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Year: 1875

Parochial schools on the pay system are
virtually failure. Some few of them are kept
up pretty successfully ; many others Ian
guish along through a spiritless kind of
existence. The few apparent successes,
however, are made so by almost superhu-
man exertion on the part of the parish
priest and often at great personal expense
and loss to himself. The vast annoyance
and anxieties caused by such institutions
to their promoters show conclusively that
there is something abnormal about their
! constitution, that the system is not one
adapted to general use aud marked with the
features which commend to public favor.
The parochial pay school does not 60 the
necessary lepgth-it is cheap but it is not
free. While there are public free schools in
! tie community they appeal with SO much
force to the poor that many Of them will al
ways be unable to resist the temptation ua-
less there are rival establishments on the
! same basis. With some persons the motive
of driving them to the public schools is
! avarice, with others pride. Some might be
able to pay dollar or two per month for
each child, but rather than do it they risk
their eternal happiness. Others are really
unable to pay, but pride forbids them to
put their children on the footing of paupers.
At pay school, no matter if it is called
parochial, all are expected to bring their
monthly contribution, and those who are
unable to do it are placed in the attitude
of charity scholars. This is humiliation
which can be avoided by sending them to
the public schools, and few parents are
willing to subject themselves and their
children to it when the other alternative is
so handy.


We cannot wonder, then, that there is
such difficulty in keep up parochial schools
on the pay principle. Some parents are
ashamed to send their children as paupers,
others are too mean to pay for their educa
ton, though able to do SO, when they can
get it for nothing, and many others again
are too proud to patronize them, because
their rates are so small. They estimate the
excellence of school by the grade of its
prices, when it has prices, and have a much
higher opinion of n free school, which NAV
be very fine, than Of pay school which
admits its humility in it's list of rates.
Certain very Jealous and, at the same time,
fortunate parish priests, may be able to
sustain the system with great difficulty, but
as whole it cannot work we'll.


In New York, Buffalo, Philadelphia aud
other places. the free school system has
been introduced for parochial purposes,
with the most surprisingly good results. In
New York alone we are told that such
schools are attended by thirty thousand
pupils. They are a grand success, and we
doubt not that a similar result would attend
an experiment of the kind in this city.
Success would enable the schools to be put
on higher footing than can be maintained
now as general thing, and that improve
ment would in turn induce increased sue
cess.


We hope the experiment will be made
here. We believe it due to our much
tempted Catholics that the Church should
offer them as good terms as the Devil does.


Accounts continue to be received from Ger
Year: 1875

HIBERNIA BANK by a notice elsewhere in
these columns it will be seen that this sterling
institution has declared a semi annual dividend
of four per cent pay able on and utter the second
Monday In July.
Year: 1875

The I'd of June-the occasion of the
dedication of the Masonic Temple
was fraternal day in New York
city. No event in Masonic history in
the new or the old world has occurred
during the last century around which
will cling more pleasant memories
than the gathering of the brotherhood
in the great city of our nation. Under
the eyes of half million spectators,
twenty-six thousand intelligent and
upright men - twenty-six thousand
brothers - marched steadily forward
over the route of the procession. Each
of these twenty-six thousand men rep
resented the idea of sociability and
protection; of charity and good will.
Each of these twenty-six thousand
men is bound to obey law which
makes him the guardian of his Ma
sonic brothers welfare and the pro-
tector of his widow and orphan. Each
of those twenty-six thousand men is
the advocate of good and the enemy
of evil; the champion of truth and the
opponent of error. He is under an OBJ
legation which he will obey to stand
by the right and fight vice in every
shape. No twenty-six thousand men
ever trod the streets of New York to-
gether, In whose breasts dwelt truer
feeling for each other or kindlier one
for all the world.
Year: 1875

AN effort is being made to induce
HENRY LARKIN of Ell Dorado County,
life long Democrat, to accept the
nomination of the Independent party
for Governor. 1t is hardly probable
he will accept, but if he should, it
would be with the express under
standing that he did so as Democrat
without surrendering a particle of his
old time principles, and on these con-
.ditions it will be difficult to see
wherein the party will be doing
better than to support the regular
Democratic nominee. AS stragetic
effort toward carrying the State, it
would prove lamentable failure.
Democrats would not support a man
who had accepted the nomination OF
another party and Independents
could not be induced to vote for can
didate who accepted the nomination
with the express understanding that
in loaning his name he surrendered
none of his Democracy.
Year: 1875

We have not seen the full text of
the platform adopted by the Republi-
can State Convention, but judging
from the summary which has been
telegraphed we are inclined to regard
it mass of contradictions sort of
thimble"rigging affair, intended to
cover the little joker which you some-
times see and sometimes don't see.
GRANTS administration is endorsed,
which is shouldering an immense load
of mismanagement which must be at
tributed to ignorance or malice. 1t
pretends to accept the Presidents


letter on the third term as final set
tlement of that question, but how it
was settled we are left in the dark
until we come to the resolution limit
ing the Presidential tenure If office to
two terms, which was opposed by COR
HAM, and being opposed by him was
of course voted down. The defeat of
this resolution is strong presumptive
evidence that the Republican party of
California is not averse to GRANTS
running for the third or even the tenth
term. The plank setting forth that
the cost of State and county govern
ments should be reduced one-half is
not new. 1t is an old, rotten, flimsy
dodge, which has been resorted to by
every Republican convention held


within the past twelve years. They
always preach economy until election


and practice extravaganza from the
time they get into office until they are
invited by the people to step down and
out. The demand that the Legislature
assume control of the lakes and rivers
of the State is good idea, and


was furnished the Committee on
Platform and Resolutions by the HER
AID. We are pleased to see that the
members of the Convention have read
and studied our articles on the neces-


sity for State system of irrigation.
The question must become one of
great Importance in short time, and
the party devising and inaugurating
the best system, will attain great
strength therefrom. The thunder and
| blixen hurled against the Central Pa
cifc Railroad Company and the de-
Year: 1875

For once in her history, San Fran
cisco seems to have the promise of a
fair and honest assessment of her
property. So far as the assessment
has progressed, the assessable property
is more than double that of last year.
The striking feature developed is that
while the property of the poor man and
the man of moderate means retains
about the same value, that of the mil
lionaire and banks and other corpora
tions is found to be double and In some
instances ten times greater than shown
by the Assessors books one year ago.
1t is now believed that the assessment
of San Francisco will aggregate this
year double that of any previous year.
So much for an honest assessment of
San Francisco. The rascality which
has prevailed in San Francisco in the
evasion of taxes heretofore has no
doubt been practiced to a certain ex-
tent in every county In the State. The
exposition in the great city furnishes
a strong hint to the people of the inte-
rior and offers the remedy for the ces-
sation of excessive taxation. The
remedy is in the hands of the Gran
gers, Let them resolve that a uniform
system of taxation shall prevail
throughout the State-that the man
of $50, 900 shall be taxed in proportion
ate ratio with the man of $1,000--and
we shall have source of revenue Ca
pable of meeting the expenses of gov
ernment, even though the rate of tax
alton does not exceed one-half the
present figures.
Year: 1875

SENATOR JONES has arrived In San
Francisco, and we presume it will be
in order for some of the enterprising
newspaper reporters to interview him
on the subject of his bankruptcy. The
people down this way are little Gu.
rious to know whether in that little
game of bluff between him and JAY
GOULD he got away with GOULD or
GOULD got away with him.
Year: 1875

Moores Restaurant on Commercial street,
ss the proper place to go for good meal, with
n good cup OF coffee or tea to drink with it,
There is probably no restaurant on the Pacific
coast where so many of the substantials and
so many of the luxuries may be had Tor % cis.
Don't forget the place-Moores Restaurant,
Commercial street. Private eating rooms have
been neatly fitted up for the accommodation
of ladies. i5-ti
Year: 1875

The Express says PHELPS, the Re-
publican candidate for Governor, is
good speaker. Loud is the word.
When he was a Mormon preacher the
saints used to regard him as one of the
best rOarers In the camp.
Year: 1875

ACTIVITY IN THE NAVY YARDs-oFFICERs
ORDERED TO SEAS IT A DEMONSTRATION
Oh PREPARATION FOR HosruITIEs?


WASHINGTON, Nov IT. 1875,
The note OF preparation is sounding loudly at The
Navy Yard here and elsewhere. Fourteen iron clads
have been detailed for immediate active service nclud
ing the Lehgh, the Catskill and the Montauk. The
Wyoming hauled upon the dock at the Washington
Navy Yard to-day and she will be put in commission
for at The copper rolling mi which has not
been in operation for long time, resumed work this
morning More workingmen taken on to-day,
snd every effort is being to get all available
sells under way at the earliest date officers who
have just returned from three years cruise with the
Asatic squadron have been ordered to Immediately.
This fact is regarded very significant for the reason
that ater three years cruise naval officers allowed
In time of peace interval Of three years service
shore Naval officers in town acknowledge that the
activity is unusual and go TO explain that il looks
more like demonstration than a preparation for hos
tilities, distinction in which will strike scme
people as quite obscure.
Year: 1875

The following record will show tho changes in The
temperature for tho past twenty -four hours, in com.
parson with the corresponding date OF last year, as
Indicated by the thermometer at HGdnurs pharmacy,
HERALD Building
Year: 1875

many small profits make large aggregate profit This
the idea which underies the general plan
which THE GREAT ORIGINAL DOLLAR STORE, No
667 Broadway is conducted he immense capital employed
and the cnsh enahcs ha pronreors 20 avail hem
Year: 1875

Spanish subjects, exception win be made
which viii allow them the enjoyment OF
this advantage in defending themselves agains.
prosecution by the Spanish authorities for their o.
fences In these the advocates will be designated
by the chief military authority, that Is the Captain
General will appoint them. The above is


A FULL SYNOPSIS


ar the answer or the Spanish
government in reply TO Mr. Cushing and has been
deemed satisfactory enough 70 warrant counter
manding Of the orders originally given to put navy
in preparation for such contingency as msunder-
standing between the two governments
Year: 1875

SOME DAYS SINCE we printed the names
of the gentlemen who Endorsed General
Mcdonald and recommended. him to the
President as fit person to hold the posi-
tion of supervisor of internal revenue. In
another column of this issue will be found
copies of the letters and Endorsements re-
ferred to, which we now print as being of
interest to the general reader. They have
been printed in the st. Louis Republican, a
Democratic paper, but we have waited in
vain during several days tosee those papers,
which are constantly assailing the President
for having appointed Med Donald solely upon
the score Of personal friendship, retract
their false charges. We thought we had q
right to expect they would do so in justice
to themselves as well as to General Grant,
upon seeing this evidence. As they have
not done 50, but, on the contrary, continue
to reiterate their false accusations, we con-
clude they have overlooked the record to
which we now call their attention. And
we may as well repeat In this connection
the fact that the President had only very
slight personal acquaintance with General
Mcdonald previous to his appointment to
the Office from which he has lately been re-
moved.
Year: 1875

IT IS STATED, upon what appears to be
good authority, that the Union Pacific
Railway Company is now engaged in the
audacious and not very laudsble business
of attempting to influence or forestall the
decision of the United States Supreme
Court in the case of that corporation
against the Government If we are cor
rectly informed, this fact presents most
alarming and novel feature in the history
of this tribunal. We have no fears that
the lobby can openly exercise the slightest
influence upon the members of the Court,
and are well aware that the latter have
only to be warned that such designs ire on
foot to make them fortify themselves and
their judgments (yea, even their stomachs)
against all the indirect and insidious ap-
proacLes of possible emissaries of the
great Credit MobiEier monopoly. The
diplomats of the lobby are much too dis
Greet no doubt, to prejudice their case by
any direct allusion to.it in the presence of
any member of the Court. Their efforts
are very sure to take the unsuspeeted and
more effective social shoot. They may as
sumethe disguise ofreehsrche entertainments
for charitable purposes, or to honor some
distinguished parsonage from abroad whom
the host is most.anxlous should be brought
into contact with the great minds of the
country. There are many and devious
ways in which the lobby travel and lie in
wait for prey, but always in different dis
guises. Each method has its special pur-
pose. When one fails another is promptly
resorted to, and when all have been tried
without success new ones are devised.
Year: 1875

SOME VISIONARY idiot has started the
story that Secretary Bristow is figuring for
the Democratic nomination to be President
in 1876. At first glance this suggestion.
appears ridiculous; but the story is made
plausible by the further suggestion that
Mr.. Bristow would not be so obnoxious to
the rank and file of the Democracy as Mr..
Greeley was. OF course there is no foun-
dation for the tale, and there is no appa-
rent reason why it has been made public
unless it grows out of desire to injure the
reputation of an estimable Republican and
faithful officer. Mr.. Bristow may be am
bltious of promotion, as it is the privilege of
every American citizen to be; but he is too
loyal to principle to seek the qualification
ofthat ambition outside of the Republican
party 1t is true that his nomination by
the Democrots would not be wider de-
parture from consistency than Mr.. Greeley's
candidacy; but they have become so arro-
CANT since the campaign Of 1872, and so
confident of victory that even if he were
willing to accept a nomination from them,
they would throw him aside and give their
preference to straight-out Bourbon
Year: 1875

THE good people of the Southern States,
and especially of the Piedmont region of
Virginia and North Carolina, where the
sport Of fox-huIting is followed in its
greatest perfection, even greater than it is
in England, have no doubt read and
laughed heartily at the feeble attempts of
the Hackensack, New Jersey. fox-hunters
to initiate what they call the ''great Eng
lIsh fun" The New York papers stupidity
describe the New Jersey effort Of Thursday
last as the first successful American hunt,


and according TO their description the sue
.cess Of the hunt was due to the fact that
Year: 1875

ONE WEEK more of suspense for the
aspirants to the positions which are at the
disposal of the House of Representatives of
the Forty fourth Congress. Their name is
legion. They come from everywhere.
There are also very many willing persons
who cannot exactly be called aspirants, but
who could be persuaded to take positions
in the event of scarcity of candidates.
Each little clique of these patriotic aspirants
has its slate pretty much finished. They
lack but one essential. That, however,
seems TO be somewhat important. No one
of these states appear to have been ap-
proved by the Democratic caucus or the
Sunday press of Washington. 1t is just
possible that the former influence might be
dispensed with, but the latter-never !
Our Sunday press controls Congress-that
is. the Democratic portion of it. And it is
very cruel of this press to keep aspirants in
suspense whole week longer, when it
could jrst as well have announced its de-
cision yesterday. 1t is, indeed
Year: 1875

The man who wants an office ''for political
reasons" under the Democratic House of Con-
gress is now to be found holding up the pill
lars in front Of our hotels, and watching the
girls as they pass quietly along.
Year: 1875

The telegraph announces the fact that the
Prince of Wales went to Goa on the 26th in
stant, and did not Goa-way until yesterday.
The Princess may not be aware that the finest
looking girls in all the Indiesyreside in Goa.
But of course the Prince would not let con-
sideration OF such minor Importance as that
detain him. He has due amount of common
sense, and q little wisdom with royaltyiwiI
Goa-good-ways.
Year: 1875

The Knoxville Chronicle of recent
date says: "The case of the State as. Pryor
Coleman for the murder OF Miss Bell, daugh-
ter of the la6e Captain Bell, of this county,
during the war, was taken up in the criminal
court yesterday. The case has besn tried
once before in this court, but resulted in a
mistrial, and has beeu continued and passed
from term to term ever since, and there has
been a considerable effort by his counsel TO
procure his release during this term of the
court on a plea of former conviction by a
military court-martiai, which was the case.
He was tried by military court-martial |
shortly after the murder was committed, and
was sentenced to be shot, but made his escape
before the sentence was executed, and was
not arrested again until some time last year.
The court, however, OverruIed the plea, and
held that the conviction before military
court would have nothing to DO with the civil
process, so he was compelled to go to trial.
The murder was a brutal, cold-blOOded affair
and, if guilty, should be punished as the law
directs. The jury was only partially made up
last evening for, owing TO the scarcity of
countrymen in town, the sheriff and his
deputies had to make a raid on the business
man of Gay street and Market square for jU-
rors, and quite a number of them will find
themselves fined twenty-five dollars for re-
tusing to obey the summon"
Year: 1875

pFN1eON TO BE SURRENDERED TO THE SHERIFF


FOR CONTEMPT OF CoURr-DECIsIoN OF THE


GENERAL TERM.


lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE


ALBANY. Nov. 17.-This morning the General
Term Judges james and Boardman reversed the
order of the Special Term III the case Of the People
of the State of New-York against William A.
Learned, Justice of the Supreme Court, aud ordered
that Denson be surrendered to the custody OF
the Sheriff OF Albany County. This decision main
tains the power of the Canal Commission
to compel the production of papers Judge James,
who wrote the opinion, did not file It, preferring TO
retain il for revision. The announcement of the
decision will not be formally made until tomorrow
morning. The decision gives great satisfaction to
Gov. Tildcn and the members of the Commission,
bnt Is a good deal of a shock to the Canal Ring
Year: 1875

hr Matse, the aged President of the Board Of
Police, was greatly excited Tuesday night. He had
cew TO the whereabouts of Tweed 1t was cew that
would lead to the Boss immediate capture and at the
same time to unbounded glory for Matse.


1t was eight O'Clock r M. and Mr. Matsell sat doing
before cheerful fire In his residence on East Fifty
eighth street sharp pull at the door bell reused
him, and by the time the servant announced the pres
ence OF two young men important business he
wide awake. The visitors began by evincng ex-
caution. They told Mr.. Matse they mad reason
avenue near the corner Of Fifty third street The
eyes of the old policeman opened wide al the unex-
pected intelligence and solemnly promising his in
formants all the way from $lO 900 TO 500 600
ward, ne rushed TO the telegraph instrument in his
house Meeting with the Cen tral Office


''Send Superintendent Walling 20 without mo-
menps delay' flashed the wire and in a short
time that Official almost breathess with haste stood
before his chief


hysterously the latter told the story, and despite
the endeavors oil the Superintendent 70 convince him
that II unounded and like the thousand other false
reports, he gave the order to search the premises
Indicated The edict having gone forth halfdozen
policemen were summoned IN strict secrecy IRON the
Nineteenth precinct, and with Matscll in the pro
ceeded to the suspected house 'iess likely hiding
place could scarcely be Imagined The astonshed in
mates naturally indignant at the stupid bunder
the part of hatse but quietly permitted search TO be
made Two policemen were despatched TO the roof to
guard the scuLte others stationed in front OF
search. From cellar to garret they went as might be
expected but found no trace OF Tweed and then the
discounted Matsel realized that he had been 'sold y
The records at the Central Department do not give
a very extended account OF the midnight raid, and
yersaon the subject is not regarded with favor by
Mr.. hatseI
Year: 1875

Pursuant TO previous arrangement the argument on
tho for struck jury the Tweed So 900 900


came up for hearing yesterday before Judge Davis


In Supreme Court, Chambers. Notwithstanding tho
previous intimation that some OF Mr. Twecds counsel,
that the great ex Boss had fed beyond the juris


dicton Of the Court would retire from the case they
hand IN pretty full foroo, David Dudley Field
taking the lead Nessts Dudley Field, Frank Deyo
and william Edelston bringing up the Mr. Wheeler
IL Peckham appeared solely on behalf Of the prose-
eution. AS might have been anticipated, the court
room densely crowded. the hour for the argument
having been 6xed At halfpast two r. NJ As one Of
the grounds Of the prior adjournment was
70 enable Sheriff Conner 70 become participant in


The proceedings Il being supposed that the
pIexty IN the case would make this desirable II not
necessary on bis part there general supposton
that this unctionary would be represented by counsel


but no one appeared for him neither was his
mentioned in any way in connection with tho On
the case being called Mr. Peckhsm rose and said this
was an application for struck Jury and that be held
IN his hand an afidavit the contents OF which
perfectly familiar, He then sat down, aud Judge Davis