Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 7, 1873, Page 4

4 THE CHICAGO DAiLY 'TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1873. TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE TERS or pUBSCHITIION (RTATLE 1Y oTACeR) .00 Bun: 83.1 m&n‘;{l}n‘! 81({.00 Weel - 2.00 Perisof & yearat the same rato. To prevent delay and mistakes, b suro snd giva Post Offco address in fall, including State ond Couaty. Pemittances may bo made citber bydraft, ezpross, Post ] @Ece ander, or in reglstered lotters, at our risk. Tz0Y8 70 CITY SuBACRmIETS. , dalivered, Sunday sxcopted. % conts per we Belir defivered: Banday pcpnied: 3 conts pom e adires THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, ‘Corner Modison and Deazbor CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S TRIBUNE. YIRST PAGE~Washington News: Tho Investigations— Proceedings fn Congress—Miscellaneous Telegrams —Adsertisomeots, SECOND PAGE—Our Iron Interests: Sixth Articlo— Virgiala Letter~A Bride Murdered—Matrimonial * Lottery—Tho Wil of Hr. Greeley. 1 HIRD PAGE-Teo Winneshelk Insurance Company's Cuso—Tiss OZal Question—The Rafforty Cazo—Af- fairs at Polico Hezdquarters—Suburben Galety— ‘Thio Law Courts—Advertiscments. FOURTH PAGE—Editorials: Tho Romedy for Leglsla- tive Corraption; Necessary end Legitimate Ex paases; Where is Nast? Germau Student-Duel- Ing—Carcent News of the Times—~Notes and Opin- fon. TiFTH PAGE.--The State Capital; Yesterdsy's Procsed~ - Inzs in the linois Goneral Asscmbly; The Raflroad and Warchouse Commissicn; Tho Governor Visited by the Farmers' Club—Amusements—Advertiso monts. §IXTH PAGE-Monetsry and Gommeroisl— Raflroad Time Tablo. S5VENTH PAGE~The Tin.Plato and Metal- Workers on Convict Labor—The City in Brie{—Raflroad Nowa~ Small Advertisements: Roal Estate, For Sale, To Pent, Wanied, Boarding, Lodging, Ete. EIGHTH PAGEForeign Nows-State Logislatures— Miscalianeons Telegramg—Auction Advertisements. TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS, VICEER'S THEATRE—Madison street, between and Desrborn. ltalian Opers. *‘Marrisge of Tigaro." ACADEMY O MUSIC— Halsted stroot, south of sledison. Engagoment of Misy Caclorta LoClereq, ** 42 You Like It." EOQOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE—Randolph street, be- t=en Clark and LaSallo. New Comedy Company. * Two Polts, ** Too Much for Good Nature," **Barmey, 150 Barap.™ . TERS' OPERA HOUSE—Manroe stroot, betwecn ¢ and Dearbora. Arlington, Cotton & Kemble's Stiastrel sad Barlesquo Troupe, Ethiopian Comicalities. GLOBE THEATRE—Dosylalnes street, betwéen 3adi- "Waslinston. Enragemontjof Miss Fanny Her- * Jack Sheppard. BUSINESS NOTICES, SALT.RAEUM CURED BY USING JUNIPER TAR ‘5':111.'- Manufactured by Cawwell, Hazard & Co., New TOR DYSPEPSIA, Spiriua sad General bty of Calisara, B bost tonlc. Msde by 234018 By Drozwista. The Chicags Tribune, Friday Horning, Febrsary 7, 1873. Eenator Logan yesterday introduced into the Senate & Steamship Subsidy.bill, and Mr. Cragin made & speech in favor of subsidizing & grand company to manufacture iron and build steamets. The success of the new loan is £0 promising, that Becretary Boutwell bas issued a call for one’ ‘bundred millions of the 5-20 bonds of 1662, sad will shortly issue a lite call for another equal amount, - The bill ‘providiog for tho construction .of eight eloops-of-war, and the bill amending the SBankrupt 1s¥, weto.passed ‘yesterdsy, and the bill suthorizing o bridge over the Mississippi River at Memphis whs defeated. “The Farmers' Club visited Governor Beveridge to remonstrate with him upon his appointments of Railroad Commissioners, but the Governor Qotendod his action, and firmly declared his pur- pose to adhere until thie Benate should reject the uominations, ; bir. Horace F. Clark, tho manager of Mr. Van- derbilt's railroads, yestordsy testified befors the Congressional Committes that & profit of 100 percent’on the construction of railways was aot'a lacgs one ; and, speaking from experience, o might have added that stock dividends of 80 per cent wero not without precedent. - = The profits on Ames’ contracts for buflding the Union Pecific Railrosd, as divided, were 629,654,960, and on the Davis contract, §7,803,- 135, or over $37,000,000 which wore stolen. Tho Government subsidy was $27,000,000, which, it willbe soen, was wholly appropristed by the Credit Mobilier gang. - Gaftoey, the Buffalo murderer, whose oxecution was to have taken placs to-dsy, has obtained a 1eepite of one weelk from Govornor Dix. It ap- pesrs that the brother-in-law of the condemned man visited the prisoner last Tuesdsy, and in- formed him that he was crazy, sinco which timo_ Gsffaey has exhibited what ero thought to be somistakuble sighs of ineanity. The.doctars kave been summoned to investigate the case. Among the indications of the Queen's spoach to Perliament i3 that the Anglo-Russian ques- +idn will be settled without bloodshod. Tho ob- jectin viewis to fix the boundary line of tho northern frontier’ of Afghanistan, so that the question maybo definitely disposed of for some time to come. The Queen announces that cor- respondence looking to such & settlement has ulready passed between the two Governments, st it will be the nniversal hope that an amica~ bie edjustment will be the result. On Tuesdsy last, Mr. Caldwell, the Senator from Kansas, made long statement in writing, in which he denied all the sssertions made -on oath by all the Twitnesses aa to his expenditura of money to bo elected. Ho wound up this etatement by a solemu declaration of his willing- ness to ewear to it if the Committes thought it _meceesary. On Wodnesdsy, Mr. Morton askod if Ar. Caldwell was still willing to make oath to bis statement, when he answered that,- by the edvice of his counsel and friends, he would not make oath to its truth, but lot it stand npon the pledgo of his honor a8 a gentieman and s Sena~ tor. He évidently profited by the experience of the Credit Mobilior gentlemen, whose oaths heve become tho most humiliating part of their disgrace, The Chicago produce markets were only mod- orately active yesterdsy, and breadstuffs were casier. Mess pork was quiot, and 5o per brl nigher, at $12.05@12.10 cash, and S12.30@12.85 scller March, Lard was quiet, and 5¢ per 1001bs Ligher, at $7.35 cash, and $7.55@7.60 seller Slerch. Meataware active and firmer, st 4@4350 sor -shoulders, 6@G}¢o for short ribs, 65¢c for elort clear, and 73{c per Ib for 17-1b green hams. Dreesed liogs wero active and firm, closing at $4.70@4.95 per 100 Ibe, Highwines were steady cod in fair demand at 8730 per gallon. Flour was quiet and firm. Wheat waa dull, and 1o lower, closing at $1.223¢ cash, und $1.945¢ seller isych. Corn was steady and less active, closing st 805¢c cash, avd 81340 seller March. Osts were quiet, and }{o lower, at 26Xo cash, and £85Zc seller March. Rye was dull, and }@le iower, st 85)¢c, Barley was weak, and declined | 2c, closing at 63¢ for No. 2, and 52 for No. 8. Live hogs were less active, and closed weak at Ec decline, The cattle aud sheep markeis wero Qull and unchanged. Tt i announced from Washington that when General Butler summarily ended Lis personal dispute with Mr. Gerfield by quoting, in mock charity, the old saw, “De mortuis nil nisi bo~ num,” thero was & general laugh, but that sub- sequently the thrust was regarded as too severe, it not altogether unmerited. If morited at all, 1t doos not appear that the reference was too sovere. It -was the first public recognition of & -fact that cannot be too speedily or too generally eccepted. The men who shell be unquestionsbly identified with tho Credit Mobilier swindle are politicaily Qead for all timo to come. They ava already condemned to political hari-kari. Certainly, no lighter punishment could be visited upon them. Whether General Butler should have been the man to throw the first stone is, of course, a question that is open to discuseion. Thero is another break-out of moral feeling at Washington concerning the Mormons, and even thoso who have had dealings with Osakes Ames are kecnlyalive to the mecessity of purifying Drigham Yonng. Accompanied by Chaplain Newman, a Committee visited President Grant and 1aid before hir a foll statcment of the im- moralities of the Aformons. It seoms that those Mormons living in Montans did not vote for Mr. Claggett, the present Delegato from that Torri- tory, and he was defeated; eo Mr. Clag- goft has rosolved himsolf into a missionary to exterminate tho Mormons by fire, sword, and act of Congreas. A bill has beon prepared which surpasses the Ku-Klux legislation, and it is proposed to make the end justify the means, and to deal out to the Mormons alaw differing from the law made for other people. This kind of business was tried two years ago, and Drig- ham Young and several others were convicted and put in prison under judicial decisions, which were overturned and sat asido by the unanimous judgment of the Bupreme Conrt. Some people secm to be unable to understand that there are things, evils even, which anact of Congross can- xiof remedy. ) There is an evident disposition in Congress to delay action with regard to the members who shall be proved to have' had guilty connection .with Credit Mobilier. It is reported from Wash- ington that the privileges ot members, includ- ing, notably, the question whether members can be held sccountable for acts done as members of a former Congress, will occapy a discussion of ten days or two weeks befora the main point, as to what tho report shall be, can bordached at all, The appointment of an Tuvestigaticg Committee by the Senate at this late day is another evi- dence of the same disposition to delay. ‘It would have.been usual to call mpon he Iomso Committea to certify over to the Senate the evidence that had come before them concerning Sonators.. The Senate could then have taken direct recognition of the cases. Congress will make s serions mistake if this attemptod evasion of a quick and ‘summary punishment for Credit lobilier fraxids shall be enconraged. The people of the country are not in any mood to tolerate trifiing. Whatever s to be done by Congress in this matter must bo dono openly snd energeti- cally. . Any procrastination or Whitewashing will inevitably be construed as s confession that & Tosjority of Congress is cortupt to such a degree that it dare not meet the Credit Mobilier's Tove- Intions squarely. : There is a bill before Congress to authorize the building of » bridgs over the Mississippi | River ‘st Memphis, and Bt Lounis is in arms. St. Louis complains that the navigation of the ziver above Bt. Louis Laa boon ruined by bridges, and that when the bridge at St. Lonis was built, it was nnderstood there was never to be any bridge built below that city.” Daring the debate, there was one sensiblo member who made the suggestion that the river should be bridged at every available point all the way dovn to New Orleana. Unless it is intended to malke the Mississippi Rivera sort of boundaryline separating the country into éwo distinct peoples, whoseintercourse must be carried on exclusively bythe menns of ferry-boats, the sooner the rver isbridged at every point where s bridge ia noeded, the better it will be for tho peoplo and States on both sides of the river and for the conntry gen- erally. If anybody is willing to spend the money- to build s bridge at Memphis, or anywhers elss, let him doit. Tho prosperity and settlement of the whole country west of the Mississlppi River, south of Cairo, couldnot be more profitably pro- moted then by constructing a bridge at every cligible site, and the man who offers o build suck o bridge ought to bo regarded as a publio benefactor. " The Court o? Common Pless of Philadelphis, & fow days since, refysed the application of the Credit Mobilier to wind up ils affairs.- The Credit Mobilier petitioned for the decree of dis- solution under the act of 1856, on the ground | that since July; 1868, the corporation has trans- scted no business, upon the ground that the Government claims to bes creditar to s largo amount, that Congress has directed the employment of counsel for thg prosecution of the claims, and that tho Court. had no right to embarrass the action of the Gos- emnment by declaring the Credit Mobilier out of existence. Tho final statement of the Court is one which will give universal satisfaction, and is admirable for the concise manner in which the noilis hit upon thehead. The Court says: ‘¢ This corporation should be compelled to con- tinue to live, and stand in its proper place un- til it moy be mede clear, beyond reasonable. doubt, that without prejudice to the public wel- fare or the interest of the corporation—and we may 2dd that of its creditors—we may safely givo to it the doath which it desires to dio by ourhands.” There is & grim " humor, as well as grest justice, in this docision of the Philsdel-' plia Court. The Credit Mobilier shonld not be allowed to escape punishment by committing suicide, sud quistly dropping fnto the grave it has prepared for itself. % A new phase of the Eastern Question is likely to arige, growing out of the recent announce- ment of the Sultan of Turkey that, during his absence at the Vienna Exposition, he' will leave Youssout Izeddin Effendigat Cqnstantinople, and, before starting, will proclaim him heir to the Turkish throne. The law which has regu- Iated the succession to the Turkdeh crown for the last 500 years, has been that the crown passes to the eldest male of the Imperisl family whose father was on the throne at the time of his birth. The present Bultan, Abdul Aziz, ascend- ©d the throne June 25, 1861, on the death of his brother, Abdul Medjid, althongh thé latter left seven sons, Tho present Bultan has four sons, The Court based its refusal the eldest of whom, Youssouf Izeddin, was born Oct. 9, 1857, and consequently, under the oper- ation of the law, is not qualified, as, at the time of his birth, hia father was not on the throno. Tho poople declare that the Iawful heir is Murad Effendi, eldest son of Abdul Medjid, who was born whilo his father was on tho throns, Sept. 21, 1840. This view of the case is also taken by the old Mohammedsn party, who clam that any other interprefation would bo & vio- Intion of the Koran. The proposed action of the sovereign is based upon a schemo ot on foot by the Court party to introduco the Eu- ropean plan of succession, and make his eldest 80n the heir. The question s creating grest ex- citement in Turkoy, and may yot seriously affect Turopean diplomacy with regard to the Esstern difiiculty, especially s there is a well-gronnded fear at Constantinople that if the Sultan car~ ries out his proposition, the Princes of Servin. and Roumanis, the Khedive of Egypt, and the Boy of Tunis may scize the opportunity to de- clare themselsos independent, rathor, than ‘ac- knowledge a Sultan unlawfully placed upon the throno, The procaedings of the several membera of the Legislature Who call themselves the Farm- er's Club are not caleulsted to impress thinking peoplo with & high opinion of the eagacity of the perticipants. Governor Boveridge, in the ox- excige of his beat judgmont, has selected three persons for the ofiice of Commissioners of TRailroads’ and Warehouses. The present Board consists of one ex-Judge of the Supreme Court, one farmer, and one civil engineer who hes had some railrond experienco. A grest multitude of persons sought to have the present Board re- moved, snd to be sppointed to the vecant places. From this crowd Gover nor Doveridge selected Mesers. McCres, Stillwell, and Robinson. Wherenpon this Farmers Club held a mesting, denounced the Govermor, ‘and a large number of those present- declared their purpose o vote to abolish the Board if the Governor did not withdraw the nominations and appoint others, This was, to say the lesst, very childish. If the Board of Railroad and ‘Warchouse Commissioners is of any value at ali, or is essential s part of the machinery for en- forcing the law, then to repeal it is to destroy tho remedial agent npon which this Farmers, Club mainly rely in their straggle with corporate monopoly. The matter of dictating to the Gov- ernor is neither respectful nor is it calculated to promote. respect for the Legislature. Tho Constitution makes the Governor the Executivo, and in his office he ia independent of the Legis- |- Inture, =3 the Legislatuwre s of him. Governor Bevoridgo bas been elocted by the people, just as distinctly as have the members of the General Assembly. A denunciation of his official conduct by mem- bers of the Legilature is an’ indécorum, when it has no othor justification than that he refused to be dictated to in a matter entrusted by law to Lis own discretion. No man fit to hold the office of -Goyornor will permit himself to be thus coerced, and, certainly, will not appoint Br. Morgan, when to do 80 is thus insultingly demanded. ) Wo -believe Governor Beveridge will do his duty, resolutely end firmly, and we beliove that he has, possibly, made the best eclections from the materisl at hand that he could maske, with 8 view to the enforcement of the law in an in- telligent manner. A knowledge of railronds and a knowledge of warehouse business, united to pereonal integrity, is precizely what is needod for the office of Railroad and Werchouse Com- missioner. : THE REMEDY FOR LEGI TIVE -CORRUP- ‘TION. £ The Nation and the New York World draw the same moral from the Credit Mobilier scandal which Tue' TRIBUNE bas ealready advanced. “The Government must get ont of the Protec- tive business,” says the Nation, “and the Sub- sidy business, and the Improvement and De- velopment business. It must lot trade, and commerce, and manufactures, snd steamboats, and raflroads, and telegraphs, alono.” This puts thecasein a nutshell. Political virtne is mot sn article that can be provided by statute, nor enforcad by exposure and punishment. If Oskes Ames should be expelled, along with those who were equally guilty in sharing his spoils and sccopting, his bribes (all of which is ~very doubtful), the moral forceof the punish- ment would be lost with & continu~ ance of the same opportunities and tempta- tions that have already betrayed men of the highest standing: There is only one way to guard aguinst frequent and flagrant repetitions of the Congressional depravity which the Credit Mobilier investigation has developed. There mast be no beds of corruption to tempt onr pub- lic men with their luxurious esse. Take away tho opportunities altogether, aad official cor- ruption would dissppear altogether. As this is, perhaps, practically imposaible, these opportimi- ties must be limitod and narrowed down to those emergencies which imperatively demand - Gov- ernment interference or Government aid. Such Government assistance was not so demanded for the building of the Pacific Railroads. The fact 1as been demonstrated boyond the possibility of doubt that every dollar which tho Govern- ‘ment loaned the enterprise (and which the Government will evidently have to pey) has been stolen and given away. In addition to actaal money aid, the Government gave outright enongh Iands from thé proceeds of which the railroads could have been constructed. These lands wero likewise abgorbed in tho “profits™ of the construction contracts, That which at one timo appeared o be & necessity, in order to build & railroad to the Pacific, ia thus proved not to bave been needed. The road could have been and would have been constructed without any Government assistance. Indeed, it was practically 8o constructed, since all the Govern-~ ment contributions found their way into the pockets of legialators and legislative cor- rupters.. When we are fold now that it is necestary that the Government should assume tho telegraph lines of the coumatry, in order to “ protect” the people agawst extor- tion, does not the history of the Union Pacific and the Credit Mobilier warrant a doubt as to the acourscy of the statement? The only public safetyis found in the broad principle that Government must sbandon sll business of s private nature, That which is done maybe permitied to rest; but for the fu- turelet us have no more subsidies, loans, land- grants, Government aid, or Government protec- tion over industrial enterprises of any sort. People are novor 5o well protected as when they protect themselves, They never réceive 50 muckt* for their money 28 when they invest it on their own account. It they are obliged to do business through factors or financial agents, let overy man select his own. We do not believe that the capitaliste of New TYork or Bos- ton would voluntarily indorse the selections for- stealing the people's money. of » Kanses, Louisiana, or Arksnsas Legisla- ture s the proper men to handle their money. Yet, whon the Government goos into ‘tho rail- roalling, or the telegraphing, or the stesmbiat- ing business, tids ia practically what ensues; It is mot gratifying for every tax-payer to lcok back' and discover that the monoy which he contributed to the building of the Pacific Railroads went into the pocket of Ames, or Alley, or Patterson, or Dodge, or someo other of the numerons Congressional intermodiaries who invested his money for him without even saying “By your leave.” Every tax-payer knows now that this great enterprise, which was prosented to him s essentially o patriotic undertaking, was primarily a vehiclo Pat- riotism pays, but the profits are un- equally distributed. The Pacific Rail- roads were built from money individually subscribod for the stock -and bonds ; patriotism was rowarded with £55192,000 in moncy and 2180 With many million cres of public land. Cor- rupt Congressmon and Congrossional corrup- tionists wera .paid this smount for patriotism;” the people had to pay it. . Every industrial enterpriso which Government undertakes must open the wey for tho sama re- sults, in proportion to its magnitude. If a steamship company hopes to receive £5,000,000 23 a subsidy, it can well afford to pay £1,000,000 for it, and then make a clear profit of $3,000,000 without giving any value received. As with steamships and railroads, 50 with telegraphs and every other business which Government pro- poses to buy, to manago, to subsidize, to davel- op, or to “protect.” Special logislation is the bane of political integrity. A Congrossman, who Teceivos 95,000 or £6,000 & year as pay for his services in providing necessary laws for the gov- ernmeat of the peoplo, must not be tempted with great gifts or huga profits to omploy his tima and ability in swindling the peoplo out of their money. If not, then it is the temptation we must first take away before we can ressonably demand that political virtao shall bo itapragnable. o Lisve listened to tho cries of “Necoasity,” * Patriotism,” “Populer Demands” long engugh. Whenever thers ia an imperative necessity for the Gosernment ‘to go into private businees enterprises, we will not need to be told of it through the newspapers, on the stump, and in the halls of Congress. When it comes that Congress shall be confined to the legitimate objects of legislation, we shall hear of no more Credit Mobiliers ; of no more Caldwells paying 985,000 for a sest in the Sonate; of no more “patriotic " employment of the people’s money attor the fashion of Oakos Ames, Alley, Brooks, Pomeroy, Harlan, and the othe ; 'WHERE I§ FAST P Whiat has becoma of Thomas Nast? Where is the caricaturist of the Journal of Cirilization ? During tho Presideatial campuign, thero was not 8 week in which he did not caricaturé Mr. Groe- Joy with all manner of broadness and coarseness. Thore was not & week in which he didnot o his utmost to vilify such men as Benatora Trambull, Schurz, Sumner, and others, who had not been guilty of participating in the prevailing corrnp- tions, and who had not committed any political offexce graver than that of presuming to think and sct for themsolves in political ‘matters, end to protest against these very corruptions. For such presumptions 23 these, Mr. Thomas Nast did dot hesitate to employ his pencil in tho congzenial work of vilifying thom with an almost infernal malignity, and of pandering to the vory lowest passions of partisen strife. Tha journal published in the interests of civilization did not hesitato to eend them broadeast, and make whaé profitit could ont of them. It Mr. Thomas Nast, however, conld o successfully malign pubilic men where the caricature was purely and aimply an atrocious libel, and if the Journal of Civilization could publish and editorially explain and indorse such libels, surely we have a right to expect that tho eame artist and journal shall unite their effarts in & vigorons protest against the corruption and wickednoss prevail- ingin high places, where they are officially proven. The readers of that paper have a right to expect that the miquities of Credit Mobilier ehall be publicly rebuked, and that such men as Oakes Ames, John B. Alley, Schuler Colfax, Patterson, Bingham, Harlan, and Pomeroy, and others, shall not be allowed to escape ecot free, while the men whose hands are clear of bribes, who havo never been connected directly or indi- rectly with Credit Mobilier, and sgainst whose ‘reputations for honesty not a suspizion bas been raised, have been exposed for months toan in- cessant stream of pictorisl flth and billings gate. The failure toimprove this opportunity isnot atall to the credit of Mr. Thomas Nast, still less to the credit of his employers, the Messrs. Harper. It shows that Mr. Thomas Nast and tho Messrs. Harper are guilty of sneak- ing bypoerisy. It shows that theystand resdy to malign and outrage tho character of every man who presumes to think differently from them in matters of politics and religion, and to cover up the crimes of those who are political or religious friends. It ehows that Mr. Thomas Nast's talents can be hired for very diriy work. It ehows that corruption snd malfeasance in offcc stand in no danger from MMr. Nost's - pencil, o long a8 fhey ave committed by his friends. It shows that the Messrs. Harper print & newspsper only in the interests of & certain fuction, and that thoy stand ready to compound ‘the millions of any ono adhering to that faction. It shows that the civilization, of which Harper's Weekly Dboastingly proclaims itself the exponent, is & compound made up of & system of fiolitics and morality which are not incompatiblo with cor- ruption, bribery, and ofiicial depravity. From such s civilization as this, and from such rep- resontalives of civilization s Mr. Thomas Nest and the Messts. Harper, good Lord deliver na! NECESSARY AND LEGITIMATZ EXPERSES. Mr. Blijah Sells, of Iows, has published an affidavit, in which he states that he wes con- verssut with the circumstances attending the election of Mr. Harlan to the United States Sen- ate, in 1866, and thst he knows thatno part of Durant's £10,000 was expended to secure that election. He then adds: Moat of the money which T nsed in paying the neces- sary snd legitimato expenses of that election and can- vasa was given me by & Commltteo of the friends of Mr, Harlsn, in Washington, withont Mr. Harlsn's Jmowledge, * * I believe that the votes given for Mr, Harian at that election were cast from considers™ tions of his eminent services and true merit. - This . statement naturally provokes two in- quiries: i 1. If Durant’s £10,000 were not used to pro- mote Mr. Harlan's election, what became of them? Were they retsinod by the Secretary of the Interior for his personal nse, and what was the consideration he gave therofor? 2. What are the necassary snd legitimate ex- penses of an election by the Legislsture to the Benate, when the yotes are given for s candidate take couzsge. By a letter from John T. McLean, ‘Eeq., of San Francisco, to Colonel Charles G. Hammond, of the Pullman Palace Car Company, woleam that a survey has been completed for & carriage road from Hazel Green, the present terminus of the stage lino to the Yosemite Val- ley, a distance of ouly eightcen miles, and thata most favorable routo bas been found over which, when completed, coacles and carriages can run dirtetly o tho hotels in tho valley. A grove of high trees (sequoia-gigantes) has been found di- recily on he route for theroad. The grade maintained in its location is an casy one, most of it being from 6 to 9 fect in 100,—ths heaviest being, only for three-fourth of a mile, 15 feet in100. The road haa been located with a special referonce to placing it below-the permanent snow-line of the Bierras. By this new route, ac- cess will thus bahad to the valley in winter, a8 from considerations of bis * eminent sarvices and true merit 2" This second question is becoming & most serl- ous ono. The Senate o, the United States is be- coming a numerous body. Every two years, s Seoator bas to be elected in each of 24 States. The peoploin their respective countles and towns elect tho members of the Goneral Assembly, and the latter elect tho Senator. *Tho proceed- ing of electing & Scnator is no mere than the enactmant of & Iaw, and there onght tobo no more expense attending it. What, then, are the neceseary and legitimate expenses ? For what is the money expended ? To whom is it paid, and for what purpose ? Mr. Harlan is o clergy~ men, He, of course, aathorizedno expendi- ture ‘for making ‘members of tho Legis- | well 23 in summer,—a matter of great lzture drunk, that pledges might be | importance, for the. Teason that the obtained from them to vote for him. Thero | 8C0VrY i8. regarded as grander in win- ter than either. in spring or summer. The was no occasion to tell any man in Jowa who James Harlan was. He had been Senator befora, and was then Secretary of the Interior, and, as Mr, Sells says, overy vote he recoived was in consideration of his *“eminent services and true merit.” Why under these circumstances did his friends at Washington subscribe large sums of money to be spent by Mr. Bells to- promote the election of a man of such well-known merit and eminent sérvicea? * Who were these frienda? Did they, like Durant, “went Harlan elected,” and for what? Were they liko Mr. Sells himselt, sgents appointed by Mr. Harlan to distribnte money to the Indizng, or who and what were thoy, and for what *necessary and legitimate expenses of tho election” was the money paid out? We hnd an election for Senator in this State 8 few weeks ago, and it did not cost Gov- ernor Oglésby and his friends one cent. There wWere ‘no necessary or - legitimate expenses attending thaet eloction, Tho fact that expenscs are ‘“‘necessary” in a Senatonal election indi- cates that they are not “legitimate;” and, as there can be no legitimate renson for spending £10,000 or £30,000 in a Senatorial election, there |* can be no necessary expenses. ¢ Caldwell confesses to having epent many thousand dollars in “ necessary and legitimate expenses™ to be elccted Senator from Kansas. Pomeroy found it “necessary,” in order to get Senator York's vote, to pay him 87,000, and is prepared to swoar that such an expenditure was legitimate, because necestary. That kind of logic i too bold to deceive anyhody, and it is too weak to shield tho man who spends money to be elected Senator from the suspicion that it was used for corrupt purposes. whole distance from Merced, the terminus of | the railway in tho San Joaquin Valles, to the batels in the Yosemite, is only §3miles. Taking an early start, tho trip will, doubtless, be made in a single day. A strong force will be put on the road early in the spring, and it is intended o bavo it open by the time visitors begin to ar- rive,—certainly by the 1st of July. Thousands of people, especially ladies, havo been deterred from visiting the Yosemite by the hard rife of 40 milea on horseback ; but a8 stages will soon run over a'good road from the end of the rail- ‘way to the hotels in the valley, the number of those who will every year flock to this most wonderfal chagm in the world will be increased & hundred-fold. It is worth a journey across the Continent to gee it. i o S The new Senator from Nevada will soon start for Washington to take his seat, and he thus gives notice toa certain class to beware of him. ‘Ho saya: o The venal, licentious, cowardly, libellous, sneaking, terviewing abeet which fattens on ambitions of fts own creation, and waxes fat upon the indecencies which ita vils imagination c-~jures up to defame the Just, and which, for sordid motives, panders to the depfuved tasteof tho vicious, 1a s soro upan e body olitic, which, sootier or later, will have to ba removed the’ scalpel, - Senator Jones evidently refers to himseif us the “ Just,” and we suppose ke is alao the person who.proposes to use the scalpel. . s e NOTES AND OPINION. This is & so-called ““off year” in politics, and et thero are to be -some important State elec- tions in 1873, just to keep our hand in. New Hampshire, Rhode Island, snd Connecticat, in the earlier months, and Maine, Ohio, Towa, Min- nesots, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Virginis, Mis- sissippi, and Toxas, lator in the year, olect each & Governor and Legislature; and there are, be- sides, general elections in New York, New Jer- sey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky, Eansas, and Californis, for Legislatares, ete.; and in Illi- nois, Indisna, and some other States, for county officars. The nineteen principal State elections involve, furthermoro, in six of them, - United Btates Senatorships for tha term -beginning in 1875, viz.: California, vice Casserly, Democrat; Ohio, vice Thurman, Democrat; - Miryland, vice Hamilton, Democrat; Virginia, vice Lewis, Re- publican; Miseissippi, vice Ames, Republican; Texas, vics Flansgan, Republican. E —The Republican nomination of Henry P. Haven, of New London, for Governor of Con- necticnt, over Henry B, Harrison, of New Haven, is ll along of the old quarrel between Hartford and New Haved managers, and is the first re- vengo for Exwley's loss of the Senatorehip, last spring. The New Haven men now awaar to be revenged on the tickot itself, and especislly” on Havley if he runs for Congress in the April election. —The Georgia Legislature is considering s re~ spportionment on the Ilinois plan of Senste Districts clecting each three Beprosentatives; STUDENT-DUELLING IN GERMANY. The Germen anthorities have recently inaugu- rated s crusade ageinst a traditional custom that will bemore severely contested than the clos- ing of the gaming houses et the spos. It is now proposed to abolish the common University practico of duelling, and » tost case has boen brought in Monich, A student named Koycen- berg was indicted on the chargoof usings deadly werpon, but the Judge held that the schlaeger, the rogular German student duelling sword, did not come under the definition of a deadly weapon, because of the manner in ‘which it s ordinerily ueed. It is a long evord, with ono sharp edge, used for cutting or elashing, while the vital parts of the head and neck are protected by guards. The public prosecutor carried the case to the Court of Appeals, where tho decision was re- versed, on account of ita Laving been proved that many of these duelling cases had terminated tatally. Koysenberg was thereupon condemned to thrao months' imprisonment. It is probable that this conviction will lead to other and simi- lar trials in the various University towns of Gormany. There is one sorious diffculty which the authorities will oncounter In most University cities, tho students are free from the ordinary supervision and discipline of the Municipal Government. The Univeraity authoritios have the control of those who aro matriculated, and arrests can only bo mado ander their zuthoriza- tion. The Bedell, s sort of watchman, has stated hours for making his ronnds, which are well luown, snd, of course,” ho rarely finds anything ont of tho way, and never comen across & caso of duelling. Tho trath is, that the University anthoritios have winked at the practice of duelling from time immemorial ; and it isnot improbable that every University has one or more in its faculty who has indulged o ands of H in tho practico in his yontbfal deys. Tt is tho g:}?;gfg‘dgfikffigg‘;gfig‘gfi ?fl”;gg;yng: cnstom for students 1o employ a year or two in | the bonds. % the peculier enfoyments of Corps-life, and many | —Albert G. Brown is named s fikely to fake & of thoso who eubeaquently settlodowm to serious | D224 [2 the Miesiseippt canmasy, thisyesr, study do it with significant scars on their . - coming to fight: X foces. Tt is claimed that this German dnelling | _TheLa Journal is s Republican newspaper, is -an athletic sport, but the truth is principle. —Capital removal is agitsted in Kentucky, West- Virginie, and Georgia. The Louisville peoplo huve & strong dolegation at Frankfort, and indulge high hopes. Tho Wheeling peo- pleare rather disconraged becsuss s resolusion of tho Houco is buried in the Scnate. The feel- ing in Georgia is more and more In favor of going back to Milledgeville. - ; —The Boston Journal thinks this business ot asking ‘s “‘suspension. of public opinion,” by Pomeroy, Colfax, and others, is becoming alight- 1y monotonous. . ~The Louisizna (McEnery) Legislature con- tinues in session, awaiting the verdict of the political power at Washington ; and the election of a United States Senator for the full term ia bold in abeyance, althongh s bailot i taken daily, to keap up tho legal form.. 2 ~—The Alebama Legislature fs organized at Tast, snd has 6 Republican majority o joint bal- Iot, but will not go-into an election of United States Senator; for, it will-be observed, if-the Benate recogunizes Spencer’s election by tho Court House bodyin December, s it is expected to do, that verdict will be a point gained for the legality of the £2,000,000 bonds voted in Decem~ ber, end now in_the hands of Henry Clews, - A iwrence owned and edited by Dwight Thacher, an original Froa State man, and 4 n‘:;%bfl&n of '3, For reasons which are obvious enough, Mr, Thacher has maintatned that it is & barbarous practice, but one ‘“r‘h;h?n Bc;n:!n; P"Qmemu{ndmm”nm:fb“ ize- fighting. ‘ears. Thia warfaro has at no time boen pressed ba- degres xumoved from piizesfighting. < The Tond the bounds of, propriety o decniye At the Germsn student is all but forced to join somo ono' of the various Corps, and, onco attached, dnelling is s part of his discipline. A favorite incentive is the quostion whotler *You like cheose,” or whether ¢ Your mother likes cheoso;" 2n expletive of ““Dummer Junge " follows, and a duel is the result. The provaca- tion ia elways trifing. There iz no ill-will necesgerily attached to tho German student's duel. A rivelry botween Corps is usually the direct canse, but the forco of Labit, handed down from one gonerationof students to an- other, is tha only intelligent reason that can be assigned for its continuance. The contest~ ants shako hands befors thoy begin, ag do prize-fighters; thers is an umpire who enforces the rules and- calls' time; the limit is usmlly’ tho endurance of tho defeated contestant. It is true that death seldom ensmes nsaresult of Germsn student Qnelling, and it is not unfréquent that two skilled and closely-matched opponents may fight until their strength is exhansted without | lowed no man - to repudiste azd’ retain sofiidafl, He mede many of his friends rich, bt be doing each other injgry. On tho othier hand, | dred poor himself. Mo comumitted saicie ta saticine. ari e e, tion of an exposnre which would not have been long and earioiia: flineea . oftea Yesulls from the | (06,2130 EASTIR Hen Wodld ot Lavs, berml us- wounds, and there is a viciousness sbout the Pm Rluml;, to Washington to “ cheek cut » his G 4 romajing montb. struggles which conld notbe increased by per- [ Z7¢ 1 by tme that & rotraction travels so eonal apimosity. The beer-duels of German stadents, which are naturel accompsniments, much slower than s charge, how shall we ever' bo zblo to overtake, with the Credit Mobiier bofore and after, of - the schiaeger duels, are apt to do more permsocnt harm, and both testimony before us, all the good things we have enid of those who ‘seem to be most criminally includs & reckless dissipation of time. It 1= doubtfnl, however, whether the concerned. 1t will take us st lesst a hundred sears to rstract all the praise we have laviehed on “ Christian statesmen” who are not Christinn statesmen, and _on men of unimpeschable in- practice can bo sholished without serions dis- | {oBTY who are the most adroit corraptionists. turbonces, and the first important step must be | — —Tho Credit Mobilier investigation has given In: daking, from the Univetaltien:the. exdustve | Y S Aeharier Coltax o cocet tie ors dominion which they now exercise over the | of “Truthfal James.” The honorable gontle- students. The unification of Germany will | man celled ona friend the other day, and sent make the nationsl dirision into Corps less dis- | Py soonial Bat rosion Siei s B bion: tinctive, andeo deprive the students of one of | Colfax.” -This last fest of the Vice President day -onicle. othera to warrant the continuation of the prac- | —~Oneof the results of ths lste investigation tioe, ualess it can bo mado n crirainel ollence, | f 867 Sxeloware of he followipg oozt ko 1 and become vigorously prosecutod everywhere. | will not Ames be convicted 77 “Becanss 1o hay bl iy a3 Alley by reads for every oceasion.” : beginning of ths reccut Senatorial contest, Pomerny ‘made overtures ta Mr. Thacher to sscure his support, or, 5t least, 3 cessatfon of his warfste, which the latter decisively 'Tojected, Senator Pomeroy then caused the Chairman of the Raflrosd Committes in the Kanss Houso of Representatives—who was ome of ihe Senstor’s. zdhercnis—to sddress a letter to General Walker, Prosident of the Leaven- worth, Lawrenco & Galveston Rallrond, demandin that tlle cdvertising and Job work of bat’ roed shol De taken away from Mr, Thacher’s printing establlsh- ment, and furthér demended that Judge. Solom Thacher, 5 brother of the editor of the Journal, should e remdvol from the nttorneysbip of the road. ‘Pomeroy followed up this demand with s threat that, If It was not complied with, he should t=ks good care tomake some interests the Poad had pending fn Waskington suffer. General Walker refased to accede {0 Poracroy’a demand. The way the thing has turned out it does mot ook’ as°though the iuteresta of the L L, & O., at Washington, were in ey danger from ‘Pomeroy’s maliguity. —Pomeroy vas. “intorviswed” at Chicago, and in the course of his “talk” expresred some anxiety respecting the trsatment which bis case would receivo at the hands of the St. Louis Dem- ocral: The following paragraph will show what that paper thinks abont it Poor Jim Lane does not appesr such a bad man after i comapared with s sucestar, iz, Caldwell or by long-time colleague, Mr. Pomeroy. Hs ha Y corruptlon for seats,” but ouly in a Ssil. Gy, He never accumulaied any mogey, but was alwhys nee The worst hedld wes, when short of fands, o dres g2 those for whom be had procured ofice, and o al- draft nis us many strange and new characters, but 1t re- their usmal excuses ; but they will find enongh | Haro7s Bret Harte in the ehade.—Forney's Sun- “Grace Greenwood, ‘in spesking of the dis- cradit Mobilier affair, says: “In the discredited word of some of thiem, 1 have a faith as tenacibus asthatof the littlo boy who, in s dispute with Tourists who have a horror of two * days’ sailing” through tke Sierra Nevada 3Mountains on *the deck of & mule" should rejcice a=d and may wisely connect with it the minority | his sister, exclaimed: “It's trug " and if ma says it's 80, 16’ 80, 37 'x:f:.t:'f::.‘@ 0 3 —Semtorlfiaéd\mll only used money “for the cus election purposes.” That w: didnot do sayihing more thag s prie] :\'hhe syity is there is's good deal of trath in what . 0 onator eeys.—incinnati Commercial, —Mr. Colfax has a good deal to may about standing ‘“right in tho sight of God.” Ho tolg his temperance friends at Daltimore yestergs; that he tried to stand so, ** whether the worly Judged him right or not.” "No doubt| Bt gy 2 pity that Bo stood In sudh sl riideg Thess pious professions are very good ia those way. “But they will ROE g0 far Fowands mrs ting Mr. Colfax ab the bar of publiy b unit- Thero has boon somqthing 400" marh goodv-goody falk. D¥-and-bys the peopms Lot wonder why this ia thus. They may iove that Mr. Colfax prefers to be tried at the tac e Beaven, but they don't want to wait for that yor. k. bugalo Commercial Adcertiser —Tn Aarryatés story * Japhet o Search His Father,” when that long-lost parest iy o1 length discosered his name 16 found to bo Non. man. Of courso the very moral Chaplain of the Senatohas no progeny engagedin paternity s, ing—none whatover—bat Wo\l]dp he not now gladly turn loose wpon & Jibing country, ag wrotched foundlings lacking all antheatia pa: retage, tho leiters which Lo wrote advocating tho ro-¢lection of Senators Harlan and Pone eroy? His prayerful aid was of no avall, but {5 may be well for him and his fellows to bear in mind that othor things besides curags and chicks ens can como homo to roost—New Fork World —Fred Douglas 1a not pleased with the action. of the Ropublican leaders foward tho colored voters. Ho claims that thoy performed vaiaabia servica in the lsst campaizn, and now thoy ata igmored. -In his paper of Jast woek ho says, ‘The colored voters who lsbored with zeal and . effect for tho success of tde Republican part; inthe lata Presidential campaign have to take back seats in tha Northern States. -We know of &n jnstance in one of the Departments at Washington, whoro a colosed macr after having proven his ability, under the Civil Servics rules, was denfed an appointment for somo trumpeds up reason ontside the rules of the Clvil Service, w) left no room to doubt that the non-3ppointment wag on account of color. —Senator Wost's ides i that tha electors] vote of Louisiana will be thrown ont, both Ray and McMillan left to cool their heels in the ante- room,—this is not Genersl Logan's commtiee Toom, gentle reader, but & figurativo sparimect Just outeide the doors of th. Senatersnd Whole subject passed over'to the nert Corgress, —Durell's Governor has t=ken to zoologi of thiz o literature in order to explain his ownopinion - about himself. One of the members of the Legisle.ure (who are populirly supposed o - sneezo whenever their Executive inhales sauff) called upon that’ fanctionary ‘yesterday for the ° urpose of procuring an appointment for golorud citizen. Cnm%limca with the 1 uflfi‘ was deferred, whereat the legislzwr—meawny image—waxed wroth, and suggested that tha Gubnor™ had bettor ook 4barp; - dat dy - Legislatur had sumfin to say ab: dese things.” “‘Pooh!” replied the crestion of Judga Durell's mandste. “Pook! You'e altogether mistaken in_thinking the Legislsture is whas hothers anybody. Tho elephsct is myself. Tm the elephant that the Republican_party and the, Administration have on their Lands, end you bet I'm the one thing they don't. know what to do with 1"—New Orleans Picayune. —A Texas poet hs3 written a poem entilled ‘¢ The Railroad to Heaven.” Ha can't have ref- erence to the Union P'acific. - A laree excursion party of politicians, appear to be travelling that rosd to a very different locality,—Lowisvile Courier-Journal. —Ths debate on the question of admitiing the Territory of Colorado into the Union as 5 State developed a fact with regard to the distribution of population and the relative strongth of States, that onghit not to be suffered to pass unnoticed, |, It is that the census of 1870 showed that eight contignous States—Massachusetts, New Yor Ponnsylvania, Ohio, Indisns, Ilinois, 3fi and Kentucky—~have a clear majority of all the . people in the Unired States, these States havin & population of 19,290,155, while all the rest o the States and Territories havo bat 19,279,186, They have ls0 a vast majority of all the apital, wealth, manufactures, agricultural productions, and trade, aud commerca of the country, end arg immensely superior in tho educstional 2nd gen- ° eral cuiturs of their puoplo, Yot theeo Gight Btates have but sixteen members of the National Senate, while tho rest have Sfty-six, or three- foustha majority.—Philadelphia Norlh Ameri- can. ‘The Fended Loan, $300,000,000 Cnited States Fire Per Cen - Funded Loan. § Principal redeemable at par after the lst of May, 1851, in United States gcld coin of the present stander], interest payable quarterly in United Stctes gold coin, and both principal and interest exempt from taxation, whether - under Federal; State, municipal, or local anthority: a3 anthorized by acts of Congrcss, approved July 14, 1870, and Jan. 20, 1871, The proceeds of these bonds aro to be applied to the redempticn and cancellation of the United States 5-20 bonds, ss provided in said acts, New Yozx, Feb. 1, 1678, The Secretary of the Treasury having cons cluded with Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co., represent= ing Messrs. N. M. Rothachild & Sons, Jay Cooke, McCullock & Co., and themselves ; nd Mesers. 3forton, Bliss & Co,, and Droxel, Mor- gan & Co., reprezonting Mesers, Baring Bros. & €o., J. 8. Morgan & Co., Morton, Rose & Co., and themeplves, & contract for the negotiationof * thie remaining 5 per cent bonds of the funded loan of the United States, the undersigned are~ prepared to receive applications at par and so- crued interest for any part of £300,000,000 United States “fives” of 1831, issucd under tho acts of Congresa abiove mentioncd. Applications moy be made payable eiiher in cash (in gold)or in 520 bonds of any isauo. The bonds now offered are all that remsin of the $500,000,000 5 per cents suthorized by Con- gress, andit is hardly nocessary to say that the combination entrusted with the management of this negotiation embreo2s connections in Eurapa and America, which practically insure the placicg of the entiro amount, and the redemption of $300,000,000 of five-twenty bonds, after which only 43§ end 4 per cent bonds will remain for tolders of five-twenties declining this last op- portunity to oxchange for 5 per conta. The cotpon box:da arc in denominations af 350, 2100, $500, 81,000, §5,000, and 310,600. The registered bonds are in like amounts, with the addition cf the denominations of 920,009 and $G0,000. . Interest, payable quarterly, will com- mence from the 1st February, the firat interest payment being May 1, 1878.. Tl bonds may, 28 the option of the Lolder, ‘'be registered, and United States Treasury checks, for interess thereon, will bo sent from Washington to the Post Office tddress of tho holder in any part of America or Earope. Applications will be received at the offics of either of the undersizaed, s=3 must -bo sccoar” puaied by the required depomt, ? Payment in gold will be made a3 followa: Five per cent on application. Fivo pes cént on allotmont. Ferty per cent on May 1. Fifty per cent on June 1. o When preferred, the deposit upon application may be made in currency or any United Stated bonds, Interest at 5percent (gold) per aonum - will be added fram Feb. 1 fo tke date of the sev- eral payments. Payment in five-twenties will bo made by exchanging bond for bond, interest being adjusted fo Feb. 1. Tho preliminary de= posit of 5 per cent in such cases will be refurn on receipt of the five-twenties, the class of which must be specified in the applicatian. _ Tis> books for applications will bo openod sim= ultancously in Europe snd America on the ik inst., and will remain open Gatil ika evening of the 7th inst., and the allotments will Lo msds 38 s500m 88 possible thereafres : ‘Provisional reckipts (serip) will be given 10 the deposits. Thebords will be farished st =3 early dstoas practicable agairatcorrespondisg amounts of five-twenty bonds, or paymentid full. Should the alictment of bonds notequsl the subscription, the prelimizary deposit i3 esch cass will be retarned forthwith to (3o o2: tent of the excess. : When desired, we will farnizh the coin (Wit~ out commision), and make zettlexent in cor rency, and will also receive atcurrent market price any bonds of the United Stat?s other ths five-twentiea. ( Signed) Jat Cocze & Co., ozTox, Buss & Co., Drexer, Morcay & Co. Applications will also be received by Mesars- Launt, Preston & Kean, Chicago, from whom it blank forms may be procured. ——— i 1 } § | 4 i e T T A e e o e e g e A7 ey, T e