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, 1879-02-02

., >. a1..A =. ..,h;n1 ha
deserving VI 1e1o1A~ "s 49,
undertakes a defense OF Tehg1ous pe1secu-
tion his oround being that certainty is al-
:...1. ;r+a1arant of TINT which
WY . "1a1 n..;a,, r. Or
underm1neS ce1taAoSy'
cording to this idea, nothlng ous tAe Ae0D0
4rh;ch a inst intolerance takes, when II can
- fo- yraranfjnp the great mis-
e5 ' - tha Undermining Of
cn1e1 "1lcn coAe7 -. tho 1on7on
certainty. In THIS conueeeo4' ~
!czetfntor remarks.
:. nh. verv rore and essence Of our faith IN GOD
10 mr. foith in righteousness. On that point Re7e
istion hinges; from that centre ali revealed truth
proceeds. It is therefore quite auo~ap -, .pa rar.
natural TO De more cs!!aln ~ ta- more 1nysreri-
ana and xaena,r- -aesncd truths which more or
1ess f1er1yatiye-vh,ch depend On our grasp OF the
heart of the matter. 1t Is precisely 'ne salae -.
natural science. II we hnd o msn oe. ,sraa make
ac'ine as II ne ueneo. .aas;dar him competent to
man,rc mans bis own affalrs, and even empower others
to supereede him. But II we lind man
merely believing, like the ia'e af - a.,
nAE7' that nassla IS 1iss tss cs4tain - currency
f,,a,;ca tbar a n.ner cnr,ency would make states
nrosne,ous. We permit them to air their crotchets
freely because think that it is the greatest pos
siole security for trn.h to oe eons.ans e~-or So
~ ~ rea*;.a ane ,Saoo1 - ar be- md is necessary
to ,he nor.1 ia, ~ ot the very basis Of hu-
man life. though the moral law Is lntel9eetoa1!s
open to criticism But IT does moi 1olo" nA 49,
snoa.a pioIps thnnoh al, sn.e truths OF
Beva1,tion hecause it mar be the very best test Of
, 1879-02-02

Tls Lake-Frort pr:mises 20 be fruitful
source Of Legislative vrang:irs in Spring
teld this winter. It's alleged that riso!-
ous attempt viii be made, under the leader
ship Of Senators WHITING and MUM, to
wrsst it from the city and hare it conveyed
Lack to the General Government. Should
this scheme succeed, the railroad companies
which have been for rears trying to acquire
it will have less difficulty to encounter than
formerly. and the proceeds of the sale if
cons5nmated, would so into tie United
States Treasury instead Of the city.
, 1879-02-02

The City Of Memphis has legally ceased to
exist. The charter Of the city has been
repealed, the government Of tha city is
disbanded, and the ta1-gatherer and the
Sheriff can find nothing on which to levy
their executions. The story maT be briefly
told. The city was in debt; it had the fatal
authority to sell bonds; its debt was large,
its credit weak its bonds sold at 50 cents SO
long as they could be sold at all; it had no
money; property-owners could not or did
not pay their taxes the few who paid taxes
found themselves left in the 1urch- The city
had been subjected during the summer
months to the fearful scourge OF the pesti-
lence, in which business had been sus-
pended, production arrested, and the
city largely depopulated; the richest
end most enterpr1sing had perished,
and the city was practically desolated.
With the return Of frost and the fugitive in
habitants creditors sued the city, obtaining
judgments and judicial decrees requiring the
city to levy special taxes to pay such judg-
ments. At least q half million OF dollars
IVES required to be levied in order to pay
lAeSa eAti1 A%4Ae71 d41A otAEA OA1GAS Hc4o ~
follow. Taxes had already reached the
figure Of 3.o7 per cent The city was unable
to collect the taxes already due, and, IN
able to prolong the useless struggle, laid
down its corporate life. Some Of the public
creditors had applied to Court Of Chancery
to appoint Receiver for the City of Mem
phis, and it Was this action that precipitated
the passage Of the bill repeating the charter,
and, OF course, disbanding the legal organ
ization known as the City Of Memphis
What will be the effect Of this action re-
mains to be seen It is pretty evident that
immediate payment Of the debt cannot be
made, even if the people were disposed, at
this time, nor for long time to come It
will require some years before Memphis can
recover from the effects Of the plague Of last
year. The city needs sewerage and street.
paving as preyentiyes,- s,-absolutely essential
sanitary precautions Overwhelmed with
debt and judgments, and without revenue, it
is helpless The repeal Of the charter will
call halt. It will give time for considera-
ton and action The creditors and the city
viii have an opportunity Of refunding the
city debt on long time aud at low interest,
and, with re-estabhshed public confidence,
expenditures reduced and limited the CITY
will be able to put on new official authority
AID begin official life on . new and better
footing.
, 1879-02-02

THE TAX-EATERS CRY FOR MORE
The s:Department heads of the City
Government have generally demanded an
increase OF ofhceholders. of expenditures,
and OF salary The Superintendent Of Po-
lice asks for an increase Of ninety-one men
That is, that ninety-one more men be put on
the pay-rolls Of the city. The Chief Of the
Fire Department wants more men and sn
increase OF salaries, and the School Depart
ment wants large increase Of money to
spend
The fact is that this is not matter Of
choice The city cannot make the increase
and pay for it. That ought to be conclu-
sive, but it goes for nothing with the per-
sons in Office, or those who expect to be ap-
pointed The expenditures for police pur-
poses some years ago are referred to but it
should not be forgotten that the e1pendi-
lures of past years furnish the exact and
very emphatic reason why such expendi-
lures cannot be made now. Then all the
city had to do was to issue scrip; now the
supply of scrip of that kind is prohibited.
Then there were from three to four millions Of
floating scrip lying around paying interest at
to 10 per cent, and increasing annually By
from S4oo: coo to Seoo,ooo- It was easy to
have regiments Of odiceholders, psy them
with scrip, and let the scrip take care Of it.
SELF. The more men employed and the
greater the salaries, the greater the annual
deficiency and the greater the unpaid float
ing debt. The time at last came when the
City of Chicago had to surrender its charter
and ceass to exist, or reduce lis e1pendi-
lures. It had to do one thing OF the other.
It had to reduce expenditures so as to bring
them within the amount Of the current rev.
enue. and also to econou1ize SO as to pay the
debt created By the previous employment OF
large bodies Of officers It had to keep on:
Of present debt and psy of the old one, and
during the last three years the peo-
ple Of this city have had to- pay
The cost Of maintaining the govern
ment and paying the salaries Of the
present force, and st the same time pay the
salaries of the extra and unnecessary force
of men employed in the days Of unliu1it-
ed scrip The reckless and was1eful expendi-
lures Of those days, now held up rs exam
pies for the present, furnish the imperious
necessity for not repeating the same thing
now. Within the year. Capt sEAyEE, who
had sala1y IT $3.50. vas promoted TO-: be
Superintendent at sslarx Of $500 and it
the Council should now increase his pay to
5000, thss@ c:ty would ei:lld have to leaTa':
some other persons wages unpaid to that
amount The city cannot collect more than
, 1879-02-02
BAD sPECIAL-AssEssMENT LAW.

One Of the "general" laws euacted BY
the Legislature Of Illinois, after the adop-
tion of the new Constitution, was the 'sact
to provide for the incorporation Of cities
and villages" approved April 10, 1872. This
net provided that it might be adopted By any
city when the Common Council thereof
should submit it to vote Of the people and
majority OF the popular vote should be in
favor thereof. But the act provided, further,
that the City Council might, by an ordi~
nance, at any time aud without submission
to vote Of the people, adopt the ninth arti-
Gle Of that general law, being the article re-
laing to 'sspeci1 assessments for local i'm
provements." The Common Council Of
Chicago, in September, 1872, adopted this
article, which theaceforth became the char
ter provisions on this subject to the e1cIa-
sion Of all previous laws.
This law is sadly defective. It stands in
the way of justice and right in making local
Improvements. The opening Of a street
through block in Chicsgo, which ordinarily
ought to be matter Of small cost aad easy
arrangement, is, under the ect in question,
OF such unknown proportions and possible
cost that bnt few property y-owners dare ven
ture upon the undertaking.
Under the law, in ell cases where private
property is to be taken for public improve
ment, the act requires two sets Of proceed
ings: first, there shall be valuation, and q
Judicial proceeding, and verdict, to ascer-
tain and determine the value Of the property
taken, and the compensation to be paid to
the owners. Haying reached this point by a
long and tedious course more or less costly,
ind the Constitution requiring that compen-
sation shall be made before the property can
be taken, then begins the other proceeding
to ascertain and apportion the value OF the
benefits Of the improvement upon the prop
erty to which the improvement is to give in
creased value. This second proceeding
does moi: take place perhaps for
year or two years after the first one This is
by far more difficult than the first, as pay-
ment is always more troublesome than con-
tracing debt Every man interested be-
comes defendant; every party to the pro-
eeeding resisrs s,renuously being taxed to
pay the cost Of the improvement. Where
the original finding may award to the owners
Of the land taken, es in the case of opening
q street, tvice or three times more than the
actual damages. call them the sum of $780,
0O0,-the award of benefits to result from
the opening may be- made to foot up not
more than $4,000 Ordinarily, the result
Of such double proceeding would be that
the improvement should not be made; that
it is not worth more than 20 Or 80 per cent
Of the alleged cost, and therefore should be
abandoned. But such is not accepted The
one side will not pay the tax imposed On them
and the other will not accept less for the
damages than the original swollen award.
The resrl: is that nothing IS done The
property becomes dead; it cannot be sold;
it csnnot well be improved: the old building
, 1879-02-02

Pubic opinion in Washington has .a1zeadg
decided adversely to the rretentious claims
e RcscoE CoSu1Sa N the matter of the
New York Custorn-House appointments I:
is generally believed that, in view of the
strong case made By the President and Sec
retaay SHERMAN, no Senator outside of
Co:1.1SG can be found who will take upon
himself the pubic condemnation consequent
upon MS voting to retain in Office the prince
ct inconpetentss and malaicllnistra:ors,
f',1}ac-.r AET1yTE
, 1879-02-02

The greater portion of yesterdays pro-
ceedings in the BLoDoE1T investigation re-
lated to the case Of Register HBBARD, whose
reports of fees and emoluments were made
the bnsis of the attempt to have him lnolc1eo
By the Grand Jury of the October term OF
the District Court The interest mainly
certered in the examination OF Dlsu1cs-a1-
torney Bangs, who testified that the 1ndlct-
ment was suppressed at the instlganon OF
Judge B1oDoErr, because the latter had gwen
the advice npon which the accused had act
ed in the matter Of making up his reports.
He also stated TINT the Judge had informed
him that Judge DRu,1MoSD had concutred IN
the opinion, and that he (BAsos) had SO re-
marked to the jury. Judge DRu,1NoSp xas
called, and said that be had never told Judge
B1opaErr what his construction OF the
:tambiguous section was, and had never
been asked for it by him or anybody else :;
but he did remark that if Mr.. HmBARD had
acted On the advice Of Judge BLoDGE11, 1t
would be an outrage to indiet him
, 1879-02-02

The RESo Investigation drags its slow
length along. Yesterday Col BEsTEEs was
the principal witness. and in the course ct
lis examination gave vivid description Of
the terrible situa.ion in which Reno found
himself on the sventfu1 day Of the C1sTER
1aassacre- To ali questio:ls touching the
b-sv1ry Of the officer under investigation, he
promptly answered that: his conduct was
uniformly that of q gallant and fearless sol
, 1879-02-02

A man at Decatur calling himself BILLY HoxA-
HAN attended q temperance meetln2 at that placo
the other night in state Of intoxicarion took tha
pIeoge publicly, then pulled ont whisky bo,tie
and and vas soon found aslecp on tie icy sidexsk sas
taken to the alaboose.-ErcAdnge-
We will now proceed to place this in the
hopper (A) OF our prose-crushing machiue, set
the ponderous machinery (B, c, D, D} IN
motion, and strain off the following umrid
product IS it drops from the still E) into The
trough or receptacle(F below:
There Was young m.n 1t Decatur, j:
Qus Bu1Y HoSAHAs n0znindtur, :,
Who went to meet )
Ing Of temperance elite,
Loaded up with what folks call ''the cratux.
He took the pledge, then did produce
a bottle filled up with coru-julce. -,
Took drink, away hied, -~
Fell asleep On the side
Walk, and was lugged to the caiaboosa
, 1879-02-02

We shall hare to glve up the CHzcKIsr 70
nance, and many OF the moral tales that ou
hang thereto. This e$tlnable clergyman, Il
now appears, only died OF starvation because no
suffered from q complaint that prevented MS
keeping food on his stomach Instead Of re
ceivlng only 800, IS reported, bis income
amounted to about 81 ,2oo per annca,- But II
there is any congregation anywhere that ssea.s
its old minister as Mr- CuEC6LEr WIS t1tat<a'
AND tie Lord knows there are such congEegs
tions not very far OF, the words Of reoroof anu
condemnation addressed to Canad4 will apply
ne3reE home.
, 1879-02-02
TRIBUNE BRANCH OFFICES.

ErCucAeo TEY8rSg has established branch Offices
fer the rccet2, Of subscriptions and II
fcicwF:
NEW YoRK-Roon = Tribune Building F.T-N Nc
ALDEN, Aaa.zcl.
PAINS. F-&nce-So- Is Rue de Il Grange Bateuere-
E.AAFLE- Agent
LONDON, EnE.-Ameticaa Exchange. 4&e Strand
HESxl F. G1l1lG, Agent
sAN FRANCISCO C4l-pa1ace Hotel
WASHINGTON. D. C.-No- 1873 street
, 1879-02-02

Seuator MCDONALD has introduced Dill 1o
authorize the appointment OF young BRADEst9 t9
IN Ensisncy in the navy BRADxS Is the oo5
who sraduased last summer from one OF &c!
Ma}cs1y's naval colleges, carrying OF nsarls al
the first prizes, including the golt: medal OF Sao
value sent personally BY Queen VICTORIA he
is the first American who ever graduated a.
British naval Institution. He MSS oEeted
Nidsnipuan's warrant in the Royal Navy, ou1
WIS too good au American to take it. lhouS"
our navy is rather full at present. there osf2a'
still to be room in it for young men OF this dc
scrintioo
, 1879-02-02

The bill no@ before Congress ao2rof7iat12@
money derived from the sale OF public lands -
educational purposes is opposed b. the Harttofu
Cournnt on the grounds that s:keepiug school
Is not the business Of the Government; shSf Il
would caI1 for new Federal Department ZOE
the handling and the distribution OF punle
money by men who By their central authost9
, 1879-02-02
SOCIETY MEETINGS.

ton. St. Knights. You are hereby notified 70 ,n !rn
:: Sir Knight Edvin Gfiashs 1ea1e Asylum y lo;ss
am2 ea5a y i1s ,asnee b. Sissa Gha1a
corner Twentieth s1-ce: and M'chi-an ayeaue. d sad
III hesfs MsuSef y e :,ss2 70
Lodge aad Chicago Chapter are tnsi,ed 70 foin ~ln
112atcr. u. :. TlffAc1. heeosoe1'
ILLINOIS ST. ANDREWS soc1ET7TMh M = members Tn
seks2y q = @ Il: is;s "A
= G.Srs III f2F 1e.ee "a:
81 oe:scs. ' ITains : @ OF Prosper W .seaus At la::a
ssaa s!.sd ;,1ss; q Ise<4eg 4gsnesxa sssa!n ;o
j. prese:r 10 attend erec!ai election n the of1ce
WSnhg aIo BY fks5S fF99 5s2d
cH:caGo CHAPTER. No. II: 4 4 T.: ~ Twen. xen.
% M ensSs 70 e
j:i s:nen3aess 70 The bylaTs- By order Of The NJ
T. a'i~ ELI SMITH. Secretary.
APoLLo coMxASpERE: So. ~ / IT: T-st*ssa -spees.
s u: the order u The !emPle III be eepiefaes
y 0Fee' OF lac ha1'en i. = flffAST Recorder
Ste: Ss assd:y E5p esoSS 9s
go p M. z4F work fg1 Ddef + q VI CARR MP sor.
H. S. ACsr1x, Recorder.
CoR1STH1AS CHAPTER, No. G, T. A. I.-spe.
c,.i Caavcea:toa Moaaay syen;n4- Feb : At ;:o
iss eon5saioa' =: cordially toStfs EkE e sEafs
, 1879-02-02
Walk, and WAS lugged to the calaboosA

Queer papers, those New York Journals
With much enthusiasm and double-lcaded tYus
the Herald and Sun printed the Pope's encyclira1
from an .'adyance copy" Of the Osterrators Ro-
n,a1o. kindly furnished them by the editor Of =
Catholic week.; about : werk after the same
document had reached America in the Paris
papers. Which reminds US Of how the New
York papcrs we're all caught last year, when the
second part 81 -HUGo's History OF ! Crime Il
cane out The French publishers gave one
chapter-that on Sedan-to the Paris press, and
q French paper in New York cut this out, re-
printed it, and sent proofs to all the big metro
politan dailies, with compliments" and the
intimatiou that this was 8 selection from ad-
yauced sheets just received By the French
paper. Next morning all the papers came out
erlogizing the a=tute Franeo-American editor
for his enterprise and courtesy in placing '4ad-
vance shee1s'' at their disposal, and ali Of them
selected precisely the same chapter, that which
had been printed in Paris,-as giving the most
favorable specimen Of tie great masters style!
AL but one, which had had the iore,nought to
order It's Paris correspondent to send the first
CODY Of the book that was to be had, and there
fore was enabled to review it in its entirety.
Here comes in the joke, for early next forenoon
its editor received note from the French pub
Usher to ask for the loan Of the boob, as BIS
own copy mad not yet come to hand! Il the
big metropolitan daiIies had only known this 1t
the time! 81,
, 1879-02-02

Dr.: DRAPER ssys thst there IS o1Egrn II t1e
sun, and he believes LocKrER's alfeze1 dlsco'-
cry Of simpler elements than taose known 10
exist 1t present to oe st least doubtful. LocA"
TER, on the other h:nd, Is sure OF his own ofs.
coyerv, and doubtful Of DaArEE's- Whist
10th should be right, OF both wzoEge kpisoS
is peosins away at something OF more pr7e1eai
Importance than either As he said in his ttJ
way, he may not know anything aoont saense'
but he has invented more Improvements Ii
electrical machinery than anY o:hsr living Han.
, 1879-02-02

The advance from scientific billiards to parlor-
billiards, and from par3or-bilIiarJs to nursery
billiards, has been gradual but steady. The re-
cen: exhibitions in New York are not considered
scientific billiards at all. KUDoLpuE is right
when he says, tSZees ezz not zee billiards. II
though, as one CORES pondent keenly remarks,
be Is greatly i'll favor OF nursing when be is doing
the nursing. It bcg1ns to look as il nursing
Will have to be barred, as the push-shot
was few years since When this change
is made number OF experts, notably two from
Chicago, will be thrown on cold and cruel
world. For some reason, these changes always
bear hardly on Chicago: The best pu.her in
America, when the push-shot WAS barred. was
JoHS McDEvrTr, who not only lost his grip on
the cue 1t this time, but his life also soon after,
in the fire Of ISL. One stern censor of the game
remarked, the other day. that the only war to
prevent these experts from making o'clock
voEk" runs WIS to SPOT the balls after each
shot; but this arrangement, it strikes Us, would
produce greater monorony than the present one.
\ rule requiring the cue-bau to be certain
distance from the obIect-ball before and litter
each shos would solve the problem.
, 1879-02-02

The late Hon JAMES H. hSowL1ox, Of this
city, whose death was noticed at some length in
TuE TRIBUNE of Friday, vas much better known
in Wisconsin than in Illinois. He settled in
Janesyil'e in 1s43, where he practiced mis- pro-
fession urtl 1S47, when he removed to Shulls-
turs. He was County Judge, aud represented
his district in the Legislature in 1856. He then
returned to Janesrille ard represented the citY
in the Legislature in 1S1s. Judge Ksow17oS
acted Is one Of the attorneys in the celebrated
Impeachment trial of the late Judge LEVI Hun
BELL, Of the First Judicial Circuit, being OF
counsel for the defcnse, the present Chief Jus
taee OF Wisconsin, the Hon E. G. Rr4s, being
the leading attorney Oh the part of the people.
Mr.. k.sovITcS was assoGated with Judre RYAy
IN he Gubernatozial >eoa1est IN 1855 between
+. B ARs1ow' and B1suFoRp.' which resulted in
fasar4 T. ct III. BAsaroRo's claim to the Office
being sustained oy the. supreme Court. In this
last case MATT 3. ClRrESrEE made his first
appearance in au important trial, and,
= p the case Of SANrEL TunEs. was en-
, 1879-02-02

cf11c:Go coynAyE. No. 81, RED CROSS OF T..
ASD C-Special Rendezvous Nond1y. Feb 3, 1879, 4,
''' y 49, 1o' no b. NJ CARR, II. F. soT.
n 6 AESTIy. Recorder.
, 1879-02-02

caH1STH1Ax CHAPTER, NO. 6, E-.A A.-spe-
ct.i Coayce.:soa Muaday evening. Feb 8. At s:s1
oc4ucS- WorS OF The r and u. < u. Degrees sis-
tt:cS cpnsAalecs a-t Cordially invited By order
SAMUEL KERE. z. r.
, 1879-02-02

everything Was inflated and fusn- Supt.
SEAvEE closes his eyes to these facts Of the
situation. He does not stop to consider the
ability at the people to stand tax-bleeding.
He is thinking only Of ta1-eating. In all
his computations and comparisons Of e1-
penses he must bear in mind that the dollars
paid to the police now are worth twice rs
much as the dollars paid to NAsHauRs's
police, and that it was easier for the taxpayer
to raise two dollars in 1928 than one dollar
in 1879. IF he doesn't consider those things
the taxpayers do, and, as the money must
come out of their hard earnings, the Alder
men would do we'll not to forget it, or the
taxpayers viii not forget them.
, 1879-02-02

We omitted to say in a1ludin2 yesterday to
Mr.. APPLETON MozGAS'5 article Gu 1.-THE
Shakspearean Myth" that We hare little sym
pathy with this OF any other effort to ascribe
the authorship OF SHAKsFzAEz'5 plays to anJ
other person than SH4EsPEAEz- The evidence
is too plain. To say SHASsPzARE couldn't hare
written those plays and done 50 much beside Is
simple begging OF the QUESTION 1t reminds
one Of the Tonbs i.*Jers remark to
his client: .:Wh5, hey can't uut Iou
in jail for that's :: BE-. here I am,h
responded tie c1ic1E- AID snere are the plays,
with the internal evidence 1har they were writ
ten ny one hand, ard Eizn tie historical evt-
dence that that hand *zs SHA9sPEARE's- Not
to go fully into this e1@t33ca- which Is ably e1-
amiued and disrcseI a z G5ozGE WILKES re-
cent book, we 1eter rEe dnrh1cs reader to BEN
JoxsoS's tessinonx IN prose- and verse: before,
and after SEAEzea4Ess death. JoSsoS's
Lines to The Ke1nocs Of SzA1sPEARE " show
conclusiEely st@1z sz2:h person old exist, that
be did write g=,ea1 @aaT plays, and that IN his
own day be WAS Ehcs eS--e1eE:
Soci of IL 80. -.
The applause. tei.cos. IT, voaaas OF our stage:
SNeez Swzd 1f avon:
He wxs nor fo- IL age. sGs To- Ill tine
Archbishop WHA1u-rs '' Doubts Concerning
the Existence OF NAPOLEON B1SAPARTE ~ Is nos
more OF = burlesque than a1r effort TO break up
SHAksPEARz's glory ard distribute it p'ecemea
among his contemporaries.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-12
TAMMANY COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZA-
TION.

The Tammany Committee on Organization met last
evening and reelected Augustus schell as chairman
Other officers for the ensuing year also chosen.