The Sun (New York) Newspaper, December 18, 1871, Page 2

MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1871. monte To-day, “f I dees Rib, Hans and dd gg t Theatre Vareiy. Metaway Mall—Cov be Btrect Theatre Near oa Head Cote of Attra fe Man, Mau For the accommodation of persons residing up town, advertisements for Tax SUN wil! be received at C1 regvlar races at the uptown advertisement office, 1-2 Wert Thirty-second street, at the Junction of Brondway aad Sixth avenue.from § A.M.to 8.30 P.M. (ePORM TICKET. For President: LYMAN TRUMBULL, OF ILLINOIe, For Vice President: SAMUEL J. TILDEN oF XEW YORK Issues for the Campaign, 1. One term of oflice for the President, and no tore; the Constitution to be amended to secure this reforu 11. Both Grantiem and Tweediem to be aboiished ip netionsl affairs by lawa for the sammary punish: NATIONAL Tarut o! presonttaking wnd pribe-taking aw well a of pul lie robbery LJ, Universal amnesty and restoration of politi tol riglis to all persous concerned 1m the late rebel: von IV. Reform in the Civil Service, 60 that eppoin: ent to cffice will no longer depend on party pitronage, and eaunot be ufod as a means of cor: Fupting the polities of the country end pervetnating on worthy men in high places; and so that the Presi Gent cannot apooint lis own relations or wWose of Ais wife to any office whatever, V. Reform of the revenue; reduction in the num. Der of revenue officers and the expenses of collect ing duties and taxes; fixed salaries for a officers; the abolition of import duties on all the hecessarios of life, and the reduction of other duties to a consistent, rational, and moderate system; the abolition of anconstitational and superfaous inter fal taxes, leaving only stamps, tobacco, and distilied spirits as the subjects of such taxation, VI. Legisiation to prevent the levy of blackmail apon clerks and other pudlic officers for party politi: eal purposes, and for the enmmary panisiment Alike of those who demand and those wlio pay euch tontributions, ——— All of a Piece. The supporters of the iinivistration in Congress are as inapt and blundering in their party stritegy as Gnant and Fisit in their attempts at statesmanship, Folly ex hibits itself in no form os when it repels scrutiny aud stifles investiga. ion of alleged of most obvious kind of the den‘al of malfersauce ia office, and a re. fusa!l to permit such a perquisition as will ascertain the truth in the premise None Lut the veriest tyros in party tactics could have stumbled into the position in which Messrs, CONKLING and Morvon have Aeliberately placed themselves in resisting, evidently under executive inspiration, the proposition of Mr. Tremmunt Into abuses alleged to different departinents ‘of such suicida’ al corruption. cognovit cor ists in to inquire frown up in the Government have {t was an egregious blunder, worse {i political management than a crime, And the damoging assaults upon the Administra Hon by Republean Senatora must have aught even Guant that those who parade themselves as his champions in the Sruate tre capable of doing him immense injury feeling of disiru The strong t and appre hension now pervading the public mind in reapect to the corruption of the Administra tion willl nereased and intens fied by th tone of the debate in The crude procesees introdaced in the hes of the Government are the watural cons q eof aut ting the haety and | ry habits of the soldier for the orderly management of the traine civilian and statesinan, Bat Gisnv’s iguo rance and xperiener, which enable the un wernpulous men by whom he is surrounded tance in m with KI gard of legal and constitutional restraints and his flagrant nepe , Which is bringing d agrace nthe country The Proposed Union of N Brooklyn Llet containing a plans and priuciples of municipal charter by a mcmber of the Committec we find it suggested that the York and Brooklyn ow Zit at once to be co solidated r one government g We hav exrefully searched for the reasons advanc in support of this proposition, and find but two: the importance of free ferriage aud th fa united polic w York and Inay teh of th the proposed new prepared and distribut citles of New venty neeoeeily stem eronsed lity to offietal eo pulject fear if its Detter in tte behalf The proposition that ap improvement in advocates could urge nothing the police management would result from & union of the two cities is based on the unproved assumption that the present system fails to effect all that the wants of the community require, and is unaccom panied by any evidence to show how this increased efficiency could be attained in the event of consolidation. As to free ferriage, the author's views are 8 follows: There \s absolutely no intelligible difference for 1 jnunieioal or. communal purposes between the flag across the gutter, a short brid jong brid aud a ferry boat, ‘They aro all alike parte of the public street, and as such should be alike free to all for purposes of passage, ‘The present ferry system is an anomaly and a relic of barbarism, Ite abolition vie without the consolidation of the two ‘Taking another cage, let us follow this wort of reasoning out to its legitimate con- clusion, “There is absolutely no intelligi Die difference,” we might say, “ between a ferry boat and an ocean steamer, which is only a larger variety of ferry boat. There: fore the present ocean steamer system is an anomaly and a relic of barbarism, Its aboli. tion is impossible without the consolidation of England and the United States.” Here we should have an argument for the union of tho two nations every whit as valid as that above advanced in support of the union of the two cities, and no less absurd, The fal lacy of euch reasoning has been shown over and over again, and it is painful to find it in a production of this kind, intended for tho serious attention of intelligent mea. — Law Abolished. Private letters received in this city by friends of families who live in those counties of South Carolina which have been placed under martial law represent the situation there as terrible intheextreme, The streets of the villages are deserted except by the woldicry; gentlemen do not daro to go abroad for fear their appearance may be the signal for arrest ; and their wives, mothers, and daughters are either grieving over the absence of those who have been imprisoned, orin a etate of constant apprehension lest their families should Le broken up by fur. ther arrests. A man’s innocence of all complicity in the outrages of the Ku-Klux, or even of any feeling of aympathy for the purposes of that organization, furnishes no protection ; the merest breath of suspicion, or the malignant slanders of personal enemies, are sufficient grounds for tearing the suspected individual from his home and immuring him in a prison where he may be kept as long as the military authorities sec fit to hold him, with out any opportunity to meet his accusers, or even the poor satisfaction of knowing who they are, Worse than all, it is believed that t ie deemed necessary for political purposes that arrests shall be followed by convic- tion, and many refined and gently-nurtared women who know their husbands to be free from all connection with any infractions of the laws, live in the dread of secing them sent to Northern penitentiaries as convicts on the perjured testimony of frightened and legraded wretches who hope to sive them Ives by bringing ruin on their innocent neighbors, ‘This is a fearful state of affairs, but Is the natoral result of the enforcement of an un constitutional enactment which takes from whole communities all the protections that in a free country are generally supposed to be extended over even the vilest criminal ; it is the inevitable consequence of substi- tuting the rule of the bayonet for the impar. tial administration of the law. ee era enicenn Carpet-Raggers’ Zeal for Education. It has been urged in palliation of the ex cessive taxation imposed on such of the reconstructed States as have suffered ander carpet bag rule that a large proportion of he the money raised by this means has been applied to purposes of edueation, and that one of the strongest reasons for the opposition which has been manifested to the mensures of the earpet-baggers is to be found in the antipathy of the Southern peo ple to a comprehensive aystem of free schools, As this view of the matter is cal culated to jufluence public opinion tn the orth to some extent, it is worth whilo to look into some of the workings of the carpet Daye eystem of education Iu Georgia the existing appropriations for ree schools of the most liberal char er, ined all the poll tax of the State, which is one dollar for each voter; the Tquor tax, the circus and show tax, and f the net income of the State Ratl oad. ‘The amount of money collected from these sources cannot be definitely ascertained the present disordered condition of the fineneial necounts of Georgia, but it must b ar $£00,000.n year, or perhaps more, This sney, by express provisions of the Constitu ed to the purposes of common schools, and cannot used for any other object, In Constitution expressly declares tax shall be levied except for educational purposes ne n and the Code, is set apart and doy With sach resources at the command of le State authorities we ought to see a lourishing eystem of tree schools in success ul operation ; but an inqniry as to the pre of the fund results in the ry discovery that every dollar of straont it Las been apent by BuLLock and bis gang lected in ext # fast as ce ‘ant and un awfal ways; & large portion of it having Leen applied to fecing lawyers, subsid.z ng the prest, and paying a subser vient Legislature. In direct deflance of the Coustitution aj bill was passed at BuLLOcK's sngueation, and approved by him, diverting the money raised for schools to ordinary sev; and in ace with this ac on of his negro Legislature BULLOCK took rdance hool money, which he squandered with the same recklessness that has charac orized his other financial operations, Not ouly this, but every dollar of the old schoo fund was was’ in a Mmilar manner, and 8 the way in which free education ix promoted where Grautiam bas until lately been oninipotent In ot « of the reconstracted Slates an ‘ ation has been made to furvish pret for the most extravagant when the facts in relation t of the money 60 raised com od, there is reason to believe axation, and it equally shameful developments will 'i« In ‘Vexas, in addition to the regular snnual income provided by law for the sup port of common schools, the Davia adminis tration imposed « direct tax of $8,000,000 for THE the professed purpose of building school houses ; and the expenditure of all the echool funds ie intrusted to officials appointed by the Governor, who, the Houston Telegraph says, havo never given any bonds or security whatever for a faithful use of the millions of dollars intrusted to their charge, Under the existing school laws of Texas the Gov ernor, the State Superintendent, who is ap- pointed by the Governor, and another ap: pointee of the Governor, have absolute con. trol of the whole educational system of the State; and in the selection of all the dis trict. supervisors, county examiners, local directors, and teachers, amounting in all to about five thousand persons, no one but the Governor and those who receive their au- thority directly from him have any voice whatever. It will at once be seen what an engine for political corruption is thus given into the hands of Gov. Davis, and the course of that official has been such that it is not uncharitable to assume that he has used it as such to the extent of his ability Of all the abuses which have been perpe- trated by the thieving carpet-baggers who are the representatives and main support of G@rantiem in the South, none is more deserv. ing of the reprobation of honorable men, of whatever political party, than the proceed. ings of those hypocritical knaves who have made a pretended zeal for universal educa- tion a screen for schemes of villainous plun. der, or sought to use the machinery osten silly designed to promote free schools asa means for maintaining worthless and cor. rupt partisans in offices they have diggraced and in the exercise of powers which they have shamefully misapplied lca The Release of Mr. Tweed. An indictment having heen found against the Hon. Witntam M. Tween, charging him with felony, he has been released by Judge BanNanp on giving $5,000 bail. The action of the Court was precisely what it would have been in the ease of any other person similarly accused, and this f@ all that the people ask. , e selina Tho Hortford Courant, generally a fair and judicious journal, says that itis not in the power of any opponent of Gaant’s Administra- tion to injure it so much as Messrs. Monrox, urxps, and Coxstixa have done in their at- tempt to smother investigation into ite eorrup- tion and abuses. The Courant should recollect that these gentlemen are very able men, and very well informed in all public affairs, and whea they are so strenuious to prevent investigation it is becauso they know it would be fatal, But they are far from being the greatest enemies of this Administration, There is one who is in. finitely abead of them, and that is one U. 8, Gnaxt. The Courant does not mention him, but ever since Murch 4, 1869, he has been work ing to destroy the Adininistration, to corrupt the moral sense of the people, and disgraco the country, with a success that no mere Senator or ring of Senators could possibly equal The Nee York Times of yesterday makes the following statement : “Qov, Watren of V) Mayor Crantoon, nereto hetty in the Hanne tisfaction is expre: ernor, This account of the matter is mistaken and itn: perfect. Mr. Ciqnoow has o ginin bar pardoned ex. re twice convicte! of com torcery Very general cat this action of the Gov. ce been convicted by a jury packed by his malignant Tho vordiot of this jury wa the higher courts on acconnt of illegality, and a new trial was ordered, In this second trial, in spite of the greatest efforts on tho part of those who wished to destroy Mr, Cuaoox, the jury did not agree, No other trial has ever taken place. The accusation of complicity in the alleged Maxx srery forgery cannot be sustained, Mr. Cuanoon’s offence consisted in bringing a suit as attorney upon a bond which he did not know to be forged, and the alleged forgery of which has never, we believe, been fully established, Whether forged or not, the bond was put into Mr, Caanoow’ hands asa lawyer, after it had been in existe for a great length of time, Any other lawyer would have brought a suit upon such a bond, and no one would ever have been accused of any con nection with its forgery, unless there had been some purpose of political or personal enmity to be subserved thereby. A Lear: In Massachusetts the case of Joun C, Dex x18, charged with attempting to commit suicide, which has been before the courts since October, 1870, has just been finally decided in the Su The defendant shot him. self with a pistol, but as the wound did not prove fatal, he was arrested and brought to trial for the attempt at self-murder, The decision was that the General statutes do not include attempts at aui- asa crime or offe le by the laws of the ¢ after the citizens of that at liberty to kill themse! fast as they please without ng the risk of punishment when of success in their endeavors, —— ; We notice that an Administration journal in Philadelphia attempts to deny the statement of our correspondent ‘* Samana,” published in Tue Sux of Saturday, respecting the new envoy aioe, annulled by prenie Judicial Court, ce known to or punish mmonwealth ; so here- tute may be considered runn they to be sent to San Domingo by President Garant The denial consists in alleging that there is no x Josueu Baier in the such person as Commu United States Navy, Our correspondent intend ed to say Chief Engincer Joeeeu H, Baiter, having the relative rank of Commander, Ate i the man whom Bagg expects hia friend Gant to vend ont to make the ¢ nexati pected new treaty of an: The anbjoined letter from Washington’ as having been ree the Treasury Department on Friday Inst telegraphed to us ved at GiK: The Prosident™Mects me to forward you t euciored letter, cont #25, watt het 1 Through theexpross, wad Which ov dently is lutcuded Aba huden to the conreien Tain, si, Your obedwn! secvan 0. &. BABCOCK, Secretary To Gro, 8. Rourwent, § f Here is another case in which @ gentleman led by President Gaayr to assume @ character which the law expressly Ditherto respectable i denies to him, The statute of July 15, 1870, pro vides that “it shall not be lawful for any ollicer of the army of the United States, on the a list, to bi d any civil office, whether by election or appointment.” Gea. Baucock ix a major in the I r Corps, and is prohibited by this statute from being secretary to the Presidunt Senator Srewany of Neva vome explanation of Gen, tion with ited; ti Las attempt 4 CHENCK'S COD interest of dor Wussow Utab, silver Gen, Guanr in the original project Gen, Borers right-hand man, ( Scuarrer, was made Governor of aided, The mines in neheme then was for Bor Len and) ont of Eu toit, Mr thin allies to make a good deal of money Uuh, and with the Little Iver Mine seems to have been the sequel the operation Srewanr should either have said ni should have pon the subject or b reat deal inore the Little Euma? e said a Has Gaant any divey? in That is the question, —— The most charming book of the season ie Pact bu CuauLu's Covutry of the Dwarf, Every voy snd girl will Want (o read it; aud when they bein ‘hoy Will not leave off Lill the book ie read through, 6UN, MONDAY, DECEMBER ROBBING SOLDIERS WIDOWS —— DAMNING FACTS IN RODERICK RAN- DOM BUTLBR'S CASE. Evidence—A Model © Correspondence of Ihe Sun Wasmsatos, Dec. 11, 1871. — The public mind lite not forgotten the fict of the arrest and trial nearly a year since, of Roderick Random Bat ler, member of Congress from Tennessee, on the charge of forging widows’ pension vouchers and checks, nor have they forgotten the active part taken by the Conrt and United States District Attor- ney to secure his acquittal. It would be nnnoces ry to again make the matter a subject of newspa- per controversy, were it not for the fact that the honorable gentleman has again involved himself in Aitfcultios of a similar nature, the particulars of which have not appeared in any of the journals of the country, and as tie former charge proves to be an important Hink in the chain of ule villainy, it 18 essential that reference should bo made to it ‘That portion of the press in ignorance of the ctr. enmetances under which Butler's acquittal wae teoured, severely cersured Dr. Van Aernam, the then Commissioner of Pensions, for instituting pro- ceedings againet him, ‘Tho fact that a verdict of not guilty was rendered Ly the jury was suMictent for their purpose, and no effort was made to ascer tain the means by which such » verdict was ob: tained; but though months hive elapsed, it perhaps fs not yet too late to enlighten them, HOW THE DISTINGUTSURD CRIMINAL WAS TRIFD, Tadee Fisher, the District Attorney, in the open- ing of the case, confined his remarks to an earnest ay ology for being compelled to conduct the prosect: tion of the distinguished gentleman, and expre A Hincére hope that he would de emab’ed to thor onglily vindtoate Limself, He made no effort to pro tect the provecating witnesses from insult at the handa of defendant's counsel, He permitted, with- Ont a protest, the detenes to Introduce testimony tending to prefntice the minds of the jnry, which wos entirely irrelevant to the en and to whieh the most fnexpertenced practr tloner would hinre stecesstuily objected, He refnee! Co put upom the etand witnesses for the Government whom he knew contd Impeaeh the ter Aimony of the witnesses for the defence, and yar, in the face of this, he gracefully pormitted the Conrt to stop the progress of the case,and administer a rebuke to the officers of the Government wito inst tuted the ,proceedings, and followed such rebuke with an upology to the Court and defendant for (he oat We had macifesie! anring the trbal, WINESSES Wao WOULD SWRAR TO ANYTHING Abd who, let ue inquire, tert the witnesses for the defence? ‘Dayloreville, Tenn., tue home of the distinguished eriminal—populated oy tis relatives, Aependenton him while In public life—eontaining toe Gecndaot’s princely resitence, bovit by the Government's dounts to. ite maimed hereos, while they sre starving in their mountain tastnes Poored forth ite population and shipped them to Washington toemerr to anything that would save their benefrctor from prison, Nor was it alone his Folatives and depen eats ied to his Fascne, Money was lavishly nsec, and witre: parchavet by tne whotesnie. The nistory of bat one will serve to show tue manner of proceeding, and as that one o tormerly represented (hat district in the Tennessee Legisliture. A HORSE THIEF SWRARING POR DOTLER. During the investigation by the Government against Butler, Grayson was @ reeeal, aud a opinion, eulty. After tue arrest was. mai Grayson was tonnd | mar shalled on the side of iis foriuer enemy, ia reply Lo the Goveroment Age WO expressed suprise ‘ his coarse, he wad,“ Money makes the mare g Aud you khow we can't get slong without it.” Daring the Fortietn Congress, when Col, Joseph Powell was contesting Bucior's Seat in Congress, be requested iitee to grapt him suthelent time toobtain the denosition of Grayson, to the efleet tat Butler hed shown him a commission as a Colonel ju the rebei army, end bad requested bin to join-a regiment he provosel to raise, with the Promise of acommission, To this request Butler interposed objection, ‘and preferred charges showing Graysom to beve stolen a horee in his coauty and fled trom justice Tius it seome that the beree thief who coald not teetity st Baler becomes a willing Witness to fave him trom tae Penitentiary. STRALING THE RVIDENCE OF GUILT. As before statod, the Jury was instructe to return wvoriict of “not euiky.” The ditingulehed Mo Preseniative trom Tenacasee received tie congrat ations of lis ftiedds, Copneel gathered ap tae many papers pertaming to the wicows' claims mpou which their pension certifeates tesued, and the art edjourned, ‘The elviws were revuried to the n OMice ‘by the Destrict Atiorney; but jo! an examination of them by th er disclosed fact that the forged pupert foriuing the basis of t trial were iissing. The District Attorney knew nothing of them ; the comeei tor the defence bad not seen them; tae Clerk ol the Court declared votaing had been left behind, Roderice Random wie not that ue applied to; but in view o: the fact ed the Commissioner of Pens: vermat Convressional investigation of the cases at issue b fore the Court, he can probably account for Weir ab sence. The fae.s connected wih the cises hore n Alter referrea Co fully Jantity this belief, PUPCHASING IS FORGED WATKANTS: At the Lite term of the United States District Court tor the Eistern District of Tenuessee, the Taud Jury found to indictments against the said Kouerck Random, charging him with having forged endorsements on bounty warrants iesned Dy the Second Auditor in favor of two Tennessee soi diers, their face Value amounting to $300. On being advised of this action he at once repaired to Knox, Vide, aud, ou the pretext of wishing to see the war Fauts (‘hen iN possession of the United States Dis irick Aitorney), le induced te cashier of the bauk to borrow. them, After a minute's inspection of them bo pulled from bis pocket $30, and, handing iLO te cashier, pocketed the forged w: denn ped. And yet in the face of bis villainy he has the au: dacity (0 go before his constituents aud raise THE CRY OF PERSECUTION! the victim of persecution, why don’t he Congressional investization, that be may b tuliy vindicated? Why doesn't he demand a pe cia) committee to investigate the hundred cases the Peneton Optce, in which he is charged with rc bing the wid Why dou't be ask the attent fae: that in 1865, when Ae toaaa claim agent tn Know. ville, Tenn... aaa member of the firm of Buller & Siith, he took the iron-clad oath, and filed it in the Pe ‘Office, in order that under the Taw be © old be recognized by that office? And why doosn't be nd them tat before he could take his seat in Fortier Congress it was necersary tant nia a Dilities must be removed? Wan this uas b estabushed by tuem, let him expisia Whetier or vot he lie been gailly of perjury, Mack —— THE CARRIER-PIGEON STORY. oe ACh Fabrication of an Tenorant We homething about Pigeons by one who Vuderarands Them, Correspondence ot The Sum. Pmitavereora, Dec, 14,-1 have takon the trouble to investigate the Montclair pigeon fying canard which appewred jn the Nowark Advertiser, Those familiar with the habits of pigeons, and the careful training requisite to enable them to accom pliah long fignts, would not be misled vy such ab- surd allegations, The best pixeon in the world would be lost If taken one hundrod mites for its fret Mgt; but when trained by gradually in ine ntages of five, ton, or twenty miles, a good Bat no pigeon would generally return, # ever been known, however shilfully trained, 1 @ thousand miles over a land two hundved over the sea. Besides, birds requir ostant exercise to keep them to flying eondition ; nssible for one caged many it would be as im. 8 to My three or four handred miles without rosting a8 it would be for s horse to gallop twenty les i 1 bud been condued in a stavie for a tort Trained, hardy, birda, even whon quite familiar with tie rouse over Which thoy fly, seldom exceed ecord old expert Avers, over well-known ground, never has exceeded sixty miles an hour Pigvon'do not fly by istivet, or there would be W 1; te depends entirely on five faculiies, and has D vt W , hot faislirized with the couutry by regu Of Might they are invariably lowt Tho perpetrator of that uninitigated farchood never bred a pigoon in his life, Wak not the own gat, did ‘not even know the racing types, Wal utterly iduorant of the ¢ t flying pla Bustalved by tne Ins Lis ¥on and friend Dariesque, he hax a at to His chara rs ior famous pig wtock in Europ ' mous flyers are appreciated, be w Grants Neve The admission by the New York Tomes that Grant had appointed ‘thirteen relatives to odice has damaged. him in public estunation, Phe Pines ibused Mr pands dercely because he appointed two OF bis Kone ko Office ander him, aud yeu has no word of Liame for the Prosiden’ who upouintod thirteen relatives, more or less bear, to Valuable places, It ‘of Mr, Bands are to be con Jemned, what shail we say of the culpability of the oud of the nation, Whose greater elevation should make biw more careful of his examnle 7 18, 1871. CIVIL BERVICE REFORM. —— Pign Feed att pondence of The Kun. Wasutnotox, Deo, 15.—Yesterday I sat in the gallery of the Sonate listening to the debate on the civil service, I wateh the benevolent counte- ance and heard the touching storics of the worthy Nye (not Bill, bat James W.), and the natural effect of such afoothing address was to cause one to doze. I dreamed. T thought Teat in a vast ampuitheatre whose seats were crowded with hoste of the Ameri ean poopie. ‘The prominent object in the pit detow was a cur of low degree, It was not, like Corberus, triple headed, but triplo-faced, The three faces joined in one bead. The centre face was Cameron's, and thowe on the right and left respectively wore Ed- munds and Conkling, The back part of the head, consolidating the throe in onc, was Morton, ‘The body and neck comprised namerons Administra. tion Senators, The hind limbs were represented by Harlan and Pool, The first was earlanded with wampam and beads, and on ite foot was a fine moccasin, ‘The other was enveloped in a clonk {n- feribed, “All Southern Democrats are Ku-Klax. Tho front limbs were Brownlow, and Ferry of Michigan, Bott were planted on a Methodist block, on which was interibed, “Hurrah for Newman, Simpson, Grant, and our Church. The former Was also decorated with « ribbon bearing the mot to, " Revenge on Andy Jotinson."* The root of the tall was represented by Chandler and Nye, whi'e even below Chandler, and beneath Nye, was Pome- roy. He represented nothing, or rather a vacuum. But the wonld.ve important part of this pup wis the very tip end of his tall, and that looked jast Ike Usoioss §, Grant, Tt was affording great amusement by a frantic endeavor to ewing the whole dog, when it could not even wag the root of hie tall, Weighed in the balance the care would come down, and tho tip of tho tail would go ap. Bat the scene changed, and I beheld a pen filed with swine, ‘The central fenre was an immense fe male hog, branded “U. G." She was revelling in astopendons grovors, filled with the choicest Public Crt grains, and Iabolled “The National Crib.” Around this were scattered many smaller crite, One was marked “New York Custom House,” and an- other stom House at New Orleans.” At both Were broods of piss in goodly fix, The first lot was of the New York breed, and tue eecond of the breed of Casey. At the Treasury crib was the Chandler breed, who swilled #0 much that it wade then lean to carry it, Immediately about the old sow were fecding the breed of Grant and Dent, Many other eribe were well patronized, and with the exception mentioned, all were fat, One fellow wns so ross that his legs were not stone enough to support him, yet he manoged to erawl (rom one crib to another and eat from them all, On both flanks this pig wae branded “Morton Withoat tue pen were all kinds of onimals em plosed in usefal labor, Oxen were drawing the plough. Horses were puiling the planter and the fowor, ronning the reaper and the threshing ma ebine, and jackatses were drawing the grain into the pen to be tr rown into the various cribs. Bat av I watched, the wind began to rise. and soon blew a flerce and bitter gale, which threatened to blow down the barriers and admit useful work- ers tonn equal #hare in what they produced. 1 be- came #0 excited over the anticipation that I swang my bat, shouted, and awoke to And that of ali my dream the shont alone wat real. I was the centre of attraction, and the gentlemanly asher informed me that [would baye to leave for having caused a distarbance L unwillingly departed, but as I wandered throngb the halls, (asked mysel/ if it needed » Daniel to in terpret the na the wall, or if" coming events cust their shadows before.” Gazen. - ——— “ AMUSEMENTS, —-—— fos Sterling's Concert On Saturday evening Miss Sterling gave a concert at Stetaway Hall, The musical attractions have been #0 numerous this fall, and the demand fapon tle purse so heavy, that Steinway Hall has Deen the scene of many disappointments, Witney the Prince Galitzin's concerts and many others of greater excellence and equal failure, ft is th I the more to the credit of Miss Sterling's popu: arity that she was able to Ail the hall, It was a substantial and well-deserved recogaition of her ar tistio worth, The concert was a pleasant one, It opened with Schubert's quartette in D minor ((or stringed in struments), a posthumous work and a favorite with the famous Florentine qnartette club, who brougnt it p uily into notice, There is a plice for everything, ard certainly an ordinary popular con cort is not tue place for all the fue movements of a stringed quartette, 14 ts sure to Weary an audience however weil played, for such a composition {s not easily apprehended dy any but musicisas, This is specially true of the Work 1 tion, the andante aud scherzo of which alone are simple enough 10 structure tc address the general ear, Dr. Damrosch played the first violia in §the quartette, and in 4 subsequent part of the programme played the second and third movements from Mendelssohn's ch a work is deprived of half ite signidcance and more than half its beauty when the bald accompaniment of @ pianoforte is subs tuted for tue rich and varied support of an orchestra Dr. Damroseh {a man of musical learning and an excellent player, but he has neither the sontiment, the grace, nor the delicacy requisite to the proper Interpretation of the exqnlsite aud essentially fermi nine andante of this coacerto. He is a musician possessed of many qualities to command respect snd esteom, and yet his playing inlis short of tho Iiyhest attainment. It lacks, for reasons that are plain, but that we fave not space to give, the power of strongly moving his au- diences, A quartette of amatears—Messrs, Bush, Rockwood, Beckett, and Atken—sung Thomas Cooke's elaborate “Strike the Lyre,” and Horsiey’s ‘Retire, wy Love,” @ comporition of equal intricacy and even greater beauty, Mr. Mills played the Chopin C sharp m to whic he has for #0 many years shown bis partiality, and which no other person plays 60 w of his own Ho much for the accessories, As to Miss Sterling, we lave so well or # too mach repose in undoubtedly bas for held an There are many pere writing 0 efore £ minor concerto, nor study 80 a salteredla ver beard her sing lly there bas b r, the feeling that #he being apparently with ality not curried into her »6, both pianists and singers who fave a seeming repognance to liv bare their ewotions betore « public kudtence by the exhibition of the pasion emotion that the right interpret fihe work ty hand calls tor, or to conn emotions with their votoes.” But this ri fatal ton fatal on the one hand ax over-demon: stration is on the other, It is the business of th trne ertiat to express the on, and If it Is mot aetnolly felt then to simalate it, "Cbis expressic Miss Sterling gave on Saturday evening more fully than we have before heard ber, bot in ber English songe and in the three German lieder by Sehavert eftectively, U her perso Schumann, and Mendelssalin, « class of music with Which sie bas a Koon aympatiy and in the interpre tation of which she bus tow rivals, An aria duit #uited to her ve rom Ros sin's Alger.” was also euootly ar felic given, Miss Sterling ba ree a noble and in quality it is of exception beaul S carries tO bor hearers power, and the Impression that #lie is In the posses sion of natural attributes and gifts that, properly d rected and utilized, should make her ‘the foremost contralto in America, Steinway Hall is, in point sige, well suited to her voice, Siualler hails are too limited for it# breadth and volume The souge w evidentiy please number of her hearers were Gow's * ame that Agnes Robert efect With years ago the wenre c the ¢ Caller Herrin n used tO make and dobn Hullan’s Fishers,” which was given with great pathos actual Musical merit these pieces were hot compared with the German selections; but ce responds generously CO any artist who ad resnes it ig in ts OWN language. an vocalists fing (We priceless aid of their native tongue too readily asive, and forfeit half the power by osing foreign words and leaving the masic to tell obacurely its own story Nixon's Circus jose who remember the brilliant rous per formances given under the direction of Mr, James M. Nixon ut Niblo's in 180, will sted in the AnnounCOMENt Lut Thin experienced and energett anager transtormed the G Theat Broadway, into an elegant amp! aire, Whioh w be opened to the public with a very full and cc plete equestrian and aerobatic troupe toniah Tuere 18 no doubt as to Mr, Noxon's and t He was t r r ppodr whieh, in 183 aud 1 J with wrest coms Ue imoRt magniticent equestrian Ex ever geen in tis country; sud for many he hus been extousively and (avora' wn throug his Various enterprises for the amusemont of bie public. With the exoellent location which te b secured for his presont Yeutare, and With wo oxte hive a company of celebrated Derlormers ws he ban brought \ogeth tue complete en re can be Hite question as to of thy mew circus APPOINTMENTS, a ‘The Men who are Spoken of as Candidaten— Their Antecedents and the Chances For and Against Them-The New Legivia= tare's Chambers Correspondenc Tnextox, Dec, 16,.—The New Jersey Legisla tnre convenes on the 9th of January, and Gov, Parker is to be inangurated on the 10th, ‘The Legis lature will meet in the new chambers built in th Toar of the State House uuder an appropriation made lant winter, The rooms are great improve ments in architectaral strncture and adornment upon the old rooms, They are larger and more con venient in every respect. Instead of the desks be- ing renged In straight lines as formerly, they will be in semi-ciremiar form, after the fashion of the Senate at Washington, In both Housos the prosid. Ing officers will be seated under alcoves surmounted by figures representing the coat of arms of New Jersey, ‘The lobbies, instead of being merely sepa rated from the floor by open railings, a¥ formerly, are closed corridors, By this arrangement all per fons are excluded from the floor and shut out from witnessing the proceedings, which they can only do from the galleries extending on three sides of each chamber, Tho ceilings are handsomely free coed. Light will be farnisied by gas jets from adove, ‘The work is somewhat behindland, and it will be necessary to expedite matters to get every. thing in readiness for the accommodation of tho members, ‘This is all that will be dove, The rest of the building ts tn great confasion, and it will be necessary for the legisiative Solons, during the first weeks of the session at leart, to make their way to their seais through dust and rubbish, THE ORGANIZATION, The addition to the Siate House has made the en Jareement of the library practicabie, This was very requisiie, the valusble collection of law books hav. ing bech’ so crowded on the #heives as to render ¥ arrangement for convenient reference iinpos fhe ola Assembly room and Senate clam ber are undergoing change and renovation for the use of the Execntive and other departments, and the Court rooms ubove are being emarged and tm proved There being Reoudiicnn mayortties in both Houses, that Darty Will speedily Organize on the fret day of the session, At present It I# Impossible to predict upon whom King Caucus will bestow his favors in the distribution of tle offices. ICin probable, how ever, tint Mr. Pettle of Camden, who prostied over the Senate at iis last session, will be reciected ; and that Mr. Miles of Mortis county will be Spenker of the House, They may have competitors, but the contest will be a triendiy one, wits the chances in thetr favor. ‘The appointments of alarce num GOV. PARKER’! ov, Parker, of which he fas , are looked to with «reat interest, One of the principal offices in his ett, to be fille this winter, is that of the Clerk of the Supreme Court, in the plaice of Mr. Charles P. Smith, who foes out in November. Gov. Pani APPOINTMENTS. ‘There are Lumerons applicants, but tho impres sion is that none of those spoken of will be appoint 4. Among them are Benjawin #, Lee, of Camden Robert F. Stockton, and Wm. B. Mcsiichae), Mr: Loe was & prominent candidate for the Deinocratic notnination for Governor, and his vote Ww: fn the Convention afver the fret ballot for Parker, ‘Already the wention of lis name in connection with an office at the dispotal of Goy. Parker has given Tike to the charge that his influence and lis vote were secared to Parker in the Convention by pro: mise of this office, and Parker's enemies seize uoon It a8 proof that bis nomination was just such a bar ain and sale as was charged upon his competitor. ho knowing ones and friends of the Governor con fidently assert that the slander, as they call it, will be reinied by the non-appointment of Mr. I which is certainly the only way in which Gov, Ker conid escspe #0 damaging au imputation. ‘Of Mr. Stockton it i# Fofficient to say, that trom all Lean learn, his appointment would ylve grevt dis- {action to Democrats, and please nobody, He bas no cinims upon the Democratic party, and lows npon the Repuoliean party, Like nis father, his po Heeal mantle hangs loosely on lie shoulders, His appointment. would be ascribed to influences with wilich Gov, Parker cannot afford to Identity himsel’ During the compaten be declared over and over gal he Wus not connected with any clique or corporation, but were he to be blind enough to ap point Mr. Stockton, wiio bh first claim to the offce, his declaration would be regarded as bay ing oven insincere. ww’ MICHAEL, As for McMichael, he is one of those political ac ch ionte wio, Without brains or influence, sometimes rise to the surlace, and then try to keep their heads above water by grasping at everything. As a mem ber of the Legisiacure, McMichael displayed graat ability at oystor suppers, and great capacity for Jer- fey lightning ; as State Treasurer he signed nis ine to checks with great vigor, and as Chatrman of the State Central Committee hi arred iu all that was done aud written by otters of the Commit tee with an al one Who could neither do nor write anstaing himaelt, My opinion is that Gov, Parker will make his ap. pointments out of véry different twaterial, While re secins every reason to believe that one or two Dudlicans will be reappolnied to the Benen, the clerkship of the Supreme Court 1¥ conceded to the Demnoe and if Gov. Parker ts as prodent and ‘upponed, he will man wlio ue to bis party wit ofice-seoker, Who i# not identified with or corporation, and whose appointinent could Hot be regarded as the result of a bargain for the nomination, >. tt ee OUR NATIONAL THIEVES _ The Voice ot the New Engtand Republicans. From the Boxion Transcr tpt, 10h, A criminal folly, according to Washington ad vices, was commutted in the Senatorial eaucus yew lerduy. It ix said to have bec dragoouiug Work of Administration Senato 9 culled it Is not easy to tell, sin the stauncnest and truest fricods of the Aum! ion 8 of President Grant will be the & the rea it to repudiate their action, They may have person: And partisan reasons for desiring to heal off Judge Trumbull; but in the pursuit of toat object, the at tempt, or even toe appear of the attempt te evade'inveetigation, a4 broad and searcalag as pos sible, Wout be tolerated by the people Tuat isa certain tact. ‘Therefore the opposition to the Judee will only help his private aspirations, if he have Any ; {or {n wnat ne professes to wis 10 accomplisl he Will have popular sentiment wholly on bis site, The caucus, it is report, strock out trom the * inetructions” to the worse than weak Com on Retrenchment it voted to appoint * the inquiry into the use of the public patronage for political put poses, and into the means and necessity of civil for Vico reform,” besides refusing to give even that abology for A commiitee anthority to send for per sons and papers, What does tats mean? Are the movers tu this miserable attemp suppression Aware of the existence of corruptions damaging tv themee ves or their friends? Are they eager to more than inti country Ul {stration cannot ATOWD NON tts A their wretched policy ateps to. earnestly Invite thorough kerutiny, especiaily upon t they seem anxious to shirk oneede that Senator Lrambail’s movement ts fretious (albeit be has more ot tae general convdence tu hiv disinterested patriotism than 1 eranted to some of his pi Mt opponents). tt must pot b aded or avonied at the risk of exciting grave Hus picions, that there ts rottennes® whic te for th and encour very porate interest of wome pirties to conceal, Tuqiry aid relorm, under the circumstances, ure deaiunaed the eouuiry, and the country Wr have them; aftive holders, ofice-seekers, Aud Mere pylisicians May De sure of that —_ More Frawdy-They are fouadin the Phita- deiphin Mivt From the Puaburyh Colamercia ‘is uo secret, although it was intended it wid De mo kept, that irregularition exist int Pouiadeiobia Mint, A comanssion uas been inves Uigaving, aud a clunge in the office of Director, it no otuer, Will shortly be made, A while ago a rop Was hvroad of a considerable deficieney, and whic had Leen made good {row an amp private fortuu Dub tis 18 wot so Well audhenticated as thas of the ne the Pulladelpliis officials we 4 w s —— The Diflerence between Wilkes and Grant From the Loulevtlle CourterJour The Washington Aepw Grant ougnt to Have given Ge tous omice Wich ae Wanted sume mc If, rome President Grant ought to have given George Wilkes —— Z A Sport Addicted to Spirit From the ¢ Adeer Yor, an contessedly a 1 to iit —- Will the Commitioe Puy upt 1) the Bilston of 1he Sia: Twish to ask you whether we drummers @ halt of our pay? Some of us tart two ar Lire Parade came off, and thie was t 1 ¢* aLhe ° or OY : Divs oO Justice I J Walsli, when applied to F setitement rwieage of the dacs * (een known to are the men chosen to ad tne clerk coolly denied any Justice Buchiey, when sober unt for Onew miniet SUNREAMS, pad ~taonl —The first Prince of Wails—Joromiab Hamilton Fish ise man of much ond meey resignations —Deer are quite numerous in th woods of South Jersey —Of the 10,000 English miners, one in erery thirty ie kilied by accident yearly =A negro gitl in Selma, Ala., skips rope with pail full of water'on her head, without spiiing @ drop. warps and An Indiana editor ways: Wo leave tc morrow for the County hog show, aud Hope tO take tow prize.” —The new Rome, ances —The ex-Empross Rugénic is represented a# na tooger @ benutal woman, but “quite gray aod wringled."* —Leeturing is at a very low ebb in England, Oniy noblemen oF very dia inguished parties ean draw an andience. —Germar book nouke Looks A year, A Western editor sponks of « bo ditty that every Lime he goe tite in real estate,”* —An enterprising dentist ina neighboring city Advertites: "Get your sweetheart anew set of to(1 ule ‘& Christinas present.” —A hen-pecked husband, who lad married his wife because she was handeonie,ci*ciaret that 4 thiow Of benuty is a jaw forever.” —The armies and navies in Kurope aré raid 1d contain at present 5,165,900 51220 hortes, 10,28 feta grins, and $00 mitratite A Louisiana engineer was nequitted of neglect mm running over aman, bee cease on the tract grew 60 high as to obsenre the perron =A speoker at ® recent public meeting com cluded nis appeal bY the remarkable warniag. " Res inember the eyes of the rox poput are upon yor —For the first time insixtecen yours there is rot @ Warhborn tn Congress, Mr Warnbarn theatre, Vittori W to be roofed with glass Emmanuele, at tor day pertorine it in 6: i 1, has net « Which sellt a ingle reteit uch as 825,600 worth of ontempc p stairs there i 1y who . vernon. leet of Mareechusetts, having sont in his pavow 48.0 member this wee —Arural poet indited a t to his eweete heart, entitled 1 kissed her avd roa.” Theeom ositor kuew better than that I kisted her enup nora.” —The Emperor William is a bale and healthy man, Like a hardy hunter, ke went the other doy or @ five days! shooting excursion, for a busy poteniate of 6 no inconsiderable foat, —According to the Hartford papers, the juil of that county is 10 #0 shabby a condition chat rogneg are aenamed to stay in ft, They even threaten to word fan * indiguation meeting.” . —Paris fashion correspondents speak of some pew things in colore; for exaupie, Page brulé, oom rey, burned love letter tint, Paris hombarde, carriers , tawny stone color. etc —" Cust fron sinks, all sizes,” is the legend # Hartford piumber inscribed on his outer wath, * Welk who in thunder (hic) eald tt dian’ wae the inquiry of ag Inebriated man of sin to the plumber afore: Stephen Peert Andrews suggests that “tha absols told and wbstractoid elewentiamus of being echoes of reappears by analogy within the related and coneretold elaboriemus.” This should be gever aliy known ad wet propeer’s Latiay 4 —Woman’s rights have #0 far progressed im Spain that women are LOW permitted to take part i pull-fghts, ‘Three bulls were lately # ait by "two wn fo adverteea 2 OF, At Heart, wee ant young wor the Spanisd papers A student iu a Connecticut college, reciting in trigonometry, defined @ mariner's compass ar 4 four-cornered square box etauding on a Beet tripod which always points to the north.” The fr {sor was not sattrfied —It is the style nowadays, when an enjuves ment is broken of, for the Is returo thé presente given her by her fancer, or even the evgsae inent ring, witch ## kept a8 an Indian keene a sealp ae a trophy Of former victories, —A Louisville amendment fell head fore Into au tee-eellar, and his (iightoned emplover, tw te Ing to the spot, found him sitting ditconsoiately on the tragnents, and exciaiming : Fo’ de Lord, bom Tre sorry 1 broke dat tee, 11s, eartin,” —A Paris paper, alluding to the Chicago eaten: > impress its renders with tha grandeur of the great lakes, rays that “the artifoiat pieces of water in the Bulsde Bomlogne ean only give them a faint idea of the Lakes fron and Snperior.”” —The Archbishop of York displayed hit Chriss fan niuseniarity the other day by alighting from bit carriage on the public bighway and lieiping eatriceta acart stuck im the mud, His Grace's clothes were fomewhat the worse for the operation, but hie muscia Wan firsbcine, A Live ecently tonced to five yenrs’ penal servitude for steahiun € pence, He hed seized a Witte bootblack boy, shreat 4 to take hitn ito custody, and on reaching # bac et bad exacted eight pence trom the 1a@ ae tnt ¢ of geting lim at libs A minister asked a little boy who had been Dek not the devil teil you that you ark hota Chrietion 9” "Tee, eometinies."” ¢ Wet, wha 40 you say to him” *Ttelt him,” replied the boy With something of Lacher's apirtt, “that, whetber ¥ y not t trophe, and desirin, pool policenian was converted, Curwtian oF not —A boy was recently saved from a terrible death at a rope and twine factory in Mastwch inet oy the prompiness and prevetice of mind of a })tthe evth The boy was caught Ip the machinery and war verg pulled into Mt as fast as possible, whem the Little @ ran with a knife, ent the belting and released hivy —At ace cert in Boston, a young woman «ho was disturbing those of the audience seated nea by incessant chattering, Was suinmarily silences by & gentleman who hai fpaperon whew he bad written the # ent not ets to a Ire tclons th ehrele of andit she Was reveall The Belgian police have st Tt is said that Mrs, Laura D, Pair has drawn In Surprise Valley, there are @ In bis W r weresy y frou r ae. Wa ‘ Ware fiw toeull you @ bloody hoa # would be coarse, DUL IL Would be tra