Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 30, 1874, Page 4

4 — THE CHICAGO. DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1874. . TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE TEAMS OF EUDSORIPTION (PAYAN! Datly, by mal.....8 12,00 | Bunda, Falyed :S15:081 Waokly Tarlnof a year at tho snmo rato. T pravont dolay aud mistakes, be suro and give Tost Oft.coaddress in full, including Stato and County. Remittances moy bo mnde sithor bydratt, expross, Post Ofico ordor, orin rogistorod lotters, at onrrisk. TERMS TO CITY SUDACRIDENA, Dafly, dolivorad, Bunday oxcpted, 24 cante por wook, Daily, dolivored, Sunday fnotudod, 30 conts por waok. Addross THI TRIBUNE COMPANY, Cornor Madison aud Uearhior Uhleago, 11l TO:DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. BM'VIORKR'S THEATRE—Madlson siroot, batwoon oatborn and State. Aubor's oparaof ** Basalollo,” ¥ the Lisderkranz Sooloty. AGADRMY OF MUSIO~Hatatod streot, botweon Mad. sson and Monrop, Kugngomont of Mes. Jamos A, Oatas Combination, *¢ Madawmo Angot's Ohild." ADELPHI THEATRE-Cornor of Wabash avonua 4 Congrasas iroat, (rand ollo ontortalament. Zogtiuo, Moulton, Ajaxtho Dofiant, oto. g ATRE—Randolph _ atreat, hotween O e omont of foussel Souge: "+ eivce. QLODE THREATRIE-Dosplaiuosstreot, hotwoen Mad. 1300 nnd Washingtan, Kanagemont of tha Jog Brothiora 2% Chinrlas Ohripdo's Taniomimo Troupo, * Humpty Dumpty Abroad." MYRRS' OPERA-FOUSE - Monros streat, botwoen o & Stater Arlington, Uatton, i Kembios Hinsteare. Minstroiey aud comisalition, Now burlorqa ot ** ilowa Up Allx . SOCIETY MEETINGS. 1,0, 0. F.—Memhors of tho Fort Doatbora Lodgo, No. atk: o Davoby patiied that tho furioent Borvices of Brothc T T R 3 nivers| 'lnco. Miohlgan for Intocmont, - Dy H, LAMBERSON, N, G. B. 15 DUBLEY, 800, "BUSINESS NOTICES. * OODLIVER OIL AND LIMR.—THAT PLEASANT an ivo ngont in tho cure of all consumptivo symp. $n 35 ior'sCompoini of Pire G Likor O1f and E-'x'x'x by e T B Chotalat, Do o, OUhe Chitagy Tiibune, Mondsy Morning, March 30, 1874. Horoaftor, Grain Tnspectors aro to bo main- tainod in Now York at tho torminusof each road there, and at tholr cost. In this way, whent ar- riving in New York will be graded for the mar- Xot, and much doloy sud uncortainty will ba savod to shippers and buyers, The cortificates of Lako Inepectors will be accoptod as ovidonco of grado, The rounionof the Abolitionists, which has ‘beon talked of for some timo, will bo held in this city on tho 9th of June. Tho proceedings will. continuo for throo days, and tho programme em- braces spocches, biatorical skotches, singiug the old liberty songs, and a reproduction of tho men and the manners of the old anti-slavery agith~ tion, Tho Workingmen's Partyof Illinois made its firat politicnl move in this city yestorday. At a Iargo mooting on the North Sido, which was at- 4ondod by 1,000 workingmon, a tioket was put in nomination for towa oflicers in North Chicago. The gontlemon who lod in tho Communistio mectings of st wintor wore prosent, and wero tho controlling spirite of the affair, A number of addrosscs wore mado, which, with the tickot, aro given clsowhero. Our Springfleld dispatches fhis morning giso ® reviow of tho prococdings of the Tiwenty- eighth Gonersl Assombly of Iltinois, tho ad- ‘Journed sosslon of which has virtually closed. Tt was 208 days in sossion, at o cost of £304,600. Tho number of bills introduced was 2,168, of which 256 were passed. The smount of appro- ‘printions was $5,688,289, A full lis} of tho bills paseed {8 givon,and an interesting roview made of thoe legislation concerning the rogulation of railronds, the rovenue, and the revision of the statutes. Wo printed yesterday o translation of an ar- ticle which appeared in the Staats-Zeitung of tho dg bofore, cntitled *Tho Suicido of the Re- publican Party,” in which the inflation of the currency is pronounced the death-blow to that party as s national organization. Tho New York ZEvening Post takes tho same view of tho mattor. In answer totho New York Times' dofinition of tho financiat {ssue, the Evening Postenys: *If tho Times truly represents tho Republican party in these declarations, tho biographors of that ‘party may bogin their work atonce. Its sanda aro run, if this is a true statement of its policy.” It begina to look vory much as though tho eyes of the Republican party “‘is sot.” The lecturo given yestordsy alternoon, under the auspices of tho Sunday Afternoon Lecturo Asgociation, was tho first experiment of its lund in Amocrica, and was an undeniable success. The attendauco surpassed every espectation. The address of tho Rov. AL J, Savage wna ad- ‘mirably adapted to the occasion, and thero was music to make the entortainment complete in its attractions. Tho result of yostorday's trial makes certain the succoss of the good work be- gun by the Association, Thoy have alrendy beon offered tho services of a sufficient number of skilled and intoresting publio speskers to supply their platform for many months, and it is proved that the poaplo aro only too glad ta come out an Sunday afternoons when they are suro thoy will ‘henr something that is moant for thew. The Congregational Council adjourned shortly aftor midnight of Baturday with & verdiot that will not give Plymouth Chureh much discomfort. Drs. Storrs aud Budington, it says, wore right in calling the Council, but they were wrong in some of the lottors they wrote, of which tha Council disapproves, Plymonth Church wes wrong in its treatmeont of Mr. Tilton, but not wrong enough to warraut tho other churches in discontinuing thelr followship with it. If tho offenso is ropoated, then they should' do go. T'ho verdict of tho Couueil s still to be put'into formal shape by & committes appointed for that purpose, nud the public must awsit thelr utter- aricos before coming to any decision us to the full and real significanco of tho verdiet. MNr. ‘Tilton sent another letter to the Council taking oxcoptions to tho lauguage in whioh his onse woa put before the Couneil, but no more notico was takon of this communication than of tho oue that preceded it. The Chicngo produce markots wore moderately active on Saturday, with loss steadinoss in prices. Mess pork was activo and " higher, but closod at Triday's prices, at ©106.00@16,02}¢ por brl cash, und $16.80@16.32%¢ soller May. Lord was no- tive, and closed bo per 100 Ibs lower, at 80.12}¢ @9.16 cash, and £9.2755@9.40 rellor May, Meats were quiet and strong, at 63¢o for shoulders, 8Xfo for short ribs, 83¢e for short clear, and 0@10}40 . ‘for sweet-plokled hams, Flour was more active and stoady. Whoat was 1ees nctive and a shade oaslor, closing at ©1,10 sollor April and $1.233¢ soller May., Corn was more active and ¥{c lower, alosing nt 01340 seller April and 843{c seller May. Oata were dull and 3olower, closing at 400 cash and 40360 sellor Alay, By s qu_ht and stroug ot 00@920. Barley was quiot but stronger, clos- ing at ©1.40 for No. 3. Livo hoga wero active and firm, solling at $5.00@0.00 for common to cholco. Cattlo wers in good demand at stoady prices, with sales culefly at $6,26@6.00. Sheep wore nominal. . The succossive ballots for Benator, in tho Mas- pachusotts Logislature, have boou as follows: 21 ;211 Bk 17 197, 197, 13 [ BT S 8 81 8 . "o TA @ Tho Bostor. . 2 tavod tho thind doy’s voto by coutlos, as follows : Daves. Hoar, Curtls, ddame, Danks, Scat. Aba Barstabla, et o 1 4 w 1n . 8 1 1 .. . P n n 1 e & o . 3 PO B Humpden., 7 .. 6 . IHampshire 6 .. .. 4 PR Middlesex,13 17 13 “ Nontucket, . 1 .. o oax o as Norfolk... 8 € 1 1 . Plymoutir,, 5 7 3 1 w 2 . ufolk.... 8 14 17 I o 3 Worcester., 7 11 13 @ . 1 The voto of the four wostern countles, Dawes' ‘own stumping-ground, is: Dawes, 24; Hoar, 1; Qurtis, 10; Adsms, 7. The voto of DButler's constituonts (part of Essox) ia: Dawes, 10; Hoar, 8; Curtiy, 7; Adams, 1, Tho conetituents of Mr, Hoar (parts of Middlosox, Essox, and Worcestor) voto: Honr, 8; Curtis, 8; Daes, 4; Adoms, 1. Tho Adams support Is strongest in Dawos' own territory, and this part of it comes from the, sturdy Ropublican distriots of Greenflold, Northampton, and Amborst. It s romarkod that Mr, Dawos doos not rotain all the re-olectod membors who supported lum o yoar -, agoin tho contest against Boutwell. Bpeakor Sanford, of tho Iouse, who Lad sixtoon compli- montary votes on the firat day, and whose elcotion is sometimos tho prodicted outcome of thia con- teat, voted, on the first day, among tho scattor- ing, for Gov. Washburn; on the second day, for Hoar; and, on tha third day, returnod to Wash- burn amid s buzz of romarks.” Gon. Banks, anothor of the possibilities, votes steadily for Whittier. John Quinoy Adama votes with his own party for Curtia. —— THE COVINGTON MURDER. About a yoor ago, King, the dofondant in a di- vorco suit then ponding in Now York, delibor- ately and in cold blood shot O'Neil, & witnass, bocause ho had ‘testified in tho case. A fow wooks ago, o lawyer deliborately and in cold blood shot & Judge in Arkansas becsuso the lat- tor hiad mado some rulings in a cago in which he wag interosted which-did not suit him. On Sat- urdny last, Col. Wi G. Torreil, of Covington, Ky., doliborately and in cold blood shot Harry Meyors, an ominont lawyer of that State, who was condueting an action which Mrs, Terrell had brought for divorco. Thelast of the three mur- ders was marked by unusual atrocity and fiend- ishness. Col. Torrell, during the War, commanded an Indiana rogiment, and at presont is a journalist by profassion, residing at Covington, Xy. Brs. Torrell, his second wife, recently brought an ac- tion of divorco against him, and omplosed for her counsel Mesers, Stovous and Moyers, of Coving_ ington, and Mr. O. W. Root, of Newport. From the very outset, Col. Torroll has sought to intim- idato his wifo's counsel from proceeding in the cnge and doiug their plain duty, by bravado and thrents to stioot or whip themif they continued collectivg testimony. The lawyers wero men, | Liowevar, not to bo ntimidated ‘by threats, and kopt on in their work, as it was their duty to their client to do. On Sntnrdsy morning they had takon somo depositionsi and, when they ware closed, Mr. Moyors returned to his offico to reviow tho testimony. While on- goged in this duty, Col. Torrell entered the oftice, having proviously armed himself with a pistol, and in & bullying and offensive mannor sought a quarrel with the attorney by ordering him not to ask him any more suciy questions a8 ho had pat to him in that morping's session. Mr. Moyors roplied, aa any lawyer would, that it ‘was optional with the witness whither ho would answer thom or not. Col. Torrel} thon becamo 0 insolont that Mr. Moyors ordered him out of tho office, and, upon rofusing to o, Mr. Meyors- arose with the intontion of compelling him to, whereupon Terroll instantly draw his piatol, fired, aud killed biw, Although the three murdors which we have cited differ in many rospects, they have ono ele- ‘mont in common. They all grew out of luw-suits. In tho first caso & witness, in the second a Juige, and in tho third oo attornoy, were killed, and in noithor one of the cases was the victim doing anything moroe than his plain duty. Noithor tho witnoss, nor the Judge, nor the at- torney bore any malice towards thelr murdesors, or had any intercst intho cnses of & porsonal nature. The witness was obliged to teatify to what ho know, and, in doing 50, did what is the duty of overy man in the land who is summoned to the witness-stand. 'fhe Judgo mndo his rulings in consonanco with the law, and that is tho duty of every Judge in the land. The attor- noy was -ougaged in proouring testimony to substantiate the charges made by his client, and that is the duty of every lawyer in the land. Tho witnoss who did not do his duty in this manner would bo committed for contempt of court. The Judge who did not do his duty would be impeached; and thesttornoy who failed to do his duty by hisclient would be disbarred, Thore was, therafore, no provocation for tho in- famous and disbolical murder which this man Terell has commicted, It was not only committed without onuse, but it was also cold-blooded "in design and cruel in its oxeontion. It lacked the motive of o porsonal insult or attack, for tho murdorer armed himself before he wout to the oflice, and kopt his hand upon his pletol from the very mo- ment he entered the lawyer's apartment. He thon adopted the very course which ho know any man of spirit would resent, snd insidiously and insultingly addrossed himsolf to his viotim, untilhe accomplished his purpose of boing or- | dorod out of the officoy TFor thiw cribls ho was rendy, drow his pistol, and killed tho attorney. This may be in accordance with the Terrell code of chivairy to shoot down sn usarmed man without causo and without giving bim an oppor- tunity to defend himsolf; but men of courage ‘and honor, who do not carry pistols, will not Lositate to call it tho act or n cowardly dog and cold-blooded villain, for whom hanging ls the appropriste punishmont, 1t thore were any doubt of tho justice of Mra, Terrell's potition for a divorco from sucha monster before this murder, that doubt will no longer exiat, The man' who could so dellbor- ately plan and cruelly porpetrate tho murder of ano who was simply exerclalng his profossional dnty, snd hud no porsonal intorest in the rela- tious betwoen him and his wife, would have no diftloulty in nbuaing his wife to the extremeat yergo of orualty, aud rendering it impossible to live with him, The man who could 20 coolly kill tho wifo's counsol would have killed tho wite horsolf but for tho-foar thnt an inturiated com- munity right string him up to tho first Inmp- post. Dut this s a question apnrt from il main {sauo involved, whioch ia slnply this: Hasn Iawyor, ougagod in hia logitimato duty of main- talning tho causo of his ollent, any right to pro- tootion ? If hio hns, this murderor will soon bo on his way to tho gallows, Ifho has not, thon it is timo tho faol woro known, so that Inwyers may ho propared to dofend thomaoelves from por- sonal violonco whilo plraning tho duties of thelr profossion. % THE ERIE RBAILWAY BTRIEE, Tho so-colled etrike of tho employes of the Erlo Railroad I8 successful to tho extont of com- plotoly suspending the business of tho road. (It should bo called rathor tho enforcemont of a mo- chanie's lon for work and labor porformed.) 1 +| The point selectod is Busquehanna Dopot, & sta- tion on tho Erie Road just within tho line of the Btato of Ponnsylvania, At this placo the Erio Company hasits workshops, and koeps 1,500 men omployed. The strikors hive mot been paid therr wages for two months, and have taken this menans to collect thelr money. Thoy have ar- rosted overy train passing over the road, and had on Baturday ninety locomotives in their possos« sion and a proportionato number of cars, Thera aro numerous trains loaded with merchandiso switohod off on side tracks, Thoy intorcept all travol over the rosd excopt mail trains, and have at lenat ono train of emigrants who are de- pendent upon the charity of the peopls of the town. The Governor of Pennsylvania has or- dored out the militia, who hove taken possession of tho shops snd proporty of tho Rajlroad Company, but have found 3o noces- slty for rosort to force, as the strikers have made no riotous domonstrations. The pros- oneo of the military saves the proporty of the Company from violonce. This, however, will not settlo the orginal troublo, and the Company will sooner br later have fo pay the ‘mon thoir wagos, ‘While it is truo that tho action of these men iti arrosting trains and stopping tho buslness of tho Erio Company is unlawful and subjects thom to lognl ponaltios, novertheloss tho sympathy of the public will be with them, and the Erie Com- pany will bave no right to complain, It is tobe prosumed that tho Company Is vory hard np— olgo this dolay in paying the hands would not" bove ocewrrad, The particulars of its financial stress have not been made public, but we can concelve of notbing which suthorizes tho Com- pany to borrow tho monoy of ita oporatives with- out their consont. Wowill nssume that tho entire cashmeans of the Company have boen takon to poy tho intorest on its bonds, Tho question ‘which addresees itgelf to our impartial judgment is whother the bondholders or these workmen havo the more egquitable licn on the actual in- come of tho rond. Whether the man who puts in o day's lobor for $2, or the man who has in- vested his money in tho proporty, Is entitled to bopaid first. Tho President of tha Company ‘'has boen in Europo some months making finan- cial arrangoments for changing the gauge of tho road go that it can horeaftor bo operated at less cost, Tho difforenco between tho operating ex- pensos of thobroad gauge and the narrow or or~ dinary gaugo is oquivalent to a dividond on the stacl, and 1t is of tho last importance that this chango shonid be effcoted. Mr. Watson's ab- sonce was thoroforo equally necessary to tho Company snd tho employes. We fancy, how- ever, if ho had beon at homo, that this riot nover would have occcurred. He would have found somo way to meet the obligations of the road without Jevying a forced loan on men who ‘work for day wagos. - ‘Whilo the riotous procecdings sre not to bo Justifiod, it must bo remembered, in extonuation of the conduct of tne worlmon, that they have ‘practically no other romody. Thoy are depend- ont on their wages for bread. When the wages are not pald, thoy are reduced to want. Tho rom- ody ofa law-suit is o mockery to a starving man, or, 08 in this caso, a starving community. The Company bas only to raise the money to poy the overduo wages, and tho turmoil will bo atan end. Enough money has probably been Jost by the stoppage of business to have paid the overdue wages, The cconomy of raising money by borrowing it from employes without their qpnsont, {8 thus painfaly illustrated, Tho Com- pany Lias already paid tho equivalent of the wages in the {nterruption of traffic, but it atill owes the mon, and must pay it & second time. THE TOWN ELECTIONS. A wock from noxt Tuosday, the poople of Ohi- cago will bo called upon to elect (we hope for the last timc) a Collector, Assessor, Suporvisor, and Olerk for each of the throo towns into which Ohicago is divided. At the last eloction, thore ‘was but one poll in each of thoso towns, and the ‘bummer cloment found no difficulty in econtrol- ling it. Now, however, thoro are’ a number of voting places in esch Division, and any residont of the town may vote at any ono of those placos situato within the town. Thore will, therofore, ‘bo no excuso for any business man or tax-payer who falls to cast his vote on the day of alection; and, if the bnsiness-men and tax-psyers do fail to protest against Dbeing plundered to thetuno of $35,000 or $30,000 in each town, and noglect to dofeat the men who have been guilty of this wark ond those who de-' sixe to repost it, they will deserve no sympathy a4 tho hands of anybody. ‘Wo aro now satisfied that we did not expose the full extent of the robberyin Tux TrisuNe of yestorday, as far asthe South Town ofiicors oro concernod. ‘The records of the Town Board's moctings not hoving been written up, and the proccedings having boon persistently misropresented by tho town officers, it was 8 hard motter to sacertain all the iniquity at anco. Wo yestorday figured up $29,600 out of which the people of Bouth Ghicago have boen robbed by tho present Doard, To this must be added betweon $7,000 and $8,000 moro, which havo been allowed Phil- lips, the Assessor, for his clerk-hire, besidos o personsl snlary of §G,600, This malkoes botween $12,000 and $18,000 of tho public money grabbed for less than six weoks’ work, and for aa frregu- lar and unjust an nssessment as has ever boen mado in the South Town. Over §80,000, theu, have boon voted to tha town officors of South Chicago, by thomeelves, for fifteen, mootings of the Town Board, and the services of two men,— ono for threo monthe and oue for mbout six woeks, Those gentlomen naturally want to bo re-cloct ed, Itisasort of busiuess that suite them,— nothing to do, and facilities for putting their ‘hnnds Into the Treasury and grabbiug as wuch a4 thoy like, by way of componsation, To this end & convention hoa benn called for noxt Thurs- day, in which Mr, B, G, Caulfleld's name is asso- olnted with that of Mr, Pat O'Bricn, the Supor- visor who votod himselt 93,600 for fiftcea meete inge, or abous BAT0 » maeting, Doss M. Gkl flold spprove of this sort of lhln'g? Monsrs, Bhoridan and Toley, both publia offlolals, atso Join with Mr. Pat O'Brion in calling n convon- tion to renominate Mr. Pat O'Brien and the roat of tho prosont oftiolnls, or to nominate othors who aro groedy to imitato tholr oxamplo, It is evidont that tho tax-payors must do somothing tohelp thomsolvos, Thore can bo no diffioulty in finding capable and homost mon who will tako thoso logalized sinocaros at their wortl, in- stoad of making thom vehioles for publicplunder. Tho tax-payors will do woll tofind some such mon, nominnte thom for Collector, Assonsor, Bu- wervisor, and Olork, aud oloot thom & week from Tuosday, ——— ANOTHER TRAITOR ESCOAPED. Agnin My, Ifesing ia brought to the verge of despair. Having failed to sooure tho necosssry logislation at Springfiold for unsoating Dixon, ho rocommonced his hunt for traitors with re- nowed enorgy, and at lst sucoceded in running Al Btout, of tho Sixtoenth Ward, to his hole. Having accomplishod ihis, ho summonod all his followers m that ward, surrounded the holo, and sont in a doputation to capturo the traltorous Stout, and bring himout for immediato slaughtor and burial in ono of tho politienl graves which his undortaker, Tom Foloy, dug tho othor dsy. The doputation went in gallantly and came out emptv-handed. Tho holo was thero, but Ald. Btout waen't in it, wheroupon the frco nnd onlightonod oiti- zona docided that the Aldorman was not a tral- tor, that ho had not annikilated any vestigo of ‘porsonal liberty, that bo was anhonest and fosr- loss American citizon, and fhat e had not lost the confidonce of the poople who cleoted him, ond thatho didnot vote for Dixon. Thomns Toley took his spado undor his arm and his Ian- torn in bis band and mournfully wended his way Liomo again® Gon, Liob consoled himeolf with the thought that those who had thus docided wero not true Amoricau citizons. Tho great Bis- ‘marck himself rotirod in good ordor to tho “Bas- tilo," and at last accounts was studying the situntion ovor 'gonorous flagons of Rhonish, and tryiug onco moro to golve the problem how 14 oan bocome 19, and wvice versa. Onco more Tur TRIDUNE oxtends its sympathy to NMr. Hosing and proffors its aid. Thero aro othor Aldermou who havo not been Investigated yot. Lot thom be hunted to thoir holes, Tho affi- dovits aro not all in yob. Lot thoro bo light. Lot thom bo sent for. ‘' Cry haveoand lot slip tho dogs of war.” It Is no timo now for Mr. Hesing to bo slocping on his arms and letting tho traitdrs slip through his tingers. Why isn't Mayor Colvin put on the search? Ho is no longor prasiding officor, and has nothing to do. “Tho first thing for Mr, Hosing to do, aa Liis party s 10 hoad, s to puta hoad on it, and then go for tho traitors with redoubled activity. . PABT AND PRESENT, A meeting of Ropublicans has been hold at Springfleld at which s lofgo number of tho patriotic officehiolders in the State wero prosent. The meeting was strikingly harmonious, and all were agrood that inside tho Ropublican organi- zation alone could political roform bo offested. The Grangers woro treated most graciously, and wero assured that, owing to the instinctivo and inhorent hatred of the Ropublioan party to aris~ tocracies and monopolics, it could nlone bo trusted to koop railroad corporations within bounds, and to protect the agricultural interosta of tho State againat thom, Sovoral of tho eloquont patriota who addrossod tho meeting placed their continucd allegiance to the Ropublican party wupon ita * glorious past.” We freely confoss to it. Thore aro certain phyaleal, intollectusl, and stomachio conditions inwhich we can inagino that mon might bo placed whoro the *‘glorious past” argument would prove very impressive. In ocondition of tobust health—the mind entiroly at enso and un- disturbed by cares, digestion unimpaired, business good, monoy plenty, and profits largo—the ro- tund, woll-fod, and prosperous citizon wonld, in his easy-chair, be ploased to dreamily and favor- ably contemplate the *glorious past” of tho Republican pary. This would be natural, and wo have no fault to find with it. But wo suggest to our friends, tho Springflold orators, whother o fow words concerning the prosent of tho Re- publiean party would mot ba in ‘order. The question, it seoms to us, is not 8o much what the Republican party once was as what it now is. ‘Tho mon who is afilicted with a pair of tight booty, which crsmp him into an agony of per- spiring puin overy step he takes, will not or- divarily continuoe thus to suffor, out of mare re- spect and aflection for the glorious okl boots of tho past, now, alas, worn out. 3 ‘We command to our friends a little more at- tontion to the Ropublican party of to-day. Dusiness interests of all kinds are prostrate. Tho management of our national -finances is so crudo and blundering that overy eloment of cor- tainty is removed from commercinl transactions. The colicotion of our revenues is o stupendous fraud, carried on for tho promotion of private intorests, for the enrichment of special Admin- istration pets, as developed in the Sanborn cago, Our Civil Service I8 rotton to its cora, But- lerism rales the councils of the Administration, and, st Butlor's diotation, stondtast and upright Republicans throughout the whole country wero insulted in the appointment of Bimmons, Be assured, gontlomen, you will not be able 1o escape the infamy of your party polioy to-day bocauso its polioy was onco noble and patriotio, You will be held faithloss becsuso you Lave suf- ferod it to fall fromits old and high ostate. With its peat, which was glorious, you have but littlo to do; with its present, which ia disgrace- tul, everytling. v FOROED LOANS IN TIME OF PEAOE, Tho constitutiouality of the sots of Congress making the Tronsury notes ot tho United States logal-tendor was decided by the Bupreme Court of tho United Btaten in tho your 1870, The Court in 1869 had held tho acts to be unconstitutional. A yourlntor, tholr constitutionallty wasasserted, It isimpossible tonccount for thochangein tho opiu- 1ou of tho Court, excopt by the change which, in tho moantimo, had taken place in its personnel. ‘With this, however, we have nothing to do here. 1In 1870, the Judges atood five for the constitu- tionnlity of the acts to four against it. The dis- sonting Judges wero Ohlof-Justios Ohaso, Jus- tioos Nolson, Olifford, aud Fleld. Very strong arguments wore urged against the va- lidity of tho mote. It was claimod that Congress hed mno authority, expross or im- plied, under the Qonatitution, to maka the notes of tho Troasury legal-teuder botweon private iudlviduals ; that making them legal-tonder was not ono of the measures necossary or proper to oarry Into effoct any of the powers grauted to Congresa; that “‘monay," to tho Constitution, meant motallio monoy; that Cougress had power, undoubtedly, to *coin” but not to ora- ato money; that It had no authority to dobaso the calng that tho powar to make suoh notes Jaial-tendet conld Kob be kauittued i & LeoNALY inhorent soveroign right; that tho hiatory of tho Constitution and of tho country indieated thint this power was not intondod to bo exercluod at all, lut was ronorvod by and to ‘the pooplo; that the power was not conafutont with the lottor or splrlt of tho Cowstituton; that, finally, auch powor impaired the obligation of contraota, Theso objoctions wore urged by Mr. Potter in an able argument bofore the Court. Chiof-Sustico Chase, after recailing tho ralo lald down by Ohiof-Jus- tico Marshall, and by which tho constitutionality of an act of Congross is to bo trled, viz.: * Lot tho ond be legitimate, Jot it bo within tho scope of tho Constitution, and all moans which aro ap- propriato, which aro plainly adapted to that end, which are not. prohibited, but consistent with tho lotter and wpirit of the Constitution, are conatitutional,” gave his brothors to under- staud thot his position on the question waa still what it kad boon & yoar bofore, and that he folt * obliged to conoludo that an act making moro promisos-to-pay dollars a logal-tonder in pay- mont of dobts proviously contracted s mot o moans appropriato, plainly adaptod, roally caleu- Iated to ‘carry into effoct ‘any express power vested in Congress, ia inconsistont with the apirit of tho Conatitution, and is prohibited by tho Constitution.” Mr. Justice Fiold closed his opinion; in which he agreod with tho Ohlof-Justico, with tho ro- mark that the noble and patriolic mon who {rore in tho councila of tho nation during the Re- bollion would bo ,romembered and honored o long as tho Boglish Janguage is spoken or 1cad smong mon ; but that he was not rerdy to ad- ‘mit that a blind approval of overy messure which thoy thought cssontial to put down the Ro- bollion was any ovidence of lovalty to tho country. Ho quoted from an opinion of Chiof- Justico Marshall, in which that distinguished jurist eald, mposking of & paper eurronoy: * Sach & medium hos boon alwaya linble to con- siderable fluctuation. Its valuo fs continuaily changing; snd thode changes, ofton groat and sudden, oxpose individuala to groat loss, aro tho sources of ruinous epoeculations, and destroy all confldonco botwoon man and man.” Yet, apite of all those arguments, a majority of tho Bupreme Court of the United Btates hold— and wo will not say that theydid not holdrightly— that tho legal-tonder ncts were constitutional. Moy arguod that,if Congross had noconstitationsl l power under any circumstancos or in sny emer- gonoy to malke Tronsury notes a legal-tendor,{tho CGovernment might bo somotimes without those means of solf-presorvation which are indispon- sablo; that to hold the acts invalid as to traus- actions which have taken placo sinco their en- actment, wdifild produce great businoess derange- mont throughout the country and work very groat injustice; thnt at the timo when the acta wore paseed tho overthrow of the Government was throntoned; that to provent so great a cotastrophe large armies and & largo navy Wero necessary, as well as & sup- ply of moncy to an extent boyond tho capacity of sll ordinary sources of supply. The Troasury at the time was ompty, or nearly 80, and tho crodit of the Governmont almost ox- hausted, The taxes raised wero inadequato to pay oven the intorest on the debt already con- tracted. It was neither possible nor convenient to await tho income of additional taxes. Twenty million dollars were due to tho soldiers in the field. Tho Army and Navy Dopartments do- maudoed £60,000,000. Tho ocurrent expenses of the Government wero 81,000,000 o day. Foreign crodit thero was none. Under these extraordinary circumstances the legal-tenders were issued. The circumstances, in tho opinion of five Justices of the Bupromo Court, justified their issne. In tho oyes of four othors,—as wo havp sald already,—not even this condition of affairs was sufficiont to warrant it. It there bo s doubt about thoe construction of tho Constitution in this mattor,—and we beliove thore s, since the high- est and moat lonrned logal tribunal in the, land were divided in construing it in this in- stance,—we profor that the bouefit of the doubt shoutd bo given in favor of the logality of tho not, forsalua reipublice suprema lex. Certain it is, however, that nothing short of the pros- ervation of the country would have justified tho moasure, Fpd thoso scts boen. passed in » time of peace; had the notes of tho Treasury | beon mado legal-tendor 8t any other period in our history, the issuo and the acts would bo ovi- dently illogal. Howovor, the 188uo of tho groenbroks was & tomporary expedient, and only tomporary. Of the power of Congroas to retire them and return to spocle payments, there can be no doubt, Itis not only in its power to retire them, it is its duty, Lot us now suppose that Cm.zgresn has retired every logal-tendar issued during the War, and thot we have rotufnod to specie payments. Could Congress, having rotired the $400,000,000 logal-tendors, reissue them ngain constitution- ally? Moat cortalnly not, unloss, porhaps, the preservation of the Government and .the sup- port of an army and navy for that purpose de- manded it, as they did when the greenbacks weoro {esued firat. Tho time will come, it isto ‘be hoped, when all the greenbacks now in cirou- lation shall have boen retired, and, whon it comos, the power of Congress to reissuo thom will certainly have departed, Now, Congress has not retired the $400,000,000 logal-tonders. But it did retire, and rotire le- gally, 844,000,000, Itis dificult to soo how it can constitutionally reissue the $44,000,000 re- tired notos, ualess it be grantod that if tho $400,000,000 woro retired it might roissue thom, oo, at will; and this no ono is foolhardy onough to assort. Tho 44,000,000 retired wero forall practical purposes destroyed; and Con- gress bad no moro power to reissuo them than to issuo $88,000,000 or $100,000,000 now ones. 1t our argument Is wanting here, Congross has tho power to keep contractiog and expanding the ourrenoy forever, whatover the consequences to the country ar to commoroe. g The reissuo of the $44,000,000, thorefore, is equivalent to passing o legal-tender uct at a time when it canuot be ploadod that selt-preser- vation domands tho measure; when no enomy threatens tho overthrow of the Government; whon the Government {8 m no neod of money ‘which cannot be ralsed by taxation ; when it can- not be sald that tho Treaeury is cmpty, or the crodit of the Government exhsusted; when there is not p soldier in the fleld, nor a man-of~ war ongaged in hostilitics on the ocean ; when we are in poace with all tho world,—a time, in faot, when wnothing fa to be gainod but every- thing to bo lost by this aot of Congrbus; when thore is no excuse to pload for the extraordinary measuro,—a moasure which, like the clippiug of tho ocoin in times past, was mnover re- sorted to by = olvilized nation, exoept undor moat exceptional oiroumstances or by robber Kiugs, What Is tho real ground of this atzungs woblon of Oobpresd? THAS bisklosls de monds . It s not husiness, bowover, bt spoculators hat domand it. Aund now comos tho quostion: Ilas Congross tho power toro- sork to o most extraordinary war measure in or- dor to holp Tom, Dick aud Harry to succeed in thoir speculations? Ifftlina not, thon, plain- ity, tho rolssio of tho §44,000,000 s unconstitu- tional. Nothing ean warkant such rolsano, under tho ruling of the Unitod States Buprome Court, but tho salvation of thonation, TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION, Tho forvor of tho intomporato tomporanco womon I abating, dylng; and yot the world, it would acom, la no bottor off than whon it was {first kindled. Baloons sro ns numerous ; the numbor of drunkards about ns groat s when It Legan, Tho volumo of orlsons made n momon- tary improssion on the alr, oxcited tho ridiculo of tho antl-religious world, awakoning rogret in tho brofsts of thoso whoo religlon is not wholly irrational and sensationsl—and these aro tho only rosults which have been produced by the ‘‘proying womon,” If prayor ia a curo for tho ovils of intomporance, it s cor- tolnly as offectunl when offered up at homo ‘as in a maloon; . when por- formed in & legal manner,—that is, without in- fringing tho rights of othors,—ssIn sn Ulogal and fanatical woy. With truly feminino logio, lowaver, the womon imagiued their prayers ‘moroofficacious when porformed in a galoon than athomo. Not In prayor itsolf, but in the placo whoro it was offored, did thoy put thoir trust; a8 il tho Hoarer of tho prayor wero moro likely to hoarkon to it whon His aid was invoked in or infront of & ealoon, asit He wero momrer o Loly a place than any other. # "Tho good sonso of the country, as a gonoral rTule, allowed theso women to try their powers. Thoy hove falled, and thelr failure is anoihor fact to domonstrato that no irrational treatment will cure the ovil of intemporance, It cannot bo doniod that there is & vast deal of drunkonnoss in the country. It cannot bo donied that drunkenness {8 an evil,—a vory groat evil. Nor docs any ono quostion that it is an ovil that domands a romedy. The only quostion 8, What sliall the remedybe? The temporance leglalation of tho country Lithorto hus dono uothing to diminish intemporance. Our logis- Intion on the matter thus far has, therofors, beon a faflure. Prayor has boon tried, and the praying, too, has been & failure. Is all hope to discover a remedy, therofors, lost? We think not. I tho drunkard thore are two elements,—tho man and the drink. The man without the drink will pever bo o drunkard. This is 80 cloar s proposition that no philos- opher will question it. Another equally undoninble truth is that drink of itsclf, whon not taken by any ono, does not mako & drunlk- ard, It is only whon the man and the dvink come togethor that we have the compound known a8 tho drunkard, Whatnamo s chemist would givo this composition we do not know, nor does it concorn us hore. But it is not every kind of boverage which, taken into s man, will moke him & drunkard. Ail expericnco tenches that mon will drink stimulating drinks. To provent the formation of an inebriato there are, thereforo, only two ways: either g0 to change the constitution of tha man that the drink will not affect him, except as water does, or o to chango the naturo of Lis potions that thoy will not makea beast of him. It is an establishod fact thatmen can dnuk cortain liquors snd not becomo sota. Itisan catablished fact, too, that cortain othor liquors, continued for any length of timo, do mako bacchanals of men, If ever the evils of intemperanco are diminlshed in this country, it mustbein tholight of theso faots. Hithorto wo.havo boen legielating only for tho men who.drink, forgotfal that our logis- lation caonot rench appetites or change thom, Is it not timo that wo should begin to logislate concerning the drink, the beer, the wine, which wo can roach ? There mnay bo sbundancoe of ~wino in a country and its inhabitants be sobor, A vory groat quantity may be drank by them without thoir becoming drunkerds, Gor- many, Sranco, Italy, and Spain are proofs of this. Thore can bo no ques- tion that those countries in which stimu- lating drinks aro cheapest and most abundant are the most temperate. Tho roason is that the liquors are pure and do not cronte an artificial sppotite. Now, if thisis the case in southern climates, why may, it not bo made 8o in northern climates? Wy cannot we, by logislation, cause pure and wholesome liquors to be manufac- tared? Why not logistato the liquor, not the man? Thero is cortainly a very great incon- siatency in the law which punishes the sale of unwholesome food and permits that of unwhole- somo liquors. This is the direction, it scoms to us, which enlightoned logslation on the mattor ‘bofore ua will take in the fature. If tho demon- strations of the praying women should have ealled attention to this, thoy will not be entirely without fruit. . Dr. Brown-Soquard, the Scientifloc American, and Tae TRIUNE bovo gob themsclves into o box. Our position is the boat of tho three. We slmply atated tho theory that it would be well to oducate children to ugo eithor Lend indiffor- ently, becauso this might dovolop both sidos of the brain, but the other two culprits were sinful enough to advocate the idea. Now comess person who has soarched ‘the Seriptures and fonnd therein o moss of arguments sgeinst the novation. Ho eays the loft hand s oursed. “Lot not thy left hand know what thy right hand dooth,” proves the inforiority of the one to tho otlier, On tho day of judgmont, tho gonts will be put on the loft hand, whilo tho eaintly sheep will stand on tho right, Moreover, tho right hand is oxalted by several sayings, such 88 “Tho TLord swore by His right Land"; “PFrom His right band wont a flory low”; “Thou mavest by Thy right hand them that trust in Thoe A wise man's hoart is at his right hand,” ot The Scientifio American rashly adduced s tribe of Havages who uso both hands alike, To this tho profound eritio triumplantly snewors that this moy do for hoathon, but not for Christisus! The lnttor must ohoose, it scems, botwoon using their right hand aloneand pordition, We sympathizo with this stickler for Beripturo ovor the loss of his own loft haud. Ho king, of courso, cut it off, for it has ovidontly offended bim, and does not the Bible say: *If thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut thom oft end cast thom from theo"'? pbulioisetstons Skt . J. J. Oasey, of New York, has writton to the Prosidont of tho Amorican CGieographical Soolety a very intercsting letter upon the projeot of constructing a railroad through Hiberis, con~ necting Rusais with the Ohinces Bmpire. The onterprigo, ho argues, posseatcs fow obstaclos. Tho difileuity anticipated from tho snow-fall is not by any moans a8 gront as publio bollet rop- resonts it, In high northern Intitudes, between parallels 50 and 00 dogrocs, tho soow racely ex- ceods a dopth of threo foot, The Ural Moun- talns present no impedimont to o rallroad from Furope into Asis, aud tho direction of the route proposed would briug it in the immediate nelgh- porhood of those distriots whoso mineral and agricultural productiveness is already » maottor of vaat itnportsuce to commerce. The weatorn bdeiidladia Gf Aua zoad, Gif dyitest) oF ruAdA, OU) to bo Ekatorinborg, a fortifiod. town of Rusals, situated on the enatorn slope of the Ural Moune taing, and tho capital of the dletrict of the Gove orument of Perm, The Commiesion appeiuted by *'flhia Co-oporative Bocloty of Russian Manu~ facturo and Trado " urge the immodiate cone atruotion of tho rond. —_— Tho Grooloy, Ool., corrospondent of the New York Tribune malkes somo suggostions rolative to tho grent ** alkall region,” which aro desorv. ing of considoration. ‘Lha tract of wasto Innd i o dosert only becauso of the presenco in oxcoss of cortain salts whioh, in modorate quantitios, ave of valuo to the soll. To maka tho aliall rogion & productive agricultural distriot,~to moke tho dosort blossom like tho roso,—wator fu roquired, and {8 mot obtainablo from nhtural sourcos. Ho estimatos that a flow of 1,000 gallons an hour would irrigato an aroa of 640 ncros, nud larger torritory in proportion. Ho thoreforo proposes the einking of attesian wolls at v:.-ions points as a profitablo menns ot supplying the molsturo which bountiful Naturo las withheld, caloulating that a well witha largor flow than that indicated could bo obtained for 10,000, Tho expericnce of tho Union Pa- oifio Rallrond Company wad that wator in suf- ficlont volume was renched within .an avorago of 000 feat. Thoso sugrostions possess o practical value which may be turned to account. ety Tho insignificance of humon life compared with a fow conts & doy added to or taken from the pay of o rolling-mill Iaborer, was {llustrated recontly at Indianopolis. Fifteen hands at the Copital City Rolling Mills struok, and thoir placoa wero filled by colored men. Shortly aftor midnight tho fires wore started undor tho bollors aud, & fow houra Iater, the ongineer came along, tested the wator-gauges and found no wator, Ho wos about to start tho pumps when he dis- covored that tho bollors had beon tappad and woro porfectly dry. Xad Lo not mado the dias covory in time, the mill would have boen blown t0 atoms, nnd every person in it killed to & core taluty. It is not wondorful that strikers, no mattor whero or what their provocation,'mecs with little public sympathy when such atrocitios aro moditated by somo of thom. The cause of thoworkingmsn is incalcalnbly injured by tho frequont discovery of Buch desporate efforts at rovenge. —— The war declarod by Henry Bergh sgninst the cold-blooded murderera who tame pigoons for **sport” and money, appoars’ to be progross- ing slowly, but with good rosults. The suit brought by Ira Payne, the *champion® of the ‘United Btates, against Mr. Borgh.for the latter's intorforonco with a pigeon-butchery at Fleot- wood Park, has resulted disastrously‘to the professor of pigeon-killing. The reador will ob- sorve that Mr. Borgh's tunconsing hostility to this amusoment had tho effoct of driving tho ‘¢ champlons " of tho United Btates and Canada into Conncotlout on Saturday for tho scttlement of their lofty clalms. Mr. Bergh has the full sympathy of . the public in the proscoution of this war., - e . The Philadelphis Press,vin rotracting some criticiamy made by ita Harrisburg correspondont upon Scnntor Scott, enys: “Thoe simplefact that Sonator Scott has been an active and influential sdvocato of tho causo of tho Contennial would huvo been sufficiont to silonce &ll genergl criti~ cism upon his public character and condact if wo hind not other roasons to approve his genoral courso né o sorvant of the poople.” In other words, Senator Scott might stesl, plunder, and immorse himself up to the esrs in corruption, and this course would be approved, because he is an ndvoento of the Contonnial. The high moral tone which the Press givos to the Centen- nisl, and its efticacy a8 a means of absolution, aro not the least romarkable fostures of tho Philadolphis show. —_— ‘We advanced the opinion, a day or two since, that it probably would not at prosent bo pradent for skilled or unskilled Iaborers to immigrato to this country. A proof of this is found in the fagk that fivst-oloss earpontors in this olty, who ‘wore employed a yoor ago at §8 per duy, are now glad to got §1.60. So groat has been the decling in tho cost of labor that the Board of Education bas just let for $8,200 a contract for building o school-house after the model of one built last yoar for §9,500. A SR SPIRIT OF ILLINOIS. ‘There i8 a great awakoning, sll through IMi- . nols, to the importanco of tho township elec tions, April 7, 58 preliminary to the groat- politi- cal work of tho year in November. Wo quote some of the sontiments of th press: At o contested State clection every effort in medo to get out tho yote.” The wholo Stata in ailame, and every locality catohes the enthusiasm. But for all of this parade of music, of bauners, nolsy shoutings, and_muss-mootings, the town olection s of equal, if not groatar, importanco.— Bureau County Republican. . Our Town Supervisor is often able to affect our individual interests moro menly than our Ropresentativo in Congrose, or evon the Chiof Txeouttve of thonation. . . . Wo mmit curry our principles with us into this war, fu little thinga 08 woll 8 groat things, and loolt corofully to the sonnduoss of these small bodies politia on_which tho larger structure routs.—Galena Industrial Press. 4 ‘When wo rocollect that the officers elocted at our primary spring elections aro tho basis of the whole supérstructure of the Government, and that theso comparafively small ofiicors handlo oand control noarly or quite ono-balf of all the money raisod by taxes, tho_fmportance will bo Detter understood.—Camp Point Journal, The amount of town taxes is very great,—moro, itis boloved, than that of all othor taxes col- Jootod in tho Stato,—but the primary ovil of tho cnae is that no kuows oithor the amount colleot- ed or how it is_disbursed. The town officors Tave horotoforo been olected according to politi- eal divisions, and in many towns the eamo oftl- cora have beon ro-clocted from Fnu' to yohr by £ho moro woight of party. It i6 high timo, thera~ Tore, that the poople tako this matter into thoir own hands,—Zilinols Stale Register, Tt is o promising fact that the poople havo be- come fully aroused to the nocessity of o caroful Sovision of homo or local compeusation pald for township and couoty public business, coupled with & dotermitiation hereafter to kuow how smnch money is raised by taxation, how much {8 pold out to couaty officials, and what for, Wo e ploased to know thatnot oue, but nearly all, tho !nhnrmg people Liave beon aroused to think and act on theso mattors, taking it to ba u uupa- ful signthataftor they have *done" tho tuwrnmupy and tho county they will then look boyond the county to the Btate and nation,—Salem Indus- trial Advocale, Let tho honest menof all yutlemaln harnds, end this State, which givos the Radicals 60,000 mnfaxlty will be redeomed, Tho issue this fall will bo, Thonost men against tho corrupt Radical ring which has so long rulod Illinols and squans dorod our public monays, doubled our taxes, and incroaned tho State oxponditures to an alanaing degreo,—Joncaboro Gazelto, The Republican party must give np Grantirm or make up its mind to loso those Stats whore its majority is small. And it must not be long in dotermining whiok it will do.— Wilming ton Advocate. ‘The moro and the %flakur Ben Batler ghows ta tho world preciscly what Lie is,” the quicker tke world will got through with Lim, ' He {8 sont, like one of old, to tormont the nation, and wa must bear it with becoming fortitude, Let hint disgorgo his sophistries aud lies, If there arc thoso high in authority bound up with him, and can't out loose, thoy hinve but to romember poor Trny.—Woodslocl: Sentinel, !\l’nuy think that the Patrons of Husbandry 18 an organization f6r old political hacks to dodge m’fi rido {uto office undor the garb of re- form. Thisis agrand mistake. ‘The farmers have cut_thelr eye-teoth, and -have marked all sucls, Wiien {hoy £t sondy to upoak at tho olls they will noi take men that have been lald Ewk on ‘the sholf, who bave accumulaicd the cobwebs aud dust of yoars, but will take up men who doro to ropresent them snd their rights in Congross,—mon that will. stand up to the raok, hay or no hay. “Ugh! too bigpay" for labor- ing men to be justly representod at Washing- ton, Too many hotdes, palatial residonces, and Loog Branchos for justice to be done the pso- plo.—0gle County Grange. 10WA GRANGE ITEMS. Bpeafal Dispateh to The Chieano Tribune, Dxs Moines, March 28.—1'ho Exeoutive Coune oil of the Biate Graugo meets lLoro next Thurse' day. oi"t]l) Whitman, Siate Agent S‘r m s of Husbang Kah yod Rbfoin ¢ b4