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PRESBYTERIAN REUNIoN-The vote of the
Prtsbyteries of both branches of the Presby-
terian church, agreeing to a reunion Of the
two, has already been announced This event
marks an epoch in the history of the denomi-
nation, and its Influence will be felt in the re.
ligious history of the country. Thirty years
ago, when the rupture occurred. the Presbyte-
riah Church in the United States included
less number Of PreSbSteries and Synods, min
listers and members, than either of the two
divisions how number. And from both Of
them has gone into another body the entire
Southern Presbyterian Church. 81 that il may
be said that during the separation the Church
has increased almost three-tUld. The reunion
brings in total OF BOD Presbyteries, 81 Synods
4229 ministers and 43f ,4G3 members. Both
the Assemblies met at Pittsburg, November
10, to receive the returns from the Presbyteres
to record the result, and take the necessary
steps to set the united Church into operation
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AdAtNsr ROTATION IN OFFICE AND SMALL
SALARIEs.-In the la (Deccmber) number of
the atlantic NOnth{y there is long and able ar
ticle, by JAS. Parton advocating what is known
as the "civil service bil introduced by Sena-
tor jerks last winter, against rotation in office
and in favor of higher salaries to government
employees, through the whole line from Presi-
dent to the tide waiter. He says that this
country pays the poorest known wages, and
when position for life is given it is accompa-
MED with salary that will not support the re-
cipient. The judges and justices of the Su-
preme Court are kept in poverty, and not one
Fl of the latter can live on his salary. They
should he so paid that good lawyers having
some property can accept the position. The
Court of Claims 3irtdally pay Or reject the
claims presented, Ofteu covering millions but
the lawyers practising before it get Eve times
as large an Income as the judges who are
thereby tempted to dc wrong from positive
need. The public are willing to pay just
Compensation but this policy, if continued,
will in few years render justice unattainabe
but by purchase. Mr.. Evarts paid his whole
salary for house rent alone. 1t costs Cabinet
officer $4,000 year TO live moderately. An
assistant secretary, who served admirably dur
ing the war for So, 500 year, had to resign,
because manufacturing company offered him
$1,000. But the government needs and must
have this class Of men ; and the order of as
eistantS who get nothing but money, should
have enough TO secure and retain ability. He
says that these positions are accepted for the
honor as well as the salary. The late Chief
Justice Taney abandoned practice in Balti-
more worth from twenty to thirty thousand
dollars year to accept an Office with a salary
of six thousand FIVE hundred dollars-not
enough to meet his expenses, and when he
died bis daughters had to work as copying
clerks in one of the departments There is 10
reason why they should not seek employment,
like other girls, but had the Chief Justice de-
elined the honor, he might have accumulated
a surplus fund. The best men cannot be Sc
cured after while because they can make
more money in private capacity. When the
positions are rendered they will thank the
President aud decline the luxury Of honor.
In regard to the rotation in office, brought
about under Jackson's administration, he con-
siders it one of the worst evils of our system
It Is degrading to the Presidential Office, to the
appdintees and to the Offices they fill The
appointments are made through personal i'm
portunity, and has created an order of politi-
clans as distinct as the order of thieves, and
public service is entirely lost sight of under it
it. The price of Office should be good behavior
only but this has nothing to do with it-po
litical preferment controls it, The peculations
10 custom houses and other positions cannot
be prevented until there is radical change
effected here. As it is, we lose a hundred
hiillionS a year in the revenue alone, or
more than is needed to effect the change and
show saving, by adheting to what is intrinsi-
caNy wrong ana profuse: The fsult is no; with
this or with any administration, but with the
system. The remedy lies in giving the public
service the pcrmancnce it once had aud that it
h. v.-.e--that all private establishments
have-and fair compensation. Secure the Office
to the appointed as long as he is honest and
/ faithful, and pay him a sufficient salary, and
the government will be honestly served as it
formerly Was
THE SOUTHERN GENERALS. Since the close
of the war, the Southern generals seem to have
devoted themselves steadily to the undemon-
s.rative vocations Of civil life. Lee, Maury and
IL, n,. esnciatnd ~ tn.cL,.rs II, Washnp tdn