Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 10, 1873, Page 4

4 . TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TEMS OF SUNIGTITION (FATATLE TX ADVANCE), Dally, by mail.....$124 Raeskdnttes S 1508 | et Tarla of « yonv at the samo rato. To yrovont dolny and mistakos, be ane and give Post 00 ce address fu full, Inoluding Btato and County, Remittances may bo made althor by deaft, oxpruss, Post Oflicoordor, or in toglstorod lottors, At aur risk, TERAS TO CITY AUDSONIDENSA, Dafly, dolivered, Sunday oxcontod, 2 cante por wook, Dails, aelivorod, Bunday included, R0 conts por week. Addroes TIE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearbo: Olileago, 1t TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. TOOLEY'S TIIRATRI-Randolph at; bat ANk b Latiatlo, AR (it (ttors Te Not Cloid, asd P Sony Lind. MOVICKER'S THEATRE—Madison stroot, botweon Doarbamn and Blate, **Baratogn .’ ACADEMY OF MUSIO—Halstod stront, batween Mad- o gnd Souroo, Kngagomont of Joo Murply, ¢ Siaum MYERS' OPERA-IIOUSKE—Montoo stroot, botwesn Dearborh and State, *“Funny Mokos In a Fog," Min- atroley and comcalitior GLOBE: THEATRE~Dosplaluos stron tson " and " Hans" Dotwaon Mad- Washington, Kogagoment of John Thompson. and ** Dlzls." MUSIC HALL—Cla stroot, b Lako. Thaodora Thg wesn Randolph and " Oroliosts QUREN'S OIROUS—Wabash avonuo, cornor Adams atreot, Aftornoon and ovoning. INTER-STATE EXPOSITION—Lako-8hore, foot of Adam srost, BUSINESS NOTICES. HRADQUARTERS FOR BOYS' OLOTHING. O. 0. DOLLINS, 181 and 18 Clar} The Chicags Tibune, Fridey Morning, Ooctober 10, 1873, The President has announced bis intention of being present at tho Reuuion of the Army of the Tonnossoo, at Tolodo, noxt weok. The Bonrd of County Comml‘sulonm has deslgnated tho judges and precincts of election, which will be found in detail olsewhere. Tho trial of Stokes will now go on, his counsel having withdrawn thewr objection to the jury- pancl. The work of impaneling the jury was in progress yostorday. The colored Ropublicans of Now York Btate have rejected a proposition to disband their scparate political organizations aud join the Ropublicans, —— The Dean of Canterbury made tho very sensi- blo remark, attho Evangelical Allisuco yestor~ day, that the body hnd not assembled to make a Constitution for tho United States. Mr. Schuyler Colfax’s idea of rotirement from public life is illustrated by his frequent appear- anco in tho capacity of public speaker at fairs and other popular gntherings, a8 reported in the dispatches of the last fow days. Tho debt of New York City and County, which are practically the samo, is $186,208,961.55, on which $6,354,009.17 is payablo in interost, These figures shiould bo kept in view by Chicago tax- payers pending mubicipal clections. The election of officers by the Western Union Yelograph Company resulted in the choice of William Orton for President, oe was auticipated, with A. B, Cornell, N. Green, Augustus Schell, Goorge H, Mumford, and Harrison Durkeo as Vico-Presidonts. A decision of Judge McAllistor’s, of the Illi- aols Supreme Court, reported olsowhero in this paper, is importunt a8 defining perjury, which he holds to bo *an act of false swearing in re- spect to & matter matorial to the point of in- L L ——— The Board of Supervisors for Macoupin Coun- ty, 111, are likely to find that thoy cannot refuso ttention to & mandamus of the United States Circuit Court with impunity. Having refused to lovy tax for the payment of the intorest on the Court-Houss bonds, when ordered so to do, thoy will bo soverally commanded to appoar s {ho next ferm of court to show cause why they shiould not be committed for contempt. ‘Clie Emigration Commigsion, sent to Europo gomo limo since by the Secretary of tho Trens- ury, are preparing thoir report, which will be made & part of the Secretary’s annual roport to tho nest Congress, It is stated that they will recommend o permanent intornational commis- sion, for the better protection of emigrants to this conntry, and to provide for redrees in tho caso of frauds. Wo print this morning a tabular statoment of tho agsossmonts mado by tho State Board of Equalization on the capital stock of Illinois cor- porations. They foot up a8 follows: Railroads, £62,603,747; tolograph companics, §1,236,394; all other corporations, $19,658,068; total, £89,505,209. Tho railroads of the Btate have been assessod, in all, $191,765,727, The aggre- gato asscssmont of the property in the State, real and personal, reilronds, capital stock, and sverything, amounts to $1,389,882,251. — Judge Tipton, of Bloomington, has refused to grant a chango of venuo in tho sult brought againet tho Directorsof tho Gilman, Clinton & 8pringfield Railroad, tho naturo of which hag alroady been explained in theso columns. The chango of venuo was asked on the ground that Tudge Tipton is projudiced against railronds, in attostation of which the dofendants point to his decision in thofamiliar discrimination ecaso, The cage will como for argument to-day. e We print on the second page of this morning's popor & lint of thoe Stato and county elections that are to occur this fall, Regular Btato eloc- tions occur in Californie, Towa, Kansas, Mary- land, Maseachusotts, dlinnosots, Mississippl, Ohio, Now Juracy, New York, Penneylvania, Toxng, Virginia, and Wisconsin, soveral of the Btates olecting a full ticket from Governor . down, and othors only particular Btate officials. Tho tickets in the various States are also given a8 thoy have boen made up by the contending partios. s Tho Chicago produce markots wero genorally less active yostorduy, and at a lower range of pricos, tho shipping domaud being loss than herotofore, Mess pork was quiot and a shado onsler, at £14,62,@14.75 cash, and $18.87}@ 18.50 solter Decombor, Lard was quict and enslor at T9§@78¢c per b cash, and TH@7%o gollor Docember, Meats woro nomlnelly un- changed at 8@8}go for short ribs, 8%c for short cloar, snd 0@100 for Bweet pickled hams, Mighwinos woro quist aud unchanged at 923¢a por gallon. Lake freights were quict and unchunged, at Tio for corn to Buffalo, TFlour was i bottor demand and firm, ‘Whoat was dull and 3qo lower on cauls loty, clos- Ing at ©1.08, with geller November at $1.06. Oarn was dull and 30 lower, olosing ab 8740 THE CHICAGO' DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1873, cnsh, and 89%¢o seller Novembor, Onts woro losn active, and }{@3¢o lower, closing at 830 caslly, and 98}(@383%o sollor November. Ryo wag quiot and unchanged, at 6o, Barloy was moro active and & shado firmer, closing at $1.98 for No. 2, and 8114 for No. 8. Hogs wero no- tivo at Go douline, with snles at $4.00@4.06, Tho eattlo and shoop markets wore dull and woak, —— e At amooting of the goutlomen interested in tho Luilding of a now rallrond from Chicago to Charloston, 8, 0., Lold at tho Paclflo Hotel yestor- day, the following officors woro olocted t Gov. Magofiin, of Kontucky, Prosident; OCyrus IL MeCormick, of Chicngo ; James N, Sims, of Indi- ana; J. H. Jobnson, of Kentuoky; A. G. Wil- son, of Tennessoo; Thomas L. Clingman, of North Carolina ; Gon. J, W. Harrlgon, of Bouth Carolivs, and Mr. Erwin, of Goorgla, Vico-Prosi- donts: Maj. N. J. Vail, of Illinois, Socrotary. Springfield hns n senmation, Tho School Bonrd has stricken the word *white " out of tho regulations, and thrown opon the doors of tho public echools to applicants of overy variety of color from mauvo to jet biack, The Register is roported as grontly troubled thereat, and thero are rumors that the ,haut monde will withdraw ita children. Berious as thia opposition may be, the Board will probably find itsolf constrained to abido by tho spirit of the amendments to the Constitution of the United Btatos. 1t thoro was a doubt at any time during the “ Jato onpleagantness” in financial circles that thestringency in the money market would keop tho country people from visiting tho Ohicago Exposition, yesterday's observation muet have geattored 1t to the winds, The country folke soomod to have a botter rocolloction of tho fire anniversary, and o higher appreciation of the propriety of commemorating it, than our city poople. The strects wore packed with people, tho number being so large as to bo notice- able over and above tho usual rush of bumanity in Chicago's thoroughfarcs. The Exposition was, of course, the cen- tral polnt of intorest, and there is little doubt thet all the visitors felt repaid for the timo and money they invested. An attond- anco of 60,000 poople is roported. Wo question, however, whether they found anything inside thoe Exposition building half so astonishing to thom a8 tho consclousness that the groat and ‘beautiful city thoy saw on the outside had been built up bastily within two yoars' timo. As was anticipated in Toe TRIBUNE of yosier- day, Mr, SBtorey bhas intimated to tho Board of County Commissionors his willingnoss to accopt 86,000 & yenr rental for s portion of the Times building which ho has herotofore been unablo to rent at all, to bo used for the Recorder’s office. For some roason or other, the mafority of the County Commissioners wero not so cagor to ac~ copt tho proposition as they were dny boforoe yoa- torday. Messra. Ashton, Horting, Roelle, Russell, and Millor wore a8 willing as over, but the others voted to postpono action on the matter till Mon- day, and a resolution was adopted instructing the Recorder to furnish plans and specifications, giving the size of rooms, vaults, ete., in the va- rious bwldings offered for the purpose. It isto bo hoped that this resolution was honestly in- teonded to bring out the respective merits of the saveral propositions, At oll events, it is the duty of Recorder Stowart to g0 construa 1t in the intercst of the public whom he was olected to sorve, He must also romembor that the public has no intorest in any political compaots bo- twoen tho Times and tho bummors of the Hos- ing-0'Hara combination. The nineteen porsons callod the State Board of Equalization havo shown their ears again in tho matter of taxing the capital stock of private corporations in Chicago, As an illustration, lot us take two cases. The Chicago Post is pub- lisled by an incorporated company. The Chi- cago Journal is published by a private firm, Both papors are published in tho aftornoon. As amatter of fact, the Journal is & much more valuable piece of property than the Post. The Post has employed in printing its papor & press, and & cortain amount of type and furniture, worth perhaps ©30,000." Tho Journal hes ma- chinery, etc.,, employed in thoe printing of its papor, proporty of the same kind, valued at about tho same sum. Tho Board of Equalization bas provided that this property shall be aesessed at 70 per cent of its real value, or, say, §21,000 cush. But the Post, being an incorporated company, is taxed, in addition, on 70 por cent of its capital stock, and the two tax- bills wall be thus mado out : Evening Journal to State of Illinols, Dr. ¢ Tax of 1 per cent on $21,000 property. 210, Evening Fost to State of Tax of 1 por chut on 531,000 proporty, Tax of 1 per cont ou §31,500 capitul S0 X $210.00 316,00 $525.00 Or. By tax on Propertyeueseseces 210,00 Net tax... ceeeves BII600 Assuming that tho entire property of both con- corng employed in the publication of thoir pa- pors to be the samo, it will bescon that the Post will havo to pay $100 more tax than tho Journal, Tho State Bonrd of Equalization porhaps fancy that thoy have succeeded in imposing upon a majority of the people of Illinols the burden of $19,000,000 of railrond-nid debts which should bo borne by tho minority who votod them, if by anybody. Butwo can tell thom they are mis- takon. We do not know what the people of Will, McHenry, Boone, Winnebago, Lake, Mon- roe, Union, and other counties similarly plun- derod, may do, butthe people of Cook County will not poy that tax, *‘no how you can fix it.” "That I8 to say, thoy will resiat it till tho last logal romedy I8 exbausted, You may chattor about ihe credit of the State till doomsday—that tax will not be paid eo long as theie is any lawful means of avolding it. To pay such a tax now is to invito tho noxt State Board of Equalization to assoss not only tho railrond-nid debts of other counties upon us, but the cost of thoir turn- pikes, county jails, and poor-houses as well. Indeed, thero have boen bills bofore the Legia- Iature fu times past to authorize the application of tho Btate revenue to the support of paupers in certain counties, aleo to defraying the exponso of dralnage, and to the creation of water-power, Thero I8 no end to the number of dovices for spiritlng away tho Blato taxes, if this sort of piracy is submitted to, For the real credit of tho Btate we sliould hope that tho Board might roassomble and rescind its outragoous action, but go far a8 collecting this tax Iu concorned, they wilt never aee tho color of the monoy. The financial news from Now York indicates a nervous and unsettled foeling which cannot con- tinue many days longer without sorions results, though these results may not oxort a material inflgence outaide of Now York. Btocke doclined on tho Exchange from 1 to 10}§ conts, Western Union falling 10 aud drag- ging other soouritios with it. Thero was ono susponsion on thoe BStock Bonrd, and tho failuro of Gibson, Casanova & Oo. bankors, is announcod. It will surpriso no ono to lonrn thint thoy wore involved by rallrond op- orations, They aro roported ms having mado largo advancos to tho Jacksonvillo, Northwost- orn & Southonstorn Railrond, of this Blate. Greenbacks in Now York are quoted from 9¢to 1 por ecnt promium. Thoro 18 talk of & meoting of tho Clonring-House Associn- tion of that city for the purpose of deoiding that the banks sbnll resuma curroncy paymonts in full to-morrow, but it is not poluted out bow thoy will proceed to do so, Thero lsn divorsity of opinion in rogard to tho logal-tonder “rosorvo.” According to one roport, it will bo mecossary to draw on it to thenmount of 8,000,000 or §0,000,000 to meot tho Government oxpenses for tho month; nccording to anothor, tho noxt monthly statoment will show tho outstanding logal tonder to bo reducod to the minimum, Moanwhile, thoamount steadily incroasos, aud was roported yesterdny at $368, 000,488, It is roported from Washington that the Ponusylvania Courts bave secured priority of jurisdiction in Jny Cooke's affaira, and also that tho nauets of that firm, including thoNorth- org Pacific bonds, aro 2,000,000 in oxcess of thoir labilitios. Thore is an offort to croato confidence in these securities by tho an~ nouncement of 8 movoment to infuse now blood into tho Board of Directora; but the Jay Uooke creditors are probably unanimous in tho wish thot Northern Pacificbonds did not form so largo o part of the Jay Cooke assots, Thore is no matorial chango in the financial nows from other quartera. The failure of a banking-house in Rend- Ing, Ponn., amounting, to $2,000,000, is tho only 1tem of any particular significance, though our roports from tho various citios indicate tho ssmo goneral stringoncy in the money market that has provailed sinco tho “scare” sub- sided. There are still many evidences that Chicago is ensier in both financinl and com- merclal circles than the othor cities from which we prosont raports, AN EXTRAORDINARY RELIGIOUS EVENT, The procoedings of the Evangolical Allianco have acquired extraordinary interest by reason of its correspondence with the * 01d Catholics™ of Qermany, which foreshadows the breaking down of religious projudices that have hitherto soomed invincible. The Allianco hins hithorto boon composed of those bodies of Christians who have boen strong m dogmntio theology; who Liavo beon more or less unrelenting in their dofl- nitlona of tho essontials of salvation ; and who, if thoy held onoe thing in groator disestoom than auoother, it was the Roman Catholic Church, They held that the Roman Church, in its doc- trinos, faith, tonchings, and practicos, was about onslevel with Paganism, Judalsm, or oven AMormonism, Wo suppose that not one-third of tho men and womeon brought up in evangelical churches in this country ever hoard a kind word said in their youth concorning the Cntholic faith, though it is possible thoy have all heard this Church denounced ss tho * Scarlet Woman ;" and if tho Catholic laity escaped liko excoriation, it was on the grouna that they were too ignorant and too priest-ridden to Dbe capablo of knowing any bettor. This has boen tho nccoptod judgment of the churches composing the Evangelical Allianco, nob of this country alone, but of othor countrics. In the meantime, the Catholic Cliurelr has con- tinued to exist, and its laymon have continued to conatituto o laxgo portion of the poople, and love recolved but little, it any, rocognition sg Christisns, Dbelieving in a common faith, from tha Protostant donominations. P! 1In July, 1870, the Council of the Vatican pro- claimed tho dogma of Papel infallibility, Ite promulgation was, in some countries, delayed by tho Freuch and Gorman war and in othera Dy various onuses. In Germany,thero was o stout opposition to tho dogma itself, and in tlis opposition someo distin. guished theologiaus of tho Ohurch took part, In due course thero persons were oxcom- municated. Tho non-adhorents of infallibility were thus loft without any epiritual hoad. After somo dolny, thero were a fow brave men in orders who dared oxpress their opinious. Theso 800D recoived sccesgions to their strength. Thoy hiad not, however, smong them any porson of the rank of Bishop, nor was it ensy to obtnin one, Tinally, Doctor Reinkens wag olactedaftor tho ancient manner of selecting Bishobs of tho Cbureh, and he was in due form, and after the prescribed ritual of the OChurch, consecrated Bishop by one of the Roman Catholio dio~ ceses of Holland, Thue organized, with & Bishop, forty priests, and a large lay following, the * 0ld Catholic Church’ was proclzimed to the world, The Old Catholic Church rojects Papal iofallibility. In all things else it claims to bo tho Roman Catholic Church that has exist- ed and beon known to mankind for centurios, Bishop Reinkens claims apostolic enccesalon, through his consccrator, back to 5.. P :or, o sud his clergy aud all his peoplo believe in all the doctrines of the Church as they had boen dofined at Rome prior to the 17th July, 1870. They believe in the Soven Bacraments,—ospo- cislly that of the Eucharist,~and clnim to bo the custodians of tho faith as it oxisted prior to the day on which Papal infallibility was proclaimed at Rome, . Tho Cbristian world will rejoico at the en- thusiasm of the Evangelical Allianco, with its dolegates fram all parts of tho globo, in wol- coming to the common brothorhood of Obrist these Gorman Oatholics, It indi- cates that at last it hos boen discove ored that thero may bo somothing good ond truthful oven in tho doctrines of the Oatholle Church, and that, consequently, tho Catholio Bishops and clorgy aro not, necessarily, the entichnats they have beon supposod to be, aud that evon tho laity have possi- bly some ‘conception of the doctrines of otornal salvation through the Divine toach- ings of Clrist, Tho alucrity with whioh tho Evaugolical Allinuce has eurolled among its membors thewe Catholics of Germany, and the sid and comfort they have cxtended to their nowly-found brethren, bespeaks a largor Clria- tlan charity auda moro comprehensive Chris- tian unity thao has bitherto existed, It recog- nizes the wholesomo truth that the mass of meukind aro honest in thelr religious beliofs; that, whilo there may bo mistakes, and exagger- ations, aud even fanaticlsm, tho avorago of in- tolligonce iy about the same among civilized peoplos, and that roliglous oplu- fons honestly entortained aroe entitled to rospect. The Tvangolleal Allianco has hitherto hold the Roman Catholie peoplo and clergy boyond tho circlo of Christian unity, —that ig, havo excluded a large mojority of tho Ohristian family and cirole, Xt now proclaims, in unmistakablo lauguago, that to bo a Catholio, —Bishop, priost, or Iayman,—is nolonger au un- pordonable offonse. Dishop Relukens writos that ho and his branch of tho Catbolie family will continuo to rocognize, in principlo, “the Primacy of Romo as a bistorieal Institution, in ho samo sonso ne tho anclont undivided Ohrls- inn Ohureh acknowlodged it." Bishop Relnkons claima to belong to tho samo Chrlstian family with Romo, and Lopes, by tho withdrawal of the absurd dogma of Papnl iufallibility, to have tholr former rolations with tho Pope restored, Tho Evangalical Alliance, with a Ohristian love and spirlt of toleration sll tho more commond- ablo bocauso hithorto supprossed, embracos Bishop Roinkons; asks him no questions; gives lim liborty to beliovo in anything and every- thing that ho and his followors havo ever be- loved and tought ss Roman Catholics, and olnims him 88 a Christian brother. Al honor to the mon who havo thus proclaimed univorsal toloration,—toleration ovon to the professors and toachors of Roman Catholicism. T great mass of mankind who take no in- torost In tho disputos botweon Clristians, con- corning more matters of form, will bo giaddoned by this setion of tho ovangelical bodles, which, putting under foot tho bitter projudices and hintreds of the past, have broken through the orust of oxclusivencss whioh has encased them, and proolaimed that honcoforward they recog- nizo ail bellovers in Clrist as Christians; that ‘moro sectarinn nomenclature is mo longor to divido tho OChristian family; that Bishop Roinkons, with his mitre and crozler, is to ro- coive thoright hand of followship from his Presbytorian and Methodist brothers ; and that the only rivalry shall be as to which will bring thomoro sinners to ropentauce, snd dotho greater good in the world. The example of toleration sot by the Evangol- ical Alliance ought to be univorsslly followsd. Lot the various Christian bodics learn more of oach other; lat them cultivato the acquaintance of all Obristian pooplo; lot thore bo s genoral toleration,—a completo abandonment of strifo snd denunciation,—and the world will soon con- tain more and botter Ohristians, human charity will be enlarged, and mankind wilt bless tho day when Catholics and Protestants joined hands as brothors in tho samo Christian family. THE CITIZENS' INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT, A quict and unostentatious conferonce among some of tho leading citizens of Chicago hna beon going on for a fow days past, with refor- onco to tho action that should be taken in the approaching municipal elaction. This confor- enco resulted yestorday in a declaration of prin- ciples pertinent to the local issues, and the appointment of an Execcutive Committeo to organizo a ** Citizons' Indepondent Party,” with tho purpose of uniting all good citizens in tho work of sccuring an honest and efficiont City Govornment for the eusuing two yoars. The two last Municipal Governments have beon chosen through movemouts gimilar to tho pres- ont, which disbanded a8 soon as their work was done. In this woy the bummer element in both political partics has beon mainly weeded out of publio offico in this city and county. Tho samo gonoral iseue is presented this year of good citizenship vs. bummerism, and the public mind is in the same conservative and cautious condition, fully realizing the nocessity of putting asido the schoming of politicians and fanatics to make way for tho common demands of the pub- lic welfare. While this is the first object of the Citizons' Independent Movement, the conference has fairly met the issues which the oxtremistson both sides desire to foist upon the .public, and wo commend thoir platform to caroful reading, coofldont that it will sntisfy the conscrvative and intelligout mon of all partics, nativities, and predilections. In deuling with the Sunday question, the Citi- zons' Movernont takea tho ground that it is tho natural right of ovory person to obaerve the firat day of the week in accordauce with his own in- clinations, traditions, and customs, subject only to the peaco and good order of the community, and it rocommends that thosalo of wino and beer be permitted on that day, as being not pro- ductive of crime or disorderly conduct, and that this permission be granted by an amendment of the existing city ordinance. Whatever clso may Do anid of the platform, it is perfectly frank and open in nll its declarations. While it emphati- cally opposes any foroign-nativity movoment (holding that American citizonship is broad enough for all political ngitation), it recognizes the fact that a large proportion of the citizens of Chicago, numbering about one-third of the population, have & traditional and cherished custom of spending Sunday, ora portion of it, a8 & gociel day in an orderly manner, in which beer and wino are commonly incident to their in- torcourse, The Citizens' Indopendont Move- ment helds that it would be arbitrary and unjust for one portion of tho community to brealk down this custom, 8o long a8 it docs not disturb the peaco and good order of tho community. Whenoever it does, the police have full authority tosuppress it, a8 woll a4 any othor avocation thet produces like rosults. This diatinction Dotween beer and distilled spirite is drawnin the Oity of Now York, where tho whisky-saloona are rigidly closed on Sundays and the boer-gar- dens are permitted to remain open. Some time sinco a prossuro was brought to bear upon the city nuthorities to close the beer-gardeus, but tho Board of Polico Commissionora declined to undortake tho crueade on tho ground that the beor-gardons interfored in no wiso with the good order of tho city. Tho principal aim of the Independent Move- mont of this yonr is to keop the Municipal Gov- ornment out of tho hands of the dangerous men to whom tho Tlesing-O'Hara combination will dollver it if they aro pormitted to succoed, Thoe Committeo of Boventy may objoct to tho proposed modification of the Sunday ordiuanco, and sot up tho State law on tho same subject. To this wo roply (1) that, in a local election, the citizens of Ohicago havo nelthor tho right nor the opportunity to pass upon any Btato Iaws; and (2) that the litoral enforcoment of tho Btate law will in- volve the Committco of Bovonty in a moss of complications from which thoy will never be ablo to oxtricato thomsclves, Thoy will then find thomselves constralned to make war upon the running of stagos and horso-cars, upon the soll- ing of fruit and seda-water, and upon all avaca- tions, other than thoso of nocossily or muroy, which aro now commonly pursuoed on the first day of tho weok, oxcopt tho lauding of pas- wongers from stoamboats and forry-boats, which ia the only concossion tho State law makes, Wo can searcoly beliove that the Comimittoo of Hoventy aro propared to entor upon guch a oru- sado pa this. Aftor all, the main thing ia to got good men for city and county ofticors, In ordor to accom- plish any good end, the Committee Laving this matter in chargo must dovise means to give us a tickot composed of honorable, upright, high- minded citizens, whose stosling integrity can be inatantly recognized by tho wholo public. Their candidato for Mayor, espooinlly, must be a man of known olinractor and forco, A good tickot in what wo want most of all, and it Is a mattor of secondary importanco who puts it in nomination. BAM ASHTON AS BRUTUS, At Inst the community is gratified in discov- ering the ronson why, during tho lass quarter of a contury, Bamnshton has beon engaged in rus- ning for most of tho offices which hiave noodod filling. Illa quallfeations for ofico bave always boon a mystery to iutoltigent poople, and, after sovoral yoors of unintorrupted oxperienco In sooing his namoe upon tickots, they hiad como to rogard it a8 one of the inovitable things of this world, liko monsles, house-flies, and mosquitoos, and always accoptod itin that mannor. Now, howover, Bamashton has lot out tho sme- eret, It s courago. Not that vain bonst- ing of Dombnstos, who challonged the world to displace his boots, nor the engor and physical courago of him who goos round with a chip on Lis shouldor, begging somebody to be so good 28 to knock it off. The courago of Sam- nshion is of & highor and nobler typo. It is puroly moral, and warranted to wash on evory occasion. Like Brutus, Bamashton fe 8o strong- 1y armed in honesty that bio can let all roproaches pass by him like the idle wind and not rogard them. It is a characteristio of ihe truly great thet tholr sterling qualities only como to the surfaco in great emorgencies. 8o it has proved with Samashton, Had it not Leon for the fact that tho T¥mes bullding has been 60 tenant- losa that not even that famous old Bansheo has boen disturbed in his midnight howlinga among tho rafters, Samashton's courage might still have beon slumbering, and the oity never drosm- ed of the moral horo walking its sireots. Had it not beon for the fact that the Hesing-O'Hara faction, of which Bamnshton is nmagna pars, was in sore straits, Samashton and tho six other bummers, or rathoer the six other moral heroes (for the great emergoncy unoarthod haif-a~dozen more as bold 88 ho), would mnever bavo had tho courngo to tell tho pro- prictor of tho Chicago Times that they wore not afraid of bim or any othor man. It requires 10 ordinary boldness for & tenant to inform his landlord, prior to moving in, that ho don't care for him or any other blasted landlord, Itshows extraordinary moral courage to walk deliberately into the pig-pen, casting pearls from the County Troasury, whon the cccupant thereof at any momeont may turn and rend you. But such courage as Samashton's always carrios its own roward withit. The majesty and dignity of moral herolsm sre always overpowering, and thoy weroe 80 in this instanco. The Times, which had all aloug boon assniling Samashton and Craw- ford, and Hosing and O'Hara, quit all at onco, when it was informed shot the dauntless seven were not afraid of it, sud it is so scared that it will stay quit just so long as these moral heroos remain on its grounds. Six thousand dollars, or half that sum, is an unusual sight in that ofiice, and probably helped amashton'’s moral cournge in searing the Tlmes, ‘While wo are disposed to congratulate our county Brutus upon his outbreak of morsl courage, wo are also disposed to congratulate Fifth avenuo on tho treaty of peace which has Jjust boen concluded on such inoxponsive terms, aud tho mutual good will botween the Times and its neighbor over tho way. On the basis of $0,000 a yonr, tho Hesiug party are no longer snusago-ostors, thoy dom’t smoll budly, thoy trado at tho etores, they have ordi- nary intelligenee, thoy are not all baboous, and clowns, and sans culottes, and Bismarck's cattlo, as tho Times informed its readers three or four weeks ago, That is the way thoy looked to the Times beforo Bamashton showed his ‘moral courage. P, 8,—8ince writing the above, we learn that Samashton is gotting woak in the back, and that ke and bis Lalf-dezon moral heroos are begin- ning to shiver, and have postponed the matter of taking apartments in the Times building for ashort time. If this bemo, Bomashton and Anthionyhosing and Danielobars must propars themselves for thunder all round the eky near the corner of Fifth avenue and Washington street. Wo hope it is not so, howover. aving after all theso years discovored o quali- fication in Samashton for oficeholding, it would boe a crucl disappointment to lenrn aftor all that ho has done. It will booqually hard for tho Times, which had just commenced to practice on boor and sausage, and was beginning to like them, to give them up. If svould be the crown-~ ing miefortune of all if, aftor wo had commenced to admire Ssmashton as the honest Brutus, ho should turn out to bo only & lean and hungry Casgius aftor all TAXES ON FRANCHISES, The Springfleld Journal wastos its space in trying to havo a controversy with this paper on the subject of taxing franchiscs. Wo have al- ways insisted that franchises aro taxablo in thig State, and have during many years urged that the Btato should obtsin revenuo from that source, The Constitution of 1848 and of 1870 both provide in expross torms that tho * Gon- oral Assombly shall bavo power to tax poddlara . . and persons or corporations owning or ueing franchises and priviloges.” Tho Constitu- tion, however, does not provide that franchises shall bo taxed by valuation like tangible property. Tt firat dofines that property rosl aud personal ghall bo taxed by valustion ; it then adds that the Legislature may tax peddlers, auctionoers, brokers, show-men, commission-men, liquor- denlors, grocery-kecpors, jugglors, insurance- business, oto,, and persons or corporations own- ing or using franchises and priviloges, Thoso aro taxes on occupations, Whon the Stato is suthorized to tax a peddler or auctioneer, it does not assess tho value of the man ; it mus establish » systom of licenso, graduated upon somo oquitable modo by which cach person fol- lowing this occupation should pay to the Btato an anpual feo or tax for the privilogo granted him by the licouse, Tho samo with commission- men, liquor-doalors, Lotel-keepers, and tho samo rule can boapplied to all peraons holding a fran- chise, ThoConatitution provides that this epecial tax on ocoupation shiall bo general in its applica- tion to each class, In tho mattor of railroads, tho franchise can be taxed, not by assossing tho capital stock at its par or its promium value, but Ly aspecial tax on tho business done. If ap auctionoer, solling §100,000 of property in » year, bo taxed $35, another, solljug ton timos that amount of property, may be voquired to pey a higher liconso, In tho caup of tho Read- Ing Tailroad, the Btato of Pounsylvania taxed tho frauchiso by an oxaction of s cortain por- centage on it gross earnings. This tax wae loviod in that Btate under no spocial authority of the Constltution, but undor tho general aus thority which oxists In overy State to tax & fran- ohige, The Buvreme Court of the United Btatos, l upon appesl, affirmed not only tho right to tax the franchiso, but the right of the State to fix tho taxablo valuo of tho franchiss by lovying tho rato upon the gross receipts of tho road. Evary rallrond in this State may bo thus taxod, cloarly and constitutionally, upon f{ta franchise, aud thoro is no escapo from such tax, which can bo onasily and inoxpensively collocted. In addltion to thin, it can bo taxed upon the actunl valuo of its tangible proporty, just as the own- era of all othor property aro taxed, Buch o tax would b cquitable, and, above all, would be legal. It could bo dietributed among the counties without dificulty; while tho tax on capital stook and debts, losa tho value of tangiblo property, besidos being unjust, docs not, in fact, ronch the frauchise at all. If the Legialaturo would turn its attontion to tho constitutional power givon in the article on Revenuo, and will oxerclao tho same by establishing s list of lconsea to bo paid by thoe Btate in all tho casos thorein named, it would be in tho lincof ita duty, and at tho same time would rellove ina moasuro the land which now bosrs too groats burden of taxation. A Blato tax of 840 oach on all the liquor-saloons in Illinois would produce moro monoy to the Btate Trossury than tho Board of Equalization will ever get by trying to tax the premium valuo of capital stock in pri- ‘vate corporations, —— THE TROUBLES IN THE SOUTHWEST, The troubles on tho Arizona frontierare rapid- 1y roaching a point whero an investigation will be necessary. Tho ralds from Moxico apon United Btates soil are boginning to dwindle into insignificanco compared with the outrnges por- petrated by tho Apaches under Cochteo, at the Chirienhua Rosorvation, upon the helpless peo- ple of Bonora. The ralding from this vosorva- tion has bocome syatematio, and othor Indians who waot to make & businoss of murder and rob- bery crosa to tho Moxican soil from this point. The ovil Is daily incroasing, becomivg more and moroe dlsgracoful, and the long Uat of robborica and murdora committed by the Apschea ia got- ting longer day by day. Ono of tho most prom- inent citizons of Ban Pedro, Arizona, writes to tho Ban Franciaco Aita California : X hvva eon the Alta of tho Gth of Boptember, and liavo resd Gov. Posquelre'a lIotter snd, tho oditorial commonts, and I assura you that the suffering of the Ppoor peoplo of Mexico by thoss morciloss svagen creates thio deopoat sympathy, ‘That those Indians on this resorve havo constantly and frequently latt ihe Agency with tho open and avowed dotormination of golngto Sonora on a rald 18 o secrof, and i suacop- tblo of proof ; that overy dovice ia brought to bear about tho Agency to conceal thaso facts 18 equally truo, If tho Government of the United States deairs to pui a stop to tho ralding into Moxico, or dosire proofs that it is constantly being done, thoy can got ample proofa If thoy will ompowar Gen. Bchofield or Gen. Orook to Investigato It, and the Iatter will stop it, {f authiorizod, in losa than threo monthw, I am awore that oullaws from Mozlco hava commitiod bad crimen in Arizoua ; but Is that any roason why s groat and powerful nation ahould turn a horde of savages upon an {unocent, cxposed peoplo an the frontier to murder androb? The United States Government has for & long timo been fully aware of this diegracoful atato of things. It has been informed by official doc- umonts from the Souora authoritics and by tho statomonts of the Tudian Agent himsolf at that reservation. When Gen, Crook, who has re- duced the other tribos in Arizous to s condition of peacefulness, undertook to exercise his mili- tary supervision over this reservation, he was informod that a troaty forbado him to enter the grounds unless for tho purpose of travoling through, He wroto to Gon. Schofield and to Washington, but no reply was ever sent to his lotters, tho Intorlor Departmont rofusing to give eny satisfaction, or to furnish any information about this scerat treaty, made by Gon. Howard, which ia now conveniently out of the way. Gon. Crook hos, therofore, been provented not only {from suppressing the raids, but also from ascer- taining snything about them, except from hoar- say. Tho ovil has now bocome 8o glaring, and rob- bory and murder of Mexicans by these savages 8o regular and systomatio, that the papers of Arizona and Californis, as well sa the Gov- ornment of NMoexico, are demanding oither that Gom, Crook slall bo instructed to stop thoso murderous forays summarily, or that thoro shall bo a searching investigation mado ; and that this hiddon treaty of Gen. Horward’s shall be brought to light, that the ex- aet condition of things may bo known. If the Indian Bureau, in collusion with Gen. Howard, has been guilty of issning a licenso to the Apaches to rob and murder at will with im- punity, it is cortainly timo the facts were mado public, and tho murderous business brought to an end. In any event, it is high timo to stop the nonsense of demanding reparation from Mexico for outrages by roving bands of Indians who have occasionally crossed into Arizona and Texas, and have stolen cattle, while our own tribes are crossiog into Mexico, and robbing and killing by wholegals, under the protection of a troaty made with tho United States Govornment, Thore can bo no possible objection to an immedinte investigation. It Gon, Howard and the Indian Bureau have made an egrogious blunder, it is better to correct it now than to continue violating every law of humanity. In any event,no further steps are nocessary to provent Mexican raids until we have supprossed those from United Statos soll, — e Tho result of the snnexation election in Boston, on Tucsdsy last, by which the adjolning towns of Chartlestown, Brighton, and West Roxbury were added to the city, very materially increasos tho circumference of ¢‘The Hub,” Tho original limits of Boston comprised but 690 acros. By filling In flats, 880 acres were added. Bouth and Esst Boston were then abe dorbed, wadding 1,700 more acres, Aftor soveral yoars of bard struggling, Roxbury and Dorchester were annexed, contributing 6,900 more,—~in all, 10,170 acres. The throo towna now added comprise 8,930, so that tho city now hos an aron of 10,100 acres, According to the last consus, the population of Boston was 250,620, Charlestown adds 28,328, Brighton 4,007, and Wost Roxbury 8,083,—making the total population 201,000, The Hub now hes plenty of room for expansion, and, as the only obatacle to its growth s romoved, {t can sot out in its chasa atter Chicago, with hor 80,000 aores and 400,000 people. It appenrs that Wang Cling Foo, the Chins- man who was aseaulted by his countrymon in San Francisos rocently, for rosouing eight young girls from the clutches of the infamous Hip Yes Tong Bocloty, 18 & Chinose celobrity, Bix years ago, hocame to this country and obtained an odugation at Lewiaton (Pa.) College, from whioh hie graduated with honor, Ho then roturned to China,fully imbued with the republican idos, aud formed & seoret mutual bouefit soofety, called the Tung Bhan Whoy, having for {ts purposca the elovation of the puople and the 1ntroduction of Amorican oustoms, The ultimate objeot of the Hoclely was t0 mot pos- = e R R i I A e o R R R R R R R R DI sosaion of the Govornmont and changoe its form, The Soolety sproad very rapidly, and the Amerle can and Europosn rosidonts lant tholr co-oporas tlon, but just ss ho wae on tho vergo of n coup detat, the Governmont loarnad of tho conspiracy, broke upthe Booioty,and put ita loadors to doath, Wanys Ching Foo managod to oscapoby stratngem and bribery, and loft the country for San Fran. olsco. Ho has now aroused tho lintred of the Hip Yoo Tong Boclaty, which lias offored a re- ward for his nsaassivation. 1o has oscaped thus far, howover, and is scoking for cmployment in gomo capaclty highor than that of n mero sorvant or laundryman, The Now York Sun has a dispatch from George Franois Traln to tho offact that ho is cowing back to tho United Statos, with a capital of ton millions, to establish & Credit Fomoler. It Goorge Francis hasgot ton millions which Georga Fraunols wants to loud out, he will, for the flrat timo in his oxistonce, bo & very wolcome visitor in thoso parts, Lot him only sunouncoe the day upon which ho is coming with his money, and tho wholo population will turn out to meet him and groot bim, and ho will bo eoscorted to his botol by an onthusiastio zrmy of borrowers whose numbor no man ean toil. — Nast is onco more heard from, having made his appoearance in & cartoon in Harper's Weekly, ropreseating tho Prosident as guarding the Tronsury from thoso who would draw out the 944,000,000 * resorvo.” Tho eartoon would have moro point if tho Presidont had not atated thiat ho would withdraw his opposition provided tho banks did what ho desired them to,—nmmoly, to oxtond thoir credita and go into a general kit~ Ing business, Afr, Nast's toadylsm to tho Prosi- dont, or the toadyism of his omployers, leads him to somo vory ridiculous things. Just at this presont juncturo, wo are not in a Prosiden- til compaigni, and the Prosident doos not need any bolstoring for some time to come. Buch fawning at such an fuappropriate time is simply nauseating. — Col. John B. Baldwin, one of tho forsmost lawyera and publio men in Virginia, died a fow dnya since at Btaunton, in that Siate. In 1815, ho was oloctod to the Legielaturo, and sorved for soveral yoars. When the war broko out, ha wag appointed Inspector-Goueral of the volun- toora of tho Btate, aud subsequently was clectod to tho Confoderato Congross. When the war closed, bo waa clected to the first Logislatura under the Pierropoint Governmont, aud waa Bpoaker of that body. Tn 1868, ho was Presidont of tho Conservativo Convention which assom- bled in Richmond that yenr, and attho Domo- cratic Convontion hold in New York in 1868, which nominated Soymour and Blair, he was the Chairman of the Virginin delegation, A journalist in Paria has forocast the political horogcopa of Franco, and announces the follow- ing result: Henry V. comes to the throne, which ends in rov. olution, and, of course, stroet-fights, M, Thicrs in taken to & barricade by tho mob and there killed, Then comoa tho abdication of the King, and MacMabon ia onco more Dictator, Soon after, lappel au pepls, whon tho following s tho voting: = Empiro, 5,700,000; Tiepublique, 5,000,000 ; D'Orlcans, 500,000, Napoloon 1V. enters Parls, accompanied by Marshol MachMahong groat rejoicing; uuiversal happiuces; gencral sme nesty. The flrat part of the propheoy is already ap- parontly near fulfillment, * Henry V." geoms to bo the coming man. It will bo better for tha French poople that ho should come as soon as posaiblo, if ho is to come at all. The sooner this Liappons, tho sooner will tho Bourbon farce e ended. — Bullivan, Ill., i8 in & panic of oxcitemont. Bullivan had n Farmers' Plenic tho other day. Tho sons of toil gathored togother inlargo num« bors, with thoir wives and daughters, and wora about to carve tho conventional water-melon, whon the whole assomblage was thrown into a panio by the rumor; that Thompson & Stamper, morchants of Sullivan, had called thom * gealas ‘wags and clodhoppers.” This was too much for the sons of toil. It was bad enough to benbused by railroad companios and hinve locomotives run over them rough-shed, but for Thompson & Stampor to libel them in this way,—Thomp- gon & Btamper, from whom they had bought sugar, and tos, and coffoe,—Thomp~ sou & Stamper, who held their I, 0. U.'s,— was tho straw which broke the bucolic back. Then thoy went for Thompson & Stampor, but ‘Thompson & Stamper haviug some regard for tho farmers’ movement, and having a sharp oye on futuro pay-days, published n card of a column in length, contalning ten or twenty afidavite and twenty or thity statemonts, to the effoct that thoy nover called the farmers *scalawags and olodhoppers,” aud now the farmers are after the firm that did meko tho statoment. 3fean~ whilo, the farmers’ movoment in Bullivan maybe quotod us Lively, Political matters in the State of Mississippi are gotting into o confusion that does not promise woll for tho peace and good order of the State. The State Constitution required that the Legislaturo should, by appropriato law, pro~ vide that all gonoral elcctions of tho State should bo biennial, The Logislnture so onnoted, and in 8o doing provided that the olection for membors of Congross, Presidential Electors, eto., should take place in 1873, and for Congroes overy two yoars thoreafter, and for State officers in 1871 and evory two yoars thereafter. Acting undor this law, both parties have propared for au clection of Governor and Stato ofll- cors, 'Logislature, ote., this fall. About a month ago, the question was disoussed whethor the Legislature Liad not got things mixed, and whether the Constitution did not prohibit morae than oue “ goneral " election in each two yoars ; and whether the oleotion which took place in 1872 wad not ‘f gonoral,” in which caso thora could not bo anothior goneral elcction until 1874, The Attorney-General of tho Btato has addressed a longthy opinion to the Governor, advisiug that officor that, under tho Coustitution, thoro can ba no gonoral olection until Novomber, 1874, and tho Governor has made proclamation to that effect. In the menntimo, the political campnign continues, and tho local ofiicors proposo to hold tho electlon anyhow. Whoever may got the mout votes at thig elootion, evon it it take placa in only halt the Btato, will claim the offico of Govornor, which the prosent Governor will ro. fuse to surrondor, and then will come tho Touialans troublo all over again, I Sonator Ames bo electod Qovernor,—the noegroos and Amios having declared thoir purposo to havo an olection anyhow,—thers will be another mare shalng of troops, another seizure of the Statos ouse, anothor opiuion by the United Btatoa At torney-Goneral as to who is Governor of Blissis sippl. Having installed two Governors by the bayonoet, tho General Government wight as well take the wholo businoss of Stata Governmoni into ita own hands at anca,