Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 9, 1872, Page 4

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1872 S S e TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE: TERMS OF STDECRIFTION (snnm TR ADVANCE)e ™ Taly, by mail.....$12.001 Sunday. 824 Palhedd: 300 Weay: 588 Parts of o year at the same rate. To prevent dclas and mistakes, be sure and givo Post Ofsce acdress in fall, incleding State zad Counts. Remittances msy be mado either by draft, expross, Post Offco ordar, -or in registered Jotiers, at our risk. TERMS 70 CITY BUDSCRIDEDS. i ted, 25 cents per woek. £y fachndes; 20 genia por wook: adsess HE TRIBUNE COM 58 ex Madison 3nd Déasbora-ste., Chicago, Y- Datls, delivered, Datls, delivered, NC - tho TomosE Brroch Ofico, No. 469 Wabash-av., in Booketore of Messrs. Cobb, Andrews & Co., whero B tioements and subscriptions will be receised, and will have tho same attention a8 if left at the Main Oxice, CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S TRIBUNE. TIRST PAGE—Washington, Now York, and Miscella- ‘neons Telegrans. SECOND PAGE—Saturday Night's Telegraphic News. SIRD PAGE—Failway Charges: The Recent Declsion of Judzo Wood, of Kankakee—Paper and Ink: How to Preserse Valnable Documents from Destructlon by Firo—Gencral Nows ltoms—Ratlsoad Timo Table —Adverliscmeuts. TFOURTH PAGE—Editorials: Tho Loulsiana Imbroglios Judgo Blodgett on Scammon Scnator Oglesby and ‘His Troubadonr; Land Grants—Current News Items —Political Notes : FIFTH PAGE-Cincinnatl: Its Trado in 1671-9—Mor- kets by Telegraph—Advertiscments. SIXTH PAGE—Monotary snd Commercial—Marino Ia- telligonce. FEVENTH PAGE—An Optical Diusion; Or the Vovage of Cimox Acroes the Object Glass—Tho ZLaw Courts—Personal Items—Norws for Policy Hold- ers_Hyde Park Matters—Small Adrertisements: Tieal Estats, For Salo, Wanted, To Rent; Boarding, Lodging, Ete. EIGHTH PAGE-Emnms City Lotter—Bliscellancous ‘Nows Matters by Mail and Telegraph—Auction Ad- Tartisemen TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. "VICKER'S THEATRE-Madison street, between and Doarborn. Engagement of Miss Jane Coombs. ** London Assurance.” ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Halstod straot, sonth of Madison. The Lydia Thompson Troupe. ** Bluo Beard.”™ AIKEN'S THEATRE—Webash avenuo, corner of Con gross streot. Lngegement of Lawrence Barrett. *Ham~ et.” i MYERS' OPERA HOUSE—3onroo streot, betweon Stato snd Dearborn. Arlingten, Cotton & Kemble's Minstrel and Burlesquo Troupe. GLOBE THEATRE—Desplaincs streot, botween Madi- £on and Washington. Tio Lelia Ellis Ballad Opera Com- pans. HOOLEY'S OPFRA HOUSE—Randolph streot, be- tween Clark and LaSalle. New Comedy Compans. ** Partners for Life.” Operatic Bagatolle. NIXON'S AMPHITHEATRE—Clinton strect, between ashington 2ad Randolph. Leo Hudson as **Mazeppa.” e m—— BUSINESS NOTICES. CHAPPED HANDS AND FAGECURED BY USING Joniper Tar Soap. Mado by Coswell, Hazard & Co., Tew York. K FORDYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, DEPRESSION of Spirlts and General Debilitr. the Ferro Phosphorated Ir of Colfsaya Bark (Calliaa Bark_sud Iron), s the best tonic. Made by Caswell, Hazard & Co , Now York, aud sold by Druggists. WILBOTS COD LIVER OIL AND LIME._THE great DOD:X&\‘I&E of this safe aad etficacious pre; tion is alone attzibutzble to its intrinsic worth. the cure of Covehs, Colds, Asthmas, Bronehitis, Whooning Cough, Borofutous Humors, and all Consumptive Symptoms, it Bt mo superior, 1f equal, Let mo ono neglect the ca Emptoms of discase, when gn_agent, is thus at bax . Whieh will aileviate all complaintsof the Chest. Lunes, Sufscrured only by A. B. WILBO ‘ouri-at., Boston. Sold by all druggists. 1+~ A GLORIOUS RECORD. 12 YEARS AGO A FEW smodest linds in a New York jous public atten. ion to 8 now vegetublo restoratice, and sollcitod a trial of “Its merits a5 a remedy for indigestion, billiousneas, fever Zad eguc, aebility, fervous disordefs, rheumatism, and 3l complaints requiring invigorating snd regulaf roatment. In this quict, nmpretentious way, Plantation Titers was ntroduced into tho world. 1p was s snccess m the beginning. All that was claimod forit2sa Zonic, corrective, ond antidote_to malarious fever, was g\nnfl to bo stric Within five years the an- fual salos of this article amounted to _over one million Bottles. A few yoars more, and the demand had swelled fotive millions. The annual consumption of the bitters s now reached the nlmost incrodible_aggregato of six pilions of Rotilos, snd for svory bottlo eold s copy of tho Tusirsted Aedicd) Annual, publistied by the proprie- ‘cost uf $150, 000 cn awar The Chivagn Tribune, Mondey Morning, December 9, 1873. 12 Afr. Greeley's vacaat placo on the New York Tribune has been offered, “the best authority "’ Tas it, to Vice President Colfas. mr——— Colored men were declared, by a recent deci- sion of s Washington Court, to be entitled equally with white men to the ‘acocommodations of restaurants. This judgment has now been reversed, and the latest judicial contribution to civil Tights is the doctrine that restaurant-keep- ers may cheose their customers. Stokes, the man who witnessed the lamented death of James Fisk, Jr., at the Grand Central Hotel, in New York, informs a newspaper report- <or that his relations with the Manefield woran avere altogether proper, and euch es the most fastidious taste would spprove. Is it not cruel to keep this exemplary person in jail 5o long? The Boston Relief Committee has £50,000 in ‘hand, which will ladt them but tenor twelve anys. Nearly 1,000 families ere destitute; 1,500 men and 4,300 women thrown out of employ- ment and seeking aid, and the Committee esti- mate that at least $100,000 more will be needed o continue their work. This, they £ay, Boston san easily supply. Lerdo de Tejada has been permanently in- ‘yialled as President of Mexico, which, for the smoment, is at peace. Porfirio Diaz, the leader of the revolutionists, hes returned to the City of exico 8s 8 loyal citizen, and Romero, anotber | insurgent chief, hes betaken himself to agricul- tural pursuits. Tejeds leaves the position of Clief Justice in the Supreme Court, and his place will be filled by election, 23 usual in Rexico. In Germsny, the District Reform Dbill has Tassedto a third reading in the Prussian Diet, =nd comes to & final vote to-dasy. French mat- ters are quieter. Thiers and the Constitutional Committee of Thirty are in amicable conference, Gembetta and his fellow radicals maintain their golden silence, 2nd President Thiers will make’ judicions concessions in the formation of his rew Ministry totho different factions of the Assembly. Mr. Havemeyer, the Mayor-elect of New York, Jas told the active politicians of that city who zre after the offices he will have to give away that he considers himself indebted for his elec- tion, not to the Reform Committees and politi- cal associntions, but to the people, and that he will award the positions within his gift to the men, without regard to their politics, who will ‘best do the people's work., The amount of money which the * Lake Shore Doys” (Horace F. Clarke, Augnstus Schell, and James H. Banker), in conjunction with Jay Gould, captured in their recent buccaneering espedition on the Barbary coast of Wall street, i now gct down at $3,000,000, of which that em- nent Algerine corsair, Daniel Drew, farnished 1,250,000 It is believed that Captain Drew not endow another Theological Seminary wwitil he has & more successful cruise than the est one. Tho decision of Judge Wood, of the Kankakeo Cireuit Court, declaring that the railway legisla- 1aw imposing the obligation of contracts,” in g0 far'as they are npplied to railway charters grented prior o passage of such legislation, is published in unother place. THe argument of the Judge is a strong one, and will, we think, bo sustained by the higher Couris, to which the is worthy of careful examinabion by the newly- electod membe:s of the Legislature and the public generally. In tho General Synod of the Reformed Church now in session at Cincinnatj, during the debate on foreign missions, the Rev. M. Bausch stated that Senator Simon Cemeron had placed at his disposal the appointment of Consul to the Feejee Islands ; that the climate there was & delightful ono, and at the proper time he would propose & man for the place. Candidates for the Consulship at the Feejee Islands will therefore take notice that Simon Cameron has ulready disposed of the place, and that it is to be given to such candidate of the Reformed Church as Mr. Bansch may designate. The Reformed Church of the United States is holding & General Synodin Cincinnati, and on the eighth day made a decision upon o long-con- tested case of discipline and morals. The Rev. Mr. Enepper was minister at Orangeburg, Tllipois, and was divorced from his wife for ceause other than adultery. Bhortly afterward he married a lady who had been divorced. Ho +was tried by the Illinois Classis, deposed, and ex- communicated ; .but the President of the Ohio 8ynod, in May, 1872, restored Mr. Enepper. The General Synod, by & vote of 96 to 48, voted thet tho reverend gentlomen was properly deposed and excommunicated. So the doctrine of the Reformed Church mpon this subject is mow authoritatively declared. The New York Senato is now investigating the condition of the Marino Gourt of New York City. One of the witnesses, Judge Spalding, testifies that Judge Curtis told him that *this Irish son of & b— (mesning Judge Shes, one of his associates on the Bonch), in rendering his decisions ssys ‘I’ instend of ‘we.” On another oceasion Judge Cartis, reforring to Judge Jonchimsen, another of his asso- ciates, said, “I will put my lmife into his pork,”—which is construed to mesn that Judge Jonchimsen is ‘& hog. Judge Gross, another menmber of the Court, testified that Judge Cur- tis tried to influence Lis decision in a caso in which he (Curtis) was personally interested. Al- together it is made to’ appear that Judge Curtis i fit to keep company with Judge Barnard as & blackgnard, if not as a corruptionist. The Chicago prodace markets were quiet on Saturday, with less demand, but prices wero well maintained in breadstuffs, Mess pork was dull, and 10@20c lower, closing at $11.50 cash, and S11.8734@11.90 seller March. Lard was active, ‘but 5@10c per 100 Ibs lower, at 7c cash, and T}4e geller March. Meats were a ehedo casier at 33(c for part ealted shoulders, 53¢ for do short ribs, and Ge for do short clear. Green hams were ac- tive 8t 6o for 16 Ibs averages. Highwines ‘wero more active and steady at 88}¢c per gallon. Dressed hogs were more active and lower at 83¢ @334c per Ib. Flour was strong and more ac- tive. Wheat was less active, but averaged Ic higher, closing at $1.117¢ cash, and §1.12%4 seller January. Corn wasquiot, but £irm, at 3fo ad- vance, closing at 8lc cash, and 313c scller Jenu- ary. Ostswere dull and casier, closing at 2536¢ cash and ecller January. Rye was quict and steady at 603gc. Darley was moro ective, but 1o Iower, at 6034@61c for No. 2, 6lc for seller Jana- ary, and 503@5lc for No. 8. Live hogs wero ull and 5¢ lower than closing prices of yestor- day, or 10¢ lower than Thursday, sales dragging at £3.60@3.85. The cattle and sheep markets were dull, without material chango in values. In the preparation of snawer to file in the suit bronght by the Eric Railroad, Mr. Jay Gould summoned Mr. Barlow, the counsel and one of the Directors of the road. Nr. Gould's purpose was to prove that, in snrrendering the control of the road with resigning tho Presi- dency, ho had received a complete Telease, which would bo a bar to the present suit brought sgainst him. Mr. Barlow's answers have scarcely justified Mr. Gonld’s expectations. He recounts in deteil the conference with Mr. Gould at the time of the latter's swrrender, so far as he can rememberit. The final interview wasbetwoen Mr. Gould and General Sickles, the latter reprosent- ing Mr, Barlow. General Sickles came into the Poard of Directors and announced thatMr. Gould +had decided to surrender unconditionally, except making 5 demand for the privilege of resigning instead of being removed, and tho settlement of some metters of cost with former aftorneys. Mr. Barlow does not recall any direct release, written or verbal, such as Mr. Gould claims, and eays that, in ell their conversations concerning such release, ho (Mfr. Barlow) had insisted that it could onlybe granted aftern satisfactory exam- ination of the books. Such exeminstion Was only concluded just prior to tho bringing of the suit. An interesting featuro of Mr. Darlow's testimony is that which removes sny impression that the snit was brought a8 an opposing ele- ‘ment of the Northwestern corner, in which Mr. Gould was o largely interested, stating that the suit bad been fully determined upon two weoks before the inauguration of the speculative movement in Northwestern. . TIn the debate in the House of Representatives upon the bill admitting building materials to be used in tho burnt district of Boston free of duty, Ar. Dawes explained that it differed from the Chicago bill in that it included lumber among the free articles. Mr. Peters, of Maine, said that, thoaghho represented a lumber district, he would not oppose the bill, and Mr. Conger, of Michigan, also said that he would not, in the in- terest of the lumber States, object, though he £dded ¢ that, with the same propriety, manu’xe- tured goods, such as are produced in Massachu-~ sotts, might bo admitted free of duty in Mich- jgan.” Mr. Congor is right, though, perhaps, tho occasion for uttering his opinion was not timely. ZLumber is mado of the logs of felled irees; the Intter aro possed through a mill and como out Ilumber, 2 manufactared article. In the sume way wool is clipped, and after passing through the dye-pot and the mill comes out manufac- tured cloth, blenkets, flannels, and bunting. There was the same renson for refusing to let lumber come into Chicago free of duty that there was for refasing to let blankets, and flan- nels, and woollen goods generally. Mr. Conger and his associates from Michigan refused to leb us have free lumber, and tho Massachusetts people refused to let us havo blankets; Mr. Conger now concedes free lumber to Boston, and +tion of Tllinois, and the clsuse of the new Con- stitation npon which it is based, are opposed to that clause of the United States Constitution hich declares that /‘no ffate shall pass any intimates protty strongly that his constituents ought to have free blankets. Much as we believe the tax on lumber ought to be repealed asa cruel tax upon those who have to purchase it, caso will be ultinately taken. Atell everte, if - wo thinl the tax on blankets is even more out- rageous. There is not a lumberman in Michigan who doés not pay three conts tax on the blankets heuses for himself and his family tothe one that ho gets from the tax onlumber. If the two taxes were repeslod, the people engagedin the lumber ‘business, from the wood-cutter snd log-driver to the wholegale merchant, would be large gainers. THE LOUISIANA IMBROGLIO. The country had reason to hope that it had heard the last of the revolationary and disgust- ing political dishonosty in the reconstructed Btates: Butthe latestis perhaps the most dis- graceful that has taken place yet. Tho election in Louisiana took place on Nov. 4. Political parties had been singularly divided ; but, some time previons to the election, thero was & union of Democrats, of Liberals, end of & large body of straight Republicans, in favor of & compromise ticket for State officers, the end sought bving the defeat of MMr. Kellogg, a carpet-bagger, who hed been foisted upon the Ropublican party as 8 candidate for Governor by what is called the Custom House faction in New Orleans. The opposing candidate was Mr. McEnnery, a native Louisianian, ond a ‘man of character and standing. By this ar- rangement, the State was also to get rid of War- moth, the present carpet-bag Governor. The combination was successfal. McEnnery was un- questionably elected Governor, as well 88 a ma- jority of the candidates supported by tho same party. The Governor, Secrotary of Stato, and some other State officors constitute by law the Board to canvass the vote. A msjority of this Board announced its purposo fo reject the re- turns 88 made, whereupon Warmoth removed tho man who held the offico of Secretary of Btate, and appointed another person, The po- litical complexion of the Board was .thus changed. An appeal was made to the Biate Courts, and, pending that, Warmoth, as Gov- ornor, issued a proclamation certifying who had been elected members of the Legislature, and convening that body to mest on the 9th of Do- cember. At this stage of the business, Kellogg applied to the United States Court for an injunction restraining and prohibiting the meeting of the Legislaturo, forbidding the persons elected to that body from claiming or exercising any of the dnties thereof, and doclaring the Board of Can- vassors, as originally existing, to be the only persons competent to count and declare the re- sult of the State election. The argument upon this application, judging by the reports, was a complete farce; tho whole thing had evidently been prearranged, snd the Judge granted the injunction ss praged by Mr. Kellogg. Tho Court then pe- remptorily adjonrned for three days. The Board of Canvassors, who had everything arranged, | declared tho result, electing Kellogg, and a Eel- logg ticket, and & Eellogg Legislature. Wo should havo stated that, in granting the injunc- tion to prevent the mecting of the Legislature, the Court authorized the Marshal to employ force, and, upon his requisition, United States troops were at once marched into the city and took possession of the Stats House, and of all the streets and approaches thereto. The United States Margbal telegrapha to the anthorities at Washiugton all the dotails of what he has done with a8 much complacency as if ho wero supcrintonding strategic measures against o foreign endmy, and, in an official despatch, statos that the Kellogg Board counted Kellogg and his friends in by including in the vote for them the votes of all the perscns who by affi- davit appeared to have been refused registra- tion. When President Buchanan gravely inform- i Congress that tho votes of all the peoplo of Kapsaa who did not vote for or against the Lecomption Constitution onght to be consider- ed in favor of that instrument, he was lnughed at oven by the most violent pro-slavery men. But for & Canvassing Board to count the names of 20,000 or more persons handed in as persons who had not voted, but wonld have voted under certain circumstances, and without any investi- gation as to the truth of the affidavits, or whether such persons actually existed or not, is a proceeding which we suppose is without prec- edent even in the many dishonest and disgrace- ful transactions of the reconsfructed Govern- ments. - It will strike the country as somewhat strange that the United States Court obtained jurisdic- tion at all in determining who were clected members of the Legisleture of Louisiana, or who wore entitled to count the votes and make proclamation of the result. The United States Election Inw,—which is of . itself an enormous stretch of authority,—is confined to mat- ters pertaining to the election of mem- bers of Congress. Even that law gives no jurisdiction to the Federal Courts oxcept to appoint Supervisors ; these Supervieors have no authority except in matters of counting the votes for members of Congress. The Federal Céurt has power to punish offences against the persons of the Sapervisors; but the luwgives no Federal Court, however remotely, any jurisdic- tion over the election returns of any State officers. The character of this proceeding can bo best judged by bringing it home. We had on election for Btate officers here in November. The laws of this Stato provide that the returns made by the officers of electiong shall be certi- fied to certein designated officials, who shall open, convass, znd publish the same. It then provides & mode by which aggrieved persons mey contest the clection thus declered. Now, every man in Tilinois knows that, upon the re- urns a5 made by the clection officers, tho official canvassers will declare thst Richard J. Oglesby was elected Governor; that the other candidates on thio pame ticket were elected State officers, and that a Jarge majority of members of the same ‘party were lected to the Legislaturo. How,would the people of Illinois relish the interposition of Judge Dlodgott if ho should issuo an injunction forbidding Governor Oglesby, the other State officers, and tho Legislature-clect from enterig on their dutios, and showld direct thab the canvassers should assume that 50,000 or 100,000 persons in tho State who did not vote would have voted for Koornor and the opposing candidates ; and that, therefore, these latter were duly elected, and that the United States Marshal should employ Federal troops to eject Oglesby and tho Republican State offcers snd Legislature, and forcibly induct and protect the others in the Government of Illinois ? Yet that is precisely what the United States Court in. Now Orleans has done, and to-day the defeated candidates toke possession of the State Houso in New Orlesns under the protection of Federal cannon and Federal bayonets. In the attempt togebrid of Warmoth, it wss hoped that Louisizna and the conntry would got ridof an unscrupulous and daring adventurer, bub these recont transactions show that the State. through its Federal officers, including the Judi- ciary and its new carpet-bag Governor, Kellogg, ‘has fallen into other hands no less disreputable, and is controlled by men every way as dishonest and disreputablo as any other gang of political scoundrels that havo infested tho State. e JUDGE BLODGETT ON SCAMBMON. Some days ago, a meeting of the creditors of the Mutual Security Insurance Company (& banlrapt) pessed resolations asking the United States Court to canse the removal of the funds of the bankrapt from the Mechsnics’ National Bank, in which they were doposited, setting forth the reasons for their petition. These rea- sons were, briofly, thet Mr. J. Y. Scammon ovwned o largo interest in the Mechanics’ Na- tional Bauk, and, at the same time, was carrying on a legal controversy with the Mutual Becurity Insurance Compeny. Tho features of this con~ troversy sre well known. Mr. J. Y. Scammon +was the Treasurer of the bankrupt Company, and held s large amount of its funds at the time of the fire. He hes retained these funds'ss an offeet to claims for losses on policies which ho held a8 an individual, snd rofuses to pay the money over for the genoral benefit of the creditors and take his equitable dividend with the others. Mr.J.Y.Bcsmmonis alsoadebt- or of the Mutual Security Insurance Company, which holds his notes for & certain amount of unpaid stock, which he likewise refases to pay, These were the grounds upon which the cred- itors asked that tho funds of the bankrupt should be removed from Mr. Scammon’s control. “Though Judge Blodgett has declined to enter tho rule which the croditors asked, sinco the money is to be drawn out very shortly in due course of dividend, he pointedly condemns Mr. Scammon's conduct in the whole affair. “In other words,” seys Judgo Blodgett, “I bardly think that Mr. Scammoa ought to carry on o controversy with tho funds of this bankrupt Insurance Company,which is, in effect, 2 contest with tho creditors of that Company in the name of the Assigneo.” Subsequently, Judge Blodgett, in order to leave no doubt that Mr. Scammon is doing this, adds: “ He (Mr. Scammon) would, of course, be benefited pro {anto by the deposit of fundsin the bank, and to that extent ho may be said to be benefited by the deposit of these funds to carry on tho con- tost.” Ho first points out the glaring impropri- oty of one man using snother’s funds for the purpose of fighting him. Ho thon proceeds to show that this is exactly what Mr. Scammon is doing to the extent of his interest in tho Me- chanice’ National Bank, where the funds of the Mutual Secarity (really belonging to the credit- ors) are deposited. The conclusion is, that Mr. Scammon is doing what the Court construes to ‘e n dishonorable act. Thero is one point which was not bronght be- fore Judge Blodgett’s consideration. Thisisthe failure of Mr. Scammon to pay the creditors of the Matual Security any interest on their fands, which he is using to fight them. Mr. Scammon owns a banking institution known as the Marine Company, besides controlling the Mechanics’. National Bank, According to popular construc- tion, Mr. J. ¥, Scammon, of the Mechaonics’ Na- tional, holds about the same rolation to Mr. Jon- athan Y. Scammon, of the Marine Company, as does Mr. 3. Young Scammon, of Milwaukee, to Mr. Jonathen Young Scammon, of Chicago. These relations are too complicated to be sus- captible of explanation, but the inferonce is that, while Mr. J. Y. Scammon, s a privato banker, is o large borrower, at & high rato of interest, Mr. J. Young Scammon, as a stock- holder in o National Bank, should scarcely have the use of the funds of bankrupt insurance companies for nothing. There is an additional reason why this should not bo €0, in the fact that othor banks, of at least equal responsibility, which are not fighting their creditors, would willingly pay the intcrest on such deposits that the law aathorizes. Judge Blodgett mey have been justified, in view of the approaching dividend, in refusing to enter the rule for the removal of the funds from the Mechanics’ National Bank. But it is not probable that Mr. Scammon, who Sots uch great store upon Lis personal honor and probity, will farther justify Judge Blodgett's pointed re- buke of his conduct by continning to hold on to tho Mutual Security funds while fighting the Company. 1t msy be charitably presumed that MMr. Scammon did not know any better until Judge Blodgett informed him how disreputable the transaction really is. —ee SENATOR OGLESBY ARD HIS TROUBADOUR. Mr. Fronk Lumbard, who supplied the Repub- lican Stato Contral Committes with flats, sharps, naturals, and other musical sinews of war dur- ing the recent campnign, and was Senator Rich~ ard J. Oglesby's Special Troubadour, is about to bring suit against the Committeo to recover 2600, which he claima to be the valuo of his musical services, as per contract. Considering that Rubinstein gots $10,000 per month, and has o country to save, Mr. Lumbsard’s claim of 2600 for four months is & modest one, especially in view of the fact that he had tho National, Stato, and Municipal candidates to elect, and the whole country, including Illinois and Chi- cogo, to save. Mr. Lumbard, we believe, does not fix these damages from & critical stand- point. If he had, ho could barely have expected tho convontional one cent dam- sges which juries aro accustomed sometimes to find. He does not uxge the ples of economy. An organ-grinder would havo been cheaper and more convenient, & better traveller, less expen- give in food and drink, and quite 88 inspiring; 28 most of the orgens havo quite as many funes and much better ones than Mr. Lumbard’s cam- | peignrepertoire. He claims tho money on high petriotic gronnds, sssuming that but for his quevers and semi-quavors, and domi-semi- quavers, and the chromatics of Old Shady” and ¢ The Little Brown Jug,” Chicago, Cook County, and Hllinois would have been lost to the Administration, and the country would have gone to ruin. Wo believe that, in this case, TLumbard should have his money, and if Senator Oglesby, nnliko Republics, is truly gratefol, he will pay for his musician’s notes in notes of the realm, and pay it prestissimo, and thus resolve Mr. Lumbard from the minor to the major key st once, and send him off on & scherzo of ecstacy. The Troubadours have slwaya been faithfal to their masters. When Richard pined in & prison in the Holy Land, faithful Blondel travelled the world over with his lute, singing the King’s fa- vorlte song in every village and valley, and upon evory hill snd mountain top, tntil he found his royal master. Was the master ungrateful to the Trombadour? Richard lavished honors and fortune upon Blondel. What is Senator Oglesby doing for his Troubadour, who travelled the whole State over from Bridgeport oven into Egypt, with his valise and his upper register, warbling his bird-like melodies snd chenting peans of vietorv? Those whq dance should pay the fiddler, and this neglect of one who has sung 80 concientiously for his native 1and end Benator Oglesby is simply cruel. We urge Mr. Tumbard, therefors, to prosecute’ his suit to the bitter end. Let him produce experts to fix the value of song as applied. to the salva- tion of the country. Let him singto the jury all the songs which he sang during the cam- paign, provided it robust panel. Let him prectically show that music hath charms to the savage, to rend an oak and split a cabbege. Let him show that the man who hath no music inhis soulis fit for treason, stratagems, and gpoils. Let bim bring in the doctors and pro- fessors of music to explain the subile powers of their favorite art, ana tho mysterious connec- tion between dotted sixteenths and political con- victions, and show how a cadenza may influence & canvass, or aslight haltat abar detormine the position of a csndidate. Should he make guch & vigorous sppeal and lose his case, there- by socaring the banishment of this turefal Troubadour from politics, it would be a mourn- fal result. Should he win it, it would be sig- nificant, as showing that there is still a taste for high art among us, and would open new ficlds of enterprise for political warblers and patriotic screamers. LAND GRANTS. Mr. George W. Julian has written a letter to the New York Tribune, suggesting some legisla- tion which, he believes, should be made by the present Congress in order to give s lasting and practical effect to the spirit of our Homestead laws. Mr. Julian's prominent and usefal identi- fication with Homestead legislation while s mem- ber of Congress, and the devotion which he has exhibited to the proper bestowal of public lands at all times, entitlos him to an attentive hearing on this subject. He makes the point that, in re- gard to the further grants of public lands to railway corporations, every convention of tho people held prior to the lato election, joined: in opposition to the practice. The National: Labor Reform Convention, held at Columbus, +was the first to take this ground, and its exam-~ ple was imitated by the National Temperance Convention, the Nations] Convention of Liberal! Republicans at Circinnati, the National Domo-| cratic Convention at Baltimore, and the Na~' tional Republican Convention at Philadelphis. There is no subject of National importance, therefore, in which the policy of all partios is s0 explicitly detormined. Mr. Julian thinks that there are four things to bo done : 1. That every. bill introduced into the present sesgion of Con- gress granting lands to National corporations, or for other special purposes, should bo inconti- | nontly tabled, as the most direct mecns of at- testing Congressional rospect for the popular will. 2. There should be legislation embodying more clearly than now the principle that lands fit for agriculture shell be Qisposed of to nono other than actual settlers, as tho only means to prevent monopoly of the most valuable lands for speculative purposes. 8. That such selection and actual settlemont shall be regarded as a contract between the Gov- ernment and the settler,—a vestod right of prop- erty in the latter, of which he can only be di- vested by & failuro to comply with the conditions of his title. Under tho present construction of the law, tho sottler msy be dispossessed at any time prior to the final payment, and his improve- ments confiscated. 4. That, when any tribo of Indians shall desire to part with their lands, they shall bo conveyed directly to the United States, instead of being sold togome monopolist, Indian ring, or railway company. With the ex- ception of tho last proposition, the constitutional Iegality of which msy be called into question, M. Julian’s suggestions are all in the interest of tho true policy With regard to ourpubliclands. THE DIAMOND SWINDLE. The official report of Clarence King, United States Geologist, to, tho Board of Directors of the San Francisco and New York Mining and Commercial Company, and the supplementary report of the mining expert, Henry Jenin, to the Trustees of the same Company, fully and com- plately disclose the details of the great dismond swindle in California. The developments made by Mr. King, by Janin, who was completely duped, and by thoe confossions of one or two of those prominently engaged in the swindle, show it tohavo been one of the most ingenious and bare-faced frauds of modern times, and, if not a8 successful, fully as ekilfully arranged, as the rocent colossal bank swindle perpetrated by Spitzeder, the Bavarien actress, The firat discovery, ss alleged, was made by Philip Arnold, who, shortly after, in company with ono Slack, appeared in Ssn Franciaco, with soversl rough dismonds, which they slleged they had fonnd in & certain locality which-was literally blazing with precious gems. They offered to guide any one to the spot, and grodually interested the moneyed men of San. Francisco in the project. Among othors, William C. Ralston, the Cashier of the Bank of Celifor- nis and & heavy capitalist, was induced to send Jenin, who is » mining engineer and expert, to investigate the discovery. Jenin prospected the diamond fields under the supervision of Arnold, and found sbout 920,000 worth of gems, and, upon this prospect, ho returned to San Francis- co and made a glowingly favorable report. The oxcitement became intense, and, upon the strength of it, Arnold made a contract with Mr. ‘Harpending, of San Francisco, for the sale of the ‘discovery, and Herpending transforred en in- terest in that contract to Willism 3. Lent, of the same city. The first payment to Arnold was $100,000. The property then underwent verious subdivisi by who paid about §350,000. Other interests were sold out to various parties, 5o that the result was, that Arnold and his con- federates netted about $650,000. The purchasers at once organized the San Francisco and Now York Mining and Commercisl Company, with & capital stock of $1,000,000. The leading stock- holders were W. C. Ralston, Milton 8. Latham, Albert Gaonse, Lewis Sloss, George D. Roberts, Maurice Dore, William M. Lent, A. Harpending, and D. D. Colton, of San Francisco; and §. L. M. Barlow and George B. McClellan, of New York. The stock, however, was not put upon the market. It was taken at the rate of $40 per share, - with the direct understanding that the stock should remsin in the hands of W. C. Ral- ston, and should not be sold or put upon the market until the value of the property should be fully ascertained. P g In order to make assurance doubly sure; Alr. Clarence King, United States Geologist, was re- quested to make carefal survey of the Arizona diamond fields. Heo has done 8o, aud made his report, which hag just been published, showing that the whole affair, from first to last, has been ahuge and ingenious swindle. His suspicions were aroused in the second day’s worlk, and he at once made an exhaustive series of prospects. is a patlent and soothe the bulk of it being held spplying all the geological tests known to sci- ence, the results of which ho sums up as fol- lows: 1. That the gems exist in positions where nature alone could never have placed them. 2, That thoy do not exist where, had the occurrence been genninc, the inevitable laws of nature must have carried them, 3. Finally, that some designing hand has “salted’ them with deliberate frandulent intent. 4, Furthermore, this is tho work of DO common swindler, but of one who has known enongh fo select 3. spot whara every geological parallel added a fresh prob. ability of honesty. Tmmediately after deciding that the dismond discovery was & fraud, Mr. King announced the fact to Mr. Janin, who was still convinced of the genuineness of the discovery. Janin at once seb out for & second exploration of the fields, exam- ined all the points tested by Mr. King, and made numerous analytical tests, which satisfied him that Mr. King was right in his conclusions, that the ground was ot only mot diamond-bearing, ‘but absolutely worthless in any respect, as con- nected with the production of gems, and that he had been the victim to & fraud. fr. Jonin Bsy8 in his report : In company with General Colton I repeated the tests made by me on the occasion of my Arst visit, st points o third of a mile distant from the * discovery” point, whera I had previously found, as Teported, diamonds sndrubles. Innumerabletests showed the gravelto be sbsolutely barren, showing that the gems found were placed in the various samples of gravel taken between the time they were collected and the time they were washed. Theso tests wero made in company with one of the original and supposed discoverers, Wehad no sieves with which one man may malke his tests sloneand. unsssistod, and were obliged to mako the test by the slow and laborious process of digging the gravel packing the same on horseback to water, and there washing it in go¥d pans. Under these condi- tions, assistance became- necessary. Along these out~ gido lines he found as beforo seversl ant-hills with ru- ‘bies on their sides, Omne was found similarly pre- pared, which Ihad newer before scen. Careful and thorough tests fram the exireme bottom of theso hills, and_from the ground stound them, showed the ground to be absolately barren, and proves that the rubles on them wepo fraundulently placed there, with tho expectation that these points, being on the lino of survey, would be examined, with the correct calculztion that the occurrence of gems ander such conditions would bo considered . proof conclusive that tho occurrence was a natural one. = ;| These two reportshzve pricked the bubble, and the case is now in the hands of the Grand Jury for investigation. A more patient, ingenious, 2nd bold swindle has mever been concocted in‘ this country. Every element of the plok was calculated to deceive. The.spot selocted for the “galting™ of the gems Wwas geologically favora~ blo. The Company which Was organized Was composed of gentlemen of wealth and respecta=~ bility, who would not knowingly lend their pames toafrand. The originators of the plot did mot sell out until the locality had been reported upon by experts employed by the purchasers. The people of California may well thank Mr. King that they have been saved from a grest finans cial calamity. The San Francisco Chronicle asserts that it was the infention to have pub one hundred and eighty millions of diamond stock on the market, and, hsd it not been for Mr. King’s discovery, and his honesty and fear- lessness in announcing it, five long months— December to May—would have elapsed before the exposure could have boen mado, During that time, with capitalists and millionaires to 2id the scheme, and brokers to inflate the mar- ket, the stock would haye risen to high figures, the 'popular excitement womld have reached fever-heat, and every manm, woman, ond child, not only in Californis, but the whole country, would have been eager to invest in diamond stock. It is the province of the Grand Jury to find who are the thieves in this operntion, the confederates behind Arnold and Slack who had the means to purchase the rough gems in London and the kmowledge to instruct these twomen where to “salt” them. The scheme has occupied two yearsin consummation, and large sums of money have been expended, showing that there bave been par- ties of great wealth concerned in it. If over there was =& swindle which called for thorongh and patient investigation, and for the summary action of courts and juries, itisthis. The fact that the only losers sre thoso who bought ont the discovery, and & few Son Francisco capitalists who invested in the stock, does not affect the criminality of the swindlers, nor diminish the necessity for a thor-" ough ipvestigation and the prompt and rigorons ‘punishment of the swindlers. POLITICAL. The list of contested seatsin the Forty-third ; Congress promises to be & long one, and will include, to begin with, the entire delegations of Tonisiana, Arkansas, and Florida, twelve in all; and, from Indions, one; Georgis, two; Mary- lend, one; Virginia, one; West Virginis, two. The West Virginia contest will be further mud- dled if tho Legislature of that State shonld, as is proposed, set eside both the August and Oc- tober elections of Congressmen, and order & Rew election. —There will be a special election, the 24th inst., in the Exie (Pa.) District, for o Congress- manto serve out the short term, vice Mercur, resigned. —The Commissioners to propose amend- ‘menta to the Constitution of New York met at Albany, 4th, and elected Robert H. Prayn, President, and Hiram Calkins, Clerk ; and have sinco adjonrned to the first Wednesday in Jan- uary. The Albany Journal says: The Constitutional Commission enters upon its work under many favorable circumstances, It is well or- .| ganized and officered. Itisa small body, and the bet~ ter calnlated on this account for prompt and efficient work, It ia largely composed of practical and experi- enced men, familiar with the principles of government and with the polity of our State. It will bavo less temptation than some previous bodies 0 prolix discus- sion, ond, in its non-partisan character, will find :?;zmh!gof & safeguard ogainst mere political de- _The voice of the public press of Georgis is for General John B. Gordon for United States Senator. —Greeley’s vote is 11,396 over Grant, in Ken~ tucky, by the official proclamation. __The demand for the impeachment of Gov- ernor Davis, of Texss, continues. His newspa- per organs are defiant. e —Charles D. Jacob, brother of the West Vir- ginin Governor, and a prime mover in the 0'Conor Convention, was last week ale\_:ted Mayor of Louisville, Ky., by 9,747 votes, against 891 scattering. This unanimity is due, We pre- sume, to the fact that Jacob only, of all the available candidatos, was eligible. —In the United States Court of Judge Durell, st New Orleans, Mr. James B. Beckwith, the United States District Attorney, arguing for a bench-order against Governor Warmoth, assert~ ed that, under the changes which had been made in our Constitution and in our frame of Govern- ment, the States of this TUnion had been reduced to mere municipalities, subject in all things to the power, control, and disposition of the Fed- eral Government. —Charles J. Jenkins, the recipient of two votes in the Electoral College for President of the United States, was Governor of Georgis under the Johnson reconstruction of 1865. —Tho vote of West Virginia for President, is 62,456, being 20,477 less than in Auguston the New Constitution. —The vote of Fiansas for President in No- vember wag 99,888, and for State officers 101,6_50. —As several o'rgans of the Administration have taken occasicn to cepsure Mr. Summer's " geventh street. resolation offered in the Senate, last week, the' Hartford (Ct.) Times says: Tn 1862 General McClellan ssked permission fo fn« scribe npon the banners of his army the names of tho 5 battles it had won. Senator Sumner then introduced resalations o; this request, and spoke in_oppo- )pposing v sition to the idea of cmblazoning victories over our own eople,and tuating the memory of battles in which oo bioad ofcitisenaof tao United States alono wasshed. Licutenant General Winfield Scott, in his autobiog- Taphy, alluded to this patriotic stand of Senator Sam- Ter, and approved of jt. General McClelian's request ‘was not granted. So it sppears from the record that Benntor Sumuer has from the first acted from princi. plo in this matter, and his present views are not new, Dor do they arise from # personal ” considerations. —The October elections will hereafter ba shorn of much of their significance in Presiden- 4ial years, ond are likely to be sbolished altogeth~ er, since the apportionment act of Congress pro- vides for the uniform election of Represents- tives and Delegates, in allStates and Territories, on the Tuesday after the first Monday in No- vembor of every second year, beginning in 1676. " —The total vote of California, for President, is only 94,738, against 120,101 for Governor, & year ago, and 108,660 for President in 1868, It i estimsted that in San Francisco alone not Jess than 4,000 voters remained away from the ° polls. —The Yowa Legislatare meets, Jan. 15, in ad~ * journod session for thirty dayz, to consider the Code, 2nd nothing else, unless by unanimons consent. Buch, st lenst, wes the order at the 1ast session; but ome of our Iowa exchanges 86782 This resolation wo_pronounced at the time ag mere ‘buncombe, knowing fall well that the powerthat made it could unmako it. Therois already indications that tho Legialature will rescind this resolution, and start on o carcer of legislation that may extend over a couplo of months. 1 —The papers are genorally making record thot Mr. Greeley carried but six States. He carried seven, viz.: Maryland, Georgis, Lonisi- ana, Texas, Tennesseo, Kentucky, and Missouri, Tn Lonisisoe his majority was 9,157. The fack that, in order to_dofent the Liberal State end county ticket, the Custom House faction are trying the swindle of throwing the vote of New Orleans out, does not, even if successful, which we think it will not be, alter the fact. The poo- ple in seven States voted for him. This the fruth of history equires us to state, and it will be so written down.— Cincinnati Enquirer. HEPWORTH. His Instnliation as Pastor of an Indee pendent Church. Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune. New Yors, Dec. 6, 157 The installation of the Rey. George H. ep- worth took place last ovening at the Brick Church, corner of Fifth svenue and Thirty The exercises indicated a closer union in epirit and & more cordia® sympatht among differing denominations, most auspicion to the Christian csuse. Since Mr. Hepwortbs exodus, hohas been building up 2 church in- pendent of all sectarian connections, under he name of the Church of the Disciples. Theyare ‘building & house of worship on Madison avewus and Forty-fifth street, and this winter hold heit gervices in Steinway Hall. Many young popls ‘have ralliod around thia new leader in theovan- gelical ranks, snd tho church displays a fresh nes of vigor and & spirit of enterprise md lib- erality gusranteeing its success in the futare. Yestorday, at_2 p. m., s council repressnting ~varions leading denominations assembled in the chapel of the Brick Church, to oxamine tha ‘rticles of Faith, Standing Rales, &c., of tha church, and the doctrinal rules held by the pas- for. The result was entiraly satisfactory. Prom- $nent in the long list of distinguished clergymen present were the iollowmé 3 The Rev. James McCosh, D. D.; the Rev. illiam Ormiston, D.D.; the Rev. Willism 1. Budington, D, D.; the Rev. William M. Tayle, D. D.; the Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., D D tho Rev. R, 8. Storrs, Jr., D. Ds; the Rev. C.D. Foss, D. D.; the Hev. L. Smith Hobart; tie Rev. A- H. Clapp, D. D.—Presbyterians, Men- odists, Episcopalians, Congregationalists, :d Reformed. Botoro the opening of {he evening cxerciag, an immense crowd thronged the chuireh, filig every syailable space. The pipit, ltar, ax comimunion-table were tastefally adorned wik flowers. The Rey. William I. Budington, 3 Bfoderator of the Council, conducted the exe- cises. The Rev. Dr: Benjamin Martin offered the i- troductory proyer. After singing and the readiig of appropristo selections from Scripture by ti Bev, Ray Palmer, D. D., & sormon was preachd by the Rey. Dr. Storrs, Jr., from Romans i., 3 and 16. The condition of Romo at the time d Paul was most_eloquently described, and th infinence of military power contrasted with thy apparent weaknoss of the Gospel. But Pat how its ronl strength when houttered the word of the text. And the Gospel, he said, wes . power to-day. It has done away with gladiate Tial conquests, piracy, elovery, and it Bas rer dered impossible such a state of society as for ‘merly oxisted. “ Rock of Ages” was then sung with earnet pusticipation by the congrogation ; after whid r. Budington fervently offered the Prayer i Tnstallation, Then followed one of the mot interesting _and _touching features of tie exorcises,—the chergs {0 tho pastor oy the Rev. Stephen Tyng, Jr. In foW words, full of pathos and earnestness, ho gave Ar. Hepworth a friendly greeting, and exhorted ‘him to preach the Gospel of Christ plainly and fearlessly. The Rov. Dr. William Taylor then extendod to the pastor the right hand of fellow= ship, on the part of the denominations repre- Sonted in the Council, and, ho trusted, of tho hola country as well ; also of the flock ho is _now feeding. h The oxercises were closed, with the exception of singing and the benediction, by a few bappy suggestions, as s charge to tho people, by the Rov, Henry Ward Boecher. Ho bade them not Jot, the pastor be the wholo force of the church ; not to groy prond and fastidions in self-suffi- Clex:cy; and, Jastly, not to let the fersor of their outk: abete in age and prosperity. The hearsy fellowship oxtended by 5o many gects to this mew champion of Evangelicism, and the fact that the charge to the pastor was Qelivered by an Episcopal minister, are most significant indications, and herald a still farthor lovelling of sectarian barriers among s Christian people. L3 G. _——— THE BEERS FAR® TRAGEDY. Coroner’s Inquest on the Body of Frank ‘Braudt—The Testimeny Conflicting nnd Uz satisfactory—Verdict, *“Accidental Shooting” —Release of the Prisoners. Tho Coroner held on inquest, yesterday, 2t the Fourth Precinct (Bridgeport) Station, on the ‘body of Frank Brandt, the lad who was shot or ehot himeelf, on the Beers farm, Saturdsy after- noon. An account of the occurrence was given in yesterdny’s TemusE. The testimony was very conflicting, two witnesses telling ore story, another an entirely different one, and the re- meining witness agreeing with neither of the others. Jenny Beers, 9 yoars old, said she easw four boys neer her father's house, the largest ono hasing & gun, Which he pointed at one of tho othors, and discharged it. ‘The lad at which the wenpon was cimed {fell over, and lus companions Tanaway. Emily McNulty s thegun pointed,but id not witness the shooting. ~She was not able $o recognize 2ny of the boya, Frank Herman, aged 14, who whs present when Brandt was Xilled, testified that Fred Gopga]schmdar ehot at rabbit in its hole, and that but one barrel of the gun would go off. ~Fred then snapped Bev- oral caps, oll the while pointing the gun at Brandt, who told him not to do £0, and dodged 50 a8 t6 get out of line. The weapon suddenly discharged, and tho shot_struck Brandt in the head and killed him. The boys had had no quarrel. Fred was sworn and asserted that Brandt snapped the caps, and put his mouth to the barrel and commenced blowing in it. When o took his mouth awy, the gan went off, and he was killed. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, and the three lads, Fred and Ferdinand Goppelschrader, and Frank Herman, who were in custody, wero released. Fine Arts—Chicago Again at the Head I1/ The public will be interested to know that the ele- gantly carved silver cases and ofiiccs in N. Matson & Co.’s mew store, pronounced by connoissears a8 sur: ‘passing anything of the kind in the world, Were man. ufactured in this city by A. IL. Androws & Co. This firm aro now occupying their spacious new factory, and aro prepared to do tho most elaborate office work, including Marquetry flooring. Samples may bo scen at their warerooms, 170 State street ] Obituary. 8. Louts, Dec. 8.—Thos. L. Stewart, short- hand reporter, lafely connected with the Demo- cral here, and formorly from Toronto and Chi- Cago, was found doad on the corer of Seventh and Pino streets, early this moming. Thecanse of bis dosth is naknown. ‘Mr. Stewart was on the local staff of the Chi- cago Time for several months, and was subse- quently employed as an_assiatant by & law-re- Pporting firm in that city. He was about 28years of age, and unmarried.