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A Mode, D. s,,agogae.

Hon. Geo. G. Wright, one Of the United
States Senators from Iowa, is proving himself
a dsmagosue Of the first water, by his efforts
to make reputation for retrenchment and
reform at the expense of others. On Mon
day he offered resolution in the Senate
looking to reduction of ten per cent. on the
salaries Of all employees receiving over
$1,000 yearly. BY this bill every 200 or
6rst-class clerk would be taxed $40 year,
second-class clerks, SO; third-class, $50 /;
and fourth-class, $50 for the benefit of Mr..
Wright and those who act with him, and to-
wards making upthe 81 100000 members of
Congress draw annually from the treasury
on the strength Of their increased salary and
the 81 800 600 or so Of back pay they have
pocketed. Probably this patriotic effort will
secae to Mr.. Wright the gratitude of the
people Of his State. But it will be very
cheaply earned fame. Besides, it seems to
havs been an eleventh hour motion with him
as his decision to return his back pay was.
And even yet no continues to draw his extra
salary, we understand.
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Dealt. "g Charles l.. Redmond

All Of the Old guard of abolitionism will
remember Charles Lennox Kemond In the
days Of abolition agitation Charles l..
Remond was a faithful laborer under the
leadership Of the Garrisonian abolitionists.
His color; and the novelty of black man ad-
dressing public audiences on political and
moral question, attracted the people and nave
him many Listeners in the early days Of organ .
lied opposition to slavery. A few days ago,
after prolonged illness he departed this life.
and will be remembered for the services he
rendered the cause of bis enslaved race when
it was voiceless and powerless. Mr.. Re-
mond was born and reared in Salem. Mass.
and in 1888 took the field as lecturer under
the auspices Of the American Anti-Slayery
Society, and 10 company with the Rev.
Ichabod Coddins made speeches In behalf of
aboli:ionism throughout New England. q
section at that time nearly as bitterly CD.
posed to the abolitionists as the South. In
1910 he visited England ~ delegate to the
Worlds Antl-Slavery Convention held in
London, remaining abroad two years, lectur.
ing throughout England, Ireland and Scot
lapd. Mr.. Remond received hearty vel.
come on his return home Since the ersat
change In the condition Of his race Mr.. Re-
nond has remained quiet and lost to public
notice. ~
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Lana ReEs6ery Ii, Turkey.

Ihe l-evant Nerold gives the following ac-
count OF recent robbery of csc, OCO rom
the Imperial Ottoman Bank. 1t seems Ia
nave been carried on during period of ft,,;r
years by stale continuance which. under
any ordinary system Of vigilance, could
scarcely have been pursued for single week
Without discovery.
The principal event has been the discoy-
cry by MIR. I. w. Symthe. the Chief Cashier.
oi gigantic theft committed upon the I'M
perla! Ottoman Bank by a certain Mixer
oitch S!ulonoY'ch, an Armenian, one Of the
under cashiers. The cuprit is the younuer
brother Of the chief assistant cashier Who
has been for seventeen Years in the bank
ana has always enjoyed the fullest confidence
OF the directors. The defauter was not very
highly paid, receiving one hundred and TWEEN
" pounds year, but his duties gave him
access TO the cash balances of notes and
com, and he appears to have been addicted
to speculation in The funds. The robbery
began, according tn the confession of S;mono.
vlch, ahout four years ago, and YVES mainly
accomplished BY extracting 300 rounds fro..,
the 100 pound bags of gold and fiiiinr n,
Inc Days with the exact weight Of 900 pound.
III SILVER coin, so that neither the external
appearance nor the weight Of the bags was
III any way altered. The Imperial OTTOMAN
Bank is the only establishment in Constorti.
nope which has large turnover Of coin
and that has been known to amount "a half
amillion in the course ola day. Consequently
TINS young man, trusted as he was by his
brother, and on his brothers. reputation. as
well as his OWN, by the superior officers Of the
bank, was able to pass the bags he had tam.
pelcd with from the service balance into the
reserve, and to substitute genuine for adrl.
terated bags, as these latter were drawn
from the reserve. Latterly, Simon had ex.
tended his depredatiOns to notes and securi.
ties. but the system of the bank did not lend
itself to plumber In those departments. and
the robbery was discovered by the Chief
Cashier in checking the service balance Of
notes. The total amount of which the ban,t
has been piundered does not, as far as our in.
formation goes, fall short of ESQ, 900. includ.
ing f25, O06 of securities. Without preiudgino
the case, there seems to have been some las
mentabe defect in the relations between tHe
cash service department, under the. Central
of the Chief Cashiers, and the reserve denart.
ment under that OF the direction. for the rob.
berry appears to have been rendered nrsct,cs.
Bile by the want of a proper system Of cbect
IN the process OF transferring large amounts
from the keeping of the Cashier to that Of I'll The
direction, and rice rersa."
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The A1dlne.

Every cultivated American should feel
proud Of such superb national publication
- the Aldine. The first number for the new
year, January, 1874, opens with such brilliant
promise, we shall be astonisled at no achieve
ment which may be accomplished hereafter.
The press Of the New World agrees in an
nouncing the Aldine the finest organ of art
and literature ever issued; and the January
number Is wonder of beauty and marvel
Of literature. The full page illustrations con-
sist, 6rst, Of an exquisite tint, snow scene,
by Thomas Moran, Of New Years Morning
IN England, with the Practitioners saluting
the pastor in froat o + the church. The draw
ing Of the trees Is excellent, while the snow
effects are true to nature. The second full
page picture Is grand and magnificent view
of MoQrs's Lake In the Rocky Mountains Of
Utah. the highest lake in America. This
was aketched on the spot by Thomas Moran,
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A Mares Ms Discovered.

Some "mousins' politicians of the Demo-
cratic or ''liberal" genus have been iDvesti-
eating the contingent expenses of the vari-
GUS Departments here, and pretends to have
discovered some enormous frauds in the
shape of horses and carriages kept for tho
use of the officers. They are charged with
an exorbitant waste of the public money for
these purposes. But their statements are
gross exaggerations or absolute fslsehoods,
beyond doubt, rs all these charges of cor
ruption against the Administration always
have been. But if there be any wrong it is
the duty of Congress to put stop to it at
once, and to punish the wrong-doers. The
specifications are that horses and carriages,
far beyond the public necessities. are kept
by officers Of the Government for their own
private usc. OF course such a practice
would be wholly urwarrantable. The real
facts are given by a correspondent of the
New York Times, who states that the Trea-
sury Department owns eleven horses, all
told, and their keeping costs some IS, 900 a
year. The Secretary himself uses a one
horse carriage, when even those who are
attacking the expenditure admit that the
use Ct span Of horses and carriage properly
belongs to him when it is necessary, a. it Is
daily, for him to leave the Department on
public business. erCrrtary richardson oniy
uses the onc-horse Department carriage for
Department business. There is one span
and carriage owned by the Department that
could be dispensed with. 1t was not bought
recently. All the other horses are indis-
pensable, and the work which they do, if
obtained by contract, would cost at least
double the present expense. The Depart
ment does all its hauling to outside parties.
Treasury Department officials court thor.
ough investigation"
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Progress Backwards.

Though there are some very plausible Argyll
ments in favor Of the appointment of Judges
instead Of electing them, and in favor Of long
terms instead Of short ones, as one Of our
exchanges states. Yet it is a revolution
backwards, and one that the people will
never sanction. Nor do we believe thet On
the whole i: would lead to any improvement
OF our judiciary. 1t cannot, therefore, be
desirable. Two New England States have
from time immemorial elected their Judges
by the Legislature for short terms with the
most favorable results. New York has had
some very Gi.acreea,c experience with an
elective Judiciary. Yet the people of that
State have recently rejected, by an over
whelming majority. proposition to have
Judges appointed. The fact that their bad
Judges were impeached and removed, and
better men elected in their places, convinced
them that if an elective judiciary was some
times an evil. they could speedily remedy it.
commission to revise the constitution of
Michigan engrafted upon the instrument they
have prepared a provision taking the cleo
t'u VA Ju'scS from INC people anu con-
ferring upon the Governor the appointment
of these officers. The result will almost GER
tainly be the rejection of the whole instru-
ment BY the people. Unless this clause is
to be submitted separately, as we think it
is not. The people, like individuals, seldom
surrender any power they once possess, I'M
less the public welfare absolutely demands
it. In this case we do not believe they will
think so.
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A Faithful Agc"i-ii.e Duke Of
Ela.niltOn's Esssses,

The present Duke. William Alexande,
Louis Stephen, is the twelfth He was horn
in 1913, and is now consequently in his 2stb
year. His father married, in 1913. the Prin.
cess Maria cfBaden, cousin Of Napoleon III
1t the early age of Is the present Duke
succeeded to the great possessions which con.
siituto4he Inheritance of the House of UamiI.
ton. Hamilton Palace with its ASSOCIATIONS
and traditions OF centuries crowded with the
treasures oi art, OF luxury, and taste, stand
ing in its, magnificent domain Of !. 900 acres
Brodrick Castle, on the Isle of Arran. win,
the fec OF almost the entire soil of that roman.
tic and beautiful island extensive propertv
i'll l.iDlithgOwshire, StriinGshire. and Hrte.
the English estate Of EastOn Park. in tho
county of Suffolk, with their enormous reve.
nue., with TIE care of their management and
the responsibility OF thcir administration. fell
into the hands Of the young heir at an 400
when by Law he was incapable of uaking a
binding contract.
me young 'u%e Was very soon surrounded
by associates who then!se! r,,inod a.,
tered and cajoled him, !urcd him IN tbn r a.ao
course and the bctting-room. and bnE,ro In
attained his ma jority had borrowed his nam
Tor thousands; money lenders and Insurer.
hunted him. and the losses and eytrayooancoS
OF others involved him in Liabilities which
seriously embarrassed even his colossal for.
tune. 1t was little to be wondered ot that !,
the course 81 very few Years the pecuniarv
affairs OF the Duke ofIIamilton were kno,vp =,
he IN incXtricabie confusion. Actions and
judgments in England, approximations in Sco;.
land, followed in rapid succession. Therent
roll was Insufficient To meet accumuIatiug
emergencies, and the owner of these v.St
possessions was without an income adcc.ata
TO support his position. Affairs were If a
dead lock The trustees appointed by thc
dukes father 20 administer the estates mon
Of honor and high position, were incompc Ten,
to deal with the financial pressure of the
moment. ~ the overwhelming crisis. by the
wish Of the duke and the consent Of all
parties interested, the trustceship was re-.
signed, ana the means Of cxtricatio;i from, the
then almost hopeless state Of ani,irs wer,
cohilded 10 an agent OF great inantiaI resour.
ceS and experience. 10 him also was en-.
trusted the exclusive management and control
OF the property and il is but Justice TO Mr.
Heh!y tadWick 20 state that By his faithfnI
anu JnGiciouS stewardship of these princelv
estates lie mas so improved them, bv develop
inS Their mineral aud other resources. that the
incamorances have been entirely extiuorIish
ed that all the personal engagements of the
aaHc, whether his own or for others, have
been honorab'y discharged that a rental Of
lt',uoOt year has been secured: and thr
result OF his seven years personal admins.
tratI9n has been to place the possessions Of
the duke iii the foremost rank OF the richest
inhertGnccs OF England Laa.tDu tV,yu;ao
Post,
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Equality before the Law.

The Supreme Court of the United States
has recently sustained the judgment Of the
court below in allowing damages to Miss
Catharine Brown against the Washington,
Alexandria and Georgetown Railroad Com
pany for ejecting her because Of race and
color from their cars in the city of .ilexan-
dria. The case has been managed on The
part of the plaintiff with ability and perse-
verance by her attorneys. Messrs. Samuel
X. Bond and William A. Cork. Miss Brown
will receive the congratulations and thanks
OF the colored la,lies and gentlemen who
have to patronize tie above road; through
her determination and at considerable ex-
pense, a decision has been made which ar-
plies to all the railroads running into the
District,
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civil RI, a.. he House.

! In the House Of Representatives on Mon.
day Buffers Civil Rights Bill came up for
discussion, upon which Mr.. Frye, of Maine,
made a few remarks in it, favor, followed by
Mr.. Harris, of Virginia, In malignant oppo-
sitlon, who took occasion during tho debate
to reply to question Of Mr.. Ransier, colored
member from South Carolina, that he was
speaking to white men and to gentlemen, not
to him. After this exhibition Of bis superb
GRITTY as a gentleman he prated on the natural
inferiority of the negro, and exhibited his
want of knowledge Of the principles taught
by Jefferson. by claiming that it would be an
insult to the memory of the great statesman
to treat all men as created equal.
The superior" member from Virginia was
called to order by one Of the white gentlemen
whom he claimed to be addressing, for his
ungentlemanly remarks and his exhibition OF
ignorance Of the rules of the House by at
tempting to hold the Aoor when not address.
ing the House, but according to his own
assertion, certain individuals only in the
House.
The ex-rebel Vice President, A. II.
Stephens, followed in a speech Of an hour
and a half against the bill IN the ground OF
its unconstitutionality. but di claimed all
feelings against mankind on account Of race,
color, or previous condition Of serv.tude.
Hon. j. Ransior fellowedi in an able speech
of twenty minutes, which we publish else
where. Our paper goes to press too early to
publish this week the speeches Of other gen
tiemcn in favor of the bill, but we will be
able next week to give the clear, logical, con-
vincing and eloquent argument of Hon. H.
Ii. Elliott, of South Carolina, who replied
with such marked ability to Hon. A. H.
Stephens as - win applause from some Of
tbs most uhdemons,rative members on the
floor, as well a, of the audience in tho gal
leries. The Hon. J. T. Walls participated
in the debate with credit. His speech will
appear next week.
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TIE Dead Of 1878.

The Ereniug Post contains a list Of the
illustrious dead Of 1873. The year has yielded
q rich harvest to the terrible reaper. The
following is the list given by toe Post:
Louis Napoleon, Ex-Empcror Of the
French; the Dowager Empress of Brazil;
the Empress Caroline Augusta of Austria;
the King of Sweden, King John of Saxony,
the Dowager Queen of Prussia, the ex-Duke
of Brunswick, Prince Joseph POniatowski,
Chancellor of Great Britain; John Eveln
Dennison, for fifteen years Speaker of the
British House of Commons: Count Won Bera-
storff, OdlIon Barrot; Francesca Domenic
Guerazzi, Urbano Rattezzi, OlOzaga, Henri
Rochefort, Governor Geary, George n. San
ders, VIM. NJ. Meredith, Admiral Winston,
Azariah C.. Flagg, Horace +. Clark, Martin
Kalbheisch, John A. Kennedy, Salmon Z.
Chase, A. 0. Zabriskle, Ex-Chancelor of
New Jersey; the Hon. Stephen Washington,
Ex-Judge Samuel Nelson, Judge Peclham,
Edward Bulwer Lytton, j. Sheridan lie
Fanu, Caroline Chesebro, Lewis Gaylord
A. St. Marc Grardin, WOlfgang Menzcis,
John Il. Thompson. Carl Wilhelm, Cara
Mundt Uouise Muhlbach,) Emile Gaboriau,
Sir Henry Holland, James Brooks, John
Romeuy Brodhean, Alessandro- Manzoni,
John stuart Mill, Professor Won Raumcr.
ThortOn Hunt, Phlaretc Chasles, Gustave
Rose Chemist and mrneralogist, , Fedtschen-
ko, g. b. Donati Uhe astronomer Professor
AgazziZ. Adam Sedgwick, Matthew f.
Maury, DR.. Juhn Tory, Baron Liebig, Dr..
Auguste Nelatop, Sir Edwin I.andseer, Hiram
Powers, Oregon Wilson, Rinaldo Rinaldi,
Joseph Fasnani, William c. Macready. a.
Ii. Davenport. James w. Wailack, Earl
Hardwickc, the Rev. DR.. Issue Ferris, Samuel
Wiibelforce, Bishopof Winchester; the Rev
Baptist W. Noel, the Rev. Joshua Leavitt,
Vicar General Stars, the Rev. Thomas
Guthiie, Airs. Harrison Gray Otis, General
Candy, lewis Tappan, Cakes Ames. Will
liam Cassidy, Luther Tucker, Laura Keeue,
E. Il. Pollard. DIR. Harvey Pcet. James
Henry Coffin, Charles Temple Dix, Bishop
/. Mclivaine, Commander Aulif., Countess
Guiccioi, the Rev. John Todd, the Rev.
Richard StOrrs, the Rev. Gardiner SPrin-,
Dr. Mack, DR.. McGuiley, Bishop Randall
James Boyle Coste (naturalist.D John +.
Hale, Senator Yates, Mrs. Olive Paal
FerrO!,)
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LinrOIss'A Birthday.

There is movement on foot looking to the
setting aside of the birthday of Abraham
Lincoln as national holiday. The friends
of freedom in its largest sense consistent
with the general good would no doubt
second the suggestion and celebrate with
more than ordinary enthusiasm the birthday
of the man who spoke freedom 10 the slave
and freedom to the country more in ac-
cord with its foundation principles than it
hsd ever known before, but there are objec-
tions to the adoption If such movement
for a national holiday, among the most forci
BILE we find stated by the DatfoH Post: "Time
has not yet made his personality sufficiently
misty and traditional to enable the people t"
celebrate it in any definite way. His cha
racter and his life ale too distinct, too bold,
the outlines too sharp and prominent. The
passion and prejudices surrounding him have
not sufficiently died away to give that soft
ened shade and tone which have ideaiized
Washington's memory, and placed him be-
yond question and criticism. 1t has just been
found necessary to defend Mr.. Lincoln
against the biased judgment Of pubic man,
as to the strength of his character and his
actual position as the real head Of affairs
during the rebellion and the nghtfu leader
of the people. 1t would be difficult to sug-
9est an y appropriate ceremonies for the day.
Washington's birthday ia a nominal rather
than real holiday. After we nave learned
to take our pleasures less sadly and our
national genius for enjoyment has been de-
veloped, which cannot be said Of it now, we
shall know how to make better use Of our
holidayv
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The New York Tises has publIshed table
Of imports from Great Britain received at the
New York Custom-house for the eleven
months ending November both Of the year
1873. and for the same period Of the previous
year. From this article It appears that our
Imports Of British cotton goods have fallen
off this year, as compared with last year,
eighteen per cent; our imports Of British
iron and lead 6fty-five per cent; our imports
of British silk goods over 6fty per cent; our
imports Of British WOODEN cloth twenty per
cent; Of other manufactured wool sixty per
cent; Of carpets twenty-five per cent. This
accounts for the great decrease In customs
receipts by the Government, causing the
present need in the National Treasury.
Neys rtheless thia showing Is healthy one
or the country. We have not ceased to
sonsuus wooden goods, iron, lead, carpets,
&C.; bnt we are manufacturing Tor oursslyes
J larger proportiOp Of what We use. 3
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Inc Iect - thae what are Known - nlRu
schools In Massachusetts, judging from re-
suits. better qualify the people Of that State
10 perform the duties Of Life, such as is the
pride Of civilization, than do the colleges of
Virginia for Its people. A comparison Of
the, number Of pupils attending school in
Massachusetts, and Virginia, gives Tor the
State Of Virginia, 0.Ol9, aud for Massachu.
sets, 260, 1887. A comparison Of the
amounts expended for schools In the two
States aforementioned shows that Massa-
chusetis expends s4,sl7 $3.50, while Virginia
pays out for school purposes not Is per cent.
Of the amount Massachusetts uses to educate
its people Virginia expanding for schools
but 81 ,lsS, SS3. With population not one.
fourth larger than Virginia, Massachusetts,
expends more than four times the amount
expended by the former State for education,
prints and circulates more than double the
number Of periodicals and newspapers, and
distributes them to more than ten times as
many individuals a. does the State of Vlr-
Sinia. Massachusetts, prints 2o9 newspapers
and periodicals. Virginia ia; Massachusetts
distributes them to 1.G92, 1923 persons; Vir-
ginia to l43 $40 persons. Of what use are
the colleges of Virginia to its people will be
better understood. probably, when we con-
template the illiteracy Of that State and
compare it with the iliteSacy of Massachu-
sets, which has larger population than
Virgins. The number in Massachusetts
who could not read were, in 1870, ~ 1875, in
| population Of AS, 337. while those who
c4itl no. read III Virginia numbered 3ol ,5l3,
in a topulaiion Of /, LIS, lG3. or more than five
times IS many as Massachusetts presents.
Aassa, husct:s is ahead IF Virginia in all
that goes t. make up al enterprisin.. elevat-
cd and enlightened people; and when such
Consrcssmcu az the Hon. John Harris, Of
Virginia. undertake to boast If the Importance
IF Virginia colleges. and proclaim them
second to none in New Engl nd, or the
world, let them examine and enquire wheth-
r. those Virginia colleges have done as much
towards saving the State from ignorance and
barharism as have the colleges of New Eng
land done for that section; or whether the
Virginia colleges have done as mach for
civilization and enlightenment. We have
Econstantly been fed with the vain boastngs
of Southern rner'bers Of Congress of the old
school, it is time for their own sake's, that
they occupy the attention of the country
with something Of more Importance than
their idle childish Dragging, and set them
selves seriously to the task of bringing their
section further within the pale Of the civiliza-
ton and enlightenment enjoyed by such
States as Massachusetts, through which they
will learn to respect the teachings Of Vir-
ginia's greatest statesman that all men are
created free and equal.