The Sun (New York) Newspaper, February 6, 1871, Page 2

eS AE ere A Ce as FS Set EBS os ee — creme tyne yant’e Op Filth Avenue T! entre Saratoca Pourtcenth Street Theatre=h o¢ Lean rand Opera I ' Lina Blwin's Theatre! oma, wan Harden—Tue back Rew York (irene 1u Firmple Theatre Wb Madt Theatre—bo 18S Read ine —Femsl saw eumutle Tuunel—Oper to Visions A ptlack's Money ” ma Red Handa, Matioes, sy wv ual: W eekiy, th Is Unere any Real Dillereuce t Mr. Gneniry hes lately declared in the Tribune that the Republican party is by no Bicans certain to win in the Presidential Birugglo of 1872. Ho gays that “the Demo- ermta cen make the contest a close and a doubtful one by framing o mild platform and putting up crndidates tomatch.” No doubt Mr. Gnee.ey’s view of this eub- Jeet is correct ; and the great reason that it In 80 is that there is no longer any vital issue of principle between the two parties, Uni- versal suffrage is established throughout the length and breadth of the republic, and there no longer remains a single point of contest from all the terrible controversies eonnected with the war, In fact, the prin- ciples of the two parties are now substan tially the same. They were so nearly Mentical in 1868 that the Democratic N tional Convention came very near nominat. Ing as its Presidential candidate one of the most distinguished and uncompromising Republicans in the country—and all admit bow that if they had nominated him he would have been elected—and since then the whole current of events, legislative and political, has tended to wipe out the remain Ing fragments of difference between Repub. Tioans and Democrats, This has gone so far that now there is actually no question of principle In dispute between the two partica, Indeed, there is not today a singlo Demo- trat of any prominence who seriously pro. poves or desires to revive the issucs of the war or of r st This being the case, it is « #tond why Mr, Gueecry should be anything Dut confident of success in 1872 for the party he founded and with which he has been so conspicuously identified, Certainly, if the Republicans are eo heavily weighted as 4 ey would be by ting Guant, their tion. to wader. nomi Refeat is inevitall In 1°63, when he was Btill universally popular, hav the suppert Was @ most exciting issue of principle, h Binjority wes small. In 1872, w * any of these advantages, his defeat would be crushing, not only to himself but to th Republican organization. nominate him For that poriy t again would be to cominit Buie'de ; and yct the offtecrs of the ( 1 of the Post Of and of the Internal R Bue, are all working to that end, or pretend lng to work DSN Terrible Lessons from Life, Within the last few days the community bas been startled by terrible lessons drawn trom the daily life of the murderer Rut.orr, Bow under sentence of death at Binghamton, and of the Rev ban of public d arly days Runtory had tho instraet pious parents 3 Sunday echool, but he ca convictions, “1 matters that I had Viings,” he says in if he beliey r, he replice © Well, sir, it is difficult for a man who has Dr. Curry, now under the In his on of wrace in this city, and was himaeli a teacher it was so not with other Kk of such e to thi When our reporter asked Lin a hereof bean 80 occupied in other things to think on Buch enbjects.” His ambition wast kk bimecifa nome, no matter at what cost to bie spiritual nature, and we sce th His been utterly result, and bis i have wasted, his life h been one barren stretch of suffering, and 1 talents death is to be ignominious. bered to eeck His righteonsness, all other desirab) Ilad he remem kingdom of God ar hen wealth and f first thi me and things might havo Leen added unto him So, too, the Rev. Dr. Corny, ‘This anfor @nate man also | benetit of early r Bions instraction, He became a min the Gospel and a Doctor of Divinity, and it Was mipposod that ho was walking in the right path, But, Dke Rerrorr, he was had no time to attend to relijsous dation Instead of seeking first the } f Gud, he song!t a $200 w Jeo La $110 sow fog muchine. Instead of clothing r righteousness as with a garment, he eloth Linself with a 4G overcoat, which he for with an editorial puff in the colanins of the in fraud of tho advertis ing departinent of that paper, Instead of loving lis encmics, x the com mand of his Master, Dr Mates bts truest friends, Lustead of blessing nat curse hirh—and it mnet be ad that there are a good many, especial! # the Mowe days—he behaves unseemly to those who we " Instead of d Bis duty Iie 1 sentinel on the wal of Zion, he pls the part of a tual *bammer,” and so puts committecs to th Brouble of investigating his conduct Gnding him guilty of «improper practi What gad pictures of moral aberration @rothero? What war: Inge to young ten RULLOrY says be never did onythi the days of his Life which, iroumstances, he would not do again, Is Dr. Cunny prepared to go as far ae that? n in a under the same ‘There aro indications that he is not. He seems to have awakened toa sense of his condition, and we sincerely trust that his awake: But as he still clings to his metodeon, his eewing ma chine, nnd his overcoat, we are afraid that his repentance is not of that kind which needeth not to be repented of, His chief regret seema to come, not from having sinned, but from ug been found out, In his recent edi al,in refuting to the exposures which T18 SUN has visited upon him, and to th mn of the Bishops and the Book Room Committee thereupon, Dr, Conny says “Tous this wholo affair is an occasion of the deepest sadness. The Church is brought to dishonor, and Methodism is made a by-word and a hissing in all the Jnnd.” Too true! too true! And how much of it all is the fault of Conny himself? Let the young men of the land take warning from tho fate of Rurtorr and Conny, and gee to it that they do not be- come 80 engroased in other things, especially in melodeons, sowing machines, and over: coats, n8 to have no time to ationd to their religious duties, ¢ has not come too late, tor con firmatory act — Cramer Confirmed—Now for Corbin. CRAMER, the little foreign brother-in-law of Grant, a sort of halfitedged preacher, Lins keen confirmed as Minister from this | grent country to the ancieut kingdom of Denmark. This is in strict accordance with the pol f which tho United Statcs is now governed, We are rapidly adopting the system of the eff monarchies of Eu rope, Which isto prov out of the hard. carned taxes of the people for the luxarious Bupport of the idle and incompetent rela- tions of rulers. Nothing in the world could be said in favor of Cramer except that he had been married to Guani's sister; but that was enough, as things now go, to ent! him by a sort of royal right to a foreig mission, It did not use to be go, Formerly Americans hated kings, and the name of kings, and all the ways of hings; now wo aro adopting the vices of royalty, and im pairing the liberties and rights of froe-Lorn Americans, In England they had to go abroad and get acousin german to come over and marry their Queen, because they had no Evglishinan good enough to be her hasband ; another fellow, with no Aanerican sympathies, comes over here and marries a sister of our President, and on that account we give him precedence over all Americans. Somnen and Scnvnz protested earnestly against this; but SuamNeR and Scucnz aro no longer regarded as Republicans, just os Honack G Ley and MansiaLy G. Ron. ExTS are denounced ns no longer true Ke- | publicans ; and the Grant men have their way and nepotiem reigns triumphant If we caunot have anything else, let us at | least have Now that Crain has been provided for, let the other brother in law, Connin, be teken care of, He is more generally if not more favorably known than Cramen, and is an older if not a better man We have in these days « swar agents, We have st, and West, Let Cor nernl consistency. Treasury South, Ei pol ‘Tra Agent, to go around everywhere and in al) dircetions, and gobble up all thet | ary he can. hat will be suited to his t Let no we do not gon. If we are to! ich a policy as he has in. | augur hi is ,on the Eu repean 2 Gen, ¢ t r P n If he hae, lot their names : aes + Plezsouton for Seeretary of the tye eye Some of the $ pay Mirm that ix the evert of Gov. Bovrwrut ® n | of the Treasury Department—which is re | gered a8 not improbable-—Gen. Preason ron, who is now ( loner of Internal We do not know whether there Ie any mation in the extraordinary attention pv to Gen, PLEASONTON by prominent friends of President Gnaxt in this city. He has | been here for two or three days, and Las been | tho rectpient of several entertainments, in | which such leading Republicans as Wie MAM EB. Dopor, Issac Simian, Hina Pont, Cal 1. Ucisenp, and Horace | Gueuiny have paid evy high compli: | ments, If Gen, Pumaroxtox should be appointed Jon would be more symmotrical than it is wt present, it would contain more of | ae A Small ut to Crack. Wonld the aggregate result of the woman vote be wiser than t) rrevate of the man votet If not, why it as an clement nto the decision pe stions? | What the we i kind of rumout, Thi all we republicans tow how to get It is by puiting and leeeping government in the lands of tho Wisest end anost virtuous, ‘The difficulty is tublish the rule of their selection, ‘This election onght to be confined to those best , ing, But how shall we fic 1 there is no way, We have | re bert method wit acl “ v 1 wlton to lave a " imperfect method, which we would fi my rove if w ould ow, unless the women-are wiser than the men, why ehould wo add the superftuon weight of their vote ton eystem in which, uf many intelligent persons believe, we } many v ly? lait thoadyoeut ASL é © to show the afiumutive of he propoeiton—namely, that the wisdom of woman is greater than that of mon—in onler ovsteblish a just claim to exercise this etion? But if they could suceoed 1 v vould they not prove too much ? 1 liself, nud afford sufficient reason why Le should be ent iy ing aside so unfair a judgmont, we may conclude that saming thei to Wy ly exeluded from voting t the votes of women, ox no wiser than men, ave to the guidance of pulilic affairs, emcee they wordd contribute nothing 10 the common stock of intelligence, They Would add weight to the machine, Lut impart quite unnecersary = THE SUN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1871. no additional power. The acc’ thus result in a pet loss. ‘This argumcut, if it be sound, shows that the only ground upon which woman can ask to participate in the suffrage is that it is ne- cessary to protect hor from the oppressions of man. But when the majority of men are willing to concedo female suilrage for this reason, will it not afford excellent grounds for the conclusion that man is disposed to n all the ameliorations of woman's acqui civil condition which tho majority of the eex con nding? And when man is willing to say yes to all that universal woman demands, what more would ehe have? Well, we euppose she will answer that sle wants the suffrage merely for the enko of having it; that she is unwilling to be governed and taxed without a voice in fixing the government and the taxation, Very good; if the women demand this with unanimity and zeal, probably they will get i: after a while, whether it will be of se oF not sree upon as worth de any uee to them or an — JENNINGS contends that he was not te nically “ dismissed” from the London Zimes, but mitted to resign, and is therefore willing to bet @ thonsand dullurs that we have been beaten by him, He is altogether mistaken. Tt is not we who have been beaten by him, ont, if public and accredited ruwor is true, it is @ por n who is much nearer to him and dependent upon him, or, if another public rumor is true, on was pe whom he is dependent, ——— It is reported in the J/era’d that at a meet ing of the Leogue of (ie Daughters of Cuba in this city, on Saturday, a st ta, Who recently werrt tement was made to the effect that Juan € ba on a mission to the patriot leaders there the Spanish Minister in Washington, also carried # letter dation from Mr, Miguen Anupama and Mr. J M. Mrsrne to President Cesrenes. This state meat is entirely ervoncous, Both Mr, Anpawa and Mr, Mestre have from the first frankly and yy opposed Axcanare’s project, They fre not willing to submit upon any terms to tho spotism of Sj In this respect they are entirely in accord with President Cr venus and the great body of the Cuban patriot They are for fighting out the war of indepen- torents, recomme earnes in in Cuba. dence, no matter what it may cost or how long it may last. In this they are r pathies of all true Americ — The citizens of Boston maintain their tra ditional reputation for humanity and liberality. They have just made arrangements to seed a ship of ‘This is worthy of the community which at the height of the furnine in Ireland sent a ship t, and the sym- sare with them, load of provisions to the suffering ped Franee, load to that eonutry, Such acts of charity are the most precious evidences of genuine and ad vaneed civilization, and there is no city in which they are performed with more spontaneous libe- rality and with less of individual ostent than Rosion, Ali Louor to the capital of New Eng- polated rebake to Mr. Saturn Bownrs's fool n, in bis correspondence with Mr. Davy Deviry Fret, that a lawyer bas no right to act professionally on betatf of a mon whom any considerable portion of the co \ assump pmunity tay condemn, was given the other evening by Mr, Wittiam Attan Bernnn, while lecturing be- of lawyer and clieut, Among other things Mr. Berirn suid “The worst ertmtnal In the work! fe entitted to the afd of counsel, in order to secure bi u the loothigen witeh @ lawye r rielts of hie ¢ i etending of his Mr. Lerten disp Sir, Bownts'’s hasty jud tin the Jar mation in reler ence to which be had attacked Mr, Vinco us follows r nion con only properly ally pre Rouuce Upon wast t 1 or estublisied acu ov us nvionuus I may ein Feanect parucuier em tly oF wr n advonce lezal inveetization, or of any testt not proceed to Juagment ta aease inv ju und to the ps vlong ihe ind for suspicion that Mr, Ber. Len las any personal interest in laying down those principles. His reputation is that of a per- fectly uj cientions, able lawyer, And Lit is proposed to discipline Mr, Firu for act- ing just as Mr, Berner virtually says be would Groven Jonus—the rutlian of the New York Zimce—who once committed a brutal per- assault in the street upon one of the mo ‘ f (his country, pretends to kuow @ great deat more about the alleged mid night attack on Dorman B, Eaton than we do. Very likely. Why do not the Grand Jury sum- mon Joxss before them and find out what he knows? Que version of the asswult was that it Jind some relation to a woman, What is the mat ter with Jones's eyes? —— Th tion of JAME Kno’ NNUTY Jr., u§ Commodore of the New York Yacht Clu was @ conmplitnent richly deserved by that fear ess and skilful yacltsman, It is applauded by the whole pul s more thin in sum r. The Tribune, cr, fails to add that in ordering lated the law, However, would it be right t tind fault with £0 unimportant a circumstance ——— How many men like Cantus Somme, Can. Scnuns, Mansnan 0, 8, Guare Revi B, Buxton, and Honace Gare and Tho ¢ Virginia ronted Cuanoon. In October lavt Mr. Cirantoon was convicted of for very by « packed jury in tho Hustings Court of Nichmond ¢ tudictment was founded upon Hogations which would be thrown out by any grand jury in any other State ¢ an Virginia, aud the evidence produced against Mr, Cuanoon was not only corrupt, bot Was evidently procured by partiean matice. Itis a good tiring forthe repu tation of flat ancient State that these wick: rc d evdings have been set aside so that a now (eal will be Lad, Ibis to be Loved suet it will be COLAS Ascanyte, end who bore a passport | Jury will no longer be employed to overthrow au innocent man. The best thing for the fair fame of the State would be the entire abandonment of tho whole proceeding; but that would be too much to hope for, considering the amount of political animosity that has b Mr. Cuauoox. However, with a fair trial he has nothing to fe n excited against ave tn the way of What docs Jaxsrxan say to this sentiment of the English dram He is a man of ex ence in both hemisp - —— ho Dill to repeal the act of 1869, anthor izing the widening of Broadway from Thirty- fourth street to Fifty-ninth street, has not yet become a law, notwithstanding tho common as- rertion to that effect, The Assembly has indeed passed it; but in the Senate, where it was first introduced, it still remains in the bands of the Committee to which it was referred, It is by no means impossible that arrangements may yet be made which will prevent the repeal from being consummated, and allow the proceedings under theo ginal act to go on. ———__—— AMUSEMENTS. Fifth Avenne Thentre. The annonncomont of the oarly withdrawal of rato at the Fifth Avenue Theatre ated euch a domand that the Bitl will n +r seat | the gallery Watlack's The Clandestine Marriage.’ If Mr. John Gilbert had never appeared on the New York stage until Satarday evening, and #how never appear again, he would still by that single per- formance le jnd bin the tradition of a fuuttloes actor. as imperishable as that of Single Speech Marrs fiton in the Buglish House of Commons, His 4 fonation of Lord Ogley, in Cole rrich’s | tumons old comedy of the * Ch a and ¢ destine Marringy 1s one to be ranked amonz the most finished and in tellectaat examples ef comedy acting. Popular ap- pluuse is but an imperfect measure of artistic merft; tor even 0 far beck as the flush times at Eisinore, cortain players won high praise and vociferous ap- plause who had“ nelwber the accent of Christians, hor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man;" tue audience at Wallack’s on Saturday evening was a cultivated one, and tho constant demonstrations with which they followed Mr, Giivert were in reality not only a graceful compliment but an admirable aud apt criticlem. Lord Ogleby t¥ an antiquated Deau of sixty or 80, with the vanity, courtlincess, and superficiality which eharucterized the faded nits who followed in the train of that old hum them, he har Brumovel at Both; but, nolike cert sparkle of a diamond at tt Le swallows most ¢ f to a young coup Wad Jod (o ail the atnusing compiicutions of the dramatis persona. Mix. Softon, who renre Neide?erg, loquac 00. nearted, rather obstreperous pir ue Bollin type, shares and fully eared the applause of the audionce, lor delineation, m mon With that of Se, Gubery lef noting to be Cesired. Me. Williamson appesred in the character 0! an elt Sw ies vale: to Lord Ogleby, full of Freni se ard grae a a valetudinarian bowing machi Who str fs his oc foot of a tester fall to suffocation With doses of flattery, wnd bears sits uncom plimes- tary obgurszations with ths fortiinde of a courier, if hotofa Christin, Mr, Wilmunson's make-up, elt , And Dearing Were excelieut, but lis Kren was but that he Salis a tory oylntd con Ui rinan of the Chacham etre Hreneh of the perruguter Vie is wa ambit * qt t rithe readers. ren 1 the Tuisdaderstan (rom {we seorot marriage of the md eller damzuter Nave a young nobieman tile, The young In A Cluse faasly reren tng Ler urcinge lieeif as a good deal like * Hekets blue, guod fora seat and @ nearer view and b 1 1 as the ravieuing r | Who hinds her to her armchair rin tie parquet tie uuble world, ‘The young wan, however {s tre 1} a that boIh : ; : fae p ¥ a at it w Likvivhood stilt hoid the stage The Phith: The third Pinluarm ason took place on Saturday event It was much bettor in the selection of the pieces played than in tae manner m which they were given, Ia the overture, A finale, b Aovonly playing. Tocre were tines When belied netrtments were heard ening in after the others 2a pause, ond there Was who w goacral lock of Quish in mnch that was done. recent concerts given by T se chestra, which were in every nt respect perior to those of the are So There are disadvuniogos as wele as advantages in a lange orchestra, The Mozurt symphony, for tance, which was played on Saturday evening, Was written for an orchestra half the of tits one, Ite delicacy aud Grice were rather averpowere! by the number of tn nenis Mr. I 1 iat et of conductor, 6 r, and por Lana nets wid two bavsoons, 9 1 by him, was v t Wak a mest melod ons wnd irabiy qualities of an iistranten rich, Wari, and pe eriul in tone, $0 extende en's, aud ko Dewut honld not hive found its place menong orchestral truments, Ttwas admirably played by Mr. Roehm did When we consider that to play un ordiuney exceptional tn ent. ‘The effect of thee fe nlways a soft langdor in’ (ke sound the Dortan mood, wud ‘ tion was full of that #ubtle and in spirit was the serenale for f ¥ Lachner, m which Bercminn played Morgner playing the fleyt, Me I at in © With that of Me Peo tot do. 1 tmany of our « thn eustivate in thas uuapy x Dramacic Iremn, mice, DrINgS Oat his burlesque * R 1" at the Olympic, Mime personating GL. Armand Je property repre 1 { Theatre Mme, Seebach appears this Kusilia Galitowti,” a play that a8 indt Mat hay aredl fromthe pens of modern writer His & play that one cannot rend without great einotion, and tty rapresenladon will be wi i Vie Grind Qpers House paraden its entive army tits wee rots them dhrough every p ‘ Guoratic inm@avec, Pordons of fone operns are tenors ampere, Beelues Guin, « ouilet iy to Kiwin Porcert, who noyer has been without Cone tue Pourteeuth Street re, When he apy us King Lear ' en to-night. at the Brooklyn Waid of fe Brooklyn For udiin Sig's Svmuie Aompital Leis an lis. O'Donuvan Kassa will read, and e Irish exlivs Will lad their premnce Lo the aceahion. A duinber of well-known artists appeat Song them Modine De Lusk and Mies Lorry, and Miss Ohsistiue Walvis, «lady who bad a curious and scephonal voire,'c osely resumnbling ihut of » tenor, will wate hor frit pyblic appearance. At the Now York Circus Googe M, Kelly, styled tho “champion ieaper o thy would,” apycase t Webs for ble Leet Lino 4 effort made to resist this reduction, con would | eradneed with Biren, od dat walt er TE LEGISLATURE AS IT IS.| ——- SENATORS AND ASSEMBLYMEN UN- MASKLD BY A VETERAN, pve Make—The Price of Voter How Lobbyists Opernte—The of Double-Ranking—Laying Ba trond Job-Horace Greeley ist-His Inffaence Amounts to Nothing. once of The Sun, ALBANY, Feb, 2, 1871—Your correspond ent has been exploring the hotels and other houses of call in this city in search of informa, tion interesting to the readers of the paper which shines forall, Albany attracts no atieution ex- cept during the sossion of the Logislature, But for the accident of being the political capital of the State, it would be no more regarded than Little Falls, Schonectady, or Troy. When tho Contral Railroad was under Albany management, it was a business point of some importance, Tho Hudson had the effect of a break of gauge, and the work of transferring freight and passengers from ono side of the river to the other gave protit- ‘able employment to a largo number of persons, But the bridge made a change in the programare, and the Commodore has te the city to the nk of a way station on the Central, about equal to Little Fulls multiplied by ton, There was an and at tho time the Athens and Schencctady Valley was in progress the Albanians conceived a nehome for Duilding @ railroad on the weet side of the Hud. n down to Hoboken; but this was avon abun. donod, and they contented thomselres with exe. crating the Commodore, with « few threats as to the futur THe PRICE oF vores ‘The Legislature is substantinlly the same thing one year with anothe: Practical observers speak of a gradual deterioration ever since the adop tion of the Constitution of 1846 ; but there is no sensible difference betwoon the Solons now in the Capitol and their predecessors any time within There is about the usual proportion of commercial men in both Houses, and the cost of votes has not varied essentially during that poriod, It is as woll known as tho price of gold in Broad street, being regulated, not by the laws of demand and supply, but b; ine of the franchises sought to be obtained, or the stress of corpora. yng and individuals striving to protect thy selves against aggressive legislation, That peat and nuisance known as the lobby middlemes— who assume to stand between the representatives of the people and the people theuiselyes—con- tinues in about the same numerical force, The personnel is cons changing, the places of those who annually fall out of the ranks being filled by new recruits, The: veyors of jobs for the greedy and anscrupalous past ten or fifteen years, the are mostly par men whom their constituents innocently sappose they have sent here to make laws for the better protection of life and property, and to promote the general good. Ihave seen something of the lobby—cnough to vince me that the system rests op a basis of ception and imposture; aud it is amazing that the fruits of misrepresentation and false pretences should have been £0 consideruble, and that the practices of the knaves should hare been 0 loug tolerated. Meditating on this thing--which brs become so common and flagrant here that the moral sense of the commu is no m thocked at these flagitious practices than 1 Wall street gar Jooking about f described ur corresp dent, in instances that might t ct of arresting publ effect, met with an ol gentleman whose experiences here extend back and at once pr 1 found him genera Fr som with @ pros| attention with a benef d of a century cceded to interview him, through a th communicative, and not at all disinclined to re veal such particulars as night tend to enlighten the put regard to a class of transactions that are constauily ng the surface of logis- lati INTERVIEWING A VETERAN, | Tgive the | the a ‘ lew | edi ng experien | uttendance upon t ] calculated to giv | the men whe | men who had larg tive legislation, There are always wen iu ihe Senate and in the Assembly who ure reinfor by outside schomers that are known as‘ st ers." Their gome is to assail the property corporations end individuals, in order to levy contribations, technically ¢ as black Gia), Mies latednce pits Hy to pro mote some beneficial pnrp gonimsly c 1 to depreciate the stock of a coms rk to the injury of come wealthy han there is no expectation of any offirmat ation, Tm idea is to excite money to b «¢ Th ker int Logis 1 instructs his confederates im the lobby ¢ represent to those concerned that fur a certain tum hend, and a larger amount c¢ rent upon the defeut of Nl, an adverse report can be secured, Sometimes an accomplice on a com In will make a favorable report, and then the | partis in interest become alarmed, and poy heavily to kill the b mm Committee ol the WI TOW LOURYISTS DOURLE RANK TATE Pines with whom they deal, pretending that mon hecessary te influence the votes of certain nauiwed members, and then pocketing the cash, leaving in some cases honorable logisiators to rest under the imputation of having been bribed to ve or against a given moasure, when in fact their course was prompted by meritorious consider tious? Veteran—Numerous tances of this kind have come to my knowledge, Tt is a constant men go home with staiued reputations by moar thereof; and pe much exaggera wine tality, Every ntains m who ore recessit t ercenary intuences, The fondn for the ippings of unclean legisla tion” is not a party vice, Republicans and seen much to choose between the Thi are avaric grecdy, and unscrupulous 1 on b s. Nor is one looulity better t : other, Th wild Irishman from Mackerelvill has his price 80 has the firmer from St Lawrence, The only difference is that the vote from the rural district costs teas money Correspondent—Were you ever employed as a general lobbyist? 7 Veteran—Not at all, My engagements wer with corpor to aid in provecting the against hostile legislation; and ocea wally Ta sisted individuals whose in in We threat 4ued in order to extort mom Correspondent—Were you veeustomed to d divectly with legislators, or did you negotia with them through prof th men Veteran—Wenever recognized the middlemen ih any arrangements we were constrained tw make, Asa olass 1 discovered them to be uster ly untrustworthy, Exgeptions there were, to | aure, but very few A more knavish ous set of fellows wover Jivod, They pay op hoth sides, and then sell their employers without Lesitation or oumpunetion, Some of the worst rascals in the lobby haye been in the Legislature, and there learned the tricks that enabled them to prosecute their nefurious trade succsssfully, And the most depraved scoundrels in the Assembly havo been practical lobby who have bought seats in the body with money that they had plundered from persons seeking legislative relief. LOBBYISTS WHO CAN DE TRUSTED, Correspondent—You say there are men in the Will you ¢ of the most conspicuous of that class ? I nevor had any reason to doubt that Barber was a reliable man, and EH was reputed to be true to his engagements; and it has been suid that Van Vechten was disposed to act fairly, Tho practice of procuring lexista- tion by means of money appliances works all sorts of mischicf, and its debasing effects extend in every direction, The maxim of honor among thieves ts not recognized among the uuprincipled lobbyists, One of the most notorious and un- scrupulous of the lobbymen expressed their creed when ander exautination before » commit- teo, “I never divide,” said he. A few year age & member of an important committee of the Assembly received the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, which be named as the amount ecessary to muke his colleagues all right on a certain question ; but he pocketed the wholo, say- ing, “1 never divide ;” and from that day to this he mover did. HOW THEY DO IT. Cortespondent—Have you any objection to giv- ing in detail the circuntstances connected with the progress of some of the bilis which you aided to pass? Veteran you bh to enforce the necessity of greater legislative ly making your deductions from the facts in the case, We were about to introduce an important bil in the Senate, and in order to get train, Isent for au influgutial member ofa certain committee “Twish to have some conversation with you respecting a bill which we purpose to press upon the Legislatare,’” * Go ahead, old fellow!” said the candid & ator, ‘fam the easiest man in the world to talk to, But dov’t bother yourself about ox- plaiuing the merits of the bill; for that is of the loast possible consequence. ‘The ouly question is, how much is there in it”? “Lwish to premise that while [have no par- ular respect for the Legislature, I have some lobby who can be safely dealt with. name 80 hy Hastings None in the world, on condition that ly uge the statement as an argument purity, simply ni matters # This concluded our neg: in. It was re- newed nother party better qualified for that part of the business; and the result wus @ bar. by which @ majority of the Committee agreed to re gain recommending its pas: sage, on the following conditions: Four mem- bers were to be paid $5,200 apicce when the re- port was made, and $6,000 more when it becamo alaw. At that time the Republicans had the coutrol of the Legislature, and the Committee consisted of three Republicans and two Demo- crats, Que of the Republicans was a man of integrity, and no deatings were attempted with him, The Democrats were in favor of the bill; ut they bud no hesitation in taking the money, The Republican Chuirnan and his colleague reported the bill to the Senate, each had # Thus $20,000 was paid for a favorable report, be- sides some contin, who 000. ont expenses, LAYING BARE A GMEAT Jon, Correspoudent—How was it managed when you came to the final vote? Veteran—The Senator who reported the bill e alarmed and d to vote fori, Our Arrangements contemplnted bis support, and on hia desertion we bad to recruit auother man. sa work of some ditt is w ity as well as dol cacy. No Senator could chunjze is position with out subjecting himse!f to injur niputations en a There were two oF turee Republicans in the market, but their figures were ex ly high; €25,0 min bam sum demanded —$10,000 down and 15,000 nt upon the bill b galaw, We rained to agree to these terms at last ‘, who sed Lis vote with consider yy and said “ Aye? when bis name i Correspondent—How the bill in the Veteran—b dit cost to pars Assembly ? tweon thirty and thirty-five ton bar re 8 or twenty vot re spontaneously cast for the bill on its merits, but we 4 for about fifty at prices varying from $150 to $1,000 apicce pondeut—Lut the bili did not finally be come a law Veteran—No, Fenton vetoed it on a frivetons pretext, bat the reul roason was the apprehension ofa stinging eriticism from Senctor Folger, whom he fuared as a political rival, SUR INFLUENCE OF THE GUAT G na Gneriny, Correspondent—-I have understood that you had some negotiations with Mr, Greeley at the time bill was se to the Governor Veteran—Greeley is a very amiable man, who can never say no to anybody, He came to Albany and saw Fenton, purely out of kiuduess, for we never paid him a cent, Correspondent—You derived no bonetit: from Mis ii sition? tincunts to anything, He is tattered tions to assist in projects of every kind, t accomplishes nothing att ly. I imposed apon by his political associates, always promises never performs, Correspondent-—Is thore no remedy for this great evil? Tt is felony by the statate, Canuot the law be enforced und wrong s be pun ished? Vetoran—You can nover convict as the law now Is, The man who bribes is just criminel under the statute as the logislator whe ree the bribe, Modify the law so that the lobbyman is held harmless in testifying against the corupt meniber, and you puts stop to the Practice, Inilict ignominious punishment apoo & legislotor Who sells his vote, end you make an example that would go a great way in checking the practice, Scoundrels in the Loyisla and out have often been indicied, but thoy are ra brought to trial, and never couvisted. Good Advice tor Jones and denuluge- The Degraded Thwes rr The New York-London 7 Rayinond from the editorial p Using dead, tat fit p " he om At, 10 billingwtte » cueractor of mer { Ware con Mightiowt mouthings of dhe potty personal journal i ‘ honorable y ' — A Not Brick and ewo Bur Voet Jenry Herschel, of 627 Myrile avenue, Brook urday might, Damage, $15 and two burn’ fut a Mr Fawin James, of the Mee Fork per Wow tested Sparking aid Phoutriea Almausc sur TTL, Wick Ww 4 Valuabie Look of relurenen, SUNBEAMS, ~~ Swinburne fs soon to appear bofore the public as a novelist, =The loss of Prussia in the present war is ¢ mated to be avont 800,009 wen, —"Teeth extracted with great pains,” i Advertivemnent of @ Washington dew =—The advertising receiyts of the Lontoa Times have sometimes reached §125,00 In a + ‘ month. =Nine Japanose oficars have been sort France by (he Mikado to gaia an losiabtjintom tiny fllairs —A Norwegian woman, with twenty el recently arvived in Milwaubes, 1 iden hor own. —A youth named Hagerman bas shot Lisaye! dend at Harailton, Obio. xathor than fwiMl e wadrriage enganomest. —The present war in France hina added « Sidembile to the number of luuatics im the wey that country. —Commisgioners recently appointed wilt be taking the census of the Dominiow of Canada ou the od aay of Apri. —Round dances are said to be going ont of favor In England, the more Wigufted square dances 10 sumiug thelr sway. =Tho combined capltal of the fRothechikts aking houses tn London, Paris, Frankfort, aug ‘Viewna, 18 $500,000,000. —A Loudon barrister named Lamb ts nnter trial before the Recorder om achurge of pilfering books from the library of Lincoln's Lom —The moss business in Florida is becoming profitable. The article {8 procutod in the fore, eu: od packed, and forwarded to tue North. —It is noted as a remarkable fact that “Gua temain is in the full enjoyment of perce,” anu thacis Salvador “ quiet has been restored —Tho committees of the illinois Legislatur have straok work beoaure the Will nob give shew ali the stationery thoy Wout, free of cost, —Emperor William will not aliow spoon-steal- ing among his officers. One of them is to be overhaubed for taking Fome spoons from @ hotel table at Ktampos The You Christ nid, OVO, t aud Women’s keen at n Association deseriptive cata lozue of young men Who are kuown to visit disrapita bie places. —In consequence of the restrictions upon spe Clal legisiation, bills In the TI. * Legislature cau be conuted by vor 1 counted hundreds. —When the recent armistic Franeo, the Gorman trou ¢ thirty-two of the eig'sty prising 15,090 communes, —The London Queen says that at a recent Grand wedding in England, « lady wore @ short dros of "Song Prussian." Sue muss have Leen & box thirsty enemy of Germany. —Luke Champlain at presont is one wobroken heed of ice, whieh extendaas far aa the eye cau real, this being the fourteenth tune the phenowenow but been eeen during the lust Mfty-fve yoars, —A recont English writer states that, of th W whore they would Tormerty have was conetnded in ped and comediive Frenea departusna, Cou w * 4 the South African diainona folds, about hn « uundre! make a good deal of moaey ; five more } hundred make thelr expenses, while the rematitug ty do aot. —A narrow-gauge railroad is to be constructed from Greenyiln, Tean., to the Green County troe Work, ton miles distant. Tao width of the wack t to be thirty inches. We shall soon know trem exvers ence what la the Compacative vaiuy of 60 marrow © gavge, —James Rutledge, who was born iu Maine, and how lives im Liners, as 30: ye His father lived to the age of 09 years and iL ty and bis grandfather to the age of Lig years. He bad fourteen brothers and [our sisters, and bas oudived tem all —A candid ate for the position of school teacher tn Alabamu recently repliet to ® question by one of the examiners, “Do yon think the world ts round or fat?" Ly saying. * Well, soive people think one way and some kuothor; and 117i tach round or Gat, Jost a | the parents picase.” —Bucklos, bows, and rosettes for ornamenting cts, Boot, and shors, form quite » manue many thousands of . Tho custo of weartu | a ‘e'tes on BL/PPErS and shoes, and * tase on the vous," hs steadily grown, | —A Dakota paper says thore is a French girh | of grant beauty, Living about forty-five miles np the | Sioux river from that place, who possesses remmarkunia | azility, Doing abie to pus ber hand on the back of a horse and Jump over kim without tacking har, Seo is famous for ridmug wild colta bareback, aud aevor —Mr, Rothermel having finished a large p \ he attle of Gottysbang fr the State of Pens #)1vanin, at a cot OF £95,009, tt 18 discoversd that fx | te no bultdtng in Harrisburg, the State capital, euktatie | dituers for the pitareyiewch offering to prowide up Ie cWib tourw tathee even Uo gitt of fro “Will dear Little brother Je ’ | Aud Wuen she Wut assured tine ] t bot, she coutnued, while mo @ une * say! Towish ne L could Lave alo i.tie Whitehundied nt severe winter in England bas tepeudent gen to appear in it ef Loudon im greaicoate ex'cnding from the | ueck to the wukle. ‘They profer comfort to sammwu | One of these tong-conted individuals wns recently eer | AWAY. ond Was not the Least observed, oF the fro! here h nan unusual mortality amon ping of t f hi Killed by taining trees, wh xth bas been 40 y tiered vne of kiere a texpected to live hap pened n getting up keg WU the Woods, P Au O Larmners who were engmed Have eB Le red rewuine 2 , , enters and te © America Ford, He hws not only gol Mis Money Bak, b | sue a0" iN 0 intnk ts rathor ma " 4 1 New England minke, Thm r bing Comsideravie abtenson, aid Wout r Owen wight de followce t m many * t, br f the Emperor Wits iw ¢ lying ail wt Maintenon, naar Chartres. \ ut atornal tendormeas Of the latter, {< is related t/a was afvaid “ thata battle would Lave to he (ough! 6 Mee Albert's acooant, as he Coulu not be re! * The Pall MaK Gawette MINKE MW Would be impo !a 10 Imagine a fuer exumple of aweet £ . 5 Su.ull matter), but even tm \ the trai after hin, € t t " ‘ ho wonld take for the w apnten, eaying IT " rand 8} B hat a I Jicers aro quite ready to ackn’we | Hedge the wenk points rovented By tho war. 8 v8 ein off «tte ground tg rwiien obliged retreat, aud walking bis hore tom hile under fre, confessed to an & i“ ace th he could nut ¢ ey woud lane around I) ark ble proficiency a ‘The tama person ty al sto had @ Weep nots ' i way a tor el tone t abe y hed, Aint wine tat taat tall Mis owelk Give mse (iy lami, Wind AK Ue ony Ais eet i