Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1873, Page 4

4 THE CHICAGO .DAILY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1873. TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TERME OF lvhlfl”!:‘flflv (PAYADLR IN ADVANOR). e e ) Parisot a yearnt the samo rate. To provout dolay and mistakos, bo suro and give Post Off ce scldross in full, including State and County. Romittancos may ho made cithor by dratt, oxpress, Poat Office order, or {n yeglstored lottors, at vur risk, TEIIM@ TO OITY BUDRCRINERA, Dafly, deltvored, Bunday exconted, 25 conte por week, Dally, aelivorod, Bunday included, 10 conts per woek. Addross THI TRIBUNE COMPANY, Comor Madison and Dearborn-ats., Chioago, 1l et 0 sty TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS, AOCADEMY OF MUS10~Halstod stroot, Liotwoan Mads isn apd Monroo, Kngagemont of k. A. Sothern, * Gur Amorioan Coustn,” HOOLEY'S THEATRE—Randol Olirk aod Lainllo. S pIYIOKERS THEATRE Madlton siroct, batyson onr! g o, Kugogeme: R or'Pulnt Lyndo Lighiv» A liornoonand oventng, 7 0 Gapora Caoesirocte Batween GLOBE THRATRE~Deaplainos stroot, by d. tson and Washington, xn“.'.‘k:"‘.‘:.'.: T Dhron, Sambeid, and Backus' Ban Francisso Minstrols, A MYERS' OPERA.HOUSE Monroo streot, holwoen Donrboru ang State, Arlington, Ootton, aud’ Kemblo's Minstrela. *' KlmploSimon," Sliustroley and comicali~ HALSTED STREET OPERA-HOUSE:Cornor Hal- sod wad Horrison irocts. Hacivora 7 Sow “Hisor- nloon.” The Chicags Tribune, ‘Tuesdsy Morning, Decomber 23, 1873, Tho next torm of thoSupremo Courkof Ilinois will commenco at Springflald, Jan, 0, Tho Chi- cago cagos, arising out of the action of the State Board of Equalization, will probably be taken there, Tho Printing Committeo of the Senate are said tohave just found out that itis nob the sustom in European Governments to distributo publio documents gratuitously throughout the ‘coantry, Mr. Bacz i8 nu longor tho Prosidont of Ban Domingo. Mr. Ignacio Bonsales ia aunounced a8 his succossor. The change is principally in- ‘oresting to the gentlemen who havo taken stock in the ambitious Bamans Bay Company, We shall probably hear very little more of annexa- tion, or oven of * protection,” in the casoof San Domingo. 4 The House Committes on Railronds and Canals ure improving the recees to presont some definite plan for cheapouing traneportation, It i 8aid that they have already determined to re- part in faver of giving national charters to roads running through different States. Inthe mean- time, tho Souato Committea on Transportation have started for New Orleans, to take testimony along the Gulf const, It is how assorted that proofs bave been found against Woodruff & Robingon, an importing firm of New York, of customs' irregulavitica which, under tho law, make their aggrogato Ppenaltios tho large sum of $2,000,000, though this, of courso, grossly oxceeds tho smount due the Government for unpaid duties. Thoy have made » propogition to pay over $85,000, but the informor naturally objocts to this, s its accopt- inco would cut him off from thoe bulk of his fees, It was statod in this paper, yestorday, in Te- terring to the proceedings of a mecting of tho subscgbers to tho Tipporary Election Fund, that tho olection cost £40,000, whon the expenso was but $40,000. OF thomouey collected in Chicago, £1,180 woro gent 10 Irclandin February last, and this sum wag improperly included In the ox- ponsce. It is now proposed to closo up the busines, and gond the balance of the money to Treland. ——— The Chosp Transportation Associstion, of Now York, scems to bon very practical institu- tion. The report of the Committes on Griev- snces, made yosterday, shows thar, sinee Dec, 9, twolvo cases out of thirteen in which over- charges were mado by the railroad companieshava bocn sottled. and the excess will bo roturned in money, Tlro Association will only prosout claims of ronl morit, but they report 8 disposi- tion on tho part of the railroads to meet thom tolzly. The Goverament Directors of the Union Pa- tific Railrond aro ready with their annual report to the Secretary of the Intorior, Itissaid that their report is excoedingly favorable, and that they express tho belief that the road, with rea- sonsbly good management, can earn $12,000,000 & yoar. Estimnring tho oporating oxpenses at 65 conts, they atats that this will poy tho interost on the fhrat-mortgage and Governmont subsidy bonds, and leave $700,000 to be divided among tho stockholders, The Directors also accept tho road as complated, which raquirea that & per cont of tho net earninga shall bo set asido 88 o siuk- ‘ng-fund. Harry Genet, one of the Tweed Ring convicted tday or two, has escaped: from custody. This escope, taken in connection with the flight of Bharkey, the marderer, e naturally directed suspicion againet tho officials In chiarge. A fow months ago, Mr. Tweed would probably have 1ked : * What aro you going to do aboat it 2" Four othors of the Ring, tho Court-Houso Com- missionors, wore to have boen tried yesterdny, but proferred to forfeit their bail rathor than put in their appearance. There remainsbut one of the old Ring to be tried among those who werooxposed. In the meantimeo itis prosumed ‘bat Mr, Genot has gono yachting. Ex-Mayor Hall's case was called yesterday, and it is freely oredieted that howill be convieted ou tho ground Jf criminal neglect of duty, though it is not gen- amally beliovod that he received sny of the money stolen under his Administration, Tho ubecription railronds are in o bod way. Chargus wero to havo beon proforred yosterday sgaivst Mr. Hinckloy as Recoiver of tho Gilman, Jlinton & Springticld Railvoad, but Judge Tip- son's illuosa proventod tho case from coming up. The charges como from tho omployos of the road, who claim that their pay hau beon reducad boyoud ull precodent, and that thoy cun't got oven what appeary on the pay-roll totheir oredit, Bloomington Towuship (McLoan County) las propared a petition to the Buporvisors to ascor- tam what bas becomo of tho $99,500 which tho pooplo of that township subscribed to the In- diannpols, Bloomington & Western Rallrond. Danvoers and Downe in the same county have an interest of $40,u00 in tho samo rond, Mosurs, Joy aud Baldwin, elaowhero, have applied for the appointment of a Racofver for thoe Detroit, Hing- dale & Iudiona Rallroad, This {a avidoutly o bad yerr for railrouds. Tho Chlauge pruducn—murkets—;;m Renerally strongor yostetduy under o more urgent domaud, ®oth for cash lots and options, Alesa pork wae netivo, aud 26 por brlhigher, closing nt $14.26@ 14,90 cash, and $14.80@14.85 sollor Tobruary. Lacd was fn fafr roquost, and 10@160 per 100 iy highor, ot £8.873¢ cash, and BR.7608,80 sollor Marcli. Meats woro moroe nctive and firmor, at bgo for shoulders, 63@To0 for short ribs, T3¢0 for short clear, all boxed, and 844 @93{o for swoot pleklod hams, Ilighwines wore moro nctivo, aud 1o lowor, at 0o por gallon, Dressed hogs wore moro activo, and Go lowor, closing nt 86.85@0.00 por 100 Ibs. Flowr wasquiot and stondy, at §5.60@0.75 for good apring oxtras, Whoat wasmoro notivo, and 1246 highor, closing at #1.14)¢ cash, and 81.163¢ sollor January. Corn wai in good demand, and 8{c higher, closing at 03340 cash, and 543{c eollor February. Osts woro quict and 1o highor, closing at 383ge caah, and 393¢o soller Jannary. Rye was quict and stoady at 76@70c. DBarloy was more actlvo, and much stronger at $1.40 for No. 2, and closing at #1,08@1.10 for good No. 8. Livo hoga wero in good demand, and 25¢ per 100 Jbs highor, closing at $4,.80@5.10, Cattio wore unchanged. Wo print, this morning, Atty-Gen, Williams' opinion in the Virginius caso, which i3 based maluly on the law of 1702, Ho decldos, stter s {ull invostigation, which Is given in dotall, that tho papors of tho Virginius wero prooured by falyo swonving, and that tho vessel wag really the propeity of cortaiu Cubans, who had pur- chaged her for an illielt trafllo. Ho decidos, thorofore, that tho Virginius had no right as against tho United States to carry the Ameriean flag. e liolds, nevortheloss, that, wnllo onrry- ing this flag, sho was 03 oxempt from intorfor- ence on tho high sess by foreign Powors a8 if sbo bad been properly registored, on the ground that noithor Spain nor any othor Govorn~ ment'could aesumo n jurisdiotion belonging ox- cluglvely to the Unitod States. This decision rolioves Spain from the obligation of seluting tue Amorican flag, under tho torms of the proto- cal, and it makes it incumbent on the United States to prosceuto the Virginius undor tho laws of this country, ————— The Now York Sun Intimates that whon tho forthcoming 1nvestigation is mado into the oporations of tho Cotton Buresu, in pursuanco of Senator "Gordon’s rosolution, which was adopted tha other day, somobedy will bo startled. Tho Sun buses ita surmisa upon the fact that Willlam E. Chandlor, the lobby-agont of Jay Cooke & Co., was Assistont-Seorotary of the ‘Urensury when the cotton was selzed, and that, during his ocoupancy of the same position under Secrotary McCullodh, ho was also the attornoy of claimonts who had claims to prosccuto against the Government, Tho Sun churges no corrup- tion upon any one, but leaves it to be inferred from the fact that overy one connacted with tha Cotton Burenu has suddenly becomo rich. The roport of tho Rocrotary of the Tressury, Low- over, which will probably bo forthcoming upon tho reassembling of Congross, will scitla the question whother the people ato to be surprised ornot, Itissafo to sny, ab lonut, that it will havo to be a very remarkablo report which can surprise any one nowaday: Tho unemployed workingmen, who held a mass-meeting Sunday night, marched in proces- sion to tho Council Chambor lnst night, to the number of 5,000, They wero peaceful and or- derly, and it was manifestly thoir purpose sim- ply toback up by o display of their numorical force thoe pelitions presentod tothe Common Council by thelr Committeo. Itls notsurpris- ing, thorofore, that their spoliesman should have expressed rograt at finding tho stroot black- aded by & body of 800 policomon, Lalf tho ontire force, and all the men on dutyat one timo, which could only Lave been called out by tho most serious spprohonsion of tho Mayor. After the confercuco betweon the Com- mittes and tho Council, it was decided that o special committao of the latter body shall confor with the Workingmon's Committea to-duy. The crowd quietly withdrew after thoy had listened to the report of their Committes, Our dis- patches furnish accounts of similar movements inother cities, arising from lack of employment. Thore was a large gatbering in Cincinnati, which listened to an addross by Gon. Carey, and thon formed in procession. The trouble is the same ovorywhore in o groater or less ‘dogree. It is the most sorious problem of the day, and it is not {o bo sottled by procossions of tho unem- vloyed on the one hand, nor by police display on b other, —— Our spacial dispatchos from Washington an- nounco several important decisions mado by the Suprome Court of the United States. Thoso of principal interest in Chicsgo relato to the at- tompted set-offs in the bankrupt insuranoo com- panics, Tho Court hold, in tho case of Sawyer va, The Assignee of the Lumberman's, that when Mr, Sawyer gave his check for tho full amount of tho stock he subscribed, $5,000, and imme- diately thereupon took baok $4,500 and gave his nota thorefor, bo did not relesso himself from his llability a8 a stockholder, and cannot now offsot this nole with s claim sgainat tho Company. The note is hold to be a stock note, and tho Court decides that it must bo paid in full first, aud that Mr. Sawyer has o claim only on his proportion of the divi- donds for the policy which Lo endeavored to put in as a sot-off, 'Though tho cace of J, ¥, Scam- mon vs, The Assigneo of the Mutual Security In- surance Company has not yot boen decided, tho decision in his caso must follow the principles I1aid down in the opinions already givon, ‘This cago involves a much larger nmount of monoy than suy of tho others. Tho people who have claims ogainst the Chicago companios which collapsed after the five of 1871 are to be hoartily congratulated on the outcomeo of those suite. The Bupremo Court also decided an important point in baukruptey, holding that a bona fide judgmont obtalned outside of baunkruptey pro- ceodings, oven though tho dofendant is insol- vent, is a good lien in bankruptey proceedings commenced subsoquontly. The Common Conncil last night confirmed all tho Mayor's appoiutments, oxcept that of Mr, McAvoy as o member of the Bomyd of Publio 'Worlks, whose name was withdrown, This seews to Lo a sign that tho Latchot bas boen buried in tho raported foud betwoun the Mayor and the Aldermen. Mr, Philip Conloy hos beon oftered tho vacancy in the Board of Publio Works, aud will probably bo nominated at tho next meeting, Tho Corporation Counsol having given an opinfon that the wvlan of the Fimanco Committeo for reducing the appropriations way unlawful, schomos of econ- omy wore theroupon abandoned, including oven tho proposed reduction in excossive foes of olty ofticora, The tax-lovy was fixed st 18 milly, which, it ls catimated, will ralse suftlolont rove- nuo, fu connection with tho jucrease of licenses, {o meet tho requiroments of the yoar, The plan for a popular loan to0 meot tho prosent de« flolonoy was not brought forward. A resolution wos unanimously adopted ealling upon tho Toliof and - Al Socloty to diatribute liborally the monoy in tholr posscssion to do- sorving \porsons, and anthorizing the sppoint- mont of throo Aldormon in cach Division to nanist tho Bocloty ln the work. Another rosolu- tion was adopted Instruoting n conforonce with tho County Commissionors to ascortain how much money they have in thelr possossion, looking presumably to tho commoncomont of work on tho now Court-Ilouse, A resolution coudomning tho practieo of loaning tho clty funds, and roquiring that thoy shall bo kopt in o city vault, was raforrod. THE DEMAND FOR WORK. Tho domoustration of workingmou at Turner Iall on Bunday last was marked by tho gonoral order of the multitude, notwithatanding the in- tomporato langungo of somo of tho orators. While it i truo that, with tho excoption of Mr, Hoftman, novo of tho sponkers have o local standing entitling them to tho oharncter of load- org, novorthioloss they spoko to an audienco that 1 a large moasure sympathized with thom. The speachies wore mainly delivered in foreign lan- guoges, and it was tho speakers in these lau- guagos who were tlho most radical. It ls fair to assumo thot both speakers and sudience were comparativoly new in this country. Tho jsaues raised by this mooting cannot bo avoided, oven it it were desirablo todo so. The timo and tho ocennton domsnd that thoy be mot fairly and squeraly. The meeting asserted that, in consequence of the financial and commorelal crisls, large numbers sro out of cmployment; that thoy claim the right to live, and thosefore domand of tho publlc authoritios: 1. Work for the unomployed, at tho rate of eight hours'a day, with sufficlont wages. 2, Advances of money or provisions to those to whom immediate employ- ‘mont cannot be glven. These two propositions, while nddrossing thomsclves divdotly ta tho sympathies of all, aro a8 political propositions wholly at variance with our laws and institutions. Thoy oro rotro- gressive, wrong in principle, and altogether out of place nnder our form of governmont. The compacrcial erlais {s ono of thoso disastors inci- dental to all human undertakings. It arrosted tho further construction of a large number of railronds, aud thus closed or greatly embarrassed & numbor of establishments engaged in railrond work. It offected all industrics more or less. Somo of thoso ludustries hiavo recovered, and in courae of time all will resume. The interrup- tion of work causod by the paulo is temporary. Novortholeas the trouble it hos caused s vory great. 'The condition of theso unemployed por- sons appoals to the sympathy of everybody ; and fbat active and organized offort should be made, and i8 being m;dn, toraliove it, no one willdeny. But the rolations of the unsmployed to tho Government ia quite a difforont thing. Oursis not o paternal Governmont which takes the enrn- ings of tho labor of the people, and, in return, ongages to food, clothe, and houso thom. “That 18 tho kind of Government which the American peoplo o century ago decided thoy would unat bave, That was the systom which provailed ab the Soutl before the War, when the entire pro- duct of human labor was taken by the fow, who, in roturn, fed, clothed, housed, and, in tho end, buried tho laborer. The American Government ropudiatod this wholo system of foudal alavery; it recognized tho persons froedom of tho citizen ond his oxclusive right to his ontire earnings. It protects him in this freedom, sacures to him an equal chance in tno race of life, and lesves lim to take caro of himsolf. The duty of the Governmont to tho citizen beging and ends with securing him equnlity, and entire freedom in the oxercise of his abilities, and full protec- tion snd security in the possespion of the fruits of his labor. Tho citizen to be froo must be solf-dopandent, and this is tho pro- clga difference botwoen the citizen of tho United States and tho citizens of other countrics. Itis to attain and possoss this poraonsl frecdom and independence that porsons abandon their homes in other conntrios and come to this. Thoy pur- chaso their freedom by nssuming to take cave of themeelves. They could not be free if they were not independent. It is no part of tho obli- gations of the Government to find work for the unemployed. ‘Tho number of porsons who cen bo emploved by tho Government is vory small, In tho ndministration of the goneral functions of governmont, the City of Chicago erecte noed- ed public buildings, covstructs sewers, and cleans tho atreots, Those works are not undertaken to givo employment, but to meet public uecessi- ties. Iu order to bave them exeouled, the city, like an individusl, offers the work to the man who will undertake to,6 do it for the least esum of monoy. Tho cost of the work, whon dono, is paid from the proceeds of a tax lovied for that purpose. That isthe ounly way in which the Governmont of Chicago can oven indirectly furnish employment. Thoe Governmont of this city at this timo has no monoy, aud will not have for perhapa two yoars to come, with whioh to engagoe in erceting pub- lic buildings ; pnd, if it ehould commence erect- ing buildings now, it could not thereby give em- ployment to shoomakers, tailors, blacksmiths, and others equally deserving and necessi- tous, Thero is, and bes beon in this cily for yonrs, an organization to furnish rolof to thoso who, not belng paupers, are still in need of faod, fuel, and clothing, The offices of this soclety woro porhaps nover more sotively em- ployed than uow, oxcopt immediately after the five. To that aocloty all who are in temporary distress for want of employment should present their cases. Though somo of tho speakers at the meoting utterod some Communistio expressions, wo,have no idon that thoy roprosented tho opinion of any largo number of the workingmon of this city. Tho denunciation of the rich and of the middle clags of citizons was simply absurd. We have no privileged olase in this country. The wealthy man of to-day may be poor to-morrow., Thou- sonds who were rich in September last ave in povorty now, The man who works at Lis trado to-day may bo therioh man of the futuro. Ninety-nine per cont I tho rich of this country, begun life In poverty. That there are grievous dofaota In our laws, by which labor 18 oppress- ively taxed, and tho distribution of products unfairly made, cannot bo doubted. The romedy for this, like sll othor ovils oxisting undor the Government, I8 purely political, aud must bo opplied at the ballot-box, The Liverpool papers contaln a vory interost ing correspondence botween a workiugman of that city and the Hon, Johm Bright upon tho subject of intemporance aud the best modes of dealing with it, The workingman statos in his lotter that more than half tho inbabitants of Livorpool live 1 an ovororowded stato, withs hundreds of families, two and three In ono cot- tage, each living in e singlo 700m, and that this overarowdiglyt whitch of iteolt tonds to produce rlupmvuy,"ybas‘ the aid of spirit-vaulls and beor-shops within s fow yards of ovory door. Mo also furnjshos statistics to show ihat tho. cosbelokings of those placos ara £70,000 per weok, or aver §18, 000,000 por your, which keeps o largo proportion of tho peoplo in rags and misory. Mr, Bright, in his roply, while lie favora tho grauting of Hoonnoa by tho Towa Councily, frankly confasses that tho ovil 15 too vast for any known romedy, and that ho knows not who Ims courago to at- tompt to deal with {t. When a man of Mr, Dright's comprohousion, abllitv, and exporience in denllug with roform mensurcs makes such an admisslon ng this, the ovil must bo o gigantio ono indeod, aud far oxeceding in oxtent any- thing that wo know of ‘it in Amorican cltios, THE HOLIDAY SEABSON, A fow weoka ago, whon stocks wora collapsing and banka wera brosking, and peoplo were hiding away tholr greonbacks in old dtockings and cof- foo-pots, becauso no ono binsd confidence in his noighbor, in his bank, orin anything elso, lo would have boon called & vory rash man who in tho midst of tho gloom had prodicted that, whon the anuual holldays came, poople would buy and soll, would slug and dance, would remembor thoir frionds with Christmas-gifts, and would in- sist upon boing nmusiod, ns usunl, Tho outlook at that time wos not oncouraging, whother to those who had moncy or thoso who had not, and, with that tondenoy which always obtsing in a erisla to look upon tho dark side, thoso who had money held to it all tho tightor, and thoso who Lbad not, sottled down in a sort of blank despair, Monnvwhilo the moralista and political economists preachod homilfos on tho duty of retronchmont, malnly o tho poor who aro slways engaged in tho oxorciso of that choorloss but nocessary duty. . Tho lolideys have como, hawevor, and tho olouds scom to havo lifted. Tbo driving enows and pitiloss cold of winter have mercifully kopt aloot, and the weathior has been tompored to the poor. Theo bright slles, and mild air, and warm sunlight, which might almost tompt the buds to shoot out, scom to hinve had a magicsl influenco upon pooplo, which has been manifested in va- rious ways, Whon MM, Marctzek failed to como liero, tho cronkors gaid, “ Wo told you eo. The people Liave no monoy to fool away upon smus monts. Wo can Lavo no opera this season.” This was the 1casoning of Maretzok also, Threo woels ago, howovor, & more courageous mauagor camo lioro, having faith in tho poople, and without that flouriel of trumpots which is usual- Iy charncteristio of tho Italinns, Ho hos just closed o sonson of twenty-ono performances, which, with tho oxcoption of a singlo night, bave beon witnessed by crowded houses. Thore bave been over 80,000 peoplo who bove Deen detormined to, bo amused, money or no monoy, hard tumes or no hard times., They have put into the manager's strong box, during theso threo weoks, betwaon $40,000 aud $60,000. During this time, slko, thero have been threo other theatres in full tido during weel-days, four or five Gorman tlontres on Bundays, and scurcely o night in tho weel but hns made its domands upon the publio with lootures, concorts, and other forms of ou- tertainment, and has not demanded in vain, They havo all been woll patronized ; but in tho schedule of amusemont the opora is always sob down 88 & luxury, whero economy can bo first practicod. Tho crowds which continually thronged tho opora, however, even to the very last performanco, shows very conclusively that the financial skyis lighting up, The money is coming out of the stockings and coffee-pots, and pooplo are loosening thoeir purse-strings, Those merchants who a fow weoke ago also looked forward to tho holidny sonson with appre- ‘hension that their usual trade and profits would bo cut off altogethor, or very materially reduced, havo discovered their mistake. The shops are t-orowded with poople making their Ohristmas purchases. The booksellers, tho toy dealers, the dry goods dealers, the fancy gqadu doalors, aod sll other clasges of tradesmon who have stocks which can bo utilized for gifts, report that thoy hnve no renson to complain. Whilo there is not so much disposition to purchase ex-~ travagant fancy goods and high-priced gllt-odged books, still the average buswmess is fully up to that of previous years, showing that tho plensant and kindly custom of observing tho lolidays by making others happy will not be materially Interforod with. There nover has been o year when the woods have had to suffer moro in tho logs of their overgreens theu this, and thero will bo very fow homos in which the candles will not bo lighted on Obristmas, and tho Christ-child come to gladden] the Learts of the small people. It is not too much to oxpact of tho charitable thatthe homes which cannot afford tho pleasant luxury of the Christmas tree will be provided for in some manner. Tho yoar, therefore, is not ending so darkly as thoso had expectod who, & few weols ago, took counsol of their foars, The holidsys will bo ob- sorved with their usualeclal, The Christmas star will burn a8 brightly as over, and the New Year will come in with all tho morriness of its inpumerable prodecessors, notwithstandlng the croakeys snd the hypochondrincs. Notwith- standing Credit Mobiliers, salary-grabs, col- lapsed stocks, defanlting Troasurers, and rotton bavks, thore is olasticity enough in the great public to recovor from thom all, and to com- menco tho New Year wiih the determination to Do happy and make othors happy. [ A THE ULTRAMONTANE CONFLICT. The dispatches from Europs relativo to the conflict botween Church and State in Gormany liave fuiled to convoy au appracintive'iden of the important events which aro slaost daily tran- spiring, or of tho real magnitudo of the conilict betweon Bismarclk and the Ultramontane author.- ities. Tho mails, however, supply this deficioncy, oud present n sorles of facts which not only indlcate tho gravity of tho situation, but will algo creato an intense cagernoss upon tho part of those who are conversant with tho mattera in dispute to knosw tho final outcomo, Poson, tho headquarlets of tho refractory Archbishop . Lodoohowski, it is stated, will immediately bo placed 1n & atato ot sloge, as the Polish residonts are in a condition of fronzy borderlng upon revolution, owing to the disaffoction caused by the proccedings against acclesinstica, AMean~ time, the Qerman Goverumont {8 faixly ralning down condsmnations .upon the Ultra- montanes, as might woll bs expeoted by any ono who has carofully road the deflunt roply of Em- peror Willlam to tho Popo. Archblshop Ledo- chowski has just inourred & fresh penalty of 17,000 thalers or five yoars' imprlsonmont. Tho Bishop of Traves has boon finod 8,000 thalers for tho appointment of eighteen prieats, Tho Bishop of Paderborn has incurred flues to tho awmount of 2,600 thulers, None of theso pro- Governmont haa forbidden, regardloss of ponal- tlos and seupporled by the priesta and the peoplo. Archibishop Ledochowahi hime olf, who scoms- to bo ono of (the prineipal and moat influentinl, offenders, has beon finod bofore, and, refusing to pay the fine, hind all tle houschold proporty sold to satisfy thie ponalty, Thoro aro as yot no signs of submis- sion on tho part of tho rofractory prelates, and thie nows of the Emperor's sudden indieposition, which may induco his doath at any momont, will probably encourage thom to hold outin their opposition until thoy receive help from outside. It it should Lappen that they recalva outeida oncouragomont aud peaistanco ond the Gorman Governmeut adheres to its policy, then tho re- liglous war on the Continent, prodicted tho oth- or day by Dlsracli, and hefore him by tho Chovalior Bungon, may yot ‘bo an appalling fact. A CRUCIAL TEST. Tho fivo thousand workingmon who mot at Tarnor Hall on Bunday, and asked that tho Gov- orsmont provido work for all unemployed por- sons, havo givon tholr sanction to a dootrine inconsiatent with tholr profossion of Amerioan citizenship. Wo tako 1t for grantod thnt the meoting was mainly composed of American citi- zows, although most of tho specchos weroe doliv- ored in foroign languages, and enunciated prin. ciples essontially forcign to Amorican minds. ‘Tho doctrine that work should bo provided by Governmont has always boon o favorite one with two very different kinds of poople. The most oppreasive Govornmonts of Europe have slways spont largo sums in keoping thoe masses at work on good wagos, lest thoy should grow discon-~ tonted. Tho Louvre, the Tullories, tho mag- nificent Boulovards of Parls, woro built on tuls privciple. The same dogtrine, in another shapo, is tho gospol of the Socinlists, Communists, and Iuternationaliats, who roprosent n resction against tyranny, oqually incousistent with any Government, ropublican or other. Evory French Ropublic that has over beon attompted has beon ruinod by their oxcossos. The samedootriuo was onunciated not many weoks ago by the In- transigontes of Bpain, who ara doiug thelr worst to betray the 8panish Ropublie. The rapine and bloodshod that accompanied tho attompt of the Fronch Ropublicans of 1793, and put this identi- cal dootrino into practico, has brought the name of Ropublic into disropute in every Europoan country, It hos dono moro than anything olso to provent tho establishmont of o gonuine Republic abroad. The revolutionists wero in favor of having tho State employ all, houge all, feed all, smuso all, and roball. Somo of tho spoeclies of Sunday night, and particular- 1y that of F, A. Hoffman, Jr., rend like transla- tiona of the haranguos that incited the Parisiy ans of 1793, & This country has hithorto managed to keep its destinies out of such hands. Socialist doctrines have no place in its Constitution, and those who como here from abroad ought to leave such doc- trines bolhind. In one sense, the Amorican Re- publio is still on trisl, —this may bo its crucisl test,—and nothing will tend moro cortainly fo its overthrow than tho adoption by American citi- zous of tho sentiments and principles which are sesocinted in Europoan history with the foulest oxcossog and the most disastrous failures of tha experiment of solf-government. Those of our citizons particularly who Lave como to us from countriog where Soclatism hes wrought such foll rosults onght not to shamo themsclves oud their now country by talking such dangerous non- senge, They havo come to o land whero it is tho fanction of the State not to take cara of its citi~ zens, but to give them liborty to take care of thomsclves. Bocioty owes the duty of relieving the poor in the way of charity, butit does not oo the duty, and cannot perform it, of provid- ing work and wages whoro thoere is none. The public authorities could mnot, if they wero to bo hung on the lamp-posts, fur- nish employment to tho mon composing tbo Turnor Hall meeting, Thoy cannot porform tmpossibilitics. How could thoy toll whom to employ, and whom mnot, or at what wages, or how many hours, and st what employ- ments ? Such things areno part of tho funce tions o Government, eitber Muniolpal, State, or National. *If,” said s brilliaut Fronch writer, who antagonized the Socialist movement, * you make the law for all citizons a palladium of lib- orty and proporty, it it 18 only the organization of tho individual law of self-defenso, you will eatablish upon the foundation of justice a gov- ernment rational, simple, ecconomical, com- prohended by oll, loved by all, wuse~ ful to all, supported by all, intrusted with & rosponsibility. perfoctly defined snd carofully rostrioted, nud endowed with imperish- ablo atrength. If, on the other hand, in tho in- terests of individunla or classes, you make tho law au instrumont of spoliation, overy one will wish to make laws, and to make them to his own odvantage, There will bo & riotous orowd at the doors of tho logielativo halisj thore will be & bittor conflict within; minds will bo In guarchy; morals will bo shipwrocked; thore will bo wviolence in party organg, Lonted olections, rocriminations, jealousios, inex- tinguishoblo Latos, the public forces placod at the sorvice of rapacity instoad of its reproasion, the Governmont responsible for everything, and bending under the burden of its responsibilitios, political convulsions, rovolutions without ond, ruins over which all tho forms of Boclalism and Communism attompt to establish themsolves,— theae aro the evils which nocossarily flow from suols porversion of law.” Tho stald old Journal ¢f Commerce, of Now York, which has nover beon known to admit snything into its columns which waanot of a financisl or commercial nature, was rocontly guilty of an indiserotion, One can faintly imagino tho conateruation of tho bulls and bears at disoovering in a rocent iseue a eorious discus- sion of the question whather the rulos of otiquotte dotormine that young couplos, molo snd fomale, bocauso seon in broad doylight promenading arm in arm, are supposged to been- goged for marriage. Tho publication of tho paragraph in question must have boen duo to tho faok that somo young and frisky membor of tho oditorial ataf, tired of price ocurronts and market quotations, surroptitiously emuggled it in whilo the responsiblo editor was away. It caunot bo oxplained in any other way, unloss there Is some mysterious conneotion betweon a yonng oouplo promeuadivg arm in arm and the ocoudition of tho finsnco markot. Tho Boaton correspondout of the Hartfo§ (Conn.) Courant, states that tho Atlantio Month- ly, uander the new admintatration, will como out o6 & Mothodist magazine, and bo in future the litorary organ of that donomination, The only grounds, howover, which ko gives for such a statemont aro that tho Methodists wanta litor~ Iaten will psy tholr fings, and they continue to sry organ, aud that Mr, Houghton 18 o Mothod- commit the objeotlonablo practices wiioh the | st I8 doos not nocsssarily follow, homm,l that tho Atlantic will bo n Mothodiat mngazino, Tho Harpora aro much more radicnl Mothodinta thaa Mr. Houghton, and if the timo and profits hind boon promislng, Harper's Magazine would liavo boon tho Molhodist organ long ngo. Recont rovolations in the wine trade of Lon- don ought to dispol the dolusion that thero is any such thing aa “good old shorry,” Ilam-~ burg ehorry proves, on analysis, to bo an atrocious compottnd of noutralized acld wino, Elbo wator, potato splrit, capillniro, and chomi- cal flavoring mattors. What have boen sup- posed to bo honest brands, becauso thoy wero imported direct from Spain, aro found to bo about balf nleokol, Alcobol is added in Spain to keop it during the voyage, more ia added on its arrival in England to foriify it, tho **cara- mol” used to color it is about half spirite, snd tho *“ dulco,” or swectening mnttor, {8 one-third splirits. A largo quantity of plastor-of-Paris in tho final addition. The brands thus dectored 1o tho bottor kinds of shorry. As for tho wine that is sold by tho drink, it is doscribed as a polsonous dram of alcohol, sweatoned with sugar, and mixed with o flavoring of somo com- ‘mon 8panish or French wine, A vory oxtraordinary rovolt reaontly tool placo in o poor-houso at Cardiff, Wales. Home time ago, tho Guardiaus decided to iutroduce foreign meat into tho diotary of the housa, Tho fe- male inwates protentod against its uae, and sont awny their food untouchied, In couscquence of this, sevoral mombers of tho Visiting Committeo partook of & ropast of Australian mutton, pre~ pared a8 an Irigh atow, and, finding it very pu- tritious, the Guardians rosolved to continue its uso.. Tho first morning, Lowaver, that tho Guardinns sought to servo the stow, the indig- nant paupors mado a chargo upon the attend- ants avd drove thom off with a showor of 8poons, brond, dishios, aud other missiios, Tho Ligh-toned lady paupers thon gave vent to their feoliugs in such a domonstrativo atylo that tho wholo 0f thom were arrested and are now in prison, whero their sonsitive, fastidiousness will probably suffor & atill groater shack. CHEAP TRANSPORTATION. Meocting of the Noew Yoric Chicap Transs portation Associntion == Pavorablo oporty. ' Special Dspateh to The Chicago Tribune. New Yonx, Dec. -An adjourned moeting of tho Board of Dircctors of tho Choap Traus- portation Associatiou was hold to-dny, Willinm Duryes, Chisirman of the Committee on Claims and Griovances, made the following report, the readiug of which wos received with spplauso: “ Binco tho lnst regular moeting of the Board, on Dec. 9, & considerablo number of claims for overchargo against difforont railrond lines have beon sent into this oflico for ndjustment by mem- ‘berso? tho Association. Overcharges resulted from vatious caueos, In somo ihstances goods shipped were entitled to o moro fayorable classi- fieation, 1In other cases Westorn ronds had col- loctod their proportion under highor classifica- tion than that s})cnuled in tho through bill of lading, ‘This _Intter doscription of over- charge s quite & common practico by certuin _Wostern roads, although they have dolegated to trunk lines full authority to clagsifly and fix tanffs. Most of ~ tho claims yofer to dates prlm' to the organization of this Association. They have, Lowover, been takon iu hand by our Gonoral Agont, and out of thirteen clajtns sout iu to the ofiico sinco Dou. 9, amounts claimed on twelvo clsims have boon ronlized, and the monoy will bo paid to the claimants this weok. he different ronds mani- festod o disposition to deal promptly and fairly with uws, and it is our in- tention to present nothing to tbom but what is justly ontitled to consideration,” From tho forogoing facts it is cvidont that the Claims ond Griovance Burcau of the Association will Lo of grent practical conveniencs aud value, and members generally ara invited to forward {o the ofiice memorandd of their claims againat rali- raad or other tranuportation linos, togother with documents relating thoreto. It was an- nounced that the Drcetcry are maturing plaus {?r effecting a rovision of the present classifica- lon, S ST. LOUiS. An Incldent of Prestdent Grant’s ke- cent Visit, Speciat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. 8. Louis, Mo., Doc. 22.—An incidont conneot~ ed with President Grant's rocent vislt here is exciting some comment, Ho camo on Baturday with his family to attoud the funoral of his fath- or-in-law, whose remaius are laid in Bellofon- taine Cewmotory. 'Tho funeral took place on Sat- urdsy, immodiately aftor tho arrival of tho porty. Yestorday (Sunday) Gon. William 8. ‘Harnoy, onxof tho pall-boarors, invited tho President to ) dinner-party ut his residouce in Lucas placo, Tho ropast is snid to have beon Tormal and olegant, and about twonty of tho Presidont's friodds snt down to it. Thoe dinner will sorve in histogy a8 a compauion piece to the banquet given the Nest gantleman of the nation by Postmaster Filloy in the housa over which the red flag of o United Btatos official twned auctioneer wss flylug, FINANCIAL. The Pittsburgh Watcr Bondss-Busi- ness Prospectss Sveoial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. Prrranunais, Dee, 22.—Quito 8 commotion wag cranted to-day by tho report of tho Financo Com- mitteo, presonted to tho Council, charging tho ‘Water Commisaioners and City Comptroller with criminal negligonce in the matter of the disap- pearauce of the ©514,000 of the city's monoy, and requosting thelr rosignations forthwith. The rosignationswere presontod and at onco nccopted, and this ends their connection with the hypothe- cation of tho wator bouds by the National Tyust Company, As it goewms, thoy know noth- ing whatever of it, aud that Ross and Green mauagod tho entire business. Lhe pms{mclu for trade aro cheering, ond tho Superior Rail Mills and a number of glase liouses ;will rosumo after the 1st of January, glving employment to about 1,200 now idle work- men. All'tho cotton mills have resumed. Aunothor Dry Goods Faillure in Now Yori. Spectal Dispateh to Phe Chicago Tribunes, New Yonx, Dec, 22,~The fallure of one moro dry goods house is announced. Dix, Cunning- lam & Co., dry goods jobbers, 805 Broadwsy, sugponded this morning. Thoir business I8 chicfly local, though they biad fow customers in tho North. 'An inventory of their stock and othor ausots is pranrlng, sud will bo submitted to the creditors in about a woek. Theso are principally wholesalo dry goods men, who are disposod to deal liberally with the fivm. Dividend Declnred by the Washiugton * Ciey Suvings Xanlkk. ‘WasmiNatoy, Dec. 22.—1he Receiver of the ‘Washington City Savings Bauk is to-day payisg 20 por cent on deposits undor, and 10 per cont on sumd ove,r $60. Chis iy the;fivat distribution from tho nssots, Tho Firat National gank will in January pay wnother dividend, outstanding LoguleTenders. ‘Wasminaroy, D, C,, Doo, 32,—Outatanding lo- gal-tonders, $370,194,002, THE INDIANS. Troops 11 Search of Raiding Partios. OxAua, Neb,, Deo, 42, —Gen, Ord, command- ing the Department of tho Platte, rocoived a telogram on Baturdsy evening from I't, Luramie, \Vyomufi siativg that soyeral parties of Indinns woro Li \nfi stook In tho vioinity of Scotcs Dlufts and Horso Oroeok, situated about 00 miles north of the Union Pagitle Road from Biduey. Ho immediatoty issuad ardora to the comwand- ant at Ft, Larumio aud Biduoy Barracks to seud scouting parties out ntiorthoso Indiung, to scout tho country ou aud botwoon the Laurons Fork aud Heott'a Blufls, g OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, Taveneoor, Doo, 22.~Steamships City of DBrussols, 'runce, and Wostphalis, from Now York, and Obio and Nederland, from Phila- delphia, have urrived out, l‘szw Yonx, Dec. 22.—Steamebip Qeorgia, Irom Glasgow, aud Coltio aud Olty of Ohoster, from Liverpool, have arsived. THE TAMMANY THIEVES, Escape of - Genet, Who Was Awaiting Sentence in Jail, Allowed to Visit His House, He Avalls Himself of the Opportunity to Take to His Yacht. Four Other Indicted Members of the Ring Fail to Appear and Forfeit Bail, Ex-Mayor Hall's Trial Commenced, and His Conviction Predicted. Epecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, New Yonk, Doc, 22.—Tho ogcapo of Gonot, the fight of Ald. Coman, Senntor Norton, toorge 8, Millor, aud John Walsh, and tho mraignment fof trinl of ox-Mayor [all on tho samo indicts mont on which T'weed was convioted, have agi- tated tho city to-dsy in o singular wonuor. Qonel’s escopo was made known about 8 o'clock ot the police headquurters, ‘and was tho town tall bofore the Court opened at 10, The flight of the others was discovered about noon, whon their lawyors eamo trailing into court without their clionts, and ot 3 the calling of Iall's caso filled tho court-room withjan oxcited erowd, who watohod tho soloction of the jury with groat io- torost, GENET'S ESCAPE Ionds overybody to condema the Shoriff, and he is alrendy cited to appoar Iu court and make ox- planation of bis conduct in permittivg Genot to remain poacofully at largo aftor convietion. Tho Bheriff lins powor to exercise this‘clomency, and used it in the Twood case after Tiweod's convic. tion, but refused to do so aftor sentenco to give Twoed time to sottlo his affairs, He did not ex- orcigo it in tho cauo of Ingorsoll, and somo slloge that, THE SHERIFF'S OLEMENOCY is exorcised only for the boueflt of fricuds. At any rafe, this mishap of his Deputy creates general condemnation of Sheriff Breuuan, aud it will probably end in Lis being hold for contompb in boavy fino, and possibly imprisonment. Tho worst feature in tho affair, as far ns tho Bhoriff i8 concorned, is tho followlug fact: On Saturdey lnst tho District-Attorney in n letter warnod Breunan that an attempt would be wado TO BESOUE GENET, and that it had boen intonded to try it tho night previous, He urged the Sheriff to remove tho prisoner ab once to the Tombs prison within an honr, Gonot walked futo the ofiice of United Btates District-Attornoy CGeorgo Blias, toak tha District-Attorney's letter out of his pocket andread it to Bligs, comment- ing on it as an illustration of the absurd stories statted about hum, T'lio friends of Bronnan claim that Le sont the note as warned to Shiclds, who showed it to Gonet as o joko. Tho Shorill's onemies, on the other hand, claim thal it was sout to him as a warniug that tho desigus wore known. THL MANNER OF ESCAVE, as roported Lo tho Sheriff by Dejuty Shields, is thus told by tho formor, who bus beeu groatly agitated by tho affair: * Shields,” the Shovitt said, ‘“roported to me, sbout 8 this morning, :;I.mt Genet ltad escapod botweon half-past 2 aud 3 immodiately sent word “to - the policc headquartors, and telegraphod to tho polico districts iu Kings, Queons, and Westohostor Countios, Sbields ‘was much oxcited, and actually trombled with sgitation. Ho told mo that about half-past 2 Gonet askod permission to go into his wifu's bed-room for tha rest of tho might. Shields, iniluouced by feol- fugs of dolicacy, did not nccompany Gauet. Ha was Batisfled there was no other door_to the room than that by which Genot entered. Ho had no idon Genot would try to escape, Genet hud quite o erowd of visitors Sunday night come to tuko leave of him, Most of them are known, and will be wubpwuncd, and must ap- car on tho investigation I havo domauded. htelds enys ho doged off, and elept until noar 7 o'clock, \Whon ho pwoko ho knooked ab the bod- room door. Thiers was no response, aud ho cns tered. Clenet bad goue, and his wife _expressod entire ignorance ng_to his escape, declaring thub he had not beon with hor during tho night. Tho oscape must havo beon BY A WINDOW. Shields at once mado search, and went to the stables, but the horses and carriago wero there, Ha then ropotted to the polico.” Quostion—laye you auy roason to suspect Shiclds of complicity in the mattor# Answor—Thero isno honester man than Shields, roplied Mr. Brenuan, In Tweed’s caso he could, if tie wore corrupt, bave made all tba money he wanted, but no one could resch him. Sliolds Lnew that Gonet was no friond of mine. Politi- cally, wo have been opposed. If I had been in court when the commitmont was mude, I wounld ‘have refused to take charga of him. Q.~Wuen did you lust 800 Gonot 7. A.—I gaw bin on Saturday., I told him then that there was & rumor curroni that he would mako an attempt to escapo if ho got a chunce. Genet seemed indignant, Ho scouted tha {dea cthat ho would play such o trick upon tho Sheriff. Q.—How do you think ho got awny ? A.~Hiy_houso is situated noar the Marlen. River, at Ono Hundred and Twonty-fifth stroot and Secoud avenue, ond o beat must havo been in roadiness to carry hiw oft. Hiu cscape aust Do tho result of u concerted plan by his frionds. A thorough soarobing invoatigation will bo mads, aud I have no doubt wo susll ditzover iwho aided bim to flce. That is all I know go far. Sfields was drendfully agitated, and made tho statement to mo in u faltering muuner. I feel this thing very much. He s tho fizst man I havo evor lost. Lator iu the day tho Sberiff stated, in roply to an inquiry whora Mr, Shiclds could bo seen, that by Lid (the Shers iIt's) orders Shields and eight other Deputica had Miqb tovn in quest of the rugitive. o you hopo to catoh bim ? A~—f sm in possession of information which, if true, will Iand him fu tho Tombs to- wight or to-morrow, QESET'S WHEREAUOUTS. Tho beliof is that Gonet has escaped b: Bound in & boat of some mort, aud will land until he reaches Coundian territory, good strong © tug will readily earry bim around Dy sea, or with s good start ho could make Canadn by rail bofore heing intor- cepted, T'he Bhorift hopes. to catoh him to- i but success is doubtful, COWAN, MILLER, WALSH, WELLS, AND NORTON have undoubtedly fied for good, and will uot ape pear to steud trinl, Their cavos are hopeloss al any time, and especially 50 now that tho Lide hat uot 80 strong agaiust thiovea, Tholr gullt is un. uestioned, and a clean sweep of the whole of them would follow auy sort of trial. Their rob. Deries, liko those of ‘Lweod, wers in the Courts 1louso building. X HALL WILL PRODADLY DE CONVIOTED this thie., The {ndictmont i8 the sawo as that an which Tweod was convieted and entoucod for twolve yeara, Tho chargo is not mado that Hall got sy inonoy. Thore is uot tho slighiest Hlxinuf oi ‘v.li.b!, but )!xg‘fn‘:zmn to ump‘ zh:nm:;%- ug which everybody kuow was going Do oxeusod on no ground other than tho phyaicial impossibllity of actually exawining each bill a8 ?momud to him by tho Comptrolior for aignas uro to tho warrant, Lymon ‘I'romain, counsol for tho prosceution in'the Hall caso, utated to-day that CONVIOTION WAS ALNOST CERTAIN Ho admits that no monoy oan bo traced te Hall's hands, aud it 18 I:mbnblo ho did nar get any of tho stonlings, ilull was politically am- bitioug, sud Tamnizuy blinded him to its Iraude by promises of proformiont. Hall's proparty it not largo, but tho incomo of his law firm amounts to soveral hundred thousand dollars a oar. 4 170 the Aoctated Frese.] New Yonx, Dec. 22.—Harry Genet, tho Intest convictad wembor of the luto ' ring,” was por mittod to vieit his wife, by the Deputy-Bherift u ohiargo of him, lnst night, and Las not beex n:oou‘nlx sinos. Ho was to havo boon sentouced 48y, . In the Oourt of Oyer aud Terminer, to-day, Judgo Danicls charactorizod tho esoapo of Geuok 88 gross negligence, duo to gross misconduct on the part of tho Doputy-Sheritt, but lo said that, until way . asoortainod that the wtops taken for hiw rooup- ture woro unsuccessful, no aotiocs could be tukon in thomattor, ~ Gonot's counsel #ald that thoy would prooecd to purfoct their bilt of exceptions, when tho casos of Miiclnol Nore the not ton, Thomns J. Counor, John J. Walsl, aud minisaldie |, George B, Ailler, the Court-EHouse o ’