Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 29, 1872, Page 4

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE:.TU TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. 5 m;ll OF mscm;rxox (PATADLE IN ADVANCE). ms X . TaweAT S4E: 08 Samd S5:80 Parts of a year at the same rate. . To prevent delay and mistakes, bo sure and give Past Office address in full, including State and County. Remittances may be made sither by draft, express, Post Ofiice order, or in registered lotters, at our risk. TERMS TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS. Dails, deliserod, Sunday excepted, 25 cents per week. Daily, delivered, Suriday included, 30 conts per weok. Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY,* No. 15 South Canal-st., Chicago, Il TRIBUNE Branch Office, No. 469 Wabasli-av., in the Bookstore of Messrs. Cobb, Andrews & Co., where adsertisements and subscriptions will be received, and will receive the same attention as if left at the Main Office. THE TRIBUNE counting-room and business department will remain, for the present, at No. 15 Canol street. Ad- vertisements should be handed in at that place. — LIBERAL NOMINATIONS. . NATIONAL. Por President: ‘HORACE GREELEY, of For Vice President: B. GRATZ BROWY, of Aissouri. ELECTORAL. ‘For Electors of President and Vice President: At Large—WILLIAM BROSS, of Chicago; JOHN D. CATON, of Ottawa; HOMAS HOYNE; ARNO VOS: AAC W, N ROBERT C. BURCHELL; ERIC JOHNSON 3 CASPAR BUTZ; ERLIE SAMUEL C. PARKS JOUN CUNNINGHAM; N TFiftecnth .. Sixteenth . S FFE; NTAMIN W. SHANF; FRANKLIN T1EKCE. STATE. Far Governor : n GUSTAVUS EOERNEL, of St. Clair, For Lieutenant Governor+ JOHN CHAILES BLACK, of Cliampaign. For Secretary of State: EDWARD RUMMELL, of Yeoria. For Auditer of Public Accounts: DANIED O'HARA, of Cook, For State Treasurer : CHARLES H. LANPHIER, of Sangamon, For Attorney General: JOHX V. EUSTACE, of Lee. For Clerks of the Supreme Court: Div.—R. A. D. WILBANES, of Jefferson. VID A. BROWN, of Sangamon. LI SMITH, of Cook, COUNTY. CONGRESSIONAL. Firet District—LTCIUS B. OTIS. Second District—CARTER . H. Third District—JOHN V. LEMOYNE. STATE DOARD OF EQUALIZATION. First District—DANIEL C, SKELLY. ISON. stored most of the horses to health. The rates of towage on the canal have now been raised to ten cents at Oswego. 8 —— In consequence of the'10 per cent discriminat- ing duty levied by the United States sgainst goods imported in French bottoms, the harbor of Havre is crowded with vessels belonging to the American trade, which their owners refuse to send hither. - The reports from DuPage County are highly favorable to Judge Otis’ clection. The usual Grant majority there will be greatly diminished. A1l that is needed to elect Judge Otis is for the Liberal voters of the Third, Fourth, and Fifth ‘Wards to go to the polls. The First, Second, Sixth, and Seventh Wards will do their duty. A full vote in the three werds mentioned will place his election beyond all doubt. ——— The aspect of the Chicago moncy-market is a little more favorable than last teek. Gurrency has begun to come in from the country pretty Irecly, indicating an improvement in collections; but the amount of prime commercial paper of- fered at the banks is still far in cxcess of the supply of funds; and, though an easier condi- tion may be expected soon, no appreciable re- lasation has been experienced yet. Our Mexican border has been again made the'| scene of plunder, arson, and murder, which _doserve especial indignation, since tHe rufliang who burned and plundered = wholo town, and killed several citizens and a Magistrate, were American raiders. A Commission has justbeen appointed by the Mexican Government to inves- tigate the charges against Mexicansin connec- tion with border outrages, and it will find a curious commentary on the American charges in this American rai Atthe meeting of tho Personal Liberty League, yesterday, it was announced that a Legislative ticket had been made up of those who were devoted to the interests of the liquor-dealers. Aldermanic candidates have been selected, pledged to repeal the Sunday Liquor law. Men are to be appointed to attend the polls in the interests of the saloon-keepers, 1o distribute tickets, and canvass for votes. The ealoons will be closed during the election in'florder that the Second District—THOMAS WILCE. “hird District—CHARLES KNOLLESDORTT. LEGISLATIVE. First District (Wards 1, 2, 10, and 11)—Senator : JASIES W. SHEAHAN. Representstives: HENRY SWEET, OTTO MUTSCULECHNER. ond District (Wards 3, 4, and 5, Hyde Park and Senator: JAMES WADSWORYL * Representa- I, SUERMAN, EGBERT JAMIESON. 7, atid 8)—Senator : MILES CONSTANTINE KAHN, » Tds 9, 17, and 13)—Senator: Representatives: W, H. Fourth_District WILLARD WOOD. D{’f‘_& CUNDOY, S. S, GARDNE Fifth District (Wards 14, 15, and 18)—Senator: DE- VOTION C. EDDY. Representatives: HUGH 3c- LAUGHLIY, AUSTIY J. GIBDBONS. ‘Sixth District (Wards 16, 17, 19, and 20)—Senator: HENRY E. HAMILTON, Representatives: W, C. Mc- CLURE, OTTO PELTZER. Seventh District (County towns, except Lake and Eyde Park)—Senator: . Representative: DAN- 1EL BOOTIH. COTNTY OFFICERS. State's Attorney—THOMAS J. TURNER. - " Sberif —CHARLES KERN, oroner—RODNEY N, DAY. County Clerk—JEREMIAH J. CROWLEY. Cireuit clzrk—a[nnfihéi_l}iaé?gf\{ifi Recorder—ST. CLAIR § ND. County Commissioners—N. K. FAIRBANK, MAR- ~IN THATCHER, J. W. HORTON, A. C. WALDRON, 1EL C. LY, ALEXANDER BENGLEY, 3L ‘*HEODORE KIMMEN. [ —— CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S TRIBUNE. FIRST PAGE—New York," Washington, and Political News by Telegraph—Adrertisements. SECOND PAGE—New York Letter: Our English Guests; The Severe Courtesics with which Wo Favor Them— Peansslvania: Address of the Liberal Republican State Committee—Our Personal Liberty League: Public Meeting of the Liguor Dealers Yosterday; The Proceedings Take 8 Political Turn—The Sunday. Law: The Temperance Bureau *‘Shadowing™ the Police—Registration: Final Moetings To-day and To-morrow; Boundaries of Districts, Pelling Places, und Judges of Election—Evanston Items—General News Paragraphs—Personal Items—Railroad Mat- ters., THIRD PAGE-Ontrageous Conduct of Police Offcers st the Bridge Crossings—The Law Courts—Towa: Address of the Democratic State Compittee— Bloods Affair in Florida—Ohio: Official Eloction Returns—Miscellaneons News Items—Railroad Time-Table. TOURTH PAGE—Editorials: Freedom of Elections; The Contest in Illinois; The Election of Aldermen; Hard Times—Current News Itoms—Palitical Notes. ¥IFTH PAGE—Captain Hickey's Trial Before tho Po-¢ lice Commissioners—Tho Profitsof Whiskey-The Ab- stract Books—Markets by Telegraph—Liberal Ap pointmente—Adrertisements. SIXTH PAGE—Monetary and Commercial—Marine In- telligence. 7 SEVENTH PAGE—England in India: The Nestor of the British Army Gone—Girls of the Period—Small Ad- vertiscments: Real Estste, For Sale, To Rent, ‘Wanted, Boerding, Ledging, etc. EIGHTH PAGE—Council Proceedings Last Evening— The Loeal Campaign—A Dirided House: The Greenebsum Committce Hold an Inharmonious Mecting—Amusements—Auction Advertisements. J————— AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. M'VICKER'S THEATRE—Madison etrect, between State and Dearborn. Miss Maggie Mitchell, supported by Mr. L. R. Shewell. “‘Jano Esre.” AIKEN'S THEATRE—Wabash avenae, corner of Con- gress strect. Appezrance of the new stock companst Rovivalof *“The Ticket-of-Leave Man." HOOLLY'S OPERA HOUSE—Randolph strect, bo- tween Clark and LaSalle. Second week of Abbott-Ei- yalfy Pantomime Combination. The *‘Three Hunch- backs.™" ACADEMY OF MUSIC—Halsted street, sonth of Madi- son. Second weck of Alrs. F. §. Chanfrau's engagement. Teazyson's *‘Dora.” . MYERS' OPERA HOUSE—Monroe street, between State and Dearborn. Arlington, Cotton & Kemble's Minstrel and Burlesque Troupo. TNION PARE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.— Lecture by Edward Fggleston on ** What I Enow About Cotidrea.” RIXON'S AMPITHEATRE—Clinton streot, betwcen ‘Washington and Randolph. Second weck of Mafitt and ‘Bartholomew's Pantomime Troupe. **Jack and Jill.” GLOBF. THEATRE-Desplaines strect, between Madi- 502 and Washington. Vauderille Entertainment. BURLINGTON HALL—Comner of State and Sixteenth sirects. McEvoy's Now Hibernicon, and Irish Comedy Comj . 2 The @hicags Tyibme, Tuesdey Morning, October 29, 1872. President Grant has written s letter in which he states that no change in the Indian policy of the Government has been thought of. Liverpool was convulsed Sunday over the at- tempt to enforco the new Licensing act closing 211 public houses on the Sabbath until § o'clock in the evening. "There were rioions demonstra- tions and several arrests were made. Commissioner Davenport lies undertaken t6 discipline-the women of New York, and, through Marshel Sharpe, orders the arrest of any of them who refuse information concerning the electoral qualifications of male relatives. Osen sppeared in Broadway yesterday doing the work of horses, andin Boston some of the street-cars were drawn by men. The disesse eppears to be at its height in New York City, al- most every horse being disabled. Fifty desths occurred yesterday, and two-thirds of them are ascribed to the malady. Beyond the appearance of forty caces in Philadelphia, the area of the disease does not seem to have enlarged, and at Bufizlo » changeto-day,—clea rweather,—hasre- dealers may give their personal superintendence to the work. ' It was decided to make no public demonstration. The persons put in nomination for Aldermen are, with few exceptions, of the most undesir- able cluss for civie rulers. The character of the Board of Aldermen Las sunk so low that respect- able citizens cannot be induced, except at a great eacrifice, to bccome members. Last fall, the poople of the city, with commendable zeal, foreibly elected a number of creditable citizens ; these are in great danger of being overwhelmed by a different class who have been named ag candidates this year. Ouradvice to all voters is to select in their respective wards the men who are best deserving and best fitted for the place, and vote for no others, Today the poll-boo be opened in the various precincts of the eity, and remain open until 9 o'clock in the ovening, for the registra- tion of voters. There should be a general turn- out to-day and evening of all persous who havo not registeredl. There have been so many changes in the boundaries of precincts that it “will not do to depend on last year's registration. Five minnfes given to this business fo-daf will save 2n hour's delay on election-day. A list of the various registration offices, and the bounda- ries of precincts will be found in Tue TresUNE this morning. In the trial of Mayor Hall, the case for the prosecution has closed withont the presentation of any additional evidence of intcrest. Im- portant rulings in favor of the defence were made by Judge Brady, who Leld that Hall had nothing to do with the bills audited by the old Board except to sign the warrants, and refused to admit teslimony that he knew the bills to be fraudulent, and also excluded all the evidence concerning Tweed's deposits in the Broadway Bank, and the failure of Tweed and Connolly to attend to their duties in the Board of Audit. Some of the counts of the prosecution will be abandoned. A political party has o decided advantage in engaging a German organ and an English organ at the same timo, whon there i8 o Sunday Jaw to be enforced. ‘For instance: The Staats-Zeitung assures its German readers thet the Greeley men of the City Governmént are responsible for the attempted enforcoment of the law for cloging the saloons_on Sunday, and that the Grant candi- dstes, if elected, will make no cffort to put the law into execution. On the other Lhand, the Post assures its American readers that the Grant men are entitled to the credit of enforcing the Sunday law, and will continue the effort to render it & thing of beauty and a joy forever. If the people are mot snited with one or the other of these declarations of principle, they are hard to please, - [ In the First Senatorial District, Mr. Joseph S. Reynolds is a candidate for Senator. This gen- tleman is o practising lawyer, doing business be- fore all the Courts, and, bysome strange opera- tion, has been long. time on the pay-rolls o the Chicago Custom House, as an Inspector, or gomething else. His official duties, whatever they are, and for which he draws his salary reg- ularly, do mot interfere with his legal practice. The Constitution of Illinois expressly declares that no person holding an - office of profit under the United States shall be eligible to a seat in tho General Assembly. Can it bo that going to the Legislature is more profitable than a situa- tion in the Custom House whose duties donot interfere with professional business ? The card which Mr. Henry Greenebaum, asf “Chairman of the ‘Citizens’ Committes of Twenty-five,” and not as a Grant Elector for this State, has seen fit to publish in ftwo or three of the daily newspapers, illustrates two points of interesh; TFirst, that it was Mr. Honry Greencbanm who insugurated the movement which has assamed the gkgpe of an agitation of the public mind in regard to closing tho saloong pn the Sabbath. dgy and mights” secondly, #hat Alr. Henry Grecnobsum in tendering his rosignation as Chairman of the *Committee of Twenty-five,” has be- come frightened at the results of Lis own move- ment. Itis presumed that Mr. Gresagbaum attained the first poiat in his private capacity, and that he has now reached the second point as 2 Grant elector snd-German banker. S ——— No abler or braver cgnvass is making in Zlli- nois than that .0of Mr. Leoyne, in the North Congressional District. The present member, of courge, depends larzely upon tho lavish ex- penditure of money. Any Democrat, in the Eighteenth Ward can get place in the Custom House by supporting Mr. Farwell. The num- ber of [nspectors of Customs residentin the Eighteenth Ward is traly wonderful, and the growth of the foreign commerce requiring Cus- tom House agents exceeds computation. There do not seem to be any Inspectorships to -be . di- vided among the German wards; the Eigh- teenth Ward gets all the plander. Despite all this questionable but long femiliar system of electioneering at the public expense, ]\[r: LeMoyne is making active progress in the district. That he will carry the Tighteenth Ward by a’ handsome majority is not questioned, and, if the other four wards do their duty, he will leave the city with & large majority. «The Chicago produce markets were moderately active yesterday, with few important changes in prices. Nless pork was dull and easier ; held at $15.00 cash ; offered at $14.50 scllor this'weel (new) ; and nominal st $12.621@12.65 seller December. Lard was quiet and steady, at 75c perlb for newor old, and 7%@7%{c seller De- cember. Now meats, part salted, were quiet and steady, at 5c per 1b for shoulders ; 83{@8%¢c for short ribs ; and 83@8}¢ for ehort clear. High- wines were steady at 8¢ per gallon. Lake freights were active, and lc lower, at 12c for corn, and 18¢c for- wheat, by sail, to Buffalo. Flour was in better demand, and steady. Wheat wos more active, bub 3¢c lower, closing at $1.07¢ sellor tho month, $1.0535 seller November, and $1.053$@1.05% seller December. Corn was more active, at Saturday’s prices, closing tame at 80c seller the month, 30}¢c seller November, and $lc seller Decomber. Oats wero moderately active, and at about Saturday’s average, closing dull at 2037c seller the month, and 2034@203¢c seller Novem- ber. Rye was 3e lower, at 503c for fresh re- ceipts of No. 2. Barley was active, but weak on No. 2, which closed at 62}c: firm on No.$, which closed at49. The hog market was quiet at Saturday's prices, or at §1.00@4.40. There was no chango in the cattle or sheep market. FREEDOM OF ELECTIONS. The rapid progress of the consolidation of power within the Republican party, and the des- perate effort to abolish the constitutional limita- tions of that power, have at length become so apparent that they cannot longer be disregard- ed, unless the people of this_country are willing to give up the freedom of the clectivo franchise without protest. Tho rapid change of public sentiment, aud tho positive manner in which it bas arrayed itself against the usurpations of the Administration, have alarmed the leaders, and, asalast resort, they have determined to ride rough-shod over the people at the coming clec- tion, and elect General Grant by the unwarranta™ ble and illegal use of the power which is in their hands, g0 applicd as to give them control of the clection. Every measure of purely political character which las ‘marked the carcor of the - Administration, for - the past two years, has been shaped with this’ end in view; and recently two im- portant . evidences of this have been brought before the piblic in the most unmistakable manner. 1. The sttempt to continue in force certain features of the Ku-Klux law of 1871 through another year. That law, which was passed in May of that year, just before the adjournwment of Congress, gave to the Presidont the right to suspend the writ of habeas corpus at his discre- tion; upon such information ag should be satis- factory to him alone. This. enormots and ab- soluto power which Congress gave to the Prosi- dent was, in reslity, for the purpose of consoli- dnting power in his hands, to onable him to ex- tingnish any sentiment adverso to him, and it. wes used in that manner, during that very year, in nine counties in South Carolina, when no election was pending and it was a time of peace. This power was given fo the President professedly for orie year, in order to pacify the South, but really with the intention of continu- ing#it this year to influence and control the Presidential clection. The intention wascon- cealed until the cloging hours of the last Con- gress, when, by the caucus dictation of Cameron, Morton & Co., the in- timate advisers of the President, the Sen- ate ‘passed the act to continue in force one year longer the feature of the law of 1871 which gave the Présidont the right to suspend the writ of habeas corpus. The small minority in that body could not prevent its paseage. The bill wentto the House. In that body, which is nearer to the people than the Senate, there were Republicans who now for the first time became slarmed at the rapid strides of the Administra- tion towards shsolute personal power, and, joining hands with the Democrats, they succeeded in burying it under measures which could not b acted upon, and refused to give it precedence. Thwarted in this direction, the Administration party sought to accomplish its purpose in another way. Tho eituation was = dosperate one, for tho nominations at Cincin- nati end Philadelphia had been made, and, at that time, it was universally conceded that the Baltimore Convention would indorse the Cincin- nati nomination, and it was therefore de- termined to make another effort to give the President the power of re-electing himself. The Civil Appropriation bill was under consid- eration in the Senate, and, notwithstanding & rule had been adopted that no amendment ghould be received which was not germane to the bill, the améndment to continue the Presidential privilege another yeer was tacked to it, and it was forced through the Sen- ato by the free use of the party whip. It went to the Houso, and once more the House asserted its rights and strangled the infamous project. In thelight of the circumstances which attended the two efforts to push this measuro through Congress, and especiallyin the light of events which have transpired since that time, can any one doubt what was the real meaning of that movement ? From October, 1871, until June 10, 1872, martial law was the only law in thoso parts of the South where the writ of habeas corpus was suspended. Does any one believe if this privilege had been continued, and the election had been & close and excited one, that the President would have hesitatedto use it, not only in South Carc- Ting, but in every othor Southern Btate where thero was danger of his defeat, and thet in this manner tho operation of State laws would have been thryet psido and a free election prevented ? The President, ho, on more than one occasion, - has shown himseif to be pusceptible, and easily influenced cven in matters of mipgr importance, could )1;7 more have resisted the opporiunisy to control ihe clections in the South and turn them | to bis own aggrandizement, than he could help swindling the merchants of Now York through Lesh & Stocking. The Liberal movement was orgenized in time to 'prevexft ‘the consummation of this iniquity, and, but va_'r this fact, martial law would have taken the place of civil law, and a free election would hav~ »aen provented. .. 2. The recent arbitrary arrests of peacsfal citizens of New York by the man Davenport, who holds the office'of United Statbs Commis- sioner, and i3 the Federal Chief Bapervisor of Elections, is another instance of this determina- tion to control the elections. Acting under in- structions from his superiors, he has carried ott tho Enforcement law, itself at variance with the spirit of republican institutions, and of doubtful constitutionality, in such a manner that any citizen is liable to arrest, not only at the polls, but also in his own home, contrary to the letter and gpirit of tho law, which does not warrant domiciliary visits. o the outrage and indignity of these arrests, this Commissioner hasadded the refusal to grant | o speedy hearing, and the illegal declaration that the prisoners shall not be released on bail. For such an outrageous and tyrannieal sbuse of the rights of personnl liberty, this Commissioner throws himself back upon the authority of the Prosident, and openly bossts that the Iattor sus- tains him, and that, whatever disposition the courts may make of his writs and decisions, he can prolong these outrages until after the elec- tion, and thus have a clear field for menipulat- ing tho registry, and the election, also. In case the'election is successtul, he will look, and not in vain, to the Prosidentfor immunity from pun- ishment for his offences. That this project to disfranchise votersin New York, and prevent a {ree election, did not originate with Davenport, and that he is only the tool, is now made clear by affidavits which fasten its authorship upon the Secretary of State of New York, who di- vulged his scheme to certain doubting Thomases in the Republican party, and assured them that ho and Davenport would *fix everything right in New York.” In pursuance of this plan, Dav- onport agreed to ascertain the politics of each man who registered, to arrest and detain until after olection day every Greeley man who conld command any considerable number of votes, and to so tamper with the vote of the people at large as to divert it from Greeley to Grant. To shield him from punishment would be the work of the Administration, a8 the profits of his work enure to their benefit. . It wonld not be difficult to produce pumerons other proofs of the determination of the Admin- istration to continue itself in power by interfer- ing with tho election and preventing the oppo- nents of Grant from voting. The two cases to which we have alluded, however, show its ani- mus with sufficient clearness. If there were no other issue in this canvass, this alone ought to be sufficient to arouse the American people to & sense of the danger which is threatening them, and which will undermine Republican institu- tions if it is not averted. If the Administration i allowed this time to trample npon personal and Stato rights, it will be easier to doit the next time. Itisthe first and most dangerous step towards absolatism when the right of the people to express their will at the polls is pre- vented. THE CONTEST IN ILLINOIS. The concurrent repogts from all parts of the State are to tho effect that the Liberal cause has nover been moro hopeful in Illinois than ut this time. From sll quarters and sections of the State come assurances that if the Liberals of Chicago will poll their vote, the State will be carried not only for Koerner but for Greeley, and secure 8 majority in both branches of the General Assombly. The contegt for the govern® ment of the Stale of Ilinois secms to depend largely on this county. Outside of Cook County, it is understood that tho Republicans concede their State ticket is beaten, and they ere vehefiently demaniing that Cook County shall give Grant 5,000 mejority or the " Btate will be lost. These aro the indications as reported. There is no doubt whatever felt outside of this county that Foerner will beat Oglesby, and that Bever- idge will fall far behind Oglesby. Thero never has been such animation in the Liberal ranks as st this timo, All through the State they are receiving nequisitions to their numbers- The active excrtions making by the Chicago Times faction to create diversion in favor of ¢ Nobody and Adams,” have only aroused a feel- ing of indignation. Everyvote which Grant and Oglesby receive from that quarter will cost hard- lyless than $100, paid, not to the voter, but to the self-constituted brlokera who sell the vote to the Republican Committee. Our friends in Chicago, therefore, have perhaps the whole questionin their hands. This city ought to give, and if the full vote is polled can give,a very heavyLiberal majority. It is within the power of the Democrats and Li}mtn.\ Repub- licans of this city, if they will poll their vote, to send cach of their Congressional candidates out of the city with alarge majority. Here, then, is the place for work during the present week. The forty thousand voters in this city have it in their power to give the State to Greeleyor to Grant; to elect Koerner or Oglesby; to elect three Republican or three Liberal members of Congress, and to olect a controlling nnmber of miembers of the General Assembly. All that is required-o sccure a Liberal victory in Illinois is to get out the voters in Chicago. We have s majority of the voters with us, and all that is needed is that they be brought to the polls. —_—— THE ELECTION OF ALDERMEN. “Unless the citizens of Chicago exercise the closest personal seratiny in voting for candi- dates for-the Common Council, they will find themselves cursed with a more dangerous era of municipal misrule thon ever before. The expe- rience of this city has been of kind that is said to teach the child to avoid the fire; but it has not been suflicient to induce such i.nterest and co-operation in the primary meetings as to overcome the msual riff-raff who claim the monopoly of nominating the Aldermenic candi- dates on both sides. There are twenty Alder- men to be elected from the twenty different wards of the city. There are more than fifty candidates already in the field. Out of this large number there are a few who are suited by character, position, and trust- worthiness to represent the interests of the people in the Common Council. The rest are positively disgraceful. If the oldest inhabitant and best citizen of Chicago should scan the list of candidates, he would be forced to acknowl- edge that he could not pick out twenty whom he could indorse. Tre TruNe does not propose to enter upon & discussion of the relative personal objections to the men who have been nominated. It wounld be a difficult matter for a public journal, inso large a city as Chicago, to do this fairly and im- partially. Thjs js at once the province end the duaty of the good citizens of the various wards inwhichtheylive. If theyhave failed to exercise “their privilege at‘tho primary meetings, thera i8 timbd enongh to apply & remedy a the polls, Therp are general instructions, however, which shouldbe observed. First, there should be an individual interest in thq election of Alderman in enchward, entirely distinct and separate from the vote on the National issue or State election. Tt will scarcelybe denied that the guestion of TUniversal Amnpesty, or of Ky-Klux laws, has no more to do with the duties of Councilman than ithas with the choice ofa faifhful bookkeeper or thegoverness of achild. Whenthepeople have once Beparated their choice of city guardians from National issues, the next step is an organization of the respecteble rosidents of each Ward in favor of the best candidate, tually is to-day in several wards of Chicago, there is not s single candidate who shfly!d Te-. ceive the support of decent men, then there should be & union of the people upon an inde-' pendent candidate: chosen with especial refer- ence to his honesty and his ability to serve the best interests of the community. No citizen should cest his vate for any cendidate for the Cify Council without having first satisfled him- self personally that the mian he votes for will use his power for the benefit of property-hold- ers and tax-payers, and in defence of the rights of the people. Thoso who willinot devote the time and trouble to this precauntion will have no right to complain if theyare swindled in the | next tax-levy. K The danger that is apprehended from the selection of City Councilmen st the coming ] election is in no way exaggerated. In one ward, where there are three or four candidates running, the least objectionable of &ll of them i & profeséionsl gambler, who probably desires to be elected chiefly to watch the interests of the blacklege. Another candidate is among the list of Aldermen convicted of the crime of bribery, and eent to jail therefor. In four wards of the city, the candidates placed in the field at the Re- publican primary meetings are popularly known to be official thieves. In all the wards, except geven, infinitely better men than any who are mentioned could have been, and may yet be, found who will serve as Aldermen, if the people will take tke troubls to elect them. HARD TIMES. The person who says that the country is prosperous at the present time is Senator Mor- ton. He cannot find o business man in the West—probably not one in the Whole country— to agree with him. The bank President'who thinks fhat the hard times are csused by Gree- ley's running for President has not been seen since the 8th of October. He had announced, through the columns of the Ezening Journal, that if Greeloy was elected he should call in two-thirds of his loans and discounts. Itis un- derstood thatsince the election of Hartranft he has been trring to call in thu( aforesaid two- thirds, and lus not been able to do so. The times are hard, and %o must look outside of politics to find the reason for it, The string- ency is not confined to Chicago. It is common to the whole country. 1Itisfelt severely in all parts of Europe also, having a palpable pffect upon the trade and commeres of the world. It is operating at this time somewhat sharply upon those who have not quite completed their build- inge in this city ; but its modt dissstrous effect is"experienced by the sgricultural community. ‘There has been such a falling off in prices of all kinds of breadstuffs, that the producers hardly receive as much for their cornas they did fifty years ago, when there was neither railway nor canal by which it conld be moved to market.” There are thousands of farmers in the West who will not receive for their large crops this year enough, over and above the cost of produc- tion, to pay their taxes, leaving them nothing for interest_on their investment, mor for im- provements, nor to replace stock or implements. When these farmers are in debt, with their lands mortgaged, they will not have enough money to- pey the interest on the mortgage. The high cost of transportation, the excessive rates of taxation for all purposes, and the scarcity of loanable capital, combine torender the present condition of the agricul- | tural producer one of extreme distress. When the annusl crops, liberal as they were this year, do not yield enongh to pay the ordinary local taxation on the farm, the con;lition of the farmer is sad'indeed. Among the causes leading to the present want of loanable capital (or, as it is generally termed, want of money), the most serious are those events of late years which have caused the destruction of accumulated . earnings. The American civil war destroyed an immense amount of capital,—not much less than $6,000,000,000. The Franco-German war was short, but terrible in the waste of property which characterized it. Including the French indemnity, the annihilation of accumulated property may Be put down at $2,000,000,000. Then there was the war between Prussia and Austria of 1866. These wars followed each other after brief intervals, and the Isbor of markind hes been engaged in replacing the loss in the world'’s aggregate wealth, caused by them. Following upon them was the Chicago fire, where property to the amount of $200,000,000 was destroyed. Notwithstanding these enor- mous drafts upon the capital of the world, speculation bas been rif, and all over Europe and .the United States there have been untimely efforts to build new railways. Itis not an extravagant estimate to suppose that from 10,000 to 15,000 miles of railway have been constructed.in Europe and the United States, which do not now pay more than the cost of operating them, the capital inyested in them being unproductive, and a8 emphatically lost for the present as if' buried in the ses. In these railways alone there has been temporarily sunk, and therefore with- drawn from ordinsry uses, £500,000,000.-Though not lost, like the capital destroyed in wars, and by the Chicago fire, it is lost for the prosent. It is that kind of capital, too, which, under ordinary circumstances, would flow wherever it was most needed, and could, be . used 2t any time to relieve any temporary stringency that might embarrass the production or trade of the world; These four causes have, therefore, withdrawn from the world's capital, in & period of less than ten years, nearly $10,000,000,000, of which the great bulk has been destroyed and irrecoverably lost. This immense smount was the accumulation of the surplus products of ‘many years of the world's labor. The wonder, perhaps, is not that there is a stringency, but that it has not been felt before, and even more severely than it has been. Itistrue that the calamity of war has been compensated in part by increased production upon the resumption of peace, but the fact Temains, nevertheless, that a great void las been left in the accumulated weslth of the world. This immense loss will serve to show how expensive is war, and how dearly men pay, both in the sus- pension of production and in the destraction of things already produced, for what is sometimes gd glory, ; If, as the case ac- | “try will have great influence, as no man hss done This great loss of mesns.ig not to beé replaced by new issues of irredeemmable papéf: It csn only be replaced by the products of labor. The ‘surplus that we produce over and above what we consume is the only real source from which re- lief can be obtained. It seems to be the opin- ion, both here and in New York, that the hardest point was passed about ten dsys 8go, and that there is now a visible improvement in business circles. The best advice that can be given to people and Government is to custail expenses, reduce taxes, stop building unprofitable rail- roads, and keep out of war. . . THE WAGNER VEREIN. We have received from New York the first circular iasued by the Wagner Verein of-that city. These unions are now in process of organ- ization all over Europe, and have the double purpose in view of promoting the great National Festival which Richdrd Wagner intends giving at Baireuth in 1874, at’ whickitime the Nibelungen Trilogy will be produced, and to give the friends of music an opportunity, in the interest of the univeral development of that art, to attend the Festival. The first -American Verein has been organized by Theodore Thomas® Orchestrs, at the instance of Mr. Thomas himself, the purpose of'the sssociation being to obtain patron certifi- cates (patronat scheine) for the Festival, and to defray . the oxpenses’ of the ocesn trip there and back, The price of a full cortificate $0 - thé Festival * amounts to 800 tholers, Prussian currency (about 210 gold). The Festival laats three weeks. Every week is to be complete in itselt, and dur- ing each of the second and third weeks thers will simply be & repetition of the programme of the first; therefore, it is only necessary to secure one-third certificates at thé price of 100 thalers (sbout $70 gold). N The fact of the organization of this Verein speaks well for American musicians, Tt was imposgible to organize such a Festival without nationsl contributions, as it will include the best talent in Europe, vocal and instromental, and employ the highest resources of dramatic art, It shows; therefore, that Wagner has exerted such an influence wpon the music of the world.that although the Festive] will be purely Ger- man and entirely inepired by Wagner, et it is regarded as an international opaurrence in the world of art, in which America intends tp berepresented. It will be thedevelopment of new era in art, and the culmination of Wagner's life-efforts. The main features of the Festival | will be the performance of his quadruple opersa, the Nibelungen Trilogy, which will be produced with a brilliancy in effects, & gorgeousness in ac- cessories, and an ensemble, both vocal and dra- matic, such as bag pever before been known in the history of musis, The best talentin Ger many, both in the dramatie, mesical, and plastic arts, is engaged in this work, headed by the prt- loving” King of Bavaria. It recalls in its scope ond the grandeur of its propsra- tions - the ancient national festivals of Greece, and cannot help but inaugurate 2 revolu-~ tion in music. For years, jt has been the fashiop to denomivate Richard Wagner the musician of the futyre, He has lived through 8l the scoffs and cavils, has endnrod privation and ppverty, and hss bravely struggled on _Bgainst’ persecution of every description, and now hig future is st hand, sof his trinmph will come in 1874, - The fact that Theodore Thomss haa been ths pioneer in forming Wagner Vereins in this coun~ g0 much for music here 8s he, or accomplished so much to elevate and dignify it, and create s taste for good music., As & matter for pleasant reference in the future, we append the names. of the officors of the first Verein: th this der “ For, Fesiden\ in 1872 snd lfi’lfii“myude 8 8rant:” \Ln . ;—Returns of the WebtVirinis bngrassi eléction, Oct. 4, ahow pat only ‘tvery m::ud vote was palled. In th; ‘Wheeling Jistrict, i' tha votes ara ‘or Cntoxulaen.'whs., Liber, Democrat. N 3 —Of 83 memborselectotin the ‘ning Sikes to the new Congregs, 41 are ncw, or have been, in Congress, while forty are new men. " —The Republican 1ominations for Congress in Vermont are: Fint District, Charles W. Wil- 1ard, of Montyelier ; Second, LukeP. Poland, of 8%, Johnsbury ; ‘Third, George W. Hendes, ot ' Morristown. Mr. Hendee was acting Governar in 1870, vice Washburn, deceased, and is nomis nated to succeed Worthington Smith. The Lib~ erals of the First District have nominated Hoe mer W. Heaton. of Montpelier. —General Beauregard is the candidste, on the Reform ticket of New''Orleans, for Administras tor of Public Improvednents. - —Mr. Buckalew wilrbe made & member of, the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, vice n ‘Damocratio delegate who has resigned; the mee jority and minority delegates having eachtie right to fill vacancies in ‘their own number, | —The new Legislature of Bouth Carolina wiil be'divided as follows: Benate—21 regular - publicang, 4 bolting Republicans, 8 oppositici. House—78 regulars, 21 bolters, 20 opposition, —The 0'Conor ticket put forth in Ohio by fo, Geijer Is repudiated by many of the twenty-tra gontlemen named upon it. One of these sags: “If the Democracy expect to defeat Graat they must vote for Greeley.” - —The firat 0'Conor ticket in Connecticut kay- ing fallen all to pieces, another has been gro- duced by & Convention of seven men in Few Haven. These took the precaution to nomista from their own number. 3 ~The Lesvenworth- Times (D. B, An ‘xi:par) says that _no:mou@mbm ‘i’."?{; ulg ‘been found guilty of making afidavit to s frandulent claim against the United States Gov- ernment to the amount ef $52,000, the case wis submitted fo the United States Attorney Gen~ eral for prosecution ; but,this man being's can~ didata for State Senator, and likaly to be elegt~ ed, Benator Pomeroy has induced ‘the authoris ties to withdraw the prosecution, —The respegtable Philadelphia North Ameris can, having aided to put the Ring-thieves i power at the lato election, thus early sounds the slarm that, in the sdministration of city affairs, these men are proposing to ride “rough-shod.” They have Iaid violent handa on the patronage of the Water Department, at Whith the North American says: fawy. At the slection in Kentucky, next week, the ballot is required for Congressmen, and the viva toce syatem js retnined for all other offfcers, The Btate law tequires that the Congressional ballot shall contsin only the name of the candi~ date, withont any other words or device what- ever. it ’ ~—The proposition to call & Constitutional Cane vention in Indigna revives memories of the Convention of 1850, of which Thomas A. Hend« ricks, Schuyler Colfax, William S. Holman, A. P, Hovey, William M. Dunn, Robert Dale Oswen, John Pettit, and David Kilgore were members. ftyillbe competent for the Legislature, which meets Nov, 13, {9 call 8 Convention ; end, tho excitement of the Presidential canvess baing past, the time is belioved to be favorable, “THE CITY IN BRIEF. Mysterious Disappearance. Herman Schwelty, who, before he disappesred, resided at Nos. 185 and 137 Butterfield street, left his home on the 24th, intending to visit the ftock Yards, for the purpose of purchasing a eow. Bince then his family have received no tdings of him, snd, Iy enough, are ex- tremely anxions for hissafety, It is believed #hat he had s large sum of monsy o his person, sufficient to excite the cupidity of sny evil-dis- Pposeq pergon, bpt the exsct amount gannot be stated.” Fenrs are enterfained that perhaps ha displayed the moncy toq freeley g some low Bridgeport saloon (the y shops of that locafity, 3@ & rule, are not of an elevated character), and met with violent trest~ ment at the hands of soms of the 7 atrons. The police authorities have been in Premident, Theodore Thomas; First Vice President,. Dr. Ernst Krakowizer; Second Vice President, Dr. Fr. Zinsser; Treasurer, Juljus -‘Hallgarten; Deputy Treasurer, J. Otto Toussaint ; Secretary, Otto Witte; Deputy Sec- retary, Udo Brachvogel. Jt will also be a matter for congratulation that the praum‘inp.\-y stepsare now being taken to form a Verein in this oity, under the auspices of Mr, Florence Ziegfeld, with tHe same general purposes in view, and we \the hands of the British. To become succeseful doubt not it will meet with & ready co-operation on the part of. all friends of art, In the undergraduate department at Harvard, the'experiment is being tried of allowing the three higher classes: to follow elective studies. Students are required to attend a certain num- ‘ber of hours each week, part of which must be given to certain required recitations, and the re- mainder msy be spent in optional studies. Un< der this system ehx; scholars give at least two- thirds of their time to the subjects of their own choice.. The. formal division of the students of other days into equal classes, pursuing the same scholastic routine, is replaced by voluntery ad- justment, which leads to remarkable results, Some eminent. Professors find themselves with & single pupil; others are confronted by one.or two hundred. Every sophomore may take one or two out of four possible courses in Greek, ‘while each junior and senior hag siz to chooso.from ; the sophomores have thejr pick out of three Latin courses, the two upper ¢lasses ont of four such courses; and the thrae classes have the range of noless than twenty courses in other languages, from French and English up to Gothic, Hebrew, Provencal, and Sanserit. In Mathematics there are 11 elective courses ; in Phiysics, Chemistry, and Natural History, 15 ; in Philosophy, 6 ; in History, 6. What hss so far beer dono has been tentative, but President Eliot believes that the effect will be to produce & greater number of high scholars in each speciglty than the old curriculump did, 3 i e e The Boston Journal has an article in whicha. revival of wooden ship-building is considered as probable. The United States having taxed iron go highas to render the building of Amerjcan iron steamers impossible, Grest Britain hab be~ come the ship-builder for the world, ' But the cost.of iron having edvanced in Europe, s great decline has taken place in ship-buildiig there, The'increase in the world's tonnage has not kept pace with the world's commerce, and. from this the Boston paper felicitates itself that wooden sailing vessels will again be in demand. Butthe Journal forgets to add that even if wooden sail- ing vessels are wanted, the taxes we have levied on-all the materials sre enough to throw that business, like tho building of iron vessels, into as ship-builders, we must extend to our mechan-~ ics the privilege of untaxed materials, e gt ‘The basis of journalistlc success end rivalry in the French scction of Canada is peculiar, to say the least. Monseigneur, the Archbishop of Quebec, has discontinued his subscription o Le Nouveau Monde, wherein La Minerve finds ‘abundant reason for rejoicing. On the other hand, His Lordship of Threé Rivers has soen. fit to send back his copies of La Jfl'flerte,_m action which affords Le Nouveau Mondesuficient cause for gelf-gratulation. Whather ornot the Bishopa and Archibishops of Canada pay more than on;e{ people for their newspaper subscriptions, is nof stated ; but otherwise tho controversy is incom- prehensible from an American journalistic point of view. z POLITIOAL. ° The revised rogistration of voters in St. Louis /i o pose. with & capacif ater than that of the other englgua 'cyumg?‘msd, i8 now abont res fig gervice, and will be £ time! morrow. It will experimenting to get the machinery in mool working order, hut it will not belorg befare i regard Chicag: to its water supply. The shore shaft of the new hkmnne! is cm:i:lple! ‘workmen are now digging away under the lake. 15%h fan al20 boen ~There flies in the National Cavital # banner | pazt of the lormed of the disappearance. Everything. D. L. Moody willlead & Bible meeting in the First Congregational Church this evening. Rey. G. O. Bames, of Eentucky, will preachin the North 8ide Tabernacle, corner of Wells and Ontario streets, to-night. Father Azarizh's troupe of 01d Folks will gine concert at Oakland Congregational.Church a3 ursdsy evening. - The members of the Centenary Church il hold_their ssmi-monthly sociable to-night, ‘which they will add a literary element, also & cir- culating library. The Caledonian Rifles will attend st their hall in uniform on Tuesday evening, at 8 o'clock, far . instructions previous to taking in the cere- ‘mony of Isying the foundation of the fire monus ment. % The Chicago Christian Union Germsn ¢lasges, conducted by Dr. James B. Bain snd Miss Alicy | Bain, will meet avening at 7:30 o'clogk, The | literary and debating club, will meet on Thursday . evening and discusa the ‘l'x;fl.wr question. The , Enpglish literature clnes will be organized .oz . Friday evening. p The second of the series of Union Bible , by D. L. Moody, will be given this even ing in the lecture-room of the ¥irst Congreg) an tional Chu corner West Washington Ann streets. Subject: “The Blood of Christ. All are invited, Admittauce free. . beAnqt.her gg those counterfeit 250 bills en passed Upon an unsuspectin Kooper nsmed Mrg. Nowsk. No. 308 North We street. She has had it in her possession %o lon; that shs is unable to give any description of th| “n]:nover-ta - The Lake Bhore & Michigan Southern Rail z0ad Company have lauedmmar store uns der the Sherfnan House at $10,000 per annum) A party hgs'taken the bagsement corrsspondi 2% 85,000, © A good send-off for rents on_ Clar! street. _Tho Pittaburgh, Fort Wayne & Chi Railroad’ returns to its old familiar northwes| cormer of Clark and Randolph 8t $11,000 pe annum, k Edward Eggleston, the aunthor of the * Hoosier Schoolmaster” and “ The End of thg ‘World,” delivered his Star Course lecture lat - ight before & Inrgeand brilliant sudience, in the Michigan Avenue Church, His lecture was humorous and his delineation of character yas excellent, as the frequent applause testified. He will lecture tn—nifi};t at the Umon Puk Church on **What I Know About Children,” & lecture never before delivered. ! The train to the Fire Aonument dedicatiop will leave the Kinzie street depot at 11_o'clo on Wednesdsy, and will take persons degiro! of pnrhcépntingm the ceremony withont coit. Persons desiring to drive out csn follow Wit ‘Washington street to tho park. The street it graded 28 far out as that point, snd in tnxl{ ood condition, A c:gx B¢ Tze TRIBUNE, datel ct, 11, 1871, is wanted by the Park Copmis sioners, and should be given to Charles Lodding, Esq,, Secretary of the Board, for intermapt in the monument. A German Jew, named Bolomon Salminsld, alias Harris, was arrested in this city, yesterdey afternoon, on complsint of Miss Arrora Schlo- rett, who alleges that he robbed her of 8300 and » gumiity of jowelry in July lsst. Tho parties belong in 8t TLouis. en; to be leged theft was arreat, the girl desired £ prisoner jn his cell at the Central Station buf was not permitted to do eo until ghe delivred s donble-barrelled Derringer pistol, wich carmed abont with her for no good The grest new en; at’ the Water We 3 for the firs require geveral days of 0can rest perfectly satisfled / and s large force of gives a fotal of 38,241 for the city, 2nd 6,305 tor | {45120 feat 1 langth ma lkd boen excavated the country precincts,—s total of 44,746 sud engineering, and to -ultimately sarve as ering, . inland tungol extonsion. _. 2