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New-York tribune., 1877-05-31
JOIN LOTHROP MOTLEY.

The brief tclegTaphic dispatch i'll our col
where the death Of this distinguished scholar
and diplomatst, furnishes no particulars of
the monrnful event, which has come upon
ms suddenly at the last, although the
health of the deceased for a considerable space
of time has been such rs 10 suggest the most
painful forcbOdings. Within only few weeks,
Mr. Motley had completed his sxty-third
wear. having been born about the mid
die Of April, 1911, and just passed the
grand clmactciic which is supposed, with
more or less justice, TO form "a critical epoch
in the life OF the individual. Untli "a cOmpara-
lively recent tiinc, Mr.. Motley presented a rare
example of athletic and radiant health During
the middle period of his ic, to the latest years,
although of sensitive nervous temperament,
his vIgorOus and agile frame seemed to bear the
marks ofs perpetual youth, with no symptom
Of any thing akin to iuiirmity or disease. His
powor of studIous research and mental ac-
lion WAS of Il quite remarkable character.
The versatility of his gifts WAS no
less striking than his admirable command
over their exercise, and the harmony and cqui
Ib.ium which distinguished their movement.
I'm his earlier days, the imaginative faculty ap-
pcaIed to bc predominant, and his natural
tastes would have led him into the do
main of poetry and romance rather dian
that of severe investigation and exact dc,clip-
ton. His productions in this kind, though
immature and uucqual. and never attaining
pubic recognition, beyond a limited circle OF
friendly admirers, bctray the signs of piquant
individuality, if not of original genius,
but give no promise of the signal eminonce
winch he subsequently achieved IA
writer OF history. Mr.. Modcy's vocation
a, "A historian was of gradual development.
His first performances fell short of hs own
ideal. II was not uu,ll after rcncated expert
rlcits. and q wider and still wider range of
study. that be- succcedcd in giving due shape
10 his conceptions, aud embodying his
researches in the classical works which
are everywhere accepted rs among the noblcst
monuments of historical literature. In their
present form, MI Mohey's histories ale not
merely the productions of literary art, but the
expression OF an earnest and generous man
hood. They are yItalncd by sympathy, but
not encryatcd by seutimcntiliy.
No more truly yirile creations can he found
in the whole range of American letters Mr.
Motcy's attachment to the principles of polti-
cal liberty, the representatives of which he
dclineatos in bis works, was not an abstraction
of fancy or speculation. but a profound aud
vital emotion. His sympathy with the
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We adycrted briefly ;he other day to the
failure of the efforts hitherto made by the
Christian churches to convert ASatics, and 10
the causes of that failure. The lack of success
is especially noticeable among the Chinese
Faithful believers here and in Europe have
uoured out their money like water to the mis-
sions in that country, and still give, regardless
of the fact that the result of this lOng-coH-
tinucd costly labor is, to suy the least, de-
plorably iucOmmensuiate with the means en-
ploycd. One reason of this is as we stated
The other day, that the churches have greatly
undervaued the intellect and character of the
rcople with whom thcy had to deal (: they
have supposed that men and women qualified
only by zeal to be teachers anywhere were
quite strong enough to manage these Leathen
whom they hahitually designated as ignorant
"abd degraded"
II is quite time that we recognized the fact
that they are neither the one nor the other
Their religion has in it broad basi, OF
sublime Truth, both in it conception OF the
Deity and Of human brotherhood. Education
occupies HIGHER place in the State than II
does with U.s. and in their art, the integrity OF
all their handlworl, their respect for learning
their self-c0ntrol, and fine courtesy they have
reached IA higher plane Of civilization than The
Anglo-SaXol. Of This fact the ChiHaman is
quite aware willie his ScnSuall,y and super
siiton, which revolt the Christian, are no faults
in his own eyes. Hence his lofty scorn for
the Christians, however ciylly concealed, IS
impregnablc. Why, he asks, should he give
up his religion for theirs! His treatment in
Christian countries has not been such rs TO
convert him to a belief in their Justice OF
humanity. The Bible has unfortunately only
been translated into a vulgar dialect Of the
Chinese equivalent TO that Of Yorkshire in
English. The hymns used by the missionaries
are, to BE- plain, very bad doggercl 1t would,
in short, be almost impossible to persuade a
learned, high-cas:e Chinaman that this offered
religion or its yotlrcs were worth his serious
attention. lie acbnowl,dscs that We excel in
stcam-cngine- piintius-presses ETC., bat adds
sucwaly enough, Machinery Is 10, the high
"cst ciNllizatiOn.'
These facts have been brought home 10 the
churches lately with disheartcning force-so
strongly that our Episcopaliau brethren have
resolved 20 make flank movement. thereby
nc once convincing the barbarians Of their own
inieriolity and raising them 70 the Christian
Level. They propose to establish college.
probably M Pe,Sing in which science as well
rs religion will be taught, especially astronomy
physics, and medicine, in all Of which the
Chinese are glossy isGolant. They hope thus
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TBE ARUENIAY CHRIsTT4vg

There is printed this morning in THE TRrB.
UXE an interesting and pathetic letter from
Christian missionary in Asia Minor, in which
an appeal is made to the American people in
behalf of the Armenian Christians The main
point set forth in thsetter is the helpless and deg
peiate condition of the Christians in Asia Minor.
who are under the heavy hand OF the Turkish
soldery. This cruelty and oppression have
lasted for years, and indeed, to a certain ey-
tent, from the reports Of missionaries and
travellers, the world has long been familiar
with ii. II is hardly necessary 10 say that IT
has had its natural effect, in turning the
sympathies of civilized nations toward Russia
and against the Turks The feeling with
which the latter are regarded is as old
as the Crusades. 1t was immeasumbly strength
ened during the war for Greek ndepend-
ence. If it has in it something Of religious
prejudice, it must be remembered that the
Mohammedan faith has from the beginning
been Il faith in bloodshcd. When it was fee
bic it STRENGTHENED itself By fierce and des-
perate fighting. When it became stronger il
cannot with truth be said hat it became less
tyrannous. Those who have supposed that the
Turks, whose name was synonymous for GEN.
turies with ruthlessness and violence, have
adopted the mllder methods Of modern war
fare, and have grown less sayagely violent to-
ward those whom they always stigmatze as
"Chrstan dogs" Will be likely to revise their
opinion when they read of shames which
seem utterly out OF place lii the nineteenth
century.
The truth is that the civilization of the Turk
r Z 1. -. Mt 70 ha
civilization of the surface. The old religious
rage is as hot rs ever. The sodiery kill and
ravish and plunder and burn, as no other
European soldiers have been permitted to do
for at least fifty years. The natural victims
of military insOlence and rapacity are the
Christians, and they are just as much so now
in certain localities as they were when the
Turkish arms were formidable enough to
threaten the peace and safety of all Europe.
Nor are the civil authorities more forbearing
Taxation is the curse of the Empire, and it is
upon the devoted heads of the poor Christians
that it falls the most heavily.
That the preiudces of enlightened nations
should be against the Porte, after all its abuse
OF power so long continued, is not at all won
derful Much of this feeling, it must be ad-
mtted, is traditional, but none the less Is it
strong and sincere. 1t is not the fault OF the
world if Turkey, in this hour of her dire ca
lamity finds that the hopes and wishes of so
many foreign peoples are against her. What
ever may be the current of public opinion here
respecting the motives of Russia IT Is impos-
sible for Christians to read of Christians bar
barously treated as such without sympathzng
in Gonna SORT with those who are substantially
Of the same faith. That the Turkish Govern
ment cannot prevent these horrible crueiues Is
its misfortune.
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Senators Anthony and Burnside of Rhode
Island are both III.
Gen. Tcherrayeif is said to be half French;
his mother WAS a Nile Lssclyer daughter Of an ascu
tnIal proprietor in France
The Right Rev Bishop Paddock Of Mesa
cnuset ia ami the Dr. Paddock o. broo dyn are Ss-
iu Norwich where pleasant family rauuion vac hcd
on Tuesday.
Senator Morton viii lecture at indianapolis
on saturday evening the proposition 20 abolish the
Electoral COLLEGE The procee Is will Le given 70 tue
Ladies OF, han Home
Mr.. ). Davis of Comstock, Nevada, is said to
hc the author 0f Great American Play sparkling Win
~ and numoi' After h1yirg been refused by mos' OF
the managers Of the country las been played WIKI
much success IN virginia Guy
The Prince of Waless young sons, Albert
yaior and George. nave jast passed. yesy satisfactory
,zannatiou for naval cadetships ai ihe R"4. Naval
College IN some OF the subjects hoy exhibited more
tnau usp Dc gree o. proficiency.
Political exiles appear to find no end OK
s,la.e Ia Britain Ramon Cabrera, who mas just dle'
married an English hees- With large estates; Lsf'fe'o
secured another and thnd bestowed ben hand and
tr. uu.-e n II avon the eXti.cafog lanslt'tcA ~
leader Of the POLISH r"uclioh Ia Iso"-ot
When Gen. Grant went few weeks ago 70
order his new uniform ia Philadelphia his iaor invited
aim 10 step ON The scales and Doe weighed " on p''@S
-uty rcnlicd thc cxpresient. 60 KNOW NY weight eA
a,tiv It's - pounds. 1ha' is What aecp mssrl "a"
Ah.' SURF '"'"S', .,..,s fron
An aPo'il Di"n SOlV VI ,, mint
Toledo I" iAe e4''' 'i' ''''''''.' I'm ~ nom
Wis I'u' ''u "'u - ~. ,- bo,.ohoh
str1;eJ WIN oy p os'ul''" '"''"''' w. '..,.,J
his mother drew hcrelf up with mairony dlsWF ait
.aid: "sir expect he viii be President o. %, ~a'"
states SOM day. That yo'ca was never mad Ia YAM
IL is not yet apparent to the cnuc' "ne'u0i
the mysterious new Blackwood writer Doe man or "on4
But the story-thc Modern Minister "-se'' plenty o.
rr,..st The Modern Mirster is thus happily u'oiu.11
" or au the clergy . ho had supplied brsh'' ''"'
with gossip wesley rlind was tlc mos, Ie',i,H-e
man bee Tas so ilie,r.i"@'-' 20 N'H"''''' "
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to bring native youths Of the more influential
class under their influence, to convert them
and send them out, assuredly the most effective
missionaries, to ciyilizc and Christianize tbe,
own people. The scheme appears 10 have a
sound substratum Of common sense as II,
basis. Ii is in the hands of DIR. ScheIeschewskv
Bishop-elect to China, and is heartily urged
upon the consideration of Christian people by
the bishops of New-York and other diocese,
One hundred thousand dollars is necessary for
its establishment. about half Of which hes been
raised. There are many OF our readers who
care little for the religious bearings Of the
question WHO would be glad to bring China
into broader and closer commercial relation,
with this country. To such we commend thi,
plan as ore likely at no very distant period to
accomplish their end.
New-York tribune., 1877-05-31


To-day begins the trial in Boston OF the
unpleasant case of Sarah NJ. Rice vs.. John
r. Coolidge and others for conspiracy and
defamation. OF this action an eminent de-
trctiye has observed that she has never seen
Gin any other case such infamous rascality."
There certainly never was one more remark
able for the absence Of fragrance and the pres
euce of its precise opposite. Mrs. Klce, the
plaintiff, keeps or did keep iirst-cass board
Ine-hOuse. Of this establishment Mr.. Joseph
SWEET Coolidge was an inmate. He Is not a
Coolidge mt all, but for some reaSon-proDaDly
because she had all the mOney-he took the
name of his wife, with whCm he had lived
happily for ten years, when she went to Lu-
rope and sent over word that she would never
live with her husband again
Tn 1871 she began an action for divorce in
Boston, but gave it up. In 1873 she began
anotherin Dubuque County, Iowa. on the grounds
of adultery with Mrs. Rice and also of cruelty.
Scanlon. detective, was employed by her 10
work up the case. He discovered plenty OF
witnesses, such as they were, and took their
dcpositions but the Dubuque action was met
in such a way by the husband that the libel
was dismissed ScanlOn went over to the huS-
bands party, and some of the witnesses testified
that their depositions were obtained through
improper influences. The detective also turned
over his letters from different parties in regard
to the action. But notwithstanding the failure
of the Iowa proceedings, Mr.. Joseph ,. Coolidge
sought and obtained a divorce from his wife
on the ground of desertOn. The documentary
testimony was very untayorable to Mrs Rice,
Ior to bar grIo
and now this suit is brought to vindicate the
ady's good name and fame.
The witnesses, we should say, were not of
very trustworthy sort, though of the KIND
usually employed in such trials They were
mostly servants in Mrs. Rices boardng-house,
and they certainly swOre to a great deal with
a great deal of freedom. Then there was one
Joseph A. Callaghan, WHO'S defendant IN the
present action, and who was fremont House
waiter and employed by the wife as her de
toctive to watch Mrs. Rice's window her resi-
dence being opposite. The numerous defend
ants in this case some of whom are lawyers,
we are told, absolutely refuse 70 yield a single
point in the way OF money settlement " short
"of a trial by jury" 1t is greatly to be re-
grctted, this persistency with which these disa
greeable affairs are thrust upon the public at
tenlon Put into the courts, submitted to
judges and jurors, argued over and over, and
reported in the newspapers they really become
topics from which the public cannot escape.
II is the court Of last resort. Whether 1t
wishes to DO SO or not, it must give Its YER
diet upon domestic disagreements which, by
the folly of the dispWants, have become mat
ters of social morality. We cannot help feeling
that if judicious friends of both sides would
but exert their good offices prudenty, some
compromise might often be secured which
would do justice substantially to all concerned
New-York tribune., 1877-05-31
CHARACTERISTIC ADDRESSES.

We publish long extracts this morning from
two significant and characteristic Decoration
Day addresses, one delivered in Southern
city hy noted Southern Democrat the other
spokcu in Ncw-Eugand by an ex-Secretary and
OK Senator, who has been closely identified for
many wears with what Is known as the ladi-
cal wing Of the Republican party. We place
them together for the sake Of contrast and
instruction. Mr. Wa;terSon represents the
best class OF public men in the Southern
Democracy, the men who accept the settle
mcuts of tie war aS final, who wish to reverse
no step of our national progress, who
hold il their first duty to encourage
the reyving spirit of harmony and
union. Mr.. Wattcrson, Confederate SOL
der, standing over the decorated graves OF
the Union dead at Nashville, tells Us that
" there IS no one of Us, come he from the
" granite hills of New England OF the orange
81 groves of the Mississippi Valley, who has
"uot an interest for himself and for his
"clillrtn III the preservation and peipetuatioH
"of our republican system la every
"nart Of the South the starry ensign Of the
" "Rcpublic must be not only a SYMBOL OF pro-
lection. but the source and resource OF
"uoyuIar enthusiasm. Above all. the cabin of
d" the poor man, whatever his color, race. or
"opnlons. must he free mans castle. In
"the North, constitutional traditions must
"rcyiy-; in the South, the old Inspirations OF
d" the Union. | declare hCc to-day that the
Soa.b, more especially the yong manhood
"of the south, ycaTs for national fellowship.
1T stretches cut its arms 10 the National
" Government bcarocAinS!y; it catrcats the
North not 90 build up q national .pirt which
" shah in word OF thought prescribe it, or
those Who are to come after it." And We
know that the sentiment of brotherhood and
union which Mr. Wa'tesson 50 earnestly ex-
presses prevails extensively all through the
South.
Mr. Boutwell, made lis address at Barnstable
and ne Thought the occasion a becoming one
~ review the character OF the rebellion and
likewise to discus. recent political eyclt, which
he holds 10 be merely rebellion revived. lie
rejects the friendly OvariurcS Of Mr.. Waiter
son with considerable asperity. Many Of the
ConfeIcratcs, OF whom our Kentucky friend at
New-York tribune., 1877-05-31

heroes and martyrs of freedom was like
romantic devotion to personal trends lhey
came before him, not as antlquated hglies oi
the past but as living realities, clothed III the
form and colOIing of flesh and blood. ne
princirles and ideas which he so deeply
rcyerenced in history furnished the sources
Of inspiration for his own political
career. His patriotism was as ardent as his
perceptions were lucid. His qualities as n
statesman were in nowise inferior to his ex-
celIence "a a historian. During the whole OF
his Diplomatic course he presented singular
instance of political sagaclty, irtuitlYe JudS-
mrnt. incoyrupt integrity literary accomplish
mcnt. and masculine and persuasive eloquehce.
His Official correspondence while minister TO
Austria is n model of wide research, ripe
learning, exact statement, ana bnl'iphJ eluci-
dation. At the opening ot the cyll war; ne
took noble stand in defense OF his country,
cxerting a powerful influence III the iIi'S-
tration of American principles ana OF the
cause of the Union, no less by the raclnrsS OF
his personal character than by bis felicity oI
statement and aptncss OF menment No
American representative abroad has com
mauded wider sway in the best
circles of European soclety. His frank
and cOurtly manners combined the best
features of English breeding with the fresh
ness and vivacity of the New World. lie
found friends alike in palaces and private
homes, and whether in the company OF princes
and peers or of scholars and country gentlemen
he was always himself, matching theaftliicial con-
ventonalsms of society with the impeliald dignity
of his nature. His official services in England
were of less importance than his personal IN
fnence as ihcir full effect was frustrated by
their premature close in consequence OF
political freak. But the circumstances which
led to his recall were no dishonor to himself
and no honor To the Administration.
New-York tribune., 1877-05-31

have him "kick and squirm any more
" than Isaac did," but we would like to have
him say More Troops" just once. 1t would add
so to the naturaness of it. The point where
the parallel seems to fail is where Isaac was
saved. We venture to make q suggestion to
Mr.. Butler in order TO complete the analogy
and save the picture. Why cannot Mr. Butter
appear, for this occasion only, as the anger
of the Lord" and make pr9fert of his recent
letter consonting to the sacrifice OF the postal
agent at DoddwOod For the narrative
reads: "And Abraham lifted up his eyes
and looked, and behold, behind him, ram
" caught in thicket by his horns' How
it Gts! "A ram !" "Cauglt in the thicket!
"By his horusw We cannot believe that MI.
Butler will refuse to cauy out his own Illus
traton and save both Pitlin and the picture.
George has been sacrificed already, but the
anachrouism will be overlooked. What we
want is The completion Of the historic parallel
And then for the picture. Perhaps Mr.. But
Ter will paint it himself. II is generally be-
Iicved that he can pui more life into canvas
than any other man in Massachusetts,.
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gentlemen, co1tlnlnr lc pure i aNt
lime zach that Is pleasant 10 the 3ste ana s
efircts i'm i. complaints truly wondtrf o.. Many loTsOIs
whose cases pronounced hopeless and who ai ,A le
without marked effect have heeh en-
tiriy cur iy usug tins preparation. ANA get tHe
s,pnine Manufactured 0uy By a b. WILB1R Chemist Dos
ton. sold by ai. druggists
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Accounts 10y mail show that the damage
along the South American coast on the 1Oth
in.t.. from tidal" OF earthquake wave in
the Pacific Ocean. was not at all overestimatcd
in the telegIaphic dispatch. The Peruvian
and Bolivian seap0rts were the heaviest snf-
fcrcrs. the destruction at Antofagasta, Arica,
Tambo de Moro, Pabcllon de Pico and llo
being only less thap that already reported at
Inuioue. From 900 20 500 lives are said TO
have been lost. The performances OF the
q1cat wave of 1865 were SO exactly repeated,
,iat the wreck oi the L. ). steamer Watcrcc
(he vessel carried ashore in 1868 was
foatod a nile or two further. The whole
coast of California was washed by the wave
Of the 10th inst, the Tise of water III some
places amounting to twelve feet. A roneh
calculation by The Alta Cdtit0ynid shows the
progress of the wave from the Peruvian to
the Californian coast to have been not less
than 500 miles per hOur. The expert matlc-
maiicians of the United States Coast Survey
made an estimate of the depth Of the Pacific
from the speed of the wave of 1865 between
Japan and California subsequently the sound
ings made by the Tuscarora Expedition verl-
fed this estimate and showed that ii was
within very small fraction of the actual
fact. The exact locality of the earthquake
which occasi0ncd the wave of the 10th INST.
has not yet been asCcTtaincd.