Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 21, 1872, Page 4

ye: To present delay and mistakes, be sure and give Post Offico address in full, irclnding State and County. Remittances may be made either by drait, sxpress, Post OfEco order, orin registered letters, at our risk. TEBME TO CITY SUDSCEIBERS. Datly, delivered, Sundsy excepted, 2 cents per wack. Daily, delivered, Sunday included, 30 cents per wack. Lddress THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison 2nd Dearborn-sts., Chicago, il TRIBUSE Brasch Office, No. 459 Wabssh-av,, in the Bookstore of Messrs. Cobb, Andrews & Co., whers adrertisemenis axd subscriptions will be recefved, and will have the samo =tteation as if loft at the Maia Ofice. CONTENTS OF TO-DAY’S TRIBUNE. FIRST PAGE—Congressional Proceedings—Miscella- ‘neous Washington Items—Tono of Wall Street. SECOND PAGE~Franco: Its Presont Unbappy Political Condition—Yew Publications—Washington Letter: Repudistion in the South—Ths Modoo War: A History e the Beginning and Progress of tho Tron bles Frosident Graut: The Atlantic Monthly on His Re-clection. TEIRD PAGE—A Legal Spamizg Match: A Wordy Eacounter Between Two Well-Known Attorness— Rsilrad News—A Remarkable Woman: The Crown Princess of Prussis—General News Itoms— TRIDGNE Prospectus—Advertisements. FOURTH PAGE-Editorials: Mr. Watson's Triamph; Tho Late Spacial Commissioners of tho Rovenuo; Tho Cotton Tax Claims; Whet a Woman May Do— Current, News Ttoms. FIFTH PAGE—Personal Items—City in Bricf—3fiscel- . lancous Local Nows SIXTH PAGE-lMonotary anl Commercisl-Railroad ‘Time Table~Adsertiscments. SEVENTH PAGE-Tho ILaw Courts—Misecllsnoons ZLocal Matters—Safety from Fire—Small Adrertisa- ments: Real Estate, For Sale, To Rent, Wanted, Toarding, Lodging, cte. EIGHTH PAGE~Foreiga News by Telegraph—Miscel- 1aneons Telegraphic News. TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. BPVICKER'S THEATRE-Madison strect, botween Stric and Dearborn. Engsgement of Miss Jano Coombs, Afternoon, ‘‘Lady of Lscoe™ Evening, *'The Stracger.” HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE—Randolph streot, bo- tween Clerk and LaSalle. New Comedy Company. #*Fun. Operatic Dagatclle. Afternoon and evenizg. AIEEN'S THEATRE—Wsbach aveaue, oomer of Con gross strect. Bogagemeat of Lawrcnco Barrott. *Julins Ciwszr.” Aiterncon and evening. ACADEY OF MUSIC— Halsted street, south of adison. The 13¢ia Thompson Troupe. *‘Lurline.” Afternoon and ovening. MYERS' OPERA HOUSE—Monroe street, betwoen Stato znd Doarborn. Alivgton, Cotton & Kemble's Altastrol aad Burlesquo Troupe. Afternoon ond evening. —_— N GLOBE THEATRE-Deepleines street, between Madi son and Waehington. The Lelia Eilis Baliad Opera Com- pany. Afternoon and cvening. NIXOXN'S AMPHITHEATRE~Clintonstroct, bstween Weshington and Randolph. Morizcchi Troupe. ¢ The Scont.™ Afternoon and evening. BUSIKESS NOTICES. ROYAL FATVANA LOTTERY. GRAND, EX- TS ving: hole ti 2 $60. J. B. MAR- ity O BaEiem: 10 Wallst. Box o, B: 0w v SPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, DEPRESSION of FORDYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, DEP 2% oz Conersl Dobility. osmaoratod BRI o B ark (Calings Bask and g, 3 tha Dest tonie. 2ads by Caswall, Hazard & Go , New York, 8Ra sold by Drbgeiste. EST AND OLDEST FAMILY MEDICINES.—SAN-~ Btk igorator.— & purely vepetabls cathartic 2nd. x dsspepsis, constipation, debility.. sick Teadashe, bilious atacks, and 2l darazgemonts of liver, stomech, und bowcls. Ask your druggist for it. Boward of imitations. BATCHELOR'S HAIR DYE. THIS SPLENDID o 1t no HdflCu\nu; inb or unpleasant odor. Reme- the ill effects of ba meAiatels superb black or matural brows, end loaves the feir clean, quv ‘ard beautiful. The genuino, signed W. rencine.” Gad by all _dragsiste, CHARLES ATCHELOR, Proprictor, N. ¥. 1ON. . 3. MACKEY (THE A. T. STEWART) AND R e R ansville, Ind., were ezamining cyr hotel improvements Sosterday, Deihe about to erect a lirgo and midera hotel E31ia olfterprising cily of 35,00 IRRAbIANLS, 80 T850 Do coming ¢ great railroed centro, which, added to her largs Eiver fravel, mekes & new hiotel & Necessits. . In such ‘hands it will be fuliy up to tho times,” They indorse high. Tho manufacturing frm of. Lilly' & Pheian (chotisis), & soior membaz of Whom i3 Tow bero fatroa) Xully efectiye remods, Aowmeiio Lianid Bypeis, 85 B o tn Trioume o iy Thesbora g::rlfim.?. 250 all stopping at il e o b o o) The Chidags Tibune, Saturdsy Morning, December 21, 1872, General Beveridge will resign his seat in Con- gress on Mordsy next, preparatory to his inau- puration as Lientenant Governor-elect, and Gov- arnor by succession. General McArthur has been confirmed by the ‘Senate as Postmaster of Chicago, and George Bliss has boen confirmed as United States Atterney for the Southern District of New Tork Tomen have rights in Towa if they are wives. Tho otker day an Jowa woman recovered s valu- sble howmestesd from the liquor dealer &t whose borher husband had roined himself, sud now snotker wife hes obtained £5,000 demages from amen who killed her husbaud during a quarrel. Dy the recount of the vuto of Boston, which svas made on account of the m: discrep- ancics in the returns of the late elcction, Masor Geston loses iho Mayoralty, which is given to 2z, Henary L. Pierce, Inove of thewards 2 mis- take of 500 votes was discovered. The Cemmittes from Louisiane, which is now in Wesbkingion, heve decided to submit their case to the people of iho conatry of large in an ~ddress reciting the focts of Federal interfer- ence with the Siate authorities and the laws, whick, in their view, have boon violated thsrehy. Tt rests with Judge Bradley zlone, his associates 32 {ie Snpreme Coust bave decided, whether or 704 he il go to Louisisna to make the investi- gation for which its citizena pray. Congress adiowmned yesterday until Jan. 6. The Houso not being sbic to gether a quorum, could do no bLusiness. She Senate was little mors successfel, and, after passing & small ap- propriztion fer the Texan , Frontier Commis- gicn, emending {he Deficiency Appropriation Pill, and beginniva e dall debete about the Az keneses troubles, in whick Senator Rice said the Bepublicans Lad felsified the clection returns and Senator Clayton said they hadn't, the Sen- ators adjonrned the last session of the year. President Thiers, in order io conciliste the Conservativas, who blame the Government for tho indignities inflicted upon thoe pilgrims of Lourdes, hes removed the Mayor of Nantes, who showld hove given ihs pilgrims full pro- tection. This action by the [President has incensed the Radicals, but has strengthened tho corcilinting epirit zow for the frst {ime ehown by the Committes of ¥hirty. This Committee is reported to be willing to add o second Chamber to the Legislature and even 40 diccuss tho veto power. The sppropriations needed by the Government for next year have “been unanimously voted by the Asgembly. Wo judge that tha reported connection of Xir, Colfax with Credit Molilier is nnwarranted '#0d unfounded; but tho fact that he is now paraded in all the nowspepers a8 having held the stock for a time, znd then returned it to Ames, is another strong zrgument in fzvor of remov- ing the veil of sceresy which bas been fhrown around the investigation. Wo do not helicvo that these reportsheve lcd ¢ breakipg off Mr. Colfax’s engagement to take charga of the New York Tribune. It is moroe Lkely that 2fr, Colfax demanded the entire control of the edif columns of the paper, and that the new proprio- tors declined to make such a concession. e The New York Tribune's kaleidoscope turns around every day. The latest view we have of it exhibits Mr. Samuel Sinclair and the patent- medicine man in Pposssession, with Willism Orton and E. D. Morgan holding a sort of bal- ance of power, though not a large interest in the concern. The Colfax negotiations have fallen through, and the pper will soon bo with- out an editor, Mr. Reid’s engagement terminat- ing this week. The country is not sbsolutely gorged with the talent and exporience needed for such a position ; still, somebody can doubt- less be found to put the paper back into the party harness. But the steps which the Tribune ‘has already taken in the direction of independent Jjournalism cannot be entirely retraced. The strike of the cosl-miners at Springfield is of little more than local consequerce, and will not affect the trade of this city, which draws its supplies. from other sources. Miners and em- ployers arostill at variance, &nd e circular has been issued by the strikers to warn members of the Miners’ Union in other districts from coming to the help of their masters, Oneof the solu- tions proposed for the difficulty is worthy. of mention for the illustration it gives of the ben- efis of one kind of co-operation. In some of the mines old and faithful workmen have been permitted to become sharcholders, and in these work is tobo resumed by employing unskilled Iabor under the direction of these experienced workmen who hold shares, and are 2s anxious ag the employers that not o day should be lost. Erie and Jay Gould have cach done well by their compromise. Erie recovers its stolen prop- erty; Gould gets “peace,” which President Watson tellsthe reporters was onoof Gould's motives, and the possession of which smaller thieves, who only get the Ponitentisry, will envy him, snd ko reap stil more substantial fruits. He preserves the, gaing he has made by speculating with his booty, and is left undisturbed in the ownership of, it is £0id, £20,000,000 of Erio stock. Theso make him one of the largest, if not the very largest, sharebolder in the road, and are belioved to have cleared him $2,000,000 yesterday by tho rise in their value. This upward movement in Eria is general, and has produced an unusual excite- ment in Erie shares in England. An increased salo, at advanced rates, took place yesterday at the London Board. ——— Bome weeks ago, the northern part of Ger- many was visited by & protracted storm, doing great damage on the coast, and producing floods in the rivers, by which soveral towns wero sub- merged, lives lost, and property destroyed. About the same time thero occurred s great flood in tho River Po, by which several Italian towns were inundated. Thero was, ten days ago, alixe storm in France, and now we have the news that, among other rivers, tho Seine is flow- ing over its banks, and thet part of Paris is un- der water. The sume storm has visited parts of England, threo counties being the’ suffcrers. Here, too, the rivers have become swollen, and the towns and country adjoining covered with water. A terrible gale struck Naples a dsy or two ago, doing grest damasge. A Liverpool paper states that within the last ten days over 450 lives have been lost by shipwreck off the const. There is ono feature in the proposed monu- ment to the memory of Horace Grecley which ehould command more active sym- pothy for it than that which is usually accorded to movements of this nature. r. Greeley was & man of peace. Our distin- guished Generals have been rewarded for the service thoy heve dome. They have had valusble gifts of homes and money while living, and monuments are voted to them by Congress whentheydie, Mr, Greeleywasa peace-makerby nature. Many of the public acts of his life which wero condemned by his opponents in the excite- ment of war, ot the heat of political camprigns, were honcet and enrnest efforts to matatsin the harmonions relations of a common people. He devoted himself to the healing of wounds when ihe war was over. Is it not nearly time that we should commemorate such a spirit as this? Shall wo preserva no monuments of our internal sifife eafo those that shell remind the Americans of tho future of its bitterness? Tho Chicage produce markets were raiker less active yesterdsy, except in wheat, and bread- stuffs were generally firmer. Mess pork was dull and unchanged, cloging at $1L50@ILT5 cesh, and $11.80@1L671¢ seller March. Yard was quict, and s ehado easier, at7ccash, and 73 eeller March. Meats were quiet and rather weak at 83 for shoulders, 5ide for short ribs, 5% @57%e for ehort clear, and 73{@75c for green hams. Dressed hogs wero quiet snd easicr ab $4.25@4.30 per 100 1bs. Highwines ware weak and nominal at 83%4@80c per gollon. Flour was dull snd 2 shode ecasier. Wheat was octive and strong at 134@2c advance, closing at $1.16 cash, and $1.16)4@1.163{ seller January. Com was Qull end nominally uuchpnged, closing ab 303 @30%c cash, and £03{@U0J4 agller January. Oats were in good demand, end 3(@2gc higher, No. 2 closing at 24c cash, and 242¢c séller Juny- ary. RByo was active to the extontof supply, firmer, s2d 1o botter, No. 2 closing at 65@653c. Barley was active, and 2@8c higher, No. 2 clos- ing st 67c cach or seller January. Live hogs were activa and firmer, edvencing to £3,£0@ 8.85. Cattio were guiet Lut strongor. Sheep ruled & shade lower, e ———————— It has slready been ennounced by telegraph under consideration & Religious Corporations Suppression bill, in connection with which s resolution has bee: nffered, which was enthusi- estjeally received by the Liboral Deputies, de- claring tkct the supprossion of s Socie Jesus, including the chief estsblishment of ihg order in Rome, is imperatively demanded by the interests of the nation. This is & blow which, if successful, will undoubtedly re- sult in making England or the United States the centre of tho Jesuit establishments. The Sup- pression bill does pot specify the Jesait corpora- tions in particolar. It emacts that tho laws from 1866 to 1870, relative to ihe suppression of religious corporations and the conyersion of their property, shall be applied to the province snd city of Roms, excepting that, in the cases of bousss of the directors of these corporations that have & &jrector or deputy dircctor in Rome, the original propeity of such houses may be maintained, but cannot be increased, and they will not enjoy civil rights. The property of the suppressed corporations will continue to be ap- plied to the charitsble purposes for which they were originally.catabiished, The bill was intro- duced by ithe Minister of Justico, who, in the that the Chamber of Deputies at Rome have j T {ndividusl, with no course of his speech, added that the total net income of the corporations amounts £0 1,192,000 francs. Now that Mr. Watson has forced Gould to dis- gorge the sum of $7,000,000, of which the Erie ~Company hed beon defrauded in 8 sgeries of disreputable transactions Lis next movement ehould be in the direction of Daniel Drew, the great theolo- gian. 'We do not know thebthe particuler opera- tion in Erie stock, by which an overissue was made in order to defeat Mr. Vanderbilt, and the’ overigsue subsequently bought in with Erie funds, was included in the snit brought against Mr. Gould; but, even if it was, tliere does not appoar to be anything in the reported compromise with Gould that would release Drew from his share of the re- sponsibitity for that transaction. Drew was at that time Treasurer of the Erio Company. He confused his official and individual matters in much the same way as Gould. He received money from the sale of Erio stock, and was a party to the fraud by which the Erio Company was made to pay this money back to Vanderbilt, Then there is the man Eldridge, of Boston, Hartford & Erie fame. If Mr. Watson dis- Ppenses his favors with an impartial hend, Drew and Eldridgo will be invited to walk up to the Captain's offico next. m—— The President, in his interview with the Louis- iana Citizens’ Committes, said that he had mot interfered with the affairs of that State, except to 2id the United States Marshel in enforcing the decree of the United States Court; and that if the decree wers wrong and unlawful it would be reversed in duo time by the Supreme Court. To this it was replied that if the United Statos Court for the District of Columbia should as- sume to canvass thoreturns of the last Presi- dential election, and declare somebody clso than Grant and Wilson elccted, no attention would be paidtosuch impertinence. In point of fact, Judge Durell had no more right to declare who wore the proper officers to canvaes tho returns of tho election for Stato officors and Legislature than Judge Cartter would have to declare that the proper cenvassing officers wero tho Common Council of Washington City. Ifho should do 80, and should enjoin all otler persons from acting in that capacity, and order the Marshal to prevent the House of Representatives from so acting, the amount of military force Le could obtain from the President to execute his decroo would be extremely limited. The Constitution expressly probibits tho Gonoral Government from interfering in the domestic sconcerns of a State, unless upon the request of tho Legislaturs or Executive thereof, and it does not make an exception in reference to the decress of United tates Courts. r—— NR. WATSON'S TRIUMPE, - The wholo country, and not merely that por- tion of it interosted in the Erie Railway or in railway property generally, will be favorably astonnded at the recovery of $7,000,000 worth of property from Jay Gould by Mr. Watson, the new President of tho Erio Company. That any- - thing should be recovered after so long & carcer of successful villsiny is surprising. That Mr. Gould should bo eble to pay so lage & sum is almost equally surprising. Moroy gained in the way that Gould and Fisk mede theirs, ususlly takes wings. It isrot generally found when the Sheriff goes aiter it. The Etie Company claimed £0,000,000 from Gould, and they Lave collected 7,000,000 more ihen the public supposed they would get. This is the result of o suit brought by Mr. Watson, on the 22d of November last, against Gould, claiming some £9,000,000 from the de- fondant, a8 the aggregato amount of varions sums of which he had defrauded the Company, 80 far 25 could be legally ascertained, whilo serving in the espacity of President and Treas- urer, from Aug. 8,1868, to Nov. 9, 1369, The Dill set up that Mr. Gould bad kept both his in- dividual account and tho account of the Erie Railway Compeny at iho banking house of Smith, Gould, Martin & Jo., and that, in soveral transactions, deseribed in detail, ho had or- dered his individual losses in cortsin speculations to bo charged to the account of the Eric Company. These transactions included speculetive movements in gold, in Erio stock, and in Reading Railway stock. Without recounting tho detailed charges, tho substance was, that Alr. Gould' losing specula- tions were thrown upon Erie, while those in which he made money wero creditod to Limsolt. Ar. Smith, o former partner in the banking firm named, filed an afidavit confirming Mr. Wat- sou's charges from his krowledge of tho Arm Dooks, which were to bo produced. At tho time this bill was filed, it was given out by Mr. Gould and his friends that tho suit was brought in the “bull” juterest in tho Northwestern corner which Mr. Gould wes engaged in ruuning at that time. Subsoquently, it was proved by the ovi- dence of JIr. Barlow, counsal of the Erie Com- peny, that the suit had been in contomplation ever since the new management of the road had been inangureted, but that it was not until the dato upon which suit was actually brought that the necessary examination of tho books had been concluded. 3Mr. Gould's answer to the Trio bill was, that ho had received o complote releaso of all claims sgainst Lim when he re- signed the control of the road; but 3Ir. Bar- low's prefiminary examination also demon- strated that mo suck rolease, actusl or con- atragtive, had ever been giver. Hence the set- tiement Wbtk Mr, Jey Gould has been forged to make. Tho leltor in which Mr. Gould laid down fho plan of scttlement that he proposed to the Erie Company is o curiosity in Wall streot literature, & pareful pérusal of this document will legve mi the same impression upon tho reader that Commodors Vonderbilt received afier a parficular notice of Gould's comate- went to New York City trcm {hp Western pert of the Btate, & very obsocuse capital except brasa. Yet, to-day, ho is in a position to turn over 7,000,000 worth of property to the Erie Rail- road, “hecause,” s ke says, “anylitigation of such questions is more annoying to me than tho Toss of the money invotved,” f thero wore any proof lacking that Mr. Gould had robbed the Erie ‘Company, his ability to pay $7,000,000, rathor than be Larassed witha lawsuit, fully supplics the deficiecy. The cool cknowledg- ment ox the part of Gould, that ho has held in his namo both rexi cnd personal property which ho #intonded” for the use cf the Erie Com- poy, @8 the ¢limax of ‘one of the most impudent 3 M. Gould could not have expected anybody to Lelieve him when he wrote this, for it followed immediately zpon & series of unblushing false- boods, which this siatement itsel? contradicts, nance. Itis buta fow years sinco Mr. Gould | carecrn that is fur- | nished in the history of financlal rascalities, | ould’s insinuation, that the moneys charged against him Tepresent prop- erty which he has retained in his own name for the benefit of the Erie Railway, and that he pre- fers to put it in the light of being credited with the money and charged with tho property. Itis on this besis that he has transferred the Grand Opera House, various pieces of real estate and stocks, that have been accepted as representing the value of the claims against him, or as much of them as can be got back. Fortunately, the advantoges of the settlement are in no wise diminished by Mr. Gould's explanations,—the only value of which is the involuntary tribute which vice thus pays to virtue. There is one notable fcature of this settle- ‘ment that cannot be too highly estimated. The compromise could nover have been accomplished had it not been for the judicial reforms which have been wroughtin New York. If thatcity woroe still under thé control of Tweed, and the Tammany Judges who have been removed, Mr. Gould would never have entertained tho thought of o settlement. With Barnard, and Cardozo, and McCunn on the Bench, ho would have had noth- ing to foar. The promptness and thoroughness of Gould's acknowledgment, that hecan no long- er rely upon theassistance of a corrupt Judiciary . to cover up-his frauds, will go further toward the re-establishment of foreign confidence in Ameri- can railroad stocks then any other event conld have done. To the American public, the settle- ment is conclusive that the disgraces put upon the Judiciary of the conntry by the New York Bench areat snend. Tho prosecution of the Erie suit egainst Gould through the Courts could not have demonstratod the fact more con- clusively. THE COTTON TAX CLAIMS, In 1865, 1806, and 1867, Congress levied a tax on all cotton exported. The proceeds of that tax amounted to §70,000,000. Ever since that timo there has been an effort made to have this tax refunded. The tax receipts have been largely bought up by a combination, and all have becn united in an organized onslaught upon Congress. A job of this magnitude is of the most dangerous character. ALl that is required is to pass an act declaring that the money bo ro- poid. The amonnt is very large. The present holders of the cleims got them for a fow conts on the dollar, and, therefore, can afford to ‘make a lerge dividend, and still have enormous profits. They can afford to distribute thirty or forty millions of dollars for favorablo legislation. There is littlo or 1o equity in this proposition. During the four years of the Rebellion, the Cot- ton States escapedall taxation. They contributed nothing to the expenses of the Government. During these same years, tho Northern States bore the whole burden, paying enormons tases, general ana special. There was not aman in tho North who was not taxed directly and in- directly to meet the extraordinary oxpenscs of the war. The claim that this export duty is un- constitutional applies equally to many other taxes and exactions levied during the war. The operation of the tax itsclf wos not se- vere. Cotton was in demand, commanding un- precodentod prices ; tho price was regulated by the supply at Lome, and not by the price of foreign cotton. The tax was, to a great oxtent, if not altogether, paid by the forcign consumer. Not so with the exports of the farm. The imposition of excessive duiies on all articles imported in exchango for breadstuffs was prac- tically & tax upon the éxports, bocause the price of the laiter was regulated by the price of breadstuffs sbrond. In the foreign market there was no competition with American cot ton, whilo in breadstuffa there was an sctive competition. Consequently, the tax collected on the exchange commodities was, in fact, & tax on the oxported breadstuls. The country has bardly reached that point of financial prosperity that it can begin to return the taxes collected during the war. If Congress reelly thinks wo have money enough to pay back the war taxes, would it not be well to begin with ropealing somo of the prosent taxes. S0 long as & man pays a tax of 90 conts on a ghirt that costs $2, anda taxof Slona &3 Tiet, and a tax of $2 on every sob of horsc-shoea; when he is taxed from 50 to80 per centon everything he wears, on every tool and imple- ment he uses, on every article of household far- niture, on every pane of glass in his house, on every hinge, door-knob or scrow in his building or workshop, it is too early to begin to pay back thoold taxes, cspecially when to do 8o will re- quiro the levy of additional onos upon the pres- cnt generation. TEE LATE BPECIAL COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE, Thero aro but few intelligent persons who are not peinfully aware that there is something wanting in the way of an oflicial exhibit of the business condition of the country. Wo have no end of statistics. We have an Indian, an Educatiopal, & Patent, and an Agricultaral Burcau; wo hevo a Currency Bureau, snd another on Commerce; we have, in fact, some- body charged with some one of all the yarious details of the supposed functions of the Govern- ment, down to the man who makes daily roports of the weather, past and future. Each of this battalion of officers makes his roport annually. Separatoly, they are extromely limited; combined, thoy aro o mere compilation of crude and fre- quently contradictory estimates and opinions. The annuel reports of the different Sccretaries are but a repetition of thess on a larger scale, cach Secretary confining himself to his own De- pertment. The great want which strikes every theughtful man is, that we have no one officer, competent and honest, taking this mass of ma- torfsl and whatever else ho can obtain, and tell- ing us how it affects tho revenue and texation of the country, and how the taxation affects busi- ness. At the close of tho war, the wanb of such an officer was g0 evident that Congress dirested the appointment of a Special Commissioner of iLe Reyenue, eharged with the duty of making & cateful review of the affaizs of the nation, with sneh suggestions as would engble gungrgaa to act undersiandingly in reforonce to texation £0 correct evils, apply remedics, apd progress to & well-matured system of revenue. To this offee Mr, Dzvid A. Wells was appointed. His reports have becomo historical. They have passed into the economical literature of the present gencration. Thoy have beon reproduced in Burope, not only a8 elaborgto expositions of the resources of the American Unon, of its moays of production, of the energy snd greatness of the poaple, and of tho progress made and making towards tho adoption of & naticnal system of revenue, but as contributions to economio science. Theso reports furnished the people annually with the precise documont so long needed; they Tiet the wishes of thoso who wented a clear and comprehingive etotement of the actusl condition in. which each yoar’s prgicss jeft the | ‘business of the country, They rapidly took pre~ cedence in public interest of all other official do- cuments except ths President’s massage. Thi is, Pperbaps, the reason whythey were discontinued, Secretary Boutwell caused r. Wells to be ro- moved and the office to be closed, and for two years the country hes missed the reports to which it had become accustomed, aad in which it had learned to place 80 much confi- dence. Even the New York Times, the leading orgen of the party, is constrained to refer to this matter in the following terms : The question for the legislator and the scientific in- vestigator i, “ Where is the weight on owr produc. Hon?” And nothing in the reports of the Depart- ments can anawer this question, A few years ago we had, for brie? period, nn official Whose business it was {0 show fo Congross and the nation what tho exact Intermal condition of our industries wea. As tho Special Commissioner of the Revenue, it was his duty to ascertain what wero the Drofits of, and the burdens upon, each branch of man- ufacture ; why ono had succeeded and onother was failing ; what precise rato of tax sided one industry or killed another ; what was the influenco of high protec. tive duties, and what of low rovenue taxes; why we couldnot produco this or export thatproduct. It is 8a%o £ 83y that no wiser or more sclentific department ‘was over founded by any nation, to furnish a solid buais forlegislation. Thereports becamomodels of economical research. They were Bought for by tho economists of all countries, Mr. Wells himself becaro an authority, Under them, Congress ana the peoplo had o sound. basis of facts on which to build its financial reform. ‘The fact that the office was abolished because of personal dislike to tho incumbent is noto- rious, and wo think Congress now sheres with the country the regret for the ill-advised action. The office itself is an important ome. The fach that the best flacal legislation of Congress was founded upon these reports, is of itaelf, the highost commendation of theirvalue. The office ought to be re-established.” If it bo ro-estab- lished, the country will naturally oxpect that AMr. Wells will bo reappointed; but, if this be im- possible, if the old persomal antipathy to him canmot bo overcomo, then let the next best man bo selocted. What the comntry necds is some clear and intelligent exposition from timo to time of it actual condition; of tho orrors and defects in our system; the roasons why certain things fail and why others succeed; & suggestion of tho proper legislation, and a general survey of the industrial interests of the wholo country. Such a report impartially ‘made would be of infinite value, and Congress ought, without hesitation, to male them a permanent part of the business history of the Government and ths country. JUDGE DURELL. The following aro the sections of the act of Congress of May 31, 1870, under which Judge Durell, of New Orleans, took jurisdiction: Secrior 8. And be it further enacted, That the District Courts of tho United States, within their re. spective districts, shall have, exclusively of the Courts of the several States, cognizance of all erimes and of- fences committed against the provisions of this act, and also concurrently with the Circuit Courts of the United States, of all causes, civil and criminal, arising under this act, except a8 herein otherwise provided; and the jurisdiction hereby conferred shall be exer- cised in conformity with the lawa and practice govern- ing United States Courts ; and all erimes txd offences committed against the provisions of this act may be prosccuted by the jadictment or information filed by the District Attorney fn a Court having jurisdiction. Sec. 3. And beit further enacted, That whenever any person ehall be defeated or deprived of his elec tion to any office, except for Elestor of President or Vice President, Representative, or Delegate in Con- gress, or member of a State Legislature, by reason of a denial to any citizen or citizens, who shall offer fo vote, of the right to vote, on aceount of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, his right to hold and en/oy such ofice, and the emoluments thereof, shall Dot Lo impaired by any such denial, and they may ‘Dring an appropriate suit or procceding to recover pos- eesslon of such ofiice ; and in cases whero it shall ap- pear that the sole question touching the title to such office arises out of the denial of tho right to vote to citizens who so offered to vote, on account of Tace, color, or previous condition of servitude, such suit or proceedings may be fnstituted in the Circuit or District Court of the United States of the cirenit or districtin which such person resides, And said Cir- cuit or District Court shall have, concurrently with the State Courts, jurisdiction thereof, 80 far as to deter- mine the Tights of the parties to euch office by reason of the denial of the right guaranteed by the XVth Ar- ticle of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and sccured by this act. The reader will see that the act oxpressly ex- cludes jurisdiction in questions affecting the election of members of Congress, Presidential Electors, and members of the Logialaturo, But Judge Darell took jurisdiction of some- thing not mentioned in this act. He granted an injunction prohibiting tho State officers from compiling the returns and declar- ing the result; Lo appointed other persons to do this duty, which could only lawfully bo dono by the State officers, and he directed the United States Marshal to prohibit by force the meeting of the Legislature; and elso directed him to seizo the State House and admit therein only such persons as might be declared elected by tho persons designated by him for that purpose. In this procoeding, he overturned the existing State Government, excluded the new one elected Dby the poople, and installed one which the peo- ple had taken ospecial peing to rejoct at the polls.~ e ‘WHAT A WOMAN MAY D0, A day or two since, Tuz TRIbUNE pointed to the life of the late Countess of. Beaconsfield s amodel of woman's domestic influence, and traced the connection between her inapiring graces of character and the brilliantly-success- ful cerecr of her husband, Mr. Disraeli. The death of Mra. Mary Somerville, st Naples, a short time since, recalls a life that illustrates, on the other hand, what woman may do for herself. The accomplishments of this Tomark- ablo lady aro chiefly known to the seientific world, but they were such as to challengo uni- versal sdmiration both in kind and degrea. They do more than this. They show that the world of knowledge, and of the power which knowledgo brings, is opon to women as it is to man, sud that genius and-industry con meko their woy in a gown as rapidly 28 in pantaloons. If Mrs. Somerville's life of nearly 90 years establishes one genersl principle morg then all slso, it is that the Women of resl parts has no need to go abou land gr;ing for emancipstion and just Fomervilis quietly and muostentatiously penetrated tho depths of scienco, sad found su_attention com- mensurate with tho serious study, long research, and valuable demonstrations which she had made. She mot with quick recognition from such men gs Hersghel, Bzbbage, and Brougham. Her aipafimenta in tkemngnefizm_g _lnfi\;éng:fi of the violet rayg of the solar s_pectrmi: werg of the highest importauee to the esicntifig world. It was to her that was delegated some of the firt work done in the way of popularizing =cientific subjects, under {he auspices of the Society for tho Diffusion of Useful Enowledge; and, though her mind was ico gxzct, her scientific knowledgo foo absorbing, and her subjects too abstruse for the susecssful adaptation which has since been attained, her works buvg tgken a place a soi inscientific literature. Her * Mechan- ismof the Heavens,” after Laplace’s * Alechanique Celeste ;" her * Connection of tho Physical Sciences;” her two volumes of *‘Physical Geography ;" her “3Molecular and Microscopic ‘. yritfen in hor old age,—all attest ono modern times. Her acquirements wers of a kind that is opposed to the usual training of the feminine inind, and of & scope that few men ever attain. Nothing short of a long life of devotion to science conld master the varied knowledge which she commanded. No instance could be cited which would prove so conclusively that the world is open to woman to make for herself any placa to which her capa- bilities and energy qualify ker, for no other Dursuit conld present so many and complicated obstacles to woman's Pprogress. If Mrs. Somerville's accomplishments teach a usefal lesson in showing what & syoman may do, the way in which she attained her eminent posi- tion i8 not less instructive. She began her les~ sons 88 & child, by listening to the instructions given to her brother. Her earlier life was passed at a time when it wes considered altogether im- proper to give girls an education equal to that which Was given to boys. It was only by prompt- ing ner brother on ono occasion that her studies were discovered. When she wanted to read Newton's * Principia,” she was herself in doabt whother it was proper for & girl to learn Latin, 2nd only set herself at work to do it after con- sulting & learned friend of the family, who, fortunately, concluded that she might acquire Latin without denger if she would mse it for scientific purposes only. Itis & pitiful comment upon the educational status of Italy that such a woman wes denied the privilege of seeing the comet of 1813, because the only observatory which afforded the implements was & Jesuit institution, whose rules prohibited any woman from crossing its threshold. Thronghout her entice lifo, In #pite of the exacting nature of her studies, she found time to be an oxcellent housekecper znd & devoted wife and mother. She went much into Bocioty, and ber manners and dress were always of that un- obtrusive character which constitutes perfect taste. Bho found recreation in music, painting, and friends. She took time for the physical ex- erciso necessary to proserve good health for nearly ninety years. She was conservative in all her viows, only mildly favoring woman's sut- frage toward the close of her life. Her conver- sation was never of the * blue-stocking” order, ond ono of the lion-hunters of society once complnined of having talked two hours with AMrs. Somerville without having heard anything to carry away. Yet here wasa woman who is 88id to hiave had a diploms from every scientific essociation in Christendom. The Edwin Forrest Mome. Tho full text of tho will of tho Inte tragedian, Edvwin Forrest, providing for & permanont home for decayed or disabled actors and actresses, hag justbecn published in the Philadelphin papors, and will only add to the admiration which was expressed for his character at the time of the first announcement of his noble charity. After bequeathing tohis friends, Jares Oakes, Esq,, of Boston, James Lawson, Esq., of New York, and Daniel Dougerty, Esq., of Philadelphia, all his property, real and personal, to hold in trust for an institution to be called the “ Edwin Forrest Home,” to be established at his country place called Springbrook, within the City of Philadelphis, Mr. Forrest details an outline of his plan for the Home. The first article de- clares that the institution shall be for tue support and maintenance of actors and actresses decayed by age or disabled by infirmity, subject to certain limitations of the time they have’ served in the profession. The second declares that the number of inmates in the Home shall nover exceed the annusl net rent and revenue of the institution, and, after twelve inmates have been received, other applicants must receive tho approval of the majorily of the inmates as well as of tho Managers. The third provides for the appointment of a Board of Managers, seven in numbor, including the Mayor of Philadelphia for the time being. The fourth names the offi- cers, viz.: o President, Treasurer, Secretary, Steward, Matron, Clerk, and Physician, The £fth provides for the filling of vacan- cies in the Board of Management, Tho sixth directs that his library shall bo placed in tho home just 28 it now stands, and that there shall also be a- private theatre and a picture gallery for the preservation and exhibition of his collection of engravings, pictures, and statuary, snd such additions as can be made to them from the reve- nues of the Home. The seventh orders that there shall be lectures and readings upon ora- tory and the histrionio art, and that, as far as possible, the inmates shall nesist in farming, horticulture, and the cultivation of flowers in the garden and conservatories. The eighth sketches out a plan of lectures on science, literature, and the arts. The ninth, and last, directs that, on every Fourth of July, thd Declaration of Independence shall be read to the inmates, to be followed by an oration under the folds of tho National flag, and that, on each anniversary of the birth of Shakspeare, & eulogy upon his character and writings shall be read, and ono of his plays or Ecenes from his plays shall bo represented in the thoatre. It algo directs that on the first Monday of every June and October the Edwin Forrest Home and grounds shall b opened for the admission of ladies and gentlemen of the theatrical profession and their friends, inthe manner of social picnics, when all provide their own entertainments. Mr. Forrest closes this portion of his will with the following remarkable paragraph: Tho forcgoing general outline of my plan of the in- stitution I desiro to establish Lus been ketched during my preparations for a long_voyago by sea and land, and, should God spare my life, it is_my purpose to by more full and definite : but should I lezve no later will or codicil my friends who sympathize in my_purposes will execute them in the best snd fallest manner pos- sible, understanding that they have been long meditat. ed by me, and are very dear fo my heart, They will also remember that my professional brofhers and sis- ters are often unfortunate, and that little has been done for them, either to clevate them in their profes- sion or to provide for their necessities under sickness or other misfortunes, God has favored my efforts and given me great succeés, and I would make my fortune tho means to elevato the education of others and pro. mote their success, and to alleviato their sufferings, and smooth the pillows of the unfortunato in sicke ness qr other disability, or tho decdy of deckining years, The theatrical profession has long been the target for the shafts of prejudice and ignorance, ond its members have, from time immemorial, been singled out by society for the fate of Ishmgel. Mr. Forrest himself, during his life, . was regarded as the bele noir of the profession, and as summing up in himself all the vices and failings which attach to the drama and dramatic reprezentptions. And yet, in this will, and especially in the parsgraph we have quoted ihove; wo ‘find i modést recognition of the Djvine Being, and'an’ equally modest expréssion of thauifulnuss to that Being for the succéss with which He has crowned his labors, coupled with an earnest, honest effort in the canso of humanity, expressed with the most tender sym- pathy for tho unfortunate, and carefally and even elaborptely dovised to elovate them socinl- 13, nally, and worelly, and to incal~ eate a love of Jiterature, scionco, and art, & rev- 1 ‘and thie beautiful, and pat- ‘mey be copted with profit by many of those who have herctoforo been his traducers. Who, among those of the stage, hus yet had the cour- agp or {hs disposition to write in his will those words 6f Edwin Forrest, t # God hes favored my efforts and given e great success and 1 woald meke my fortune the mesns to ele- vate the education of otkers, and promote their success, and to alleviate their sufferings, and smooth the pilloiv of the unfortunate in sickness or other disability, or in the decey of declining vears.” This noble declaration, following the clcse of Mr, Forrest's adventurous and cloudy up the whole heavens, showing that behind th¢ clouds all was clear. Dr. J. AL Toner, of Washington, has written an articlo for the Northwestern Mcdical Journal of St. Paul, in which he suggests s system of free purks and camping-grounds, to boused dur: ing the summer months es sanitarinms for the sick and debilitated children of the large cities. Dr. Toner's examination of the reports from the Boards of Health of New York, Chicago, Phila- delphis, Boston, Baltimore, and other cities, shows that one-half of the deaths are of children under 5 sears of age. Ho finds, also, by ref- erence to the mortality reports of the United Btates census in 1850, 1860, and 1870, that this is only trus of the cities, the small mortality among the children of tho raral districts being sufficient to overcomo tho unfavorable reports from the cities. A large proportion of the mortality among children is found in what is called the “heated term,” which seems to cause derange~ ments of digestion among infants. It is for the Purpose of counteracting this fesrful death-rate among children thet Dr. Toner suggests the establishing of camping-grounds of several hun- dred acres in extent, selected with reference to healthfalness, at an elovation above malaris, These should be laid out with well-shaded walks and play-grounds, farnished with pure water, ensily accessiblo from the large cities for which they are established, improved with cheap summer tenements, free to all who have sick children, and provided with special reference to the wants of the poor. The rich can find their own regorts, and do succeed, in this way, in saving a larger proportion of their children than the poor. Dr. Toner’s iden is that City Govern. ments shonld contribute funds toward the es tablishment of these sanitariums, —_— The career of Adele Spitzeder, the Bavarian actress, as the manager of the Dackauer Bank in Munich, and s a general swindler, has already been noticed in these columna. It will be re~ n_:emberell that the histrionic banker suddenly disappeared ono day, and with her, the trensures of the main bank and itg numerous branches in Austria and Bavaria. Tho card house collapsed in » single night, and the next morning contain- -ed not & single thaler. Even the books of the bank were destroyed. The Spitzeder, however, Las been arrested, and is now in the debtors® prison. It will furthermore be remembered f.bat the Dachater Bank was to bea religions institution, and that several religious mows. popers, among them the Bavarian Father. fand and tho Folks Messenger, wero subsidized. Tho editor of the latter peper bas fled to avoid arrest. Most of tho papers have confessed that they were made the dupes of fraud, and indignantly denounce both the swindle snd the swindlers. Meanwhile, great suffering has been caused all through Bavaria, The bank received -deposits of the lowest amount, and thousands of servant girls, peas- ants, coschmen, and laborers have literally lost their all, and o scandal has heen cansed to ro- ligion, which is keonly felt by the Bavarian clergy. In shrewdness, skill, and financial in- telligence, the Spitzeder may certainly claim to be the most astute ewindler of the century.. ———— Twonty-seven Japanese merchants, who trede in silk-worm eggs, are under arrest in Joddo for fraud. The fraud consisted in having some 0,000 cards stamped for “ white animsls,” the most expensive egg, aud placing thereon * Bivol~ tini” eggs, which aro the cheapest. Two Japanesa officiels have also been arrested as Privy to the fraud, and it is stated that they will be summari- ly dealt with. There has besn much surprise manifested of late at the rapid stridesin civili~ zation made by tho Japerieser—The little gama of the silk-worm merchants is another proof of Progress, but the fact thab they arrest the perpetrators of fraud and decl summarily with them shows that they have not yet reached the standard of Occidental civilization. The sbility to commit a shrewd fraud has become of late s proof of civilization, but the aberid ides of punishing swindlers, socil, political, or commercial, only shows that tha Japanese do not yet fally comprehend the bleasizgs of civilization. As they are peculiarly cn imitative poople, howover, there is hope for them. Some of tho betting men are beginning to understand for the first time in their lives what sn Electoral College is. Those, for instanca, who had wagered their money that Maryland would vote for Mr, Greeley, are troubled to Jmow whether they hava lost or not. The Electoral Vot of Maryland was actuslly cast for Mr. Hondricks, though the people of the State undoubtedy intended to vote for Mr. Greeley When they voted for the Liberel Elociors. In the ssme way, those who wagered that Mr. Greeley would re- ceive the votes of atx States may be technically considered to have lost their money, as the Electoral votes of thesa States were distributed. On the other hand, Mr. Greeley having died be- Tore the election actually occarred, as the Presi- dent is elected by the voteof the Electoral Col- leges, eome of the betters wn the Liberal side cleim that, by & dispensation of Providenca in taking away Mr. Greeley, theirbets are off. Tn regard to the latter point, however, Mr. Wilkes has dectared that the bets must be paid, and lmi. 8ot an example by paying those which he o5 : —_— " The money which the United States received rom Japan, 0s its shara of the Indemnifyi Fund that was demanded for the quem:lg exciuded from the Straits of S monoscki, ig reported to amount to about 2500,000, besides an unpaid balance of $£375,000. There is now & movement in Washington to bave this money turned over to the Japanese Government for edncational purposes, something affer Mr, Burlingame's idea of a Chinese Educational Institution, to be founded from a surplus of 5 similar fund from Chins. Mr. Barlingame desired that o College should be established aj Pekin, with the double purpose of teaching Americans the Chiness language and literatura to qualify them as interpretars, and to ‘edutate the advanced Chinese students in English sy that they might be employed to better advan- tage by either thoir own Governmont or that of the United States, & —_— A now patent railvay ocontrivance is ans nounced, in tho shepe of a switch-tender’s bozx, 80 placed that if the switch-tender shonld go to sleep in it, and negleat tho switch, the coming traln would run into the dormitory, and obviate sny farther necessity for his switching. If the inventor of this excellent machine will now set his wits at work end construct another, which, in cases of collision growing out of the careless. ness or recklessness of conductors, will guaran- teo tho killing of conductors instead of passen-~ gors, he will not only greatly lessen the danger from aceidents, but will receivo the hearty thauks0? thio toavolling pablie, -+ - i- - - . Thore is little doubt that Parisian society hag mado it so uncomfortabla for the German Am: bassador that he can no longer endure his p tion. Otherwise, Count Arnim wonld searcely ask to be recalled from one of the most impor- tant diplomatic posts in Europe, as itis rumored thst he haadons, It s further belived that, while ‘Count Amnim has ‘found his residonce i Paris almost unendurable, Count’ Eulenberg hag found his residenco at home scarcely less tolera- ble, and that tho lstter will soon take tho f mer's place, —_— It took several years of costly litigation {0 cb- tain from the Supreme Court of Vermont a decs~ ion to this effect: That s Mrs. Drew, who eut som grass op the public highway in order taat her cliildren might’ have o path by which 4 could getto and from school.withont getting their clothes wot, committed no erime; brt that, as Mrs. Drew fed nine pounds of this rass to Der husband’s horse, she committed 5 respass, for which she was responsible to tha State of of the brichtes} snd'most potive intellgots of life. is like & sunburst after the storm, lighting Vermont,