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

o TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE TYRNS OF SUDACRIPTION (PAYADRLE IN-ADVANOR). Daily, by mall.....812.00 ) Sunda TriWWeokly 515.88 [ wufi Tarts of & yoar at tha ssme rate, * . To provont dotay and mistakes, bo saro and give Post Of co addross in full, Including Stato and County, Remittancos may bo mado olthor bydratt, rpross, Poat ©Oftico order, or in rogistorod lotters, ot oursky - TENMA TO OITY AUANORINENA, Deily, dolivernd, Bunday oxcontod, '35 conte por weok. Daly, dolivored, Bunday tncluded, 50 conts par wook. - Address THEE TRIBUNE COMPASY, Cornor Madiaon aud Dearborn-sta., Chicago, il TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. HOOLRY'S THEAT! Dlark and Lafatlo, & Lfil’fi MoVIOKRIUS TIRATR -Rand Last (?‘l’:w:’t‘m“' ‘botwaon adison, between Doar- rornand State. ** Diamouds AOADRMY O MUSI d, batwoen Madison and Monroo, Eogsgomont of Frank Msyo, **Davy Crockott." -GQLORE THEATRI e 1300 304 WWashiAEtoR T ATeAin MYRERR' OP) ~HOUBE~Monroe t, Dentuotn and Sieter +Mapis How Dotaorct and comioalitios, stroet, botwoon Mad- botwoon Minatroley BUSINESS NOTICES, INSTEAD OF BITTER, . SWRRET QUININE UAVANA LOTTERY—WE SOLD THE 8 the oxtraord!s ‘April 22, Ofroulars 0. raation givom: T B ANFINGZ & 00, 10 W s 0. Hlox J, 685, Naw York The Chicags Tibune, “Tuesday Morning, Soptembor 9, 1873, Architects Malz, Gay, and Tilley will meot tho Common Council to-morrow evoning, at a special moeting, and explain the merits of thoir several Court-Houso plans. Boaner's nomination a8 Firc-Marshal was ro- portod favorably by the Fire and Water Commit- too to tho Common Council Iast evening. The Councll doforred sotion on tho mattor until thoiv noxt meoting, The publication by Tne TnisuN of the pros- poot of sorious trouble in tho lake tunnel, in- volving a suspension of tho wator eupply, led the Common Council, last evening, to request the Board of Publioc Works to mako a full state- mont of tho nature and oxtent of the difficulty. A report comes from Shanghal that -the Chinese are planning a massacro of all the Euro- poana in tho intorior of the Empire. The provo- cation which has inflsmoed them to this bloody designis the rofussl of tho French Minister to some changos which tho Chinese Government wishes made in o treaty. President Castolar bogins his administration with onergy. Ho has decided to roinforce the Ropublican forees by calling out 150,000 of the rogulary army reserva and by meking a lovy of 500,000 men from the militis, avd with thoso ac- cumulated resourcos intends to wipe the Car- lists and Intransigontos out of existonce. How tho capital stock of corporations shall b nsaossed wns decided yestorday by the State Board of Equalization, They rule that the tangiblo proporty which hus boon already se- sessed and toxed shall bo subtracted from the value of tha mtock (including the franchiso), plus the dobts of tho company, and the remain- dor shall bo asscased and subject to taxation. Itis two hundred years since Marquette, ac- “sompanied by five of his follow-countrymen and two Indian guides, came into Illinofa by an In- dian trafl from the banks of tho Missiasippl. It s proposed to celebrato this arrival of thoe first white men in this State by a public mooting on the 16th inat., st Starved Point, near Ttica. ‘An address will bo delivered by Ohief-Justice Breess, who has mado a special study of tho early history of Illinois. Tho Treasury Departmont was laughed st somo time ago for giving notice in sdvance that it was about to seud mocret agonts abroad to test, by their oxperionce, the troatment immi- grants received from the oconn steamship companics, Its agonts, dospilo this kindly waming to the companies, scom to ‘havo succeeded in detecting & num- berof abuses. As s rosult, Congress is to be recommended by the Dopaitment to join with othor groat Powers in appointing Government sgonta for the inspection and protoction of all cmigrant travel, and to pses laws to compel railroads to carry omigrantsin regular trains in- stead of “wild" onos a8 at presont, It is also proposed that whenever & railroad kills an omi- grant it ehall pay the Governmont 5,000 for his hewrs. Tha npor‘t of tho Buperintondent of Public Charities to the County Board roveals a deplor~ ablo state of affairs in the Insano Asylum: Iéis forced to hold 296 pationts, which js 140 more than there are rooms or accommodations for. Numbera of theso unfortunate creatures, the most pitiable of all tho wards of the Btate, the Buporintondont says, havo died in conssquenco of thisovercrowding, which, notwithstanding the froo use of disinfectants, has mado thom tho onsy victima of dysontery, cholera-morbus, and similar discases. Another abuse, which is vory proporly termed an ‘' outrage,” {is, that, under tho present laws, persons to be oxamined on tho ground of insanity, and who should have the tondorest care, are locked up as common orimi- nals charged with disorderly conduct. Under the suporvision of Doputy-Commis- sionor Sweet, of the Intornal Revenue Dapart- mont, the investigation into the defalcation of Collector Harper began at Bpringfield yestorday, Tor some rexson or other, reportora wore ex- cluded, and an attempt made to keep the proceedings s gecret, The mnin facts of the tostimony of Qol. Har- por's clork and the Covornment Iue spoctors, who wore present, have bogomo public. Tho chief clerk teutified that he first enw lost June that the accounts of the ofiice were wrong. Col, Harper's books woro oxam- Ined in July by a Governmont -Inspector, who pronounced them sll right, and it was not tilla pocond examination by anothor Government agont, at tho end of August, that the dofalear tion was oxposed. The Monmonth (I1,) Atlas finds comfort in publishing the followings ‘The Inter-Oceun tukes (he wind out of the Free- Traders’ sesertion that consumers pay all the duty on srdiclos, Ly clling the caso of salt, Tha tariff on salb 1u 8 cents por pound, but the article is selling for abous 1 cept per pound, 80 if the frectrade theory is cors soct, salt, fren of duty, ought to bo furnished for .nothing and 4us receivers pald 7 conts & pound for taking it Tho tarift onealtis B conta por 100 pounds when Imported in bulk, and 12 pents por 100 pounds when imported in bage. A buulel of aale is 50 poprnds, and the duty, therefore, is moarly .. § conts per bushol on tha ono kind, and over § pents on the other, Previous to 1872, theso du- tlen wore 18 conts_por 100 paunldu in l;ulk, and 24 conts whon in'bags.* Even at tho prosent re- ducod ratos, the duty on salt 18 40 por cont, and it the duty wora ropenlod aslt could bo fmportod that much ohenper, and, of course, conld be sold thiat much ohoapor, in tho seabonrd States. —— Tho Ohlongo produce markots wore modorately | aotive yestorday, and the loading corcals wero wonk. Boss pork was in good domand and o alindo firmer, at £16.05 cash, and §15.20@16.80 sollor Octobor, Lard was quiot .and stoady at Tigoportb for winter, and 'ifo for summer rondorod. Moats wore quict and unchanged at 3§@8o for shouldors, 0@3go for short ribs, D¢ @040 for short olonr, and 93{@113{0 for awoot ploklod hams, Highwiuos woro quiot snd 1o lower, cloaing at Dlo por gallon. Loke froights woro quiot and stoady at 14 for wheat to Buffalo, Flonr was quiot and firm, Whoat was loss active and 134@3}o lowor, closing.at $1.1563¢ caoh, 81,14%¢ sellor the month, and $1.18 soller October. Corn was more aclivo and 3{o lower, closing a4 420 oash, and 48%¢o scller the month, Oata wero active and unchawgod, olosing st 285¢o oash, and 203¢@293¢c sellor Octobor. Ryo was more aotivo and stoady at 6730, Darloy waa moroe active and 3@Go highor, closing at $1.21 for No. 2, and 00@91c for No, 8, Hogs were dull aud lower, closing woak at €425@4.70, Tho cattlo and shoop markots were without deocidod ohiange, — The 8t Paul Pioneer. (Domocratic) has the following to say, in advance of any sction of its party, concerning the Anti-Monopoly ticket rocontly nominated in Minnosots : The sotion of tho Convention presonts plain fssucs, and a tickot selocted entirely out of the ordinary wey, to tha peoplo of Minnesots, Nolther cabal or caucus has had & word to ssy in making it, Tho nominations sprang dirootly from tho popular heart, unfettered by form, ceremony, or past obsorvance, Tho quality of tho candidates in unoxcoptionablo, They aro not only good and worthy mon, but possess au exporience, in- tolligence, afil intogrity that mokes thom worthy of confidenco, This much, at least, {a duo to truth, whate ever actlon our own party may docide to tako, It also eays that tho indepondent position takon by the Owatonnn Convention, which sovered all attachmonta 4o oxisting political par- tios, is an honorablo one, and that tho request that those who agreo with thom in sontimont should unite with them at the polls is worthy of thoughtfal consideration. In eaying this, how- ever, tho Pioneer docs not intimate that it will not support & Demacratio ticket 1f it shall be put into tho fleld. It is rather a short-winded Bug- gostlon that it would bo best not to nominate one, e————eee— The following is an extract from a hand-bill oirculated in Charleston, 8. 0., by » committep of colored mon : For noxt Mayor, a whito man; nine colored Alder~ men (most positively), and nine white; Captain or GOhief of Palice, colored man; Firat Lisutenant, white; Bocond Lioutensnt, colored ; thon all tho subordinates or non-commissioned officers and privates on tho rolico force whito and colored, Thoso colored mon must bo of our own choice in politics, Wo also do~ mand sncqual altornato pro ratain all tho othor de- portments of the Oity Government, snd sharo in the Exocutive patronago; and no man, wo caro not whom, shall recolvo our notico asa candidate who doos not indorao and ndvocato thoso measures, The notico requires, moreovor, that the colored mon shall solect a8 white candidates, for the places allotted to the whites on tho ticket, mon ‘“who stand firmly and squarely on their [ e., tho colored men's] pletform.” This looks very much as though it is contemplated in Charles- ton, and, it so, probably in othor parts of the Bouth, to form a * Black Man's Party.” It is to bo hoped for the sake of tho colored men, as woll an for tho intorests of the whole peopla, that such a projoct, if it have an exlstenco, will be abandonod. The interest of tho whitos snd blacks, now that thoy enjoy political equal- ity, are as idontical in the South asif the no- grooa wore all whitos of the same condition as the blacks. Tho movoment of tho blacks for the formation of an oxclusive party is & movement to eatablish a certain superiority for thomaolvos, ‘Whilo such & movemont cannot succeod without driving off the whites, it will bo pretty certain to load to a conflict of racos, in which tho blacka would suffor in the ond more than tho whitos. The atatomont is mado that the Scerotary of the Tronsury has suthorized & reward of $1,000 for the capture of Gen. Harper, tho dofaulting Collootor of Internal Rovenuo in the Springficld district, The nowspapors of the Btats Lave in- dulged in varions suggestions ns to the cause of the dofalcation, the amount of which is vari- ously ostimated at from $100,000 to $800,000. By gome it is attributed to speculation in grain in Obicago, by others to the sale of distillers’ atamps on credit, and to s gonoral system of indulgonce to tax-payors, Others, agsin, deny all these muggoestions. We suggost, as n means of throwing some light on this sub- ject, that Gen. Harper contributed very hoav- ily to tho exponses of the last Presldential olection in this Stato, and it is possible that he may have mado oxpenditures for the Cause which he expocted the party to make good to him, and which tho party has failod to do. Once in arrear, the tomptation to iry tomake good the doficiency by extra official operations is .ono that is not genorally rosisted in such cases. It ianot likely that this large sum was lost at one time ; the use of tho public money must have begun at some time, and, dur< ing the oxcitemonts of a political campaign, & man of Gen. Harper's liboral and confiding dis- position would be more likely to fall into the practico than at any othor, It is possible, judg- ing from previous dofaleations, that a portion of the money was loaned to politicians, who have failed to roturn it. Gen, Harpor was a man of good porsional Liabits, and there is no probability that Lo has & cent of the money in his posaca- sion, It is to be hoped, however, that ho may bo captured, and not immediately pardoned. THE DEFEAT OF BUTLER, The Republican Stato Convention of Massa- ghuaelts meeta to-morrow, and Gen. Butlor's do- feat pesms to be cortain, Acoording to tho most trustworthy advices, ho is alroady from 70 to 100 votes bohind Mr, Washburn, aud the gap is wid- oning, Thore will not probably be more than forty contested soats, aod even if Butler, by rosson of his control of the Jentral Committos, should securo &l theso, he will fall ehort of a majority in the GConventlon, There will than be but one way in which he can secure the nominption,—that ia by the cash purcbase pf Washburn dojegatos. He is unsorupulous enough to aitempt this, byt he will Lardly succood. Tho ejtustion is sq exciting that no Washburn dolegate will dare to sell, Butler's opponents in tho Convention do not reprosent the individual intorests of Mr, Washe burn a8 agalosh tho individual intorests of Gon. Butlor, They bave beon elected ae the roprosontatives of tha people of Masun. chusetts sgainet the sordid and sube file smbition of a dangerous men. The {gsne has beon made 50 plain in the long and flore coniest over the nomination that no nan THE CHICAGO DALY TRIBUNE ‘TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1873, -elootod a8 an opponent tho truat,, * <L \ . Tho peoplo of Massachusgtts, and'of tho wholo country, nro to ba congratulatod on Butlor's do- fent. Butlor camobofore tho poople in this con- test 88 tho hoad-dovil of American politics. He did not como fu disgulse. IHo wont Into it with his pitch and his pitoh-fork st Dband, Mo hed just roturied from Cougross, whoro he had successlully onginoored tho salary-grab, With brazen offrontery ho pro- cdoded to dofond aud justify o schomo whioh hias * “on mora univeranlly oxecrated thau any mons- uro over adoptod by an Amorican Congress, In doing this, hio sot himsolf up agalnat the popular will not only of Massachusotts but of tho whole country, olearly exprossed ovorywhero without rogard to party atfachmonts, This notion waa & doclaration on his part that ho trusted to tho support of the Administration ond tho plisble machinory of corrupt party polities to dofeat tho poople on thoir own ground. Wo assumo that this doflance of pop- ular will is altogothor unparallelod in the annals of our Government, It was essoatial to tho charactor of our luetitutions that such a men should bo dofeated and humillatod, Massachu- sotts holds, perhaps, tho foromost place among all tho Btatos of the Union in the considoration of forolgn countries. It is cortainly one of tho oldest, largest, wealthiest, and most intelligont. The nomination and eloction of Gon. Butler would have boen an advortisomont to all tho world that tho peo- plo of Massachusetts woro hopolessly mired in political corruption, Tho American systom istoo vulnorablo just now to sustain such an imputa- tion upon what is regarded abroad as the most intelligent community In the Unton. This wonld bo bad enough. The actusl results of Butlor's clection would boworse. Itcould not have ocour rod without disturbing the financlal intorosts of Massachusotts. The whole country would havo boon forced to ebaro the disastors that ‘would have followed, both financially and politi- cally. Any financial depression in Massachu- sotts wonld have been oven moroe burdensomo on communities that look to Massachusetts for oapital and tho product of her largo entorprisos than on tho Massachusetta poople thomsolves. Politically, Butler's eloction would have boen accopted a8 o victory for the guerrillas and ban- dits of politics evorywhere, For those reasons, and to this extent, Butler's probablo defoat Is & mattor for goneral rejolc- ing. It it bo cited, howover, as on ovidence of the purity of the Ropub-~ licsn party, tho claim is not a good ono. The dofost of Butler is the dofeat of the Ad- ministration, which haa loaned its influence and employed its minions in his interest over sinco tho adjournment of Congross. This fact is well known {u Massachusotts. Tho Boston Adver- tiser has alroady posted tho infamy of this pro- coeding on the part of the Administration, and it in likely that other Ropublican journals in tho Btate will donounce tho intorforence on But- ler's bohalf in very plain torms sa moon ss tho Convention separates. The truth of the matter is, that it Las roquired all tho alortness which tho respoctable oiti- zous of Massachusetts could summon, and all the prossure which tho vigorous protest of reapeotablo poople everywhere could bring to bear, to defont an acknowledged political mountebank and outlaw who had the support of the Administration and its patronage at his back. The result is anothor vindication of tho forco of Public Opiniop, which must always bo tho saving elomont of American politics. But it romains o fair subject for inquiry, whother this result rolioves tho Administration of .any of the fearful responmsibility which it assumed when it undertook to force Butler upon the pooplo of Massachusotts againat their will. What assurance is thero that tho samo outrage will not bo ropoated whenover and wherovor an opportunity is offered ? Dr. Grant 1ies not succoeded in forcing the Butler pill down tho throat of tho old lady of Beacon stroat, but will this induco him to change hia practice ? e — THE 8T. LOUIS POSTMASTER, The oflicial biograpby of Mr, Chauncey Fillay, Postmaster of 8t, Louis, during the time from his appointmont to the presont, prosonts n vory remarkablo condition of affairs, as well as & very remarkable Postmastor. Mr. Filloy's peouliari- ties may bo statod in & fow words. Being s con- firmed oftico-holder, immediately after the ro- clection of President Grant ho of courso ap- peared, with bat in hand, asking for an offico. To make sure of it, he wont to Long Branch, and obtained the option of goven or oight officos, and choso that of Post- master, a8 it did not involve his ro- moval from the city or Btate. Having on- tored upon the adminiatration of his offico, he shortly aftor commenced lovying assossments upou his clerka for his personal uso. Ho went to Washington, and obtained an increase of the number of letter-carriers, and this still further increasod the revonue from assessments. Fal- lowing the example set in Washington, ho took back-pay a8 well as forward-pay, He dated back tho nsseesmonts to the time of the employment of olerks, and, when somo of thom found that tho nesessment was actually larger than tho amount of thoir earnings during that time, they naturally complained, and the mattor ronchod tho oars of the publio. This ie cortaiuly the most liboral conatruction of Civil-Bervico Roform which has yot been moade, Mr, Filley's political friends oxcuse it upon tho ground that the objeot of the nssess- mont was £o rafso funds for tho Ohlo campaign, and that Bonator Morton advieed him to do it, This, however, 18 a very flimsy oxcuso. How could this bo, when, only & fow days ago, Boore- tary Robeson took.the paina to make the official snnouncemont that tho Federal Government did not, and bad not, intermeddled with Btato poli~ tics, and that tho Prosident himself was op- posed to ony intorferonce which would tend to make or uomake Govornors? Boaldos thig, thoro s no campaign now falrly under way In any 8tata west of Ohio, and it is not likely that Olio would call upon the Bt. Louis ulerks, or, at Jonsf, until the Ohio olorks bad beon sufiicjently bled, Mr. ¥illoy's own exouse ia much moro plansls ble, namely, that, when Gen. Grant was in Bt. Louis, it coat him $000 to entortaip him, sud that the asscssment wasintonded to roimburse him for this and othor eimilar oxponses, The immediate cause of this romarkable assossmont, therefore, must be looked for in Mr. Filley's s« pociation with the Prosident and tho ring of offico-holders who travel with him in his junketings about tho country. RAr, Tilloy wasin straltoned clrcumstavoes, agdtho vory houso In whioh ho eutertained the Frouidont is now sdvertised for ssle, Ho, went beyond his magns to provide for his Mmoonas, and, in looking about to soe how he could make Limself to Butlor will dare botray wholo ngaln, ho Lit upon the assessment plan, which I the skoloton of ovory Post-Office and Oustom-Honso in the country, and ho carriod out tlils aasosement plan to its sevoroly logieal ro- sulta, I1t bo logitimato to assess Post-Ofico clorks for tho olastlon of the Prosulont, is it not right to assoss them for tho oxponsen of his travol and entortainment aftor ho is clectod? Ifit Lo legitimato to naaces clorks for the oxponeos of one office-holdor, by tho samo procoss of reagon- ing it 1s right to nssess thom for thoe exponges of all offico-holdors, Thid belng so, why should thoy not aluo pay. tho oxpontes of Mr. Filloy, himeolf an offico-holder, and the ono In whom thio Bt. Loulsolorks wero Immadintolyintoronted ? Tho right to asscas at all being granted. no limlt can be fixod to its oxerolue, oxoopt the ability of tho victims o pay. Whatever may bo tho logical aspeot of nesoss- ments of thin kind, thero is a atrong. popular projudico againat them, and this projudico has already -orystalizod into s powerful opposition, which will demand Postmastor Fllley's removal from offico. ‘Thoro is no cortainty, however, that Mr. Filloy will bo romoved. Ho will not rosign. ‘Rosignations aro mot charactoristio of office-~ holdors having the power of ssscssment, It is nltogethor likely that Mr. Filloy calculatod all’ the ohances whon ho made this romarkablo as- sossment, Tho Presidont has smoked his of- gors, has onton his dinnors, has drivon his borses. Wo see no special reliof for tho 8t. Louis Post-Offce clerks, unless they can cons tinue somo way to keep the President from trav- oling. At tho same time, iho cago of Postmaster TFilley in a protty cloar indication of the doplora~ -ble condition of things growing out of tho delib- erate violation of tho Oivil-Borvico rules, and may woll fill tho minds of Governmont employes with apprehonsion whenever the Prosidont hap- ‘pens to travel tholr way. ——e THE ** BEEDS” OF COMPLAINT, The largo secd-houso of Briggs & DBro., of Tochester, own an extensive farm near Olinton, Jowa, dovoted to ralsing scod. Tho scod oulti- vated hore aro firat shipped to Rochestorin bull, and thon distributed fromthera throughout the country. DBy this means much of the scod sold in the Weat pays a double freight ovor 1,000 miles. Apparently, it could be sold in the Weat loss the amount thus paid for transporta- tion both ways. Mossra. Brigge & Bro. have pablished . an explanation in tho Clinton (Iowa) Herald. Thoy allego that it has ‘been thoir,dosire to establish at Olinton a distrib~ uting buroau for tho West, aud theresson why they have not dona 80 is becausa tho local freight ratos from Olinton to many points in Xllinois, Iown, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Eansss sro higher than from Rochester, or even from New Yorlk City, to the samo points. Thoe oxplanation of thiais; that from Rochester or New York shippers have the bonefit of compotition, and the main lines succood in moking combinations with local linos which cnablo them to put their through rates for 1,000 miles lower than some of tho local ratea from Olinton to stations not balf -80 far away. Tho Enstern shippors also socuro outgoing ratos for the seeds which thoy bring fromn their farm to Rocheater. It is probablo that tho mattar of ratos alone would not account for the difference ; but tho firm has its depot al- ready ostablishod in Rochester, has 70,000 squaro foot of flooring on which it works between 800 snd 400 ‘persons, and would bo obliged toship its paper from tho East and sot up machinery at Clinton. It cortainly seems that the difforenco in tho distances,—sending freight twice over o ‘journoy of 1,000 miles or sonding it a singlo journey of a few Lhundred miles at the most,— ought to ovorcomo the other advantages of tho prosont arrangoment. It is fair to assume that it would domo it it wero not for tho combina- tions botweon the trunk linos and local roads. — “The Committes of Invitation—J. G. MoCoy, Chairman "—has {ssued sn * Addross to tho Live-Btook-Mon, Provision-Doalers, and Packers of thoWest, the Northwest, and the Southwest,” calling a mass-meoting ot Kansas City, Mo., on the 17th inst,, of all “*intereated, direotly or indi- rootly, in the production and marketing of live- stock, orin the preparation and commorce of the produota theroof, to counsel togothar, and learn oach other's dosires, wants, and sspira- tions ; to rosson one with another, and know whethor our grievances, if any we have, public or privato, ara without speedy remody ; to ac- quaint the Inquiring world with the stupendous magnitude of the live-stock commorco of the Great Woat and Bouthwest, which, although yet in its intanoy, aggrogates multiplied miltions of dollars ; and to organize, that our rights and power may be known and feltin tho land that wo live in." Mr. J, G. McCOoy, Ohairman, is dotor- mined that thero shall be & Iargo attondance nt this mooting, if gorgoous rhetoric can oxorcise any Influence toward that end. Hear him ; Come, then, from tho sunny Lone Btar Btate; coms from the gloaming platoaux of Now Moxico; como from the grass-robed tablo-lands of Colorado, where nightly the welcome breeze from the snow-clad and cloud- capped peaks of the anclent Rockies eweotly woo tho weary hordsman to delicious roposa; come from the f{llimitablo plains of Woatern Kansas and Nobraska, whore graze the countloss herds of another Btato sud climo, In storn conflict for mastery with tha untamed buffalo, whoss destiny fa as tho wetting Bun's § cowo from the lonoly cawnp of the froutiesrens dezvous, from standing weary scntinel ovor sleeping lierds ; como from the waving corn-fiolds and ompty foed-yards of the Misspuri Valley; como from the rich pastoral regions of Illinols and the Middle States; como from the ratiling, dusty . stook-trains, from tho crowded lanes, alleys, &nd pens of tho thronged livee stock marta; come from tlio stoaming packerios and the bursting warehouscs, filled with richest humsn food § como from the babol of the Mferchants’ Exchange come from overywhero to the Ohicago of tho Southe west, the Imperial Commorcial Metropolls of the Mis. sourd Valloy, It thero bo any ' ranchman, drover, cow-boy, shipper, commission-man, cattle-speculator, grazer, hordor, packer, or provision-dealer,” &0 obdarate as not to respond enthusiaatioally to the battle-cry of J. @. McQoy, Chairman, lob him prepare at once for a terrible fato ; for, says that oraclo, * wo must organizo, or sinic into ob- livion boneath the on-marching destinies of the Niuotoenth Century,” Who eays that oattlo-driving ia anti-postic, or that pig-killing is dovald of gsthetlo aspoots? Mo for Kanasa Olty I—All aboard for * the Im- porial Commorcial Rotropolis of the Missour} Valley"! — A diepatol printed in our issue of yesterdsy sesorte that the Prussian ‘Govornment haa dor oifed to recognizo Nishop Rolnkens, and" that Badon and Buyarly will shortly follow its gx- amplo; 'This aotlon is of more then ordisary - torost, from the fact that Bishop Relnkens is the first Blshop who bas boon oonscorated to the Eplscopal office by tho 01d Catholica of Germany, and . that {his conscoration must provoke & floroo disousslon, and still further widon the ‘broach belweon the Q14 Oatholics and the Ujigmontgnes, Tn hls pustoral address, dolivered immediaioly after his oons socration, Bishop Reinkens strongly aflirms i validity of his election; and justifies the pro- coduro by an historical reviow of tho mothods pursued by the Church from the oarliest times. Ho clalms that in the modorn practico the can- didates for a Blshoprio, it In a Oathollo country, are nominated by the Priuco; {f in & non~ Cathollo, by a Chapter ; but in both caos tho Popo confirms, But Apostolio Biahops aro not made In (bl wey. It s only con- fimation Ly o Dishop ~who can traco hig succossion from the Apostles that makes o logitimato Bishop. 'Thiy consooration ko claime o havo recolved from Mgr. Hoykamp, & Bishop of tho anciont and rightful Church of Holtand, Bishop Relukens allegon thoso as tho ronsons why ho has nolthor sought the confirmation of tho Popo nor sworn silegiance to him. Ha avon goes furthor than this, and contonds that, by n strict fntorprotation of canonteal Inw, the Papal Boo (a_ vacant, sinco s Popo who obstinately poralets in orror {8 by that very fact doposod, "Theso orrora Lo finds in tho two decress of “uni- ‘vorsal jurisdiotion and Infallibility, independont of the Church, peraistonco in which tonds to the destruction of its Apostollo Constitution. It now romains 0 bo soon how far this official reoognition of Bishop Reiukena by the Prussian Govornment will affoot the recent offer of recon- _cillation mado by the Pope, upon the condition of German non-inferforence with future Italian ocomplications; NOTES AND OPINION. The Milwaukeo News insists that the result in California was a glorions Domocratio Anti-Mo- nopoly victory, and the Buffalo Express isin olined to olaim it a8 a glorious Republican Anti~ Monopoly. victory, and esch saye it is just what “tho party” will do, overywhore, with tho aid of few Anti-Monopoly votes from tho athor sido. Both thoso ‘onthiwiastio ‘organs forgot that, in Californis, Anti-Monopoly (called Dolly Vardon) promenaded the course alono, aud asked no odds of anybody. —Notes from-Ban Francisco organs of tho Grant monopoly party the dsy boforo olection: The Dolly Vardens hiave employed a Iarge number of 1dlo peopla to go around tho strects and brag about tho number of yotes this tickot will rocoive, If it gets 1,600, it will bo & good day'a work,—Chronicle, Tho Dolly Varden tickel has niot tho remoteat chance of succass, but, as it will bo mupported mainly by Re- publicane, the result may bo the succoss of the Demo- ‘cratio Legialative - ticket, and the clection of a Demo-~ crat to tho Foderal Sonato,~d ita, Tho Dolly Varden tickot hasno chanco whatever, now that Oassorly Lias desortod it Every volo cast for that tickot helps to elect the Democratio ticket, which 1a ratlroad from top to bottom,—Chronfcle, Thon, on the afternoon of clection-day, the cry went forth from the Grant monopoly headquar- tors to mass all voles on the Democratio ticket, although it was “railroad from top to bottom," and finally, whon Dolly czme in shead, the enatorn baclers of both the boaten parties lny claim to bavo holped.the winner! But you won't 800 in avy California nowspapor that this s o glorlous Democratio Anti-Monopoly victory,” or “ g glorious Ropublican Anti-Monopoly viotory.” Thoy know, in California, what it is, if they do nat know in Milwaukeo and Buffalo. —Wo are informed by the Milwaukeo News that Just such a party is in process of organ- ization here in Wiacousin ns that whioh tri- umphed in California ;" and we cannot doubt that * just such a party,” 1n Wisconsin, would stand the olevonth-hour desortion, even of tho Milwaukoo News, and of the whole Mil~ waukeo & 8t. Paul Railroad ring, as ensily as just such a party did tho desertion of Sonator Cagnerly, In California, It would bo well, thero- fore, for the News to thoroughly inform itsolf what * just such a party * is beforo going into it. Itis not & Domacratio (nor s Republican) Anti-Monopoly party, —Tho New Haven Palladium says truly : 'The people of California ignore partyand are do- termined to put down tho Central Pucifio ring, which has long controlled the politics of the State, and used tho tepublican and Democratic parties aliko as its tools, Goy. Booll hus renson to bo proud of a victor: which {8 in groat part owing to tho remarkablo speoc homsda on the railroad question, —\What does it menn that & ring of nationnl oftfico-holders is this yoar daring to_do what was nover bofore undortaken in such shiomelossnoss and confidence in this Stato ? Ilow doos it hap- pon that tho recipionts of salarios from tho Na- tional Govornmont, almost without exception, are dovoting themselves to the task of controlling our local affairs 7 It is somothing to which the paoplo of Massachusotts are quito unaccustomed, and somothing which threo yoars ago any poi- tician acquainted with the spirit aud traditions of our population would have declared would not bo borne. Who aro theso men ? Tho croa- tures of apatron and dependont upon his favor, —Boston Advertiser., —Tho Republican Stato Contral Committes of Jows has mershaled its oftice-holders into a speaking brigado, and placed them on duty in various localitics of tho State. Nearly every one of theso patriots have their hands in tho publio crib, and are oxtracting therofrom from $6 to $20 o day, overy penny of which is from the peoplo’s monoy—enrned by sweat, and paid by taxation. No doubt all lhave freo raflroad asses, and rido over tho State on their worlk of ovo, freo, without noney aud without paying o copper. flhogo spoakers know thoir mastor's crib, Thoy arc salary-grabbers and spoilumen.— Burlington (Iowa) Gazclle. ~Tho Chairman of the Republican Central Committeo of Towa announces that noither Lo- gan, Harlan, Palmer, or Orr will speak in tho prosont campaign. Vory well. And now will tho Chairman toll us what Benator Wright has done with his * back pay ?"—Burlington Hawk- Eye. ——8ome very ill-natured eriticlams haye beon assod upon Mr, Noidig, Ohnirman of the Yown Ropublican Stato Central Committeo, by Repub- lican journals, for having invited Gon. Logan to take part in tho canvass,—Dubuque Times, —Neidig, tho editor of tha railrond* pa- r ot Cedar Rapids, and Chairman of tho Committoo, publishes an article in his issue of tho 2d, withdrawing tho names of Logan and Harlan and Palmer and Cotton and Orr. Theso aro the snlary-grabbors, and, atrango toany, thoso are the only names withdrawn, Ho assigns Do reasons for tho withdrawal of tho Towa grabbors, simply romarking, sfter the laintivo _manner of Jim Nyo, that ** neither cssrs. Harlun, Palmer, or Ore will sponk.” Certainly not. . . ., Lven Donnan noed feol no longer slightod that he was not invited to Bpeak, since liad lie boen they would bave been compelled to put him off withtho rost, and it is much bettor not to bo {uvitod to a man’s house than it is to bo sut out aftor once being thoro.— Dubuque Iferald. —It is to bo hoped that the editors of the Bur~ lington Hawk-Zye and the Domocratio press faol relioved, now that thoy know Gon, Logan is not coming.—Davenport Gazelle. —Onuly a fow days ngo wo obsorve that one of the Wisconsin papors, with a show of great poli= tical purity, gave its ronders to understand ‘that it thnob want Gon. J, A, Logan, of Illinois, to make nny spooches during the poudivg campaign in that Btato, bocaudo hio wae * a salary-gral ber ;" and now all the litile Domooratio papora are tnking uptho rofrain and are tolling Low Gen. Logan has boon * snubbod,” ste, Bu}i now comes the developmont, which tho Wisconsin organ had net considered that Gen, O, C, Washe burn, its own' boloved caudidato for’ doveruor, is algo not only n * salary-grabbor,” but is one of the ‘*geunino old originals."—INinoiy Stata Jouynal, —\With Morton's gun spiked, and Logau's ‘buglo like & cracked ring, and the whola Long- Bruuch fortification disuntlod, and its guuners disabled, it looks like fun shead.—Z'erre Haute (nd.) Gazelle. —A nut that will bo found rather diffioult for tho groat party of Illinois to crack in_ tho cam~ paign one year from now, will bo now to dispose of its buck-p.y grabbors. Conepiouous among them atands Jobn A. Logan, who deubtioss do- siros an opportunity o air himrelf on tho stump in the Congresstonal elections, but will tho Re- publican Committeo and managers 8o far defy publlo opinion a8 to allow him privileges ? The oxperionca of tho Towa Grant mauagers may be & warniug,—Quingy (J(L) Heratd, —Low Campboll's’ Domocratio constituents have donounced him for not refusing tho baolk. pay voted him by the law which Grant approvad, % Vot tho Cloveland Leader i ot happy. . « + Tho Zeader is mistakon when it says Mr, Oampboll has boon announced by the 8tate Contral” Committeo to participate in tho cam- palgn. No such aunouncement has beon made. —Oleveland Plaindealer. —1It {8 quito cloar, as was tho oaso 1n tho Cons vention of tho Demacratio parly in Ponnsylva- nia, that the salary-grabbers of L'exas will bo handled with saverlty, and that thero ia not any likelibiood of their bafng let down gontly, This ig as it should be.—Delroit Free Press, - —I'ho Kriguirer is auzious for us to elnglo on Bonator Logan atd' donortneo him for his vote on the bnck-pay stoal. - We havo ropoeatedly pub- 1ighod lils namo s among thono who ought to ro- coivo po}mlar condomnatish for his voto, and no roador of tho Jemocrat onny'linve any doubt as to ita’ position on'thia subjéot.— Carlinville (IU.) Zemocral, . . : 53 —There nro fow peoplo who will look npon Sonator Morton's conduci®In refanding his baok- [mv g anything morothan s trsymparent polltieal rick. . . . Thoro aro reasons for boliovin; that tho Ohlo politicians promired to make unfi any finanoial luna which the 8cnator inourred by rofunding bis bacl-pay.—Laporte (Ind.) Argus. —Thore prudent Congressmon who aro wali- ing for the popuinr indignation * to blow ovor” boforo they pocket their sharo of the ealary swindlo muat foel dlscouragod when thoy soe that, Instend of eubu[dlufi tho atorm grows strongor osch dny.—Tellcoille (1) Demacrat, ~This *back-pay” busincis aticks in the l-maplu‘s orops, nud thoy have not tho slightost intontion of nhnwin;g it to * blow over.” Itisa wholosomo sign.—2oryis (IN.) Herald, —Presidont Grant, undisturbed by tho outery sbout the salary-grab and Omsarism, is puraning the even tenor ‘of his don't-carc-a-damn path, as cold a8 an ioialo to tho eye of the publio, but all tho timo thinking like the dovil, and fixing things tor the futuro,—Cairo (ZiL.) Bullelin, ~—Another month's pay, 2025, yosterdsy swaited tho forward-pay Congrossmon. * Our mombor,” Granville Barrore, waa roady to re- coivo his. Mo takes it straight, without oven a winlt.—Canton (XiL) Ledger, —Col, William R. Morrison, of this District, draws his advanco and unoarnod pay rogularly overy month.—Carlinvillo (Zll.) Democrat. —Not & “ flary-grabbor " in the count over ba roturnod 'to Congross. 'Thic mombors of both partics will seo to this, wo think.— Waraaw (Ind.) Northern Indianian. —Maj, Calkins, of LasPorto, is fayorably [ ?or‘u‘: .‘:: s th% m;xx:rd Rupull))}lcn;x cum}l};into (o": 0] n Pacl 's striot.—Plymnoul () Republican, . —The people of thia dlstrict wonld bo glad to know just how Mr. John B. Hawloy has managod this buainess.—Rock Jaland (Zil.) Union. —Of tho twonty-one mombors of Oongross ond_Senntors from Obio, all have cithor taken the back-pay or aro racoiving tho inereased pay in ndvauco, nud the public fail to aco auy differ- ence botwoen the two.— Oleveland Leader. —Col. Crebs, our late member, did not roturn his baci-pay until he saw thab ita retention ‘would defoat him for Judgo of the Twenty-fourth Judicial District, but evon thon he was oo lato, + + « o Ourpresont member, Sam Marshall, promisod Lis party friends in 1872 that if thug would sond him Congress_then he woul never bo a candidate again. Having made this arrangemont to go into privale lifo boforehand, ho took his back-pay and eaid nothing about it. —Shawneetown (Il) Mercur_vé. ~—It is & good sign to seo the Grant Organs gn- doavoring to mako Demoorats responsible for the salary-grab, as most of them are now trying todo. Itshows that they bogln to havo a roaliz- ing sonse of the infamy of tho transaction. Weo condemn Domoarata for voting for it as strongly 08 they do.—Poriland (Me.) Argus, —Most, if not all, of the Democratic mombors of Congress from Ponnaylvanis sttonded the Domocratio Stato Couvontion at Wilkesbarre. Thoy all had their $5,000 of back-payin their ockets, and were willing to hand a nice slice of t overto tho State Central Committeo. But thoy wero all insulted, and now swesr that “naryared” will thoy give. , ., Thoy woro insulted in the house of their frionds, nnd all for buncombe. The people underatood that more Democrats voted for it than Republicans; all wanted it, and nearly all took it, and we have yet to hear the first man say he intenda tovote eithor against tho Domocratio or Republican ticket on tho “pay" quostion.—Lancaster (Pa.) m- iner—Grant. —In this connaction it is intorosting to recal the prophotio uttorances of Gen. Butler when o was pushing tho measuro through Congross. In bis speech for it, he said this wasg & ‘“most suspicious timo" for such a schomo; that “no migorabls domagoguo conld mako nny capital ont of it ;" that Lo ** was & mean mombor who would object to it,—s0 moan that he could never find 1mon moan onough to re-eloct him."” ~Aftor these words ho added : ‘I put myself upon the pro%lm— cy, and you will soe how it comes out,"—Erie (Pa.) Dispatch. must —The more the public mi’ the poorer tho ser- vice, and the smallor the characters who crawl intoit, With low salarics, great men sorve for tho sako of patriotism. With h'i"l ones, cash is the only motive.—Dubuqus Herald, ~—Spinner annunces his belief that to cover back-pay into the Tressury doos not entiroly placo it boyond the reach of membera of Con- gross. . . . Itisrathorcruel in tho vonor- ablo Tronsurer to cast further susplcion on vir- tuous Congrossmon. When they have turned back their pay into the Treasury, thoy have, thus far, dono what they could.—Piltsburgh Qazelle. —Iu viow of Gon. Spinner's letter on the back- my *grab,” it will probably becomo fashionable 1o Tosi¥o what hasnow almost died out (tho turn- Ingin of tho swag), inasmuch ay tho Tressuror ox088 to the public how any 3. C, might have bad the credit of uot drawing it, and at tho sama time heve tha eatisfaction of keepingitin his family by dovising it tosome one of his heirs, Yor instanco, * I Grabit, 8r., at desth do give and boqueath my salary now in the Treasury of the United Stafes to my dearly beloved som, Grabit, Jr., to ave and to hold until he is eloct- el to fill my placo, In that case toagain bo turned in, and placod thereafter whore it will do the most good."— Washinglon Star. —To settle tho quostjon whethor a Congress- man con return his back pay to the Trensury so 88 to bo aftorwards boyond his reach, wo Pm- poso that Sonator Rameoy draw his and return 1t, to bo “*coverod " into the Treasury, As uoon a8 tho receipt of tho money is acknowledged by tho Trogsurer, and tho Sonator learna that it has been taken up on tho books and sccounts, lot Lim go to Washington and try to gob it again. If he succeeds wo'will sympathiso with him as & miserablo victim of ul:‘plcnnnfi Cougreasional legislation, unablo to rid himself of unearned money which bo is loth to keep.—Goodhue Counly (Minn.) Republican. . —Lot us reason a little further. Evoery mem- ‘ber of the present Congress, whether Republican or Domocrat, are takiug ndvantage of that stu- pendous_salary-steal, by drawing, each month, ot tho rato of &7,600 per annum, - Theso * grabe bera” constitute tho real loaders, maaipulators, menagors, and holmsmen, in overy sonso of tho word, of tholr respootive partios. Put cithor of thoso partica in power, and you sustain the # grab.” You may make all the boautiful resolu- tions imagiuablo, condomuing the infamy, but if you elect its supporters to oflico you must oxpect its continuntion. How evidont, thon, is it that you must sustain aud place in power the snti- grab, anti-mongpoly, peoplo’s party, to redress your griovances,—DI¢oria (Iil.) Democrat. —Will not » movoment among tho people for retorm, undor tho leadorship of now men, whopg pockots aro not tainted with the corrupdng jn- fluonces of Governmont money power and pate ronage, moro surcly propare the way, and eafely and ouuntl{ sooure tho popular reforms noeded to porpetuste Ropublican institutions, and add to the genoral, instead of concuntrated, wolfare of tho people P—Ceniralia (1il.) Democral, — et BUCKLEY AFTER THE GAMBLERS. Yestorday Capt. Buclloy grew restive, and, to appeaso his wrath, nu woll as to satisfy his de. eiro to do his duty, he got together a squad of men and ealljed forth in quest of gamblors, The firat placo thoy ontorod was that of Mike Mo Donald, located, we will eay, for tho bonefit of any who may not alroady kuow tho fact, at No, 183 Enst Madison stroet, Tho doora wera forcibly broken open, snd tbo squad—the arrival of which had boen proviously announced by » watoliful and attontive unegro—succoeded in golning admiesion, Elght gamblers wero nr- rontod, but thoir hands wore cmpty and tho table cloared when the police entored. Tho inmatos wera takon to the Armery, however, whers they remained but fow minutes, the magnanimops Danyon, restoring thom thoix libortica upen the payment of a paltry sum. Mike McDonald, the propriotor of tho cetablishment, had witnessed from a near etreet-corner the demolition of his house, aud, as soon o8 ho saw two tables caro- fully carrled off by four * cops,” lio made haste to seouro a writ of replevin from Justico Halnes, It was -glyen to Constablo Best, ‘Chat oficial made quiok time towarda the Armory, Eonding men, women, sud ohitdron epinning off their piug in bis progrogs, Arrived at the Armory, he filucavum«l bt ono of tho tables had beon do- stroyed, aud that the other was being earried to tho slaughterer, Ho waved it only by leaping through a window aud laylng bis hand’ upon it, Juat ag tho oxeoutionor, in theperson of Buckloy, was about to put tho hatohet to it, Twa oraoun and a quantity of tools were also taken ;‘rom No. 118 L?ndluou atreot, Room 10. An officor Burton wag trausportlug tho toals to the Armo{y, ho way l[‘lfv{onclmd by Constable MoEllgott, who domandod their surrendor by virtue of & writ of roplevin, Tho Constabls belng refused the prop- orty, ho harassed Burton until, mad and out of ntlenco, the lattor lald hold of the former, and [ooked bim up for intcrlnrixufi with an officer, Porbaps tho policoman oxcoodod his powers in. rotusing to recognize the "Constable’s Aulhomn DBanyon will decide upon that question thi wmorniug. = AMUSEMENTS, THE ACADEMY'OF rusto, Mr. Frank Mayo, s favorito in Chicago, made his bow at tho Acsdomy of Muslo lnst evening in his gront* spoolalty Davy' Orovkett, tn tho son~ eational drama of that name. * Davy Crockett” is a play whioh Is 4o good In Aomo rospects as ta Tiake omo rogrét that it should bo so wornk in othera. It is only u fow months slnce Mr. Mayo was horo and played tho same ploco ta good businoss,'and wo thoh oxprénsed our opin. don of it. Itis, in thohands of Mr. Mayo, mnde onoof tho bost sonantlonal pleces in the world, bat this isowing to his sction. It mooms sine gular that an aathor who had succosded in give ing lirth to mo many protty moencs aud ine gonloua pituations ghould bLe guilly of glaring blundors In tho™ dotsils of tho ploces, Ho has avolded the hideous doformitien of murder, nrson, gouging, robbery, aud othor startling violations of tho criminal codo, but has been guilty of cortain incongrut- tios, Por instance, ono of the prottiost acenes {n tho whole drama ia marred by such an incon- gruity. . Eleanor Vaughn is sitting in the open sir reading ‘Marmion,” the ground strewn with );rann leaves, and tho treos Juxurisnt in foliage. Damg Orockeft comos out a fow momonts lator and prodicts s snow- atorm. This prodiction is veriflod in the socond sch, In fact the thormomotor falls po low that tho party frecze slmost todonth, and the wolves —called out by intenso uald—huip todovolop tha plot b{lksnplng the ‘‘supes” shouting thom- 8elves hoardo in an unnstural key at tho door, But i such incongruitios mar tho ploce, soma of tho scenen moro than redeem it, such 83 the #addle-mending scene in the first act, and tha recital of ' Lochinvar's Rido"” In tho second, Throughout tho play Lavy is dopictod a8 & hu. morlss in the rough, sufliciently ignorant s to be almoat grotosquo, but a man of such koor wita a8 to command respoct. It s on oxcollent baokwoods portrait—ono that conld be readily ovordrawn—and roqnires an artist to bring out ita pootry snd strongth. Of courso, tho J,nunry worship Davy, bocause ho is such a, bold fellow, aud such an oxcellont shot. Thq ‘Turkish oliairs rn?onc him for his fraukness, dotormination, and postio tomperamont. The Pportonation boars marks of tho most careful study by tho sctor, and when such real ‘actors as Trank Mayo toke hold of the sonsational drama thoy glva it a dignity which if doea not possess intrinsically. Thero doos noi scom to bo & point lost in his acting ; his stage business shows that ho haa searched avery nook aud oranny for an additional point, but is’ satia« flod that thoro is none. The rosult is & minute and even ploture, woll sustained and completo, Mr, Mayo hasthe Foad fortuna to be supported b{ & charming littio lady, Miss Rosa Rand, who pl a{u tho part of Eleanor Vaughn, sud plays it with hoarty intorost and effoot. Sho reads ‘* Lochinvar's Rido™ with such spirit that not only Davy but tho sudience catch the enthu. siam, and think *Young Lochinvar” just as good sa he doss, There is one point about hor soting which ufimenra somewhat stagy, and that i8 addrossing her soliloquies to tho audionce. The other chinracters are all well taken, but call for no spocial mention, If Mr. Mayo is wiso, he will out out that part of the first aok which s oo- ouplod by o stupid gang of lunters. It takes 00 muokh time, and is dull and meaningloss, TIE OTHER THEATRES, Thero is nothing now at the other theatres. “ Lilian's Last Love" is drawing crowdod housas at Hooley's, '*Diamond's™ js rotained until Thuradsy night at MoVicker's, * Aladdin" at tho Globo, ia still tn\dni handsomoly, and Bam Myers finds his minstrol houso too small, SOUTH PARK COMMISSIONERS, The South Park Commissioners have arranged for o scrics of concerts to tako place at the Lead of tho West Park, at the junction of Bayard ave- nuo and Grand Boulevard, The firat concert, under the loadership of Hans Dalatkn, will be &ivnn Wodnosday aftornoon, from 4 to & o'clook, 'he programmo will Lo as foliows : PART I, 1. March (When tho Swallows Homeward Fy). 2. Overture to '* Poot and Peasant ", B 3. Fantasia on themes from ¢ Fauat 4. On the Ditto Danubo Waltz.... 5. Mignon's Hong, from * Mighon 7. 8. Cavaller Polka,.... 1, Overtura to Massniallo " 2, Potpourr, from & Ozarand Carpent i 8, Infelico ATls from Ernuni, solo for trombone, M, H. Brown, 4. Tenpin Gallop. 5. Quartetto from 6. Parodd March. A oA To the Edftor of The Chicano T'ribune; Bin: In yourissue of last Eundz:r I find some strictures in referonco to myself and the transla- tion of Murger's ' Vie de Bohome," about to be prodented at McVicker's Theatre, under the titla of ** Fronchwomen,” I do not complain of tho sooming enoer that I did not come to Chicago * from choico;” but I do complain of the ine sinuation of cowardice contained in the remark that I shoot charges of plagiariem at M. Bouci- cault ab a distanco of 1,000 miles, Your charga is thuy worded : It geoms o littlo singular that Mr, Cazauran should como so far west 08 Ohicago to ind opportunity to cherge Bouclcault With plagiarism, when New York ought to afford him so much gruater scope. While our cltizens are proud of the fiame they have made, they do not resdily believe that Mr. Oazauran came ‘here out of choice, Ohicago ia not yot tho dramatio contro of tho United Btatea, Henco there {n somothing vory diverting in Afr, Oazauran’s shooting off his come munleations from the datly papors of th's cityat & ‘man nearly 1,000 milos away, eto, Ay answor i of tho shortest, Miss Ada Gray Purchnsod for use on her starring tour during ho qopson of '79 and '74 my transiation of Mur- er’a ** Vie de Bohemo,” It is one of the condl. fons of the salo that I should como to Chicago to supoyintend its firet production, as that ia tha firat city in which o company fit to play it would bo macgad by her. In complinuce with these oonditions I camo hare, protty much as Mr, Howard came to superintond the ymduction of Lis beautiful play of ** Diamonds,” at the samo thoatre, and batter played hero than in Now York, Ihad been lioro but & few days, whon Mr, MoVicker handed me the following lottor to him, from Boucicault; ALLACK'S, 3 Theatres and Ofhers : et loaed by the Masgor of o theatre that & worthless MIMI, raon offord to him for nurchato & la Thioh turtied out to bo substamially tmy Wratm. ontiled T'Mimi. " 1 find thia porson {s ongagud in attompting to pass off this ploco on othor Managors, whorofors I thess moann to kive notio that At any play bo porformod racters, aituations, dialoguo, o r other am the proprictor, 1 susll takop rompt 1ops to stop such unautliorized porfarmanco by fnjanos tion, and puratio tho viracy at law for domagos. Afiy porson who will {uralsh mo with avidence of such ‘porfarinanoe will recatve frommo 860, aad also one-half of any damagos 1 may obtain, Brox BoucigavLr, Addrose my logal advidor, Ricbard 0'Gormaz, Kai., 119 Broadway, New York, 3 ', 28,—Dear Sir: 1 heg ta A o o o Saconod advariagimants Yourd truly, A. Beous, 4 for Dion Jjoucicavlt, The astonishing sangfrold of this lottor, the movereign impudouco of claiming proprietary rights in 8o old aud 8o woll-kuown o play as that of M. Murgoer was not likely to be quietly passed by any countryman of Murgor’s, whothor ho hap- penod at tho moment to be in Chicago or Oalumot, It was also duo to Mr, McVicker, and to Miss Gray, that I should malke it clear to thom that Boucicault’s claims had no existonce, and that his throats wero but au advertising schemo for the beneflt of Miss Rogers,who now possosses M. Boucicault's translation, M, Doucicault at- taoked mo in Chicago from New York, and I replied to him in New York from Chicago. That's all, Aud now ono word about ‘ dramatio contres,”™ We have none in Amoriea, Last soaron morg good American plays woro firat producod in Chi- cago than Now York darod to offor, ‘Lha dramatio centro of Now York is Paris, The fosterlng aentro of Admerican dramatio tions is any aud everywhoro olse, Mr. Dartley Campbe]l's lovely plays of ' Fate" and * Porll" wore not. orlglunfi produced -in New York, but in Ohicago, Mr. Howard's fino play of “Liliau'a Ynst Lovo" was rofused in New York to mcot with merited encores hero, Maggie Mitohell's W anohon” and “Jano Eyro,” Murdock's # David Orockett,’ ''Bpartacus,” *‘The Broker of Hogots,"—all ‘theso made tholr firut famo outs side, and In apite, of Now York. Tho produc. tion' of Doucigault's version of ¢ La Vie do hemeo," st Wallack's, under tho titlo of W Mimi,% and its long run would have made a succoeding prosontation thero of m tranglation, undor the titlo of ' Frenchwomen," ‘moro matter of suporerogation; and s notwithatanding the not very complimentary tona of your critlo’s romarka abont mysolf, allow mo to assure you g would and do far yra!or to firat ubmit any work of mino to tho froe, un. trammelod oriticism of tho press of Chicaga, than to tho oliquo that rule tho thoatrioal golymns of the papors of Now York, It will ba nowa to every hounest writer and actor to hoar it inelnuated that Ohloago tnato and Chioago ine telloot arp not gs roliablo gs tho floating popula- tion which crawds tho theatros of Now York, As to tho buncombe alluded to in your critlo's spioy remarks, I can only eay it ia of Bouoicault's creli(m), not uyine hhul whoever croated if, it ia a8 little noodey l:r un}nr‘- play, whothor called ¥ Frepchwomen ' or * Mimj," as wauld be a fight nlxer tho gravoof Rhorjdan to Insure the mlpuh ty of the ‘ Hchool for Scandal” Witk o respact, X remain your sorvant, A, B, Oazavna,