Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 4, 1874, Page 4

4 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1874. PO s b sl L s g e iy, e e e it et S e o it M il S TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TRNMS OF BUDFCRIPTION (PAYADLE IN ADVANCR), Datly, by mal, o AR sy i 1] Tarts ol a soor at tho samo rate, "Tayroront dolay and mistakos, bo suro and glva Fost O co nddross In tll, fuoluding ftato and County. Romittances niay bo mado oithor by deatt, ozpross, Post Oftico otdor, or fu roglatored lottore, ab our riaks TENMA TO CITY SUDSCRIDERE. Detly, dolivorod, Bundsy oxcoptod, 2 conte por wook. Lully, delivored, Bunday fncludad, 10 conts por wook. Addross TIE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Coruier Madison and Dearborn-sta., Uhteoko, I TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. M'VIOKKT'S THEATRE—Madlson stroot, hotweon oatborn and ~ 8tato, ~Kigagomout of Kdwin Looth. “¢'Tho Kool's lovengo." ACADEMY OF HUSIO—nlated stroot, botweon Mad- J20n nnd Monroo, - Engagomont nf tho Fiflll Avonie ‘Thoatre Company, ** Divorco." Aftornoon aud evoulnx. HOOLEY'S THEATRE-Tandolnh streot, hotoen Ot At Ladalton 4T (velting on tho Wall." Afiors noun nnd avoning. GLOBE, THEATRE—Doeplatncastraot, botwoon Mad. tson anil Washington, Lngagemont of Josoph I, Kmniot, “Riaz, tho Morzy wiss Buy." Aftornoon and eveniug. Corner of Wabash avonuo ADELPII TIUEATRI I and Congrans streat, ~Varlely cntortalnmont, dinn Box Trick." Afteravon and ovoning. 8 8T - Monroe _stre!, botween rolsy And comioalitios, ' Lismiot, jort,* TION _RUILDING-Laks Shoroy, foot of A OHREaE Y pyibufate Rainting of ‘the V*Frodigal Hont' Afternoon and ovonting, KIMBALL'S MUSICHALL—Cornor Btate and Adams Mroots, Bobumana Club Coneort, "BUSINESS NOTICES. TO CONSUMPTIVES_MANY IIAVE BEEN HAPPY £0 giva thlr tosthmony In favor of thi uso of **Witbnes Puro Cod Lizor Ol nnd Limo. Iixporlonco ias provad ¢ ‘ainblo romedy for Consumption, Astiima, Diph= thierin, and all discasos of the Throat and Lungs. *Mauu iactarod only by 2B, WILBOR, Ctemit, Boton. old by d gonarai 1a b The Chicagy Titbune, ‘Wodnesday Morning, March 4, 1874. Tho Howard Court of Inquiry met yestordsy in Washington for the fltst timo. Nothing was done but to adjourn for & wook at tho requost of the Judge-Advocsio, e e Tho curroncy dobate was not ronewed in the Sonato yesterday, Senator Sherman postponing it till to-day out of respeet to Sonatora Morton and Forry, who wishod to epeak on the question. Seuator Fenton yosterday presonted a petition from a number of Now York morchants asking Congress to permit no further inflation of the cuwrrency, and to take measures for the with- drawal of thelegal-tonder reservos that had beon reissued, The names nttached to the memorial aro said to ropresont £500,000,000. Gathorne Hardy, Disracli's War Beerotary, is 80 nervous about the fato of Sir Garnet Wolse- loy that Lo stays Inte overy night at the War Onico to got tho first news, and keops his olorks thoro all night, Tho wildest apprelionsions are folt in England about the safoty of the expedi- tion, which, it is foared, may have boen gobbled up by the Ashnutees on its rotreat to tho const, An nttompt was mado in tho Stnte Senato yosterday to strike out of the Compulsory Edu- cation bill tho sixth acction, providing clothing for poor children compelied to atteud school. 1t failed, and tho bill was passed to & third rond- ing by 25to 11. Ono more vote is noedod to pass th bill, and this it will get on the noxt readiog. Stock spoculators are fond of irritating tho marlket to their own profit, when logitimate ox- citemen(s wane, by circulating falso roports of vaorious Lkinds. The latest ond ono of the bold- vet instances of this was the forgery of lotters to the New York Stock Exchango, an- nouncing an increnso of stock by tho Toledo, Wabash & Western Railrond and tho Westorn Union Telegraph Company. A Dbill hes been introduced into the Now York Legislature to put & stop to such frands. Tho dissemination of wny false intelligonce to affect the prico of stocks, it claims to be migdemoanor, punishable by o finc of €5,000 and imprisonment for throe Feas. Ar. MeCrary addressed tho ITouso of Repro- sentatives yosterday in support of Lis bill to regulate intor-Stato railroads. Tho bill, ho said, was gimply declaratory of thoe common law in its prohibition of extortion and diserimination, and required nothing of the railronds that the com- mon law did not require. Mo repoated his pre- vious argumnonts about the powera of Cougress over commerce botween the States, and seid that the building of a wuational road ought to be considered only an o last resourco, Even if tiere wero suoh a road, and if all had been done that wero possible in improving tho Mis- sissippi and other water routes, such control of the railroads of the country as that proposed by his bill would atill bo necousary. The meoting yostorday between the Freighs Agentsof tho Union Pucificand the Central Pacific Tailroads, and of the Chicago roads that run to Omaba, rosulted in the abandonment by the' Agont of the Union Pucific of his attompt to make his conncctions with tho East by way of 5t. Louls, He has agreoed to pro rato with tho Chiengo Ronds on equal torms, the chasgos for froight to San Francisco boing divided nmong tho Companies in proportion to tho longth of line. A now tariff betweon Chicago and San Francisco was drawn up. Its rates are much lower thau those of provious schedules, 83 tho combination are determinad, if possiblo, to got tho businoss of tho Pacific Mail Steamship Com- pany. The dobate on the Centennial bill was re- oumed yesterday in tho Senate. Senator Shor- man wants it committed to the Appropriation Cowmittee for tho purpose of having the ex- ponditures it authorizes carofully limited. His constituents are in favor of a Centonnial cole- bration at Philadelplin, but want to sottlo its cost in advauco, Bonator Blowarb favored the same cowso Sonator Btevonson held that Congress had no authority to appro- prate money for the Conteunial, and the way the Bcnnte hiad dobatod it was a good illnstration of its carolossnoss in the tranaaction of public businoss. Benator Scoit grandly announced that “ Eight of tho Powers of tho Earth™ had accapted tho Invitatlon to attend tho Centen- nial, — e The Chicago produce markets were modorate- 1y netive yosterday, with littlo chiange intho gen- oral avorage of prices, Mess pork was in fair domand and 166 per brl higher, closing at $14.16 @14.20 cash, ond B14.45@14.47}¢ sellor April, “he took refugo under & tablo, wora dull and unchanged, at $5.121@6.26 por 100 bs, Iighwines woro quict and ersior at 92 @02}go por gallon, Flour was dull and stendy. Whoat was nctivo and 2{o lower, closing at 81,1834 cash, nnd 81205 @1.205¢ mollor April. Corn was nctive and a ehade firmor, closing at 5920 cash, and 000 eollor April. Oota wero ne- tivo and 2o highor, olosiug tamo nt 42370 cash, and 48360 sellor April. Liye was quiot and firm at 85@851go for fresh rocoipts, Darley was dull and woak at $1.35@1,40 for No, 8. On Saturdey ovening last thoro was in storo in thisocity 8,614,355 bu wheat, 2,660,730 bu coru, 880,031 bu onts, 53,617 bu ryo, and 801,210 bu berloy. Live hogs woro dull and 10@106a lower, closing weak ot 4.26@6.50. Caitlo woro modorately active and easy. Bhicop woro quiot and stendy. Application was mado i the Oriminal Court yosterday by ex-Troasurer Gago's counsol for a changa of vonug, on the ground that o fair trial of his cago could not bo had in this clty. Tho napplication was supported by a largo numbor of afidavits of prominent citizens and business mon, who conemred in the opinfon that public opinion here was such ns to en- danger tho chance of an impartinl trial. Stato’'s Attornoy Reed mado no opposition to tho motion, admitting that it was thostrongest application for & chauge of vonue that bad beon mado within lis official experience, Judgo Booth deoided that tho aflidavits showed that tho defondant had good reason to fear that ho might not bo fairly tried in this county, and he thero- foro hiad nothing to do but to grant the applica- tion. Ho ordered that the vonue be changod to Loke County. Tho rottloment of bail was loft to await tho decision of Judgo Mooro as to tho validity of tho indictment for perjury. Gov. Dagloy's addross to the Michigan Logls- Iature, which 18 now convened at Lansing in special scasion, rolates altogothor to the amend- Innsmuch ag a law of tho United Btatos hos proved ineffoctusl to provent their begging, Uhoir promiso to tho contrary, even whon in~ doraod by such n man as Bonator Camoronm, will wearcoly provant futuro boggary. T'he Exposl- tlon, if it ia an intornational ono, will probably ooat threo times £8,000,000. If wo grant a dol- 1ar, wo shall have to foot tho whole bill. Mr. Camoron's argument that Philadeiphls is tho bost city, and Penneylvanin tho best Btato, in tho world for an intornationnl shew, bo- canse “sho pnt out hier monoy withiout stint and the Dblood of bhor poople flowed frecly to maintsin tho Unlon,” is uuansworable. Mr. Conkling's burst of ocloquenco makes us auspsat that ho strung togother tho poarts of rhotorio that gloam in Piesident Grant's mos- sage to Congross on tho Contonninl. The Ben- ator akatehed a thrilling picturo of * ovory land and ovory tongua coming across tho trackloss soa8 and bringing their works,” A tongue briug- ing Its works across tho trackless sea would bo s sight for gods and mon, The mind that imog- 1ned {t must bo responaible for the goms of the Prosidont's messago. What othor could write of a “nation dovoted to freodom and to tho pur- suit of fame, forlune, and houors by the lowest citizen s8 woll as tho highest” P—or of “bringing into Juxtaposition our own and forolgn elkill and progresu™ ? Imngine tho bringlng of two progrosses into Juxtaposition. Good Ropublicans will vejoice to know that Grant is not responsiblo for the ro- markable statement thot the " Declaration of Independenco which lnunched usinto tho galaxy of pations emanated” from Philadelphis, nor for the wondrous sontonco about the dangor of our not giving tho Contennial “ tho international charactor to which our self-csteom aapiros,” Ir tho Contonnlal Commissioners are wise, thoy will stop bogging and go to work. Wo suepect that, with tho excoption of Gen, Lan- monts to the State Constitution, proposed by tho Coustitutional Commission, Tho most im- portant of these prohibit the issuing of bonda for municipsl nud local purposes, make tho judicinry electivo, substituto salariea for feos to oflicials of the Btate, and provide for the regulation of tho railroads. One of tho regulations rocommended is to ro- quiro all tho corporations organized un- der tho laws of tho Stato to keop open to stockholders and creditors a record of tho stock tssuiod, the amount held by each stockholder, and similar information. In noBtato, says Gov. Bagloy, aro railrond rates lower than in Michi- gan, and in nonears the railroads managed mora for the interest of tho peoplo. 'This is duo to the competition between them, and all regulation ehould be directed to incroasing this com- potition. It is thundering all around the sky which cauopios tho Chicago Times. Tho Washington ond ~f that institution, represonted by o flatulont young man of tho namo of Walker, wos spankod yeatarday by Mr. Townsond, the woll-kuown Washington correspondent. Like maater, liko man. Walker, it scems, aftor tha truo Times fnshion, hns boen engaged in gatheriug to- gotber all the stalo slander of tho Capital, which tho corrcspondonts of tho ro- spoctablo nowspapers will uot touck, and has thus beon contributing his share to tho stock of nnstiness. Among other things, le ultored = libel ngainst Mr. Town- send, for which the Iattor chastised him until It oppoars thut thero are two or thres othor outraged gentlo- men in Washington' who propose to punish tho young man in tho samo munncr. Tlo present prospoct is that there will bo ag littlo comfort for the Chicago Times man in Washington as there is just now for the Chicago Times man at homo. THE CENTENNIAL JOB. It may seom harsh to dub the Contonnial Ex- position schemo as o feaud. Yetit is trying to ‘Docome one. Pliladelphia got & national in- dorsoment of her show Ly fales protonses, When tho question was first mooted, tho instant reply was: “ This is & closk for fature boggary from tho Troasury.” The bill could never have beon pasied had not its frionds inserted the solemn gusranteo: “Tho United States shall not bo lisblo for any expenses attending such oxhibition or by renson of the same.” Novw, in the face of this proviso, the Centonnial Commis- sioners como whining to Congross, cap in hand, plonding for monoy—money. * ‘[ho memorinl begs for a grant, aspoody grant, and 8 big grant, and bas got Graut to bog for it. Its boggery is bsod ou threo pleas. First, tho Government oneo indorsed tho achemo, and 6o sot the piper to fiddling,—now let it pay the piper. DBus that indorsoment was part of a de- liberato agreement that the Government should not pay a cout. Lot us stick to our bond. Sccond, European nations have sided their great shows, Answer~[nasmuch as tho nations have givou them, they have paid for them. As wo do mot give the Philadelphin Ix- position, why should we pay thercfor? Tho subgidy syslom is part of Buropean poli- ty, but It should- bo mno part of ours. Iowover, thore muy bo o compromise. The me- morisl recites that the cost of the Vienna failure was borno by contributions of 31,500,000 from tho ‘Trades-Unions of Viennn and 38,000,000 from the Government. Buppose, theu, we agree that our Government shall not vo called upon until the Philadelphia Trades-Unions hnvo planked down their 1,600,000, By adopting tlus compromise, wo should be strictly * follow- iug those precedents establishod by European Govornments * which tho momorial roveres so Digbly. The third plen is as preposterous as tho othors. It ig urged tuat the country should lavish millions on tho Contennial because tho punic bag made it impossible for individuals to give much. In othor words, becauso the country in poor, let the country pour money ad lib. into the purso of the Commission, This body ns- sorts that the poople, though unabloto give wmonoy themsolves, forvently hopo that tho Governmont will tax them an oqual amount, Tho peoplo avo not fools, Wo therefore do not beliove that thoy are longiug to tax (homselves milllons of dollara for purpodes of show, Tho Senato debate on the Exposition hasbeon of acurious nature, Mr. Moriill, of Vormont, pointed out the fuct that Philadolphls and Ponu- sylvanio had decided to put all tho mouoy they voted into a pormunent finc-art gallery, so thub they could loso nothing in any evont. Botwoen thom and tho United States it is * ITonds I win; tulls you loose,” Inrveply Mr, Bcott snld, with Micawbor-liko assuranco, that the United States wonld bo allowad to * participate in thoprofits™ | Austrin loses §9,000,000, and wo aro to clear Lurd way quiot and a shade firmer, at $8.65@ 8.60 por 100 1ba cash, and €875 sollor Aprit, MMeants woro qulot and firm at 6340 for shouldors, 713¢o for eliort ribs, T3o for short olear, and 93§ @103 for sweet-nioklod Liams, . Dressod hog monoy by downg the ssmo thing that Austria did. Mr. Oamoron added tho ocheorful in- formatlon- that bo wes assured by tho gontlomen who . had tho wmatter in hand that they would not ask fox mare than §3,000,000, sing, thoy are an inefficiont sot, and that thoy haven't half tried to raiso the menus by private offort. If thboy can got no monoy excopt from tho Treasury, let them abandon the whole plan. Tar botter that it should fail, instantly and ut- terly, than-that sn already over-taxod peoplo should bo saddled with millions more of dobt, THE GAS QUESTION. The Common Council of this city, through ite Committee on Geg-Lights, has now had under cousideration, for more than one yoar, tho propoeition to change the times of lighting and oxtinguishing tho streot-lamps of Chicago. Thoy linve diecussed the subject very ofton, havo asked and received mony oxplanations, from all sides, in rogard to the subjoct; have consulted a fow who understaud the question and a grent many who do not (including the now-fledged Gae-Inspector), and put tho clty to no small expenso for printing unnocossary mattor. Btill thoy have como to no conclusion. In fact, they seom to bo a8 much ot son now as at firat, and a littlo more decidedly divided in opinion as to the expediency of making a chango. All this seoms very strange, when it is consid- ered that tho question might be sottled in two or threo days if tho gontiomon who have it in band were in carpest nbouf it. Weo prosumo there is no ono in tho city who wilt not admt thot the streots sbould be lighted artificially when Nature's lamps do not illuminato them so brilliantly ss the gas furnished by some of our local companies ; and that we do not need gan- light iu tho streots when eithior sun, moon, or stars give moro light than the gas would it kopt burning. This being admitted, tho reat is easy, T'he compiler of the new table hos repeatedly urged uponthe Committeo on Gas-Lights thatits ‘members should test the matter for thomselves, and roport accordiugly, IIe has asked that thoy shall noither take his word nmor that of au officer of o gas company, but take tho evidence of their own senses. Ho lms proprosed tbat on any night of aversge wenther, during the year, they shall lot their own eyes decide when it is just dark enough to light tho streot-lamps, and then sco how nemly bis tablo ngrees with that timo. 1f thoy tost tho matter in this way for a fow evevings, and find it about right, but still have doubts about the morning part of the table, it would not be a very difiicult mattor to try that in tho same way., Tho Committeo could thus arrive at an intelligont conclugion; and be able to ako a roport to the Counctl whichwould have some weight,—whethor for or against tho adoption of the mow tine- table. Without such o practical test, their dis- cussions and conclusions can carry no more in- fluanco than thoso of any Tom, Dick, or Harry who might ojaculate a sentenco in regard to it, though thoy should tallc about it in committoo for a dozen years longer. ¥REE BANKING AGAIN, To the Editor of I'hs Chtcago Lribune: Sm: In my rocent communication, I simply took 1ho position, that * Freo Banking,” or permiesion to auy sssoclation who will organizo under the National Banking law to fssuo bills, only limited to the extont of the United States bouds obtainablo (about §2,000,000,- 000), would result in fuflation, or au Incresso m cur- rency, unlces an cqual quantity of greenbacks wera withdrawn from ciroulation by being locked up fn reserves, or sctually cancoled, Tedemption of theso papor-lssues in coin, however, would counteract tho ovil offccts of Laviug too much currency ; aud this i uow omitted from consideration, ‘Tt “ Freo Banking,” as abovo dofinod, is inflation, can bo demonstrated minthematically, with tho only assumption that ouo now bank would herzafter bo or- gonizod, say with $90,00 currency secured by $100,C00 Louds, It is immaterial whero these bonds como from,—whotler from tho West, tho Eaat,or Europo; or whether Mr, Bum Walker exchunges “broad meres™ or wharf-lots for bondd of & Now York capitallst, and cmbarka in benking, aud obtaius monoy ad Ifbitum; tho bonds are somowhero 1n oxistonee, and tho owners of them open their strong Loxes, sond the Londa to Washington, and, presto change ! $90,000 in currency is obtained sud put into goneral circulation, whors not one dollar cxisted before, 1iow muny greonbacks must thers Lo locked up oo rererves sgainat clrculation and deposite 2 As {0 circulution, not over 10 per cent, on the aversgo, is roquired on accountof tho country banks, counting Lulances with redeeming ngents as portion of the logal vesurvo, As to deposits, it ia dificult to approximal IuTegard to nowly-created banks : thoorelically, t ‘Lank, wo agsune, could uot have over $90,000 deposits, it 10 ruserves Wero to bo mafutained, aud every cus- lomier kopt on deposlt with the bunk every dollur ho Lorrowed of it, uuless doposits wore drawa from othey banks, which, if Natfonul, would make no change fn tho sggreguto for rescrves roquirod for doposits, But allow ovon 20 por cent, making i all 80 por cont reservo for circulation and deposits, equal to $27,000 greoubacks locked up ¢ tho balanco of tho $30,000, or 303,000, i tho-inflution, purc ond simple, Under such a systew, it s possible to fuflato our curren- cy mearly $1,000,000,000 wmore. If $104,000,000 groen- ‘backs oro now locked up s reserves, thero otill remain $263 (£0,660 more (and $30,060,0L0 moro illegal) that can bo utilized in tho same way for tho intercats of in- 1lation ; and thon, when {Loso haloyon days como, and (ol Tosches 350 again, * Froo Venking * moy prove a contyaction measuro, not before, 1 biave thius demonsirated tho proof of the propos sition first 1aid down, I do not caro to discuss whothor thore {8 » probability thut tho Increase of now bunk- notes will bu emall or excossive, If any further fu- creaso of curreney fswrong in principle, uo nation uhiontd adogt It, o auy newspaper that appoals totho intelligenae of ity readera should advocate it; it moy unuwer for @ buncombe," but is most slawmotrically op- Josed to *stralght-thiuking.” Isnotn rohcarlug of tho case atill in order? What anawer ¢ T\ R, OsanpLzn, ANBWER. Ia the artiole refotred to by My, Chandlor, we marely prorented cortaiu viows which led us to think that Froo Banking **did not nocossarily imply inflation.” In thia viow wo may bo wrong, Lut My, Obandler is far from showing it as yot. Lotus cnrry out his mathomatios & little far- thor. According to his thosls, thoro is put up $100,000 in bonds (curronoy valuo $115,000), and thoro in takon out §00,000 of National Dank notos, Simultancously there is locked up $47,000 of groonlacks as a rosorvo, aud thero is a tax of 1 por cont on tho National Bank notes. Now let us s06 how tho caso stands as Lo profit and loss: £100,000, gold, Intorest 5 por cont. Prominin on eawme. ., 00,000 Nationul Dan 27,000 reservo,.. $03,000 looned at 10 por cent, $ 5,000 o0 pessassss G300 $19,050 000 Tess tax 1 por cent on $00,000. Total profit, To b0 affsat agai $113,000—tio eurroucy value of the bouds. Balanco againat Lank 188108, cvusasees W 8350 Wo hiavo takon 10 per eont as tho rato of inter- out ot which tho notes shall bo loaned, snd also the rate at which tho ourremoy valuo of tho bonds could bo loanad; but sny othor rate will do as' well, {f we couut tho risks and ox- ponses of the banking business, Mr. Chandler will see thint he has not cornored ug yot. o bis not shown auy inducemont to intlation on the Froo-Banking basis, althongh that is whatho set out to show. ITo may inquire why it s, thon, that National DBanlka takoout notos, it tho margin of profit and loss 18 on tho wrong eido of tho ledger. Ono answor is that he has put the greenback reserve somowlnt too high. The logal resorvo for 800,000 of circalntion is $22,000. This makes enough difforonce in tho result to turn tho apparent loss of §350 into s gain of 3160, which would not bo onongh to make it worth while for a bank to organize for the special pur~ poso of putting out circulation. Moreover, the ‘banke may not, in all cagos, keop tho full amount of resorvo required by law, Thoy may ovado {ho law; but our orginal argument assumed that the faw should b complied with. Tu order that thore may be no misnuderatand- ing of our position, wo repeat that, if Froo Bank- ing would lead to inflation, wo aro opposed to it, unless mensures are tekon simultancously for rotirving groonbacks and rostoring specie-pay- ments, THE THEO] L SITUATION. Tho theological market, in commorcial par- Innce, may be quoted as fairly aotive, with brisk inquirics. Theso inquirics are piling up just now in such embarrassing confusion and pro- fusion that it is becoming difounlt to keop up with the current condition of the donominational controversies, from day to dny, without noglect- ing other important nows. What all this for- mont means no ono knowa but the combatants themsolves. The outside worldly public can only stend by in mute amazement at the clonds of amake and dust, somowhore in the midet of which they aro valiantly smiting each other with thelampsandpitehers of Gidoon, Itonlyndds to the confuslon of ail thiswranglo and janglo that, whilo these full-flodged squabbles aro In prog- rosg, numerous other embryonic ones are rapid- 1y appronching maturity, At prosont, the status of tho various squubbles is substentially as fol- lows: Tho little difienlty botween the Union Park Baptist Church and its pastor, Florenco McCarthy, will probably comoe to 8 head on next Fridsy aftornoon, at whioh time a Council of the clergymon of Chicago and tho Tox River Aesoclation will meet, according to tho recommendation of the ex-parie Council, to investigate the chargos mado against MecCarthy. As it is very evidont that the church itself, which is full of partisans, can never set- tle anything, it is to behopod that the clergymen will arrive at some conclusion which will give us peace hiereaftor. Tho other littlo Baptist aquab- ble touching the administration of the University, and tho probability that some onae was slandered, bas quieted down in the prosence of the graver contests whichare going on, which is amatter for congratulation. ThePresbyterianunploasantness is in o healthy conditiou. The aggrossivo Patton attempted on donday to precipitate an investi- gation of Prof. Swing's orthodoxy, but, tho rest of the Presbytory not being in rendiness for it, suppressed Patton pro lempore, tho latter sub- mitting under protest, and ausouncing that ho should mako formal charges against Prof. Swing at the noxs meeting of the Presbytory in April, As the Professor has doclined to go to Patton's confossional, But will probably bo ready to stand up at tho bar of tho Prosbytery, itls cortain that lie will bo able to accommodnto the belligorent Patton, who was recently pro- nouuced a busy-body by his brothron, The caso of the other *herotic,” Dr. McKaig, of tho Ninth Presbyterian Church, has taken & now do- purlure. Tho latest phaso of tho case is not why he ig preaching ‘“‘lLeresy" to the Cottage Grovo and South Park Doulovard Presbyterians, but why ho is presching to them at ail ‘The latter conundrum will bo investigated by the Rev. Dr. Patterson, tho Rov, Arthur Mitchell, and Elder 8. . Moore, who hava boon appointed a committoe to work on it. 'Tho caso of the Rov. Dr, Reld, in the Eighth Presbytorian Church, gives us some pain. The peoplo of that church, aftor passing & resolution unani- mouely *that we recognize in tho Rov. L. H. Rold = man of consistont Christian character and attainmonts, o faitbful and loving pastor, an ablo aud enrnest preacher, and o sincore and dovoted friend,” then coolly declare he is not tho kind of mun thoy want, and dismies Lim becauso under tho preaching of such a man pew-ronts are falling off ! Thero aro sovorsl othor little mattera which promise woll, Tho Mothodist olergy havo gou tho womeon's orusade under discussion, and, as Tlder Boring claime that nothing can be accom- plisbed unless people work aud pray both, and Brother Dandy says that **is all bosh," some- thing may come out of it. Tho little Episco- palian difiienity botween the two Bishops ia ro. posing quiotly in tho courts, Robort Collyer, having come out for wino and beor, will prob- ably find o nost of hornets about his ears bofore long, Tho Congrogational troublo s ouly in the bud, but Dr. Dartlott baving assaulted Aspasls, Mrs. Doggett will probably soon opon her battories on the Dootor, and demolish both his pronunciation of tho nemo fud his two-thousand-year-old libel on her famo, All things oonsidored, there is o very briek east wind blowing through the theo- logioal world, It ia- sousollng to kuow that whon the little squabbles are all sottled and tho roligious newspapers got thalr advortlaing col- umns washed and ironed, there will be a haven of, ost boyoud. ot —————— Tho result of the post-mortem oxamination of tho Siameso Twing has couvinced an emiuent surgoon of Philadelphis, who was prosont, that the band connocting them could not have been severed during life without fatal reaults, because their livors woro connceted, It L convincod an eminont surgaon of Now Yorl, on tho othor hand, that the band might have beon soverod with porfact safoty. Whon doctors disagroo, who bl decide ? ‘Tho bill glving additional powers and juriadic- tlon to tho Bonrds of Mealth in citios whote thoy now exiat 18 ono of gront public necessity, and ought to bo prssed forthwith, Thoro is nothing in tho Lill which is objectionable in {tself, and notbing which conflicts with or cau affoot tho lnw of 1805, Tho fiest two scotlons of tho bill aro a8 follows ¢ 850, 1, Iio 1t enacted by the People of the State of Iliinoia, yepresented in the General Assembly, That Boarits of Health in cltiea where thoy now oxist shnll havo genceral jurisaietion over and supervision of all packing-houncs, slanghter-houses, glue-factories, ren- doring-catablismonts, diatilleres, fertilizer-manufac torles, ond sll other establishmonta that may bo likely or liablo to taint the air with ibjurious or offensive «ases, a8 may now or shall Loreaftor bo locatod within fivo miles of tho clty limits of auch cities, 8z0, 2. Sald establishments shail Lo conducted and carriod on §n conformity with such rules and regula- tions a8 aronow, or hereaflor may bo, prescibed by #ald Boards of Health and not otherwiso; and when any nulsanco shall o found to oxist on tho premisen of any of sald eatablishmonts, tho Doards of lealth of all such citics shall have power to abato the samo summarily, or inatitute legal proceedings ngalnst tho owner or owners of such establishruenta, under tho goncral lawa of tifs State, Tho remaining scotions of the bill simply pro- vide penaltios. The only objection which has beon mado to tho billis that of Mr. Hopkins, who has terrified tho Grangora by Informing thom thot, if this Dill 18 pnssod, they cannot soll their doad hoge for rendering purposos. This is simply nbsurd. Dead hogs aro not rondered now in Chicago or the Town of Linko, but at Calumot, and thero is nothing in tho bill which affeots this busincss. ‘Tho farmors can dispose of their hogs with this bill in oporation, just s thoy do now. Its ob-~ ject is only to regulate tho packing-houscs and iho ‘‘stink factorics” mow in tho city and ' suburbs, and compel them to be docont, oand to conduct thelr busincss 80 that it shall notbo o nuisanco, This object, the people of Chicago and of every other city livo tho right to demand. These placos have over nudl over again boen pronounced nuisancos. The Mayors of this city, Bomds of Aldormon, City Attorneys, Boards of Health, Boards of Police, Grand Jurios, the medicnl profession, and tho general public have been unanimous in tho opinion, year after year, that thoy aro a nuisance and dotrimental to the health of the city. By right, they should bo suppressod within the corporato limits; but neithor this bill nor the bill of 1805 contomplatos anything more stringont than the rogulation of them. Theso laws simply give expression to tho sontimont of tho public that thoy shall bo man- agod in a decont manner, and that thoy shall not poison the atmogphere and endanger tho health of thoecity, If tho farmers or Grangers in tho Logislaturo baveno other objoction than tho eilly etatomont of Hopkins, that it will stop the salo of dend hogs, then thoy should go shead end paes the bill, as tho objoction haa not tho slightost foundation in fact. TMAGINABY DEMQCRATS. Tuere is a story of an old, old woman who saw in the faceof her ruined, reckless sou all his youthful graco, and always spoke of him as her bedutiful boy. Hor dovotion transformed the sotusl into tho imeglnary. In much tho snme way, the Now York World's devotion transforms actual into imaginary Demacrate, The politicians who are nobly and hopefully fighting for the puro principles of tho Joffersonisn Democrnoy exist only in tho columne of the World. Thot excel- lent journal announces that Democrats are unitod in fayor of froo trade. No Democratic platform nowadays snnounces any such thing. Catohwords, lures, snares, traps for proteotionist and frac-trader,—theso wo havo in abundancoe ns tho tariff planks of Demacratic platforms; but s clear, straight-forward declaration for freo trado wo nover have. It was only tho other day that tho Connecticut Democracy trotted out the samo old jugglo of words, whicli, slightly ro- cast, hos figured in political rosolutions about the taviff for unnumbered years. The World imaginos that its party is furious for honesty. Moanwhile Domocratic Congressmen meot in caucue, rofuso to do anything to ropesl the al- ary-grab, and choose as their nomineo for Sponler o man whom the Nation calls an em- bozzler and n forger. Out of caucus and in Congross, thoy heartily aid the Ropublicans in Oredit Mobiller frauds, Fort Snelling swindles, in galary-grabbing, iu oach and every job. The Sanborn contract is almost the firat purely Ro- publican fraud wo havo had. It 18, perhaps, natural that the World should fall into such errors, The last groat Democratio viotory was & long timo ago, and distance may Iond onchontment to tho view. When the Ohio oloction galvanized the party for o moment, it was inevitablo that the Word's old rooster, which has atood practically idle sinco Buchanan’s oleotion, in thoso almost antediluvian days be- foro tho War, should seize tho ohsnco to crow. But now that that brief flurry is over, and tho party is dying with a persistoncy beyond praiso, would it not bo well for tho World to stop con- structing imaginary Democrata and recognizo real ones? COMPULSORY VOTING. The Gorman ides of compolling voters to go to the polls, which we montioned some timo einco, 18 soriously debated by tho Government press. DBismarck's own organ, the Nord- Deutsche Zeitung, was tho firat to propose tho plan, It was brought forward immediatoly aftor tho rocont electione, in which abstontion from voting is belioved to have done the Government candidates grest harm. In Borlin atono there woro 85,000 stay-at-bomes, Tho Premior's or- gon earnestly advocated making the failure to use the franchise a crimo punishablo by honvy ponnlties. At the time, the project fell rather flat. It ia possiblo that othor papors linvo siuce then been notifled that thoy would do well to tako up tho ery. Thoy certainly have taken it up., Tho Government press ia now urging tho achomo with varying vigor. Thus the National Zeilung snys: “It s tho farthest extonsion of frocdom of oloction that it should be madon duty inoumbont on ovory individusl;" whtlo tho more modorate Volkszeilung argucs that neglect to vote should bo punished, but that the pro- posed law would bo a dead lottor. It suggpests publishing a llst of the culprits aftor overy elec- tlon, evidently with tho idon that publio opivion would drivo tho non-votors to the polls noxt time, Dut, aslde .from the useless work involved in priutlng 85,000 names in Berlin alone, such & multituds of einners in one city could manufacturo s good desl of public opinion themsolves, 'Irylng to put ono of tuem to ghame by publishing Lim as an absoutoo from tho polls would bo much a8 if Lot Lad postod half-a-dozen Inkabitants of Bodom aa profligates, . The Nord-Deutsche Zetlung Lan again takon up thio queation, aud enlls for immediate notion, It 18 ovidont that such n monsuro s undor consld- oratfon, If tho Govornmont proposos ¢, It will of courso bo carrled, Buch an exporiment wonld Do watchied with interont. The country has not yob munaged to mako all its logislatora vote, much less nll its oloctors, A plan of compulsory voting was brought bofore the Trench Assombly lost year, but was rojectod,— possibly bocause tho successive Govornments of Franco hnve boon apt to carry elections by kooping somo mon fromthe polls 28 well as by deiving othors to thom. Tho nominal objeotion was tho lack of a suitablo ponalty for such an offense. Disfranchisomont would bo too sovera. Imprisonmont would bo an Impossibility for want of prisons, And & fine would ba a mero cover for bribery, for candidates would guar- antoo opposition votors the pavment of tholr fines for abstontion, and s man of average con- sclonttotsness would nccopt such an offer read- ity enough, provided he did not roally caro to voto, ‘WAREBOUSE-PRAC1ICES IN BOSTON. In the memorial of Scudder, Bartlott & Co., of Boston, to tho Mnssachusetts Logislature, ro- apocting the conduct of tho Doston & Albany Rallroud in rofusing to receivo froights shipped to that firm, there aro somo rovolatious concorn- ing tho warchouse business that will be of in- torost in Chicago. Tho momortal sots forth that in 1870 Beudder, Bartlott & Co. dotormined to catablish, In addition to their local trade in flour and grain, an oxport trado in corn. Hav- jng made tha propor arrangements in Liverpool and London, thoy shipped .to thiose polnts, in 1871, nbout 147,000 bushels of corn, and fn 1872, 510,000 bushols, The local trade, stimulated by tho large stock always in storo, also increased proportionatoly, The firm mado proparations for a heavier business in 1878, but In sottling with tho Ralirond Company thoy called attontion to the shortages which were genoral, and' which ranged from 4 to G0 bushels por car. ‘Cho Railrond Company bad mowmo yenra before offered a rebato of 6 por cent on freights onall grain exported, and whon Beud- dor, Bartlett & Co. asked for componsation for shortngos, and refused to pay their froight-bill until somo satisfactory arrangomont was mado, the Company refused them tho rebato, and gave orders along tho railronds to receive no freight for that firm unless the tolls were propaid. Tho Topult was that Scudder, Bartlott & Co. recoiv- od but little grain during 1873, their wholo ox- port reaching only 42,000 bushels, and that trade has now ontirely censed, In tho history of theso transactions the Boston warchouse systemis thus explained: The corn for Boston all goes by ono of the ** colorod " linos, which issues to the shipper a bill of lading for 92400 pounds, more or lesa” This or an oquivalent in the form of * eaid to woigh" is tho only bill of 1ading thoeo lincs will issue, and, unless the ehipper accopt it, tho lino will not take tho corn. Evidenco that tho woeight of corn was putin the car, is utterly ignored, When the car reaches Albany it passes into the control of the Boston & Albany Tiailrond, snd on its ar- rival in Boston the corn is weighed, ‘Inspected, and graded by an ofilcer of the Railroad Company, and put into an elevator ownod and managed by tho Railroad Company. The Company issues o rocoipt for the walght of corn in atoro. This corn is mixed with other corn in tho warehouso and {ts-idontity i» lust. Duriugail thls timo tho consigneo is excluded from the custody aud control of the corn ; ho cannot havo it delivered at suy other warehouee, nor fs ho allowed to tako it from tho cars; he is only permitted to rocoiva from the clevator a quantity of other corn corresponding to thst weighed in. From firat to last tho whole thing is managed by tho railrond. With all ths we in Chicago aro famil- jar; it was this Lind of monopoly that was plorced by the new Constitution of 1870. But tho idontity of warchouse morality is further illustrated by an actual ocourrenco. On tho9th, 14th, 27th, oud 20th of March, 1872, Seudder, Bardett & Co. sinpped 93,000 bushols of corn, divided into four cargoos, by steamers from Bos- ton to Luverpool. They biad in atore, as por ro- coipts, primo merchantablo corn, and in certain Dins dosignated on the roceipte. Upon tho complotion of the shipmont, & small bag contain- ing a samplo was furnished with oach lot, so that tho consignee in Liverpool might sell by asmpla Defors unloading, Theso sumples wore all prime corn. Upon tha acrival of tho corn i Livorpool, tho consigness, wlio Lad sold the corn by sample, lost thoir sales, the purchasors refusing to tako it. Tt had been skillfully mixed with corn that had boon * hot;” the black and discolored corn boiug 8o mixed with tho bright, fresh corn as to preclude all iden that tho two wore of the sume lot, and showing that the introduction of tha unsound was done doliberately. The corn was #0ld in Liverpool on account of tho shippers, This tranaaction is equal to anything ever done by Munn & Scott, To the honor of Boston and to the credit even of a goulless corporation, tho latter refunded to tho shippers about onc-aud-a-half conts per bushol, This was something usknown in tho business in Chicago, and perhaps ‘was due to the inexpertence of the Boaton ware- housomon. Out hore, whon grain gots biot, it can bo shoved on the shipper, and that is tho Iast ofit. Ifthis cannot bo dono, the grain is * post- ed,” to the loss of the holders of the receipts. ‘Warohousemen in tho Wost take no risks, and suffer no lossos oxcopt whon they speoulato in grain, and soldom then. The number of fictitious denths died by Dr. Livingstove in tho past still holds out to his family and many frionds in England tho hopo that bis Inst domiso is of tho samo spurious aud transitory character. In favor of tho probability of bis deccase is the fact that Lo i 8ad to bavo diod had proviously attacked L ; thet tho natives ciroumstantially narrate his death, snd that Licut. Cameron roports it ofticlally. Against 1t aro tho statomont of Dr. Kivk, who claima that tho news is disoredited at Zanzibar ; tho report of tho native Governor of Unanembo that tho groat oxplorer dled at a dif- fevent placos and & paragraph in Liout, Camo- rou's report, which doclares that tho body was ombalmed with ealt and broudy as woll as the untivos could do it. This is posaibly a plonsing rowance, inasmuchas grave doubts nro entor- tainod whothior tho oxpedition possessod eithor of thoso cssontials for ombalming, Hence it would not excito astonishmont if tho vetoran wanderar should ouco moro roturn to lifo, S Tho whisky oxcitoment bas had tho offect of rousing ‘I'vinity Church, Now York, fiom ity gtolid eelf-conscionsness of opulont respoctabili- ty. ‘Trinity Ohureh {8 by fax the vichest rolig- jous sooloty on the continent, aud derives un enormouy rovenus from its vented property, Among the hundreds of buildings ronted out to Mammon for the onrlehment of tho churoh, for- ty or ifty havo boon acoupied by exloon-keopera, T'ho droway Vostry havo at longth discovered o cortaln incongrulty heroln oxisting, and have fesucd n notlco that thoy will in the fature ein no more. IV la tho disonse from which ; tho daily press produced a roform movemont in tho church somuwhat slinilar to this,~tho tonr~ Ing down of all the houses owned by it on Churelt stroot, and ronted out to fufamous por- wonp, ond building the fine wholesalo storeg which now covor tho same ground, e The Now York 1orld has rocently boen ene livened with tho emanations of n genius of tho Juloy Verno order, if indeed the narrativos whioh rogularly appear in it aro not directly dua to tho audsolous imngination of that brilliaut romancor. 'Thoy aro writton in M. Verne's po. culnr vein of olaborato dotall to distract the ate tontlon from tho hyporbolic form of tho whole, and sro rolioved with a fow ndmitted facts to ald in giving oo alr of plauslbility, The first of theso was tho reported discovory hy o corra- apondont of tho World in Nowfoundland of a gigantio dovsl-flal, aud tho * footer” amputatod from this marine monster was carofully put out by tho World. Tho ftom was copled extonsivoly, bacanso of the vorisimilituda of the narrative, nnd the author was oncouraged to try ngaln, Binco then, most oxtraordinary creations of {ha writer's imagination havo boon seattored over tho country and credited to tho -World. Onn which {8 obtaining wido clrculation, and filling up the dull puges of country and weskly motro- politan papers Is s story of Slameso nocromaney, veory ueatly related, and o hodged around with Inaccossibility of disproof as to tioklo tho fancy without oxciting suspleion. Now, however, 1t claims to have discovered tho philosophor's stons in tho substance callod Aelinmn, known to oxlst in tho sun_ but not on the oarth, and which, it do- clares, Lins the property of turning overything it touches Into gold. All the otter storles wo wilt accopt, but, when the writer protends to discover in the World tho aurlfic influoncos which Lave colned monoy in tho Sun, we aro skoptical and domand the proofs, : gt B How bappy was tho ruatio concolt of realizing poetio dronms not in imporishable ‘marble or bronzo, but in buttor! To Mrs. Caroline Brooks, of Helona, Ack., belongs tho cradit of combina ing tho esthotio with tho ediblo, and sffording to overy hougohold on its daily broad a work of high art, Pondoring over tho mutability of bumen affairs and tho Inst now chwrn, Mra, Brooks ovolvod, with & common buttor-paddio, soveral facos whick sho exultingly oxhibited to somo Memphis roportors, In a spurt of oleagi- nous onthusiasm thoy discovored a uso for their long pout-up historical information, snd truo reportorial fortility of imegination found likonosscs of Mary Queon of Scots and othor colobrated people. At last, * dreaming over tho pootical drams of *King Reno's Daughtor,”” wo aro told Mrs. Brooks * found o subject in the Dreaming Iolantho,” whom sl procoedod to outline in high rellof in a tin- pan, “ The head,” oxolaims the correspondont of tho Cincinnati Commercial, with & burst of artistio appreclation, *{s but slightly turned from & full front viow,” and thon, with a gual of gonuino dolight, adda: “Tho butter ia almost white.” Happy, wo ropeat, is the gentua who has combined tho ideal with tho oleaginous, Lot us hencoforth model our horoes in buttor. Tt will bo ohozpor than parinn, and, in this dey of shifting confidenco and ephemeral horo- workship, with caroful handling s firkin will ro- main fresh enough for the twontieth statuo. Lot AMra. Brooks proceod. e Another of those irritating spiritual exposuros ‘which persccute tho faithzul has boen made. A young girl, aged 18 years, resident in Peoris, has beon porforming wonderful feats under tho di- rection of cortain doparted mortals, Hor mistrees’ doparted hnsband has beon writing notos through hor to Lis wifo\ directing her to leavo money in cortain placos, whero it was faithfully placed, to be mystorious- ly removed by & merceunary epirit. Christmng presouts wero mado by the dovoted soul to his living wife, who footed tho bills for Ler own prosents with delicious conjugal rogularity. ‘Tables, and pillows, sud bodstesds, and pisnos oxhibited powers of locomotion of & convincing doscription, It is probable that tho Peoria newspapers would bave become converts but for the irriteting oxposure, A skeptic, on exumine ing the vase presonted to tho wifo by her dead husband, found & trade-mark on it ; found tha tradesman who owned the mark; fouud tho purchaser to be the Lttle medium ; and then everything was confessed and made clonr, Cbildren should novor attempt to play medium; thoy are sure to bo found out. Tho Legislature is just now discussing the propriety of abolishing eapitel punishmout, and has paesod & bill abolishing solitary conflnemont in ponlitentinrics. It is to bo hoped that the sudden spasm of solicitudo for criminals which geoms to hiave acized tho Legislature wiil not bo 8o long or ¥o sovere as to induce them to abol- ish punishment altogother, —_— NOTES AND OPINION. The candidates for Govornor of Now Hamp- nhire (eloction noxt Tuesdsy) dro: Ropublican, Luther AMeCutcbing, of Now London ; Democzat, Jumes A. Woaton, of Manchestor ; Prohibition, John Bluckmor, of Sandwich, A correspondont of the Doston Globe, sont to survey tho flold, 80y8 3 Natfonaluffairs will have hardly a perceptiblo effect on this election, unlees it bo that tho wide-spread feol ing of dissatsfiction with tho administration of Government will increase tho apathy nud diminish voto. 'Thut such dissatisfaction very geuerally pro- vails, thero can bo no munncr of doubr, but thero Ia nothlng to give it direction or practical éxpression, and all thiat can bo donc §a to wait for somo opportunity not uow clearly acen, - . , . This has given toilia violent “out aud out * Prohibitionists an opportunity which thoy aro improving with more vigor thus 18 dis- pluyed in uny othor party, —The annual spring olections (of Supervisors, otc.) are now in progross throughout Now Yok, and both the Albany Euening Journal snd the Albany Argus aro shouting ovor ** unpracedcnts od gains,” without referouco to accompanying losses. Tho facts aro, that this year Republicun towns of long standing go Domocratio, and vice vorsa, Tor oxample, tho stoutly Ropublican County of Chautauqua elects 8 Damooratlc Boird of Bupervigors, and Democratic Bohohario clects a Ropublican Board, Intholongrun the Ropub- licans have most to loge. —The Des Moines correapondont of the D lington Hawk-Eys doclares that tho late Anti- Monopoly State Convention rapresented **a body that the Ropublican patty cannot well afford to dewpigo, ‘Thoy aro too formidable for that.! And the Zawk-Eye cditorially soys: L Considering that the Anti-Monopoly State Gonvontiyn wus Liold morely for perfecting it party organization, {ho fucts that over sixty countica wera represontedy thut tho genoral make-up of tho guthoring wus bigtly rospectuble, uud tho proceedings cutiroly harmonlous, it muet bo couceded that a falr start bow been nudey, and thst tho new party will conteat tho eloctions this yoar with considerablo systematio vigor, if not with Buceess, —Tho Des Moines Register (Postmaster and Stuto Printer) closed its notico of tho Anti-ho- nopoly Convention thus : 1t waa thio mout succossful couvention the Democras cy has ovor hold of helped to Lold {n Towa, 5 Whereupon tho Dos Moines State Journal, or« gan of the Kasson wing of tho Ropublican party in that District, rosponds: Wo think the fegiater makes a grave mistake when it attompta to muke it appoar that nearly all who tovk part in Weduesday’s convention wero 6ld-line Detno Brute. Towover much wo mny regrot the faat, caudor compels us 10 say that, 80 far a8 our acquaintanco ex- tends, tho active mojubers of tho Gouvention wero about’ equully dividod in former politicul ailitiations, ‘And it d the st of wisdom to sdmit the true etute of tho case, This oppoaition to RNepublican party 18 oo formidabio to be treated as almply tho movemunt of tho uld Dewacratic pacty, It sauuat by arled down. 1u that way. —Wae recognizo in the npmos of cortain dolo gatos [at the Les Moinos Convoution] thoso of formor Republicans, just as we rocognize in the mombors of the Logislature opposed to tho Re« L)uhlmun party tho names of non recently mom- ors of this party. In elther body, wo rogard thoso former tepublicans a8 mistakon, soll-do~ celved mou, in uniting thomselyes to a combinu- tiou of tho tragmonts of all opposition partica to effoct & reform in politica and Htate, or ps men who have Kolllsh objeota of smbltion whioh coutd uot bo gratifiod in their own parcy,—Davenporé eaid | abaurd as it 18 disoreditable. that Altcen yoara ago tho harassing comments of | publican s ({a.) Gazello, —Thore |8 ono featuro of politics, just now, as ‘Whonover & Re. indopendent enough to saundidly