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New-York tribune., 1874-12-22

BY Haeoke that according 70 tho latest view: OF derys
ton Iemurs or mOnkeyike animals OF typo IN no
eoceno passed Into apes 10 the mocene and th9ac nso
IN the the .Hs seems
ubsOiuto especially whom wo consider the ,nchanscu
characters OF the Thranian from the Palaeoco'mo
ago to the present day. -, p.,,o
O. Tho condition, habits nnd structure OF FaIro
cOsnic men correspond with the Idea tint they nhy ''o
rude and Ous OisODs OF moro cultivated trlp y,
and therefore ronliZs much IN such remains car! ~
the Bblo history Of tho fall AMI dispersion oi ahtcoi
luyan men, ,,,
Their funeral rites and the traces OF their religious
beliefs point to similarity with mos Oh inc o>,
ancient Incrs OF men, which MI faIly trac"aoie ~
corrptons OF those primitive articles Of fath rcv'a"
~ the earlier part Of he Hebrew Scriptures mo Wy,
cannot enter here but Dny have ofcasOn 10 rier W "
In tho concluding lecture Of this COURSE.
New-York tribune., 1874-12-22

Axe and Crown" Mr.. George Clarke has boon engaged
In the company that viii support her.
Mr.. JeffcNOn 10 acting in st. Louis this
week.
Mr.. F. A. Durivage, the dramatist and author,
ia iu Paris professional business.
Mrs. ROusby arrived from England yesterday.
accom- panied by her American manager, Mr. maur'oo
Grau.
Miss Laura Phillips, late of the Boston
Museum has heen engaged III tho dramatic COMPANY Nv
BU0th's Theatcr.
Miss Carlotta lcclcrcq will appear on Gal9tea,
In the tnc play OF "Pygm lion and Gatca. next Mon-
day. mt the Fifth Avenue TIcater.
Mr.. Rowe will appear at BOOtlra Thcater
next Monday as Mira"btr, IN the play Of Ltt'o En'
Mr. Rowe is now acting az Portland Maine.
Mr.. Stephen Fiskc. late of tho st. James
Thcairr. ,n,iOn. has been engaged by MT. pay' y"
Bu.iness Manager Of tho Fifth Avenue Thcater.
MIR. l.. L. Davenport will act Duke AransG.
upon the occasion Of tue revival OF "Tnc HOnevmooh
at the Fifth Avenue Theater. on Thursday evening.
The panorama of Old Paris. introduced into
Iheatcr work OF scenic art that all lovers OF paint
ing should see.
There is some very gOOd-because sensible
gentle and merrysare of tho fObcs OF actors aud the
peculaies OF I'll atrca lfe IN Mr. F.reons move, nov M on
Jsssc Tm asy mn,hea a actnrs IN an% the chapter
" Turk The First Vain" are admirable FOR truth'u
aud play full humOr. concerning THIS subject.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G.. Williamson continue to
he very successful the Melbourne stage Their !or
traits adorn the Illustrated AnstraIaslan heTs mel
bourne the bourne from when no traveller returns
and these travellers are shortly coming nome. Ausraa
will breathe frccr II sadder for now, according 10 the
Melbourne Skeher, "Tne WilllanisonS are III every
aud many goers horeabout will hear OF 1t with s'n'
pleasure
New-York tribune., 1874-12-22

TliE PACIFIC MAIL INQUIRY.
Mr.. DAWES rep. Mass,). Chairman of The Committee
Oh Ways and Means, tpads eep,;. VI the refusal Of
Rchasd B. Irwin to answer certain questions put s
hun reslrsirs the distribution by hin OK tho t'So04
received BY htn from the Pacific Mil s:esiusbip
Company to aid IN tho procuring Of the add.
The stenOgraphic report OF Mr. irvine Communication
having been read, Mr. Dawes moved the adoption VI
order that the speaker his he SER
geantat-Arms. commanding him to take into custody
to show why he should nos be puusned for
tempt. Mr.. Dawes went to say: This witness rexd
lily and almost cherfuy states to the CVmmittee. uud
the country that for tho purpose VI procuring pr
brought to the very doors Of Congress and. then
he did not enter these halls with his money.
bags IN his hands, and walku aud down theso sislrs
distributing IT, but put the remainder of mis- work III he
this investigation; and the question for ths HOUSE u
determine ts whether having mad rolled Its shoulders
TO repe tho House shall ist tnat Inference
the expenditure OF sSis sum p'''s II ToueS.
There is NO momber whose name stands recorded for
that measure. or who Omitted ~ vote agaiust IT, who
has not this charge LAID ~ hs door, ana a such
this witness seems voluntarily aud great aacrigy
to desire to lay down upon them But II it touched Inc
character OF no member O the House, 10 tvuvnus the
methods OF LEGISLATION and the means OF procuring
not investigate " the bottom aud uuder-
stand its length aud breadth II this money reached
corrupy NO member OF toe House. t was, however ex.
pended TO procure tho passago OF Dill. aud whelher
whatever then Congress- must know Ia what an.
ner legislation procured here Congress must cease
to have regard, NOS only 70 the pcrsoual CHAR
aoter of It's nemoers. but to tho respost Vt
New-York tribune., 1874-12-22
THE BIBLE AND SCIENCE.
FIFTH LECTURE BY DIR. J. W. DAWSON.

TIN ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY OF MAN.
DR.. J. w. Dawson. President of McGill College,
Montreal delivered last night tho fifth Of his course
of lectures on "1hc Ibo and Science" at the Mad
ison Avenue Presbyterian Church. The audience
was fully as large as former occasions. aud OK
pressed its appreciation by frequent and earnest
applause. The title of tho lecture was "Tho Origin
and Early History of Man." Tho last lecture Of the
course will DO delivered tonight. Questions coll
corning points in DR.. Dawson's previous lectures
were received last night from those who chose TO
submit them. and they will DO answered this
evening.
New-York tribune., 1874-12-22

A lady in Terre IIaute, Ind, has solitaire
finger RUG which has been In her family for
100 years. she being the seventh representative of
faulty upon whvse aaYor II lAs gVwed aud Suffered.
New-York tribune., 1874-12-22

with having, In the original Q taint of French i'm
morality. We trust the adaptor has removed this
taint There no longer the ghost Of chance of suc
cess IN New York for Que Of these brothe dramas.
LAWRENCE BARRETT AND THE PULPIT.
There are few pieces of acting now before
the public 80 beautiful wholesome, and 30 valuable
prop to the stage. and vtndcaton Of it's inherent
virtue. Mr. Lawrence Barres persOnation Of James
UareocU. the Man O Airlie. When 1t was first pre-
sentod in NewYork bore the heartest and strongest
testimony to its exalted merit; aud observe with
sincere satisfaction that wherever Mr. Barrett has pre-
scnted this noble and tender work of dramatic art he
has won the warmest sympathy Of virtuOus men and
women. Lately, at Cleveland, Ohio, he has received
written tribute from prominent local clergyman one
point in which is just now 80 significant that are
constrained to reproduce here tho chief passages In tue
letter-whicn arc appended:
/ wish to thank you. most heartily. for the "Man
o. Airlie" fad It . remarxable thing. The story
almost TOO sad with too little hunor lighting it, for the
average theater goer felt after 1t as II had been at
a funeral and heard men and women say after tue
performance that for the first time In their lives they
had shed tears in th0aer. But the story decately
aud gently told. aud 10 wonderfully true to Iife The
poet guilccss and trusting; the false friend weak
rather than the 1r WIFE the rarcst aud fraiiCst
flower the hillside; the rich friends are kindly. but
late. How like life 1t all is The sin of the world
gets weakness Ofteutr than vllanV, and those
who have the power and VIII to help, often don't
think of the need! Iney buii statues TO those whom
tGey neglected..
As TO Characterization OF the poet you carried mo
90 completely off my feet that can hardly command
caaI words. yuu to listen critically meaning TO be
tgdly just In my Judgment; but In thc irst act tine
simple te.der.nearted fellow made me love him: in
the second and third acts love grew To pity; III the
fourtn ptiy changed to admiration, almost tO awe.
In tbo Man o Airiie J saw fiction Of the play
wright. NO performance OF Mr.. Barrett. but the poet
himsef singing suffering. lovin dying, IN real person
he hddeu ne" Experience To my life; gave mo
and most nO'abo acquaintance. Bdt nc and you will
We 10 me DIS distinct any other two persOns IA
this world.
Your profession receives 10 much dennnciat0n from
mine that those or us who really love tho drama aud
aupreoae its worth feel the mere an t give n
aud its representatives our cordial sympAthy and sup
port. ,m,~, >,ou,
Mrs. RUlsby will appear at the Lyceum
jan l. 1875 ~ tue ErtWoeW Elizabeth, TwIXt
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goycruucpI for he District and he believed the people
VT tho District wond BE- better on with three Commits
sOCrl appointed by the Pre- sct IN preside over them
than have all tho NUtioS atd corruption when nave
existed heretofore.
Mr.. LOGAN Uep.. I'D favOrfa the amendment and
with the Senator from California (Mr. Slrgen
lie said IL belicI Ell tie District wOui be much better
governed II allowed TO ecct Mayor aud Council,
the case in former years. than 1t would bo under
this bli.
Mr.. SALISBURY said q Committee Of Congress had
investigated the subject and reported that by gov
crnmrnt established on this unlimited principle the
people Uf the District had borne down with load
OF debt which had aroused the whole country Did the
Senator from California, OF his friend from llinOs
desire Ia have such % state OF Affairs agant
Mr.. LOGAN said the men who had involved the Dis
ric IN dent were not elected by the people, but
appointed by the President.
SIR. SALISBURY spoke OF the acts OF the District
debt whio had beon authorized by the popular vote
had been authorized b. people who did pay cent
Uf taxes they imposed on others.
Mr.. FLANAGAN (Nep.. Tex favored the amenduep nj
Of the senator from luana mr. Morton) aud said that
as representative OF the South, no would cordially
support IT, Tho Constitution OF tho UuiteI States said
II knew Only the people without regard color There
had been ltalk OF removing the capital, aud
opinion the passage OF this bill would be fatal blow
the perpctuity Of the capital here, for tho millions
Of the cOlorod voters Of tho country would vote
sOlidy to IL to any other place. He regretted
that the Senator tMr. MOrtOD) had included
suffrage IN his amendment as he dr Flanagan) would
Dc glad to have woman suffrage start here.
Mr.. HOWE (Rep., Wis., introduced resolution IN
sructinK tho Committee on tho Judiciary to Inquire
whether any egslaon 10 necessary TO prohibit ds0urs
corporations or to the order OF such persous
corporations. who have been duly eJoned by courts
OF the Uuiod states from receiving tho same and "
report by bill or 9th erwise. Agreed to.
Mr.. PRATT tsep, Iud) introduced . hill amending.
the not granting pension tv certain soldiers aud sxlors
VI tLs Wax Vt ls aud 10 N!dows Of deVsAsed sQdiegs
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approved february H. fs7 Referred to the Committee

approved february H. fs7i. Referred to the Committee
on Penai0ua
Mr. LOGAN tRep.. Ill presented memorial OF former
members Of the Marine Corps for bounty for
the ate war, similar to that received ny volunteers
the army. Referred to tho Committee On Military
Affairs.
Mr. MERRIMON tDen.. N. C) obtrined tho floor 10
address, the Senate District Government BILL but
yielded @ motion Tor an Executive Session. aud ac
O'clock the Senate proceeded to the consideration OF
Executive business.
At 2ao tho doors wore reopened and the Senate ad
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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-14

If any dispute is ''stale and unprofitable,' -
1t strikes one that this is, about the cause OF
the confederate failure. General Joe John
stoD charges it to blunder of the govern
ment in not seizing the cotton in the hands
of the planters when the war begun. This
disturbs @. c. Memminger, whose name looks
somewhat familiar in type after long alb
sence. lie was the first confederate score
tary Of the treasury, and from personal
knowledge makes a clear rejoinder to Gen
eral Johnston. He shows that in the three
months, from February to May, before the
blockade was ordered, the shipment OF
1900, 900 bales OF cotton was physical inn
possibility. 1t would have required 1000
ships, and they were not to be had, especially
in the face of notification of the coming
blockade. More cotton was shipped by private
enterprise than could have been done by the
government. TO obtain possession OF the
cotton the government must have
adopted one of three modes purchase it,
beg It, or seize it by force. The first ezpe-
dent was impossible, as Mr.. Memminger
shows, for want OF money. When the gov
eminent set up in business iC had not money
to pay for the table at which the treasurer
sat. Granted that money was to be had
for the printing, there was not a scrap of
bank note paper in the cOnfederacy on
which to print dollar, or the covenant of a
bond. When they got to making notes the
demand exceeded tbs supply, and none could
be used by the government to buy cotton.
If cotton had been. bought directly with
bonds the same as those issued for funding
the currency, the planters would have
thrown them on the market and they would
have broken down in six months. As for
donations of cotton, loyal as the planters
were, they could not aid the cause in that
way. On the contrary, the COVER nment was
forced to answer tho multiplied applica-
ions by the planters for aid with printed
circular. Instead ofgiving, the planters asked
aid from the new government. In regard
to seizure, the ex-treasurer declares that
would have been "a high-handed course
which could never receive the sanction Of
the statesmen who administered our gov
ernment." On the whole Mr.. Memminger
insists, and with much plausibility, that
there is no record of war of such dimen
sions sustained four years by mere financial
expedients. In that fact is one of the mos
striking evidences of the devotion of the
Southern people to their i'll advised attemp
at the destruction of a nation.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-14
Che SemtimeI.
TUESDAY, APRIL IA.

Susan Virginia Benton Boilleau died in
Paris on the sth of March. She was the
youngest daughter of Senator Thomas III.
Benton, and was in many ways remark
able woman. In 1855, she was married to
Baron Boilleau, then secretary of the
French legation at Washington. Her hus-
band was successfully appointed to many
diplomatic positions, and she Invariably
accompanied him. even several years
residence at Calcutta, where she is sup
posed to have permanently injured her
health. Finally, the Baron became involved
In General Fremont's Memphis and FL Paso
railroad project and through its failure he
was compelled to repair to Paris for trial,
where he was Immediately sentenced to
three years. imprisonment. His wife made
heroic efforts to prove his innocence of any
Intentional fraud, but she finally sueeumbed
to her repeated failures, and lost her life in
the faithful effort to save her husband from
an undeserved disgrace.
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the octroi, or considerable more than one
half. 1t will readily be seen that the operat-
ing of such revenue system as this
must involve complicated business
machine. Nobody but the systematic
Frenchman could make it successful. Yet
the work is both perfectly and cheaply ac-
complished. 1t costs but fraction over
five per cent. to collect the octroi, and many
valuable matters of information are OBJ
tanned incidentally besides. So exact are
the operations, and so prompt the reports,
that at any moment it can be told at the CEN
trail bureau just how many chick
ems, eggs, measures of coal and bot
ties of wine have come into the
the city during the day. The tax is in
reality a relic of the feudal days, dating back
more than fifty years. As the city increases
so does the amount of money coll ected. In
1901 Paris had half million of people. To-
day, there ars over two millions, including
the constant army of visitors from abroad.
The tricks and ingenious devices for SNUG
Cling, particularly liquors, which are
heavily taxed, would I'LL volume. But
officers are educated to the last degree of
sagdclIV, anu Ho way VI ESCAPING
them is long successful. 1t is claim
ed that this method of taxation
which reaches absolutely every person,
poor and rich alike, cannot be improved
upon for that particular city which has be-
come so accustomed to it, that the annoy
ance has ceased to be so regarded. Repeated
attempts have been made to abolish the sys-
tenn, in the various revolutions, but it is
part of the very earth and atmosphere, ven-
cradle with age, and fortified both by usage
and prejudice.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-14

Among the curious and interesting ways
of that wondrous French city, Paris, none
is more remarkable to American eyes than
the mode by which municipal revenues are
raised. 1t takes considerable money to run
the city of Paris, especially whenin addition
to its dimensions, it is remembered that no
other city gives away so much in charitable
provisions for the poor and the wretched,
and none other goes into the perfection
of public improvements on so magnificent a
scale. How does she raise the money ?
In word, by taxing lightly everything
that is brought into the city for necessity,
use and pleasure. Everything intended to
be eaten, drunk, or used for building or any
purpose, when it reaches the barriers, is
stopped by sentinel and charged an admis-
sion fee. This tax for municipal revenue is
called the octroi. OF the total expenditures
of the city authorities last year, 1877, s15. 1882
francs, TO-, 900 francs were derived from
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-14

Wisconsin has a railroad law which fixes
the rates of transportation according to the
wisdom of a state legislature. But its pro-
visions work some curious results that won't
be very well relished by the towns whose
trade is killed. II knocks the lumber trade
of Milwaukee dead at one stroke. 1t is done
in this way. The new law fixes the rate at
a uniform price from the point where the
freight starts, say at two dollars per car for
every IS miles. Under the rule, lumber can
be shipped from Tomah right through Mil
waukee at a less rate than the roads
have right to charge from the latter
place. This puts in the power of the st. Paul
road, if it chooses to use it to cut off all the
trade at Milwaukee in favor of remoter
points on the line. The law in one place
provides that the railroad commissioners
shall ride free over all railroads in the state,
and elsewhere makes it a misdemeanor for
any state official to accept pass on a rail
road. The rates liked for freight are, after
the first fifty miles hauled, on the following
articles: grain and flour, l Clio cents per ton
per mile salt, cement, etc, 92-1O0 cents per
ton per mile; lumber and shingles, etc,
SO-lOO cents per ton per mile; live stock,
6-lO cents per ton per mile; agricultural
implements, l 2-lO cents per ton per mile;
and coal one cent per ton per mile. 1t is
said that these prices are below the actual
cost under the best management. But the
law and the people will probably come to
an understanding on better acquaintance.
Its provisions are not to be put in force I'M
til May, and meantime the railroads will
study and determine what policy they will
adopt under the statutes.