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, 1875-01-17

well as the approval Of the Mayor. Is pre-
caution against rush, inconsiderate, and cor
rupt legislation, the system Of two Boards is
one of Tia best When the powers Of legisla-
ton are vested exclusively in one Board, the
result is invariably corruption end despotism.
It is the peculiarity Of the American system
Of government.
The proposed new charter .des;gnates Ger
tain officers who shall be elected by the peo-
pie. It authorizes the City Council to pro-
vide for certain other officers when needed,
and authorizes the oun Gil to abolish offices
when no longer required The wisdom aud
necessity for these provisions have been pain
fully evidenced in the: past history Of the
city. They remove from the Common Coun-
Gil one Of the most corrupting of all powers,
the election Of city officers.
Another reform is TINT which requires each
Of the various heads Of departments to make
an annual estimate Of the appropriations for
the coming year for his department. These
consolidated estimates, considered by the
Mayor, shall be laid before tho Council
While the Common Council may reduce the
appropriations below the estimates, they
are prohibited exceeding them. As oil
the present independent Boards, except
that of Education, are abolished, and one
single responsible bend appointed by the
Mayor aud Council to each branch Of the
public service, full and direct responsibility
ia secured in every department. Moreover,
these several heads Of departments constitute,
with the Mayor, q sort OF Executive Council
or Cabinet, having general jurisdiction over
all things pertaining to the interests Of the
city. In this way every contract awarded by
the city shall be examined and decided upon,
not by an Independent Board, but by the con-
currence and approval Of all the executive
officers Of the city. This excludes all secrecy;
it excludes all pretense Of ignorance by one
officer of what the other has done. It makes
them all, including tie Mayor, responsible
for the acts of each. Any one familiar with
the present practice cannot fail to approve
the proposed change. It is \ reform ex-
tending to every branch Of the public service,
"a wise, healthy reform.
We repent that the exigencies Of the City
Government demand an early delivernnce
from the present complicated city charter, or
there will be serious difficulties in the imme-
diate future. The only possible deliyerancs
is the adoption OF the general charter; and
this charter, to be suitable to city like Chi
cago, needs the proposed amendments It is
Of the utmost importance that public atten~ |
ton be given to this subject while, the Lcgis- |
lature is in session Should that body .djourn !
without action, then the present charter will |
be the funeral shroud of the credit, efficiency,
and integrity Of our Municipal Government |
, 1875-01-17
TEE SOBER sEC0ND THOUGHT.


There is very good and convincing evidence
that the New Yorx press is beginning to be
ashamed of itself for its reckless course with
reference to the Louisiana matter. It is nc
longer belligerent. It han ceased blowing
trumpets, waving flags, and "firing tbs
heart Of the Northern Democracy. Since
the Presidents message was published, the
New York Times has stiffoned up its back
bone, the Post mas become more moderate,
the Herald and Tribune have hauled in their
horns, and even the Bourbon World begins
discussing, and has stopped "cussing. n
They haya all found that they went of at
"half-cock-" They now admit that the
President had nothing to do with calling in
the military md that he ordered no inter-
ference; that Gen. SHERIDAN had nothing
to do with it, as he was not in CON-
mand; that the Republican party had
nothing to do with it; that the Legislature
was not dispersed, and that it was irregular
~ organized, and TINT both factions called on
the military. These are the very points for
which no have been contending. These they
now concede, but insist that the use OF the
military BY either side was wrong,-a point
which has not been Jet in issue, and which
is admitted by the President in his message.
Slowly, bu: very reluctantly, they have nc
cepted the facts, and slowly, but reluctantly,
they have quit their sensalsss bluster. Now
they see how cruel it was Of them TO- drag
out poor old A1r. CoopEn, and older Mfr.
BRYANT, from their warm iresides
these terribly. cold nights to preside
over q meeting called to protest against
outrages Of the, imagination and usurp-
atoms Of the fnncy. Now that they
have CONS TO their ssnses, and commenced
the situation upon its merits, We
may hope they can throw some Light upon it.
It should be valuable and impressive lesson
to them, however, not to put ON war-paint
and shout the war-whoop when there is no
enemy IN sight. It is unworthy the tone,
and influence, and dignity which ars pre-
Eumed to attach to great metropolitan jour
nails, and exposes them to the ridicule and
mockery Of their readers, to say nothing Of
the loss Of eon6dence and influence with the
publio.
, 1875-01-17

Heretofore the scholars, speakers, and
writer's Of each Of our colleges have narrowed
their competition to their own classmates OF
college mates. The intercollegiate contests
have been trials Of muscle, not mind. Dys-
pepics have sneered at them, and much .un
has been made by unhealthy minds, the
transient residents Of unhealthy bodies, OF
the devotion shown by students to their
sports. The man who riGcules this yearly
strife Can never have seen the magnificent
spectacle of dozen cedar shells, needIe-
shaped and fragile, leaping along IN inch or
two above the surface Of Saratoga Lake under
the sharp oar-blows OF their crews. Of sii1
athletes, whose paddles strike tho water ut the
same instant, whose becksriss and foil together.
md who make together one splendid, living,
breathing machine. He can never have
strained his eyes to see whether the first crew
to turn the weu-mown point On Quinaiga-
mond wore the magenta or the blue; never
hare strained his voice with mad hu1rahs for
the victory Of his college; never have strain.
ed his arms in carrying the winning crew in
triumph through the cheering crowd. He
does not know what ho condemns. At the
aamo time it must be admitted that college
is supposed to educate tho mind ~ well
as toughen tho body, and, when this
is granted, the expodiency Of an inter-
co11egiate brain race becomes 81 ap-
parent as that Of 3 boat race.. Such
a contest took place in New York City On the
evening Of the It'll inst. The arrangements
for it were made last February, and Ill Amer
lean colleges wore invited to compete for the
prizes offered for the best oration and tho
hast essay. Only SIX or seven Of them, how
ever, sent representatives. With the exoep-
tion Of Cornell, and perhaps OF Princeton,
they were ill of the second class Yale, Har-
va=d, Columbia, Washington aud Ice, and
the University Of Michigan were not repre-
sented. The award Of prizes gave genoral
strange to soy: Tie result Of
the essay y-contest seems to show that compe-
tition Of this sort does test the excellence Of
the different methods OF study in the differ
ent colleges, The successful metaphysical
essayist was a pupil OF Dr.. McCosH, Of
Princeton. Both the successful Shakspearean |
essayists vera pupils OF Prof. SHAoKFoRD, Of
Cornell.
There hays been one or two contests Of |
this nature between the fresh-watar colleges |
Of the West, bnt tho Eastern press is appa-
rently ignorant Of the fact, aud halls tho, !
New York competition Is the first of tue |
kind It would be well for ali tho colleges
to unite with the New York Association. In !
order to keep out tho hort1e of petty denoni-
nationM schools which call themselves uni |
versites, a regulation limiting membership to
colleges having over 150 undergraduates might |
be adopted. Next ycar prizes will be given,
not only for tbs bsst oration and tho best |
ssaay, but for ths baat examination il Creek |
zna In Manifestations fAa spha-s Ut com.
, 1875-01-17


| The bill which has been introduced into
tho Illinois Legislature authorizing the organ
izatioa Of joint-stock companies to build
union depots in cities, 10 evidently intended
to cover and solve the complications between
the city and the railway companies relative to
the sale of the three blocks lying between
Randolph and Monroe streets, on the lake
front. The bill provides that five or more
persons, OF three or moro railroads, may form
company, limited as to term Of years, md
with capital not exceeding S., 900, 900, and
they shall be granted articles Of incorporation
whenever three OF more railroads agree to use
tho depot which they propose to construct
This company SO formed shall then have
power to condemn real estate for depot
grounds, approaches, etc., and to lay
tracks on streets whom tho consent Of
tho city authorities shall be~ given
The. bill confers no powers upon the
new organizations which railroad companies
do not already possess under the laws Of the
State; they may now condemn land for depot
purposes, lay tracks, etc, and the new corpo-
ratons are required to proceed in the same
form and manner as provided in the case of
railroad companies under the present Inv.
Without any special information On the
subject, we infer thnt this bill contemplates
compromise, By which the railroad companies
may obtain possession Of the three blocks on
the 1ake-front, and at the same time pay the
city = reasonable price therefor. This is the
proper solution Of tho case, and it would
probably have been reached some time ago
Ind it not been for obstinacy On the part Of
tho Common Council first, and afterwards on
the part Of tho railway companies. When the
railroads renewed their offer to pay tho city
$500, 600 for quit-olaim decd to this
property, the sum was all tho land
was worth, and tho Common Council ought
to have accepted it. The offer was refused,
however, aud it was very generally believed
that some Of the Aldermen demanded that
the railroads should :'seo" them before they
would ohangs their minds. This the rail
ronds declined to do, and, after being
badgered on the subject as long as they could
endure it, one Of the companies Withdrew it's
proportion Of the 9200, 600 which WAS depoe-
tied as q first payment, some four years ago,
in the hands of 11r. KntBA1I, the City Comp
troller, and which the city declined to re-
ceive. This withdrawal, which seems to
have been made BY one company without any
agreement with the Others, waa followed by
tho withdrawal by the other companies Of
their proportion. But, In the meantime,
aotab misunderstanding hstusan tts oaonpa-
, 1875-01-17

The horrible circumstances which attended
the hanging Of the negroes JARVIS and JACK
soN, at Hampstead N. T., on Thursday last,
should bring down upon the heeds of the Of
fcials who had charge Of the execution the
severest censuro The revolving, cruel, and
bunenng nature Of. their work was lttlo less
than crime in itself. There was no doubt
that the two wretches committed the awful
crime for which they were executed, az they
confessed it. There is no doubt that
they richly deserved death for their
fearful offanse, and that the world
is well rid of them. But none Of
these facts mitigate the cruel manner in
which one OF them was tortured before his
death. While JACKSON was writhing in mis-
cry IN the air, the rope attached to JARVIS
broke and let him down upon his feet again
Tho clumsy authorities were three minutes in
fixing the rope, and even then we're unable to
fasten it, and SO slipped it over the beam;
and, after fastening it tight about bis neck,
pulled up tho poor wretch, hand over hand,
and held him there for twelve minutes, during
which time he was wEith;ng in his agony, with
his associate also struggling in :Ao air by bis
side. This sickening spectacle was witnessed
by crowds of people who had congregated to
see the hanging, Notwithstanding the exceeds
ingly cold weather, and even filed such q
crowd as that with horror.
Ag,inat such barbarous cruelty as this a
most solemn Protestshould be entered There
is little doubt Of the necessity Of hanging
murderess. It is the only compensation
which murderer can mako for taking the
life Of his victim. It is, the only adequate
protection which society has, and, without it,
human life becomes pitifully cheap, as has
been shown by the criminal statistics Of Iowa
during the past year or two, where capital
punishment has been abolished But capital
punishment to be effective should he sharp
quick, and mysterious. The murderer should
not be compelled to suffer tortures, nor be
put to death by degrees. He is deserving at
least Of the treatment accorded to the
beast who is put out of existence.
There is another duty which this hor-
rble display Of cruelty and suffering sug-
gests, namely, thst these executions should
be private and not public, Public e1ecu-
tions, especially when marked by circum-
stances Of tho character We have been describ-
ing only serve to harden the crowds who at
tond them, md, in the majority Of cases, st.
tach certain degree Of display and sonsa-
ton to the taking of Of the miserable wretch. !
The murderer must give his life for the Life
ha has taken in order to vindicate justice and
protect society, but he should giveit asquicAly
and secretly as he took the life Of his vic
tim. The public should be assured that his |
tifo has been forfeited, but beyond this the
public should know nothing Of the punish
ment. The only right the murdsrer may CHIN |
s that be be dispatched promptly and With |
put unnecessary suffering.
, 1875-01-17
THE RQUT NF THE ARCHITECTS.

County Attorney RouNrnEE and Corporation
Counsel D1oKEx have both submitted legal
opinions IN reply to the question asked them
by the Public Buildings Committee of the
County Commissioners and tho Board Of
Public Works: ''Does any liability rest on
the city and county, OF either Of them, on
account Of my action taken on the adoption
Of any plans, the election of architects, or
the designation OF material to be used for the
new Court-House?" Both our legal lumi-
naries unite in saying that no liability has
been incurred in any Of these ways. If this
opinion is sustained by the Courts, should the
parties asgrieved carry the case there, there
will be q happy ood to series Of ingenious
blunders. Tho chance Of spending some
millions Of other peoples money excited the
officials elected by the Peoples party to
especial efforts at jobbery.. Two: rings
sprang into being with the utmost rapidity.
One was German and ono. Irish. One
elected Teuton and ono Calt Us archi-
teet. When complaint was made, it was pro-
posed to throw q sop to. Corberus,
being the great bulk Of taxpayers who were
unfortunate enough to have been born in this
country,-by the election Of q third architect
Of American parentage. So the jansle has
gone on. Nobody has thought, apparently,
Of choosing man for the position because
he was honest, able, and skfllful The Peo-
ple's party of1lcials seem to hava wanted man
who had been born in some foreign land, and
who thoroughly conlprehended the science Of
" addition, division, and ailenoe>" They did
not quite dare to ca,ry out the job, however.
So now the two architects already elected arc
to- be invited - to step down nnd out" The
rings may not like it, but the people do.
Commissioner C1ouoH's suggestion that MI
previous notion should now be rescinded aud
a fresh start be taken, is an eminently good
one. What we need is harmonious action By
city and county in the election OF one Of
the thres OF four men in Chicago who are fit to
be intrusted with tho erection Of such
building. II tho people must be taxed mill
ions Of dollars for municipal palace, the
money should be kept out Of the hands Of
official thieves and incompetent. or speculat-
ing architects, and should not be sunk in any
stone abomination, such as the cultured and
aesthetic persons who compose q majority Of
our Common Council and County Board may
think would be "neat."
, 1875-01-17

1 year or moro ago THx TRIBUNE called A.
tention to the difficulties Of 1evying and col"
1ecting taxation for State purposes upon ths
system Of valuation. Under that system i
is inevitable that large percentage Of PEI
sonal property is never returned By tile IS.
SCISSOR, and the ta1 On that which is aassssed
is largely unoouected The result ID that N
this State tie land, and the personal property
incidental thereto, such as live stock, in'pla'
ments, ETC., pay 50 per cent OF the taxes
The officially Of reaching personal propef'1
is 80 general, that it is estimated taa
even in the State of New York not over Is PEI
cent Of the personal property is ever sn1ea.
Our Constitution provides two modes OF TT
ation: one by valuation, and the other D
licenses or other special tax, by which occa
potions, merchants, dealers, traders may u
'reacaed, and by which persons ard corpora
tons holding special franchises or exclusive
privileges may be taxed theron This 'aea
power has never been exercised in this ssase,
though it would furnish the means Of Eats1ns
all the State revenue needed, at nominal :os'
Of collection. Under this branch of tno
power Of taxation the various railroad coslo
rations and other monopoliss might %:
reached and an equitable tax coneeta
therefro1n, which would ehoerfully pa'a''
While the tax-grabbing law to pay ralsos.:: ::
aid debts was in forcs there was gEeat cut
cry against any cl'ange in the systam Of sa.:
alton. That law exists no longer, and 1e
notice that this subject hos already been e
trodnood in both Houses Of tho General AS-
sombly. At the Inst seszion, Hon A1zx4s"
DEE SrARNH proposed an amendment to tas
Constitution, IN order to meet supPoseo
difficulty on this point. We think, howsFe',,
TINT tile difficulty does not legally exist, ~
that. the Legislature may put the systsm. =
force without de1ey. 1t would be well, Pr.
haps, to begin It ca few objects at frst, -"
let the systsm grow up to The demands ot I'M
Stats Tor revenue.
, 1875-01-17

GRAND oPERA:HDUsE Clark ar.et; eppc.t@
Thurman House. Kelly Looms Mtustrs2s. 1.-THE
Gs:1nsoa Eaad; or, The Council Of Tsa."
, 1875-01-17

one Of NAsr's happlsat idess was the aatse<*
of :: Tie Taaamany Ring" In which .TFsfs
:cokna1a1. Hxxast b %. xsts sspxsssstte =
, 1875-01-17

MTICKER's THEATRE-M.di.oa .trest, hstwssu
neafhern and Stats. Engagement Of ths Stxakosch
opaza-Troape- ia I1aviata."
, 1875-01-17
BUSINESS NOTICES

VIE MEAN ILL WR sAY.-FULL SET BEST GUN
t4eth a. SAtxfActi1u rnone{ .-funned. FiaK, first
flxs4 II ha the usual rates. kc .iESEEY, = cArktt-
, 1875-01-17

CHICAGO MUsEUM-Monros streo. hetween Dear
bonn and St2te. ''Three YeaE1 In = Man-T5Ap."
, 1875-01-17

COLUMBIAN CLUB.-Tas member. are requested to
tho corner OF Lako and LS2;:es4- On Friday
svsutn9 aaxt Business importance will b
, 1875-01-17

Tird Degree vii eenfe11rd Ia this Lodge Tuesday
evenrg nett 18th Inst Ths fraternity coriay invited.
Per ofdsr W. H. G. II. CKANE, Stc1st2ry.
, 1875-01-17

Observation-Disclosures Chapter, No. 9, r 4. NJ.
Hat Y Aonzccst Special oou7nestio3 Aonday egeains
Vst.er. cordially invited to nnse With 3; order Of
tho H.P, E. N. TUCKER So
, 1875-01-17

ATTENTION SIR KNIGHTS !-ststed eouclave 1t
Ghie.sg r & Gsnmsndssy ~ No ls 4 r, Aonds; eysnins s
Visiting Sir Knights eourtoous.s iav1ted. By order Of
the E. g &. 4. WILLIAMS, Escerdnr
, 1875-01-17

NATIONAL LODGE, No. .Es3.-Rs.ular con,.>uoica-
lion II their ball, Randolph and Halsteds Tues
tay evening. Jan- la At h.f r.st O'clock 4 fun -
R; R9c. s. j. hTer,. 5, s. t. H.. b. been Inr,;ed
b. prtssn:. Whiting brethren cordially Invited By
uedar Of tia ". II. A. B. STILES. Sec
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-02-10
The Senatorship.

In the coming contest for the State Sena.
tership It II understood that the Govern.
or is favorable to the candidacy of repre-,
sentative Myers, as being in every respect
better fitted for the position than his
compstitor; and surely our worthy Gov,
srnor, called TO the helm Of the Ship OF
State st time when nought but the bes,
stats=nanship will suffice to guide it safe
ly sm'd and between the foanins break
90, should be allowed an influential voice
In tho selection Of those officials on whom
ho must principally depend to cooperate
with him in the performance of his diff
Acult undertaking. ,. ,"
Should the coming struggle for the
ssnatorship result as We hope and think
It win, In the defeat of the Ring; We
shall regard 1t as gratifying indication
Of progress in the right direction.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-02-10
A CARD,
Friend Thomas ::
Jos. GLOVER,
Foreman Grand j ury.

Friead Thomas.
In answering the question addressed
me, to which you gave such prominence
in your last issue, can reply that have
long been sufficiently familiar with
the statutes by which our affairs ought to
be governed to know that section . OF the
act relating to the duty of School Com
nlissioners provides that "he shall also,
deliver public lecture to the people in
each of the several districts Of the County
each year, for the purpose of elevating the
standard OF education, and increasing tue
general interest of tue peops in public
schools" might however, yankee-llke,
answer your questions by putting one 10
you. " hnther your anxiety for ali inyi-
Lstlon to the literary least, Is to be attr.b-
ated to PERSONAL craving and Q higher
Standard t4nd Commerciat] of cducutivn,
or al Uses ron commenuabie desire to
have a better system of training provided
ioi your own progenyi
8. D. GILBERT,
School COMMISSIONER.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-02-10
MARINE NEWS
8 u. GILBERT,
School Commissioner.

ARnIvED.-Feb. S, schr. W. G. Shat
tuck, Clewell-suano, 8 days Iona Island
bahamas, Geo. /. jackson g. Co.
schr. kebecca Florence, Richsrd-Nas-
sau.
Br. schr. Sarah E. Douglass, Bethel
Nassau.
CLEARRD.--Feb. 4, Schr. Ebenezer.
Bethel-for Nassau, with $4,000 cypress
shingles and 10000 fest lumber from ID.
Y. N ilson & Co.'s mill.
{, Loading at Orient, L. l., schr. Hattie
durner, Hoppel-with phosphate for
Port Royal, will load lumber at the mill
Ne.
ExPoRT.s-Nassau, N. P. Per Sch1.
Sarah Il. Douglass 900 f.et lumber.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-02-10
us. MarShaI's Sale,

E. P. Fabb;n, vs. Mauldin, Owens A. Co
ID. IL. Baldwin, We. Owens d Co.
ID. Ii. baldwin. vs.. VIII. Mauldi,.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-02-10

Last Wednesday We issued a supple
ment OF one column of the Tribune" as an
advertisement, containing three article es
that we thought would attract attention.
10 our surprise one article on the Past
indebtedness Fund created great excite
ment at the Court house, and attracted tn e
attention of the Grand Jury, who investi
gated the question of payments from the
fund and very properly endorsed the ac-
taon OF the County Commis sioners.
We were never SO fully 50 tistied of the
power OF printers ink IS when We discover
ed the econssernation caused by our inoffen-
sive article. We intended to insert it in
our paper this week but have no room.
The Tribune will be enlarged ON the
S4th when we shall have more space. till
then our advertisers must pardon the
omisston of their cards, now crowded out