Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 16, 1873, Page 1

- @The hicagn Daily ' VOLUME 26, MUSIOAL. Grand, Square & Upright PIATRNOS. FIRST of the Grand Gold Medala of Honor, World’s Fulr, Parls, 1867.-Loudon, 1862 Tho most perfostly nrranged nnd tho Largost Piano Man- ufaotary In the World. Ono Pinno Every Worldng 1lour, Ten Ple nnos Livery Duay. AN UNLIMITED GUARANTY VURNIBHED WITH BAGIH INSTRUNMENT. 81/~ Othor good_Planos, both now aud’ socond-haud, constantly ou hand, 'SMXTE & NIXON, | GENERAL AGENTS FOR THE NORTHWEST, Q 103 AND 164 STATE-ST, LOO CHICKERING PIANOS - TO ARRIVE NEXT WEEK, All havo the new double bearing]| lagraffo rocently . patonted by dmckurh:g& BSons, which is con- “|sidered the mont valuable improves mont ever introduced in o Piano.| Oall and 800 them ot ¥ REEDS *TEMPLE OF MOSIC, Cor, Dearborn and Van Buren-sts. ARTISTIC TAILORING. “) Word to the Wise,” Our Fall and Wintor Fashions aro issued. have just placed on our Countors a qo‘gf e Cihant i AT, Gha W TR L 'ROWBSBERINGS, SUITINGS, and BEA- i VERS, ‘We Discount TEN PER CENT on all QGarmonts ordered of us during remainder of August, 1873, ‘WHDDING GARMENTS o Speoialty. BERVANTS' LIVERY mado to measure. EDWARD ELY & (0, IMPORTING TATLORS, WABASH-AYV., cor. Monroe-st. BESTABLISHED 18_5& BUSINESS CARDS, BIGES, SPENGER &00. Offer for tho F'all Season, tho Finest Line of Breech and Mugzszle-Loading Shot-Guns they have ever imported, comprising every de- sirable design and price, All intorested are invited to examino them. BIGGS, SPENCER & CO., 835 Wabash.nv. SCOTCHPOLISHED GRANITE SHEARER, SMITH & CO,, DALBEATTIE GRANITF TORKS, DAL- BEATTIE, SCOTLAND, Supply Pollshed Gray, Bluo, and Red Gennilos for monu: favital nod architeotural turpoass, Jinblosivg sevorii Hindreda of workman in qubrcyini, drowibg, ant polish- 1t OF Qrnitor Sey B: & CO: ato Gablod 10 'supply Lhelr Sofehrated Dafvozittlo Granito with dfspatch. FINANCIAL, 105 CLARIK ST\, Methodist Chiarch Block. Stx por cont intorest o on dopoait, pasablo seml- d an, ol yeur. e e COVILLE, Prostdont. Wat, Kersey Rexp, Gashlo NOTE.—Until furthor notics, any boy or girl ealling at tho Binak will bo presented with o pass baok froo, and oue_dimg deposited to his or hor orodit, whioh sumn ¢an bo drawn out at ploasuro. DI ‘Wo colloot olalins ngainst partles thronghoul the Uni- 100 Statosmng Oanadan, 1t fucy wont pmy o pubiisn th Tact. lnh‘,]llfl llml.lm“" Igrflr A'Xfld::-m }:‘a’{m'x;twnflw i “B‘BIS\. ; i subnor ; 9 i;‘%‘b i‘ifihc‘fl"mm"uonw«mw "AGENo, 18 adison . GOLD PENS, HOLDERS, AND PENCILS, COLVER, PAGE, HOTNE & (0, 118 and 120 Monvoe-st., Chicago. GENERAL NOTICES. “Public Notice. All available spacoe in the INTER- STATE INDUSTRIAL IXPOSI- TION OF CHICAGO FOR 1873, exoept in the Hall of Fine Arts, hav- ing been-allotted to exhibitors, no- tice is heroby given thet no further applications can be entertained, ox- cept in the Fino Art Dopartment. By ordor of the Exocutive Com- mittee, JOHEN P. REYNOLDS, Bocretary. DISSOLUTION. (v day olvod bymutusl consont, Al olaima ainst the Hirm, as woll ns aconuntu dua tiiem, will bo tlod by Fred Liusso and Thioo, Jalineko, CHIOAGO, Aug. 13, 1878, 1lpo bog 1o tnform 1oy numorons onatomoes that, 1 havo this day formed a copartnarship (frod Buwo and Thea, Jahnoko) unior thostylo of Busaa & Co,, and would bo pleased 1o rocelvo urdors’ lfi'lj;’llslrlc § 473 $1tchellat,, OHRTHTIAN BUBAOK, FREBIICI RS g it JAINOR I, A TROTTING M.A.'-J.U‘OI—I C 1 ‘s Itoad Hi it L N L S he sold on this tace at O. (1, HMITIL'S, Wost Jackson st., :x- oen Olinton and Usnal, Baturdsy and Monday oven- 5 e e ANTED-AGENTS- 10 820 por munth, everywhero, to soll onvy of the most usoful articles cyor vouted noedod fn ovory family, Bond for Olrou, lar, Addross, BECOMB & CO., t., Ciiroado, 1), t with rosponsihle partios for furnisht Traerer houand Onk. Haeral 1ianon: WAl furaian a “abmarkat valuo. ~ Addrosed, K. L. Go.y WANTED---SOLICITORS. Tha Manliatian Lits Tnturanco Company wauld omploy iors for Diinluous 1 o clly. AppIyattho n 18 and 3 ¢'olouk, Roows 20 and 91 Major Blook. on thet tho firu of O, usack & Oo. | COAL. A A A A A AN AN ANy [WDIANABLOGK GOAL Weo havo establishod o ¥ard ot the Corner of Carvell and Carpenter-sts,, For tho storing and salo of tho conl mined by the CLAY AND MORRIS COAL C0.'S, OF BRAZIL, IND. Tho Oonl from tho mines of theso nnmPn- niosis excellent for domostic use, burning frooly with o bright blass, hotng froo from uu‘gzll{mr. cloan to handlo, and making no olinkors, = Prico, delivered, per ton.....$87.50 Ordors roceived ot our Rain Ofico, No, 7). -Washington-st.; at our Hard Qonl Dooks, 13 Kingabury st., noar Kinzio, snd foot of Hast Sixtoonth-st., ond nf our Indiana Gonl Yard, corner Oarroft and Uarpentor-aty. 0 have TELEGRAPHIO CONNEC- TION botweon our Main Ofiico and all our Yards, thus insuring promptnoss in tho fll- ing of ordors, . E. L. HEDSTROM & CO. H, PRATT, Agon! Coal. Coal. TINER T. AMES & (0, - PRINCIPAL OFFICE, '1 West Randolph-st. Tump Tehig] J$11.50 Lackawanng ... 9.50 Canuel ... .00 Blosshurgl 9,00 Walnut flill, Exie, and Tlocking Valley. Minonk. ....... 42 NMasten's Indiana Block. 8.00 Vilmington. ...-e.... .. 6.00 WHOLESALE AND RETATL, 'Liberal Reduction made on Coal by the Car Load. SOUTH CHICAGO tract of land in vicinity of South Ohicago, offerod at o bargnin by CHACE & ABELL, 184 DEARBORN-ST. 40 Acres Cliojeo Realitnnco Propurty~Tigh Grovo Land at WASH- INGTON HEIGHTS—ovorlook] n‘u Morgan Park. IFz- collont wator. Two guod hiousos, large barn, and other improvemonts. - Tho Dauvillo Raitrund will 'bo running ot Ita wost lino in oixty doys, anl farcs frco 1o and f Chicago, for threo soars; ‘enatanteud. For salo low by J. 1. BECKWITH & BONS. REMOVAL, 9.00 8.00 .. 8.00 The \'{Ell-klm‘(gl%. Establishment @ MENDELSON, REMOVED TO No. 34 Washington-st., Bot. Statoat. & Wabssh-av, NEW GOODS ARRIVING DAILY. , | COMIMISSION MERCHANTS, ES’I_‘ABLISI—IEDWJ.ESG:. D. W. IRWIN & CO,, Genoral Commission Merchanta. FLOUR, GRALN, PROVISIONS, BATRIIFY, Bought and shiippod or_carriod on marglus in Chicago ‘Markot. No. 2 Chamber of Commerce, Chiengo. = = THE “BROADWAY” DRESS SILK HAT, INTRODUOED THIS DAY BY BREWSTHER, Corner Clurle and Madisonasts, On all Garments sold by us during July and August, 1873. BLY & CO., WABASH-AV., CORNER MONROE-ST. PERFUMED ANTISEPTIC. " CHOLERA, And mony othor disonaes, may be prevented by inholing tho “PERFUMED ANTISEP- TIO.” If you prefor to take the chances, don’t buy it at 02 Iinko, 86 Olark, 154 Twen- ty-second, 786 West Madison, or 648 West Liako-ste, FOR SALE. BASE BALLIRTS! Rynu Dead Bulls, 814 doz. nud 81.25 ench. e4 Madi fkots for to-lay's Groat Mut: tor salo, Sugar-Cured Ham ugar-Cured Hams, 1T havo & stock of ohotoo Wintor-enred Uanvasod Hams, uality guarantoed, Wholosalo and rotail ordurs solia- flod. THOS, O, BARTER, 233 Urove-st., Ohlcago. Iron Bedsteads, UHILDREN'S ORIBS, and FLOWLR 8TANDS, made toorder, OHIUAGO IONIN BEDSTIAD CQ,, Van Bu- ._Faotory, 435 Bodgwll T0 RENT. TO RENT. T el ront my now seaidonco, No, 819 South Peoriaat., (with bara), Tacnismed or ingtly furiisbiod, ta gand foi! lnl.‘ hur the Illll'ili, and’ “"lll llkanr:;;lrl:’lu)rl:‘n"!‘;ln.. ’"Illl.l, it o o, OF han e provee mo LRuoM, o Bave 0 Sh I WILDE, - within fen minutes after my roturn homo CHICAGO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1873. BUTLER BOTTLED. George F. Hoar Replies to Butler’s Defense of the Salary Steal. The Grab a Gross, Uncalled-for, Extreme Abuse of Popu- lar Confidence. And an Examplo of Lavish Expendi- ture when tho People Were Bent with Taxés, ; The “Poor Man” Argumente= $5,000 for Six - Months ‘Work Not Pau=- por’s Pay. A Knock-Down Attack on Butler, Who Quarrels with Everybody, He is Mated by tho Press, tho Clergy, and 1s Party, An Explanation of Hoar's Gift to the ‘Worcester Institute. Bosrox, Aug. 15.—~Tho Hon, George F, Hoar, mombor of Congress from tho Worceator Dis- triot, ngainst whom Gen. Butler directod somo of his wharpost shafts, in his rocont lotter in oxousa and dofengo of tho snlary-grab, has writton a Iottor in roply, caustio and scvoro, handling tho Genoral withont gloves, and attacking him with his own woapons, The lottor is in substance as follows : : . 8im : T havo rocelved your papor of this ‘afternoon, i which {8 wrapped up a printed sheot with {bo hoad fng; « Supplomont.” Xt couelsla of o dooumont, tha 1iko of which I do not think was_over containod with in your covers boforo—a lotter elgnod Denj, F. Butlor, It"is dovoted to & dofenso of his conduct in regard to the ralsing of salsries by tho Inst Congress ; to a denunciation of tho nowapapors, roligious and political,—tho clorgy, Gov. Hawley, vari: ous” distingulshod gehtlomon named Washburn, sud thioso membors of rosn who declined to receivo back-pay, Tho lottar closos by informing ua that thero 18 one man who {s ablo froin compatenico in pri- vato fortunc, from fearlossnoss of undoserved censure, nnd indifforenco fo all but tho romxt(ngll of his own judgment, to nro do that which ho firmly belloves ought fo bo done, and that tho American poople will kuow where to look in timse of public peri), canmuy, or commotion, for o man on whoko fixedness of purpose and stead~ fastnoss in action they may with surety rely, 1 do not kuow that I should have folt callod upon to discuss any of {ho toples, or dispute tho truth of Gen, Butler's oulogy of himeelf, although I nover Tuow anybudy olse s8y so'much goud,of him, if he Lud not included in this Jeiter an attack on the action of tho Roproscatative of tbis District when on tho last day hut onoof the last Cougress, the geatlemen who hiad drawn and receipted for thelr payin full, monih by month, voted thomaclves a hr¥u sum, nearly noarly $5,000 apieco, ne componsation for past sorvices, An cxamplo was sot of lavish oxpendituro when the country, burdened evorywhoro with heavy National, Btato, and municipal debt, ncoded an_examplo of ro- tronchment, Tho measiiro, and the argumonts by which it was -nadvocaled, made a radical change in the lloy of the American peo- plo on this subjoct, taking the Logislators out of the class of porsons whoso roward ia chiofly tho honor of rondoring important publio sorvice, and who are to receivo from tho Troasury only a frugal and honorable maintennnco, ond trans- ferring thom {0 tho class of persous who' aro servin for hire, Our fathers, in the First Congress, placee the sl of the Prosident at $25,000, a sum equal to 100,000 at tho present day, Thoy fixed their own palary ot tho modest sum of three dollars por day. Mitherto tho leglslator has boon clagsed with tho Judgo, tho teacher, tho clergyman, who oxpect nothing it frugal and ‘honorablo maintenance. Woo to tho country whon places in Congress become ob- jects of deuiro on nccount of tho monoy that is earnod n thom ! I don’t think that o place whilehipaya §5,000 per yenr for six monthe’ sorvico could proporly bo claimed 10 bo one from whick poor mien are oxcluded, A propoattion to incroaso the salary of tho Prosident had been votod out of order by a majorily of the Committen of thu Whole, whon moved 18 an nmends ment to an appropristion’ bill, Tho esmo thing, snd largely by tho samo volos, was voted to bo fn ordor, with * tho addition of tho clauso incressing tho rnalaris of members_ of Congress. Un- der theso clroumsiancos, I thought I ought fo rofuen to dorivo nny porsonnl advantage from the retroactive provision of tho statute, There was no doubt of the logol and constitutionsl power of Congress to fix own componantion, and to do it at any timo in tho seeslon whion 1t should resch that eubject in tho courso_of busibess, Provious Congrosses had many timos incrensed their salarice, mnking tho increase rotroactive, oud the man who hod voted for and takon such compensation for past scrvico hnd beon susiined ond honored by {hio pooplo with fall knawledgo of tho fact, Tho corie Sdonca placed in Congroas by tho Constitution is come pllo sud absolutg, but tho presont waw ag sxereiso of thio powar g0 grosé, 80 uncalled for, g0 axtromo, a8 to constitulo on abuse of tho confldence. Instantly on the pasyage of the bill I dotermiped not to rocpive tho moncy. 1t was logally mino. It twas placed by Taw to my crodit, thero o romain untll I dlsponed of 1t in #omo way, T inquired of sovoral of tho lcadors of tho oppositfon to tho measuro whnt tlioy proposed to do, and waa informed (hat they pro- pnumho tuko tho monoy; that if {ho salary hod been roduced they must lave submitted, and they saw no resson why thoy should’ not roccivo iho_money, although thoy dlsapproved of the law, Under tho clreumsiances it scoma tomo that it was not just ; that whilo this district was to be taxed it sinte of tho wholo money which was drawn by tho Represcntatives of othor distriots, {ho sum allotted to 16 should Lo put in the Treasury, to o chlefly to tho benefit of the samo districts whoso Roprosontatives Jiad drawn liko sums for thomsolves, I acted At‘fm:o‘ and no thon having reanon to bellovo that s singlo. ndmr TRopro- sumtativo proposd to dociine this momey, T aid ot theu think, nor do T now think, that tho Toncy was atolen or récolvad in broach of & contract, I thought fho vollng it was @ very objoctionablo snd extremo oxorclao of an admitfod conatitutional powor, ‘Gon. Butler's roal griof arisos from ho opporition 1o fa cucountering n Lis plan to got posscssion of the Covernment of Massachusetts by s fraud on tho Topublican votors, A fow oficoholders of fosblo virtuo, who have succoeded in porsuading themsolves that thoy aro in daugor from his reveugoe if they do not lond thomselyos to his schomes, o lavish oxpondituroof a_compotont privato fortuno; theso aro. fho instrumentalitios *by which Lo 'hopes to chest tho Ropublican ~voler of ~Mussa- chusotta out of an lonest ozprossion of their N think Gov, Washburno on Loneater, and ablor, and fiter man, Gon. Dutlor's rago atlito phas, tho Clorgy, and most of Uiy promiuont ‘men of bis otvn pasty fs Tot strango, 1t 18 tho common outcry of the great mulofactors that maukind aro in Tengud ngalnst tiom, Polltical newspspors no uot often 1iXo to break down tho roputation of mon of tholr own nrty. It ia raro that the roliglous press of tho coun- oy attacks honorablo public 1mon, It would bo Lard to nemo onother men beside Gen. Dutlor 20 goucrally condomnod by tho clorgy, Thoro i 5o other men whoso life s ono prolonged quarrel with his assoolatas in publio statlon, I come mend to Gen, Butlor's roflection, whothor tho fault is in him rathor than them, Now tho roason that tho {:r , both religlous aud political, espocially that of lo own porty, tho clorgy, the loadors of the Republican party iu other States, in their opinion of Gen, Butlor, 18, becanso that oplu« ion iu true, Qen, Grant ordorod film to Lowoll, bo- causo hio was not 1t to bo trustod with a commatd in tho ficld. When Gon, Butler Ero[ln!v-l to pay_off our national dobt in irredoomablo papor, the Gene eral Govarnmunt slloncod him with passliig sentouce in the Concord Court Iouse,” Mankind execrato Juidas bocauso ho betrayed tho confidoncs of hin mus- ter, Thoy exccrato tho chief pricsts bocausa thoy tunpted bfin to do ovil by o bribo, Tho Roprossnia- aro_agrocd tivo who botraya tho confidonco of tho peo- plo B0 far rcsemblos Judon, o Ropresentative who tompts the oupldity of his fellaws ao for resomblos (ho chiof pricsts, Thu disposition of tho money for the purchoso of tho Tolter's Fiold not only was not wrong, but was ox« Jresely commeaded by "dod, They took o hirty plocos of sllyer aud gavo fthem for the “Potter's Fleld, os tho Lord appointed, Tho Worcester Tustiluto 1s o Achool for proparini outlis, by solontifio training, for the leading ludus- vles of tfio district, Tt fu free o all reaidents of Warcester County, which included the whole district but five towns, Dy requiring (hat so far as this monoy govs it should ba froo fo thone towns also, tho money waa appllod as noarly s T could contstve to the benofit of tho district, I mc- cordingly wroton lottor, datod March 8 on roaching home on tho ofternoon’ of that duy, informing {ho Trustees of tho Iustifuto o etor- minatfon I lad reached, in - which I soid that T did not concelva mysolf entitled to elltior crodit or gratitude from thom or anybody cles, ‘This 11 the trannaction which Qou, Dutler thhiks rosomblea thio purckiaso of tho Potlor's Ield by (Lo chief priosts, wih Judss ond fhirly plecss of lvor, Liko anothor porsonags much porsocuted by tlo leryy and tho roligiotls prcan, Gign, Mutlor is notoriously unfortunate in hia alluafon to Ono of his blograplera sald to him: ¥ Yo makea reat w0 of tho story of A ‘lm PRrady Ty naniaa over miuce oard of bim, nbu oy from iho _Tnto Tntor” Sratics™ neoons {51 hia insugnral. . Lot it bo understood thnt o ropus diator of ono farthing of our publio dobt will bo tru in' ibilo placo, - Hoeauso Ho know that b ver tecses to tempt this people {o escapo from tho blunder by & mean_ nnd baso not, ho hos quarrelod with Grant, and Vilson, and Colfax, and Blaiue, and Androw, and Bumnor, and tho Washburnes, and Bingham, and Holionck, snd Dawes, Docauso Lo da quarrelome thoy hava beeh compolled, oach In his own wy, to chaties nnd punish bim, bocango ke doserved to- bo whipved, Aniong tho tinprincipled adventutors who gained favor in the corrupt timo of tho Stuarts, and whoso ovil couneola brought Charlc tho Firabta'hia doom,(bo mont “notorlous wnn Duckingham, Geinlng favor by leading limself ns {ho subservient tool in nccomplishing overy ovil purposo, restloms, nm- Ditious, unscrupulotis, aclfiah, rovengeful, thruating imeclf tnto military employments for which ho wag unflt and from . which hio was compelled to retiro in dlngraco, getting n competent privato fortuno by dis- Toneat peaotices, which he lavished in overcoming tho Vlfl!m of timid and venal men, his namo is the shame of England, Nugent says of him: # Iils shirewducss in Judgiug ‘of moti was omployod only {o tnably him to found his influenco upon” thelr weakness and vices, 8o that when opposed to men of capacity or thwarled by what romoined of publio virtuo in iho country, ho found himoolf in con- flict with ~weapons of which -he knew mot tho g0, nnl bin counscls wero_dangorous, and his admin. intzation, wnprosperous, 1lls only wisdom o' U craft with which ho managed wosk or bud men, and hie only virtue tho courago with which ho overawed the timid ones,” Buch counselors, fatal to » Monarch, aro full of peril to s Republie, Buch mon can only prospoer in times of publio corruj tion, - Gop, Dutlor has donio, unlosa ho huw cgrepiousyy imposed upon s, two things well. Mo oul-blnck- guarded a New York mob in 1864, and, with n_United Btatos armiy at Dis back, ho kept down a rebel cily in 1862, Afassachusctts is not likely soon to stand in meed of clther of these processcs, but he never has nce complishiod nnything elso of muth imporiance, whon Lis point could not bo carriod by licer blustering, Tho Distory of all his other attompta moy bo compriscd fn throo “words: 't Gwaggor,” quacrel i falure.d Olher mon have nspitod boforo to tho ofties of Goverii- or of M 1t is an honorablo smbition, fassachusotts, Thoy woro contant to feave thelr claima to bo set forth by “others, snd woro glad to walve them, if by o 'doing fthoy “could promota iho harmony of tho party, ~This mon secks nothing but Dis own selfish onds, utterly regardless of tho wishics, tho welfaro, or the Liarmony of tho groat party to which ho professes to bolong, Tho peoplo of Aagea- chusotis ~ have sometimes clocted (o this Ligh ofice men who in, somo particulars, ‘wora not doeerving of rospect ; bt tho peaplo reapectod them and choso thom because thoy llwmmlnlhum worthy, and fho persons so chodon endeavorod to desoryo tho publio confidonco, This man, if o I’ choson at all, fa to bo choen withe out having tho respect of the men to which ho looks for support. It would be hard to find » leading supporter of Getr, Butlor who will sy that he deoms him honest, truthful, disintorestod or incapablo of using power to gratify Loth bis smbition and his revongo, Tho men whom Gon. Butlor will t aro tho men ‘whom ho réuaden to support him, T havo only stated what fa nown of all intelligont men, = The peoplo will recog- nizo the fidolity of tho portrait I have drawn. its features are diaclossd unmasked in tho lelter which Lias called out this communieation, I am, yonra vory respoctfully, ) Gronoe F, Hoan, Woncesten, Avg. 7, 1673, WASHINGTON. Byecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, THE ALLEGED TREASURY DEFICIT. WasmNGTON, Aug. 16.—It has now como out 1hat tho rumor rogarding tho alloged deficit of $10,000,000 in tho coin of the Treasury aroso from an apparont doficit of & much smallor amount, and that this apparent doficit is ono which arison at onco from tho complicated sys- tom of ‘Fronsury bookkeeping. Somo timo sinco application was made to an official to know tho exact amount of coin in the T'rensury, irrespect- ivoof tho balancos put forth in the publishod accounts. This oflicer having nothing to cou- conl, obtained this information, and forwardod it to Lis correspondent in Now York. The information thus obtainod became public proporiz, 1t showod an apparont disoropanoy of otwoen two and throo millions In culn betweon the official book balances and thoe actual count. This difference Is rondily accounted for by tho processos of rademption under tho complicatad ystom of tho Trensury bookkeeping, and s caused chiofly by the way in which the callod 5-30 Londs are "redcemed. Although most of these bonds are redeemed by oxchanges for other ‘bonds, & vory considorable number of them are rodoomed in'coin. Whon those bonds aro pro- #onted to the T'ressury of the United States, ho pays for them eithor in bonds of tho now loan, or in coln; or, if tho coin is ronlly paidout of tho Trensury, tho rodcomed calld bonds takes its place, and are carried as gold, whiol, for o tomporary purposo, thoy ropresent, Tho lnw suthorizing the issuo of the now funded loan provides that at no time, under any circum- stancos, shall tho public dobt bo increased by reason of the new loan. To pormit tho called 5-20 bouds to_go directly upon the books of tho Tronsurer, whilo a corrosponding amount of bonds of tho mow funded loan are not issned, and partially remain on the samo side of tho Troasurer's lodger, wonld bo to incrensg tha public dobt, at least upon thoTrens- urer's books ; consoquontly the bondu aro cnr- riod as gold until such time as the Tronsurer is roimbursed for the coin by the credited bonds. A poriod of a month is usually requisite to put those bonds through tho redomption procosses in tho Treasury, boforo they can appear on the books ny canceled, The bonds have to bo ac- counted singly, onch coupon has to be oxamined bofh as to ite number, ita Szouulnuneas, and tho faot of its caucel- ntion, A Trocord of all theso procosses is kept in soveral difforont places. A lnrge pro- ortion of tho bonds underthe last call aro of ho denomination of §50. Tho timo ro- quired for these clerical and manual procosses is very considorablo, Upon the complotion of this routino process of redemption, thie Chiof of tho ‘Warrant Diyision issues & warrant to tho Troas- uror of the Unitod Btates, croditing him with tho apiount of the bouds so canceled, The bonds aro thomuelves charged to the credit of tho pub- Jic dobt sccount, whon the coin balanco is actu-" ally reduced to that amount. In the monn- timo, during all these processes, beforo lia. bouds aro finally rodoomod sud tho warrait to tho Troasuror for this redemption is issued, there is an apparont discropanoy in the coin in tho Troasury aquivalent to tho amount of snid bonds. The bouds have been actually paid for in coin, and the coiu is not in the 'Lreasury ; but by this mothod of bookkeeping it is accounted for, and the bonds redeemad aro carried as gold for that period, The method of Troasury book- keopiug 18 vory complieated in its charactor and difficult of comprehonsion, and the officers who undorstand most, who dro flve in numbor, are of the opinion that it should bo simplificd. . ANNEXATION BOMEME. Tho quostion of tho annexation of Aloxandrin to this Dintrict 1s again revived. It has ulrendy been tho subject of discussion in tho Aloxaudrin Common_Council, whero it was apparontly op- os0d, Tho Humk was thoro raied that the oard of Publio Works of Washington consid- orod it nocossary to have ijlurludlutiou on both sides of tho xiver, inasmuch e the Board of Hoalth hos concfudod that tho Bwamps on tho Virgiuia shore aro the cause of much of tho ma- Iarin sickness in Washington, It also appears that whon tho original not of rotrocossion was passed, in 1846, most Domocrats who par- Hisipatod i tho dobito opposod tho rotrocossion of ufi&n(n a8 .unconstitutional, It is undor- stood that, if the citizeus of Alexaudria should not scom favorably inclined to_the rotrocession, tho matter can bo brought beforo .tho courts u{mnmcnsu made to show tho unconstitution- ality of tho act_of retrocossion of 1846, It is claimed thatundor tho section (8) of the Con- atitution, which provides for tho location of a soat of Covernmont horo, no portion of tho torritory which thus bocomes tho District of Columbia cculd be grantod back to thoe rospes- tivo Btatos excopt by an amondmont to tho Con- stituiion, THE BYNDIOATE'S PERQUIBITES, In rogardto tho question of accrued intoront upon tho bends of fim now lonn, whish inures to thio Syndicalo, it fs undorstood that Beorotary Richardaon will tako the samo position ay was ussumod by Becrotary Boutwell in his statemonts to the Wuys and Moans Committeo last wintor, Mr, Boutwell thon admitted that of necossity tho acoruod jutarest upon the bonds inured to the Inst holdorof tho bouds, and that this could not be avoidod Neithor the Commilteo on Ways and Mennlhnor Congress, pussed o voto of con- suve upon Boutwell for this interpretation of the law or mathod of working, consequently Alr, Boutwell considored this abuence of condomna- tlon ss an spproval of his courso. Mr. Itoherdson, . it ls stated, bnw uranod tho samo polioy, baslng his action upon [’non..gnm approval of Congress, Tho stato- mont, therofore, thut the Syudieato huve not ro- colved tho intorest upon tho bouds in shupe of oommission or othorwiso is an equivocation, BUNKENDIN OF INDIAN MUKDERERE DEMANDED, Goy, Campholl, of Wyoming, tolegraphy thas Seripturo, « tho names of tho Indians who rocontly mut derod two womon in that Torritory have boun discovered, Ono of them ik tho Bon in-law of Red Oloud; tho other s an Arrapaho. Tho un- conditionnl and immodiato surrondor of thoso Indians has been ordored by the Governmont. [To the Assaciated Press.} LADON BTATISTICH BOUGNT. ‘Wasuyaron, D, C., Aug. 16,.—Edward Young, Oliiof of tho Buronu of Statistics, hns addrossed o lotlor to Coneuls of the United States in Turope, requesting thom to furtsh such infor- mation a8 thoy can gather asto tho averago rates of wagos roccived by machanics and othors, pricos at rolail of tho principal articles of sub! slatonce, costof hiouso ront,sud such othor atatis- tiew of labor 18 can be prooured, In rogard to the large manufactories, they nre roquested to give tho avorago wookly wagon paid for each Lin Inbor and to oach omployed thoroln ; also i do- tail tho weokly oxponditures_of mechanics and othor workmon, togethor with such facts in rogard to tho hoalth, comfort, cducalion, and morals ng con bo rendily obtaited. Mr. Young proposcs to submit to Uongross mext wintor n xoport on the cost and condilion of Iabor in Xuropo as comparod with the United Statos. DEVENUE APPOINTMENTA, Tho followiug appointments of gaugers woro mado to-day :. "B, B. Hood, for tho 'onth Ilii- nois Districk ; Lowia 0. Tring, for the Firal ©Ohio Diatrict, and L. ¥. Cotton, for Kannng, TIE HAVINGS DANKS TO If: LOOKED AFTER The Commissionor of Internal Roveuus, in accordance with the provisona of tha nct of Con- grous, i nddroning circulara to all tho Collectors of Tutornnl Itovonuo, dirocting thom to report upon the naturo of tho busingss dono by tho savings banks, DINCREDITED, Tho roport_that seventy of tho crew of tho mau-of-war Caunndaigua nro sick in_Jamnica, with yollow fover is disorodited. The Navy De- partment oflicial dispatchos on Tuosdsy mon- tioned that many were ill with the Isthmus, not the yollow fover.- POLITICAL. Further Editorial Comments on tho Des Moines Convention. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Dusuque, Ia., Aug. 16,—1It is doubtful whether Mr. O'Donnell accopts the nomination of the Anti-Monopolists for Licutonant-Governor. Lho newspapors make further comments on the Convention and tho nominations, The Her- ald (Democratic) says tho Convention does not goom to have been much of a succoss, The ‘movomont does not seom to inspire the onthusi- asm mony onticipated of if, and wo is attributed to the pressing demands of the harvest and the small attondanco ab the Convention. It praises tho nominations, and says the platform is unex- coptionable, but doprecates, as flippant, the deciaration of tho platform that tho Domocratio porty is dead and buried. It proposes to cling to tho old organization till n bottor one presonts itself. No such organization, it says, is yot pro~ sentod, Tho Times, Ropublican, says tho Convention loft its party without a namo, and that it atarted outin its platform with s folschood, in assert- ing that tho Republican party i incapablo of ro- forming abusos. It objecta to that part of the platform which says that corporations created by Btato Logislatures should be controlled by tho Btatos creating thom, becanuo, s it alloged, this would {ako from Congross tho right to regulato commorco nmong tho States. ‘Cho Times also objects to tho tarif purt of tho platform, ssking whoro would tho rovenuo come from that is now derived from the tariff on irou, sall, lumber, and woolen and_cotton (abrics, if thosd commoditien ehould bo admitted duty freo. ‘Tho Zimes claims that all that is good and unobjectionable in the platform is taken from the Ropublican. Tho Telegraph_doprecates the nomination of 0'Donnoli for Lioutenant-Governor, alloging that though apparently working against tho rail- rond interests in tho late Gonoral Assembly, 0'Donnell introducod o bill logalizing the illegal act of railroad Boards of Directors, snd by tho pannage of this act deprived stockholders of thoir rights. It questions whother Mr. O'Donnoll is & tax-payer, and says if ho is not thero is no pro- prioty in nomiuating him for such a position. THE BATTLE IN TIE NORTHWEST Fron the St, Louts Republican, Aug. 16. Tho movement known iu Iilinois and other Btates as tho Farmory', and in Iown as tho Anti-Monopoly, has talen its first bold, full plunge into politics at Dos Moiucs, and now it 18 sink or swim with it, That it should make tho boginning at the capital of tho vory strougost Republican Btato of the Union is u significant fact; aud that, at tho first stop it takes, it should flud itself face to faco with tho Ropublican party, is nieo sigmflcant. Tho two fucts talken togethor light up tho perspective befor us, and show the Wostorn agriculiural movement to bo the deolarcd foe of tho dominant party in the country. Il platform infringes ngainst tho Jominant party's policy st nearly ovory im- portant point, and thero'is a clonr, ‘sharp isino made up_ between the two. ‘Tho DosMoines platform is nu oulery sgainet existing public and officinl abusce, and 4 tho Ropublicnn party, which has governed the nation and tho Statos for twolvo yoars, is rosponsiblo for thoso abusos tho ovont ot DesMoinos ia an insurraction against the governing party. Ropublicanism recognizos its “now enomy, and draws its Bword against it at once; for it instinctivoly porcoives thab, if it do wmot kil tho insurgent . movement, thoro is & pos sibilily that the insurgent movement will, at_leat, dothrone it. Buppose tho Anti- -Monopolita should carry Towa in this strugglo— aud thoro aro somo first-rato reasons for believ- ing such o thing probablo; supposo oy olact their tickot, and thus defoat Republicanism on ity vory strongest ground—what thon? Tho victorious movement will burat from Iows liko o prairio firo and envelopo tho wholo Northwast in its embraco, tearing from the Republican party #ix of its most loyal and rolisblo Btates and attaching thom to its own standard ; it will ovorrun the groater part of tiro South, not only without opposition, but with & wolcome from its people; nnd it will invado Indians sud Ohio, and moro Lnstward to moot ite onemy in decisiyo combab in I’elmu{lvnniu and tho Eastorn Stnton, Indood, iho campaign in Tows may prove that it is tho coming porty, for though it has, as yot, no status and no recognizod belligeront Tiglhts, ono victory will givnfic both, and secure for it & monopoly of tho field as antagonist of tho Ropublican party. The Towa Democraoy, it is said, will havo tho good soneo to retirefrom the arons, and afford it fight. ing-ground for ita firat betflo; thon, if it buc- coads, it iu pretty cortain that tho Demooracy in other Statos will extond to it the same friendly conceasion, since to do so will not only intensify its hostility to the party in powor, but insure its trinmph ovor that party in the end, and thua ac- uompl‘uh an objoct which the Domceracy has 80 long attempted and so ofton failod o accom- i, ‘I'ho platform is remarkablo for its dotormined nyowals and its moderation ; thoro Is nothing violent or ultra in it. It will bo obsorved that the railroad freight question is treatod in a sin- gle short resolution, which is a model of brovity and good sonso, domanding nothing more than the ostablishment of ono maximum rate, above which oharges shall not go, This i8 far bottor than the impracticuble Auti-Diserimination law onnctod in Illinois. I'ho noxt intorost contres in tho contost on which the Anti-Monopolists havo entorad. It is no onsy ono, for tho Antl-Nonop- olists are a now, undisciplinod pmity, with a Ropublican majority of 60,000 ¢o ovorcomo. Dut thoy lavoan abundance of epirit, and o strong tioket to fighit for; and in addlion to this, thoy havo those advantages: 'That Towa 16 an agricultural Stato—thero boing 209,007 orsons engagoed in farming fo 111,248 ongaged n all other pursuits ; that ¢he now movement i# ovon strongor among Republicans than Domo- orat ; and that its ticket will probably recoive the support not only of ¢ho gront mass of Domo- crati DAt of & vory 1o proporiion of tho To- publicans. Under eucli suspices, it has abun- dant incontives to oxortion, and reasomable chancos of success. Meeting of LaSulle County Farmors, Spectal_Dispateh to The Clicago T'ribune, Otrawa, TiL., Ang. 16.—The third r\unr(ur\y meeting of the Farmors' Association and Grang- brn of Lasiallo Coanty was hold horo thin_ aftos- noon at the Court-Houso, and was attended by tho best representative men in tho county; but the proceedings wero far more harmonious, T'ha loadors of the Ropublican party hore sought to cominit tho Convention to s Ropublican plat- form, but, aftsr hours of bittor debato, failed, Thoro wero xominations mado, aftor which & portion of the Convention loft the hall, and the vomainder crganized on an{l-monopoly party, with D, D. Chuiles and Covrge Prico, vory ro- #pectablo Republicans, a3 Prosidont and Bocre- tary. Tho prospoots for tho farmors and Grang- ors making an indopondent fight in_this county, a8 things now stand, aro not bright. As it is, tho anti-monopoly nng sovm to havo the ad- vantago, The Farmoers® Movoment in Indiana. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, InpiaNATOLIS, Aug, 16.—As nu indication of tho strongth and magnitudo of tho Grange movement in Indiana, tho Senfinel to-morrow publislios s corroctod fisk of organizations ana ofMcers, ‘There nro 270 Grangos in tho Btato, b genoral doputios, 43 county doputios,— twolvo organizod thls month. Indisua now stands sixth fu tho list of Sintos. Largo moot- ings ara boiug hold in various sections, which aro_ottonded by multitndes, Oue will o hold st Lafayotio on the 30th inst, ‘Tho Order is rapidly growing in all directiond. Anti-Monopoly in Nebraskne Spectal Dispalel to The Chicago Tribune, + Prarsyourn, Aug.” 16.—Tho farmers of this county have called n Convention for Aug. 20, 1o tako stops for nn Anti-Monopoly tioket for the fall eloction. 4 The Chio Derocracys Cotuxnus, 0., Aug. 16.—Tho Domocratio Btato Central Commitico hold a mooting horo Jfor consultalion to-day. It wasdecided to leavo the plan of tho campalgn ' ontirely with tha Lxocutiva Committce. Tho campaign will probably commence o) S San Erancisco Politicss BaN Traxcisco, Ané:. 16,~-McCoppin declinos & nomination for fho Htato Sonato. NEW YORK. The Government Suit Agninst Platt & Boyd-=Custom-House Officialy tme plicated in tho Frauds. Speelal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, New Yonk, Aug. 16.—Somo wooks ago Cus- tom-Ilouso officials began prococdings againat Plnatt & Boyd for fraudulent classification, under- valuation, smuggling, and bribory of Govern- ment offelala. A formal suit bogan horo Wednoadny for $1,000,000. It is allegod that tho firm, extonsive importers of plate glass, in- vaiced gloss o smaller sizo then it was in fnot, thus dofrauding the Govornmont of half the valuo : aleo, that the firm imported plate glass dutisblo according to sizo, ns common glass, which pays duty according to wolght ; also charge mombors of tho firm with smuggling Louschold goods; it is also eaid that in tho perpo- tration of the alloged frauds the firm was in collusion with bribod customs ofti- cinla. Tho principal official ~making allogations was Bpecial Agont Handonff Jayno, who eoized the books and mado tho discovery of tho bribery of sbout scventy officors, as (olo- graphed you' last night, A friend of Platt & Boyd now comes forward and swears that it was ascertained that o rival houso In the importation of glaes hod fivo of the omployes of Platt & Boyd under ooy Onc of them on_his "doath-bed stated that ho and others had, for a long timo, regularly made transcripte of all inyoicos and_othor financial data of the firm, and furnished thom to thoir rivals. After boing discovored, these olerke woro discharged by Platt & Boyd, and Jayne omployod thom to testify that Plott & Boyd had committed frauds on all importations. The warrant for the soizura waa based on this testimony. Two importations of 1869 and two of 1870 wero mado tho Lasis of the chargos, but Jayno wsont to the office, and in dofianco of counsol, and againet tho wdvico of Distriot-Attornoy Dlies, scized Over ona hundred books and papors, throaton- ing to omploy tho army snd novy of 'the United Btates to lock up Platt & Boyd. His conduct was 8o violont _and 'his action 0 arbitrary that Doyd & Plait havo brought suit ogainst Joyno, who . has wuddonly Qi apponred to avoid arrest, The twarrant was issued by Judgo Blatchford, Tho complaints and warrants are published in the 7%ibune to- morrow. The commotion in the Custom-Houao to-duy wad grentor thon any minco tho clarges agoinst its Inspectors woro bronched, Anb ear- nost debato took placo over the roports circu- latod to-day that theso officials are not implicatod in pnesing goods, Plattand Boyd exprossod vatis~ faction, and maliciously galutod tho suspectod with: *How much glass (that is, money) did Yougot?" Tho Custom-Fouse men are thorough- ly demoralized, and Assistant-Secretary Bm\'{or, Collector Axtluir, Surveyor Sharpe, Naval-Ofiicor Laflin, and athor leading Rovonuo ofiicors, wero glosotes, but aftor adjournment woro silont. Jomo bus gono to_Iibicn whoro it it u8ld ho reaides, but it is understood that ho will not be found within the jurisdiction of Blotebford for mouths tn como. He went away pitcously deprecating newnpaper criticism of his couduct, aud doclaring it washis tntontion to resign. His outragoous conduct has mot with such ~condemnation ithat ho went to o prominent editor of this city and Doggod with Lora In his oyes that no further al- lueion bo made to him. " His present conduct arouscs gonoral indignation, (10 the Associated Press.) New Youk, Aug. 15.—It appears that, on Tucedoy lasl, Sccrotary Richardson, of tho United States Troasury, received information from Now York to tho oftect that, on an investi- fnuon of tho manner in which the employes in o Appraiecr's offico and & numbor of Doputy Colloctors conducted business, it might be found that the intorosts of tho United States wore not properly conducted, Thero woro, also, sug- geutions as to fraud and collusion on the part of this class of officials, including, in all, about sixty porsons. Thoso charged with the invostigntions which aro said to bo now maling in ftho Costom- Houso _will not give any information, and all sorts of ru- mors are ourront, ono being that the roport to the Beorotary of tho Treasury was based upon tho statomonts of a man who, being dissatisfied with his share of tho monoys roceived, disclosod all that ho knew about the matter. A Washing- ton special snfiu that Socrotary Richardson, whon aukod about tho truth of tho roport published, said: “Tho Tronsury Dopartmont id nlways investigating, not only In New York, but at overy point whoro much business is dowe. It is necossnry to bo constantly vigilant. Somotimos roports como from apparcutly disintorested portics, while at other times tho charges sro spocifically mado by tho agonts of tho Do- partmont, who havo facilitios for dotocting fraud that mercantilo communitics littlo droam of. In thig case” (roforring to tho New York complaint) ‘‘tho information filed eame from a man whose roports herotoforo Tavo beon found strictly corract, Sweoping ay le{ woro, it was tho duty of the Collector to in- vostigate ; and whilo thoro is good reason for bolleving that & numbor of the accused nre S\Iillfi, somo may bo innocent. I cannuot say,un- til I hoar tho result of tho investigation, what number will bo discharged." Laten.—A Washington dispatch says: Mr, Vanderbilt, of tho ’l‘flmau? Department, ro- turned this morning from his invostigation of tho supposed frauds in tho New York Custom- House, and reports to Secretary Richardson that thoro wns nothing whatever to” implicate cortain oflicors in wroug-doing, His visit had no con- ' nection whatovor with the removal of anybody, nor hadany ordera boen proviously issucd for that purpose. M1, Boyd, of the firm of Platt & Boyd, whoso books woro soized a ehort timo sgo ou tho ground of irrogularitios in Custom-Ilouso tranu- wotions, admits that the oty cash-book of the firm_containg ontries of sums pnid to Inspoct- org, " togother with tho namos of the Inspectora thus paid, but adds that tho money was paid to have tholr goods watchod on the dook until ro- moved by tho flrm, and {o save thom from caro- less handling by the oustoms cartmen, The pilots and Pilot Commissionors here con- domn thoe proposed plan of the Secrotary of tho W'rensury to mako thom Govornmont oflicors, ‘Pho parado of tho Logion of St. Latrick to-dny paused off quiotly. 5 John Morohioud, the notorlous counterfeiter of G0-cent ourronoy, was held for trial to-duy. Bteinhart, who shot Bhoonlonk in the Veuey streot clgar manufactory and then attemptod wuicido, will recovor, Bhoonlonk is_fmproving. M. I, Rodman, late Bocrotary of tho Droaklyy ‘Prust Company, disappoared from his rosidenca in Brooklyn rathor mysterionaly on Blonday Iast, and riunor has it that his dight is caused by an investigation into hia accounts now Ulo- ing conducted by oxports under ordors of tho prosont Divcotors, It I8 ru- Y)N'll!fl thnt the bonds of tho present lioators, doporited as collaterals for his loans, ovo utterly worthless, Another rumor concorsi- g him ‘is, that ho iwa dofaultor to thoe Uity Ieauury. ifo hold tho position of Dopuly qity Lrogsurer up to tho timo of the suspousion of tho Brooklya Trust Company, - Tribmne, NUMBER 361. HARVEST-HOME. The Farmers’ Reunion at Clin. ton, Ill, Spesch of Ex-Gov, Palmor on the Law of Common Carriers, Remarks of Gen. J. C. Black. From Our Otwn Correspondent. Crantoy, il Aug. 14, 1873, Aftor Gov. Bovoridgo had fiuished bis spoech at tho Ilarvout-Iomo Plenle, hold hero to-day, ox-Gov. Palmor addrossod tho moeting as Lol- lows ¢ . g EX-GOV. PALMER'S S8PEECH, . LiAD1ES AND GENTLEMEN @ It s tho sourco of vory greal pleasuro to mo to have the priviloge of addressing an audionce whora I foel cortain that T sbill troad upoi nobody’s toos. 1 have made spoochies overy year for thirty-ono yosrs, excopt whilo I wag in tho army, and I havo al- ways beon fighting somebody, and somoebody has been fighting mo. But to-day I am happy in tho conviction that all the old things about which wo havo quarroled so long havo passed away, ond I am not ablo now, by tho oxerciae of my kecuost obsorvation, to find s single question about which tho Amorican peoplo ought to disputo, Thero i NO BECTIONAL QUESTION to disturb us. Wo aro in fact one poople. Our hopas, our dostinios, and our dutios aro the samo, I have nover seon a time which I thought so favorablo for caim, impartial discussion of the groat quostions whick concorn the American poo- plo. It is now nesrly one hundred years since tho close of the Rovolutionury War. You racol- lect thiat during nearly that wholo potiod the na- tion was disturbed by this or that oxciting (ues- tion, Altor tho reorganization of the Govorn- mont, and while the opublic was wonk and sur- rounded Dy. hostile foroign nntions, it cost onr fathiers o atrugglo to maintain tho national exist- enco. Thon came the controversies in regard to tha powors of tho now Govornmont, and up to tha timo of the adoption of the Fifteonth Amend- ment SLAVERY 'was o constant subject of irritation, aud, during tho lnat Qifty yonrs, proventod tho considerstion of almost overy othor question. But it waa put toroat by that amondment which secured tho rights of all. Then what Lavo wo to quarrol about? Nothing. I rogard the close of the slavory controvorsios ns being the tormination of tho first poriod in American history, I be- liove it to bo truo that all your past ideas of governmont, all your past studios, go for noth- ing in this now period upon which we have en- tored. I somotimos hear my friends, in their discussions of the immediste future, talk about forming now political partics, and thoy toll us what this or that party hos uc- complished. But I say that all your past politi- cal learning bad referonce to a stato of things which no longer oxista; and from this timo Loncoforth, Amorican citizons must turn their thoughts to NEW STUDIES, sinco now dutic Lavo dovolved upon them. ‘What aro they? Within o hundred yonrs the Amorizan peoplo, once confined to & little strip along tho Atlantic, has crossed tho Alloghanios, and filled this valloy with an immenso populn- tion. It has crossod tho Rocky Mountains and reached tho Pacific, and tho tido of emugration has twrnod backward. In addition to this matorial udvancoment, your political and socinl condition Las changed, all the Labits of lifo and business liave boon altored, The wants of govornwont and of peoplo aro difforent, and thwg domand from you, who aro respousible for tho 1aturo of this country, tho application of noew pritiiples in your socinl and politicn] affaics. *E BUSINESS HALLTS of the country bave «lyg chauged. Some gontlo- man behind mo 88id’ Suap 10w, I wish mon woro 88 honest nOW a8 they Uwd o bo,” But it must bo remombored that thore 810 w uraat 1nuny ‘moro temptations now to bo dishonost thits (ery waoein that old timo. Wo have moroe to steni, and, as your proporly has incressed in value, now mothods of controllng &nd creat- ing property have sprung into existonce. Thore was 6 timo in this country, when a coon-ukiu was 8 protty good medium of oxehange. With this vast increase of proporty have comn the contrivances of modorn civilization, and with them thoge new mothods by which vast onter- Eriues bavo been accomplished. Now powers avo grown up in the country, aud you are called upon to resist their enoronchments. ‘But, while these now obligations have arisen, you lave becomo loss and less willing to dis- chargo your political duties. Yon aro engaged in making money and in making yourselves com- foriable, while you farm out the discharge of YOUR POLITIOAL DUTIES to others, But lios at the foun- dation of all ood governmont that the pooplo shall watch. In ou private alfairs, you do not trust other people t¢ ‘mauage for you, but in political mattors you acl esactly as il anybody was botter fitted to dis- chlurgo tho duties of citizenship than you your- selvos. > 1 havo also discovered in my public and pri- vato oxporionco that wo aro most likely to nog. lect in businoss and politics thoso simplor duties swhich lie just on the surfaco, and to look away ahead at somro duty which will have to bo dis- charged to-morrow. - As Mr. Lincoln used {o say, it is the habit of almost every mau to begin tc atrip o long timo boforo Lo gota to thorivor. The vory first duty which we have to per- form, now that o aro ontering upon our mow_ ors, i8 to sco that men oro olectod to public offices who wuro as honost as you are yoursolves, and yon will nover got people moro honost thau that. They are talking all ovor this country about DISHONEST OFFICIALS. But they wero made by you. If you had not oloctod thowo salary-grabbers, thero would have Dbeen no_salary-grab, If you had not olected Credit Mobilior membors “of Congress, thore would have been no fraud of that sort. Theso are the mon you yourselves have olected. When you come to bo as careful of the public monoy Jud morals as you aro of your own individual pockots, you will have dono all you need in tho way of roform in that direction. It i idle for you to complain of mon botraging you, or of tho unfaithfulnoss of the mon you olect to offico, bocausio you took no pains in tho canvass to find out whether thoy woro honest or not. Some caucus was_held in tho name of fmlr party. Some ward politiolans onlled It. 1t lield o catvontion ond wroto tho tekot, and you wont_xight up to Lo polls and votad it without inquiry, and with- out having the courage_to iuquiro.” [** We will nevor do that o Mn."f 1 hiave no patience with these cum‘slnin # of tho pooplo about dishonest officiala, 'The pooplo can lave honost men in office if they want thom, but thoy novor will until thoy want thom badly onough to selaot them, If a caucus woro to pick out u cashior for a bonkor, tuo baukor would eay, *1 soluct own ngents." You must do the mo thing. 1 soo that o ltepublionn convention in Town hes doclared that no cilizen ought to vote for unflt men becauss they havo party nominations, and that should bo tho sontiment of all the conventions of all political partics. In tho nost place, while you have boon culti vating your forms, POWERFUL INTERESTH have grown up in tho country, which claim to Lo suporior to tho Coustitution, and tho laws you hnvo unacted, Gov, Boveridgo haa snid tliose intorosts will ultimatoly bo L’um}mllml to wubmit to tho popular will That in ®# questfon which yon have to uottlo. I do not know whothor they woro or nat. You may talk about measures, &nd mey dincuss ihom as you ploase, but I would not ‘1’“0 a cont for any plan for the roform of tho evil unloss 1 can bg asaurod that the me»la will givo to that yomody thelr own earnest, otormined uup&afl. You aro talling aboup railroad logislation. by,