Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 30, 1872, Page 4

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1873, TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION (PATABLE IN .uwuxn:).w .00 Parts of a year at the szme rate, To present delay and mistakes, bo sure and give Post Office address in fall, including State znd Coants. Remittances may bo made cither by draft, cxpress, Post Office order, o in registered Jetters, at our risk. TERMS TO CITY BUBSCRIBERS. 25 conts per week. Deily, delicered, Sundsy excepted, 2 cents per meek. Daily, delivered, Sundas fncluded, Address THE, TRICUNE COMPANY. Corner Madison and Dearborn-sta., Chicago, IiL TRIBUNE Branch Office, No. 4@ Webash-ar., in the Bookstore of Messra. Cobb, Andrews & Co., whero ‘advertiserments and subscriptions will be receivod, and will have the same attention 2s If left at the Main Ofice. CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S TRIBUNE. FIRST PAGE—Tho Last Hours of Horaco Greeloy— iscellancons Telegrams—Advertisements. SECOND PAGE-The Southwest: Desperado Lifo in That Country—Cattle-Breeders' Convention at In- dianapolis—Veterinary Science—The Rod Man: iStatement by Quaker Official as to the Working of the Indiun Peace Polics—About tho Abstract Books (Communication)—Camulative System of Voting: Letter from Hon. Joseph Medill—Genoral News Items. THIRD PAGE—County Msatters—The Law Courts— James O. King: A Ramarkable History of Perverted Telents and Daring Crimo—Personal Items—Rail- rond Time Table—Adrertisements. FOURTH PAGE—Editorials: Horace Greeley; Our In. disn Affairs; Thiers' Message; Stock Breeding— Current News Itoms. FIFTH PAGE—The Commercial Insurance Company Subjocted to an Overhaniing: What tho Stockhold. ers Know Abont the Copcern—Attempted Murder: A Divorced Wifo Shot and Seriously Injured by Her Former Husbend—The City in Brief—Advertise. ments. SIXTH PAGE—Monetary and Commercial—Marine In- telligence. SEVENTH PAGE~The Bow Pond Murder: An Inter- view with Evans; A Marderer's Interprotation of the Scriptures—Plracy: The Bremon Bark Coriolan Attacked in the Indian Ocean—~Laura Fair's Exporl ence in the Lecturc JAne—Small Advertisemonts: Real Estato, For Sale, Wanted, To Rent, Boarding, Lodging, etc. EIGHTH PAGE-Foreign News—Miscellaneous Telo- srams. TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. ACADEMY OF MUSIC-Halsted stroet, south of Madison. Engagement of Miss Charlotto Thompson. ¢ Camille,” ** Sea of Ice. Afternoonand evening. HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE—Randolph street, be tween Clark and LaSalle, Tho Allen-AMac Combina- tion, supported by Aiken's Company. Afternoonand evening. *‘Rip Van Winkle.” NIXON'S AMPHITHEATRE—Clinton street, botwaen ‘Washington and Randolph. Morlacchi Balletand Dra- matic Combination. Afterndon and evening. ‘*French Spy,” ““Dodging fora Wife." 3 M'VICKER'S THEATRE—Madison stecef, between ‘State and Dearborn. Miss Maggio Mitchell, supportd b Mr. L. B. Shewell. Afternoon and evening. * Little Barefoot.” ATREN'S THEATRE—Wabash cvenue, corner of Con- .gress street. G. L. For Pantomime Combination. Afternoonand evening, *‘Humpty Dumpty,” ** Lottery Ticket."” MYERS' OPERA HOUSE—Monroe strect, between State and Doarlorn. Arlington, Cotton & Kemblo's Winstral and Barlesque Troupe. GLOBE THEATRE—Desplaines streat, botween Madi- sonand Washington. Miss Blancho Selwyn. Afternoon end evening, *‘Disorce™ and *‘Jack the Glant Killer.! BUSINESS NOTICES. BEST AND OLDEST FAMILY MEDICINES.—SAN- ford’s Liver Invigorator.—A purely vegetable cathartic £ iscrier Shenth il el sk ne :::h‘elnd E:WE].I. cA.sk your druggist forit. Beware of imitations. BATCHELOR'S HAIR DYE. THIS SPLENDID {eirdre 1a the bestin the warld. The only truo ang par oct poiatment: noridiculous disg the {ll effects of bad dyes and washes. Produces ‘mediately a superb black or natural brown, and leaves tho léan, soft, and besutifol. The genulne, eigned W A Eriehtor "Soid by all _drageiss. CHARLES BATCHELOR, Proprietor. N. ¥ The @hieage Wribune, Baturday Morning, November 30, 1872, Woodhall and Claflin were yesterday refused & reduction of bail. One farthing is the amount of damages which Hepworth Dixon has gained in his suit for libel ngainst the Pall Mall Gazetle. The Chairman of the House Commitieo of - Ways and Means and the Chairmsn of the Senate Finance Committce promise their sup- port to Commissioner Douglass’ "scheme for the reduction of tho forco of the Internal Rev- enue Department, The number of live hogs delivered at the Chicago Stock Yards, on Wednesday last, was 85,000, which has mever been oxceeded but once, in & former season, when the number reached 41,000. The average weight of these Thogs was 270 pounds, and the aggregate weight of Wednesday's Teceipt of hogs was 9,450,000 pounds. The freight on these hogs is from 25 0 35 cents per 100 pounds, according to distance, 100 and 200 miles being the limits at these rates, the aversge being sbout 70 cents per hog. —_— Ira Y. Munn and G. L. Scott were charged, sesterday, in a communication submitted by members of the Board of Trade to the Directors, with conductin their dealings in warehouse grain receipts “ contrary to the principles which should govern all commercial transactions.” It +was then resolved by the Directors that a speial meeting of tho Board should be held Tuesday next, at which they would submit the eccusation, with a recommendsation for the ex- pulsion of Messrs. Munn & Scott. The County Commissioners have tabled the resolation in which the Special Committee on the Purchase of the Abstract Books proposed that these should be bought by the county, with twenty-year bonds, bearing 7 per cent interest. In his farewell remarks, President White, whose term of office has now closed, said that in 1872 there had been, over 1871, & saving in expendi- turesof $113,106, or 33}¢ per cent. Among other economies, it costs, this year, only $36 5 head to maintain the inmates of the Insane Asylum and Poor House, for each of whom $£56.13 was paid in 1871, President Thiera and his friends have won & zeeded victory. By a majority of 24 in a voto of 704, they have carried the resolution to refer to a Committee of 30 the drafting of a law establishing Ministerial rTesponsibility. This rosolution was proposed yesterday to the Com- mitteo on Address, but peremptorily rejected in © manner which excited gloomy anticipations® It was carried before the Assembly yesterday, and by them, happily, has been passed. In the debato which preceded this vote Presi- dent Thiers spoke for an hour and a half, ac- kmowledging the supremacy of the Assembly, and his own individuel preference for & Consti- tntional Monarchy, but asserting that the only galvation of Franco loyin the maintenance of the Republic, which must be made conservative. Of the four millions spent last vear for army «cransportation, says the Quartermaster General in his report, $800,000 were paid to the Pacific Railroads. Twenty-four National Cemeteries 2re now enclosed, containing 317,962 soldiers. The Judge Advocate General advises that the Government croct thronghout the country inex- pensive prisons in which to confine military sofenders who now go to Btate Penitentiaries. e. Harmless, reliable, sud {nstantaneous; nodisap- - Our fortifications, according to the Chief of Ordnance, still need 800 cast-iron emooth-bora guns and 300 mortars. He recommends the sale of unnecessary arsenals east of the Mississippi, and the erection on the Atlantic coast of one large enough for the necessities of the service. General Sherman says that the actual force of the army is 29,316 enlisted men, 2,10 commis- sioned officers. The ceble has brought the news of the death of Frederick William Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, and fourth Marquis of London- derry. The first Marquis was Robert Stewart, who represented the County of Down in the Irich Parliament many years. The second, Rob- ert Stewart, was Chief Secrefary for Ireland in 1798, and had the famous duel with Canning, then Foreign Secretary, in1809. The third was Charles William, who has left no important mark in history. The fourth, whose death has just been reported, wasborn in 1805, and suc- ceeded to the Peerage in 1854 He sat in the House of Lords 28 Lord Stewart, a Peer of the United Kingdom. He was a violent Tory, op- posed the abolition of the Corn laws, and resisted every step in the direction of Free Trade. His ‘brother, Viscount Seaham (Count Tempest Vane) is his successor as Marquis of Londonderry. Ho is a moderats Liberal. Tne Chicago produce markets were rather more active yesterday, and most of them were firmer. MMess pork was a shade higher, closing ot $12.25@12.50 cash, $12.00@12.25 seller De- cember, and 812.872@12.40 seller March. Lard was in fair demand, and held ¢ higher, closing at TI{@7%c cash or seller December, and 7@ ¢ seller March. Meats were quiet and firm at 4c for part-salted shoulders, 6c for do short ribs, and 65@634c for do short clear. Sweob pickled hams, 814@103¢c. Highwines were more active, and X @3<c lower at 83c per gallon. TLake freightswere inactive. Dressed hogs were quiet and firm at 43{c per b. Flour was more active and a shade firmer. Wheat was in better demend and }ge lower, closing at $1.0834 @109 cash, $1.09 geller December, and $110% sellr January. Corn was more active, and J{c higher, closing at 813{c cash or seller December, and 313/c seller Jan- uary. Oats were quiet, but 3¢c higher, at 243§ @243e cash or seller Decomber, and 243 foll- er January. Rye was quiet and steady at 57c. Barley was less active, and declined 34c, closing at 6034c for No. 2, 60¢ seller December, and 50c for No. 8. The hog trade was active, and prices were steady at £4.00@4.25, an advance of 15@ 20c since Wednesday. There was a beiter de- mand for cattle, and good shipping beeves were firmer. Sheep ruled steady under a moderate- lyactive demand at £3.00@5.00. Nearly forty years sgo, the State of Indiana engaged extensively in the work of bnilding canals, issuing bonds therefor with a reckless jiberality which was only arrested by the refusal to take them. Ten or fifteen years Iater, the State having in the meantime suspended paying interest, & compromise was effected with the creditors, whereby new bonds for one-half the original debt were issued, and the canal and its revenues were pledgedtothe creditors to pay the other half, Mr. John W. Garrett, at present President of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, is the owner of £40,000 of the original bonds, and refused to accept the settlement then made. Since then the Btate has paid its share of the debt represented by the new bonds, but the cenal has proved to be valucless to the creditors who had accepted the mortgage on its revenumes. Mr. Garrett has recently ob- tained judgment sgainst the State for the amount of the bonds held by him, and was sbout to sell the canal under execution. ‘To prevent this, the Governor of Indiana con- vened the Legislaturo in order to have the sum appropriated to pay him. Had the canal been thus taken away from the creditors, the Btate would have again become liable for the other half of the old debt, which now amounts to sbout 20,000,000, As a further protection, an smendment to the Stato Constitution has been submitted to the people, in which any recogni- tion or paymeni of that debt is peremptorily prohibited. — e ‘HORACE GREELEY. HopAcE GREELEY, editor of the New York Tribune, died at Tarrytown, N. Y., Nov. 29, at 6:50 p.m. Mrs. Greeley became hopelessly ill during the first days of October, and Mr. Greeley was & constant sttendantat her bedside from that time until her death, o month Iater. A fow days after, ho formally resumed editorial control of the Tribune; but soon after, from physical prosiration, was compelled toseek rest. The long excitement of tho Presidential campaign, closing with the solemn dexth of hia wife, had been so intenso that the reaction overwhelmed him. Loss of sleep and disorganization of the digestive organs followed, and, under the com-~ bination, the strong man failed, and he gradusl- 1y sunk, until yesterday death closed the mortal life of Horace Greeley. Mr. Greeley was born in Amherat, New Hamp- shire, Feb. 3, 1811. His father was a farmer, and he worked, assisting on the farm, until he was 15 yearsof age. In 1821, the family re- moved to West Haven, Vermont ; and, in 1826, Horace entered the office of the Northern Spec- tator, published at East Poultney, Vermont. Daring his life on the farm, and while engaged inthe printing office, he was assiduous in his studies. He became an expert printer, and sid- ed in editing the paper. In June, 1830, the paper suspended. His family had, in tho mean- time, removed to Erie County, Pennsylvania, and Horace engaged a8 & journeyman printer at Jamestownand Lodi, New York, and alsoat Erie. In August, 1831, he went to New York, whero ho worked at us trade until 1833. Ho then com- menced, with a Mr. Story as a pariner, a printing office of his own; but the fum did not last six monihs. In March, 1834, he be- gena weekly journal called the New-Xorker, while he contributed editorially to the Daily Thig; and, in 1838-9, ho edited the Jeferso- nian. In 1840, he edited the Log-Cabin, & cam- paign paper; and, on April 10, 1841, he began the publication of the New York ZTribune, in which paper were consolidated the New-Yorker and the Log-Cabin. In 1848, he waselected to fill & vacancy in Congress, and held a seat in that body for thres months. In 1836, he was married to Miss Mary F. Chaney, who had been for some time teaching school in Warrenton, North Caro- lina. Two daughters, now grown to woman- hood, survive him. 1fr. Greeley was one of the great men of the country and of the age. He was the first Amer- ican journalist who took rank among the states- men of tho time without ceasing to be a journal- ist, He possessed in o remarkable degree many of the distinguishing attributes of true great- ness. He wasamean of pure and unblemished personal life. He was & man strict and decorous in gl his intercourse with societv. He had that rare integrity that not only was never corrupted, ‘but repelled all advances of corruption, no mat- ter how insidiously or indirectly made. In the relations of husband and father, he was irre- proachable, extorting from adversaries the just tribute to his kindness, his forbearance, and his manly respect and devotion to his family. As & journalist, Mr. Grecley was his own ex- emplar. He was not acopy. He entered jour- natiem when it was not very exalted in its spirit, its objects, or its conduct. While he took things a8 he found them, and while he made no pre- tence to be better than others, he nevertheless 80 bore himself that, in order to maintain a suc- cessfal rivalry with his, other joirnals had soon to elevate their tone, - enlarge their general spheroe, increase their enterprise, and cultivato & knowledge and display an ability not previous- 1y considered requisite. Mr. Greeley, though on all questions a man of strong convic- tions, was one of the first among Ameri- can journalists to adopt the policy of allowing ‘both sides tobeheard. Prior to his day, the invariable practice had been for each joiirnal to bo & partisan, and to ignore the other side. Inthis innovation, Mr. Greeley was not the less remarkable, because he exposed himself to misrepresentation and misunderstandings from which he never afterward wholly recov- ered. He opened his paper to the discussion of Fourierism and other philosophies which st that time wore even more unpopular than at present, and which counld find no respectable channel through which toreach the public mind. To the horror of many, he permitted tho friends of theso isms to use his columns ; he even partici~ pated in their discussions, commending what he considered right, and condemning what he held to be wrong, He held, on theso as on other questions, that discussion was the most certain way of sifting truth from the chaft that sur- rounded it. For this course, he was severely criticised in the rough language of the papers of that time. Itwas insisted that ho was a Fou- rierite, and o Free-Lover, and & Grahamite, ag well a8 an Abolitionist; and so generally was this accusation made, that there are thousends of honest, intelligent people who at this day be- lieve that Horace Greeley was a believer in Free- Loveism, Fourierism, and all the other isms of the time. Having made this innovation in journalism in the case of unpopular social doctrines, he had the courage to persevere, and, mp to the last, while his peper was intensely partisan on all questions, its columns were always open to an adversary to any extent which it was proper to demand. Helived to see his conduct in this case approved and adopted as a rule by every respectable journal in the country. He began tho publication of the New York Tribune in1841. Of necessity, in those days, ho had to take sides with one or the other of the existing political parties, He wasa Whig, but more particularly he was a Protectionist, and he was an Abolitionist. The Tribune becamo a ‘Whig paper, supporting the policies and candi- dates of that party, but, at the same time, maintaining the Protoctive policy, and resolute- ly making war upon the institution of Slavery. The maintenance of these special views brought him into comstant collision with large numbers of the Whig party, and hence, thongh his ability was recognized and his fearlessness admired, the party managers, who reliod upon harmony and smooth waters for success, wero forever at war with the New York Tribune. The Whig party, at that timo, was as comparatively strong in the Blaveholding States 2s it was at the North, and yet this great and able paper at | the North, claiming to be Whig, was 28 relent- lessin its war upon Slavery as was Garrison himself. Mr. Greeley was, by natare and by education, opposed to every system of human injustice. Ho tested all questions by inquiring whether it wae for the general good, and whether it involy= ed tho oppression of others. It was immaterial whether & measure or policy was proposed by his party, by his personal friends, or by his ad- versaries; if it involved injustice, if it recogniz- ed human oppression, if it degraded one man to elevate another, he rejected it, and no efforts of friends or exigencies of party could induce him to swerve from his convictions of right. Hence it was that, from the ' very earliest days,. he was vregerded as an uncertain party man. He was accused of ec- centricity, charged with moral cowardice, end frequently branded as an apostate, because he would not yield his judgment and approve what he felt to be wrong, mor blindly follow party in a cause he was convinced was unjust. Tt is popular, we know, to accuse Mr. Greeley of & propensity to separate from his friends just at the moment when his services;wero most needed, and this has been attributed to an excessive per- sonal vanity, and to an erratic, experimontal dis- position that was never at rest. But it shouid beremembered that this estimete of Mr. Gree- ley hagbeen teken in every case from the stand-~ point of party ; it presupposes that the party was, in all instances, right, and that he was wrong, and .it of necessity rests upon that greatest of all monsirosities of doctrine, that, when & man belongs to a political party, he must have 10 opinions or judgments of his own, and much less express them, but must follow wherever he may be led, without asking & question or doubt~ ing the wisdom of his leader. Bo long as the infellibility of party is recognized, the judgment that he was erratic will hold good; but, among ‘men who concede ‘that parties may be wrong, and that parties have nolawful control over the consciences and intellect of even their own ‘members, the question will be, Was Greeley or the party right?—or, Ought Greeley, honestly convinced that he was right, to have surrendered his judgment to that of others, whose primal object was party success, without reference to considerations of right or wrong? Mr. Greeley was intellectually groat. He was an incessant student. The whole realm of Imowledge was explored by him. His range of information was extraordinary. He was familiar with all practical subjects. His knowledge was rarely superficial. Whatever information he acquired, he sought to make useful to mankind. His mental organization was extremely active. He was incessant in his labors. He had travelled much, and each day’s journey was to him a lesson filled with information, of which he made practical use. Nothing escaped his notice; nothing was for- gotteu. His mind was s storehouse, from which he constantly drew facts for the instruc- tion of others. His addresses on non-politi- cal subjects have been not only numerous, but have been a8 popular in one part of the country 28 in another. Like his editorial writings, they have always been marked with vigor of thought and fluency of expression. MMr. Greeley, however, is best known, and his name will be remembered longest. in connection [With the New York Tribune, not as & Whig ; organ, but as the fearless opponent of Blavery. years will see the alternative of wrir eliminated from the Indian question, and ail: the Indian tribes thrown in helplessness dp.on the mercy - of the Government; and that, in two years, the progress of the Northern Pacifje Railroad will solve the great Sioux problem,, by ‘bringing them between that road and the Union Pacific; and that the Indians in the South in three yeers will be in the earne condition. Having sottled this point satisfec torily, the Comimission. erclaims that the Indiar 18 deserve, as the orig- inal'owners of the cont .inent, something in the nature of an endowmer 1it, and temporary support which shall enable tir em to obtain a livelihood, while, at the same tim e, the Government should extend over them a rij 5id reformatory discipline. The report closes with . some statistical informa-- tion, from which wo I 3arn that the Indians with- in the limits of the T nited States, exclusive of those in Alaska, numb er -approximately 300,000, divided asfollows: Tn ‘Minnesota and Btates east of the Misaissippi River, sbout 32,500; in Nebraska, Eansas, and {the Indian Territory, abont 70,650 ; in Nevads, Colorado, New Mexi- co, Utsh, and Arizons, 84,000; and on the Pacific Slope, 40,000). Those who support themselves upon reservations number 130,000 5 those who are entirely s nbsisted by the Govern- ment, about 31,000; tlicse in part subsisted, 84,000 ; and those who :subsist by hunting and fishing, 55,000, In conpection with - the general subject of Indian affairs, we call ;attention to a communi- cation which appearsi in another column from E. Painter, a Quaker;.gentloman, who has been in charge of the .'reservation of the Omsha tribe for thie past tAree years, who warmly com- mends the humang- policy, and gives a glowing picture of its rest 1lts upon the tribe whose inter- ests are in his k seping. In spite of his independence, his association with the Whig party hampered his intellect and chained his energies. When that party went ‘down in the defeat of 1852, he was emancipated, and st once gave freedom to his battle against Slavery. The New York Tribune wasnolongera party organ; it became the champion of Freedom, the champion of the men held in slavery, -the champion of s Free Republic. As such, it found ready sudience. In the yoars following the reveal of the Missonri Compromise, until the Republican party was an organized body and installed in power, the New York Tribune was & power in the land, Restrained by no plat- forms, by no considerations of mere expediency, by the hopes of no candidates, it made the direct fight in behalf of the principles of Truth, Free- dom, and Justice. It fired the Northern heart; it roused the slumbering instincts of human justice; it tore men from old party sssocia- tions; it placed the guestionin the light that menhad to choose between Right and Wrong ; it revolutionized public sentiment, and revolu- tionized parties, and brought -about that grand decision that it was possibleto elect a Government which was under no obligation to ‘uphold Slavery or or permit its extension. That was the time for which Horace Greeley was fitted; such wasthe conflictin whichhe was calculated to participate with honor and glory. And the men who have since professed to mourn over his decay and the loss of vigor of his paper must remember that, during that memorable period, he fought not asa memberof a party, but in behalf of principle, and far in advance of all parties. With the accomplished success of the Republican party came the old bondage, requiring him to follow men who were slow to follgw when ho led the fight sgainst odds. Intellectually great, personally honest, and governed always by conviction of Tright, the discipline, the re- straints, and the despotism of partywere ex- tremely irksome, and often disgusting. He sac- rificed much of his honest judgment for party sake ; but there wero times when he refused to submit. While his long servicos were over- looked, these instances of insubordination have ‘been carefally treasured against him, and an at- tempt has been made to dwarf his intellectual and moral greatness by presenting this or that revolt against the ignorant and degrading com- ‘mands of party cancuses, : The last chapter in the political history of Mr. Greeley was the Iate Presidential election. In the flush of victory, and in the debates aver the distribution of the spoils, men may farget to do justice to the vanquished Horace Greeley. But the time will come whenhis whole action in that campaign will win the admiration, if not the ap- proval, of the American people. Mr. Greeley was made & candidate at Cincinnati, not by the A ——— *STOCE-BREEDING. The Convention of Btock-Breeders, held at Indianapoliss on Wednesday and Thursday ast, resulted in: the formation of an. ' ¢ American As- sociation of Short-Hiomed-Cattle Breeders.” The attendance was Yarge, and included repre- sentatives from all, gections and nearly all the States of the Unyon. It is stated by Allen's Herd-Book that f,hero are about 5,000 animals of the'pure Durhw' m breed in the United States; and delegates owning 3,000 of these snimals were present in the Convention. These animals have 2 valw’ ; ranging from $500 to $3,000 each, thoaverag o being about $1,500, and the total value is 7 searly §7,500,000. Many of the dele- gates W are from Canads, others from the Pacific States. The Constitution of the society has al- ready been published in TrE TRIBUNE. ¥ o attention given to such matters in Eng- 12 d has given that countrya grand pre-emi- o :nco among the nations of the earth, and, as ‘well remarked by Mr. Duncan, of Illinois, itis public with favor, snd that if France is peacetul . under the Republic shewill alienate no ome fzom her. The whole wmessage breathes a spirit of conciliation, and pleads for order and repose as the only safo basis of action. It isnot ofly an able ard logical Staite paper, exhibiting a thorough miastery of the eituation snd under- standing of the relstions of France to the other powers of Europe, but mu.ch of it is in the na- ture of :a solemn warning that the Republic can- not be the Republic of a party, and that excite- ment or agitation will again throw it into the hands-of some adventurer, as has been done be- fore, ‘“thus paying for & few days of disastrons license with twenty years of slavery.” A véry tew dnyrs, perhaps hours, may decide this ques- tion. The fate of France once more hangs in the balance, mendsitions, which will bo followed by his resig- nation, will be the signel for anarchy. Y_RENGK SPOLIATION CLATMS. . There is & very estimable gentleman in Wash- ington City; named JasesH, OAvSTEN, Who is now 86 years old, who has for over fifty years The rejection of M. Thiers’ recom- L home. A proposed Constitutional amendment in Towa failed to pass both Houaes, and Mrs: Howo regrets it becauso *it will now require two yearg more to bring it before the people.” In Kansas, Aan effort was made to force the right of fomals suffrage through the Fourteenth Amendment, but the matter was regarded es *too com- plicated” and dropped. In New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Delaware, Virginis, Lou- isiana, Micligan, and Ohio, there was the sama general resu It, reached through a series of modi- fieatioy. To show how remarkably small an _item serves to-satisfy the suffragists, Mrs. Howe referred exultantly to the successfully ambig- wous and ‘nnintelligible reference given to her cause in the platform of the Philadelphia Con- vention, and then made it the text for & eulogy of the Republican party. Taking Mrs. Howe's report a8-a basis, it is difficult to conceive how she coudd hase honestly reached the conclusion that ““No party will ever again obtain power in the Federal Government with this combined in- fluence of women arrayed against it.” The organization for the Centennial Exposi- tion, to be held at Philadelghia in 1876, promises vigor enough to render the occasion a fitting celebration for the hundredth birthday of the American Republic. In & recent letter from been prosecuting before Congress what ara tricks of politicians, but in epito of them. His nomination was opposed by every persam. to whom the term politician may be appliod. Hirs nominstionwas never contemplated by those who called that Convention., It was an favolnmtary tribute to his intellectnal greatness and persinal integrity. It suggested itself to men's miinds thet, in & contest for Reform, theso wers com- mendable qualities. While thoy did comrnend him to one class, they perhaps repelled fram his | support & body of men who, desiring Reform, could not overcome their:. personal Pprejudicers, and their dislike of the man who for thirty years had held the scales of Justics evanly bal. anced, and had not failed to discard all that wag spurious, fraudulent, and eriminal. That campaign is oo recent to require that its events should be rehearsed; but it may be said that, during it, Mr: Greeloy displayed intelleo- tual powers that surprised even those best ac- quainted with him. His speeches and his Jet- ters, all breathing the spirit of Union, Peace, and Universal Brotherhood, will remain among the brightest gems of literature so long es patriot- ism has splace in the hearts of the American ‘people, and intellectual superiority can claim an admirer. HomACE GREELEY I8 pEAD! The words will fill many aheart with pain, While filiat affection and friendly hands may en- tomb the body and coverit from sight, the, name of Horace Greeley, with the long record of his useful ife, will remain to his country- men, and beby them cherished with that rif- fection which an intelligent people will eviar entertain for patriotism, rectitude, and genius.. OUR INDIAN AFFAIRS. il The Commissioner of Indian Affairs haspande | his report to the Secretary of the Interior. Itis & very long and detailed one, but a large fart of - it has no special public interest, and we sthera- fore only present such points as are of -general importance. A considersble portion ofiithe re- port is occupied with the double polity of the Governmentin dealing with the Indianfs,—that 18, the policy which supports the-potenti ally hostile Indians, whose hostility is kept rcpressed as long as they are kept in idleness, and which neglects the weaker tribes Who are not capable of committing sggressive acts. This policy is defended upon the ground that there isno easier way to secure immunity from Indian outrages than to buy off their hostility, and that the presence of no military force, however to the fostering care of the English Agricultural Societies that we are indebted for the only pure breeds of domestic cattle that exist, if we except the horse, and even then the modifying influ- ences of climate, good training, and judicions £rlection have made of the original Arabian that /grander horse, the English race-horse, or thor- ough-bred, from which we derive our best stock. THIERS' MESSAGE. ‘The English papers by the last steamer con- tair the full text of the message of M. Thiers, whichis just now creating such a political ex- citament in Paris, and which may yet result in his. resignation and inesitable aparchy. The mai 1 points of the message are the financial cond ition of France, the Anglo-French Treaty of C ommerce, and the prospects of the new ex- peric 2ent in Republicanism. Relative to finance, M. T hiers asserts that the whole available cap- ital ¢ £ the world has been offered to France. The Government has received in instalments 1,7551 1,000,000 francs, half the loan being thus Teal? %ed in threo months. When the Govern- ment commenced operations, it had 1,500,000,000 frenc 8 in bills of all countries on Germany. Prustiia has already received 800,000,000 frana3, will recelve 200,000,000 francs ‘more: in December, and there will be 600,000,000 francs left toward next yesr's payments. With regard to the Bank of France, M. Thiers asserts that.he has 800,000,000 francs in gold and eilver on kand, 44,000,000 francs of bar gold on de- posit, and-50,000,000 francs in gold and silver belonging to the State. The imports for the present year amounts to $ milliards 457 millions of francs, and the exports, 8 milliards 557 mill- ions. Taking these statistics for a basis, M. Thiers is confident that & financinl equilibrinm will be attained in 1673, and s considerable sur- plus in 1874, With regard to the Anglo-French Treaty of Commerce, 3. Thiers gives the details of what has been accomplished. The understanding be- tween the two countries is to treat each otheron the footing of the most favored nation, that is, while France will do as she deems most advisa~ ble for her own industry, she will not treat English products differently from those of other nations. The application of this princi- ple will mot be made, however, until 1876, as there are-pre-existent arrangements with other countries, particularly with Austria, which can- not be broken until that time. The arrange- ments until that time are the immediate collec- large, could give that confidence to pioneer en- terprise which the general cessation of Indian hostilities has engendered. The Commissioner contends that while this policy is not incompati~ ble with the occasional nse of the military arm. to chastise & Tofractory individual or tribo, a.'] general Indian war would depopulate innumersa~ ble mining and agricultural gettlements in the | ‘West, from the fact that such a war could not be | successfully prosecuted with the present military force of the United Btates. The apparent tardi- negs of the Government in dealing with in- dividuals or bands leaving their prescribed limits without authority, or for hostile purposes, is explained by the fact thatthe Government has deferred to the conviction of a large body of cit- izens that the Indians have been cruelly treated in the past, and that patience and forbearance should be exhibited in desling with them. Thig policy, it is claimed, has been justified by the fruits of this forbearance. Tho main hody of the Indians have submitted to the reservation system. The numbers of the implacables only reach 8,000, comprising severalbands of Apaches in Arizona, and the greater portion of the Kiowa nation, who have no excuse whatever for their marauding depredations. It is cheer~ ing, in this connection, to know that, if they continue these depredations, it will involve their extirpation. The Commissioner, in view of this consummation, innocently observes, *this may be enough; but, if it proves otherwise, they should be signally punished ;” but fails to ex« plain in what manner the Government is going to punish the Indian after it has.extirpated him. ‘The Commissioner takes & hopeful view of the sitnation. however. and oredicts thab threa | tion of fiscal taxes and equal treatment of French and English products; after that timo, complote reciprocity, as far as it is extended to the most favored nation, The major part of the message is devoted to the prospects of the Republic and the means of its preservation. He lays strong stress upon the fact that the Republic cannot be maintained without order, and that former attempts at establishing a Republican form of government have failed from the sbsence of peace, order, andrepose. He declares the existence of the Republic an accomyplished fact ; that it isidle to waste more time in procleiming it ; and that the principal duty is now to impress upon the Re- public thoso festures which are desirable. M. Thiers indorses the titls of Conservative Repub- lic, which was bestowed npon it by the Commit- tee-appointed for thet-purpose, and takes the still bolder ground that no Government can exist without being conservative, and lays down the conditions which the French Republio must observe in the following forciblo language : As to myself, I do not understand, Y do not admit s Republic, but by taling it ag it ought o be, namely, as the government of a nation which, having for & long Hime and in good faith attempted to lesve to heredita~ Ty power the direction and distribution of ifs desti- les, but having failed therein through faults which it 18 now impossible to judge, makes up its mind ataat to zegulate ita nffairs itself and alone, by means of elec- %ors freely and wisely choson, without exclusion of Tarty, or class, or origins, sceking them neitlier high nor 10w, neither to the right nor the left, but inthe full ight of public esteem, Two years passed in al- most complete calm may afford us hope of found- ing this Conservative Republc, but hope only—let that not be forgotten, The slightest mistako would suffice to make this hope vanish in s dishsartening re- ality, M. Thiers closes his message With tho sesur- ances that the world is regarding the French De- known as the French Spoliation Claims. These claims arise out of transactions occurring before the present century, and their history or their foundation may be briefly stated. During our Revolutionary struggle, France wagour great ally. It matters not that her friendship for the revolting colonies was in- spired greatly by the bitter hatred of Great Britain, the result of the long wars, and particn- larly of the loss of the Canadas and other French possessions in America. It was sweet revenge to France, if she could offset the Eng- lish conquest of Oanada by aiding the independ- ence and separation from England of her thir- teen colonies along the Atlentic. In those days of our weakness, not to ssy of our peril, we made many treaties with France, and, in consideration of the aid furnished in the way of troops and naval vessels, we promised and agreed to everything that was asked. One of the stipu- lations and agreements on our part was that, in any war between France and England, the ports of this country should be open to all French oruisers and their prizes, to the exclusion 6f the | English. After our independence, there fol- lowed the French Revolution and the Republic, and, of course, the wars with England. The British seized all the French islands in the West Indies, and demanded of the United States equal ‘privileges in our ports for English crnisers and prizes that were extended to the French. The slternative was & war. France demanded of the Union the execution of the treaty excluding the British vessels. In this dilemms, the Union declared a strict neutrality, extending to both parties equal privileges. The French Government was indignant, and her cruisers, from 1793 to 1800, captured our merchant ves- sels upon the high seas. Bubsequently, France aclmowledged the illegality of these proceed- ings, and confessed a liability therefor; but she also cleimed, 88 an offset, damages resulting from the failure, on the part of our Government, to maintain its treaty stipulations. The offset being larger than our claim, France paid no further attention to the latter. ‘Washington's Administration advised the American sufferers to file their claims, and tho Government would try to collect the same; but, eventually, the two Governments agreed to sign roceipts and cry quits. The claims of the American vessel-owners remained on file in the Department without any action, the disturbed state of France frem - 1800 to 1815, our own war with Great Britain, and other causes, precluding investigation. At last, in 1826, under the Administration of John Quincy Adams, the arrangement which long previously had been made between the two Governments was published, and the claimants discovered that their only redress was against their own Government.* France had been discharged from all lisbility. Whether Mr. Causten had been engaged in the business before that time we do not know, but, since 1826, he has devoted himself to pressing these claims, and his long [ 1ife seems to have beon protracted. that he may 500 their final payment. Regularly every ses- siom of Congress the papers are presented, re- ferred, reported upon favorsbly, and then the case standsstill. The claim, dating from be- fore 1800, has survived the Administrations of Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, J. Q. Adams, Jackeon, Van Buren, Harri- son, Tyler, Poli, Taylor, Fillmors, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson, and now Grant. Forover 46 years these claims have been aformal appealto the liberality of the nation. Upon them there have been protracted debates. They have been discussed by 2l the great men who have been in Congress since 1826. They have been discussed in the Legisla- tures of many States, and several of these bodies have, by jeintresolutions, appealed to Congressto pey them. They have been reported upon fa- vorably by committees of the two Houses of Congress, and bills for their psyment have fre- quently passed one or the other House. Twice the bill has passed Congress, once under Polk’s Administration and onceunder Pierce's, and on both occasions have they been vetoed. At the last session, the Benate fixed the 12th of Decem- ber for the considerstion of the bill, and its friends propose to make a desperate struggle to pass it this winter. It involves the payment of geveral millions of dollars. The original claimants and several generations of their successors have passed away; but, owing to the zeal of the DoOW venerable sgent, the claim has never been allowed to pass into ob- livion. All over the country the multiplied end remote descendants of the original claimants are demanding the money. The Boston Journal states that one-third of the money is due to persons residing in Massachusetts, and, as an illustration of the high value once placed upon the claims, it states that a Mr. Bartlett, of Newburyport, when dying, left one-half hia for- tune to the Theological School at "Andover, and the other half to his heirs,—the school getting the money, and the heirs the claimsfor damages for spoliations by the French. T the report made to the American Woman - Buffrage Association, at the annual conven- . tion held in Bt. Louis last week, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe submitted an array of facts that, taken together, illustrate how much women can do without accomplishing anything. The Mes- sachusetts Legislature granted the cause two hearings, and the bill in favor of woman's suf- frage was defeated. In Connecticut there were several hearings, but no action whatever. In Maine, Lucy Stone and H. B. Blackwell made arguments in the Hall of Representatives, and & joint vote of both Houses prohibited woman’s voting, Mr. Livermore, Mrs. Churchill, and Colonel Higginson made & combined attack upon the little State of Rhode Island, and, instead of carrying the citadel by storm, the besiegers ' “svere permitted to withdraw.” South Carolina ‘William Phippa Blake, the Esecutive Commis- sioner, to Mr. A. T. Goshorn, the President of the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, the earlier plans of the Exhibition are outlined. Itis tobe International, all countries having been invited to participate, and universal, because its scope includes “all arts, industries, and manufac- tures, and all the varied results'of. human skill, thought, and imegination,” There will be ten departments, each “to be subdivided into den groups, and -these ,into classes. The classification in detail is now in conrse of prep- aration. It is estimated that fifty square acres of floor space, all under roof, will be roquired for the accommodation of all who are represent- d, and certainly no location conld have heen se~ Jected that would afford greater facilities, or more picturesque surroundings, than Fair- - !:nonnk Park, of Pliiladelphia. The Commission i8 now preparing a plan for the organization of Co-operative Centennial Associations, which will 8oon bo made public. The«undertaling will - need the active interest and work of all the E{nfiea in orderto make it worthy of comparison with the great International Expositions of Lon- don, Paris, and Vienns, and that it shall attain this will be the common purpose of patriotism. S e It is reported from&Boston as a fact that the Irigh servants of & gentleman -who hed invited Mr. Fronde to make his house a home during his gtay there, refused to wait upon the distin- guished historian, who was obliged to leave the house. Whether this particular incident be true ornof, it is entirely possible, and is buten instance of what Mr. Fronde may expectif he shall make & tour of the country, and continua hig crusede against the Irish people. There i8° no remedy for Irish discontent so long as English tyranny is a tradi- tion of the Irsh race, and while England maintains her dominion over Irish territory, and Mr. Froude must have $xpected to encounter it when he resolved upon brevely defending his views of history before the public of this country. It is pleasant to know, how- ever, that the discussion between Mr. Proude and Father Burke has been one of uniform courtesy: and, in spite of the fervor of Father Burke’s patriotism, he has tal®n occasion to apologize for the alleged rude treatment which Mr. Froude received in Boston, and has set an example of respect and decornm which his countrymen will be eager to show the English historian for their own credit. gy An Ohio journal announces that & cass is soon. | to be brought into Court to decide whether the | Pullman Sleeping-Car Company shall be regarded 28 8 common-carrier or as & landlord. The dis- - tinction is one of more importance thdn would be inferred at first thought. In the former case, the Company is simply responsible for losses resulting from the negligence or dishonesty of the employes; in the latter case, the Company ‘becomesresponaiblefor the valuables of the lodg- ers, and must either keep & safe to deposit these valuables, or make good their loss. 'Public sen- timent, at least so much of it as has been in- fluenced by losses on sleeping-cars, will be in- clined to hope that the Courts will look upon Mr. Pullman as a landlord. L The following lines on the death of William Wirt *were written by Horace Greeley, and printed in the New. F¥orker. They will fitly oxpresa the feelings of millions to-day on the death of the grost humsnitarian and journalisf who gives ns his own requiem: Rouse not the muffled drum, ‘Wake not the trumpet’s mournful sound, For him whose mighty voice in death is dcb} 'Who, in the zenith of Lis high renown, To the grave went down, Invoke no cannon’s breath To swell the requiem o'er his ashes poured : Silently bear him to the houze of death ; ‘The aching hearts by whom he was adored, He won not by the swi No1 let affection's tear Be the sol tribute to his memory paid ; e 2 has %o monuument o justly dea> e his in purity array. Never tofader T 0 Thien take thy long reposo Benesth tho shelter of the deop green sod ; st vuta b“r;‘gl.:&r alo round thee hrows 3 y fame, thy soul, alile have spurne d; Beat theo 1n God, | 7o tho el POLITICAL. There is a demand for a Constitutional Con- vention in Missouri. The Governor of Indiana urges the Legislature to call a Convention in that State. A Convention has been ordered in Okio, and will probsbly sit next summer. A" Commission of Constitutional Reviion is soon. to meet in New York. The Concad AMonitor says it is time to revise the Constitution of New ‘Hampshire, adopted 1792. And, lastly,the Penn- sylvania Constitutional Convention ‘i in sas~ mion. —While Greeley’s msjority in Eentucky i barely 10,000, the majority on Congressmen ag- gregates nearly 40,000. 3 —The vote of New York State, official: Liver:t. Republican, Eresident, .. ..Grecley . 381201 " Groat ... 0TS Cong.-at-Largs ..Cox. . Tremain. . .47, Goveimor. e K 4457034 exnan ..591,103 Dix. Lt. Governor .... Doyew...886,181 Robinson.. 143,755 Canal Com......Hubbard 397,737 Birong.....443,5 Insp, Bt. P.......Brooks...397,350 Graves.....413,608 —The biggest majorities for Congressmen are: Garfield, of Ohio, 10,955 ; Willasd, of Ver- mont, 10,440; Hurlbut, of Ilinos, 10,398 ; Creaker, of Massachusetts, 10,831 Lhe smallest are : LEWity, of New York, 17 ; Stanard, of Mis- souri, 42 ; a3 the Ninth District of Indiana, certified to Congress as 27 onewszy and 41 another. —The Boston city election cccurs on next Tuesday,—the day being now, for the first time, changed from Monday. 1t is gratifying to be assured by Harla's Chronicle, at Washington, that, £::e Florids mud- dle being only s contest for supremacy insids the Republican party, the fellows engaged in it will be left to settle their stuffed ballot-boxes and doctored election returns in their owsa way. The Chronicle says : Wo understand is tne el . the Siste, Fopablican: seacers I cone ceded on all hands. Bu} personsl schemes are more or less mixed up Wity the actionof the coming Lesis— Iature, which should at be tted to interfere with 20 Bonest count and siatement of the popular vardict. 18 an intrcusablo outrage to inzerfars with tho action of the off cers recognized by ths (aws of the State, and Federal oficials will do well to bead~ monished that they themselves are smenable to tho Lsw if they transgreas their power, and, under 0y Fre~ tence, usurp functions not dev : alved upon then. Bat as to Lonisiana? —Old Pom. hss sent. Mail-Agent Cpwell, of Atchison, around among the membew-slect to the Kansas Legialature, to fix things. ~—The Texas Benate will stand: 1} Liberals was reached when it Was too Iate for action, anda happy Logislature escaned theinfliction by zoing snd 18 Republicans. The House is ovarwhalma ingly Liberal,