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New-York tribune., 1874-03-16
.u.N DEVOTED TO PRINCIPLE.

n, Rrr Dr. Storrs M Church QJ tks Pilgrims, Brooklyn
The Rev. Richard 5. StOrrs, ID. d., OF the
Church OF the Pilgrims Brooklyn, preached yesterday
morning an eloquent and powerful sermon on " Lessons
An the life and death OF Charles sumner" He said;
Many say is the weakness OF ministers to enlogize
the dead But minister thinks as other men do, and
when he stands over the collin the virtues VI u ano
dead S are ma1 S'ef Of p intense convictions, who
repeed many. made many enemies, was tn0uEnt -, ps
many 10 be egotistc and passionate and who 0ften
ronscd the most Intense antagOnism Now he Is dead,
and the who spoke OF him WIN nae slc9h & VI
htm almost with love No man suffered 30 much from
the attacks of the press His very name WAS uttered
with hiss Of hate. HIS death has hushed helr sIe.
Min words of reverence and almost o tenderness lie
was "a with grand principle TO serve it; VIII no
startling marvellous genius but OF great Pos,tsg, M on
unusual character lie possessed the piesuxe o1 m un
nlustrous ancestry He enjoyed nme ,,o,ed NV
yanages which he Improved. ne Was SuikS" MAJ ne1
wears OF fruitful residence In foreign lands MANY me- men
Sto nay s % i 6y%s have lacked the dignity OF his. why2
Tney lac Ked sincerity OF conviction to the principles
II, nS. NAM of us hold to be vital truths But he did
believe other things and in defense OF tnls bSntl
hfe Whatever was grand In his character Whatever
there Of the heroic came from ms onVoSu 10 ns
wide popular sympathy, hut cften intense ana wlde
autiuaty. Yet the meu VINO hated him felt th9t
ms personal integrity was beyond suspicion. NO
man with his hands foil Of gold could tempt
him No hope Of high position could tempt
him from the line of principle he had marked
out Thus lac had the allegiance OF honest minus
dom hut who always regarded MIN as an honest man
Would that IN the Halls of Congress, now hushed IN
sucss aud draped black the lesson OF his life might
he written with a pen Of iron and sounded with
"a tongue OF thunder, on the heart ana ear oi
every man tempted To sacrifice his integrity
From his life We learn the advantage that Is often
ra!ncd from an unjust injury. Many of us remember
thc ION created when he stricken IN his seat
by brutal assault Many had questioned or duarrelcd
with the speech that provoked the 0ttack. Many
thought n unnecessarily Violeut-some unhesllat
iugly dissented from It, No matter. Wuen the blows
tci when brutal violence answered argument ana
appeal 10 feeling every man's heart went the same
way. This attack wroJe the doom OF the system II
represented. 1t made this man henatOr Tor
ME the powerful Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
That vacant chair eloquent than any WORDS
che occupant cOuld have been. That assault wrote
the Of slavery. He who hears the fantest Whisper
an insect ell the trump or an afcbdngei heard
an those blows the sound OF the cannon which we're 10
Shattcr the ranks OF the COnfedeUcy Ihat brutal
s,lut La raised charles Sumner To wholly unique
place history, aud crowned him as with CroWu OF
lg EUl
New-York tribune., 1874-03-16
TAMMANY ORGANIZATION.

meeting of the Tammany Committee on
Organization held on Saturday, the Hon. John Kelly
presiding A recommendation from the XXIst Assembly
District with reference to a proposed change in tho
holding Of primary elections was referred to sub
committee, consisting Of John II. Fellows, william ii
Quincy, VIM. Brennan, Martin T. MacMahon, and
John Morissey. A committee consisting OF John
r. Fellows, Peter b. Olney, and H. ID. Pounoy
appointed TO consider and report upon
the existing laws regulating the applications
OF naturalzed citizens register and vote apparent
Injustice nasmuch the oath OF natyeborn citizen
IL taken ~ sufficient guarantee, while naturazed
citizen must make oath that he IL one and when chal-
lenged produce his certificate OF naturalization. WIN.
H. Wickham, Edward Cooper A. B. Caldwell, Edward
Hogan, and William Lamb were appointed a committee
to report amendments to the bylaws George W. Nor
tOn John X. Fellows, and Peter Is. Oney ap-
pointed committee to prepare suitable resolutions
cerning the death Of eXPrcsdent Fillmore and Senator
Sumner
New-York tribune., 1874-03-16
SUBURBAN MURDERERs CONVICTED.

The trial Of Joseph Walch for the killing of
Hermon Hulcher, the Albany scissors grinder this
village the night Of May s73 terminated satur
day. District Attorney A. sydney Crowel and the Hon.
John Griswold conducted the prosecution; Messrs.
Osborn and Givens appeared for the defense ExJudge
Osborn made eloquent appeal behalf Of the pris
oner, the plea being insanity. ExJudge Griswod
summed up for the prosecution. Judge Westbrook'S
charge clear and the jury, after short coDsrta-
tOn came into court with verdict OF guilty OF murder
in the first degree. Tne prisoner then sentenced 10
be hanged on May ], the anniversary of the murder.
Joseph Freeman tried for the murder OF his mother In
Jersey City last week, convicted on Saturday OF
manSdugbte The verdict somewhat une Xpected,
and many disappointed. The counsel for the pris
were however, much pleased and they congratu-
lated their client his escape. Judge BedIc
sentenced the prisoner TO the state Prison for 10
New-York tribune., 1874-03-16
rNIIED STATES SUPREME COURT.

WAsHINGTON March H-NO. ZS-MutuaI Lie
Compauy EewYot Hamo Executor Of Goodman,
.pye ts Ce Court iof the southern Distinct o.
In this the Cenpsny nnie %. fs Of the deceased
nm. ue,s regularly paid and us March 1861 Before another
Coupany had vhdswn the agent aud there
~r no made until after the conclusion Of the when
all dae premium and aer his death hs
,tculor made Offer The refused 10
up,n the policy erg eeaieupg that had beea forfeited
b premism also inssssi that The erisenee OF the
and that amer procsned became
una-fu Company TO insare the HE al @s dseased
m "a receive noney from him payment of premium
and thereby The poieJ anc ali the ngt and interest Of
G.n .n his ls ceased The Court below ruled otherwise and
he that the entitled TO The ane" brought
here for dtermRstoD having been decided both wAs IN
the conclusion OF the lhe appellant.
position below, 'tste above aud the appellee
Of the rendered OF
boasd the By tte tenJsr
New-York tribune., 1874-03-16
TIE COURTS.
AcouIrrAL OF woopHULL AND cLAFLlN.

The criminal proceedings against Victoria
C. woodruff, Tcnnic c. Cafin and James II. Blood, for
the alleged libel upon Luther c. Chals, which have
lasted ten days were brought end SATURDAY, by
the acquittal OF the defendants The following state
ment was read by juror
The Jury wish to express their unanimous and most
hearty concurrence in the sentiments expressed 50
eOguently honor in regard To the character anh
tendency the teachings OF these defendants At the
same time in the OF that large discretion cOnhded
10 them by the State Constitution and laws such
these. aud in Difference TO the honest doubts which
existed I'm the minds Of majority of the Jury from the
commencement OF their deliberations they nave unan
ousy decided to yield to the defendants that cbar8
bic pre- sumption OF innocence where there reason
able doubt by which the Law protects those who are
placed IN Jeopardy OF life and liberty.
Tue defendants then discharged, and while re
ceiynG the congratulations OF their friends.
arrested upon the evil suit which has been instituted
by Mr. Challis. Bail was furnished at the Sherirs Of
Gee and they were again released
New-York tribune., 1874-03-16

,rsued it TO be great agency In the promo.oo ss %
hnman happiness. lie held that by making pos.,tV ho
sSean as possible, communication between toso too,aho
were near and those who were far would De SO ",es
that they would seem 10 live together, anu ne sntd
would not be broken up. MOREOVER, Il" oGorj
that there are people VINO cauSSi ca,Sis class
10 nav high postage, and IN 'ils.ossihIc
ccmn,w1ication between separated friends s mtosso;
Then he went further and remembered inc poor m a., Ire
I bo hos ieft her native home in Germany OF W. ~, ~
land the poor farm laborcr who Is seeking m and has
new world, hut has heart Tor the o,u o yei or i'm
with him: and thinking of these poor roUp Ip cope
Budgets and Kates and Marys-wlo1 pnnId carrv ont
aa,,9 no urged that the Government suouu o9l '
h easnrc M for their sake That was Ike Charles sun
.nis @ ~ ,sbo always went below the supetuSal, ua
hor, @ in ~ tbtnts Tin he reached the soul ot ques
& having reached the soul O question ne teit
himsef the spring OF power III H.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-16
A STATESMAN. NOT A POLITICIAN.

a STATESMAN, NOi n ipi>iiiOih-''
TAs H1eorh at ~ Church Of the Di'e'pk'
The Rev. George II. Hepworth preached, last
evening at the Church the Disciples upon the late
Charles Sumner His text Romans vii, II: For
OF us hveth TO himself ana no man dieth OF him
,ef." He said:
when great forest tree falls amid host OF It's fe
when tall and stately elm that for generation has
graced the open plain feled 10 the ground passer
ieels that OF the old landmarks has been taken
away. ana he is overwhelmed by sorrow Within
the past week not only this nation, but the
whole world has suffered bereavement
life has been lost which u hardly seemed
Charles Sumner wac true maD a man who had sat at
the feet Plato OF Socrates and of Aristotle He has
looked into the faces Of those who to-day shaping
the destnies Of Europe His fe was fn OF power ana
actions I do not wish 10 revive his whole life
but 70 speak OF only few salient points which are
directly applicable TO yOn ana L. re wac lu every sense
statesInan pOlitican-wOrkng for the elevation
OF a nation OF which he member. statesman IA
. philosopher never thinking OF himself but spending
ali his life ennObling his fellow men He used sl
the beginning 10 the end there was nothing In that
mans life which did not tend 70 the perspcnty OF his
country aud the salvation OF his nag From his prtb 70
his death he true 10 his one idea Wben ne began
IN HewYork and NewEngland II
wanted TO take the crOssfoad 70 the hatred OF te
people he had only 70 advocate anti slavery, we to
their fav0T the road OF slavery and Oppres
sioD. lie what you sDd did not seethat freedom
must come and ana quickly. He the picture OF free
dom SIDE with her factories and newspapers and
iendssm on the other side, supported by the bowie
knife ia the hands Of our arrogant aTistOeracy The
contest which he began 90 years ago not
lhe contest OF one man or one party, but
ss. the contest Of night against wrong,
took hs stand the side OF Christ country he
~as The hvihs exponent Of the s@s""a the mount.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-16
CRIMINAL NOTES.

At the Essex, Market Police Court yesterday,
ln,r, F.umsr committed Adoph Cohen In default Of 500
sp,ser the attempted to shoot Oer Gny Of the
E,JsntL wbe being taken 10 the station house
At the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday,
h.f, Kc Webster held defaud Of bail for
s2I from Alexander Burns Of No. 80 Beahs Michael
committed charge Of attempt
ps TO shoot sstgav night Martin H. Jansen coacbm.n With
had Richard NJ Moore Of Ne l33 West
and smith Of No 03 North Ffs-s Brook
i'm we're held defsut Of 800 each charge Of stealing
,..ey,r and ~ from Heury {. Ball
New-York tribune., 1874-03-16

Supreme Court Chdmbers-By Judge Donohue.-
Fro-Moton denied Shsvag Hayes In the matter
kc Pesn Memoranda Hunt agt Brennan decisions Csnn
Jacoby Johnou-Petious denied Memorsnda
Weld National life Insurance Complny-Orier granted shs sgt
Memorandum for counsel stahn agt hoGuness-hoon
sbde Mcintosh st FISK eShoton granted
t5ee opnon) IN the matter, &c, Hsyssd-Reierence
Superior COnrt-Specdi Term-Bv Judge Curtis
Mercer vosMoton granted (See meml Lasuz agt Lusilg
Motion defendant plaintiff f2j weekly and 70 S3Oo
for plaintiffs counsel fee and expenses Of suit .dion 70 sun
paid haby two TO conso
denied ssmeAouou to place special
Told opkn&MotOn order OF
rest denied Dick ag DkRepor Of the referee confirmed and d.
plaintiff COe Daus-Orir granted for the
poDnent a receiver Plat Smith Motion that plaintiff Gle
cuty without shou, prejudice to dndan
advised Wvman Charek Balm
Pgen-Ore Of reference schafe ag ScharOrder deny
ahnony Rouse Saomon Wolf agt Sane
Application foG re-settlenent OF order denied
New-York tribune., 1874-03-16
PASSENGERS ARRTTED.

FROM SAvANNAH-Ia steamship leo, March lf-Mss Nm .
Scanan Murray and children MR. Phean ani Gsught
Msnouey, Mss Cavanaugb John Roe Lambert Roe g Dav'
Stebbns, H. A. L. Ramsey, r. = Leroan. tas
Muller Mclaughlin Frank Shbe n. Snglemsn a. brooms
j. Mamon ~ Mudool J. NJ Elsanis, " ls'A.
hco. Reneck, g. Smith wife 20 10 the sleCfatt,
New-York tribune., 1874-03-16

charge and gives positive guarantee that tho neces-
appropriation will be with the same judcious
care.
As the work rests in its uncompeted state land
has been standing for the four months for want OF
funds cOnynsion Of nature accident might and
would defeat the plans Of the engineer and add greatly
TO its future cost.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-16

DECISIONS-MARCU "a,

made The decision VI. .fe' great number o. person, s.a
Treman Henry Davies sDd j. Dawes or ppeF
Sanford C. H. Woejrus ssd Peter Hamilton fof appees
New-York tribune., 1874-03-16

Beyond slight increase In the number Of sales the
repositories the local carriage trade presented no
features The moderate activity prevailing Is further
more general character, being confined 70
ufacurers OF the best grades Of work The factories
busy ordered work mainly, and very little "a
manufactured for stock.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-16
MINIATURE ALMANAC

O:lOi sets,..... O:Os Moor r-r. tI
HiGH wArpB DAY-As
Sandy Hook s:l7 GOV, lssnJ... 65l Hell Gate feV S4O
rHr DAY-P.
Sandy Hook GAL Gov, Island az Hell Gate feny. 300
New-York tribune., 1874-03-16
Snnerior Cnnrt-HpecinL Iernn-Rv Lndge Curtis.
CALbNDARS-TBs DAY
UsirRD STATES DISTRICT CoURr.-BLArCHroRD, J.
In dm,r

- De Pu7a agt Peet.
l04. Schmidt agt. Smith.
06. .Strudhof sgt. Par,ous
40. Reed sgt. steamer Electra.
80. y. and N. \. Steamboat Go.
AIT. Steam-tug Niagara.
1872. roombs agt Nolan ct al.
lO7 ROdnsn ct al. agt Steamer
Kathleen Mar.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-04-22
Tho Last Brooklyn Sensation.
iMMoRALrTY IN THE PUBLIC sCHooLs-swEEl
mo CHARGE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION..

lMMoRALTTY IN THE PUBLIC sCHooLs-swEEl'-
ING CHARGE BY THE sUPERINrENDENT
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, April ol.-Mr. Thomas w.
Field, Superintendent of Public Inst uction, in
his annual report to the Board of Education,
condemns the system OF mixed schools in vogue
IN that city, and makes statements which has
created intense excitement in the public mind.
He says: "a vicious youth, whose mind ia pre-
cociously matured with the evils of a metropoli-
tan city, and thoroughly educated in all its my ys-
teries Of vice. Is not rare parsonage in our pub
lie schools. 1t is sad truth that he is frequent
one. Such boy, or such young man, may be
the Child of respectable parents who require his
attendance there; aud, if the offspring of the
most vicious parents, he cannot be rejected Yet
he is permitted 10 sit by the side of pure and
gently trained girls, whose guardians would with
less pain commit her 10 the grave than permit
her TO be contaminated by the foul teaching oi
the youthful debauchee.'
"A If the above assertions were not strong
enough, Mr. Field adds "That the evils are moi
Wholly imaginary. and facts iu my possession arc
testimony which cannot repudlte."
The report has created great excitement in al
circ. s, and the Board OF Education will hrst in
vest igate MI. Fields statements and the facts b,
may bring TO their attention.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-04-22
An industrious Isoy.

n recent number OF tho Lawrence, Mass
achusetts, HlHcl tcdn says: There is good
little boy in Lawrence who had long been
fired " lth an ambition To blow tho churc h
organ on SUNDAY. Tho regular blower
wasn't thore last Sunday, aud the organist
put the hoy rs substitute. lilo instructed
him mInutely how he should pump AR
into tho bellows. He must be careful and
not work tho handle 10y jerks, aud on no
account must he allow the indicator. VIII ich
showed the amount of air in the bellows, to
arise above a certain point. When ii start
ell np tho boy must pump until ii came
down to tho mark again, and thnro he ma st
keep 1t. The orGaui@t went through the
voluntary all right; the hoy was faithful.
The choir sang tho first hVmn: 10 trouble.
Another hymn; the hoy was there and tho
blowing was all straight. Tho minister read
the text and proceeded with his sermon.
After a while tho organist though; lac heard
something behind tho organ. lle listened,
and was very sure tho pump was going.
The minister preached on, and an OCCASION
al sound behind tho organ Indicated that
tho boy was at his post. Tho organist
couldn't reach him, so the 10y Kept pump.
ing. lilo pumped through tho sermon, the
last hymn the final prayer and tho henedic.
ton. Tue organist played while the CON
gregation retired, and then climbed around
| to look at his boy. He WAS there all right
pumping. lie ha,l been there keeping tht
bellows handle going Tor an hour and
half. When tho bellows leaked little and
the Indicator rose, he pumped iii 1t came
back. He said his arms acbed little, bul
he'd come next sunday il tho man wante d
him.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-04-22
Women Of Burden i'm a;ermanx

II Is remarkable, says writer on German
me, III the Boston tfl05e, what great burdens
German women carry on their heads One
may meet them constantly with great tabs and
Kettles oi water on their heads. Many of them
carry loads of vegetables 10 market in great
white wooden tubs, wearing little round
plated mat next I'd the head. One sees the
atrangest loads, too, poised in mid-air. Vege-
| tables oi all kinds and cheese are carried by
them. Suddenly n woman comes along Will
an immense pile of faggots tied in buudles-
some for burning and some which are saplines
| Tor DroomS and baskets. Another one come 5
bearing great baskets of turf, for kindlipr
llres, and often do we see on these women'5
heads loads Of kindllng wood. The German
peasant women occupy position little better
lhan n slave, peiformng the most menial SER
wee for mele pttance. Any night around
me fountains ana water tanks may be seen
crowds OF these young women with great tubs
and half barrels almost in size, waiting in
turn TO carry water for their use the next
morning. These persons should hayea word
spoken IN their behalf; for they have weary
| life and their positen is a pitable one They
are expected to black boots carry burdens, do
any and all kinds Of drudgery; aud are paid
4 lIere nothing for their WORK, depending a
good deal on Trinkgeld collection for doing
| odd jobs and errands of all kinds. In MANY
German houses theyaIe given monthly little
extra sum. They are expected to do any
thing and everything that in our country the
man servants do. Coming from the opera, a
host of these glTls may be seen with shawls
and wrapplngs for their mistresSes to wear
going home. Women occupy, certainly in
common, position far below the American
women In relative position in society In
| the streets they are constantly seen pulling
wagons hit for one horse to draw. The woman
Is only servant, rs it were-not the hostess,
as We understand the term-in her own
| home -
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-04-22
A Mania Among The Negroes.
The Schools To he C1o,ed

Inc Schools to be Closed.
From the Petersburg. Va, Daily News. 2lst
As piece of current history, we come to
notice the extraordinary, and to us incom-
piehensible mania which Tor some days has
| seized the colored people OF Petersburg. 1t
| takes tho shapes of religious frenzy, and
| pervades all ages and conditions of these
people, and mas taken such proportions as
to challenge the consideration of all think
ing people.
1n some particulars it resembles the ter.
ribie visitation which came over Naples in
the seventeenth Centnry-when st. Nltas' or
st. John > dance took the form of an cpl
damic and spread over tho entire city.
Even the religious sanctuaries we're invad-
cd by the mad, howling mobs. People ap-
psrently sane and in good health on coming
IN contact with the infected, would seem 10
| catch the disease in amoment, and go whIrl-
| ing into the mad dance OF death. PoIitica!
rev olution, followed by wide spread insani.
| ty anu fearful diseases were the conse-
quences.
| Yesterday morning the streets in the up
pci portion ot tho Guy were Resonant VIII
shouts. Eroans aad mumbed pray ers
| about lhld-uay, IN front OF tho harrison
street coiOred school, scene took Ilace
| which ueiles description. Perhaps ono hun.
dre,l Chiidron, from eight To fifteen years oi
age. wtro mingled iu n mass Of dancing
howiinE humanity all repeating tho same
| formula III making tho same Wild gestures
all using the same tone Of voice. Beulaul
WAS holding high carnival of maniacs and
discipline VAS lost in chaotic frenzy
The glddy mass surged hither and yoD
while teachers vSinly commanded, enlreat-
Cd and implored the enthused children tt
come to their studies, but they might "A " oil
have talked 10 the wild waves of the sea
when the storm king held his court. ii igh
or and higher rose the tumult, till physical
exhaustion brought relief, alike, to tho per
plex ed teacher and wearied child.
We feel real anxiety concerning the rs
suit OF this extraordinary hallucInation IN
our city. Without doubt many Will he
come raviDg maniacs, while the menta
power OF hundreds will be injured for life
Expostulation ia thrown away, and thert
; seems to be no remedy but 10 wait until tn,
storm exhausts itself. Ono suggestion, how
ever, we respectfully make to tho Roar,
p, OF Education II is that tho schools be close(
/ until thu epidemic is ovor, for 1t il OK posin,
4 the children 10 fearful risks to bring then
, into large crowds while they arc IN the pr 81,
ont excited condition, and such thing a
mental Improvements is absolutely out q
tho question, while they arc in The thir
: heaven Of reli glous enthusiasm.
In Petersburg the negroes are so numei
Gus that their vot,e control tho muncip.
| government.