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NOTICE. To TEACHERS

NUIICE To TEACHERS.
'HHE experimenting School Committee OF
! franklin, VIII be in session N SATURDAY..
Nay eth' al Io'c'ock Z. M.,to examine such
teachers as propose to teach In said town the
coming season Meet in Select MEMS Room
5"ie PER ORDER OF COMMITTEE.
Notice,
III town house in Trenton will be sold at pu b.
4 lie auction, oh Monday, The third DAT OF
May next at ~ O'Clock A. NJ. on the premises.
WIN an the right, title and interest which the
town OF trenton has in the land on which il
stands. ="
+. <. THOMPSON.
ID. Il. ALLEY, I Selectmen of
Swls GEO. G. GILBERT I Trenton.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-04-29
Correspondence.
Letter from Boston

Prom onr Boston Correspondent.
Religions IatersSt-Lccttrs business The
idceR,istS- Charlotte Cushman.
knsTnN. AIR. -.
, 1875-03-21

JOHN A-7caz1 is dead- The electors Of
Trpezary will ind it difficult TO discover an
other such noan to send to Parliament They
can say with truth: We nc'er shall see his
Like again" 4 rebel against England. con-
yict and parole-breaker, rs the English al-
lego, skr;eker for Irish freedom end for
negro slavery, traitor to the land which
gave him shelter,-these f1cts ara not often
united in the career Of one man Mitchell
threw his life away. He might have done
much for Ireland By peaccful means, but he
preferred lighting and did worse than nothing
for her. He was able to carry green flag on B
St PaEcks Day parade with tolornbie grace,
and could make a aowery speech about the
shamrock end the harp Of Erin, but beyond
this he can make no claim to remembrance.
Ee failed Us q tighter, failed As an Irish poll
iciao, failed ns an American citizen, failed
even in the role OF IA honorable convict, &C.
co1ding to English reports His successor in
Parliament will probably be his son. The
D1sgAE1 Ministry is relieved from the
tssl Of ployiog at battledoor and shuttecock
with Tippcrary by sending back its repre-
sentative only to hive him returned again,
md Parliament is tormented only by Kz-
NELLY, who is represented, in one Of Punea's
late cartoons, as saying to M11oHz1: 1--WE
must draw the line somewhere, sir, and We
hare decided to draw it at convicts."
, 1875-03-21

It is now definitely established that ths
Sioux treaty was affirmed By tbs Senate April
%, 1868, and was proclaimed BY Asp1 JOHN
SON Feb. 81, 1863. This disposes Of an at
tempt to erade the stipulations Of the treaty
and get into the Black Hills region upon the
plea that the treaty IVES never ratified It
is furthermore stated that the President Will
sooa appoint three Commissioners to visit the
Sioux country to discover whether that tribe
is willing to negotiate for the cession of the
Rlnck Hills country. Inasmuch as the Gov
ernment has now done all it can to open the
Black Hills country to those who wish to go
there, it is incumbent upon The Black Hills
expeditions now fitting out to await the result
Of the application to the Sioux.
, 1875-03-21

that it should be submitted to the
people Of Chicago, OF tho people Of any
other city, on their own motion, to adopt or
reject it The opposition to the bill is, there
fore, not merely IN opposition to project
for municipal reform, but it is an attempt to
debar the people Of the privilege OF deter
mining whether they will keep up in the
progress of other cities toward botter govern
ment, OF remain in the old rut Of ring 1eg1sla~
ton, full Of jobbery, incompetency, lffe-
sponsibility, and corruption Tho defeat OF
this bill would consequently be practical
notification Of the right Of the people on
their own motion to improve their own poit-
ina1 condition.
, 1875-03-21

The amended text Of the bill for tho i'm
provement Of the mouth Of the Mississippi
has been printed Capt EAns is to construct
ictties 100 feot cpart through the South Pass,
The work is to DO substantially begun =
within eight months, and depth Of 90 feet
must be secured within thirty months. The
channel is to ultimately be 80 feet deep and
$40 feet broad By the time this depth and
breadth havs been permanently secured, the
United States is to pay EADs 81, 600, in
installments of $50o, 1000. The latter is to
guarantee and maintain such a channel
for twenty yearz, and receive 500, GOO
per annum therefor, or his RESPONSE
bihty and his remuneration are to
cease together, with the payment OF the gross
Snn- This is at the option Of the Govern
,'nent The bill is hedsed about with guaras
against fraud OF failure to fulfil tbs contract
It has been drawn with graat care, and its
passage may fairly hs taSen as reasonable
ground for the belief that the Mississippi viii
era long be freed, at its mouth, from the
shifting sand-bars and sunken znaas which
now delay commerce aud 50 check the growth
at New Oz}eaas. The whole West and North
west hsve reason to rcjoics with tho South.
Ths improvement will be Of especial value to
Chicago in view OF our great and growing
trade with New Orleans. We hope that it
cay even infuse new life into tha sluggish
business OF St. Louis.
, 1875-03-21

The opponents Of the new City Charter, in
order to create prejudice, insist that, it i: be
adopted, the Mayor viii appoint all the heads
Of departments, who will for that reason
necessarily bs his 't tools and creatures" aad
Be obliged to unite with him in any scheme
of plunder CT robbery that he may desire
Does it follow that every person sppointed to
nidcs must be the stool and creature Of tile
person appointing him? Mayor Co1rr ap-
pointed 3fr. HAxrs, Jutlge D1cKx1, aud air.
L'oru VIII to the important Offices they fill.
Are these gentlemen his '*tools and crea-
tures Tbs Mayors Of this city for many
yeus hzvs appointed persons to each OF these
Offices, bat DO ons aver supposed or assumed
tia. any such appoia!ccs were tho stools
and creatures OF the Mayors appointing
them II neither 1lr. hxm, Judge
D1cxEr, nor Mr. LOUIS VAIL can be
accused or suspected Of being the
tool aud creature Of tho 11aJor who sp~
roin:od them, II it to b. supposed that other
Mayors may not ba abls to find othar gontle-
nan equally free from such suspicion, and
who voah be ~ Independent ia tho ex~
ercass of ihun d1ties ~ sre these gent1a1nen
Is It moi to bo expected that tho next Mayor
VII h<s u able to ind respectable md com~
I'etGat men for thcse Offices a. VI. CoLvry or
cry of hia predecessors And men Just
"a Incapable Of being nsed for any scheme OF
official or personal Gsl.on>sty?
Another point uasde u that, in case the
Asyor b guilty Of misconduct, the nsw
charter contains no provision fo7 h;s removal.
There Is no OCCASION for such provision.
, 1875-03-21

auch stationery as they may neeo- Auo 0oF'
ernor. with . view OF having ths proper men
for such an important duty, will, under such
4 resolution, take them in whole or in part
from tho members Of the Genernl Assembly,
or from among the citizens generally, many
Of whom are doubtless as well informed as
are the members OF the General Assembly.
Such resolution would, at least, give the
Governor the opportunity Of selecting the
most competent men for the duty, wherever
he could find them in the State.
The idea Of rowing commission OF nlne
members OF the General Assembly, to last
twenty months, without any restriction OF
pny or mileage, is not promising Of either
studjous or even earnest consideration Of the
subject. 4 commission composed OF mem
bers Of the Legislature would be made up OF
a majority and minority, each having fixed
views aud each anxious to promote its side
Of the question. That is not what is wanted.
The Commission is not to report whether Mr..
CoxSo111's or MIR. CUMMINGS notions Of
taxation and revenue are right, but the Com
mission is to report whether our present
revenue system is defective, in what it is de-
fectiye, and why it is defective; what are tho
true principles Of taxation in State out Of
debt and in receipt Of revenue from other
sources; how the assessment end collection
Of State taxes may be severed from the as
sessment and collection Of county and other
local tnxes, and if such severance is advisa~
bic; how the cost Of collecting revenue, State
and local, may be reduced how taxation may
be mora equitab1y distributed; how ita col.
lection may be mora effectuslly insured and
how far objects Of taxation, nov unknown to
the law, may be fairly, justly, and proper
tionab1y reached to the benefit and relief O,
the whole. Also, how the State of Illinois,
by system Of taxation 10 n1ode1nized and
80 FREQ from the crudities and ignorance Of
past and exploded theories, may be made
salf-supporting in Ill its departments and
municipalities with less extortion from the
substance Of the people, and with the bur-
den of taxation 50 ightened and the cost Of
its collection 80 reduced that property and
capital will seek the State for that freedom
and profitable investment afforded by the
laws of no other part Of the country.
When the taxation Of any State reaches
that point that men can no longer hold land
and cultivate it and live without sinking in
debt, and to save what they have must sell
out and fly the State. it is time not only 10
consider the grievance but to apply the most
radical reforms that the necessity can de-
mand, even il to do 10 require tho repeal Of
the profits OF every ohdce-holder engaged un~
der tho revenue system.
Il the Legislature consider reform neces-
sary, and that reform should be preceded by
an intelligent examination and report by dis
interested and competent persons, let them
authorize the Governor to appoint the Com
mission as We have suggested, and not provide
nine additional Offices, at heavy cost to tho
State, to and in nothing.
, 1875-03-21
FASHION AND THE GAZE OF POKER,

! FASHION AND THE GAZE OF POKER.
There is nothing new in the assertion that
fashion is social despot which exercises un-
restrained power over its subjects, whntever
form it may assume But new and curious
illustration Of it is to be found in tho recent
very general introduction into city social cir
cles of the enlivening aud peculiarly Amer
icsn game Of '3poker." It ia not very long
since poker was placed on level with faro,
roulette, bunko, keno, and the other snares
that beset tbs unsophisticated Granger who
visits the town Il was referred to, if ut all,
in polits society with contemptuous curl
Of the lip, an elevation Of the eyebrows, and
the most vehement denunciation Of language.
It was associatad with the baz-room loafe1s,
and thought Of as one Of the amusements of the
lower classes. There was q time, it is true
when it attained sort Of delegated respect.a~
bility in Washington by the devotion Of a
large number Of Congressman to its excite
ments and pleasures. We remember hea1ing
story related Of one Of the most prominent
statesmen Of 8 former generation which de-
fines the status Of poker at that time. This
gentleman waa especially ena,nored Of the
game, aad his wife was once asked If she did
not feel very badly because her husband
stayed out late o nights and played poker
"No, she replied philosophically, "he never
loses" But all husbands ere not equally for
tunate, and at the best, poker was regarded,
in good society, as one Of thu most dangerous
devices for keeping husbands away from
home at night, and for shortening the allow
ance OF pin-1uoney.
1t is notable, therefore, that, within the
last few months, poker has received certain
social recognition We chronicle it not for
the purpose Of encouraging it, for We dcpro-
cate nike devotion to poker and devotion
to fashion,-but simply as curious and re-
narkable instance Of fashions power. It isa
fact that, in Social circles which cannot be
denied the possession Of wealth, some culd
vation, great deal Of fashion, and perfect
respectability, the game OF poker is to-day q
common occurrence. It is fact that Ut
many receptions, tea~pardes, kettle-druma, :"
and other special entertainments nowadays,
a room is set aside 1ot merely Ior
cards but for poker: Many OF the
handsomest residences Of this city, whore
some Of the handsomest entertainments are
given, contain a 6et Of poker-chips, which are
set out IS much O matter OF course as cards.
The game which used to be the special allure
ment of husbands and the bane Of married
Life is now m amusement for the ladies as
, 1875-03-21
TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE
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Postage ErepaIl ut this Once.
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Tn-Weskay...- 8..1U Five copies $50
Ecnday Etit:1n, i Ten COPIES I1.fG1
double Hhoe1-...- 3.00l
Para =! 4 year 1t the Ente.
NAK7ED-Uas actiss sEcat in each town aad vi}}axe.
6i<o-aa arsxIgsHeuts made With saeh.
Spee:tasa copies sen: ltrc.
7"rze.ea delay and nirtakes be sure ard giro Post
oo5co sddFeas tn fan. including St7ta ard County
Remtances ma, b uaxds either By rxf e1prs&z Post
Qa1es osdeF. OF In registered letter., At our s3Ek
1ERhE 10 CIT EChscE1srns.
Dsts. delivered SandA, excepted 25 PIT week
Daily. delivered. Sondx5 incnded. so por week.
AddEsss TUE TRIBUNE COMPANY.
CAEnAs Aadison and Dearborn ~stx., Chicago, H.
, 1875-03-21

Archbishop LTNcR, Of Canada, read pastoral
On St. Patricks Day which must have sounded
In the ears OF the 1sishmen present "a celestial
music Hs gave an historical account Of tbs
separation between England and ireland in mat
ters OF feeling, which arc in many respects mat
te1s OF religion, and explained it By saying thst
God specially raised up the Eish to spre..d and
uphold tho Roman Catholic raIgion. lie COM
pared them to ths jews for the persistence With
which they have preserved their Individuality.
and TOR the stripes and the sorrowa which hsvs
beeu inflicted upon them ~ q means Of prepare
ton for Divine mission Quo faihsy OF
tho Irish nature, which has become a.
most national, the Archbishop referred ia
and explained On al assumption plaEsibla
enough, though not rlgid1y scientific. He said
that the irish do not drink mora than other peo-
pie, but are less able to bear the eec1 OF strong
liquors. His language was: "Thelr blood is go
hot, and their nature 70 fervid and e1uberant
thnt. BY adding 10 it the fro Of a!cotol, the
Gishman becomes more degraded ti.an men of
other and mora ploddine temporaments." TAs
discussion waa exceedingly able, ard, on tho
whole, candid but i: Was not alto .o:h=r un-
p1cjudjced and d;spassionsta. Both tia man
and tho hour mera disposed to maka =, estimate
OF the Irish character quite ~ favorable II the
circumstances would permit
, 1875-03-21
TIE ETAT1 EEVENUE SYSTEM


Tho Stats Senate Of Illinois on Fridny
voted down joint resolution providing for
tie appointment of I commission, to be CON-
posed Of four Senators and five Representa-
tivas. to report to tho next Legislature tho
! results Of n thorough investigation Of the
Revenue law Of the State, and such amend
ments as would remedy the defects. This
resolution was rejected, not because the 3D.
visibility Of the Commission was not evident
but because the pay Of each Of the Commis-
s;onezs wns limited to s. per day for forty
days. The Legialature Will adjourn (proba~
bly) about the ht of May, and the Commits
sion would hnve until January, 1877, - period
OF twenty months,-to make THAR report. It
vas therefore proper to put soma limitation
On the aggregate compensation But the
resolution ought to hn7a been rejected for
other reasons.
The proposed Commission il too large,
Five Commissioners, OF even three, would bs
infinitely better than the Inrger one of nine
members. Another, and q very SERIOUS, OBJ
lection is TINT it provides that the Commis-
sion shall be composed OF nine members Of
the present Legislature. This is an assump-
ton of On exclusive capacity and intelligence
Oh this subject among the members Of tho
General Assembly which is wholly negatived
by the past md present history Of revenue
legislation. We do not mean to ray TINT
there are not nina members Of the General
Assembly competent and fitted by inforna-
ton for the duties Of such commission, but
the chances ars not greater than ona in
twenty that such persons will bs selected
If tho Legislature really desire to have a
commission to investigate this revenue bust
ness, aud make an intelligent review and re-
port to the Legislature on the snbiect let it
pass joint resolution authoriz;n:::: tho Gov
ernor to appoin. three or five Con4...:> ;ioners
for that purpose, wllo ah.u servo without
compensation beyand their personal expenses,
not 10 e.soed $16o each. 1nd authorizir
, 1875-03-21
OBJ Cblraon Q1ibunt.
Sunday Morning, March Il. 1875.

Oxford has Won the annual race Cam
bridges defeat was foreseen. Odds Of three
to one were given on the dark-blues- As
usual, Ill London went to See the struggle.
The illustrated papers Of this week will bo
filed with pictures Of it, unless, indeed. the
vood-cuts that have served for the last dozen
years arc at last worn out.
, 1875-03-21

well 81 the gentlemen, With special I'd.
yantages On their part for sowing up" Wx
have no doubt that there ara as many 1adiea
to-day in favor Of statute providing a
penalty for drawing one card to t'threee"
as there aze in Kentucky, where such statpts
was first proposed. We do not "a
SO far as to say that no fashion
able household il now complete with.
out set Of poker-chips, and no soci.I
entertainment success where the gans II
tabooed; but we do say that it is no unusn1
thing, as it would have been . year ago, h
find the game Of poker played at largo %.
cia1 entertainments, that the chips are sprea5
out on psrlor-tables at houses where it won1d
least ba expected, and that ladies' lend tb,
grace Of their presence with considerab,.
tact and perfect familiarity with ths s1s,o
phrases incident to the game. We presprs
that the progress Of poker in polite circles i,
not peculiar to Chicago, but that the ss,n.
phenomenon has been noticed in other citiee
We cannot help thinking that fashion i,
responsible for the social countenance which
poker has received OF late. We have an ida.
that it may be traeed directly to the notosiet7
attained by Gen. ScHEsoK's pamphlet , ttr
our Minister to the Court Of ST. James had
been roundly abused for writing an essay On
the game OF poker, with rules for playing il
tho fact came out that the treatise WIS pre-
pared for private circulation, and at the soa.
cia request Of soma titled lady. It tisayerv
common thing in English society to NAV
whist for small stake, and many 1adies a1a
as much given to it as the gentlemen Gen.
ScHEscK introduced poker into these circles
as an Improvement on the silent and slow.
going game. It seems to have been apprs.
ciated, and he was requested to write ont the
rules Of the game as means to its mort
general Introduction He complied TIN
rules were printed for private circulation, but
soon found their why into the newspcpera
In this manner the rules themselves, end Tia
circumstances which produced them, attained
widespread notoriety, and the game Ct
poker soen attained social recognition Which
had previously been denied to it. American
society began to discover that it was not COZ.
sidered outre to play for tsman stakes" in
English society. It was discovered st tts
same time that even the English recognized
poker as more fascinating than whist for this
purpose. The result YVES its adoption in many
households where it was formerly excluded.
and the practice has sprend with rnpj4:ty
which fashion alone can achieve.
We do not propose to discuss the moraiities
or proprieties ct this new mania In ths
abstract, poker, like all gamss Of chance, Is
utterly bad, and it is the more demoralizing
perhaps on account Of its peculiar fascina-
hons. But whether its transfer from tha
saloon to the &1lon. from the bsc).-roon to
the parlo1, from gentlemen alone to mixed
company of ladies and genhemen,-whetier
this change will tend most to di1ninisA tho
evils Of poker or demoraize sor:ety TO
greater extent,-is matter to be f:...ernl;ztd
by those who hays the latest t-shion tnns
squarely presented to them.
, 1875-03-21

hereafter earn his bread by the sweat Of his
brow. Perhaps, however, hs will be acquit-
ted. Shooting IN editor may be murder or
mans1aughter, or neither. Cela depend.
Since writing the above, the following dis
patch has been received, which indicates that
there may be no necessity for hanging any
one:
V1sE1AxD, II. J., March e0.-Eminent physicians
now in attendance Mr. CARcTaER, editor, shot
yesterday by IlsD1, founder OF Vineland and thsre
II aaid to be possibility Of his recovery.
, 1875-03-21
BUSINESS NOTICES

WAR pECLARED-oHLY es TO THE NATIONAL
carisA; oalJ 70 NcCnesueJs and rutuxn with iu3
~: vi best t:un Teeth. FHst-el1s4 gold flEgb.
s4u,A and fancy gTccs Satisfaction k1vs8 uonny
rx!unup1. Cornar Clark and Randopa-ats,
, 1875-03-21

The Louisyilla Co,rier-Jotu1al says, IN 70
gard to Western rail freights: "Ths Ch1cAs"
tarif seems to have been selected for revision,
rather on account Of the fact that that city Is ~
main object OF enterprise With tho B. d u. soa
the wessern terminus OF it, liue. than oa y
, 1875-03-21
SOCIETY MEETINGS.

ATTENTION SIR KNIGHTS :-specsal conelave Of
Ch'e.x. C<;mmandery, No: = 4 T Mondsy :!enics g:
EnixLts spnrtsonsly inrl;ed. Rr order OF the T.. g.
G. A. WILLIAMS, Recorder.
, 1875-03-21

Warrington property-owners rish to rss0zs
some profit and honor from tho celebration o.
the nations Qua hundredth birthday, and' ~lta
this object in view, they have conceived thu idaa
OF Centennial Musical Jubilee, to b held ~
that city. This il something Of I'D infsingsman'
On The Phi1adelpbia patent. and it II especall'oo-
noxious because it has taken plscs IN - fe'3
hesdquArters Of authority aud law.
, 1875-03-21

CoRISTH1AN CHAPTER, No. g. r 4: A.--ReEa-
lar eou4ocatinu Monday evening" March q Work eu tbs
~47 @'' H. 0 G 6. PH1LLIPR q. r.
, 1875-03-21

suxsEr Cox recently talked to ladJ-rsfo1tet
in Washington about reporters, And, Is rn1s-
tor Of course, the roguish fellow dealt LARGER n
pasaver aud blarney. II know" he said. "tas
reporters ere = bright set, aud most Of thourass
very square men They bavs bean hhanetuv
abused BY soma consressmen who have heea
afraid to have tho truth told. ~ish those "e1s
more ladies' in the galler7, though think ths1
tender marcies ars prefcrabls aomasimes-" Ino
l.dy-reporter oams down Handsomely With hes
tender mercy when she wrote out ths accoans
Of the interview for her newspaper. Il Is onH
fair to say that Mr. Cox's goodwill tosafcs 1a'
reporters il heartily recip1oeated.
, 1875-03-21

Some time ago va mentioned tho effort being
put forth in Virginia to hare Gov. K.G::7
sent to England IN the interests OF immigration.
The t1an was to have him 20 ~ the Goreracr Of
the State, for tne purpose Of talting to The peo-
pie Of England, ei.her publicly or privately, of
the attractions md advantages offered to settlers
in Virginia. It Cas not proposed that hs stoza
act as an accredited Immigration Commit sloner.
Tho whole scheme has been decidedly SGT back
If not irretzierablY defeated. for th.a year Tia
sanction OF the Legislature to the absence ct
tho Governor WEE required; and this hu bscn
refused A resolution giving tho deaircd pss-
mission game up in the State Senate last Wtdaes.
day, and, after long debate, wss rejected
Tho novelty Of having raal live Goyerno- IN
England "A recruiting agent would furnish
fresh topic Of conversation and dlscuaRon, aod
might even lead to International compliextioos.
mora az less delicate and pafplsxiug.
The Washington correspondent Of tho arring-
feld Republican suggests that Ar. ScuChz IL too
honest for party man and soiemnly af6zms,
As If he knew all about II, that there u uos
State in thu Union from which ScHuRz could b
chosen, for he ID not enough OF Democrat to
suit the Democrats, or Of Republican to Fua
ths Republicans. ''Ihis il rather ssd eora-
mentary upon the condition Of American p'1-
tics, saya the correspondent. Yes. it is sad;
much sadder than it IS witty OF true. Mr. Scsuas
uaz elected once, when bis character for honesty
vas quito II we'll known u it il to-day, BY = Re-
publican Legislature, and it tbs Peoples more
msnt embracing the Republicans. aud 1ndsTsnd-
ents, had carried Missouri last year, hs vorld
have bean elected again