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COIOred People 10 danage Their own
Affairs.

WASHINGTON, July AT the cOlored
peoples celebration Of the Fourth at
Hillsdsle, near this city, Prof. LangstOn
said he was there to declare his inde-
peDdsnce for all his followers. The
hour has come when we must throw off
This yoke Of oppression, and stand up
for our rights as lreemen. The signs OF
the times demand that we shall prove
our fitness for all the duties Of citizen
ship. The hour il come when we must
manage our own institutions. Ii We
have cOlored churches, then give US coll
Ured preachers If We have Colored banks,
we must have colOTed bankers; il we
have coloTed schools, let US have our
own teachers; if we have cOlored col.
leges, we demand that We have oar own
officers. We have played the second
fiddle too long. We want, and must
have, q change for the better"
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Illinois ExcursIOnists in Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, July 7.-The board Of
trade excursionists, from Peoria, Illinois,
numbering two hundred and forty-nine
persons, arrived in this city at twelve
O'Clock last night, and proceeded to the
Grand hotel, where they were welcomed
in 3 brief speech by Mayor Johnson.
Mr.. d. P. GTier, in behalf of the excur-
sionists, thanked the mayor for the cor
dislity Of their reception. To-day the
excUTsiOnists will be entertained in the
city aud suburbs under an escort of the
reception committee appointed by the
common council.
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Concession aud Compromtse.

between the Chicago Typographical
union and the publishers Of the daily
papers employing members OF the union
terminated last evening in a mutual
concession. The rates will hereafter be
forty-seven cents per thousand ems
upon morning papers, and forty-two
cents upon evening papers-a deduction
OF three cents per thousand ems from
the prevailing rates.
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The Mexican authorities have acted
so Creditably in the matter Of arresting
Cortina that they deserve as much sup
port as an indorsing public opinion in
the United States can afford them.
They have done well, but Will do better
If they make an example of him.
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edging that he was guilty, and Loeder
pleading not guilty.
pEpopp TUE GRAND JUKY


Mr. Beecher was before the grand jury
to-day TO testify in the LOeder and Price
case. Mrs. TiltOn will give her evidence
tomorrow. Another affidavit from }.
J. Price has been published, giving the
alleged details Of the methCd of getting
Up the Loeder accusation against Mr..
Beecher. Price ssys that Loeder in
stTucted him what 10 say, and lawyer
Morris paid him at various times small
sums Of money to spend in liquors,
cigars, etc. Price again declares that
the affidavit signed by him in Morrls's
Office is false in every particular. He
was never in Tilton's house, and never,
to his knowledge, saw Mrs. TitOn.
1t is asserted by the Brooklyn Argus
that MoUlt0n will endeavOr to secure the
indictment Of Mr.. Bsecher by the grand
jury now in session for slleged perjury,
aud will summon the following wit
Desses: Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Anthony,
Mrs. Bradshaw, Mrs. MOulton, Theo-
dOre TiIton, Mr.. and Mrs. Richards, ID.
C., Bowen, Mrs. Fiton, ard others.
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MAYOR League and City Attorney
Hanson both made personal explans-
tions yesterday that were satisfactory
to the general co1ncil and their friends.
MIR. Hanson also renewed his resigna-
ton, which WIS accepted. a successor
who will press the bond question is now
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Federal Appointments,

WASHINGTON, D. c., July WIN. s.
Hawkins, Leander Smith and Henry A.
Busting have been appointed internal
of Missouri, and VIM. II. Thompson for
the eleventh Indiana district. F. p. P.
Tumridge is appointed gauger for the
fifth Missouri district and John II. Pow
ell for the first Missouri district.
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Mr.. HANSON, q faithful, industrious
officer, has signed the city attorney
ship. In parting with him we desire to
bear testimony to his iucorruptible in
tegrity, efficiency aud fidelity.
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PLANTERS BANK.
FIDaI Reports aud DEGREES fn Come G.
ton with las LfquIdRtiOn-The Af.
fairs Of Lhe Institution Wound
Up by a Faithful Trustee.

Nashville Banner, Tuesday,
The final reports and DEGREES in con-
necGiOn with the liquidation OF the
Planters bank, by Dempsey Weaver,
trustee, were made 10 the chAncery
court Yesterday. On the first day o.
June, 1873, the date of the last examina-
ton and report, the trustee, Dempsey
Weaver, was found chargeable with as
sets aggTegatiDg the cum of 1916, 13S "A
The present examination shows that on
account of transactions between June /,
1873 and May 81, 1875, the trustee is
chargeable with the additional sum OF
$2S, l59 81, making total OF S404, 293 Il
to be accounted for. OF this sum
the trustee is entitled to credits
amounting to S6S,047 IS. The total
assets charged to the trustee
and receiver on the books Of the bank
are 81 926,774 %; his total credits are
81, $50, 52S %; assets remaining as before
stated, $685. 45 S. Every effort has
/ been made by the trustee to collect the
sssets which come into his hands. 1t i
manifest that a large proportion of the
assets remaining unsolicited as above
are worthless, and any further efforts
TO collect the same 10y legal processes
would be useless expenditure Of funds
Under these circumstances the sug'
gestion Of the trustee that he be 81
lowed 10 dispose Of all remaining as
acts by a public sale, about October l
! 1875, seems wise sld proper. The
---rnospEstion OF the trustee should
T. :. ths rate Of $4,000 per annum.
M ~ :. eiv,~'s report shows a profit
The T IeoS ad',:,s ., s. 1856, 984 50 Tor dis
a a,Ir tosS A 49, ord rus Confederate
money, war bonds, exFenseS, attorney Faey
fees, sundry judgments agsin2t the an :
ETC.; amount paid on account o: mrs.
second, third and fourth pro rata div
bends to stockholders, S3s4,7Sl 06; by
Planters bank stock charged 10 capital
stock, 500, go; by Planters bank notes
redeemed and burned, Sl,767,722 45;
amount paid on old dividends, SlS59 IS,
This makes toe total amount Of credits
10 him as trustee and receiver from
July 81, 1865, to May 81, 1875, s., $780,
52S 06. From the amount charged
81, 1926, IA OF, deduct 81, 59O,52S 06, and
rom Ec=1tz Gl2k g15 az
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BEECHER has been Endorsed by the
Plymouth church in what to them is no
doubt the proper way. They have set a
higher price upon him. Instead Of s25-
600, he is now to get 100000 per
annUnl
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ohio Campaign to Open ON the aIst.

COLUMBUS, July me Democrstlc
formally open the campaign at Gal
lipolis July 2lst, with speeches by Gov
ernor Allen and Senator Thurman.
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Iona Rrancn R.ces

LONG BRANCH, July Races were
commenced to-day at Monmouth. The
first was selling race for all ages, for a
purse of four hundred dollars, distance
one mile and quarter. There were
nine starters. Erastus Correna first,
Burgoa second, and Scratch third.
Time: 2:l53
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THE French residents Of New Orleans
and New York s-e making subscrip-
tions for the relief IF the sufferers by the
foundations in the valley Of the Ga
rGrug
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The report Of the proceedings Of the
general council, in another column,
furnish some interesting reading to tax
payers. So does that of the county court.
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WE OUGHT 10 be thankful for so much.
Fred Grant js going to resign from the
army and become a banker. The nepotic
crowd is thus reduced one.
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Buried.

VIENNA, July THE remains Of
Emperor Ferdinand were deposited in
the church Of the Capuchins, in the
same vault with those o. Macmillan,
Emperor OF Mexico.
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II THE city bondholders continue to
press BldndamUseS, We hope the general
council will follow the suggestion of the
Taxpayer union.
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WEATHER PROBABILIrIES.


WasHISGTOS, July >, am.
For Tennessee the Ohio galley and
The lolcer tqEs region, higher barometer,
r1riGJie loirds and generally clear and
c1ol uyedfher.
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PARIS, July 7.-Grsnier DeCassagnac
has published q letter, in which he
threatens to kick Gambetta.
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EeranuA EfecsInis.

WASHINGTON, July THE following
statement shows the receipts from in
ternal revenue, by months, for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1875, as compared
with the fiscal year 1874:
The New York herald., 1875-12-21
nDark Lnntsrnn PolltIe..

1t is safe to assume, as maxim, that in
politics what seeks darkness breads the light.
This is the reason why the people repudiated
the Know Nothing organization when it took
sudden shape and threatened to sweep the
country. 1t was for the same reasons that
intelligent governments, like those in France,
Italy and England, have opposed secret po-
htical organizations This is one of the rea-
sons why the Catholic Church, whose gov
ernment certainly shows the highest political
ana temporal wisdom, has Illuminated anath-
emas upon Ribbonmen and Fenians and Or
angemen and other secret societies in the
Catholic country Of Ireland. Now, when in
nation like ours, free and Independent, with
every opportunity for wide discussion, with
the people keenly alive to political events
and anxious to take part in the govern
ment of the country, we see party de-
elining to ask the people to its con-
fidence we may be sure that the purposes OF
that party are baneful. This is our objec-
ton to Tammany Hall on general principles.
Our especial objection is that its history
shows that from the time of Aaron Burr, who
controlled 1t seventy years ago, down to
the time of Tweed, it has gone from the
government of one set of scoundrels to an
other BY its influence taxes have been raised
property deprecated, the treasury plum
dered, our public highways ruined, our
credit assailed and the good name of our city
made mockery in the world All this is to
be attributed to Tammany Hall, to the fact
of the existence of secret organization ire
sponsible, free from public opinion, governed
by men who care nothing for what
the world may say. who cannot be
reached by popular suffrage or by removal
or even by indictment The people are pre-
vented from taking part in their own affairs
The first practical step toward reform in
New York is to strike Tammany Hall by
cancelling the charter of the old Tammany
Society, which has become vitiated, and to
transfer the elections from autumn to the
spring.
The New York herald., 1875-12-21
seats ON the Floor.

Mr. Caulfield proposes that the members
Of the Cabinet shall have seats on the floor
Of Congress and take part in the debates.
This is renewing the proposition offered by
Mr. Pendleton, of Ohio, during the war. 1t
is an endeayor to assimilate our form Of gov
eminent to that Of England. But there are
many points TO be considered before we can
DO this. In England the Cabinet is respon-
sible directly to Parliament It's members
belong either to the House of Commons or
the House Of Lords In America there is no
such responsibility. The House Of Repre-
sentatives may pass as many resolutions of
censure as it pleases upon the Cabinet. The
President is not bound 10 notice them Dur
ing the war a resolution of censure was
passed upon member Of Mr.. Lin
coins Cabinet Mr.. Lincoln paid no
attention to it, but took occasion after
ward to send the Minister who had fallen
under the displeasure Of the House TO- an
important foreign mission. Now, what use
Is there Of Cabinet officers sitting in the
House Of Representative, deiberative body
if they can only speak when they are spoken
70 and have no voice " the legslationl 1t
would be an advantage if soGs means could
be devised to make our Cabinet In Washing
ton more responsible to Congress. The
difficulty is the Executive power and tho
prerogatiyes we concede TO the President
20 long as the Cabinet is appointed by the
President on the principle Of general ap-
pointing his staff there is no way Of making
its members responsible to the people So
il would be Of little use to send members Of
the Cabinet into Congress.
We are glad the question has been sug-
gested, because it may be that the wisdom Of
our members in Washington will find some
means Of bringing the executive and the
representative departments ofthe government
closer together.
The New York herald., 1875-12-21
The Chimes: Question.

The question Of Chinese immigration ia
looming up in California 1t seems that
both parties in the Legislature have agreed
upon memorial to Congress to reform our
treaties with China so as to make them trea-
ties Of commerce and to prevent the influx OF
Chinese immigrants. There is great deal
to be said on both sides Of this question,
but it is difficult to knew how we are going
to prevent the immigration of the Chinese.
On one side of the ocean we have an over
flowing country, teeming with hundreds OF
millions of people On the other side wa
have country sparsely populated, with hun
dreds Of millions of acres waiting for
laborers. Here is country, as large almost
as the Chinese Empire, with population not
over half million or million at tho
furthest. Now, in the course of nature, the
tendency will be for the crowded millions to
seek space on the Pacific coast. Nor do we
see how any legislation can prevent this,
especially under our constitutional amend
ment which forbids Congress to make any
distinction in race or color. We cannot
keep the Chinese away by force Many good
people in California regard Chinese labor as
underlying the prosperity of that State.
The difficulty is that we decide these ques-
tions in our politics too often from passion
or feeling. 1t is really grave problem, one
Of the gravest in our politics.
The New York herald., 1875-12-21
MIR. NacDougn1 and the Third Term

Mr.. MacDougall, of New York, was one Of
the eighteen who voted on the third term
side on the resolution recently before Con-
gress. He was the only New Yorker who
voted in that way. He 'explains his vote. !"
He informs the country that he voted that
way as protest against any Congressional
meddling with the subject. Congress-" he
says ''has as much to do with electing q
President as Methodist Conference. Well,
that may be great DEAL if General Grant
and Bishop Haven are not greatly mistaken.
But Mr.. MacDougalls observation puts US in
possession Of fact of some importance to
his constituents, which is that their repre-
sentative in Congress is not so we'll ac-
quainted with the constitution Of the United
States as he is apparently with the art Of
shutting If Mr.. MacDougall will give
some leisure half hour to the perusal Of the
constitution he will learn that Congress is
empowered to elect the President of the
United States in a contingency which may
arise in any Presidential election. We never
heard that Methodist Conference had such
q
Congress has more to do with this subject
than such conference. Congress- in fact,
recognized this by declaration of its views
with regard to a constitutional duty it may
be called upon to discharge. But if the
choice of President was not just now before
Congress there was another duty before it.
At this time there is an uneasy sentiment
abroad that the conspiracy to overthrow a
great precedent in our constitutional law
may succeed There is o crisis in our
history, and our political machinery is in
presence of great danger. At such q
moment the friends Of the government rally
to its support and declare themselves in
tones not to be mistaken. In every crisis Of
national history this occurs and Congress
deemed the time was come to let the country
know where it stood. All the members but
eighteen voted for the country against the
conspiracy; eighteen voted for the conspir-
acy and against the country, and one of
them was Mr.. MacDougall 1t was not Presi-
dent making that was on hand. 1t was
q declaration of Congressional opinion in an
important crisis. Mr.. MacDougall expressed
his opinion, no doubt, but it is characteristic
that he now endeavors to shuttle out Of it
and pretend that his vote had another
meaning.
The New York herald., 1875-12-21
Alfonso and His Mamma.

In the case Of Spain the actual world has
before it one Of those serio-comic spectacles
in government that were very common in
Europe in the last century, and in virtue Of
which play like the "Grande Duchesse Of
Gerolstein, which to Us is merely musical
extravaganza, would in many cities have
been accepted or resented solely as politi-
cal satire. Fortunately for Spain, her young
monarch perceives the scandal and the ridi-
cule that would be brought upon his au-
thority and his administration if he per-
mitted the extravagant antics and bad as
sociations that ruined his mother to be car
ried on in her interest about his throne and
he consequently will have none oft. He has,
in fact, "put his foot down" on this subject
with an energy that is greatly admired in
Madrid, and he keeps it down with firm
ness that has astonished his mother and dis.
gusted Marjorie. Marjorie was sent to
Spain by Isabella on a secret mission which
was to smooth the way for her return-for it
is better to be dowsager in Madrid than an
exile in Paris with an allowance SO small as
TO compel an occasional resort to the police
courts to determine the disputes of the
kitchen administration. Marjorie, however,
was bad ambassador and demanded ad-
mission to His Majesty with impertinent ad-
ditions. He was, therefore, admitted to jail
and now we are informed he has been ar
raigned. Isabella threatened to withdraw
her abdication, and did many things extrav-
agant ard furious, but all to no purpose,
and is finally informed that her perpetual
banishment from Spain has been formally
decreed His possible complication with
the e7toavage Of his mother was not the least
Of the difficulties that threatened Alfonso on
lis accession, but he seems to have got over
il very successfully; unless Isabella, like
another serpent Of old Nile" shall yet come
W Ill some more dangerous shape
The New York herald., 1875-12-21

than the preservation Of our public liberties.
II eternal vigilance, as we are told, is the
price Of liberty, then we must look Jealously
upon every manifestation of tyranny, Sc
crecy and injustice. The narrative we print
to-day is the most serious exhibition as yet
Unless it is arrested it will permeate every
vein and artery of the national frame and
taint il with corruption. For there is no
corruption in a free government SO deadly as
that which aims to control public opinion
and TO affect the destinies Of great people
by midnight lodge meetings, by arming
creed against creed. by appealing to the
dark memories of the past for political
cries and party platforms. In this aspect
therefore, the exposure we make to-day
while an evidence of political disease, is
also an admonition to wise men to unite and
eradicate it. The time has long passed when
political campaigns in America can be fought
upon any platform of ostracism or fanati-
cism or Of religion debased to political am
bition. We commend the exposure to the
careful attention of the patriotic, and trust
that our people, without distinction Of party
will strike down this latest attempt to con-
troll the liberties of the country by agencies
which are only strong because they are dark,
and are only to be feared so long as they
work through secrecy, treachery and fanati-
cism
The New York herald., 1875-12-21
The French SENATE.

There was a deadlock in the French
Assembly yesterday in its election for
Senator'S, the entire day being spent
in balloting without result. The par
ties in the Assembly appreciate the full
Importance, politically and personally OF
the formation of the Senate provided for in
the new constitution. There is a political
balance to be adjusted perhaps, and there are
some honors to be bestowed Of kind very
attractive to a people passionately attached
TO social and political distinctions. Senators
who receive life places by the vote of the
Assembly will stand before the country as a
new political hierarchy, stamped as men
whose eminent talents have been worthlly
employed in the service of the Republic, or
as men of 50 much account, socially or other
wise, that they could not be left out of any
combination that looked for the support of
the country. Places in such body are
naturally not to be lightly bestowed, nor is the
chance to obtain them easily relinquished
consequently, this list of seventy-fve Sena-
tors may give the Assembly more trouble
than all the laws together which it has
passed. Our dispatches indicate the des-
peration Of the Bonapartists, whose in
trigue aims at the separation from the
Left of a discontented faction large
enough to make, with the imperial party,
vote that may defeat the attempts of all the
other factions to agree on list. 1t will be
remembered that the law Of February creates
a Senate Of three hundred members-two
hundred and twenty-five Of whom are to be
elected by the departments and the colonies
and seventy-fve to be chosen by the Assem-
bly,. The Senators elected by the people
hold Office for three years those named by the
Assembly for life. In case Of death among
the seventy-fye the vacancy is to be filled by
the Senate itself, and always for life. The
election in the Assembly must be by scrutin
de iSte, and by a majority Of the House.
Naturally, in the minute division Of parties in
the Assembly in the absence of any definite
majority, it is not an easy labor to agree upon
a list of seventy-fve names that can have
prospect TO stand with an absolute majority
There are too many factions to be disap-
pointed, and the Bonapartists have been
already so bitterly disappointed in their
pretensions that they have gone into sort
Of forlorr opposition. But theirs is sort of
opposition that is salutary. 1t prevents the
existence Of an opposition that might be
more effective. In the presence Of an oppo-
sition merely factious all other discordant
elements are disposed to recede from ex-
treme positions and to make every effort to
reconcile their various claims, and with
such spirit Legislative body may over
come graver difficulties than are presented
in the construction Of this Senatorial list
The radicals, by an absurdly ill-timed mo-
ton, made a clean rupture between their
faction and tho Left