Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 9, 1873, Page 4

TIE CIIICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1873. e TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. w AhVANn'H)-b o 8300 T or oz (raTA iy 2.0 undny, ookivont:: B 001 ook Turtnof n yoar ot the samo rato, Yo provont delay and mistakos, ho suro and givo Post Of co nddress dn full, including Btato nnd County. Remittancos mny bo mado elther by deaft, oxpross, Post Oftco ordor, or in rogistered lottors, nt our risk. TENME TO OITY BUNSCHIVENS, Dolly, doliverad, Sunday excaptod, 2 conte per wook. Dally, coelivered, Sunday included, 00 conts por weok. Address THE TRIBUNE UOMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearborn-sta,, Ohleago, 111, TO'DAY'S AMUSEMENTS, HOOLRY'S TIEATIE-Randolph streot, betwoon Dlack and LaSalla. ** Caste, afleFaoon A ovontng. MOVIOKLR'S TURATRE-Mactson streot, hotwoen Dearborn and’ State. Pho Kutle Putiam Troupo. “*Won At Last," **Don't Judyo iy Apponrancos.’ Clinton stroot, botwaon NIXON THTIRATR) e A y Pastar’s Varlety Com- Wasiinglon and Randalph, Uination, aftoruoon and ovening, "BUSINESS NOTICES. LYON'S INSECT POWDER 1S SURR DRARX TO bugs, worms, fleas, mothis, and red ante. MOTIHILRE! MOTIIRRS! MOTIIERST BIRS, WINS- Jow's Boathing Byrup has boon used for childron with ‘novor-falitng snfoly und suocoss. “ROYAL TIAVZ [ OTTRIY=WFE,_BOLD N TOVAL NAVANA LOVIEIV-WE BOLD TN drawing ot 220 April Tt tho afd, 0 prizo, Glcoulses by faformniion kiyon: Baiors: 10 Walbat.. Lt 0. Ltox 4086, Now York. FOR_FIROKLER AND MOTII PATONES, ASK Porry's Moth and Ivecklo Tation, Bt T omiont Now orfl:.ln-'nr“;l'l ploson tha K Blackhioads, and Flestwor Torry's Improvod C £ % ‘Skia Modicl The Chicago Teibune, ‘Wodnosday Morning, July 90, 1873. Tho Mayor of San Francisco has beon susg- tainod by the Doard of Supervinors in his veto of tho ordinance lovying & spocial tax on Chineso Inundrymen, Col. Mackenzie's invasion of Moxico in pur- suit of the Kickapoos sooms to have occasioned oven leas oxcitomont thero than ju this country. The nowspapors of tho Clty of Moxico rofor to tho matter only to clironicle tho absonce of auy feeling on the subject smong tho Mexicaus. Tho Bischoffshoim ticket was successful in tho election yostordny of Directors of tho Erio Tosd. A partial reportof tho finances of tho Compauny was mado to the Dircctors, showing its funded dobt to bo 40,040,150 ; ita prosont float- ing debt, $1,700,000 ; thore hag been a reduction of 24,760,000 in tho debt sinco July 1. The cap- itnl stock is unchangod. . No dividends wore de- clared, The exporionco of an Aurora wool dealor gives s new illustration of how the Railroad law will work, Hitherto his wool was sent East through . this city by the Burlington & Quincy Road, which, 28 he was heavy and regular shippor, gave him spociel rates. Undor tho now tariff, theso are denied him, and his shipments castward are now made by the Joliet ¢ Cut-off,” although to take this routo thoy must be carried twonty miles by tenm." Ono thing the Navy Department cannot do, it seems, isto make a vossol water-tight. The Brookiyn Novy-Yard, which is o officiently man- agod when the nautical problem of tho New York Staté olection is beforo tho country, has spent two weoks in fitting the Tigress for Lor ‘voyage in search of the Buddington Polaris par- ty. Bho was turned out of the dry-dock into tho swator on Saturday, sud by Sunday had leaked n quarter full. No wonder tho authoritios are said to be “roticont.” r—— Presidont Grant is noeded in Washington to aottle the disputos of the Toxas Ropublicans. Tho question of tho approaching oloction for Uovernor has divided tho party. Gov. Davis wante to bo re-clected ; tho TFederal office-hald- ors, for ronsons of their own, are opposed to him. Doth factions are busy bidding for tho light of tho Presidential countonanco, which ia not o oclipsed by Clvil-Sorvico Reform but $hat it can shino to good offect on the faithful Gov. Davis is reported to bo willing to promise to releaso Satanta and Big Treo to win the favor of tho Administration, although, until day be- foro yostorday, lie was Infloxibly opposed to lot- ting thew go. ey e——— 1f the Ully us weoutugius Led etrmgk 200 yards farthor to tho loft, on the Littlo Gull vock, her 700 souls would, boyond a doubt, huve followed tho victims of tho Atlantie. Nothing is yot known to justify euy one in consuring her officora for lcading their chargo into tho rooky jaws of that dangor- ous coast; but the circumstances of the accidont givo ground enough for searching examination, particularly if nvy thought ia to bo taken for faturo passongers. No obsorvations had beon taken for eight daya on ncoount of tho oloudy wonther, and tho Captain evidently had not the lenst iden of his whereabouts, At the tima the vessol struck sho was running at tho good rato of mine lkuots mi hour. Thowe who oscaped thia timo a8 woll as thoss who intond to. go down to the mon in stenmers of tho Juman or any other lino will be apt to nsk whethor this was n snfo rate whon the Captain must have known ho was nearing land, or whetherin foggy weather, and at that stage of his voysgo, n prudont officor would have continued his course, ot any rate, ——— The Chiengo produco markets wera gonerally otrongor yostorday, under a groater demand. Mess pork was modorately active, and 10@250 por brl higher, closing nt $16.85@15.90 cash, and §10.00 sollor August. Lard was dull and a shade firmer, nt £4.00@8.10 por 100 1bs cash, and $8,20@8.25 seller August, Mentq woro quiet, and ¥4 igher, ot GX@To for shoulders, (83 @830 for short ribs, 8J§@Do for short cloar, and 11@ 13}4o for swoet pickled hums, Iighwinos wero quiot and steady, at 83 per gallon, Lanke froights woro activo and lower, at Gc for corn to Buflalo. Flour was loss nctive, and unchanged. ‘Wheat was aotive and 1}o highor, olos- ing at BLIGY casb, and 31.145¢ seller August, Corn was sctivo and 1o higher, closing at 870 cash, and 887{@390 sellor August. Oats weroe loss netive, but Yg@}ge higher, closing at. 200 for cash, and 28%{a sollor Augupt, Ryo was quict snd firm at 60c, Barloy wad in good demand, and strong at 68@000. Tho stocks of graln in storo in this city at tho closo of last wook wero 729,717 by whoat ; 8,006,347 bu corn ; 1,053,008 bu oats: 08,080 buryo; and 49,160 bu barley ; aleo 80,680 brls flour, Jlogs were'in active do- mand, and the market wea strong at 84.20@4,05 for poor to oxtra. There was a good Inquiry for cattle at a slight advanco on Jast weok's prices, with sales ot $3.00@0.60. Bheep ruled quict and stoady. : Sir Augh Allan, of Moutreal, has made an afil- davit seetting forth Lis version of thie Canadian Credit Mobilier. It does not differ materially from what was previously knowa, buts closes with & vory plain intimation thet Mr. G. W. McMullen, of Ghicago, blackmailed him, by hold- ing over him in ferrorem tho privato lottors which Bir Fugh wrote to McMullon and Smith, aud which have sinco boon publishiod. It was hard indood Lo pay out 950,000 gold to carry tho Oanadian cloctions, and thon to be compolled to buy his privato lottors back, and, on top of that, tolive thom printed in the Montrent Herald. This. is what ho saya about McbIullen and tho lottora: 1 desiro aleo to atato further, with regard to the en- velopa and papora which 1t containg, whieh were placed in tho hands of tho Ton, Mr, Starncs shorily beforo my doparture for England with the dolegation of tho Paoifio Rallway, that upon being Informed by mo that all nogotiationa botwoen my former Amoricau nsso- clates and mysolf on tho subject of the Canadian Facifio Railwny muist ceaso, Isrgo demands wero mado upon mo by Mr. McMullcn, bazed partly upon alleged oxpenituro by him, aud partly upon a claim Ly Lim for compensation for hls loss of timo ond sorvices in thio promotion of tho entorprise 8o long 8 ho and hia frinds remained connected with it Theso domanis at first wero of 80 oxtonsive a claracter thot I declined sltogother to cntortain thom., I was disposod to roturn to my Amorican sssoclies smy monoy which thoy might havo oxponded in tho matter, and 1 was ready to compensato 13ir, McMullen for tho 1loss of his time and s expenscs § but it nppearcd fo mo that tho sum which ho domandoed was much greater in amount than all such disbursomonts and oxponses could possibly have reached, I folt naturally that, by trusting totho Lonor of my correspondents, and writing to thom as I did in s manuor somewhat fnconsiderate, I had placed it 1n thelr power to annoy mo by tho publication of those lotters, and I foarod that tho outery which might fol- Tow thelr publication in the columns of cortain papers which have manlifested nnceasing hostility to the Cana- disn Pacifio Raflyay, might injure the prospocts of the delegation in England, I thereforo authorized an ar- rangemont to bo made with My, Mohfullen, by which & sum very much leos than his original demands should ‘o pald to Lim, the greater portion at onco, but the ro- ‘maining, and o considernblo portion, on the delivery of 1ho lettere to me after tho present sossion of T'arlia- mont, should thoy not bo published in tho interval. That was accordingly dono, Bfr. MoMullon ro- colved the groator part of the sum greod to with him, and tho remaindor was placod in one of {hoso onvol- opes in tho form of & chock, tho other envolope con- talning, to tho bost of my belief, the samo lotters which hiave been publishod in tho Montreal Herald this morn- ing, togother with ono or two others which do not ap- poar thero, but which would have established the rup- ture of oll negotistions botween tho Amerieans and mysclf; and this arrangemont was mado on my bohalf with Mr, McMullen, without tho concurrence or knowledge of any momber of the Govornment, nono of, whom were aware that the papors hnd beon depositod in the handa of Mr, Btarncs, (Bignod) : Tuan ALuaN, Bworn boforo me at Montreal, thls 4th day of July, A.D, 1873, J. L. Bravpuy, J. P, GEN. GRANT'S THIRD TERM. Thero is nothing very startling about the nows which comes from Washington that the party managors have about dotormined to run Gen. ‘Grant for o third torm. It is rather early in the day for casting tho Presidontial horoscope ; but tho Ropublican astrologers will undoubtedly bo on tho safo side In predicting tho renomination of Gen. Grant., They will at least make guro of lia favor in tho moantime, When Gon. Grant left the army, ho entorad upon negotiations for tho Prosidency. During tho last campnign there was an account of a consmliation that was held at Washington before Gon, Grant cousented to accopt the first nomination, in which Gon. Rawlius actod for Gon, Graut, sud Mr. Forney for the party., It was thon ropro- sentod, according to the story, that Gen. Grant could not afford to give up a life-tonuro of his position as Genoral of tho Unitod States Army, with o largo salary, to accept the office of Prosi- Qont for ono torm, or even for two terms. Gon. Qrant was thon assurod, it is said, that his period of Preaidential sorvico should not bo' limited to four yoars, nor eight yoars, but that he should be ro-olectod for a third term ot tho very least. Whethor this storyis truo or not, it bas a cortain verisimiltude hoightened by tho circumstanco that tho same lino of argument was puraucd to impross upon the people tho Justice of electing Gon. Grant for a second torm. 1t may bo that the doubling of his salary was in- tended to discount his option on the third term, 88 ho will now receive precisoly tho samo sum of money during Lis second term as ho would have réceived under tho oldrate of pay in tho two torms which had beau promised to him. The effect of tho incronso, howover, ia likely to bo just tho ro- verso of what it was intonded to be, 5o far ag Gon. Grant is concornod. 1t ho had a mortgage on two more torms at 25,000 a year, Lo is not the sort of man to give a roloaca doed, if hio can holp it, wheu double that amount is to bo had by Dotding on fo it. Tho predicted nomination of Gon. Grant for o third term is natural, thoroforo, bocause it has a commercial aspoct. Itis also natural becauso Lo is probably the best lving embodimont of the remaining principlos of bis party. Hois its fittest ropresentative. 1lo is conspicuously identifiod with all the acts, motives, aud purposes of tho organization, Hoeis tho cham- plon salary-grabber. Hoe grabbed moro than anybody elso. Ho believed in the grad, lobbicd for'the grab, signod the grab-bill, and is now ongaged in pooketing the grab, Tho grab of tho Congressman {s only $2,600 a year; the grab of the President is $25,000 o year, or just ton times that amount. The fitness of Gon. Grant for tho Prosidontisl nomination of tho Republican party is, thoreforo, tou times groater than that of auy Congrossional grabbor, Gon. Grant's claims to & ronomiuation were “also incrensed whon ho becamo tho apologist of tho Crodit Mobilier Congressmon. Ile deprecated tho tnveostigation. Nothing could como of 1t, hio anid, but “blackening the charactor ot some of our beat men,” and damaging the party accordingly. ‘When Mr, Colfax retirod from his joint dobato with Qnkes Ames, and with Nesbit's money in Lia pockot, ho immodintely got a cortificate of good character from the White Iouse, - Mr. Bingham had beoun denounced by g constitucnts for his operations in Crodit Mobilier rud his complicity in tho back-pay gral, and Gon. Grant at onco appointed him Miulstor to Japan. Gen. Butlor had mado himeolf conspicuous s tho attornoy of thoCrodit Mobiliar Congrossmen, and tod tho advance guard in tho fight for back-pay. Theroupon Gon. Grant espoused bis side as candidato for Govornor of Massrchusetts, and Is now filling up the Fedoral offleos in that Btato in Butlor's intorest. - Qen, Grant's peculinr fitness for the Ropublican nomiuation does not stop hore, Ho iy the chlef aupport of tho bogus Kollogg Government in Louisiana., 1Te austain- od Durell, aud telegraphed Gon, Emory to hold his troopa in roadiness to enforce the fraud at the point of tho bayouet. Shall he go unre- wardod for atanding firmly 'Ly tho carpet-bag- gors? Tho oftice-holders will probable answor “Nol" There is another roason why the ofico- holdors will rally about Qen; Grant's standard, Ho doca not bolievo in Civil-Borvice Roform, Noithor do they, Nor doos tho party, Gon. Grant retains tho Caseys and the Gramors, and Lo appointa the ITloldens and tho Nowmans. This 1y the kiud of men the party want, Thoy are sure of Grant ; they could not be #o sure of anybody else. It is also intimatod that tho rail- road peoplo, and the monopolists genorally, hinve au abiding falth in Grant, oqual to thatof tho oftice-holders and party-manngors, and that they will throw their influonce in his favor. All thinga considored, it is obvioun that Gon, Grant 1s tho most fitting roprosontative that tho Ropublioan party could put in nominntion § and it Is in overy way likely that, if tho parly-foeling shall bo tho samo threo yoars from now that it is to-dny, Dlosora. Morton, Conkling, Washburno, DButler, Logan, aud the othor Prosidontinl aspirants will havo to give way to his suporlor claims. o suits tho politicians. Ho knows how to usa tho patronagae in his hands for tho wolfare of tho party, Ho makes no spoochon nnd writes no lotters. Ilo nover votoos salary- bills, o bolioves in having a good time, About tho only thing that Gon, Grent would -be likely to resont at tho hands of the party would bon roduction of pay. Aftor all that ho hns dono ond contioues to do for the party, it is to bo lioped that the party will not show itsclf un- gratoful. ‘Tho third-torm idoa, at the increased rato of compensation, has cortalnly rocoived n very good '*go ofl."” POLITICS IN OHIO. Tho peoplo of Ohlo are now shaping politics with & viow to tho Gubornatorial election in the foll. Tho rogular Repullicans same timo einco nominated Gov. Noyes, Tho opposition, which would bo formidablo enough when united, soems to bo disorganizod, acattored, and uncven, It consista of four ecloments: Tho regular Demooracy, which hag called a convention for the 0th of August; the Allon County Demooraty, who have callod a convention at Columbus for tho 80th of July ; tho Liboral Ropublicans, who aro to assomblo in convention at the samo day and t tho same placo ; and the farmers, who do not yot appenr to have {nken steps toward an organization of any kind. - If nll tho cloments of opposition to tho Ropublican parties were united, there is little doubt that the rogular tickot could bo dofeated. From prosont indica- tions, howover, Gov. Noyes will bo ocasily elocted, although it isnot so certain that tho Topublicans will carry tho Legislature. 'I'ho advantages of o thorough and compact organi- zation are always sufficiont to dofont tho most dotormined opposition which worka, The Cinciunati Enquirer is anxious to impress upon the poople that the only way to bring sbout harmony is for all the conventions and loaders of the various movemonts outsido of tho regular Ropublicsn party to withdraw in favor of tho regular Domooratio Convention, ‘in- dorge its nominations, and go in for unlimited groonbacks. Worso advico could mot posaibly bo given. Tho Domoeratio paity roally died- about twolve years ngo. M. Fapillon, in his “ Physiology of Doath," describos tho slow and gradual pracess of tho groat destroyor,—how it nttacks tho various functions of orgonism, shams lifo nfter it has fairly " sot in, and finally ronches the vital part, or the last link botwoon human oxistonco oud dissolution, This is the kind of denth that tho Domocratio party -has been’ undergoing. Tow long must it b bofore the heort is finally. touched? All thorost of the organization hns yiclded to the attack, aud‘thore only romaina the faintost pulsation of tho hoart which koopa the .world from burying it out of sight. If tho Democratic party of Obio would decently givo up the ghost, thero would probably be no difffeulty in bringing ihe roform olo- monis among the people into a com~ mon movement. Somo of its time-sorv- org, na o mniter of course, would go over to the Republican party, whero they now naturally bolong ; but moro than 88 many Ro- publicans, sickened with the corraption and domagogism, would break off and unito with tho opposition. It will not be diffioult for tho Allen County Democracy, the Liboral Ropubli- cans, the farmors, and anti-monopolista to moot on common ground, 80 long ns that ground is not tainted with the rank growth of old Demo- cratio follies and projudices. Tho fact that they aro not alroady banded togothor in one move- mont shows them to be fully :as distrustful of tha Democratic as they are of the Republican party. If they unito with the old Democratic organization, thoy will bo routed. Tha? party can nover command the confllanca of thepooplo. Tho Ohio folk, and thoeo of ovory othor Repub- lican Btato, will bear with tho parly that was worthy of their co-operation ‘for so many yonrs, in spito of its presont vices and orrors, rathec than try anothor party which was dismised yoars ngo for worso slne. 8o long s8 tho old party organizations are main- tainod, the old party leaders must bo supported, They aro kept up for that purpose. DBut this is Just what the peoplo do not want, Tho spirit of roform will nover flud » practical embodiment in Olio or elsewhero until the professional poli- ticins on both sldes, with their salary-grab attachmonts, aro dropped out of sight. How long it will bo before tho: peoplo will talo tho matter in thelr own hands, regardloss alike of Democratic and Republican partios as thoy stand, it is difcult to say. Tho procoss of now formation 'is rocognizable in various parts of tho country in the farmors’ organiza- tions, tho anti-monopoly conventions, and tho indopendent municipat and local combinations, It would only bo progressing backwards for tho indepondont movomonts in Ohio to unite undor tho wmgls of tho Demooratio party, no mntter how feoblo thoir individual efforts, or how amall the chances of succoss may bo in disjolnted action, — ‘WOMAN'S WORK. In contrdistinction to tho agitations of such londers of thé Woman's Rights movoment as Busan B. Anthony, thero is eminent good souso In an nddress racontly deliverod by Mrs, M, B, Bronson Clark, beforo tho Trustees of tho "Womon's Contonnlal Asudelation- of America, which bhas beon organized for the purpose of onlisting tho servicos of women In this conntry in connoction with tho Coutonnial Exposition’ ot Philadelphin, in 1876, In tho courso of hor addross sho sob forth' tho objacts of tho Association which {8 seeking to cull out the bost offorts of the women of thiy country iu industrinl pursuits, art, mu- sio, scientiflo works, pootry, essays on art, education, juvoutions, oto. Thews are to be tho specjpl objects of tho Association, and, after tho Exhlbition is over, tho orgaulzation {u to bo kept alive for the purpose of iufluoncing tho progrees of tho country by the co-oporation of women, Iforeis nchance for the elovation of woman which should not be allowed to go un- improved. ero is an opportunity for womnn to mako hor influence folt, not only in tho re- Hults of lor work in ovory industrial departmont, but also In removing the political dilferonces which have estrangod tho two groat soctions of tho country., Theso do- dlrablo rosults cau Dbeo all tho more readily achiovod, inaymuch ag tho Association is § na~ tioual ono, and will embraco a memborship in eyory Btate aud Territory Iu tho Unlon, Such p groat work as this will do moro for the roal in- ;| toresta of womon than a lifotimo of tho blind voal of such reformers as Miss Anthony. This has somothing tangible and practical about it, and apponla to'tho skill nud Industry of women, In the words of Mra. Olark: As tho Institate through itn academies I {n Francs, 1t 18 proposod that In democratic form thin Association sbull ulthmately becomo to tho women of Amorica an inapiration snd incontive to oxcellenco, If it sball give needed stimulant and o high standard to thoso in 106 by-woys ond paths of lifo, thon will necossarily follow s reactlon which sholl reach and nffect tho daughtors of afMuonce, for nothing is moro truo than thiat ono part of tho Slata cannot bo really benofted without good repulting to tho wholo, Tho ‘broad nationality which it ia proposed slholl chinracterize tho Associntion will bb observed, The opportunity to take part anit havo a volco in its affairs a prosented to avery part of tho country, from tho far Norih to tho oxtremo Bouth, Tho women of the Isnd feel more keenly than the men paat dffcronces nud catrango- ment. Theao should givo placo to that kindly fecling Dbecoming hicira of 5 common_horitage, and having & common destiny, The membors of tho Assoclation will bo most happy Lo contribute by all means in thoir power to that end. Tho bonoficont, and at the samoe time patriotio ‘| 'burposes of this Association commend it to every ‘womnn and to every woll-wishor of woman, Tho women of Tilinols, who havoe beon -oarnest in evory good work in timos past, should lond the Assoolation & holping hand. ABIATIO RATLROADS, The English capitalists aro just at present do- voting consldorable attontion to the dovelop- mont of railrond systoms in Asin, for tho pur- pose of controlling tho whole tradojof Asin south of tho Russian dominfons, In addition to tho projects of connecting the Moditerranean with’ tho Porsian Guit by way of tho Euphrates, tho projoctod rallway systems in Hindostan, aud Baron Routor's groat Peralan concessions, which aro . really in the interests of Englaud, and. to farthor which tho Bhah was brought to England a8 o grand royal advertisoment, thoy Lave recently held o meot- ing to promoto railiway ontorprises in China. To carry.out their plans, the capitalists propose to +turnish rolling stock sufliciont to equip ten milos of road, which will be donated to the Em- poror of China, a8 an inducoment for him to consont to an oxtonsive notwork of rallronds in his dominions, The railrond questions now ponding in Southern Asia aro part and par- col of tho old struggle botween ° Rusuia and England for commorcisl and politi- cal supromscy in Asin. Half of tho necessary capital for the Chincso roads haaal- roady been' enbsoribed and tho remaindor is rondy wlon wantod. “in Chins, has recontly published some fnots boar- ing upon . this question. Ho asserts that largo soctions of the Ohincso population are unublo to obtain tho nocessarios of life, although thoy aro possosscd of minorals suficiont to buy all tho coreals roisod in Ohina, whilo other socctions aro forced to raiso crops for thoir immo- disto sustonnnco which aro not adapted to thoir soils,—nill for want of railway communi- cation. Monnwhilo, tho Russians are not slow in tholr commercial progross. Tho successful issuo of the Khivan campaign, resulting in tho conquest of that country, surrounds Bokliara on throo sides by Ruseian fronticrs, Tho commor- cial highway to Contral Aeia runa through Bok- hnrs, so that its occupation becomes a ne- cosgity. ,The futurc movemonts of the Russians are indicated in o lotter from PBamarcand to tho Bt. Potorsburg Golos, which says: “In'additionto Bokhars, we shall raquire the denscly inhabited and very rich provinces of Karshi, Hissar, Kundush, and somo ofhers in that quarter. Without tho an- noxation of theso districts, Tarkostan is worth nothing to us; but a single glanco at the map suffices to show that if wo extend our frentiors in that direction we shall only bo doing .what is inovitablo. Tho richest of tho really rich parts of Turkestan are porfoctly inoxhaustible,” Tho inevitable destiny of Southern Asia is to como oither undor tho sway of Russin or England; and, 08 both these powors are aiming at a com- morcinl supromacy, tho attainment of it by olthor will bo & gonoral blossing to the world. Tho schemo of reclaiming the groat Colorado desert is once moro on foot. Some years ago, a bill was introducod into Oongross giving thoso inferestod in the schemo.tho grant of cortain ‘wator rights and privilogos, and extonsivo tracts of lnod, but it failed. It Is now proposed to con- vort tho basin into an inland son by turning into it tho Colorado River at or noar Fort Yuma, tha anmo to bo used for tho purposes of irrigation and navigation, and a party of ongincors aro alroady on their way thoro, backed by San Fran- clgco capitalists, to make tho preliminary sur- voys. Tho San Francisco Bullelin soya's 1t 1a generally, but erronconsly, bellevod that tho Golorado dosort 1s an unproductivo, sandy wasto, Tho greater portion of tho basln posscsses on oxcollent soll {8 covered with o stunted growth of mosnuit ond other trees, and 3 capablo of produclng anything tho climato will pormit, providiog it ia woll watorod, Tho- foanibility of Introducing -sn abundsnce of water fo its frrigation trom the Colorado River wna demon strated by tho surveys mado by the original projoctors of the scheme of, reclamation, and mora recontly by tho survoys of the Toxas & Paciflo Railway. i In addition to the comploto revolution agricul- turally which this scheme will make, if succoss- ful, it will also undoubtedly change tho wholo motoorological condition of that country, as the winds blowing across tho desort would bocoma charged with moisture, and the southern coun- tios of California, through whioh this dosord strotohios, Ban Diogo, Ban Bornardino, and oth= ors, would no longor bo oxposed to the dry and parching winds which now blow over tho dos- ert. . M. Qounod, whoso wrath waa rocently stirred atiho plagiarists, who have boen stealing his adiige and altoring tho musio, isnow in hot wator with his publishors, Ilaving recontly writton o song, called * Lo Sicata,” ho wishod one got of words to bo adaptod to tho musie,; and his publishera wero determined to hiavo nnother sot. * Ionco aroso a foud, which hins boon raging for a long time, In the heat of tho contost, the composer printed somo very in- Judicious statomonts, roflecting upon his pub- lighers, whoreupon thoy suod him for libel, and rocovered o vordict of forty shillings! Tho Court in its instructions declared its inability to docldo botwoen tho two sots of words, but ro- marked that in both thero goomed to bo ¥ a deal of alluglon to ehades and flowera and breezos, and oll that sort of thing,” As *all that sort of thing " la the oharacteristio of nino-tenths of tho songs published now-a-days, Al Gounod sooms to hiave boon moro nico than wise in offonding his publishors to tho oxtont of forty shitlings. It fs & rathor ignominious state of things for the componor of * Faust,” The Euglish schiolars aro just now lamenting the fact that the old Tabard Inn st Southwark, whioh waa the rondozvous of Chancer's Oantor- bury Pllgrims, is about to be sold st auclion, and will probably be removed, as it atands in the way of the maroch of modorn improvomant, An English writor, dating. Lord Ronald Gower has mado o vory plaintive appeal to tho Governmont to ntop in and pro- vont such a ealnmity, but, ns the Governmont did not stop in to snve tho Donr's Mend at Enat- cheap, whore old Sir John and Princo Hial nsod to rovol, nor ovon Bliaksponro’s liouso nt Strat- ford-on-Avon, ho gots littlo eympathy, M. Lovwo, it will bo romombored, rocontly rofused to oxtond any Government nid'to tho antts quatlaus In discovoring tho mythical Tinm. Tho English Government is decidedly utilitarian, Menuwhilo, whore is Barnum, that ho fs not on his way to Europo to purchase tho Tabard Inn. and all its pooticnl asaociations, aud sot it up in this country ? : The forelgn dispatches have alrendy announced the death of Princo Josoph Ponintowsky, who, although ho hns always boon moro or less con- neotod with Buropoan_ polities, is much botter known to tho world ns » musical compokor. o wag born at Romo in 1816, and was tho son of Btanislas Ponlatowsky. In 1848, ho was mado n Princo ‘of Monto-Rotondo by tho Grand Duko Loopold IT,, of Tuscany. Ho was twico cleoted & momber of the Chambor of Dopulies ot Flor- onco, and was subsequently mndo Miniater Plen- ipotontiary at Paris, London, and Brusscls. Ho mado Parls hia pormanent residenco in 1854, but DLoa spont 1auch of his timo in London, whero ho was a gront favorite, Tho latost English pa- pors, Juno 10, contain announcements of con- corta to bo given by him in conncction with the Into visit of tho Bhah. Among tho oporas which ho composed are : Jean do Procida, Ruy Blaar La Binnceo d' Abydos, Esmoralds, Don Desido- rio, Ln Contessina, and Piorre do Medecis. ‘The 8an Francisco Dulletin urgos tho now doo- trino of outhanasis, and advooates its dissemina~ tion with tho hopo that thoe politicians willadopt it. Thoro is & good deal of force in this viow of tho, subject. The object of the Buthanasian Brothor- hood is to maintain the right of people who hinve survivod their usofulness to go to thoothor world aftor tho fashion of tho Japaneso * Happy Dispatch." In Japan, it has boon vory Bitceossfty inridding tho Empire of political nuisanoos. This country js ovorrun with them. Evory Stato Lins & number whom it could spare to its advan~ tage. What a groat rollet it would bo to tho wholo country if tho old politioal hacks, bum= mers, ond scallawags would but porsonelly apply tho outhanasian procoss! Buch an event would ronlizo tho truth of ono of Darwin's thoorios in **tho survival of tho fittest,” and give to politics s now and honent cloment. ] It will bo romombered that a shork time sinco, tho Ozar of Russia issued o sovoro edict againat tho Russian young womon in attoadanco at tho Univorsity of Zuvich, forbldding their roturn to Tussia. 1o has now suspended for the present the appointmont of women to telegraph-ofiices, on tho ground tbnt tho number of women em- ployed in theso duties ia alrendy too largo. It is furthormore stated thet women in Russin aro now doprived of almost the only menns by which thoy can earn their living, and that even the ad- vantagos of a good education aro denied thom, a8 thore {8 not a suflicient numbor of educational establishmonts in Russis, and, since the Zurich domonstration, thoy nro forbidden to go abroad. The condition of Russia would seem to indicato that it is an oxcollont missionary fiold for Aliss Anthony. Tho dispatchos in our last issue contalnoed tho announcoment that M., Paul Granior do Cassag- nac, tho Paris editor who rocently challegod M. Ranc, tho unfortunate Communist Doputy, was soveroly wounded in tho ducl. Cassngnno is tha fighting oditor of Imporialism, and has probably fought moro duels than any othor man in Paris. Novw that a low-down Communist has lot some of his hot blood out of lim, it i8 to bo hoped that ho will cool off and fool better, and givo his timo hereafter to his nowspapor dutics. Jour- nalism may well Lo ashamed of such reprosont- atives a3 Cassagnao and Rhott, ‘The Shah of FPorsin. The visit of the Bhah of Persia to Europe has given a now interest to tho history of his family and country. Tho story of the Persian Mon- archy has beon long the study of the most emi- nent writors. 'Thé rosoarches of the prosont contury have lod to an almost now history of tho great Asiatio States of sntiquity, and in this ro- bLabilitation thoro is much that relates to Porsin. Whon o royal edlet is issued, it ie gonerally pro- faced with arecital of tho Bhah's dignities, such a8 tho *“Koblih alem, the sovercign whoso oles vation vios with that of the planct Saturn, to whom the sun serves for s banner, whose splon- dor equals that of the heavens, whose aimics are more numerous than tho stars, whoso great- noss is liko that of Jomechid, and whose munifi- conco is liko that of Darius; the sovereign who is thoe inboritor of the throne of the Kninninns, Nasr-cd-din Shab, King of Kings, the son of Kings, the great and mighty sud absolute Ewm- poror, of Porsia.” J The individual who is thus particularly do- seribod is tho fourth monarek of Lis immodiate fumily, though claiming an ivheritance through his predecessors back to the romotest timo, o Chaldean Empir, it it claimod, was foundod by Nimrod, son of Cush, tho grandson of Noah, Tho family of the predent 8hal claim o deacont from Noab, through Japhoth, Tho Modian and Porsinn Btatos existod beforo tho Assyrinn Mon- archy, and wore, porhaps, contemporaneous with Obaldes. The supposed founder of tho Porslan Monarchy was Achiomenes, somewlere about B. 0.050. Persia wos then tributary to Medin. Cambynacs, of Porsis, who diod B, 0. 558, wag mnrried Lo & dnughtor of Astynges, tho King of Medon ; aud his son, Cyrus tho Groat, born sbout B,.0. 693, overthvew the Modian Empire, which then includod Assyria. Cyrus conquered Dabylon and founded the -Persian Em- plro. Ho died B, O, 622 Iis family rulod tho Persian Empire until its con- quest in B. O, 831 .by Aloxander tho Groat, In tho division of tho Empiro of Aloxander among his Gonorals, Seloucus Nieator obtained Dubylonin, Medid, Porsls, and Purthia, and foundad tho Syrian Kingdom, In B, 0. 240, Par- this bocame an'indopondent kingdom, and a con. tury later conquered Persin, In A, D, 226, tho Porulnns revolted, and the Perslan Monarchy was re-entablished under tho Sarsanida family. This dynasty.continued to rule in Porsia until A. D, 041, when tho Baracons of Turkestan, ono of tho numerous familics passing under tho goneral namo of Turks, conquored tho country, Persla-during its indepondont stato had pro- duced soveral monarchs of distinotion, Among thoso was Chosroes IT, (ko Groat, who reigned from 531 to 580, In 1103, Genghis Xhay, of the Mongol Tartars, included Porsin in his conquest, and his descondants ruled in Yorala for soveral gonorations, Thoy woro succoaded by (ho family Lamerlano, and by 'L'urcomnan rulers, and fually, in 1500, Ishmacl, a descondant of tho Sheik Buffeo, induced a rovolt, mud eatah- lished tho Baffavolk dynasty. Tho tlist of theso, Iumael, wne the aon of & Kajar mother. Tho Kajar tribes presorved tholr tribal organiza- tion, undor tholr own Khans, or Olilefs or princos, and {n 1722 Fath Ali Khan became Chief of all tho Knjar tribos in Porsla, and in the samo year ho rosewed Inpshan from a slogo by the Afrghans, Lho joalousy of the noblos drovo tlo Kajar Chiof into rotiremont, and soon aftor tho roigniug Blinh wea takon prisonor by the Affghans, and abdicated in favor of his son-in-law Mabmud, %ho Kalar Ohiof egon orcanizod an army, and oxpellod tho Aftghane, and was him- golf aganusinatod by an aeplrant to tho throno Fath All Khan'loft' a #on, Muhammad Hassan Khan, who conducted for n_long timo a strig- glo with Nudir Kull, an usurpor. Tho Inttor wus killed in 1747, and, during tho intervening period, threo sovoroigna of the old line had nominnlly reigned. One Korim Khan then usurpod tho throno. Mubammad Ifassan Khan, the Xajar Ohiof, opposed tho wusurpor. In 1751, tho Khan of Affghan sont an army into Porsia, in which omergonoy tho Kajar Ohiof drow around Lim all the Kajar tribes and all the Persinng. From thoso Chiofa ho recelved many prosonts, Including two dinmonds, now worn by tho pronont Shali, ono thio ** Boa of Light,” wolgh- ing over ono ounco, and tho,other * Crown of tho Moon,” welghing neatly an ounce. Muhammad Hossan Khen prosecutod the war vigorously, oxpolling tho Affghans and dofealing tho usurper, but in 1767 he sufferod great losscs, and finally ho was killed. Io loft two sous, Agho Muhammad Khan and Hussein Kull Khan, T'ho lattor wos killed & fow yoars lator, Kerim, tho usurpor, continned to rule until 1779, and, whilo holding Agha Muhaminad Khan a prisonor, rendored him unable to have children, Kerim died in 1779, ond Agba Mubommad, as the hoad of tho Kajars, bogan a war for the throna of Porsin. Mo wasa hator of all man- kind, and bis roign, which lnsted until 1797, was o auccossion of tho most horrible murders, mu- tilatlons, tortures, and orucity. Ho murdored allof tho living doscondants of tho proceding -dynasty, Ho, in 1797, was murdored by two of his attondants whom ho had marked for strangu- 1ntion tho noxt day. Thus was the Kajar dynas- ty outhroried In Porsia soventy-six years ago. Tho sccond Kajar Shah was Fath Ali Shah, who died in1884; tho third waa Muhammad Bhah, who died in 1848, and the fourth is tho present Bhal, who wag born in 1833, . Tho Xajar Bhols seom to be o proliflc race. Every malo person connected with thom s a Prince, or Chief, wenring ‘tho title of Khnn, Porsin {8 ovorrun with thom. Tho first Shab, for tho renson stated, bad no childron. Mo had two sistors. Ono of theso loft, one son, who ia Kan lor Xhan, Tho second Shah Fath Ali had 4 logitimato wivos, sud 164 scoondary wives, eluding pormanent as well as tomporary rosl- donts of the harom. Ho had 205 cbildron ; of theso, 169 died In infaney, and 60 sons and 46 dsughters lived to mature ago. Al tho sons had childron, though not all a8 many onch g their fathor. The sons, grandsons, and groat~ grandsons of the second Shak, now vory numer- ous, aro all Princes of tho blood. Tho 60 sons mlono hod 670 children, The number ot the children by the daughtors is not enumor- ated, tho malo lino alono boing Princes. Au- hammoad Shoh, tho third monarch of the lino, died in 1848, nged 41 yenrs, Ho left surviving him only five sons and four daughters, only two of whom wore by tho ssmo mothor, His oldest son is tho presont Shah, who waa born April 24, 1833, 'The prosont Bhah has lost nino sons and mony deughters, who died youngi and has threo sons and six daughtors living. Thoso sons aro: 1. Bultan Mas ud Mirza, Zil ue-Sultan, born in 1850, Govornor of Fars, who has ono son and four daughtors. 2. Musafer ud-din Mirza, hoir to tho throno, born in Qctobor, 1851, who haa six clildron. 8. Knmram Mirza, naib us-Bultanch, 17 yoars of age. Of tho six daugh- ters flvo are married, and sovoral of thom bave children. Tho Bhoh has four rogular wives, that is, thoso to whom Lo is allied by & marriago coromony, but the numbor of others has not been etated. "It is stated that in ono instanco, at least, ho has recruited his rogular matrimonial obnrgo in Buropo, Ifo {s accompaniod in Eug- land by a sulte of Princes of the blood and oth- ors, numboring about fifty persons. The territorial aroa of Porsia is 635,908 aquaro miles. “*tha population is botweon four and five millions, or about that of tho Stato of Now York, Tho anuual rovonue is sbout $18,750,000, leaving o surplus of €2,000,000 snnuslly, The Shah owes nodobt, and tho Treasury is filled with goldand jowols to tho value of 830,000,000, Ho Log on army of 161,000 mon of all arms. The mojority of tho peoplo aro Mohammedans, but of different sectd. Tho Catholios have sovoral bishoprics, and tho Protestant missions have sovoral stations. It is ncedless to eny that tho Governmont is an absotuto despotlsm, but tho presont Shah evinces a disposition to rise abovoe tha indolenco which marks the luxuary of Orion- tal nations, ——— NOTES ‘AND OPINION, California olects & Logislature in Soptomber, snd upon the Logislatura devolves the choice of s Unitod Btates Sonator, The’San Francisco Bulletin says : ‘There {8 great activity just now fn the matter of or- ganizing Granges in this Stato, , . . . The Peo- l6's movements in soveral of tho ‘countles Liave boen organizod under tho most fnttoring auspices, . » « . It would be a novel spectaclo if, as tha usuo of ail fhicss movements, the people in o larga portion of Culifarnia should securo the muuzgemont of their own local afe falrs, and that the Legislaturo which is to assemble in Docember should acknowledgo au alleginnco higher than that of mero party, Wo ehould then be in sition o reat on' somathing Mo torms. of cqunlity with that ovorshadowing monopoly which s every- whero putting tho masses to tholr mettlo, —Tho Placor (Cal.) Argus gives voico to the complaint of poople of that County, on Paciflo Railroad extortions, saying : The railroad company wiil ero long bo brought tore- alizo tho fact that when tho people rise {n thefr might, thoy are_moro powerful thau tho writton Iaw of tha laud, and will find o tholr sorrow that thero Is such o thing ns carrying oppression to too groat a longth, —The Granges aro made up of mon of both partios, and tho most significant foature of tho whole movoment is the perfoct cloarness with which it demonstrates that party lines aro wonk- oning and lndlnfi out in" tho Weat, where tho public pulse boats more freely aud whore mon demnnd actual rosults from ‘the party in power. The farmors of the West say in effect liat thoy havo ndbered to the oxisting political partios until thoy have falleu bohind tho roquira- ments of tho time. The party which in futuro rocolven their support must be a party of action, of deods, not morely ono with a history, For these and othor rousona the recont TFourth of July scorus to havo meant more in Xllinois and tho othier Wostorn Statos than in al%[lothcr part of the conmr{.—olevchnd gohio) ader, —'I'he groat produciug classo—tho farmors and tho mechamcs~find thomuolves at the ab- soluto morey of the monay-changers. ..., In our judgment tlns movemoent holds forth the only fair show of saviug the public morals and the public liberty, We do not kuow that it can suc- cecd—wo Moo vast obatacles in the way—the forco of this concontrated power of capital in the hands of the fow; but it is the only hopo.— Richmond (Va.) Whig, g coplo of this country are becoming rapidly educated up to & knowledgo of the bauis on which their libortics and thoir intorests ulti- matoly rost—in an oulightoned detlning of_thoir rights aud s just application of thom by the courts. -Precedents not founded in right must bow their veuerablo hondy bofore tho ntalligent convictionu of living nctors. ‘Tho vorblago and the hedging oxpodicnts embodied in tho.idle tochniculitios of courts must yield to tho de- wmands of justico es botwoen oquals Loforo the Iaw, irrospoctivo of accldontal or social status,.— Bloominglon (It Teadr. —Labor_is oufitled to o fair share of the profits mado by the use aud combination of labor with capital; Capital is no moro ontitled to all tho profit of labor and capital, less tho wages pnh]l(u Iabor, than labor iy eutitled to all tho profits, loss the lutorost paid to capital. As wages aro paid to Iabor, 80 should interest ba paid to cn}mnl, and whatover is earncd by joint and combiued Inbor and capital above wages and’ Interest should be fairly divided botwoon capital aud Jabor,—Dubuque (Jowa) Lelegraph. —I¢ {8 just o trillo comio to read the advico Qrant partisany aro glving to farmers, * 0, wo Deliovo u your movoment, but be sure and lot politics alone.” Qov. Carponter, of Tows, thinks the peoplo should mind thelr own buainoss, but lot polltfi«n alono. All the candidates in Minue- sota are unauimons that tho farmors shonld lob politics alono. Every Dlostmustor advises hom to lot politics alono. Lvory rin about _eve court-house 18 suro thal they should lot politics alone, And the organa too, ‘Ihioy have no doubt of it. But how aro thoy to reform an abuso if thoy- let politics alono?” Tow punish tho Mobilior folks aud baok-pay grabborn ? _How roach tho tariff und other monopolies ? ow roform the currenoy ? How royive tho commerco, opon markots, and forco choap transporiation? Iow accomplish any valuablo rosult? Is it worth whilo to Fnl’n(lo griof and outragos without dolng somothing to romedy them p—8l Paul (Minun.) Pioneor, —1ho Farmora’ movement has brought abont a ohango iu tho action of leading Graut maus ogors. It 1o now protty .woll nndorntood that tho Farmors hnvo hocomo tired of tho Grant politiclann, and intond to ‘throw them overhonrd at tho coming oloctionn, Tho hand-writing Is so viaible, that widesproad.alavm {8 mnnifosiod in the Republican camp. _In order to maintain tholr‘:n\var, llmfl aro disposed to ol down-on thoir kneos and bog for votes from tiio inen tliey ridioulod in the most contomptuous manner ono yonr ngo,—Albany (¥. X.) Arqus. —This grontost of all’ monopolics (slavery) having bean destroyed througl ils influenco, tha Ropublican party will not coaso its offorta wntil ovory omuu}znuon or corporation which inter- foros with the rights of tha oitizon, or tho legiti« mato trado nud businoss of tho public, hnu Loon. Lrought under the control of wholesomo and constitutional Inws.—Alfon (Ill.? Telegraph, —That tho Republican qfirty £l o[&‘mud to tha farmors,” not eyon sympathizing with tho peopla in their distross, must bo apparont to ovory one. In order to doter Ropublicans from unPonIXn the causo of tho pooplo ngainst monopolios, Radical nowspapors and leading politicians aro stigma- tzing tho farmors’ movomont aga *now party movoment of Democrats,” oto,, and, like tha corporations, ara endoavoring to make it odious, 80 88 to koop Ropublicans out of itw—Illinois Blalo Regisier. g —Danlol M., Orabb, of Macomb, MoDonongh' County, Ill,, writes the Blade that ho hos nlways aoted with the Domocratio party, but is now con vineed that it is his duty to voto the Republican Hokot—that tho Domocratlo party ia no longer an advocato of correct gflnuipluu. Bolieving tha nfiynbllcm party to ho truo to tho principlea which form thofoundstion of our freo institu« tions, ho will horeafter act with that party,— Toledo Blade, ~—Thoro novor has been sich a bold strilke tq nnrq:tuntn dishonesty and corruption in power, a8 tho nomination of Carpentor for Governor.of Iowa by tho Republican party, . . . . Tha ‘man or party that will attompt to Lold Carpena torup to honest poople, must bo stecpod im tmrty corruption tosuch an extent as to deserva ho rovorest consuro, and an ovorwhelming de« font- 4t f;lm bollot-box.—Page Counly (lowa) ocrat, —Tho day when a Ropublioan is compolled’ ta vota for ** & bad mon or incompotent candidate,” simply becaueo he i on the Republican tickot, ia not a day of this yoar of graco 1874.—Des Moines (Jowa) Register, ~In the main tho Tows Ropublican platform is good ocnough, but the wame rulo that they havo used to meaguro the opposition will do ta try thom, Tho foutth rosolution docs not fill tho bill, and the sixth lots U. 8. Grant slip through. Tho eighth rogolution i u!flenmd, and wa indorse it. With tho oxcoption of Carpontor, who hoads tho tickat, thoy mado good momina< tions.—Oskaloosa (Iowa) Reform-Leader. ~—Tho Republicans of Iown bave taken the right ground, whon thoy declara it the duty of overy Repnblican to oppose tho cleotion of bad mon'to_oftico, whether they b nominaos of fho Rn;lmblicnn party ornot. The man who fails to dolt inTowa or any other Btato, is as falso ns tha truo principles of Ropublicaniem as he is to thosoe of honor nmtdunlmn. Buch o porversion of tho uso of tho ballot dostroys the only npsanl tho pooplo have against corruption and fraud.— Alchison (Kans.) Globe. 3 —Bonator Carpentor’s dofonse of tho Oredit Mobilier corruption and of tho back-pny graly may bo nccoptod as tho not and edict of ‘the Ttor publican Nationnl Adwministration. Tho Prosi- dont connot make a speoch. Tho Vico-Iresidont ia spoachless, Tho moxt man to them in tho Goyernmont—tho successor in caso of vacancy to their officos, bas spokon for thom, and his dofonse i8 their defonse, It is tho delegated volce of the Ropublican parly of the nation, avowing and defonding its crimes. That is just. what Benator Carponter's Janesville speoch amounted to, aud no less.—Milwankes News. —On tho whole we regard Senator Carpenter's defensoasan ablo_oue, and whilo porhaps it would have beon policy in Congross not to have passod the law, yot we bolieve it wag just and right.—Brandon (Wis.) Times. . —Thene mon say I should have loft tho monoy in tho United Statos ‘Crensury, DBut tho Enstern poople, who are in bottor circumstancos than.wa n tho West, pormit thoir mombers to supporc tho bill aud pocket tho money, Tho revouua comos from tho whole peoplo nltke; honca, if Wostorn mombers docling theirs and Lsstorn mombors acoept it, what olse is_it than levying more tribute on the labor of tho West for tha bonefit of rich men in -tho East?—Congressman Walker, of Towa. Our Congressmen must.not attempt to justify tho * salary-steal " on any such grounds as this. If Eastorn members aro robbors, so much strongor is tho roason \\‘hx those from other parts of tho country should bo honost men,— Burlinglon (Ioum{ Hawk-Eye. —Votora of tho Fifth District of Tllinois, your Congrossman _{Burchard] oxcutes himsoff for tho gnlary steal on tho ground that he could not livo in Washington on £5,000 per annum, . . . But how comas it thatnconfessedly poor man, on+ toring Congross on o pallry ealary of 86,000, in tho short space of tio years is enabled to pur« chaso ono of the most valuablo residences in tha county? Suroly this does not indicato hard %I;nus with ‘¢ our membor."—Freeport (1) Bul- etan, 5 ~—A8 mombora of the Forty-third Congresa ara vory gonerally drawing their pay at the rato of 87,600 per annum for the first quartor of the Congroasionnl yonr, it would bo intoresting to know what onr two Michigan Senators and nina Michigan Represoutatives have done or ore going to do in the matter. When Congress meots in December throc-fourths of tho first yoar's salary will have boen due, and it is_not ko bo expocted that any man who hng talon $6,026 as compensation for his services during thoso nine mouths will bo a sturdy advo- cato of a roponl of the ealary increnso act—Ue- troit (Mich,) Free Press. —It can boe said truthtully that of the 337 Scn~ ators, Reprosontatives, and dologates of the Forty-Socond Congresa nbout 270 or 280 have rotained thoir proportion; of tho 860 odd mombers of tho IForty-Third Congress all have been receiving it and keepingit. . . I tho mombers of tiio I“on‘-l‘ d Congress re~ coive and rotain pu{, at tho rato of §7,600 per annum, under tho law which divects tho sama amonnt to bo puid to the Forty-Second Con~ greas, sooner or later the Iatter, ‘or thoir heira- at-law, will roceive the snmo amount, simply o< onuso thoro is no principlo of law o aquity ap~ plicabla to the membors of the Forty-Third Con~ 055 which & not aqually applicablo to tho mom-= E:m of tha Forty-Sccoud Congress. Putting it into tho Troasury in tho modo proposed; under the facts as thoy now exist, or ns they are likely to bo at any faturo poriod,’ will not })m’b:\hly bar ita rocovery.— Washington Chronicle—kz-Senas tor Harlan, —We balieve the peoplo demand that the wholo of tho odious anlary law passod at the Inst. sosslon of Congress bo ropealed, If it should subsequantly be dcomed adavisable to incrensa tho snlury of . the Prosidont, or any otlor oflicer of the Governmont, Congross cau rendily make tho ndvanco nt auy timo; but at prosont the peoplo are fully persuaded that no advanco way roquired and dotormined that the law shall ba ropoalod.—Toledo Ilade. —Whilo thoy aro trying Cbarles A, Dans fox libol, for his attnoks upon the District of Golum- Dbia * improvement " swindles, we should liko to have tho public made acquainted with the whola history DF the Board of Tublic Works of Washs ington City. Tha oflico of Auditor of that Board has boou & very curious ono. Several men have filled it—nouno for a perlod more than o yoar, we balieve, and it has had & wondorful offect in con~ veorting poor men inlo rich men in that short timo, It was oaid Inst wintor to be worth more than tho Presidoncy of tho United States. Give us s list of thoso gentlemon, what thoy wore worth whon thoy went into office, and liow mucli they would tnke for their assots mow. “Thoy woro all houoat pooplo, no doubt, but tho: bad’'n secret for cconomy and saving whicl might bo of groat publio beneflt if funu;qlflly known. No_public-spirited man would be will~ ing to bury in the_samo grave with bimsolf tha recipe for making $100,000 & yenr out of a salary of £8,000.—5t. Lonis Democrat. —_——— EDITORIAL EXCURSION. The Tditorial Associntion of Indians, number« ing fifty-threc porsons, hoaded by their Prosi- dont, Mr, Powoll, of Laporto, and tha silvor band of Warsaw, arrived in the city yestorday morning, and rogistered at the Contral ITotel, which thoy made thoir houdquarters during the dny, In tho ovening they stopped on board the fine steamer Peorless (whoso dack adjoing tho Lotol) for a trip to {ho Lake Buperior region, and thence along the line of the Northern Das cifio Railroad a8 far as Dlsmarck, rolurning home in about two weoks Ly way of Chicngo, whon they can bo again found at the Codtral duriug tholr stay in town, _ Drowned. 5 Bosrox, July 8.—A small sloop was found in iho bay yostoriay, and when being righted n body lodamo dlsengegod from (ha riggiug and sunk, It is aupposed threoothors wero drownod whon the sloop capsized, : Dunuque, July 8.—On Bundey aftornoon Amzi MoWillinms, agod 25 years, wan drownod in tho Coon River, about slx "miles wost of tho olty, whilo attempting ta resoue a compauion, —_—————— Transportation Convention, . Des Moinzs, July 8,.—Qov. Carponter haa de« cidod not to call LKu Convention of Goveruorg on tho trausportation quostion uutil next tall,