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New-York tribune., 1876-04-20
TIE UOu1N,S CONGRESS.

Fifty-onc societies, associations, and conven-
tions have appointed Philadelphia as place
of meeting this Summer, for three very suii-
cient reasons first, to see the Exhibition; Sec
ondy, to attend to whatever business they may
have in hand, and thirdly, to bring their buSi-
ness to the notice of the people there congre-
gated Among these is the WOman's Congress.
which is TO lIold its fourth meeting there in
October. Prof. Maria Mitchell is President of
this organization, and two or three other sensi-
bic women are among its controllers, who save
succeeded heretofore III giving to its meetings
an exceptionally broad and practical tendency.
Among the subjects discussed at the Congress of
1875, held at Syracuse, were Science for Women,
the Relation of Women to Crime and Criminals,
Science in the Kitchen, and Art for Women. on
all of which papers wore read bearing directly
on the immediate needs of women in their
social and business relations, and the most eff
fective methods of supplying those needs. The
av0wed aim of the Congress is, we understand,
simply to bring earnest and thoughtful women
together to compare their experiences, plans,
aud opinions, and so far the members have
steadily resisted the temptation to do more.
The most vigorous opponent of the WOmans
Rights movement can have no objection to
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considerations. While some Of the higher
" oppolntments are to be excepted, it appears
"to be thought that in other cases the recon-
mcndation Of the member should relieve the
" President OF the responsibility for an ap-
"pOintment in his district, and that the me'n-
der is at liberty to make the recon-
"mendatiOn on grounds purely political anu
"personal. When such considerations are
Suffered TO have force, experience demonstrates
Z" that they soon supersede all Others, and the
"public service is degraded and corrupted De-
"cause the public officers are chosen and re-
"mOvcd in the interest Of party or OF poll
" "tician rather than to serve the country" II
Judge Cooley wrote in that way in 1873, what
would he write DOw7
The abuse reached the acme of absurdiiy
wear ago, when an amendment to tle Sundry
Civil Appropration bill provided that appoint
ments in the Treasury Department should he
" 80 arranged as to be equally distributed be-
tween the several States OF the United States,
"Territories, and the District of Columbia,
"accolding to population" AS there will be
a large reduction in the clerical force after the
present fiscal year, the Secretary OF the
Treasury has been iabulating his clerks, 80 as
10 make the dismissals in the spirit OF the
statute and, as our Washington correspondence
showed yesterday, some curious and lnconvclient
results are likely to follow 1t not by any means
the rule that clerks are citizens OF the
States 10 which they are credited. OF 73. for
instance, charged on the books to the State OF
Alabama only three belong there, while the
oldest and most valuable clerks, having been
long in Washington often come to be regis
tered "a citizens of the District of Columbia,
irrespective of the place from which they
were appointed; thus il happens that the
District, which is entitled under the law to
only eight clerks, nOminally has GOA basking
i'm the sunshine of the Treasury, or abOnt
one-quartcr Of the whole number employed.
But in fact the law WAS never intended 10
divide Offices equally among the people oi the
different States; its purpose was 10 appolIloh
the patronage fairly among Congressman. IL
was only a roundabout way of cnacting thnt
every Senator and Representative should
have his just share, no more ana no
less. What the service will come 10
when this principle is recognized as
mart of the Constitution IL shown by the
report of Special Agent Phillips on revenue
frauds in California In that distant State the
claims of Congressman have been admitted to
the fullest extent; the President is merely an
abstraction; the confusion between executive
and legislative functions is complete. and as
a result all oliice-hodcrs are filed with "a
every lively and grateful sense OF loyalty not
"to the Government or any of its departments,
"but to the Senator or Representative through
whom the appointments are held" 20 long
as an Office can he held under such clrcnm-
stances and surroundings, the civil service
must be utterly debased, yenal, and purely
personal; "and such in my judgment" con
tinues Mr.. Phillips, is the condition OF at
/" fairs in California"
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il 10 do il In a manly fashion, with Dahu oi
music. and the distance OF at least whoie
block to maneuver in, 80 that there Shall De
no mistaking what he is up to. In TINS
way it has happened that he has been one Oh
the most unique and picturesque features IN
the proceedings, OF rather following tne
proceedings, which have made brooklyn Ia
nous. Whatever opinion the world may nave
as 10 the merits Of the scandal-if indeed thele
be apy-it cannot withhold admiration for this
solitary figure with the Bottom Facts" bring
ing up the rear Of everything.
Mr. Bowen has now Withdrawn from the
Congrf gational Union, Of which 1t Is SAID he
vos one of the founders. He did not 20 ont
with the Rev. DIS. StOrrs and Burlington ana
the rest Not he. He waited until the noise
following their departure had subsidized ana
calm had fallen. Then he arose with his
"Bo.tom Facts" and went out impresHyely,
alone. He divides public attention WIN no
one. he merely remarked upon gong out
that he went for the same reasons which IN
fuepced Drs. Storrs and BndingtOn, and that
he had great sympathy with them. The aspi-
ration Of his remaining days Is That an I'M
"partial committee" may be appointed, ana
the "Bottom Facts" brought out. We do not
know when to expect his reappearance. And
vet we are confident that come he viii, some
time, and keep coming, bearing his burden OF
hidden wisdom, without a single bottom fact
lost or missing from the budget of things that
he thinks he knows. And by and by when
all Of this worlds advertising il over, ana ne
steps starward with finger Oh his liDs-balked
as our curiosity has been, we shall at least
have the satisfaction Of knowing that he takes
his "Bottom Facts" to an impartial COM
" mittpcr
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such Congress as this. Printers, photog-
raphers, brokers, cooperate, hold their conven-
tions, act in concert when they think they as
a class have rights to guard or advantages TO
secure--why not our wives and mothersf
IL il to be remembered, however, by these
and all other women assembling for purposes
of cooperation. that the broker, photographer,
or member of tradcs-union does not surrender
his place in the great social body by taking
part in such partial cooperation. lie discusses
the rights of his trade or class zealously IN the
morning, but in the afternoon be Is no less
man, citizen, husband, or father. Any partial
organization which weakens or tampers with
the great primal relations Of humanity Is
abnormal and unwhoesOme in its influence
and result The difficulty with our public
women has been heretofore that they have
overlooked thi. fact in their zeal to be voters
and acknowledged members OF the worlds
markets, they cOntemned their duties as wives
and mothers; the most eager openly denounced
babies and husbands as obstacles in their way
to the polls, to the medical diploma, or the
lawyer's brief in word, III their loyalty to
themselves az women, they forgot to be true
TO themselves as human beings. The human
foundation being the stronger, myarlaDy
asserted itself at last, and the wOman's r.
or hobby failed But we do not believe tne
women composing this Congress will make
tiiI .falra
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the exped'ency Of appealing to IL some notice n ra
modify or le~sen the fJGriols ef ct OF his ross
upon young Iainds- 'Ho5Ddy,' she said, 'kneg Sy ~
az dId ubis eertamly vas not tue genera,
well I the ,anses that hid madr him VIA, =
Was; nOlJdy tsnk. Is capable of dOlay fusos -
him. and therefore OF cOunteFacg tn injustice e 80
tO himself and the injury t DO Ot.erz IN a.,
Of mis- writings s,r1ngly impressed LJ tie essr
eSiness OF her expression, WIca seemed 10 ne ons -
afectioDate compassDn for Byron and profound sosa
tude lest liz his crave Ee snoad tae r.s,s
biiiy Of yet further ey innl-nce, especially on Ibs
minds oi the young"
TRENTON, April 19.-The Rev. DIR. McDo,.
aid, one OF the Ost prominent men at tie Pr rn,,,
Theological Seminary, lies dangerously i'll
RIO JASEIBo, April 19.-DOn Jose Machsip.
the Paraguayan Minister to Washington, left Bueoos
Ayres ON tie 10th ns tie United states by vay a,
Europe He VIII represent Paraguay at &c Csatellisl
Exhibition.
New-York tribune., 1876-04-20
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AcApgMY oP MUIc.-2: Cinderella"
BosyrH's THEATEI.-" Henry v"
IJgTH AyENUE THhATEE.-' Pane
LYcEuN THgAT H." Black-Ly % susan. DO
OLY4ITD TBEATTE.--" BumQy y DumpJ.
PAHk TnEATEK-" Brass"
sAs FHAsCfscO JINrTkfi$.
Tony PASTORS NEW THEATER.- variety.
limos sJCAHs EHEATKE.-" IcrTeO-"
WALLICKs TnEATEk.-" Twins"
lc1DgNY oY DHsIGN. Exhibition ~ PointingA
lOOPER USIOS.-Aflfr rfc.m iusritIie LisctiOl.
UIPPODR NE.-PrOmcuaae Concert
sCuAU-- A T GALL.EE-EXuibt'tOn Of PcnelO1>.
ETEIxWAY HAIL.: syml bCny Con ert. Thomas
WRsT ELEygNTn sTEELT PEEsBITLEIAS CECkcH.-l2
Union Tyioc.
New-York tribune., 1876-04-20
Nep'llork Daily Gribnne,
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
THURSDAY. APRIL 90. 1876.
7HE NEWS THIS MORNING.

PoRFIgN-In Hayti, President Dominique has
fed; vice-Presdent Rameau and Gen. LOcqugt have
been shot and Gen. Canal has returned TO Port-an-
Prince 49, The Montenegro agent at CONSTANT
uople is striving to have part of Herzegovina ceded
10 his province - The Mexican reyOlutiOnists
CAPTURED Mer 80 MOukhtar Pasha claimed TO
have beaten recently the Ilorzegovinidns.
DoMEsTlC.-The Indiana Democrats nominated
James ID. Williams, 81. c., for Governor John H..
Nen for Secretary of State. Il. {. Shaw for Treas
urer and full State ticket the State delegation t"
ST.. Louis was pledged to Gov. Hendricks; the plat
form declares for hard money, opposes contraction,
believes ina greenback currency, calls for continued
Investigations and opposes any payment OF the rebel
nebt. -= The Senate will probably decide to try
Mr. Belknap. 80 The State Legislature agreed 10
the Supply bill the Ogden Charter for Brooklyn was
defeated in the Assembly - A large deficit III
the money for sales for captured and abandoned
property is discovered.
CoNGREss.-In the Senate yesterday tie Prc5l-
dents veto to the Salary bill was rcad the lmpeach-
ment Managers appeared aud asserted the right 10
try Mr. Bclknap: the japanese Indemnity bill was
amended. - In the House Mr. Finley tDclu1 of
Florida was admitted TO the seat of Mr. Walls
RepJ; the Army Reduction bill postponed a
week; an investigation ordered into the con-
nection of congressman with the real estate pool.
CITY ASD SUBURBAN.-The farewell revival
services at the Hippodrone were held Mr. Moody
preaching Oh Christian work and addressing young
converts the total of subscriptions was raised 10
S135, 900. - Gov. Tilden refused 10 Interfere in
the case of Dolan. who received tho news calmly.
G. Judgment against the city for $3oD,22f GO
was entered on the McKeag claim. == Gold ll3,
ll3 ll3ls Gold value of the legal-;ender dollar al
close, IS 40 cents. = Stocks fairly active and
irregular. closing feverish.
Tng WRArnER-The Government report predicts
warmer, partly cloudy weather. -= In this city
yesterday the day was warm and generally clear
thermometer, 42o, 49, 80.
New-York tribune., 1876-04-20

The Democrats Of Indiana have instructed
their delegates to vote for Mr. Hendricks at
St. Louis The prominent candidates for Gov
ernOr-Messrs. Holman. Landers, Voorhees,,
and Niblack-were all InilatOnists. To make
things easy for Mr.. IIondIicks they have all
taken back seats, and James ID. Williams has
received the nomination. MIR Williams is n
farmer who has been identified with the State
Board of Agriculture for seventeen years.
During the present session OF Congress he has
voted for the repeal of the Resumption clause
and against the Payne Caucus bill. Although his
sympathies are evidently with the lnflatOuiat7
he has not been so noisy as his colleagues.
The platform is a curious political mosaic. II
has seventeen planks ald there is something
to suit everybody. 1t says: We believe in
"our ancient doctrine that gold and silver are
"the true and safe basis for tbs currency,
"and we are in favor Of measures and poll
"cies that will produce uniformity iii value
4" in the coin and paper, money Of the conn
" try. without destroying or embarrassing the
"business interests of the country" Thai
was as good resolution as could have been
EXPECTED from Indiana. But III the mex. breath
they oppose the contraction Of paper currency,
call for the substitution of gTcenbicks for
National bank notes. urge the repeal OF the
Resumption clause, extol The virtues of green
backs, and enlarge upon the rccuperativc en-
ergies of the country. This is the most
scientific trimming.
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DAILY TEIBUSR, Mail Subscribers. Sl0pcr annnE.
eKMI-WEFKLY TRIBUNE. Mail Subscribers. SO per an.
WEEKLY tribune. Mail Subscribers, 81 per annum
1enus cash in advance.
Address THE TRIBUNE. New-Y0rk.
I;s5gons unable 10 obtain THE TRIBUNE IN GRg Of The
an boais on hotels in Vhiohu Is usually sod ,ci ron
fsT q far0r by inormind this Obioe NJ the circumstances
Up town sdversera can for TEE TBUSE
stI233 Broadway sts OF SO5 W 2sL cor 9th ave
New-York tribune., 1876-04-20

The labors of the evangclists at the Hippo
drome were brought to "A close last evening.
For ten weeks they have preached and sung
to the largest throngs that have ever gathered
in'this city. Whether the secret of the extra
ordinary success of these services is the teI7T-
bile earncstness and hOmcly simplicity of Mr..
M0Ody's manner. or his cOmmOD-sense method
and blisines,-like talent for organization, OF
his Faith that he is teaching the eternal VEN
ties, it is manifest that he is man OF tie
mcndous power The revival which he has
conducted in Great Britain and the three great
cities of the United States is the most remark
able religious movement of the time, and TIE
TRIBUNE has recognized its significance from
FIRST to last by furnishing the most complete
reports of the services that have been pub
ished. The most obvious criticism that has
been passed upon the work of the evangellStS
has been that it is waysde sowing. The
splendid effort which they have made to es-
tablisb n fund for the continuance OF the re-
vva services will go far to meet this olJec-
ton.
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Business Nontes.

SPRING has come. Buy your Doors, SHOES,
and OAITEis from MILLRR & Co.. Union square
Vocal SOCIETY.-Last Concert this season.
ChIckeriDg Hall THIS CIhurslHy) ENENlNO llckela n
music and at TIE door.
New-York tribune., 1876-04-20

Several Of the Republican Representatives were
shocked when NJ. Tucker acknowledged in Con-
ress that he believed in the right Of country post
master or justice Of the peace to decide what sort OF
newspapers ought to circulate in the maila 1t was
under the principle laid down by Mr. Tucker that
Republican journals cOnGsoated before the war
when sent to persons in the slave States, and the
North was Justly indignant at the outrage. But 1t
seems to Lave been forgotten that two years ago the
erployGs Of the present Republican Administration
resorted to the very espionage over the mails
During the Presidential campaign of 1872 news
paper packages were frequently opened in transit,
the TmBUNFs were taken ont, and publications
NOR, acceptable to the Administration were substi
tuted for them. All the despotism has not been on
one side.
New-York tribune., 1876-04-20

1t would be an additional and most worthy
commemoration of the year 1876 II. before lts
close the funds necessary to the erection OF
the first statue OF an American author on Amer
lean soil. should be contributed. Born IN 1888
Washington Lving's life began with the recog'
milton Of the nations Independence, and the hrsi
decade Of our century had not cIcsed when be lald
the foundation Of American literature. His
pleasant and benign head .hOuid have been placed
IL the Park long ago; but the city which owes
almost her whole romance to his pen has been SIN
pularly careless Of his memory. Since the Irving
Monument Association has passed into the hands of
the ladies', under the energetic presidency of Mrt
Ann s. Stephens there are at last good hopes that its
efforts Will lead to success. The undertaking. as the
President remarks in her inaugural. is one in which
women can most effectively work; and the hearth
ness with which they have entered upon the task
shows the proper determination to accomplish It,
New-York tribune., 1876-04-20

There is familiar sound from Albany. The
Ogden charter has been killed in the Assem-
bly through detection in the Republican
ranks. Tho Democrats all voted against 1t
and were reinforced 10y five Republicans. The
indignation of the Republicans finds vent in ih-
eral denunciation and loud cries of cor
"rnptiOn.p
New-York tribune., 1876-04-20

A statement in The TRIBUNE's review of Wagners
Centennial March may perhaps lie misinterpreted
into a reflection upon the Judgment and good taste
of the Centennial Commissioners. When we said
that but for the zeal of the Women's Committees we
should have no representation on the 10Th OF May
of the musical taste and progress Of America, We
meant only that but for the women there would
have been no funds to devote to this important OBJ
jcct, and on n reading Of the whole paragraph we
fli this meaning must be clear. 1t is the Women's
Committees who pay for the musical celebration ;
but it would be unfair to overlook the part which
Gen. IIawley and bis associates have had in making
and suggesting the arrangements, and the cordial
and enthusiastic cooperation of the Commission. the
Wonen's Committees, and the Director of the Music
in all the labor of preparation.
New-York tribune., 1876-04-20

The Senate will undoubtedly decide that il
has jurisdiction in the Belknap case. If Mr..
Carpenter is not kept well III hand the I'M
peachment proceedings will take up us much
time as the BeeehCr trial.
New-York tribune., 1876-04-20

Gov. Tiden has brushed away Dolan's last
hope, and the hanging is positively announced
for tomorrow. Capital punishment may be
brutal and unwise, but so long as the law re-
mains ON the statute-book it should be rigor-
ousy enforced. The composurc with which
the fatal news was received by the condemned
man will be the theme of the baroomS and
slums, and another page will be added to the
record of the so-called "heroics OF the gal
lows.
New-York tribune., 1876-04-20

The enemies of Secretary BrIstow arc hay-
ing hard luck. He has sienced another roor-
hack.
New-York tribune., 1876-04-20

In Hayti the triumph of the revolutionary
movement has been followed by the flight OF
President Dominique and the shooting OF wee
President Rameau and Gen. LOcquet. Inc de-
posed President had served hardly two year
having been elected by the Constituent Assembly
i'm June, 1874. His administration labored under
disadvantages from the beginning, ana was
disturbed by intrigue and conspiracy. Gen.
Boisrond Canal, who, it Is expected, Will sue
coed, was proprietor Of large plantation,
upon which he founded two schools. Suspected
of trcasonable designs, he was pursued last
Nav by the Government forces, but was saved
from an ignomniOus death by taking refuge
at the house of our Minister, who maintained
the "right of asylum" President Dominique
appealed to Secretary Fish, and it was finally
settled that Canal should be allowed to leave
the island unmolested. He viii doubtless be
friendly to this country, but there is no ground
for the Paris report that we purpose annexlng
the Black Republic.
New-York tribune., 1876-04-20

the first day of the meeting of the National
Academy of Sciences. were of mathematical
order. Two Of them, however, had prac-
teal application, one pointing to an I'M
proyement in gunnery and telegraphIng' Dy
means of greater accuracy III measuring
small intervals of time. The third, treatise
on the theory of magic squares, shows tna'
those puzzles which were the delight OF child
hood have attractions for age and wisdom.
New-York tribune., 1876-04-20

The President III his veto message h's
rather the best of the argument when he com
pares salaries with the Congressman. lie shows
that their wages have been increased nearly
seyenfold since the Constitution was framed,
while the Presidents has only been doubled
But in thus confounding the Congressman he
unconscously lays bare the whole imquity OF
the Salary Grab act wherein he was silent
PARTNER. Times have certainly changed since
Jefierson's day, aud we are not aware that
there is any serious objection TO the salary
that is now paid to the President. But he
ought not to remind us too bluntly OF the
manner in which his wages were doubled.
Students OF mathematics claim that all true
scieace must eventually be tested by the SCI
ence of numbers-or rather, as they phrase 1T,
of quantity. Perhaps this tendency is indi-
Gated In the faot that oil the papers read at
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21

A reporter Of the st. Louis TIM e.
has recently been over in Indiana, III
terviewing Blue leans" Williams. the
Democratic candidate fox Governor -.f
th.. State. The following question
and auawer will indicate what Blno
Jeans thinks of tie situation in In
diana:
R-How do yourcgard the propccts
Of your election?
Mfr. W.-Thev seem 70 be very FAR,
ard my friends ali assure me that they
are sire. Of tins ] An certain. that We
are every where making gaius, from II
hundrad to two hundred in almost
every county.
His confidence as to the result in
Ohio is not less strong than his trust in
indiana. When asked what i. fhe tenor
OF yonr sdv|ces from Ohio, lie promptly
answered M follows:
1t is. indeed very favorable. I he
Ii VI we shalt carry the state. | have
bordering On Ohio. snd have ~lately
come in coutact With a great manv
OhiOans. ana ell have met sNeak on
cnuragl0g of the prospects. and express
a strong conviction that we shall csrry
the state. II Will in Il great measure.
~hoseser. depend Oh thu large citi-s,
such AS Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo.
etc. Ii those cities 30 their duty. W.
are SAT beyond question. ii Is tl!t
vote in those cisies dist has heretofore
l"ieajed us, but now I uu,!eratand that
the tide is setting strongly in our favor.
especially so far rs the foreign born
population is concerned. I fia,; gerry
where that the Germans are largely
with us.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21
Meeting of a DefnUcriiaic ax-
eGrplixe q d re Va fEs..

sssSriNe q
The Democratic State Executive
Committee held a meeting in jackson
on Tuesday last, and selected Col. ". d.
Gibbs, of Yazoo, as candidate for Elcc-
tor, to. fill the Vacancy caused by the
resignation Of Capt. W. Fl. Hardy
The Committee reported encouraging
news from all parts of the State. Clubs
are being formed in almost every neigh>
! borhood, and the Chairman sad that
Mississippi ia better organized TO day
than it had ever been heretofore. The
Radicals are not organizing, though re-
ports from al the counties show that
they were registering almost soIidIv
One would judge from this that The
leaders had issued them word 30 MAKE
40 public demonstrations hut 20 regis
'ar. an,l on the day Of election marshal
territories and cast a unanimous vote
't~ their ticket
LIT not or people I've TOO aaaguina
DON'T imagine for once that the State
will be certain to go Democratic and
vour vote is not necessary. Il ia The
duty of every Democrat and Conserve
tive in the State to register ard vote
II all vote, the plan Of the Radicals will
be thwarted.