The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-21


own country. THIS naturally brings us 10 the
most striking pesullarity OF Chinese government
and civilization. 1t is thts:-Thst there Is there
no atistocraCv, no feudal system as in japan,
but that offices of honor and trust are oiled
throughout the empire by men who have dts
tnguishcd themselves in the schools of the
country. and have passed the rigid examination
prescibed. We should admit that this is supe-
rior test to that OF birth or fnvoritism, such as
prevsis in most Christian lands. Once In
three wears the students gaiher at Pekin
from al parts of the empire to undergo care
full and thorough examination as to their
claims for places OF honor or profit, AT
the last examination some twelve thousand stu
dents were examined, aud as there are out few
prizes we may imagine the teartul anxiety
which may have filed their minds. Not until
the morning Oft the day Of examination does any
examiner know what students be may have put
in his hands; thus every care IL taken to guard
against improper influences. In 2 great hall the
students are assembled. In 1t are some ten
thousand small rooms or cells, each of which is
to contain one student Here for three days
and two NIGHTS he remains, supplied only with
paper ink, and food 10 write out his answers to
the questions proposed. He, mast see no
books and must have speech with no man. The
examination lasts for nine days, and but twice
in that time Is the student alto we'd to go forth
from the hail. Then all is ended, and in due
time the tnemes are pron'unced upon, and the
position OF each man becomes, TOR the time,
established. Most OF the themes, it is SAID, per-
tain to the literature Of the past, aud to the
topics of the government"
The article on "Our Civil Service" is valus-
BILE. The following is a correct insight into its
machinery
"At present c)nsuls are virtually appointed
by CONGRESSIONAL delegations. They urge them
upon the Executive and the State Department
and attend their confirmation in the Senate.
In most Instances these delegations know nothing
OF the man they recommend, except that he is
recommended by somebody they know, ana that
the political church requires his nomination.
have
duly taken place, the ne U-iangled consul is ia
formed by the Secretary OF State OF his good luck.
The fellow jumps in the cars, aud all OF a
sudden au alteration takes place between
the door keeper of the State Department and
some rOUgh-lookng customer, who insists upon
seeing the Boss, aud claiming to have come all
the way from Kankakee or Ashtabula to get
them papers. The officials of the State De-
paTtment-some of whom gIavltate toward the
Virginia and Mary land old fashioned style Of
gOodbreedng, while others uEuriate in all the
stolid plaCditY Of the countrymen of Rip Van
Wnkle-giye to the new consul rather chilling
reception. OF course, he Is not admitted TO the
presence OF the Boss who reserves aim self for
a few torcign ministers and for cabinet
meetings. He has about half q seconds
interview with Fred. Seward, who with
smile Of impeuurbabe sTeruess, hands him
over TO one OF the gentlemen OF the office,
who hands 10 the consul q haudsOmelY-bOlnI
volume, which contains the consular rpgula-
tiOns. Very soon alter this episode a flaming
article appears in the Liberty Bel or BNRg goCa
us
jeremiah Napoleon Ezekiel Jupiter Jones, so
eminCuly popular IN THIS disrc aud remark
able Tor bis diplomatic talents, has arrived at
Washington: had 4 heightened interview with
the Secretary OF state, who gave hlm official in-
sIuCtOns OF The highest importance, ana then
departed in hot haste for his post Of destination,
1t beng rumored that on his way 10 Saurkrau-
tenthal he - to meet Count BOum at Mr..
Stewards special request In the meantime,
Jones passes a miserable evening at the SeatOn
House, in most unsatisfactory tetea-tete
NNith 10 It1gt frt. ,t,I
the gentleman of the State Department
handed him with such a bland smile
simply contains the general consular
regulations applying to all countries of tue
world, aud without any particular reference to
the pant Cuar duties which he may have TO fui.
I'll in the particular place to which he is paru
cularly appointed. He soon gives the book up
in despair, but has the happy inspiration TO buy
a 'BradshaW.' After having discovered the
latitude and longitude TO which he is assigned,
he is next seen stalking about with most con-
seguential air on the deck OF one of the cheap
lnman steamers. He is never again seen at the
State Department. All they know is, that he
regulPTly draws for his salary, aud occasionally
he copies, from one Of the local papers of the
place in which he resides extracts of CONNER.
Cial statistics, with great flourish OF trum-
pets, as ii he had been the original compiler"
The article on "The Romance Of the Great
Gaines Case" by Howard NJ. Jenkins, is ex-
ceedingly interesting. The writer says:-
The decision of 1860 would seem to be con-
elusive and final 1t was so ntened to be. Bug
Mrs. Gaines was still resisted. Once more, in
1868, her claims have been confirmed. Her old
freud, Judge Wayne, and her od-can we say
opponent Judge CatrOn, are of the bench.
judge Davis spoke the opinion OF himself,
Chief Justice Chase, and Associates Nelson
Clifford, and Field, while Judges Grier Swayne,
| and Miller dissented.
This deClsion-seventh mandate from the
Supreme Court of the United States-is surely
final. Opening it, Judge Davis saId:-
1T was supposed, after the decision in Gaines
dgt. Hennen "a Howard), that the litigation,
pursued in one form or another for over thirty
years by the complainant, to Vindicate her
rights in the estate OF her father, was ended"
And in conclusion, he asked:-
Can we not indulge the hope that the rights
OF Myra Clarke Gaines in the estate of her
father, Daniel Clark, will now be recognised ~
Such Is the outline of the progress of the
Gaines case through thirty-tour years of laW
The legal reader can turn 10 the books, and
study the reports at leisure. Our sketch will be
completed with u brief reference to tue moving
spirit of the long effort.
Married in 1882, learning her true history,
though not fully, soon after, commencing her
suits in 1884, Mrs, Whitney was left amid the
pestilence OF New Orleans, a widow in 1886.
! The yellow fever struck down her husband in 4
children, slender tortBne, few friends, in the
midst OF actual enemies, for her bold claims had
produced the most bitter opposition. fearful
duty stoOu before her.
Somewhat later she met General Gaines. He
was warmly interested in her history; and he
could not, doubtless, resist the winning elO-
quence OF her address or her piIuant charms of
person. They were married, and thence till no y
the heroine OF tue story Is not Myra Davis, MYra
CLARK nor Myra Clark Whitney, bat Myra Clark
! Gaines,
u The laws delays were fearfully expensive.
The little fortune received at her marriage soon