Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 1, 1874, Page 4

s ‘ TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE v —_— TRAMS OF NUDBORITTION (PAYANLE 1N ADVANO] Dll)a‘, h{m'l 8 l2-lml Snnday, Tri-Weokiy, 400G Weokly Parta ol a yoar at tho same rate, +_Toprovont delny and mistaken, be sure and ®ive Post Offcoaddross in full, Including Rtats and Connly, Homitanoos may be wade oithior by dratt, oxpross, Post Offios ordor, or in roglstered lottars, at our risk. TEHRMA TO OITY QUBRCRIIENA, Daily, dolivored, Bunday oxoopted, 2 conte por wook. Daily, delivered, Bunday inclnded, 80 conta por waok, Address THE TRIBUNIE COMPANY, Qorner Madison and Dearborn. Uhioago, 1. TO'DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. Dokl O RATRIE Madeon testh botsoon by.tho Liodorkrans Bosloty. — 0ot o e oHor AOADEMY OF MUSIO—Halstod straot, botwoon Mad: $s0n and floncog, Kngogomiontof Are. Janios As Ostos Combination, +* Les Bavards ADRLPHI THRATRE—Comor of Wabah avonio and Congreans treot. Graud oliv entortalumont, Zogrino, Moulton, Ajaxtho Deflant, uto, ~Aftornoon and evoning. JIOOLEY'S THREATRI—~Randolpl streot, hotwoon Cistkand LaSallo, ** Risks." Afworoon aud ovoning, . ,GLOBR THEATRE—Dospiainoastroot, ‘botwoon Mnds ton nnd Washington, ~ \ugagomont of the Jog rathers and Ubarles Olielado’s Pantomime Troupo. ** Huwmpty Dumpty Abroad.” Aftornvon aud ovening, MYERS' OPERA-HOUSE-Monroe strest, Yotween Dentborn and State, _Arliugton, Ootton, and Kemblo's Minatrels, Minatroiey and oomicalltion. ' Now burlesque of ** Blown Up Alive, INGSDURY MUSIO HALT~Glnrk_streat. botwoen n.l‘.}gm?:'{‘-?f Tako, Locturo by Prof. Poppar, With ox- perimont SOCIETY MEETINGS, ORIENTAL CONSISTORY, §.*, .+, R.*, §. Totoby ordored to appear at tholr ‘Anylam, fally armed and equipped, Wednesday morning, April 1, at 10 o'elook alarp, to atidad the,fungral obsodtios of yelate ilina- 3 ., Davis, 110 dogroo. triounbrothor, Joby GURNRY, Commandor ia-Obiok GARDENOITY LODGE, No, 141, A, T'.,and A, M., will moat, at Orciental Hall, 13 LaSalio’st., on Wednos. DRt Sl By kbt Uit b B, unerel ot sl " ML T OLO8 N, Sacrotary. BLANEY LODGE, No. 11, F. and A, M.—Spooial’ it 7:30. Work, All aro ppjeimin i oo s T MY, OMICAGO COUNOIL, NO. 4 T, & pasombly thiy Wodusuday'cvozing, ot balfpard 70 ‘ordoraf thod 1. G, M. for busiaoas and work. B3 Orer UK R: Hacordor, ST, GEORGE_AI tho mambors aro expeotod to meot 8¢ Orlontal Hal Salia-st., 8t § & m. to-dny ednosday), toattond in s body o funeril of our late , John L, Davios, Sesaouiod membar, Joug, ¥, BULKOUGHS, Bucrotary, "BUSINESS NOTICES. 7O THR CONSUMPTIVE_WILBO of Cod Liver UNl sl Lime, withont, pons Sansoating Havor of tho articin ns horatofora Usod, Sowad by fuo'ploipheto ot wih"a Sling brovarty, R eohas womt s elciton Lo hose o o- fimoniala of fta sficacy can bo oxhibitod to thos : gm toeoo thom. Sold by A. B. WILBOR, Chomist, oston, The Clhitagy Teibune, ‘Wedneaday Morning, April 1, 1874. The Rev. Mr, McCarthy's trial was rosumod - yosterday with the presentation of that divine's “efonso, It 18 impossiblo to give the poiuts of that extraordinary document, or to doscribo the ridsdulons scenos which tools placo in tho Coun- il yesterday. A grenter travesty upon -religion and justico was perhaps never scen in ‘this pountry in one combinutton. Our readors will find the farce fully reported elsewhere, +, The Toledo, Pooria & Warsnw Railroad has taken tho hint of tho laborors muut‘l'ng at Peo- xin, that, if their overdue wagos wore not forth- toming, a ropotition of the Susquehanna Depot troublo would be in order. It hins asked and re- coived pormission from tho United Btatos Dis- trict Court in this city to devoto its surplus sarninge to tho payment of its indobtedness to lts workmen. The rights of other creditors are postponed. England hos not heard tho Inst of tho Ala- .boma claime, A movemont fs on foot to make the-Government refmburse tho English sufforors by tho dopredations of that destructive craft. By paying the claims of the Americans, it has estopped itself from donying its lisbility, A motion was introduced into the House of Com- mons last night ealling upon the Government to troat the British sufferors as well as tho Americans, Dawos gained ton votes, apparently, in tho Benatorial election yesterdny, and this was due mot tojucreaso of strongth, but to the larger number of votes cast,—these reaching 274, agninet 256 the day before. Hoar and Curtis also gained soveral votes, 8o that no change in relative positions can bo considored to have taken place excopt, perhaps, in Curtis’ case, who Bot two more votes than in any preceding ballot. “ Not guilty " Is the vordict in the first trin o0 bring Sanborn to judgment., Judge Benec- diot, of the United States District Court of New York, has decided that the indictment on which be was to bo tried in Brooklyn is fatally defect- ive. The contract sverredin the indictmont waa aot tho one ho really made, 'Tho other points of Jemurrer raised by his couneol were not con- sidorod, Tho jury were therofors dirccted to bring in the above verdict, which they did amid the pleudits of his friends. . E e — The placid Pacifio has been tho scene of a stoamship-disaater, not go terriblo as the dread- ful calamitics in waich the Atlantic has swal- lowed its hundreds, but sad enough, Tho stenmship Nilo has gone dowr somowhere be- $weon Hong Kong and Yokohama, and all on bonrd, to the number of eighty, woro drowned. Among the victims were tho Japancse Com- wissioners to tho Vienna Exposition, Whether any Coucasiang wore amoug tho passeugers is not stated. Thore aro some Americans of high rank travoling In thnt part of the world, An industrisl disastor, which imperils the lvelihood of 15,000 porsons, ig impeouding at Providenco. 'Tho National Banlt of Commerco has inetituted procoedings in bankruptoy ngainst the A, & W. Sprague Manufacturing Company, Frantio offorts are belng made to persunde tho bank to withdraw its enit, If those ore unavail- ing, a8 s likely, 16,000 porsons will be thrown out of work. The trustes for the creditors says that the * gourso taken by tho -bauk will cost the oroditors atlonst s quarler of o million of dollars, and that this, a8 woll as the ruin of tho oporatives, 1s an utterly unuecosrary loss, a8 tho Company, it let alone, wonld be able fn dun timo to pay evory cont it owes, " Tho Chicago produco markets wore rathor moro aotlve yostorday, broadstufly belug steady and provisions strongor, Moss pork was active and 800 per brl Dighor, closing ¢ $16.80@16.931¢ cash, and $16.00@033¢ sellor May, Lard was qulet and 23$@bo por 100 Iba higher, closiug at $0.1736@0.20 cash and 80,95@0.873¢ soller May, Ments were quiot and unchenged, at 85,05@5.70 .for shoulders; €8,1214@0,16 for short ribsy $8,40@8.45 for short clear, and 034@10340 por b for sweet plokled Lams. Highwlnes wero quiet and unchanged at 930 por gallon, Flour Was gotive at formor prigos, Wheat waa ingood | day about the Sanboyn busluoss. 249¢ wollor May. Corn was modoratoly notivo, and Yo highor, olosing at 013go cash, and Oi}¢e mollor Mny. Oats woro dull and onsior, closing at 42240 cnsh, aud 409¢a sollor may. Iyo was quict and stondy at 90, Barloy was dull and enslor, at 81,52 for rogular No, 2, On Bat- urdny evening Inat thero was in atoro in this cily 0,607,610 bn whont; 2,895,200 bu corn; 801,078 bu onts 29,178 bu ryo, and 217,007 bu barloy. Livo hogs wero activo and firm ; solling at §6.00 @0.00 for common to choico. Cattle woro notive aud stondy at Monday'a prices, with salesat $4.00@6.62% for common to oxtra. Sheep wero soltvo aud firm, A now dosolation has boon ndded to the wasto of tha Ouban insurrection. Tho sugar plantas tions of tho island are ‘boing put to the toreh, the incondinries aro unknown, but they aro presumably the insurgents, Thoir cstatos have beon conflacatod. Thoy aro . driven to desporation, and aro but too ready to snerlfico nnuyihing ‘that will losson tho attrac- tions of thelr boloved island for tho Bpatiards. Alarge portion of 8panish rovenuo from Cubs doponds pon, tho sugar crop, snd Bpanish finances are, thorefore, involved, Cuba fur- nishos obout one-third tho sugarcrop of tho world, and, if the destruction of tho cano becomes gencral, its effect will bo fairly world~ wide, An irropressible coniliot has beon inaugnrated in Gormany by tho occlesiaatical lawa rccontly onncted. Sustained by the Papsl approval, the pricats aro dotermined that they shall not be ohoyed, whilo the Government {s not less roso- lute in the dotermination that they shall bo oboyed. Tho Govornmont hos tho best of it go far. Debindthe law it haa the iron will of Prince Bismarck and the prisous of the State. A third Chureh dignitary, tho Archbishop of Bologne, followed the Archbishops of Troves sud of Posen to prison yesterday. No riot fol- lowed this arrest os at Troves, Tho unfortunate Papists Liave no weapons of defense but oxcom- munications and the liko, which is not the kind | of artillery that fortuno favors in these prac- tical days. — Jay Gould is credited with baving incited the rocont striko at Susquobauna Dopot. Hin objeot in this, a8 in the Into maliclous report of Auditor Dunan, also attributed to bim, was to so om- barraes the road that ho might get possossion of it. Affaira ot tho scens of tho strilie are at adead lock, The strikers have unsnimously resolved that nono of thom ehall roturn to worls, Tho Company ndheres to its determination to re~ omploy but 600 man, and-threatens that it will move tho shops to some other point ou tho rond it tho strikors croate any more troublo, Tho precaution has been taken of carrying away the moro valuable machivory to placo it beyond tho malice -of tho workmon, The nows flint the molders have roturned to work shows that the dotormination of the workmen to toil no more for the Erle Road is not above the alluroments of pay. Benator Morton's amendmont to atrilke ont of the Compromige Currenoy bill the provision for the rotirement ot grecubacks was carried yostor- day by 5 mnjority of 4, This, and the action of the doy Lefore in oluding all montion of suy resumption of spaocie payments, take the vory hoart out of Bonator Sherman's un- fortunate measure, and leave nothing but tho sholl. This tho inflationists moy il to their liking, and their furthor plans with regard to it aro shown by Mr. Gordon's amendment for froo banking. He proposes to give each State the same amount of circulation in proportion to wealth aud population that Maine mow has. When Senntors Logan and Morton have carried this, they must add anothor amendmont, that every Wostorn and Southorn State shall do tho same proportionate amount of business that Maino now does. - Rabbi Freudenthal, of Willinmsport, Pa., baving received a letter from the Woman's Tom- peranco Organization of thut place, urging lum to appoint o committeo of six Hebrow ladies to co-operate with it in a orusade, the Rabbi replics very sharply that it is impossible to funaticize an Isrnolite. Ho soys the lattor cannot appreci- ate thoso crusndos because he drinks and is no drunkard, plays and is no gambler, and lives well and is no glutton, Tho scecond point made by the Rabbi {s that the Jew is no bypoerite. *“If he drinks. wino or strong drink, or, plays a game of cards, Lis wifa and his children ore not oxoluded from the samo ploasure. Whatever is not prohibited losos much of its churm, Thoso young peoplo who drink & glags of wino or boer at their parent's tablo become no drunkards and no temperance fanatics," Third, tho Rabbi decldes that *any Jewish lady would consider, it sncrilege and plasphemy to abuse prayer and bénediction for purposeg of public demonstrations, in which tho wires are laid and drawa by politicians on one hand, and by men who make money out of tho effair on the other,” and that there wore “no whisky Amazons in the- tonts of Israel.” It is needless to ndd that tho answer of the Rabbiwas not comforting to the crusadors, aud that they incontinently dropped the Jews from their plans, Tho only exouso wo have to offer for devoting g0 uniwual su amount of space to the rogular annual meotings of the throe Town Boards with which Chicago is afflicted, is the purpose of heartily disgusting the tox-payers with those posts. This, wo arc satisfled, this morning's reports will do. In the faco of demounstrated useloganeas, tho South Town Board has had the offrontory to confirm tho oxorbiiaut snlaries fixed some months ago, and to vote $35,000 for noxt your's grab. Tho North Town Board has voted smaller salaries, thoughstilloxorbitant, and Lo Liad tho *cheok” to sppropriste §16,000 for tho coming year, in spito of Air. Rountroo's law, The West Town Board alonc showed any disposition to defer to lnw and publio séntiment, ndjourncd its notion until it can proceed in< tolligontly, aud has & leaning towsrd rensonablo salaries. As a rulo, the Judges 6f our courta Lave resson to blush for some of the mon they recommonded to the Governor as Justicos of the Tonco, a6 they will rendlly admit on reading tho roports of their speeches. The South TownDBoard dovoted niost of ite attontion to the Collector's pay iu order to divert attention from the other sularios, whicls, though not o large, wero more exorbitant in proportion to the sorvices rens dered, Theso Boards aro frauds and nuisances in o city like Chiongo, and the next Logislnture must rellovo us of suoh an incubus, Meanwhlle, the people must toke enough interost in thelr awn offairs to 811 theso places with men who will not rob them slmply bocauso they cau. laes, of the Internal Revonue Buronn, teullfleq boforo tho Commition of Ways and Means yoster~ Booratary demand pad unchauged, closlug ut 91,103 ouul, Mnuon threw abaolutaly’ no informsdion whatover upon tho toplo which hoa boon dis- cunsod from ond to end of thoe country for weoks, His position sooms o bo that ho fa op- posod to tho coutracts, aud In favor of their onforcoment, *'Ho Iuew sbaolutely nothing about the dotailaof the matter.” Like Mayor Ifall, of Now Yorlk, whon approving the fraundu- lont vouohors of the Ring, whon Richardson nigned any of the Eavborn ‘doonmorts ho did ¢ "o tho ordinary rontine of businoss, without glving them any spacial attentlon.” What an extraordinary confossion! Doos tho Soorotary do all his business in that stylo? Tho Becrotary did not romembor that ho i told Bimmons in Boaton to glve Sanborn all tho ald iut his power, but he did not deny that ho Lind done so, It is & groatreliof to turn from this Inmontablo oxhibition of official ignorance and cliiftlossnoss to tho straightforward nnd fn- structivo testimony of Commismionor Douglass. Every dollor thut Sanborn collooted, Lo said, could have'boon accured by tho regular ma- climory of Lis Burony, and the taxes wore, in point of faol, in tho coutso of collaction whon takon out of his hands. All the roo- ords necesssry for tho oollection .of rall- rond, logaoy, aud other taxes wore lLopt ip Lis offico. Thero was, for instanco, a Mst of all tho cstates of decensed porsons liable to taxa- tion, No bottor description has baon given of the tnw authorizing the Sanborn contraots than his: It gave a monopoly to thres porsons, and intensifiod tho monnness of the informer and spy systom. In the opinion of Commissioner Douglaes, nono of the sultsinstituted under the Sanborn contrnets wore logal, a8 he holds"that the Inw requires the rocovery of taxes to bomade through lus ofiice. Nothing was #aid to him by tho Seerotary or. Solicitor of the Trepsury about the contracts, or tho taxes at which thoy were directed, nlthough ho wrote thom for information. Inbrief, tho testimony of Commissioner Douglass shows that thio taxos collected by Sanborn at sn oxpense of 50 por cont could have beon scenred without auy oxtra cost; that they woro boing so collected when tho Socrotary of the Troasury awarded tho contract to Sanborn ; that the in- formatton noeded for tho cotlection af the lognoy, succesaion, incomo, and ralirond taxes was in tho hands of his Assossors; sud that Socretary Tichardson paid no atteution to his lettor stating theso facts, The Now York Tribune oharges that tha prosecution was conaucted in tho faco of an active noutrality of the Tressury Department in Bavborn's favor. An equally serious chargois that Assistant District-Attornoy Hughes, & brothor- in-law of Attornoy-Genoral Williams, sfter n visit to Washington, approsched his nesocinte, Mr. Hoxie, with the promiso that, if he would discantlnue tho prosecution, tho position of Dis- trict-Attorney Teunay was his. THE NEXT INFLATION, The passage of tho bill authorizing tho issue of forty-four mullions of logal-tendor notes is ouo of thoso measuros whoso romoto consequences are worgo than their immodiate offects. Tho fiva Judges of the Suprome Court who wero ablo to fid authority for 1o issue of any paper stamped ax legal-tender had to first discover thot the ‘country was in astato of war, with an emply Tronsury, with crodlt gone, unablo to collct taxes ; that & navy was wanted, and there was no money to purchaso it; that an army was in the flold, and no money to pay, feod, and clotho it; that thore was an imperious aud overshadowing neegesity oxisting; and, having discovered this unoxampled condition of affairs, thoy said that under such an cmorgency it was logal to do any- thing, even to declare papor & legal-tender, to sava the nation, . The Judge who shall decide that the progent issae of papor, stamped s logal-tender, in & time of profound peace, with a surplus rovenue, is authorizod by an imperious nocessity involy- fug tho national life will develop a force of imagination rarely posseseod by man, and cer- tainly not possessed by tho five legal-tender Judges of 1870. Tho Senate and the House of Represontativen tront the argument.of theso Judges with complete indifference, sud, when the Court roquired an overwhelming necessity, Logouand Morton insist that tho dissolutjon of Congress fs all-gufliclont. It ia truo iho mflation practically hies beon anticipated in great part by the illegal action of the Scoretary of the Treasury, but the baloful influence of this action 18 a procedont is nono tho less. If a ma- Jjority of Congross in 1874 can, without any othersuthority savo the cxercigso of their own discretion, make a forced lomn of forty-four miltions of dollars; and, in a time of profound penco oud with & surplus rovenue, can iesue that amount of irredeemablo papor and declaro it o legal-tender, why may not the samo Congrees, next year, declaro that thisissue wasnadequato, and therofore order & furthor issme of one hundred milllons, or two hundred mill- iony, of legal-tonder? It is a pecultarity of & deprecinted curroncy that its vol- ume must be incrensed in proportion ns its value deolines ; and as tho §£4,000,000 will, in no porcoptible dogreo, “ mako money plenty,” s further issue will be demanded. It will not do to object that in 1834 Congroess plodged the nation- al faith that the iesuo of legal-tonders should uever oxcoed $400,000,000. The asnswer will come quick and prompt thatno Congress hus anthority to bind future Cougrosses; and that ibe Congress of 1878 had already directed & now issuo of $44,000,000. 'Fuo precedent of 1878 will thus serve to justify as many futuro issucs of groenbacks a8 auybody can desire, until the system, logically carried out, shall destroy pub~ lio and privatooredit, and until the Government iteelf shall fall to pieces—a proy to tho despanir of a ruined peoplo. It is ono of the curiositios of history that no nation hae gvor profited by the experience of othors in the matter of irredcemable papor- monoy. One after another, oach has venturod upon the experiment ; each has considered itself ' an oxceptional caso; aud all have evontually slinred tho same fuovitable fate of bankruptoy, unless stopped in mid-carcer by tho exarcise of despotio powor. ‘We havo onterod upon the vame caveer, whioh has and cen have but onoending. Wo have be- gun by doclaring that oredlt is capltal ; thata promise to pay money is money itsolf ; and that oy there s no limit to credit of that sort thoro can bo no limit to the capitul thus oro~ oted. ow long this dolusion will find support in Congross; how long tho Amerloan pooplo will cluteh the shadow and think thoy hold the substanco ; how'long the busiuess of the couatry will bo invelved in the uncortain, fluc- tunting, but forever dopreciating, values of nn irredoomnble currency, are questions to be solvad by time; but, unless wo turn soon, tho end {8 Inevitable, It scoma now that a return to spocio {8 to be postponed indefiuitely, and s only to bo remchod over tho ruln of the commercinl ond industrial intorosts of the whole poople, Happy will the couns try be if it can pass through such o orisws undlstubed by intarsial atrite “or exterul war, | Bhould oithor of theso onlamities overtnlm the country during the poriod that it ia passing through tho plaguo and ddaolation of irredeom- ablo papor, whon mon's minda aro unatrung by a Aoneo of injustico suftorad, and thoir morals do-~ bauched by Injustico committed, tho gravest con= soquonces may bo looked for, The oviloxamplo of this fmsuc of §44,000,000 alrondy casts its shadow bofore. 3en who have monoy hug it Ughtor than over, becauso thoy don't know what thoy naro to bo patd o A fow months will roll around, and then, 68 10 benofit lina boon rontized, n frosh domand will bo mado. If this s ylolded to, snothor will coma, Monnwhile forofgn nations will lend us nothing, Most Hkoly thoy wil domaud what they hinvo niroady lent. This will cause 6 fur- thor demand for shinpinstors, * But wo neod not continue tho ploture, When the project of inflation was first mooted, wo oaid that for moro purposes of education it would b worth whilo to have groonbacks multi- plied indofinitely but for tho tremondous inter~ oata involvad In it. Wo ropoat it. No nation s over losrned this losson snvo by its own ox- perionce, but whon It hns oneo had tho expo- rionce it has nover forgotten it. ‘WHERE I8 MY FIVE DOLLARS P DunuquE, Ta,, March 26, 1674, Tothe Kitor of The Chicago Tyibune ; Em: Isco that tho Senato and HMouseof Ropro- fentatives, both, Unve passed Dilla fnflating tho cur- rontoy, and that thero probably will bo an additional {eaua of ot least $44,000,000, That will bo a littlo moro than n doliar aplece for evory man, woman, and child in tho United Slates, I haven family of five, and our sharo of tho additionat cireulation will bo five dollars, Iwrito tq inquive how Tom to get t, Will Becrotary Richardeon send it to mo by mall if T writo to him? Or, will arrangements be miudo with some of tho banks whoreby I can got it by colling upon them? I would not caro about 1t so much, but I am at workono ealary, which the inflation wiil | have any ten- denoy fo incroase that I can sco; whilo I do seo that tho premimn on gold fs golng up, and tho prices of clotling, grocories, eto,, already show a tendency to follow, eveh nt thio prospect of infiation, Further- moro, 4f I don't get the mouoy, I am afraid that somo Jay Caoke, or Jay Gould, or othor speoulator who now liaa & million dollars for every dollar I own, will get not only Afs shinre of- tho additional fssue, but mine 100, and use it in somo wild spoculution that will ro- sult in onotlier panic, to my futnro loss, If you can give mo any informatlon na to how I con got my five dollara,—or, if you cannot do that, if you will explain to mo any indfrect way In which Tam to bo bonefited fothat amouut Ly the inflation,~you will confor great favor upon yours truly, J. L, McC, ANsWER—Wo adviso our corrospondent to address bls iuquiry’ to Sonator Wright, of Towa. That gontloman proposes that tho future groen- backs shall bo printod not like the prewont: *ho United Btates promises to pay Oné Dol- lor," but, instend theroof: *Who Unitod States, Oue Dollar.” As ho knows how to male a thing o dollar which is not a dollar, he must know Low cach man with » family offlve, living ona enlary, is to gob his portion of the new dollars. 'ho, latter is an easior conundrum than the former, and we urgo our correspondent to write t0 him on the subject at once, ) EXPORTS, The report of the New York Chamber of Gom- merco gives o dotailed statement of the com- morco of the United States for tho flacal year onding Juue 80, 1873, and shows the pro portion of the imports and oxports of that port, com- bared with all the other ports of the country. From this statomont we compile the following results: Value of imports ot Now York... $126,301,437 Valuo of imports ut nll other po 237,295,720 Totul valuo of imports, .. ‘Talue of domestio xgorts from New York $313,120,903 ‘Valuo of samo from all gther porty,, 336,002,000 Total value of domestic exports, Foreign importa re-oxported soasabtesamrarane 18,072,009 Samo re-exportod from other ports, 9177412 ‘Total oxports and re-xporta, Imports..., ‘Excess of exports over imports 664,027 This would show that wo had exported more goods in 1872-'8 then we had imported, but these figures aro subjoct to o modification. Tho values of the imports aro given In gold, whilo thoso of tho domestic oxports, except of gold and silver, sre 1 eurrcnoy. Allowing 11 per cont as tho avorage differonce in values, wehave 08 the gold values of exports and imports tho followiug: Valuo of Imports, Valuo of cxporta Txcoss Of HNPOTtisersvaes eerssivaen e oS 4T,012,64 Among the exports of domestic produce during the year, the following are all those having a value nbove throe millions : From Al other New York, ports, Qold and sitver bullion,and =, 0l und silver coln........$ 55,010,416 $18,880,131 Cotton.... 49,180,448 173,112,611 Breadatudy ,. 47,719,704 46,908,818 Lacon and hums.. 25,016,084 9,378,153 Oils, flluminutin, 24,441,601 15,704,104 Tard, 16,040,870 4,314,945 12,661,212 10,007,808 10,337,392 160,628 401411 2,001,000 8,612,814 219,736 183, 8T OR0,58,008 $ e i Total domestic oxports, ..$313,120,003 $330,002,600 Awmnoug the importations of the highest value wero: Sugar, 878,000,000 ; woolen manufactures, $50,000,000 ; aotton manufactures, 35,000,000 ; coffen, $44,000,000 ; ton, £24,000,000 ; wron and steel ‘manufacturen, 27,000,000; eilk man- ufacturos, §80,000,000; wool, $20,000,000; flax . maufeotures, 20,000,000, ; hides and skins, not including furs, $12,000,000; tin in platos, $15,000,000 ; winos, spirits, oto., $9,000,- 000; molassos, 810,000,000, Wo oxparted $74,000,000 of gold and silver, and imported $31,000,000. . A Philadelphian writos to the Nation thnt the iden that that city wants a “grand pagoeant, clther intornational or national, In 1876, ian pure fiction, Some respectablo persons are ex- coudingly anxious to have Congross spend somo millions of the people's monoy on TFairmount Park, and tho hotel and ‘saloon-kecpors, to & man, are in favor of = grent show, but tho oity doea not approvo of it Tho mass-meotings put all their onthusinsm into tho pressreports, Nouo is shown by tho scauty audionces, The Indo- pendenco-square gathering, of which we have hoord so much, was 160 or 200 strong . Thls, doos not argue ovorwhelming enthusinsm among the 609,800 Philndelphisus who steyed awsy, Many of tho origiual friende of tho Centennial have become disgustod by tho unworthy attompts to extort money from Congress, Thoy may, wigoly onough, that the plan of getting subsorip~ tions from tho pooplo of the different States was cquivalent to taking a voto of the people on tho schemo; and that, sinco that voto wae n the negative, it ought to lave put an end to tho wholo plen. The attempt now be- ing mado to induco .the Philadelphis Oity Council to vote an additlonal million dollara for the Lixposition will bo met by an iu- junotfon from tho courts, Ionest cltizens nro slarmed at the stoady Incrosse of tho city dobt, and are utterly opposed to tho issue of any wmore bonda or the lovylng of auny moro taxes, Thiladelphin owea 800,000,000,~¢wive as much 86 tho State of Ponnsylvania-owes. Hor publie buildings are fn the hands of an irreaponniblo Commisslon, which can compol tho Connell, by awrik of mandamus, to lovy any tox whatever | ‘Tho-outlook I cortainly not o chcorful one. No wonder tnx-poyors shudder at:the thought of iho drafta the Centonnlal will mako on the de- ploted Trenaury, Sinco Philadolphin 18 thoonly elty whick hna shown any enthuatasm whatover over tho idon of an intornationnlslow, and sincoe itnow appears that ovon this was almoat wholly factitious, would it not bo woll to abandon tho idon forthwith ? . * —— It was fitting that the firat caso tried by Miss Phmbo Gouzlus, Inwyer, of Bt. Louls, should bo o suit brought by conflding woman against por- fidious man. Tho partios to the sult aro all moto or lers {llustrious. Biss Couzin I Aling- trious ns boing Bt. Louts' firat Indy lawyor 3 Mis. Charlotto Smith I8 llustrions aa tho oditor of tho Inland Monthly Magazine ; M, L. U. Reavis, tho dofondnnt, is still movo illustrious as Lolng tho man who belloves that St. Louls i ¢ho commorcial motropolis of the Missiesippi Valloy, and tho nntural pont of tho Federal Governmont. o is romarkable 08 an oxample of tho extremes to which falth, uncontrolied by resson, may load s mon, It is proposterous to supposo thal s man of 8o much faith should be guilty of bad faith witb o lady in moro businoss mattors, or rofuso to pay her 250 for editing hor own mugn. zine. Altogother, the oaso is ono of vivid inter- est generally, and will keep tho rending world on thorns until settled ono way or tho othor. It Mr. Roavis losos, tho noxt 8t. Louls Directory will shrivel like n parched scroll, and all his grand schiomes for killing. off Congress with 8t, Louls ocustoms, drainage, and disoases, fall to tho ground. TCANADA. Riel, the Manitoba Murderer, Talkes the Oath of Office. Debate in Parlinment on th‘a Reply to the Governor-General's Speech. Snectal Dispateh to The Chicaqo Tridune, OtTAWA, Ont., March 81,—Ricl, Momber of Parlinment for Provoncher County, Manitoba, though having yesterday, betweon the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock, takon tho oath of nllegiance and signed the membors' roll bofore the Clerk of tho Iousc, has not since boon soen, 1t s again rumored that the Inte Governmont promised him an amuesty, but whother or uot this bo tha o, it i8 belioved ho will not have tho sudacity to attompt to take his soat. To do 8o would bo o scandal and insult to Parliament which it wonld never tolerate. - Tho Globe (Government organ) alluding to the mattor, eaya: A warrant haa been long running for in arrest, and 8 truo bill hins xen fonnd agajust “him by tho Grand Jury of the Conrt of Queen's Jonch in Manitokn, on u charge of murder, Ho ia thorefore, to all intents and purposes, o fugitive from justice, and until he bas purged kimsolf of the chargo sgatnat him can be no Athig companion of 3 body of loyal men mot togother to lglslato fu conjunction with and under the author- ity of tho Crown, ‘Tho question of Riel's position will early oo~ cupy the ettention of the House. . Tho debnte on the % REPLY TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S BPEEGH is atill in progross, and gives promiso of its be- ing oarried without opposition. Iho Night Hon. Sir Jobn A. Macdonald's spcech was chiefly congratulntory in its tone, In his allusion to the intornational trade nogo- tiations openod at Washington, he cxprossed tho Thiope that thoy would be successful, and agreed that if the Governmont succeeded in obtaining rociprocity, thoy would dokerve the gratitude of the canulri\;, aud he “should bo happy to give them his humblo mecd of approbation and of gratitude for thoir success, Ho favored tho protaction of the salt, wool, aud timber intor- ‘sts, and thought the concossions made by the United Statos should not bo scanned too much, 80 long as our concessions wore not too groat on the other side. Promior Mackenzie, in the courso of his spoech, remarked that, whether those negotia— tions weroe succesaful or not, when the cirenm- staucos bocamo known to the country. it would bo seen that tho Governmont had “followed a courso at onco frioudly to thoir nolgnbors and dignified to thomselves, ‘Tho session givos promise of being prolifio of much usoful and_important logislation, and it is ovident that the Houso at 10 previous period of ita history has embodied 8o large an array of talonted membors. 3 YCELLANEOUS ITEMS, swecial Dispatch to Tie Chicao Tribune. Harrax, Maroh 81.—Ninety-nine vaessels, with an sggrogate tonnage of 76,680, are being built in Nova Scotin thin year, Svectal Disnacch to The Chicago Tribune, MontnuaL, March 8L—~There aro curront rumors of thedismption of the Queboo Ministry. The banks Lisving their head ofices in Mon- tronl, Toronto, and_ Quebeo, the principal citios of tho Dominion, show n paid-up capital on tho 18t of Mareh, as follows : Montrenl, $270,740.70; Toronto, $138,051.87 ; Quobec, §08,632.20. U6 thie Associated Press.] OrrawA, Uunada, March 81.—In the Com- mons this afternoon, Attornoy-Gonaral Clark, of Manitoba, attonded at tho bar of tha House, and was oxamined by Mr. Mackenzie Bowell, Lo idontificd Tliel's handwriting on the mombers’ toll; toatifiod that an indictmoent had beon found lsninnt him in the Manitoba Oourt of Queon’s Boneh, and_produced tho warrant issuod thorein. An order wans mado that a po- liceman attond at the bar to-morrow, with a war- rant issued in Octawa. An order was also made that Louis Riol atttend in his placo in tho Iouso to-morrow, If Riol appoars, he will bo arrested. If he do not, Lis absenco will bo taken s prima facio evidonce that he is a fugitive from Justico, and, following tho English precodont, a motion will bo made to oxpol him from the House. Ho is said to bo still in thoe city, LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. Proposed Xnvestigation of the Affairs of the Southern Illinois Judicinl Districts . Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. BroomiyoroN, Ill., March 81.—Dispatchos from Washington intimnting that an investigation will bo mndo of the affairs of tho office of Col. E. R, Roe, United Statos Marehal for the Houth- ern District of Illinois, hos causod much com- mout and oxcitoment in this city, which is the home of that oflicer, and in which he has won the esteem of everybody. Fortunately, Col. Roo is in the city, and hag'made a full expianation of the facts in tho caso by & eard which will bo pub~ lishied in the Pantagraph to-morrow. Col. Roo winies In the card that he challonges invostiga- tion, and that full returus of his ofilco are on flle oud approved ; that Lie has nevor had any inti« mation of thoro boing any charge against him, In converuntion with- your reporter to-day, ho stated that, if there is to boan investigation of tho aftaivs of tho Bouthorn District, it must ba in somo othor dopartment, IIe makos no effort to axculpate himeelf or deny what must bo un- founded churgoy, excopt to placo himself right Letore his porsonal friands bore. Spectal Dispateh to The Clacago Tribune, Benixurietp, Ill., March 81.—Touching the roport of frouds in the United Statos Alarubal's oftieo, for this District, your correspondent cnllod on Maj, Bluford Wilson, tho Unlted States Distrlot Attorney, to learn the facts, and ho wos nssured by bim that, so far s Col, I, R, Roe, the presonc Marshal, was concerned, thero was no ground for nny suoh charges. His socounts were rogular, and had all beon approved by the Dopartment at Washington, and that duriig all Hus torm no complaint bad .been mado ngainst him, Maj, Wilson was of opinion thnt.tho fraude spolien of had been discovored in the ndministration of somo of the predocossors of Col. Ros ; thut procise rdvices would be recelved liero before long, and that the matterwould then bo invostigatod, RELIGIOUS. Northern Indiann .Mothodist Oonfer= Spectal Dispateh to I'ha Chirago Tridune, Fonr Wayxg, Ind, Muargh 81,—lo-morrow morulug tho Northern Indinna Conforonce of the Methadint Ohurch convenos in this olty, Ovor 150 delogutos have alvendy syrived, and s many moro are oxpeoted. 'Chis Conference iucludes hulf of tho Mothodiat Churches iu the Siato, Dishop Foster will preside, The Qonforence will be in nosslon about » week, and iv. ia oxe pooted to acs on tnany important quealions, - TOWN PESTS. Aunual Moeting of the Three ’ Town Boards,. The- Justices in South Chicago Will Not Back Down, They Stick to It, with One Excep- tion, that It Is All Right, And Want $35,000 for Next Year, The North Side People Make Their Petty Grab. But on the West Side They Go i Slow. Nominating Convention ai Twolfth Street Turner Halil Larry O'Brien Is Renominated as Collector. The Workingmen’s - Ratification Meeting. . . put tho motion, and thon Tho Ruperviror n‘l;nd ]|l' ul‘l'lm gurun;lad. 1 ustico lusdslo, for the. pu tio niotion boforo tho Tonci. necomnesgt S - B WIAT WILL TIHE REKULT BE Jutico Boydon fnquired ns to ths offoot of its ‘ edoption. 'Who arders for the eatnrlos hnd beon yoted sovornl mnnun(lxu Dofors, and the Olaric lind drawn them, and thoy hind boon distrlbuted, Juatico Dnggott snid hio liad recoived notico ut 1o'clock of & mooting to ho hold at%, aud 1t was lmgnsa(bla for kim to attond, @ ¥ The Bupervisor stated that Lis Instruotions to the Clark woro to givo_the Justicos throo dayn” notico of n mooting, If Mr, Behnoffor had not done ro, ho was not responsiblo, Schucffor rojoined that ko gavo porsonal notlog whonover ho could, and, whon hoconld not find the Justicos, Lo sent thom a writton notloo, JUGTIOR MAINES RESPONDR, Juatico Iaines thon mado a specch ¢ 1Mo eatd tho Board kind taken thonction Tustice Dag. got bad alludod to after maturo conalderation. J soemed 40 liim Usnt 1t was 111 graco for Dagyett to comu in at that Info hour—when ha know that It was perfects Iy unless Lo attetmpt 1o rocuusidet d—to mova the thoHonrd undo what it bad done, when -tho press had ncen fit {o comment upon ils nction, thinklg thut 1 movo of thia kind might redound ilttle to 1is oredis, 3o wonld stata thnt, befors the meeting at which M, Cleaty's salary wasfixed, o went to Jualico Daggel riod to fndueo him to attond, buthor. fuded ; und. Lo believod thero were atlior me bors ‘of the ~ Board who dono flo kan.e thing “beforo ~ that, e did mnot kmcw ‘what Daggolt monnt by making the motion—whothor tie oxpacted tho people to Sippo that Lo liad beru oppored tothio mnlary queation nli along. As fur ns ha {Uatnen) way conourited, (ho Tosords WGuld shov liow 0 voted, 1o thought Limeelf that THE HALAKIES WELE RATUER LARGE § but hio voted ngafust those ho considored too lntyse, Tle wns, howover, satlafied that tho pooplo, whou they learned tho result of . tho work of thio town oflicers, would sy that it amply justifisd tho cxpendituve, Xho Colloctor hiad colicoied a much largor_sum k. bad ever beon gathored ju by any of hi prodecossor. and tho town hind been smply Topnid, by Lia morvices Mr, Cloary lind_now upon Lis hauds womo fifty I suits ; no approprintiou wae mado for Jegal exponece, and Cleary would hio obligad to spend hin timo su ‘monoy Iu dofunding them, Tho most disantlsfuction hud beon expressed ot tho Colloctor's salary, 'but iie (aiues) thought that * us an investmont tho town lid 00 Teason to cpmplain,” Tho Justices liad acted £r tlie pureatniotives, It wasof no earthly uso fo rocon. alder the votc, ns AN THIE OFPIORNS TAD ALTEADY DEEN FAID # thelr palnrics, “Cho Juslices woro entitlod to $1.50 ¢ diay, bit th records would show that u grost tany of thom bad nover drawn it, Daggett hod baen notl.ded whan the moetings ware io bo hold, sud, if o wos op- posied to giving miich salarios, why had Re not ottorded and voted againat thom 7 If ho (Daggott) had come THEB S0OUTH TOWN. Tho annual meotiug of tha South Town Board wng hold st their rooms in the building No. 170 East Adams streot, yosterdsy sftornaon. At the hour announced for commoncing tho segalon—3 o'clock—the only membom of tho in_and presented hia arguments, *with o8 much force ™ us now, tho Bonrd might Lave been Induced tq liston to thew,’ Lut, intoad of doing that, Dig gerl romafued nwny wntil {ho enlarics had been voted, and then came in with & motion o reconeider whob rer consideration was absolntely probibited by (ho Cone stitution. Tho motion, if sdopted, would 1ot amuun| to tho paper it wen wriiton on..' Daggott now that porfectly wall, *If tho poople woro dissatisfied,—if ey thought that that thesalaries wora too Inrge,—tho Tionr| " Board prosent wore Supervisor O’Brien, Asscssor Phillips, snd Clerk Schaeffer. Julius Rodbortus, tho Clerk projtem, put his racord-book on the table, aud began writing up' tho minutos of tho provious meeting, Schaoffar looking on, probably rogrotting that he had neglectod lonrning to writo English. Nonv of tho Justicos appearing, Schooffor, who must do somothing to oarn his $1,600, was sent to thoir offices, and prosently | roturned accompaniod by Justices Daggoett, Hinge dalo, Haines, and D'Wolf, i » TALKING 1T OVER. ‘When theso persons were seated they began conversiog abont Tnr TwIBUNE'S criticlsms on their action in voting the town officers such ‘enormous salaries. Justice Hainos remarked that ho would like to eeo a8 much money collected for a Jess #um than was givon Mr. Oleary. It commissions had been given, the Collector would have received mruch mors. G Justice D'Wolf said he did not brag about the cconomy of tho Bourd during' the yoar. TIOBE LRASURES, Rodbortus was vory angry pecause it had been statéd in Tue TRinuNg that the records Liad been changed.- Ho showed the erasures and altera- tions, but donied that thoy were made to hide any quosationable action: At a quarter of 8 o'clock Justice Boyden and Colloctor Cleary came into the dingy room ** for wel]:!ch £90 & monthis paid,” and seluted $ho others. T roll was then called-by Rodbertns, and all wonld certainly bo {n favor of reconsiderlug thie voto, ‘Dbacause it was the peoplo’s moncy that was paid out But if any taxpayer would look calmily over thefturtion, 00 thio amount collectod, tho dificultios attendiuy tha assemiment and colloction of taxes on proporiy de- stroyed by the fire, and tho reaponnibilitios attachod to tho alfices, thoy would como to the conclualon thi.t the salaries wro no moro than the officlaly should bave ro- cefvad for thelr lakor and trouble. And bo thought now (hat tho Colluctor and Asscssor Liad not becu nn well paid for the work they hind done us thelr piredes cersors, Town orders wero dopreciatod in value’ they might bo pald this yoar or ot fof noveral yoars} tho 1own had the usp of tho tmonoy without interast, nud tho officers who took tho oxdera lost thoir interoa, No onio would object to & Justice coming 1n at tho eloventh hour to enter his proteat, but ho (Ifatnes) thought it would ave beon #n mucll better tasto for Daggott to Iuwva attendod the mectiug and opposed tho nuch salarien, end voted sgatast them, JUSTICE D' WOLF noxt arogs, Ho Lad only & fow words o say, to tho following offoct : Uatucs, in somo reapects, had exprossod his (D Wolt'a] views very clearly aud corroctly, o d1d not projiose, in what lio liad to 83y, to Justify tho action of tho Boatd u fixing tho aalarics of the town offoors ; (o sy that thoy wero 00 high, or that tho Board was not to blamo for Axing thom 60 high, but he did )Topose to oy that Justice Duggott had b buminess to grumi- Dlo. It did not lla in-his [Dagyott’s] mouth to make iy’ fusa yhout t,5a ko could Bova boog presant dud ng of placed hima on _the rd lhad wontod to. e [Daggatt] kunew purfdotly well that,. after tho salnrics bod been fized aud tho ordors issued, the motion ho Lad mado was “nathing but buncombo.” If tho Board adopted tho rowolution it woula bo_absolutely voids tho vo'o could ot be roconsidored, Iirothor Daggott inslstod that e waa not o gontleman who carod particnlarly atout ro- porters and newspopermen, * No, air,” [sarcestically, with o flourish of lils long, bony arm], “ ke don't ears suything about theve nowspper men : hiolins 1ot coma up to this thing in order to place bimbelf right Lofors thiose nowspaper men, and have thom Lorald him ug tho Bonrd woro found to be prosent. After the reading of tho minutes of the last meoting, which wore spproved, Justico Hainos snid ho had somo cases to ationd to at his offico— @ man was under arrcst—and he must leave, SUPERVIROR'S ANNUAL REPORT. The Suporvisor then submitted bis annual roport, of which tho following is a synopsis : Rocetved of B, Lowenthal, his predecessor, $370.31; from County Treasurer, on’ account of town’ taxes of 1872, §1,197.60; radlroad tax, samo source, $191,00; from Bame, Sept, 10, 187, town faxes_ coflected, £1,0005 Oct, ' 94, ; Nov, 10, fimal statement, 129,82; recetved from P, AL, Cldary, Collector, $5,256, Total, £16,620.88, Paid out, “Town Orders of Auscssor Dhiitips, $7,900: town orders of Collcctor Gloury, 100: town ordors of John FchinefTer, clork, $1,050,23 3 miscollncous orders for tationery, sont o’ Col D'Wolf, (33.00) janitor, (320) -eto., nmounting to $1,084.. 79, T additivn orders werp hold Ly J, Y. Bcammon for $000, woro redeenied, and ordors for $1,700 held by Buperviior O'Brien werd talton up; total, 16,436,043 loaving n balance in the town: trensury of §85.84, GIVE US BOME MORE. Ho rocommonded that au sppropriation suf- ficiont to dofray tho exjponses of the town for 1874 and to liquidato all” ontstanding ordors bo made. Ho liad no mesns of ascertaining tho amount of the orders ; but, from the statement of his prodecessor, he judged it to be between $5,000 and §6,000; corzaoquently, be rocom- mendod an appropriation of 335,000 to cover all oxpenacs. ALL RIGHT, anstico D'Wolf thanght tho roport should be roferred to o commitice, that tho vouchers t bo examined. Suporvisor suid he had sll the vouchers with him, except tlie six he got from J. Y. Scammon. Thoy wont through the fire and )v:eru chatred, and ho hod thom in his safe at ome. Ho produced all the vouchors hie hed, and Jus- tices D'Wolf and Hiradalo ohooked thom off, and found tho accounts to bo all right, und the Jus- tices presont, after the roport was approved, cor- tified to its correctness. 3(0RE FOR OLEARY, Collector Cloary submitlod & bill of $398.60 for fitting up place in Collector Von Hollen's room in the City Hall 88 an office. No items wero given in the bill, Justico D'Wolt said_he would vote to pay the bill, but he thonght it would be well to know ‘what tho furniture consistod of. Mr. Clonry romriod that ho had scon the ar- ticles & thousnad thmes. N Todbortus sid there were four stools, & coun- ter, und some gas-fixtures in the *office.” Mr. Cloary correoted him. There were two counters, a long ouo and s short one, somo shelving, gas-tixtures and globes, ete. The stools were in the rooms of the Board *for safe- keoping.” . D'SOLF GETE CAUTIOUS. Justice D'Wolf thought it would be well to have tho atticles appoar on tho racords, as thoy could nat toll six months honco what tho towi owned, in the Collectur’s oftico. ¥ Ix. Clonry snid tho articles were thore now, and, 08 far ug he knew,—and hie protended to bo o protty good_judge of matorials,—the price for them was * chaap nnd reasonablo.” On motion, the Olork was directod to specify tho articlos on the minutos; and the bill was or- dored to bo paid, DAGGETT NIARS TO EXPLAIN, At this juucturo, Justios Daggett aroso, and, hanging on to -the bnok of & chair for support, seid bo wiehed to make a fow remarks, Ho ha not had tho pleasurs of mecting with the Ion: but once or twico during tho yoar, and he do- sirod to oxplain why e Lad nof appoarod. ho poticos ho lind rocoived of the meotings woro so short, that it had always been inconvenient .and womolimen impossible for him to come, Bomo very important action bad been taken durin, his " abaenco, and, in view of thnt, Lo proposed, befors hio got throufih. to offer & resolution. It was well known to all tho membors of the Board that much had beon seid in rogard to THE HALABIES YOTKD %0 tho porsons whoso componsation the Board was authorized by law to fix. Ile, porhnps, cared as little for tho pross as any mombor, an he did not wish to bo undoratood oy making theuo remarks becaugo hoe was intfluenced by the press, But it was o fact that the present moot- ing wos tho firat ouo held during tho yoar ab which all the membors wers prosent, Heuco, iF it was In order, ho would movotorcconsider the votes by which the unlaries of the town officers wore fixed by the Bourd. 1N mado this motion becnuso, in Iis apinion, somo of tho snlarios— ho would not say which of them—woro outra- zaous und exhorbitunt; and hoe could not pormit his mooting—ibo Inst of the yoar—to closo without enteriug hia protout againet the -aoction of tho Board in regard to thom, Justico D'Woli akod if Jnstlee Daggott bad voted in the aflizautive whon tuo saluries wore X 01 Justico Doggott replied that he lad not votod at nll, as ho was not present ut & mooting when salarios wore spokon of, s Collostor Oloary—~You ware always notifieds Bo says the Wownl Qlexk, 5. e tlia champion of tho peoplo here. O, no! Iio bax noj done it for sny such purpose, ' He has done it from P ice Daache bt right, Fudgo ustice Daggott—That's right, Judge,) ustice D'Wolf continued : 4 It in what somo peoplo would say was ‘a little too thin, Thoro s nothing of it. To roconsider a- thing of tiils kind, when the orders aro out, ia utterly futilo, and there I 1o uge In spending time over it." The Justice, woll-nigh exhausted, then sat down, and Daggett smiled at him and half closod his oyes, DAGOETT EXPLAINS. Justice Doggott again took tho foor, and, with the assistanco of his_caue, succeeded vory woll in muintnining an upright position. Ho spoko : - Mo nad uot mado tlio motion with special refercaco to, tho sulary of Colloctor Cleary, who was his personal friend, ond he [Daggett] would be very glad to see hiin well puid for his scrvices, Isinos secmedl to think that thomotion wis made with special ‘reference to Gleary, which was untrue. Thero were othor ollicera ~wliosd salories hiad bren fixed by tho Doard, some of ‘whom bad done uothing, and all Imew i, # You, Mr, Supervisor, sud tho otlers know it.” While ko might not be BY&IUDS in bebnlf of the poople, ut naking himi he did insist woa {rregular thst the action and of ' tho Board improper from beglnning toend, “Bir, Justico aiugk, if you will allow me-tn corrgct you, I8 mistaken in stating that X was ndvised aud uformed a5 to tho {imo whon theeo aaliries wera to be vated.” No notice thut he had ever recelved contained ono word a8 to what was to bo done, It simply read: There is to be a meeting of the Towsn Buard at 2 olclock this aflernoon,” He hsd uot boen o mexmber of the Boord wo long s D'Wolf, but loug cnough to kuow thut most of tho meolinga woro of uo earllily consequenca whutsvor, and wero useloss o the peopld, und it was notsensd fo aitend thom, AN the gentlemen, he thought, would egreo to that, I ho had kuown st any time that tho eslurlea of tho towa officers wera to Lo votod upon, ho would Jinye boen present, Ho did not wish to cut them down below n roper compensation for thelr services, Ool. Oleury Baar Veon & good snd. faltifut ofiicer 3 thera wern otliors who had been foithful, and he wanted them to Lova progior poy 3 Lt o coild mot ueo why. thera should be any {mpropriety in Lfs making & motion (o Teconulder thie vote, in tho pressuce of tho full Board, 1f thiero way any dmupropriety in it, if 1t was not to Lo entertained, he would withdraw the motion, ITAINES STICKS TO IT Justico Haines repounted that ho had told Dag- Fott that thero was to be 2 mecting for tho fix- jog of tho salaries of the town oflicors, -adding that Doggott had spoken to Cloary abons it. Justico Daggott called & voto on bis wotion, {The Suporviror said ho would stato the quos- tion if the motion wus soconded. Jusuco Hinsdalo said he had soconded it, ‘meroly to got the motion beforo the Buard. Justico Daggrett remarked that it was befora the * hous,"” and they could do what they liked with it. Col. Clenry=Mr. Ohairman, I was going ‘to say something, but I am pot & momber of the d, ustico Daggeti—T would like 4o hosr Mr. Cleary. 5 . OLEARY WANTS THE OTIIER SIDE TEARD, Col. Cleary desirod the pross to hear the othor 3 mdo of tho story. Justico Doggott—Tho . Board desires to heat you; would be yvery glad to hour you, Col. Cleary—I liavo nover boen & membor of tho Bourd, oxcept otco, through the lindnoes of Justico D' Wolf, who made me a momber of the Board while he was trying & caso. Juntice Boyden—You are a membor of the Bomd, B, OLEABY'S BTATEMENT, Mr. Cleary coutiuuod : A great donl had beou mid for tho last dgy or two tn Tug TRIBUNE about the salaries of the town officars, One siddo hod beon told, nud the other side should be, Now Lo was going (o make o stutoment, e ud taken Zown ordors, snd hid gk Fecolved 4 cant of moncy aa yot for his salary, sud overybody know what town orders were' Worth at’ present, when there wns no mioney in the Treasury ¢2 redeom thom, +1fo recollect- ©d that, five or six yeurs ago, the Town Qolleclor muda a8 Ligh aa $17,000 0itt of the office, whon they wero nstd 3 por cont connnission, Howould Imake probably §7,6(03 but {t would bo & couplo of yoara beforg ho gatit, * 1le Lad fortylaw snits on his hands, sud the bourd Lad not soun Bt to vols him auything for expenscs, Thoy hnd grown out of making the banks puy their foxey, 1o had colleotod $100,000 moro than sny of Lis predecossors, The Board hid told him when he com« ‘1menced smaking good collections, that thoy would give him s good salory. Ho had mado it, 88 the figurcs would shiow, twico as much as was collested ligt yoor, 16 Lo wara t0 e Colloctor nuxt year, ho wanted o ny that ho would not ive 3,000,000 Louds bud take the 15k ho lind to for Jeasthan' $10,000 in orders, Mo wanted the publlo to distinctly undurstsnd thut, - UTIERIY UBELESS, * Justico Hinadale said it was very evidont to all that 1t was futilo to attempt to undo what nad already been done—to nullify the proceed- ings of tlie most important meeting of the yoar, 1ie conld not vote on tho motion, and would thoroture withdraw his socond. Pho Bupervisor remarked that bo conld not ontortain tho otion to Toconsldor unlu it was seconded, Justice Daggett could not see why there should bo any difitoulty about {t. Vates could alwuyn bo yeconsidered, Town orders had beon drawn “indiscriminatoly without reference to snlarcs, 0 salary quostion was usually sottled at tho 1net moeting of the Board in tho year, Justice Halnes said Iash year waa the first fne woll golld with the press, w olloged,