Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 21, 1874, Page 4

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1874, TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. D TRERME OF BURBCRIPTION g‘A'AfiI‘E w ABVAHC:)." At 2,00 Sunday, BRI S G008 | el Parts ot t the snno rato, Ta pravont dolay and mistakos, bo sure and glva Post Oficonddress iu full, fnoluding Blato and Gounty, Romittancos msy bio niado olthor by draft, axpross, Post Oflice ardor, or in registored lottors, at our riske THRATH TO OITY AUNSOMIDENR, Datly, delivorod, Sunday oxcoptad, 25 vonte por waok. Dally, aoliverad, Bunday includod, 30 conts por wooks Addross THE TRIDUNIE COMPANY, Cornor Madison and Dnarborn-ate.. Ubloszo, il —— TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. ACADEMY OF MUSIO=Halsted atroot botwoon Mad- f tho Majlitan-1taynor R M LA s oHIQOLRY'E THRATRE atroat, Lntwsan Paronia "t Cundisan, Randoloh tho Waddlng, To Al etatty Homutvoakorss MOVIOKKR'S TIRATRE—Madison streot, botwenn Tingagomontof (he Almoa Opora- Bonte oty Yo adamo Angot.” ARTETINS—Deaplniuns strent, botwoon Mad. o Syt f tho Lisa Wabor on, Engogomon Troupo, Milo. ontatnebloaw, Guorgo Davenport, ato, * OPERA-HOUSE—Monros stroct, hotwaen D Watas Afitagion, Gritan, s’ Kovhiors Minstrols, Minst sy and comlioalitios, “"Flig Bordor Lily.' Burlesquo of THEATRE~Corner of Wabash avenuo ai Gtk et Vaeioty ontortaamont: " ATeks Davls, Karl Lind, Logronis, olo. MONTGOMERY QUEEN'S OIROUS—Madison strost, cornor Elizabelii,_ Aftornoon and evonin "SOGIETY MEETINGS. LODGI, No. 8 As F. aud A, M.—Rogular oo Ur oS aeg) avonihe. e il B Nar T8 Bigurogiat (rop Mmonts [l 'for work on tho'Sca: ond Degreo. 'l 0 fratornity cox o ]{. Onmz, ooy, No, 1, K. T.—Statol a8 o'clack, at Asylun, iting Sir Knights cor- W, LOCKE. Recordor. APOLLO COMMANDER Qonslavo this (Fuesday) evenirlg Mouroo-at,, for businens. dially invitod. Ly ordor of iho BUSINESS NOTICES. CONSUMPTION, {hosourge ot tio hamen family, ey tnita eacly stagon ptly arrosted and pormat i B Ao o, W Vs Gbt. 2, 1872, Dr. R. V. PrEnoE, Buffalo, N, V. : Stui For tio last year 1hnvo hoon ueing your Goldon Mudical Discovery. I 'owo my ilfo to it, having lioun efllicted for yoars, Did not use it but a short timo boforu Twas bovolltod; nt that thmo T was vory bnd, not abla o elt up much, was_sulfering keontly with 1y’ throat, was ctting blind, "had & dey cough, aud wch pain inmy unga. 1hsre, usnd twolvo boltin of the Discivory, and i almost wall. KATE . WARDNER, Ayl'ml g{ Mr, J. H. Mdzl!rifll. of (,‘hlhlhnl‘\ l‘n;)vr li;\imnr!, N. Y., has boos otrod of conswmption by Dr, DPloroo's Gondoh Modionl Discovary,—so sayh Mr. 0. B, aniloid, . R, EGLA, drgglst, of West Union, O., writes to sthio hat DE. Dlorcets Goldon Modieat Disoners hoe aifostod a sondorful ouro of consumiIon In hia nelghbor. Y 3 Uhe Chitagy Teibune, Tuesdsy Morning, April 21, 1874, "Tho Houso bill muking an approptiation for sufferers by tho Southiwostorn floods has boen favorably ropotted in the National Sounte. —_—— A bill to oqualize the bounties of soldiers who sorved during the late War has been placed on the calendar in the Uniled Btates Bennte, It contemplates the expenditure of an enormous sum of money. Roports rocolved by the Dopartment of Agri- culture indicate that tho quality of the wintor- whent cropis far above the avorage, and tho yiold moro abundant than for many yeara past. Senator Carpenter's resolution in favor of ac- cording belligerent rights to the Cuban insur- gonts was introducod in the Houso yesterday, snd roferred to the Committee on Foreign Ro- iations. Tho Auditor of Illinois has decided thatthe olaim of the City of Chicago for intorest on the Conal Redemption Fund canuot be allowed. ‘Warrants for this fund woro drawn when thore Was no money in the State Tressury, and the city claimed interest for tho time during which puyment was delayed. e ——— Tho Prosidont has sent the report of the Civil-Sorvice Commission to Congross, with a epecial moisago inviting particular attention thoroto. Gon. Grant says he has “no doubt the rules ean bo 60 improved and euforced as to still moro materially benofit the public service.” No- body ins oxpressed anxioty on that score. Tho rules are good enough; the Administration is not. Brooks and Daxter still contend for the ofiico of Governor of Arkansas. Bloodshed has beon imminent, sccording to the pross dispatches, ovor sineo tho coup d'etat, but up t6 tho present time both parties have rofrained from warlike Qemonstrations, The opinion provails in Wash- ington that Brooks haa the stronger force, and that ho will hold tho oftice permanontly, A soneiblo suggoestion has boen made by the Executive Committeo of the hard-money mags- mooting recently Leld in Fancuil Hall, Boston. Tt s that the poople throughout the country who favor a return to specie payment join in longues for the furtheranco of this objoct. Mon who have anything Lo lose cannot leave this question to be settled by the politicians, Tho politiciane bhiave pronounced in favor of inflation ; now let tho people mako o declaration'of the faith that Iain thom. ———— A flurry in stocks took placo in Wall streot yestorday. The immediato cause of the disturb- ance was tho breakiug of & pool in Commbus, Chigago & Indisva Central, This stock de- clined 934 cents, involving the failuro of tho firm of Capron & Morriam, which was heavily inter- ested in the pool. Othor stocks were affectod t0 the oxtent of 1@4 por cent, Western Union, Wabasl, and Pacific Mfail loading in tho down- ward movemont. Many idle rumors wore sat afloat during the day, butnouoof them were traced to trustworthy sources. Gold closed at 114, Tho course of tho market to-day will be watched with somo anxiot; At the roquest’ of BMr, Killingor, tho National Houea of Roprosontatives yosterday dirccted the Bunkiug and Currency Committee to inquire into the oxpodioncy of ecstablishing & uniform rato of intercat for tho whole country, . Kil- linger comes from Ponusylvania, We know that Statoas the homo of pig-iron men and paper- money men, and the advocates of every cou- colvable infraction of the laws of political econ- pmy. In moking ‘this propomtion, A, Kililne gor only indicates his willingness to extend Penneylvania's ignoranco to tho vost of tue Unlon, — The Chicago produce murkets were genor- ally stoady yostordny, with moro strength in pro- «istons aud wheat.” Mess pork was active, and 160 por brl higher, closing at $16.75@10.80 cash, and $10.874@10.00 woller June. Lard was in taly'demand, and Go por 100 Ibs higher, clouing at 80,76 cash, und 80.90@9.05 sollor June. Meats " woro quiot and a shade flvmor, ot G3{@5¥o for whoulders, 83¢o for short ribs, 036@9%¢¢ for short clear, and 10@110 for sweot-picklod hams, High- wines wera inactive and easler, at 94)@U50 por gallon, Lake froights were quiot and unchang- #d, at bo'for corn to Buffalo, Flour was quict and closing at $1.263¢ cash, and R1.20%¢ eollor May. Corn wan in modorato domand nud J{@lde lowor, closing at 040 cash, and 643¢c soller May. Oats waro quiot and fimer, closing at 46346 cash, and 40340 soller May, Ryo waa quict and caulor, at 02@02)¢o. Durloy was dull aud steady, nt 8160 for No. 2, nud 81,40 for No. 8. Iioga woro active and firm, oloslug at $5.10@0.00 for poor to cliolea, Tho cattlo markot was active ot utu‘ml.y pricos. Bhoop rulod dull and unohanged, Tronch enilors Lavo nover boon in good roputo, but tho revelation of thelr inofclency mado in the case of tho L'Ameriquo Is astonish- iug, Tho atonmor was makiug good headwsy under sail whon pioked up by tho snlvage crow, and now lios in Plymouth Harbor in a compara- tivoly good stato of prosorvation. What with longthenod hulls, and wator-tight compart- mouls, and double sidos, and cowardly eorvants, itis surprisivg that tho Fronch company has managed to Keop vessols afloat upon tho ocoan for 8o long & time, The proliminary proceedings in tho trial of Prof. Swing huvo boon talion by the Prosbytery of Chicngo. Prof. Patton was ordered to amend ovoral specifications containing vaguo or gon- oral charges in such & way ns to mako them ox- plicit. Part of tho apecification rolating to Mra. Collior wns stricken out, and Prof, Patton at- tompted, without entire succoss, to oxplain why tho namo of ‘that estimablo woman was dragged into this wrotched controvorsy. The trial cannot begin for ton days, oxcopt with the consout of both partios, The Ion, J, K. Luttrell, Ropresentativo from Californin in tho National Houso of Ropre- sontatives, has proferrod spocific charges boforo the Committco on Yost-Officos and Post-Ronds in relation to allogod nbuscs in tho lotting of mail-contracts. T'ho substanco of his cngo is that cortain contractors have boen paid in advanca of sorvices rondered ; that thoeir accounts wero irrogularly aottled ; that full pay- monts has beon made on contraots partially ful- filled ; snd that Postmastors who roported tho mieconduct of contractors havo boen dismisycd for doing 0. Bpecifio instance of frauds in tho amonding and carrylng out of contracts aro cited, ‘Lhe investigation promises to bo. intereating, and in somo mensuro to fill tho void loft Ly the closing of the Sanborn inquiry; but it will bo *bad for the party.” —— An important question of railroad freights is about to bo tested in tho Tennossoo courts, Tho Nashville & Chaltanooga Railroad bas in some way, by consolidation or othorwise, ob- tained n through connection to Columbus, Kou- tucky; the Louiaville, Nushvillo & Groat South,, ern Railrond bave & lino from Louisvillo to Montgomery. Frolght intonded for Cattn- noogn from other points and by other ronds ronch Nushvillo or Montgomery, thonco 0 go over tho Nashvillo & Chattanooga Road to their dostination, The ofiicors of tho Louisvillo Road and of tho Nashville & Chattanooga Road havo combined to domand s higher rato for alt froight ovor thess roads, brought by other ronds, than thoy chiargo on the samo freight shipped wholly over their ronds. In other words, thoy rofuso to take freight from Nash- ville or Montgomery to Chattanoogn, reaching thoso points by other roads, at the eamo price thilt thoy charge on froight coming to thoso points over their own roads. Itis a cloar case of discrimination againet all roads having to use part of tho rondway from Nashvillo to Chattanooga, and has tho offect of arresting all freight from Ohicago that is shippod by way of Evansville, Ind, Suits have been inatituted to tost tho power of tho corporations to make this discrimination. [ Boston, which had not yot recovered from the shiock of Simmons, is all oghast at the suswer mado by Prosident Grant to tho dologation which weut to romonstrato against the inflation bill. Ono of tho rosolutions pagsod at the Fan- ouil Hall meoting objectod tothe policy of paying off the bonded debt before it was duc while leaving tho demand dobt (grooubnoks) unro- deomed, to which tho Prosident roplied that ho cousidored thut e reflection on his Administra- tion, siuco the purchases of bonds with tho sur- plus rovenues bad been made by his direction, On tho following dsy tho New York delogation mudp their appesrauce on o similar orrand, and tho Prosident told thom that if ho could ever be in faver of mfation it would bo from the offects of such arguments as tho Boston gentlomon urged agaiust it. *Tlo Chairmanof tho Boston delo- gation,” hocontinued, *in bohalf of those whom hie roprosentod, started out with & condemnation of what e (the Prosidont) hnd always belioved to bo right, speaking naif ho wore wrong. They opposed the purchnso of United States bonds with tue surplus from the United States Troos- ury, aud, it he hnd actod a8 tho Boston Commit- toe wanted bim ta do, he would Lavo kept such surplus in the Treasury until thoro was nota grecuback in circulation. These bonds were purchasod ot bis own direction.” So iv appoars that the President considered himself insulted by the Boston delegation, and the Boston dele- gotion consider themsolves insulted by the President. This is a sad world. PRESIDENT WOOLSEY'S OPINION. Ex-President Woolsey, of Yale College, in his lotdor to tho Now York meoting whore an sppeal was mado to President Grant to veto the infla- tion bill, gavo exprossion to some thoughts which nro dosorving tho attention of the odu- cated and rersoning peoplo of the country, Ilo srid: 1 fcel no attachmeont to party and no obligation to support auy organization 8o corrupt ay tho Republican, to whick I hiave always belonged sinco it Legan to ox- fst. It is romurkablo how muny more foul just so, Every other oducuted Republican will tell you the sume thing, What, then, is to bo douo? Task: First, Whethier & syutem, common to all largo dealers, of eaping sccounts in gold 1 pruoticable,—~thot the cost shoult bo uonuech 1n kold, to bo puid in greenbacks ut the timo of puyment? Hecond, Is it of any usoto agitato (ho coustitutionality of the Legul-Tender bill, which I firmly beliovo (tho Supremo Court uolwithe standing) to bo unconstitutional? Third, Will uny uow political organization be of use, 4o fax nutsldo of parties aa to vote for no one for Btute or National Gov- erument who 15 not i fuvor of mussures of redompe tonatan early day? Theso aro crudo ideas, but I thought that o word might bo botter thun silenco, The Republican parly owed its succoss in tho firit instance to tho fact that it attracted to its raulis the consciontious and educated classes of tho peoplo. Whero was something more than a mere division of polls prosented to thair minds, Moral considorations ntoue drew these mon into it Dut this party hos becomo, liko all its pro- doconsors, essoutlally corrupt, It is dulfting rapidly away from principle,}2and tho wholo fabrle of republican government ia threatoned with dostruotiou, Tho finaucial question i not ono of mero choico betwoon opposing intorests and policics ; it I8 poculinrly » moxal quostion to thoso who have tho eapacity to undoratand if, firm, Whoat waa loss aotive and 3¢o lowor, | and it preonts $holesuo whethor wo can suce cessfully maintain froo inutltutions, and at tho snmo timo violnto tho outablished and rocognizod priuciplos of national honosty and good faith. Wo havo noarlycomploted s conturyof national oxlatonco ; tho gront experinent of welf-govern- mont has boon succosstnl bocauso, and ouly bo- eausg, wo havo proved faltbful to our own na- tional honor, If wo aro to continuo a republi- enn form of govornment at nll, wo must prosorve that honor. Natlonnl intogrityls the lifo-curront of a ropubliesn govornmont. Without it, tho bonds of gocloty aro unloosod, and wo Inpse into anarchy. Tho proposition to debaso our cur~ renoy, to {ako o step away from spocio paymonts, to daclaro that to bo money which undor no cir- cumstnucos cau over bo monoy; to make thin trash logal-tondor In paymont of dobts, I8 to maka dishonesty a factor of our Governmont, and consoquontly to dostroy it. TWhore Is no middle courso. Womust havo an honeat Govern- mont, or olso abaudon our prosont form of gov- ornment, aud put might in tho place of right, and substituto forco for law. Wo thorofore commend Prostdent Woolsoy's romarks to tho thoughtful consldoration of tho educated pooplo of the country, and apposl to thoir moral judgmont and convictions whethor the countty ean afford to incorporatonlie among its national .policies; or whethor, having so in- corporated it, the country can survive the con- soquences which a lio always brings in its train. OUR NOBLE WITNESS. The public bave already bocomo somewhat familiar with the adventures of Count Fosco in Washington in quest of paving-contracts. Tho briof dispatchos, however, convoy n vory faint idon of the manner in whicl the Connt conduct- ed his oporations, the details of which are now suppliod by the vorbatim tostimeby as printed in tho Washington papors. We will try and toll tho story suceinctly, although it is vory difficult somotimos to follow thio Count,—so difileuls, in- dead, that oven M. Jowott, ono of tho Commit- too, waa constrained to ask him at the close of bia testimony if ho was born nuder an eclipso. ‘Whon Count Fosco obtained the position of con- tract-socurer for tho paving firm of DoGolyer & McOClolland, he loft for Philadelphin, whoro cor- tain contracts wore to bo awarded, but learning that thero wero fattor onos pending in Washing- ton, ho dropped Philadelphia and Lurried on to tho National Capital. . Ho mirived thero in Janu- ary, 1872, “a total strangor,” but full of ambition, hopo, and detormination. As ho said in o lottor to Mr. Nickerson, I havo come hore dotor- minod to win orlenrn tho reason why,—rather win than bo a student”” By tho advico of Mesers. DoGolyor & McClelland ho obtained an introduction to Mr, Huntington, Cashier of H. D. Coolo's bank, who was reprosonted to havo ufluonce, aud made arrangoments with him to secure his influenco. In s subsequent lettor to Mr. Huntington, the Count, on the ovo of do- parture from Washington, made uso of one of thoso pithy apothogms for which he is famous, “ As vigilanco s the prico of liber'v, 80 i8 nctiv- ity and watchfulness the price of s paving-zon- tract. Iam offercd a very strong and poworful influenco—very strong, very powerful—in this city, toald mo insecuring the contracts hero, 'l influence may or may not bo required ; timo can dotermine. With all the pumpingand squeezing of which the Committeo was capable, aud with all tho aids to memory which tho Com- mitteo obligingly furnished, Count Fosco could not remember what this influenco was, Moan- while Afr. Huntington died. Then, one day ut the Arlington Houso, tho Count easually met Kirtland, Ho bad nover seen Kirtland before. Ho know nothing of him, but Kirtland had been on the watch for tha Count for}n long time. Kirtland introducod himeelf, and the Count offered him n cigar. Then Kirtlaud easunlly informed tho Count bo hnd influenco in Washington, The Count did not inquiro what that fufluonce wag, but im- modintely socured bim." Ho hired him on tho spot, and then, o6 ba snys, be carofully watchod things, From timo to time, Kirtland roportéd tiat > tuings woro working. What the “things” were the Count did not know, of course, becauso ho did not know what Kirtland's influence was. Then he met anotbor man, Page, of the firm of Dent & Pago, who aleo profossod to havo influence, and Pago was scoured, but what his influonce was the Count did not kuow. Presumably he had no influence at all, as be failod to got the paving- contract, and the Count's influence-contract with him was therefore annulled. Next came tho Rev. Drown., Ho mot Brown casually, as ho did Kirtlaud, at the Arlington. Ho had never geen or hoard of Brown befora, but Brown had boen au Episcopnliru minister and had lottors of recommendation from the Bishop of Now Jersoy. Tho lattor had gront weight with the Count, blecause ho was dopressed in epirits and nooded just that mizture of paving-influenco and spiritusl ropose which DBrown was able to furnish, Brown asgured tho Count hie bad influence. The Count assured him ho was just the man ho was looking for, and thorcupon he secured Brown, and Brown and Kirtlaud commonced oporations, ig- norant that thoey wore at work at the same job., At this stago of tho Count's progress, we quoto from tho testimony: Q.—Then T understand you to say to the Committes {but you agreed to pay $82,000, one-third of which would belong to yau, to two men to securo this cou- tract without inquiriug or knowing tho oxtent of their influenco with refereuco to 1£? A.~Yes, sir; that is my statement, Q.—Or tho kind of Influence they werooxerclsing? A—Tlat {s my statoment, Q—Or with whom they were exerclsing this in- fluencs? A, —~Yes, sir, Q.—And thess Woro gontlemen that yon had never et heforo? A.—1 nover met them beforo; 1o, sir, Q.—(entlomen that you et casually at tho Arlington liotel 7 A,—Yes, sir, ‘Thoy wore stopping there with mywelf, Ponding bis oporations, Brown iutroducad the Count to P'argons, who aléo had influence, tho Dill for which was 815,000, Thon the Count casuelly met another man who bad influouce, This mon waa Maj, Rice. Ho fmmediatoly so- cured him also, upon the samo terms as tho others ; but Rico, like Page, proved to boa de- lusion and o enave, snd bis contract wns nn- nulled. If, in tho meantime, the paving-con- tract hiad not heon soouved by Parsons, who got 15,000, Kirtland, who got 872,000 in notos, and Brown, who got 81,600 cush and 37,500 in notes, thero iu littio doubt that the Count would heve kept on socuring all tho peoplo in Wushington who had influence, without inquiring or curing what that influonce might be. On this point, tho following oxtract from the testimony iy ox- tromoly intoresting, ns it wums up, inn fow wontonces, tho modus operandi of the Count, and brings out in a very cloar light his virgin in- noconce and guilolessnose fn tho mudst of a oiby full of people of inilitenco who wore hound- ing him about and giviug him no penco Q.—Now, yow uny thut with 1o kuowledge, oxcept tho stutoment of these inon themsulved, thot thivy had influouco, aud without thelr rovesliug to you suy source of thelr futluence, or thu name of uny persou whotn they could infinatice; you paid to them, upon tho liypothiosis that It was tholr influence, and not tho morlts of your proposal, that obtalnod the contract, you pald o thom $82,0007 A,—Thoy might knvo dono somothing foward it, but tho merits of the pavement i much, u my opinton, . Q.—What ovidence have you that thoy had dono anything that would make you pay themn $83,000. That 2 whot I want to know? + A—Thoy had taiked about 1t, aud frled to cultivate publio opinfon in favor of i, Q.—You aro s man of intolligonce, Do you mean to #ay that you paii $82,000 on {he baro uncorroborated statement of theae mon that (hey used influenco? A— Ido, Q.~Without knowing at sil whother it was true or faleo? A,—IL wus a contingont arrangomont, Q.—1I do not caro how eontingont It was, You pald thio monvy 3 and you paid thie monoy on tho hypatheals that they hud obtalued a contract for you, Now, I want to know what ovidenco you had that tlcy had obitained thut contract for you, any intlucnes of theirs? A~ lind no ovidonce ntall, : In viow of the facts devoloped in this teati- mony, wo ave palnfully counstrained to accopt Mr, Jowott's thoory that Count Fosco was born undor an eolipse, e must hiave boon in an eolipso all through the oventful months of January, Fobru- nry, and Maroh, 1873, notwithstanding the fact that ** as vigilanco ds tho price of liborty, o is activity and watchfuluess the price of paving- ‘contracts” In nonrly four pugos of printed tostimony wo can sod no ghmmorings of activ- ity or watehfulucss on Count Fosco's part, Ho sooms to have boen golng it blind, and this being the caso, we aro of the opluion that the 1,400 which DoGolyor & BoGloliand poid the Count for hla mx months' sorvicos roprosonts just about thoir value, This is on tho supposition that the Count Los dolivored tho plain unvarmshod truth to the Committeo, and thnt ho and Storrs woro two Inmbs trymg to cscapo from tho juwsof all the men of influenco whom the Count omployed in Washiugton without knowing what their influ~ ence was, We must cither accopt this as the truo condltion of thinge, or olso come to tho conclusion that Count Fosco's story ia very thin sud won't wask, Which of tho two is truo may novor bo detormined, but at all events, whether boru under an cclipso or not, Count Fosco, as- sisted by Storrs, romains the model wituoss, EARLY AMERIOAN GURRENCY, The work on'* American Currency,” by Prot. Bumuor, of Yalo Collogo, whioh s Just boon published, gives some ourious facts in rogard to tho Colonial attompts to *‘make monoy" with tho printing pross. It was not until 1690 that shiuplagtors woro issucd. Boforo that timo, howovor, & judiclous uso of a bartor-currency had offectually rid the country of those banoful ‘metals, silvor and gold. Whou a dobt contd bo poid in boavor-sking and musket-balls (ono of thoso pussed for & farthing), and corn and almost overything else, specie was of courso Lonrded nud kopt out of circulation, All pro- ducts were madonlogal-tender. In1652, tho' pine- treo coluago" was cstablishad in Mussnchusotts. . Tho luw forbado its oxportation. But wampum and other things circulated too. Tho worso currency drove oub tho bottor, snd the silver was smuggled abroad. In 1680, war caused tho emission of papor monay, Tho fact has s moral, Tho army sont to Csnada was to bo pald out of tho booty. It got mone. Topay the soldlors, £7,000 was fesued, in notes of from Gs. to £5, recoivablo for taxes, ‘Thore way a fosblosttompt to redeom theso bills at once, but they woro disposed of by tho soldiory at one-third discount, The whole issuoe atb this time was £40,000, Of this sum, £10,000 was burned st tho Tronsury in 1691, Yuture Becretaries of tho Treasury, who “retiro" greonbacks, will plense no- tico this olfoctunl snfeguard against re- isswo. In 1602, tho Gonoeral Court or- dored that tho bills should bo taken st tho Trensury at 6 por cont advance over coun, aud promised to rodeom them within twelve months, The paper was at par for twonty years theronfter. At about thus timo, Counecticut merchuuts adopted o curious scale of pricos. They sold their wercs for “psy,” “pay-as monoy " ‘‘money,” uund “trusting.” “Pay" was bartor-carrency at tho legal rates. “Pay ay moncy” was barter-currency st one-third dis- count. *Money™ was Now England or Spaniuh coin, with wawpum for small change, “Trust- ing” wascredit. A kuifo worth Gd. in coin sold for8d. In “pay as monoy,” for 12d. in “pay,” and for something more whon credit wus givon. ' fhoro was war again in 1709, with tho usual result of moropapor. About £40,000 was ia- sued, In 1711, £10,000 more wero put forth, Tho most stringent laws woro passed to mako ¢his o logal-tondor at par, but it deprocinted, s o matter of course. Tho time of redemption was changed, from yoar to year. This unscttled values still more. A bank-curroncy *founded ou laud " was tho next experiment. It failed. In 1715, Boston merchants petitioned for **more money.” Tho Assémbly gave thom wmoro rags instend, It issued £100,000 of bills “becnuso billa were scavco.” DBy 1720, bills wero ecarco agein. So moro of them wore sot afloat, It is tho old, old story, all over again, Inflation on inflation,—thon o crash and bankruptey, A yenr afterwards, in 1721, o frosh lot of £100,000 was thrown upon thomarket. At the sametimo, tho buying sud solling of silver was prohibitod. Tu 1728, England obliged tho Massachusetts Bay Colony to redeem this Inst sum. The Colony nt once issuod £60,000 in new notes, 'T'ho storoo- typed ronson justiflod it,—*beeause bills were searce,” In 1789, bank-notes * founded onland ™ were ugain tried. ‘Tho yoar aftor, o new bank issuod bills redoomable in epecie, Boon after, uu actof Parltamont closed both banks, In 1741, the Assembly issued £80,000 in shinplastors to'pey tho Government's rupnivg expousos, much s we lave been Issuing greenbuoks lately. Tiually, whon oil tho paper was nt hoavy dis- counts, tho ransom of Loulsburg enablod Mas« wachusetts to rodeem her promises ‘to pay. Tuore was opposition to this deed of justieo. It was gnid that trado would be ruined. ‘Prade was ruined, but it was in Rhode lsland and Now Hampsluro, which clung to their paper cutronoy and saw their business absorbed by tho * silver Calony." Just beforo this assumption of spocio payments (1749-'60), ** suipbuildiug and fisherl os bad declined and pooplo were moving away." Business rovived at once under tho stimulus of spocio, 'Tho Colony grow more prosporous dally, 1In 1712, Bouth Carolina issued papor promises topay., War wns tho cause. Tho bills foll one-third the first your, and o half the second, and then sank stondily lowor. Tho story of the Coutinental curroncy fa threadbare, but Prof, Sumner groups somo frosh facts around it. When it wae flrat proposed to issue tho notea, Polotiahh Wobstor nrguod in favor of taxation, but the Logen of tho Continoutal Congross askod, [n a whito Leat of ivrath, whether that body would tux tho peoplo when it could go to the printing-ofiico aud got & cart-load of mouoy ! About 1780, the bills coased to clvoulate, A bar- ber's whop n Philadolphis was paper- od with them. A dog coated with tar, In which numbers of notos wera satuck, wag paradod thrvough tho stroots, Au soon ad this currotoy was fairly out of tho way, spocio bogan to clroulate, thus illustrating again tho oft-told truth that epocio will Inevitably flow 1nto a country unless it {8 kopt out by the uao of & wordo onrrenoy, Tho inferonco is, that it we should rotire nll our grooubacks wo conld draw to the limit of our neods on the specio-rosorves of Europo. Tho facts wo hava quoted all boar on tho gront quostion of tho day, Thoy prosent to the mind eapablo of comprohonding that liko Dproducas like, n awooping argumont against the uso of an irredeomablo eurroncy, What our fgnorant forofathors suffored, in the oightoonth contury, thelr jgnorant doneondants will surely uffor in tho ninoteontl, Inflation now, aa thon, monns bankruptey. e OLD TATUM IN OHIO, It would soom that tho Democracy of Ohio aro not harmontous on tho currenoy question. L'ho Oadiz Sentinel, an organ of tho untorrified, publishes a lottor from Benator Thurman ad- drossed to the oditor of that paper, in which the formor holds tho following decided languago : It fa vory casy ' to mako tho unroflecting think that thieir condition would bo bottored by an incroaso of thio curroncy, a8 if the moro printing or stamping of bits of papor could mako a peoplo rich, And ho who op- pores this deluslon, which has provatled, ono tima or anatlicr, {n overy country in Chriatondom, must oxpect to incur dislilo whilo tho dolusion Insts ; but hiore, as clsowhiore, now s Lioretofors, ho may safely rely on time aud experlenca for hie vindication, Lho fnflation that fa about to tako placo may athuulato spoculation for a timo, aud produco an apparcnt but counterfolt proupority, but, unless Listory s false, tho ultimato Tesult will bo wide-sproad ruln and bankruptoy, And then perhaps tho truth may bo recognized, thut was so woll oxpressod by Wobster, “ that of nll tho dovices lu- veuted by tho wit of man to fertilizo the rich man's flold with the swoat of tho poor mna’a brow, irrodoeia- ablo paper money 19 thie most offcotual.” The aditor of tho Sentinel figuratively puts his thumb to bis noso and twirls hie digits at hils Sonator, @ la Old Tatum. Ho firat informs Mr. ‘Thurman that the groat body of his constituonts diffor from Lim on the currency question ; soc- ond, thot the kind of curroucy Webster was spesking of was bank curroncy—it was no such glorious currency as o have nowadays, * based on tho credit’of the Governmont and tho prop- orty of tho people™; third, that our country needs moro curroncy than the uations of Europo, becauso wo are not yot * doveloped™; fourth, that Wall strect Lins ruled this country long onough ; fifth, that Mr. Thurman's argumont don't hold water, bocauso it is absurd to supposa that £956,000,000 of grooubacks aro good for the country, and that £400,000,000 would bring ruin and bankruptey upon us.® Theso five roa- sous are as conclusivo in every respoot as Old Tatum's reasous for maintaining that tho sun goos around tho carth once in overy twenty-four Lours. * CHEATING ONE'S CREDITORS, The Charleston (8. C.) News and Courder wants *‘more mouoy.” It says that ** it is cloar- 1y tho intorest of the Wost and South to make overy balo of cotton and bushel of wheat bring as many paper doliars a8 possiblo; for, in pay- ing off n dobt, & paper dollar which is ‘logal- tendor * goos o far 88 o liko smount in gold.”" This is the frankost confession of the ronl aims of the inflation party wo Lave secn. It amounts toesying: “Tho South and West want mdre currency in order that they may rob their credit- ore.” Sinco this ia tho object, why not offect it completely? Why not issuc billions of dollars until the man decpest in debt bas but to soll hia jock-knife in ordor to get all tho * monoy " noeded to pay off his obligations ? Or why not offect tho ssme object moro simply utill by making the promissory notes of individ- unls, as well as thoso of tho nation, a logal- tonder? Thon everybody could cheat his oredit~ ors with no trouble at all. Of course, business would be very brisk under such circumstances. Commorco would rovive. ‘Cho *poorand lowly,” over whom Butler weeps crocodilo tenrs on the floor of Congeels, would all bo rich and houghty. ‘Wo would pay oft our foreign indebtednossin now, ciisp promises to pay something else, and wa would have & propor acorn for any rudo for- ognor who talked sbout rapudiation and broaking plighted faith and lying, and other unpleasant thomes. W would toll him that he did not un- dorstand American Political Economy, that the laws of Naturo might do well onough for tho offoto despotisms on tho otherlside of the Atlan- tic with their old-fashioned idens sbout honesty, but on this side we bad lnws of Congress, which were much botter than thoso of Nature, inns- much a8 they were planned by ** practical men,"” We would tell him how ono of our Senators mastered tho whole subject of fiuance in the sparo hours of two Weoks, and thon made a spoech which finds a parallel only in an incident of Balaam’s ride with the Priucos of Moab, When tho world pointed the finger of scorn at us and hissed out our shnme, wo would sneak Lumbly into such hiding-place as we could find, —a very small hole would suffico,—and would foel that a ruined roputation and a guilty con- seienco wero a very dear prico for tho privilege of cheating our creditors. The News and Cou- rier pratos of the lack of honesty in its State Government. Lot it cast the bosm out of its own oye beforo it chidos tho mote in its noighbor's, The dishonesty it rebukes is local; tho dishon- esty it praisos would bo national. Among tho ouriosities of prigon litorature mey bo reckoned o confession, whother true or false, of ouo John Short, distiller and convicet, at Sing- Siug. Short wasin prison on an eight-yoars' sontenco, and turned that period to account in making sbout 4,000 in tho whisky busincss. Adjoiying his coll, ho doclaros, was & vacauk apartment, used for storing rubbish, and hero, throurh tho connivance of some of tlio officers, ho riggedup a small still capablo of ylolding about two gallons of aleokiol daily. This brought him inabout $20a day whilo the still wasin aperation, and bad tho effect of keoping many of tho conviots ina plonsant stato of oblivion to their woes, Mr. Bliort had to pay dividends oconslonally to secure immunity from molesta- tion, but in epito of this, a show of discipline ro- quired ono raid upon his distillery, and Mr. Short's profits woro stoppod for the timo boing. ‘With tho porsistenco of & truly groat mind, how- over, ho sturted his still again in & romete cow- shed, and alcobolized his follow-convicts liber ally at 81 a pint, until trenchory once more caused the supproesion of tho fnduatry. It Mr. Bhort olosred 24,000 in six yoars and o half, the Dalance of his torm hnw!n;‘:l beon romitted for “good bubavior,” it would bo intoresting to know how muoch' the still yielded tho otficors of the prison, —_— A vory stringont bill, providing for compulso- ry education, hus just passod tho New York As- sombly, by o vote of U8to 85, It provides that overy child in tho Htato, between the agos of 8 and 15, shnll attond some sohool or bo Instruoted at home at luast fourteon weoke in every yosr, and thut no child shall bo employed to labor in nuy business whutover during the sohool hours of any schiool-day, uulesy the child has attended sobool fourtoen wools out of tho fifiy-two next proceding suy and overy year in whiok such child shall bo omployed, Thoe bill also cmpowers Behool Trustoos to enforco these rules, and to furnish text-books in el casos where pavonts oaro unable to provido them, Although tho Dilt hias passed tho Assombly, thero is little expoota- tlon thut it will bocomo & law, au nll tho Demoe ta aud sovoral of tho Republionus fu the Sone o i voto agelarbn, T onus i e Bon THE COUNCIL. Veto of tho Ordinance Regulating tho Law Department, Failute to Pass It Over the . Veto. Proposition to Pay Policemen While Siok, Madification of the Rules Governing the Council. Another Step in the Direction of a Now Court-House, Miscellancous Business, The Common Council mot last evening, Prosi- dent Dixon in the chair, VETO OF THE LAW DEPARTMENT ORDINANCE. A communioation wag recelved from Mayor Colvin, announcing that ho withheld hia signa- turo from tho ordinance roquiring tho officers of tho Lnw Department to devota thelr ontiro timo to tho dutios of their officos, Tho ressous given aro as follows : 1. That it contalns, whether so intended or not, & direct insuit to tho law oficers, which, n my Judg. ment, {8 unwarranted, 2, Tho ordinance avsumes that these oflicers aro en- Raged in transacting otlior business than that which rolaten to thelr respoctivo offices, This is a grave and griovoun charge, aud should havo been supported by somo ovidence, Tho charter, in Ianguago unniatakn. ble, prohibita tho Corporation Counsol snd tho Gity Attorney bolng amployed iu any otlier business than thnt which relates to tho dutica’ of their respoctive ofices, If in your opinion thess gentlomen have violated tho provision of tho_chartor, it {u your duty to hiavo tho matter investigated {n tho usual and prop- er way, and not scck to cast upon them tho odium of & conviction unsupported by auy evidenco whnlsosver, Respectfully, 11, D, CorvIN, DISOUBSION. Ald, Richardson moved to reconslder the voto by which the ordinancowss passod. Tho motion provailing, Lo moved to pass tho ordinanco. Ho donifod that tho ordinanco waa intended to insult anybody, It was well known thatit did not relato to the Corporation Counsel or City Attornoy, but to tho subordinates in the dopart~ mont., Ho Inow thnt those subordinates woro not dovoting their entire timo to the duties of their positions. ko Law Dopartment cost tho city 925,000 o year, and he claimed that the Coun- cil had tho right to kuow whether the mon who recoived this monoy were onrning it. Thesum of 10,800 was appropriated for the Law Dopbrt- meont for this yoor, to which add the hill of Meossrs, Tuloy and Stiles of £8,800, nud that of Mr, Cauliield of about $1,000, and the total ex- ponso would be $24,600. Evon with this large appropristion dofaults wero frequontly boing takon ngainst the city,ono of theso for $8,740.21, ‘being permitted only two weeks ago. It would soom by this that some of the subordinates wore not attonding to their duties, and it wonld be well to pass an ordinanco requiring them to de- voto all of their timo to tha duties of thoir posi- tions. In this way the Intoreats of tnx-payers would bo better subserved. Ald. Hildreth inquired whother Ald. Riclinrd- son was ready to apologize for having introduced tho ordinance. Ald. Woodman maintained that it was porfect- 1y propér for tho Council to pass Buch an ordi- nanco, in which ho could sco no insult to any- body. Ho was in favor of passing it ovor tiie Mayor's vato. Ald, Campbell took similar ground, The sub- ordiuntes of the Law Doportment should bo compelled to dovoto thoir entire time to tho cili's intoraat, 1d. McGrath sawnoronson why the ordinanco should be paesod at all. He bud no purticular foudnoss for the Law Dopartment. There was no ponalty nttached to the ordinanco,—nothing to provent tho employes of the Dopartinont from doing as they had done before. Ilo did not bo- ‘liove thoy waro noglecting their duties. Thore was 10 authority in the Charter to pass such an ordinanco. Ald. Richardson snid it was o matter of com- ‘mon roport that Mr. Cameron had boen employed a8 counsol for a gamblor, and thnt othor mom- bors of the Dopnrtment wore retained in pri- vato suits, Ald. Worren explained that Mr. Cameron had only attonded to casos in, which he had beon em- loyed proviows to his conncetion with tho Law epartmont, - After o littlo moro disoussion, the provious uestion was ordorod, and the motion to pags tho ordinanco was lost by a vote of 21 to 14, ANOTILER ORDINANOE, Ald. Richardson then introducod the !nllowhég, which was roforred to tho Committeo on Judi- ciury: 553 it ordaingd, ete,, Tt all assstants in the Lave Departmont, the Clork of tho City Attorncy, thy Trosccuting-Attorney for the Pollca Coust,and sl other employes of the Law Dopartmont of 'tho City Qovernment shull devote thomselves cxcluaivaly to the dutles of thelr respectivo positions in said Depart- ment, ' No employe of said Departiuent shull Lo om- ployed in suy otlier busiuess than that which reluics 1o tho duties of bis offico during tho torm of hls ei= ployment {u snid Department, or tho term for which ho was appolfuted. FLAGMEN WANTED, Ald. Quirk Tmsomd an order directing tho Board of Public Works to require the ralroad companiea to station flagmon at the iuterseotion of Lincoln and Leuvitt streots with Kinzio streot, and Fulton with Rockwoll street. Tho ordor was passed, PETITION FOR VIADUCTS, Ald, White presented a potition from citizens of the Eloventh Ward for viaducts over the rail- way tracks at Halsted stroot, Milwaukeo avonuo, and_Dosplainos streat, or olso compol tho rail- rond compnnies to uso horse-powor. It was re- forrod to tho Cowmittee on-Ruilroads. An ordor was passod, diracting tho Board of Public Works to report an ordinance for opon- ing wnd - extendivg Indians etreot to Grand avenuo. LIQUOR SOLD TN GROOERIES, Ald. Titzgerald moved the passuge of the fol- lowing, which was referved to the Committes on Liconses: esalved, That Iifs Honor tho Moyor be requestod toreport to the Councll whether all grocary stores ‘whera liquors are sold in quautities less thon one gollon are compelled to take out w saloon lconue, as Tfequived by tho ordinuuco concorning spiritubus liquora, DEPUTY CITY OLERK, A communication wag received from the City Clork, nnpouncing the sppointment of Otto Bluhm as Doputy Clork. The appointment was confirmed, THE PAY OF BI0K POLICEMEN, Prosident Dixon offored tho lflllo\vhl[i,‘ was roforred to the Committeo on I Water: Wikneas, Gomplaint lins been mado that the Board of Yolice aud Five Comufseionors refusio to ullow tho patrolmoen and firomon pay for the me that thuy aro Abwunt from duty througl slckuoss oF injurlea our Ted in tho performuuce of thelr dutioa; threfore, beit Ordered, ‘That the Board of Folice und Firo Com- miusionery be, und aro horeby, directed to ullow ful puy to all patroluicn and firomen durluy tho time they nrouocessarily absout from duty by reasou of sicke ess or injuries incurred while in the porformance of tholr dutfes, which iro and NONE OF THEIR DOING, A communication was rocoivod from the Cor- respouding Bocretary of the Btoneconttors' As- sociasion, stuting that tho Association hed nothing to do with the petition recently 'haforo the Couneil. AN AD INTERIM ONDINANGE, A comnmmication was rocoived from tho City Comptrotlor, asking the passage of an ordinance suthorizing the paymont of sularies of all city omployos from tho 1st of April up to the timo of the pussagn of the aununl upgroprh\tlun bill, Ou motion of Ald. 3cGrath, engrossmont way waived, sud tho ordiunnco was passod. 0 3108, Anothor communication was rocoived from the Comptroller to the ofioet that ho hiad udvertised to sl tho “Long John" suginc-houso Job on Lagulle strect, but had rocolyod uo proposals, A communioation was recelved from Josue 0. Norton, Cozporation Counsol, giviug a list of the employes of tho Low Dopuartiment, togothor with the salarics paid, WEST ONICAGO PARK IMPROVEMENTS, Tho fgllowing ordinance was submitted by tho Lnw Dopurtnont und roforred to the Gommitioo on Stroots and Alleys, Wout Division : Wieuzas, Under und by virtue of snact of tho Genral Assomblg,of this Siate, fn forco July 1, 1673, tho West Chicago Park Commfssioners hava selocto and deslgnsted Divislon streot, from Milwaukoo avo- aine to Lumbolde Purk, Washfugton trcot, from tho Gbleago & Northwesteru Rallroud orossing to Contral Pazls, Twelfth stroat, from Ashland avoniio to Ogden uvoaue, kud Ogdon uvenue, from West Livelfth atvost totho west line of Douglan Park, ag -lswlre-lm;‘-‘n mflnl-:m“«nm I:‘?nilmld Mfi'pl,“.:::i;‘m‘:; nn Parks with tha moro thifo of oy iatplt: Cloretore, yaoltiod. yarlions ¢ 1t ordained by the Common Coun it Chicago, 'That the sid West. cn|cuundl‘m?{x"é°x£fiflx:{ olouners be, wnd tlioy are heroby, nulliorized to tme Jrove, contral, iyl miunge Yo iuid soveral sircols shovo dencribed (ho asme ua othior y thom eatablished, BIBHS Grouuly by HTRELT IMPROVEMINTS, ‘Tho Bonrd of Public Works submlited tho fol- lowing ordinances, which woro pussed ; For curbing aud paying Wabash avonuo In front of varfous lots in Blocks 2, 3, and 4, Fort Doarborn Addition ; for ourbing, grading, aud uving Bouth Donrborn strao, trom Thittfeth to Thiriss third strect; for grading and paving Couch plnco from LnSallo atraot to tho enat lino of Lote and 7, Block 84, Original Town 4 for curbing, filling, and poving North Olark 'streot from Kinzio stroot to Chicago venuo; for curbing, grading, and paving Vineounos' avonue from Douglas avenuo to 'Thirty-ssventh streot. Thio ordinance prohibiting boya undor 18 yoars of nge from mnking musio in tho stroot was laid on the tablo. . ‘100 TN, Tho Finance Committeo, to whom was reforred the potition of Potor Downoy for damages dono to ono of his horses, roported that, though Potor i & gonial, good follow, tho clim' is vory trans. parent, and recommoud that it bo not allowed. The roport wes concurrod in, THE TULES OF TIE GOUNCIL, Tho Committeo on Judiclary roported a sories of amondmonts and additions to tho Rules of the Counoll, amony which aro tho following : Rulo 8. During tho sesstcus of {ho Counctl, only clty oficers, ox-Aldermen, and porsona connectod ik the press, aball bo permitted ‘within tho bar of tho Conncll, unless upon invitation of tlio Obairman; and lobbyiug shall not bo permitted, RuloD, In' caso of any disturbance or Qlsordorly conduct, tho presiding oflicer sill have tho power o Davo tho Ginmber cloared if noceasary. . Ltule 10, Smoking sball be strictly prohibited in the Council Chambor during tho scssions of tho Gonnctl, Rulo 12. No membor shall spak more than ten mine utes without consent, Rulo 23, Tho result of all votes by ayes and noos shatl not bo announced by the Olerk, nnd shall be handed by him to tho Chairman for snnouncoment, oud no voto shall bo changed nftor tho tally-lst Lat passed from tho houds of tho Clork, Tulo 31, A motion o lny any particular proposition on the {abla slinll apply to that proposition only, TRulo 46, Unless in canen of emergoncy, committes meetiugs shall bo callod at lonst twouty-four Lours prior to the timo of meoting, and oach member shall ationd promptly nt tho hour stated in tho motice, or, if unabc to do” a0, shall nolify in writing tho Obnir: man of tho Committes to that” offect, snd throo cone sceutivo violtions of thia rula eull subjoct the offender to removal from tho Committeo by tho Prosis dout of the Counel, Rulo 46, All ordinances, petitions, rosolutions and commuuications to tho Common Cotncll, slall, unicta by unanimous consont, bo reforrod to appropiinte committoes, aud only acted upon by tho Council at s aubsoquient’ meeting on tho report of tho Committeo baving tho same in chargo. i Rulo 47, When twoor moro committesa are crlled tho Couucil shall decido to whicl the matter shnll o, Dy voting for thoir choicoin the ordorin which tid standing commiLtecs aro appointed, Rule 49, Any roport of s conimittes, whetlor a majority or minority roport, shall bo deforred to the next regular mecting of the Councll, and such report or roports shall be published in _the corporation nows- Papor, by roquest of any two Aldermen prosont, Whon thio roport of auy cowmilttee comes up for concurvenca tho minority report may be moved as s substituto for tho majority roport, Tule 52, Tho rulea and parlamentary practico com- prised in Oushings Manual sball govern the Couucil in all cases to which thoy aro applicablo, and in vhich thoy are not inconalstont with the standing rules of 1his Council, Tho report was ordered laid over for publicn- on. TIE NEW COURT-IOUSE, Tho Committee on Public Buildings recom- mended the ndoption of the following resolution : Resolve, That tho Committoo on Publle Buildinga bo, aud they uro heroby, nuthorized and empowcred to coufer with tho Committeo on Public Buildiugs of the County Commisslonors relativo to tho nppolntmsnt of an architoct or architocts to proposo plans and_npecifi- cations for tho orectlon of & new City Hall and Courte House, and report the same to this Council aa toon as practicable, The roport was Iaid over for publication, THE ACK ORDINANOE. Undor the hend of * unfinished businoess,” the Council took up tho hack ordinnnce. On motion of Ald. Cullerton, the subatitute of Ald. Richardson, requiring hackmon to obtain conont of owners or ocoupants of blooks in frout of which they desire to stand, was laid on tho table. Ald Campboll claimed that the offect of thin was to lay on the tablo the ontire subject mattor. ‘The Chair decidod that onlythe substitute was lnid on tho tablo. Ald. Camplell apponled from the decision of tho Chair, but withdrewit by agreement in ordor that o motion to reconsider might bo made. This motion provailed. Ald. Richardson moved to rofer the whole subjeot to tho Committoe on Police. The mo- tion prevailed. FOOLING AWAY TINE, A scono of much confusion and disorder en. suod, and no businoss was transactod. Ald, Richordson, with o disgusted air, moved to mnko tho report on rules, givon above, tho #pecial for noxt Monday evening at 9 o'lock. Sovoral Aldermen objectod. Tu order to teat tho question, Ald. Cullerton moved to mako the report of the Committeo on Whearvas and Public Grounds on tho rebuilding of thie Court-House tha spocial order for nexi Monday night at 9 o'clock. ‘Lo ‘Chair rulod the motion out of order, A special order must bo bf' uuanimous consont. Ald, Cullerton appesled from the declsion ot the Chair. Much timo wna wasted in discussing the point, and the ond of 1t wag that- tho Ohalr was suse. tained. The Council adjourned, T —— WINTER WHEAT., Gencerally Favorable Roports from Al Quartera. ‘WasitzNatow, D. O, April 20.—The Dopart- ment of Agriculturo has received very full in- formation concorning tho appesraucs of the wheat thronghout the country. The roturns cover a large proportion of the winter-wheat aren in oach State. The winter haa boon ox- tromoly favorable inall saotions. No provioua season hos boon more gonerally 80 sinco the in- auguration of the crop roports, In tho South thero aro vory fow exceptions to tho genera’ vig: or, and even luxuriance of the growth bave ap- pecred. In tho Gulf Cosst region, the winter posturing of whoat flolds hus boen prac. ticod to tho advantsge of the crops. In Now York and “Penusylvaula, tho woatlior sinco tho middlo of March has beon unfavorable, on account of the sudden changos of tomporatitro and cold winde, to the injury of wheat on clay and undrained lands. In Outario, Ningaria, Livingston, and Genosce, four coun- ties which produco one-third of tlie winter whent of Now York, avorago oxpoctatione sro entortained, thougli some injury from frecz- ing and thawing on low ground is reported. The promiso is remarkable in Penusylvania, nino-tenths of tho counties making favorable returns, many of thom very qflnunrhlg.- Tully three-fourths of tho counties of tho Ohio Valloy roport cithor an averago or suporior can< dition, Boyond tho Mississipri, Mitsouri ond Kaneas havo still fowor unpromising reprosontas tions. Thoro aro roports from tho Northwest, Which aro moro favorablo than ususl, Tho pros- poct in California is very promising, though complaints of injury from’ an unusual canue, wot wonther, comos from several countios. Tho Becrotary of the State Doard of Agriculturo re- glnmn Promiso of 40,000,000 bushels in tho ato. REVENUE FRAUDS, Seizuro of o Distilliery and a 1Zectif, ing Establishmoent Near Madis Wi, Special Dispatoh to The Chicago Tribune, MapisoN, Wis., April 20.—For somo-timo it Lliag boon suspocted that a diatillory at Middla- ton, seven milos wost of ihis city, formorly owned by Jacob Lenz & Co,, and lately run by A, L. Rogers, was 8o run o to soriously defraud the rovouuo, and, flually, such information was lodged with the Uunited Btates Revenuo Collec~ . tor that he folt warranted in making a soizuro, Ho wont thorefore, to-day, witha suitablo posss, mado tho soizuro, eatching the tho distillery in the act of ueing fraudulous mash aud abstracting Lighwives withont mal- ing suy account to tho Govarnmont, At tho eamo tlmo the reotifying outabe lishment in charge of Charles 1. Bunkor, in this clty, connected with the above distillery was “soized on tho samo ground of de-: frauding the rovenuc. Tha distillory folks mado ® vain attompt to warn Bunker by sonding o messago to lim by o fast-ruunivg horse, Tho value of the property soized, iucluding the highwinoes, eto., is about 20,000, and it hag boen put in ohargo of the United Htates Mur~ shal, 1t is roported that the men ongaged In taly establishmont plead, in oxtenuation, that it was impossiblo to compofo with Mitwankea dig. tllors without choeating, s the latter sold whis. Ly far bolow tho oos with tha ravenue paid. In corroboration of this, fivo barrola of whiaky from o Milwaukoe Liouse were soizod horo to. day, just as it was unloading in £ront of & liquor- atore, artios ruuning - | | %