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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-27
POSITION OF BISHOP CCNnINS.
TIE PROPOSED ORGANIZATION.


The following letter from Bishop Cummins
is made public:
DEAR BROTHER: The Lord has pnt into the hearts OF
sono bis servants who have been In the Prot
estaut Episcopal Church. the purpose OF restoring the
old paths their fathers and Of retaining TO the OF
the PRAYER Book Of 1885, set forth by the General Con
venerable william White. ID. D.. afterward the first
bishop OF the church In this coustry The chief
features OF that Prayer Book. as distinguished from the
one now IN use, arc the following:
L The word priest does DOT appear ~ The book and
countenanco whatever to the errers OF sacer
dOtallsin. .
q The baptismal Offices, the confirmation ofiice. the
catechism and the order for the decentralization OF the
Lords Supper contain sanction Of the erTOrs or pap
tsa regeneration, the real presence OF the body ana
blood Of Christ in the elements OF the copmunoB ana
Of n sacrifice offered by priest III that sacred feast
These the main features that render the PraSc or
Book OF 1873 thoroughly Scriptura liturgy, such rs al
Evangelical Christians who desire lturdcA worship
with good conscience On Tuesday, the al day
OF December, 1873 meeting will be held In Association
Hall, OF Twenty third. t. and Fourth ave- In the
CITY OF Ncw-York. at 10 o'clock H., 10 organize an
Episcopal Church on the basis OF the
10 embrace all who hold the0fa faith once deliy-
cred to tie saints" that faith IA maintained BY the
reformed churches Of CIrstend0m, with exclusive
and uncbLF:hiRg dOgmas toward Christian brethren
who differ from them In their views OF poty and church
order This meeting cordially aud adectioDaiey
invited 10 attend The purpose ~ the meeting 10 or
ganzS and MOTTO dssuss the expedency OF organizing
press ana VIII be issued during the month OF December.
May the Lord gu.a< yoY aId US by Ills Holy spirit
GEoEaE DAVID CUnSIss,
Etw York, koy. IL, 1879
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-27
THE ANrE-BELLUM RIGHTS OF sLAvE-owYERs.

THE ANTE-BELLUM RIGHTS OF sLAYE-oWEERS
To the Edtt0r Of The Tribune
SIa In your editorial on Mr.. Hunters
Plan' 1t to you in error, and il brief
sentence do some Of your sincere friends injustice
surely you be writing of the aspect Of the
relations OF former shareholders ard slaves when You
say that the masters only lost by patton what
dad not belong 10 them" IL fit the LEGAL status
OF the slave chattel and OF the slave
holder his master refer to, then you leave the
reader infer that you deny right, under ante
rebellion laws, of the master to the slave property
Can IL 0e that you hold such an deai am. pecl-
nlarly, and always have been way Interested In
lie a. eston discussed Ia the article above named but
contrary the result OF Northern birth and
ea,io1 we'll rs from principle have always hated
Slavery much ~ could hate anything deyilish and
mhuIuan still, / must believe that the
who pays his money for q piece VI
property ana who In doing has the sanction and pro-
lection OF the laws ms State Justly the owner OF such
property, without regard TO the moral. social
humanitarian aspect OF the matter Your argument
against the payment OF zoo. OF any sum-
the lOss OF their slaves by tie South may be logical aud
inclusive, but the seemingly unnecessary remark on
the question OF ownership must tend 20 open anew the
wounds OF severely punished people, and without
promise OF any good result. JF
Rochester, " l., Nov. II, 1873.
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A TWENTY YEARS SUBSCRIBER.

SIR: have the honor, and believe me, it is to
me real honor, TO be able 10 say that have been
regular and constant subscriber 20 TIE TRIBUNE. for
more than 20 years and consequently could more get
along without 1t now than could without eating.
have ofen remarked 10 friends that THE TRIBUNE has
been my chief school-book. aud TO man that ever
Lived in my time. can go truly say that am indebted
for that aowleGge that possess in general and polt
fouuder Horace Greeley IL Is ono Of the happest
thoughts or my life to know that great and good q
lived In my generation. have subscribed In years
pat from Geneva, N Y, where lived IS yeirs and as
Tie Hoa. Vim. orion will tell You. ardens TRB
USE man. Then moved TO Lawronce, Kau where
shout the hrst thing did 10 subscribe through a
club for The SEMIWEEKLr edition ~ long rs have
life aud able raise the funds you, may assuredly
count a regular and sppreciatvc subscriber.
Excuse this trespass upon your valuable time, which
should not iDaict did not firmly believe you heartily
welcome overy now acquaintance that honestly say
he loved Horace Greeley. H. &, HcHYII.
Cinelaaah. ono. Nov. g 1878.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-27
PRESS COMMENTS on CUBAN AFFAIRS.
WHY WAR Is WANTED.
Fr1fa IN. ChLf.pJg TrtLaa,

Who are the parties that are so Jealous Of
International honor. and gro wing indignant over
the atrocities OF the Cuban volunteered careful ex.
animation VIII show pat tue leaders OF 1t divided
bursted spccul1 In the former class will found
the back pay grabbers the Credit Mo5er corruption
sts The carpetbas adyenturers, the lobbyists seeking
for spois and all whs have been engaged In the frauds
aud corruptions aud honest Transactions which have
been so abundant du.' ing tha last four yesrs.
What more available method OF hiding their
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-27
4 STEP TOWARD SPECIE PAYMENT.

A CORRESPONDENT OF tbs NEW-YoRK TRIB-
IKE call. Tor he withdrawal OF the tenccut snllpaater
mar there may resumption III SILVER paymehs SO itF
"a dimes are concerned. Perhaps tns Is what tho pom
0erOus Richardson cOntempates. Silver dimes Ia eltju
stun again would 20 toward making lie ehduldoe'
Ir ye succeeded III Kidding ourselves % the tenceLJ
shnpaster ald the financial situation continued 10 I'M
roy we nigLt retire the nasty quarters tDaJ arg
assisting ia (ae dissemination OK smallpox ana SCARE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-27
DIVERS TOPICS.
COMPENSATION FOR SLAVES.


We MAYER attached the slightest importance
to Mt Hunters Recommendation, aud regretted that no
msdc Il. especially at tac time no did, when were
engaged IN heated CANVASS with o. party that
ready attribute false motives aud inpue sinister
designs that tended TO weaken the opposition the Re
publican party IN the old Free states Not being among
tho number OF those who would be benefited directly
the adoption Of Mr. AunIor's scheme ,t not Do
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-27
REVIVAL or TRADE.
IRON ~ 5aie.ie't lay aIdT.
Tur NrW-YORK TRIBUNE, Il journal we re

TUF NEW- YORK TRIBUNE, JOUrHdI VIC To
card with some confidence rs a friend or those Who
work with their bones aud sinews, taxes the 1OlloNII5
hopefu view OF an early resumption OF employment 10
savs: The prospects far Tor "a speedy reYVol Oh
trade II the Government will stand aoo ana nO0 medde.
he stock OF manufacture in che United states mas Deeh
enormously diminished during the past month"; anu We
must aeon reach point where the necessary consIp-
ton of tho country VIII enforce SUMPTION OF IN
d1strv When this time comes ana money begins once
more 10 circulate freely, work must become plenty ana
L-.tr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-27
PROMISES AND PERFORMANCE.
- Il. ILL.,. IN II L 81. LII n

THE NEw-YoRK TRIBUNE Is not Demo
crato papgr; never was and strong presumption IS
n""rr NH be- That It Is edited with distinguished
aiillfy and great candOr however, 10 universally au-
mitted Occupying a nOuplrti54n POSITION anu ueLiIil
I'm nuhlc oistigas men. and parlcs with common u
aple frnes It's utterances are not witlou5 influence
viii rho arLs class OF readers who seek Inc rdiD 10
,Gerence tirough what medium 10 may be c)mnu NJ
Gated In its issue Of Tuesday, Atm ins 1t reviewed IN
a most scathlng manner the promises am petIorthe
Of tne RaJicaI party-nailtainng that AZ the emf OF
wear after President Grants reeecton IL IS
and prypor 10 gather up its wOg and compare WAT IL
Las accomplished with what it promised u perform
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-27
AN INSULT TO NATIONAL HONOR
Nm m. 81 Ll-LLa EaLuLL---A.

tt IS nOI IT VUo9IIUI OF "II1VIVI V'Io u MT V'o
was or Was not engaged IN unlawful enterprise, 10
render tue proceedings had &C Santiago most hd6rant
Violation not OF some vague ana uncertain rule OF inter
national Jaw but OF solemn treaty Obligations, clearly
deiged ami unmisakabe III language. Ii -, therefore,
am insult 10 the national honor that cannot DC explained
away Dy the logic vi diplomacy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-27

cbarged that Wa are biased by considerations OF SELF
ntores, In Joining i:ne WIN W. need only remind our
learned contemporary TINT slaves we're prop, eaes
which the uaon wis formed Neither dd the people .,
the South steal this property Ine og od old Them
In the market whre there was demand for them a.
laborcrs, only abandoning the system , rccnsptes of
slavery IN their own section when, ron p a. nio
coll and climate it was found 70 bc unprohi'ple'
BISHOP cuMnNss 2 RE =, jS.,rsp
Tur T,,eTNr cIan0es its tactics from an
nouncing business faInres what it calls seus III
the Episcopal Church" Tue text TOT ' nireaGy re-
Tered 10 by Us II regards tho schism as nevtoe, t ~,
thinks the purpose OF DE- Cnlnm ih = sb Old Catholics
have pursued In the Church OF Rome; i1e
DR.. COmmns Is golng TO follow wv and reiection Of
modern cOrruptiOns and INNOVATIONS III Isu' tiSiy
or Teetiy to the whole system of sIcerIotlsm ahu
Rtuaiisu." ana that he eau restore 1his" Gpiep
have announced time and agau-a division Ia Inc EDS
copal Cnurcl-has mover yet taken pace
BUSINESS PROSPECTS.
Prom TIE MeaD,s ADpsGI. -
The signs are more hopeful and cheerful NJ
the North. THE NEw-YORK TRIBUNE, f0I0WinS tne
spirit OF enterprise tuat mas always characterized S
management sent out special and reiliOe correspot
ents 20 the manufacturing districts Oh an ule oi.cS
and nos1ecfs Of the harpressed working classes, ald
tho result admirable series OF letters from Nhl5n
lear chat the trouble among tho cotton anu "OVon
manufacturers OF NeW-Enyland has affected other
branches OF industry. There are many pdnehy IdnoS
anOal, aud uneasy Iecihg prcNdASi "ue 80 -
nothing as yet TO warrant any apprehensOngi hPlo
ulcted suspension Of production. Taken atogetheI tie
whole situation may DO described as hopeful ana ds
cldedly improving in tone.
GEN. GARFIELD'S VIEWS on THE PANIC
From Ths Springfield ReDW6lloaa
The distinguished Chairman OF the Appro--
nratSus Comnittee mas been unDo5ominc hinseh-"itn
gsrsat aisoretion howoyer-to TRIBUNE reporter lie
mink, the panic "senseess and idictic." lt Is TUG
public and not the business OF inc county e ~
In an uuhealtby condition. The "scanddls' or Iase
Winter poi,0ned the air. Ever since tho people nave
been m6rbiGy suspicious, dsirustiu prone 10 ththk
evI Hence The panic. IL Is very evident from MS
Tint he is suffering from bad tit or the Diues
morid conscience or some other such kindred spirit
mai disoror; possibly however, he may SeJ Tue p0'Ol
of a. weD he nd5 hi SELF more IN the harness. -
II to be hoped so On every accountants own not less
thau tho country's.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-27

own misdeods there than to bet up t ,d
their transactions will be forgotten. and, II they
tide themselves oyor ths next session OF ConSress
they arc safe. The other cas- Is composed Of broken
down stock and gold spe nators, VINO see in this war
fever an opportunity - retrieve their losses Incurred
during late pauc Against these Two cilssSs Win
their large folowln OF unthlnkng people, the govern.
ment must conin de to maintain irn stand Uuioss
be shown nat our rights have neen lnVancu, "n
cause OF warwith that country. The Government ~
thus far I'D this position. aud conductod ts5 Wsn
dignity even In the face ~ the popular olainor III III
be for The interests of the country u II Ia
this course It Will be sOrry day wAon the SJfSin
mcnt yields TO the opportunities uf ne9dy pohtlsi"nss
and broken down stock gamblers TO Yolate ,ie law
aous and engage in u foreign war without SulAIleh'
prOyOcatiOn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-27
A VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS.
From he Cnc.Rnal Commercial

Tho news Of the pretended excitement IN
the United States about execution OF the Ousters
of tho Vrgnus has produced real excitement In NJ
dd and tne war spirit there Is so nigh that lc United
states Minister been threatened By MOB ana the
Castelar, Government would be unquestionaby over
thrown IL t should submit 70 unpopular demands Inc
Immediate result, have several times stated, OF
armed Interference by the United states VA the ars or
Cuba would be 60 unite against tho whole spanish
race with, perhaps, the exception or the scattering
bands of despcradoes VINO maintain what II called tue
Repuuilc OF Cuba. Tus Is u very serious DusIncss.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-27

How can There De any ptactIUI aUJUsIHItHC
of inc question whlch involves tue murder O the 10y
passengers oa board the YlrSuius II their ye5 had
heen SHARED We ght have boon satisfied WITH tue sur
rendering OK the vessel and those board to our Gov
erumcn agents accompanied with an apology Tor tueir
seizure aud the ofcal disgrace OF tins Spanish oihces
connected with It. But since tho whOlesile nurdCr
here can be no apology atOnement. 1h3 dead cah,
moi be restored to re Only thing can b3 DONE ana
that is TO make proper reprsai upon tue &uly patty
ILar Teprsal the occupation aud DO5ses OF CuDd
Ine people will be satisu3d with nothing less
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-27
WHAT WAR MEANS.
THE COST OF WAR.

We are not afraid OF war. We havo no
fears OF our final triumph. But let ne not decsye ou
selves by any nlnety-day nonsense or Ofaggadoco,
naval war nav be long ono and costly one \ war
vessel OF to-day Is miracle OF expense spd1lsh plluo
Will bo very dun or learning. We shall have 10 peat eae
fools small before they viii accept deted NO Antr
can we repeat, has any fears or tine hSle buS VII
payl VIII Il pay either In honor or III sp0iisshe hVnOI
OF flag prOsututcd 10 Illegal purpose, aud Outt"Cu
BIZ our own precedents and Dy all equity; the sOIS an
and senii-parbariau and Wild gigantic ana Oufuo
some al iou to our own already unWeedcd gafoenS'
-. NJ -.. -rL-. l. Il..-s Il.L..L
New-York tribune., 1873-01-30
WiS THIS BUSINESS!

Senator Logan has been a great deal more
fortunate than many of his comrades in the
Credit Mobilier business, because he has not
lied about it. But his testimony illustrates
so perfectly the nature of Mr.. Ames's transac-
tons with Members of Congress, and destroys
80 thoroughly the pretense that these dealings
were perfectly legitimate. that we must take
the liberty of still using Mr. Logan to point a
moral and adorn tale. He tells us that he
agreed to take ten shares of Credit MObilier
stock at par. This was in February, 1858. Z"
paid nothing to Mr.. Ames at that time, and
received no stock. On June 20 following
:" Mr.. Ames came to me and said this stock
." was entitled to a dividend or dividends /;
"he made statement and gave it
TO me, which showed that the divi-
"dends on the stock up to that time paid the
amount due for ii and left balance Of 1929 /;
"Mr Ames handed me check for the amount (;
." had paid Mr.. AmeS no money, and he had
"given me no stock or certificate of stock"
In other words, Ames gaze Mr.. Logan the
stock and 1929 besides and he favored the
Illinois Senator no more in reality than he
favored all the rest the others went through
the form of paying him part value of the
stock, but the money was returned to them
soon afterward under the name of dividends.
1t is incredible that any Member of Congress
should receive valuable gifts of this sort
without the suspicion that they were intended
to purchase his influence. Mr.. Logan GER
tainly was not such a fool as to look upon
the transaction as mere piece of legitimate
BUSINESS, for after few days he returned
both the stock and the money.
New-York tribune., 1873-01-30
Judiciary REFORM INCOMPLETE.

With Van Worst in the place of the dead
McCunn, who died too late for ais Own rerd-
tation; with Fancher making respectable the
seat which Cardozo dishonored; with Davis
ruling inexorably against Tweed from the
very Bench whereon it was once feared Barnard
might idly loll, and with Indecent bgffoonery
favor his old confederate, it is patent that
we have had some reformation of our Bench.
Remembering, too, that Barrett, Sedgewick,
Curtis, Sutherland also grace our Courts since
he days when the Ring made them foul and
corript there is ground for great congratu-
lation. And possibly for encouragement that
the reformation thus begun will yet be COM
pleted .-~-~~...
But it will not do TO make the error Of
supposing that there are no more courts to be
cleansed. The fountains of justice are still
corrupted; the minor courts, in which the
greatest number of outrages upon personal
liberty are perpetrated. have as yet been un-
touched. In these the cases of thousands who
are arrested are decided in indecent haste,
often without regard to evidence; judicial
favors are common objects of barter for
political influence. and bribery (though it
cannot be provedD is as notorious az the courts
themselves. There are no departments of the
City Government so corrupt as these minor
courts, and no branch of the municipal adj
ministration demands such complete over
hauling. A bill has been introduced at Albany
having for its object the rem0deling of the
Police, Marine, and Special Sessions Courts.
1t legislates the judges of the first-named
courts out of office, and throws safeguards
around tho administration of justice in the
other court. The Civil District Courts are
New-York tribune., 1873-01-30
GOOD. FAT MUTTON.

1t seems to be peculiarity of our citizens
to be readily alarmed at intervals about arti-
cles of food. One day, some years ago, a
man died suddenly after eating oysters. The
connection between the oysters and the death
was purely an Inference on the part of a
morning journal which related the facts. But
the consequence was that New-York ate no
oysters worth naming for the best part of a
week. A mistake of a young doctor, who
thought he had a case of trich-
inosis, made the inhabitants of Man
haitian go without pork for some days.
SO yesterday there was unnecessary alarm
about mutton. We give, in our regular mar
ket reports. statement of the exact facts in
the case, from which it appears that there is
no occasion for such fears. The sheep brought
to market are quite as healthy as in any pre-
yious year. 1t is, in fact, remarkably good
year in this respect. Many of the largest
dealers have had no poor sheep at all, and
until Yesterday the market has been bare of
cheap mutton.
When newspaper can make, as We have
ourselves frequently made, specific charges
against certain dealers in inferior or damaged
articles of food, the public good, we hold, re-
aniras the exposure. When, however as I,
the present case, there is a mere scandal stated
in an indefinite way, without specifying facts
to enable readers to distinguish honest from
dishonest dealers, there is vast loss inflicted
without any corresponding benefit. Those OF
us who have had time to read carefully, per-
ceiying that there is nothing in the
attack, will reconsider our chops and
return to our muttons without delay
But meanwhile the entire business of con-
siderable portion of our community has been
suddenly deranged. Their stocks of goods are
instantly rendered almost valueless and quite
unstable. An Unjust suspicion has seized
upon their customers. - The most tempting
shoulders. the fattest legs hang valic,y from the
hooks. Housekeepers will not look at gov1,
fat mutton, though tricked out with the
brightest rosettes. They see no lovelness in
the breast of lamb. They and their families
and their boarders will do little starving,
and the butchers will lose money and good
temper. And all this damage and annoyance
will result from the simple circumstance that
a few unimpOrtant and not unusual facts have
been made the basis Of an indiscriminate sem
sational article.
New-York tribune., 1873-01-30
A E4JTUPVI FRIEND.

There ia a gentleman who lives in Boston
and prints a newspaper once week called
The Commonwealth, who still fondly cllngs 10
Mr.. Oakes Ames, sometimes queerly enough
called the Honorable Oakes Ames; who sings
to him in his sore distress with touching
sweetness, "COme rest in this bosom, my own
" stricken deer;r who will not be "a truster
" of his own report against hlmself| VINO
swears to stick by him through the very thick
and tho exceedingly thin. The name OF
Damon Ames's Pythias is Slack; he is Fed
eral office holder in Boston, and when he is
not attending to his official duties, he edits
The Commonwealth and writes reams upon
reams in honor and defense of President Grant
and all Others in authority. A friend In need
is friend indeed and if Mr.. Oakes Ames
is MT in need of all the friends he can muster,
and even of such friends as Mr.. Slack, then
nobody ever was or ever will be.
For ourselves says The Commonwealth
gravely, eve adhere with unabated confidence
"to Oakes Ames's prObity through all these
"transactions." Here is adherence with
vengeance! 1t beats any mucilage or any patent
sticking plaster which we ever heard OF.
power of adhesion to such slippery thing as
Mr.. Ames's probity is really phenomenal; this
gentleman who possesses it ought certainly to
change his name; and since he thus sucKeth
closer than brother, why should MT he 10y
act of the Legislature) change it to Ames'
Unless, indeed, he thinks the name OF Coltax
a better one-but that is matter OF taste /;
and besides, we have not yet received MI
Collector Slacks opinion of Mr.. Colfax's in
ha lfS ot n divided
glance. Perhaps he can love but one at
time. Perhaps he has so exhausted hlmselt In
"adhering with undated confidence to Oakes
"Ames's probity" that he cannot adhere TO
anybody else's probity. If so, Mr.. COlfax
must struggle on alone, sustained, perhaps, by
the love and sympathy of Mr. John Is. Aliey,
who ought to be willing to lend him a little
money, since Mr.. Alley has plenty of it, and
Mr.. Colfax has repeatedly assured the world
that he has none.
In this puzzling maze of contradictions IN
which the forgetfulness of so many great men
has involved us, it is pleasant to find that Dlr.
Slack has memory enough to remember MIR.
Ames kindly, even when other redoubtabie
editors are Ito use a slang phrase) going
"back on him. We trust that all the Mobi-
l,er birds will continue to agree in the little
nest which they contrived to feather so
well. Let not the beautiful example of MIR.
Collector Slack be lost upon this band OF
bothered brothers! II they don't stand by
each other, who will stand by themi We ad-
wise the pair to take Mr.. Senator Patterson
into their fellowship, and all three may soace
the solitude which undoubtedly awaits them
by studying together the really beautiful
science of MnemOncs.
New-York tribune., 1873-01-30

also affected and sweeping changes made.
The bill ought to pass. We can nevor have
thorough judiciary reform without its adop-
ton Some good men may possibly suffer
with the rest. The proposed changes are IN
the general interest, and ought to be made.
viii they be y
There is rumor that the Judges to be AZ
fected by the measures have made defen-
siye alliance with the managers OF one or
the factions at Albany by which the defeat
of this bill is secured. The combination, II
there be one, and we are moro disposed to be-
lieve than to doubt it, is not as unlikely as 1t
is singular and INSCRIPTIONS. But this meas
ure is a part of the reform, to gain which the
Committee of Seventy, and Council of Political
Reform, and many thousands of good citizens,
irrespective of party, acted with the Republl-
cans last Fall, and they will not be blinded TO
any corrupt bargain by which they may be
cheated of their earnest desire. No political
managers can afford to be detected in making
such ntrigues to continue the unnecessary
infliction of the Ring Justices.