Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 31, 1873, Page 4

4 IIE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FR RIDAY, JANUARY 3i, 18%3. e TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TTEME OF SUBACKIFTION (PLTABLE I ADTANCE). ) .00 | Sundar. 52! 20 S g0 Weekty :55:58 Parts ol ayoarat the same rate. s T prevent delsy and mistakes, be eure and givo Post - Of ce address in full, including State and County, - Romittances may bo made either by draft, expross, Post Oifice order, or in registered letters, at our risk. TEIME TO CITY SUDSCRIBERS, Watls, delivered, Sunday excepted, 25 conts per wesk. D, delivesoa, Sunday Included: 30 conts Yer week: S mer Madison ot Destborn wess Ocas, Til CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S TRIBUNE. ®IRST PAGE—Washington News: The Iovestigations; Procoedings in Congress. 4 1£ECOND PAGE—New York Lotter—Our Tron Interosts: Foarth Article—Tho Boyce Murder Trial—Protec- tion—Hailroads {communication]—Graad, - Grand, Great Grand [communieation. SIIiTRD PAGE—The Muan & Scott Osse—Tho County Schools—The Law Courts—Water and Seworage— The Foundlings' Home—Advertisomsuts. FOURTH PAGE—Editorials: Law and Ordor in Chica- 0 Benator Pomeroy; Russia and England; Rob- biog the West—Current Nows Itwms—The Police Tmbroglio. A . FIFTH PAGE—The State Capital: Yestorday's Procasd- ings inthe Ilinols General Assembly—Markets by Telegraph—Advertisemonts. FAXTS PAGE-Money and Commerce—Ralroad Timo- ‘Table—Adrercisomonts. BEVENTIL PAGE-Litorsture—The Glencos Smash-up {commuzicstion}-Pertonal—Torture in the East— News nt Large—Small Advertisements: Real Es- 1ate, For Sals, To Keat, Wanted, Boarding, Lodz- iag, ote. B FISETH PAGE-—Forcimn Nows—State Legislatares— Mirceliancons Telegrams. TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. VICKER'S THEATRE—3adison strest, betwoen catburn. Engsgemontof Dion Bouelcault Tho Phantom.” ** Kerry." wud wifo. e, corner of Con- J." W. Alaugh. ADEMY OF ‘MUSIC— Halsted street, sonth of 3. **Charies 0'Malley.” OLEY'S OPERA HOUSE~Rsndolph strcet, be- Clark nd LaSalle. XNow Comedy Company. varybods's Friond.” 5 - E£RS' OPERA_HOUSE—Monroe street, betweon zud Dearborn. Arlington, Cotton & Kemble's rcl 252 Burlesquo Troupe. Ethioplen Comicelities. GLOBE THEATRE—Desplaincs street, betweon Madi- Testington. Engegement of Miss Fanny ler o “*Tie Cabin Boy." It Cliatop, betwoen Wash N'S AMPHITHE. ‘e Chicane Tribume, Fridey Morning, January 31, 1873. "It Syndicate will open ita books for subecrip- tious o the balance of tho 5 per ceut loan on £ob. 4, end will close them Feb. 7: ——— The counsel in the Tweed cavo have:clozed seir ergument, and Judge Davis bas chargod jary. Prosident Thiers will not accept tho eckeme for constifulional government prepared by the Lommittes of Thirty. £ bill hes bon introduced in the State Sen- ste to repesl the *Mayor's Bill,” from which 1. derives tho suthority under which he is now £eting in Lhe mstter of the Polica Board. Senator Pomeroy is eaid to be utterly broken fovnin body end mind by the chargesmade +33in8t him, and by his overwhelming defeat. 3 bysicians are in sssiduous sttendance at‘ hm 1 :3sids, and fear serious results from his pros- t.ation. — Russian feeling is being wrought into » war f2ver by stories of atrocious oufrages committed }.y tho-Khivans upon their Russian prisoners, tody, to continue until ho opens hislips. Tho Senate tried n somewhat similar experiment, 1ast year, with two newspaper correapondents, who would not tell how thoy had co we into pos- session of the Troaty of Washingtony, which they” published-without authority. The correspond- ‘cnts did not yield, and in the end we ¥o relossed unconditionally. Tho ‘Chicago produce markets v ‘ere Tsthor more active yesterdsy, and geners Iy higher. Meoss pork was quiet at 10c advance, «closing at £11.95@12.00 'cash, and $12.30@12135 seller March. Lard was quict, s0d 5@10c p er 100 Ibs higher, st $7.25 cashand $7.05 sell lor March, Meats wore active 2nd sterdy, at 3] 4@4c for shotilders ; 52@6c for short ribs; 6Xcifor short clear,” and 8¢ per b for 17-1b hams. | Dressed hogs were active, and &c per 100 beyhigher, closing at €4.60@5.00 for heavy to light. §, High- ‘wines were steady at 88c, but closed weak. Flcr was' quiet and strong, being scatco. Wheat ‘was active, and averaged 3{c higher, ciosing ¢ fall at $1.253; cash or eellor February, end $1.2 83 seller March. Corn was active xnd X(o Liigl ter, closing tame at 80}$@S0%c cash or seller kb~ ruary, and 813{@3134c seller March. Oats v rero more aétive and firm, closing at 257c cask, and 263c seller March. Rye was quiet and stead yat- 68@6834c. Barloy was very quiet but somev-hat firmer, closing dull at 79 for No. 3, and 64c for No.3. Live hogs wers active and firm at 5¢ ad- ~vance in heavy, and 100 inlight grades. Ihe ox- treme range -of prices was £3.80@4.80. There was a good demand for cattlo at strong . pricos. Sheep were quiet and unchangad. “LAW AKD ORDER IN CHICAGO. - The issue is now- plainly and distinctly s pre- eonted to the people of Chicago, whether tho City Government is to be - conducted by’ the gamblers, thieves, pot-houses, lsw-broskersy 2nd pimps, represented by the old Board of Ftslico Commissioners, or by the Magor, in the inte rest of Law, Ordér; Decency, and Proprioty. '@ here is no middle ground. * Every citizon must ' take sides with tho gamblers and their confode ixntes on the police, or with the Mayor and tho other officers of the Law. In such a contest, fhore caa beno neutrality. We have a City Go: roin- ‘ment to execnte tho laws, or wo Lave not. | Wa are a law-abiding and & law-executing pelople. Wo-have mot orected over us an atithor- ity ropresonting the gamblera .and pot-h onsesm of the city. :We havo not yet adopted the yaro- tablo .as the symbol of Chicago, nor salecte-d 1ock-suctioneers and cornfidence-men to dictate what Jaws ehall be enforced, aud by whom they whull bo enforced. T- Ttis understood that the gamblors end th eir coufedorates of tho city are propared to oxpcnd §50,000 to keop Mr. Klokke, and Mr. Reno, end ‘Mr. Sheridan in office. Against that $50,000 we placo the Law and the moral sense and virtus of the peoplo of Chicago. Tho issmo is to be testcd, whether the gamblers’ monoy is euperior to the “| Taw, and - whethor ‘the.Common Couneil, the Conrts, sad the Legislature will be overawed in their duty to the pablic by this array againgt fthe public. safety. The Police Commissioners shave forced this conflict. They lave precipitated the. issue,” whethor ‘Law, Order, aud De- concy sball be enforced snd maintainied in Chicago, or- whother the police of Chicago shall continue to be the corrapt, - efficiont, and disgraceful body to which theso Commissioners and their prodecessors have ro- duced it. . ) Thero is not an informed man in this city who dges not- know that the Police Board has long 3 xpeditions are beivg formed to avengo theso |y o Jyniglerable nuisauce. There has been \rongs, and the excitemont has spread: among’ the nobility, many.of whom have volunteered to 2¢comypeny the army. sk E— Proparations for the celebration of the Cen- 12nial anniversary of American Independenco at 1 uiladelphia have beon entrusted to a Committee © ! 300 leadingcitizens. Atameetingof thisCom- p.ittos, Wodncéday, $189,000 word subscribed, ’ aking $600,000 promised by Philsdelphis for 2.0 colebration. The City Council is asked to - propriate 1,000,000 from the city fands, snd #: bscriptions are invited from every citizen of &l.e United Siates. s The hopes which have been eniortained that P:of. Tyndall might Zeliver in Chicago the lec- | $1.rs with which ho has delighted Boston and Xw York are dissipated by the announcement €.t he retarns to England nest weck. This is to bo regrettod, not only for our ske, but for bis. Tn his short visit, Prof. Tyndall has barely praced tho threshold of Amrican life, and has s&:n nothing of the yast civilization that liesin B interior of our country. 1t is proposed to tunuel tho #i; pi Rivera nearitheir junction, in.order to facil-- 1t te railway movements. A company for that pu spose Lisg been formed, with a capitel of $10,- 00,000, nd has applied to Congress for an act of incorporation. Among the capilalists who heve lont the scheme their support are Thomas 8 >tt and J. N. McCullagh, of Pennsylvania, J. Pierpeat Morgan, of New York, Genaral Burn- ric'2, 2nd W. B. Cartin end W. F. Coolbaugh, of L s Siale. § “Phera i4 eomothing appalling in_ the certainty w4 1 which ench™dey's investigation revesl some re: page of Congressional dishonesty. Mr. €12k, President of {he Union Pacific Railroad, wiile showing, yosterday, before the Wilson Cr-dit Mobilier Committes that he hed peer permitted tho exponditure of a cent 2o infinence the action of Congress, unfolded the suimelers macmer in which Congressmen aclicit corrupt advances. Mr. Clark testifies & ¢ throngh Don. Butler's private secrotary some unizown Congroesman mensced the Union Pa- cif : Tozd with adverso logislation, which ho wa told with, tho neual circumlocutions, could b forestelled by « liberal expenditura of money. In reply, Alr. Clark assured the go-betweon the ¢ not o cent should be forthcoming for that pa Tus next day the throstwas put in exceation by the introduction of & resolution fut> the House to compel the Union Pacific to ay the interost on its bonds. The gentleman | wko has the konor of h:ving,pxasnncgd it is Mr. Ne_ley, of Pennsylvanis. I'ursmant to the resolution passed by the Hcase, Stewart, the Washington lobbyiat, was breught before the bar of the House, yesterday, to.how canse why ho ghould not. be committed for contempt. Ho still declines to idivulge wb.thedid withthe quarter of a million of T 'on Pacific bonds placed in his hand. as Alley would say, “f0r such proper expenses as might be necessery.” He addressed the House ins lon; speech in- defenco of his refusal to fostify, which he bases on the aonidential relations between a Iawyer and his clicat. Thero was no Isw, ho said, which gave Qongress any right to question him upon such gaaiters. Tho Houso has ordered him into oug- 06 Commissioner of Polico for several years, who had any regard for his own character, who ‘has not voluntarily retired in disgast from tho Boatd, eatisfied of its imbecility end disgraceful character.” The recent conduct of the Board bas been based upon the ‘assumption that tho Re- publiczn party of Chicago would not. dare to offend a class of voters who insist on violating tho lawa. Holding the threat over that parts, theso Commissioners bhave forced ~into ‘the police force druukards, losfors, pifps, and othor - men who comld not make 2 decent living by work, 2ad who scek the po- liceman’s uniform for the idleness and corrupt priviloges it secures them. We question wheth- er the Republican party ia in tho least terrified by any thréats of ‘that kind. It is rosponsiblo foi the government of this city, and cannot afford to instal the gambling fraternity as the Municipal ‘Execative, nor to place the police forco under orders o prevent the exccution of tho Law. The Republizan perty hes nothing to gain, but everything to lose, by such a proceed- ing ; and we very much mistake the sentiments of the whole people of Chicago if thore is not & general expression from all decent, lav-abiding .men, of all parties, sustaining tho Riayor, to whom the Law gives chicf control of. the police forco of the city. - The unanimous and enthusiastic vote of tho ‘Board of Trade, yesterday, in favor of tho main- tenance of Lawand Order, and approving thio re- ‘moval of the Police Commissioners, wo have no question rep.rosents tho general sontimext of tho public. SENATOR POMEROY. . -Mr. Senator Pomeroy bas had o terrible fall, and 50 sudden and unexpected was it that he wa stripped of all his masks and disguiscs, and placed so plainly and nakedly before the Legis- lature of Kansas as & corruptionist, that not evon one member dare voto forhim. No man, not oven Sonator Patterson, is. so completely overwhelmed by tho testimony of falschood and corruption a8 is this man Pomeroy. The coun- try hasreason to cogratulste itself thet the Logislature of Kansea was onlightened in time to avoid his re-eloction. For many years his name has been the synonym of corruption, and there can hardly be a question but that he hed fairly won the title of “Old Subsidy. By the free usc of money and Federal patronsge, ho bas ko far beon able to silonce all wituceaos, and buy off “all opposition. From the grest wealth he had obtained, ke was able to draw tho means of politicalsuccess, His transactions, if fally reported, would Sllvoluines. Tuo investigation of his last eloction, though made at a late day, and but partial, left no doubt as to the universal corruption of Eansas . politics, and that ho wWas the contre of the systom. His letter to tho Indian Agent Ross ought, without sny further charge, to have cansed his “explusion from the Seate; and yet 0 adroit were his actions, 8o plausible his specches, 80 _bold and unblushing his solemn Qenials, that he lived through it all, and held high rank in the Senate among men who, honeat themaclves, Fefused to beliove this man to be guilty of. what was charged against him. : Solong w3 he was able to retain his place in the Scnate, and. from there .dispenss public patronage, eecure contracts, and make friends by voting for everymanner of subsidy,solonghe could keep the [witnesses of his conduct eilent, and could com- ! mand support; but, now that be bas fallen, and been dofeated, now that his power and his patron- sgohavo boen taken from him, it is possible that thore will be a general confession by all his part- ners and essociates of all they know concerning his wonderful caraor. , Ttis possiblo that the Senate, possessed #s it now is of tha overwhelming testimony that tho other Senator from Kansas, Mr. Caldwell, was clected by extensive bribery, will at once expel him. That case is too clear, and the facta too patent, to admit any doubt s to the duty of the Sonate.. Refusing to act on that caseis but an encoursgemont to the crime of bribery in other States, Had Caldwell been expelled a year ago, the Senate would not have had to investigate the cages of like character from Sonth Carolina and Novada, and the country would have been sparod tho disgracofal exhibition in the Kansas Togiatursan Yodiondey st _ RUSSIA AND ENGLAND. The warlike character of tho relstions between Russia and England, ss indicated by late de- Epatches, is already beginning to bave an influ- ence upon our markets, and grain-shippers are elated at tho prospects of a rise in prices. The intimation in the despatchea contained in our Denmark, Sweden, and other Poyers will make common csuse with England, is only s ramor, and should bo treated as a rumor, which may be contradicted any dsy. The misunderstanding— tocallit by no harder name—betweon Russia and England is ono which concerns those two Powers alone. No other European nation has any direct interost in the quarrel, further than national antipathy is concerned, It; howaever, it be true that these nations have sided'with Epgland, then it may be assumed with equal certainty that Germany will side with Russia, and that s general European war will be the result, which must ostablish forover tho question of Asiatic supremacy, which has been in abeyanco g0, many centurics,—oven from the time of Peter the Great, with whom tho schema of the conquest of Ehiva originated, and who, in common with all his successors, entertained the idea of making the Oxmaof the ancients, now tho Amoor, the channel of an extensive commerce. * Taking ‘into ‘account only the positive, reli- ablo news which ias been received, Russia aud England only can enter into our calculations. Tho Russisn Empiro in Asia already embrzcos Omsk, Tobolsk, Iomsk, Toniseisk, Irkoutslk Takoutsk, Amour, Okkotsk, Tchukéchi, Kamts’ chatkn, and the important Tsland of Saghulin, directly north of Japan,~tLe wholo ombracing about onc-third of Asia. Her movements now threaten Toorkistan, Persia, Afghanistan, De- Toochistan, and Turkoy in Asis,—the possession of any one of which countries seriously menaces the British Possessions in Hindostan, and threstens to cut England off from the Mediter- ranean. 5 Tho history of “the proceedings, up to tho dato of the latest despatches, may be briefly told: - Early in December, the Russians commenced to mass an army, oston- sibly for operations against Khiva, on the east- orn shores of the Caspian Bea, and to punish the Khan of that province for enslaving Rus- sian prisoners of war, and refusing to deliver them up.” England for once acted promptly and rosolutely. On Dec. 23, Lord Augustus Loftus, the Dritish Ambaasador at 8t. Poters- burg, dolivored a note to Princo Gortechakoft from Lord Granvills, announcing the resolution of the English Govornment to refrain from all interference with Russia’s progress along the Amoor and Sir, so long as it Qid not monace Afghanistan or the Principalities on the Upper Amoor, and others situated between Khiva and Afghrnistan, claimed by the Ameer of the latter country. This, it will be noticed, was @ very resolute protest upon the part of England, and it at once received tho hearty indorsemont and support of the press and people; whohavealways been in advance of the Government upon this ‘question of Russisn progross in Central Asia. England drew the line herself beyond which Russia must not go. The note to Gortschekofl must bave caused profonnd astonishment to the Russians, for they had ovidently misconceived the temper of the Englieh, and had cherishod the .ides that they would mot fight. Tho noto was followed by the arrival of Count Schouvaloff, an Envoy from the Rus- sian Emperor, and one of hismost confidential connscllors. His mission showed that tho Em- peror was desirousof conciliation, and wished for an agreemont between tho two countries, which should "definitely locate the boundaries of Afghanistan, beyond which Russian conquest must not go. It isalso statod, unoffcially, that the Czar offered not to advance beyond a certain Tine to bo sgreed upon by the two countries, and hoped that England wonld see no objection to his supplying Persia with » sottled Government, and opening wup tho industrial resources of the country. - Count Schouvalof had a con- ferenco with Granville, which only resulted in & repetition of the substance of the latter's former notoe to Gortechakoft, The occupation of Persia, it is evidont, could not be entertained for & gin- gle moment. It not only would eecure to Russia tho very abjoct of its Asiatic ambition,—s sonth- ern ontlet for- its Asiatic commerco,—bnt it would also directly monace Indin, and seal tha fato of Turkey in Asia at onco. The intrigues of Russia might speedily gain ovor the independ- ent chieftains of Afghanistan and Beloochistan, and their consoquent proximity to Indi might arouse tho hatred of the Mussnlmans to English rule. After the conference, Russia immediately assumed a hostile attitude, and inatigated the capture of Port Hissar by = native chief,—thus taking & position which threatened. Atfghanistan, and Toorkistan also, the independence of whose, torritory Great Britain bad gxprossly guaranteed to maintain, This is the latest condition of affairs which may be relied upon. It is difficult to see how eithor Power can now recede. Russia, having already undertaken her march to Ehive, and virtually baving alresdy disposed of all the ter- ritory to which the Khen laid clsim, and haviog strack the first blow, may not bo dispozed to yield without & straggle, however much she may have misjudged tho Toglish policy 2nd temper. England, on the other hand, must maintain her position, or show a degree of pusillanimity no other nation has ever exhibited. Bkilfal diplomacy may yot rescue the Asiatic question from the immedirte arbi- trament of war; but no diplomacy, however skiltnl or consummate, can avert &' collision be- twoen England and Ruseia sooner or Ister. A Vionna paper throws some light on the charac- ter of the Bussian progress. It BayE Russia's insatiable love of conquest, her far-sighted- ness and perseverance, aro doubtless of s nature to inspire alarm, while, o2 the other hand, thess charae- teristics are not the leas entitled toa certain degree of simirstion, Inthe same way as mincrs oxplore a country in thie hope of discovering veins of are, the Russians nclentifically examine and explore those countries which they intend to occupy ; and, loug be- fore the occupation txkes place, theso examinations and explorations are sct on foot and continued without ceasing. ' The country round about, and especially in the sonthern parts of the Caspian Ses, and between the latter and the Sea of Aral, hes not only been caretully surveyed, but alzo lovelled. Theriver-valley along the Jower Sir-Daria (Jazartes) 1s already entirely under the Tussian dominion ; and, as 8oon as the coal-voins pre- sumed to be thero are discovered, s steamboat com- munication to Khiva will forthwith be established also on tho Sea of Aral. It is well known that stesmera.can | ascend far up in the Amu-Daris (Oxua)., Ono thing 18 apparently certain, namely: that no known Power czn stop the spread of ‘Russia’s dominion, cnd ler gradusl bt steady advance in Asis a3 far 2 the rivers extend which flow iato Lor juland sess. - " Bhould the collisicn .came jat present,—ospo- clally should the other European Powers bocome involved in the struggle,—it will be of immense Inst iseuo, howover, that Austris, Franco, Italy,- commercial interest to this country, 2s Europe’ ‘must look to the United States for its supplies of grain and other produce. Tho United States would bo tho producer, Europe the consumer, and our surplus of breadstuffs would find a market. Tho prospocts of ‘s general European ‘war, howaver, are at present only wild specula- tion, based upon rumor. Fhe prospects of war, even between England and Russia, may yot be diplomatically dissipated, notwithstending the ugly look of the situation, go that there is as yet no reliable basis for commercial ostimates. ROBBING THE WEST, Facts and statistics show that, for nearly a quarter of & century, the Northwest hes been subjected by the Btate of New York, and the railway lines to the scaboard, to extortionate charges in'the price of freights, which can only be propetly called downright robbery. - During the War, and with an active foreign demand for our bresdstuffs . and provisions, the high price of these products left a margin for Western producers, and the price of freights, though known to be exorbitant, attracted comparatively little attention. But now, whon, afters year of good crops and hard work, farmers find themselves with abso- lutely little or nothing to show for it, and, in some sections, with not even money enough to pay the tax-gatherer, thoy are studying carefully tho reasons for this state of things. The New York market reports, and the- home-prices of farm products, reveal at o glance how much is charged by the freight lines to lay them down ac tho seaboard. Did these chargea only yield a fair porcentage on the actual cost of these freight-lincs, with “honest and’ economical ‘managemont, no one would complain. Our peo- ple are perfectly willing to bear their sharo of hard times with their fellow-citizens of the Sea- ‘board States. But, on examining the fact, it is found that, of the three or four bushels of corn or wheat which it costs them to get one to tide- water, one-half, at least, ia consumed by the paupern quartered on her lateral and worthless canals by tho State of New York, or by the sharks and stock-gamblers of Wall straet, who control ths New York railroads. Some means of relief must bo found, or the prosperity and the progress of the West must cease for an indefiuite period. Toshow that these chargos sgainst the State and the corporations of New York have = sub- etantial basis of fact, we republish, from an arti- cloin Tax Tnisose of o few days 230, the fol- Iowing table, showing the receipts and expendi- tures of the Now York canals for the year 1872: Salaries Groaa recenue. and repaicn, Canals, Total oxpenditurss, Total gross Tevenus. Excess of ealaries and repalrs over revenue. .$1,387,499 The receipts from the Erie Cznal in the same year were $2,7€0,147 ; expenditures for sslarics and repairs, §1,697,021 ; exceas of revenue over cxpenses, §1,075,- 126 This table is teken from the report of the Comptroller of the Stato of New York, and, of course, its accurecy cannot be questioned. It shows that, of the Iatcral canals, only four paid anything sbovo expenscs, and that the gross net: income of these four' amounted to the full sum of 2953,—s sum which we montion simply to show how utterly ridiculous’ it is.. The thirteon lateral canals cost tho commerca of tha West €1,387,499, or nearly that amount, for the Det Tovenues of tho main canal, $1,073,126, left & small balance for tho Btate to provide for the support of her political paupers quartered on the canals, This is bat = specimen of tho op- pression which the Legislatura of New Yark haa been imposing on the commerce of the Wost for & scoro of years past. Some means must ¥ a found to relieve us from thegg intolarable - oy actions, NOTES AND-OPINION, The Chicago Evening Journal », < roy: “Borved tho reacal Just g O L —Itis hinted that the disy 5cq of Colfax af- fords Oliver P. Morton ‘“«malicious :at::l:-c- tion.” A _—The Washington. worrespondent of the Cin- cinnati Gazetle (Adwinistration) winds up an ar~ ticle an purthase?, gestsin the United States 8enate by saying-s Aud, 28 for Nevr.d: d coast,—f Democrate, of COrreat, sasopiady - ho. g et ke nia and kindresi powers own everything. These ara Dot pleasant irapressions, bt thoy ozist hiere, cad for the moat part, in regard 0 the States held to be pur- chiasalle, {n & much more intense form than indicated. —Senator Brownlow writes to the Athens, (Tenn.) Post, contzadicting & rumor that ko waa to resign, and saya: 1 consider that Xom capable of doing my State aa mmch service here a3 anybody whom the fresent Legis: lature wonld elect 2s my successor, and more than one of the geveral mall politicians and County Conzt laws yers who aspire to be Senator from Tennexsee, —YWhen Pomeroy (D. D.) thought he had 57 votes in the Kaneas Logislature, and was nego- tiating for 8 more, he waa dealtng with desperate men, of whom & correspondent thon wrote: Now, some of thess men may be said to vote for Pomeroy with halters about their necks, for they are here under the most solemn pledges to thewr constita- entn to vote against nim, and they revresent communi- ties that have a babit of summarizing juatice when tlieir blood ix up. —Governor Hart,” of Florids, who, in an ad- dress to his Legislature, declared that the elec- tion of a Republican Unitad Btates Senator by Democratic votes wonld ba ‘‘a serions calam- ity," is the same Ossian B. Hart who, in 1869, got 16 Democratic votes for Benator, and went to Washington to contest Gilbert's seat. " ~Samuel J. Bsyard, of New Jersey, who fig- ured in the Louisville Convention &8 * Senator " Bayard, has announced his allogiance to the Re- publican party. —The New York Evening Posf, which, at firat, was disposed to exculpato the dlatingnished Re- publicans who bonght Credit Mobilier stock, nOW BayB: - & - Whst we do fay, however, {s this : Thst tbe public confidence in tho disposition of the sccused persons to fell the wholo truth concerning Lefr canduct in this ‘matter is in danger of fpaired. —~It would have been amusing if it had not Dbeen g0 vory pathetic,—the sudden silence that fell, sbont tho middle of ast week, on certain prominent Boston organs, and their raral tenders and cockboats, upon the erst familiar and fruit- fal theme of Credit Mobilier. They-are- begin- ning nOwW $0 zecover their voices in & messure, but the welkin doesn’t ring nearly £s much as it did. The focts are s little awkward, it must be acknowledged, for jonrnals that have been given gome months sug to_alternate panegyric of Oakes Ames and his pals, horily on tho exceed- ing sinfalness of campaign slander, and scath- ing rebuka of the newspapers whick printed the nows.—Springfield Republican. Ts it best to ory stop? If theee s rottennoes anywhere in public life, if some men are usin money to: procuro favorable legialation, Pt .others are taking money to give it, and others are epending money o' get into a body whore they may got a chance to get corrupted, is it not, best the worat should be made knawn to tha people? 1t is only by knowing tho oxistence of evil that mosns may be taken to stop it.—Ciu cinnati Gazetle. 8 —Bpeaking of Oakes Amoa’ transactions with cortaius Congressmon, in placing largo emoanza inst. saym: members of Congress were bribed, thero ia no evidence whalever.” Tho same night the thermometer. froze solid in the Wizconsin thermometera. Another assertion as cool would congeal gpirits of wive, —Governor Noyes iguores all responsibili for the selection of Senator Pattorson to prcaig over tho Ohio Agriculturs] College. It was tho work of tho Doard of Trusteos, who will prob- ably be relieved from the disagreeable duty of revoking thoir action by an_carly declination of the proffered trust. The “irony of fato® is well jllustrated by the fact that the intended President was also to havo filled the chair of Moral Philosophy.— Cincinnaii Times. —The Washington Chronicle asks: * Why ehould Mr. Harlsn bo made a vietim in an un- supported suspicion?” Why ehonld he, sure enough, when there are so many suspicions against him that aro abundantly supported?— Louistille Courier-Journal... —The Financial Chronicic calls Mr. Shorman's measure a bill to prevent resumption, That is uadoubtedly a true descriptive title. Evory one of its features is opposed to the true principlos of resmption.— H?Ean Journal. —The Boston Herald eays:. “Mr. Greele; was ridienled beyond measurs by all tu a nurses of. the United States Treasry becanse ha #aid that the way to the resumption of specie- parments is to resume; but, now that the Ben- at6 Financo Committoo, through ita Chairman, Mr. Sherman, hes virtually recommended Mr. Greoloy's plan, it may bo received with mors favor. Secretary Boutwell's method of socuring resumption seems to be not to resumo,” —A London dotectivo put his head into an om- nibus ono day just as it was starting off, with tho remark, * Passengors will do well to look out for thoir pockotbooks. ‘Thero are two mem- “bors of tho swell mob in thia "bus.” Therenpon 8 gravo-looking old gentleman, with eye-glasses and a gold-headed cane, hustily got ont, saying, “If that's tho cas I won't goin thia 'bis,™ Fg was followed by a clerical-looking gontieman, with a_white choker, who remarked that he “ wouldn't ride in_ such compauy.” And them the detective closed the door and shonted to the driver, “ Allright ; drive on ; they've got out.” Wo don't mean to' be unkind; but really the slory is an old one, and wo have no excuso for publishing it except thet Senator Patterson’s pathatic spooch the other day about leaving pub- ic life with plessnro it things wero going on in this way, and then Brother Harlan's followin, Lim ont with remarls in & similsr tone, recall tho circumstanca.—Neio York Sun. —And’ Kelloy, tho stately-sto - bromed, deap-monthiod Tanl shammas of sun: 4 adelphia, who was won to wrap his t him and bawl ont, *Protection! pr‘é‘é:u?.‘}x‘?fi in the balls of Congress, with ns much earnest~ ness as Patrick Henry's ltevolutionary Tory used to bawl out, ““Beef! beof!” in the American gamp—Tello, whozo soul soemed to be trans- Inted 50 high up in & metallic heaven of pig iron and ten-penny nails that it had no leisure for private speculations,—he, too, turns outto bo no better than one of the wickod'—Zouisville Cour- —‘“Supposing they shonld ex fr. Ammes 7 aakiod Sae oF Lin Hende T Topat o sir ! expelme !” exclaimed old Rosx, * what do you_mean, sir? Expel the honestest man in the House! Pshaw, they won't do it ; no, air,” #0d be put his hand fnto bis sido pockat. to sée if the old wallet was etill safe, The improssion provaila among lesding members of the House that Honx is right. If arraigned he will ask the member whose hands are cloan of jobs to cast the first vote. No one knows how many pledges the old pawnbroker Lias got, and, sure as fate, Uncle Hoax will discover that merorandum. book™ if he is pressed too hard.—-New York Zerald Correspondence. —As Goneral Butler, tho valisut bombardier of past belligerent ecenes, was rassing throngh a corridor of the House of Rerresentatives, this afternoon, Lie was nccosted by Mra. Bowon, of BSouth Carolins, » Pettigrew by birth, who has stood by hor busband in his_varions tronbles. “ General," said she, “czu I say a word to you?” +fadame," reenonded tha' bombardier, in a Joud, grull tone, “ I hevo always made it & rulo nover to speak £o & woman in the Caitol.” “ And " rotorted Mra, Bowen, in a shrill, cler voice, “’havo always mado it 'a rulo mevor speak to n man that Tknew was not a gentler ya. Iregret that I have dapartod from it in tho pros. ent case.” Exit tho bombardier, very red in the taco.—New York Herald's Washinglon £ pecial. —_— ; The United States Sean’ce, ¢ On the 4thof March, 1878, tho ter.ng of twent: o four Senators begin, and electiung havo be an mado by the several Logislaturs,a as follows: {Administration in Roman; 0 ' g C2Pon n T New Hampshite,. New Yorke, ; Jobn H. Mitchell Bimon Cameron. In Alsbams, George C. Spencer, Republican, and Francis W. Sykes, Opposition, wera elected by rival bodies, rinco joined in one Legislature ; and this Legislature, whon fully organized, will- make a legal election of Senator. In Florids, the Legislature has been voting for Seunator sinco Jan. 21, without &n election at last accounts. The Legislaturo has six Repub- lican majority, bat more. than that number of Republicana are hostile to.the party msnage- ment. In Louisiana, thero is & vacancy in the term ending March 8, by the resignation of Senator Koellogg, who is acting as one of the State Gov- ernors, The rival Legislatures have elected, to fill out this vacant term, John Ray, Republican, and Gonmeral W. L. Modillen, Opposition. Those two are now claimants bofore the Senate. The Republican (Kellorg) Legislature has clect- ed P. B, S. Pinchback for the Senatorial term beginning March 4, 1878. The Opposition (Mc- Enery) Logislature has not set elected for the ol torm. . The terms of fifty Senators extend tc 1875 and 1877, as followa : Term ends 1875. Term_ends 1677, Alcorn, Miss, Anfilan‘);, R.L Caldgwell, Kan. - Clayton, Ark. 14 Adm.; 11 O pp, Mr. Wilson, of Measachusetts, being the Vice ' President elect, his suceessor in the 8 smate (for | the term ending in 1877) will be chos en by the | Legislature, probably on the 25th of / February, | since it is understood 3fr. Wilton will , resign on the 16th of that month. It is Beld /that, under the law of Congress, s Legislature , exnnot elect to a contemplsled vacancy by ro* iignation, but must wait until such vacancy e: (igts, and until tho second Tuesday thereafter. ! The Senate of ths Forty-thi .3 Con, to : groas, et afacch 42,6"'-)1; sand, T olitcall, 45 "Ad- minis position, - tested, or undecided. . i eaiar farper's Weekly of the |. him, ho thought,f'had ‘bakt WMAYOR AND POLICE. A Day of Passive Inaicfivitj at City Hall, . The Calm Which Precedes the Storm. Interviews Between Conamissioners and the Mayorr, The Former Anxious-for Spme Sort of Compromise. They Are “ Willinig to Lezve It to the Supreme Court.” Mayor Medill Firm and Deter- mined. Revelations Concernhi,é the Re- cent “Secret Meeting.” Action of the Board of T;'aae--lrl'he Feeling at Springeld. The polics troubles weradithe theme of dis- cussion throughout the city-yesterdry, snd pab- lic expectation 83 to the rrogress of affairs was abits height. It was expected that some vigor- ous gteps wonld bo taken at once, bat in “this t;hoy were mistaken. The day wes one of pussive inactivity. - Tho Police Captains cams»’ in ons by’ one. Captain Gund brought in k js daily report and took it into Dr. Vard’s rog m, exchanged s fow. words with him, ‘and then, departed, . Captain Fronch followed with his repoit, Captain Hickey thoght he would, play safe, and de- pomted iz report on the-table in the Commis- sioners’.room. There as/no very grest amount of excitement sbout it.. » AT THE M/(YOR'S QFVICE. % At sbout 11 o'clock) yesterday morning, the ante-room of-the Mesyor's ofiice was crowdsd. There were present representatives of all the daily papers, anxions; to obtin news. Thers wera also C. C. P. Ho'lden, Ald.,2fcGenniss, Ald. Hoath, and several ot her influsr tial members of the Common Council.] The Mayor was holdings private conference wi th Mr. Fjamd, and the crowd | ontside were awaitirrg developments. Ex-Ald, Holden was talking ergerly ‘ with the Aldermen. A roporter asked hinx how Jae stood. Mr. Holden expressed himself empha tically.on theside of, the Mayor, and proiaised J.omphold him to the' very utmost. Any Aman 1 whe.would not nuphold migrate. The otker Aldermen, /to s man, exjessed tho same opinion, and h(lpgd that the fight would go stir up the Legislafure that, they would promptly sbolish the Borrd, with an emergerey clanse. O OMMISSIV.{ER SHERIDAN® then entered the ants -room, with a copy of the Zrening Po it in his hy:nd. Ho was mot as smil- ing a8 usua’, He had . evidently seen something in that jou rnal that o ettled him.' The reporters clustored round him fornews. They inguired what was, wrong. N ir. Sheridan pointed tosn ““intervjow” in that paper with somebody mot namod, Mr. Sherids . was white with passion a8 he g jowed it. me'intby uttering such a statemont to & re- Plorter. E * used of consorting Witk thieves, gamblers, and He “would see whai the Mayor It was inf: ymous that he should be ac- prostitutes, snd at ‘empting to corrapt the Su- perintendent with Joribes. He clonched his fist, and, pallid with pa« sion, eaid that it the Mayor had said such s thit:g to a reporter, he was unfit ta oo & butcher’s dcg. = . Whon Mr. Renm retired, Mr. Sheridan ap- proached the Mayor and sbook hands with bim. Tho windows were closed, and the interview was private. It appems, however, that Mr..Sher- jdsn’s manner was threatening, and he had en- tirely lost control af hia temper. THE MAYOR §T00D HI3 GROGND, and told him that had their respective positions been changod—hed Mr. Sheridan baen Mayor and himself Police Commissioner, scting s Mr. Sheridan had acted—he would have been before the Courta long ago, &8 he very well knew. M. Sheridan had rendcred himself liable to removm! monthe ago, several times, and he knew it. He 'bad held his position: a8 & member of the Board only through the clemency of the Mayor, who ought to have imprached him months ’ago, More of tho conversstion Was mot heard, but this sufficed to show tiao tenor of the confer- once. When the Commissioner retired, the re~ porter again talked to b im, and - THE FOLLOWING LMALOGUE ENSUED: Commissioner Sheridan—Tho pross of Chica- go are moral nssassins. 5 Reporter—A whole tribetof moral Brutuses ? Commiesioner Sheridan—They are entersd into n conspiracy to assassinate the Board mor~ I{epmor—'rhm is & singular urwauimity in their action.. That is what the Board; never suc- ceaded in achioving. Commissioner Sheridsn—They are' moral as- sassine.. They have liad and misrepres ‘entad tho members of the Board. . orter—The German prass_is the\ only re- lisble ore 1n the city, isitnot? Commissioner Shoridsn—Yes, sir. Th 3 Eng- glish press is morally corrupt, and, as s id, are mornal aseaseins, and builies and coward 3, who entrench thomselves behind their desk’ and write lies. Reporter—Are you not atrifio prejudics 3d in this mattes? 3 Commissionor Sheridan—No, sir. The pr blic -who read the English papers refuso to beliv )70 what they say. Gonr telegraphic despatches a re true, and your news items, but. the balanceis s pack of lies, The days of chivalry are past, /or somo of them wauld get their heads broken. TRERE WAS A PAUSE of a few minuntes, and the Board rosumed 2 has been the recipiont of bribes The from all sourcen, They have made. their wealth in thia way, and becomo rich on the proceods of theirraacality.” Another silonce. Whatever 1 say when cool and calm, is allright. I am pre- pare.d to stand at the bar of publio opinion and 8tp'nd my trial.” > 8 ‘Reporter—Ia this cool and calm 2 * Commissioner ‘Sheridan—*Yes, it is. Boys, don’t misropresent me in this, You and I have been good friends.” Another pause. *‘ How I ‘commiserate your condition in life! I know that if you were at liberty to write what you pleased, you would write differently.” Reporter—About your interview with the May- or, Mr. Sheridan ? Commissioner Bheridan—* It was pnnl{ per- sonal in its character, and I am not at liberty to repeat it.” : There was another pauso, and & reporter re- marked that he had never seen the Commission- er excited until then. . g GOING FOR THE PAPERS. Commissicner Sheridan—I am perfectly calm; but Itell you, boys, that Iintend to instituto proceedings against tho pspers that bave vilified me, and associated me with thieves, gamblers, will prosecute them, and trace out the author of the alanders. There shall ] be some sort of personal responsibility for them. Taking a reporter aside, the Commissiouer /| complained that the presshad ired o bring the Eoud into nanmszpt and ric uc::Yu, and to de- moraiize the Police Department by 80 doing. Taporier—Don't you_sdmit, that th Srut step toward bringing the Board into contempt waa taken by & member of this Board ? Commissioner Sheridan—Yes, I must admit that that is true. He didn’t know anything, and -wonld not learn ; but Itell you, boys, you are allwrong. - A reporter for s German newspaper asked AMr. Sheridan concerning his interviow with the Aay- er. Mr. Bheridan said that the Mayor refused 40 be held responsible for any newspaper re- orts. - * RENO'S COMFROMISE. The Mayor, yesterdsy afterncon, Was called apon by 3Mr, Reno, whatook him sside sad told bim that his legsl sdviser, Mr. W, 0. Goud ittt Sl e ks st s case and submit o 8o ; e e __The Mayor rep! AIr. Bano had told Goudy only half the etory, and. had omit(odhtl;l' most essential polots. ' ¥ou did not tell him," said the Mayor, ‘that “Mr. Washbum was fo the act of carrying out your order at the fime you suspended him. You did not tell him that § went to the Board and demanded .another day for Mr. Washburn to issue the ordar, as he wag ehort of clorical help, aad had sixtesn or_eigh: teencopies of the ordarto write. You did not tell him that Mr. Shoridsn and Mr.. Klokke jumped tp and refased to give him time; did not toll him that the Superintendoat oxly fo- ceived the orders fram theBoard on the previons dsy, Monday.” " r. Reno then mads eome insudible reply, exclaimed, end. That's the kind of talk,” and withdrew. - THE RECENT.S¥CRET MEETING. The Mayor, who had noticed the reporters standing by, told them fhero wero some pointa ‘with reference to tho becrotmeetingof m-% and that he woald toll the story succinct. here it is, as ho told it = On Mondsy I heard that the Board had issued on ders rescinding the twalve-hour orders, and I went tg Afr, Washburn, I ssked him if ho had received the order,” Hessid he had not.. I. saked him what werz the re; ns on the subject, and he told me thal the Tules required that ho should be fied in writing by the Secretary. He asked my sdvice on e subject, and 1 replled that thongn I bad appointed him, the Board of Police were his superiors, and Lie zoust obey their instructions, or I- ‘might assert my authority, and remove him. Mr, ‘Washburn sald t ho had no intention but %o come ply with the orden: as s00m 28 ho received it. Whila we wero talking, s package wsa placed on Mr. Washburzy table, and ho nrned it. It turned out to bean order from the Boar« This waa st 1 o'clock on Morday afternoon. ' Mr, Washburn handed the order to me, |, and told me he should proceed at ance to send cogies of it round to thestations. But ho said be hsd no form drawn up, and must sak the Corporaitan Counsel to draw one up for him. Then ha ‘would hava to get efghteen or twenty copies, and a he was ahiort of clerical Belp, and unable to get the coples .printed, hedid not_sce any possible way In which ha could issus the ordars beforo the next day. On Tues dayT heard thatthe Board wera contemplatingthe suspension of Alr. Washburn, and you ssw ms goto- - Tiold thom. & the Secretary's room, that, at that very xmoment Mr. Washburn was at work_copying out their orders, and ‘could not by any earthly possibility put theru into offest until thenext day. ~Thero was no fault o be found with him, for ho w3s doing hie duty aud obeying the Board, Upon that, Mr, Kiokke jumped up and resd some notes he had taken, the Tough dratt of the chargeaagainst the Superintendent and said ho would stand it no longer. Iendeavo; foerpiain to Lim the atter impossibility of the waak they had imposed on Mr. Washburn, {n issuing the neceasary number of ordera in the ahort time they had prescribed, and domanded 24 hours more for the Su. tondent. Thereupon Mr, Sheridan declared that the Board would not grant it, but would proceed against bim, Ferther remonstranca was useless, so 1 53id to them: “Gentlemen, if you are determined Upon pursuing this course, you must take the conso- qugnces. 1 ahall domy dity, and exort my suthort- €5.7 That is the whaols history of the case, and it ought to be publicly known. THE MATOR'S VIEWS. The Mayor, while being interviewed by the re- portars- yesterday, inquired of them what news they had heard, . . = A reporter said he understood that Mr. Sheri-" dan had mado the rounds of the stationa al- ready. Th’o Mayor—Do you know with what view ? Raportor—No, &ir. 2, The Mayor—Was there any meeting of ths Board, po-calied, to-dav ? Reporter—No, sir. Thoy are waiting for a. meeting now. They. can’t find Mr. Reno, and arc waiting for hix. i The Mayor—Did 3r. Sheridan give lnl in- stractions’ with Tegard to the orders of the Mayor? I{uporter—fie ordered the men to pay no at- tention to them. The Mayor—Why not ? Reporter—He disregards it entirely. Tho Mayor—Gontlemen, there is only one solation of this whole caso, that which I ha repested over and over again,—Simplify Police business by abolishing the" Board. Itis ‘erely a Board of Obstruction, and has been 50 for years pest. Iam firmly of the opinion, and have not changed my mind since the fire, that if the Police and Fire Departments had besn ina healthy condition of eficiency, the fire would never have crossod the Tiver. I beliove that either the Boston or the Bi. Lonis Polica and Fire Departments could have keg‘g it from crossing. In both cities there is more efiiciency than in ours. 1If we trace effects totheir canse, we can gee that this ia the case. If we were to submit the ques- tion to 8 jury of twalve impartial and intelligent men, they wonld eay that the respousibility of the burning of the city rested entirely npon the officors of these departments, want of discipline, want of action, wantof public spirit, want of Enowledge of thoir dutics. Tho enormous losa 2nd the misery consoquent upon that fearfal calamity rests upon tho incficiency of the de- partments. Iwonder that the peoplo have not risen long ago and demanded the abolition of the Board. ' It was invented to avoid rosponsibility, and to make offices for ofice-seekers. Suppose the State snd Federal - Governments wors mansged by Boards, what-would become of us? wo ~had an _irresponsi ble Board over every dopartment, irremovable by Governor of President, without responaibility to Governor or President, what would be the ra- sult? The Federal Government would have crumbled long ago, and the State Government would bavo been zbolished as & nuisance. _We have seen how such & Eystem of Government works in New Yorle; how it has resulted in the - wholesala robbery and plunder of the peaple. 1In self-defence the people bave risen up 2s one man, and are now repairing their errors and re- tracing their steps by the abolition of that de- foctive system which has been so ruinous in its workings. It is-time that the poople of Chicago shomld take warning from the example of New York, and«} >r having boen burnt out once, tolook toi:‘that they donoc subject thomselves again to such or a eimilar calamity. VISIT FROM HESING. During the afternoon, the Mayor was closeted in the Comptroller’s oice with M. A. C. Hesing, and remained in conversation with him for more than anhour. The subject of conversation wis gt known. 1t i rumored that, Mr. Bosiog - formed the Mayor that the Personal Lil T.oagus bave chosen the opportunity to marshal their hosts against the Msyor, while he was supposed to be st their morcy. They intend, it is undorstood, to open all the saloons on Sunday next, and defy tho police to close them. That the Mayor will unhesitatingly re- yoke all licenses, with power to back him, is cer tain. Itis believed that Mr. Hesing's interview was connectad in some way with this progremme, ‘but to what extent is not known. NO COMTROMISE. As the Mayor was about to leavo the ofiize, 8 reporter asked him whether there wes any truth in the statement that he had sccopted a _com- mige with the Board. The Mayor said that e thonght not. There was only ons honorabls compromiso which the Board or any man cocld make, and that was tocboy. “And the rebel- lious Captains,” ths reporters enid: *‘They ‘must be taught to obey also.” AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS. The portion of the City Hall buildizg devoted o the use of the Polico Department was nof the theatre of any very exciting ovent yesterday. A large and motley crowd assembled there early i the forenoon, and remained during the greater portion of the dsy, obstructing the passagewsys, Ailling the doors, and occupying the eeats, to the great annoyance of those whose legitimate busi- zess compelled attendance. This crowd was composed principally of emall-fry politicians,— Aldormen, ward bummers, and ticket-pedlers,— #0d whiskey and beer-sellers, whose anxiaty cons cerning the enforcement of the cbnoxions Bun- dsy Liguor law would not permit them to: remain away. ~The the emall-fry politician seomed to be & shoke hands with a * Commissioner,” snd ‘breatho - consolation, not unmized with tha- fumes of alcohol and tobacco, into his ear. Tke Alderman had the inside track of the ward bum~ mer and tho ticket-pedler in this respect. His position in tho Municipal Governmeni entitled him to tho privilege of approaching the membar snd ex-members of the Board st any time, sod relisving his overburdened mind with s whisper of some minutes' duration. It wss only when the * Commissioners” ventured beyond the limits of their own room that the ward bummer and the ticket-padler were afforded an &[glfl“ tunity of easing their hatred of law snd or~ der, and undying iration for the represents~ tives of the “cause.” . @ ‘‘BULLY BOY, MARR!" #3id one fellow, armed with s rendolent bresth. **The 1ads is wid v, old man, and will stand by yetotheend. Don'tlet the Dutchman get fl'fi‘ ©of your hand. Keep him to the front, and yoo'r® allright. Let himdo the falkin' and you th plannin’ Mark's merry eyes twinkled roguishiy, snd bis, expresgive lips expanded into a meaning smils when those ring words smote his ear. HO made no reply.: Mark rarely replies when an fm- rtant subject is the ic_of conversation. ut he always listens, and looks, and smiles, 808 Winks., Those acts cannot be noted down on P er, and aro valuéless a8 matters of evidence: 6y aoswer his pwpose fally s8 you© - “Wall, lot us fight it out to ths . chief object of- T ——— e TR A ¥ H ¥ e ——t e e — E |