Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 21, 1873, Page 4

TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE TERMS OF SURSOMIPTION éunm.l 1 ADVAROR), PalpdpnetS15:00 el FParts of A yonr at tho samo rato, To prevent dolny and mistakes, bo suro and give Tost Ofcoaddress iu full, Including Stato and County. Remittances may bo mado oither by draft, expross, Post Oftlce order, or In registered lottors, nt our rlak, TERMS TO CITY RUNSORIDENS, Daily, dolivored, Bunday excepted, 25 conte per waok. Dally, dolivered, Sundny fncluded, 50 conta por woek, Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearborneata., Chleago, Iil, e et e TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. ATRR-Randolnh | atroct, hatwes IR TR A MR e SRS R 510—TTalsted stroot, botwaon AMad. LA O U easkemiant. ‘of Birs, Ohanfrac, Y Soatousgat n—Detplaines stroet, Lotwoon Mad. 1 Ragetnont of Laura Alboria. ** Unclo Tom's Uabin." g Beas ™ afEstrole aua comientiie troot, betwoon *Auting on tio BUSINE! 'TERS FOR NOYS' OLOTHING. O. C oS EARSIA TR Cisrknt, The Chicage Tiibune, Friday Morning, November 21, 1873, ‘No more work will bo dono on tho Obicago ox- \onsion of tho Baltimoro & Ohio Rallrond until the wintor is past. It is proposed to improve the communication botweon Chicago and Toledo, aud the Inke fiurlu gonorally, by connoctivg this lino with tho Canada Southern at Doflanco, Obio. A great falling oft in railroad building in this country appoars in the fignres prosented in the annual report of the Iron and Stoel Aegocintion. Tho number of miles of now track laid in 1873 was 8,000, a decroaso of 50 per cent in ono year. In 1870, when tho highost point was roached, 7,779 miles woro laid. e Tt 18 to bo hoped that when the Iomse of Roprescutatives passcs n resolution for war with Spain it will aleo provido that each Cou- grossman shall forthwith deposit his back-pay snd incroasc-of-salary in the Tronsury to help foot the bill. . Wo might thus get money enongh to pay for thrae or four corvottes of the sizo of the Tornado, aud this would help us materially in capturing and punishing that offending craft. e Somo interosting facts concerning tho produe- tion of tobacco and spirits in this country in the fiscal year 1878 are given in the roport of tho Internsl Revenuo Commissioner. In sll the forms of manufacturo taxes wore paid on 116~ 450,094 pounds of tobaceo, and on 1,807,134,646 cigars, cheroots, otc., otc. In the samo yesr there wero made 68,236,607 gallons of spirits from other materials tbon fruit, and from .!mlm 2,014,800 gallons. Tho revenuo receipts for the year have been $114, gt b et S Tho Pope is irrepressible. In an address which he made to tho stndents about to leave ‘Rome on account of the closing of the religious costablishments, he particularly warned the Amer- jean students to resist the demoralizing effects of tho excessive liberty they were going to enjos. Evonin thislicentious liberty ho could find mate- rialfor a fling nrhisenemy, the German Emperor, by drawing a contrast between the non-interfer- ence of the United Btales Government with the Church and tho oppression to which it was sub- jected in Germany, —————— Tho Now York Evening Mail, which rcoms to ‘e the organ of the Cuban Juut’x:. in New York, published, tho evening of tho Cuban macting there, o Lalf-column of oxtracts from the writ- ings of John Quincy Adams, Froudo, Macaulay, Monroe, Webster, Jofforson, and tho Duke of ‘Wellington, which extracts it ealled *‘Toxts for the meoting to-night,” but which had about as much boaring upon the present difiiculty in Cu- ba a8 tho writings of the monks of the middlo sgos would haveupon the Theory of Evolution. In the paculiar controversy in which we are n- volved, wa can get nothing valuablo out of theold State-papers and tho history.of the Inquisition, which the Mail reproduces. They may serve to ‘bring out a crowd, however, and add something to the prevailing confasio —— At tho mooting of the Now York Associated Bunks yostorday, to consider the report of tho Cloanng-House Committeo, thero waa developed & vory active opposition, as Liad bown expected, %0 the reforms embodied therein, The repre- gentatives of tho Bank of Commerce, the Metro- politan Bank, tho Bank of the Stato of New York, and the Grocors' Bank withdrow from tho meoting. All otions to roject the report or postpoue ita coneidoration having failed, it was adopted as n whois, subject to amendmont, by a vole of 43 to 17, Thix result shows a very grati- fying strength on the part of thoss ho oppose the payment of intorcst on dsposits, asd the certification of chocks which do not represent xeal deposits. A motion wae mado to allow 8 per cent intarest on deposits, bubwas voted down by 2 large majority. With characteristic offrontery, tho Pennsylva~’ nin Protectionists chooso this moment of falling prices and wages to agk for an increaso of taxes for their benofit. At the mecting of the Iron and Sleel Association in Philedelphia yostor- | day, & vory dismol oxhibit was made of the oondition of the industry which has beon for twelvo years the ospecial pot of Congroes. On tho 18t of November, ace-third of ‘the mills and Turnaces were closed, and on Dee. 1 ono-half of them would Lo shut. Pig-iron was accumulat ing on tho manufacturors’ haudaandcould not be gold at auy prico, and & rdduction of 15 por ceut find been mado in wages. TFor so doplorable o stato of affairs overy one will agree that aomo cemedy should bo sought ; but the tax-payers of the country will not bo likely fo accopt the remedy of thoso tax-eaters, who want tho duty on iron raiged ngmin to 9 a ton, Tho Chicsgo produco markets wero stronger all round yesterdny, proporly boing in good de- mend. Mess pork was octive, and 10@26e per brl highor, closing at §11.75@11.87}4 cash, and £12.25@12,90 soller Januery, Lard was sctive, and 100 por 100 1ba highor, olosing at 87.12%@ 1.15 cash, and 87.80@7.85 sellor January. Monts wore quiot and firmer, at 4@4}¢o for part salted shoulders, GJ¢o for doshort ribs, 63¢o for do short cloar, and 83{@10 for greon hams, IHigh- wines wero quiet and 4o ‘higler, atB80o por gallon, Lake frolghta wero quiot but firmer, st 8o for whoat to Buffalo. Flour was active and firmor. Wheat was sctive, snd 1@20 higher, closing nt $1.05 cash, $1.02 Reller Docember, and 1,043 aeller Jonuary, COorn was sotive . THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY,‘ NOVEMBER 21, 1873. s ' olosing at 813¢o cash, and'838¢a sollor Janunry. | Spantal, Portuguono, Oraolos (nativon), HMindoos, Ryo was quiot and stendy at 043¢@0080. , Darloy waa quiet and 26 higher, olosing nt 91,02 for No. 3, ond 92@04o for No, 8, Livo hoga woro actlve at about Wodnesdsy's pricos, or at €8.60@4.00 for poor to cholsa, Cattlo wore in good demand and firm, with snlos at $3.26@06.87)6. Shoop woro dull at €2.76@4.00, ) Tho notunl numbor of tho Virginius viotims has boon ovorsstimated. Consul-General ITall tolographs from Havana that tho number of ox- ooutions was fifty-throo, Tho fifty-soven adili- tional exocutlons which woro reported nover took placo. The story of tho oxocoution, of tho ‘passengors by the Morro Onstlo is not confirmed and gots littlo credonco. Thero ia coriainly a very strict eapionage maintained over Amoricans arriving in Havaua, and it is feared by some that tho Spanish Voluntoors may in some suddon fit of fury do violonco to thoe American visitors in (hat aity. Washington advicos give unox- pocted prominonco to the uneottled claims againgt Bpain on account of American eotatos conflacatod in Cubs. Sccrotary Fish hina borne the procrastinations of the Span- fards until his pationco hos beon oxhauated, and ho is undorstood to have informod thom por- omptorily that thoy must fulfill their promisos of rostoration by Nov, 80, nt tho Iatest, If thess advives bo truo, and those demands bo pushed with the encrgotic ill-lumor bred of the Virginius affair, it may afford n much battor pro- toxt thian the Iattor for the outbrenk which in so much dosired 11 somo quartors. Tho Fronch Assembly haa nt lnst settled the voxod quostion of tho prolongation of President JMncMabon's term by oxtendiug it sovon yoars, without sottling that othor voxed quostion of tho dofinitive form of governmont, or coming to any docision upon tha constitutionnl lnwa pro- senlod by his predecossor, M. Thiers. Tho country, thorefore, is virtually in the hauds of n guardian for sevon yoars, during which timo, it is to bo presumed, the Fronch peoplo will dis- cover what form of governmont they want. Aeanswhile, tho policy of Presidont MacMahon, under tho new order of ciroumstancos, is indi- cated by the message wluch ho delivered on tho reopening of the Assembly, Nov. 5, in which ho said 3 To give public peace o suro guarantee, the present Qovernmont lacks two cssentlal conditions, of which you cannot longer lave it deatitute withont danger— it has nesther sufiicfent vitality nor authority, Who- ever tho holder of power may be, Le can do nothing durabld if his right to govern ia dally called into quese tion, and if ho hias not beforo him tho guaranteoof a suiiciently long oxistenca to sparotho conntry o pros- pect of incessantly recurriug sgitation, With a power that might be changed at any moment, it 1a passitloto scctire peaco to-day, but not safoty for the morrow, Stability is wanted in tho present Government, and suthority slso often fall it. 1t is not suficiently armed by the laws to discuurage tho factions, or even 0 obtain obedience from ita own agents, Tho public Tross abandons itself with impunity to excesses which would end by corrupting the publio mind throughout the countrr. Municipalitios forget that they are organs of law, and leave the central authority without representatives in many parts of the territory, Under euch conditions as these, which the majority has accepted, thers is no obstacle to the centralization of power in AacMahon's hands ; which be msy use for his own purposes, or in the interests of mozarchien. ° THE ANKEXATION OF CUBA. Ever emoe the mesencre of the Virpinjus crew, 8 large number of jouroude bave boea howling for war. Tne Si. Lonie press zod the Kew York Worldand Mail seem to be sherd in thie vociler- ous competition. The Havana newspapers re- call s similzr condition of things sbont tha time of the Lopez execution, aod do not appesr to bo much alarmed at the outery, Though the voico for war iu this caso I8 very loud, its uitsrancen aro extremely vaguo and, in mont Instancen, #illy, ‘Tho snnexation of Cubn soems (o bs at tho bottom of tho whals domonsiration, Un thinking people gonorally regard annoxation an tho inovitablo outcome of the wholo difficuity. It wo are to havo war, thoy tako it nu o mattor of courso that Cubs will bo anuezed. If there ia to be a poacoful sottloment, by concossion or arbitration, theybelievo that tho United States will make annoxation its ultimatum. It the Cubans achiove their own independonce, thoso same porsons aro confidont that thoro will bo an im- mediate application for admission into our Union, Each of theso asanmptions is s chimeori- cal as tho others, unless it bo tho last, which is moro, absurd than all tho rest. The Cuban patriots, or insurgonts, have no thought of American annexation. Outside of the unthink- ing masscs and two small clasees of enthusiasts, thero has been no serious thought of it in this country. Before the War, certain pro-glavery mon favored annoxationas ameansof promoting and perpetuating the institution of slavery. Since the abolition of slavory in this country, certain forvid abolitionists bave looked forward toannoxation as & means for liborating the Cu- ‘ban plaves. Thero havoe always beon mombers of Congress, among whom wo recall Mr. Voor- hees, of Indiana, and Gen. Banks, of Massachu- sotts, who have mado tho subjoct & poriodical outlet for superfluous oratory. It Las beon o ataplo topio for popular excitoment, and it will navor be anything more, Cuben snnexation is a myth. It is aboutZthe wworst thing thet could happen. for -the United Siaten ot tho prosont time, and probably the worst thing that could happen for Cuba, It is idlo to disouss tho reasons why the Cubnus op- pose anuozation, ¢ js enough for ua to know that the Popinsulars (the Bpanish party), theloyal pative plantors, aud tho insurgents axo united in their opposition to thiy schome, thongh they aro | at loggerheads sbout overything else, Tt wiil | not be dificult, however, to ehow whytho United Statos can have no'intorest n euch a project. In the first place, tho scparatisp of Cuba from Spanish rulo will inovitably Jend to the abolitjon of slavery. Blave-lzbor being more universal | Cubs, and moro closely identified with its pros- perity than it avor waa in the Bouthern Btates, tho rovulsion that will follow its abolitjon is likely to bo more doplorablo jn & commerclal sonao than wo bave scon it in the former slave Siates of this country. No Covern- mont of forothought and honesty would caro to mssume the responsibility of carrying Cuba through tho ordoa! awalting it. Asanin- togral part of the United Btatos, its condition, ungler thoso circumstances, would be ‘rondored worso than ever. A carpol-bag Government would be sot un, by comparison with which that of Loulslana or Georgla would bo of primitive simplicity, The conglomerato population of the {aland, with the diveralty of intereats, would make it an easy proy for the practiced politioal ‘bandits who wonld seizo upon lts Government, ' #killed in the arts of official plundor through thelr experienco in tho Southern Btates which they have already bielpod to “‘roconatruet.” Ouba ] s a population made up of sall the elomenta of the world, with now spocies which are tho product of amalgamation, Desldes the Coolles, Ohinamon, othor Asintics, mulattacs, Quadroons, Mestizos, and an Infintto varioty of mongrol races. It fuanid thnt ovor 100 differont nnmos aro required to distingulsl tho various di- vislons and subdivislons of tho Cuban popula- tion. Hero would bo splondid materinl for the oxporiencod earpet -baggoer to work upon. The wonlth of Cuba would rapidly dwindlo nway with- out giving Amorien any of the bonellt of it, and the noxt complication would be & war of rnces, with which tho American Govornment would havo to doal, Wo havo onough of tils sort of thing on our hands now, TLetustake caroof tho torritory wo hiave al- roady beforo wo attompt to acquire any moro, ovou if tho tomptation should como, agit duea ot in tho caso of Oubn. When wo can moke thrift of Arizons and Alnsks, both of whioch wero acquired by purchnso ; whon wo can govorn the Indinns in thoe West pencefully and tho snogroes of tho Bouth honestly ; whon wo onu populato thio Northern Pacific country, and when wo grow up to the clothes wo are now woearing, it may bo timo to think of aunnoxing new torritory, That time ascoms now to bo ngood way off, But the grontost objoction of all to the aunoxation of Cubais found in our prosont proteotive tariff. Havana must bo & froo port, and Cuba must havo froe trndo. Tho commorcial intereats of tho world demand it, and thoso of Amorica more omphatieally than any other. Americs is not prepared to tako Spain's position relative to ‘Cuba, and . sot up custom-houses all along the const for tho opprossion of the people aud the bonofit of ofticnt thioves. Our greatost intorest in Cubn is for reciprocal trade, andthoe fudepond- enco of the island will give us this without farthor rospousibllity, Annoxation, so far from boing & mattor of course, as €0 many poople roem to think, is the vory lnst resort {hat eithor QOuba or the Unitod Btates will adopt, WHY WAR I8 WANTED, Tha attitude of our Govornment thus far in its rolations toward Spain has been both digni- flod and conaistent. Notwitbstanding the atroclous and inhuman acts of tho Cubau authoritios, it ing talion no inconsiderate stop, aud yot has propared itself, so far as practicn- Llo, for any omergency which may occur. It Las thus far glso succoeded in rosisting tho outside prossuro for war by making no move which would bo likely to procipitate a war, Tho war-maldug powor rests with Congress alone, sud yel it might bopossiblo for tho Presidentand Cabi- net, by listoning toinsensato clamor, and yiclding to it, to iuvolve tho country in a complication from which it could not eseape oxcopt by de- clarivg war, It is ovon possible that tho ouso may, upon cesembling, pass n bombastic aud in- flammatory resolution of some doscription (as it did in tho Mason and Slidell case), but it will probably bo suppressed in tho Sonate.” In this mauuer, tho Goverament may bo proserved {rom committing tho grave mistako of plunging the country into war beforo it is cortain that thero ia & cause of war, snd contrary to the rules and requiroments of intornatiobal law. Itwill be timo enough to declaro war, with its attendant miseries and Lorrors, when it .is cloar that the country cannot honorably avoid it. Meanwhile, what is the nature of this unususl preasure upon the Government? Who are the parties that arc 80 jealousof thie national honor, and are growing 8o indignaut over the atrocities of tho Cuban Volunteers? A careful oxamina- ion will ehow that tho lezders of it are divided mainly into fwo classes—bankrupt politicians and bursted speculators. Inetho former clasy will bo found tho back-pay grabbers, the Credit~ Mobilier corruptionists, tho carpot-bng adven- Lurers, tho lobbyisty secking for npoily, and all who have hoon engnged fn the frauds and cor- ruptions and dinhonest transuetions which have bion o ubyndont during tho lust four yoars. What more available mothod of hiding their own small, about $200 moro than tho roceipts. In othors it was enormous. At Ellaworth, Mo., it cost tho Governmont $188 to colloct avery dollar recolved. In Konnobunk, Me., just 86.20 wero collooted during the yoor, and tho oxponses for colleoling woro $1,270. Tho ports of Gloucestor nnd Edgartown furnlah the worst casos of politi- cal Cuistom-Housos on rocord, In tho former it took $18,010 Inst year to collect 85,062, and in tho Inttor 86,050 to coilect $676. Ono would eny that 1t ought not to cost much more to col- loct $5,000 than $1,000, sinco s Oustom-Houso forco hus to bo maintained in either case, but our politiesl Qollootors kavo tho knack of in- aronsing tho oxponsos out of all propertion to tho incresso in rocoipts. —e . TO THE TAX-PAYERS OF ILLINOIS, Tho assossmonts of propdrty in Illinols for s numbor of years back havo beon as folloive : $ 403,017,000 510,880,063 1,341,013,040 Tho increase in the aggrogate of the assoss- ‘ment had for its object the transfer of tho pay- ment of cortaln debts duo by varlous municipal- ities in the Stato to tho Stato at largo. Thiswas {0 bo aécomplished under tho law known as tho Grab Inwof 1800, This law mado tho nesess- ment of 1808 (a low onc) the standard of valua- tion in all towns, countios, and citles which owed dobtacontracted in aid of railroads, and provided that all taxos on oy incroase in tho valuation of thego towne, countios, and cities, over aud abovo that of 1808, shonld, instead of boing placed in the Troasury liko other rovenuo, be applied to tho paymont of tho intorcst on thig rallrond-aid debt, The lawof coureo required that tho do- ficlenoy thus created in the Stato rovonue should bo ralsed by an incrensed rats of tax on the other countios of tho State. Wo havo compiled, for tho information of tho people throughout tho Statp, a tablo showing tho amount of thia raflrond-nid abbt registored undor: the act of 1809, tho localities by which it is owed, and tho population of tho countios, towns, ete., which hava {ssued tho bonds. It is a8 followa : Counties, Fopulation, 66,362 40 80,000 Doop 19182 Brown. 5000 12,205 Tiurcau 135000 o1 c Towni 1mg000f YO0 Cliampaiga (4 fom 206,000 5,451 Chrlatia, 00008 go'seq 78,000, ) Qlark. 100000« 18719 2‘:"' 1‘“;%} 16,875 ;;n’,nno 25,238 5,000 a%%’ gnug 14,708 T YUY -g}:% 21,480 130000 10,010 4 - 9,103 18000 8762 ’.’.):80%3 11,18 52,000 Shouet =0am 7000 13,014 loo0" 9713 ,000 5,680 B0 ILEL 15000 1780k 5000 16470 Knox (Ltown) 3, 1,133 LaSallo (5 town: 281,000 17,347 Lea (5 towns). 229,000 7,800 Livingaton (i 00000 11,000 Togan (3 & 56,000 3,600 196,600 20481 0,000 2,000 1000 2,103 187,000 6076 5 ‘McDonough s e cDonoug 1, G towns, . m{uuo} 20,800 MeLoan (14 tows) 1000 29,053 Menard w4500 1 Mercor 3 Pert mindloods I thora i o got up n foroign war? | Bixte( In the inovitablo oxcitomont which must follow, thelr transactions will bo forgotten, and, it thoy can tido themsolves over tho uext sossion of Congress, thoy aro enfo, vory Congressman who hos taken back-pay or forward pay, ovory politician whohus boon engaged in jobbory, subsidy, and speculation, is an erdont war man, nnd is egging on the pooplo to demand a doola~ ration of war, and, as tho timo for Congress draws nearer and nearer, thoy will clamor, louder and louder. It is possible they may succeed in aecomplishing their purposes and may oven overpower tho Benato, but if tho Govornment has firmness to do what is right, thoy may yot bo thwarted, the country may bo eaved from the congequonces of hasty aud ill-advised sotion, and thoy may bohold to an mecountability for their past offonscs, . Tho otler class ia composed of broken-down stock and gold speculators, who soo in this war fovor an opportunity to rotrieve thoir lossos incurred during the late panic. Thoy also aro urging on the peoplo, manipulating public mectings, and filling tho air with wild rumors, inordor to fan the popular oxcitoment into flame. An instanco of their maneuver- ing was afforded in thoir rccent dispatch urging Gov. Hondricks, of Indians, to sond the New York moeting * & stunning dispateh” upon the subject of Cuban stroclties. Tn the evont of war with Spain, they sce an opportunity of run- ning gold up, and advims!ng tho pricos of stocks. Without such a war, thoro is vory fiiio prospoet {hat thoir balloons can bo inflatpd agaln anfl Ack flying, It matters littlo to thom how many men are Lillod, how many widowa aro made, or how .'mqu].\ wwilering is coused, provided tho stock Tist gocs up an{l profits como f. Tt mattora lit- tlo to them thnt, after puch & war, tho country 1must suffer » worko financinl erisis than thopros- ont one, consoquont upon & still furthor \lps‘t'mo- tion of property. Againat thoso two classos, with their largofol- lowing of nuthinking pooplo, tho Government must continue to'maintein a firm stand, Unloss jt can ba shown that our righta Jisvo boou in- vaded, gnd that Bpain rofuses to mako reppra~ tlon, wo Linve 1o eausa of war with thiat country, The Govornwmont hss thus far held this poaition, and conducted itsolf with dignity, ovén in the faco of tho popular clamor. It will bo for tho best intorosts of the country if It continues in this course, It will bo-n sorry dsy whon tho Government yields to thoimportunitios of noedy politiclans and brokon-down stock-gamblors to violato the laws of nations, and engage in & for- olgn war without sufilolont provocation, E It will soon bocome n quoatlon whothor it ia not chespor to abandon dutios on imported goods altogotlior, theh to Inour the oxponxo of colloot- Jog thom. In thirly porta along tho Now FEng- 1and coast, the recolpts In 1873-3 woro £025,000, and the expenses 202,000, or moro than oue- third, Insixteon of thero ports, or moro than one-half tho number, thecoat of colicction aoluglly omo _casos, 88 At 000 | actuated only by a porsonal feeling of hostility Woodford (3 fowns). Total debyuuiueares Total population of tkio Stat Msjority not owing rallro 528,055 1t will bo soon that a population of 1,010,950, out of a total in 1870 of 2,639,831, or loss than, 40 por cont of the wholo, find thomselves bur- donod with a debt - into which they wero cajoled by falaohood, and, in many cases, by fraud. Theeo poople, in many cases, aro not able to pay tho interest, and in‘-others: nro seoking legal means of dellvo'uncn, "'Thp bonds' Lavo" do- preciatod and spoculators have beon busy, To. expect theso poople to pay either principal or in- teroat way vain and hopoless; so thero was a ring formed st Springfleld to have tho appraisement for 1878 raised so high over that of 1808 that it would enablo g sufficiont surplus to bo collectod to pay the interest on all theso bonds, and pro- yido & fund in tho hands of the State Treasurer, which gopld be used to purchase and extinguish the bonda thomeglyos. * Asan Investmont yalued according to the prospes of paying intercst 08 it falla duo, sod principal at. maturity, these bonds, a8 n whole,” would he poor proporty 8t 50 conts on tho. dollar, If howover, tho machinery of the Btate JGovorn- mout 55 bo omployed to colleot from the whole Stato un snnpual fuyd excooding $1,000,000, to bo appliod to the puyment of {ntorost pud thon to the prinoipal, it would leave s haudsome profh to tho speculator. Last epring, ordors wers Jgsuod from the Auditor's offiop to all the local Asscesaors to return on incroasod assessmont. Tho seinotnt reluingd was, in round numbors, $1,840,000,000'; "the Board of Equalization, to mako the contomplatéd fobberyloss consplouous, roducpd tho Reséeiment oitalds” Ghicaé ome! 170,000,000, and pdded o Jike sum to thio askaas- mont of this county, Thoygh this wmay have ‘mitigatod tho oxtent of the spoliation pyssido of Obiloago, it did not remova i, and, whilo Chicago contributes her portion, there will be from 500,000 to £600,000 of this xobbery to bo lovied upon the other conntles. » Tho animus of the Auditor's office in ineroas- Ing tho Btato assessmont from five hundrod nillions to thirteon hundred milllons may be imsglnod when all the revenue ho Liad to raiso for Btate purposea was $3,500,000. Properly dlstributing the ssgessmont of five hundred ‘miilions, » tax of five milla would have given him havo farnished any money to pay intorost on the rallrond-ald bonds, wlile, by incroasing tho as- sossment to thirteon hundrod millions, ho is ablo to raiso & million of dollars under tho act of 1869, and will pay tho intorest on all the bonds, including thoso declared void by the Courls, and répudiated by the municipalitios that fssued thom, P A ''We Invito tho attontion of thoso countios out- sldo of Chieago, which aro to bo taxed to raiso Ahis million of dollars oxtra In tho interest of tho speculators in theso bonds, to this subject, and urgo thom to take united action to dofoat tho swindlo, 3 "fshost, quito pre-ominontly—porhaps, almost the harmfullest—notion that could possibly be put {nto your liltlo ompty éggsholls of hoads, Thoro ismot onoin n million of you who oan ovor be great in anything." Thero ia a cheorful voln of consolation in this assuranco, which tho studonts ‘befora lum could not have fafled to approciato. —e, Wo hiavo had a good many strong indications lately of tho general broaking up of the old po~ litleal partios in the West. Now nnn—pérhnpu tho strongost of all—comes from Now England. The municipal campaign in Boston shows tho now dircotion that politics ia apt to take, Thero aro various Indopendont and Oitizens' move- monts in that city, which may or may not be ablo to form a conlition in timo to olect tho Mayor. But, in the moantimo, tho Republican and Domocratio parties aro trying to mako an allianco offensive and dofonsivo, Mr. Qobb was nominated for Mayor by the Domocratg, and it I8 thought that he will likewiso bo nominated by tho Ropublicaus. This is & recognition by both partios of tho necesslty for combining, in order to defent the pooplo who have grown woary of party domination on both sides. A year or two 2go, this would have boon rogardod as a thing impossiblo “of accomplishment. Now tho two old partics have buried tho hatchet. In the progonce of & common foe—tha poople—they con striko ands oven in Now England, whera partisan animosity has beon ab its florcost. It 1s tho most hopeful political sign of the times. Itis the ono thing necessary to tho formation of an entircly now political party, that tho two old concerns should be harmonized by a joint purpose of socuring tho spoils, and a common fonr that neither can got them alono. Nothing could bo bottor caloulated to opon the eyes of tho peoplo. Tho Ropublican and Democratic parties long sinco found a secrot bond of union in corruption, The sooner they make an open declaration of coalition, the sooner can tho ole- monts of oppositton join togethor in a forco sufficiently strong to wipe thom both out. RAILROAD-ATD EONDS, 4 The Buprome Cours of this Stato lns alroady docided that tho Dbonds {ssued by tho various countios and towns in aid of the Ottawa, Oswogo & Tox fivor Valley Railrond, amounting to ©486,000, aro void, and that 1o tax can Inwiully bo imposed to pay tho interost or principnl on such bonds, This declsion was mado at tho suit of thio Town of Ottawa. Noverthulusu, theBtato Tronsuror bas in the Trensury the tax of 1872, colloctod from all tho other towns which issued siich bonds. Desplto tho docision of the Bupromo Qourt, tho bondholders will demand their intor- .est on those bonds, and thereforo it ia the duty of each town and county intorested to apply at oneo to the Circuit Judgoe for an ordor restraln- ing the Trensuror from paying any interest on ‘any of theso bonds, now or hereaftor. All these bonda bear 10 por cont interost, and tho saving of tho 845,600 now in tho Trensury for that pur- poso will be worth tho tronblo, Unloss this action bo taken, the Treagurer will go onand pay " interost on these bonds declarad by Lo Suprome Court to bo void. Tho towns and counties in- | terostod in having theeo Injunctions immediate- ly sorved on tho State Treasuror and the amount of bonds {rsued by them aro as followa Kano Gounty— Marahial County— ‘Township of Aurora,$00,000 Toyn of Lvans. .$ 40,000 LaSallo_County— Kendall County, 45,000 Town of Bruce..,,.. 13,000 Town of Fox..... 14,000 12,000 Town of Kendall, 22,000 20,000 Town of Oswego.. 50,000 30,000 J150,000 Total..........$456,000 Tho chiof. objection to tho ndoption of the Judgo Barnes which provoked the anger of the banking reforms. recently recommendod by tho Committoo of tho New York Clearing-Housoe is stated to bo on account of the proposed aboli- tlon of tho practice of cortifying checks when thero areno funds on- deposit. . This means, it it monne anything, that the Now York National Banks havo habitually violated the National Bank law, and propose to continue go to do. An additional act of Congress on National Danking, approved March 8, 1869, makes it unlawful for **any officér, clerk, or ngent of any National Bank to cortify any cheokt drawn upon gaid bank, unloss tho porson or company drawing said chock sholl have oa doposit in said bank, at tho timo such oheck is- cortified, an amount of monoy oqual to tho amount specified in such check.” Any check thus cortified with- out a cnrufipomllng amount of moncy on doposit is sufficient ground for winding up tho business of tho benk cortifying it. In epite of tho law, aod the sovority of tho penalty attached to an infringemeont, it has beon the custom of the New York banks to certify checks for atock- Jobbing purposes ; and now, when it is proposed to abandon ‘the practico, somo of them bove tho effrontery to oppose the roform. This is cortainly an indication that many of the Now York bankera do not ovon pro- tend to menago thoir business under tho law mado by Congross expressly for tho government of the National Banks, If, after this, tho prac- tico of certifying checks without funds is con- tinued, tho ponalty showld be ‘enforced against one or two of tho principal offenders. This might bring others to reason. Now comes the County of Randolph, which has obtained and served an injunction on tho Btato Tronsuror, prohibiling him from paying any intorest on the bonds issuod by that county inaidof tho Chester & Tamaros Coal & Rail- way Compsny. We do not know the grounds on which Randolph County has applied for this in- Junction, but wo supposo it is cqually applieablo to the othor subscriptions to-that rond. Theso subscriptions aro: Tho County of Randolph, £100,000, 8 por cent bonds; City of Chostor, £60,000, 7 por cont bonds; Perry Connty, $100,- 000, 7 por cont bonds. Total, $250,000; annual interest, $18,G00. ‘The nowspapers and pooplo of Ford County aro beginning to look up thoir case. ‘The county was swindled by & subscription of $142,000 in 10 per cont bonds, in aid of tho Lafayotto, Bloom- ington & Mississippi Railrond, It received a cortiflcate of stoclk for that sum, and then tho managers lonsod tho rond for ninoty-nino years to the Toledo, Wabash & Westorn Railroad Com- pany. This lonso, of courso, obliterated tho stock, and tho county finds itsclf callod npon to pay $14,200 o year interest, and gots no‘return for its stock. An'investigation is proposed, and tho inveatigation will probably end in the dis- continuanco of any further payment of interest. Tho total local subscriptions for this rond amount to $376,600 in 10 por ‘cent bonds. The judicial investigation in tho affairs of the Gil- ‘man, Clinton & Springflold Railroad Company ia likely to put tho bonds issued in aid of that rond ont of the market. On tho whole, railroad-aid Londs in this State aro not in a healthy or promising conditio NOTES AND OPINION. In an editorinl headed ‘‘Executive Ven- geanco,” the Yankton Press of tho 12ih inst, raprints tho proclamation of Acting-Gov. Whit- ney, reagsinging tho Justicos of the Supromo Court of Dakota Torritory, and endeavors to show that the rensons given for removing Asso- ciato-Justico Barnes from the Yankton District to the less agrecablo ono at Pombina woro not tho real onoes, and that tho Acting-Governor was The most lucrative oflices in the Btate aro the county offices, and theso aro held by Scandinavians elected by Tepublicans, in very large proportion, consilerin, how comparatively fow havo acquired sutliclent knowl- «edgo of tho'English langusgo to be qualified for oflicisl cuiployments, . The forogoing, from the 8t. Paul Press of ‘the 18th inst., in reply to a temperato.and well- founded complaint by the Scandinaven og Amer- ica, of this city, will strike the msajority of rendors as o olear case of adding insult to injury. The Beandinaviang, through their most widely- ciroulated newspaper, showod that, with the ex- coption of & fow minor officos, tho great body of Scandinavisn Ropublican voters had been wholly ignored in tho dwtribution of offices, not only during Grant's first term, but sinco his sccond innuguration’; also, that, in ‘party conventions in difforent Btatos, whilo thoir sup- port has beon earnostly sought, thoy have beon carofully ignozed in making the nominations, Roferonco was made to the -case of Mr. Grina- gor, who, thongh rocelving the nomination in Minnoiota for Stato Treasuror, was the only one on tho Ropublican ticket not elected. The opin- ion was furthor expressed that it becamo “a vory grave question whethor the Scandinavians can act with that party boreafter,” The above oxtract, from one of the, party organs in Minne- to Judge Barues. According to tho Press, tho firat action of Execative was his decision enjoining the Dakota Southérn Raiiroad Company from issuing $1,200," 000 of mortgage bonds. Gov. Burbank, it says, was o Diractor and stockholder in tho Rnilrond Company, and acted in a very scandalous man- ner, evon going o far as to pledgo himsolf to tho Railroad Company to assign Judge Barnes to another; diatrict, or fo obtnin _dissolution of tho injunction, Ho was on tho point of jssuing 'n proclamation rosssigning tho’ Justices, last summer, but, loarniug that such action might bo sota, virtually tells the Scandiniavions, now that the alections are over, that the Ropublican party dooa not much earo whother thoy act with it or nét—until next year, that is, el —8ovoral of our contomporarics appaur to bo, horritled ‘at tho @lobe's deolaration that the Unitoa States wonld bo justified in going to war morely to find omployment for 1ts people, and to make money moro plenty, Wp have not said that, nxcufino couple it with othor and strongor grounds, But we are perfoctly willing to ndvance . that singlo reason and stand upon it. If we can givo prosperity to the American poople at tho exponse of such peoplo as have beon fight-, ing onoh othdr for four years in QOuba, it would bo neithor just nor pattiotic nol to do it, . And, wo do not know of amora useful ocoupation in which American oitizons could, be engaged thau in killing off such mon a8 shot the passougera and crow of tho Virginius in cold blood,—St. ZLouis Globe, —It is o happy circumstsuce that Congress meots within two weeks, Iiven our Ilotspurs will not considor it quite impossible to wait so long ; and the timo is just long enough to lot calimness gain the upper hand in our publio do-. bntos on tho subject, Whon:that shall have taken place, tho proceedings of Congress will doubtless ba what thoy ought to bo: the digni- fiod oxpression of the public opinion of a coun-, try which is far too groat to lower itsolf by an upgorupulous potioy of aunoxation, . All acqui- gition of 'territory in” tho tropics endangora tho groatucks of phiy conntry, whosn mission is, au l'm.un)luu, & nopthern’ ojo.~—SL 'Louis Post ‘d_Gg.‘r» man). . S 0 Goyornment ongnot deolers war againpt Spain—but it can and wust defend its ijug aud ita citizons, and thig worl it is rondy to do, Do construed into contompt of court, and punished by imprisonment, ho abandoued tho intention. Wo may romark, in passing, that it is not cus-' tomary for tho Judicial branchof the Govern-’ ment to imprigon tho Ixecutive branch for con- tompt, B Bhortly stterwards, Gon, McCook, Sccratary of' tho Torritory, was murdered by Wintermute, and MeCool's fathor-in-law, Col. Whitney, was ap- pointed Scoretary. In October, the Grand Jury foupd an indictment for mauslaughtor ‘sgainst ‘Wintormute, and Judgo Barnes admitted him ta . ball in tho sum of 60,000, Tlus action, it Is al- leged, onraged Whituoy, and ho agroed, if Bur- bank would loave tho Torritory, thus making Whitnoy the Acting-Goveruor, that he would ro- ‘movo Barncs to tho Red Rivor District, About tho end of October, Burbank did leavo Dakota, and, at the samo timo, Judgo Darucs wout to Wisconsiu to bring his family to Yankton, Within a woek thorasftor the Acting-Governor insued & proclgmation assigning Judgo Barnes to tho Red Rivor Distriot, and tho Ohiof-Justicoto thoe Yank- ton District. ‘T'o an observor at this distanco it sooms emie nently appropriato that tho Chiof-Justico of the "Forcitory ghopld sit at the Capital, and also that | whord publio _teallnu must be very muoh oxoited, there Is nothing purticulaily impropor in aesign- ing to anothor district & Judgo who had aacoplod bail for & cold-blooded aesnssin, It would ap- poar, as long as tho wholo troublo is ovor & quos- tion of locality, that it would bo n docided bonofit that' somo:other Judge showld sit .in Yankion, not lot us prosont to Spain . tho appenrance of a wrangling *crowd.. Abuso of Heummxv Tish, or. of the Cabinet, in absurdly unjust, and can only do harm, .Letb the # Quban patriots™ rostrain thomyolyes—wo aro not fiuln;; towar to ploase. thom, Wao shall dofend the honor of the natian, aud * protoct our citizous from outragew worthy. only of snvages, . . . . Ourpresent means aro belng worked up to their fullent oxtent, and with prapidity and enorgy which reficet the roatest cradit on the Government, But—if tho Envomlmmt deolared war sgainst Bpain, Low Mr8. 8, Cox would, howl, aud haw tho Domo« cratio party would cry.out agaiust the usurpation of onr ¥ Crosar,” and domand his jrapeachiments Tiot s liavo sothethig lika faiz vlay ¢ if wo are augry, wo need not try to hound the Governmudug jnto mersures which would make it tho ridioule of the whole coyutry in loss than amonth, The vory men who abuso it now, for instanco, would bur{ha first to condomn it if it went n slep bo- yond the point to which it ias alrondy advanced, Our iron-olads will soon be off Ouba, aud tho Spanish authorities there will understand that tho noxt outrage they commit will subject thom and where it la peculiarly doulrablo that tho Judge should bo vithout bias, Wo don't boliovo thpt Gov. Burbank sud Seorotpry Whiitney will bo removed from ofiico so summnrily sy fho Press soems to doiro, Ruskin, boing recontly invited to address the studonts of the art class connooted with the Mochanics' Instituto at Mansfiold, England, commenood his address in the following manner: i You think you are going to do better thinga— ing tho ponalty of Its remiseness, It ah 8 % linvo_rocognized the bullluarmw;ug)fhgg ubang, Had that been .done, tho passengors on tho Virginiues hnd beon ofther Amorican ofti- zons or alloged prisonora of war. Thoycouldin no enso hava hoan pirates. . . ., Who duty of tho hour is that wo stop bloodshied in Gubn, and plant perco and oider on au island boneath our afynu,-m Inland which is thoe sontinclof our con- tiont, and which han nover known pesce or ordor, Might and right conntituto our suthorit; for tho performance of that tnuk.-—c‘lucinna{l Enquirer. —But Lhow shall wo tench theso bloodthiraty barbariaus a losson tho There in, in dur judgment, but one way to do it. The Government should at once procood to tor- minato the raign of tho Casino Jupanol, the junta of monarchisty, who aro the real governors of Cuba, , , . . They aro onomics to the Republicau Governmont, and are known to hiave organizations in 8pain through which thoy asalst tha Carlints’ onuse. If Spain is unable to control theso insolont Lidalgos, our Governmont bas the power and tho moral support of ita citizens todoit, This roign of tho Casino Espanol should bo brought to n close, ovenat tho exponso of battoring down tho walls of Morro Castlo, and though 1t should result in planting the Btars and Biripes on ovory rampart in Quba. Tho Amerl- can poople have beon patient towards theso inso« lont islanders, Paticnco is no longer a virtuo, Humauity, justico, liborty, domaud that tue Govornmont of tho United Btatos should inter- yono and bring to o speedy close the diabolical Govornmontiof tho Casino Espanol on tho Inland of Cuba.—&t. Louis Republican, ~—It is & shamoful commontary upon the foe. bloness of our Government that wo aro tho only porer of which theso Cubans have any knowls ©odga for which thoy have neithor foar nor re- spect. Tho namo of England is a terror {o them, and kmowingly thoy would not dare +o tcuch a British subjoct, . . , . Itis sald that Eng. land is now making notiva proparations to ba roady for eveuts in Cuba, and there is some Bup- osition that ho i £o sk in concar* with u, byl t will be the final disgrace of all if wo aro withe out vigor to asgert our own rights, but mus| Jinve tho moral siamina of John Bull to sustmn un,—New York Ilerald, ~~No exorciso of an extraordinary power is roe quired, any more than was noede in doaling with tho Barbary pirates. It s not necessary for Congress to declaro war, or to proparo for war, or to voto any unusual mesns. All the parade in tho navy-yards and the nofsy orders about fortifications are woll underatood as sharp dovices to oxtort great appropriations from Cone imas undor ihe plea of & protonded necossity, war-cry would bo vory conveniont to con- fuso tho’ public mind, nd withdraw nttene tion from mattera which otherwiso ywill not ca- capo investigation. If tho Socrotary of the Navy had comprehpnded his duty ho would have at onco have ordered the Atlantic squadron to concentrato around Cuba, and bave summoned by tolograph tho six or sovon ships which are now loitering about tho Meditorranoan without any useful occupation, squandering millions to grplifi the vanity of favorite officers seut there to sock pleasuro and amusoment. . . - Nothing s nooded_but vigor, stern determina~ tlon, aud good judgmont. With those qualities and_rosources tho outlaws could be arrested, tried, snd punished. And it is roasonablo to suppose aftor what hos lLoppened that Spain would rojoico to sec this lesson administered.— New York Sun, " —Porhaps it may be worth whilo to count the ©cost of the Cuban war that is proposed. Those who do not know that our intervontion in the ffairs of Ouba would unite tho wholo Spanish raco sgoinst us, bave & very imperfect knowl edgo of Spanish character, "At this momont the Bpanish iron-clads would provo too.much for our fleet. Now York would, for » while, be in greater dangor than Huvaua.” Wo have neither srmy nor navy fit to go to war with. Inasix mionths, with (ko expouditure of $40,000,000 or $60,000,000, wo presume wo could be stronger oni fha Bon that Spain, snd have a flcat ‘ready to ‘convoy an army to Cuba. Fifty miltions more would propare an army superior to the force the Spaniards would meet us with. That is to say, in six months, with §100,000,000, wo could ine vado Cubs, and place the Spavintds and Cubana | on tho dofonsive, Wo would bo opposed in the field by an srmy that would be more than 60,000 atrm:F and_tho chances aro that half the mén wo could sond to the island would dio of fevor in tho first campaign. It is soid that Spain has lost 60,000 men iu Cuba durivg the last fivo years. If wo obtained Fn“nm“ of thot fatalisland, it is corlain the climate would be ns deadly to our troops oy it has beonto those of Bpain. Do wo wish to aunex perennial yollow fover and a standing army togothor? —Cincinnali Commercial, —'These facts show a stato of thinga which we cannot in solf-defonse any longer disregard, The sontiment of tho Peninsulars in Cuba is intensely and lawlessly hostile to Amoricaus, and the Goverument at Madrid does not appear able 1o keep'it within bounds, Wo are thus forced to intorfere for our own protection. Wo musi first domand’ redross from tho Republican Cabinot at Madrid, It this is refuecd or ovaded, 1 or tho confession is made that orders from Spain cannot bo exccuted in Cuba, wo miist Lold the Cuban authorities directly responsible in future for tho conduct of tho Spanish army on thoIsland, and thoSpanish navy in its waters, It i throwing words away to dispute with thoso who eay this can bo dono without oventually bringing the Island of Coba upon our hands, . . . . Weo do not caro to discuss the question of Cuban independonco. It is idle to say whother it would be desirablo or not. 1t is not™ possible. It might Iast for a little while, in tho first flush of a victory over tho Spaniards, but overy politi= cal force, interunl and oxternal, would work to- pether for the annexation to tho United States, \What consoquences these events involve, will ocour to'overy one. Tho firat would be tho de- struction of the Ropublican Govornment in Spain, for no party could outlive a disgraca such 08 tho loss of Cuba would appoar. Tho resulta in this country would bo scurcnlf less objoction- ) able, in giving to tho coneciencelers ndventurera who flourieh in theso petty wars and proconsular overnmonts o ronewsl of tho crodit which thoy avo gradually been losing for the last fow years, | Wo submit that in view of these prospects, oven [ thoso who are most ardont in vindicating our rights'and our dignity m Cuban waters, if thoy hayo any rogard for' the Lest intorosts of the conatry, cuiot but xo ard the wholo aftair as great disaster, of which tho rosponsibility 'is not ours, although wo must share in the misfortune, —New York Tribune. —When wo 'shall have takon Cuba, who shall own it ? Thero is the shadow of a Ouban Ropublic, ! whoso Fmaone Capitalis at New York—uwhoro tho Capital of tho Irish Ropublic was—wbich nffects to be carvying on a war for inde which Liag issued o largo amount of ‘Cuban bonds to the members of tho sham ropublic snd to othiors, and which by the ealo of n largo amount of these at a vory low rato, and hi contributiona from Cuban planters aud othors, has Lad a ‘cou- siderablo amount of monocy to place in this country & where it will do tho most good,” ‘aud which has intorested s considorable number of Americans in tho Oubun couso by means of monoyand a liberal dispeusation of bonds which will lave valuo when tho indopondouce Is at tained. Is it for tho profit of this Cuban ring that wo aro {o mako war on Spain aud soiza Cuba? Shall wo incur all the fluuncial cost und fluancinl damago of along war merely to pluck tho chestnuts out of the fjvo for the profit of o ring of Cubou speculators? It would bo a splondid spoctacle if the smartest peoplo in tho, world wero thus made the simplo tool of alot of speculating . advonturors such o4 those of the ubau rivg which, sinea the Virginius affuir, Lus attompted to run tho lelegraph, (ho nowspajers, tha public meotings, and” evon the Government | of-tho Unlted States, Lot us .Luve au undor- standing beforo wo snil in. Tho Cuban ring now ssaumes to bo running (Bo United States, and to have thoir army, uavy, adwinfstration, \ and public journals at thoir command, Ik pro- posos to declare war for us against Bpaiu, and to | dispateh our navy and m'mi' i tho worl of tak- ing Cuba, . Let s undorstand,” thereforo, who| i1 to havo the prize when tuken. It the Cuban Ting, Jok tho rins go nud tala it ; if tho United Btatoy, thon lot it Lo’ v up\‘(r::‘mml. LG Laky Guba for’ {ho' Caban ring {8'0ne Lhing ; {0 Lika it for tho United Staten 18 aunother lhiuq. Let ug know whicl it is heforo wo fool mm;{ tho cosy of & pratruoted war, and doffer el tho damage it will do to our. flysuccs aud trade,—~Cincinnati Qazelle. udonco, and TWEED'S DILEMMA, Movoments of the Oonvict«John Gras bam te Make nn Elaborato Argw | ent for Arrest of Judgmant « Special Dispateh to The Chicazo T'ribune, New Yonk, Nov, 20,—Tweod lins boen busily. engagod at his oftice all day in straightoning out b hig accounts, and patilug them in euch ehopa | that they can bo onsily sottled, Deputy Shoriffa Bhields dud Cahill nfo with him co'matantly, An ahsurd rumor {0 the effact’ 1lnt "ho hed yl?fl,iflf@- |from them was {qused about this afternoan, In quiry proved it to be without foundation, ¢ ‘I'weed's counsol will bring hia ouse before Judgo Davis again on Saturdsy, Thoy decline to eay what their plane aro, but it is undorstood, from good autliorlly, thnt an arrost of judgiont will bo oalled for; and that, In asklng ‘it, John and their blood-stained cities to a punishment which will be remembered in history,.—Neto Yorl Times. 4 . Z g each of you—than Titlan and Phidiss ; write bot- tor than Virgil; think more wisely than Solo« Graliam will mako tho most oxhaustiva and olaborate argumont ho has ever given utterance to. He w‘ul ‘lhuuhusu- bo. answored by Lywsa can uover forgat? f [