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Year: 1872

and of congregations of similar character
may be expelled the federal territory if they
are foreigners If natives residence within
fixed limits may be forbidden them or i'm
posed upon them. The measures necessary
for the execution of this law and for the GER
tainty of this execution shall be adopted by
the Federal Council


Since the revocation of the Edict of Nantes,
which led to the St Bartholomew massacre;
since the dark days of the Spanish Inquisition
no such ediot has gone forth to the world.
When the law was first made public there were
few who believed that it would ever be en-
forced The letter Of our correspondent shows
that the law in many parts of Germany has
already been vigorously executed. In Metz
and Munster and Mayence and in some parts
of Prussian Poland the Jesuit brothers have
been subjected to the most merciless treatment,
and all over Germany they are packing up
and preparing to leave. Naturally enough
there is great excitement among the Catholic
population, and numerous petitions have been
addressed to the government in favor of
gentler policy. All, however, is in vain. The
harsh law is enforced, the cruel work goes on
and in few weeks, of the seven hundred and
eight Jesuit brothers who were known to be
within the limits presided over by the federal
government of Germany, not one but will have
gone forth in quest Of another home.


Surely milder treatment was possible. Why
so much pretended fear of seven hundred
men? 1t looks like wanton cruelty; and it is
difficult to get rid of the idea that Bismarck,
having some ulterior end in view, is resolved
to stir up the passions of the entire Catholic
population of Europe and SO force on another
war. If left alone the Jesuits would in time
have become reconciled to the Empire, and,
as schoolmasters and professors, they would
have done good service to the State. AS it is,
Bismarck has adopted o course of policy
which is as cruel as it is unjust, and which
must in the end defeat the object he has in
view. The blood of the martyrs, it has often
been said, is the seed of the Church, and it
will not be at all wonderful if this persecution
of the Jesuits should strengthen the Catholic
cause all over Europe and the world. There
ore in the German Empire not fewer than
fourteen millions of Catholics, and it will be
strange indeed if they tamely submit to this
wanton insult Certain it is that the SYM
pathy of the Christian world, Protestant and
Catholic alike, goes out to-day to the perse-
cuted Jesuit brothers of Germany. Bismarck
in this case has overreached himself
Year: 1872

Professor Peirce, Superintendent of the
Coast Survey; General Newton the engineer
in charge of the harbor improvements, and
General Humphreys, board to investigate
the consequences of narrowing the East River


are now prosecuting their inquiry. Several
witnesses familiar with the formation Of the
river have testified. Certain occupants Of tho
water front on the Brooklyn shore are driving
piles and constructing piers out far into the
strait, so as to give room for an increased
amount of shipping in their docks. A careful
consideration Of this matter will demonstrate
that if this system be carried out narrowing
by many yards the natural gateway through
which the tides from the bay rush to meet
those of the Sound and then recede towards
the ocean, it will be most seriously detri-
mental to both New York and Brooklyn


whose interests in this matter are identical


Narrowing the channel will either greatly
reduce the volume of water to pass
through it, and so induce deposits
of sand and mud, which in the long
run would close the river to navigation,
or it will so increase the velocity of the cur
rents as to greatly interfere with the movement
of boats. AS there is no large stream discharg-
ing its torrent through this chasm into the
ocean we might, no doubt, carry causeway
across from shore to shore, and thus annex
Long Island to the mainland of the Con-
tnent; but such step, though it might facil-
itate the transit of citizens from their business
to their homes, would seriously curtail our
commercial facilities. More than that, it
would be most dangerous in sanitary view.
Our docks and all their surroundings are now
kept pure and wholesome by the constant
unchecked motions of the tides, which carry
away all filth and give us always clean running
seq water along both the long sides of the city.
To stop or check that flow would be sheer
madness and folly. If Brooklyn needs greater
facilities for wharfage let her continue her ad-
mirable system Of basins, or let her excavate
slips as far inland as she will. The river is
far too valuable to the general public to be
monopolized, destroyed or impaired for the
benefit of few property owners, and the
people of both cities will look with interest
for the report of this board of competent


practical gentlemen on this important subject
Year: 1872

The SAN JUAN BouNDARY-It is said there
is some anxiety in official circles at Washing
ton to learn the result Of the arbitration of the
Emperor of Germany on the San Juan bound
ary question. We think this unnecessary, for
Kaiser William will no doubt make an award
according to his honest convictions, and it is
not of such vast consequence after all whether
the little bit of territory in dispute be ad-
judged to belong to the United States or to
Great Britain. The disputed line originally
across the Continent, embracing five degrees
of latitude was another thing. There was
great difference between the parallels of fifty
four forty and forty-nine, but this little speck
of the San Juan Island is not of much conse-
quence. We shall hear before long what the
Emperor's decision will be, and then this
difficulty, with those relating to the Alabama
claims, the navigation of the st. Lawrence
and the fisheries, will be closed up and there
will be new departure in our relations with
England.
Year: 1872

THE WEEK IN WALL STREET wound up quiet,
and there was general subsistence both of ex-
element and activity in the various markets.
There was further yielding in gold, and money
at the close loaned down to % per cent The
bank statement was in curious contrast to this
general serenity owing to. an impairment of
the legal reserve, which has been as sacredly
intact heretofore as a vestsJ virgin.
Year: 1872

ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE inmate of the
Wards Island Insane Asylum has passed be-
yond the reach of such care as its nurses be-
slowed upon him and Seymour and Ornell,
who have gone before him on the journey from
which none return to tell tales. District At
torney Garvin will have the opportunity to
add another count to the indictment against
Farrell
Year: 1872

The CONSTITUTION. AT this day, when we
hear nothing in our party politics but corrup-
ton and reform, it is refreshing to hear the
bugle blasts from Tennessee of Honest Andy
Johnson for the constitution. sHe is thar
Year: 1872

THE SPANISH TREASURY BUDGET.-The
Spanish Minister of Finance expresses the
hope that the Treasury budget, which he will
present to the Cortes tomorrow, will
have the effect of permanently restor-
ing the financial equilibrium of the
kingdom. 1t is to be hoped that his anticipa-
ton will be realized Should he succeed in
balancing the revenue income and expendi-
lures of Spain, with fair show of Justice to
the different interests of the country and to
its creditors, he will prove himself to be one
of the ablest, if not one of the most wonderful,
fnanciers of modern times. If he can man.
age to obtain national loan from the
Spanish people, and avoid any heavy
tax imposition on vested interests
or on articles of prime necessity for domestic
consumption, he will be enabled to serve his
country and tide along pleasantly in his official
position. Like to His Majesty Amadeus, we
must await the exhibit and rejoice if the
figures come out all right
Year: 1872

ANOTHER ExpLos1oN.-Yesterday morning
the echoes of the Kill Won Kull were startled
by the loud explosion Of tugboat near Cavan
Point When the terrified dwellers on the
shore sought the cause of the sudden noise
they saw in the stream what remained of the
Passaic of Newark, and her crew of four
men. The captain, fireman and the negro
cook were so badly scalded and bruised that
it will be strange if either should recover,
while the engineer alone was uninjured. Hav-
ing towed two schooners on Friday to North
River wharf the tug was on her way back to
Newark without tow at the time Of the ex-
plosion, which took place, as the engineer
says, when she was only carrying fifty pounds
of steam. To call this and other like occur
rences accidents would be misuse of the
term. They are natural results of known laws,
and should be expected as of course. Certain
strength of iron will only Withstand certain
strain. We have system of official inspec-
ton which is intended to be far more severe
than the allowed working steam pressure.
This boat has been inspected this season. it is
said. Who certified her boiler to be sound
Here is chance for another search for truth
or whitewashing job, as the steamboat au-
thorities shall decide.
Year: 1872

GENERAL Crook AND HIS APAcHEs From
San Diego despatch on the subject, it ap-
pears that the Quaker policy among the Apaches
sis thing which no fellow can understand" {"
At the Date Creek reservation party of the
Apache braves were discovered on the warpath-
thatis after being fed on the hereservationtil they
became impatient of restraint, they struck out
in search OF emigrant trains, when General
Crook, with guard, attempted to arrest them.
But as the Apaches did not understand this
thing of arresting refractory party, they, to
the number of four hundred, opened fire on
the guard, killing one soldier, whereupon
company of cavalry returned the fire, killing
thirty red men. The remainder broke and
fed TO the mountains, hotly pursued by two
companies of cavalry. Moral.-Where the
Quaker man with his striped blankets and
roast beef fails to pacify our wild red brethren,
the cavalry man with his carbine is good idea
Year: 1872

not satisfied with formal performance OF
such duties, and quotes from the Mishna that
'the loud sound of the Shofar does not suffice
for man to elevate himself" but the whole soul
OF the worshipper should accompany his acts
Of devotion.


The Tablet congratulates the archdiocese OF
Baltimore on the appointment Of Bishop
Bayley as its Metropolitan, saying that only
those who know him personally can form
correct idea Of the atmosphere of love and
winning gentleness that surrounds him in
daily life or the strong hold he has on his
clergy and people
Year: 1872

slnned as III the treatment OF the JeSu1tS. We
are willing to admit the truth and force of
many Of the arguments which have been used
by Bismarck in justification of his policy. 1t
was not unnatural for the authorities at Rome


to regret the fall of France and to view with


disfavor the rise of great Protestant empire
in the heart of Europe. 1t was not unnatural
for the leaders of the Catholic Church in South
Germany to prefer the interests of the Church
to what seemed at Berlin the interests of the
Fatherland, and in view of the great influence
to think and speak of the Church's danger.
Let it be granted that the sentiments of Rome
were known to be unfriendly, that the leaders
of the Church in South Germany thought and
spoke and wrote of their danger, and that
even, as Bismarck attempted to prove in Parlia-
ment when pushing through his School bill,
something like conspiracy had been discov-
ered-a conspiracy traceable to Jesuit influ-
ence-and the object of which was to thwart
the purposes of the imperial government and
to hinder the progress of German unity. Let
all this be granted. Let us suppose all this to
be true. What then? Have we yet found q
reason for the merciless treatment which the
Jesuits are now receiving at the hands of the
imperial government? Let us look at the law
passed by the Federal Council and now being
enforced throughout Germany:-'1. The
Order of the Company of Jesus, orders akin
to it, and congregations of simi-
lar character, are excluded from the
German territory. The establishments of
residences for these orders is prohibited.


The establishments actually in existence must
be suppressed within q period to be deter
not exceed six months. 2. The members of
the Company of Jesus, or orders akin to it.
Year: 1872

There are already indications of dissensions
among the majority over the spoils of office.
The men who have surrounded General Grant
for the last two or three years desire con-
tinuance of power, while the outsiders who
supported him expect change and clamor
for rotation" 1t is therefore highly proba-
BILE that all may not be smooth sailing in the
administration waters for the next few months
and, as party ties are no longer binding, it is
impossible to predict what further political
commissions may yet be in store for us. At
all events, it is likely that the old republican
wire-pullers in Congress will object to any
change in the Southern policy of Congress
that may loosen the hold they now have on
the South through carpet-bag governments
Grant may desire to distinguish the closing
years of his administration by generous and
patriotic settlement of the Southern question,
the opposition may find an opportunity sooner
than they expect to prove by acts their fidelity
to the principles they professed during the
recent campaign. If they do this they will
build up party of the future, and time will
settle satisfactorily the immaterial question as
to names and organizations which is only agi-
tated now by those ambitious politicians who
desire still to be recognized as leaders.


The line of honest opposition which we
have marked out will be an essential to the
basis on which the party of the future will
be founded It must afford to forget every
thing that has paved the democracy's road to
ruin in the past and learn everything of
progress which the future will demand. A
reiteration Of the sentence four times repeated
in the last twelve years will follow any swerv-
ing right or left It must, in word,
be up to the level Of the times
before it can undertake any compact progress
sion at all. With this idea well preserved and
vigorously illustrated not in the spirit of sub
terfuge, but in frank, whole-souled adhesion,
it can become so disciplined as to meet the
regnant party on its own ground with some
success Then, and then only, will it be fitted
to seize the one grand issue, whose form or
name none yet can tell, without which party
has defeat insured Lacking the idea, let the
liberals and advanced democrats prepare for
its advent
Year: 1872

chance remained 10 singly win the day Bour-
bonism could not join cause with Orleanism
The elder branch could not d .forliori unite
with the family of him who twice arose an
emperor over the fall of its ancient house; the
younger branch could not from equal cause
unite with him who snatched diadem from
the revolution that threw the crown of Louis
Philippe into the lumber heap. We cannot
now see how this limited union can possibly be
carried out; but its lack of denial in such
high quarters is q sign Of the times.


There is one point on which we find all
these candidates agree-namely, their profess
sions of love for France. The Count de Paris
is bold in it's assertion the Count de Cham
bord is unctuous in its expression; why not,
then, the Prince Napoleon? This love Of
France runs in the family, as the visitor to
the gorgeous tomb of the Little Corporal at
the Invalides will remark, with its golden
lettered desire of the dying 'Head of the
Army" to lie 'among the French people
have loved so much" AS the Uncle loved
them, although he had them slaughtered in
hundreds of thousands, why not this stout
Nephew, who has killed nobodyf For
the Republic even the latter intmatos
that his family are mildly enthusiastic,
with natural reservation which history sup
plies. When he says ''We believe the Empire
to be France he no doubt enunciates fact.
The remark, however, that follows has Curl
GUS form, which it will be sufficient to note in
its expression ''The Bonapartists do not
oppose republic Their house came from
republic; but they want republic that France
wants" This is the marrow Of the Napoleonic
position It believes that the same elements
on which the Empire was twice constructed
can be made third time to serve the same
purpose. 1t shows that the Republic, with all
it has surmounted, has many dangers yet to
face-dangers in new forms as well as the old
leaven AS it progresses however, in its
moderate, patriotic course, royalist, imperialist
and Communist lose ground every day. This
is the present hopeful condition of republi-
canism in France; and in the light of the
wide interests involved the words of Prince
Napoleon spoken at this juncture, will be read
with an interest which their importance de-
mands.
Year: 1872

EARTHQUAKES when least expected come in
to break the monotony OF life in the sage des-
erts of Nevada and in the cattle ranges and
mining districts of California, and our white
and red brethren have just been enlivened in
those parts with a light shock or two here and
there, to admonish them that they must be on
the q,d uiue when earthquakes are about. It
in San Francisco.
Year: 1872

SENATOR SUMNER is on his way home from
Europe. On his return to Boston he will find
that some great changes by flood and fire have
taken place here since his departure, particu-
larly by that 'tidal wave of November, and
by the burning of s'the Hub"
Year: 1872

NATIONAL BANK REPORTS. We published
yesterday an abstract of the condition of tho
National Banks. There is very little change
to notice in their condition or statements.
They have, as usual, the proportionate amount
Year: 1872

Our readers have already been made familiar
with the constitutional difficulty now existing
in Prussia. We have already in these columns
explained how the difficulty was likely to be
got over. We referred to the English crisis Of
1831-32 when the House OF Lords obstructed
legislation in the matter Of the Reform bill.
We referred to the later difficulty which arose
IN connection with Mr. Gladstones Irish
Church Disestablishment measure. In both
cases the House Of Lords was obstructive in
the matter Of REFORM and in both cases the
difficulty was got over by the threat Of the
Crown to create as many liberal Peers as would
carry the measure through the Upper House.
Our ideas Of the situation in Prussia have
proved to be correct. The Emperor King de-
clares himself in favor Of the popular cause
The government is determined to carry
through the measure which has passed the
Lower House, and which has for its object the
extension Of municipal privileges to the
counties and the general improvement of local
self-government; and our latest news is to the
effect that Emperor William has resolved, if
necessary, to secure majority in the Upper
House by appointing sufficient number of
life Peers to carry the County Reform bill. 1t
is wise decision on the part of the Emperor,
and it cannot but be regarded as solid gain
to the popular cause in imperial Germany.
The tide of victory must roll on in the same
direction until Europe is q grand confedera-
ton Of free and self-governing States.
Year: 1872

progressive age commerce grows more and
more by the necessities itself creates.


But the great work needed is ship canal
through some part Of Central America. A
hundred millions or more expended in such a
work would soon be returned in the value Of
our increased commerce. This commercial
metropolis alone. to say nothing OF
the rest of the country, might spend
that amount of money and be well rel
munerated for the outlay. ship canal
through some part of the Isthmus Of Panama.
or better, perhaps, through Nicaragua, would
supersede the use of the Suez Canal as far as
the trade of the United States and America
generally with Asia goes and it would do
much to give the bulk Of that trade to Ameris
can bottoms. No time should be lost in de-,
termining the route for this great work, and
both the government and our merchant princess
should give liberal aid to have it completed aa
soon as possible We ara on the eve Of sur
prising development in commerce with China.
Japan, India, Australia and other transpacifol
countries and the United States ought not toi
lose the opportunity which geographical posi-,
ton and the enterprise of our people afford.
The ship canal through Central America is
necessary to secure to us that great prize OF
Asiatic commerce which the maritime nations
have long contended for, and which will as
suredly fall to that country that affords tho
greatest facilities and inducements.
Year: 1872




ships in the cheapest market and the cost of
labor and material remains higher here than
in Europe, it may be as difficult to establish
rival steamship line with that of England by
the way Of the Suez Canal as it would be to
rival those foreign lines which traverse the At
lantic and crowd the wharves of this metropo-
lis. We hope, as we said, this will be changed
before the expiration Of many years, and that
the American flag will float over good num-
Der Of the magnificent steamers that are now
required for the trade between New York and
Europe. In the meantime, however, let not
the opportunity be lost of enlarging our trade
across the Pacific and of increasing our steam
communication with the countries of Asia and
Australia for there we have some advantages
which no other great maritime nation pos
sesses.


In the first place, then, every encourage
ment should be given by the government,
short of granting enormous subsidies, to
steamship enterprise from our Pacific coast to
China, Japan, India and Australia. Our mer-
chants and capitalists, too, would find it to
noting such enterprise. The profits of the
company which has steamship line already
established for the Pacific trade show that
capital is well invested in that business. We
think too, that no intelligent merchant or
capitalist will doubt that this trade is capable
of great expansion. More steamships now, or
more lines even at an early day, might find
profitable employment. 1t is well known to
political economists that in this wonderfully