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GENER1L NOTES.

Many a misguided man would like to 90 an
elepbant and travel with the Kiraliy Brothers. The
gigantic bamboo OF the chief attractions OF their
show caught cold during street parade IN Indianapolis
last week aud taken with CHILEAN affection which
generally proves fatal 10 elephants Remembering what
he should for himself under similar clroums tanoes
James Kiralfy brewed hvo gallons OF whskey punch
and set Il before the elephant Tho sagaoous creature
sucked II all up with the greatest satisfaction and forth
with the chill left him. lie not In the least intoxr
Gated but evidently very warm and comfortable
Ben Milan, who lives Ia Mlssiesippt, near
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We give in our Washington dispatches an
interesting summary of the Civil Service bill
introduced in the House yesterday. The
measure as 1t stands is certain to call forth
severe criticism from the advocates as well
as the opponents of Civil Service reform.
One side will say it does not 90 far enough ;
the other that it goes too far. Many points
regarded as essential by the friends of reform
are conspicuous by their absence.
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The very strong hint which the friends of
assassination in Ireland gave to all jurymen
when they attacked Mr.. Field few days ago,
already seems to have lad its effect. The jury
IN the case of Patrick Higgins, charged with
the murder of the two Huddys, has prudently
disagreed Judge O'Brien, however, was rash
enough to make his charge bear heavily
against the prisoner. lie had better double
his body guard of detectives or emigrate
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The decision Of Judge Garetson, in refus-
ing to reconsider the sentence passed upon
Edward NJ. Reilly, the dishonest Treasurer Of
Harrison, n j., will probably commend itself
even to those fellow-citzens of the criminal who
signed the petition in his behalf There has
been too much official stealing in some of the
Newt srscy towns to pass it lightly by. TIC
soften justice to men who betray public trusts
Is to encourage dishonesty. The sentence
passed upon Reilly was lenent enough, and
he should servo it out. Then his sympathetic
townspeople will have an excellent oppOrtu-
nifty to do him kindness by forgetting his
offence.
The bills shich the taxpayers Of this city
have To meet because the authorities neglect
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The bills shch the taxpayers Of this city
have TO meet because the authorities neglect
to keep the streets in a safe condition must
reach good round sum yearly. A jury in the
Court of Common Pleas has just given mar
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Hugh Allan, of Montreal, died N
inburph Yesterday. 60 The American bark
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,Joiu the Grand ARMY.

The place of every ex-sOldier and sailor of
the late war is unquestionably in the ranks
of the Grand Army. There is his true home;
there burns as brightly as in the days of yore
the spirit of comradeship, and there the prin
ciples of fraternity, charity, and loyalty find
their fullest exempliiication in deeds as well
as words Time was, perhaps, when the
upas tree of politics cast its baleful shadow
upon the work of the Order but that para
site growth was long since plucked up by
the roots, and there is to-day not stain
upon its fame Rank and file are alike ami
mated only by the highest motives, and to
be helpful to each other, to cherish the
memory Of their fallen comrades, and to per-
pctuate that love of country which is the
bulwark Of its safety, constitutes the sum of
their aspirations. No one, we are sure, who
Army at Baltimore, could have failed to be
impressed with the warmth of affection
which was manifested by the members for
each other, and the feeling Of profound and
earnest patriotism which imbued the gath
ering No meeting of brothers was ever more
ioyous and tender than this Reunion of vet
Grams, and one could not help feeling that
every ex-soldier who remained outside of
the Order was missing the keenest pleasure
that q soldiers heart can know. 1t was not
simply the exchange of past experiences
and the renewal Of old friendships that i'm
parted peculiar interest to the OCCASION
but the expression of brotherly concern for
each others happiness and devotion to the
welfare Of all who fought together under the
Stars and Stripes. In a word, it was the feel
ing of comradeship, as it existed among the
veterans Of our armies during the actual
progress of their campaigns, manifesting itself
again in all its original warmth and vigor,
that made it seem as if no soldier should be
outside of the ranks Of the Grand Army.
But aside from the question of sentiment,
there are the best of practical reasons why
every man who bore arms in defense of the
Union in the late war should join the Order.
It is part of its mission to care for such of
our comrades and their families as are in
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1T is Finished.

The execution of Charlee J. Guiteau Tor
the murder of President Garfield closes one
of the most painful chapters in our national
history. and it's conclusion is undoubtedly
cause for general satisfaction. The fear enter
tanned by so many that the assassin would
never be compelled to suffer the righteous
penalty of his crime has not been realized,
and once more the truth of the old adage that
Justice travels with leaden heel but strikes
with an iron hand has been vindicated. 1t
is fortunate thing that the conduct OF the
murderer during his last hours afforded no
confirmation of the theory of insanity which
was set up in his defense, and that his bear
ing bore such striking resemblance to that
of ordinary criminals, who go to the scatfold
shouting "Glory! Glory" and cordially
invite the spectators 20 meet them IN
heaven. A division of public sentiment IN
regard to his sanity would have been
result greatly to be deplored. AS 1t is, no
regrets are likely 10 NC lHuulSou III ''
history will cast no imputation upon the
Justice either of the sentence or its execution.
Fsewere in our columns will be found
some account of the scenes and incidents
attending the hanging. The element OF the
sensational was of course not lacking, but
we cannot say that it was without precedent
or parallel. Guiteau's behavior was very
like that of other murderers of coarse,
brutal nature whose sanity was never ques-
toned, and his ecstatic joy, his pretended
religious inspiration, and his assumption OF
indifference to his fate have all had their
counterpart in our criminal records: He is
not the first murderer who has shown him
self more animal than man, displaying the
instincts of the beast at one moment and
the next launching forth into some high
flown rhapsody concerning his religious feel
ings and while his behavior furnished the
most convincing proofs of his monstrous
egotism, it revealed no lack of mental re-
sponsibility. Insanity, as the history of
criminal trials in this country abundantly
shows, has been made, like charity, to cover
a multitude of sins, but happily it has not
suf1iced to cloak the crime of Charles j.
| Guiteau.
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give the South a race of selfmade men as
well as the North. These small prOprietOrs
as they increase in numbers and wealth Will
demand better school facilities for their
children, and with education will come in
dependence of thought and opinion, until at
last they will refuse to recognize the heredi-
tary right of the cold Families" to control
local legislation and retain the direction of
public affairs. Could President Lincoln at
the same time that he emancipated the slave
have emancipated the poor whites of the
South from the yoke of the landed pro-
prietors the period of reconstruction would
in all probability never have been attended
by the evils which environed it, but the
changes which are now taking place in the
industrial condition of that section are
certain to accomplish in the end what it was
not within the power of the Executive to
bring about What we recognize as the effect
of our free institutions upon the immigrant
who finds in this country an opportunity to
rise to any station in life, is sure to be the
result of this acquisition of land by the
working classes of the South, and it is in
our Judgment the entering wedge which will
sooner or later rend asunder the fabric of
false pride and prejudice upon which the
social and political system of that section
has so long rested.
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distress. and there is no mOre efficient way
of protecting their interests and securing
their rights than through the enrolment of
them all in the Grand Army. United in
one organization, they can much more
readily take concerted action for the general
welfare, and more effectually relieve indi-
vidual wants Indeed, organization is be-
coming every day more essential as our SOL
der population becomes more widely diff
fused throughout the country, and there is
no body which is so well fitted to accomplish
the objects to be gained by organization as
the Grand Army. CO-extensive as it now is
with the cultivated portion of the national
domain, and represented even in the Terri
tories, there is scarcely a section of the
country where there are not Posts already
in existence to receive all honorablyd
charged soldiers who may wish to join the
Order, or where new ones cannot be quickly
established if they desire to form one, so
that there is no longer any valid excuse for
orr veterans not to enter the ranks. We can
but hope that they will hasten to unite with
their comrades who are already members of
the Grand Army, and swell its present mus
ter-rolI of one hundred thousand heroes to
MANY times that number before another year
rolls round
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time is opportune to DO so. Whatever can
he done to reduce the interest charged on
the public debt should be done, both now
and hereafter, as an essential element of the
policy of entirely extinguishing the debt at
as early a day as possible. Owing to the
error into which CONGRESS fell in not making
the 4 and a. per cents. redeemable at the
pleasure of the Government at any time
prior to the date of their maturity, the
process of dcbt-paying is restricted to the
other classes of our securities, and hence
any measure that enables the Treasury to
effect a saving of interest is doubly well
come
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Good Legislation.

The joint resolution introduced by Judge
Kelley and passed by the House, on Saturday
last, authorizing the Secretary Of the Treas
ury to issue two per cent. bonds to the value
Of 100000 600 in exchange for those bear
ING higher rate of interest, is in the line
of sound finance and must command uni
versalapprobation. Some doubt has been ex-
pressed as to the practicability Of the meas
ure,s for two per cent is a lower rate of
interest than American investors have ever
hitherto been content to accept, however
substantial the security, but the opinion of
the leading Wall Street fnanciers seems to
be that the Government will have no diff
Guilty in placing the bond, in the present
condition Of the money market. The col
lapse of the stock market, the suspicion that
rests upon railroad and mining securities,
and the amount of money that is lying idle
in the bank vaults drawing no interest be-
cause of the scarcity of reliable and at the
same time remunerative investments, are
some of the reasons that are offered in sup
port of this opinion, and they are certainly
not without practical force. But whether
the Government succeeds in floating a
two per cent bond or not, it is unquestion-
ably wise thing to invest the Secretary OF
the Treasury with the power to make the
experiment whenever in his judgment the
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ACCIDENTS viii happen on the best regu-
,ated railways, but the derailment Of train
on the New Jersey Central Railroad last
week, resulting in the death of five passen-
gers and the wounding Of many more, can
net be classed among those casualties which
no human foresight can prevent. 1t was
brought out in the course Of the investiga-
ton by the coroner that at the place where
the train left the track the ties were rotten
and the rails insecurity spiked, while the
bridge from which the cars plunged into the
river was without the usual guard rails. Is
it too late to adopt the suggestion Of Punch
that railroad director should be compelled
to ride On the pilot Of every locomotive?
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A Plea sing Portrait.
come.

We print on our first page, this week, por-
trait of Comrade Paul Vaudervoort, the new
Commander-in-C Chief of the Grand Army.
It was engraved from photograph which
General Vandcrvoort consented to sit for a
few days after his election, expressly for the
benefit of the readers of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE although, like the modest gentle
man that he is, he was at first very reluctant
to have such publicity given to it, and only
yielded to our persuasi0uS when assured
that it would afford his old comrades
genuine pleasure to see it. We do not know
that any further explanation is needed OF
the circumstances which led to its reprOduc-
ton in our columns, but we cannot let the
occasion pass without recording Our belief
that under Commander-in-Chief Wander
voort's administration the Grand Army is
about to experience year of unprecedented
prosperity. Every indication points to that
conclusion. A spirit of unusual earnest
pess seems to pervade the entire Order, and
the example which he has set in entering
at once upon the work of inspecting the
various Observation-Disclosures the Virginia
Posts this week-must have an inspiring effect
upon our comrades generally. As we have re-
peatedly said, the fields are now white unto
the harvest for the lahorers in the field of
Grand Army work, and the same amount of
solicitation is no longer required to secure
recruits that was formerly necessary. Our
ex-soldiers and sailors everywhere are be-
ginning to appreciate the noble character Of
the organization, and the rapidity which dis
tinguished the growth Of the Order during
the first three months Of the present
year IS sure to be surpassed during the
balance Of the season. It is now merely
a question of activity in canvassing for
members in localities where hitherto no
effort IS been made to establish Posts, and
it will require little urging to induce on
veterans to organize wherever proper repre-
sentative is present to arrange the necessarl
preliminaries. What isneeded more than any
thing else is systematic, persistent canyassin
in the several Departments by the member
of every Post With list Of the ex-soldie-s
and sailors resident in each Department.
/ ought not to be a hard matter to enroll the
! to a man in the ranks of the Order. tt
/ NATIONAL TRIBUNE goes to the homes
many who are not at present members
/ the Grand Army, although doubtless, rea'
! to enter its ranks and it may be depend
upon to urge upon them at all times f..
/ duty of connecting themselves with
Elsewhere in these columns will be fou
a direct appeal to all who fought under
! Stars and Stripes in the late war to join
Order without further delay, and we trust
that it will be promptly needed. The hun
dred thousand men who are now on its
rolls, although host in themselves, consti-
tute but a small portion of the survivors OF
the war for the Union, and our comrades
should not rest in their labors until every
one of the country's defenders has been
mustered into the ranks Then it will in
deed be the Grand Army of the Republic.
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In tor,rGrding his subscription for THE
national TRIBUNE from Laurence, lass,
Gen. Geo. S. Merrill. Past Commander-ia- Chiq'
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THE graphically-written series Of sketches
of Prison Life, prepared expressly for THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE, portray as none but
an eyewitness can the sufferings Of the
Union soldiers whom the fortunes of war
threw into the hands of the confederates.
1t is by no means a pleasant task to be
obliged, in the interests Of truth, to present
an inside view Of confederate military
prison and bring to view the atrocious
cruelty practiced by their keepers upon the
Observation-Disclosures. That the barbarities
practiced at Andersonville were obnoxious
to the mass of confederate officers and sol
dier5 is matter of history, and 1t is to be
borne in mind that the men who captured
our soldiers in battle had nothing to do with
them while in captivity.
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WASHINGTON. D. c., JUne "a, 1882.
TcorGiGlly Gppr0rc Of The endorsement g5rca
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THE labor strikes continue with varying
results-the strikers meeting with success in
MANY instances and in some cases with as
signal defeat The strike Of the freight
handlers in New York last week intertered
very seriously with the business Of all the
trunk lines, but the companies managed TO
struggle along with the aid Of the raw labor
picked Up at Castle Garden, and while grant
ing the increase Of pay demanded by other
EMPLOYEES refuse to make any concession to
the main body Of the strikers. In the build
ing trades, however, the movement for higher
wages seems to have been very successful,
and public sympathy has favored labor IN
its contest with capital to far greater de-
.,ree than formerly. This is due, doubtless,
10 the very admirable way in which the
strikers have conducted themselves, refrain
inc from all overt acts and riotous demon
STATIONS. and altogether making such an
appearance as to command respect even from
their enemies Their attitude presents a
striking and extremely gratifying contrast
to that of the railroad rioters of 1877.
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Farewell.

After remaining with us one year and four
months, as an attache OF the BEACON office,
and winning position in our tenderest affec-
ton, Miss Josie NJ Rligeway departed .or
her home in Keachi on Thursday evening,
followed by the best wishes Of all her ac>
quain,anc,s here for a safe trip and happy re-
union with her family. Many were made
to feel sad at parting with Josie, and she will
be missed and her absence regretted as much
as any young person who ever left, for it can
be truly said that during her stay in Rayville
she never made an enemy, WHILE 10y her GENIAL,
cheerful, social and generous disposition, she
made hosts OF friends among the old as well
as the young. Farewell, Josie; whether we
ever meet again on earth or not you will
always occupy tender spot in our heart and
be remembered with the affection parent
feels for a daughter.