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FIRST PAGE Washington, New York, and hIiscella-
neops TelegEaphc News.
SECOND PAGE-Satusday Nights Telegrams-The
Farm and Gardcn-Gcneral Nows Itc1ns-Pcr-
soua1.
THIRD PAGE-Kansas Letter-AHairs in Louisiana
Contempt Of Court-The Apinry-nai11nad Iiulo
Tab}e-Tribuno Observation-Disclosures
FOURTH PAGE-EdItozihls: The Louisiann Case; The
Credit 1lobi1ier Investigation; The French Floods
Current News Items.
FIFTH PAGE-Iho Pulpit: Sermons Delivered Yoster-
day by Reys. SWING Swazcy, and Tholas-AdVcr-
tisemeuts-
SIXTH PAGE-Maaetary md Com1acrcial-Aar1ne In
telligence-
SEVENTH PAGhNew York Lctter-Iitcrary Notes
TheL Coutts-Loc1l Com1nunicatipus-Stn Ad-
vcrtiscrueus: Real Estate, Fur Gale To Rent Want
ed, Boarding. Lodging, etc.
EIGHTH PAGE-Bzidgcpo1t =. Stock Yards; Which Is
the Best Locality for the Strengthening and Rendering
ESTABLISHMENTS - Miscellaneous Local. and Tc1e-
s.aphic News-Auction Advertisements.
, 1872-12-16

The Cincinnati Gazette hits the yitals Of the
postal telegraph scheme when it says s'that the
whole pretence Of making the mail service be-
nevolcnce to The poor and taxing the Shirts On
their backs to mako up the deficiency is frand y
Not more than one tax payer in hundred uses
the telegraph oftener than two or thEee times q
vear, or has any occasion to Csc it oftener. Yet
it is proposed to tax all these in order to furnish
cheap telegraphing to brokers, produce dealers,
newspapers, merchants, and bankers, who have
not petitioned for postal telegraph
, 1872-12-16

The termination Of the first prosecution which
has been brought in the city Courts under the
new Liquor law Of the State is calculated to
destroy confidence in the practical enforcement
OF tho law as it now stands. a man named
Turner, the bar-keeper st the Douglas House,
Was indicted for selling liquor to Daniel Hana-
han, person in the habit Of getting drunk. It
WAS proved that Hanahan is Al habitual drunk
ard that he fails to contribute anything to the
support OF his family; that Turner knew him to
be drunkard that liquor was sold to him over
Turner's bar; and that Turner had given his
liquor. The counsel for the defence main
tanned that the Law Was unconstitutional, but it
does not seem that this point was considered in
determining the verdict. The Court instructed
the jury, that it is material for the prosecution
to prove knowledge OF Hauahan's habitunl
into1ication that evidence showing Hanahan
to be- in the habit Of drinking liquors, or that he
had been Intoxicated onco or twice, is not suf6-
cient that, if it had been proved that Turner
had specially instructed his assistant not to sell
liquor to Hanahan, and that the assistant had
done so without the knowledge or assent Of
Turner, defendant would not be liable; and,
finally, that case OF this kind ia governed by
the same rules Of law and evidence which apply
to prosecutions for other crime; that is, that
the offence must be proved beyond reasonable
doubt. The jury failed to agree, seven standing
for acquittal and Ave for conviction.
The construction that the Court has put
upon the 1aw, which Beems entirely just and
reasonable, throws q burden Of proof upon the
prosecution which it will always be difficult to
maintain. The same difficulties have been en-
countered in the prosecutions that have been
commenced in Ohio under the came law.
, 1872-12-16
THE LOUISIANA CASE,

An earnest desire that the second adn1inistra-
ton OF General Grant may be characterized by
moro scrupulous observance OF law than the
first, carries With it the obligation to note any
departures from such observance, and especially
so in cases where the consequences OF non-ob-
servance are fraught with peril to our system OF
Government. We lay down the broad principle
that the United States Government has no right
to interfere With the domestic affairs Of q State
except upon the request Of the Legislature or
Executive thereof. This is written in the high
est law of the land, and no circumlocution can
avoid or explain it away. We lay down another
broad principle, that, while this law remaius un-
repealed, it cannot be violated or departed from,
without impairing and weakening that respect
for law which constitutes the very essence and
substance Of Republic. With these pre-
misses we invite attention again to the
latest movement in Louisiana to. wit, the ac-
ton OF General Emory in demanding the sur
render Of the State Arsenal at New Orleans.
That he did this pursuant to orders from WASH
ington merely places the responsibility upon the
Government at Washington. The case ia too
glaring, and the question too important to be
allowed to proceed without a firm protest,
The State Of Louisiana has q complete Gov
ernment, executive, Judicial, and legislative
This Government bus been recognized by the
National Executive and By Congress in every
manner known to the law. It iE, cr was, in full
operation. T4r1noth WIS Governor ana Pinch
back Lieutenant, Governor. The recent election
vas held under tho State lars ana Constitution,
A majority Of tie people Of all parties, tired Of
the Government of tho adyenturer Warmoth,
united to defeat another adEenturer from Hi
nois, named Kellogg, and to elect t respectable
citizen of Louisiana. There have been no
charges brought against asa Mr.: McEnery's charac-
ter. When the returns we're to be counted, an
attempt was naede to defeat it by IN appeal to
the Courts. So far as this was legal, there WAS
no objection. The Courts Of Louisiana 50 fur
, 1872-12-16

The testimony Of one Of the servants OF the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, in the investigation OF the
cause and management Of the fire, indicates
great carelessness Of human life by the propr1e-
tors and employes. The girl testified that
zshcn she left her room, there was no fire On
TIE stair-landing outside, and that she ran
down to the laundry without meeting fire. This
included 3 passage through three separate sto-
zies, At each Of which abe gave the alarm. When
she reached the larndry she Raw men adjusting
the hose. # this statement is accurate, it
elbows that the proprietoEa and managing en-
plores Wcre grossly negligent in falling TO give
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TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE,

TEENS OF SUBSCRIPTION tpAyAR1E N ADVANCED.
Daf1y, 5r 1na1...-$12 100 Sunday. 80
Til Teckly.....-.. 600 Weekly -..-.- 200
Parts OF year at the sa1ne rate
To prevent delay and mistakes, be and give Post
Ofnce address IN full, including State nud County.
Rernttances uay be made either by draft express, Post
O8ce order, OF in registered letters, at our risk
TElMs TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS.
Daily delivered, Sunday excepted, Is cents per week
Driy delivered, Sunday included, 80 cents per week.
Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY,
Corner Madison and Dearborn-sts., Chicago. Ill
Ta1nusE Branch oGce, No. 4ea Wabash-av., in the
Bookstore Of Messrs. Cobb, Andrews 4 Co., where
advertisements and subscriptions will be received, and
will have the same attention as left at the Main
0fEcc.
, 1872-12-16

COD LIVER Oh. AND L1AiE-THAT PLEASANT
aI =ctiEe agent in the of all consumpyc
1 being universally adopted II medical practice Sold By
Tho proprietor. A. 3. WHBOR, Chemist lss Court-st'
Boston.
ALWAYS USE LILLY ! PHELAN'S AROMATIC
l1aid rs;n for dyspepsia indigestion moranE sick.
ese p1 bottle ri! SEPT hy free o9 r.
Ind, See testimony in yesterdays Tribune, sixth page,
Etst colunuu-
THE HARVEST OF THE HEAD--WHEN TIE
ev tine passes through hair, badness would soon
bo Inevitable. But in this case, for1orn 1t
Eeer The mischief can be arrested the loss repaired
Lyoas Kathasou, by brisk Of the brush
the IN toryeset hon NH Tne
DO re-enjowed With vitality and growth gi1i speed
M spring up the denndea places This work OF repro
1u1uriant crop Of hair thus prodused Will neSeE
@ither fall as long the TitaHziug application IS
REGULARLY continued.
, 1872-12-16
warning Of fire to the people in q house Of more
than 500 roons.

Gambetta and the other Radicals Of the French
Assembly have been badly beaten in their move
for dissolution Of that body. In the hot de-
bate which took place On the petitions which
they presented, Gambetta asserted that the
Monarchists could not find any respectable King
to accept their offer OF the throne OF France.
and, II they could. would fail to get the support
OF the people for him. II. d'Audretfet Pasquier,
Chairman Of the committee which drafted the
hostile reply OF the Assembly to Thiers' mes
sage charged the horrors OF the Commune
upon the teachings Of Gambetta, and Minister
DuFauri held him responsible for the present
2ol.
, 1872-12-16

Whether Civil Service Reform has any strength
N Congress will be seen in a few days, when
dobate begins on a1eport, about to be submitted,
IN which the Civil Service Committee of the
House will put the rules Of the Civil Service
Commission into the form Of law.
, 1872-12-16

Senator Summers health is in so precarious 8
condition that, by the advice Of his physicians,
he will abstain, as far as possible, from all de-
bate, and, for the present, will allow his oblivion
resolution to lie Oh the calendar.
, 1872-12-16

The newspapers Of Central America are devils
ing plan for consolidating the five States Of
Central America into one Republic "a the thir-
teen colonies of North America wero made the
United States. Our constitution Is to be their
t,anda1
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profession, and made their n8rnes known
abroad, as we'll as at home. He was born in
Cheshire, Conn.,, March %, 1913, and first
studied engraving with Alfred Daggett, Of New
York, for many years executing bank~note Eig-
nettes for q living, and now and then painting
pictures as pastime. He made such progress
with the brush, that, in 1s45, while IN England,
he resigned engraving, and determined to de-
vote himself exclusively to painting, His first
picture, q distant view Of Windsor Castle, was
exhibited in the Royal Academy in the spring
OF that year, and was purchased by
prize~holder in the London Art Union.
He then spent two winters in Rome, sending
home several pictures Of italian scenery. The
first pictures which brought him prominently
before the American public were his t:Yiew on
the Arno" and "shrine," which we're exhibited
at the New York Academy Of Design, in 1913.
He remained abroad seven years, and then came
home and settled in New York, where he resided,
inaustriously practising his profession up to the
time OF his death, which occurred very suddenly,
in his studio, on last Saturday afternoon. With
his progress in art, and the position which ha
has for years held as Il 1andscape-painter. the
art-public is familiar. His works have not been
SO frequently or ostentatiously exhibited as
sAAo3e
commissions we're so numerous that he did not
need to exhibit, but the mere announcement
Of q new work BY Kensett has always
been sufficient to awaken lively
interest among connoisseurs. As IN srtist, he
held even rank with Whittredge, Duraud, Gif-
ford, and Gay, Of Boston, and in one department.
Of landscape work, thst Of coast scenery, he has
had no rival in this country, and there is but
,f .p1,o ~ n[n 1aav,
worthy Of comparison with his--those Of Gay.
Besides his fne color, he had the rare elements
OF feeling and truth, which invested the bare,
bleak sea-beaches with such naturalness that
they have been for years fa7orite pictures with
intelligent purchasers. He also e1celled in the
representations Of mountainous regions Of New
England and New York, and, among these, the
following have been, perhaps, the most pop
u1ar: 'sViev Of Mt. Washington from
North Conway" qs49), ':Ftanconia Noun
tains," 1853, foctober Day in
the White Mountains Q855), '1Hudaon River,
from Fort Putnam" 1850. "Falls Of the Bus
piah" (185s), fEag1e Cliff, Manchester, Mass."
1859), and 'tSpnset ia the Adirondackt' assoc.
During the past ten years he has painted many
views on the Genesee and Hudson Rivers. and
Lake George. and large humber Of coast views,
which have latter1y grown 80 much in public es-
timation that they have occupied nearly all Of
his attention. In 1863 he was appointed q mem-
bsr Of the National Art Commission, having
charge Of the ornamentation OF the Capitol at
Washington, and the superintendence Of the
works Of art deposited there. At the time Of his
death he was member Of the National Academy
Of Design, and President Of the Artists
Fund Society, Of NeW York.
, 1872-12-16

Attorney General Williams tells Senator spen-
cer that his election By the Republican Legisla-
t1ra Of Alabama is legal, and that no election
by the new Legislature is called for. Notwith-
standing this utterance Of the Federal oracle,
the:e seems to be a feeling in Alabama in favor
Of new election for Senator, which Spencer
does not fear, as he believes himself to have q
najo=1ty Of seven
, 1872-12-16

None Of our Indian tribes have been more in
t71ctable than the Apaches Of Northern Arizona,
vho are now being slaughtered by the United
States soldiers. Two detaehnents Of troops are
hunting them down. in every direction. One
hundred Of the savages have been killed, a large
number wounded, and their camps and stores
DESTROYED wherever found.
, 1872-12-16

The Cincinnati Gazette says that " the Gree
Icy Electors were not limited in their choice to
Democrats; the North Carolina Republicans
we're. The Greeley Electors choosing between
such men as Trumbull, Adams, and Palmer on
the one side, and ayowed Democrats on. tile other,
preferred 3 Democrat. Tho Republicans in the
North Carolina Legislature had to choose be-
tween two Democrats, Vance mud A1errimon, and
they took what seemed to them the lesser evil"
Ars We TO understand, then, that whenever tho
Republicans are in minority they are to vote
for some Democrat for senator7 This is new
rule-an altogether modern Invention in poll
tics. 1t was first put in practice when the
Democrats in Connecticut returned Ferry to
the Senate over Hawley. We do not see any
great harm in it, to be sure, and Te only note
the Gazette's Endorsement OF it as sign OF the
times.
, 1872-12-16

Modern philosophy consists Of sta5lstlce'
There may ba speculations, but tho take tnelr
rise from the ascertaincd conditios OF soc1es7'
How fruitful, for instance, might pe tue naz-
ziage statistics Of Europe, ses.isG 1ofth the pre-
else percentage Of married and unmarried peo~
pie in the different countries, and tn. VARIOUS
average ages Of both sexes when marriage IS
contracted. The application Of such facts tc tee
existing state Of morals in the several connu-
mites would be Of mora practical Talne than any
given amount Of abstract moralizing. The an
nual number Of marriages. vary greatly in differ
ent countries. In England, it is g. in 900, and
in France 81, while in Paris, where the people
are not go much Of marrying
people, the number is reduced to 52- We
should say that the dispassionate natures Of
northern climate account for the fact that there
are only 36 marriages to every 1,000 people IN
Norway, Il We did not find right across the way
in Denmark that there are SO marriages there to
every 1000 inhabitants. So the philosophers
will have to look for some other explanation.
There are general principles, however, which re-
main the same in all the countries. Men marry
morefrequently everywhere than women, because
vidowers marry in three or four times as many
cases as widows This is an eloquent refutat1on
of the insult Of Sam We11er's warning to "bavare
of yidders." The marriage statistics also show
that the young men who marry under 20 almost
invariably marry women who are much Older II
middle life the average ages Of man and wife are
about the same; IN the sere and yellow Leaf, Old
men marry young women and old women 1narr-T
Young men.
, 1872-12-16

Oakes Ames' statement that he had actually
"as6igned to these gentlemen the amounts Of
stock indicated. Colonel M'Coub did not know
that the stock had been so "assigned," but only
knew that OakeB Ames had so represented
1fr. Arnes and Nlr. Alley were in the Committee
room, Colonel II Comb was giving his testimony,
and the latter turned to them and de6ed them
to controVert his statements. During his teeti-
mony, be was asked if he himself knew OF any
Congressman who had owned Credit Mobiker
stock. It is reported that he enamed prominent
member of the Fortieth Congress. We presume
that this gentleman was Mr. Boyer, Of Pennsyl-
vania.
In the Saturday session Of the Committee,
Mr. Ames and Mr. Alley we're on the stand. The
reports Of the proceedings Of that day are now
vague and unsatisfactory. 1t ia stated, on the
one hand, that the testimony conaicted to some
extent with that which had already been sub
mitted. This was to be expected, perhaps, from
the attitude which Messrs. Ames and Alley bore
toward Colonel M'Comb ut the time the latter
Was testfying. On the other hand, it is said
that Amos, whose testimony is not concluded,
will not attempt to shield anybody, and it is
even intimated that his evidence will involve
some Of the gentlemen who hare denied that
they ever owned any Credit 1tobilier stock.
Mr. Ames' purpose is now said to be that Of
freeing himself from the imputation that he
personally appropriated stock which he repre-
scented to have distributed among others. The
proceedings Of Saturday are also stated to have
implicated a Congressman from New England
who is spoken Of as IL one Of the wealthieBt and
most respected OF the members Of the House."
This may or may not mean Mr. Samuel Hooper,
OF Massachusetts, whose name appears in the
List Of stockholders fled in the Davis law suit
IS. having received dividends amounting to
S140O 1000 from Credit Mobilier stock.
The conclusions that may be drawn from thein-
yestigation thus far are these l. That Mr.. Oakes
Anes proffered Credit Mobilier stock to certain
members Of Congress-, at price much below its
actual value. 2. That his offer was accepted in
list Of names given to Colonel IL Comb by Oakes
Ames does not indicate that these gentlemen &C.
tual1y took the STOCK 4. That Mr. Blaine Ger
tainly, and probably others named in the List,
refused to take the stock. s. That other Con-
gresamen, whoso names have not yet been pub
icly mentioned in connection with the scheme,
will be implicated 6. That OakeB Ames has al
ready been convicted Of conduct that unfts him
for seat in Congress, to-wit, the attempted
bribery Of his fellow~nembers, and, 7. That the
Investigation should proceed without fear Or
favor, to ascertain who are the other Congress-
men who have been as guilty in accepting as he
was in Offering the stock, at the price and under
the circumstances that hare been indicated.
, 1872-12-16

The Supreme Court Of Tennessee has decided
That the lar OF that State prohibiting the
sa!e Of :s spirituous liquors" on Sunday, does
not apply to beer or other fermented Liquors.
Tzis decision will furnish new ammunition for
tao controversy between our Temperance Bu-
tc11 aad the Personal Liberty League.
, 1872-12-16

London is in q dispute over the adu1teration
of coffee, IS well as the pernicious effects Of
tea-drinking. On the one side, certain reW5-
papers have charged that it is next to Impossible
to obtain pure coffee from any dealer, and that
the articles used in adulterating it are hurttu1
On the other side, the dealers claim that they
are not responsible for the adulteration, such as
it is; that people, as rule, do not like pu1o
coffee and cannot afford to use it.; and, finally,
that nothing is used to mix With coffee except
chicory, because there are no articles cheap
enough to take its place. It is maintained that
chioory is not even SO hurtfu1 as coffee. and that
the practice Of mixing 1T with coffee is decided
improvement upon poor article Of the latter.
, 1872-12-16

Of Mexico % ye5e .S recently ,!apShdea IRON ofco
commit frauds ut tb, last municipal eYect;o,
In OR more civilized communities, tho deed
itself goes unpunish,d, and neither fha atta1,1n;t
nor the deed conftund us. In view Of which,
would not q little Il the Mexican anarchy and
barbarism be preferable to, ouz boosted older
and civilization?
, 1872-12-16

The Prussian Government threatens to make
the Church as completely subservient to the
civil authority in its dominion as it has been for
8 century or more in Russia. There will always
be tho difference. Of course, that the German
Emperor will NOT consider himself the head Of
the Church esdoes the Russian Emperor, but the
control Of the Church by the civil authority will
be almost as absolute in the one country as in the
other The German Governments bill, recently
presented to the Diet, defines ecclesiastical pen
alties, and prohibits c}ergymen and church dig
nitaries from decreeing any Others No bull OF
accommodation will be recognized, for in
stance; nor can Clergyman be deposed,
as this would be regarded an unlnv-
fuI interference with his mode Of earning
3 living. It is also provided that every eccleai-
astica1 punishment must be absolutely secret in
order that the secular reputation Of the offender
shall in no wise be injured The Church is not
permitted to inhict any eecleaiastical penalty OF
rebuke for nything that is done in accordance
with the Prussian civil law, OF any omission in
matters which are forbidden by the civil 1Gt'.
The State assumes practical control Of the
Church by prescribing severe punishment for
any infringement that its officers may make IN
these established relations between Church and
State. 4 fine Of 1000 tha1ers, imprisonment
for two years, and disqualification for Office fo7
five years, may be enforced in the case OF any
violations Of the provisions which the Pzussaan
Government prescribes.
, 1872-12-16

4 curious case has come up before the Lon
don Courts, which, in its general results, agrees
with many former cases, showing that the ao-
cumulations Of misers are exceedingly apt to be
misused~ In this particular case, an old ley
had accumulated q property amounting to
nearly $780, 900, and, having no re1atirss to
whom ahe cared to leave it, she 5equeathe1 1t al
to an aged widow named Mrs, Baker, th. keeper
Of 1odging~house where she had be'n living
Mrs. Baker had always been quiet, economical,
and prudent woman, abundantly able to taSo
care Of the little money she could earn. but
her s'good fortune" seeuas to have utterly reTo-
lutionized her character. It required but two
years for her to reduce the Legacy to about
$4,000. How she managed to get nd Of so
much money in SO short a time does not appear
from the trial; but, from this time on, she de-
ternined that what was left should not so IN the
Bame way. She therefore chose another way OF
doing the same thing, and, instead ct distribute
ing her wealth, she adopted male guardian
This gentleman, one NJ. Loader, performed his
duties 30 faithfully that, in a few years, ho had
secured actual possession and title to the re-
naming $4,000 which had been left to Mrs
Baker, and had pensioned Mrs. Baker herself,
at the age Of 80 years, on an annual stipend Of
one hundred pounds. At this time Loader died.
and HRS. Baker thought that she would Ike tf
recover what he had left Of her 250,D20, Sb
went into court, and the Court compelled Leaders
widow to deed back all the property which COM
be found. Whether Mrs. Baker will now r.
ceed in her original plan Of distributing soe
money among numerous swindlers, ins+ao u
bestowing it in bulk upon one swindler. ena'as
tn ta Hann
, 1872-12-16

The newa OF the death OF John Frederick Hen
sett, which was brought by the telegraph yes
terday, will be received with sadness in the art
circles Of this country, and by al who take pride
in the progress OF American art. As land-
acape painter, he was one Of the few American
artista who have achieved distinction IN their
, 1872-12-16

Vice President Co1fax is in Washington, and
tells his friends that his acceptance Of the chief
editorship OF the NeW York Tribune is still 3
matter Of conversation merely.
, 1872-12-16

The Mutual Life Insurance Company has been
forced by the outcry against the lowering OF its
rates Of insurance to return to it's old premiums.