The New York Herald Newspaper, June 2, 1875, Page 8

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Warn Srezer Yusterpay.—Stocks were higher and the transactions unusually large. | Gold advanced to 116}, foreign exchange was steady and money on call easy at recent rates. Tae Orrictat Inquiry into the loss of the | Sebiller has begun at Greenwich, but is un- likely to inform the public of any additional facts of importance. Taz Tween Business came up in Supreme Court yesterday, in the shape of some as- tounding affidavits by Ingersoll, and argu- meats by counsel. The immediate issue ‘was on a motion fora bill of particulars, and Judge Donohue reserved his decision. Ove Foreicny Corresponpence to-day is interesting and tull. It includes a letter from Rome explanatory of recent political and re- ligious events of importance, a Paris | letter deseriptive of the opening of the | Art Exhibition and the principal pictures, and one from Berlin which recounts the incidents of the celebration of | the fiftieth anniversary of the ordination to the priesthood of the Prince Bishop of Breslau. Tue Lasor Qvzstion in Louisiana is con- sidered in one of Mr. Nordhoff’s letters to- day. Free labor, he suys, is successful, and he gives credit to the negroes for many excel- lent qualitiestind for the readiness with which they have adapted themselves to their new condition. The resources of the State are also ably examined, and promise a bright fu- ture for all classes, white and black, if the national government puts an end to uncalled- for political interference. Francaz—The Committee of Thirty have determined upon important amendments to the Public Powers bill, which are to be sub- mitted to the Assembly. The first of these, which provides for a convocation of the Chambers by a thirdof the members of each house, 1s opposed by the government. To ‘he other, which prohibits the Executive from declaring war without the consent of the Chambers, there can be no reasonable ob- jection. sel Nag eel ae Tax Benux Press confirms the explana- tion made by the Earl of Derby in the House ot Lords as to the recent alarm in Germany because of the increase of the Fresch army, but denies that war was discussed or that the idea was entertained ot requesting France to teduce her forces. But where there was so much smoke there must have been some fire. It is a pity that Lord Derby did not tell the public the whole story of his negotiations; but he, too, thought of the other hearts that | might ache. | More Potice Ovrnaces.—A parallel to the | brutality which disgraces the New York | police force is furnished from Philadelphia, | where three policemen in citizen's dress are | scoused of the murder of a man ina tavern | quarrel. One of thom fired five shots froma _ revolver into the body of the victim, the pis | tol being held so near as to burn the clothing. | ‘Tae men were at once discharged from the force, but whether they will be suspended | trom the gallows in, unfortunately, o dabious | The villanous custom of appoint- | set | ber The Dedication of Vemple. Nothing could be more appropriate than the usage of the Order of Freemasons which the Masonic | makes the dedication of their Temple the oc- casion of their most elaborate and imposing ceremonies, The very name of their Order signities that they are builders; and when a mechanical hundicraft is idealized into an institution for moral instruction and | training, it is fit that a good speci- men of practical architecture should have éclat and illustration by making the most of its emblematic significance. The edifice which is to be ceremonially apart for its peculiar uses to- day is a structure which justifies the workman-like pride of practical masons, and is a not unworthy type of the social and moral fabric which the Freemasons claim to have constructed. The Masovs themselves will not assert that their new Temple is the highest embodiment in stone of great archi- | tectural ideas; but it is the best specimen of good masonry which has ever been dedicated in this country to the observances of the Masonic ritual, and in the great requisites of solidity, finish and adaptation it is a satis- factory example of faithiul and creditable workmanship, which deserves the acceptance ot an Order which should be competent | judges of good building, if competent | judges of anythjng. The Freemasons are bound to build well, unless they are willing to belie their origin and change their name. Although the Order has long ceased to be practical Masons and become merely speculative Masons consist- ency compels them to give heed to the archi- tecture of their own buildings, ‘or it would be ridiculous for the Order of Masons to dis- credit their craft. By the testimony of com- petent judges their new Temple, dedicated to- dsiy, does not expose them to this reproach. It combines the requisites of solidity and taste more perfectly than any other struc- ture built under the direction of speculative | Masons tor the uses of their Order in the United States, and is the costliest Masonic editice in America. It is creditable to our city press that, with- out any exception, it has given preparatory prominence to this celebration and promoted its success by friendly publicity, which is a befitting discharge ot the duties of hospitality. On this interesting occasion the Freemasons of every part of the United States and of the British provinces are represented by dele- | gations, and we rejoice that there have been found no churls in our metropolitan journalisin who grudge these visitors an hon- orable and cordial welcome. ‘The Heraxp, as | usual, takes the lead in liberal recognition of an occasion which touches the pride and sym- pathies of a large body of our citizens, which afficts the credit of our city jor hospitality and which promises to erliven our streets with @ pageant betier worth looking at than | any of the ordinary parades. Our columns have for several days borne witness to our | sympathetic appreciation and desire to {ur- nish pertinent information, and some ot the matter which we lay before our readers this morning has a patriotic as well as a Masonic interest, The tac-simile of Washington's | letter, written by a Freemason to his Masonic | brethren will not only attract attention to the | fact that the Futher of his Country was a devoted member of the .Order, but show how easily his obligations as a Mason blended and harmonized with his higher obligations as a patriot. In American estimaflon, and in all just estimations, the recent installation of the Prince of Wales as the head of the Order in Great Britain is @ feeble testimony in comparison with the membership of Washington. The American people will be slow to believe that an Order of which Washingion was a zealous méem- has any aims inconsistent with public or private virtue. It is cu- rious io see how naturally Wasbington adopts the language of the Freemasons and speaks of ‘the Great Architect of the | Universe.” There must be some merit in an | institution which had attractions for a man of his solid understanding and moral worth. His name alone would render Masonry re- spectable; but a large proportion of the illustrious men whom American citizens de- light to honor were also Masons. Lafayette was a Mason; Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay were Masons. We should make a long catalogue indeed if we were to insert all the names of illustrious patriots who belonged to this traternity. We know no reason for thinking tnat the Order has degenerated since those men belonged to it. Nobody could Ihave scanned the faces of the several com- manderies which marched up Broadway yester- day evening just as the sun was setting with- out recognizing in their lineaments intelligence vd moral worth, which stamped them as men of sincerity and probity. We have never looked out at a procession which had a larger proportion of honest, intelligent taces. But, after all, we must take Masonry on trast, for it veils all that is vital in its princi- ples in impenetrable mystery. We were told, | a day or two sines, by one of the most intelli- | gent of its official expounders, that Masonry is “the science of symbols."’ This neat phrace may mean much or it may mean nothing. If Masonry bes “science” it must be judged, like other sciences, on evidence which appeals to the human intellect; but when the evidence (if there be aby) is carefully con- ccoaled, nobody outside the Order cau admit its claim to be regarded as a science. That Free- masonry has its foundations in symbolism we have no doubt; but instead ot “the science of symbols’ outsiders are compelled to regard it ssa mere system of symbols, oovupying but a small portion of the wide do main in which symbolism has flour- ished. A “seience’’ of symbols should explain a great deal more than the facts and emblems of Masonry. Symbolism is as universal as the human race, and o | «seience’’ df symbole should explain the universal tendency to resort to symbolic rep- resentations ond trace the common prin- ciples from which all the numerous seis of symvols have been developed. The Jewish religion aad the Catholic Church are as elab- ormtely symbolic as the Masonic Order; patrictiom is always symbolic; sym bolimm, if it could be expounded with selentific clearness, would carry ing policemen for political services instead of | us mto the deepest recesses of the buman pened damn party partly responsible ior this oxime, mind, ond we shall never believe that Masonry ie, in anv true sense, & science of symbols a0 long as there is no evidence that it can eluci- date any other symbols than those of its own Order. It the Masons have mastered this sub- ject and reduced it to the certainty of a “science” we wish they would explain some of its most ordinary facts, which they might easily do without disclosing or profaning their own mysteries. Our national flag (to select one example from multitudes) is o symbol, and if the Masonic fraternity are mas- ters of “the science of symbols” they would oblige all Americans by explaining it; of course we do not ask for anything so trivial and superficial as a statement that the thirteen stripes are symbols of the thirteen original States, and that the thirty-seven stars are symbols ot the thirty-seven States now in the Union. This sida of symbolism is level to the capacity of children, and the word “science” would be made ridiculous if applied to such paltry explanations. What we want explained is the deep hold which a mere sym- bol like the American flag takes of the human soul. Our late civil war showed that millions of our citizens stood ready to sacrifice their lives for this symbol, which is, commercially, only a few dollars’ worth of striped bunting, though, in patriotic estimation, it justified’ the sacrifice of infinite blood and treasure. A ‘science’ of symbols should ex- plain how any symbol can take such a strong hold on buman feelings. The great power of the Christian symbol of the cross is a more wonderiul illustrytion, but a decent reverence prevents our dwelling on it in this connection. We suspect that nothing in human nature goes deeper than symbolism, but we also sus- pect that the Masonic symbols, however affecting they may be to tbe initiated, have nothing of the power which belongs to other symbols which could be named. If the Freemasons possess ‘the science of symbols” they could betray no secret of their Order in applying it to the elucidation of such symbols as are not included in their mysteries, and we could test their science by its application to known cases. But while we are sceptical as to the Masonic claim to have reduced symbolism to a@ science, we respect the importance it uttaches to symbolic representations, which modern ages undervalue. Carlyle says, with impressive force, “It is in and through symbols that man consciously or unconsciously lives, works and bas his being; those ages, moreover, are accounted the noblest which can best recognize sym- bolical worth and prize it the highest.’’ We suppose the whole material world is a symbol of the spiritual or, as Goethe has finely expressed it in ‘‘Faust,’’ the physical universe is the living, visible gar- ment of God. Tne great and profound Ger- man poet makes the ‘“earth-spirit” say, after describing his manifold operations, ‘Tis thus at the roaring }oom of time I piy, And weave for God the garment thou seest Him by. The universe is the symbol of God, and it is full of minor, symbols. If any valuable pructical good is to be got out of Masonry it must consist in its recognition ot the great importance of symbolism as one of the chief agencies for the edification of hu- manity. We wish we could credit its claim that it possesses the science of symbols—a deeper science, wo imagine, than the human intellect has yet fathomed. The South at Bunker Hill. If the object of the centennial celebrations of 1875-76 were merely to honor the memory of the founders of the Republic, that alone would justify all the interest that is taken in them andthe anxiety which is felt that they should be creditable to the American name. The passionate prayer of the Hebrew pselmist, “If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning; if Ido not remember thee let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth,” might well be imitated by Americans when they think of the courage of their ancestors and tue love of liberty that inspired it. But this tribute to the Revolutionary heroes is not the final end of the centennial celebrations; they have a present value, and their influence should reach far and broad into the future of the country. By recalling’ our common origin as Ameri- cans, by reminding us of the Union into which our fathers were formed, these anni- versaries should teach us to emulate their wisdom and renew their spirit of fraternity. They bring into contrast, stronger for the lapse of years, the union of the North and South which created the American Republic, and the recent war which threatened to de- stroy it. Their highest value is that they commemorate one grand event preceding our jealousies and divisions, and celebrate glories which all Americans equally ine herit. ‘The Revolution is as a common altar around which the whole nation may assemble. To use this opportunity wisely, so that the evd of our hundred years shall find us more united than we were even at the beginning, so that all the strife that existed between those extremes shall be remembered only as an evil dream, should be the unanimous re- solve. The centennial celebrations at Con- cord, Lexington, Ticonderoga and Mecklen- burg, N. ©., had @ profound influence for good upon the country. The Northern citi- zens who visited Mecklenburg were welcomed with joy, and nowhere was the fame of those brave Carolinians who resisted foreign oppression cherished with more pride than in the North, Another event which should be made of national importance is the celebra- tion of the Battle of Bunker Hill, on the 17th inst. It was the first great battle of the Rev- olution, and we would bave it fought again with harmiess guns under a common flag, and win a victory for peace and reconciliation. The committee who have in charge the ar- rangements for this celebration could do no act more graceful or wise. than to invite leading citizens of South to be present and to take part in the ceremonies. The Confederate soldiers proved their courage sufficiently during the war, and are now ready to show their sincerity and loyalty. Let them be iavited to Bunker Hill, Upon that sacred ground the men of the North and South can solemuly resew their pledges of fidelity and iaith and dispel the last remaining doubts of the war. Such on offer as we have suggested would be received with enthusiasm in the South, and we have no doubt that the response of her soldiers aud statesmen at Banker Hill would electrify the North. YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1875—QUADRUPLE SHEET. 5 j making earnest and successful efforts to de- The Ohio Convention, The Republican Convention which meets in Columbus, Ohio, to-day, bas a hard task before it. It is ealled upon to make a ticket which shall recover the State, which was lost to the party in 1873, and to make a platiorm which shall be something more than a mere aggregatiqu of platitudes without cohesion or purpose. As the first of the States to vote next fall Ohio holds the influential position which was formerly occupied by Pennsylvania, and the uction of her republican managers to-day is, therefore, awaited with considerable anx- iety. But as the principal difficulty of the repub- lican party just now is the adjustment of its relations to the President the nomination’ of the Ohio Convention are of lesa gen- eral inferest than its course in respect to the third term question, Within a year vhat question bas become supreme in American politics. It was regarded as so important by the republicans of Penn- sylvania that they solemnly abjured the third term principle and declared their unalterable fidelity to the unwritten law of the Republic. Penusylvania thus demanded an answer from General Grant, which he in- stanily gave. The question is now raised whether Ohio will think it wise to comment upon the President's letter. If timid coun- sels govern the Convention it will be silent, upon the assumption that the third term issue is settled ; but if bolder advice prevails the Convention will hold the Presi- dent to-his word by formally thank- ing him for relieving the party of the embarrassment which its ignorance of his intentions created. he political effect of General Grant’s encyclical (care of General Harry Woite) will thus be measured by the manner in which the Ohio Convention dir- poses of a subject brought so directly betore it. General Grant and the Indian Policy. There can be no criticism made upon General Grant and his disposition to treat the Indians, except that he has not succeeded in extinguishing the ‘Indian Ring” which has so long brought disgrace upon the relations of our country to these unfortunate Indian tribes. His speech the other day was marked with good sense and courtesy and a wider knowledge of the merits of the Indian ques- tion than has been shown by any one who bus yet addressed us upon the subject. There is one fact that has not yet been properly ap- preciated, und it is that we alone have {failed iu dealing with the Indian question, while the Canadians to the north and Mexicans to the south have succeeded. In every point ot national development in the foundation of these States and the progress of the Union to commercial and manufacturing greatness we have far exceeded our neighbors. Why is it, then, that we have failed in treat- ing with the Indians? If we lock at the north we find that the British settlers have the best relations with the Indians. We never hear of an Indian war and scarcely of an Indian trouble. If we look to the south we find that the Indians ‘have become a prominent and respectable part of the Mexican popula- tion; that the most celebrated man in Mexi- can history, the one who bad the courage and fortitude to withstand the power of Maxunil- ian and Bazaine and the influence of France and Ausiria, was a pure-blooded Indian named Juarez. Yet we have only succeeded in dealing with the Indians as wild beasts; nay, even to a lesser degree, because we have a society in New York and elsewhere for the protection of animals, while we have none for the protection of the Indian. Or course itis inevitable that the Indian must give way to the white man, ‘hat is writien in every line of our history and in the march of our civilization, It is impossi- ble that we can consent to aliow any part of this dominion to be given over to wandering savages. General Grant's idea of colonizing the Indians within the Indian Territory isa sound one. It is # step toward civilization. Once bring all the tribes of Iudians in this Republic within a certain reservation and they can be controlled by the army or the civil authorities. ‘The fear is that with our restless nomadic disposition we will not even consent to aliow them to remain on any In- dian reservation. It is not long since there was some discussiop on the point of run- ning a railroad through the Indian Territory, and, although it was plainly pointed out that such an act world be a violation of a solemn treaty entered into between the government and the inhabi- tants of the Indian Territory, the argument was made that “manifest destiny” and the necessity of “developing our railroad sys- tem” should mot be interrupied by “the prejudices of Indian tribes.’ It the Sioux ean be induced to occupy the Indign Terri- tory or a part of it this would bea solution of the Indian question; but it mast be solved on some basis. We canvot kill these people, We cannot recognize them as inde- pendent tribes, ‘We cannot surrender to them large parts of our dominion rich in minerals and mining resources necessary to the development of the country. We trust that the President's policy will be accepted by the Indians, or, if not, that it will be made a of the administrative system and be adopted with firmness. courtesy and energy, Lively Times in Mexico. Our lively Southern neighbors seem to be gettang tired of the comparative inactivity which has marked their political life for the last few years, The few spasmodic outbursis of revolutionary fervor which told that the political volcano uuderlying the Mexican Re- public was slumbering, not extinct, threaten to develop into @ serious revolutionary sirug- gle. The state of the country is truly deplora- ble. Cortina and his robbers oceupy the line of the Rio Grande, and plunder, with impar- tial zeal, the Mexican and Texan populations living adjacent to that river, Hostile Indians make destructive raids on the northern fron- tier. Sau Luis Potosi, one of the fair- est and richest States of the Republic, is a prey to revolutionists, aud bands of in- sargents in the Michoacan bid defiance to the central government. On the Southern trontier the Guatemalana are mustering under one of those vestless adventurers who course the Spanish-American republics to obtain a reotifi- cation of their frontier by force of arma, The unfortunate hostility existing between Charck and State comes to further complicate the situation. Notwithstanding these difficul- velop the material wealth of the country. Railways are projected for binding together the various States, and there is even some prospect that an international road may be established. Nothing would so much tend te secure the peace and pros- perity of Mexico and freedom as rapidity of transportation. What has been already accom- plished in this direction has proved of great utility, and has rendered those military pronunciamentos, so common a few years ago, dangerous and unprofitable to those en- gaged in them. At present the two most pressing needs of Mexico are easy communi- cation and a sound system of public instruc- tion, and it is pleasing to know that the gov- ernment is making serious efforts to supply them. he disorders which again threaten to stop the progressive march of the nation are, therefore, doubly to be regretted, and we hope the government, by wise severity, will be able to suppress the growing turbulence of the evil disposed and confer on the nation the inestimable blessing of peace. ‘What ts the Force of Extradition Treaties? The government of the United States has in its custody, in this district, a prisoner who was surrendered from England, by the English government, on a demand made under the treaty for the extradition of persons committing cerlain offences enumer- ated in the treaty. The prisoner was de- manded and surrendered as a person who was under indictment or prosecution here for forging a certain bond and affidavit. On Saturday last the Grand Jury presented a large number of indictments against the same prisoner for other offences, and the District Attorney claims that he may be tried on these as well as on the one indictment in respect to which his extradition was de- manded and obtained. ‘Lhe prisoner was surrendered under the Treaty of 1842, negotiated between Mr. Webster and Lord Ashburton, which was the first treaty made by our goverement—we believe the first in the world—for the mutual extradition of fugitives from jus- tice. If itis true, as asserted by Mr. B.1ss, that a practice has grown up in England of trying for offences other than that for which the party was demanded from and surrendered by a foreign government, provided only that he be first put on trial for the offence which was the basis of the extradition, or if it is true that such has been our practic, it still remains a very grave question whether this can be done consistently with the treaty. The contract between Great Britain and the United States, contained in the Treaty of 1842, is this:—They mutually bind them- selves to ‘‘deliver up to justice” all persons who, being charged with certain enumerated crimes, committed within the jurisdiction of either country, shall seek an asylum or be found within the territories of the other. But to this engagement is appended the following important proviso:—‘‘Provided that this shall only be done upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his ap- prehension and commitment for trial, if the crime or offence had been there committed.’’ The crimes enumerated in the treaty are mur- der, assault with intent to commit murder, piracy, arson, robbery and forgery, or the ut- terance of forged paper. A man, then, is “charged” in the United States with having committed a forgery; and by “charged” is meant that he is publicly charged, and on public authority, or, as we say, indicted. He flies to England. Of course the ‘‘charge’’ must be specific; the evidence must fit the charge; and it must be such evidence as would justify his arrest and commitment for trial in England if the offence had been com- mitted there. For the offence so charged and so sustained by proof the tugitive is surren- dered; and that he is to be surrendered for trial for that offsnce is clear from the context of the treaty. Having been surren- dered for trial for that offence, ‘delivered up to justice’ under a certain specific charge, is he also to be considered as surrendered for any and all purposes for which the govern- ment obtaining his person may wish to hold or to deal with him? Mr. Bliss claims that he may be tried even for an offence for which his extradition could not have been had, pro- vided he is first,in good faith, put on trial for the offence for which he was surrendered under the treaty. He says that the govern- ment of Great Britain, under the advice of its law officers, has acted upon this view. If this is so they have adopted an incorrect practice, The treaty was made to be applied to certain specified crimes, and to themonly. When President Tyler transmitted it to the Senate for ratification, accompanied by an Executive message written by Mr. Webster, he said that in the careful and specific enumeration of crimes in the treaty the object had been to exclude all other offences. A man, therefore, who is surrendered on a public charge of ono of the crimes enumerated in the treaty is surely not in the custody of the government to which he is surrendered for trial for an offence not enumerated in the treaty and for which he could not bave been demanded. If he is liable to be tried, when the custody of his person is once obtained, for anything but the offence which was the basis of his extradi- tion, why go through the form of putting him firat on trial for that offence? If the treaty has no force after you get hold of him all that you have to do is to get up an indictment for some offence named in the treaty, as forgery or arson, procure his surrender, and then try him for treason, libel, desertion from military service, or what not. This inter- pretation will never do, In the case of this man Lawrence we have no desire to see him escape justice in respect ot any of bisdoings. But these extradition treaties, however beneficial for the interests of justice, are things to be caretully watched, lest they may be used for purposes for which they were never desigued. Aman commits one forgery ; he is toilowed to a toreign coun- try, proof is offered to the foreign govern- ment, wnd he is ‘delivered up to justice’’ for that offnce, When he is brought back hers it ‘# found that he has committed twenty other forgeries, Stall he not be tried for the twenty oy well as for the one? Yes, unless the con- sequence would be that besides being tried for the one forgery he may also be tried ior another offence that is not within the treaty at tics oud complications the government is | oll, If this coasequence will ensue such ne, treaties ean be very much perverted and abused. The Church in Spain. It would be surprising if the relations of the Holy See toward the new goverument of Spain do not in the end prove injurious to Catholic interests all over the world, The various nations are so enlightened by the operations of the telegraph and newspapers, they take so wide aninterest in each other's affairs, that it is impossible for the inhabi- tants of the United States to be insensible to what is taking place in a country jike Spain, This more particularly because we have with us exactly the same influence which is now endeavoring to control the new King. We have the same Catholic Church, the same or- dinances, the same discipline, the same Pops. Catholicism in Spain and Catholicism in America are os much a part of the same system as New York and Ohio are parts of our republican system. ‘The difference is that in Spain the Catholic Church represents al- most without dissent the opinion of the people, while in America it is largely in tae minority. ‘Therefore those who criticise the Catholic Church would naturally say that we can better know what would be the effect of the Catholic religion becoming the domi- nant faith in this country by looking at what is now taking place in Spain than by accept ing the assurances of any of its prelates o1 defenders. We fiud, therefore, that the Catholic power in-Spain is endeavoring to make the existence of any other religion im possible. The ambassador of the Holy Sea has formally demanded that there shall be no liberty of conscience in Spain. In othe words, that because the Catholics have vis tual possession of the country the effect of their being in possession must render any other religion impossible. The government has, as we seo by a recent despatch, declined to assent to tue demand of the Papal Nuncio, but has issued a decree avowing its intention of ‘doing justice to the Chureh."”” In other words, we suppose that the King, feeling the pressure of the Church— & pressure so strong as to be almost irresistible when it is earnestly imposed— offers to compromise, with the hope first, tc satisty the demands of the Church, and, second, out of respect to the public opinion of Europe, which would not be willing to consent to the extinction of liberty of conscience. King Alfonso is divided be tween two duties—the allegiance he owes to the Pope as the head of his Church, and his obligation to Germany, to whose influencs he largely owes his crown. We do not venture to instruct infallibility, but would it not be well for the Holy See to regard religion and government as two different things? Why should not the Pope take comtort from what he sees in America and in the republics of South America? Is if not plain that the Catholic Church is nowhere so strong and tree and flourishing as in country like ours, where its priests mind their own business and exercise no influence over politics except what may be represented by their individual votes? Is there an ex ample of the Catholic or any Church becom ing an established part of the government system which has not ended in misfortune? The priests are open to temptations which da not exist in America. Scandals tall upon the Church by its interference in politics, in revo lutions, in public affairs. In Irelaad we see in nearly every mail somo illustration of this truth. Aud, furthermore, the existence of this spirit among the ministers of the Catholia Church only invokes angry criticism from other churches. The time has passed when a Richelieu -or Mazarin can take counsel from the Vatican and sway tae destinies of a people. We have gone beyond that. The Catholic Church will be higher, better, purer and with greater influence when it is utterly divorced from every form or sem blance of government. If it cannot exist in Spain withont invoking the power of the government to suppress other religions then its weakness is inherent; for when a church cannot flourish upon its own foundation it is ‘a confession that it fails in the highest quality of religion, Vicz Present Wrson attended the Na tional Temperance Convention yesterday a Chicago, and the Chairman avnounced thai the manuer of his reception encouraged the hope that the time might come when a repre- sentative of temperance would be the Chief Magistrate of the nation. If this remari was intended as a reflection upon Genoral Grant we think it uncalled tor and impertinent. It, however, it merely meant that the temper- ance men intend to take part in the next Presidential canvass it is a harmless compli- ment to Mr. Wilson, who would, no doubt, be their first choice as a candidate. Genera, Borrzr has won his ten thousand dollar suit, Judge Benedict having instructed the jury that the claim of the plain tiff was not supported by the evidence. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Mr, Jonn H. B, Larrobe, of Baltimore, is residing at the Fifth Avene Hotel. Mr. Matthew Hale, of Albany, bas taken ap his residence at the Gilsey House. State Senator Joho II. Selxreg, of Ithava, 1s stay ing at the Metropolitan Hotel, Mr. Frank Mayo, tne actor, is among the lat at the Sturtevant House, . Ben Perley Poore, of Massachusetts, is so journing at the Fith Avenue Hotel, Commander Henry Wilson, United Staves Navy, Westminster Hotel. phia Board of Education, ie commodore Lewis C, Navy, arrived jast evening at tel. Mr. Robert E, Carr, President of the Kansas Pa cific Railway Company, 18 stopping at tue Pity Avenue Hotel. Mir, H, ©, Johnsoa, Commissioner of Custome arrived at the St, Nicholas Morel last evening jrom Washlogton. Lieutonant Commander Henry L, Jonnson ang Lieatenaut Louis Kingsicy, United States Navy, ¢ the Hotel Braue wick, Colonel W. W, Sanders, United States Army, and Chief Engineer J. W. King, Cuited States Navy, are quartered at the Albemaris Hotel, The Secretary of tomspact the Military Academy at Pont and attend the annual examination as that im etitaton. The Count aod Countess Rocrefoucaaia arrive! irom Europe ia tue amship Pereira yesterday aod are at the Brevoort doure, tne Count 4 On his way toWasciaston to aswame tne POMFHOL Of F.Lot Bidsdiary oF the Frewed hegavtiom .