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SInInIONS-RUTLEn~
Boston nj orchnnts G:Avc Their Opinion
of the DtAgruceftil Action Of Gen.
ISilflef In The Summons mnIter4

Boston nj orchnnts 6:ivc Their Opinion
of the DtAEruceful Action Of Gen.
lSuticr in the Summons Matter.
Sl;ecfat Dixpatch to The Chicago Tribune.
BosroN, March l8.-The report OF the loputa-
tion of Boston merchants who wont to Wash-
ingsou to oppose the confirmation Of Simmons
will DO published tomorrow, They report in
detail the result OF thoir visits to the President,
Boutwell, and tho several members of tho
Massachusetts delegation aud acknowledge the
failure of their mission. They speak 10 the
strongest terms Of tho impudanco OF Con. But
ler, Of which they aay:
Under tile tuin veil Of polite phrases, Gen. Butler,
IN his speech to Lib said, Merchants Of Boston, stick
tn your Alabama ulntnH, your bunk Btocks aud your
money bage, and teavo your politics tome"
Gen. Buffers appoal to class prejudice, thoy
characterize as abaurd and untrue. tor they
claim that they, in common with those whom
they represent, havo earned their wealth by hon
est industry, md they deny that they
,haye osor opposed tho appointment Of
any man to my office on account
Of bis SOCIAL POSITION OF supposed poverty. The
ponuing issue was q contest which must bo
taught out through the whole land with ill.,
triguing politicians on ono side, arm0l too
often with weapons obtained under falao prt-
tonEea from the federal arsenalH,-and tho peo-
pIo oil tho otlor, standing firmly for aolf-goy-
erument. The report oloBoR as follows:
Tho conclusion IL Irresistible, from Gen. But1orfa
own statement, coupled with tue evidence Of hts col
leagues, that Instead OF great haste there ample
timo for consultation, that instuad Of consultation
thore studied coucpalment, aud that he had every
rcason to know thHt majority Of bis colleagues would
0pI'0so his unauthorized aud unusual action.
, 1874-03-19
THE WAY 1T WORKS.
Result Of an 0ycrissue Of Paper Cur
renCy III Cuba.
The Specie Suddenly Leaves
the Country.
And Now the Holders Of Paper Money
Would Like to Give 1t Away,

sutcia, Dfspatrh to Pie Chicago Tribune.
New YonK, March 18.-A1orchants Of this city
trailing with Hayana lLayo had their businena In
this 9uartor somewhat interforod with by being
unable, for Bovoral days past, to procure OK
change on Havana. Until to-day this condition
OF things baH boon
4 MIDDLE THAT NOBODY COULD BoLyE,
but oortain Cuban merchants recolyed private
advicos from Havana to-day, under date Of
March II, that Commission Inns boon engaged
In the examination Of tho affairs Of tho Spanish
Bank, and have ascortaincd TINT they have
iHBuod 10i,000.000 in paper currency, in
Htoad Of $60,o00,000 which tho bank
Ind acknowledged in its published stato-
ments; and that its capital ia only $G,0O0,-
600. It IL also learned tint the reason or this
oyofissuo Ia loan to the Captain Genorn1 of not
lesB than s50,000,00 in
PAPER CURRENCY, WITHOUT HpEuIE
to back up tho notes. It ia understood that tho
Spanish Bank iB not d Government institution
but privato concctn. In addition to this i'm
nenHe overisHue Of currency, 1t ia understood
TINT very largo quantity OF counterfeit bills On
this bauk Anvo been discovered. AL this has
caused mich excitement in Havana. Specio is
going up rapidly. and many people
arc converting thor currency iuto
real estate. An effort has bcep mado to hnvo
foreign specie introduced III Cuba rs coinage,
the ports, bolng soon absorbed III fore ~ trade.
Tho adviceB above roforred to close by stating
thnt these discoveries have thrown the finances
Of tho country into complete chaos, md must
disturb tho calculations Of foreign merchants
dealing In Uayana.
, 1874-03-19

M1NNEApo1ls, March ia 1argc nnd cu-
th,isinHtic temperance Meeting was hold in tins
city this evening to take into consideration what
tho tomporanco men shall do III tue coming
election, April z. Stirring speeches were
made by four or five speakers, who urged oil
temperance mon to attond tho wnrd cailuuscs
aud vote for only Law-and- Order mou. The issue
oil the coming election will be between whisky
md temperance.
Z George a. Drackett, the present Mayor, will
propably receive tho nomination OF tho jattor
clement. Strenuous elro,ts will be mado by
tho Law -and-Ortior mon to control tho Council
Of tho Temperance Alliance are diligently ou-
gagged in canyassing the city to ascertain the
standing Of oyory fanMly on tho temperance
question. There IL not much probability that
thore will bo cruaade loro.
, 1874-03-19

Miller d Co., st. Louis. opb'N By the purchase
on Tito part of Murray nlor i 10. Of thc nitro
interest of Wood mud Simmons.
st. Andrews Church, III Grand Rapids.
M,o, hotnHn Catholic. atono attllot.lro. one Or
settlement, Is to bo demolished noSt week to
mako fooln for handsome stone business block.
bishop DurgcBs is to conduct tho tlual services In
It OH Sunday next.
"A. 0arnior. tho billiarist, in answor to the
challenge Of RudoplIo, eays flo will play II, Now
York gatno Of tlroo-ball Fronch csron,u. 600
points up, for 81 ,000 hfle, With 2Y6 balls, OH
bxl0 table, TO- talo place three weeiRs after his
match 'iti, Mau'ico duly for tho championship
Of tho world.
.---Qov: Dag1oy, Of Michigan, Inns appointed A.
+. Mefshon inspector -Genoral Of Lumber for tho
Saginaw district, h place OF L. Y. Williams, re-
signed: h1r. hforshon received Ills commission
yesterday, alitl has alrendy ontored upon lib du-
tios The operations Of tho Inspection Law In tho
district natncl has not been ai, ont!ra SUCCESS,
many Of the leating lumber operators Hoeking
to ovade tho law, and tlus reducing the revenues
70 less than tho e1peslseB. Tho appointment OF
Alr. Mernhon to tho position IL unanimously
conourred i'll the bent that coul1 be nude, aud
groat good Is expected.
, 1874-03-19

lowing conversation ens,,os: Q-,"Oan Won af-
for 80 oov No." S9 G" you" rs ''Sg1oo n@
NE" N:,, Q.-Moan yoa pay arc doilarai" A.
-, 1os. ,a. ny ineeetm W. place $4,000 policy
NE I. case Of your death; nlako tho wloo loan
payable to mo- and / wili pay your heirs $5O0,
and VIII 6uarai'teo tho payment Of tho nascBs-
sontg snnn 70 l.. t X yoa will havo nothing to pay boz
:. or course tho poor man, already stricken with
dlheaso, Jumps Mt the ohnnce OF gottng $500
secured to his children for tho palry sum Of ST.
Iho transaction ih concluded, tho policy placed,
anu tlo Ilr9coedH assigned to tho Trust Com
aro placed, aud reported to tho Oomnany at its
homo-olico. It 10 doing tremendous busi-
hoas; 1t has 10000 policy. holders; IL collects
anu pays out hnntrels Of thousands Of dollars
teyery Eyer alx months; y rnbtshoa tho namcs IN
tnotr money. 1t ad7ertaos for new business,
!, Dsforo long the doatt1-ro1l commences. From
t1o trust Associdtions tho ropotts como in. ono
altor another, 95,D0U, increased soon to s1U U0O0
s50,o0o, Or sl0u u,6u0, assessments must be ntado,
money collected, lonhoa paid. Tho policy-l1old-
o1s aro notiiod, aud pay up; tho cash comoH III
:. Dnt who gots it7 That Ii tue question. Not
tue honest pollcy-hodnr, or tliA widow, or auffor-
lng heirs, or children; but It all goes into Tho
puchets Of thoHe bei,evolont Trust Associations,
..-tl'cse fraudulent Bwindlars Of tho poor and
Ignorant. Tloy take tho money, evory dollar Of
III mud grow rich and great upon the cheat.
This Bchoma il 80 cun,ingly dovlHcd That it may
DO suspected to DO Tho chilli Of the imagination,
bnt I'm prepared to auAtain ovory iton Of it by
proof, mud know TINT compnniea nro now doing
business antl engaged In tAiB fraud.
Quo inKolvont company, rccertly doing busi-
nchs in tlis city, has, for tho protection % and
safety OF its policy-holt1ora roi,,s,lrel tlcm iu
another company which IL oponly doing business
on this plan.
1t writo this statement to TUE Tn1nusr b.
cause know It does ,lot hositato to oxpoHe and
donounco fraud a1ll wrong everywhere; anu to
lives, to nuke inquiries atout compa,sios in
which thoy are aoicltod to take policies. This
thing IL an actual fact right here Mt our own
doors, and shuutd DO denounced aud exposed
until tho awlndtors pass into soma other limo OF
business. GEORGE 4. HIurrLpr. In.
, 1874-03-19

ST. LOUIS, NO., March 18.-The Temperance
League of tslH city inausurated series Of tom
psrunco meetings ut Masonic Hall Notwith-
standing tho heavy rain, several hundred per-
sons, principally women, were present. The
Rev. ". Peterson, pastor OF tho Mayfower
Church, and who participated some time ago iu
tho temperance movoment in Ohio and
1own, made speech in which he
gaye much good advico to temperance
people,. and nlgod harmony and dlrcc.ness
Of action. Ho said temperance should be
preached moro In churches tAan it ia, and scen-
tiflc explanations nj to tho manufacture Of liz
uors and their effect upon the human system
should be nude on tho platform and through the
l,ross. He spoke iu high terms Of the women's
crusade III other 6tatoB, and urged its adoption
everywhere, aud said tho women arc tho nuln
strength Of tho temperance organizations. Take
out the femalo oloquence and two-thfrds OF tho
societies Would bo diYbnndei.
Tho Rev. John II. Augiry, President Of tho
League. and several other gentlemen, mado ro-
markB. Robert A. Watt said tho ministers Of
this city had not come up to tho work M thoy
ought to, only comparatively fow of them having
aiguiticd their intontion to join tho movement.
He wanted tho lawyers to be invited to attend
the meetings, aud stand roady to spcak for the
cause Oil call.
Another meeting will be hold On Fridny night.
, 1874-03-19

prevalent III over the Country. ''' ~ @'''~
While tho Illinois Slate Journal the Albany
Erening journal, Tic Buffalo Commercial Adrer-
tfser, mud other paid admirers OF 1.-THE progrcss-
iyo spirit Of tho Republican party" nll declare
tint tho roBttlt In Now uampshirois Is Of "no con-
eoquonco," the Hartford Post, in visw Of the
Oonnoctiout election. noxt month, says 1t h,1rta.
Tho 1'osl, hoping to oatoh yotos thoreby, fttrl-
ouely plodgos TINT q l,cpnblioan victory In Con-
noctictt slnll not be claimed a. All indoraemont
OF tho progressive spirit" but tue Hartford
Times says:
oNRe tue !1tler-sirnuna ring, thu "tlivtaion" con-
tfacta and otior wfong-doiuB III which the Govern.
Jneut at Washington III nvGlyet. No ante call eepn-
rate ita voto from I'LL Endorsement or reuko Of tho Ad-
nnIsrao1,. It ncyor hns beon ionc, from tho daya
CT Jackson to Grant. No voter ca cast h'a ballot iii
oa!ng Grant % and 6'Rross oot, n led by Bnsr til
1mposaib!c. The Now llap.re rcaalt ia uceepted ut
after, via wcaker md ono DIV aftor Connecticut
votea 10 will 10 weaker sill.
1t ia lkely that had old nanlcs and organizh-
tionB lin New Hampshirol boon, abandoned and
now onos substituted, coming frosh from tho
people, nB In some OF tho WoHtorn etntcs. tho
opp oBition would have como ont Of this CAM
patgn with larger majority than any party over
received In that State. The election was thete-
foro verdict 1gnDst both tho old parties, and
Hlows that ncthor can DO kept alivo oxcopt Us
balance to the inefcioncy md corruption OF tho
othor. The tlnal dissolution Of both appears to
he only awaiting now party founded III priuci-
plo.-Ne,o York Evening Post.
.-Thcro arc four great 1la1uea that represent
tho Tour coruor-stonoB upon which tho lsepubli-
can party was erected: Seward, Chase, Graoloy.
aud summer. They woro burn iii tho Same do
cado, and died within two yoars OF zach other.
They oil outllvod the usefulness and objects Of
Inc party which they created aud sustained, and
d,od estraneed from tho leaders Of tho Radical
outgrowth which supplantod 1.-TWO Of them, ut
least, with broken leartH, from the contumely
into place md power and protected to rob thom
Of their honors and blast thu fruits Of their
labors-and this through tho genius and gon-
croalty Of tho men whom, they bounded to tucir
Grayes, aud over wloso biora they exhaust their
Post
, 1874-03-19
CHURCH DIFFICULTY.
Trouble In The Park Street Church,
Boston,
The Pastor Said 10 Cultivate Other
Peoples Vineyards Rather
than His Own.

Special Dispatch to The Chfeaqo Tribune.
BosToN, NlarcA 18.-Thero is trouble in tho
Pnrk Street Church, Of which the Rov. ". Il. H.
Murray iB pastor. Mr. Murray's health has
broken duwn, on account Of too much work.
Within fow days, hlr. Murray notified tho
church that llo WIS
GOING TO TAKE Blk MONTHS VACATION
to recruit Ills health, and desired that they
should sottlo all associato-pastor, as tho
church WAS too large for tho
caro- Of one man. Last night,
ono Of tho largest meetings Of the church ever
known WAS hold. Deacon Ezra FarnBwortb, WHO
las heretofore stood by nlr. Murray, excusing
all his cccentricitios, announced that the time
lad come for plain talk, aud proceeded for about
!ialf I'LL hour III strain that caused intonso aB-
tonsllnaoiit. Tho gist Of his remarks was that
Mr.. Mulray's health had nut brolzon down in
thoir service, but on account of the burden Of
outside work ho l1nd undertaken to the neglect
OF his parish drttieH. Ho waB altogether
nEM1ss IN pAaToRATE WORE
and social duties. 10 lecturol more than Ae
Should and delivered such lectures US a man in
lis place should not 1t vas not tho question Of
giving him vacation. Thoy were not email
men, but it was important to know what would
ba afterwards. Alr hlurray's preaching had
dono good lcnl for New England, but not much
for elsoln. Ile had taken hotter caro- Of other
pcop!o's vineyards than Of Ills OWL.
'@*S H"3 " 1stoA46 IL VIZ F4ta GoA4ntAkA0Ato
OF chulch rs two yoara ago, and unloss tho
pastor turned over a new loaf they were not
lkoy to DO stronger for many yeara to come. A
crowded church was
NOT CHRISTIAN GROWTH.
Numerous Instances Of his c,lreleaa neglect to
mako appointments ut funerals and meetings
Wero namea, some Of them Of very embaf-
RAISING nature.
Tue short address was an outspoken and plain
spoken pteca Of criticism, apparently coming
from tho ovar-burdered heart Of man who
mud endured ny much rs ho could stand. There
was some debate aftcrward, nearly all admitting
tue
J0sr1cE OF THE on1T1CIsM,
and some reinforcing it iu etnplatio terms. Fl
nally, Oh motion Of Deacon Farlsworth, the pas
tors salary WIS dxed ut $1,000, d committca
raised to confer with Mr.. Murray with regard to
his vacation, and tho supply Of iia pulpit. Tho
aIalr makes great sensation in religious cir
cleB,
, 1874-03-19
MAMMOTH STEAMSHIP.
Tho Largest Ever Built in tho Unitctt
Stn1GB.

CEEaTER. Pa.., March 1s.-The steamship City
Of pesiug, for tho Pacific Mail Steamship COM
pany, was successfully launched today Ia tue
presence of d very large number OF people, in-
cluding Congressman aud representatives Of tho
mercantile interests. Az tue vosBo1 touched the
tina snrnnms Of Rtaarnhnnt whistles, and the
music Of several bands Oh stonnlboatB, and /.
salute OF gum On the wharf. The City Of peking
il tho largest vessel ever built III tho United
HLnteH.
Tho ship has boen built for the Pacific hail
Company, and is second only in size to tho Great
Eastern. The dimensions ara as foliows: Length
over oil, 4a0 feet longth on load ]ine 500 foot
inches; length Of bcam, molded, II feeE
inches; tonnage, 5000 tons.
, 1874-03-19
STATE LEGISLATURES.
Closing Hours Of the Iowa Legis-
laturo.
The Noman's Suffrage Section Passed
by the Michigan Legislature.

Special Dtspatch 10 1Ae Ch5eaqo Tribune.
TAye1no. Mich. Marnh 1H.--In in pa,,..
ro,,, ~ ti;,,n1.io ,1to.n,,.o1 +,1,.. .''..'
ouo"' - A'..ot"'0. as''np'o' W naso an 'nVestl-
gatloh into the attara or tho State Treasury.
Tho members wore generally opposed, aaying no
Investigation should bo had until some ohareoa
were mn,1o. Noth;nr snnoit,o IN chnrood
IT, H. eo.,n.a 90, stia,,,,,. ~ as"',..
"' oo4a'o ~ astol.ps ~ te6"1ato TIC
nyHtom OF railroad-tarltB ny tho Constitution
was lust. 30 wns an attempt to put provision
III providing thut no slroet rulroadH suait 10
bulls except with tho consent of tho municipal
authoritius of tho town intornsted.
lie senato refused to CONCUR in proposition
or tlie l1unBo to mako tho o11ico OF Attorney
General o'thor elective or appolnllyo.
Ilo Aouso votod by u To ", just the two
tArua Vote hecossAry, to submit fonlalo suffrage
to thS people. Burns. of Wayne, brown, VI
Borrlon, auu Bomcr. Ut st. Clair, Changed tner
, 1874-03-19

A Washington telegram to the PHILADELPHIA
Press aayh TINT, In Soptenbor 1872 Just before
6onatoc Summer loft for Europo, lie wrote in lis
own hand hiH viii, by which lle boquoathed all
his papors. nlanlaeripts. aua letter-books to
Henry ". Longfollow, Francis i. Dalch, and
Edward L. Pierce, as Trustees; all hiB books
and autographs to rllo library OF Harvard COL
Henry " Longfo'low nnd Dr.. Samuel G. Howe.
Ho gives to the City Of Doaton tar tho Museum,
nls pictures and ongrayings, except the pic
ture OF the =" Miracle Of tho saye," Which ho
beQuoatllH to his friend, Joshua D Smith, Of
DuAton. 10 Mia. Hannah lltoh'nond Jaoubst the
only surviving sister Ut his mother, liz giyos I'LL
annuity OF 2dU0. There iH buQuust Of $4,000
to tue daughters OF Henry W. Longfol!ow;
S2nG0 to tlle daughters Of DR.. Samuel G. H0we,
aud 81, 1000 to tho daughters Of James I. Fur
neaH, OF Philadelphia, Of whom lo sayH:1s' aall
friendship thur parents hayo shown mo-" Tile
will dlroots that tho residue Of lis eHtatc shall
bo distributed ln two equal moie!ieH, ono moioty
to hia alasor,. Mrs. Julia Hastings, Of San Fra1i-
cisco, Cnl. tho other ,noioty to lho President
and Follows OF Harvard College ia truat
for tlio henoit Of tho college libragy, tho
incomo to bo applied to the purchase Of books.
IN roforenco to this Iaat moety thu will alls
"Ihla beluost III lnade in ti1ial rugarl 10 the
college. In selecting especially tho library,
an governed especially by tho consideration that
Ing few OF my OWN, layo rellod on tho lihrarloH
of friends autl public ilbralioe 80 that what
NOW 10 ~ onIy rcturn for what / freely re-
ceived." Franois 4. Baloi,, OF boston, formerly
Olork to tho Senate Committee on Foreign 1tula-
ttonB, when AIr. Aumner WAS Chairman, Of TINT
Committee, Is designated sole executor Ct tho
will. Mr. sumners estate IL yAlred ut al00,000.
, 1874-03-19

Continued from Second Tn4e.)
OHIO.

SFsA31{ ns,11t~b IN ria Ttf~rro f-yhh4s
'"'''"' 0''''''.~ ~. ~ ."o s"'''a0 1'"""s'
At IoLnpo'
TOLEDO March 18.-The German eloment
hero IL trying political intimidation to check the
tcn1ncratco movement. At n moot,nr loro lapt
nioht tLov coacod otroro,v 7o,,,,,o;.,or, .,a.,,
.,ana saU, .a. pAs.va ns.osy uo'',"o'Aso's reso-
tlonb agai,nss any one ensaReu ln or counton-
ene!ng tlo moVonont anu appointed COM
iiir mtoo u aen'ana cate8ofacai ans"os of the
nauun' .i i',i G"nn.os ~ tao county municipal
9!oe'l9 Mhtem oconih tho ntht hlollday III April.
a.m., dIepnSS'''li,a i 'ene anas' ewing 70 ttla
nsa. a.s,.nuu u, "" ooInnns' !.. .nI!a tho nlit-
t,n .aas4 nna ~, y. ~ Wi ~. ufcSlb @ unlg
1v ss fesr ,x ~ a ntu o'ty oonc Tho
Do''o''"'' VIII W. untiy ,,.',, .,,u s.sy: n:,
,,o.o mos ,,op, n,v t.Emta nrhsoM H., .
ncona 1a tnt f ~ ~ ho,tnr 'oe
on q, na.aaa IT,, ~. H., ,,' "ca
sa3soJ ~ Saceo78 nele snan u a's pace LIS haa
'''''e'' Ar rourop,.
to.d,, ,,,a ,.,to. Az ,raea aos'nh"; t,ss;, -
ta "H.u ra,,ata . W ill., Wig u.
nG tIona ho oo. .soro ~',t ;s,ra ucNo. ,
rotr - aIg ~ "atns @ wore no. oaseouragea oit
,von tha so,on, W eu acu as IL, tna .ornoot 1
sii"r iiar rono,',n & &as1ul'Ia @ ~ gtFe .hGa
,,n,, n,. ,,rnao te'o1so @ puI was ueterrea ny Tic
'''o" p4'''is' IN ~ 'aoyuaao,'. n1s peean
, 1874-03-19

Little Georgio Cough waB sliding down hill in
East Hampton, Conn, about a half milo from
home. His mother stood ut tho window and
saw him siide into u pond at tho foot Of tho long
hill. Nobody wns with him and lo was too
young to tiolp himself. She Atartcd for ti1o
pond as fast aa Hlio could rim. climbing fonccg
aud stumbling through banks Of snow. Before
reaching the place Aho became 10 broathloBs,
scared, and oxbaustod tint she foil, halr faint.
Ing but Hlo got on her feet agnin antl aaggorcd
on. Whom Bio came to the water, which stood
three foot dcop over tho Ice, she waded in and
drew her boy olit-but llo waB dead.
, 1874-03-19
OHIQ.


coLUMBus, O., March 1B.-1n tho Senate thu
contested election cuso OF Wemer against Walsh
was called. Que 6onator was absent. Counsel
for conteBtor announced their reatliueBs to pro-
coed with tho trial. Conteatoos counsel ob-
jocted to going forward with tho trial ut this
time, OH accuunt OF variancea between tho
amendments specified i'll tho motion for Ieave to
amond the notice Of contest, and tho amond~
ments uesually filed. Tile motion Of couteBtee
wns ordered printed.
hlcSweeney, OF counsel for Walsh, stated that
o mutton, which would To heard tomorrow. Ind
boon made iu the Supreme Court for 1eayo to
file an information III the mattor OF o quo war;
ranto. to be served OH the President Of the Sem
sato, to inquire by wllat authority tho Senate ls
proceeding with the trial OF this case.
1le caao was thon adjourned until to-mor-
row.
The Senate bill reducing tho ratea Of taxation
ou municipal corporations ahout 10 per ceut be-
low thuse provided for in tho act OF 1871, WAS
pasAod.
Tho 3enato resolution directing tho Committee
Oh Public Works to Inquire into tAo loaso aud
management of the public works Of tho State
WaB hd0pted.
III tho House. tho following bills were PASSED
House bill authorizing County Treassrela to
bring suit for tile recovery Of delinquent taxeB.
Houao bill authorizing 1IurslialH OF Incorporated
villages to exonuto civil proofABeH.
After spirited discussion the Senate JOINT
resolution providing for tho adjournment Of tho
Genoral Assembly from March az to the 1st Of
next December, was aaopted-82 to 0.
, 1874-03-19

Tile papers OF Sai VrauciHro III tue interest Of
tho ralroatl companion aro jubiant over tho do
feat Of FFoeman'a bill regulating troighta and
faroB,
Tho lottery war wLioh has boon 90 tlorcolY
wagod for tho nast fow yoara IN Missouri, Keu-
Aud z. D. slmmonu. New York, aud Murray
, 1874-03-19

QN THE QHIEF-Lu8TICEaHfp, IN l6ti.
My DEAR -: hm not q cnndidnto fur the
misunderstanding, and mover hayo boon. In
carly days, when still felt tho " fino fronzy' for
Inv, might have looked that way. dcapairingly,
of course; for ! never supposed should lotd
" office ot any kind. Bus that passed long ago
Therefore ain out OF tho question. And yet 1
feel the grandeur Of tho office, now TINT great
questions Of constitutional aud public law aro to
ha decided. Aud am not lnseusible to the
honor done mo in auppoBing that am not unit
for its duties. But anu out of tho question,
md would not have it otherwise. You know
we'll my esteom for Mr.. Moves. He would mako
an excellent Judge, and Buould bo glad to hail
linn Chlet-Justice, If thoro wore any opening. Iii.
nothing has occurred to change nv liked cot,-
yicslon that Mr. Chase will be Clef-Justlco.
The newspaper reports 60 for nothing. The
prosdent, in my humble opinion, errs by his
delay. Tho appointment ought to have been
nude on the evening Of Tanoys funeral. But,
sooner or latur, hlr. Chaao will 10 nomlnatcd. /
have always beon impressed oy Mr.. Moves cllar-
acter. atsoinn,onts, alld abilities. Ho is fit for
ANYTHING OIL the Bench or In tho Cabinet and I
have often sald 80. Ever yours,
CHARLES SUMNER:
TO 4 FRIEND WHO had NAMED ou11D AFTER
HIN.
DlY DEAR: Don't mako mistake. Novor
name chitd after living lnan. I hia Ia the
counsel give always, mud most sincerely. Who
kuows tlGt I may not fail I, too. lnav grow
faint or may turn aside to false gods. hope
not, But this IL ono OF ths mysteries of tic
future. Therefore, name your boy some good
Christian namo-it may be Charles II you win,
for that ia general, but do not compel him to
bear all his uaya labol which lo muy dislike.
! once mot q strong auti-alavory youth who boro
tho name Of Martin Van Buren,. He WAS born
whllo New York Bnt in the Presidential! chair,
and his father named him after tho chief Of the
land. But tho youth did not lnd the sentiments
of tho lato Afr. Y. B. such as le wished to be
associatea with. Ever yours,
CHARLES SUMNER.
TO aoLDIER WHO HAD AaKED HIM ron SOME
FAANKED ENVELOPES.
DEAn sIn It would be unlawful to comply
with your request. Yours truly,
CHARLES SUMNER,