Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 18, 1872, Page 4

4 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 72. TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE.' TERMS OF SUDECRIPTION (PATABLE IN ADVANCE). .$12.00 | Sund: 82.50 -S12:08| Wed .00 Parts of & year at the same rate. To vrevan{s‘i:rhymd ‘mistakes, be sure and give Post Office address in fall, including State snd County. Remittances may bo made cither bydraft, express, Post 0o order, or in registercd letters, at our ris] ZERMS 70 CITY SUDSCRIERS. - ted, 25 cents per wook. Batke delivered: Sinday Tachaded: 50 conis bor week. Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearborn-sta., Chicago, TIL TnrBrNE Branch Office, No. 469 Wabashoav., in the e ot ‘Motars, Cobb, Andrews & Co., where +-Jeartisements and sobscriptions will be received, and Vill have the same sttention as if left at the Main Offce. e — CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S TRIBUNE. 'FIRST PAGE—Washington, New York, and Forelgn News by Telograph. SECOND PAGE — Saturday Night's Telegrams—A. Politiotan's Baby—Serious Oddities. - THIRD PAGE—Wisconsin Letter: Reviow of the Late Political Canvass—The Law Courts—General News Items—Business Directory—Railroad Time Table. TOURTH PAGE—Editorials: Home Again; Wells- Butler; Grant and Cameron; The Goverament and the Telegraph—Current Nows Itema—Political. ¥ IFTH PAGE—Quantity and Quality: A Sermon by Rev. Edward Evorett Hale—The Horse Diseaso— Michigan Central Railrond—Advertisements. SIXTH PAGE—Money and Commercial—Marine Intelli- ace. .'l‘\'E‘I!\‘TH PAGF—Vells-Butler: Reply of David A. Wells to General B. F. Butler on ““Incidental Pro- tection”—Rclicf for Boston—Hyde Park Matters— Small Advertisements; Real Estate, For Sale, ‘Waated, To Rent, Boarding, Lodgiog, etc. GHTH PAGE—Gath's Letter from Boston, Gising In- teresting Incidents of the Great Fire—Auction Ad. tisements, TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. WVICKER'S THEATRE—Madison street, between foate and Dearborn. Miss Maggie Mitcheil, supported i3 3fr. L. R. Showell. ** Pearl of Savos." ATREN'S THEATRE—Wabash avenue, corner of Con- s mrect. G. L. Fox Pantomime Cowbinatlon. Hempty Dompty.” ZOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE-Randolph streot, be- Clerk and LaSalle. Third week of Abbott-Ki- iy Pantomimo Combination, ** Schneider; or dot Old ¥5ase von der Rhine.” ACADEMY OF MUSIC—Halsted streat, south of Madi- ' Engegement of Charlotte Thempson. **Ono i MYERS' OPERA HOUSE-Monme street, between +-ate end Dearborn. Arlington, Cotton & Kembly's 4 iinstreland Burlesque Troupe. GL.OBF. THEATRE—Desplzines street, between Madi- 57 20@ Washington. Vauderille Entertainment. STAR LECTGKE COURSE—Michigan Avenve Bap- tist Charch. Lecture by John Hay. *‘Phasesof Wash- iogton Life,” @he @ hieago Tribune. Moendsy horning, November 18, 1872, On the testimony of an * expert,” the wife and dangbterof the late Rev. Dr. Smith, of Raleigh, were mmprisoned the other day, on & charge .of having murdered him by poison. They were digchazged on Baturday, on the ground that there was no evidence to justify the charge or their detention. Since Auatrian law would afford Americans no protection ageinst appropristion of their patents, 2hey hesitate to expose their productsat the com- Jug Vizpna Exposition, The State Department has proposed and will submit to the Austrian Gov- ernment the protocol of a treety which shall Fuerd the rights of American inventors. It is ioped this may be made the occasion for similar ronventions with other nations. Emigration from Germany to this country has ‘een graatly aided by the course of German rail~ roeds in carrying emigrants at reduced rates and without charge for baggage. An official order Lies been issued by the Pruseian Minister of Cemuicree forbidding the continuance of this Liberal policy. This action comes close upon the 2ecent announcement by our State Department, that the Prussian Government denied that it Fed discouraged emigration to the United States. Yedo end Yokohama are mow joined bya vailrosd, the first ever built in Jspan, A w telegraph line is being rapidly constructed, ad further evidence that no reaction has occur- 2d in the liberal policy of that country is found ia tho edict of the Department of Religion, cFering equal toleration to all religions bodies, 11t the departure of four native priests to study European religions, and in the adoption at Yedo of tho American system of Police Magistrates. The total vote in the State of Illinois at the =aceat election for President was 425,829, against vote in 1863 of 449,436, showing a falling off of 3,607. Of this vote, General Grant received 240,~ i3, against 250,293in 1868; Mr. Greeley re- 7ed 185,014, against 199,143 for Seymour in ~-33. Grantreceived 9,478 less than he did in and Greeley received 14,129 less than Sey- ‘ur. Grant's majority in 1868, 51,150; in 1872, 315. The vote for Governor was 430,506, or 477 more thau for President. Oglesby received . 11,591, and Koerner 192,915. Ogleeby’s major- 44,676, It is believed ihat the pest experiment in ‘ivil Service Reform will take place in New “ark, beginning with the office of Surveyor of «.astoms, about to be vacated by the resignation - 23ir. Cornell, aad extending to the bonded . arehonse syetem administered by Leet & ing. It is reported that Mr. Thomas Mur- is considerably astonished, and that the e of newly-arrived politicians and party- :vikers in Washington are ready for openrevolt. ermind! They are of no more use o the 1tr¥, or in the Administration, for that mat- ~ than the town poor are to the town. An -hcuse rebellion would be an agrecable and riiug enterlainment just ncvw. It is rumored in Washington that the seat on Lhe Supreme Bench of the United States, to be ., vacated by the retirement of Judge Nelson, will "' e offered to Judge Settle, of North Carolina. Judge Settle is not unknown as s politician of some service to the Republican party; =5 8 gentleman who drew s salary as For- +‘zn Minister for some time without quiting 1.3 native State; =as the presiding of- 7iser of the Philadelphia Convention, and as an wcrowned martys, who had the good fortune to L2 feebly assanlted while making a stump speech caring the Iate campaign. That all those are _political accomplishments, and perhaps political viaims, 8s politics goes, cannot be denied. Yet it is not probable that they will be acknowledged 17 an appointment to the Supreme Bench. —_—_— Political matters in Louisiana are in their vsual muddle. The Btate voted for Greeley, aud elected the Democratic candidate for Gov- ernor. The Constitution makes the Governor, “Lisutcnant Governor, Secretary of Btate, and two others, the Board to canvass the returng and proclaim tho result. A msjority of this Board Geclared its purpose to reject the vote of New Orlesns, the object being to elect Kellogg, the Republican candidate for Governor. But this Fupose was defeated by the removal of the Becretary of State, the retirement of Lieutenant Governor Pinchback, and the filling of & va- cancy in the Board by Governor Warmoth ‘Whereupon Mr. Kellogg has sued out an injunc- tion restraining and prohibiting the Board from counting the vote or declaring the result, and prohibiting the Governor-elect from assuming the duties of the office. Until the Court gives its decision nobody can be declared to be elected in Louisiana. Tt has become very evident that Boston has not the need for relief which was supposed &t firat. It was 2 natural impulse of gratitude and liberality that prompted the donation of 80 large & sum from the Chicago Relief fund and by private subscription, and no one will regret it. On the other hand, it is gratifying to learn not only that the suffering entailed by the Bos- ton fire is not so great 2s to demand any move- ment of general relief, but that the people and press there protest against the somewhat pre- cipitate action of the Committee in an- nonncing the scceptance of all aid that might be proffered. The highest estimate that has been placed upon the number of families burned out is 300, or about 1,500 peopleinall. Boston feels generally thet it is abundantly able to provide for these people. Boston is heartily welcome to the $100,000 of the Chicago Relief money set apart for her sufferers, and we have no doubt that those who have made private subscriptions outside of this will not regret them for one moment. But the work of soliciting might stop. The renewed declaration of the Boston press thatno more 2id is needed should be sufficient agsurence that Chicago has done all that could be expected in any quarter. The meet'ng of Liberal and Democratic Com- mittees st Columbus, Ohio, during last week, to consider plans for the future, was untimely. It needed no joint and several address toin- form the people how the election had gone, nor the reasons therefor. Though it is per- fectly true that General Grant received more votes in 1868 in the Strtes that voted that year than he did in the tame States in 1872, it is alsotrue thatthe vote on the other side was still smeller. The meeting was, 8o far as it undertook to consider of organized action in the future, wholly premature. The issues and questions of the future will be developed by time, and the future actin of par- ties must be left to be deiermined by events, The country can afford to rest fo1 g while until public affairs take a ixed shape. Tt is vith the Administration to determine the future of parties. Tho men who engaged in the Cincinnati movement did 60 not for the mere purpose of putting one set of men out of office and another set in; they songht the accomplish- ment of certain reforms, and it mskes no differ- ence by whom those reforms are carried out. ‘The Administration, ifso disposed, mzy carry out the'whole Cincinnati platform, and if they do it will be a8 perfect a realization of reform idens 23if the same thing was done by any other Ad- ministration. The Chicago produce markets were rather slow on Saturday, with few important changes inprices. Mees pork was dull and easier, at $14.50@15.00 for old; £13.00@18.50 for new; and $12.20@12.30 for do seller December. Lard was in fair demand and easier, at 74c cash or seller December, and 75c seller March. Meats were dull and steady, at 434cfor shoulders, 6@ 656e for short ribs, and 7 @7ic for short clear, all part salted ; sweet pickled hams, 93¢@1034e. Highwines were in fair demand and steadior, at | 89c per gallon. Lake freights ere moderately active, and 3{@1c higher, at 10{@11c for wheat by sail to Buffalo. - Floor was quiet and steady. Wheab was less aclive, but 3@lc Thigher, closing strong at $1.04 Zeash, and SLO$@L.04} seller December, Corn wss dull and 5 shade easier, closing firmer at 313{c seller the month, and 31@313c seller December. Oata were quiet, but 3@9{c higher, at 213{c seller the month, and 23%@22Xc seiler December. Rye was quiet'at lc advance, at 53c. Barley was dull and easier, closing at 613§ @62c for No. 2; 6le seller the month, and 50c for No. 3.* The hog trade was moderately active, with prices steady at $3.95@4.20. Cattle met with a liberal inquiry from local and outside buyers, at about yesterday’s prices, sales making at £3.00@6.30 for common to choice. Sheep were but little inquired for, and were weak at £3.00@5.00. The epizootic, after having disabled the horses of New York for a fortnight, is now followed by a supplementary disease, of the character of dropsy, which is sssumed to bo the result of putting the horses at work before they have suf- ficiently recovered. This second attackis so gen- eral that it has compelled the horse cars and omnibuses to haul off & large part of their force, and to compel the withdrawal of other horses engaged in transportation inthecity. Ox teams, which had been discontinued, have been put at work again, and the suspension of business has ‘been partially renewed. The deaths from the relapse of the disease are more frequent than from the original attack, and, therefore, those who have had sick horses should be careful that theyare not put at work too soon. What has happened in New York in respect to this disease may happen from the same causes here, and, though we have had yet no cases of the supplementary disease in Chicago, it is but natural to expect that there will be some. In the meantime, the epizootic has taken up & wide line of travel. It hss gone northward, through Wisconsin, and will, no doubt, reach Minnesots. It has entered Tows, and will, possi- "bly, pass into Nebraska. It has gone south through this State, and will in time attack St. Louis. It prevails Iergely in Ohio, 21l the towns and cities from Toledo to Cincinnati being af- It sesms to progress with regularity, hardly any place escaping it. It is reasonable to zssume that from Ohio it will cross into Kentucky, and thence down, in due procession, to the cities on the Gult, ’ The telegraph states that the Italian Govern- ment informed the Pope that the annual sllow- ance made to him had been voted‘by the Parliament, and that the Pope has answered by declining to receive the same, There is nothing new in this, When the Papel States were an- nexed to Italy, the Government of Ttaly assumed. the debt of the Papal States, took possession, of course, of the revenues from taxes, and’ gusran- teed to pay annually to the Pope a sum equal to the amount appropriated by the Papal Govern- ‘ment for the support of the Pope's household, and for the maintenance of the ecclesiastical Government. The refusal to accept this appro- priation now is but & repetition of = like refusal on former occasions. Prior to the annexation of Bome, the debt of the Papal States was very flicted by its disabling effects upon the horsus. - 18rge; Bo large that it was beyond all hope of ever being paid. The annual revenues of the Government were not sufficient to pay its ordinary expenses, much less to pay the interest on the debt in addition. The annual apppro- priations for the Papal household were regu- larly made, but the Treasury was never able to pay them. Financially, the condition of the Papel Government was very low, getting worse every year, and it was indebted to the contributions received from ull parts of the world for the means of keep- ing up even a show .of respectable power. The' assumption of the whole debt by the Kingdom of Italy wasa great xe- lief to the Papal Government, which, however, hes uniformly protested against being thus re- lieved. It hasinlikemanner refused to sccept from the King of Italy the revenume itso sadly needs, and prefers to depend upon the volun- tary contributions gent to it from the faithful in all quarters of the globe.. It does this rather than submit to & political change which it hopes tohave reversed at some time, and when the Pope will again berecognized as the sovereign Prince of Rome. HOME AGAIN, One year, one month and one week ago, TrE CrIcaGo TRInUNE, under stress of circum- stances too pressing to be ignored, took up its lino of march, with galling fire in the rear, for 2 humble and exceedingly dingy tenement on Canal street. In front was the odorous river, running like & very dirty ribbon between the new office and the smoking heap of ruins; in the rear, all sorts of small manufactories with the tallost of smoke stacks and shrillest of steam whistles, tumbled together promiscuously, and each overlapping the other, presenting tempting inducements for & bonfire; on the one sido, & tonement swarming with apple pedlers, peripatetic hucksters, Italian restaurateurs, Af- rican vagrants, and canaille of all sorts; on the other, buildings of & squatty order, suddenly filled {from top to bottom with South Side merchants, who, following Mr. Greeley's advice, had taken a few dollars and gone West very precipitately. Although the Canal street tenement was a very small one in comparison with the Madieon street fire-proof quaerters, it was amply large, for TaE TRIBUNE went over in light marching order, without bag- gage or impedimenta of any description, excepta eafe, a linen coat, and & box of matches. The first couldn’t burn, the other two wouldn't, and in this small stock in trade THE TRIBUNE re- sumed business. The prospect in that tene_ ment, on that morning, was not calenlated to in- duce cheerfulness npon the part of its occupants, orany great degree of lilarity. The ground floor had been used for general storage, and was filled with lumber of all sorts, old barrels, frag- ments of machinery, and boxes, scattered sbout in dire and dirty confusion, The second floor was filled with egg boxes, No one can ever tell what was on the third. It was the accumulated refuse of years, which had been allowed to moulder undistnrbed by any- thing save spinning spiders and squesaking rats. Into this queer stable plunged editors, report- crs, and printers, and & few hours of sturdy labor turned the inside of the buildinginto the street. No one connected with TrE TRIEUNE was very proud thatday, andso the editors were not ashamed to prepare copy on the top of barrels at one end of the room, while the clerks took in advertisements over barrels at the other. During the day, by the exercise of faith and the investment of what little cash was found in the pockets of tho proprietors, material enough to commence housekeeping in & emall way was got together, and that night, by ths light of tallow candles, the printers, huddled togsther, elbow to elbow, set up the narrative of the fira, The result of the day's work appeared the nextmorning. It was not a triumph of typographica\ gkill or artistic make-up. The eecond-hand clothes in which it was dressed fitted very badly; indsed, it resembled nothing so much as & emall child outonalarkin its mother’s gown, or o green country lad whose legs bave run far beyond the Emit of his trousers. It was not such a sheet as it was intended to print a day or two before, onthe gredt cight-cslinder, just then warped, battered, and twisted all out of gear, in its struggle with the fire. Novertheless, it was a newspaper, and its appearance testified to the fact that one of the wheels in the burnt Chicago had begun to revolve again. Day by day and weels by weok the tangle was unsnarled; and, before the anow began to fly, order and system hed been resolved out of chaos. Each one gredually fitted into his place, and the only dis- position to encroach was on the part of the counting-room, which, in its efforts to keep up with the constantly-increasing busi- ness,* spread itself sbout the building indiscriminately. This was & neceesity, how- ever, which was endured in & very kindly man- ner by all concerned, for it was stiffening up the sinows and sending the currents of life once more through the whole body of Tre TRIRUNE as they used torun. It was not long before TaE TeIBUNE began to resemble its old self, and even grew stouter andlarger during its convalescence. the one which had been burned Yegan to rige on the oldsite. Stone by stone the walls grew, high-~ er and stronger than before. The eight-cylinders went off to New- York for a surgical operation, and came back agein perfectly healed and asgood asnew. The engine and boilers went throngh the fiery furnace and came out unseathed. One year from the date of removal, the employes of TaE ToIpuxE, with the exception of the counting- room, bade s joyful good-bye to Canal street, and retook possession of their old quarters, and on the night. of the Sth of: October, 1872, the same old press which had so suddenly stopped working on the night of the 8th of October, 1871, once more resumed operations, and its familiar clatter had &’ cheery sound, all the more plersant after the long silence, and noisier than ever, as thers was no other sound to deaden if, in the empty streets around. The counting-room remained on Canil street, as the new quarters were not in readiness for it. This morning, however, it will take possession of the old corner in more elegant shape than before. The «..d safe which went through the fire un- barmed will go back to its former place in the old vault, there to remain undisturbed, as it is fondly hoped, for several generations to come. Having sall its forces wunder. one roof again, Tae TamUNE proposes to stay and will be “at home” to all comers, 85 ugusl, Honsed once more in its own building, comfortably situated-in all respects, heving a clear consciencs, and being under no obligations of any sort, except to furnish its readers with a firat-class newspaper, tied down to 1o man or set of man, and independent of all politicians, it sets all sails to the favoring breezes of the coming years. It proposes to and was | Meanwhile, anew andmore elegant structure than paper which shall not only present a complete reflex of the news of each day, accompanied by candid and fearless comment, but also the best medium of communication between every de- partment of business and its patrons. Itis only necessary to add that, “thankfal for the patronage of the'past, we sre now prepared to resume business at the old stand.” — ‘WELLS—BUTLER. We print the letter of Mr. David A. Wells, herstofore referred to in our columns, in Teply to some rather loose statements made by General Butler on the subject;of Protection. Mr. Butler disclaims any approval of Protection as such, but favors ““incidental aid " to such manufactur- ers 28 mey not be able tocarry on their business successfully othorwise. The furnishing of in- cidental 2id" by the levy of a tariff is so much like Proteotion that an ordinary reader may fail to understand the difference. Mr. Butler saw this difficulty, and therefore selected two articles to illustrate the beneficent results of “incidental aid" as distinguished from pro- tective duties. These articles are choe-lastings and bunting. The article of shoe-Iasting is one of the chief materials entering into the manufacture of wom- en’sghoes. The manufacture of these shoes is the greatest eingle manufacturing interest in the United States. Lasting is manufactured in Great Britain, France, Belgium, and in other countries. It is made of wool, and is produced in slmost any place where woollen goods aro manufactured. It wasnot mede in the United States until within & few years, when the tarift was amended by the imposition of a tax of 80 per cent on'lastings ; this tax being 1aid to en- able one establishment, which had recently been started, to do business at o profit. Opposed to this tax was the capital and labor engaged in the manufacture of shoes. It wasa tax upon the raw material of shoes. It increased the cost of producingshoes, reduced their sale, and added nothing either to the wages of the mechanic or profit of the manufacturer. Opposed to it also were the ten or fifteen millions of women and girls in the United States who had to pay for these shoes. It was an arbitrary addition to their price without any addition to their quality. The whole world was offering us lasting or serge at prices profitabla to the producers, and which enabled us to .produce shoes at prices which gave. us command of the ‘shoe markets of the world, With this lssting our shoemakera not only made all the shoes for this country, bat ex- ported their products to foreign countries. The incraase of the tax to 80 percent had the effect of g0 increasing the cost of producing American- made shoes that we have lost all the export trade, and the home trade has fallen off largely, because of the decrease in consumption incident to the increase of price. One would naturally incline to the opinion that if the object was ta afford “incidental aid” to homo manufactures, and at the same time furnish the people with cheap shoes, the repeal of all tax on lastings would be the true measure, The mann- facturo of shoes was as old as the Government; our ghoemskers hed a world-wide fame, and a trede which extended to all countries. They asked mo protection; they were able to sell their goods in any market alongside those af other countries; but this act of Congress, de- signed to aid a single company, added so largely to the cost of producing ehaes, that the produc- tion per capita, in 1871, is not equal to that of 1860. QGeneral Batler justifies this proceeding by assorting that the price of lastings has been re- duced in consequence of this tax; and to this assertion of fact Mr. Wells directs attention. He shows that the price of American Instings is regulated by the producers, and in the main follows the price of the imported article, and to the cost of the latter is added the tax of 80 per cent in gold. The duty on lastings in 1860 was 19 per cent, and the prico of the im- ported articlo was G734 cents, gold, peryard. Since 1860, the price in Europe has fallen 10 Per cent, but the present price of the same arti- clein the United States is 1 per yard. This taxisJevied to enable a single company to sell their goods at a profit ; and for this purpose the shoemakers and the whole ‘people are taxed. ‘The other article selected by General Butler is bunting, upon which;, throngh his efforts, the tax has been increased to 120 per cent. This tax on bunting, General Butler asserts, has had the effect of reducing the cost of the article in this country ; but Mr. Wells, with the inexorabla cruelty of facts, disproves this assertion, Bunt- ing costs more now in Europe than it did at any time during the war; but even now it can be sold, free of duty in the United Btates, for 15 cents & yard, currency; while General Butler's mill, under the tax of 120 per cent, isable to command 81 conts per yard for the same article. Without the tax which yields no revenue, bunting could be sold for one-half the present price. General Butler disspproves of Protection, and favors a tariff forrevenue; but hecouples with thishisidea of affording “incidental aid” to certaic manu- factures. Every vessel that floats mpon the ocean and upon the lakes, and bears the Ameri- can flag, caries at its mast-head the striking illustration of our tariff, that even the National flag, before 1t can be unfurled, must pay a special tax of 120 per cent to Ben. Butler's mill, GRANT AND CAMERON. The most creditable act of President Grant's administration, for which his late political op- 'ponents will not hesitate to give him due credit, is his rebuff to the Cameron-Hartrantt Ring, in the matter of the Philadelphia Post Office, This is the second rebuff Mr. Cameron has received, the firat being when he demanded that the heads of Forney, Curtin, and others who opposed Hartranft in Pennsylvanis, should begiven him in a charger. The President is right in assum- ing, as he does, that he was in no way indebted to the Cameron-Hartranft crowd for his success 8t the polls in Pennsylvania. On the contrary, the load of their iniguities, which he voluntarily assumed W0 years 8go, was the heaviest burden he had to carry. Had Hartranft run in any other than & Presi- dential yesr, he would have been beaten by forty thousand majority. It is still doubtful whether the frauds which are being unearthed by the Municipal Reform Assqciation in Philadelphia will not prove that Hartranft was really defeated by the honest vote of the State. The Philadel- phia Press insista that the evidence will show that, instead of the 165,000 majority reported for Hartranft in Philadelphis, that city was ac: tually carried by Buckalew. From -ome end of the State to the other, Simon Cam- eron, Chairmsn of the Benate Committes on Foreign Relations, ‘was xeferred to as Grant's evil genius, the adviser under whose counsels reform of any kind would always be furnish in the future, a4 it has in the past, & impossible. It is with profound and unexpected gratification, therefore, that the country ob- serves a substantisl rebuf? given to that man and his kind. The President’s resolution io promote the Deputy Postmaster in Philadelphia to the Postmastership, and the Deputy Surveyor of the Port of New York to the Burveyorship, in accordance with the rulesof the Civil Service, instead of allowing the Cameron cligue {0 ap- point the former and the Murphy cligne the lat- ter, throws a bomb-shell into the ranks of the political traders, and carries consterna- tion and dismay to thousands of those who thought they hed * got a big thing.” “Is this,” they demand, “the prize for which wWe have been fighting? If so, we might as well have voted for.Greeley. Had he been chosep, we would have had nothing to say, and now we have nothing to say!” Had President Grant acted upon this rule heretofore, and especially for two years past, & very different set of men would have been his influential supporters, and the Cincinnati Con- vention would never have been held. He will find himself as cordially sustained in his pres- ent action, if it becomes a rule of his future con- duct, by all the leaders of the Civil Service Re- form movement, as he has been opposed by them while pursuing an opposite policy. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE TELEGRAPH. Washington advices' agree that there will be another effort, this winter, more vigorous than ‘any previous one, to invest the Government with the telegraph business of this country; that the Postmaster General will reiterate his recommendations of the project in his forth- coming report; and there is an impression that the President will favor it in his message. The public objections to this scheme are so numer- ous and grave that they cannot be repeated toa often. 1. The purchase of the telegraph lines by the Government would establish a precedent for fur- ther centralization of power that wonl@ be without limit. The eame epecious arguments that sug- gest it would be brought forward in due time to warrant Government control of the railroads, the express business, the steamboats, the stages, and all other common carriers. This hes been the case in Pruseia and some other European countries whore the first step has been taken. It would be impossible to foretell whers the Government assumption of private business would end, short of national bankruptcy. 2. The Government cannot accomplish the re- sults which are promisedin thismatter. Itissim~ Pply impossible, with our complicated, heterogene- ous, and corrupt Civil Service system, to transact, promptly and accurately, the telegraph business over the enormous grea of our territory. The difficulties that the Government atill encounters in the workiog of the slawer machinery of the mails, is a sufficient warning that it would be utterly incompetent to manage the more delicate and exacting business of telegraphing. 8. The Government would not hold itself re- sponsible for any damage to private interests re- sulting from the tardy or inaccurate adminis- tration of. the telograph. It rests with the Government to fix its own ac- countability in all cases, and the .circumstance that it now refuses to be responsible for the loss or wrong delivery of letters, or even of postal money orders, is a clear indication that it would not assume any liability for damagesin the more serious mistakes that could result from telegraph errors. Government monopoly of the telegraph would then present to the public this condition of affairs: A very large increase of tho delags, errors, and damages, and an atbitrary with- drawal of every means of indemnification for loss. The commercial public will scarcely eon- template with rapturo ony such state of things 28 that. 4. Tho Government espionage that wonld thus be exercised over all private business, and all political meeeages that should be entrusted to the telegraph, would become & serious men-~ ace to personal freedom, and enable any Gov ernment official to become 2 successfnl specula- tor or blackmailer on the Lnowledge of other men's business. So long as the telegraph re- mains in the hands of private persons or cor- porations, responsible’in law for the actsof their servants, no general or serious harm can follow the possession of this knowledge, Any use made of it by the operators or agents of pri- vate corporations, whether for the purpose of re- vealing it to the publicor for private benefit, would be fatal to their own reputation and busi- ness, Their employes understand thét good faith in this matter is a condition of their raten- tion, while Government employes wonld equally understand that their places depended mainly upon political influence, of which this espionage wonld become & part. 6. The incresse in the official patronage of the Government would, of course, be one of the groatest evils of the proposed system. Not less than 80,000 of new offices would be created. Probably this is the reason why Mr. Chorpen- ning Creswell is 80 anxious to put it through. 6. By controlling the telegraph, the Govern- ment would virtually control the press of the country. Itcould mould news to suitits own purposes ; it could punish obnoxions journals in & thousand ways where there would berno re- dress. Inshort, it could possés itself of the only medium of public opinion. While these arguments against the Govern- ment purchase of the telegraph lines will sug- gest themselves as potent against the scheme,’ the advantages that ere claimed for it will likewise be found to be impracticable and vis- ionary. Itisnot true that the cost of tele- graphing wonld be reduced ; it would simply be transferred to the {ax-payers. To carry mes- sages at the proposed ratesit would be, meces- saryto putup atonce three times the number of telegraph wires that are now in use. They would cost money, and cost the Government more money than individuals or private corpo- rations. The expense of mansging the in- creaged number of lines would be proportion- ately incressed, and this increased ex- pense would fall largely upon people who never use the telegraph. Itis needless to en- large upoa the injustice of such a proceeding. The Government can, in no way, be more enter~ prising than private capital. New telegraph companies are organizing, and new lines build- ing sll the time. Competition will bring the charges for telegraphing down to the lowest fig- ure at which the service can be afforded. ~ That is low enough; and when that point is reached, there will be no robbing of Peter to pay Paul,— no taxing of one portion of the community to furnish cheap telegraphing to another. The budget recently-subi led by Herr Camphauser, the Finance Minister of the Prus- sian Empire, shows an increase of the revenues and a restriction in the ontlay of the year 1871, ‘which left & surplus of 9,000,000 thalers in the Treasury, while all sums placed to the credit of the Government in 1872 remains untouched, with the exception of 1,000,000, thalers appropri- ated for improvemeny in the marine serrice. Yet more than 12,000,000 thalers %12d, meanwhile been paid out for the construct’jon of railways. The revenue of the Treasury for 1878 is estimated at 4,500,000 ti.alers, or 1,200,000 higher than the previous ‘budget. The gross in- crease of revenue in all departments isestimated at 14,118,786 thalers, 7,nd the increased expendi- ture at 8,413,553 Vinlers, being an available surplus of 6,405,733 thalers. Much of thisis traced to an incrviase in the product of the in- direct taxes, ar.d particularly in stsmps. In direct taxes the.re has been an augmentation of 981,000 thalers, including 455,000 thalers income tax, or asury corresponding to the increase of. 15,000,000 ‘income, The railway tax has been Teised 49¢) 500 thalers, while the tax on trades 04 ocev,pations has been increased only 96,00) thalers, Many improvements of administratio n 8T8 Promised for the increase, which seemsto!oe aTerult of the increase of dominion rather th an Avaugmentation of taxes on individuals. —_— It will be remembered that some time in May tho revised Constitution of Switzerland was g ub- mitted to the peopls of that country aud ra- Jjected by them. Since that. time, however, po pu- 1ar opinion must have undergone & remarka ble change, as, in the recent election for the Natios 12l Council, the revisionists have won a brillia ot victory. The resalt will be, of course, that tihe Council will once more propose 2. revised Cor - stitution to the people, 8o that a speedy revisic n of the Bwiss Constitution may be expecteil. The principal purpose of the revision isto still farther nationalize the army, and .0 consolidat the Cantons more closely togetherr under a homo-- geneous system of national law,, ILLINOIS;, Official Returns £ro0 m All Counties, REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS. FIRST DISTRICT. Candidates: Liberal, Lucius B. Otis, of Ohi- cago; Republican, Jobn B. Rice, of Chicago. 1873- Grant,” Gree'y. Grant) 16 265 1,057 £59 SECOND. Candidates : Liberal, Carter H. Harrison, of Chicago; Republican, Jasper D. Ward,of Chicago, o et ] Gree'y. Grant, Har'son, Ward JE ] A W 12,51 87, 'THIRD. Candidates: Liberal, John V. T.eMoyne, of Chicago ; Republican, Charles i Lake Forest. ¢ 2 ol ot L — —~—E0—— pczNGBtlB—. Seymr, Grant, amjg. Grane. Moyne. - Bt 1,250 &5 l.gé"i sell. Total. 4,112 Majorl’s e 4,88 429 The Chicago wards having been changed since 1868, the vote of that year can be used for com- parigon only in the following form : S ot 1672 —, Greey. Grant, 19,087 g1,310 897 | 2l g w5 WS BB Aon PO T ] 4 FOURTH. Candidates : Liberal, Seymonr G. Bronson, of Rockford ; Republican,- Stephen A. Hurlbut, of Belvidere. 183 1872, PRESIDENT. || covERNOR. 5,365 1,080 1. 1,008/ 25030 28 % 1,360 8,844 18671 39 66| 4L 2,29 eid 1958/ e8] 1,90 1ol 114 Liar|| 1,88 Tisr 250 Lo 37s|| 2loss| 853 sow|l 23| 23|l Rl Ton 158 L7 L7 1597 176 Ll L35 L8| namsl 15w Lagll 1L749| Lol Lew| 12 gl 24l wew)| 2itsl e 19,108} 27,5271 | 15037 31,310]| 21, 400] 28,693 . Lyl kol Lossl “11s6|| 16| 1173 L3l Lowl L1 Llsl| 15| 110 w0l sl Cerr| 2ol 7| 2ses 1,340 1,505 L7l 1,57 1,728 11! 13l Lssoll 32290 1,55 11aul &1l 1 &4l 1ol 220 2,180 24l 2317 5o 21 A Cwll el e 1,69/ 1,618 174 1,69 22| L nes| nEs 358| 490 53l 19 1,278 1.0 1,13 ‘e 41ig| 304 Ses 3,5 105 29| L0 es 2563 177 2%58] 1,39 ‘466 77 Ty 1,581 1,284 1189 1,23 s 8,65 3328) 3581 3,009 450 133 a7l s 1,8 34 S0if 1,204 756 1,650 1,619 3678 323 1761} 1818 30% sl 1,510 L@l 1887 . 1 sill 1etf ‘on 1,4/ 1783 139 1,938 3 1 Lyl T 1) PR LT 16L2] Lol Ll el 15t 1,83 5% 1,73 4510 857 o) 201l “'ois| 232 2,45 L £a 8 L% 1,0 21l ol el 2t 5,439 3,68 5,666) 4,250 b 21zl Lassl Siloll 2ol 3153 254 za ah| R b ) sl 38l 33| Fos 1ol e Uizl Tew|| e Tsu nas| Lenll LY 13| e Lam 1 208 Losal 285l L1e4| Smes g8 585l 33| 58660 3453 5ae nossl Lossll T1s8) sl Vs Tew T8 s Lol 1l Ll 1m0 273 I 33 71| 2584 2708 1148 i) sl T2 300 Lso7| 3,66 %247 3,090 130| Sl 2 il B0 me| foig) a7 gl L LS| 17 o5l L4m| Loml 143 2,28 26| o0l oam swl Tiss| el 1,15 & Usizll 7l Tos stol G|l Al e 1,806 1,80|| 1,90 1,868 133 Lam| Las) Tatg Lerl 2wl sl Zis Lo Liodll Lol Lii 439l a8l e 4 77| 1,400, Lwio) 149 @il L1zl Cei7 2est| 1910 37 1,881 a6l Lomsll ess) o1 4,100 4,50 Za8 213 28| 2240| e ol B0 278 366 Lzl "l Lnel et Taor| s, vsor| 3400 g9l og|l ool "ied L1 o4adll 1688l 8,450 120 L7l 1308 1s’ L5yl LeAll nmel 16 178 Ll Ui L2 Logy 3l vl go0 i) 43| o) 3850 L7 155 Tl 1,5 I 5,237,591 4,675 ment was a. candidate for Congress'in Nd : Jersey, and ran shead of his ticket. He got bs votes; 0'Canor, 82. ” 3 .. —The Nor'th Carolina Legislature meeta to- day ; the W est Virginia Legislature to-morrow. —The Mnssachusetts Legislature,which meets to-morrow for the relief or Boston, ia the same bodg which sat lest winter. —Governor Booth, of California, is being wiged to convene the Legislature of that State for -some epecial purposes, prominent among which are the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad interest. —Tt has been decided that the Indiana Legis- 1ature will re-elect Senator Morton, on the 26th, and have done with it. Delays are thought to be dangeroni. —The Pittsburgh Gazetle says : Sthact, of Poidein o Salc R Branes rd county, would be thenew Secretary of the Intarior. —Anthony, of the Leavenworth Times, says: Pomeroy is almost certain of a re-election next Jan- ‘mary, azid Senator Caldwell and his friends will support bim." Without his help Caldwell will surely be expelled from the Senate. —In the next Michigun Senate there will be but one Democrat, and in the House but fonr.—Rochester Chronicle, S Please don't mention it; the five gentlemen already feel as bad as they can.—Delroil Free Press. —John P. Irish, of the Towa City Press, Lib~ eral candidate for Congress, lost the vote of one man who scratched Henry Wilson, instead of James Wilson, on the Republican ticket. —0'Conor carries two counties in Iowa oyer Greeley—8ac and Greene. His vote in the State will probably be 2,500, o —A Washington telogram says : «| _ The fact that Mr, Washburne has long been an 29Dl 3] xant for Senatorial honors is no secret, st lesst among. his frlends, As might be expected, he will receiva whatever support the President is able to give him. Ar. Washburne's competitor will be Governor Oglesby, but it is understood he will yleld to Washburne if the latter wants the place, ~The Illinois Legislature meets at noon of ‘Wednesday, Jan. 8. The new Governor will be inangurated on the 12th. —The closest District in the United States E: ) pears to be the Fourteenth New York, whih el.scts & Liberal to Congress by 12 majority. -—The Pennsylvania Constitational Conver tior has decided, almost unanimously, that i powews are not limited by the act of the Legisl. ture celling it. The same issue was made in tk Tllinois Convention, and with precisely the sami Tesult. ¥ —The Conkling organs in New York are ‘busy forestalling public opinion in favor of Alonzo B. Cornell for Speaker of the next Assembly, Others zamed are Henry R. Pierson, of Albany; Daniel G. Fort, of Oswego; Franklin A. ger, of Erie ; and L. Bradford Prince, of Quoens. S S MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD. Correction. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribunes Siz: Yourissue of this morning stated the 1oss by burning of one car shop at Detroit, lasi evening, to be 3110,000. This is erroneous, The loss cannot be over $15,000, and may not exceed $10,000. But little machinery was destroyed, and that not of a_valuable character, and no cars. H. F. SARGENT, Gen. Sup't. Ca10aG0, Nov. 16, 1872, . Michigan Central and the Boston Fire, From the Chicago Railway Review, Nov. 16, ' In the specisl despaiches from New York, which appeared in some of the Chicago papera of Monday last, the opinion is reportedas ** uni~ versal” that all ruilwaystocks would decline rap- idly, as one of the immediate consequences of the Boston fira, After enumerating Heveral ea- pecially endangered, the despatch goes on to 88y Aichigan Central would, it was thought, bo swapt from the market, three-fourths of the stock beiz:g heid in Boston., The forecast in regard to Michigan Central is a protty good instance of tho remlts reached when one goes to work to develop facts ot .of the depth of his own consciousness. It is as- sumed that Michigan Central is held mainly in Boston; while just the contrary is true, the man jority of that stock bai‘%ghs]d outside of Boston. More than any other Western stock—not even excepting Chicago, Burlingten & Quincy, it is owned in New England at large ; and that not by a few capitalists who might or might not have held it in large amounts,—but in gmall amounts by persons of moderate though inde- pendent means, attracted to it 2s a safe and lib- erally paying investment. The quotations of Michigan Central stock at the New York Exchange since the fire are suffi- ciently conelusive. On Monday, it is true that it fell from 114 on Batnrday to 110; but it at. once resumed its aecustumeg figure of 114 ‘tc: 115, at which it is now regularly reported; tor. does it appear that there were any consids le sales at the lower figure,—~which thera ¢ Ly would have been had it been frecly offered. Ty temporary fall was shared with Michigan Cent o by most of the other stocks—investment as- well a8 ;gemlghve. New York Central fell frr om 95 t0 93; Erie, from 03¢ to483(; Harlm, v oy3; to 112; Northwestorn, proferred, {iv o to 85; Rock Island, from 109 t0 106", Jersey Central, from 103 to 160+ § from 554 to 52 ; Wabash from 113¢ V. 675+ o Wayne 1rom 94 o 924¢ s Chicago, J sariin & Quincy from 135t0 182 ; Laka SH gra & Bromm from 135 10182 ; Lake Shora & ¥ jopemn ooy ern from 91t0'88; snd Usion SonS from 863 o 383¢, and bonds tr on For the benefit of suck, of ¢ ur Now Eorsand readers as hold Michigan Cun'fra), we take jioas: ure in referring to the eIy %afisfactory condition of the business of the Mickigyn Centeal Hang: 2nd the facts (which are officiit) will be especial: Iy acceptable, inasmuch v, tq Company do not Dow publish stated 7ep- 1ty of. earnin, The October earnings were L 86,333.48 203,531.95 6y "T1. As compr o1’ vtk “tho earnings of an; : re- Tious MO ch in the history of thsg:n:\d, the atn 0;’5&’9? «nings for October, ™72, show an increase -05,000, and this increase was over that for previous month, September, 72, In only «, our previous instances have the monthly earn~ ings of the road reached $500,000, o should think, e WO require: | Bomething more, and something qm“ltlg du?‘gr?n:- from the Boston fire to cause tha stock to be, s+swept from the market,” and the property of the Company to be ¢ hopelessly ruined.'Fangfik tainly those, if any, who bought Michigan Cane tral at any'fignre below 114, or eyert s Ihe 5 figure (for the transactions are merely nomina) ) are to be congratulated on so legitimate & ¢1 profitable an investment of their spare mer e e —— DR. RAUCH, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Sm: While I do not propose to * g elaborate defence of Dr. John H. Baug:h :l;::: the elsborate attackon him inamorning 2sperof this city, Ithink proper tosay thattheatt sey fila absurdly, in 8o far as it claims that the Sanitary Superintendent should be himself. & practicar chemist and asseyist. and should ki salf make all assays of which he propoges to v ake use. A man of practical ability, ho ¢av . avail hime self of the labars of others 1o gerving ; the public interosts, is botter adapt ,;2Srvg; the publio position than would be th °0 5 i BHEAS scientist in any special branch. -of sanitary ar medical learning. Without venturiog ¥ ; '‘geuize op the claims, ve, of any of the profes: Ppositive or comparati sntioned in that articla with Boon 2,05 DeK: g1 Kane . 1,633 5,047 - McHenry.. 1,35 3,28 Winnebags ‘®L 4,857 Total ... 5,180 13,400 15,29 Majori'es ... 13,200 1 e 10305 SIXTH, Bcin]q.ig:lgs:nmbgml, L‘slvm Tmfisdnle, of ock Taland ; Republi ohn B. 1 Rock Tatana, _-publicas, Mg i £ 3 2,88 745 BY 5 il 2 POLITICAL, Tho lists for 1876 arenow c,pen, and the. names of Grant, Colfax, and Wendricks have been entered. —Parson-Benator Brownlow writes 3 1 the popularity of the President shill -continue, ag doubt noblt ww,?; : elected for & ihird ferm, Indeed, at power thia corrupt old Democratia Tavor the eloction of Grant for life, ~Tho Ohevalier Bayard of the C'Comer move- e, 8 mare thao probable he will Be out. The wounded man fired Wher than pot iy | without efect, The reluctant bt Party, I ‘would | fired a second shot, but withont o sional geltzflu:!ggn w the intent to dispa® : :age Dr. Ray ch, I do nof hesi- tatotossy thet ¢ 1"%0ia i 1 soit favor e dmitted, T 1t its being 1 woven that sither Dealth toan s make a batter ot istodiau of public o e officer 8o virule wtly macklad. ORICAGS, ™ Nov, 17, 1672, 3 s —_— The Code Duello in Macon. ~on? con puts herself in line on the duellosen- #3%.0n with an affair of honor between two col- ed wood-haulers. They had quarreled, and one of them had threatened to thrash the o ther the firat time he canght him outaide of the ¢ ity. They met outmide of the city on_ Friday, e driving a team. With one accord they hall d and dismounted, one of them drawing 2 pist . The other, not relishing powder, moved to sui stitute the fist and s] No. 1insisted on th code, and No. 2, uasini‘no chance to get out 0. ! the issne honorably, whipped out his pistol and * put in the first shot, striking hig antagonist i the center of tho chin. Tho ball thieeed the ehivered the chin-bone, passed around the left jawbone and two pl]:(ot;, but ick _duelist her Honor was sstisfied, and the combatants ware doubtless happy.