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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-09-28

SATURDAY, sEPrEMBER2s, 1872.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16
STAND dND DELEVTR.

Everybody knows that the CustOm-h0nse has
been for many years the haunt of mysterious
highwaylnan who falls upon clerks and tide
walters at quarteT-day, and apprOprlates
liberal share of the wages they have just
drawn from tho federal paymaster. The
robbery if we may 80 call ii, Is effected III
various ways Now it is done by the circula-
ton of subscription paper, to which every
man "yoluntarily" signs his name. just as the
Jews produced their hidden store of gold and
Jewels when the pleasant English king threat
ened 10 pull out their back teeth. Now it is
disguised as a collection for the benefit of
New Hampshire voters anon 1t is Il commits
sion for some influential pot-hOuse politician
who controlled certain share of the Custom
house patronage, and gave nothing except for
Il consideration. If q malicious rumOr Is not
erroneous, some poor devils of clerks have
been coerced by this mysterious knight of the
road into forging the franks of Members of
Congress as contribution to campaign ex-
penscs; while the familiar demand of the
"exigcnces of the party" has taken hundreds
of officials away from their duties! to attend
conventions. and then robbed them of their
money besides.
The curious thing about all this has been
that nobody could tell who got the booty.
The subscription paper came into the room by
some invisible agency. 1t passed from desk to
desk without the aid of mortal fingers. The
victims saw the pistol and heard the command
to stand and deliver. 1t they vcntured 10 dis
obey they camo to certain and speedy grief.
But they never beheld the highwayman's face,
and knew him only as secret Power,
not to be resisted, and not to be I'M
pertinenty inquired of. The Committee
of Senators now sitting at the Astor House
tried to get at him, and they failed. Nh
Lindsay. who knew as much about the Gus
tom house as almost any man, could tell them
nothing. The call for political assessments
was heard by night, and poor Mr. Grinnell
and all his clerks put thcir hands INTO
their pockets, and made believe they
subscribed of their own free WILL But
even Mr.. Lindsay did not know who the
assessor was. At last light breaks III where
Senator Howe never expected it. Mr.. Daniel
Shean, ex-Inspector of Customs has torn of the
cloak and the black mask, and shown the
highwayman in his proper form. The feroclous
parsonage thus revealed to our astonished gaze
is Mr.. Thomas Murphy. The particular raid
which aroused the courage of Mr.. Daniel Shean
was accomplished on the eve of the last No
vembcr ele ction, and seems to have been dis
tinguished by more than usual boldness, for
in the planest possible English, Mr.. Thomas
Murphy, Collector of the Port Of New-fork,
Informed "all persons in the employ of the
"Custom-houso" that they were "rcQuired' ,
to pay voluntary assessment OF two per cent
upon their salaries for TIE previous year
Nothing was limited. even in the most general
terms of tn purpo,c to which this money was
" bc devoted, auI lcto was 40 pr,,c4,o 0i
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

torily. Tho present Spanish Cabinet Is
comDosod of men who regard their own re-
tention in Office ~ a matter OF moro cohse-
ouepce than either the laws of nations or the
prosperity of their country. 1t does not ioi-
low, because they have no case and because u
refusal of justice would in the end prove dis
as,rous TO Spain, that therefore they VIII
do their duty in this matter. Defiance OF
foreign dcma ds is always unfortunately popu-
lar in Spain, and if Sagasta and the Union
Liberals could confirm th0ir present prccarl0us
hold upon the reins Of power by an insulting
rejection of our demand for redress, there Is
but too much reason to apprehend they VIII
take that rascally course. No conviction OF
the clearncss of the case should deceive our
Government into neglectng to take AL plac-
tcablc measures to meet the issue, whatever
H. may be-
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

found in tho cdict lately promulgated ~
the MiiadO, in which he says tat
foreign travel is essentially requisite 10
cnighten those who would secure mental ad-
yantages during their "yOuth-tme" 1t IS
noticeable that he includes girls, "a well as
boys, in this category, aud announces that
several young women of rank viii be sent
hither for education. Here is social and pc-
litical progress. surely, for il was not long
since that Japan forbade its mobiles from
going abroad, and women were not thought
worth educating. The Embassy comes to me
United States under peculiar and impressive
circumstances We presume its members VIII
be received with due courtesy aud welcome
by our own Government, which IL fully awe
to the Importance of our commercial relations
with Japan; and we hope that semi-barbaric
.Japap. awakipg from the sleep Of ages, Will
find much to initiate and admire in the young
Republic
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16
cable report of tho negotiation in Europe OF
a great Loan for our Government has proved
Doyy WITH THE CORRUPT JUDGES-AHD
Ar ONCE

Does or does not our Reform Legislature IN
| tcud to reform the Judiciary Judge barnard
seems TO imagine that Judge lngrahamS
Grand .Jury can do the work well enough
Does the Legislature take the same singular
view
We do not believe it. And yet we are in
the third week of a session whose hi7t uay
should not have closed without the hrSt step
towards iidding us of our corrupt Judges.
What is the secret of this unexpected delay
Is it because of any failure of the Bar AsSo-
ciation2 But the Assembly, not the Bar
Association, has in its keeping the
purity of the administration of justice. Is 1t
because of doubt as TO the abuses to be re-
formed? But the misconduct OF the Bench Is
as much n matter of common notOncty a5 the
corruption of the Tammany Ring that
created it. f. it because Reform legislators
believe there is more pressing work for
their nrsl attention But the removal OF the
corrupt Judges is immeasnrably the most I'M
porlant part of the great work we have all
been rejoicing over having accomplished at
the last election. Without these judges the
Twceds and ConnOllys could never have
preyed upon us with impunity with them,
character of the thieves who will still, after the
first furry be past have license to rule and rob us.
Nay; with them, the very Twecds aud Connollys
we lately displaced may safely count on sub
stantial immunity from justice. Who sup
poses there is any chance for adequate pun
islmcnt to VIM. NJ. Tweed while these men
hold thc courts that must try him, and civil
suits have TO be brought inStead of criminal,
in order that Albany, not Ncw-fOrb, Judges
can grant the needful orders
The administration of justice in New York
has become a public scandal. That scandal it
j. the instant duty of the Legislature TO cor
rect. What the Bar Association may or may
not have done, is beside the question. Of its
own motion, without suggestion from any
quarter, the Legislature should have promptly
taken c0eniZanco of the case, and applied
one or other Of the remedies with
the use Of which the Constitution vests it,
In past years we did not lock to the Legisla
turc with such confidence and so the crying
evils of the judiciary have been endured rs
best they might be. But this is a Reform Legis-
hturc elected with direct reference TO this
state of affairs, and expected by lis cOnstitu-
cnts to complete the work they so well begun
at tie polls. If il do not It's preteDsioD5 TO re-
form may as well be abandoned at the outset
If these seem too earnest words, we beg
members TO believe that they but family indi-
cate the temper in which their delay in
grapplne with the evils of the Judiciary il
regarded. IT, as we greatly prefer the more
tedious process of impeachment be adopted,
there is not a day 10 spare, if this session IS
60 sec the work ended Shall not to-day see
il begun?
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

Somebody. ha, ing nothing better to do. addreSaed
to each member of the Maine Legislature an inter
rogatory as to his religious belief TO which one
of the representatives replied: My hope is fors
better life somewhere with less friction than here
This was rather definite than the responses o.
two prominent members that they "had no religion
10 speak Of" suggestion of humility to cone'son
and of good manners to the nquisitive interrogsto
But we turn to the honest man who hopes that Tiers
will be less friction in Heaven, with the most p
proving satisfaction. In some respects this Is an
excellent world but then il is an extremely busy
bustling noisy, jostlng, wearing and tearing world
and it is Il sweet and anmating idea of Heaven ths'
there will be no friction there; though we do nO'
see how good many men and women who are hrSF
rate Christians here will be happy up there withoo'
controversy which USUALLY tends to friction
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

At last, when there is some indication that
the Legislature will render the prolonged cx-
istcnce of the Oyer and Terminer Grand Jury
superfuous, it manfests an inclination to let
go its hold. With much appearance of vir-
tuous Indignation, Judge Ingraham accepted
the proposition of the Grand jury TO go out
of business, intimatng that he and they
had been scandalously abused. Considering
the Jury have been fishing for the evidence
which may be yet aAoot to Judge BarnaId's
discomfort we should say that they were not
particularly sensitive to abuse, however Judge
Ingraham may feel about it.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16
aretu-2]ork Duly Griib1nte
TUESDAY, JANUARY 1G. 1872.

Tie Red Republicans are becoming active in Lyons.
Che opposition 20 the tax materials is increasing
=- The Tichrorue case has been resumed in I,iF
s.ond. s Extensive strikes in progrcsa>ln III H"'e
rol, 3, 2uln. and stuttgardt GermsnE' = iH' "u
- ,i C,-c los DasaeA ,,Oth Houses Of the Aus
,t,,, Ioi.b .b.ratb --=- The spanish Government has
d.,,de. 20 rcta4n Vamaseda in Cuba.
H. .'v -cI:tc, yesterday Mr.. GodthWaite OF Alabama
vas admitted. NJ. spoke at length on his sup
ileuou.oy Civil Rights blll ---=7 In the House, au
Amnesty Diil was passed.
ire J-pouosc Embassy has arrived at San Francisco
----- The {. = supreme Court has affirmed the con
,IrnuonaHty the Lcgai-Tender act. == Boston
r-a estate broker p IS been ARE ted for sTinding
psprtv Collector clark and II. Van Cleft testified
before thc senate Committee at the Astor House. =-
TIC oyer and Ielminer Grand Jury professed their
red mes, 70 be 81 charged. =- The sssassns of
Charle, Mas ot Newark arrested. - Cold l03l
100 lyez Thermometer, 13', %, lso.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

Small progress is made at Albany III the
attempt to dodge the charges preferred
against Mcssrs. Wood and Tcrwilliger. The
latter denies everything, and is ready to
produce cOunteI-afhdavits, it is said. Mr..
Woods accounts with the Bowling Green
Savings Bank are found to have been cor
rectly printed in THE TRIBUNE; and the
Committee will examine them further, even
though Mr.. Wood, with sudden asSump-
ton OF dignity, declares the pro-
ceeding too inquisitorial.' Meantime
Republicans wrre us from Mr.. Woods Dis
trict, impatient for the vindication or expul-
sion of their Senator. That the Committee
may act i'll the matter with the promptnesH
which the public scandal certainly calls for,
we suggest to them the names Of certain wit
nesses who, as we believe, can give them
valuable aid. Judge Scott Lord of Gene
SEQ can probably testify TO convcr-
sation with Mr.. Wood, in which he admitted
having borrO,red $4,000 of VIM. NJ. Tweed,
not down in his bank account, for which Mr..
Tweed good -naturedly took his note Mr.. Q.
ID. Lake, Assessor of Internal Revenue, Mount
Vernon, can probably testify that Mr.. Wood
told him he had borrowed the first $4,000 in
his bank account Of Jay Gould. and had given
his note for it! Then Walter Roche might tell
some interesting facts about the bank account /;
Messls. Jay Gould and William NJ. Tweed
would he capital witnesses, if they would tell
what they know and a. ID. Barber, Lester b..
Faulkner, and George NJ. Osgocdby would be
worth examining. Not all Of these witnesses
are eager to inundate the Committee with
information, but James b. Adams of
GeucseO or Wheeler II. Peckhaln, could ask
them questions that would extract valuable
answers. The Committee will see that we are
quite willing to tell them where and how to
get the light they seek. It's way we have.
when we print definite charges,-as the Gus
tom-house gentlemen also can testify.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

The Tarf IS not now undergoing revision, and
consequently there will not be much interest at.
tachod 10 the document just furnished by the Bu'
reau of Statistics giving list of articles on which
the import duties yield comparatively little revenue
There are. however two points in which this dOCu'
ment might be amended. IN the first place
the statistics of homo production are given
from the Census Of 1860. although the industrial
revolution since that time has been almost as
marvellous IA our political They are, perhaps, the
only official figures attaInable embracing all indus
tries but they are of no value as the basis Of current
legislation The next defect is the insertion Of tbs
words might be free" should be Free need
Protection" which seem TO US unnecessary. Con-
gress il the arbiter in such matters and the Bureau
of Statistics will best fulfill its mission simply
gyingthe figures in such eases, and allow our legis
latOr5 to act they see nit. The Bureau has use'
ful field of labor in compiling returns of our import
trade, but we would like TO see in It's documents
figures showing the marvellous industrial develop
ment which is going on throughout the country.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

The defense in the celebrated Tc6boGae
case has certainly opened in manner which
is calculated to inspire strict attention from
the gOssp-loying readers of the proceedings.
The English reading public are on the qUi cire
to catch at every fragment Of this curious trial,
and will be Lighly interested to know that the
counsel for the defense proposes to show that
the claimant is a foiger, perjWcr common
impostor and villain, and that his accomplices
are rogues and conCOCtOrs of q stupendous CON
spiracy. This promises richness in evidence,
though il may be a trido severe on tAe claim
AMI.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

In spite of the objection Of a Democratic
Representative from Indiana, the Louisiana
difficulties are to be Investigated by Con-
greas Committee. We want to get at all the
facts relevant TO the case which have not al
ready been published. Meanwhile, however
the great Custom-hOuse bubble has collapsed
The senate has quorum and Is in session; !;
Cen. Emory has put an extinguisher on Carter
aud order nill return to New-Orleans before
the President gets a chance to remove Casey
md his crow.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

A striking incident in tho Cuslom-h mouse in-
veSjigatiOn yesterday was the evidence OF
Mr. Geo. Van Cleft. This gentleman, who has
been referred to, ia the testimony Of pre-
vous witness, as a victim of political proscrip-
tion. testified that he refused TO aid Murphy III
the proposed 0'BGcn coalition Of 1870, and was
therefore removed from his position in The
Naval Service II is in evidence that this was
the sole ground of his removal, that the Prosi-
dent was represented to be angry at his CON
tumacy, and that Murphy had power enough
to reach over to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and
twist Van Cleft OUT of his place. Need more
he sninl
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

The LynchbW9 V6g;Rian lately Objected =.
the Township system that it was NOT adap,oS
to sparse population like that Of rural virginia
we asked why two schools in each district-
one for Whites, the other for Blacks-wey.
not condemned by the same cousiderlto,
me VDginian responds:
VIII the people of Virginia think tho sug,o.,lo, q,
THE TRIBUNE ore that merits con,iderat,onl n -.
were an enemy OF the common school .y.t,fa (Ubieb %
are nor and never were, should urge THI TPtRrs.
policy as the very beet that could he adopted 10 r,t
the system OdlOus, aud to destroy the schoola ubv
don't you get your people Mr. TRIBUNE TO sso1s
this equality pocyl We have been IN some Of IN,
common schools OF NewEn gland and never saw s,r.
key in one Of them. We have frequently been in Tn.
IRBuSE 0ice, and never saw cOlored editor compos
tor, clers devil therein. WHY IA IT, brother INN
uNEf There must be some prejudice about color even a,
THE TRIBUNE Office Sweep clean before your door"
ReSpOnSe.--We had already assured The Viz
ginian that the Editor of this journal went to
the same common school with Black children
hot for a few days, but for three Winters
sat on the same bench and rccted in the same
classes with them, and received no possible
damage thercfIOm. Why not take notice Of
this assurance And We know no rural school
district in New-England from whose school
Colored children are excluded.
As to The TRIBUNE Office, no person was
ever accorded or refused work in it because Ot
Lis color And none ever will be-
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

OF course, if the Volunteers, tho real gov
crnors of Cuba do not want Concha as Gov
ernor-Gencral of the island, he must stay at
home. They have already signiGed their sat
isfaction with Valmaseda and their decided
objection TO any change whatever. Accord
ingly, we have the announcement from Madrid
that the Ministry have unanimously resolved
TO retain ValmasCda. This is as IT onght to
be. But before the Spanish Cabinet proposes
any more changes in Cuba, it should send out
aud procure the opinions of tho Volunteers
before yentuling on the act.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

A lad aged 10 years, was hung for murder at Pitts
field. H.. recently. He acknowledged his guilt
but said that he was drunk when he committed the
crime. The main point, however, is that by oui
statute we give thisi Bartholomew Barnes only Il
years for moral discipline. for the building up Of
character and q preparation for an advanced stage
of existence, while Creator, other things being
equal, gives every human being three score yean
and ten 1t is certainly known TO the Maker Of oil
men what period Of time each one of his human
creatures requires for discipline here and this lnOi
boy, thrust out of earthly life at 49, undoubtedly
lived just as long as God intended that he should
the same being true of the man whO was killed Tho
hand of the Deity is in all but it requires no great
stretch of comprehension to understand the different
relations which God and man bear TO this legal klh
ing Olenscs must come, but not less is the respon
sibility of those through whom they come.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

There is way of putting things which it isnf
easy TO get over The Boston Cadets escorted tho
Governor of the State to hear the election sermon
and afterward at the expense of the State partOOs
of a supper at Parkers Hotel, with the most Illegal
accom- paniments of champagne and hot punch-th
feast costing $40 per plate. Now" says newsps
per critic of this matter "if John Smith gets up
one dollar supper, including hot whisky, for hh
friends. he is seized, fined, and imprisoned" 10
retort like this there is simply no rejoinder What
right has the Commonwealth Of Massachusetts, moi
merely 10 wink at II violation of sDy statute, but
even to instigate 1t II is such miserable incOnsst
ency as this which keeps the whole matter Of Prohi'
bition at the mercy of temporary legislation, and
leaves men to doubt the sincerity Of its profcssed
advocates If the State purchases alcohol against
the law of her own making, how can she fail "a
render doubtful her motive for making It
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

senator Sumner, in his speech yesterday,
make, powerful aud feeling plea in behalf
Of Il prescribed race, which he thinks is de-
priycd uDjustly Of many rights and privileges.
He thinks that equality before the law is not
enough for the new-made citizen, and that in
a multitude Of ways he is reminded of the
ancient bondage which he suffered and the
prejudice which still follows him. The case is
wcll put. and will convince many who have
heretofore doubted the expediency of further
legislation on tits snbjoct.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

Tie arrival of great ard influential En-
bassy from Japan, headed by the Prime Min
lister oi the Empire, is an important event.
Iwabua, accompanied by United States Min
iater DE Long and over 100 persons, native
and foreign, has landed at San Francisco, en-
route for Washington and European capitals.
II is understood That the treaties of japan
with other nations are about to be revised,
and this formidable array of dignities is sent
out as preliminary to the comparison and III
terchangc Of views between the japanese
officials and foreign diplomats. Probably, some
sxUlsrafcn Of this imposing demonstration j,
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

II seems that there are tlirty-one Repnbli-
cans in the House who are opposed to
anything approaching Universal Amnesty. Al
least, that is the obvious point in de votes
of the House yesterday, as malyzcd IN our
Washington dispatches. Mr. Haic's bill. no"
pending in the Senate. is a p"oi SUBSTITUTE
for that offered in @a HonSe yesterday by
Mr. Dawes. The Dawes bill was defeated,
Ielng too liberal for the Republicans who
voted directly aftcrward for the Hale bill,
which exccpts from its provisions members of
| Congress and army and navy officers who
went into the Rebellion; but We are moving
| toward Universal Amnesty, nevertheless.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

di'sui5ng the han word "requircdr b,
any delicate circumlocNtiOn. Mr.. Shean pai5
ms two per cent like the others, and having
oeen turned ont immediateiY ofterward, ba
oiihG' suit against Murphy and Cornell to 70.
cover the money. We do not knoN' that h,
beng turned ont gives him any a,.-opcc,
claim for the restitution of his stolen r,ysa
than he would have had if be had STAYED n
out he ha, done well to bring the suit !
great many interesting things ought to bo d.
ycioped IN the course Of the trial; and if NJ
Shean will put ex-Collector Murphy apd.Snr
yeyor Cornell on the stand he will do \ nrh
nc service The confessions Of a politic,,
Jonathan Wild would be excellent rod.
Just now h5
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

The case of the Florida, as we have before
stated presents no difficulties unless the
Cabinet Of Madrid chooses to make them. Our
Government will demaud reparation for the
outrage upon our flag, and if it is promptly
granted the matter is at an end. The
treaty stipulations between the two nations
give Spain no right to visit and
search our vessels except in time
of war; They have cOntended all along that
no war exists in Cuba, yet they pretend to
use the privileges of both war and peace.
There is no real disagreement IA yet between
the two Powers but we cannot share the
tranquil confidence of some of our COlempO-
rui.s 'lu aI is TO be arranged satisfac-
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

The traditional fcuds of Ireland sometimes giYs
ia a funny paragraph for there can be no harm 10
laughing at causeess QuaTels and storm OF pasSioh
about nothing. Take. for instance, the te"po' 'en'
pest raised by The Lurgan Apprentice Do'' -.
ciationr lin Armagh. which proclalms by re'o'"''0
"to the civilized world its extreme thahAI"'N'"
and delight at the course pursued by the APP,0".
tice Boys of Derry on the 9Th of Dece~VI,
:. when the eligy of the execrable traitor Ln'u'
was. as it should be, consigned to the naNi'o
and thus the foul designs of one OF tue nV'.
tyrannical and Remaining Governments Il"' eve.
disvraced the nation set at defiance ineso a.
brave words to waste upon the combustion OF pOo.
bunch of rags and straw. The LnTgan Ooy' nOt,
that the Derry boys will go on with what ssesn a;n,
us mischievous tom-foolery. " the Most NIX" =
their help for this tho reader VIII ieni''O
religious quarrel-most religious
New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

this circumstance remarkable, we nre not quite
sure but we trust it will not be deemed 50
many years longer. How it would be if our
friends should succeed who arc trying to force
into tho Federal Constitution theological
test or creed, we, not knowing, can't say