The Sun (New York) Newspaper, November 28, 1872, Page 2

ne Fink te rele Twenty third streek ‘y Dock Sirens, be Foot of Houlton street, B. Re Fitth Avenac Theatre —Merry of Wihdsor, Mations. Thompron Trompe, Matinee. Mimeteeis, Daylight Matinee Matinee. A Sad Feature of Thanksgiving. We are deeply pained to learn that the physical and mental condition of the Hon, Horace Guexiey continues at the latest advices such as to cause the greatest anxicty avd apprehension among his friends, The combined offect of political disap- pointment and domestic afiction happen- aus together threatens to be too much for his hitherto strong constitution, He ts flow over sixty years of age, and may not possess the same recuperative power which bas hitherto ennbied him to rally after periods of illness and depression. Still, in common with the whole people, We shall earnestly but anxiously hope for & favorable issue in his case, ——— The Postal Telegraph Job. It ls oMcially given out that the Presi- dont in bis annual message and the Post- master-Geueral in bis report will recom- meud and urge upon Congress, as they both did two years ago, the adoption of what is called the postal telegraph system, ‘This scheme, or the two or three schemes which are offered under this title, are not a new invention. They have becn before Congress and the country in one form and another for the past six or eight years; and though the main proposition is of such ® character that a dozen years ago it would have beou sconted as subversive of the fun damental principles of our government, yet such rapid progress have we made toward centralization and away from con- stititional sanctions and guarantees, that snch a plan as this—that the Federal Government shall take possession of us great network of facilities for in- tercommunication, possess itself of fran- chises already granted, muke itself waster and spy over all communications between citizens, enlarge ite vast army of offi- cinls, and increase the already alarming extent of its patronage and power—is not merely brought forward by fanatical and visionary advocates of “a strong gov- erninent,” but is gravely recommended by the department whose patronage and power are to be enlarged, and by the Executive whose means of perpetuating his regime are multiplied by it; and there in hardly enough vigor of resistance in the veople to protest against it. ‘Thefirst proposition looking to the union of the telegraph with the postal system of the Government came from B, Gaarz Brows—who was then Senator from Mis- souni—in 1866, His plan was for Govern- ment to tale possession of the telegraph lines at an appraisement and to organize & postal telegraph department in connec- tion with the present post office sys- tem, under which messages should be sent of any length to any distance at the present postage rate, three cents per mes- sage. It wns of course wild and visiouary, but Mr, Buown was so taken with the idea that ho pronounced Postmaster-General Deyntson utterly unfit for any position under Government, because in his report he opposed it. The country or Congress was hardly ready at that time for so bold & step, aud the scheme died without at- tracting much attention. Both Postmaster- General Dexnison and his successor, ve RANDALL, opposed the project in their re~ povts to Congress. Afterward Mr. Exnrae B, Wasunrrne proposed a-postal telegraph plau, the main feature of which was the fixing of the rate of tolls umder Government auspices at one cont a word, irrespective of distance. This lid not carry any great strength, and died in eommnitiee. Substantially the same plan was renewed by Mr. ©. C, Wastavan two years ago, and was favored by Presi- dent Guan in bie message and Post master- General Cresweit in his report. ‘Phe prior connection of E. B. Wasnaunne, the President's mentor, with the scheme, sug- este Uat perhaps WAsmBURSE “ put that in The plan to be reeemmended by the lent and Mr, Caesweit in the forth- ing and re; t, it is under- stood, does not differ materially from: that of the Wasnuunns, Ip is either to take possession of all the lines of telegraph now in existence in the country under an ap- praisement or to construct new lines cone ing wll inportant points, Goverumout having cutered into possession of the whole system, it follows of course that the rates of tolla o be regulated the same as our now are, and all the officers, from superintendents down to messengers, are to be appointed by the Post Office De- partment. Necessarily there will be pro- Virious in the bill making private tele- graphing « penal offerce—one bill enacts a penalty of via for seuding or receiving um except over the Goyerument just us pow thore ix a provision im (he postal laws against the transmission of tail matter by private means. The arguments in iaver of the ment plun are: ‘The people demand lower rates and the press increased fueilities, IE he chief existing company is a mo- nopoly which oppresses the people, aud ut interference is demanded, IL That the Post Office and telegraph are substantially the same agency, wnd if Government may properly conduct eye it can with equal propriety munage the other. IV. That all the European Governments control the telegraph Mues in their re- spective States; Eugland, which was the uly exception trom the beginning of tol egraphing, having lately come into it, and the Uujled States being the only Govern- mont which doos nat have control of the tolegraph lines within its borde: ‘Phe whole of the argument is in the nut- shwllof the last. proposition. It is because other G ‘vexu mente contre! the telegraph; because Kuropean monarobies are paternal in their character; because they overlook Govern- Gove the correspondence of citizens and ‘Tediee and exercise a censorship over ft; b Government there is strong and the péople weak; because the tendency of the mow dominant party in this country is to consolidate all power in a centralized Gov- ernment; and bocause this measure is a step in that direction, that the Administra- tion is about to urge it. Suppose the people da dewand lower rates and the press increased facilities. ‘They are making similet demands in all directions; inthe matter of railroad travel, trausportation, express dharges, food, rai- ment, and everything else. Is that a suf- floient reason for Govornment interfer- ence? Shall Government take the rail- roads and ran them, the steamboats and mannagé them, the expres business and control it, or the markets and fields and manufactories and reduce them to legistative control and Government di- rection? Tf you begin with the telegraph, where will you stop? It is the first step that will make mischief; and wken our Government assumes to this extent a paternal character, it not only opens the door to all sorts of abuses, but it com+ mences the last chapter im the history of republican institutions. ‘The argument that the chicf existing coms pany is a monopoly, is, if trie, no good rea~ son for interference. To the same extent is every railroa express company a mon- opoly; avd wise statesmanshtp has been directed hitherto to their regulation by legislation in discreet measure as to passage rates and freight tar|ffs, and the forbidding of watering stook processes, There are remedies for abuses if they exist, short of the revolutionary procedure recommended by the President, ‘There fs a great difference between the postal and the telegraph systems. The former was a natural growth upon gov- ernments from the necessities of kings and courts for communication with offici: and subjeotsin remote localities, Aroun the system of communication by Govern+ ment posta the whole correspondence of the country grew up, and there was never @ time in this or the mothercountry when the Post Offee was not # Government agency. And yet it is very far from being perfect im detail, or even entirely satisfac- tory to the people Witness the gross abuses of the franking privilege, the lack of security in transmission, the irresponsi- bility for valuables tost in the mails, and the enormous deficiencies: whieh under mismanagement and corruption have al- ways attended this branch of the publio service, We have no doubt that it would be beneficial to abolish the Government Post Office and leave the carrying of mails to private enterprise, But what- ever may be said about the Post Office, the telegraph is an entirely differ- ent institution. It has grown up ana been fostered by private enterprise, and bas been made an instrament of immense usefulness iy our civilization. It does not need to be fostered by Government. There is no precedent in the history of the coun- try for assuming contro! of it. As to the matter of cheapness, is there any reason for believing we should have cheaper service? Has Government ever cheapened anything it took hold of in this way! Diditever print books, or buy ships or army or navy stores, or engage in any other mercantile tranraction, that it did not get cheated at every turn by seller and buyer and contractor? Wonld it be any more fortunate in telegraphing? ‘There are in round numbers thirty thon- sand post offices in the country. With a postal telegraph there must be at least one operator and one messenger for each—an increase of sixty thousand officeholters. In New York city alone there are seventy- two offices for the delivery of messages. How would this increase im the number of placemen affect an Administration desir- ous of re“leetion. With a penalty for private telegraphing such as is incorporated iu one of the bills for this purpose, how would tho brokers who have the fluctuations in the stock market reported by telegraph almost every min- ute of the sessions of the stock boards, or the editors and business men who have wires from their places of business to their residences, be affected? Even now, with the Post Office system for the travsmission of sealed communications under Govern- ment management, there is grave suspicion that tho mails are tampered with by Gov- ernment officials, and we have lately seen the department used in the most unblushing: manner for partisan purposes, How would itbe with Government employees overlook- ing every communication forwarded or received? How safe an instrument would the telegraph be forthe transmission of po- litical intelligence during a campaign im which the Aduinistration was striving, as in the late canvass, by all the means in its power, aud by these sixty or a hundred thousand partisans in the telegraph de- partment, to perpetuate itself? What chance would the people have against a power that sat at the centre and not only manipulated the wires which cover the country like 4 network, but monopolized such manipulation and had a Goverument spy at every telegraph instrument in the land? Let alone the illustration of paternal government that it furnishes, how long would the liberties of a people be safe with such power, such an army of dependents, amd such machinery of espionage under the control of the Execntive? ‘This whole business is full of mischief in ita present effect; but Infinitely fuller of evil ood pregnant with all downward ten- ‘lencies and ffmal ruin in the tremendous Possibilities it offers to the future com spirator against the institutions of the country. Representative Reform im Bagland. It is commonly believed iu Pugland that the Government contemplates introducing at the next sesvion of Par ent a DID for anew allotment of seats in the House of Commons At prewiit the representation iu Parliament is most unequally dis tributed, as Ube great cities have nothing like their fair shave of members, while the small boroughs enjoy a degree of political power absurdly @ub ef proportion to their importance, ‘The existing laws consecrate an inequati- ty #0 great as to amount practically to the distranchisement of a huge proportion of the most iutelligent communities in Kng- jand, In the city and boroughs of London are three million people who have but twenty-two representatives, enteen great towns, With au aggregate population of three millions and aquariar, have thirty~ seven representatives; while twenty-two smaller towns, having over fifty thousand inhabitants each, but aggregating only a million aud @ half of people, have also thirty-seven. Fifty-four towns, aggregat- ing @ willion aud three-quarters, have eighty-one representatives; while ninety- THE five effil smaller towns, With less than a million of agirfegate population, send one hun@red ahd twenty members to Parliae mont It will bo seen that London has propor tionally the smallest representation of ‘any town tn the kingdom, and that as the towns decrease in siz@ and impattauce their ratio of representation imoreases. The borough of Marylebone in London contains & population of nearly haif # mil- Hon, and retaras two members; there are fifty-six small boroughs, which have be- tween them seventy-seven thousnnd fewer inhabitants than Marylebone, and yet, becanse thore people live tu little towns, they are permitted to have fifty-six votes in Parlinmeyt, But there are cases in which the disproportion of votes to population is even greater than this, one of which Sir Cnantes Dinke in stanced in a recent speech, when he point- ed out the absurdity of laws which gave an elector of Marylebone only the one two- hundred-and-twontieth part as much clec- toral power as was possessed by a voter in the obscure borongh of Portarlington. Liverpool and London, taken together, have a member for every ten thousand voters; Ludlow and Lymington, also taken together, have a inember for every seven hundred voters. ‘The population of the British Liles ac- cording to the last census, is thirty-two millions, There are six hundred and fifty. eight membersot the House of Commons, which is about in the proportion of one member to every fifty thousand tnhab- itanta. Those who aro agitating for the Proposed redistribution are desirous of fix- ing upon some plan by which the constitu- encies shall be so readjusted that every lector in every district shall have the same proportion of political power. As ta the preciso means to be adopted for se- uring this end there is a difference of opinion among those who are the most earnestly in favor of redistribution; but the idea which appears to meot with the most favor is that of the apportionment to each borough or county of its fair number of urembers, ou some such basis as oue for every fifty thousand inhabitants. Should this reform be carried through Parliament it would probably involve an equalization of the franchise in boroughs and counties, and the extension of the suffrage to agri- cultural laborers. ——— Municipal Reform at Albany. ‘The Grant party tu this city and State promised that if they were successful in the election we should have such legisla. tion this winter as would lead toa thor ough reform in our municipal affairs. Wo certainly desire that this promise may be kept; but our wishesare stronger than our expectations, Last year the same promise was made by the same men under similar circumstances. They lected more than three-fourths of the Senate, and had sixty-six majority in the Assembly. Nevertheless, the pledges given In the heat of the contest were shamefully violated. The Legislvture en- aoted two charters for this city, which were #0 good for mothing that the Gov- ernor’s vetoes were sustained by the very Houses that had passed the bills. Howstand we now? The Senate holds over, and the Republicans have just about the same majority in the Assembly that they had Inst winter. What assurance is there that enlightened and thorough legis- lation for municipal reform will stand any better chance of success at Albany now than it stood then? However, let us wait patieutly and see what we are to get. é ieee The Massacre of the Innecents. A yoar ago to-day a most atrocious pub- lic iniquity was committed im the city of Havana, With such sedulous care did the butehers who connived at, aided, and per- petrated it guard the full extent of their villainy from the ontside world that ite particulars and full details were learned only by piecemeal and after a lapse of many mouths. To this day, owing to the false reports then circulated, many believe that the tomb of an infamous scoundrel who earned his uotoriety by pandering to the lowest passions of the vilest rabble in the world and his death by bis cowardice in Key West, was really desecrated, and that his remains were scattered to the winds by bearded men. ‘The proven facts of the case are that on Thursday, Noy. 25, 1871, the usual lecture for the junior eiuss in the Havana School of Medicine was omitted, and in conse- quence several of the students repaired to the neighboring cemetery of San Lazaro. If any indignity was there committed by them on any tomb, its extent consisted in the scratching with a diamond a figure of eight on the erystal which covers the out- ward end ef the niche where the rewains of the mam before referred to are de- posited. But even this is not proven. However, a report to that effect reached the ears of the thea Governor of Havana, Deu Diorio Lopes Rouswrs, and think- ing it a convenient opportunity for levy- ing upon the parents of the boys, among whom were many of the millionaires of the city, he ordered the arrest of the whole class. ‘Phe volunteers, on hearing of the arrest, became frenzied both with liquor and incendiary addresses. They demanded the blood of the whole class, By order of the acting Captain-General, RomoaLpa Crespo, @oourt martial was assembled. The lads were unanimously wequitted, and @ fil statement of this huding ef the court has since been published by its Judge-Ad- vooate, Capt, Carpevita of the regular army. The volunteers were inexorable and demanded a secoud court martial, with officers of their own forming a majority of its members, Im fear of his life, Gen. Crespo granted their request; and by this second court eight of the students out of forty-four were condemned to death, the rest to various terms of servitude in the chain-gung. The victims condemned to capital punishment for desecration of a tomb which never was touched—a fact that testified to by the chaplain of the motery—Wwere dvawn by lot, one out of every live, By chance two brothers were thus taken, but these monsters deemed it too inhuman to deprive one father of two sons, and the eklest of the class, who was not even in Havana on the day of the imputed offence, was substituted. The cightd young men were executed on the morning of Nov. 28, 1871, Now, mob law may rule anywhere with- out very clear or thgrant culpability on the part of the governing classes; and that it should ocour im @ colony like Cuba, so far distant from the mother country, is im itvelf neither surprising nor directly chargeable to the constituted autherities of Spain, But mark the sequel. The coward Romu4upa Crespo, who out of fear sanctioned the secend eourt martial aud who approved its sentence, is recalled to Spain, and on his arrival there ja ape SUN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1872. ton of his services iu Cuba, to be Captain~ General of the Balearic Isles; and thie members of this murderous court martint, a8 well as those of the firing party who executed its sentence, are honored by Amaprvs with the Cross of Cuba, The civilized nations of the world hold no communton with the King of Dahomey because he still maintains the religious ceremony of honoring the memory of his departed predecessor by the immolation of human snorifices, AmApevs atid the Gov- ernmente who send representatives to his court have no such excuse to offer. The presouce of Gen. Sickies In Madrid is a palpable approval by us of the massacre of these innocent young men, . — * The disappearance of Mr. Groram N. PRAY of Louisville, who was robbed and mur- dered by an enterprising Herald reporter, las been satisfactorily accounted for. Instead of Deing worth §004K0, the wealthy Loulsville merchant turns out to have been worth @ good deal loss than nothing, for he had the funds of othor persons in his possession whon he disap- peared. It is sad to see a mystorious tragedy thus dissolving into an almost every-day ocour- rence. In conaidermg the disappearance of nen of reputed wealth, it should always be remem= bered that @ man's means are generally ovor- estimated, and that persons even who ara ac- tually worth proporty may not have it at their own disposal, Citizens of New York will breathe freer now they aro assured that a walk on Broad> way from the Brandreth House to the 8t, Nichols ts not attended with 4 moral proba- bility of being robbed and murdered. a Mr, A. Boyp Hrxwengon, tho Herald correspondent in Cuba, appears determined to furnish his readers with tmoongruities. He starts by declaring that he is going from Havana to the insurrection. As there is fighting going on, according to Spanish official reporta, all over the Villas district, it xeema strango that ia low of first visiting that section of the island, which ls Doarer to Havana by some two hundred miles, he should go by sea to Nuevitas and thence by raitroad to Puerto Principe. ‘Then he visits the battle fled of Viamones and counts @ number of corpses killed by the machete, which the Spanish Geneml assures him aro those of Cu- bans, When the absurdity of this is proved, an explanation Is tendered that the dead Cubans were killed by other Cubans im the Spanish ser- vio, whioh means that the Spanish General showed Mr. HexDansOx a battle flold where the Spanish troops had gained a victory, but where Cubans bad done all the fighting ! Theo, on tho 7th fnet., Mr. HeXoERsoN telo- graphs from Nucvitas that he is about to leave for Daga, a place on the opposite side of the Bay of Nuevitas, in a steam launch placed at his disposal by the Spaniards, and that from there he will-visit the celebrated new trocha militar, 8 line of defences sixty miles long, extending from Baga to the river Jobabo on the south coast, This enormous work is to consist of stockades and bieck bouses distant one kilo= metre apart, and of strongly intronched and fortified camps at every league of its extent; and the work {sto be completed and equipped with « raftroad, telegraph, locomotives, and so on, in Uhree months, or at the rato of two miles in every throe days! But yostertay’s Horald capa even this light- ning pace. It publishes « telegram from Mr. Hexpmnson, dated Santiago de Cubn, Nov. 20, which states that he acrived at that point on the 18th, or in twenty-four hours after he wrote his despatch at Nuevitas. Mr. Hax- DERSON omits to state how he accomplished this feat; probably in the steain launch of the Spanish officials, for the mail steamers take three days for the trip. We rogret that Mr. Hexpensow did not after all visit the trocha. We were curious to real » descripdon of It frum sone pen not Spanish. Mr. Hexpmnsox has been dined and wined by Gen, RiguxLme at Seatiago, and states that he is going out with the Bpanish forces to witness thet operations tm the flald. We fear that if he waite until Gen, Raquen‘e goes out he will exhaust his own and everybody else’s patienve. Mr. Mexpersow has evidently already seen too much to sult the S pantards. ——— We have the best authority for steting that Mr. JAx Govan aod Mr. H. N. Serra have satisfactorily arranged their differences in North- western stock. The last settlement was at 115, the others at a great deal higher figure. It is suid that the highest Mr. Goutw paid for bis stock was Mi. Every contract has been met, and there is not a single fatlure, ——_—_ A writer in the American Artisan pro- Poses a novel device for making buildings fire proof, and wonders that no architect ever thought of so obvious aplan. He would make up the partition of the walls of buildings im a manner analogous to sectional steam boilers, and fi} them with water; then no dre could be comuunteated from one butiding to another tall the water had ali boiled away. The water spaces need not be made more than one tneh in thickwess, and might be constructed of thin sheets of metal. Nothing can burn until heated to the temperature at whieh it combines with oxygen, and the partitions could mever reach this temperature 60 long as they ware kept sup- plied with water, since each atow of that find is a swift vehicle to selze and carry away the beat. No solid material known to the arts is capable of withstanding the best generated in such great Gres as those of Boston and Chicago, To Ail the conditions ao long valuly sought tn endeavoring to render buildings absolutely fre proof, something i required that heat will net melt, or warp, or crack, and otherwise so imper- vious to alr that fire cannot communicate with combustibles stored is buildings; or means must be found by whieh the force of the heat can be expended upoa somothing we can afford to waste. ‘That material is water, and the writer in the Artivan thinks he has pointed out the right way to use it, Mr. Micrramn J. Key, Clerk to the Board of Assistant Aldermen, having concluded thet be can run his department at « saving of thousands of dollars to the taxpayem annually, the board (breaten to remeve him. The trouble seems to be that Mr. Kuni has diseovered that the dozen nasistant clerks and messengers about him do nothing for their money except to divide Mt with the members of the board who hoisted them Into office. It will be just as well for the board to let Mr. Keny alone. i Tt is an interesting fact that In the recent election In this State Fuaners KanwaN received i 4000 move votos than HORACE Grune He runs ahead of GrExLny in nearty alt Ley. the countios of the State except Kings, New York, and Westehester, where GuRELRY beats him. Another interesting fact is that Gen, DEX has over 4000 more votes than GRAN®. It range occurrence that in such an election the two candidates for Governor should rum ahead of the two candidates for President. —— At the recent University examinations for womon tn England one hundred afd thirty~ two candidates went through the test, an in- oreane of twonty-three on the number examined last year, ‘The examiners’ reports say that the candidates showed no great knowledge of digtn- ity, and were loth to deal with mathematics, Tn logic and political eoonomy they were equally unsuccessful, ‘There were only four candidates in miele, and in drawing aud the history of are the number of candidates was too small to war- raut general observations, Women are #0 com- mouly davotad to religion aud muslo that thelr neglect of divinity and the ether divine art is more astonishing than the fact that but fow Candidates eame up to the mari in Greek gram- may. It speaks well for the morals of tho latles that they also displayed an ignorance of French ltorature, ‘They showed an excellent knawk- edge of English bistory, language, and Kteratuve, and a faly understanding 0 alt dude By be Jn ve Beak = aaa Pointed by the King of Spain, in considera- ‘The Tribune yesterday puliiahed an ac- count of the fight of James H, Coleman, who, it was said, ie residing in Cadia, and has in his possession an imraense sum, part of which is ed by Judge Marnerd and the remainder ac- quired through the Judge's patronage. To ascertain the truth or fasehood of this re- port, a representative of Tirt BUN ay evoning called upon Judge ttarnard, at tite reet- dence, 23 Wost Twenty-fret street. He had reud the account, and pronounced It utter! Y hay dooa “Tt might be aouigneth said, © to make ytd iw And the paragraph inh htenand praca he (alorma loft this city, ad noatly as T oam re- Spllect, about, el weeks igo, Intending to pase the winter In the south of France for the bene mt of his wife's hoalth, and to return to Ameriow in the spring. During the impeachment jnvestign- tion he swore ade by my patronage did aot amount to #80000 Jam sure be neyer made a dol ja the: widen- ingot streets, Hor In ay crate judi fy) patronage. Accor! we ation he wes comutledioner for ¥ try 4 sale. hether he ‘4 half of real extute of ni certainly nevor heard of property oF | of i kin oti zed $50,000, $100,000, or even to hig running away, he parehas Hoket three ‘months leuds w re el ‘aware That he was Gone. tone bu Went to se6 kim, among whom was the ‘Hony ®. J. J, Ceamsen. wen it her vn vt ier nose tiie amas orth anew ison ave- pare Cag a soa ye te the wreck of the ti preposteroualy false, To only took wae oa eee i: penses until Spri ee em A Horrible Picture of Philadelybia Jnstive. ym the Pritadetphta Age, The shea’ to murder the detective, Mr. Brooks, in order to stop his “ detections,” occurred in 186% The trial of the assassins was in October, 1860, Mr. Mann waa thelr counsel, and entered fully into their councils. We do not need the late statment of Mare that on his behalf the wholo case was explained te his at- torney, Col. Mann. Indeed, he was in position fully to understand it; it could not be kept from him. Soon after he received from the re- turn judges of Philadelphia a certifuate of elec- ttow to the office of District Attorney of this clty, How bas he improved the kuowledgo which would have enabied him long since to bring to justice the criminals now tardily de nounced, and others who are not denounced? ‘The professional confidence reposed tn him only bound him not to use it against his clients, But they could not be affected in any way. They had been once convicted for thelr share im the matter, and also pardoned. There could he no action against them possible. Their pardon is generally thought to have been a mode of bribing them to “silence.” They screened the “iiing,” and the “ Ring” screened them, They got their pardon, and held their peace—or at lenst Mara did till now, when he wants another pardon. Dougherty, it was thought, intended to make some revelations, but these were smothered In Inte blood. But what has silenced the District Attorney ? What has kept him quiet so lonx? In the late trial of Mara Mr. Mann had the obance to bring this whole matter before the public, But he sat vigfant as a watch dog, not to detect, but to shield the huce conspimey, Im which fraud an the revenue, assassination of Its oMeer, and other foul crimes ny hid. He could not smelithem out; he kept his nose plunged in a bouquet, over which McMullen and Mara were said to have had a little “ tiff,” like acouple of school giris! But Mr. Mann knew Better; he Well knew the relations between Mara and Mo- Mullen, and had long knowa themm—he had oor tainly known them since October, 1809, But every approaeh to any of the matters now al- loged as the true ground uf the mortal quarrel betweon the witnoxs on the stand and the rtm. inal in the dock, every question that looked toward a diiclosure of the truth, was objected to and warded of by Mr. Mann. Tt was done so obviously that we cout not repress the suspicion that the District Attorney of the United States, who held the singular position of private coum sel for the assassin, was himself, for some rea- som or other, consenting to this strange sappres- sion. But now, after Mara is sentenced and made scenvict whose testimony the law utterly re- Jects, then we have his testimony offered in » statement which the law regards as worthless, of which no mam can tell how much, if any, is worthy of belief. We have no particular reason to diseredit it. Asm Democratic jowmnsl we as- mame the defence of the principles and interests of the Demoeratio party, but not of any indi- widual who disgraces or betrays %. We know but one of the men now charged with many crimes. We have some acquaintance with Al- derman McMullen. We have said ence, and we say again, that of the soldier of Mexico and of the late war, or of the Alderman or the politi- clan, we never knew anything to fear us to be- Bev he would hire a man to shoot another in the beck. We shall be as pleased as any one to see him vindicated from it. But if Mr. Mann now has the proof of these men's gutit, he has long had ft, and has kept it growing stale while acts of Imitation were barring the prosecution ef the erimingis. Nay, he smothers down the proof, and bushes it up, amd the litale that docs come out Is through Mr. Swope and (rom the Ups ef aconvict whom the law atterly discred- ite; and Mr, Mapa, it now appears, was tn a hurry to put him to that condition, though sa very slow to act om the knowledge he wbtained in Mean, Now, this all presents a very ugly picture of the way in which criminal justice ie administered in Philadelphia. We do not intend to be silent about it, though we live in a community where every rufflan ia licensed to carry weapons, and will shoot a man in the back for $5, and be pardoned for it; and where the machinery of the law is more danger- ous to those whe denounce than to those who commit erime. We shall still demousce it, ard hold up to this community its horrthle condl- on, against which any frontier settlewent would rise in indignation, It is hich thne for this city to learn that there is no help in ams ments to the Constitution. It ts not the law that needs amendment, but the administration of It in the sity of Philadelphia, ——— Laughing Bill Stirring up a Baltimore ‘Theatre. From the ligitimore American, A month or two dew ered whose characteristic was his cachtnation, Beko, the Bound York, kh ia the columne ork papsnvas’ Laugh even the st it, Seas nee of Oe Paget oxtravagent des ule! we, Whi hot, elther the Laugh vat in am epreer ia Fria ay ph He 7 fu an | Ree pa it moustac’ he, and md Gan ‘ ers, aN ae Gc aie Blots Benois Sven the upldest ts ee oF eh ght was the oue to hil in ta ah one. eoiee ng mue'e nuckle, Kt thro fom Lthrovigh the ut to Fe ate wha. give It fore. "Pho audience, stoltd as ondin we wering RA, age. erepere ede ta a Pat the Sait Ay set bit at thes iMicptean’ Poe eaetan ware af thet when but In spite Tending laugh led” off ri motes in nelone volens, and never was heaftier tribute paid to witempts at ploaaing tn old Holt Ot fourse he w Si bushedid abt mniud iat lay goers, ofence: Tow ‘ald, fi oe n° cor Laerhed ths ri ene of the hound it joined tn fe nuisance of i= er it acta es stinca ea atk ulate fe ite wan ree ave Wo. iy the plays. ing tbe in i ferludes thee xcurston one he te neroused bis " (epee ba Die ia Interest en Se ry tie wns a, ‘Phe North Careiiua Nonatenehin. Wrox, Mea the mend ete et a et nas, betaon sah ln Cormorrow, and tie bard Ws tel haw thee HENRY MEIGGS IN PERU, eee PRADO REVOKING BALTA'S GREAD Oorreroncence of The Sup. RAILROAD CONTRACTS. Covoravo Crry, Noy. 19,—Winter has sot in in earnest and the mountains are covered with snow. Tourists have all gone East, with the exception of those suffering from chronlo throat and hing affections, and they are to bo found in every village inn and ranch house in the country, gotiorally giving indubliable signs ot fen anaes this wonderfully in- ae gow! ot ne | SP ee of ore Friend of the Corresvondence of The Bun. Lima, Oct, 27.—Tho terre revolution which recently énded inn scene of horror and frenzied cannibaliom has had quite a serious effect on the fortunes of the great South Amor= foam financier, Henry Meiggs, Not thet there fe any danger of Mr. Mofges growing poorer, ho will continue, In all probability, to grow richer; but the growth of hfs riches wii bo slower than before. Under the late President, Balte, Mrs Meigs was virtually “King of Peru,” and by that soubriquet he was known among foreign« ers and natives. Prosident Balta was much atven to Toans and contracts, and Mr. Mciggs wae always willing to en, accep oe ing to ane, rr te ts ei eye tot ig That examined hh avere Pi lglity iniles ich hen paved derfal ri ng trot forty Sims ind ik “ caleba rated, taf te ihutnteed ty dept seep an tt a bowie Emma, pvered mines are as extensive as the ‘These marvellous argentine a denos ite are found pigvation of about feet above the ‘hey will vt ire opened nor aplazed anil bi 6 fein of the *. The ml ratory were un es | eto subeonatit ia oy ie and are flockin: rwa to the valleys to apend the winter an of Of oor uh Was all Jogitimate on tho Dat of Mr. Me nd Securding to “Rectntae armenian eg We meso on the he part of the a Brosldent. “W + Ca ho was loath fu ‘woo his 1 . i i ama n thy probes oS | SRE Eon eee Pepring’they"ae pon a | Bilt ries eating ei eruise ompty-hended, c labip nor H pinay friend ane #0 porter ot Tisalea nai istortwng. "ncties them thrift or frugality, | paltied od ib in Fai nat Froude ninie few winter months aunt game, and | bad very auch to do we Prevdents a Red thelr summers piers attempts to continue himself in ipower. F mare Dolled with every eat ns varely of wild meats, Mountain shsepe ante. sues Was kas Meola etme ruil lopes, elk, deer, b er, fe sre enn it im tf tre eee, ‘ind the other members «if ducks and other are sco, fs? srertatel beliae almost unknown in out market, Tho physic bl ab features of thin equates pee ul ty atheactive Cy sure ath latent, | Gea, Sar ee finan poe millions of dollars. jut od nk a a Gutlarrens Pinaten erly Se Ry stancen oft pivre welt aa! bi sequal is Fe alioet ‘un univerual Bell ira That 1° rovolt was of a ostunnor d ap’ art of Balta aa Gutta to. coguinece ee YeEaiS” | Flt egrsins ithe naif os ale on. “Gu uspictous, blood thirst ly THN EASE AIDE WiWS KILLING. | br wi a ia callng re, ito tl “rowel pasties fat Malte wi Eustl Audre Sontenced x date for ‘the ant ww of thi te ‘re thane re Gena diate was oarri ate hea Senet Emit Andre was armignod yesterday cand morning for sentence, Through the Court in- thane one nthe ka etoeael 2 ny free terpreter the usual preliminary questions were able, half-human a ond asked him. In response tothe question, “ What bromainont ‘Dare fy a peutical trenibhese Leer say why judgment should not Seal tom the on bn Le) Speen | you, oe to law?" bs rnd Be rroncun el fe Mer eee pe rhe ee been thew Revor bins» such ch ‘a horthie eoane, eee Freney aps to represent any other city. neh pe re eee Re: oS this ‘TUR KRSULT OF THE REVOLUTION. sien and members of the Alsace-! ortal benevolent organization which nan wre revolution has resulted tn the overthrow introdticing into this soenee @ very valuable Le of tho Halts, factions ‘and | Prod, ic of Bert, has inaw rated of that polley fs was abounditut in good ‘A part ly —tagether with the pubtishers bunten the uation with tha expense of any tn Othe Courrier ate Unis and ot Goat ralleoad contracts, and here ts where ‘oni ina tor the tel comes in. at Prad merciful vohaldoration of ner that was | yoked Mr. Metges's, contract for the com ‘udge's sense of rignt. Ared an, iv 4 Nerymen, eabd ty. hold Uieprixoner | He atterward decided that the bufding et an guiltions, but baw ies iy, to the verdict | railroad might be completed: but it is i of an Americ it and will be grated by able thut ander bis udministration tie somo recognition ef heir wishes inthe | will be com eted further than Puno. Mrs bse Attorney ~~ can veorette, nly o's be Sshea for see proces” Rich out ar ace | Tr would be i to gethagee his nail H 0 es wiiitons: forded inthe verdict of the Judge Bed- | and he has a smart brovher, Jom Molex. ed ford followed with remarks ne effoct, him to. talk is money. "Ou, thew and sentenced Andre to four yours in ‘State n, vou Cali UNDER THE LocomoOTIVE. pap es expenses ! poreninctetiatn A Midutgtt Ride Beneath the Locomotive of a Night Express. Prom the Kansas City Times. ni ps ye a ben naped Ln opel Pago ene Mate ative ‘© recent ar Foruniaan have ‘the tiger” in one of our 4 receipts far more one Seturday bight, “found af orale Cxpenser,and were it not for many. fu en, so much aA aay a Frans the country would be. ig. & prosperote Rotel bi it “Aner wandering around he the algy all | finanotal condition,” But President ‘Prato hat om Sun concel' ot t pose taxon, und tages the |) dotvoring to. teurh Topeka, ances, by steall | recived tom Prado might have been 1c! a wre et. the Kansas Fact jo night cxpress. yet if he had not iay cae peas of shonrty sup: | "“tuese are about LAU Americans in Pero. ‘The ies his eountery ~ by some envhamtment secured several very warm frends, of perhaps questionable honesty, now Riving im the great metropells. About the thoe shove referred to 1 received a communication from a man whe, according to bis awn showing, wee anxious to become a benevolent society all ks pr tke’ sroand the susbing locomotive. | by himself, and te Begin the good work had sew r. was Do escape | lected me am the recipient of his bounty. Me ught of offered me 9 gokl watch, worth $200, for the tence weeid be | emall sum of €1. I munt my {t was a very conte Tastant am denttys He woukd have done | dential etter indoed. Sven my best frond avaldh uunabli through | not have shown more roal for my wethue in @ Sa poyecrs of isan bare, v0 stuf elded pecunlary polnt of view. I made up mymind Bim in the bright, troy asoonlicht.* Rdwnrds- | that he was ane of those benevoleut old miliion~ c a bri red e iy on that cron! he was obliged to val vor4 ste A h the occasion ARC wag sent back is ey eit om another Keuerous fre he train on Monday. His feet and B10, aud agreed co pay pind Worth son re was a friend worth, has There id ‘not order a brown-stone Feo because T did not want to take Ady ps eas Fad ins fiendecwho reside at Emporta, and will leave to-day for that place. | ife will béreafter hav mortal aversion for faro and free rides in winter. bent fot know what it was-evmothing ‘The Newest Peril of Broadway. Ime, Te the Biter of Tha sum, Thal The mat maT havo a nuruber of trends bew Sm: Last Tuesday night, abo: 2 ey ut 10 o'clock, rest my Y poset feem to ha: While the police of the Fourteenth Ward, in civilian ie hook or crook topo the former) 2 pres ped ivtadd pdhaer prema pte dan wocagtite- ane | and ba’ & gentioman frived aad myself were waiting up Brong aureat we were stopped by « aps wale Be Sree zAnd near Bleecker niceman, ho aa Peet ewig te Laer iee Mr. Challis aad Mrs 3 1ioeetlaae ‘wante ox Maxwelt, oS eaiomes alt cbr vung man pays $35, take Yo the Baitor of Tha Sun. aa "ate the we ‘on the table, The report af the case of Mr. J.B. Maxwet | fsanily sa ad went to Bt to 800. 8 onguad, 0 Lo what took place before his Mewor Justice Ledwith, kag bey! teed aotyrom th avigbis HEY alge Re shavings: thinks expr express man Kot pry ae a Sudpeeiie pe ary wan mater’ ‘wal This A wal New York gent wro! be fow days ot edie i aro that he, too, ited be el d rasraly 08 ae ae my. frien acer bs anneten’ simere re, ual) ed, kas ek a Were cis my Now [wind 10 way to all in gola watohes, or anything of 1 ture: Suc ee Tam now without a aren RAK ER he sab! Counsel for $a Killted by ap Elght-Year-Old Boy, Newapnan, Nov. 21.—The Coroner's inquest over the body of Frederick Kirk, who was killed on ould bey, any one or all, bo willing 10 nay aoe rey th Cheater, um the Erie Railway, readered » ver | enythi ing for supplying me with the arti As for sending me any more of se Eo. ine cea Rega aes te 4 bnoeking hun ur po theres care, ‘ecetving thre offers, Foan onl) tay, tp the Beautiful ta Anjurice nich caured boy, ey, of Forguson, * Buav Ware. wet. ersten ca WILLCAMSTOW i Cheater. Lhe tae wid 3 ao ed iy toasty feet a pov e the track. ae eRiaaed Nee eS od A Warning to Business Mev. spouse oe Be the Bititor af the Sun. Robert ore Pre eR: Your tast issue motives the ‘dayiehe robbery” af $ Union square on Thureday fakeu from the safe was lusiguidcant, 1 nover tneney te acousuulate Lo the safe, but deposit K atomoe. Mr. Bonner’s flyers, Joe Etitott and Startle, Went ( Prospect Park recently for a trial of epeed. Johnny Murphy drove Startto oye in the mio sending fhe nt maha: Ark Mepriog dove trun hie nik) ri Sees Wie Dead be vould twake the eee i [inate a8 8 bey Fault Quarret. PourLAnD, Nov. #1.—In Cornish, M y Wate places wall! they know Ue eue+ @ atOres Choy are Watching, and thea (ake he beet sme ond way to plunder Iwas alobo. A woll-dross one-doltar notes in his hand to have exeh Avidongten to be sent tne lettor, The ‘i t ad with thanks for the 1 Wa ie, Bay. & seen the i room. a ad during which, 1a find could deel oe drawn me as rand bah fp ifn wy wilttnc Poe Hite daughter was knocked down, it Huxsioy's ‘son withts manure Tas he front, thie t Wg cans io, tr ie Wrench and Day weve but over tn ths suns ot finer’ {rom tee He locked. ggly beige ay Bc once pispected the gai ttn fa rite one Levying on Thomas Flolin’s Betnse. - for the doer aa Michael J. Quigg bas obtained an attachment Ire hy Me the: thtee algo. feuinat Thomas C, Pela ino all wit for $4.0, wale Wr ir ‘lar to tie ue Wes'caiee Or, Routing Fishes pone of Litup tree fee, anes fouple Nad scaled. a vary hiswfawoe? dole Ronee. o8 140 ni 4 scaled. a vary hig Beyoud the’ furiadietion'o ‘Of the court. is parle Yitees nee bal wluates wfte OEY Was Lake ’ eh Nine Bodies nr Be ™ yan 8 Pg he y Wt ~~. MM. ay vt ax hiv Dost0w, Nev, #7,--Nine bedies have been re- covered on the ne reine Of the Gre, aud Ave of then SER rhcateee sta eeoweaiee et The Seveuth Kogimeut Couvertn. 4 anand tho popular promenade con: orte of Sewell Regiment axe Lo commense on ‘aturr evening ia tho arwury: ae ae y