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THE GCUMENICAL COUNCIL.

From the NJ Y. Tribune.
We desire to record a prediction that the
Gcumenical Council will either be postponed,
or that its results will prove signally meagre
and disappointing.
Plus TX, by his frequent and pointed allo-
cutions, leaves no doubt as to his views and
purposes. He has called this General Council
upon predetermination that it shall affirm
and uphold the most advanced pretensions of
the Papal See-those distinguished in West
ern Europe as Ultramontane. He leaves us
no chance to doubt that he looks upon Chris
tendon as marching straight to perdition for
want of due docility to the guidance of the
Holy See; and he desires by this Council to
save it from the fruits Of its own devices.
Now, if the points on which his heart is set
had relation to the domain of abstract or
speculative theology, he might establish them
with little difficulty. If, for example, he
wished it proclaimed dogma of the Catholic
Church that the Virgin Mary was uncreated,
and of the essence of the Deity, it would be
so decreed without open opposition, and re-
ceived without a murmur by the faithful.
But it is very plain that the Pope is intent on
an affirmation by the Council of what he terms
the liberties of the Church-its powers, i'm
| munities, and authority to fix and declare the
boundaries which define the authority of the
Church from that of the State; and here he
treads on slippery ground. We have said that
he might obtain the assent of the Council to
any dogma of speculative theology; but sup
| pose he were to wish the use of the steam
| engine interdicted to Catholics-what then?
Europe has four leading Catholic States or
countries-France, Austria, Italy, Spain-and
not one of these, as at present constituted,
regards the council or its presumed objects
with favor. Napoleon is omlnousy silent;
but his is not the silence that implies assent.
1t is not yet cereain that he will permit the
attendance of the French bishops though he
probably will. Austria has of late lost favor
at Rome, and is very unlikely soon to regain
it. Her relations to the Papacy grow steadily
less and less cordial; and the recent imprison-
ment of one of her bishops, for acts done by
him in obedience to the Papal authority,
is morally sure to produce further aliena
tions. Italy is in a state Of practical re-
volt against the Papal authority, and 'thC
Cisalpine Government" rarely fails tc
receive a liberal share of each successive full
mination from the Vatican. AS to Spain, she
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THE NEW BIRTH OF THE BEND.

From the NJ Y. World.
1t has come again. Like 'curses, home to
roost, like ''bad penny or like anything to
which one likes to compare it, the Grecian
Bend is upon us; and, whether it be Amanda
or Aspasia, whether in the Park or in the
surf, or in the shade, or where iocund day
stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops, it
has come, and the cry is still it comes
What was last year presumed to be carica-
tured out of existence, and what last winter
dared not curve itself within the smiles of
men or before the sneers of women, now
expands on the street, appears on the
promenade, uprears itself in the parlor, and
HES to the hop in all its composite magnitude
and wonderful disproportions. Nor has its
arrival been heralded; nor was it expected. 1t
has burst upon us with the secrecy and the
suddenness of an epidemic. The cholera was
dimly foreseen. OF the yellow fever there
were premonitions. Casual hydrophobia was
to be looked for; because the dog-star ragged,
and the dog-law was nullifed. But this
calamity, in its widespread fury, concealed
itself as an inner earth-fre, and then,
from Key West to the st. Lawrence, broke
upon us
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WHAT DOES NAPOLEON MEAN2

From the NJ Y. Herald.
The unexpected prorogation OF the corps
T,egislatif on the eve of liberal concessions,
which were calculated to appease the ardor of
the opposition and, for the present at least,
satisfy the aspirations of the people, is an I'M
periai stroke of policy which admits OF many
interpretations by no means favorable to the
friends of liberalism. Can it be that Napoleon
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GAN at once, and nothing first,
Just as bubbles do when they burst"

The otfense is not a cOntagion; it is a con-
spiracy. No few exclusives renewed the GUS
tom, so that it could be taken up in imitation
by others. The event was simultaneous.
Every bend erected itself, by what must have
been an instinct, at the same time Skowhe-
gan was as prompt as Saratoga, and Burgtown
was not behind Brooklyn.
Any one viewing the full result which is a
Grecian Bend may wonder, but cannot ana
lyze. To marvel is inevitable. To under
stand is not permitted. The way in which the
''effect' is produced, however, is authorita-
lively said to be as follows
IIigh- heeled shoes dispose the wearer to incline
forward, and high-heeled CATERS are, therefore,
adopted. She (the belle OF the season) is thus the
more readily enabled to elevate her hips unnaturally
behind enhancing the aspect of the panier to con-
tract the stomach and to form Slke curvature of
the upper shape by thrustng out the chest drawing
back the shoulders, and bending forward the head,
the latter crowned by hideous chignon. To secure
this posture, to which nature is unequal, it is said
| that belt is fastened about the waist from which
belt down either side descend two straps furnished
with buckles, and these are attached to strong bands
| made fast around the lower thighs The tightening
of these buckles draws up the hips and holds them
in place. Thus, by the aid of the panier, bustle
tracted stomach, expanded chest, out-thrust head,
enormous chgnon and the apparatus just described,
| the whole superstructure standing upon CATERS,
| we have the Grecan Bend"
With the boy who had Just learned after
six weeks study, the alphabet, it is pertinent
to exclaim:-''Why go through so much to
get so ittle?" Let no man laugh! The de-
cree has passed. The bend is ordained.
Rather let us hail the effort and the work as
indicative of what woman can do when she
has fair chance, nor sneer when Miss An
thony and the whole sisterhood SEEK by
tightening the straps aforesaid, to lift them
selves to higher sphere.
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Fair Promises.

TIE action Of Mayor Fox yesterday in remov-
ing Reserve Officer Hill, without the assign
ment Of any cause, is one which the admirers
of the new executive of our city will find
difficult TO reconcile with his professions.
Upon entering on the duties OF his Office Mr..
Fox talked in soft notes of governing the
police force according to merit, and selecting
only good men. He went further, and gave
the people TO understand that such of the old
force as are of undoubted merit should not be
deprived of their positions. How he is carry
ing out these promises is shown by the
case in question. 1t will be remembered that
Officer Hill was the only policeman who had
the nerve and independence to arrest the noto-
rious Jim Hsggerty, over whose case there
was 80 much excitement few weeks since.
Hill went into bar-room, arrested Haggerty,
was driven out, waylaid, shot, and beaten.
He is still suffering from the wounds received
in the discharge of his duty. 1t will be re-
membered also that he was brought before the
notorious McMullin, and came near being sent
to Jail. All this was the immediate result of
the fearless performance of what was required
Of him by every sense of right. And how is he
rewarded2 Without cause, at the request Of
McMullin aAd his fellows, Hill is discharged
from the force. II any more convincing argu-
ment is wanted to show the necessity of some
reform in our present police system, we have
it here. The political fancy of the Mayor and
the complaint Of the worst class of citizens
caused the removal of a faithful policeman.
This case is but typical. With the
adjournment of the Legislature will
come general discharge of the present
force and the instslment in their places of
men who carried the bludgeons of the Sheriff
at the October election. Such men as these
to be the guardians of the public peace! We
tremble for our city when We think of such an
evil. Let the case of Hill be a warning to the
Legislature that some sort of reform, be 1t
what it may, is necessary to save life and pro-
perty from being endangered in Philadelphia.
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cllned to submit 10 such arbitration, denied
the authority of the Board, and appealed TO
the Court for protection, declaring that his
membership in the Board OF Brokers affords
him unusual facilities for conducting his bust
ness and that to be Suspended or In any way
deprived Of his privileges as q member would
do him irreparable injury. phe Board, on the
other hand, assert that every member on being
admitted to their body consents to abide by
the rules and regulations, and that to release
any member from his obligations under the
rules would be calculated to destroy the or
ganization of the Board and injuriously Affect
the interests of the public. We may remark
that this little three. oornered fight is an illus
tration of the very decided differences
of opinion held by business men
on the same subject. Some main
tain that q bargain is a bargain under
any and all circumstances, and this seems to
be the case with the Third street representa-
tive who has appealed to the Court for pro.
lection against the Board Of Brokers. The
Wall street gentleman evidently is of the
opinion that quid pro quo Is the one thing
needful TO bind bargain, although in this case
it may make q difference as to whose OK is
gored. Both parties in this controversy are
represented by able counsel who made elo-
quent appeals that justice should be done
though the heavens fall, and Judge Peirce
took the matter under advisement, and
is now engaged sitting up late o. nights en-
deavoring to find the golden grain Of truth at
the bottom of the muddle.
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niamond Cut DIAMOND.

A VERY pretty case was lately argued before
Judge Peirce in the Court of Common Pleas,
which involves some nice points of business
ethics. A member OF the Board OF Brokers,
1t seems, disposed Of some oil stock, in 1864,
to New York broker, at a figure which the
purchaser considered 70 be far beyond its real
value when he came to inquire into the
character Of his investment. Finding the oil
stock rather drug in the market he naturally
desired TO have his money back, and appealed
TO the Board of Brokers to assist him, in
auiripg "can such things be- in Philadelphia,
or anywhere outside of Wall street The
seller Of the oil stock, considering that pos
session was nine points Of the law, declared
that business was business, and that the only
point Of ethics to be considered in bargain
was for each man TO look out for his own
pocket. Third street, however, decided that
il had character to lose, and that it would
show Wall street q good example. SO
the Board OF Brokers undertook TO investigate
the matter, but the vendor Of oil stocks de-
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THE ONLY SAFES EXPOSED TO THE
NRE IN CALDWELL's STORE
WERE FARRELL, HERRING d GO.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. lS, 1888

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. l8, lS80
Messrs. FARREL, HERRING & CO.,
No. 829 Chestnut street.
Gentlemen:-On the night of the 18th instant
our large store, g. w. cornerof Ninth and Ches-
nut streets, was, together with our heavy stock
OF wall papers, entirely destroyed by fire.
We had one of your PATENT CHAMPION
FIRE-PROOF SAFES, which contained our
principal books and papers, and although twas
exposed TO the most intense heat for over so
hours, we are happy to say 1t proved itself
worthy of our recommendation. Our books
and papers were all preserved. We cheerfulIy
tender our testimonial to the many already
published, in giving the HERRING SAFE the
credit and confidence 1t justly merits.
Yours, very respectfully,
HOWELL Il BROTHERS
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FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFE
CHAMPION SAFES I!

PHILADELPHIA, January Is, 1859.
Messrs. FARRELL, HERRING CO.,
No. SO Chestnut street.
Gentlemen:-On the night OF the 18th inst "a
is well known to the citizens OF Philadelphia,
our large and extensive store and valuable
stock Of merchandise, No. COZ Chestnut street
was burned.
The fire was one Of the most extensive and
destructive that has visited our city for many
years, the heat being 80 intense that even the
marble cornice was almost obliterated.
We had. as you are aware, two Of your valu-
able and well-known CHAMPION FIRE.
PROOF SAFES; and nobly have they vindi.
Gated your well.known reputation as manufac-
turers Of FIRE-PRoOF SAFES. II anyfurtheT
proof had been required.
They were subjected 70 the most intense heat
and II affords us much pleasure to inform you
that after recovering them from the ruins, we
found upon examination that our books, papers,
and other valusbles were all In perfect condi.
ton.
Yours, very respectfully,
JAS. H. CALDWELL & co.
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The PaImy Days of the Drama, and Now.
WHEN were the palmy days OF the drama?
Most persons have an indefinite idea on this
point, and II obliged 10 give an exact answer
would be apt to indicate some ten. 1fteen. or
twenty years ago-about the time when they
nat commenced VisitIng the lheatIts -as th0
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TO RENT.

IN FOR RENT-THE THIRD AND FOURTH
Floors of Building N. W. corner Of TWELFTH
and FILBERT Streets, with or without power. Also,
two Stores on TWELFTH Street. Apply to A. H.
MERsHoN. No 1909 MARK EFT street, [2lOf
m TO PENTHOUSE AND STORE, NO.
Apply 70 j, SERGEANT PRICE,
2l06.~ No. Sll ARCH street.
ITO RENT-kN OFFICE SUITABLE FOR A
pnyslcl11n can sT lawyer, with or without b9atu'
INSTRUCTION.
II d. @ r Il Or Y A.. M.
Ii. CLASSICAL AND ESaITsH SUHooL,
40 nos MAkKhT street, I2s lm'
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InelieibiIity OF Members of Csauciis
A VERY proper law has passed the State Senate
and is now before the House of Representa-
tives. It relates to the right Of persons
elected to Councils to hold Office under the
city government during the term for which
they are elected, and modifes the existing
law in some important particulars. It divides
the city officers inte those who are elected by
the people and those elected by Councils. So
far as the former are concerned, all prohibitory
statutes which excluded members OF Councils
from accepting Of them daring the time for
uiich hey scere elected TO Councils are repealed.
This seems TO us TO be only just. Let us cite
an instance. A gentleman is elected
to Select Council for three years. II
he keeps his seat, or il he resigns, it
matters not. For three years from the date of
election he is ineligible to any elective office.
The new Law makes him eligible to one when
the people choose, but of course compels him
TO resign from Councils before he can accept
it. Were the law otherwise, we might be de-
prived of the services Of our most valued
citizens, and many who would be ornaments
to the chamber be induced to decline entering
|
clusion. By removing all such disability sim
pie justice is done.
In the other class Of officers, however, those
elected by COuncls, every member is excluded
! for the entire term foT which he is elected. He
cannot resign aud be elected to them. For
three years from the date of his entrance into
the Select Chamber, no member can be elected
by his fellows to any office. This is eminently
proper. 1t is necessary in such city as our
own that the Councils be not used as step
ping stone to political advancement. We do not
want members to 60 into them, and do SO only
to get the acquaintance Of their fsllow-mem-
bers and be elected to more lucrative offices.
And 1t is wise provision that for The time for
which they are elected they should be ex-
oluded. There seems to be no doubt but that
the bill will pass. ...
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STILL ANOTHER.

STILL ANOTHER.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 10, 1863
Messrs. FARREL, HERRING Il CO.,
No 629 Chestnut street.
Gentlemen:-I had one of your make of safes
In the basement OF j. K. Caldwell & Co.'s store
at the time of the great fire ON the night
OF the 18th instant 1t was removed from
the ruins to-day. and on opening Il
l found all my books. papers, green
backs. watches, and watch materials, ETC.. all
preserved 1 feel glad that had one OF your
truly valuable safes. and shall want another OF
your make when get located.
Yours. very respectfully,
f. L. KIRKPATRICK,
with ]. Il. Caldwell dE Co.,
No $40 Chestnut street.
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WINTER THAWING OUT.

Come! Come!i Come!i!
Come to the Great Brown Hall
And see the tremendous piles
OF clothes, of magnificent styles,
For short folks and stout folks and tall,
For sale at the Great Brown Hall.
Come! Comet! Oome!!!
For the winter is about gone,
And Its marvellous sort of fun
How the stock of winter garments goes;
For the people Will presently want Spring
Clothes,
(As everybody certainly knows),
From the top of their heads to the tips of
their toes;
And the prices are down, for we gave them
knock,
To close ont the rest OF the winter stock.
Come! come come =! ye people all!
For the winter STOCK of the Great Brown Hall!
Winter stock on the go! Prices never so low!
Gentlemen. don't be slow! Everybody ought
to know, that now is the time TO go to the
The New York herald., 1869-08-26

lieyed the South was more friendly to the North m
medlately after the war than they had De N for
the previous thirty years. The nrs great
misfortune after the war Ia the way or recon-
next the rupture between Prcsiderls JoSnson and
Congress. speaking OF matters In .Aiabama he ssid'
the South don't want the htrlAman Tnev want
Northern emigration. He believed that there were
plenty OF people In the North who would gladly 20
South they knew they Would be protected In lie
aud property. Ho declared many OF the uniavor-
able reports gwen In the newspapers TO be very
much distorted. He claimed that the chartered
rights OF the colored man were better protected
In Alabama than the chartered rights OF the
A black man can own the whole State Of Alabama II
he can buy 1t, He showed that the present labor
system Oh the south was much better than the old.
Wnen slavery was In existence great deal Of money
merely the land and willing -hands. lie assured
those who heard him that o Northern man was lust
as saIe IN Alabama as here There were twenty dis
turbances In Massachusetts to one in Alabama At the
The Northern men who had come down there Tor
oees had taken good care to give none OF them to
the negroes.
Mr.. ORvIs onered n resolution that committee of
seven, composed OF brothers and sisters, be ap-
pointed FOR the purpose OF forming state OrganI-
zaton TO cooperate with the National Union.
tnra. SPENCER, or Milford, thought 1t was preula-
o tuns - form such an organization at the present
Mr oRvIs I'D that the only way Ia which work
gaSara Ssha,s e ao anything was TO organize.
genera msDate ensu. Us on the resolution and state
Gnyernor Clon r. r. v itnaAkers would not vote for
The matter Was finally disposed ~ by iayin~ n nm
the table for discussion Tomorrow asierat 70
believing that the Crlspns ruled the meet,.9 movcd
that other organizations be invited TO send dale
speaking by General West, Of Mississippi; s. p Gun
uings and others
The New York herald., 1869-08-26
RQA8p uE POLICE.

Tho Police Commissioners had two sessions yester.
day. Captain Hartt, Of the Twenty-third precinct
was transferred to the Nineteenth precinct, vice
Captain Hutchings OF the Nineteenth, transferred
TO the Twenty-third. A number OF palromen were
also transferred.
resolution was passed making It obligatory
upon oil men on detailed duty at banks, oflces,
hotels, &C., to report daily to the Chief Of Detectives
at the Central Police Once under whose command
they Will he while performing such duty.
The following resolution was also adopted at the
afternoon session.
Resolved That rule 10 be and tbs hereby amended
90 Ss 70 read .. sergeants, roundaen
and parolmen excepting such OF them may as
signed to detective duty shall the prescribed uniform
whether on or on duty Members OF the force will be
evod from wearing the prescribed uniform only while
home or at their boarding houses and attending public
ship and IN going to and returning from tho ab-
sent from their precincts by permission OF Board Captains
will be relieved from this rule by the Board In special cases.
The cap gloves shields, badges erbes devccs belts
buttons shall correspond with the samples deposited the
cloth room At tho Central Department The will but
toned as all times when memaers OF the force duty.
The New York herald., 1869-08-26
CITY POLITICS..
The .yced-HeImc yVor.

The Iwecd-fselDcpt War.
The Tenth Ward Democratic Workingmen's Asso.
ciation, not TO be behind hand, ned large meeting
at Mechanics Institute, Broome street last evening
Mr.. Morris f. Dowly presided. Speeches were de.
hvered by a number OF prominent gentlemen OF the
democratic organization OF the Tenth ward. and
resolutions adopted taking the grounds OF the
seventh ward association In regard to the overthrow
OF belmont aud Tie substitution Of William NJ Tweed
In his place. WV"
There has never been such an intense po},ficn,
movement among the German voters OF the seye u.
teentn ward az that now being inaururated the
independent German Democratic Club of that ward
held ls meeting, which was quite large last night
at l2b fb1d street, MIR. Anthony Euring presidinv
and Mr. Roesch acting secretary. T6e
chairman, In his opening address, remark ed
that comblnation OF the German voters
IN the three wards forming the sixth Senatorial ds
tnet Was needed, ana that all partisan feeling mad
10 oe put aside Inc Germ ans had not been fsirlv v
tfeateu III the distribution OF Offices and they wouId
tnerelOre, combine 10 make their Influence felt
Wnen tneI organization snail have been completed
tbeY would make iode pendent nominations 90 be re.
commented TO iaHIna ny Hall for endorse and
70 90 run independently II rejected by that parry
rive delegates were elected TO represeut the cluh
az the general meeting OF all the independent ward
oubs shortly 10 be held In order to effect a centra
association. IL was further resolved 10 hold forr.
nightly meetings and TO increase the number OF cIuns
Wnich Ia now eleven. Messrs. Francis v Eurno
scnmltz and Others made addresses and the meeting
then adjourned. 's