreck o1 five lumber veasels at Navarro, Mendocina and vicinity. No lives axe reported lost, Proclaimed by Juarez—War Operations at San Luis Potosi—Severe Fight- ing, but Small Results, Transit of American Merchandise Through Mexico. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Matamonas, Feb, 25, 1872, A special courier arrived to-night from San Lats Potosi with letters to the 16th, confirming the previously reported death of General Porfirio viaz in the mountains of Querretar, on the 12th inst., from dysentry. The followers of Diaz have proclaimed for Lerdo Tejada or Guzman for President. The Juarez government is said to have published @ new tariff which abolishes the zona libra on the frontier, General Corretla hos 4,0c0 government troops, 1s inside of San Luis Potosi, while General Rocha has 5,500 men, with twenty-four pieces of artillery out- side supporting Correiia. General Querra, with 11,000 revolutionists, 1s con- fronting Generals Correlia and Rocha. Severe fighting has occurred without decisive re- sult, both parties maintaining their ground. Important Mexican Commercial Decree— Transit of American Goods Over Mexican Territory. WasaincTon, Feb, 26, 1872. The Department of State has recetved a despatcn from our Consul at the city of Mexico, accompanied by a decree of vresident Juarez, granting to foreign merchandise the right of transit across Mexican territory. The decree covers the right to transter goods from the frontier custom houses near the Mexican coast to the neigh- boring ports, and vice versa from the ports of the republic near the frontier to neighbor. ing custom houses of the frontier, subject to certain restrictions and conditions. Goods entered for transit, regardiess of quantity or quality are to be protected by safe conducts issued by the portor Custom House where intro- duced—the owners of the goods to give bonds for the entire amount of the tariff dues, to be paid in caso the return conduct shall not be presented at the expiration of the proper term, which is fixed at one day for every three leagues of the road whicn the goods must take, In order to leave Mexican territory merchandise must follow the route laid down In the safe conduct, and any deviation will be considered a case of smuggling. Foreign goods ior simple transit will pay onthe issuance of the safe conduct at the port or frontier Custom House five per cent in coi of the total duties im- posed thereon by the existing tariff, which will be the'only duty paid to the gevernment for the sim- ple transit, anda they shall be exempt from any additional or even munictpal duties whatever, may be ths locality to which they may be conducted, INDIA. British War Triumphs and New Sources of Tribute to the Crown. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. BomBay, Feb, 24, 1872. A despatch from General Bourchier, commanding the British expedition against the Looshats, dated the 20th instant, announces that the tribes have surrendered unconditionally and the country has been subdued, The Ladboorahs deliver up their arms, give hos- tages and agree to pay fixes, The British Position Advance to Victory. ‘The latest British War Office report from General Bourchier’s division of the expedition 1s aaved the 4th January, when road-making was being carried on. There had been no more fighting, ana the Lushais were even then bringing fowls and vege- tables inte camp to exchange for sult. General Brownlow’s division news 1s to the 3d of January, on which date the Sylboo Chief had sent a message asking for peace, but the General was sending on his troops in advance until the Chief came in personally to surrender. The Forty-fourth regiment of British infantry moved into Tipai Mukh, Boats had to be used to bring the troops a distance of a couple of miles by river into the camp, as there isan extremely diffi- cult piece of road, which is aot yet completed. Tipai Mukh itself, is the place where the Tipai emp- Ues its waters into the Barak river. There is a small rapidly-running mountain stream, which ap- pears to come from the hills to the southeast, Its exact source isnot known. Extending along both its banks, and along the left bank of the Barak, where they joln, 8 @ tolerably level stretch of ground, which itdivides. Here the Camp English 1s pitched, THE CATHOLIO TEMPERANCE UNION OF AMERICA. The National Executive Counctl of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America will to-day issue a circular of instructions to the parochial societies in the United States and Canada, as agreed to by the Baltimore National Convention, which ad. journed on Saturday. It embraces the following OLS -— 2 The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America to receive Canadian and United States societies, to organize in every parish on the Continent—conven- Ligns to be within the United States, Politics tobe excluded, and national officers engaging therein to be deposed posi facto, 3. Pronibitive Jegislation deemed ineffectual— supply only secondary. Demand to be abated by religion subduing the appetite. 4, All members to be Catholic communicants, Next National Convention at Cleveland, Onto, Oc- tober 10, 1872, Thomas F. Grad, of New York, was elected Na- tionat Financial secretary. Fifty thousand new members were received last year. Bishop Bayley is expected to give a second ad- dress at the New Jersey State Convention at Pater- son. GREAT FIRE IN PITTSBURG. The American Iron Works Burned—Probable Loss, $300,000. PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb, 25, 1872. On Saturday pight the American iron Works, owned by Jones & Laughlin, were par- tally burned. The upper rolling mull, with six trains, rolls, spike, bolt and nut factory, pattern shop, pattern storehouse and foundry were entirely destroyed. The loss is probably from two hundred to three hundred thou- sand dollars, but it is impossible to ascertain, as the machinery {s covered with debris, The portion destroyed "was insured for about one hundred thousand dollars, distributed among some fifteen omces, mostly of foreign companies; no one ofice, losing more than $7,000. The blast furnace, puddiing department, forge, trains, bar, plate and rail mill were not damaged, neither were the nail factory, cold rolling mitl, machine and blacksmith shop, ali of which were at work on monday morning, and the portion burned will be rebuilt in sixty days. The works were the most extensive in + lad and afforded employment to 2,500 han WADDING MILL BURNED. Provipencs, R. 1, Feb, 26, 1872, The Bellefonte Mills in Cranston, owned oy Andrew Chambers and run by mm for the manufacture of wadding and the bleaching of waste, was burned saturday afternoon; loss, $40,000; Insurance, $10,000, One of the oulidings burned was about aceutury old, and Was the Orst manufactory of broadcloth in America, IOE BOAT RACING. Twenty Miles in Forty-seven Minutes, with a Light Breeze. POUGHKREPSIE, N. Y., Feb, 25, 1872, The Ice boat Qui Vive won the twenty-mile race yesterday, Which was between four of the boats of the New Hamburg Viuo, Time, forty-seven muiu- utes, The wind was light. TELEGRAPHIO NEWS ITEMS, Mr. William ©. Bryant satied from Havana for Vera Cruz on Saturday. Eluht freight cars belongin to the Indianapolis Railroad, qinaberr contents, principally dry ‘vods, “were burned of the track at bast Si, Louis eariy yesterday moruing, F Ported to be about ®ub,W00 siiutvoterneanncwiieg Francis J, Holtzman, while enasavor! {lame yesterday morning, kept. by Piutaburgs was attacked and fatally a Corry. The Mayor bas taken Hultziaan Corty ‘is under arrest, A Ore vesserday morning peared the store of John Cook, Lippincott & Jenvess’ coppersmiti shop, Faulkner's bakery, Bates! ren spop san Morvals paint shop oa Canal Were six families residing in we uudings, Lowk €90,00; inguracce, Sluwae ne to enter a house of ret Glebe by Owen dying deposi nt WASHINGTON. A New Settlement for the Alabama Claims. Fifty Million Dollars for a Clear Re- ceipt---A Mere Bagatelle. Be Refused War May Follow. THE VANCE-ABBOTT CONTEST. If This WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 1872, An Offer to Settic the Alabama Claims for $50,000,000—If This be Refused War. Our government has authorized an American banking house to make an offer to Mr. Gladstone's Ministry to seitle all the questions at issue growing out of the Alabama claims for £10,000,000 sterling. It believed this proposition will be well receivec, as Earl de Grey and Ripon said to Attorney General Williams, while the Joint Bigh Commission was in session yn this city, that Eng- land was ready to arrange the whole matter including @ reasonable sum for consequential damages. If the question cannot be settled on the basis of this offer it ts not doubted that the answer of our government to Lord Granville will bea triumphant vindication of the position assumea in the American case, When the Treaty of Washington came up in Ex- ecutive session of the Senate it was ratified with the understanding that it In no way prejudiced the claim for indirect losses, The absence of a provision allowing these claims had occasioned the rejection of the Clarendon-Johnson treaty and Mr. Sumner and the ovher Senators who voted against that treaty would not have voted to ratify the work of the Joint High Commission if they had not believed that the whole question of consequential damages could be submitted to the tribunal, under the treaty. The protocol of the 4th May, 1871, clearly embraces this demand, and the po- sition assumed by English statesmen, and especially Sir Stafford Northcote is a surprise to everybody on our side of the question who took partin the de- berations by which the terms of the treaty were determined. The answer of Mr. Fish to Lord Granville’s note will be in substance the same as the protocol, but it will be backed and sus- tained by facts and proofs, which must prove convincing. When tne British mem- bers of the Joint High Commiseion came to Washington last year, 1t was the impression of the Commissioners on the part of the United States that they had power to settle everything in dispute, and had brought gold enough with them to pay off our little bill. The amount which the United States were content to receive was about equal to that which {it ia now proposed to take if England accedes to our proposition. the prayer of the United States which opened the proceedings of the Commission was almost in the exact words of the protocol, and a long aiscussion ensued, the protocol being only a condensed summary of the conclusions arrived at in the course of the discussion, In his speech in Parliament, when the treaty was under discussion, Sir Stafford Northcote defended it againsts the criticisms of the Earl of Derby and others who characterized the course of the commission as aggression on the part of the United Stale and assent on the part of Great Britain, say- ing the claims grising out of the acts of the Alaba- ma and the other vessels were mostly defined in the treaty, and that it would not be necessary to renew the battles which had been fought in the State Department at Washington. In say- ing this, he was replying to the charge that the protocois and correspondence showed wat the British Commissioners had done nothing but assent to what was proposed by the American Com- missioners, Our Commissioners never put the matter in any Such Offensivd shape, but they were all of the opinion, that so far as the claim for consequential damages is concerned the protocols slow clearly, that it was the intention of the Treaty to allow them to go before the Tribunal at Geneva, Mr. Fish kept very full notes of the whole discussion, and his notes fully demonstrate the same fact. With the exception of General Scnenck, ail the American Members of the Commission are now in this city, and they concur in this viewof the case. The pro- tocol estimates the direct losses trom the depreda- tions of the Alabama and other anglo-rebel cruisers $14,000,000, and declares that in the hope of an amicable settlement no estimate was made of the Indirect losses without prejudice, however, to the right of indemnification on their account in the event of no such settlement being made. No such settlement was made, and the offer to take $50,000,000, made through the banking honse ailuded to, is the only estimate that our government has presented to Great Britain. The acceptance of this informal estimate would do away witn the necessity of an answer to Lord Grunviile’s note, such as is now contemplated by dur government, and the backing up of our construction of our rights under tne treaty, by the conclusions of tne protocols, and the evidence in the notes of the proceedings of the commussion, taken by Mr. Fish ana other members. The answer, if it is sent in the shape in which tt must necessarily "be put, if England again refuses an amicable settlement, will clearly demonsirate a wilful infringement of her treaty obligations on the part of Great Britain which wil be a cause for war. The North Carolina Scnatorship. ‘rhe Senate Committee on Priviiegee and Elec- tions will to-morrow submit a report regarding the claim of General Abboft to be Senator irom North Carolina, the majority against and the minority in favor of bis admission. Senator Carpenter, who, with Senator Rice, signed the minority report, will take the mecessary action to have the case brought up in digcussioa oa Thurs- day of this week. Senator Thurman, tt is under- stood, will lead in the support of the majority re- port, and the devate will probably last for several days. Omaha Objecting to fe Bluffed. fon, John J. Redick, Augustus Kountz, X. v, Baicom aud General ©. H. Frederich have arrived from Omaha in the interest of Nebraska, and to op- pose the transfer of the eastern terminus of the Union Pacific Raliroad to Counci Biuits. Lady Aspirants to Civil ‘service—The Heathen Japanee, Numerous applications continue to be made to Mr. Mori, Japanese Charge d’ Affaires, by tadies who want situations in Japan a8 clerks, teacuers aud assistants in the internal revenue ofice to be thcre established, Mr. Morl naving no authority to empioy such persons, 8 much annoyed by the reception of letters and personal calls ir. that connection. A Monen cal Kmpress of the Union. Among the papers recently sought to be flied with the American and wriuish Claas Commission 13 a memortal from Mrs, Jane Pb. fhursion, wao claims to have made @ legal purchase of the Uotted States of America at public auction at the capitol of the State of Maine on Jan. 6, 1870, when and where, by virtue of her right, she sold and purchased the state of Maine. Accompany!ng the memorial ls a Pamphiet, entitled, ‘A new art or principle tn law for settling national questions without war, “is covered and disciosed by Mrs. Jane P, Taarston, proprietor of the United States—to wit: forfeitare for breach of covenant or treaty to the party In jured,” Tiness of Congressman Cox. Hon, 8. S. Cox ts confined to his room by aa ale tack af rheumatioa, LITERARY _ CHIT-CHAT. Lats GenMan Newsrarer Directory says the German Empire now prints 1,745 daily papera, against 1,154 ten years ago. lt gives the compara. tive number of dailies issued in various countries as follows:— Reigium ..... Netherlands 622 Sweden and Nor- ae ‘THE HIstoR1aN EDWARD A. FREEMAN gald lately, at @ meeting in favor of the ballot in England, that he used to ve avory, but he luked everything that was old, and his studies had taught him that tory- ism was anew thing that had sprang up in tne ume of Charles I. and Henry VIIL, and he found that freedom was a great deal older than this. A New Epition of Chatterton’s poems, with life, has appeared in London, in two volumes, dis Mfe—which began in 1762 and ended tn 1770—1ess than eighteen years, spent chiefly in a charity school at Bristol—presents more points of interest than any other career of equal brevity. Whether Wwe consider his solitary childhood among women, or the rapacity with which, at the age of seven, he began to devour literature, or the extraordinary gift of divination by which he anderstood the spirit of medivalism, or the precocity of gentus which led him to compose passionate eclogues at the age Of tweive, or the facility with which ne adapted the same powers to satire, or the mass of antiquariam erudition he absorbed without the advantages of lelsure or a@ library, or the secrecy and skill with which he conducted nis work of forgery, or the stoical constancy which main- tained his treognito till death, or his abstemious habits, or the fertility of Imagination displayed im the conception of the Rowley romance, or the dexterity with which he reproduced the styles of Une best authors of the day, or the torrents of mis- cellaneous literature which he poured forth during tie last months, or the flerce courage and tery spirit which supported him until he broke suddeniy im silence and tn secret—we are forced to acknow- ledge that “Chatterton” presenis a phenomenon in its Kind absolutely unique. Tug Allgemeine Zeitung complains of the ten- dency in German universities to employ permanent: professors, whose senility is a serious drawback to their efectiveness as lecturers, The best age for lecturers is from thirty-five to fifty, but the average age of Berlin professors exceeds sixty. Leipzig, on the other hand, owes its rapid progress and dia- Unction as a leading university to the substitution of young men for old In the posts of 1ecturers. Sik Puitiy PeRRING has written @ work on re- ligious beliefs, in which he attacks the doctrine of endless punishment, JEKOM# DUVOUR, who diea recently in Paris, was, nextto M. Chevailer, the most eminent of the liv- ing free trade writers of France. Joan S, C. Ansorr has written, and B, B. Russell, of Boston, will soon publish, the latest (not last) history of this voluminous writer.in the shape of “A History of Russa’ from the earliest times, Miss HARRIET MARTINEAU exposes another of the many inaccuracies in Lord Brougham’s auto- biography, tn denying his statement that she re- ceived the pension which he proposed, when Lora Chancellor, to give her from the lterary fund. She refused it, and preserved her independence. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA, Britis Items. We regret to record the sudden deatn by apoplexy, February 8, of Mr. Phillips, the well known actor and stage manager at the Adelphi, London. The catastrophe was as sudden as lamentabie, Once more Her Majesty’s Theatre, London, re- mains shut @ whole season through the wearisome litigation between the Earl of Dudley and Mr, Gye, and vuce more Drury Laue opens its hospitable doors, For the fourth year the opposition Italien Opera is an opposition in locality as well as in pur- pose. Mr. Mapleson’s commences in April, and the company include Miles, Christine Nilsson, Tieyens, Marimon and Mme. Trebeili-Betuni, Mme. Albont will also appear in @ limited number ot perform- ances. M. Uapoul returns from America to fullll an engagement, and Sir M. Cosia will again wiela the baton. Ata concert iast summer, in the Crystal Palace, London, where a symphony by M. Gounod, com- pover-ol “Fausv? and “Mirelle’? (still better than “Paust’’), was in the programme, jame Arabelia Goddard had to play a pilanotorte concerto by Mendelssohn. M. Gounod, with the well known chivairy of the nation of which he is so kena bore @ son, introduced himself personally to ine Goddard—an honor of which the great Englian arust felt naturally sensivie. As they were talking together M. Goun asked Madame Goddard what piece she was going to play. lendelssonn’s con- certo in G minor,’’ was the auswer of the lady, who added, ‘You must listen to it; pick up ail the notes J let fall and put them in your pocket.” The per- formance, even for Madame Goddard a remarkable display, was received by the crowded audieace with enthusiasm. At tne conclusion, when Madamo Goddard had retired to the artists’ room, M. Gounod, with continued courtesy, came te con- gratulate her. “Where have you Doge the dropped notes?’ asked Madame Goddard; to which the lilustrious French composer replied, “Madame, fat les poches vides," Drittings Abroad. The Italian journals announce that Mme. Amina Boschetti, the dancer, has decided on quitting the stage. Mme. Doche has commenced a series of repree sentations at the Théatre du Paro, Brussels, begtme ning with “Adrienne Lecouvreur.”’ The Brussels correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazetie writes:—*I hear that M. 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