Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 11, 1872, Page 4

4 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1872, TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE, TETS OF STDECRIFIION (PATADLE IN ADVANCE). Byigbrei....$12:00] Suxd Tri-Weekly.. 6,00 | Weekly Parts of a year at the same rato, To provent Gelay and mistakes, bo stro sud glro Post Gffce address Ip full, including State and County. Remittances may be made either by draft, oxpress, Post Offico order, oria rogistered loiters, at our risk. TEINS TO CITY SUDSCRIDENS. Peilr, delicercd, Sunday escepted, 2 conts por mock. 2il¥, delivored, Bundey jncluded, % conta por wock, Address T}, TRIBUNE COMPANY, ‘Cormar Madison and Desrborn-ats., Chicego, 1il. 430 Wabash-sv., in the Booketoro of , Andrewe & Co., whoro sdvcrtisenenta and subseriptions will bo recelvad, and wil have tie eamo atication ag if loft at the Main OfEce. TRIBGNE Branch O CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S TRIBUNE. FIRST PAGE — Congressionsl Procoedings—Miscella- neot 15lon Items—Advertisements. E~City Saniary Mattors—Who Killed ho Scandinavian Bonk end Its Ab- tcondiing President—The Bankrupt Germania In- soranco Company ~ Railsoad Nows ~Tho Muns, Norton & Scott Bankrupt Cas THIRD PAGE—3iichigan Lettor : Personnol of the Tn- coming State Adminstration—Tho Germansand tho Bror Question—Miscellaueons Local Nows—Rail- road Time Toble—Adrertisements, FOURTH PAGE—Editcrials : An Enterprising Grand oJury; Tho Triumph of Bismarck; The Political Situstlon in Franco—The Proposed Increaso of tho Navy—Curreat News Ttoms. FIFTH PAGE—Board of Education—Amusements—Bfar- kota by Telegrah. SIXTE B RS Fiatary and Commercial. SEVENTH PAGE—Tho Law Conris—Marine Ttoms— Small Advertisemonts: Real Fstate, For Sale, Wanted, To Bent, Boarding, Lodging, Ete, EIGHTH PAGE-Torcign Nows by Tolcgraph—Tha Tonoof Wall Street Yesterdsy—Tho New Orlouns ‘Troubles—3liscellaacous Telograms. TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS, ATREN'S THEATRE—~Wisbach avenus, corncs of Con gress streot. Engagement of Lawrence Barrett. **Ham- et APVICKER'S THEATRE-Madison stroct, between ftato snd Doarborn. Engagement of Aliss Jane Coombs. *“Londou Assursnco.” ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Halsted stroet, south of Aadison. Tho Lydia Thompson Trope. **Blae Beard.” HOOLEY'S OPFRA HOUSE-Randolph strect, bo- twoon Clark and LaSalle. New Comedy Company. ** Paxtacrs for Life.” Operatic Bagatells, MYERS' OPERA HOUSE—Monroo stroet, betwoen Btate and Dearborn. Aslington, Cotton & Kewmble's Binstrel and Burleeque Troups. GLODE THEATRE—Desplaines street, botween Madi- 802220 Washington. Tho Lelia Eilis Balisd Opers Com- vey. i NIXON'S AMPHITHEATRE-Cliston stroot, betiteon ‘Washicgton cnd Rendolph. Leo Hadson s ** Mazoppa.” BUSINESS NOTICES. SALT REEUM CURED BY USING JUNIPER TAR §ron. Manufactored by Caswell, Hazard & Co., Now ok, FOR DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, DEPRESSION of Spirits zod General Debilitr. the Ferro Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaga Bark (Calisasa Bazk_and Iron), s tne best tonic.” Mado by Caswell, Hazard & Co , New York, 2ad t0ld by Druggists. : COD LIVER OII AND LIME—THAT PLEASANT s2d setico sgont tn the enrsof ull conumptice sympios, e, *“Wilbor's Compound of Puro’ Cad Liver Oil on 4 12 being univorsully adopted in medical pracrice. Sold by %fla‘pnmpflewn Al B. OR, Chomist, 165 Conrt-st., oston. A GLORIOUS REGORD. I YEARS AGO A FEW odost lines i New Yorl Journal invited pablio attea. 103 to new vegetable restoratise, and solicited a trial of its mocits aga smedy fov ndigostion, bliousness, Tosor zad ague, dabilis, nervous disorders, rheumatism, and all complaints requiring invigorating and regulating 1n this quiet, unpretentions way, Plantation ‘Bitters was introduced into the world. 1t was a success from the beginning. All thet was claimod foritas s toaie, corrective, and sutidote to mala: fongd o bo stfictly trae, VWithin fivo yoars the' an- nual sales of this srticle amounted to over one million bottles. A fow years more, and tho demand had swelled totve millions. " Tho annual consumption of the bitters has now reached the almost incredible lnxr; gate of six millions of bottles, and Torevery battlo s 5 Sopy of tho Tilustrated Medical Annual, published by the Broprio- Zors at » cost f 150, 09, 1s Fiven awss. The Chicago Tribune, Wednesday Morning, December 11, 1873, A Greeley National Monument Association is forming at Boston, to raise $500,000 for tho erection of an enduring testimonial to Mr. Greeley’s memory; $175,000 have already been promised to the fund. The Scandinavizn Netional Bank, of this city, closed its doors yesterday. Tho affair wasnot unexpected, and it created no excitement, except among the few depositors of the institution. A detailed. statement of the condition of the bank will be found in our financial colamns. The Republicans in the North Carolina Legis- Iature, having cast their votes for a Democrat for United Btates Benator, the Democrats in the Alsbama Legislature are sboutto refurn the compliment by casting their votes for a Repub- licen, Itisbelieved thatno frightful harm will overtake the country in consequence of the defeat of either Vance or Spencer. Governor Palmer has been asked by the Amer- {can Geographical Society to send them, for ex~ ‘hibition at the Vienna Exposition, maps, docu- ments, photographs, surveys, geological and other reports, and any other papers which will illustrate the Tesonrces, growth, and prosperity of Ilinois. The Governor has put the matter in thohandsof the Superintendent of Pablic In- struction. In the Senate, the bill to provide for the erec- tion of public buildings ot Quiney in this State has been indefinitely postponed. Among the regolations submitted yesterday was one direct~ ing tho Judiciary Committes to make inquiries 15 to the advantagp or disadvantage of changing the Constitution, so that the President, Vice President, and Senstors be elected by the direct vote of the people. The Finance Committes tried to ehift the bill prohibiting the sale of liquorin Washington upon the Judiciary Com- ‘mittee, on the ground that it involved & ques- tion of morals rather than finance, but the Sen- ate, not thinking the lastter Committee one of morals, refused to relieve the Finance Commit- tee of the nncomfortable bill Jules Favre and 14 other moderate Bepubli- tomg, with 92 members of the Left Centre, beve given to the Constitutional Committee of "Thirty, now meeting at Versaillos, their views of the reforms needed to assure peace to France. They think that Thiers should hold the Presi- dency four years longer ; that a Vice President should be added to the officers of the Govern~ ment, end a Second Chember to the Legislature; that the Ministers should be responsible, in- stead of Thicrs, for the conduct of their Depart- ments ; and that the Assembly should be re- newed, as the President hes suggested, not by 2nimmediato dissolution £nd general election, ‘but by dividing itinto classes, one of which shall . go out ezch year, and be replaced by new mem- Ders. The era of good feeling has evidently not rezched tho politicians of Penusylvanis. Col- onel Forney, commenting on Simon Cameron’s movement to pravent any allusion in the Sevato to Horace Greeley's death, sayg: ©There are some men g0 dead to patriotism and indifferent to conscience ag to msake politics a business of pecuniary profit, snd to proétitute nil public ser- vico to this bese cnd. Of courso, such nRarTovw-~ minded and emell-kearted posons clevato party sbove sll coneiderations ¢f lioner aad deceucy. The Tnited Biates Senate, yesterday, at thomo- fion of one men, was compelied to refuso toad- journ out of resoect to Alr. Greeley. end oventp listen to an eulogy of him. And this individual was one not worthy to loosen the latchets of tho Gead man's ehoes.” e — A largo meeting was held yesterdsy in Now Orleans, of citizens who regard the action of Judgo Durell and the Custom House faction as an invasion of their rights. The speeches, one of which was by Governor ‘Warmoth, secm to bave been tomperate in tome. The Governor advises that an appedl b mede to Congress for redress. A memorial was received from the Chamber of Commerce, which was in full sympothy with the views of Warmoth's party. A Committeo of 100 was eppointed by tho meeting to visit tho Presi- dent and Congress, lay their grievances before them, and nsk that Federal troops be withdrawn from the State House,.and the peopla be Ioft to govern themselves, or clse that the present unbearable confliet of authority be quicted by the establishment of & Military Government throughout the State. 7 —— The trial of the two policomen, Danielson and Ovwens, for the shooting of s prisoner named Mesch, last October, whilo attempting to escape from them, resulted, yesterday, in their acquit- tal, owing to the confusion of the testimony. Although nearly all of the witnesses testified that Danielson fired the fatal shot, yet it was shown that the ball which killed Mesch will not it Danielson's pistol. On the other hand, the ball fits Owons' pistol, but all the witnesses wera agroed that Owens fired the first shot, and fired into the air. Toadd to the confusion of testimony, one young lady, who saw the wholo affair from her window, testified that a stranger, wearing & black hat, fired fhe second shot which killed Mesch, whila & friend of hers, who was with her, testified that the strangcr fired the firet shot and killed him, whilo every other wiiness testified it was tho second shot which killed him. Under such conflicting evi~ dence, of courgo the prisoners wera acquitted. The Toronto Globe Derceives, in the late speech of Lord Kimberley, tho British Colonial Secretary, evidenco that the Home Government docs mot sympsthize with the cold utterances of the London Times, in reference to the ex- pediency of Canads cutting looso from Great ‘Britain, and setting up for herself. Tho Times' proposition has received little favorin the Do- minion. Tho Canadians, with the exception of the French population of the Lower Province, are true descendants of the *loyalists” of the American Revolution. They are sometimes de- scribed as ““more loyal than the Queen.” It s quits certain that independence has no charms for them, and that something far more disagreedblo than the San Juan decision, | or the Fishery sursender, as they call it, will bo Tequired to make thom forsake the British con- nection. As regards the French-spoaking popu- lation, they are too little enterprising to givo practica] effect to any discontent thoy may feel. gl sl We suppose that the Internationzls bave a perfect right to hold a maes-meeting, which i announced to take place in New York on the 14th inst,, for tho benefit of the widows and orphans of the Parisian Communists who have been oxo- cated. Itmaybe that the movement is sug- gested by motives of charity, and that the re- sult will be highly beneficiel to 2 suffering clasa. We doubt, bLowover, whether _efforts can be legitimately introduced into this meeting for the relesse of a man named Chambers, now under arrest for shooting & workman who refused to teke park in & strike and to givoup hiswork ab the command of the strikers. Courts are provided for the purpose of trying men who commit mur- der, and & mass-meeting of Internationals for the purpose of protecting an offender against the laws ehould receive no countenance from good citizens, even though it be called in the ap- ‘parent intereats of charity. penstechiaiil TIndian affairs Were brought before the House, sesterday, in the debate on the bill approprist- ing $5,379,365 for tho Indian Servico. Thissum i8 nearly one million Jess than was given for the current yoar. Under the pesco policy of the Iast £w0 years, one of the members exid, these has been s wonderful prosperity among the Indians, whose individugl property increased in value in one year from $3,942,000 to $9,941,000. Tho Indian Committes, sccording to the statement of its Chairman, will ecropu- lougly adhers fo the spirit of the Indian treaties, which it Tegards ns contracts between the Indians and the Government, to be observed faithfally nntil both parties consent toachange. A debato was begun on the bill brought over from the last session giving sol- diera and sailors, or, in case of their death, their representatives, homesteads out of the public 1ands, and allowing them to choose their land by attorney, and to assign their certificates. Home- steads for soldiers slone, it was said, would ro- quire 450,000,000 acres, mearly all of which would fall into the hands of claim-agents. The morning hour espired before the debats was ended. The Chicago produco markets were less active Festerday, but averaged a shade higher. Mess pork was quict and steady at $11.40@11.50 cash, and £12.00 seller March. Lard was guiet and firm at 7@7¥c cash and Tic scller March. Meats wero quiet and steady at33c for part salted shonlders ; 53¢ for do ehor} ribs; 6e for do short clear; and 6%@7%4c for green hams. Highwines were active end }4e higher, at 89 por gallon. Dressed hoga were in fair demand, and steady 2t 43§@43¢c per pound. TFlour was quiet and firm. Whoat was less active and weakk, declining 3¢, snd closed at $L.113¢ cash, and £1.123¢ seller Jauuary. Corn was' more active and steady, but closed weak af 8lc cash nnd Siic seller January. Oats were more ective, and ‘unchanged, closing at 253c cash, and 25%c scller January. Rye was quiet and 3¢e bigher, at Gle. Barley wus quiet and without material chango, closing @ull at 603¢c cash, 60c seller the month, and 6035 @6lcseller January. Thelivehog market opened firm at the advance noted yesterdsy evening, but closed weak and lower. The cattle trade was lifeless, with pricos about 25c per 100 Ibs lower than atthe close of lash week. Sheep wera quiet and steady. The stocks of grain in store in this city on Saturday last were 692,320 bu wheat; 744,130 bu corn; 673,402 bu oats; 153,837 bu rye ; and 276,657 bu berley. Henry L. Pierce, Alpheus Hardy, Moses Kim-, ball, 2ad cover:1 other eminent citizens of Bos- ton, have declined the Republican nomination far Meyor of that city, upon the ground that the platform proposed for their acceptanco and guidance requires them to exclude Democrats from all municipal ofiices, without regard to their qualifications or fitness. The Boston Journal sustaing thesezenflemen in the position they have taken. It soys: “A proposition to exclude men from any participation in the man- agement of our local government, in which they have an equal interest with their fellow-citizens, becsuse they are opposed to the national political principles of tho dominant party, 8 on the face of it an sbemrdity. In ono-half of the towns of Massachusotts, where the numerical Republican majority is Inrger than in this city, political opponents are elected to municipal offices. The gain is grest to all classes, and in this city the advantages are many, for political issuos are rarely introduced into tha City Council, and the fact that both po- litieal parties are represented provents dema- gogues and clieap party men from neglectingthe legitimate work of » municipality and indulging in political clap-trap.” The present municipal government of Chicago is conceded to be one of the best, if not the very best, wo have over had, and its efficiency, impartiality, and Tresponsibility are lazgely due to a just recognition of the prin- ciples which the Boston Journal go ably en- forces. — The conflict in Lonisiana grows in intensity. The Legilature declarod elected by Judge Du- rell, of the United States Court, met on Monday, and at orce proceeded to impeach Governor Warmoth, The other Legislature, being pro- hibited by Judge Durell from assembling, held & meoting with closed doors, The Kellogg Lag- islature having rosolved to impeach Warmoth, declared him suspended, and Lientenant Gov- ernor Pinchback (colored) sssumes to be Gov- ernor. In the menntime, Warmoth and sll the other State officers hold possession -of the pub- lic offices, and propose to do so until the expira- tion of their terms. The Kellogg Legislature will next wook elect Eellogg to the UnitedStates Senate, thus leaving the way to-Cato Cmsar Antoine (colored) to be Governor. The other Legislature will in due time elect some person to the United States Senate, and will declare that McEnery is the true Governor-olect, Itis probable thet, as this whole affair has been brought about to secure the election of Kellogg to the Benate, a5 soon 23 that evant takea placo he will nbandon his adherents to fight ont the battle alone. He seems to have acted under the impression that the United States Senate will admit him, no matter by what process he gats there. Mr. Kellogg, it will bo remembored, is, or was (like Warmoth), a citizen of Illinois,— and Judge Durell, of the United States Court, who has interfored in this affair, is & gentleman who carpet-bagged from New Hampshiro. — A communication having been printed in tha Army and Navy Journal charging intellectual inactivity and unwonted aristocracy mpon the officers of the United States army, and also blaming the West Point Academy for these cheracteristics, General Sherman haa roplied insletter to the editor, entoring & goneral denial of the allegations, and making a vigorous defence of the army offcors. Ho maintains that the maleriel of the Unpited States army is fullyup to the standard of any other army in tho world, and that {hore oxists as many advan- tages for mental and physical education in the prosent organization a8 wero enjoyed by Meade and Thomas, McPherson and Mower, Grant and Sheridan. He insists that, in the present distribution of the army forces, where tho officers are scattered in wild and unin- habited spots of our country, beyond the limits of civilization, no set of men counld maintain & closer union with the elements of progress and oducation; and he sattests that, everywhere, the army officers take with them such libraries, schools, and other ties of civili- zation a8 their mesns =afford. General Sher- man rofuses to shoulder the responsibility of West Point education upon the army. He says that this institution is directly ander the control and supervision of Congress, and that the army ‘'has nothing more to do with it than with Yale or Hervard. He does not mean by this to condemn the West Point schooling or discipline. He says, indeed, that he Eincerely wishes that all army vacancies could be filled by West Point graduates; but that the education there is, after all, only elementary. The real education of the soldier boging with his active service, and the American army, General Sherman holds, is as good a school as any other. AN ENTERPRISING GRAND JURY. Tho Grand Jury of Cook County, on Mondag, made, perhaps, the most surprising presentment that was ever received by a Court from a Grand Jury. It was o impertinent in its allegations and assumptions that Jndge Rogers was com- pelled to declare it not only extraordinary, bub vicious and criminal. The Grand Jury presented to the Criminal Court, ag a fact ** that has become notorious and a theme of general conversation among all classes,” that it is useless for the Grand Jury to find an indictment againat a crim~ inal. It declares that ‘““the energetioc State's Attorney grows hoarse in tho dis- cherge of his arduous duties,” but all his laborsare rendered {fruitless because our “chief law officers” grant pardons and upsct ~verdiots. The Grand Jury, therefore, warns the Criminal Court, and all other Courts, fribunals, and officors, *“that sooner or later the people will take the law in their own hands and administer it their own way.” The careful reader of this docament will hard- Iy fail to recognizo its clear intent, purpose, and object. The Executive, Judicial, and Legislative departments of the Government of -the Stato sre held criminally responsible for the failure to’ punich crime in Chicago, and tho wesknegs: or turpitude of the Supreme Court, the Governor, and of all other officers, 'is rendered moro evident by contrast with the “energetic Stato's Attorney,” who grows hoarso in his never-ending demand for the punishment of the guilty, and his remonstrances against the exercise of the pardoning power by the Gover- nor. The intimation is, that unless the Supreme Court and the other branches of the Government take beed, the people, with their enorgotic State's Attornoy and a Grand Jury at their head, will tako tho law in their own hands, dispensing with Courts, Petit Juries, Sheriffs, Governors, and Legislatures altogether. There aro now between. one and two hundred stalwart fellows in Chicago who have been pardoned upon the State's Attorney’s ofiicial recommenda~ tion; there are a good many other persons un< der indictment by Grand Juries for zll the crimes known to the law, who are out on for~ feited bail. These chaps share with the Grand Jury the bigh appreciation of the emergetic Stale's Attorney; have an equal contempt for the Supremo Court and all the other Couris; and aro prepared, ot suy moment, to form a vig- ilanco committee to hang every ofiicer of thelaw in the State. ¢ TThe fact, howerer, that a Grand Jury shonld, under any circumstances, suggest that mob law ‘mey take the place of the sdministration of jus- tice by the Courts, serves merely to show that even Grand Juries are not exempt from the con~ Bequences of profound ignoranco of official duty. The rebuke of Judge Rogers was admirably do- livered, and eo promptly that it startled oven the jurors. It is not likely that another Grand Jury will repeat the folly or stupidity of this one. THE TRIUMPH OF BISMARCE. The Parlismentary crisis in Prussia hes ter- minated in the triumph of the Government, tho TUpper House of the Landisg baving finally passed the Countiea Roform bill, which had pro- viously passed the Lower House. How the voto was secured, in so fierce a struggle be- tween the Court and the nobility, is not stated inthe despatches, but the recent croation of a large numbor of now' Pecrs by Bismarck far- nishes a probebility that they took their seats in tho interest of the Government, and were sufil- cient in number to secure a majority for the bill. The triumph of the measure, whiloitisa triomph of the Government, i3 mever- theless & concession to democracy, &blow ab feudal forms and privileges, and an entering wedge for other reforms, which will tend to sim- plify the Prusman system of government, and {res it from the sntiquated rubbish which ad- hores to it, and prevents the establishment of any administrative unity. “The Berlin correspondent of the London Daily News has stated in a nutshell the facts which ‘have led to the necessity of this bill : Instead of beginning, liko the French, at tho lowest ‘political division, and then establishing a hierarchy up to the Throne, the Prussian monarchs have' tried to simplify their ystem by fresh extensions of their OWD prerogative fato the domain of local rights, Their first atep, of course, was to usurp the Governorship of tho provinces, and make smbjects out of those who bad been vassals, From tho appointment of Governors they proceeded to intrnde into snd finally subvert the domestic arrangoments of the provinces, Next, they took posscasion of the counties, and the Landrath became & thing of life. Thus, the Prusalan system starts with tho King, and proceeds, not by successiva steps, but by scparate paths, to most of the political divisions of the Stato; while even this poor errange- ment i3 burdencd at evers step with local and fendal ‘usages, The Counties Roeform bill was iutroaaced to correct ono of these byils, and appears to bo the initiatory stop towards securing a moro logical eystem of administration. To understand ita natare and operations, it is necessary to glance b the outlines of the Prussisn system. Prus- 8ia is divided into provinces, departments, conn- ties, and communes. The provinces are the ‘principal political mermbers of the Government, and each has its President, Assembly, and bud- get. The province is further subdivided into depertments, numbering from two to four in each, and presided over by Under- Presidents, who are sppointed by tho Crown, like the [Presidents of the provinces. In National matters, they aro inde- pendent of the provinces, and report directly to the Crown, while in local matters, sach as the hoalth and police of the proviiice, tho protection of forests and game, and tho sdministration of mines, they are eometimes separate and gome- times combined with the National officers. It still further complicates matters that each province and department has even, in its Na- tional relations, its peculiar usages and institu- tions, The noxt divieion is the county, and hers confusion is- 4wice confounded. Some of them aro mere fractions preserved from foudal days ; some aze & conglomeration of several communes ; and the rest are made up ar-~ bitrarily snd without any regard to system ont of the political whole. Constructedin this way, some of them serve the departments, somo the com- ‘munes, and some the Crown. Their functiona are 05 varied as their organization, and are in no case specially defined. The communesaro oqually heterogeneous. There are village communes, ru- ral communes, and knightly estates, and esch of these communes is independent of the other, while power is distributed among them in the most uneven manner. These facts are sufficient to Ehow that the political system of Prussia is a system of tho most unequal parts, without special, or, at least, rigidly defined, relstions the one to the other. The Counties Reform bill seeks to remedy this in part, by making the county the unit in the Bystem, arranging its mechanism in s more methodical manner, and extending fits powers with reference to the communes. To do this requires a partial sbolition ¢f old aristocratic privileges, and this fact arrayed the nobility of the Upper House against the Crown. The Government was anxious for the passage of the bill, the more closely to consolidate its powers, The nobility was determined not to Iose its powers in the provinces and its in- fluenco in Government circles, and it therefore arraged itsolf golidly against.tho bill, and main- tained its position suceessfully notwithstanding the appeals and the threats of the Crown. Bis- marck cut the knot, however, by reconstructing the Upper Chamber and creating new Peers enough, not only to pass the bill, but also to es- tablish & political condition in the Ohamber, which wonld mnot render it necessary for the Government to resort to coercion, when it wished & messure passed. In this connection, & correspondent of the Pall 2fall Budget intimstes that, in case of the pus- sago of the bill, the Crown will revoke the priy- ilege of serding representatives from other old axistocratic ‘corporations, and give the various financial and commercial interests of the coun- try the right of ropresentation slso. Prussiais evidently on the verge of 2 political revolution, in which the people are destined to win an ad- vantage over privilego, and the Government an advantsge in tho influences which determine leg- islation. THE POLITICAT SITUATION IN FRANCE. It is probable that no statesmsn ever had ‘more harassing difficulties to combat than those which have beset M, Thiers' administration of the present French Government. In his speech delivered just prior to his demand for & vote of confidence, ho recapitnlated the embarrass- ments which he had found on 21l sides; but, so far from receiving any sympathy or respect from thobody of the Assombly, ho was fre- quently intorrupted on the Right by lsughter and jeers. No circumstance could so well illus- trate the turbulent condition of French politics, a8 that tho President of tho existing Govern- ment, & man of venerable years and statesman of historic experience, should be trested with disdain and disrespect in the only representative body of the - people. The small mojority by which the vote of confidence was given was sitributed to the voluntary ab- sence of a large number of the Deputies, who @eclined to vote in order to avoid the precipita- tion of a crisis. Presidont Thiers would not ac- cept this as an evidenco that the Assembly was eatisfiod with his administration, nor did the As- sembly desire that ho should do so. Further de- liberation led to tho policy of electing a Com- mittee of Thirty to confer with the Government, pnd, if pogsible, fo decide wpon some compro- mise which should be mutually satisfactory_ The election of this Committeo attested tha ma- jorityot the Right (which is mainly composed of ZMonarchists), when acting togother, and which has opposed M. Thiers sinco he has declared himsolf in favor of the Republic a8 & permanent form of government. At the close of the Franco-Prussian war, AL Gembetta was in sctuael possession of what Gov- ernment thoro wes left in France. He and his coadjutors were unqualifiedly in favor of the es- tablishment of & Republic; but tho exprossion of the popular sentiment in the election to the Assembly, which followed, was advorse to the Redicals, A compromise wes effected under what is known se ‘the “Pact of Bordeanx,” which provided that the final settlement of the form of governnient for France should be post- ‘poned until aftor the country shall havo recover- ed itself from the presence of its conguerers: M. Thiers was then called to the Executive chair by the Conservative majority with whomho bad always acted. He was called Pres- ident, but has been & President without a Constitution, and with only a Provisions] Government. The Commune then had to be dealt with, and the suppression of tho Paris ravolution occupied the time of the Execntive and the Assembly to the exclusion of dissen- siong. After the Commune came problems in taxation, in the Paymont of the debt to Prussis, in establishing tresties with foreign countries,— all of which were of such pressing importance s to stifle personal differences. But, as these questions wero nearly disposed of, the greater problem of determining the permanent form of, government arose, and M. Gambeita took ad- vantage of the recent elections to vacancics in the Assembly for advancing his radical ideas of Republicaniem. M. Thiers took no mens- ures to suppress these uiterances, and the Conservative part of the Assembly took him to task immedistely wpon the opening of the gession. This was the prac- tical inanguration of the contest, in which M. Thiers found he wasnotin accord with either division of the House. In deserting his former monarchical preferences, ho alienated the support of the Conservatives, Who called him to his present position. But in declaring himself in favor of the Ropublic ha failed to attract the full confidence of the Liberals, who feol that the Re- public which he would favor wonld be too con- servative - to snewer their demands, Such sup- portas he hus received, however, during tho Ppresent session, has come from the Liberals. Ho hasalso received lottersaf approval from the provincial cities, to which the Consersatives have likewise objected. In this way has tho question of determining the permanent form of government been forced upon the Assombly. There is little doubt that Gambette has indicated the only way of settling it. This i8 a dissolution of the Assembly, Which which is only provisional, and an appeal to the poople for the election of a Constitutional Con- vention. Thero aro two ressons why this plain course is avoided. Ona is found in Gambetta's radical antecedents and associations. The other is the foar on the part of tho Consorvatives that, though representing the majerity of the people ab the time they were elected, they would now find themselves in the minority. If the Assem- bly shall maintain its opposition to an appeal, no permanent form of government cen be determined without incnrring the danger of & revolution, for which France always seems to beripe. It is probable, there- fore, that M. Thiers and the Committes of Thirty will sgree upon 2ome changes in the Cabinet, the principle of & responsible Ministry, and cer- tain quasi-constitutional rules that will postpone the definite seftloment of the permenent form of government. A series of such compromises and postponement may result in & unity of sen- timent botween the people and the Assembly, in the courge of time, that will enable France to scquire a permanent and constitutional govern- ment without bloodshed. Otherwise, the pres- ent compromiso may be but & postponement of the crash which such & man as M. Gambetts, on the Left, or General Changarnier, on_the Right, might bring on at almost any time. THE PROPOSED INCREASE OF THE NAVY. The action of the Houso of Representatives in amending the bill for the construction of ten sloops-of-war, by reducing the number to six, is very commendable. The constraction depart- ment of our naval history does not yet show that we are able to bnild 8 navy worthy of the name, and, if wo are going into ship-building, it is preferable to commence with a fow at first, and see how wo bucceed, rather than to under- take the building of & navy, and squander mill- ions of money £0 no purpose, as haa been done ‘heretofore. Qur navy yards are full of vessels laid wp in ordinary; of hulks which were commenced years ago and have never been finished; of completed vessels, which lack the first element of successful navigation, that is, the capacity to flost ; and of huge and heayily-armed steam- vessels, intended for ocean purposes, which are not seaworthy, and can only be made availsble for cosst defence. In addition to these, some bave been destroyed and a large number sold to any one who would purchase, without regard to bids or prices. M. Beck, in his remarks while the bill was pending, alleged that, dar- ing the past five years, 471 vessels belonging to the navy had been disposed of in varions ways. In view of such facts as these, and that it is not the province of the Navy Department to build vessels for salo but for use, it is botter to determine whether we can build six vessels than whether we can build anavy. Incase the bill should pass the Senate, the question may possibly be answered, as three of the sloops will be built in Government and three in private yards but it must be confessed that the récord of our navy ship-building for several years past 1as not been sufficiently brilliant to inspire any confidence that the six sloops-of-war contem- plated in the bill will bo of any practical nse after they are built. 1t is rather remarkable, hovwever, that our ship-builders can launch some of the finest merchant vessels in the world, tnat our foundries can turn out the best and heaviest of armaments, and thet we cannot build first-class war vessels.” If the resson for this is sought, it will be more likely to be found in the inevitable jobberyand ring contracts which have degraded the navy service from its onco high position, rather then in any want of gkill smong American ghip-builders, Meapwhile, the House bas dono well to so cut down and amend the bill as to make the construction of these vessels an experiment, costly though it maybe. If ship-building for the Government is to be bungled and mismenaged as it has been for the past fifteon or twenty years, wo had ‘botter stop it altogether. There are better sail- ing qualities and more endurance to-day in some of the 014 =zkom 3ibs of 1812, slowly going to de- cayin our navy yards, than in the iron armor of the few vessels of recent construction which have succeeded in floating. POLITICAL. Harlan's Washington Chronicle snd Zach Chandler’s Detroit Post rather praise Simon Cameron for his “unyielding fidelity” when it 'Was proposed that the Senate take euitable no- tice of Horaco Greeley's death. —The Harlan-Allison unpleasantness among Tows politicians promises yet meny paragraphs. Tho Iatest is, that when, two waeks 8go, thero had been forwarded from Washington to AL Swalm, editor of the Jefferson Bee, & notice of his appointment s Pension Agent in Des Moines, the missivo was overhsuled on the way; and Mr. Swalm, whose name had been announced in press-reports, next sew among nominations gent to tho Senate: “B.F. Guo, for Pension Agent at Des Moines, vice Goodrell, doceasod.” The Des Moines Register says: The Senator (Harlan], in his demand, first of th Sacretary of m?mtmgz, ‘ind nost of ihe Mflrdant: gave no Other reson than tha Mr. Swalm waa “per> sonally obnoxions » to him. Ho wis frank enough to Insist that & was mote fmporiant that he be consuited, and his wishes complied with, than that the recoms mendation of Representative Orr, to whom the ap- pointment had been yielded, shotld be honored, or the peopleof tho Staie condidered. . Swalm was, thercfore, signally humilicted befors the country be- cause he s on Allison and not a Harln man struggle last winter. 3 s B —The would-be Senators of Colorado snd New Mexico will renew their efforts at Washington, this winter. Colorado claims to have 15,000 and New Mexico 20,000 voters. —The vote Eansas, official : Liberal, ublican, Atty. General...Waggonor. .3, BSup, Pub, Insir.Sawyer.... Chief Justice.. . 2 of the letter of Senator Schurzto Sepator Thurman, published in late Washington despatches, ssys « ‘Essentlally, thers i very little differenco in the pre- sent political 'viows of A. G. Thurman, the Straightont Democrat Senator, and those of Carl Schurz, the Re- publican, who declares he cannot consent to ba classed with Democrats, Tho Radicals place Thurman and Bchurz upon the samo footing, as they do all who fought against them {n the late canvass, The problem for the leaders of the politicians is to combine this op- position 80 ag to make it as offectual in wurring upon 83t 19 conspicuous in being warred against. And here again comes up the only obstacle, which fs—3 name. —The Wilmington (N. C.) Jowrnal, whose ed~ itor had an interview with Senator Merrimon, lately elected, says; ‘He assured mo that he had no communieation what- ever, direct or indirect, in person or through others, ‘Wit the Radical party or ‘any members thereof in rela- tion to tho Senatorial contest that could sffect his party Telations ; that, if ho had considered that his election compromised bis political principles, be would not ace capt the position, ~ When the membérs of the Ropubli- can party voted for him, they did 60 knowing his past Tecord, and that bo was still 3 Conservatise, —General Banks stated to a newspaper corre- spondent thiat he belonged to the Opposition ; that he would call the Opposition by no other name than thet; and that the party, though it seemed very weak now, in & year or two would show surprising strength. PERSONAL. Colonel J. F. Stafford, United States Army, is at the Gardner. Rov. Dr. Spalding, of Madison, Wis, is at the Sherman. : Hon. H. Bangs, of Boston, is at tho Sher- ‘man. Hon, William P. Ker, of Granille, Obio, is at the Tremont. Hon. J. B, Grinnell, of Tows, is a guest at the Tremont. The County Clerk issued twelve marriage licenses yesterday. Hon. John J. Bafely, Clerk of Honso of Rep- resentatives of Jowa, was a the Tremont, yes- terday. The guests of tho Grand Central will engago in the festivities of & social hop this evening. Captain Theodore Julins, of Philadelphis, is 5 guest at the Sherman. Colonel A.C. Babeock, ex-Chairmen of the Republican State Central Committee, is at the Tremont. Hon. R. P. Morgan, of the State Board of Rail- roed and Warehouse Commissioners, was at the “Tremont yesterday. Hon. Joseph Dttley, of Dixon, member of the Stats Board of Canal Commissioners, was & gueat of the Briggs yesterdsy. Among the arrivals at the Tremont, yesterday, were tho following : V. A. Hall, New York; J. H. Pratt, Fort Randall, Dakota; W. H. Barnes, Albany;’ Frank Stone, New York; B. ¥. Ayors, Kansss City; F. N. Norton, Bemont. The following aro guests of the Grand Contral : Henry C. DeWitt, J. R, Fayweather, Buriington ; John . Otis, Quiney; O. Ott, Mendota; A.S. Sanferty, Fort Wayno; Robt. Zughes, Memphis ; C. H. Harding, Cleveland. The following aro at Andrews’ Europenn Hotel : E. W.Tilion, Oskosh; D. 0. Bennett, Taylor, Denver; 8. H. Hale, New ; . Daily, Mansficld, Ohio; 0. Trask, Ottaws, OL; J. K. Smith, Jerseyville; O. T, Johnson, Galesburg, . Among the prominent arrivals st the Briggs yesterday were the follo“‘ini: 2L, M. Patterson, Cheyenno ; B. Single, St. Louis; F, H. Luce, Iowa City ; J. H. Baney, Si. Paul; R. N, Ra; Pittsburgh'; C. Calkins, Petorborogh, N. Y. ; 3, §. Grahawm, T. D, Hughes, Jr., New York; AL Anderson,’ La Crosse, Wis.; A. H. Gay, De- troit. The funeral of John Strickler, late engineer of the steam firo ongine Willinm James, whoso death from tho terrible disease, hydrophobia, hoa been mentioned in Ts TRIBUNE, occurs to- day. is remains will De interred at Roeehill Cemetery, and will be fol- lowed to tho grave by one bundred firemnen and the full Fire Ingurance Patrol. The rocession will move from the late residence of eceased, No. 113 West Adams street, sbout 11 'clock. * The following wero the_prominent arrivals at the Gardner yesterday: Wim. L. Mellan, Hamil- ton, Canada ; James M, Mellan; C. Hupt and 1. 0. Davenport, Detroit ; J. V. Bann, Spring- field; H. W. Mony and wife, New Haven; H. D. Tarner and wife, Baltimore; A. A. Miller, New York; W. P. Lyons, Milwaukea; J. C. Gregory, Madison; 3. Young, W. J. Carver, Reidsburg, Wis.; J. . M. ‘Denman, . New Or- Jeans ; Theo. Babcock, Hartiord; J. 31, Metlaf, New York. 3 The following were ab the Shermsn House esterdsy : G. Ommitto, Montroal ; James Jon- s, Oshkosh, Wis.; 2L W. C. Al Pratt, 8¢, Louis ; W. T. B, Van Vorhees, Washington, Pa.; W. S. Cham- giun,WiscunEin; Rev. M. Chenegrey, St. Anne; . AL Morgan, Shanghaie, China ; T 'J, Walsh, Birminglam, Euglaad ; G. Griff, Loiden, O tario ; X Suge, Jr., Milwaukee ; L. D. Gaskill, Colorado'; M. J. Becker, Pittgburgh; H. AL Burt, Marquette, J. G. Gasmon, Yankton, Da. —_——— ANNOUNCEMENTS. W. L. Moody will give a Bible leszon, this evening, in the First Baptist Church, on Wabash ayenue. The good peoplo of the South Side should secura seats at once to the lectura of Rev.DeWith Talmage, to be delivered to-morrow evening ot the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church. The membors of tho medical profession aro invited to attend at Rush Medical College this evening, at - 0, to listen to the firat of a series of competitivo lectures for lectureships in thst college. Christmas presents and a good supper can be found at tha g:!t&rtfliumcuh of the Ashland ave- nue ladies on Thursdsy evening at Mrs. D, Bu- chanan’s, No. 102 Ashiond avenue. Itwillbea pleasant and agreesble affsir. A _concert will be given by the Vesperal Choir of the Holy Family Church, ~this evening, be; ing at 7:30 o'clock, in the hall of tho school house, on Morgan, near Twelfth strest, for the benefit of ‘the poor of the The installation of the Rev. Arthur Swazoy, D. D., as pastor of the Ashland Avenue Presby- ‘terian Charch, will t2ko place this evening in the chapel, corner of Ashland and Warren ave- nues. {‘mfeesor Swing will preach the sermon, and tho Rev. L. H. Reid andibe Rev. Arthur Mitchell will deliver the charges. The lecture of the Rev. Dr, McGlynn, on “‘The Christian Priesthood,” will be delivered this evening in 8, Patrick's Church. Tho rev- erend gentfeman is well and widely-known in New York and tho East a5 an ablo aud elaquent | preacher, and his subjec will be interesting ta persona of all denominatins. “Oliver Optic's” Star Lecture matinee for oy and girls, in the Uniw Park Congregational Church, next Saturdsy, ad the Scoit Siddon’s readingg, on_ Friday and laturdsy evenings, are not part of the regular Str Conrse, and holders of acasan tickets will havcto pay for admission, like everybody else. Lore houmses are oxpect~ ed. Gaorge McDonsld, wbo is to close the Star Course, continues indispged, and it is not Imown positively when be sill appear. —_— ACADEMY OF {CIENCE. Report on Donntions Reeived—Papers on Varlons Subjects Read ind Discussed. ‘The Chicago Academy of Sicnce held & meate ing last evening, in its roomsin Sesmmon court; Colonel J. WV. Foster, Prosideit, presided; Dr.. ‘Bridge acted as Secratary. =i The Secretary presented & 1it of the donations to the museum sinco tho lot meeting, among which were two deors’ hornt locked together, and & finely-mounted elk’s had, fram General - Sheridan; 18 bound volumes and 99 pamphlets and papers from foreign Bcieties; s finely mounted specimen of dormous from Germany, by Hon. E. 8. Isham. Prof. Eias Colbert pre- * sonted the society with a coiy of the *Star m’“ for which he rceived a vote of Dr. E. A. Anderson, from he Committes on Membership, recommended tht J. 3. Steator, Dr. J. W. Vealie, and F. C. A.Richardson be ad- mitted to full membership t2 he socioty. Dpon | ota of tho members prescnt they wera sdmit- ted, and the Secretary orderd to record their names, Professor Elias Colbert tien:- ° anm inter- esting paper on tho “ Figum of 1+ . 2arth, and * its effect on astronomi t3orvations in the - plane of the meridian,” Ths_society requested: that Mr. Colbert should leave the paper in ita possession, to be published when the society shonld be able to have the woik done. 5 Dr. E. A. Anderson then addressed_the society > regerding his extendéd tour ia the West during> the summor. He gave_man; interesting facta ; concerning the obsorvaiions h mado upon wave ; actions in the Twin Valley andSt. Louis Park. Colonel Foster read a paper on the manners - and customs of the Mound Briders of America, as being the basis of ethnical relations. It was~ an abridgment of & work ho is vriting upon that subject, and was listened to with much interest. Dr. Andereon then mads some statements ro- garding a now medicine cslled by some cundi~ rango, which, ho said, hed by repeated experi- ments shovn iteel? very powerfal in' old and io~i: dolent ulcerations. He recommended it to the - profession. 5 The gociety then adjourned, to meet on the 9th of January, 1573. THE CITY IN BRIEF Bertost s fo be tried: in Joliet on the second Monday in Jennary, ead Raflorty in Wankegan on the first Mondsy in Fobrasry. A man named Barns died et No. 80 Otis street, yesterday, from injurics reccived on Staday morning last by fzlling down stairs. The Iad Kernan, who had his legs amputated by a ewitch-engine on the Northwestern Rail- road, at the Lincoln street crossing, on Mondsy afternoon, died yesterdsy morning. The Grand Central Hotel hop, to take placo this evening, promises to be ona of tho moss elegant affairs of the season. The Committes of Arrangements comprises gontlemaon of tasie and standing. Thomas Johnson, who wzs arrestsd the other dsy for having in his pcazezsion 500 'coon sking ‘which had been stolen from the store of L. L. 3ills, was committed to jail by Justica Scully, yesterdey, to await trial for larceny. There are sevéral pais of stolen boots b the Twelfth Precinct Station awsiting an owner. The thieves have been arrested, and theif con viction and punishment will Be greatly facili- tated if the owner will call and clnim his goods. On Saturdsy sfternoon = youth pamed Frederick Puggensche fall into o slop-tub-ab Dickinson’s distillery, near Clybourne avente bridge, and was g0’ badly scalded that he died yosterday. The body was takon owsy by hia parents, who live twolve miles west of Chicago. The report of tho Fire Wardeus for tho moath of November ghows that they discovered 463 violations of the fire ordinanco, and prosacuted fifteen persons wio neglocted to_comply with the notico to obey tho law. Citizes malo twenty-nine complainta to the Wardens. Citizens had better sce to it that their barna aro made a8 near burglar-proof 2s_possiblo, [ Thero is a gang of tiisves i the city whoss ‘members devota their nizhts to * working " this class of buildings, and thoy nre operating sue- cessfully. Thebarns attacked to Nos. 257 and 253 South Halsted street, 2ad No. 92{ Indiens avenne, were Tobbed of valuablo sets of haresss on Monday night. A thief Jmown to the police as_Tom White, was arrested, yesterday, upon suspicion of have ing been implicated in tha jewelry robbery at Kuhn's Hotel, last Friday night.” White yos formerly & “pal” of Dill Wray, the burglar. . Kuhn, it is said, is positivo that Yhite was stopping at the hotel on tho night of the rob- Bery. Ho will have a hearing ot tha South Sida Police Court this morning. Why do not some of the rchurches or literary or agricultural societies get up & cab show ? 1t would be novel, and a relier from the tedious round of dinners, fairs end lectures. Every woll-segulatod cat w0l spprova of i, and here would be lots of cate-up for premiums. There has been 6 very succesaful show in Londos. The Coroner heid 22 inquest, yesterday, on tho body of Jacopo Predigi, tho Iialian, the cir- cumstances of whose death at No. 815 Stata street havo already been given in TaE TRIBUNE. The verdict of the jury was that he died from 8a overdose of narcotic poison, which was adminis tered by his own hand. A jury was empanelled by Coroner Stephens, yesterdsy, to hear the testimony concerning tho death of Colonel Fritz Annecks, of Milwaukee, who fell off the elevated roadwsy on Superior street, Sunday morning, and broke his mock. After two witnesses were examined, tho inquest ‘was continued until 10 o’clock this morning. Four saloon-keepers, arraizaed for violating the Sunday Liquor law, were discharged by Jus- tice Banyon yesterday, for want of prosechtion. The somewhat notorious Mr. Walker was tha only witness sgainst them, but he failed to put in an appearance when the cases were called for trial. He arrived in Court, however, just about the time of adjournment, but the delinquent whiskey men wero by thas {ime cugaged 1 ped dling oub the various mistures in their bar- rooms. The report of Fire Merehal William, for the month of Nosember, shows that thero wera 89 fires and 2 false slarms during the month. The - loss was $33,200, snd the insurance £306,185. The causes of fire were as follows: Caralesa~ ness, 9; lamp explosions, 4; overheated stove~ pipo, 2; overheated Turnace, 1; overheated dry~ ing kiln, 1; defective chimney, 4; defective Tange, 2; sparks from chimney, 3; epontaneons combustion, 2; incendiarism and supposed in- cendistiam, 5; unknown, 7. s An intoxicated yonng German, named Frank Webber, fell into the river at Madison street bridge, lnst evoning, whilo endecvoring to extri- cate himself from the mazes of Law's cost dock. He would have been drowned but for a friendly and stout pieco of ico which projectad from a spile, and afforded him ‘an opporturity to keop his muddled head ebove water until such time as two First Precinct police: officers, who wero attracted by his frantic cries for assistance, conld pull him out. ¥e escaped desth to incar & fate almost as_bad—incarceration in e cold, cheerless, and pediculous coll az the armory. At ameeting of the * Dentscl:e Geselschaft ™ yeaterday, resolutions of regrat for tho death of Colonel Fritz Annecke, and of condolence with ‘s family in their irrepareble loss, were pessed. He was known in this country and in Germsny 28 an en'“usiastic_sdvocate of liberty, and i3 widely mourned. The funersl will take place at 3:45 p. m. to-day from the corner of LaJallo and Randolph streets, whence the procession will march to the Milwaukee depot. Tho South Side Gas_Comptay is farnishing strange quality of illuminating material. It gives bad light, but a2 cxcellent smell, a sort of 8 cross between “Arebythe blest” and a tanyard. Tt escapes_with ease W srover it goes, sndso * much of it gets away tuat but littlo is left to burn. The moon is reinforcing the strest Iampa just now, but one of ihese nights the moon wi retire for its fortnightly nap, and then what wikl the lamps do? Simply maio the darkness visi~ ble, unless the gas ia very much improved. - Aldermen Richardson snd Clark (Jr.) have convinced the Jouraal—the Journal is a credu- lous old shoet—that they wero in the ante-room of the Council Chamber when the vote on_the closing of saloons at midnight was being taken. That's ““too thin.” They can define their posi= tions nt the next meeting by having their yotes recorded. It womld be intemsfin‘lg to lmow where the Alderman from the Tenth Ward stands on the Temperance question. He was on both sides of it before election, and does 1o sgem t0 have changed hig atil