Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 14, 1873, Page 4

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY FEBRUARY TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TERMB OF SURSCBLFTION (PATADLE I sovsen. i 2.00] Saodu 2,51 Rhapos 12001 ey 2:00 Pacts of the same rate. To provent delay and mistakes, be suro and give Post OfEco address in fall, Inclading State apd Counts. Temittancos may be made cither by draft, express, Post Ofiieo order, or fn registered letters, at our risk. TERMS 70 CITY SUDSCRIBERS. Das, dellvered, Sundsy excepted. %5 coats per woek. Bafir: delivered, Bunday included, 30 coots per wieok. Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearborn-sts., Chicago, Ill. c— CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S TRIBUNE. FIRST PAGE—Washington News: Proceedings ta Coa- gress—Advertisements. BECOND PAGE—Chicago in 182: Report of Chatles Randolph, Secretars of the Board of Trade—The Lonistana Electlon. /THIRD PAGE—Horace Greeloy's Will—Minority Repro- ‘sentation: Speech by Hon, Joscph Medill at 8priag- field—Advertisemonts. What Shall Be Done with FOURTH PAGE—Editorluls: TFhem: Conating the Voto; ¥he Commotion In Spaiz ersonal—Sporting Real Estate, For fale, To Rent, Wanted, Boarding, Lodging, Etc. FIGHTA PAGE-Forelgn Nows—Stato Logislatares— ews—Bliscollaneons Telegrams. [ ———) TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. M'VICKER'S THEATRE—Madison streot, botwoen ftato and Doasborn. Itallan Opera. *Marriage of Figaro" - ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Halsted streat, sonth of Moflaon. Engagement of Miss Carlotta LeClerca. ++ Pygmalion and Galetea.” HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE—Randolsh street, be- ¢oeen Clark and LaSallo. New Camedy .Compeay: “ Pan] Pr3,” ** O'Callegha - MYERS' OPERA HOUSE—Monroe atreet, botween Sate snd Dearborn. Arlington, Cotton & Kemble's §insirel2nd Burlesqus Troupe. Etblopian Comicalities. GLOBE THEATREDeaplalnes street, betmeen Madi- ud Washicgton. ; or tho Loet WilL." scaa Che Chivags Cribune. Friday Morning, February 14, 1873. The examipation of witnesses in the Louis- jana caee by the Senate Committe on Elections bas closed. _ The Senate Liave amonded tho Appropriation bill by appropriating 5,200,000 for the construc- tion of eight ateam veasele-of-war. — The bill fo create a Board of Commissioners of Commerce was tabled by the House, after & specth in its favor by Mr. Shellebarger. ] T Senste Ponsions Committes report favor- ey the House bill to restore to their pevsions Lhoso eoldiers of 1612 who were dropped for eympatly with $he Rebellion. st Tha Wileon Credit Mobilier Committee would liko io hear Qenersl Dix’s version of the pay- mext tohim of §50,000 by the Union Pacific Psilroad Company. The legal advisers of tho Committes have been instructed to ascertain <hat laws there aro, if any, affecting their power o sammon the Goernor of a State. ——— . American merchants cogaged in the Cuban trade complain that thoy aro troated ss publio encmies by the Spsnish suthorities, who detain their veseels cnd gyerhsul their cargoos in & - most vexzatious manner, The House Committee on Foreign Affairs Lave dncided to ask the Prosident o ece that the United Steles fiagis zespected in Cuban watere. e The orgenization of the Spanish Republic was continued yesterday by the eloction of Senor Mar- tos as President of the Assembly. The Provin- . cial qutborities, 80 far as beard from, will give their allegisnce to the new Government, and there is nosign of disaffection, except in the army, whero the Monerchy is favored by the ar- silery, the Bepublic by tho infantry. s The Sepate Committeo on Elections will re- port to-day on ¢Le case of Senator Caldwell. It s given out that they will declare him not _ proved o Liave rosorted to corrupt ‘practices, but only to bave resorted to practicgs which the Cowmmittee cannot approve. ‘This is o fivs dis- tinction, the humor of whick will be widely ap- preciasted ; by none more than by Benator Cald- well and bie friends, “The House Committee on Mines and Mining seport in favor of 8 losn by tho Goverament to the Sutro Cznal Company of £2,000,000. The conditions of the Joan are that the Company ezpend an equal amount of jts own funds, and securo the Government lean by freh mortgago. 1t was by such provisions that the Governmont sought to guard itself in its advances to tho Pa- cific Railroads. Spein was saved, yesterday, from tho felicita- tions of the House of Representatives only by General Batlar's presence of mind and determi- same right to reject that the Governor sppoint, and should exercize {ho powe:s upon its own responsibility. Huggermuggericg and brow- beating to escape responsibility are simply scan- dalous. The Governor canpob withdraw his pominations now without giving olor to the charge, which we beliovo to be utterly false and malicious, that in making those appointmentske had “sold out” to the railzoads and warehouses. Se—— Tho Golden Age of Feb.8 contributes a new, but not sitogether astounding, fact concerning Colfax and Lis 1,200 deposit. It eoys: At tho present moment Colfax still asks for a suspen- sion of judgment, and we aro bonnd to grant it; but we bappen to know that be is writing pri- vately to persons in this city or viclnity, asking them, in & suspicions, and inviting, and abjeot manner, if thoy do not remember sending him monoy at the time in question, 8o that he can trace his damning deposit of $1,200 to some other source than Osakes Ames! If the Lindly earth will rofrain from opening under the re- tiring Vice President, and will not swallow him asafals swearer, but will once again make stratght paths for his feot, we shall feel on his acconnt as full of unexpected bappiness 23 wo now are of mingled pity and scorn for his appa- rent apostasy from the ranks of honest men.” . The definite announcement of Mayor Have- meyer, of New York, that o does not regard Bhimself a8 having been elocted o8 & party candi- date, and will not consent to act as such, is an- other valusble contribution to the distinction be- treen national politics and municipal interost. Chicago has not hsd & partisan Mayor for sev- erel yoars, and will probably never sgain bavo legitimately regard him- self me the representative of & party Guring his administration: The present Mayor of Boston was elected only after earnest and repeated protestations that ho wonld not consent tobe s party candidate, Mayor Hove- moyer has done well in placing the snmo con- struction on his election, and it is to bo hoped that his administration will be so successful a8 to placo the municipal election of New York be- ond the control of political parties in the fu- ture. Whenever this practico shall prevail in the various citiea of the conntry, municipal gov- ernmont everywhere will be of a purer character than it Lis been hreretofore. P, The Chicago produce markets were less active yesterday. Moss pork was quiet and 10c per brl higher, st 812.70@12.75 cash, and $12.85@12.90 geller March. Lard wasrather tame st 5c per 100 ths advance, closing at £7.35@7.40 cash, and 87.45@7.50 seller March. Meats were in fair de- ‘mand, and held 3o higher, quotsblo at 4@43c for shoulders ; 6%¢@6Xc for sbort ribs; 6%@ G3c for hort clear, and 73¢@%e per 1b for 161> groen hams. Dreseed hogs were a abade firmer, ot 24,95 per 100 Iba, Highwines wero quict and steady at 8734c per gallon. Lako freights wero nominal at 12@12} for corn by sail to Buffalo. Flour was quiet and steady. Wheat was in fair domand, and 15¢c higher, closing irregular at 1,92 cash, and §1.23 geller March. Com was tame and a shade easier, closing at Slc cash and 313¢c seller March., Osts weroquict aod easier, closing at 263¢c cash, and 27@373¢0 sel- Jer March, Bye wes quiet and steady at 653c. Jarloy was dull sud 8¢ lower, closing at 63¢ for rogular No. 2; 68340 for doseller March, end 55@59% for No.8, Tho live hog market was active and firm ot an average sdvance of 10¢, or 4 $4.40@4.70 for common {0 extra. The cattle Loagkes was moderately active and steady. Sheep yere dull sod unchanged. one who can The statement made some time since by thé Duc de Grammont concerning the promises of assistance which Austris had mado to France about the beginning of the war with Prussia, has been variously denied and renfirmed. After Count von Boust had declared that there was 20 foundation for Grammont's assertion, aformer Minister of the Napoleonic Government pub- lished o Jefterconfirming Grammont’s stetement. Now, it appears, from the report of & corre- the German headquarters during the Franco- Prnssian war, that Bismarck know of such an sagreement on tho part of the Ausirian Government. In a conversation held before the war wae oyer, Bismarck told this correspondent of an enfente cordiale that existed petwicn the Vicons and Paris Governments, fnd that Austrip fnlly intended to break its declaration of nou- trality ss soon as France should show herself & desirable military nlly, She abendoned this in- tention, sccording to Bismarek's views, imme- diately after the defeat of the Prench pt the bettle of Woerth, Bismarck added that his Governmopt was 80 well convinced of Austria’s purpose that {thed prepared to call out new troops to meet the eviergency of Austria's inter- ference. Tho statement has & plansiblo appesrs netion that &o fine a chance for speech-making should not be lost. A resolution of congratila~ * tion upon the estsblichment of the Republic «wes introduced, but went over on General Bat- Jex's objection, who eaid it was too important to ‘be psssed withont dabate. Tho figares of the growth of Chicago in busi- . pess and population for {he first year after the fio sre givenin ibe Fiftcenth Annual Report * of the Board of Trade in another columa. Inno yearin ‘the history of thocity bave so many new firms of ebility and meana established them- gelyes bere as in 1872. The population _of the’ city s now at least 50,0005 before the fire it was 834,270 The business of - 1872 in agricnltural products, in lumber, in iron, . and coal, and the direct foreign trade, hows 8 great increase over that of 1671, In every de- _ partment of the vast industry of the city there js an exhibit of. recuperation and development _which demonsirate thet onr prosperity is based apon causes far beyond disturbance by sny ca- * Jamity. Congressman Butler's legal services are in grest Tequest among thosa who have litigation | concerning Pacific Railroads, Credit Mobilier * contracts, and the like matters before Congress. + Ho testifies that hewss paid £5,000 by the Union Pacific Tailrosd for his professional exertions in . arranging the Ames contract. James Fisk sent *Dim &5,000 to appesr for him egainst the Com- “pany. This' General Butlor was willing to do, * bt the Compey refused to relesse him. Butler svowed with vivacity that he was proud of his performance, and £aid he would do just so again {1 he got another chance, all the world to the - contrary notwithsianding. It is now veported that Governor Beveridge intends to throw-upon the Benate the responai- “vility of rejecting his nominations for Railroad "and Warebouse Commissioners. Thst s exactly @where the responsibility belongs. The Consti- “4ntion placed it there, and nobody cught to seek 4o remove or displaceit. The Scnste bas tho shoe, but its only efect at the present time is to ‘badger the Austrian Government, which i in a poor condition to bear comity of any kind. et The Stato Senate of Iilinois did s very foolish thing,—it might be called a very impudent thing, it it is not more properly to bo charged to thoughtlessners or ignorancs. It passed a reso- Jution direeting fhe Supreme Court to hurry up & decision in the csse against the Alton Rail- rond, decided at Bloomington last November, &nd taken to the Supreme Court onappeal. The Joint resolution was an insult to the co-ordinato ‘branches of the State Government, becsuse it arrogated to the Legielature a superiority of wisdom and authority, aad implied that all the responeibilities of government rested exclusively upon the wisemen of the General Assembly. The resolation was more offensive aud impertinent it should render its decision. The Btato Senate of Tltinois fsiding & very high horso justaé present. Not content with ita ordinary fonc- tions a8 part of the General Assembly, it has as- sumed to play the psrt of the Executive, and to bully and browbeat the Govarzor 88 if he were cresturo of its own. Demagoglsm is not only very strong in the State Senate, but thero issomoch of it that the article is very cheap, and much of it of poor quality, Having notified the Governor of what the Benate demended of bim, it was bu} natural that it should dictate to the Supreme Conrt how it should decide a caso before it. The ‘legislative farmers” having decided whom the Governor should ap- paintu}znilmad Commiseioners, jt wag but a step farther for the same body to inform the Suproms “Court what its decision must be, and when it shonld be deliversd. Fortunately for the credit of the Btate, the Houss was less un- der the sway of these demagogues, and the raso- Intion was defeated, only four of the Cook Coun- ty members being chesp enongh o vote for it. Oskes Ames bas not limit his operations to one department of the Government. A Yash- ington correspondont of the New York Sun dis- spondent of the New’ York Tribune, who was with ' closes orfe of his numerous schemes, in used Secretary Robeson, of the Navy Dopert- ment, where he could do him (Ames) moet good- ‘Horatio Ames, a relative of Oakes Ames, and an iron manufacturer, had, after repested failures, got from Secretary Welles, at Presidont Lincoln's roquest, permission to submit to the Navy De- partment for trisl one specimen cannon of his invention. He mado not one, but eleven, all of which proved worthless, two of them blowing out at the breech. Ames presented the Depart- ment a billof £72,060.98 for his guos, tenof which had becn unsuthorized, sud all of them defective. Scerotary Welles refused to pay a cent of this sum, and, although the Scneto Committeo on Ordnanco reported in favor of the claim, no one had the temerity to press it in Congress until after Secretary Welles” retirement. By this time, Horatio Ames had died, and Oales Ames, who had Tearned & thing or two about in- fluencing Congressional action, and had acquired somo control of Secrofary Robeson, espoused the claim. Ho got Becrotary Tobeson to write Mr. Dawes, as Chairman of the Committes on Appropriations, a lotter recommending the pay- ment of the Ames claim, and persuaded Mr. Robeson to gosofaras to appear in person beforo the Committce and urge payment. What with Robeson's eloguence and Ames’ golden silence Mr. Dawes was persuaded to engineer the cleim through Congress. It peseed; but Socretary Robeson, instead of paying it to Horatio Ames’ legal representative, his wife, handed it over to Oskos and Oliver Ames, from whose clutches the widow, who is administratrix, finds it impos~ sible to rescue it. Robeson is, of conrse, logally lisble to Mrs. Ames for the amount of the claim which he hes thus unwarrant- ably paid to the wrong parties; but he seeks to escape this liability by an arrangoment with tho attorneys, who promise to look to the Ames brothers for the recovery of the money paid them, while Robeson, in return for this re- lease, is to pay another claim of $85,000 for a second lot of Horatio Amos® unsuthorized and useless guns. The Sun's correspondent fortifies nis statement with references to dates and ofi- cial rocords, and makes out altogether a pretty caso for another Congressional investigation. Thoreport of the Senate Committao of Privi- leges and Elections on the Louisisua cage, which wo pablishin full,is & csreful, impartial, and eminently judicisl document, The Committeo are unanimons in submitting it, althongh Sena- tor Morton makes a brief addendum alluding to the recont decision of the Supreme Court of TLouisians, and Senator Trumbull dissents from that portion which relates to the beliet enter- tained by the Lynch Bonrd of Canvassers that the Ropublican party, on a fair vote, carried the State. The Committeo are unanimously of the opinion that the returns of an election cannot be canvassed and the result declered without hav- jug the returns before thom—that the Lynch (Kellogg) Board did not have the returns, and hence could not give valid certificates of elec- tion. They find, on the other hand, that the Wharton (Warmoth) Board, having been re- strained by Judge Durell from canvassing the returns which were in their possession, two un- derstrappers, named Woodward and Braydon, 1ooked over the returns, and furnished Governor Warmoth a ststement that eight persons namod had roceived a majority of the votes for Prosi- dential Electors; and that the Governor there- upon issucd them certificates of clection. It appears, therefore, that the retarns have never yet been canvassed, and consequently neithor . set of Presidontisl Electors are eatitlod to cast the vote of tno State. The Com- mittes express the opinion that neither the Senate nor the ¢wo Houses of Congress jointly have the right to canyass the returns of an elec- ‘tion in ordar to determine whowes fairly elected, {hst being a duty or right expressly ‘spportain- ing to the State. The report is confined to the question of Prpsidential Electors. The question whether there I8 & legal State Government in Lonisiana is reserved for further examination. 1t tho Committee adhere to the line of argu- ‘ment they have thus far pursued, they will be competled logically fo answer that it is not for the Dnited States ‘Go!emment, in oy of its pranches, to decido what government in a State {e logal unt its interferonce i requested by tho Legislature or Governor thereof (or somebody ‘having color of suthority to sct as such), azd then only in the way of protecting the Riate sgainst domsstic violence. e— WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITE THEM ¢ There are two way of disposing of the Credit Mobilier Congressmen. Ons {3 {0 expel Ames and overy member who received s dollar of proti $rom tho stock—the amount, whether great oL emall, is of no consequence, Tho other is, ‘0 vote that tho present Congress has no jurisdics tion over transactions that occurred in & former Goagress, and thus let tho mattar drop. It is 1o be feared that the deciejon will be mado, not upon grounds of abstract justice, bub upon PR estimato of its supposed political effegt, Upon this point we have & word to offer. It will fiot 4o to expel the man who paid the money and exousrate thoso who received it. Nor will ‘becsnee it implied to direct the Court which way* it be any more safe to let tho matter drop en- tirely. Dropping it out of the Congress {s dropping it into the hands of tho people, where the war will rage on through more than one election. It hias been charged that the Republi- oan partyis otten; that, having long agofalfilled its legitimate mission and purpose, it has gone to making money in illegitimate waya for those who control its organization; snd the Credit Mobilier investigation comes very near proving tho truth of the charge. Itwas this conviction ‘more than anything else that led to the Cincio- nati movement,—a movement that sppesrs not io be so dend s it was supposed to be, and which mightreceivo & considerable impetus from any lothargy or laches on the part of Congross, in desling with the Credit Mfobilier ecandsl. There are some men who took Credit Mobilier dividends who ought to Lave another chance (AIr. Garfleld is one of them); but obviously they should look fo their own constituencies to give them this chance. They were regularly seduced by Ames, but their seduction must be atoned for by themselves, and remedied by their own bebavior. When the people of theirre: spective districts give thém s certificate of worthjness fo represent them again, it will ba time enough for them to resume Congressional duties. Tntil then they ought to go voluntarily into retirement, and, if thoy do not go yolunta- rily, they should go involuntarily. COUNTING THE VOTE. 2r. Morton's recent speech in the Senste on the necessity of remodelling the manner of elect- ing the President and Vice President of the Unitad States received s vivid illastration in th counting of the Electoral votes on ‘Wodnesday. The two Houses of Congress in Jpint Conven- tion assumed powers, on that oceasion, altogether unwarranted by the Constitation, sod merely conforming to a joint rule arbitrarily created by themselves. In one instance, they usurped judicial authority by throwing out tho entire Electorel votes of two States; in another, they usurped Electorsl power by deciding that {hreo votes cast for Horace Greeley ehould not be counted. The exercius of theio extra-constitutional powors is extremely danger- ous. Had the election of the President and Vice President deponded upon the vote of Ar- kaneas or Louisiana, tho refusal to count the returns from’these States might havo led to re- voltard even civil war. The time to take cog- nizance of such possibilities is when the country, ssnow, is inastate of peace, and when some new and simpler mode of chaosing tho President and Vice President may be adopted without pre- Judice to any party or to any section of the country. Article XII. of the Constitution, after do- scribing the manner in which the Electors shall cast their votes and make their returns, provides that the “ ¥resident of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senateand House of Representa- tives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted.” The persons having the greatest number of votes shall then be declared elected. The article further provides for the election by the House of Representatives, in cace there ia no mejority, but there is nothing which gives Congress, in Joint Convention, s right to go beyond the mere counting of the votes. There is a joint rule, however, by which Con- gress has declared thet, whenever an objection is made to the counting of any vote, the Senate ghall retire, each House shall doliberate sepa- rately, and “no vote objected to shall be count~ ed, except by the concurrent votes of the two Houses.” It was under this rule that the Elec- toral votes of Arkansas and Louisians were thrown out altogether, and the votes cast for Mr. Greeley rejected. In the latter case, ono House voted in favor of counting the votes, and the other voted sgainatit. That the rale is entire- 1y arbitrary is proved by the circumstance that it finds no authority in the Constitution. That it is unjust and eubject to gross abuso, is evident from tho fact that one man, not an Elec- tor, might ultimately determino a Presidential eloction. Tho single objection of any Congrese- man necessitates a separate deliberation of both Housos, and & ruling faction in either one of them could scenro the rejection of a deciding vote. 1Itis obvious that such was not the inten] tion of the framers of the Constitution, and the danger is 6o apparent that it should never be pormitted to present itsolf again. The simplest mothod of reforming the present practices is in a constitutional amendment abol- ishing the Electoral College. It is very general- 1y agreed that this is s cumbersome, complicat- ed, and useless machine, which has lost the in- berent purpose for which it ws originally es- tablished. It would probsbly have been abol- ishod long ago, bad it not bean for the serious differences rogarding the plan of election which ghould be substituted. While Senator Morton declared himself in favorof s direct popular election, e felt that such a plan wonld meet with great, and perhaps overpowering, Opposi- tion, because it would destroy the fandamental principle of choosing ¢ho Prosident snd Vico President by s vote of Btates. It was in the ehspe of 8 concession, therefore, that, be proposed voting. by districts, each State to have the same number of Presidential a3 Congressional Districts, and the majority of district votes to determine the choice of President, It will appear upon ex- aminstion that such & plan would be equally gubversive of the Federal system. The President and Vice President might almost 88 well be chosen by the House of Representatives, sa directly representing the very ssme district yotes. No resort to a direct popular vote, or to & vote by districts, seoms to bo necessary to cure the evils that have presented themselves. The spirit of the Constitation, and the principle of the Federal Government, msy both be re- tainsd by simple sbolition of the Elestoral Col- loge, and the ' dizect Teturm of the State votes. ‘EnchState should bave, 3§ DgW, § Bumber of Pres- jdontial votes equal to the number of Senators and members of the House of Representatives from that Btate. The certification of these votes i)y the Govaraor, in cases where there were or by the Suprems Qourt of the State ‘dispute, in contested elections, shogld T der them legal, s0d Joaye no discretion to Congress in regatd t0 o, each State would be the judge of its own el 1If tho Presi- dential election occurrod early in Hovember, the yoto should be connted pnd certified to early in Decomber, and the fipal roturns should bs made to the President of the Dnited Ststes Senate, to be counted before bojh Homses of Congress early in February. This would give two monthg for gn sppeal to the Supremo Court of each State, in cage of & contest, and the law should roquire the Supreme Court of each Btato to tako immediate cognizance of sny conteated Presiden- tiad vots, sud degide it beforo the time of making tho final refurn ko Congress. Suehs scem to retain fhe Toto by Stptes, dispenco with tho Etectoral Collego and itp dangerons prefogi~ tives, and take from Congress its present arbi- +rary privilege of refusing to count votes legally cast, a8 in the rojecton of tho three votes for Toraco Groeley, end deciding in cgses of con- tosting Electors. Itis poseible that thers 210 objections to the plan, ‘and that improvements would suggest themsslves in a more matare con- sidoration. The main purposes of ony Teform in our Presidential Electoral system, howover, are (1) to do away with the Electoral Colloge ; (2) to deprive Gongress of the exercise of dis- cretionery powers in the count of votes ; and (3) to retain tho election of - President and Vice President by a vote of States. ——— plen wonld THE COMMOTION IN SPAIN. The proclamation of the Republic doos not Te- Tievo the political crisis in Spain of its embar- rassments or its dangers, although the Republi- can element.is ot present strong in the Cortes, snder, the leadership of Figueras, who has been mado Presjdent of the Council, and Castelar, who is Minister of Foreign Affsirs in the Provisional Government. The sudden ‘abdiestion apd equally sudden depsrture of Amadeus, out of the confines of Bpain, leaves the fleld clear for tho cqntending factions, of whom the Carlists arc the most active and desperate. They ware already in arms before Amadeus had expressed his determination to abdicate, had over- run several of tho more important northern provinces, and, at last advices, were rapidly pushing their way into tho centro and south of Spain. Ageinst this faction, representing the ‘Bourbon Carlos and the other two claimants of ‘the- throne, Don Alphonse snd the Duke of Montpensier, the Republicans have mow fo guird themselves and their new Government. In doing this, they have to contend sgainst & wily and persistent cnemy, who is legitimate in the sucgession, and whom j§ has been found mpossible to e Bpanish Government has been able to place the fleld against bim. His adherents are unan- imous in their support, and will gain fresh cour- ago and rally around him with inereased zeal and determination, while their opponents are g0 divided into factions that they cannot present an unbroken front to their enomies.. The action of tho Republicsns in the Cortes, in the face of the sbdication, is a sufiicient indication of the intrigaes, if not open violonce, which must fol- Jow when the Liberals, Conservatives, and Radi- cals aro fairly arrayed against each other. - The awarm of Commaunists flocking to Madrid frora London, Paris, and Brussels will not improve the situation, but,, on the other hand, will 23d to the existing complications, and make tbo contingency more alarming oven than that at Paria at the close of the Franco-German war, as the Republicans have not only to protect themselves against the Communists, but the Carlists also, as well as the adherents of Don Alphonse and the Duke of Montpensier. * A elight sketch of the three claimants, who will now press their protensions to thoe throne with renewed vigor, will make the situation more intolligiblo, The atrongest of theso is Don Car- los, who isnow in France. The original Don Carlos de Bourbon (Don Maria Isidor) wes the second son of Charles IV., the other iwo sons being TFerdinand VIL and Paulo D'Ascisi. After the expulsion of the French from Spain, Ferdinand VIL. ascended the throne, but, as he married thrice without issue, Dop Carlos conceived a strong hope that he would succoed his brother, Ferdinand, however, mar- ried the fourth time, and this marriage resultod in » daughter; Isabella IL., the late Quesn. The Salique law, excluding females from the throne, had been abrogated by Ferdinand at the inatiga- tion of the noterious Maria Christina, his fourth wife, and, upon his death, Isa- bella ascended the throne, and Don Carlos, who had pressed his claim, was declared & rebol and banished. He, maintained s mock court for some time in France, and finally abdi- cated, in 1844, in favor of his son, also named Don Carlds, Count of Montemolin, who instigat- ed several revolts, and finally was made prison- erin 1860, Ho died the following year. The present Don Carlos, whom the Carlists ropre- sent; is Ferdinand, the brother of the Coun of Montemolin. The latter was arrested with his ‘brother in 1860, and both were liberated, after the lattor had written and signed & renuncistion of all his claims to the Spanish throne. Against this st Ferdinand bas registered his protest, and has never omitted an opportunity to press his claim. Almost every year, since _the death of his brother, has witnessed a Carlist uprising, the present insurrection hoing apparently the most formidable of all. The next strongest claimant to the " throng, although he has no claim by descent, is the Duke of Montpensier, the fifth sonof Louis Philippe and Queen Marie Amelie, Whose marrisge with Marie Louise, sister of Issbella IL, nearly bronght about & rupture between France and England, and whose name in con- nection with the Spanish throne in the present crisis has already led the German papera to hint that the sbdication of Amadeus hes been csused by French intrigues. Aftor the flight of Isabolls, a0d during the Rogency, tho Duke obtained per- mission to become & candidate for the vacant throne, but all chanco of his being elected was lost by his fatal duel with the Infante Don Ensiquo de Bourbon, his’cousin, for which he was tried by court martial and sentenced to fine and bsnishment, since which time he bas resided in Paris. At the time of tho elec- tion of Amadens by the Cortes, in 1870, ho re- ceived but 22 otes outof 811 That he ia about to institute operations against the Bepublicans is shown plready by the lstest despatches, a meoting having been held on Wednesdsy last, at the residence of the Duc d'Aumale, his brother, at which a large sum of money was subscribed for his assistance. The third claimant of the throne is Don Al- ‘phonse, Prince of Asturias, the only son of Iss- bella, in whose favor she renonnced her claims to the throne in June, 1870, atthotimeof her formsl abdication. His claim to the throne, ‘however, is but & feeble oneatbest. In the election of 1870, he received but two votes out of the 811. Tho ynanimityof the feeling against ‘his mother, fhich was shown by su uprising of the whole pooplo sgainst her, without regard to faction, gxtenda elso to the son, o that the two factions ‘agrinst which the Bepublic will v to contend oro. the Osclists snd the Montpeseieriste, tho former hsing the sdvsatage of being siready in the feld ,and of holdisg possession of 12 imppotent provinces, scattered bands of them ‘evén beviog sppopred in the immediate neigh- borhood of 3adrid, Fhe prospegts & gloomy for the Republic, as the Republicans are divided against each other. The outlook indieates only clvil strife and snarchy, Tesulting in the triumph of Don Carlos or the Duke of Montpensier. The foundation of the Republic is too weak and disisitegiating to sustain the structuro. The 2 who can bring ordar gut of this chaos, o conflicting Bepublicn clemsrtd e THE I0WA DEFALCATION, The Gomittes of the Tows Legislature 8p- pointed to investigete tho defpleation of the late State Tressurar have performed their duty foarlessly. They permitted neither ‘personal nor political considerations to interfere with thelr investigations, and they wholly repudiated the doctrine that it was the duty of tho Repub- Jican mujority of the Legislstura to defend and Drotect o faithless public officer bocause he had been clected by the purty; The Committeo ro- porb hat Alr. Raokin, tho State Treasprer; sd st the beginping professed an anxiety to bo in- vestigated, but very scon refused to anawer any questions, expecting the Committes to scegpt Dis statements without hesitation. - The Com- mittee Teport that the loss of 'his testimony wae not & misfortune, because it was soon spparent that all he had stated was untrue. The facts ascertained are that Rankin wes glected State Treasurer in 1668 ; that the- same yeer he was elected, by the Trustees of the Agri- cultaral College, Treasurer of tho funds of that institntion ; that he was elected to the lnst office anpually thereafter; that as long ego as 1563 he began using the collego funds in Lis private spoculations uptil ho becamo in arrears $36,000; that to meet the current demands on this fund housed the tate funds, and that ixi July, 1872, he was a defaulter to tho State Treasury for over §30,000, Finally, in December, 1872, his sccount: with ihe State was balanced up, leaving him & defsulter to tho collego funds in the sum of £83,301. There wzs u great parade at the time of his heving made over to the State a larga amount of property; but the Committee report that it will never produce _ently on advices from London. 50 per cent of the defalestion. An importan tem in the bistory of this matter is that Rankin, in 1868, when elocted Treasurer by the. Colloge- Trustees, execnted & bond; in 1860 he filed no bond ; in 1870 Le executed a bond for that year, but executod none in 1871, nor in 1872, Hewas, like Pomeroy and Harlan, “a Christisn states- han,” and o strong Republican, and was, there- fore, trusted year after year with the public fands, and left'at Liberty to execute sn official bond or not. MILEAGE IN COOK COUNTY. The Legislature at the last session, with a view of breaking up the business of professional jurors, provided that jurors regularly drawn and summoned shsll be paid §1.50 per dsy, and 5 cents permile each way for necessary travel In this connty it is very rare that any of the original panel of jurors serve, and the panel is made up of talesmen. The law provided that in Cook County these should have no compensa~ tion, but when they come from beyond the city should be entitled to *10 cents per mile actual travel going and coming to the place of holding Court.” The result is, that every man who gets on'the jury, to mske it pay must by some pro- cess or another obtain a residence ontside of the - city. - Then, serving on tho jury.not only psys, but pays well. Thus, Mr. A, finding himsel? summoned asa talesman, immediately discovers he resides at Havover, thirty miles distant. Ho begins his service on Monday, and serves fwelve days aa a Juror. Eachnight he has an' opportunity to at- tend tho opers, or some theatre, visit the billiard halls, and in the two weeks does " Chicago. Attheend of that time he applies for his cer- tificate of necessary travel, receives s ticket entitling him—60 milea travel to and fro, 12 dsys, 720 miles, st 10 centa per mile, 872 Pocketing his $6 a day, he presonts himself next Mondsy as a talesman at some other Court, and thus does a large business as s juror at 36 & day for constructive milesge. We have a Board of County Commissioners, whose pay and milesgo are fixed by law at$3 per day, and 5 cents per mile for all necessary travel, and “no other allowanco for any purposo whatever.” Our County Commissioners have voted ihat thoy are entitled to €5 per dsy, de- gpite -the law, and most of them actually drawr that pay. But thess County Commissioners have divided themselves up into fifteen committees, and some of them are on at lesst five commit- tees. The Board does not meet very often, but there are meveral of the committees that arein session very often, some of them on the same day that the Board sits, and some while other committees aro in session. The result is, that & Commisaloner may draw £5 per dayfor attending a sesaion of the Board, $16 for attending a ses- gion of three committees, and draw 40 cents milesge: from his home in the county for sttending them all on the same day. Assuming that he lives 25 miles out of town, he gets a per diem for attending each of thres committees, per diem for attending the Board, and 10 mile- age or $30 in all, forone dsy'swork. Bo, by ‘having two or moro meetings of several commil~ tees in & week, the per diem and mileage will pay very well—pays ‘better than even that of jurors Therearefifteen Commissioners, and there are fifteen committoes; yet at the last meeting thore was & proposition to increase the number of committees g0 as to increase the chances for per diem. Wo believe that there are soveral Commissioners who travel or draw pay for sev- eral thousands of miles each quarter. Al bills are paid upon the certificate of the Commis- sioner, who, like Pomeroy, certifies “ upon the ‘honor of a gentleman and &' '—Commissioner. ‘WALL STREET. Review of the Money, Bond, Gold, Stock, nnd Produce Markets, Special to The Chicago Tribune. New Yomx, Feb. 13.—Money continues close, though easier than yesterday. The rates ranged from 7 gold to 1-16, declining at the close from 6to7, Prime discounts are dull at 8 to 10. The money market at present is very ‘much under the control of speculators, the reserve of the ‘banks being vory low, and money in’ good request all over the country, and very active throughout the West. The London markets are quiet, with npo ~ disturbance a8 the result of the political changes in Spain. Money in London is easy at 3}{@3%4. BTOCES. The stock market was dull and generally low- er. Speculation in Western TUnion has been dampened by the recent salos of stock by the Company, who have still 90,000 ghares on hand to break any hostile combination. The Kvening Postsays: “Tha reports which we noticed as current yesterdsy-to the_effect that unfavorable action in regard to the Union Pacific is impend- ing a¢ Washington, referred, a8 ‘we understood {6515, to matters likely to® offect the stock ratirer than the bonds of the'Company. The firab mort- gagp bonds of thie Company ard protécted in any s, s, should tho Garerament ‘take posses e thaie 1t would have t6 ssmime {hgsg bonds.” Erie 1;impruv_é: s flfill‘fl, ;flfls emed b 1) ce in London. Gre &eg&fifiufl 0 u:f: g‘uAsu 800D A8 rest Wes! narrow 36 500D 83 gxe aEris Tmakes the contemplated snh:nga in jte gauge. d el:::lo nf';'nm 114 to 114%¢, with er, and ran| a ;:f;? tho e ineta s at 11436 to 1143, i ports for the week will be ‘abont 7u excess of ugt week, ‘searcity of cash_coin, y lqlip'-z); before Saturday. - The. highest xate for nip to-day_wea 1-6%, bub the ‘puu . clique, Wiich hns been sirengthenod by the best cambic ion 16 atocks,aro credited With the movement fs losd prppgrptgrz to locking up gold. ° There a o of & combination’ in’ bid- B gome appearance of 3 T Lo G%Pwmmnne gold_ot the Treasury to- dny? The total amouss hid forwed 45,134,000, o ing a demaud for coin, and the ates Tanged Soom 118,60 to 11413 One bid was mede for & Found lob 1,000,000 st 114.12}, and the same Patty bid for $500,000 t 114, Forsign exchango Was heavy and lower on the offerings of bor- rowed bills and the money stringozncy: DONDS, : I{Government bonds were quist, The sdvance I gold impsrted a firmness fo prices. The Gor- e bankers were buyers late in the dsy, appar- More confidence is felt in the operation of the Byndicate, tho h # gengral desire is felt for an suthoritative state: ment from them. > 'PBODULE. Flour closes mord nctive, but lower and mediom grades. Thereis & limited supply af shipping brands, which are wanted. W‘Eut was dall but firmly held, gspocially choice spring. Private adyices from Europe are morg favorable. Pork ‘was quiet but fim. . Far _new mess, £14.50 cash bid, and $14.62 askod in tho wholessls * way, 1,600 brls for April sold at $14.35. Dry ealted meata Bhort gut hama sre on low are scarce sud wanted. quoted st 93@11o for 12 t0 20 b nverage, and o shoulders at 554@>536c. Dacon i in fair de- For long.cleat 7c is bid ; for short clear The bid snd 73c ssked. - Lard was stesdy. s include 500 tcs prime steam for February at 8 3-16¢, —_———— Fhe Philadelphiaz Centennials PrrLapELPEis, Fob, 18.—At a meeting of the Chairthen of the Committees on Trades and Occupstions on the Centennial Anniversary, sesterdsy, reports of subscriptions g stock werd Yead, which showed large recaipts. A letter was read from J; Edgar Thompson, snnouncing that the Railroad Committee would raiss at least £500,000, A grand mass meeting is to be hald on Washington’s birthday in sid of the cause. —————— The Horse Discase, Vrzorsta, Nov., Feb. 18,~The epizootic has appezred at Battls Mountain, Nev., ‘and caused tho Battle Mountain and Austin Stage Compeny to tako off the heavy stages and eubstitute light ‘Heavy freighting is nearly There aro sove: o nnmba: nty-five cases in two RAILROAD ACCIDENTS. Serlous Collision on the Central Pa« cifice=A Friin on the Grand Tr::k Ditched and Several Wonnded~Cole lision on the Philadelphin & Haltie more Bailroad--Other Accidents. Special Despath to The Chicago Tribune, ToroNT0, Feb, 13.—A Pullman palace car a nd & postofice car ou the Grand Trank train east, were thrown from the track, near Prescott, yes- terdsy. The former was demolishod, but the others sustained }ery m%a injury. Several pas- sengers were injured, but nons The names of the injured are: ' J. d"m of Chicago, foot injured ; Mrs. Moore, of Maino, injured in tho Load and chest, and leg fractured ; FA mya«}. England, cut sbout. tho hesd; 3r. Biago, Montreal, thigh injured; J. H. Cameron, Kirkfeld ; hoad rmjtmg; . & Bruonell, Ean: B8as, legand arm injured; Mr. Stafford, Ontario, slightly wounded on the face. il i ‘oRINNE, Utah, Feb. 13.—The following des- patch s’ boow received from Elko, Nevads, ted to-dsy : A collision occarred on the Cen< tral Pacific Railroad st 6:35 last evening, 13 miles east of hero, botween the et bornd us or train that left San Francisco onthe morning of the 11h, and a west-bound freight train. The particulars of the affair are ss fol- lows: The scene of the accident is 18 miles esst of hers, on. o sharp curve, where the road runs throngh s _canon.on the Humboldt River, tho grado .being about 20 feet sbove the water. The passonger train was on time, and procesding 6lowly around tho curve, when tha engincer saw the freight train coming at a forious spoed. When the engineers first saw each other, the trains were not 400 feot spart. The engincer of tho passenger train revarsed his engine, put on the air-brakes, and jumped_down the embaniment into the rivar, followed by tho fireman, just in time to save themselves. The sir-brakes “worked like a charm,” having nearly stopped the passenger train before the engines struck, and preventing tho_cars telescoping. In the meanwhile the engineer of the freight train had whistled ““down brakes” and roversed his engine, but it was too late train came thundering alon; till both engines strack. The cagines loa e into the air and foll on one sids of tho track a mass of ruine., Tho mail-car of the passenger train had the front end stove in, ands coslcar of the froight was piled on top of it. The tender of the passengor train waa slao precipiiat. ed down the bank into the river. The freight frain had six cars moro or less smashed. The following is & list of the wounded, nome being killed: . C. Juck, fireman of the fraight train, had his boad badly bruised and his back badly injured, thought fatally. John Bailey, brakeman on the freight train, had his hezd cut, his face bruised, sud his back injured. J. Partor, brakemsn on the passenger train, had his fac and head cut. Some of the passengers wero slightly bruised, but none seriousls. The cause of the collision is attributed to the care- Jesaness of tho train despatclior at Calin, who, it ia reported, zave the freight train orders to Tan on the passenger. train's timo, withont giving the passenger train ordera to wWait for fhem- Tt was known by the Superintendsnt at Carlin, before the the_collision occurred, that the trains would collide, and an engine sod Srecking car were got ready to send out befors the traina camo together. ater reports are that the expreas magsanger had » Iog bodly emashed., g It enowed hard all day @;tenhy and the ester part of the night. WWe now have two aot on the level. The mercury is 20 deg, sbore Zexo, with & brisk west wind, which threatens to blockad the rosd. The engines hers find great difficulty in getting through the Bnow. Tt is now reported that the wreck will bs clesred by night, and trains will again commence runaing. Special De: A to The Chicago Tribuna, Deraorr, Feb. 13.—Charles Vanness, Master on_the Juckson, Lausing & Ssginsw Railroad, was crashed to death, to-day, st Esst Baginaw, between two cars, while directing the shunting of cars. 7 ‘An unknown .man, name supposed from hia spers to be J. B. Giller, was run over and od st birch Station, on the Flint & Pera Marquette Railroad, while endesvoring to got on the train while in motion. PamapErpma, Fob. 13.—This morning s pas- senger train on the Baltimere Railrosd, owlng $o e misplaced switch, ran into & coal dil train, below Gray's Ferry. ‘he engine, tender, and a tank of oil wero burned. Tha conductor of the ‘passenger train was the only person injared. CLEveLAND, Feb, 13.—Albert Shew, brakeman on tho ., O. & I C, Bailroad, was struck by &a died this morning. DREADFUL ACCIDENT. Fall of a Temporary Trestle over the James River--Fifteen Workmen Pre- cipitated into the River—Six or Seven Killed or Drowned, RICHMOXD, Va., Feb. 18.—T. H. Hendon and ‘Philip Hampton, employed on bridge in course of construction across the James River, between Richmond and Manchester, were drowned this ‘morning while attempting to gat to their work in & bost, which, owing to the wollen candition af the river, beceme unmanageable and upset. At a later hour, anof dreadfal so- cident occurred st the same place. A temporary trestle work across two of the pil- 1ars of the bridge, upon which abont fifteen men Were engaged in laying the iron supers 3 gave way, precipitating the ‘whole party into the Snter. Nine wrs rescued, and the remsinder either drowned or killed by being dashed against the timbers and iron which went downwith them. Among the Jost was John Harrison, of Obio. Of those rescued, two floated about s mile down the river on timbers, and_were taken out badly i:gumd and nearly chilled to death.’ One seized hold of & short picca of xope fastened $o the broken timbers which had got jsmm among the rocks, and remained there for tWd hours, but waa finally rescued with ropes snd &1 emlng bost, which was drifted to him from the Pittsburgh Railrosd bridge apout 150 yards ‘above the scene of the disaster. No ome daret 10 go tohim, the waters being s0 Iapid. -The {umllndar ‘Were taken out at differont poiata b} o < bl piid B " FHE REIGN OF BLOOD, Attempted Assassination of an Ala- pama Mcmber of the Legislature by One of the Bogns Senators, Special Despatch to The Chieago Tribuns. Wasmrsaroy, Feb. 18.—Senator Spencer, to- day, Teceived ‘s despatch from Montgomery, Ala., to the effect that great excitement pré- 2oiii in logislativa circles in that Btate, owing t5 The attempted assassination, yesterdsy, of N. B, MoAfee by J. W, Mayberry, The provocstion is alleged to have been & apeech’ jcAfes i~ tha House of Representatives Yosterdsy. Mayberry ia sald to be oné ¢f L2 Eogua Senatora ¥iom Bafher’ County, whq was onsted frord )-éi seat by the late 'compromise ‘between 'thecop? fiicting Legislatures, McAfee's wounds are repr resented to bs fatal, & & % e s Mail Robber Pardoneds Special Despateh ta the Chicago Tribund, ‘DesMorxes, Feb, 13.—President Grant recent- 1y pardoned, and United States Marsbal Melendy ‘esterdsy relessed from the Iows Penitentiary, yilliam H. Carrick, who was convicted of rol bing the mails, whilo Boute Agent oo the fors Central Railroad, some two years 8go, and Ir ceived sentence for ten years at fabor. It was apparent from the mancer in which C: carried on his' criminpl transsetions ihat b new in -orme, sud hid- dovoted and. infinential {riends in New York.god 2inhia: immediately commenced work' 10 and were finally suc over 'y year, icatés thi- ‘his sufforings have great. His wife #ecam panied the Marshal to tho prison, and ber oy at ac:in Izhl:; husband & free man sgam was it ble, 5 i oy Farmers? Convention. Spectal Despatch to The Chicago Trituns Brooxryaros, Ill., Feb. 13.—Inthe Comty Farmors' Convention, which is -to sssemble iho Court House in. this city st 10 2. m. onthe 8tlx inat., each Clutjand Grange of the cousty entitlod to & dolegate for_cach ten of its DX bera, Other farmers snd all intarested inthg wark are invited to be prasent from other GO ties. No pains. wi wpared to make ¢ Sotion of yhis Comvention importsat eod % cisive, Pormanent county ol %‘ the discussion of ways and mesns for the it of the farming and producing classes, bo labor. 5 4 e abitra Bl Six Horse Thieves Shote IB‘r. Lours, Feb. gfs“..—na Fort t:mgmgfi’ i of the 6th inst, oys two COmP! s oty Bl bl s 7 on the Friday previous, cap! een, | Srndey motning, after olding cowncil, [l six of them. —————m God Liver Oil. ‘Hazard & Caxwell's Cod Livaz Oil s the bechy engine last night, and injured so badly that.he | R