The Sun (New York) Newspaper, June 5, 1872, Page 2

i Thry WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 187: ' Fifth Ay and didat tiv Tony Vast It #hines fo Amusements To-Das, re Paved arden, ery Theatre Cal foruia Upern Mouse. Maritvas. 6 Theatre Article #% Chicago, Opera Mouse Woman's Wiehts Square Thentre Fort Theatre The Long Sink. All. Matinee, Dr. Greeley at Baltimore. r te bet chars we oan ter of Grant's Administration, and of the long exclusion of the Democracy i from power, nobody can blame the De- i] mocracy for getting control of the Na- tional Government if they can, But events i have taken such a turn within the past six i mouths as to render the impossibility of 4 defeating Grant by a straight Democratic nomination apparent to all who do not : allow old feuds and personal prejudices to Ly rise superior to new issues and the de- ; mands of the passing hour. Those Democrats who think a straight ih ticket can prevail against Grant mistak Hi the nature of the situation altogether. Let us state the case in three plain proposi- phia quer not Dem van, Th ques dida: 8 its i Sia" Th Vania tor H Democratic ea 4: But this cal ? H Ley in i could cx be for r FH tion, rious Alabama, and those thel enud Dew allt thre Gra ’ nud tions. ost the slightest chan he can bring to his suppe the enthusiasm, all Democratic party. iets clear as sunlight show that Dr. Baltimore should him, wil get a very large vote, and he will ree of that v re a separate Democratic nominee can 1 to lose it, this had better narrow cirele of his own yp But Gnreevey, MAC doeuey at all event omitted to be done by or the Baltimot in NOOS, ocratic greater shar affor thr ‘tion. ye giv t: Alabaria ty evel ingeLey will run for the Presi- purpose la Gor to whate e< atin accept honor the r is done or vither the Philadel- nvention. has unreservedly accepted the Cincinnati nomination, fixed and conse- ht Democratic candidate stands of an election unless They ing on though vote. sure to vote for such a candidate. propositions s Electoral) World then RANT in th rt all the st the mugth, votes of the ive the in those States He who look heye jud nes not vd the it he 3 ‘ttle the whole demonstrate that, from a straigut Democratic candidate be- ing uble to run in through the split in the Republican party, € run in through the split in the Democ party the World enumerates hundred and thirty 2 West Virgil ‘Two or three Democratic journals, and notably among them the World, are urging the Baltimore Convention to take advan- tage of the schism in the Republican party, nina Democratic Presidential eu the divided factions of their opponents. In view of the demoralizing and destruc- so far t case will sixteen says, are Here is itic In its ardent advocacy of a straight can- te, ys that by adding the ‘val votes of New York and Pennsyl- Dr. GREE wre wv odes as. Missouy smnoc tev id OCT he ey ox pendent eandidat NT, with two or Pai y thi vold forast holdin wood ® Will , ; i f fro more. Wi \ n if q matter? € ed DD ” i A disatioti ' tuch o tid q In fin Hor ( Baltimor and mor of tle Demo 1 yla tates to York the held a Deme rry these sixteon State “sons too obvious to need enus would make such se jroads upon the Democr rgi . Florida, ath Who ha take ptions. thie unot nt your complex practi those raight i tow uken ona point wh in Tudg im the Li Mr { he of sdidate ox G North Carolina West Virginia, as to ine Indeed, i those States GueELey would nearly divide vote with any Democratic ach a war record as to ANT. World. al Der d the r of these sixteen States the 1 be elected, utally defective plotur sulty 1 ocrats Who are push nomination, amanding givehim the slightest hope of getting vote of a single one of the N claimed by the Northern Ina word, they " ‘ld slaveholding States with two or If they run an inde- against GReeLey and then Granv will carry them all © exceptions. stmnother in that it supposes that wie sh Horac & GREE- ndidate the ates if the ncarry Reams of this plain propo- au ineh thick, n it will come at Inst, pt such a now » Mud see if we are and Hy Will to cast the that ny GREELEY PENDLETON ? r Greenery, Convention for ¢ No Dem posit tsat the m can nation at i is conclusive of SYHL.Gav Tne of the Balti- has declared in Gov, Horrman? He withdraws will in hy favor the st of aspirants at Balti- He has pro- Mr. Hes- of the National TREES 1. Does not this dispose of the inh Dew we ven unanimity Loy si reand there than 40, — Tenement Houses. fowl any nevolent pe lies, In this city who haye some candidate ple ippoint- ‘hand here and there seratic politician stem ' » prediet that Woden Tat prin- idea of the fearful evils that are suffered 4 by the working classes who live tn tene- fy hient houses, though most of the wealthy } menof Now York know but little about 4 hom. Butif such men could be compelled 1) to teoome physicinns and attend to sick | calls upon the poor, and breathe with them + the poisonousuir of these places, we believe q they would soon convinced that an imperative duty lies right in their path, 4 which, for their own welfare as well as for q thesakeof humanicy, they should perform, i There ave many blocks of tenement , houses scattered over the eity, eecupy: { ing areas of not more than one hone dred feet front by sixty in depth, tn which , from fifty to one hundred families, aver. aging five persons each, are crowded in most inconvenient, filthy, aod, in every moral and socin aspect, the most deolorable manuor 1 these buildings were q attack his constructed in accordance with any rae tional plan of ventilation, the condition of the occupants would not be so bad; but they are nearly all built up on the one idea of realizing to the owner the greatest with the least outlay. What must the result if such a state of things con- ues for any considerable length of time? A degre of physical and. moral degradation never reached in any oth American city, and hardly ever reached in any part of the world. The details of the inconveniences suf- fered by the unhappy tenants of these pestiferous dens are not fit for explana- tion, except to those who may be imme- diately concerned in investigating and cor- recting the evil. Think of four families occupying one floor twenty-five feet wide by sixty in depth, with a cramped stair- way in the centre, the inmates consisting of young men and young women, parents and children! Some are well disposed, but many are vicious, and they are crowd- od together in a way that makes one shud- der to think of. If this one floor that we have considered were isolated the case would not be so bad; but when there are four other such floors under the same roof, all having only one parrow, common en- trance, what must be the condition of the airin that building? Those who have not visited such places cannot imagine. If the tenants were all cleanly and ventilated their apartments through the windows, the air would be free of mueh of its poison. But many of them are not cleanly by na- ture, and many of them, under the cireum- stances, cannot be. They are over- crowded, overworked, enervated by their mode of life, and many of them are lying on sick beds. Many have been accustomed to better ways, and they struggle for a time to maintain their former habits; but it is difficult, or rather impossible, and at last they give up, and lead a weary ex- istence of trial, vexation, aud despair, if these houses were more substantially built, with tight floors and closely-sh ting doors, those who took the precaution could exclude the air from the rest of the place; but in spite of every precaution, most of it will come from the common stairway and from the cellar, passing under the doors and through the eracks in the floors, which, being generally of inferior mate- rials, soon shrink and leave open spaces. When these houses are built upon lots n the receptacles of street dirt, the mischief is aggravated, and the poisonous atmosphere which th cupants re forced to breathe produces the most Daneful effects. Typhoid fever, marasinus, und other diseases so enfeeble the constitu- tion as to produce permanent and here ry degeneration, Then pauperism, squalor, vies, and crime must follow, and have thelr reaction upon those more fortunate classes Who have not heeded the voice of humanity, The remedy for all this does not consist in the getting together on platforms, the assing of benevolent resolutions, aud the appointment of officers and committees, but in the earnest action of individuals and small associations of men of wealth, who an pursue, untrammelled, whatever be ficont course their judgment may sugsost In than three years we shall have one, and perhaps two quick-transit: railways, which will afford ayenues to the country for the present occupants of the city tene- ment houses. [f no precautions are taken, the very same class of men who are the proprietors of these buildings will extend the same system there. If they ge sion of the land they can build tenement houses there, and by occupancy prevent thie erection O€ vonuares ‘net om tortanie homes in places near enough to be ayaila- ble as residences for workingmen. This evil the public-spirited wealthy men of this city can prevent, if they will secure sufficient land near enough the city, and at the proper time build comfortable homes for our working population. ~—— act Dont Deny Ite The Grant? party aiiack Mr. Suamveg’: A FUSE ee tire eee vet ches against slavery. abuse hin roundly but do not undertake to answer his arguments. Senator LoGaN and Senator Carpenter have both made harangues in reply to Mr. Sumyen; but Mey have not touched o1 of his positions against President Gray, nor denied or attempted to explain.or dia prove a single one of the damnatory facts in the conducé of the President which Mi Sumyer set forth with so much force profit b The nepotism, the present taking, the San Domingo usurpation, the in the White Howe, the u Military Ring versal muddle in our foreign relations, cannot be dis- proved or excused, The only thing to be done, then, is to abuse Mr, Scunen. Let the Gnanr men stick to that, ——— ial by Jury in and—An Nnpors tant Change Proposed, A select committee of the Louse of Com- nA bee Suet bor aunoloterd and report upon an important bill in re- ion to trial by jury in civil and criminal cases, which, if it becomes a law, will effect a considerable alteration in the long- established system of jury trials through which English judicature has derived so much distinction, A law of somewhat similar design was enacted about two years ago, but its Janguage was so con- fused and unintelligible that the judge publicly declared their inabilty to under- stand it. There is no want of clearness, however, as to the principal proposition eontained in the present bill, This is to reduce the number » consider of jury- men, in all cases except trials for murder, from twelve to seven, In behalf of this change it is argued that it is practically npossible to secure the agreement of twelve persons upon the intricate ques tious so frequently Involved in commercial sulis; 1 t Pall Mall Gazette wells gests that im such cases even seven jurors Will be whout as likely to disagree as twelve, But it isin reference to criminal trials that the most serious and determined op- position to the proposed diminution is ex- pected, Indeed, it seems to us that Dy re- taining the ola number of twelve jurors in murder cases, the framers of the bill con- fess the weakness of any arguments ad- vanced in favor of the change so far as other criminal causes are concerned, We cannotassume that there is no reason for adhering to the number at present re- quired in trials for murder; and whut reason cum there be except that certainty of acorrect determination is more likely to be attained thereby? But surely there is no criminal case, however comparatively insignificant the penalty which follows conviction may be,in whieh it is not our duty to use every available means toward thik end; and if a greater number of trier fends in the least to secure more likeliliood of # just decision ina ‘capital case, its ten- dency will be the same on the trial of an alleged hen thief. Justice or injustice, so far as relates to the determination of guilt, or innocence, is in no wise affected by the punishment provided by law for the of- fence under investigation, There is a gradually increasing hostility to the Inetitetion of trialhy jury in Rng fand on the part of certain infiuentiai Inw- yersand writers, which we regret to ob- serve, Prominent among its opponents is the learned and liberal Westminster Ne- view, Something of the same sort of oppo- sition is manifested here in the disposition of our State Legislatures continually to modify and amend the jury laws. Fortu- nately, however, the inviolability of the right of trial by jury is secured in this State by the Constitution; and the process of al- tering the fundamental law is always so slow that no change in respect to this in- valuable right can be mude without the fullest public discussion and the approval of the people. This fact renders it certain, in our opinion, that no essential change ever will be made ——— Mr, Sumven's speech is too violent, ex- claim the Graxt men; but the great difeulty with it fs that it fs too true ——— The Cincinnati Commercial gives fair no- tice that if the talk about “the abuse of the President's father" is not stopped in the Presi- dential organs, It will enter upon the subject with the purpose of fully satisfying all the curl- osity that the seekers of truth for historical Purposes may entertain. At the same time It gently intimates that Gen. GanrreLn might give some interesting information as to the number of postmasters and postmistresses who were ap- pointed in his district by the influence of the Covington postmaster; that an Inquiry into the mail agencies of Kentucky would show to whom certain percentages on salaries were paid; and that If the influences were traced out that secured humerous appointments in the departments at Washington, and in Government offices in Chi- cago, Sun Francisco, New Orleans, and New York, facts would come to light jilustrating In a striking manner the Impudence and greed of our Family Government, From this tt would appear that the Influence of the venerable Jussé on the administration of natlonal affairs has been more comprehensive than has generally been sup- posed, Isn't it about ti opponents of Dr. Horace GREcLBy as a can- didato for President should frankly declare thelr pref for GRANT, and their dete nation to support bim? Or do they thi better to wear their disgutse a little longer ? CORRUPTION IN PHTLADELPIUTA, nee Te Porvades every Department of Public Afuirs. From the Evening Telegraph. It is painfully evident that the ex che ting wrades aro oichils of varivu not thorough enough to insure the honost and efficient discharge of their dutlea, Checks and alances are absolutely necessary to insure the purity and vigor of any governmental system; 5 upon elty and asthe theoretical check furntshed by fre- quent popul tions has lamentably failed, In practice, to prevent Philadelphia from being victimized by venal cormorants, additioual safe- guards are iimperatively required While the tnoumbents of municipal posts of honor and profit are subjected to taflultely less eMcient supervision than either State or tenn? efficlats, they should bo subjected: $9 stronger and better checks; mo power outside of the city meddies with these local deepots, and no power within {t seriously attempted, bee fore the Munlelpal Reform Association was organized, to punish their shameless ylolations and evastons of law, or to expose thelr currupt and depredatory pra nells, under thelr modern organization, are more aptto be the slaves and accomplices of peculating officials than thelr con le these? MI ain at any other objects than the acquisition of “HEP UNE PUrernn tance, uMe these, ntercsts, welfare, and earnings of the people practica’ be gambled for, year after yea aring m te, le # raved; 2 lous aite What is ne that our should not merely be Unkered or thore, together, It ts rotten to. th nd TneMicient ineyery ram ly barder 3 wok i son rovist t tive In its od ob, ye stiguitons th any direction would ese frets to public hotice, and ty BN bY Pomc aah te al the selectton of public oMcisls mm to their duthes as cltl- vermanent cure for ‘A tor before the mass are imbued with a deep determination to protect themselves agctnat the Pauds anit 6207 Cese are perpetually prretived upon (mem; aad hy investigations of any or all these frauds help to teach Philadelphiaus how they robbed, and to increase the growing demand genuine reforn and of Increwse zoos and tax nest will ure for The ier t of the anted. Malls Sin: As tong ago as the 15th of January lost Emailed @ letter at this offlce to you, re- questing you to send Tur WeeKy N for a year, Contained in the letter was a @l green- back t Lin, the letter prog enc! ind envelope, d the latter in as w Lowith cum, and addressed to ‘THe 5 w York, Since that t r a puper, hor heard a we t his being now Aprils, a the money, but T do © about the pap ointment to me to miss gettin and Itwas avery @ it. In the last two years [have lost, Lsuppose, some & to #6), mailed in small sms to parties in Bastern and Northern cities, and never heard from any more, Is there emedy for this Cannot,» vised whereby 7 Falls le a pootma ail sums, and even | tection does that a Lhave walied and wai miht have been delayed am compelled to believe tor to register very tered, what pr Kone that T can see thinking the papers somewhere, but now the money to be stolen T think it entirely pr hundred subse t nu might get five this Texas, if the Lany assurance that money mailed to ie would not be stolen, May it hot be that Tae Ses has in the Post Office Depart. ment who we valid} rtallite ctreulation as well as pocket its 1 Considering the atl tude of the paper parties, it would not be surprist You have been dragg “i many cases of cor nts, suppose you t vst Office Departin 1 for your trout le view a uption inether depart. Mn your attention to the nt, Tt will reward you foc if ever there was i an stable that necded raking out by the pros it is the Unitod states Post OMice Depart- Ment, more especially that portion of at that te located down South, EK. 1. Benn ane SULPHEN SPuiNGs, Hopkins county, Texas, May bscER Latest List of Baitures, York City -New York Match C iH omade to force juto bankrnptey Co,, Eroceres application made to. torce Witla A, Head, b aud ehe mpany Now mite WB Healer; f fH. Morrow { fall Tsuac F ae tht ’ F St. Louls, Hardt » Wellsville,” grocer ; fall Phiniri- Va Twegen or failed. gro ed, Wwkett, fs appiied tor relict ty bat wien Wood, Gaabarg. wrucery appiieat appli ruptey, er ruptey Michigan Charles French, Menomonee, dry goods; failed. “Lambert trusdel, Hancock, tulled. fb. White, Lausiug, brewer rellef Ln bankruptey, Ww 4) & Tughes van tH boron, MILW falied, MeCracksh failed applied Pewakee, Lowa Waiton & M serocers; failed. M. ©. Rowentamn & Co. Barlington, dry goods; failed, Willams & White, Gringell, general store ; fath — The WeeKkty SUN, publi Senator Sumner's speech ta ful hed to-day, containe UN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE SOME NEW BOOKS. The Early Lite of Abraham Lincoln. The Life of Abraham Lincoln, from his Birth to his Inauguration as President of the United States, by WARD H. Lamon, is in many respects @ unique production. The author is one who enjoyed intimate personal association with Mr. Lincoln during many years, and in tho preparation of thie biography he has had the assuciation and codperation of Me, William I. Herndon, who for nearly 9 quarter of a century was the partner in business of Mr. Lincoln, and his confidential friend. Between the two an im- mense mass of biographical material was aceu mulated, including letters; the recollections of Mr. Lincoln's nearest friends and of his family connections; of those who knew him or his nts in Kentucky and Indiana; of his school lows ; of his neighbors and acquaintances In Indiana and the different places in Lilinols where he spent portions of his life; and of lawyers, Judges, politicians, and statesmen everywhere who had anything of Interest to relate concern- ing the life of the late President. These mate~ riils have been freely used; and Mr. Lamon, tn the exercise of a determination not to permit his feelings of friendship to influence his impar- tlallty as a biographer, has given great and un- necessary prominence to many details of a trivial or unpleasant nature, the publication of which ean do no good, as they are only caleu- lated to unjustly degrade the character of a really grent man in the estimation of the world. Still the book will be eagerly read, and the dif- fuseness of Its information regarding the early days of one who bore so prominent a part in the events whie aracterized the most important epoch of our national history will doubtless be regarded as its chief merit by many readers Abraham Lincoln was born in a miserable cabin in Hardin county, Kentucky, inthe year 18%, His father, Thomas Lincoln, appears to have been a poor, shiftless fellow, devoid of In~ dustry or ambition. He was wholly illiterate, except that after his marriage he learned to write his name after a fashion, instead of sign- fog it with amark; and the only instance in which he is recorded as having distinguished hinself was on the occasion of a flerce combat with one Abraham Enlow, in which } m= pletely vanquished his adversary by biting off nose, Soon after this achievement he re- ily to Indiana, where the future tomanhood. Abraham's mother A woNIAD possessing No marked character istics, who slaved In poverty for a few years, and died when be was about nine years of age. The elder Linectn soon married again, this time a woman who seems to have been decidedly his superior, and In his stepmother Abraham found ed his fam nt grew me Pre the best friend he knew during the days of his rd, poverty-stricken youth. It wae to the in- terposition of this good stepmother that b owed what little schooling he This was not much, All his school days added together would not aggrey Inn thlnl tea single year. for ttledcountry, compe labor until he wa nty-one years of age the benefit of his thriftiess and Uliterate fath with no opportunities for cultivating whatever tastes he may have had for uobler pursuits, Abraham Lincoln grew up without developing any marked evidence of the eminent talents that lay dormant within him, His father taught him to work, but could not teach him to like the drudgery imposed upon him, He bore the repu= tation among his neighbors of a good-natured, lazy fellow, by no means shiftless, but fonder of receiving his wages than of earning them. He always enjoyed a good story, and early gained a reputation for rough humor and sarcasm. He read diligently such books as came within bis reach, but these were few in number. Asop's Fables, Robinson Crusoe, the Pilgrim's Progress, a History of the United States, a Life of Wash- ington, and the Revised Statutes of In- diana formed the staple of his reading at this stage of his care He prac- tised clphering on a wooden shovel with a plece of coal. Later, he exercised himself in poetical efforts and doggerel, which affurded him great satisfaction and caused intolerable angulsh to the subjects of his verse, which was usually of a sarcastic nature. But he was gen. erally popular among his nelghbors, and was al- ways the life of whatever company he happened tobe in, He early manifested a taste for public anaaklogopiLwas wont.to. harangne, his fellow. laborers in the harvest felds or elsewhere, a propensity which gained iim more favor wit! his commades than with bis employers. Int Lincoln began his travels, 1 ing atrip to New Orleans as a bow band on @ tlathoat, for which he was paid $3 a month, apher complacently remarks that Ab biog this trip “displayed his genius for mercantile affairs by hands putting off on the inno- cent folks along the river some counterfeit which a shrewd fellow had imposed upon The only foundation for this accu- that bailen had taken some spurious bil while worrying about It was cons by L coln, Who said it would probably acel slip out of their hands before reaching New Or- leans, It isnot probable that Line dd any- thing todo eithes With receiving of paying out money on that trip. About this time Abraham's er moved Hiinois, aud Abrabain afior coming of age, bogie itzu for cht owse amploved on odd jobs, ‘The drat winter after leaving humo he spent in split. rails, In INiLhe made another trip to New Orleans ona flatbont, tempted by the magnif- cent offer of fifty centsa day and his share of sixty dollars divided among the crew of three for the round trip, By this time the natural abiii- Imaolt ties of the man began to manifest thomac!ve and bis energy and tact in cw of emergenc proved of great value to lls employer. It was during this visit to New Orleans that Lin for the flit time saw negroes chained and seourged, and the Impression produced by tho sight w the foundation of his hatred of slavery Th 1831 Lincoln visited the little village of New Salem, on the Sangamon river, on busine bs ra Mr. Offutt, the owner of the flatboat on whieh besatle,hls second tip.to New Orleans, Mere he remained for several years, at first as a clerk for Mr, Offutt. While so occupied, he Improved bis leisure hours In study, Then came the Black having enlisted in a ted discharged Hawk war, and Lincoln company raised to fght th: captain, When his company from service he enlisted asa private in a com- pany of scouts, in which he served unt! the troubles were over, Keturning to New Salem he was Induced torun for the Legislature as a “nominal Jacksgn man,” or moderate Demo~ erat. This was in 1 all parties In New Salem Indians, was ele was He received votes from but failed to be el ste to ed, It gave him an opportunity apeech-inaking, however, and br prominently before the people. Shortly after- ward, in partnership with a man named Berry, neoln entered mereantile life, and soon Line coln & Berry owned the only store In the vil age, having bought out two rival establishments t competed with them at frst. Neither of y capital, and Berry soon de- veloped such a capacity nsuming the liquors which con posed a portion of their stock in trade that ina few months he had ruined th credit of the firm and destroyed his own health The mercantile speculation proved a dead fail- ure, leaving Lincoln with a quantity of debts on his shoulders, the last of which was not dis- harged until bis return from Congress in 1849, After failing in the grocery business, Lincoln be n reading law in earnest, with the Inten- thon of Atting himself for practice at the bar, at the same time improving every opportunity for adding to his fund of general knowledge, At practise ht him u the partners had a rc Uils time he attracted the attention of the sure veyor of Sangamon county, who offered him work if he would qualify himself to act as his assistant, Lincoln eagerly embraced this offer, and tn eix weeks became an expert surveyor, when he was duly appoluted a deputy, He soon acquired considerable private business and the accuracy of his surveys was seldom, if ever, questioned, In 18M, before he had been Imitted to the bar, Lincoln again ran for the islature, this time as a Whig, and was elected Borrowing two Li by a handsome majority, dred dollars in order to enable him to mi decent appearance among his fellow-legislators, Lincoln in due time presented himself at Van- dalia, then the capital of [Mnois, and took his hun. ony 5, 1872, seat in the House of Representatives—his formal entrance into public life The love affairs of Lincoln are treated in this biography with great plainness and at some length. Whatever scruples of delleacy Mr. Lamon may possibly have possessed, to regard to making public the most personal secrets the lamented statesman’s life, he appears to have overcome and to have kept back no details that he was able to procure through any means. In pursuance of hi termination te give the most complete and impartial account of the life of Lincoln that has been published, the blogra- pher has been ag regardless of the feelings of Persons now living as he has been of the reputa- tion of the dead, Perhaps Mr. Lamon has been unable to concelve that any one would have reason to complain at the free use of names he has made t tion with this subject, and perhaps no on tly interested will object to what he has written, If not, certainly the reader ts not called upon to bring him to account. Mr. Lamon gives in fullthe unhappy story of Ann Rutledge, which has often been mentioned as having exerted a marked influence on the character of the martyred President. For this young lady, the daughter of one of his best friends, Lincoln conceived a deep and lasting passion. He became an inmate of her father's house in 1833,when she was about nineteen years fage. She is described as a gentle, amiable girl, a blonde in complexion, with golden hair, cherry-red lips, and abonny blue eye. When Lincoln first saw her she was probably we most refined woman whom he had at that time met—a modest, delicate crea- ture, fascinating by reason of the contrast with the rude people by whom both were sur- rounded. She was then engaged to a young man amed MeNamor, who had gone to the East and unaccountably remained there until she had despaired of his ever returning. It should be said that there were good reasons for this delay ; but ghe was led to Lelieve that she had been d serted. Under these ciroumstances she promised to marry Lincoln, but soon after died, it was thought from grief, owing to the distressing conflict in her mind as to her duty toward the two lovers. A few days before her death Lin- in Was summoned to her bedside. What hi pened in that solemn conference was known only to him and the dying girl But when he left her, and si «lat the house of a friend on his way home, the friend saw signs of the most terrible distress in his face aud in his conduct. When Ann actually died and was buried his grief became frantic. He lost all self-control, even the consclousness of his own Identity, and every friend he bad in New Salem pronounced hha insane. His biographer says: * About three-quarters of a mile below N Salem, at tof the main bud, and in a | hollow between two lateral. bluffs, stood the | house of Bowlin Greene, built of logs and the friends of Li hended a te d to transpor e change of svex n constant fh Bowlin Gre period of his darkened and wavering intellect, When “accdents’ were momentarily expected, it Was discovered that Bowlin Greene possessed A power to persuade and guide him proportioned to the affection thet had subsisted between them In formerand better times. Rowlin Green | weather boarded. jcoln. wh rewond enaad pa his near a this came for mm, but oul Was Cu at and ob- stinate. It required the most artful practices of A general conspiracy of all bis friends to disarm his suspicions and Induce him to with his most anxious and devoted Tri at last they succeeded, and Lin down under the bluff for two or three weeks, the object of undisguised. solicitude and of the strletest surveillance. Atthoend of that time his mind seemed to be restored, and it was thought safe to let him go back to his old haunts, tothe study of law, to the writing of legal papers for his wclghbors, to pettifoxuing before the Justice of the P and perhaps to a litte purvenliug. But Mr. Lincoln was n ver prechely the same man again. At the time of * release he was thin, haggard, and careworn, uxs one riven from the verge the grav id always been subject to fits of great lepres ton, vr this they were 1 quent aud alarn Lincoln's next love was a Miss Owens, wealthy young lady from Kentucky, who spent 8. She Isspoken some of those who eran mer id. vin remained of as tall and handsome knew her deseribe her as having been very beau- tiful, cely en Lincoln proposed to this lady, but rn Janevasive answer, and the affair never to anything, though « correspondence was continued between them for some time, Mr. Lamon has enref collected all the gv comthis matter, and Mr. Herndon wrote lady al rs, questioning her tails of all that passed Her letters in answer to Mr siven {n the biography, and al sveral letters which Lincoln had written to her, und which she obligingly furnished, It will be sven that no pains have been spared in this bi the closely In regard to seve very he a n them 1 fon nre ography to obtain information from authenti sources, Lincoln became acquainted with Miss Mary Todd, afterward Mrs, Lincoln, in Springfeld in 1819. She was the daughter of the Hon, Robert §. Todd of Lexington. Ky. and her connections {n Minos were among the most refined and dls- tinguished people in the State, Lincoln was at that thne arising politician, fresh from the peo- ple, and possessed of great power among them, Miss Todd was of aristocratic and distinguished family, able to lead through the portals of good society whomsoever they chose to coun- tenance. She took Lincoln captive almost as soon as he saw her, and it was thought by the ’ ++ of both that thelr marriage could not fail frignu te tnd ware to result happily, Lincoln and ouss 4... engaged, and it Was supposed that their mar- riage was only aquestion of time, Unfortun- ately, however, another young lady, po: ng greater attractlins for Lincoln, made her ap pearance on the scene, and although there [a no evidence that he ever gave this lady suspect his passion, he came io t that it was his duty to inform Miss Todd of hi heart. “The latter at ot u his engagement, some parting k place hetween them, and as ndeurments & reconeiilution followed, Janda day was fixed upon for thelr marriag Tie ne the bride prepared for the cere- hicny, but the brid tu failed to thake is ape caranee. He had been attacked by Insuntcy lo was taken to Kentucky by a friend and kept there until he recovered, His de sment W | y oved all rs and k from hi roach, and kept him under astrict guard for a longtime, He was unable to attend the L lati Ist in consequence of this m When he was fully restored totrenson he res turned to Spring#eld, and soon after had several secret meetings with Miss Todd, and finally they Were married on one or two hours' notice “Mr, Lanion's book contains a full and interest~ ing narration of the events in Lincoln's Ife con neeted with the first manifestations of the anti- slavery spirit in this country, and the formation Jgrowth of the Republican. party. It also gives an in view of the political situation at of Lin lection to the cyes of a biographer has 1 able te end the character of Liner its nob ts, but has measured all hi. | hy the petty scale of the professional polith efan, thus elittiing bim in th sof the reader, and failing altogether to render Jus. tiee to the broad views, profound insight tite buman nature, and elevated and gene 4s ime pulses which were the true characteristics of t man, Ace the narrow-mind afforded in his ¢ speech in Spr and provoking | nsof the bi 1 of spher is $ famous In this spe rispleier din mments on Lin Fane i @soe were some st utterances delive before the war, In it he said: A house divided against itself cannot stand, T believe ernment cannot endure permanently Half slave and half free, Ldo not expect the Union. to be lissolved1 do not expect the house to fall; but To expect it will cease to be divided, Twill me all one thing or all the other.” It was @speech that produced a profound ‘sensation among men of all parties, and exhibited a com- prehension of the political situation far in. ad vance of t at possessed by the majori of his contemporaries who were recognized leaders in the Republican ranks. Hut what his biographer win thi ch owas this! Mr, Lincoln was quietly dreainiy Loney. and ediing Dimeelf to a plac where he thought the tide mi, ta ds tle was sure that sectional animosities, far from subsiding would grow deeper and stronger with thine: and for that reason the next romince of the exclu. sively Northern party must bea man of radieal views: Undoubte this book was written from laudable motives, wih friendly intentions, but in the exceution’ of the work the author ha failed to give a view of Lincoln's life. and s¢ vices which ts caloulated to elevate his chars tor in popular estimation, Still, these who read It attentively will wonder, not So much what a man reared under such disadvantages and ex- posed all bis life tose many unfavorable infu enees should have raised himself to the highest position that an American can a as thaton reaching that position he should haye sustained himself with such wisdom, dienity, and powe as to have impressed the world with an abiding sense of the generowity, purity, and excellent of his uature, THE METHODIST CONG RESS. | ———= THE ADJOURNMENT AND DEPART- URE OF THE DELEGATES, pense The Failure of an Attempt to Establish a Separate Colored Conterence—A Delicate anh at Secret Societios-The End of the General ¢ e The Conference esdiourned yesterday, sme die. The members have heen yery faithful in thelr attendance, and the Academy was well filled yesterday morning, both with delegates and spectators. Business was hurried through, and, before adjournment, everytbing of conse- quence had been disposed of. ‘The most important of the measures initiated or cartied into practical operation by this Gen- eral Conference have been the admission of lay delegates, the settlement of the Book Concern dificulty by the adoption of a report sustaining the charges of fraud and mismanagement, the conferring of equal powers on the several agents of the Book Concerns, changes in the method of the suspension and trial of bishops, agents, and editors, the increase of the episcopacy by the addition of eight effective members, the fixing of the residences of the bishops, the subordina- tion of the benevolent societies of the Church to the authority of the General Conference, and the election of aSecretary of the Educational Board, The Conference has also spec iy prohibited dancing, theatre- eel and other amusements already condemned by the, spirit of the Dis- cipling, and has astonished the Church by re mending to the charity of the brethren tho Metropolitan Church of Washington, which is attended by Mr. Grant and numbers of wealthy Washington politicians, Hishop Ams presided yesterday. y ROCERDINGS. THE ROUTINE The report of the Committe was taken up, and each Confere to half an hour, Dr. Go of North Indiana earnestly urged the right of his Conference to a portion of the cit Indianay Brother Harmer of Lowa and Knotts of Des Moines had a lively dispute over Skunk river, « stream which divides their respective Confer- ences. ‘The Philadelphia Conferenc e protested against the city of Harrisburg being given to Cent Pennsylvania, a deavored to get aslice t the latter ¢ as COM on for the loss of the 8 tal. The report of the com- mittee Was sustained in all Dr. Buller of Au: organization of a loundaries e was limited orzia and Al » provided the colore nbets of the Chureh in those 8 should so desire. The Georgia and Alabama Confer- ences-beth white and colored asking for authority to divide request. concurred in cording to this In Georgia there Was very strong of tothe Church, The whites of other de- ne had told the colored people that In the M. BE. Church they made themse te to the whites, as in former days. ‘There were 600,000 white and 509 lored pet sons in the State, A Conyerion of colore ministers had heen held, and they had approved the proposition for a separate Conference. ED CLERGYMAN'S PROTEST, Lynch, Sceretary of State compelled, by & renee Cal rah & Fy, to protest ti regret to. Us duty tomy the cn if tread. L would regard the pur if the greatest calamities whiten tint Epl-copal Chureb. 1 watld hureh in the position of, worstippln, Mcaste, from which God In his Provide ah this great bution, auld bloodshed aud the t of war Wien we in Mississippi, with @ population compe of thowe who, Leen Gompedied to swerifie # COUBE a the relations of the when We refues to write the word colnre statute books, the M. E. Church ment ike this, places iteetf in’ a the spirit of the age and of this great Fir, whatever arrang” ment the co1ored bi Stites may make tosecure the pre them do it without « word of advice from this General Conference. If Us General Conference authoriges culored people to establielt separate Conferences, It de- clares (hat Chere are doubts Whether colored and white can live together tu the same Church, for If they cau live te rin th the spirit of the Divine persons? ‘The General Cont polubion would also. suxRest at joubts as to policy tn the Btate and the Vutot which places tic, sions On an equality. , Dr. Fuller said he had no objection to the w seed” being struck out of the resolu Lirether Muly, of the Lexington Confer- ence,didn’t think that the venerable brother trom Mississivpi—who is as young looking as Brother Muir-represented the fell of the colored men. They were under the white brethren, but when they organized alone they governed them- solves, and advanced more rapidly. ‘The colored brethren in white conferences were said to work for Lie ministers’ old shoes and old rags. WHAT TH ORED MEN WANT. There * four millions of people of African descent. and they posed to being under white poople. Ih arated than under the white men The B. Middleton of South Caro- Rey. James . Brother Iddlcton’s complexton Is eval Of Very” Miprer E and had woken aword before peuing of the Conference. Miuai ton, propose | OUL OF the Lites of we sp 1 t MP fathers eb Vice oF virtues We hav sou. (Appl she eo the paanag Tesolution that would eeparate Us from you. It sraved that because Our poodle are Ieurant th Deted away uy Be white tied, Seating wie; We" Wee ace "und the it tr'said that you are igh If we are ignorant we Want your cul H ons, Theyre fever to, $60 ou tnd ys tor tau totter t Aope'the resvlation will be Iali'on the table Loud applause, and the resolution was promptly tabled A WORD EXPUN De The California, Kansas, and Minnesota Confer- ences were authorized to divide, and the report of the Committee on Boundaries was then adopted. the word." " “being stricken ‘ail ¢ Ul ial editors Were mad including ad matters that Vertisements, A resolution wa: ble senior Bishoy fective lst, Also a resolution ri v into thetr pay lopted placing the venera- . A. Morris, on the non-ef recommending the este Bshment ofa Hook Depository in, New Orleans, and commending Ure tf k Agents In ¢ cinnati to establish depositories La Council Bult Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Kansos Cily * Also olution that the word “laymen” be unde Jimembers ofthe Church whoa pmbers of th nnual Conferences. Brother Buckley called attention to the fact that this made the bishops laymen, A Delegate—And the women too, (La The Committee on the State of the Chu reported t the practice of war repug bant to the spirit of the Gospel, and its pe petuation fs a blot upon our Christian civil ization, and we ¢ hatically condemn it as a Measure for the settlement of in ational fispiutes, and fJuscuaiie omy whed abs: necessary for the suppression of insurrection or to repel {nvasion, MILD PROTEST AGAINST MASONRY, The same committee reported that the oppo sition of anumber of brethren to secret societies: in general, and Free Masonry {n parttcular, ts suffictontly pronounced, but yet not violent, bor tueasures propose mitte needing, eerfully it of members and yattach theniselves to any society of thelr fellow citizens that is tirreligious or timmeral in tendency, » demands in no way interfere with idvise and earnestly re- ned to ¢ nlder well the propriety or remaining in an soclety, their duties to which ray conflict with their strletly religious obligations. If any, as Is alleged by some of the petitioners, practically subatitute Masonry for religion ai jorsake God's ordinances to attend the lod r they act very unwisel of the Chureh, very unworthily donot feel at liberty to denou sortety of which the and, if member nimittee norder or najority of them knew so dain) rt way 1d thet a local preacher four consecutive years 1 a THE MAKILAGR RING The Rubric was changed so as to read th marriage, if the persons desire it, the man give unto the woman a ring, which the minister shall tak deliver unto the man, who shall put it on third doger of the woman's left hand he foll g resolution was unanimously adopted by a rising vote: he That we resist all means which may b mployed ‘to exclude from our cominon schools. th Bible, whieh te the charter of our liberties and the | piration of our civilization, ions of thanks were passed to the of Arrangements, to the far ined the delegates, to the Post th), to the manager id Pacife Telegraph € lelal editors and publishers and the rey Mf the daily newspapers, to the officers of t yand steamboat companies that jal mimodations, to Al Preserving the health of the ishops, and to the Secretarles Dr Woodruff, and their a ted that a vote of thanks be he Dirvetors of the Academy pAt aid a high rent had been paid for the Academy, and the resolution had better be dropped Gu the reil t ministers and of the NS pany, to the ninited inighty God for Ho Bishop sistant, Dr. Osborn led, it, was found that el present Jud ley said that al twenty laymen had departed thelr homes that morning fishon Janes introduced Dr, Watson of the MB. Church South. Dr, Wateon said Bince Your sction of yesterday 1 {el ueilned to we cept t of your Nishio, wivon after my are rival in the city a fow Weeks siuce, A place OB your platforu) HISHOP JANES'S FIRST ANT ONLY ADnrEs, Ishop Janes, on behalf of the Boned of Hishe or addressed the Conference as follows t are of oplaton that your net both consetemy A progrersives thad It wiil tent to the peace ob the Church, and to augment hott ts sreanle aul spurte ual power ave” conte posed tits’ Conference, ny Toead thts reste thm Thust be fe neh an extendeal “otuce ad Churet “ae arg dour harwony ati, of fecling i Ty cont inyy that ays that vu th Of final adjournment, ag worthy 4 elation of tie general church. 1h wa Tat heen in the “superiatendeney. yrevio : coven deal to aay tt Wi celved he colleagues you have given to Our Hearts. ap to-cir Wumes, and We tpt cls'y the contlderatfon of the Cuuterences which ieee seg fasuch anumier of cofleagnense wilt teiferr asic the severe i few years, We tence that nly much snurchh wit te tthe thor given all of us desire unite with yo and pre ue you tnay i nd on all your Interest epltishon Simi read a Scripture lesson, and ‘onference united in singing the liyniny * Blest be the tie that binds our Learts.” dn, Curry then offered ui arhest prayers the Doxolox: the Methodist and Episcopal General Confercnce uf Wiz adjourned, tine dic. —— THE LATEST FAILURES, - The Breaking Up of the Chicago Offices Brokerage Firm of Grant, MeLean & Co Correspondence of The Sun. Cuicago, May 90.—Now that Mr. J. 2, MeLean has filed his resignation as Collector of Customs, to take effect July 1, afew observations may not be {nappropriate. Three years ago the firm of Grant & McLean, leather dealers in Chicago, decided to en. large their business and take in the Chicazo ‘ustom House. The President of the United States was the brother of the senior partner, and he consented to the arrangement. Upto Oot. % 1871, this combination of public and private bust. ness was ina flourishing condition, and the pro fits of leather dealings and of the Customs Cole lectorship were fairly and equitably divided. Buying offices, selling offices, and trading {n offices generally, are not entirely unknown in this latitude, City and State offices have oveas slonally been sold, and the parties selling have od as their consideration a part of the pros But,asa general rule, the perperi ators of, these om biek eknowledg privately. ¢ this he subject of diy of protit Collector being a fgur I—there Was not the least secrecy observed, There was nota saloon within aradius of three blocks af the Custom House where the parties to this Interesting bate ain did not inform everybody who chose to isten to the essential facts in the case, Somes how the newspapers never thought it worth while to criticise the little irregularity fair men they thought that ft was not publish such dimisstons. there was that an explanation ld be t The fire burned up the leat and suddenly the Collector de: thing more for his office. He the profits of the Collectorsht His removal was decided upon immediately upon his refusal to divide with Orvil Grant, Credit should be given him for his re ance, True, the Custom louse has of late Paradise of drunkards and sinccures. Ait be otherwise when the Coll was not independent? An unser 4 a te Custuin House u tore last Hined to pay ctor bh nme acipher, Tom Keefe, Ayers, and Hayne have been in power so lois iat peo. used te hetrrule, Twe of them y sinecure positions, whiet ane per re ing no duties whatever, annum therefor, ‘The habitual drunkenness of some om House otk he people have ® right to exp at the hands of their servants. Greeley as President for three months, doubts that he would listen to the f ppoint sober, competent men in th nd drawing §4. ‘Think of H use? CHAPray — WHO MURDERED MK. JACK MAN, pear liass ‘Tragedy at Wentteld, No J.-A Corpse Found ou the Ceatral Railroad Track susp) ion of Foul Play. On Sunday morning the body of Andi Jackman, @ well-to-do farmer of Wes' tk J.. was found on the track of the New Jers Central Railroad, about a quarter of a mile west of that town. Thejbody was horribly mut ‘The head was a mass of pulp, and the art legs wero scattered along the track. At first it was supposed that he had heen killed by 1 pass ing.traie, hut aaveral clrcumabkances exyited suse picions of foul play. About twenty fect frou where the body was picked up a pool of a eight inches deep was found. Near it lay Jack man’s hat, with a hole Inthe front berlin, aa though made by a bullet Ith ed out ¢ ny the day that the r - fore Jackman had n drinking freely in >t ils ’ saloon, near the depot. W a boasted that he had $000 in his pocket. ‘i ; room was full of men, Sc f tt . laborers employed on the railroad, and ’ new comers. He was last seen aby Saturday night. He was then in able to walk without assistance At the Inquest last night three pas the train which reaches) Westfield ab Tight. swore that they tenrd-a pteted their way howe. Mrs, Motfat, who lives w few feet of the fatal spot, swore that about ml hight she heard a scream, but no pistol shot, No one could account forthe hole In the hats Men who were Inthe bar-room the night hefore testifled that the hole was not there then. Jiack= man has two sisters In Westfield, One of item fa in Ward 12 a teacher grammar school, New York. ‘They say there was no hole In the hat. ‘The jury brought in a verdict of accidental death. A large crowd awaited in the saloons wed doorways halow toe th verdict. and when t = anvouncea mucn TistWetION Was eX pressed at the result, ‘The dead min had only Se with bimon the fatal night. T ” rowed from his sist before he ‘couse. He is the »: id New Ye 10 er, and had plenty of money at lis coast Think of Him. What Sargent’ From Congressman who def 1 Robeson's eccentricities In the Navy 1 nient, hus been burned In effigy by h 1 As nts. ath of Whiskey Joc, Wavenrey, N.Y. June 4.—A singular charace tor, known a key Joe,was killed at Athr ' the other das x fect seven inches was a middle-ag 4 father would fr i ‘ ee The International Typogra phi Union, Rieumonp, Va, June 4—The Inter cording and Corresponding Secre Of Philadelphia esolution was referred t he effort now hetng ma he cstablishment of tie he pe Vement our hearty good will aud ( f reform, —— Net's Trick Agatnst the Workingnen WaAsHiscton, June 4.—A comm York Post Onive, ewlled on Gen. Farnaw to conipiain that hy a tri e 1 atid « nililite man, af to receive ft eaten Exploits of two Captains near Mochi ROCKAWAY, June 3.~Captalns I ton from Now York were out hers fishing They had excellent us Caug and Norton ean t tho Neptue House cook clam for 6n anout four days on tt ‘ ney for MmMmedlate tHuens a Fatally Scatded by Hoe i Rocneste, June 4—This af ‘ a or in Bovior'e brewery mt With eeveral hundred t f grain Tires men warking int . th, All five Wer fourfully’ ea ‘ An Erte Train Thrown from thet Rocnrsren, dune de the 1 x Ene Ra i ‘ ‘ ured