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jew was compelled to sign away his property
in the torture-chamber of Front-de- Bpufs
castle-as the penalty for daring to express his
honest convictions in the council betrays all
the cruel timidity of frightened despotsm;
and no one can be so recklessly cruel as a
timid man who is thoroughly frightened
The childish petulance of stopping the tele-
grams of the opposition bishops, as we'll as
debarring them from the printing press, is q
sign in the same direction. Still more signi-
icant is the disposition now manifested to
recall or explain away the Bull of Censures,
which many prelates have fatty refused to
publish in their dioceses. And, last but not
least, comes the new dodge-there is no other
term for it-of the baffled infallibilists, which
is important, both as confession of weakness
and a characteristic specimen of their policy,
though exceedingly unlikely to help their
tottering cause. We have already commented
at length on the original Memorial, and also
called attention to DIR. Dollingers crushing ex-
posure of its fallacies and insolence in the
-4UgemeSne ZeitUng for January 81. Another
German Catholic has since characterized it,
with perfect justice as a tissue of falsehoods
from beginning to end. But we do not scru-
pie to say that the second Schema they have
now put forward in its place is far more
deeply discreditable to them, both in itself
and in the circumstances of its appearance.
than the original document for which it has
been adroitly substituted. The former at
least had the merit of stating plainly and
honestly what the memorialsts wanted though
the arguments by which their cause was de-
Tended were barefaced travesty of the ele-
mentary facts of Church history and their
arrogant abuse of all who rejected their base
less theory was gross libel on q third of their
episcopal brethren, and on the immense ma
jority of the more intelligent and fair-minded
of their oo-religionists, both clerical and lay.
But their last proposal is transparent sub
terfuge. 1t says one thing while it means
another, and is designed to secure by an un-
derhand maneuvre the result which il is
found impossible to attain by direct means.
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THE OHIO SHIP CANAL.
Fson, the Cincinnati Gazette.


BY the course of the Government the navi-
CATION of the Ohio river is now thrown in
state of suspense, which is preventing the
building of boats at a time when the number
is greatly below the demand, and is iniicting
an injury on the river navigation which will
take years to recover from, besides imposing
great tax upon the inhabitants of wild
territory by means of exorbitant freight
charges. The old canal admits boats of 800
or 800 tons. The enlarged canal admits boats
of 2000 tons. 1t is in such state of forward
ness that steamboat men will not build boats
restricted to the old size; but in the present
state of the funds, and with the uncertainty
as to the disposition of Congress, they cannot
have confidence to go ut work now to build
boats depending on the completion of the
enlargement.
General Weitzel, the engineer in charge,
has stated the situation in letter. He wants
$3.50, 900 to complete the canal by next No
vember, SO that it will pass boats 80 feet
wide and $50 feet long. Were this appropri-
alton promptly made, boat building would at
once begin. Another impediment which the
Government has permitted adds to the Sis
pense, and makes the necessity for the CON-
pletion of tho canal more imperative. The
erection of the railroad bridge at the head OF
the falls has made the passage by the river
in high water extra hazardous, and, in fact,
impossible at the highest stage.
Thus large boats are obstructed by the
bridge in high water, and cannot pass through
the canal Unless the Government means tc
destroy the river navigation it should acl
promptly, and furnish the small sum required
to complete this work. We can assure Con
gress that as to the matter of putting men il
employment, this appropriation of less thar
half million will do more than the three
millions it appropriated to the Steam Engi
neering Bureau of tho Navy Department
And this will promote productive industry il
every way, while that is nothing but waste.
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OLD AND NEW.
From the NJ Y. Tribune.


Just 100 years ago on Saturday appeared
the 10th number of the Boston G0zette and
Country Journal. A copy of it lies before
us as we write. 1t is a dlngy little paper
about one-ffth as big as the Iribasne, and
though it purports to contain 'the freshest
advices, foreign and domestic, it is barren
enough of general news, as the best of Jour
nails were apt to be in those early DAYS. The
second and third pages, however, surrounded
by broad black margins, and decorated with
a row of coflins bearing skulls and cross
bones, tell story which even at the distance
of an entire century is still of vivid interest.
This is the story of the famous Boston mas
sacre Of the 9TH of March-''a melancholy
Demonstration, says the Gazette, ''of the
destructive Consequences of quartering
Troops among Citizens in Time of Peace
under Pretense Of supporting the Laws and
aiding ECivil Authority, but, in Reality
to ipfcrce oppressive Measures, to
awe & coMtFoul the legislative
as well as executive Power of
the Province, and to quell Spirit ct Liber y,
which however it may have been basely op-
Honor to any Ago or Country" One Can
hardly read without a smile the report that
TUESDAY Morning presented most shock
ing Scene, the Blood of our Fellow Citizens
running like water thro King Street, and the
Merchants Exchange. Our Blood might also
be track'd up to the Head of Long Lane, and
through divers other Streets and Passages"
for it is well understood now thet the Boston
Massacre was in itself small affair." and the
soldiers had pretty severe provocation for
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THE SILVER MOVEMENT.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The business men of the country are adopt
ing the movement towards specie basis, by
means of silver coin for change, with a
promphtude that shows there is a real and
earnest desire to get back to sound and sta
BILE standard for commercial transactions.
Immediately after the announcement, few
days ago, that some of the retailers in New
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N UAdBRELLAS-CHEAP IN THE CITY
j DIXON'S. No al g. EIGHTH Street 10 lsmtha
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THE NATIONAL BANK MONOPOLISTS
AND THE FUNDING BILL.

From the NJ Y. Herald.
The Funding bill has passed the Senate. 1t
provides in the main for the issue of bonds
at four, four and half, and five per cent,
redeemable inside of forty years, for the pur-
pose OF reducing the public debt. One of
the most important provisions Of the bill COM
pels national banks to take these new bonds
in return for their old ones. This the ma
tional banks do not want to do. They are
not satisfied with the enormous profits on
national circulation, which Congress has
been foolish enough to give thsm, without
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what they did. Perhaps it would be rash TO
call the victims of the riot martyrs; but the
four black coffins which figure in this mourn
ing sheet, marked with the initials of Samuel
Gray, Samuel Maverick James Caldwell,
and Crispus Attucks, are after all memo
rials of the rising spirit of independence
which few years later was TO express
itself in Jefferson's noble declaration. The
narrative of the massacre and the funerals,
and the proceedings of various town meet
ings which in the same week resolved to OPP
pose the importation of all British goods and
to drink no tea until the Stamp Act should
be repealed, take up so much of the paper
that there is little room for miscellaneous
reading We have, however, an angry COM
munication from "An Independent" who
argues, in reply to ga Bostonian, that ale
glance to the king is compatible with resist
ance to un lust laws and is horrifed at Bosto-
mans assertion that ''the independent would
convert every province or island, however in
significant some of them may be, into sepa-
rate and distinct States which he declares
to be ''palpable lie." We have o curious
report in the way of vital statistics:-"B
in the town of Boston since our last, eight
whites, no black. Baptized in the several
churches, seven" Passengers for New York
are informed that sloop will sail in the
course of week; and the heads of families
are ADVISED LnaC "A young woman WlJn ROOu
breast of milk, that can be well recon-
mended, would go into gentleman's family
to suckle."
The Gazette was not bad paper for its
day; but what enormous progress the art of
journalism has made in the hundred years
since this little sheet was printed! Suppose
America now we're full of the spirit of revo-
| luton, and an occurrence like the Boston
Massacre should fan the smouldering fires into
| flame, how differently the newspapers would
treat the matter The fullest possible de-
| scriptions of the scene would be read the next
morning in every city of the Union. We
should have the history of the troubles from
| the commencement; we should have the
opinions of the people from all quarters, the
talk of the drawing-rooms, and the murmurf
| of the streets; and the editorial pages of the
great papers would be filed with comment
explanation, expostulation, indictments tc
| revenge, or entreaties to be calm and pru
dent. The journalist would recognize hi
double function of both directing and report
| ing the public sentiment; advising his part.
| what to do, telling them what their friend
were doing in other cities and States, and in
dicating the general drift of the tide. Mate
rial progress and political development de
pend largely upon close intercourse between
the distant parts of the country, and nothing
| promotes that intercourse so much as tn
press. Perhaps if the last century had pro
duced newspapers like those of the present
the independence of the United States woul'
have been achieved generation earlier.
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GREELEY ON PHILADELPHIA DIRT.
From the NJ Y. World

From the N. Y. World.
The doom of Philadelphia is sealed, and the
main-stay of the metropolis of monopoly has
parted. There is, if not treason, certainly
disaffection, in the tariff camp. Headouar-
ters are in danger If the present peril can
not be avoided, Philadelphia falls The owl
will light on the bare head of General Wash
ington in Chestnut street; the bittern look out
of the Continental windows; and the New
Zealander-always on hand sitting on the
waterless edge of the Paramount dam, will
mourn over the glories OF park which never
was. The story is a sad one; but it must be
told, if possible, with dry eyes. Every one
knows (for is it not taught in the common
schools and written by cipher in history /?
that Philadelphia is the centre, not only of
| loyalty, but of tarffism. There lives and
writes and has his statistical being Mr. Carey,
the pontiif OF protection, whose mystic sgt
| Id6i, like some others we wot of, affirm his
own infallibility, in which no sane man be-
heves. There, too, in the brief Congress
sional recess, resides Judge Kelley. Thence
issues diurnaly, with stately step and slow, "
like an elephant at a durbar loaded down
with statistical trumpery, the North Alnari-
can, on whose docile neck Mr.. Carey rides
There are tho woollen factories which burn
up periodically. There are the huge sugar
refneres, whose owners, rolling in wealth,
pray for free mas Sc0g0d0 and protection to the
white article. In short, there Mother Pro-
teciion reigns supreme and thither her vota-
| ries resort
Among them, heretofore, who so welcome
as our II. G.. of the Tribune? He was an
especial pet. He was Philadelphia's main
reliance. He was bound to her by hooks of
steel (of course, home-made). He was always
at hand to sustain her nonsense. If the i'll
natured W0rId, or Journal of Commerce, or
Post, or Times, said aught against high
tariff, Philadelphia, like the Homeric Paris
looked up to the Tribunitian Aphrodite, and
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was sure 10 be rescued in cloud. Irregulari-
ties, social, political, and moral, were for
gotten. II only hostile to free trade, free
love might be pardoned. When the unlucky
recognizance at Richmond was signed, Phila-
delphia shuddered, but like Agamemnon at
Aulis, buried its agonized face in its pocket
handkerchief domestic, of course), and then
forgot and forgave. He was always at hand
to cipher pig-iron up or down, as Philadelphia
desired, and had a sliding scale OF agricultural
prices always oiled for service.
Who imagined that such an H. G. would
prove recreant or fail in his allegiance? And
yet he has. And Philadelphia awoSe-late of
course-one morning to find that the
Tribune had turned against her, and in an
elaborate editorial, very cleverly written, had
| denounced her as ''drty," in fact las now
the filthiest city in the Union" She was
once" says the Tribune, "at least honest and
clean; she is so no longer" ''She is hope
lessly slow, deficient in literature and art, and
| gluttonously fond of terrapin." And then,
says Mr.. Greeley with a rescendo:-"There
is every reason to suppose that the Philadel-
| phians will remain permanently thirsty and
unwashed during all the summers yet to
come, unless Providence mercifully puts an
end to her by q fire which New York is too
busy to put out"
This is savage inculpation; and we do not
wonder Philadelphia is aggrieved. But that
it might be rejected, our testimony is at her
service. We know New York is dirty. We
have always believed that Philadelphia was a
clean town, and that, on her scale of virtue,
cleanliness was little ahead of godliness.
The white window-shutters, the immaculate
marble stoops, live vividly in our memory;
and there is an illustrative tradition, showing
the ruling passion strong in capture, that
| when the Rebel Lee threatened Philadelphia
| in 1863, her ancient burghers were ready to
60 out and meet the conqueror, like those of
Calais, with the ransom but without the
halters, and surrender the city with but a
single stipulation that ''the right, conse-
Grated by centuries, of washing the pave
ments on Saturday" should not be interfered
with.
We have no more to say. Politically and
socially, we rejoice at the disruption of this
friendship; but neverthelessI it is a sad sight
to see brethren in unity SO much at variance.
The Philadelphia protectionists must get up q
| Vnr
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WINES AND LIQUORS.
The New York herald., 1870-03-22
SUPREME COURT-CHAMssai.
Habcay Corpus Cause.-The ReorRnnzatIon OF
the Special Sessions Court.
Rafo I,idr Ipnr

Habeas Corpus Cause.-The Reorganization OF
the Special Sessions Court.
Before Judge Ingraham.
IN re John Ktine.-Thls was an application ON
writ OF habeas corpus certiorari to release John
Kline from custody. 1t appeared that the prisoner
had been arrested for stealing papers from the
American News Company. He was tried In the re-
sentenced to six months Imprisonment IN the Peni.
tentlary. lie now applies Tor his release, pending
an appeal. The right OF appeal was taken away
from the Old Court or SPECIAL Sessions. aud the
prisoner counsel now claimed that that right was
restored since the court was reOrganlzed.
The Court denied the motion
Alleged False Pretences-Applicnti0n Tor the
Release Of Prisoners Prior to Their Indict-
ment.
In re Sexton d Fo1.--In this case the defendants
had been arrested on the charge OF stealing two bar
rels OF -four upon forged order, the party upon
whom the order was alleged to have been forged de.
The counsel now moved for their discharge, pending
the disposition OF the by the Grand Jury the
ground that the arrest had BEEN eflecled under false
pretences. The case was 81 flowed 10 stand over TIL
Wednesday next.
The Erie Railway Litigation Again.
The Erie RdiiTodd Company rs. RAMSEY 1fc.--This
case the arguments In winch were adjourned TIL
yesterday, came up on a demurrer. Mr.. Field stated
that the had been fully discussed before upon
the motion the counsel on both sides had agreed to
submit the written points 10 the Court without Ilr
ther arguments. Tue Court took the papers.
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He COUR rs.
An Internal Revenue Case-Appeal from n
Sentence Of the Court OF Special
Sessions-Suit Under the lie.
gal Tender Act.
uslTs1 STATES CIRCUIT COURT.

Pleaded Guilty and demanded for Sentence.
Before Judge Benedict
The United States o.. James McNahOn.-The de-
fendant, who Ia charged with defraud,ng soldiers
or their bounty money was yesterday brought up for
trial and pleaded guilty to all buG the third count or
the Indictment. The plea was accepted, and he
was remanded till thIs morning for sentence.
EmbezzlinU Letters.
The United States vs. Charles A. Willard The
defendant is clerk In the Post ONCE, ana was In.
dictea for stealing letters. He yesterday brought
up for trial aud pleaded guilty. Remanded tn this
morning for sentence.
Larceny the High SENS.
The United states u.s. John AcCorne,cE.---The de-
fendant III this case was held and found guilty last
term OF the court on Indictment charging him
with larceny on the high seas. Remanded for SEN
tence TIL this morning.
Doing Business RectiHcr Without u
License.
Before Commissioner Osborn.
The United States Us. Horace II. Cldr1ce.-The de-
fendant. who has been under examination for some
days, Is charged with c0mpounding liquors without
q rectifer's license. Some testimony was taken on
the cross-examnaton OF the government witness,
when the Case was further adjourned till Thursday
next, when counsel will sum up on doth sides.
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POLICE TRIALS.
Charge Of mtoxicati0n-Judge Davis ~
Witncss--Chicken Robbery in Brooklyn.

Charge Of fut0xicati0n-Jud8e Davis as .
Witncss-Chickeu Robbery in Brooklyn.
Commissioner Bosworth yesterday heard twelve
complaints against officers. Francis Denning,
Third precinct. was charged with intoxication.
Judge Davis, OF the Supreme Court appearing as his
counsel 1t appears at the night OF The 18th inst,
after ne (Denning) had been relieved, officer Dwyer
found CRATE OF O store open ana sent word 70 Den.
ming, who was the station house answering roll call
to 90 out to Murray street where the supposed
burglary occurred He did not then appear &C all
lnloxicatcd on MS return. half hour
alter sergeant Townsend charged hm with beng
mtoxicaic1i. Sergeant Crollin stated he acted
strangely ro indsnan Grimm thought he was int0xi
Gated and doorman Fowler sw0re he staggered and
walked crooked Eight or ten witnesses VINO saw
hun IN line and after his return from Murray strees
testified they observed no indications OF intoxi-
cation about Denning. All bore testimony to the
excellent reputation Denning sustalns Tor ao-
stemiousncss and energy. Judge Davis was sworn
and gave Dcnning an excellent reputation.
Oieer G0odail, OF the Forty ppecinc., was
tried for allowing prisoner 70 escape. ~ apRsateu
In evidence that Bcsworu nine ana ten a. NJ OF the
llth ,nss. q girl directed him TO place where
chicken thief had In wagon forty oead and twcnyf
live chickens There were no horses attached 10 tue
wagon. Goodeli arrested man named Vol, WHO
had them In charge, and, letting him go free forty-
i've minutes after TOOK the chickens TO the slaIon
house. There they were claimed oy the owner, who
refused TO take away the bodies OF The dead chickens
when Captain Mullen told the men to heip taem-
serves TO the poultry. Judgment was reserved 10
each cxae.
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FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
WALL STREET. /
MONniY March 2I--f,p. N.

WALL STREET,
MONDAY, March 21-6 y. NJ. !
The week opened with fair activity In the gold
and stock markets The money market was easy
ut four TO i've per cent.
GOLD IRREGULAR.
The earlier transactions in gold were on firm
market the stronger feeling being due to The sharp
advance In sales by the foreign exchange bankers,
who put the quotation for sterling TO 1091 for sight
and losa for sixty day bills On this state OF things
gold rose to l12a. In the afternoon IL became evi-
dent that for the present at least the advance was
too sudden to he maintained, and while the quota
tions for exchange continued nominally the same
sales out OF second hands were made as low
as 1854 for sixty days. Here IT was reported from
washington that the House had refused to order the
previous question on the proposition to innate the
currency, ana also that resolution had passed
declaring 1t to be the OF the House that there
should be no increase Of the interest bearing debt
ana no decrease of the non-lnterest bearing debt,
which latter action Is regarded as step towards
the adoption Of tho Funding bill, amended 80 as to
prevent the funding Of greenbacks. The effect was
decline In gold to 1925. The chief fluctuations OF
&Al
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COMMON PteAS-TalAL TeRM-pAaT z.
Heavy Claim for Damages on Alleged Breach
Of Contract.
Rafo Ip1U Taptv

Heavy ClntBm Tor Damages on Alleged Breach
Of Contract.
Before Judge Loew.
TIE Eltfag Wooden Company rs. John 7. Nartta.-
rhis action was brought by the plalntifs, VINO now
compose the Clinton Minis Company OF Norwich
city, to recover from the defendant who Is large
merchant Of New York. $4,000 for an alleged breach
OF contract II appears that or about the 9th OF
March, 1886, an agreement was entered into by the
parties by which the plaintiffs were to manufacture
for account Of the defendant 23o 900 yards Of woo
dyed indigo bue blouse nannels.o to weigh not less
than Eve and quarter ounces per yard to be twenty
eight inches wide, full government standard goods
To be made IN accordance with samples furnished
BY Defendant and delivered in quantities ana at
periods specified IN the Agreements, al ninety.dve
cents per yard On the 23d OF March, 1865, the plain
tif rendered two bales as portion OF the contract
OF which was accepted and the other rejected as
not con. n.Orming to the sample. After this the re-
malnder OF the goods were at various times ten
dered and rejected, until at length the defendant
notified The plaintiff not TO tender any more, and out
OF this the present action grew. The defence is
substantially that the nrst bale was accepted at the
solicitation OF the plaintiff as means OF saving the
contract and that Of the goods furnished there
after were up to the sample originally furnished,
they being what In the trade ID technically termed
"top dyed,u and not "wool dyed" Plaintln con-
tends that the articles were N perfect conformity
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COTT0y MARKETS.

GALVESTON Texas, March q, lSse
Cotton dull and heavy but holders TO effect sales
unwilling 70 make concessions. Good ordinary, 1shc Re-
cepts 5a4 bales ElporsTo Havre 61S bales;
81 bales No sales. Stock 81 s0J bales.
NEW ORLBANs, March n, 1870.
Cotton dull and prices nominal Mid ling, 225<c sc Net
receipts, 1870 bales cosswsc. 6l bales total sl1 bales
Exports HavTe bo32 bales to Bremen, 3716 bAiea -
vcrn Cruz liz bales TO sew York 20t baes 10 Phiadsl
phih "a bales. Sales 500 bales. Stock, 2l0s2s bales
MOBILE, Ala, March 81, 1870.
Cotton quiet but hrln Mdding 22sc Receipts
ls0s baes Exports Coastwise bales. Sales, 700 bales
Stock, ~ ,be5 bales.
SAVANNAH, Ca, March 81. 1870
Cotton quc; middng 25c.; receipts, .2S7 bales:
ports coaswise, SO bales; sales loo bales stock, S26
balea
CHARLESTON. q. O., March n, 1870.
Cotton quiet and steady mddng, ~ 22c. receipts
3 bales exports coastwise SIS bales sses stock 1871
bales
NonroLK, Va, March 81, 1870.
Cotton quiet but weak low mddng, Gle receipts, y62
bales; exports coastwise 697 bales sales stock 'o6A
bales.
BALTIMORE, March n, 1870
Cotton quiet but steady mdding, 2Sc net receipts, $50
bales coastise 2O5 bales total 355 bales; exports coast
wise, 80 bales; sales 66 bales; stock, 5o4O bales.
BOSTON, March 2i, 1870
Cotton quiet but steady mddling Mc net receipts S
bales; coastwise 50 bales; total l,733 bass sales 700
bales; stock, IL, 500 bales