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SIGNS IN THE SKY.

A religious paper publishes curious appeal
in the following words:
1T is asked Of all newspaper desiring The spread Of
TRUTH and the destruction OF error sa they publish this
request and prayer to Almighty power, that on the
three first Sunday nights IN October 1871 there shall APP
pear in the heavens distinct light in the shape OF
great cross"
and furthermore, all good people are urged to
pray earnestly for this miraculous sign. The
honest enthusiasm which dictates this COM
munication is of course entitled to full respect
Here is doubtless some devout Christian who
has looked on the wickedness of the world
and the Obduracy of mankind until he has
lost confidence in the ordinary means for
dilfusing religious truth. He has seen millions
of money and hundreds of lives expended in
missions to the heather, and still the heather
are not converted. Civilized countries have
thousands of churches and scores of religions,
and still the land is full of murder, lust,
fraud, theft, lying, and anger. The pulpit
and the printing press seem, to one who looks
so steadily towards the dark side, powerless
for anything but evil. Gods way of preaching
the Gospel proves TO be a failure we must
call upon heaven 10 intervene with miracles
and apparitions.
The delusion under which such people labor
ia worth study. Ever since Christ censured
the wicked and adulterous generation which
demanded sign instead of living up to the
light already given it, the world has been full
of mistaken enthusiasts begging for suspen-
sion of the laws of nature to frighten man
kind into doing their duty. They have all
history to teach them that the world is not to
be converted by marvels in the sky--nay, that
those who will not believe the words of the
Gospel would still refuse to believe, though
one should rise from the dead. The appari-
ton of a cross in the clouds would be sign
less wonderful than many things that are done
every day under our eyes, and this is not an
age in which people are disposed to interpret
as message of divine import every phenome-
non which they are unable to explain. A
miracle which spoke no definite truth wouid
leave the skeptical unconvinced of Christianity,
just as the unaccountable performances of the
medium Home leave us skeptical of Spiritism
as system of religion. Christianity itself Is
standing miracle. far greater than crosscs in
tia ssy, Aaa - it w any means certain that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24

We print herewith very interesting exhibit
by Controller Connolly with regard to the set
Element of claims against the City and County
under provision inserted in the Tax-Levy Of
1868.
That Tax-Levy was so exceptiOnable and OBJ
noxious that Gov. Fenton long hesitated to
approve it; and, as it had been rushed through
in the last hours of the session, it was dead if
his signature should be withheld. Controller
Connolly was anxious that it should be signed,
and, learning that Gov Fenton especially OBJ
jected to the clause giving him very sweeping
power to settle and pay claims against the City,
he gave a pledge to the Governor that he
would not act under this power. Gov. Fem
ton, thus assured, gave reluctant assent to
the bill. But the publisher of The Times was
one of the claimants, and he insisted that the
Controller should act as the Tax-Levy directed,
in violation of his pledge to the Governor. Mr.
Connolly still refusing, The Times applied for
peremptory mandamus, obtained it, and COM
PEELED the Controller to pay its claim doubt
less, just one) in defiance of his pledge to
the Governor. Through the door thus opened,
Mayor Hall asserts that many bad claims
were pushed on to payment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24

versal. If anything is clearly con the
"cards," it is the collegiate education Of
women. Even where it is not openly con-
coded, it is covertly brought about, and
women now attend lectures and Rotations,
more or less upon sufferance, in various de-
partments of Harvard and Of Amherst. The
newer schools Of Harvard Gas the University
Lectures and the Bussey Agricultural SCHOOL,
avowedly admit them-while they arc allowed
to study theology and mathematics on the sly,
Just as M. de Saintonges sent cold food to his
persevering daughter. Meanwhile, the "Fe-
"male Colleges" such as Vassar, go on their
praiseworthy course, and, though their stand
ards of study are still far below those of the
masculine universities, they yet rise far above
the old standard, which was starvation. We
believe that, in the main, they are engaged in
work for the sex moro practical and
benefcent than any that the colleges for men
can undertake for them. But though the
great mass of girls to be educated are
still likely to prefer, their parents are likely
to prefer for them, institutions devoted to
their exclusive benefit we insist that they shall
have every chance they will take, for the highest
education, wherever they will take it,
The "demoniacal work" still goes on,
and who knows how soon we may see acade-
mic professions of maidens in white, IS n
Dion or as in Tennyson's picture
"Prudes for proctors, dOwag gers for deans,
Aud sweet grl-graduates in their golden hair"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24
GEN. MoOUADE COMES FORWARD.

Gen. James McQuade of Gov. Hoffman's staff
takes the stand at our request, and testifes
that
/. Gov. Hoffman wds in this City on the
Monday morning before the riot
2. That he was then anxious and appre-
hensive with regard to the prospect for the
18th, as he should have been;
8. That he took the train for Albany at 10 A.
NJ, leaving Gen. McQuade behind him;
4. That he left McQuade here expressly to
inquire into this Orange business and tele-
graph him (Hoffman) on the subject;
5. That McQuade found Superintendent Kelso
about noon, and learned of him that a Sc
"rious riot was threatened, from the collision
L" of the Orange procession and the so-called
target companies of the other side, who
were drilling to parade on the same day
/" with the 0rangemen;'
G. That KelsO did not feel at liberty to tell
him (McQuade) what preparations were made
to preserve the peace, but advised him TO see
Mayor Hall;
2. That the Mayor could not be found at his
Office, but he (McQuadc) was so fortunate as
TO stumble upon an acquaintance 10y whose
aid he found the MavOr and cOnversed with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24
Nen.alork Daily Gribmare.
MONDAY. JULY "a. 1871.

The Of the Spanish Cabinet officers pub
lished this morning. NJ. Theirs has declared him
self in favor of the independence Of the Pope Prince
Napoleon has been ordered to leave France. The mu
ncipal elections in Paris passed off quietly yesterday
The opposition factions in the French Assembly have
united =- deputation Of European bankers are en-
route to this country to examine into the prospects of
the North Pacific Railroad.
terrible explosion has occurred In Government
arsenal In Washington, doing great damage. - The
first bale Of cotton has arrived az Galveston Texas
s. There was a white frost Virginia Saturday
morning. - Mississippi steamer was sunk on
Saturday. -. A waterspOut has damaged the Central
Pacific Railroad. - One hundredmembers Of the Ku-
Kux have been indicted In North Carolina.
A schooner loaded with petroleum burned off the
Jersey Flats. - Part OF a Harlem Railroad tunnel
cayed in at Seventieth-st. - Gold 10, 1li, lllB.
Thermometer Saturday, 60 7o GO Sunday Go 1872 $50.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24
BOSTON FINANCES.


The Annual Report Of the Auditor of Ac-
counts of the City Of Boston contains q
statement in detail of all the expenditures of
the City Government, from which we extract
few items. The total paid for rent of
armories for the several infantry and cavalry
companies is s11,5O8 Oh. The amounts paid
for repairs, gun-racks, and furnishing armories
sum up 1854 80. For constructing two bell
towers, s1,1S4 80, and S1,133 were expended
Our last Legislature authorized the Controller
TO raise $4,000, by sale of bonds to construct
the new ell-tower in front of jefferson Markell
The care and improvement of all the public
parks and places cost SCOOPS 25. The total
expenses for printing and stationery were
S34,C1S 70, and for advertising, 1855 as. The
largest amount paid to any one newspaper
was 1852 81 to The Journal. How some
money was saved to the city in disseminating
the contents of the Auditors Report--a hand
some octave volume of 318 pages--is shown
by the following order, which is iprefxed to
the document:
IN COMMON COUNCIL, May II, 1871
ORDERED That the annual report OF the Auditor of
Accounts for the financial year 1901 be submitted in
print and that 5000 copies thereof be printed that 1000
COPIES be retained in the custody OF the Auditor at CITY
in the several Poce Stat t also for dstfibn
ton and further that public advertisement be made OF
the fact IN the newspapers that said reports have been
placed In the Auditors Ofce City Hail. and in the sew
eral Police Sat0nHOuses, for distribution where the
citizens may obtain them on application.
The repairs, renewals, alterations, and ex
penditures for fuel, gas, and care of the Pub
lie Buildings, including all buildings belong
ing to or hired by the city, except school
houses, hospitals and the county buildings,
foot up S1OO,967 81. The other outgoes are on
the same ridiculOusly small scale, the heaviest
being for schools, which cost the city $3.50
210 o. The gross amount of the funded City
Debt is S2G,GCG,43'. The average rate of inter-
est is 81 per cent, and only 3l5O5O0 bears in
tercst exceeding per cent per annum. There
are no Accumulated Debt bonds" no Grey
enue bonds no "Tax Relief bonds" no
Floating Debt Fund Stock OF the whole
debt S9,751,716 was incurred for street i'm
provements, 39,219,897 for water works, and
$2128,70O for school-hOuses. The increase in
the debt from year to year is given in the
following table,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24

Marshal Serrano has completed his new
Cabinet, and the list presented embraces more
eminent names than previous dispatches indi-
Gated. Admiral TOpete, who Was Minister of
Marine in the first Cabinet formed by the
Provisional T., vernment is Minister of Foreign
Affairs, instead Of Lal,,.au, as first announced.
Sagasta returns to the Ministry ~ ~ the INTERIOR
which he held in the Provisional Govern ent I.
Other changes are made, but the remainder OF
the Ministry are men of no special mark, un-
less we except Admiral Malcampo, who has
re portfolio of the Marine. Marshal Serrano
has things pretty much his own way, appar-
emily, and curiosity will be piqued to discover
how soon his newly-fOrmed Ministry will dis
solve in the midst of the fierce heats by which
IL ia surrounded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24

All the world knows how Chicago built
Itself foundation on great mOrass at the
head of Lake Michigan, creating solid streets
and raising mighty buildings where there had
erewhile been naught but quagmire. And
the world has heard how the bayou or creek
which extended into the city-and was digni-
fed by the name of Chicago River-became a
huge cesspOol for the OvergrOwn metropolis.
A correspondent gives us a clear narrative of
the progress and completion of the engineer
ing work which has connected this foul and
nOisome sewer with the waters of the Missis-
sippi, which ill-used stream carries Chicago's
impurities down to the Gulf of Mexico. The
blue waters of Lake Michigan flow up the
Chicago creek at the rate of two miles an
hour; but now that Chicago is made pure
and sweet, what power on earth shall wash
the Mississippi clean1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24

The remarks of NJ. Theirs on the Roman
question on Saturday are temperate, and cal
culated to allay alike the unreasonable expec-
tations of the UltramOntanes and the apprehen-
sions of the friends of peace. Whatever is
done, the President is positive that nothing
which might lead to war is possible for France.
No steps which might even tend to ALLEVIATE Italy
are to be taken now. This certainly ought to sat
isfy those who have thought it likely that France
would be mad enough to cOmplicate affairs
with Italy while the werk of reorganization
which specially required peace-should be still
going on at home. On the other hand, the
Ultramontane organ in Paris demands that Cor
sca be offered the Pope as AN inviolable resi-
"dence.n There is not much probability that
n. Thiers's government will do any such foolish
thing, and still less that the Pope would ac-
cept the island, after his repeated assertions
that be shO uld never quit Rome.
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chin for short time about! the procession ~

chin for q short time about, the procession ~
g. That at this interview the Mayor
"substantated what had been said by superintendent
Kelso aud Gen. shaer, that proper precautions had
"been taken to preserve he peace although he said The
"aGair threatened 10 be very serious left the Mayor
"about 81 or O'clock and teleraphed 10 the Governor
"that thought everything right but would WRITE
"wrote him. giving in detail everything that had
"lcarned from tho Mayor Superintendent OF Police and
"Gen. Shaler."
Such is Gen. McQuade's testimony, which
is very full on every unimportant point, and
unintelligble to us on that which is vital
to wit:
Did Mayor Hall adrise Coz. Hoffman through
Gen. McQaade that he (HalD had taken the
grave responsibility of forbidding the proposed
and advertised parade of the Orangemen'
IL he did not-and this we understand Gen.
McQuade to hint, but not assert-then Mayor
Hall was guilty of misleading the Governor in
very critical emergency. If he did, then
Gen. McQuade, in Withholding the fact, and
telegraphing merely that he thought every
ching was right" took responsibility which
we should hate to shoulder. The Governor
should have known the essential fact at the
earliest practicable nOment. Gen. McQuades
opinion that "everything was right" was no
sufficient substitute for that fact.
AS the case now stands, it looks as though
Gov. Hoffman was hoodwinked by those who
should have posted him fully and promptly.
He seems to have taken due care to be prop
erly informed in good season, but to no pur-
pose, because others either chose to deceive
him or saw fit to substitute their own Judgment
for his.
There was no surprise in the case. Mayor
Hail. we now know, fully apprehended the
gravity of the situation, and had resolved on
his line of conduct. The Police were ready to
do their duty, and they did it nobly. And yet,
our City has been shocked and shamed by
wholesale massacre, which might have been
averted. Our rulers played at crOss-purpOses,
when they should have promptly communicated
and heartily co0perated Their discord has
cost many lives and fearful aggrayation of
race-hatred and theological rancOr.
We respectfully ask Mayor Hall to say that
he did or did not at the interview of Monday
afternoon, inform Gov. Hoffman through Gen.
McQuade of his resolve to forbid the Orange
procession. If not, why net
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24

ton they have used it thousand years, and
want no other. "Why trouble usf' they ask.
OF course, the reply Of the advocates of
bombshell diplomacy and civilization by force
will be that the Coreans slaughtered the crew
of the Gen. Sherman. But so have savages of
all climes put to death unfortunate explorers
from civilized lands; and it has not been
thought worth while to attempt to subdue
barbarous tribes, or obtain promises for their
future good behavior. The fact is that this
indemnity for the Gen. Sherman affair, resus-
citated after six years neglect, is mere pre-
text for the expedition, which is really to
coerce Corea into trade. 1t is, stripped OF all
buncombe, only putting pistol at the Corean
head and compelling our sort of civilization
and barter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24


material and fuel the Leading items in The cost Va,
In the cost Of production tuyns the s,a.
" VI against any locality-hus n the raw mctor,, Ca.
into manufactured goojs in one w.ek a,
Va o"o PCT cent, 1t amounts TO the enormous ,rog.
or nfty-two per cent per annum
iheIo 10 already established largo nnmber o, "a,
Vn ns ~ INC 'hssssipp Valley, and thresfeutbs q,
all the shee'ings sold In this market during w.
have been the production OF these miIla rrba tn,
wooden mills during the last FIVE years in tho .o.,or :,
winch st Louis Is the commercial center "a beymA o.
aIlel In the history OF this country There have r.
mistakes made In the excessive production OF some k
OF goods, but the fact has been proven that we have en-,
ability TO produce such goods at less than Easter,
NILS For the future, wool will DO grown here and wes.
OF us, and can only reach the Atlantic seaboard unss
the heavy tax OF double rstcass freight for aoo in Tho
grease and dirt equal to four or five conts Der pound
upon secured woods. With these facts in view II must
DO apparent that 1t Is only question Of time whom tina
great manufacturing interest OF the United States win
be In the Mississippi Valley and st. Louis It's center"
If the Ninth Census shall be as compleie
in its statistics of our Manufactures "a il "a.
pres to be, 1T will show a rapidly and vastly
increased production of Iron and WOolens in
the West, as it would Of Cotton Fabrics in
the South and South-West but for the deyas-
tations Of our great Civil War. Ten years
hence, more Wool will be grown in our coun-
try west than east of the Mississippi; aud the
production of Woolens will follow that Of
Wool. Iron is taking the same course. Ten
years hence, it will not be possible to array
the West against Protection on the false as
sumption that Manufactures are exclusively
Eastern, and are thus to remain. They are
palpably on their westward march; and Pro-
lection incites and sustains their progress
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24

After much tribulation, Quesada appears to
have landed on the Cuban coast with 200 men.
Here, according to Cuban accounts, they be-
gan to suffer at once for want of provisions,
and were forced to devour their own mules.
The report goes ON to say that the 'filibusters,
REINFORCED by insurgents, were finally routed
by the Spanish troops with great loss AS the
story comes from the Spanish headquarters
and is embellished with the usual features of
Spanish immunity from loss and insurgent de-
structiOn, it will bear very close scrutiny.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24

A Shanghai correspondent, who believes in
the gun-boat policy, gives some additional de-
tails of the United States expedition to the
Corea, of which the most interesting feature
Is the protest Of the Corean authorities against
the proceeding. They refer to the visit OF the
United States steamer Shenandoah, Capt. re-
Tiger. in 1868, when futile inquiries were made
zor the crew Of the wrecked schooner Gen.
Sherman. Then they cogently ask why they
should he disturbed in their sort of ciyiliza-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24

Tic Sunday Mercury verdantiy asks:
"Did any one ever hear Of prohbit0ry liquor la"
that originated with Democratic LesislatmeP
Can The Nercury be ignorant of the fact
that the original Maine liquor law was passed.
by Legislature Democratic IN oOth hcuses
and signed by a Democratic GoveInorf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24

We print elsewhere careful report of OBJ
servations made among the mineral regions
of Southwestern Virginia. Mingled with the
picturesque sketches of the localities visited
are some practical facts of value to those who
are interested in the development of the coun-
try. By and by, the old-fashioned, primitive
manner of mining in those regions will be re-
placed by more profitable and expeditions
mpthoAS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24

Mr.. Greeley's Letters from Texas and the
Lower Mississippi with his Address to the Farmers Of
Texas and his Speech his return TO NewYork, are
ready in handsome pamphlet edition. Price, %
cents; five copies for ST. postage paid. Orders ad-
dressed this Office will be filed the principle OF
4" First come, first served"
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24

The population Of Boston is 2jO,j26, its area
total valuation $534,C894O0.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24

We GET an exceedingly disbearteEing story frora
Saratoga. II struck the Rev. Mr.. Boardman that II
would he a good thing to hold a player-meeting az
the cate of the racecourse and he invoked the val
uable aid of the Young Mems Christian Association
70 helm him The day came and the hour; but, aias
there was no meeting! The Young Christians were
not TO be found at the gate frightiai r'hn0r ah
nounced that they had gone inside attracted oy inc
vorIdlv vanity of hurdle race So poor MI Board
y, an was cancelled TO give uphs meeting or to hold
:. else. We cannot honestly say that We
aro sorry. There is place proper for everything,
a,,J we are decidedly of opinion that race-course
: M Mace for a prayer-meeting : nor can we con-
Give OF much good coming o. supp4'~UohS 'heIe'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24

City subscribers to The TRIBUNE can have
the paper by mail their temporary residences in
the country by giving orders direct to this Office Terms,
81 per month, payable in advance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24

II appears to KS that LynchinG is abedt as common
in cer,ain parts OF the country As 1t ever was III
terrible case OF cruelty practcedo y brua slathef
mon his child. at Fredonia, IL Southern haisas
resulting in the death OF little gin OF 81 years
the telegraph informs us that HaRdel the murderer
in question, was to be "lyncled by the Malignant
citizens 1t must be allowed that IN TINS instance
as in many Others the proyeoation has oeeh s'ea.
but if Handel cannot be safeyieft TO te deai' WIZ
by judges and jurymen, these 1unc'ionaIes oeSe.,o
to be lynched almost as nueh as he Goes ~ TO INC
verv spirit which dominates above the law ana
haf0o at Us tardv nroee.ses which in anotser torA
80 y.rt i'm murder aud in every other outrage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24

One Of the late rulings of the Prvy Cosneil Of En-
gland orders tho priest to celebratat The north sac
of the altar instead sfn front ott tho word IN the
canon being oorGm. One, of the Church papers sp
plies this translation of the word eoFGm to tho ine
in Horace:
:. Nor LET Medoa slay her children at the SOridc Of
the people,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24

the Gospel is not getting along pretty well,
considering what world Of work the Almighty
gave il 10 dni
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5IO.GlOOoO mounds.


or. in other words 39o3oO0 " people In the year 1850
70 consumed pounds less than 3oOoo0O) OF peo
pic dill in 1880 Now here are statistical facts which
ytyro in easily understand and verify
They conclusyey prove the late Special Commissioner
cnrrnct nd TIE TRInfrNr NrnnH