Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 17, 1874, Page 4

TERME or THC TRIBUNE. TRRME OF AUNBCRITTION (PAYALE I¥ ADVANCE), Rt B 00 Wiy S50 T'artaof & year nt tho samo rato, To provont dolay and mistakes, ho auro anit give Post On.coaddromin full, including Stato and County. Remittances tny ho mado olthor bydratt, expross, Post Oftice order, or n ro;lsterad Jottors, At our rlsk. TRUMA TO CITY AUACHINERS, Defly, delivored, Sunday excentod. 2 conte por wook. Datly, dolivored, Bundny includod, 30 conts por wooks Addross THE TRIBUNI COMPANY, Coruer Madison and Doarborn-ats.. Ghicago, Tk oo et TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. ~Madlson M'VICRER'S THRAT! e Dearborn and State, Opera-Troupe. Altorioo ot, hotween 1 sliakoron " § n Mad. ACADEMY OF MUSIO-Tahtadatroot,botwroon fiad: hngment o itermosn, " Evarybody's. Fyiond s and 'S Tho Qatol Surmio™ Tauing, > % Il Beitioriam," " Tho Dibhags, snd "+ Ty Quiot Faiily, 2! THEATRE—Randolnh stroot, botwesn O Y aatta CAT T ehion ® and ** A Ragular Uiz, Afternoon und ovohivg. GLODE THEATRIDespiaines streot, botwoen Mad: Augton, - Jagageniont. ‘ot (0o Yox & o Bantamiing. proupo. E Eurply Dumpiy. AL ternoon nnd ovoning. MYRRS' OPERA-NOUSE Monroo streef, letwoon S 3 ton, Cotton, aud Kemblo's iingtso! ties, Altdrmoon and ovoning. : LT,—Gornor Wabash, avenue and Trons A A et voys ™ Now IHiboeulcot, Ritornaun snd ovoning. Saturdey Morning, January 17, 1874, ‘The nomination of Capt. Hickoy was con- aidored yestorday by the Council Committeo on Police, but no resnlt was roachod, as the Com- mitteo stood 2 to 2 on tho question of confirma- tion, A deputy of the Towa Stato Grango has just roturned from a visit to tho destitute farmers of Lyon, Osccola, and O'Brion Counties, Heo has found 1,000 families in neod of succor, and thinks that 500 of them must dopond on charity for support till spring. Tho National Doard of Trado thinks it not worth whilo for Congresa: to spend any monoy in building through railroads for the purpose of solving the transportation problem, and regards a8 equnlly hopeloss any sttompt to sottls it by preseribing fares and rates by law. They favor tho passage of laws by State Legislatures to compol railronds transporting grain in bulk to deliver the snmo quantity they received, " Sinco 1869, the fractional curroncy of the United States hias been incrensed by more than $21,000,000, The National Bonrd of Trade JYesterday called on Congress to withdraw 810,- 000,000 of this increaso. They also recommonded that moasures be taken to reintroduco silver into the currency, and that the Comptroller of the Currency be deprived of all discretionary porwer over thio curroncy. Tho Boston Journal has mado out & dotailed statement of tho losses by firo last yearin this country, the larger by actual record aud the smaller by estimate, and finds the amount to be $85,000,000. Of fires that destroyed less thon $100,000 and over $50,000 worth of property, there were 152, the property consumed boing £9,630,000. Of fires destroying less than $50,000 and over §20,000, there wore 806, the Jossea be- ing 98,560,000, Such o record na this for & year ot marked by such extraordinary disestera as occurred fn tho two preceding yenrs furnishes & lesson which ought to be read with profit. AIr. Deore, of Dloline, published in this issue, shows that the plow-makers of this State have no intention of abavdoning tho practico of selling their plows through agents. They believo that this system, which has grown up of itself, establishes the notural and most advantageous relatious in every way botween the manufacturers and the farmers, Thore have been evils conmected with it, liko that of too great credit, but theso will correct themselves. The manufacturers are willing to sell Jargo lots to farmera through their loeal sgents at reduced ratos, but cannot give up the wide-reaching systom of agents, through ‘which alono their oxtended busiuess could have been built up. Mr. Deero's viows aro cloarly and thoughtfully expressed, and are worth attention 28 & folr presentment of the viows of his clags with yegard to middlemen, ————— Caleb Cushing has not much reason to con- gratulato himself on Lia carcer ns & letter- wiiter. His letter to Gov. Andraw, of Massachusetts, in 1861 hos just been made public, Ho offers his services “in any capacity, however humble,” and asks oaly “ to bo permitted to Jay down his life” to~ avert tho overthrow of the Government, It wag in reply to thisthat Gov. Andrew wrote tholetter publishied the other day, suying that Alr, Cushi- ing's opinions and conduct forbade him to find him any place in the council or camp. He de- clared bimself compellod to avow that wore he to accopt tho offer Lo ‘‘should dishearten numeroua good and loyal mon, and tend to de- moraliza our military service,” Mr. Cushing's lottor to Roane, written at about the same timo, lost him the Chief-Justiceship ; but most peopla would consider this other letter, which fastenea 80 crushing & reply on him, 23 the more unfor- tunate of the two. e S— Some attention has been given lately to the subject of Stato printing., The following ex- tract from tho last report of tho State Board of Agriculture is a valuable addition to the litera- turoof the subject: * But till wo can in some way got rid of those old judges of law, logisla- tors and their abottors, who are so thoroughly stufled with tho antiquated lics aud quibbles of tho law-books that there 8 no room for common scnse in their honds, or com- mon justice in iheir hearts, I, for one, ean geo no reliof in our case, for the infamy of our presont laws has both boen thoroughly exe- . outed over us, and thoroughly apparent for yerrs past.”” This Janguage, which is cortainly unusual for a public document, appears in a bulky volume of 403 pagos 1asued by the Board of Agriculture. Theso is nothing clue 8o startling in tho volume. The rest of it Is filled with desultory reports of fairs, idle correspondence, prizo essays, and other equally valuable matter. Notunnaturally, tho Houso wents to know who paya for such stuff, and hos dircoted tho Printing Commlittoa o flud out, The Chicago produce markete were again wenlk yestorday, under & general anxiety to eell, Mess portk wae activo and 15@200 per brl lower, closing nt £14.10@14.20 cash, and $14.20@14.26 gollar Februavy. Lard was moderatoly active oud dechned 10@18c por 100 Ibs, closing at 68.87)¢@8.90 canh, and $9.00 soller Fobrury. 3lonts aroquisd and easlor, mb' 85@8)0 for “THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 1 shohldors, 7¥o for sliort ribs, 794 for short cleny, and 9}4@100 for nwoot pickled hams. Drosand hoga wore actlve and firmor, closiug at #0.20@0.30 por 100 Ibs, Highwinea wero dull nnd nomlunlly enslor, ¢ 063¢@070 per gellon. Flonr wind quiet and wonk. Whont was loss aotivo, nud lower, closing at 81.28% onsh, and $1.24%¢ sellor Fobruary. Corn wns nctivo and weak, at lo decliue, clontng at 57%c cash, and 57%c sollor Fobruary, Oats wore modorately nctive and ensler, olosing at 410 cash, and 4130 sollor Fab- ruary. Ryo was qulet and onslor, at 78¢ for rog- ular No. 2. Barloy was dull and lowor, at $1.20 @1.28 for ordinary No, 3, Tho hog trado was dull at 100 doclino, closing ot $4.76@5.40 for common to extra. Cattlo wore nctlve and firmer. Bhoop wore scarca and 256e highor, Bonator Bherman hisa followod SenatoraSohurz and Morton with s speech ou’ tho currency ques- tion, To thinks our paper dollars ought to havo boen made as good a8 gold dollars beforo ihis. 1t one-tenth of tho monoy that haa boen used in poying an indobtedness that s not duo had Dbeen cmployed in redeomivg groenbacks, we cowld havo nachioved speclo payments. Ono of tho greatest of our financiel mistakes hasboon the payment of $400,- 000,000 of & dobt not due, whilo not & dollar of tho legal-tender dobt that is averdue end dishon- ored hry boen mot, * Anothor mistako has boon the inflatiou of tho curroncy, to which $82,000,~ U00 bave been added in various shapes sines * June 80, 1868, Tho country hos already moro curroncy por capita than any other in the world, sud, to add to its volume, can biave no other effeor than fo intensify the ovils of our presont eituation. To the ery for ** more money” he enswers that what wo waut is # moro good money ;" that {s, monoy a8 good ag gold. Bonator Sherman considoras himself to bo “not-much of o Notional Baulk mau,” e would liko to soo one systom of circulation in the country, and that issued by tho Government aud convortiblo into gold. Tho greatest financial mistake, according to his view, which Cougross hins committed waa in the passage of tha act of April, 1806, This has douv more berm than any other, in preventing tlie holders of notes from converting them into bouds at par bearing in- torost. Hoseems to think that -if somo such plan could now bo adopted, it would prove the oadlest rond to specio payments, for a roturn to which the present is the most suspicious time, GOV. CARPENTER'S MESSAGE. Wo print this morning on the sccond page an abatract of Gov. Carpenter's messago to the Towa Legislature, which, though not yet daliv- ered, owing to tho dead-lock in that body, lus found its way into the Towa newspapers. Tho message, 85 wholo, Is of tedious lengtn, but wo bavo solected from it tho most salient fen- turea. The Stato Troasury scoms to bo In o tol- ersbly favorablo condition, notwithstanding tho expenditures for the last flacal term have ex- cooded the rovenues by £50,000. According to the Aunditor’s ostimntes for the next two years, there will be a surplus in the Trensury of nenrly Lalf o million. The rato of taxation in Jows haa beon from 2,94 to 8.28 per cont of the valu- ation for all purposes, except 1 & fow of the in- corporated cities, where it is larger, A sigunificant circumstance pointed out by Gov. Carponter is that the rapid growth of Tows has rocoived & vorious cheok. The Btato consus of Inst spring sliows au incrense of only 57,313 ovor the population of 1870, according to the Federal census, though it is an increnso of moro than 200,000 ovor tho Stato ceusus of last yoar. Gov. Carpentor belioves that the immi- gration {8 nearly balanced by the emigration, ox- cept in 8 few of the new counties, and draws the conclusion that the State Las roached the poriod of its greatest comparativo prospority with ag- riculturo alone a8 tho busis of productive wealth, To stimulate the growth of population and incresse the resources of the State, he recommends that the Legis- Iature offer liberal exemptions from taxn- tion to manufacturing intercets of all kinds, aud especially to the lauds containing coal-fiolds, and maneys that wmay be iuvested to develop them. o belioves that in this way new capital will bo atiracted, industry divorsified, and the population increased. Railroad- building in Towa bns nlso como to a stand-still, a8 indeed it hes pretty much thronghout the whole country. Thore are now about 8,800 miles of railway in the Stato, nearly 1,000 mmiles of which wero built in 1871 and 1872. But all this Las beon changdd within six months. The cossation of work Is not attributed wholly to the pavic. Gov. Carpenter saya that the movemont to' fix maximum rates by law had much to do with driviog off capital from this divection, Ho recommends, howover, that the Legislature fix such maximum ratos, because (1) thoy caunot bo regulated henceforth by incrensing competition if railrond-building Las ceasod, and (2) because railroad eapitalists would not be so much appalled at reasonablo rates fixed by statuto as by vaguo thronts that give no notion whether such rates will be reasonablo or unreagonable. Gov. Carpenter's roference to thie Agricultural Collego mattern is not vory folicitous, His ox- planation of the Rankin dofaleation is simply o oxplanation at all, and tho fack that o largo Stato approprintion was wasted fu this way will scarce- 1y encourago tho Legislaturo to adopt his recom- mendation to vote a now appropristion of $23,- 000. The managemont of the Iowa Agricultural Colloge will probably undergo & very closo mn- vestigation boforo the Logislature will consent to put any moro monoy into it. In fact, a letter from Des Doines, which wo print along with the messago, intimatea that the Logistature will take bold of the matter in esrest. The othor matters treatod in tho message are of intorest purely local to Towa. THE RAILROAD-AID BWINDLE, The railroad-aid debt of the municipalities of Illinois is of two classes: 1. That rogiatered under the nct-of 1885, tho interest and principal of which are paid by a local tax, which is dis- bursed by the State officors, 2, That which is rogistered under the net of 1809, which is the law suthorizing the colleotion of a gouoral tux all over tho State to pay tho interest and princl- pal of these local debts, The growth of this last dobt hse boen rapid, as isshown by the smount reglstered on Dec. 1 of the soveral yoars sloco the pasnage of tho law ¢ Amount.\ Year, 1008 624,000/1873, + 6,050,215 1873, + 8,034,401 During the fonr yoars $108,051 of the princis pal of these bonds Laus been paid, leaving the balauco, as above stated, at $18,501,051, "These ‘bonds bear an average rateof intorest of 9 04-100 percont, the annnal Interost aggrogating 81,207,- 418, Iow mauy more of these bonds are yot to come in wo have no manns of kuowing, the ad- dition in 1878. amountiug to abont $2,000,000. 1t fo anfe to wssume, from the motfon already hiad by the Coutts, aad from the sults alrendy Amount, o+ ooeo 811,040,851 + 18,001,051 pending, thata vory largo percentngo of these bonda woro fraudulently and illegally issucd, and nover had a semblanco of validity, The Auditor wan authorized by the ot of 1878 to lovy o ralo of taxation wpon tho nssessed thla Btato that valuo of tho taxablo proporty tn wonld produco— For goncral Stato revenue, “For schoot rovenue, , Total revenuo..... . Tho following from tho Rovenuo law of 1872 18 the Jaw on the subject : 118, The Governor, Auditor, and Treasurer aball, aonually, on tho complotion of tho nascssment nnd equalization of proporty, ascortain tho rato per cont required to produco tho amount of tazes levied by the General Assembly, 5 120, 'Cho Auditor ahall, annually, computo and cor- {ify to tho County Clerka such Boparato ratos per cent 9 will produce the net amounts of Stato taxes nuthar- 1zed to o lovied, - S Tho Logislaturo, by sot of Muy, 8, 1873, pro- vided 1, That {uero sball o ralsed by lovsing a tax, by valution upon the taxabla property in thia Stato, tho fallowlng sums for the purposcs hereluufter ot forth, For general Stato purposcs, to bo deslgnated “Tovento Fund,” $2,600,000 upon the nsseskdd value of propert§ for tho year 1873, and $1,(00,000 aunually thereafter, Tor schiool purposes, {0 bo designatod “ Stata School Fund " (in Hou of tho 2-mlll tax thorofor), $1,000,000 aunually, 2, Tho Governor and Auditor ahisll, .snuually, come uto tho keparalo rates per cent reguired to produco Tiot less than the above amotnts, anything in any othod act providing a different mauner of aacertaining the simount of rovenuo required to bo levied for Ktate pur,. poscs Lo the contrary uotwithstanding ; nnd, vilen so ascortained, the Analtor hnll certify to tho County Clerks the propor soparate rates per cont thorefor, and nlvo such definita rates for_otlier purposes oa aro now, or may hereafter bo, provided by law to bo levied and collected oa Stato taxcs, Thisis the law by which the Auditor should bo governod. It requiros him to computo the rato per cent of taxation on the gross equalized valuntion of taxabla property in 1878 to prodico theso two amounts of revonuo, Iio has no dis- cretion whatever. 1fo is not authorizod to com- puto any rato for any othor purpose than thoso namod in tho Revenue law and the sot of 1873. How has ho oxcoutod this law? Ho has cortified to the County Clorks an aggregato rato of 8 6-10 mills on tho totnl assossmont of §1,941,618,040, This rate of tux will produce the sum of $4,829,- 806,98, or 31,32,806.8 in excoss of that author- ized by law. The spactile rates cortified by him 10 tho County Clorks, aud the amount to bo pro- duced by cach, aro as follows : Two and seven-tenth milla for rovenuo, Nino-tonthia of 1 mill for school fund Excess over authiorizod revenue.. Tho rate of tax for revenuo produce: Amount authiorized by law,,. [Excesy of levy by Auditor,. Allowing 10 per cent to cover the coat of col~ Iecting tho tax lovied for rovenue.purposos, making 92,750,000 in all, the cxcoss on this ono itom is $372,000, or 3 por cont of tax greator than tho law suthorizes or permits to bo collect- ed for rovenuo purposes, . Thoe Auditor, in his communieation to the Govornor upon tho subject of railroad-aid debts, atatos that he levied this increased rate in order to raieo monoy by general taxation to pay the in- terest and principal of these railrond-aid bonds, Ho does this in execution of the law of 1809, That law provides that all taxes for State revenuo in any town or connty owiog railrond-pid debts, which may be collected on any incrense on the veluation of the property of snid towns or coun- tios over tho valuation of 1808, shall boe applied to the puyment uf these bonds, principel and in- terest ; it nlso roquires that all taxes collacted for Stato purpoaes on tho property of tho rail- ronds thus aided sholl bo applied in 'tho somo mannor, The deficioney thus ecreated in tho general xovonuo s to bo supplied by an iu- creased rste of tax upon the whole taxablo property in the State. In other words, the counties and tewns which owe no railropd-aid dobts bavo to pay their own share of the Stato tax aud olso tho ehare which folls to thoso counties and towns which do owe theso debts. Tho operation of this law may be shown by the following'illustration ¢ Valuation Vatuation in 184, i 1870, 3cLean County. ., £10,638,502 $33,098,0010 Sangawon County, . 12,518,500 20,515,001 Foords County,. 9,740,491 20,694,740 33,004,138 480,905,731 Incrense in 1673 over 180%,......vee $47,401,603 Wo now give the corresponding valuations in three counties which owe no such debts : Valuation Valuation 1n 18(8, 10 1873, $ 85,000,000 $307,000,000 5,648,600 12151,000 14,871,080 21,872,000 $104,6%0,180 $440,023,000 Tnereaso sinco 1808........., $295,452,640 Under this law of 1869, Cook, Stephonson, and Kano Counties will pay a tax of 86-10 on $840,000,000, oll of which will go 1uto tho Stato Troasury; while McLesn, Saugamon, and Peo- ria Countios will puy a tax on $32,004,183, which will go into the Btate Treasury, while the Stato {ax on tho romainder of their taxablo proporty, 47,401,508, will be withhold from the State Treusury and paid over fo the holders of the swindling bonds, robbed from these countios in aid of swindling railrond corporations, Tho rato of tax noeded to produco the lnwful Stato reve- nue wag 2 7-10 milla; the additionsl 9-10 of o mill was ndded to tho rato of tax in order to malo good the doficiency in the revenue ocon- sioned by tho diversion of this State fund to pay this local debt existing in the shapo of these Vonds, Tho aggregato robbery committed upon the State ig nbout $1,000,000 for this year. To that robbery tho Governor, Auditor, aud Treasurer aro consonting partler, they pleading the flimsy excudo that the act of 1869 compelled thom to lovy this tax upon tho whole Stato to pay this purely locul dobt, the greator portion of which ia unquestionably fraudulent. According to the Auditor's report to iha Governor, the revenuo diverted from tho Treasury to this purposo sinco 1869 hns not beon very great; the low assoss- manta for State taxation not farnishing much of s margin, Hence the necessity for the incroneo of tho tolal State aasossment from §508,000,000 t0 $1,841,000,000. For that (ncranse In sesgse- ment thoro was no possible pretense other than to enablo the Btate ofticers to lovy a ruto of tax that would produce §1,000,000 from the State at larga to bo pald to the holders of these bonds, who very naturally discover that their ultimate pavment is bocoming more and mare problemati- cal. Nover in thio history of Illinois has thero beon such an instanco of tho abuso of the ma- chiuery of thoBtato Government in the intoreat of speoulators ag was shown in thé' incronse of tho asgessment of 1878 ovor that of the lpranodiuu years, < ¥ Fltz-John Porter fu making an earncst offort to obtain & now trial. He was convieted of digo- beying the orderaof Gen, Pope, whon atinched to tho latter's command in tho Peninsula, by avolding au ongagemont with tho enomy, and was assblered in Junusry, 1860, Up to tho time of Lig alleged orime lls oareer Lad best that of # gallact goldier, e wo two brdvetd duriog the Mexican War, and was rapldly promotod dnt- ing tho Rehollion, Mho judgmont againat Tim 16, on ity faco, antranga ono. The plon for n noyw trinl in that tho firat ono was at s critfenl poriod of tho War, when mon's pgsslons woro 8o oxcited that the bare accusntion insured convie- tion that My, Lincoln bad promisod to set astdo the sontonco and ordor n socond invostigntitn ; that Gonn. Leonnd Longstroot havo teatified, sinco tho closoof tho War, that Portordid the only thing opon to hifn\whion he disrogarded Pope’s ordors, aud that, had hoe followed thom, his command would have boen cut to plocos; and that other convinolng testimony, thon inaccesslblo, can now be procured. 'Cho ronsons scom Lo justify the roguost. MORTON ON FINANCE, " Searcling for o noedle in n hnymow is o hopo- ful aud cheorful pursuit compnred with search- ing for an argument in Senator Morton's spocch on the finnucos, Tho nrgument {8 as hard to fnd and {8 not half as sharp whon found. In support of tho Sonator's ssgortion that currenoy- contraction eannot bo the way to return tospaoie- payments, hio prosonts six pointiess pointst Tirst, tho peoplo do not think sor This is on o par with saying that two and two do not mako four if tho people think thoy make fivo, If half the houses in n eity are burnod and not robuilt, tho valuo of tho other bulf rises. ChicagoWiins learncd this, Soif half the paper enrroncy of tho country 1 withdrawn, tho value of the viber” Ialf rises, Doth propositions are true and al- ways will hio trio, no mattor what Mr. Morton's congtituonts mny think about thom. 1f tho Sountor moaus that it s s politician's part to inaist that whito s black, i tho poople eay 1t 1s, ho may bo right. The differenco bo- twoon n politiclan and statesman is thot tho firat takes palus to have no ideas of his ow, and the second takes pains to hayo as many no may be. Tt counofbe oxpected that Mr. Morton, ablis timo of lifo, should attompt to know any more thau the people do. Becond, “Eugland's oxporionco is no guido for us.” If tho Sonator will read the debntes in Lexlinment on tho resolutions of 1819 for tho re- sumption of specic-paymonts, ho will doe statod theroin all tho arguments on both sides of tho question that huve beon used ou this side of tho wator, in Congress and out of it, He will dis- cover what ho is apparently entirely ignorant of, that tho stato of affairsin England at that timo was strikiogly similar to that in this country now. Ho will consequently*find .that whother ZEngland’s oxporience is any guida for us or not, it is tho samo 08 our own oxporionce, 8o faras we Liave goue, Chird, “England, with her 81,000,000 of peoplo, has $0600,000,000 curroncy, snd the United States, with their 40,000,000 of poople, havo only £800,000,000 curreucy,” Why Mr, Morton, after kicking England out of court, hauls hor back again, it is diffioult to see, In point of fact, sbo Las loss than $20,000,000 cur- reney. X Fourth, tho most prosperous counires during tho lnst decado have beon Austria, Russia, and Italy, in otl of which the currency is at o dis- count. ZErgo, to make s country prosper, depra- ciato the currenoy till it is worth nothing, Itisan impossibility to deeide precisely which countries Lave beon most prosperous in sny given numbor of years during which thiere has beon general progress. The growth of both Austria and Italy hasbeen caused by tho union of their hilhorto bostile parts, undor one pacifie, tolerant Govorn- mont. At present, Austrin is bankrupt and Itnly nearly 8o, Both are running.indebtat a frightful rate. In Ruesin, tho omancipation of the serfs and tho loss frequont cxerciso of arbitrary power by tho State, have caused some progress, ‘It was lett to Dr. Morton to discover that the primo cause of tho three countries' prospority was tho dobnsemont of thoir cirenlating medium, and that wo can b tanght nothing by England’s ex- porience, bocause wo are o unlike Englishmen, but ean guthor rich stores of wisdom from the exporionco of Austria, Italy, and Ruesia. Pifta, tho rccont pavic was not csused by any dofectrin our curroncy. This may bo trao, but how did our currency uffect that panioc when onco started? As it was of a cortain fixed amount, when -people began to hoard it tho supply was soon exbnusted. he greator’the noed for money in circulation, the moro it was withdrawn from circulstion, So tho pavic was prolonged for weeks, and scores of good housos, unnble to pey thoir curront obligations, wero noedlessly sacrificed. If we had Lad o specio clrculation, we shonld have had the world's ro- servo of spocio to resort to, Tho domnud for gold would linve brought us any amount of it from Europe, which, instead of lying in baukers’ safes, would huve flowed at once into the channela of trado until they wero full again, Thon tho tido would bLave ebbed bsck to Europo until tho country wna loft with (ho preciso amount of money it could profitably use, Au irredoemable cenrronoy is like water in a well, It can casily bo all drawn out, and fhen new-comors must go thiraty. A gold curroncy is liko the samo water connocted by pipes with an inoxhaustiblo reser- voir, Draw as much o8 you will, the woll will be replenished. If our circulating medium wore a natural one, Naturo would do the expanding and contracting, and do it only when it was wanted. Bixth, tho * visions of John Stuurt MMill" aro of no use in settling the question. Wo presumo thut Mr. Morton moans that it would be idle to oxamine tho ripest thoughis of porhaps the vi- post thinker on cconomic ssicuce of this ago ; that study of the question is vain ; that resson- ingon itisvain; andthat the random uttor- oncoy of *tha poopla™ aro necessarily true, though liable to change nt any moment. Wo will do Mr, Morton the justics to say that Lo has avidontly practiced what ha preaches. Ilis spacch seoms to show that ho bas oxamined nof- ther tho vislons of 3ill nor anybody alse ; that Le has studiod nothing savo tho art of dlvining what will be popular for tho timo being; and that bois asresdy tochango now as ho was when hoadvocated tho polloy of paying tho bonds in greenbacks, e MRS, LINCOLN'S PICTURE OF MR, LINCOLN, Theo rathor unseemly squabble which has boon golng on of late, relative to Mr. Lincoln’s roli- gloua boliof, hos®had at Josst onu good result, It haa brought to light a verbal statement which Mra, Lincoln made a long time age to Mr, Horndon, and by him committed to writing, and which i# now doscribed by Mr. Iorndon asn papor “rescued from the bad influcnco of time, mist, aud rats,” whick gives, in o vory fow words, the bost photogruph of NMr, Lincaln's real life aud charactor thay hes yot boou produced, ‘While My, Horndon was contemplating writing a 1ife of Mr. Lincoln, ho called upon Mzs. Lincoln, ot o Bpringflold hotel, for tho sske of getting matortal for it, aud mado & yough memorandum of what sho sald, Hor commuuication was fn- tonded to be & ekotoh of hor owa life, and yet the passiog glimpses tre gat of Mr, Lincolu give 48 Ao Mdminble plature of Lim botl &6 & man and as Prosident, Nowo of tho nuntorous largo volumes of hlograpby which liava Doen published afford #o Jaori an insight into his ehnractor an this briof sidowiso navrative, which is all the moro valus- Dbla for tho fact that somothing olso wns tho real subject of the convorantion. According to thin notrative thoro woro two sldes to Mr. Lincolu'a chnrector, 1T waa naturally cheory, mirthful, sud fn high spirite, the kindost man and tho wot loving husband and father m the world, and lie was oxtremoly indulgont to his famlly, At tho clogo of the Ttobollion, hls doliglit was so groat that ho ncted Yko o boy. And yat with all Ins Indulgence of thoso about him, and with' his cheorfal, wsunuy. disposition, ho was, Mrs, Lin- colnt says, **a terribly firm man whon ho put Lis foot down," No man or woman could then rule him. Although he wasnot a technical Ohuistian, lus doclaration to AMrs. Lincoln, whon sho fne formod him of Boward's intontion to rule him, “Ieholl rule mysolf; sholl oboy my own con- gcionce and follow God fn it," shows 'the morat strongth and roal Christian rolinnco which the man had. With all this moral power, thero was a touch of tho old Greeinn fatalism about him, “What is to bo will be, and no prayers of oury can arrest the decroo,” was his favorite maxiin. ‘Fhoro {8 one statomont of Ars. Lincola which gives such a cloar insight into her husband's charactor that wo roproduce it : - R T could tell when Mr, Lincoln had doctded anything, o was cheorful ot fiest; thon ho pressed or com- presaod his lips tightly, frmly, ono sgainst the other, When theso things showod themselves tomoI fush- foncd myself uccordingly, sud so did all others around Iim bave to do sooucr or later, and they would find it out, When wao first went to Washinglon mauy persons thought that Mr. Lincoln was weak, but ho roso fraudly with tho clrcumstances of the'cass, and men soou learncd that ho wes abovo them all, I never saw & maw's mind dovelop itself so tincly,—his mansucrs got quit pollsied, o wouldy soy to me, when I tulked to Lim abowt Closo snd tose others who did ik ovil, Do good to thoso who bato you, and turn thelr Hl-wil to friendship,” Bometimes in Wushing- tou, being worn down, le spoko crabbedly to men, Dinrshly 80, and yot it seomed tho peoplo understood the couditious uround him and forgave, ‘Tho biography of Mr, Lincoln has yot to Lo written, It Is not the timo yot to estimale tho ronl valuo of his sorvices to tho country, or to lix big place a8 n statesman, Tho passiovs en- gondorgd in the War of the Robellion, and the political strifes coincident with it, have not yot entiroly cooled, aud the materinl is not complete for analyzing his character, aud for compnring him with othor statesmon and Prosidonts. DBut tho material for the porsonal history.of 3r. Lincoln, his lifo in Llis family, bis personal rolations to the world, bis natural at- tributes of charactor—tho Mr. Lincoln outside of politics—aro as completo in these briof memoa-~ rands of Mrs. Lincoln's conversation asif thoy were volumos in length. Auy biographor who Lias studied humnn vaturo, and is skilled in the analysis of human motives and nsplmuous',. can take these memorandas, and with tholr ard draw a true picture of Mr. Lincolu'; for whatsho saya in the interview with Mr. Horndon tallies petfectly with the glimpees which others ob- talned who twere nearest to him. DMorcover, this littlo skotch which Mr, Herndon has ros- cued frqm the mildew snd the rats iz calou- Iated to give the public an improved viow of Hrs, Lincoln as woll as of her husband, ABBY SMITH’S COWS. ‘Wo havo chironicled tho seizure of AbbySmith's cows. She is tho Glastonbury (Ct,) woman who won't puy taxes because sho can't voto, She and he: ive-stock aro again in print, At longth tho. thunderbolt—which in this case is a poetical woy of saying tho auctioneer's hammer—has fallon, ‘The cows have beon sold. Aftor tho seizuro, they wero huddled into an old tobncco-shed ond “tied up for seven days and nights togetlior; always having had their freodom beforo,” When thoy saw from tho treatment thoir mistreas recoived that the milk of human kindness was dry in tho joarts of tho mon of Glastonbury, they yieldod, but seanty drops of the milkk of kine. For this Abby Smith was obliged to send; for the *monsi- tivo young wife of”the tobacco-shed owuer declarod that & drop of that milk ®bhould never come into her house, for 1 scemed to hier just os if it wero stolen.,” When the mournful procession startod for the place of gale, the animals wero horassed by o dog and drum. . Soversl wagons followed, Mrs. K. remarked on tho way that it eppoared like sy funeral.” The salo of four out of the seven paid the tax ; and Abby Bmith wont home with threo. What the town will do whon the March tax is due, she knows not, but she knows what sho will—or rather will not—do. No vote, no tox. Her New England pluck is unshaken, Sho will not pay, though her sister and sho ¢ greatly foar thoy will ransack onr house, tear up our carpets, and take ornamental things, tho work ofa lamentea sistor, and hor fine énlntings, —for gho was an artist.,” Evou then, howover, hor sietor **says hor feclings will not be so much tried a8 by the sufferings of hor cows.' This slster is8 fond of “ sedontary pursuits, baving trauslsted and written out the whole Bible threo times, from the Hevrew, Grook, and Latin, and needs out- daoy exercise.” Shall such talonts, which might be aiding the Committeo on Biblical Revision, bo wasted in & strugglo with the authorities of a potty Counccticut town ? Caunot = few of tho lundreds of thousauds of women who aro asid to bo sighing away thoeirlives in vain hopes for the franchiso, aid awoman who is doing hor bost to gobit? Or wore all the powers of the party cxhousted in the payment of Miss An- thony's 8100 fine? Whether or not she gots lolp, it is safo to beliove that Abby Bmith will fight to the bitfer end, **She must scon bo forcod to the poorhouse,” she endly says, and then, rallying, adds: * Tho town’s noswer to all this will bo: “Payyour taxes, thon,’~—the same answer the Britieh gave to our Revolutionary sucestors.” s “Horo is & tominino Hampden for the Woman- Suffrage party. Will thoy follow her lead? TFomalo animals have played grest political parts bofore now. It wes o she-wolf thut reared TRomulus ; no gandors aro montionod amoug tha geoso which cackled snd saved Romo; porhaps Abby Bmith’s cows, too, may somg day haves danthloss famo. e Groen Buy (Wis,) Gazlle notloes n ro- mwarkablo case of opthalmic surgery rocently performod by Dr, C. E. Houghmau, of the Mil- waukee Eve and Ear Inflrmary, on a citizeu of Greon Bay, Mr. 0. I, Eames, nowin his 70th your. Mr. Lames had beon bllud five- yoara with cataract of both oyes, One of hiy oyes had boon proviously opetated on, and the cntaraot suoccasfully removod, but inflammation subse-~ quently set in, producing such intenea pain that tho eyo had to be romoved, Tho other eye wau oporated on by Dr. Houghman, tho cataract romoved, and the sight rostored, but, on the tonth day aftor tho operation, iuflammation seb in witls auch intolerable pain that Mr, Kanes ‘bogged the Dootor to romove tho eys, The Doctor first punctured the eye with & neadlo, but without effect, He thon parformed an exe pusimdnt 0 Ll owa-athhd of laucliy the eyde ball, About hale n teaspoonful of congulated blood followed the withdrawal of tho lanco, Iho rollof to the pationt was instantancous, and Mr. Eamos is now at home In porfeet hoalth, with oyosight complotely restoradt aftor fivo yonrs of blindness, Tho Razefle sponks of this operation on the vyeball for the romoval of wat- tor eausing flammation nu original with Dy, Houghman, and of Mr, Enmos ns the firat ro- cordod subjcet of it : = S Houtl Carollun taxes avorago about 20 milla on an usgossment twice or thrico the Anlnblo val- uo of tho property. Novertholoss, the recoipts donot pay oxpenses, One of tho latest ncts of tho Laglalntura was to ordor tho issuo of cortifl- catos of indebteducss, vocelvablo for taxes, to tho nmount of #125,000, in order to dofray n printing bill, only 86,000 of which had beon nuditod. Thoso * certificates have beon issnod awd aro in circulation a8 monoy, owing to their tax-paying power, Now, howevor, tho attorueys of Gov. Mosoes havo got an injunction ngainst their boing rocclved for taxes, on the ground that tho United States Constitution forbids the Htates to omit bills of credit. So tho Ring has folsted $226,000 worth of its papor on tho pooplo, and now tries to bave it declared worthless. In the Boutb, knavory hing bocomo s flue art and o uclonco, Mr. Jolin Fisko, of Boston, Lins beon proaching in London. Mr. Fiske it not known on thin sidlo of tho oconn as n makor of sormons—except in the indirect way of promulgating facts bt mako other people prench against thom, DBut thero are sormons and .eermons. Mr. Fisko's wera preceded by “hymns solocted from the pootry of .Emorson and’ Lougfoltow and hy Scripture lessops read from St. Pauland o- hammod,™ and woro themeoives enrnost dofenscs of the Darwinian thoory, Tho chapel was cran- med on both Bundays with somo of England's foromost thunkers, During ‘the services of the first day, Horbort Spoucor prophesiod that bo- foro many years thoologisus would bo busy in trylng to show that alt the doctrines of Darwin wata contained in tho Bible, This 1a Mr. 8pon- cor's fivet appearance a8 n prophot. It is worth while to romemuer his prediction. —_— The annual discovery of & now Mammoth Cavo comos early this yoar. Montann elaima it. ‘The cavorn s partly natural, partly artifieial. Huge copper tools and weapons, found scat- tered about tho differcut balls, seemed to arguo ownors of gigantlo sizo; aud, fortunately, ono of thoso owners had- boon burled whero lime- stono wator dripped on him and transformed him into o near rolative of the Cardiff Giant. Mo is 0 fact 734 inches long, and woara o mighty brass helmet * which the corrosive elemonts of time lave soaled to his brow.” His lefsuro mo- monts must bave been spont in sketehing ships, innsmuch as numberloss stones bearing rude drawings of vessols were found, Thus much and much moro, sy tho discoverers, Thers aro four of them. If they find a beliover apieco, thoy ought to o happy. —— An Amorican citizon has beon hung in the public streots of Havans, The victim was an ox- Congrossman, ex-General, and ex-Toroiga Min- ister. It was Bickles who was hung—in ofligy. T'he affair was part of the popular rejoicing over his resignation. Tho caricaturo held in ono hand o pincard with the “8" mark, and in the other n enrd with tho words *Protocol-Fish-Polo.” Trom the waist there hung & third card, with the inscription “ Dismission.” Tho show was a cheap one, not only to tho epoctators but to the show- men. It scoms that the offigy is kept on’haud at Havana sud swung aloft with new plncards, whenever tho peoplo have a new man to hoot. It did duty as Cespedes last yoar, —_—— It may bo cheapor to smash brakemen and got new oncs than to use & decent contrivance for coupling cars. We prosume it 18, from tho con- staut repotition of such slaughter. If tho rail- rond companics fall to make auy efforts to dis- cover somo fensible plan to avotd this wasto of lifo, the frionds of the murderod men ougbt to have a summary romedy in the courts, A fow verdicts of exemplary demagos would probably rosult in the adoption of somo device by which a .man could couplo cars without stepping between them. Tho present plan {s barbarous. Two uncoupled cars, pushed togethor by an engine, form n strikingly accurate roprescntation of the Jjaws of death, P——— Tho misfortunes which aroe o, frequently of late overtaking courts are not confined to this country. The Court of Quoon’s Bonch in Mon- tronl, it ‘in stated, is in & very bad way. The Chicf-Justico hos just rosigued on mccount of podily infirmitics; tho next in rank is so deaf ho can't henr anything, and the third one is recused of corruption. The Court meets evory morning, ond then adjourns until the next morniug, bo- eange tho lawyers won't go into it to practice, Monnwhile it is not stated whother the people 810 botter or wotse off from their inability to litigate. | —_— $ishop Hare, of the Diocoge of Niobrara, thinks the Indian can be civilized, His flsst annual roport paints the redskine in glowing colors,—which is what they aro used to. Mo skotches tho livesof the Creoks, Choctaws, et al,, with rapture, aud believes that ho can tame the wildorytribes of the Northwest, Thero scems to bo this difference, that the tnme Indians hko Haro and the wild ones love hair. It tho Bishop goes among tho latter, wo fear they will first eatel thoir Haro, then scalp him,—and cook him afterwards. . —_— ‘The keepors of concert-rooms_in Now York ‘have boen notified that they must not open their pluces on Sunday evenings. Enforcing laws by spasms and jorks is more calculated to bring them into contompt then not enforcing thom at oll. In tho latter caso thoy are forgat- ten ; in the former thoy ure remombered only to be resisted. Tho repression polioy has been triod and has failed. Tho Btate does not oxist to carry the Peutatouch into offect, and the at~ tempts in that dircotion invariably fail, ————— Tlie bill to revive tho franking privilege pro- vides that everything frauked by Congressmen shiall aleo recoive o special stamp in the Post- Oftico. 'I'hie iy worse than tho old plan. It used ta tako ouly & Congrosstan to send homo his wasls through the mails, but with this systom it would take a Congresaman and a clerk. s ki i Caleb Ouching, as 5 child, probably thought it was hord to lonrn his lotters. As a man, ho thinks it is much barder $o have somebody elee learn them and toll tho Benate about thom, —_— ‘Wo hiave had as yot no explanation of how Mr. TRobozon mauaged to spend five-sixths of the ap- propriation for a Year's pay of the navy in the firat throo months, Wil the old tar speak ? P S NOTES AND OPINION. The Indianapolis Journal, the Plttsburgh Gazelte, aud other Administration papors, ave now olamoring that Oalob Cushing shall not go abroad a8 Minister to Spaiu. . —Tho Prohibitionists of Connecticut have ro- nomiuated for Goveruor Houry D, Buith, of Plainyille, who roceived 2,541 votes last yewr ; and the Prohibitionjsts of New Humpsbire again support John Blackmor, of Sandwich, whp had 1,059 votes for Governor last year. In each State the Prohibitioniats oxpeot torealize much advan- tago from tho provailivg dissatisfaction with both the old party orgunizations, —Benator Hamlin, of Malne, will take his turn before the next Legiuluturo of thut Btate, for’ re-olection, aud his supporters are in a large mejority of thoso new membors, this winter, who sro entitled, by party procedent, to anothur torm in the Leglalature. But thero i an omi- nous outery, in Muino, agalust party precodent, and it would seem that Mr, Hamlln lns set up ping which will bo kuooked down in tho next election, The Baugor Whig hies thrown off its alloglance to Hamlin, and echoos tho ory of the Great Woat for * Now men {n Oongress," ’ 0t ilie fuknolal wivdom of the Houis, li adopting In ono .briof half-hour threo declare- tory rosolutions, viz.: 1, Kelloy's plau for morn Irrodaemably ewrency; 2, Holmun's vesolution agninel aithor lncreased taxation or inflated cure rency ; and 3, Hawloy's reuelution for nn increass of taxos rathor than nu Inereaso of dobt;~—thu Braltimoro American snys: ‘I'ho contradictlons ombruced in thero votes show: thot tho Lonorably gentlomen siearcely kiow {lielr own minds for ton minsutes ut s tme, . . . Uaviny boxed the compsen on tho Anancial queation, tho Houeo procoeded to othor bustitess with a koreno ' cone vielton that it iad rottled the wholo problon. . Now, absurd au it §o that tho Tlouso ahould, in tho brinf apnes of thisty minutes, huve wavered Lotween the two oxactly diamotrical extromen of financiul polley, and nctually declared Itsclf in favor of wich, thero ia s alill graver paint invoivod ; and thal fs, that’ whon tho questions of tho currency i taxation oro a0 delieate 8 to calt for the most thougkitiully conaidered, wires! and mast deelslvo nctjon, tho Houso shonld. tows off In thfs niry wiy, and that, too, without any por~ coptiblo nppreciation of tho 'rldiculous inconsistency thot it hios perpotrated, Aund tho Dotroit Z'ribune says: ‘'ho Houno thus tngenionnly manages to aujt all con. corned, by puttiug lelf wot ‘moraly on tho fetice, but on botl ldes of it, # ¥ou paya your money and you tuken your chofee,” 5 —S8inea tho pasning away of tho old pro- sluvory rogime, the nation has not listened to so much jil-tempored, indecont, end fruitloss #peech-muling in Congross ns within the last month,—Zrie (Pa.) Dispatch, —Lspocially whould lopubilosus giva enr to the warnings of tho hour, As a party wo are standing on porilows ground. . . . Ib re~ mains to bu scon whothor thoso In authority havo the virtue and courago to 1iso above the lovel of melflsh greod, and Jevole thomuelves primarily to tho public'{ntrosts, If thoy fail in this, it requires no prophetic vision to fortell their displacemont from power as fast s tho people hnvo tho opportunity. Theso aro plain words, but the times domand them. \vuf tha sorvanty of the poople heoed the murmurings of tuo impondiog ntorm P—Jora State Journal, ~—Whoen lifa-long politieal oppononts ** clasp hands* aeross tho chasm whiol 'has heretofore soprinted them, and cordinlly unite undor tho banner of roform, with the common purpose of purgivg all branches of the Governmont of tho corruption which has become so natorlous, it would geom that tho most obtuso could not fail to ueo tho dangor, avd would make somo effoit toavort “the wiath to como.”—Kewaunee (Ul.) JIndependent. ~—3o ncoustomod havo the party managers bo~ cauo to witueseing subserviency and waut of in- dopendont gpirit on the part of so-callod party organs, that they regard with somothing liko dis- may the rebollion of the Republican prous to the netions of the Prosident aud Congress.—Evans- ville (Ind.) Jowrnal. ~Mr. Willism Welsh addrossad to Gen, Grant &n opon lotter, printed Inat Saturdsy. 1f ita sen- timeuts had been onunciated somo years ago, - thoy would have rousod the country ffom Mame to Californin, but 80 torpid Las popular feeling ‘bocome with frauds on Indians, frauds on Gove ernment, Btates, citios, and custom-housos, that the cataloguo might bo extended even longor than tho cataloguoe of Lieroes in tho second book of the 1lind. 1t iu far from pleasant to read Mr, ‘Wolsh's oxposition.—Philadelphia Press, ~—Uredit Mobilier, back psy, increased pay, &o., rondor it n bad time #or ‘tho subsidy rings &nd Congressional thioves generally, The ox- plosion of Jay Gooke & Co.'s Northern Pacifle, ittlejohn & Co.'s Midlaud, and other jobs for building rnilronds for somo pooplo with other people’s monoy, cause it to be a very uopropi- tious timo to ‘mention tho bouding business, -And the vagabond, beggarly, and bankrupt Gov- ornmonts_of Loumnna, Houth Caroling, aud other Congressionally-reconstructed Stutes make it & very bad time to play the old, old Republican fiumu with ~ sues cosh. Hence—hence, it is, that_tho Administra- tion at Washington gives Gov. Davis, of Toxas, the cold shoulder, aud honce it {a that Gov. Davis will bacit down, and thny?uu lo will bo al~ lawed torule in'that Btate,—Rochester (N. X.) Union. —1'ho Now York Times introduces s paragraph commenting upoy the Toxan difficulty with tEe following ~somowhat remarkablo ~ languago: ‘¢ Portunately for the country, President Grant has acted sonsibly in the ‘fexas matter.”” What a volumo of hiddon meauing these words convoy. Somothing fortunate has happened far the coun- try, and why fortunate? Not bacauso tho coun- try has been benefited—not bocause the Exacu- tive of the nation hns done womething noblo, grand, or lofty, but because he hos acted sensi- bly 1 'Tho jrresistivlo inforence id that, in the opinion of the Times, tho President is not in the bt of acting sonsibly, and that when he doee 80 act tho conntry showld be cougratulated upon it—Detroit Free Press. —The light hus been long coming to Washing- ton upon this Southern business, bnt now that it has como wo ontortnin the hope that tho real ro- construction of the Bouth will go on without further interruption. Tho Presidant has chosen thio wiser,’ molo patriotic course, as regards Toxas, and sbould now enforce tho samo excol lent, stateamanhike policy in cotnection with the Louisiana difticulties, for the Sonth ean neverbe fully prosperous, unever entirely friecdly to the Union, so long as”a sivglo Stato Govorument is sanintainod by foroign lnflucuce. Pho Lovisiana Government 73 maintained by the Adminietra- tion acting upon an opimon of Judge Durell, a man whose infamons nots and decisions have driven him from tho Bench,~Pliladelphia In- uirer. b, hio tableaseom toboturning upon President Grant in the Republican party, ‘The organe ave no longer afflicted with a blind devation to the socond Washington, aud oxpross tho” opinion very plainly 1 some instances that he is subject to infirmitios to an oxtent unbecoming the Pros- idont of the best Govornment the world over saw. Whon tho real sontiments of the people como to bo expresaed, his dencont will bo rapid and flnul. Ho hag neithor tho moral nor intel- lectual qualitics to recover when oncs the tide sots against lum. Shouldor-straps and bayonete aro 10 longor omnipotont.— Pillsburglh Post. —Whether or not tho Prowideat will acceps tho increaso in Lis enlary, in view of the circum- stancos, is a question for his own munlau(z}y to settlo. ‘The ‘hupubliem Stato Central Com- mitteo of Indiana, ot 2 meeting leld Fridey ovoning, Oth inst., passed o rosoluiion sking tho repesl of the bill, iucluding the President’s sojary, This has been the rmrma of the peoplo whenever expressed.—Fort Wayne (Ind.) Ga- zelle, —Liko & Wastern Farmer's_paper, we hops thut Grant will not Lill the Republican party bofore 1876, 1t is, porhaps, & snvage wish, but we of the Roform party desiro to bave s hand in the slaughtor. Theveforo don't, Mr, Grunt, clean kil tho beast, Wound him 18 much a8 you plmmu‘5 but let us dipateh him.—Wilming- ton (. C.) Star. —*' Ha {5 doing whot ho can,” said an indig- nant Ohio nFubhcnn. ‘*to dostroy the party, dawn bim.” 'Chis was said in rofdronco to the President in conuection with tho Cushing nom- ination, Just for the eake of smashing the party still more, let n8 have Jero Biack for third choico. Aftor it gela to about tho sixth selec. tion, we tako it that tho party will be reduced to smithorooua,—Nashville (Zenn,) Republicans Banner. ) —Our member, the Hon, William H. Ray, way ‘truo_to his platform,—greenbacks,—and votod for tho stenl, Whon tho times round to eloct u momber of Congross for this distriet ho will ho pormitted to stay at homo and onjoy his ill- gotton gains,—Oquawcka (JU.) Spectafor, —Congrossmon imnginod *thoy could bid da- flance to public sentiment, or, as Don Butler has it, **the howling of the mob,” and vote thow- aolves back pay with impuuity, Like Tweed, with supremo contompt thoy asked the people what they wero golng to do about it, The poopls havo snswered in fudignant tones, and deorced tha politioal death of avery mau who participated in or partook of the stoal.” T'hey inteud to mnke an example without exception of every salary- grabber, bo ho Democrat or Republican,—Kan- sus Qity (Mo.) T'imes. 5 —It yot remaing to bo soen who carries the momoraudu that will serve the Contral Pacitle Ttailroad’s ** Contraot and Finsnce Company ” the samo ill turn that Oalkes Amos’ little noto-book aid tho Union Paciflo and the Cradit Mobillur, Whother any developmants shall b mrdo in this matter by tho Houss Committee on Puoific Rsil- roads, to which the resolution for luvestigation offered Ly Mr, Luttrel, of Culifornia, has teru reforred, 18 by no monns certain. But, until thero 1s » thorough investigation, an uncomtorl- able jmpression will oxist that there is moro to bo told thun tho public have boen pol’mmedptu lourn in vegard to tho division of the $160,285, 000 in gold whieh 3fr, Luttrol deolares that tha Contral Pacitis Ruilroad has roceived from the United Statos and from Californis, and the com- tion nud corporations_within_ 8fate, and frow Novads and Utal. No one believes that the buildiug of tho road cost such, & gfartling sum, und Congross onght to help tho people learn whore the money las gono.~Cleveland Leader, —Why does not the Committeo go into this uestion {of votronshment] with tho heads of 3upnrnxmmu, uud donsldor whether Congress muy nat order a rigid cloaning-out of * tho slne- oures? And, whon they hnvo done this, they may tuen their attention to contiugont funds lll:{ tho kindred abuses of the sixteen-hundred. dollur Iandnulets, the conchmon aud houss-sor vaits, liverlos, oquipmonts, eto,, that are pald for from tho Nattonil Troagury, It owr legie Iators ut Washtugton are so disposed, there fs a fortile Hold for $his sort of luvestigstion, s=, unlosq the signs tml, thelr gonstituouts are ex- dingly anxious that they ahould nikids Seivala N Daltions Arfariedny b o6