Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 29, 1874, Page 4

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Minstroisy and coniicalltios. —**Al's Woll that Linds Woll, ImATIE-Cornor of Wabash avonue DB, T oty entortalomont, " Alox: Davis, Kacl Lind, Logrenis, ota. Aftornoon and evoning. e, SOCIETY MEETINGS. BLANEY LODGE, No. 2'"[ . and A, M.—Spscial e it ‘elook, e s ety SRR The Chitags Tiibune, Wednesdey Morning, April 20, 1874. Carl Schurz will deliver an oration on the lato Charles Sumner in Boston to-day. The orator and tho thomo are worthy of ench othor; and tho rosult will doubtless be ono of the most splendid oratoriesl efforts of this goneration in’ America. Attornoy-Qonoral Williams® landaulot is safo for the presont. The Houso s rofused to adopt the amondment to the Appropriation bill striking out the allowance for tho Depart- mont of Justico livery-stablo, and lhos adopted in place of it o resolution roquesting the Attorney-General to report in do- il tho itoms of oxpenditurcs from his contin- gent funds. Bo it was only a protense of virtuo mado by the Houso in Committeo of tho Whole, ‘whon tho first amendment was adopted. —eee Morton and Schurz took no part in the debato on passing tho Currency bill over tho President's veto. Schurz was in Boston, where bo is to speak to-day, but whoro was Morton? Itis not unkind to suggest that tho Senator from In- diana does not wish to malke a record in opposi- tion to that of Prosidont Grant. Tho day wasn gala oceasion for Logan and othor small-boro in- flationiats, who stand ready at any timo to ox- hibit thelr porsons in dangerous places without souch rogard to the probability of sccomplishing good by their porformancos, An analysis of tho vote in tho Senate yestor- dany on passing the Currency bill ovor tho Prosi- dout’s veto shows that all of tho membors pres- ent who voted for the bill at the the timo of ils passnge slso voted to pass it over the voto. Tho inflationists were reinforced by Sonators Cono- ver, Dennis, Gordon, Mitchell, Spraguo, nnd Wright; and the hard-monoy men by Senators Bayard, Boutwoell, Buckingham, Edmunds, Ferry (ot Conn.), Flanagan, Gilbort, and Stockton. Tho bill passed tho Senate in tho first instance by 29 to 24, It was rofused s pusssge over the veto by 84 to 80,—not two-thirds. N Porgons having nu oxtensivo correspondenca with residonts of France will bo pleased to hear thatanow postal-treaty with that country hng beon approved by our Government, and will be immedintely forwarded for fiual action by the “XroUCD ‘Govornmont. - Binco the oxpiration of tho old treaty, oxorbitant ratos Aave beon charged for letter-postago belweon tho two countries, and the Amorican publioc at lenst has beon subjectod to great annoyance and exponso " bymysteriona ** oxtra™ charges, which could not ‘oo expluined by our postal ofiicials, It is quito time thet this barbarous arrangement should givo place to ono botter sdapted to facilitate in- torcouras botween two great nations, Tho California members of Congress who have asked an investigation of alloged frauds in tho lotting of certnin postal-coutracts are not likely to make out a caso, Postmastor-Goneral Creavwoll oxplains that tho contracts were lot ta accordanco with tho terms of o law that has sinco been repealed, aud that the action of the Dopartment wse taken after consultation with the Attornoy-Generel, and upon his recom- meondation. There is good reason for believing that tho present inquiryia tho outcomo of n porsonal quarrel ; none of tho gentlomen from Calitornin concorned in tho proceedings have the reputation of being noisy watoh-dogs of the Treasury, A mon named Waltz has been arrested near Catskill, N, Y., on suspicion of having boon Iargely ongaged in tho murdering business. He has confessed to tho murdor of one man, and giveon directionsfor tho finding of bis vietim's body ; and there is good resson for belioving that ho committed threo other murders to which he has not confessed. Mr, Wultz may as well mako o clean breast of it. He will probably be bhung for the firsb mur- dor, which was ottonded with ciroum-’ stances of peculiar atrocity. Human law provides 00 hoavior punishment than this. If thomurderer tell tho wholo trath and exprosaes rogret for his conduct, ho will b, bumanly speaking, in no worse plight thon t proeent, go far an thislifois toncerned ; and he will run a protty fair chance of obtaining such spiritual consolation as to fit him for the abodes of oternal Llius in tho here- ter. Tho Chieago produce markets were frrogular yostorday, grain being quiet and stondy, while provigions wero activo and wonk, Mess pork dechined 15@20¢ per brl, closing &t §16.10@ 16,124 cnsh, and £10.26@16.27% soller Juno, Lard was 5o per 100 Ihg lower, closing at £0.65 cash, and $9,675¢@9.70 gellor June. Moats wore active and }{o lower, at 53¢ for shoulders, 8igo for short ribs, 8}(@% for short clenr, and 10@ 11c for aweot piokled hams, Lk froights wero quiet and steady, st 4o for corn to Buffalo. Highwines wore quiot and unchanged, at 95¢ por gallon, Flour was in bottor demand at formor pricos, Whoat wos quict aud steady, olosing wealc nt 812434 cash, $1,20)¢ soller Juno, and ©1.279¢ for cash Miunesota. Corn was in fmr demand, and a shade easior, closing dull at Gio cash, and 05}go eollor Juno, Oats were moro active, and strong at 460 cash, and 40J(@40}40 sellor May. Ryo was dull and easlor ab Dle. Barloy was inactive, and nominally weal. On Baturday evoning last thero was in storo in this citys 3,304,640 bu whoat, 5,183,800 bu com, 840,954 bu oats, 26,015 bu rye, and 125,143 bu barloy, bolog & doorease during lagt vmk‘ ot roaren S TEX ACALT BTy LOT &y e e e — e 402,142 bu of grain, Xogs wora falrly active and unchanged, Cattlo wore in bettor roquost, and ruled firmor. Bhcop scarco and highor, ————— Tho Kansas Oity Times, in an Indignant ar- ticlo upon tho Presldent's voto, aftor arguing tho outiro usolossness of tho National Dank notes, thue avows tho wholo inflation policy which tho {uflation peoplo expoct to soo earriod outt Tt tho curroncy which fa needed to transact the bust- ness of theso’ Btatea—eny $1,000,000,000—wero oxclit slvely Govornment legal-tonder notes, tho cirulation would represent exactly that much of tho nationsl dobt, upon whiels, in any other form, tho Govornmont would hnvo to pay 6 per cent fnterest, By dovoting tho fntareat thus saved to the redomption of tlio legal- toudors, the Government would soon bo abla to rodeom anmany of them ns the peoplo would ovor want ro- deomed, and at hio sano time enable thom to carry tho burden of tho national dobt with much greater case, Thia 18 what tho peoplo want, ‘Why do not Mr. Morton and Mr, Logan put this proposition in duo form and ssk Congross to pnam it? If thoy havo tho poople bohind thom, why do they not proposo what inflation tho poo- plo want? A new womon'a crusado, less worthy of en- couragemont then the dying temporance ‘movomont, ling beon undortaken at Washington, intho Intorests of the Philadelphia Centonnial schomo. A Centennial Committoa of tho most prominont ladiea in Washington has boen organ~ izod, and the wives of Congrossmen havo boon fnvited to bocome membors. The object of the Committeo is vaguoly snid to bo **tho dovising of ways and moans to Lelp tho project along.” This moans the scouring of an appropriation of £8,000,000 from the National Trassury. If o lobby of Washington ladies is formed for this purpose, their Isbors will mark the intro- duction into Amorican politics of & now and baleful cloment. Eminontly respectable womon havo not bithorto consented to serve in tho Third House, Itis but fair to say that tho nomes of Mrs, Presidont Grant, Mrs, Gen, Bher- man, and other distinguishiod Indics are used in this connoction, 8o far as wo know, without authority. The Committes investigating District of Columbia sffairs had o dull session yesterday morning. Four witnesses wore oxamined, mong them ex-Gov. Henry D. Cooke, but o important dovelopments wore made, In tho sfternoon, however, tho Commit- teo camo upon tracos of {ho famous $97,- 000 which Mr. Cmttendon distributed in tho interosts of DoGolyor & McOlelland. G. H. Wilcox testificd that ho had rocently talked with Kirtland, tho lobbyist to whom Ohitten- den gaid most of the money wont, and had losrnod from him tho disposmtion mado of tho money he receivod. Mr. Wilcox oxpressed an unwillingness to give in public tho namoa of tho porsons who received Mr. Kirtlaud's bounty, whoreupon the Committeo oxamined him privatoly, It is possiblo that tho witnoss may bave becomo confidentinl after the reporters and tho counsel for tLo defonso wera ox- cluded, in which ovent gomo intoresting dis- closures may be looked for, At presont, the result of vhe private interview is not known. ‘Tho conduct of the wituesses oxsmived by the Committeo up to this date has beon excoedingly oxasporating. Thoy have boen encouraged to adopt & freo and easy mauper of dealing with facts by the loniont treatmont accorded to ono or two contumncious witnessos. It is timo that this excessivo courtesy on the part of tho Committeo should bo replaced by a storn |- demand for the truth, and the punisbmont for contempt of porsons who refuso to testify, Mr, Wilcox seems to bo as good & man to bogin with 28 any. A subject quite foroign to the Curroncy bill was dragged iofb the debato on that measuro in tho fonategyostorday. It was the at- temptod dogiacttion of Obarles Sumner by o Ropublican Bens¥o, his offense boing that Lo Lad dared “to differ with tho Prosi- dent, Now, & mojority of tho Republican Sonators Lave como to a like hoight of insolouce, and thoy wish to make it appear that there is no offenso in holdiog an opposite opinion from the Prosidont; and, in ostablishmont of {his position, that Sumuer's romoval from tho Foreign Rolations Committeo was not due to his action in the San Domingo caso, Tho subject was introducod by an allusion made by Mr. Thurman, perhaps uot without design, to tho good old times when a Prosi- dent had influence with Congross,—when a voto wns respocted and lad weight to change votes. Ar. Thurman pointed his romarks by roferonce to the Administration of Androw Jackson. Mr. Edmunds foll into the trap. He justified tho oxistenco of inde- pendent rolations botween tho Executivo and Legislative Dopartments, and argued that tho chauge from Androw Jauckeon's time was due to Ropublican influences. Upon this provoeation tho caso of Mr, Bumner was sprung upon tho Somate by Mr, Lhurman, and then there was trouble. Tho Ropublican mom- bors were content with tho statoment that Mr. SBumner was romoved from tho Foreign Rolations Committco becouse he was not on eponking torms with tho President, but there was no succoessful oxplanation of the fact that Mr. Sumnner had abundant reason for the brosk- ing off of personal intorcourse. This point was protty woll made out in tho suppressed speech, which also came in for s share of attention in yostorday's dobato. On the whole, Mr, Thurmau carried off the honors of tho Sumnerencounter, and the Ropublican mem- bors wero glad to take refuge In their atrong- Lotd—which is voting, not argument. INFLATION IN A, Thoro was & grand masg-mooting at Indian- apolis on Saturday night to oxpross the opinions of '“the people " concerning tho act of Prosidont Grant in velolng tho Curroncy bill. Tho loading sponkor bore tho historical uamo of Jamoy Buchauan, and tho meoting pessed s special voto of thanks to him for tho ability with which hohad discussed the question. As the speech and tho resolutions woro In porfact Larmony, o statomont of tho ono will sufloo for both ; and our readers will readily undorstand that the con- stituonts of Mr. Morton aro far advancod on the road to ropudintion, and that they want mnoine creage of curroncy uuless it bo of legal-tondor notes of tho Unitod Btatos. 'Cho resolutlons voad as follows : Resolved, That wo recoguize in tho actions of tho Souators aud Representatives from Tudians s dostro to conform to the will of u mujority of the peoplo, and we eurnestly recommend to thew that they do nut consent to au adjournniont of tho present soeslou of Cougress until such provision be made by law na will enablo th poopla of tho United States, at their own option, to unfund futo United States legal-tendar. notea 8o much of the presont outsteuding intorost. Dearlug indoblednes of the natlon us the demunds of the busincss of this country may roquire ; thoreby docreauluy tho umount of interest to bo paid, uud ro- moviug, in part, the nocousity for Incroasod texation, which §s slvesdy 8 burdon, besriug with crusbing ‘woight on the industries of the nation, Jeeaclved, That we oarnoatly rocommend thst no {1me be arbitrarily fized fox the redamption of United Blatos notes to commoncs, but that tho law be somado tlnt when tho sum of coln nccumulatod in tho Treasury shnll reach s given amount, to bo specifiedin tho act, that thon rodomption of euch notos shall commonco; nnd, untll sch tmo as tho col nocumulations fn' this country ahall bo much s 0 enabla the people to convoniontly obtain It for use 48 a legaltender, wo domsnd that no reduction what~ ovor bomado of tho volumo of legal-tondor notes, but that ita volumo bo loft to bo incronaod or diminishod, a0 the pooplo of tho natlon may in thoir own judgment acom most propor. Resolyed, That whoro the Aovornmant credit alons gives valuo to tho papor clroulatfon, it s in contravon= tion of tho spirit and gentus of tho Government of tho Untted Btates to placo tho oxclusiva control of that our- toncy within o powor of combined capital, ne 1 now dono o tho Nationnl Banking systom, That tho bank givo 110 credit to ta faaue, for tho Isaua fa oa good with tho bank brokon as whon it is solvent, That wo de- mand thint, a8 monoy 16 & necoaslty to tho buslnos of tho country, thioto should bano specint righls, privl- tegen, and_powera of controlling conforrod upon the fow tlat shall not bo sliko opon to all upon tho samo torms, The firak of thoso resolutions inslsts that Con- gross shiall not adjourn until 1t has passed a law to onablo the pooplo to *'unfund,” at their op- tion, the nntional bonds, recolving thorcfor lo~ gal-tendor notes. If this resolution meana that the peoplo shall bo left froe to oxchange thelr intorest-bonring bonds for logal-touders, it has no significance. The bonds are worth at this time somothing over par in gold and some 115 in curroncy. Holdors will not likely exobango tholr bonds ot par for groonbacks whon they can got that much for thom in gold. Tho reso- lution, to monn anything, must moan that tho procosa to “unfund” tho debt shsll bo an in- voluntary one; and that tho United States must igsuo tho notes and compulsorily retiro tho bonds. Othorwise, the dobt will never bo “un- funded.” Tho plain English of this is that the * Govornmont, to #avo intorest on tho bonds,” shall conflacato n large portion of their valuo by paying thom off with an irredcomable and non-interest-bearing currency. Tho socond proposition of Mr. Morton's Ro- publican constituents is that no timeshall ovor bo fixed for tho rodomption of those Trensury uotos, which fs tho presont irradeomablo condition, and that the amount of notes issucd shall never bo reduced until such time as the coin accumula-~ tlons in tho Tronsury shall justify its uee in ro- doeming tho notes. Tho third rosolution is aimed at tho National Banlk systom, under which it is assortod the bank gives no oredit to tho note, bocause tho ‘‘issuo is s good with tho bank brokon a8 when it i8 solvent,” This most desirablo fact, that in no event can the holder of o National Bank note sustain a loss, sooms to bo & griovanco to these Republican constituents of Mr. Mortun, From this oxposition of the views of tho Indisuapolis inflationists, it is clear that no monsure likely to be proposed ab Washington 88 a compromiso will satisfy theso people. What thoy want is not an increase of National Bank notes, but an incrense of legal- tonder notes, They want tho latter fssued in such quantitios that it will be cheap and plenty, sud to got it in circulation they insist on a forci- ble surrendor of tho intorest-boaring bonds in exchaugo for groenbacks. Here, then, is an avowal of purposo that cannot be mistaken, It moans tho subatitution of an irredecmablo non- interest-bearing legal-tender currency in placo of tho bonded dobts of tho Union. Mesars, Morton and Logan did not avow this as tho end sought by them, but their constituents, moro frank and less politic, havo bravely told what they want and what they oxpoet. It is ropudiation, AN INFLATION ORACLE, The Inflationiats have discovered an oraclo, s financial prophet after their own hoart, in the porson of one Honorablo Isaac Buchanan, a “ voteran financior.” To find o seer thoy have bad to hunt the by-paths and out-of-the-way places of America. Their offorts are at longth crowned with success, and in a village in Canada & soer, disposod to uttor prophocies, bas come forth. Tho {nflationists Lol him with dolight, recognizo him as one of themsolves, oand dub him finsncier becauso of his ignoranco of the meaning of monoy. Now, with Mr. Tsasc Buchavan, porsouully, wo bave no particular fault to iind. Ho isun- doubtedly n financior of & kind, and wo accopt it a8 o fact that ho is a “vetoran.,” Our only re- gret is that age has not taught him wisdom or the proprioty of keoping his financial ignorance to himsolf. Mr. Buchanan loves tho United States. Hois an old friend of somo ‘*hiosts of Americana,* Ho is intonsely anxious for the success of our institutions; and, bocause he is 8o fond of theso States and so devoted a friond of theso *“hosts,” aud 8o extremely anxious for the success of our institutions, ho droads tho shining gold, trombles at tho idea of contrnction of tho currency, and dics nlmost when he heara the words “ pogumption™ or *'specio payments,” Mone- tary contraction lo figures {o bimeelf & monster of “ pestiforous breath,” blasting the industry and commerce of the country. Tho veteran finaucier ssye ho could, if time por- mitted, writo at any longth on tho matter. Wo congratulate tho public on the fact that tho gon- tloman is prossed for time. It will not bo uuin- teresting to give a condonsed statoment of [Mr. Buchanan's theory of American finance. Those aro somo of his principles : First—Money should be a thing of or be- longing to o country, not to the world, Second—An exportablo commodity 18 not fitted to be money. Tlird—Tho country should provent gold from falling below 116, - Fourth—Panics aro caused by the Richardsons and the Qrants, TTheso aro tho chiof poarls that sparklo in the brilliaut composition to which ono of the ro- pudiation journals gives 8o much of its wvalu- able spaco, Lot us look ab thom soparately. Wedo not intend, of courso, to rofute such non. gonse. Thoy scarcoly call for & refutation ; but if thoy do, tho losst that can bo given thom is the reductlo ad absurdum. And, first, monoy should bo o thing bolonging to a country aud not ta tha world, Asn Gorman motaphysi- clan would oxpross it, monoy should be o nation- thing, not a world-thing; that 18, wo suppose, onch country should have its own curroncy soparate and distinct from that of overy othor. Thib is to o great oxtont tho case in tho warld at the presont time. But thon it iss mattor ovor which all great financlers and atatosmen, tho “votoran Cansdian” cxcopted, lament. Whon tho world shall havebut ono system of wolghts aud measures, aud one universal curron- oy shall bo rocognized ovorywhore, it will lave taken o groat step in tho road of clvilization. And this is tho goal which noarly all the groat financlors of Franoo, Austrla, Switzerland, JGormany, and Awerica hopo wo shall some time rouch. Trauce, Italy, Belglum, and Bwitzorland have one monetary systom already, We must theroforo consider My, Buchonon's views as n minority roport of a world committeo on flnnuco. ‘T'ho soloutifio universe {s on tho othor side of the question, Agaln, monoy should not bo an exportable com- modlty, sud, of course, any commodily nos ex- portablo will do for money. Exportable monoy is monoy that tho morchants of Franco will tako for thelr goods and wine, thoso of Dngland for tholr stool or oloth, or of Obina for thoir tos. Dut monoy which ovorybody, and evorywhoero ia willing to tako {8 not, sccording to tho vetoran, good monoy. Tho Loat monay, {u bie opinion, I8 the monoy that no ono outsldo tho country will take, and which thoso in tho country will tako only becausa tho Government says they sball tako it. And 80 Amerieans must bowaro of any and all monoy which thoy oan oxport to the Conti- nent of Turope, whon thoy oxport themsolves ovor thoro on & pleasuro tonr or on business. Buch Ia tho votoran finaucler's ideal of monoy, Hard cash has o *pogtiforous broath” which dries up the sources of industry and commorco, Itis & mottor of rogrot that wo sro mot in- formed why tho country should not pormit gold to fall bolow 115, It must not lot 1t down to 114 nor t0100. That would blest tho industry of tho country, It must keop it up to precisely 115 ¢ the vory least, 1If this bo truo, it would 8soom a blessing if the country would keop it at 215, By what subtlo caloulus this 115 is reached wo aro not informed. Wo aro loft totally in tho dark a8 to Why, whon gold ¢ st 115, tho bual- noss of the country will bo prosporous, but when at sny other figuro mot. Will the propagator and oxpoundor of tho vot- oran Canadian financior’s viows explain this myatery ? To us wo confess it is a mystery and an unsolvable one. Again, Mr. Grant and Mr. Richardeon caused tho panio! O, the omnipotence of Mr. Grant and Nr. Richardson! Tho extravagance of tho poople, their luxurious habits, thoir wild and barren speculatlons, tho bullding of railroads through wildernesdes, hind nothing to do with it. No; Mr. Grant said, * Specio paymonts ;* Mr, Grant and Mr. Richardson hinted at, droamt of, contraction and specis paymonts ; in tho mind's oye thoy saw greonbacks replaced by piecos of gold with tho imago of the Americau oaglo and the inscription X pluribus unum thoroon, and lo, a panto! Banks closed, facto- ries closod, shops closod, eales ceasod, laborors wero thrown out of omployment, and the wheols of commorce wero stopped, and princes bocamo boggars,—all because Mr. Grant said, Specie! Tt Ia to the credit of Mr, Buchanan that he doos not bolfeve that Mr. Grant or Mr. Richardson Xnow what they were doing when they brought on the panie. Ho savs'* no ouo, for mstance, would Dboliove that President Grant or Mr. Richardson could bo #o blind fo {their own inferests 08 to mean to causo tho heart-rending distrossos which they have by an unpatriotic money-power been made instruments in creating.” It was, sccording to Mr. Buchanan, tho President’s and Becrotary’s ignoranco, not bad faith, which brought on tho panio,—all of which muset bo very consoling to tho President and Bocretary, * Mr. Buclanan oloses his lettor by assuring his roaders that ho knows what ho snys to be truo,—an overwhelming dem- oustration thot it {s so ; that wo ought to bave « ourrency which wo cannot export, because French, Uorman, and English morchants will not tako it from us; and that s man at Washe ington may, by thinking specie paymonts, mako mondicants of us all. This is tho sort of stuft which tho organ of the inflationists pronounces oracular, BRIDGES OR TUNNELS, The question of tuuuels aaa aubatitute for bridges has sgain become nn important ques- tion in tho asdministration of the City Govern- ment. Tho average cost of the tunnels already construoted is 8550,000, and the cost of Lkeoping them $3,000 & yoar cach. Tha cost of a bridge, with the laud for tho approaches, is not over $80.000, and the annusl cost of keoping is $1,200, Tho domand for new tunuals or bricgesis nowon the South Branch. On encl sido of this portion of tho rivor aro railroad tracks, nocessitating viaducts in case of bridges, and & loug aweep of approach in tho case of tunncls. 'Fhe lifo of o bridge is not ascortainable by auy rule, but the intorest on the difference in tho cost bo- tweon a turnel and o bridge will acrvo to roplace n bridge overy year. The original cost of a bridge, even with an extended viaduct on both sides of tho river, falls much bolow the cost of a tunnel, and, where the bridge and tuonel aro placed in competition, nino persons use tho bridge to tho ono who uses the tunncl. The Washington stroet tunnol is located betweon Madigon and Randolph streots, and yot thoso bridges aro used by thoe public generally in prof- oronco to the tunnel. Thisla espocially truo of all loaded wagons, trucks, and other vehicles, The ascent from tho tunnels ia a heavy pull, which is avoided altogether av tho bridges. A tunnel or bridgo is now needed in tho noighbor- hood of the lumber district, aud the quostion is which will best promoto the public convenience. Of courso there is o wido diufference of opinton, ‘We think that public safety, as well as the dis- patcl of business, domands & genoral systom of viadueta over all tho railrond tracks at all the stroet crossing. Tho multiplication of bridges is & mattor of necossity, and the number of bridges has nover kopt paco with tho publio comfort or convenience. Wo - think, moreover, considering tho stato of tho publio finances, tho twotunnols now in existenco will suflico forsome yoars to como, LANAR ON SUMNER. Tho speech of tho Mississippl Ropresontativo on tho Massnchusotts Sonator is ono of tho threo great specchos of this sossion of Congross. Tho three aro Carl Schurz's on flnance, Elliott's in bobalf of his raco, and Lamar's appeal to the country to follow Sumner's last teachings. Luciug Quintus Curtius Lamor was & “fire- enter” of tho moat advanced type. Hiaspoeches in tho two Congressos that proceded tho War spoko secosslon in overy line. Ho exulted in Toombs' bombast ubout calling tho roll of his slaves on Bunker Hill, A flery cloquonce and o maguificout physique combined to make him a loador of the ultra-Bouthorn vparty. Ho hatod Sumper, #8 n mattor of courso, apd vory probably wished that Proston Drooks' loaded bludgeon bad fallen o littlo heavier on the dofonscloss hoad, That feeling was not uncommou in tho States which sllowed thelr citizons to advortise rowarda for Bumner's and Giddings’ livos. Lamar wont into tho War at tho start and fought to tho end, Whon ho was ro-olocted to Congross, timorous organs ground doloful tunes about tho rampant dig- loyalty of Mississippi in sonding such » * fire- oator™ to share in the Governmont of the Unlon ho iad tried to disrupt, Tho issuo haa proved tho folly of tho fear. Mr, Lamar's culogy on Sumner i ono of the most hopotul gigns we tisve had from the South durlug these weary yozrs of misrule. Ho touches lightly on tho doad Senator's scholarship and high moral tono, and passes to the thomo of his relations with tho South, Mr, Bumner's unconquerable love of liberty—a lovo too atrong 'tu be fotterea by loglo or fompored by law— soomed to tho Bouth murdorous fanatfeism, It doos him justico mow by recognizing that o mighty moral {don possossod him, and that ho Latod tho monaures, not tho mon who upheld thom. Tho honest pro-slavery and tho honost abolitlonlst views have perhaps nover hoon bot- ter contrastod than in this pnssago of Mr, La- mar's spooch ¢ Tt mattored not tohim how humbloin tho seale of rationn] beings the subject of (his roatraint might be, how dark lls skin, or haw donso hls lgnoranco ; bo- hindall that Tay for im tho graat principlo that Jib- crly 16 tho birthright of all humonity, and that overy indlvidual, of overy race, who ian & saul to save, 18 on= titled to freodom which may ensblo him to work out Dis nlvation, It mattorod not tohim that tho slave might bo contontod with his Jot; that bis nctual cons ditfon might bo immeasurably mors desirablo than thist from which it had transplanted him; that it gave him tho physical comfort, mental elovatiop, and re- ligious truth posscasnod by his raca in o other con- ditfon ; that his bonda had not boen placed upon his hiandn by the living gonoration ; that tho mixed soctal syntom of which ho formed on oloment Liad beon ro~ garded by tho fathora of tho Ropubllc, and by tho nblest elateamen who had risen up after thom, ns not caleulatod to bo thrown asido without dangor to so- cloty itaclf, or ovon to civilization, or, finally, that tho notunl stato of things lad been recognized and ex- plicitly sanctioned by tho very organia law of tho Tte- publie, Weighty as theso conalderations might be, formidablo an tho diffioulties in the way of tho practi- cal enforcoment of his great principle, hio hotd nnz'lhn Loss thint it muet, soonor or later, bo onforeod, though institutions nnd constitutions should kave to give way aliko befora it, Whon the War ended, Bumnor was stlll, in Bouthiern cyes, an enemy, Bo wore wo all. Well would it have boen if we had followod, a8 o nation, in his footstops; if wo lind Innisted that the black should gain now rights and that tho white should regain old ones; 1f wo had played tho victor's truo part by oblitorating, whorover and whenover wo could, usocless tracos of tho battles botwoen brothers, Sumner put out his liand, and tho vory Bouth that onco put a prico on bis hoad hastonod to graep it. Iait mot time that this hand-clasp beeamo uoivorsal? Shall domagoguos still bo pormitted to fan tho flamos ot soctional atrife in order to keep thomaolvoes in power? Mr., Lomar most fittingly say “1Yould that tho spirit of the illustrious desd, whom wo lamont to-dny, could speak from the gravo to both parties to this deplorable discord, in tones which should reach each audevery heart throughout thie broad territory: *My country- men, know ono another and you will lovo ono snother!’ " A PNEUMATIC GRAIN-TUBE, A Minnosots man hay patonted a pnoumstio tubo for the traneport of grain. Tho machinery of propulsion is a fan, worked by steam, revolv- ing in an air-chambor which consiats of two double-cones, put bage to base, Tho axlo of tho fanis hollow. A tubo runs through it, perforat- od at tho sides and bottom. This tubo connects tho two pipes which onter tho apicos of tho cones. Tho grain *o bo transported is poured into tho ontrauce-pipe. Tho rovolution of the fan sucka it into tho- connocting tube, and then blows it ahead into the main pipe. At the samo timo the fan of the next station, 20 miles sway, bogins to whirl. Thus the grain is hurried forward by suction ahond and comprosaed eir behind, Tho trouble with tho theory seoms to bo that tho grain cannot readily pass under tho 1nfluenco of two directly opposed currents of air In tho same tube. At somo point they must noutralizo each other. Still, as the inventor hag gocured & patent, it is fair to infor that his modol works satisfactorily, eo that ho moy have met this difteulty. He thinks his tubo can carry 6,000 bushels of whoat 960 milos an hour. Mail mattercan malo 40 miles moro in the same timo. 'Tho oxponso of constructing a tube botween Chicago snd New York, with a cor- rying capacity of 40,000,000 bushols a year, ia put ot ©4,000,000. A charge of 12 conts o bushel would pay tho cost of construction in & yearand lsave $800,000 for operating oxponeos. Among tho calculations 1t is snid tho savivg to farmors, oven whon tho company got such remunerative rates, would bo groat, Grain would bo transported from Minne- sota to tide-water for 15 conts, instord of 50 This would savo that Stato alone about $10,000,- 000 & year. THE TRANSIT OF VENUS, The propartions for obsorving the Transit of the plauet Venus, on tho 8th of December next, aro well under way in all the principal countrios of tho eivilized world. ‘Tho interesting phenomenon, which it ia hoped will enablo us to kuow tho distanco of the Earth from tho Bun muck more sccurately than at presont, will commenco sbcut 8 o'clock in tho evening, Chicsgo timo, and end at 36 minutes past midpight, The Sun will thus bo below our horizon during the wholo time of tho Trausit. Indeod, tho passago of tho planet across the faco of the Sun will not bo visible from any part of tho American Continont.” At tho beginning, tho Sun will be overhead to nearly tho middlo of tho westorn coast of Australia ; and, during the ovont, he will appear to pags from that point noarly to the Island of Madagascar. Henco tho placos from which obsorvations can bo made must be not more than 90 degrees from somo point in tho lino betwoon those two stations. They must reslly bo not moro than 80 dogrocs distant, bocanse of the difficulty of making ac- curate moasurcments when tho sun is near the bhorizon, The object of astronomers has been to select points within thoso limits, whero tho woather is mogt likely to be favorablo, and from whick the difteronceh of apparont position on the face of tho Sun wilt bo the groatost possible. The dis- tanco of tho Bun from the Earth belug ab least 12,000 times tho longth of tho longost lino that can bo drawn between any two such atations, it follows that an error in messuribg the baso-lino withtn tho Earth, or tho anglos atits extremitios, would involvo an error of 12,000 miles fu tha result for overy milo of doviation from tho truth at this ond of the great trisugle, Henco it 15 npocossary to moasure the angles with the groatost nicaty, aud aleo to flnd ag closely a8 posaiplo tho latitudes and lougitudes of the difforont tations, Tho greater the number of points solocted, the loss will be tho chanco of importaut error fu tho result, which will bo & mathematical averago of all tho obsorvations taken. Tho Amorionn astronomers alono will occupy ot less than eight stations, five of which will bo in tho Southorn sud three iu the Northorn Homisphore, Thia {5 bocause tho chances of good weathor ara much the beat at available polnts on this sido of tho Equator, Tho statious choson ave Pokin, in Chine; Viadivostok, in Siborin ; soma point in Japen ; Tobart Town, in ‘Pasmania ; some noint in Now Zoaland ; Korgue- len Tualand ; Orozet; the other Southern atation 1 not yot deolded on. Prof. Simon Nowcomb, of the United Btatos ‘Naval Observatory at Waehington, gives the fol- lowing skotch of the provision made for tho work 3 To ocach party thoroare dotalled two offloors from tho QUacrvatory, two from (L Gonst Burvey, ono from tho ammy, one from tho navy, snd two clvllisus, Profs, Hall x0d Harkness go toLiobart Town, Among the civiliaus aro tha celobrated satronomers, Profs, Wataon, of Ann Arbor, and Potors, of Clinton, N, ¥, 'The conatitution of ench party is much that, in caso of disalility on tho partof ita chiof, the aocond oMcor con tako s place. Each party will havo threo photog- raphora : & chic? photographor, who muat have been of long exporionco in tho busincan; an_sssintant thnt haa hnd practico, and a socond sasfstant trainod only for tho accaslon, Nearly all tho socond nssfstanta’ po- #itiona hnvo been filled by students or gradustes of various schools and techinologleal colloges throughaut tho country. 'Tho parties for the Houtliern stations will gall, wo expect, about Juno 1, 'These sro all ready; the photographors aro to boln full practico liore next weok, Tho Northorn parties will go later, and not alt togother, Tho Navy Dopartment hos fur- nished o ship, the Bwatara, to go to the Bouthiern sta~ tions, ‘Tho longitudes of tho atatlons will e doter- ‘mined by occuliations whorever tolograph-communi- cations {s dmpracticabilo} but already thoro fs such communication betweon Viadivostok snd Mobark Town, Arrangomonts aro made with tho Govern. ments for axchanging longitude-slgnals, and tho pros- pect of tho oxtenslon of cables to Now Zealand and othicr points gives foir opo that thero will bo only o few polnta whera tho mothod of occultations will be tho solo resort, Tho English Government will sond partios to Honolulu and two other points in the Saudwich Ialanda, with ouo in Rodriguez Island, nesr tho Mauritius, and two in Korguolon Jalnud. Tt will also ostablish another pair of atatious in Now Zonland and Alexaudrin. France will ocoupy stations at Pokin and Yokohama, with comple- mentary ones in the Marquosas aud neighboring islands, Gormany will occupy eight stations, in Perain, China, Japan, and tho Mauritius. Russia will gond obsarvers to no loss than twenty-soven differont points, ecattered all the way from ‘Odesen to Japan, & Those of ho partics from tho United State and from England which are dotailed for the Bouthiern Homisplioro will sail about the ond of May. Tho othors will start Iater in tho summer, ‘A TREABURER IN A FIX. Somo timo ago, the Lower Houso of the RKansas Legislature proferred artiolos of impoachment againet tho Btate Trensurer, Josoph E. Huyes. Tho Kansss Sensate will meet May 13 to try tho accused, A Commission hias boon taking the tes- timony of the Now York brokersand bankers with whom Hayea doalt. Tho coso against him scems to stond about as followa: Tho faw forbids tho Btals Treasurer to sccept anything but monoy in paymont of toxes, to doposit tho monoy anywhoro gavo in the Btate-House, or to receivo any inter- est upon ft. As evory Treasurer has violated tho first two provisions, Mr. Hayos scoms to have had eufliciont exouso for tho fact that ho hos broken them too. His friends havo never sought to dony that he had so far disrogarded tho law, bub bave always clalimed that ho nover mudo n cont for himself by taking the interest, inasmuch as he nover took any. Hero tho Now York testimony comes in. It shows that the banks thero paid intorest regularly on current balances of the Kansas account, and that Hayes kept on deposit there much wmoro monoy than was needed $o dischargo tho Enstorn indebted- aess of thoBtato, and much moro than bis books ghowed. At ono time, tho sum of £60,000, which appeared by the books to bo in tho Kansas Btate-House, was really in Now York, drawing 4 per cont interest for somebody. Tho interost wan paid, during Hayoes' first term, to tho First National Bank ot Olathe, of which ko i Presi- dont. During his eccond torm, it bas boen paid to Howard Holden, President of the First Na- tional Bavk of Kansus City, Holden fs o friond of Hayes. In May, 1878, the Treasuror submit™ tod a statoment of account, by which it ap- peared that tho Stato then had on doposit with Gilman, Son & Co., of Now York, §114,878.67. This firm now stntea that the doposit ot that time, a8 shiown by tholr books, was 41,000, Thore sooms to bo ground for the inforenco that . Hayos was ¢ short " eomo §75,000, and made up the dofleit (on puper) by adding it to his Tastorn banlk account. All this makes an ugly showing for the State Treasuror olocted by the * God and Morality” party in Kansns, There {8 a mystical importanco about the number three, *'Two are company,” says an old proverb, “and throo make acrowd.” The thrae tailors of Tooley strect ware eufficiently multitudinous to represont tho people of En- gland, *“Thera woro threo mnilors of Bristol City,” Thaokeray ssys, * what took a yossel and went tosen,” The threo wigomen of Gotham are familiar myths. Perhaps it was this numorical importance of tho number three which placed & bandsomo sum in the bands of throe wise men of Arkausns, who stolo & county. Thoy lived at Daxter Springs, In their doy and goneration thoy wera wiso mon, for thoy took & covered wogon and “went West.,” In tho brond and ‘egutiful valloy of the sparkling Arkansas thoy halted their jrdod tenm and cast lots for offices, o proceeding which stampod them true Amer- icans, and fit roprosontativesaf the great and growiug Wost. Tho ofices they chouo were county ofiices, and fo support their claims a county was neodod. 8o they ronmod round their wagon aud eailed tho spot Barbour County. There was inthis romantio countython & prodigy,—-too many oftices for tho number of candidates, It required only & chango of numes, sad the throo wiso men from the Eoat sesumed half-a-dozen additional namos,—each namoan offico, and onch oftice o sinecure. In this earthly paradise thore waa no party strife to mar tho harmony of an election, and no monoy was ncedoed to sccure votes. Andso it turned out on the following day that Barbour County was ropresonted in the Arkansas Togislature by one-third of its popula- tion, the Hon, W, H, Horner. Armed with his credontials, this unanimously-chosen ropresenta- tive of the sereno valley of the Arkansag found his way to the Capitol. Whilo other moro pre- tentious poraous wore Bquabbling, he drew up his little bill, It was & modost roquest. It merely asked anthority to iseuo bonds, build bridges, and otherwiso im- provo Barbour County. Of courso it was passed, for tho session was noarly ot an end. Tho bonds woro fgsued, Tho moember from Barbour nego- tiated them. Thoy eold well. The county offi- cors of Barbour received thoir componsation; tho populace of Barbour came in for their sharo; not & mon in the county but wes bonofited. And then tho covered wagon movad on, leaving the brond aud beautiful valloy of tho Arksnsas far bohind, The oarthly paradiso is etill thero, but Barbour County oxists only on beautifully-on- graved pictures, for which tho present ownora paid unusually largo sums or money in other pa~ per. And now these patrons of art aro looking for the Hon, W, H, Hornor. In 1808, while potroloum still exerted the magleal power of the philosopher'a stone, Penn- sylvania was ono day alarmed at a daring and hoavy robbery. Potroloum Centre, Vonango County, was the scoua of thie operation, The circumstances will bo remembered. A party of four men, armed and maskod, ontered tho house of ono Bonushoft in broad day, gagged and bound tho Inmatos, and ransacked two safos, They found sud carried awny nearly bLalf a million doflars, loaving doublo thatsum in o third safo which they could not open, The leadorsof this gang wore Jamoa Baegorand s mau uamed Phoiffen, aud their accomplices two professional cracksmen, Tho plunder was cartied away in a pillow-slip and con- coaled, Immediatoly after the robbery tho leaders prosouted thomselyes at o ball iu order to avort suspicion, Tho ruse was en- tiroly succossful, Baegor a fow days later bent his companions by earrylng off tho contents of the slip and departing for pastures now, Phoif- fon was Buspooted of tho robbery, tried, convlet od, and sonsonced to tho Penitentiary for fittecn yoarg, Tlo confossed the orimo and fmpllontod Baoger, Forsix yoars thodetaotivesof the United Btatos have baon scatching for Baoger, unsuce coaufully of courso. A day or twoago, s roughe looking Texon eutered & restaurant a Donver, ond called for dmmor. Iisnamo was McGoe, but his voico was tho voico of Baoger, Tho res- taurant was kopt by one Potter, n rolativo of tho Incarcorated Phoiffon, and adopted mon of Bnoger, MoGeo was found to Lo Breger. By monns of a littlo stratogy and s groat doal of whisky, Bueger was betrayed to a deteotive, ond his slx yonrs' wandorings brought to a snd~ den torminntion, 1o had visited Uubn, Mozica, and Australis, finally investing his stolon eapital in Toxan cattlo, which ho had brought to Den. vor for enlo, Tho bulk of the proporty of Bea- nahoft still romnins in booves, thoreforo; nud Lio or his heira may yot recover it. —_— 1t was not for noithing that Holmsn Hunt painted bis famous picture, “The Bhadow of tho Cross,” Ho is doubly & sonsation, and the shadow has matorialized into substance, Huni aceuples an exalted position in London soololy, and titlod pilgrims flock to worship at his shrine. Ho is a devout man, and conspicuous as tho ro- liglous artist o2 Englavd. Hels about to com= mit & crimo againgt tho English Parliament. Wo would willingly cscapa tho montion of it, but facta aro facts, and we must toll tho hidoous truth. But it shall be done gontly., Hunt is s widower. His firat wife loft a aister, and Hunt proposes to—waell, rotain tho ssmo mothor- in-law aftor his sccond marringe., Buch abominnble orlmos must nover bo blurted out dlvcotly. Of courdso, London s shockingly oxorciscd over this sbominable con- duct on tho part of its religious artist, and pro- poses to make Lim bonr that cross which hag, in ehadow, se doified him among tho aristocratis spinstors of the Empire. And Hunt will not stand the imputntion which Parlismont threatons to placo on his serond wife, Morley Punahon wanted to economize in mothers-in-law, but, dreading tho offects of the displeasure of Pare fiamont on his pastoral usefulness, came to the Btatos, and lectured to jammed and enthusiastio houaes,—n fugitive from the tyrannical oppros- sion of a souilo dospotism. Hunt will not como to this country. The shadow I8 not black anough for that. Ho will kick up Lis hicels ot Parlianiont and go to Jerusalem, whero ho proposes to live with his wife, and where sho will bo recognized a8 his wifo, doupite tho English Parliament. —eee e o Tho country is quite enfo now, Thoro wasa possibility that Gon. Dragg might have thonuht, ton yoars ngo, that after the battloof Chicla~ moaugn ho might have kept up tho pursult of Rosecrans, coptured bis army, reoccupied Ton- neasco, taken Cinclnnati, foasted on pork, roast, friad, ealted, smoked, pickled, and sausage-mant, and been'tho hero of the succossful Robollion, 0f all sad words of tonguo or pen, tho saddeat would be this conflrmation of] what might have beon. Xt Is o mattor of momentous interest, but tho only man who op- pears to love realized the importsuce of the subjoct is o reportor of tho St. Louis Globe. 'This gentloman, burping with military urdor and chivalrio patriotism, hus subjectad tho gollant ofilcor who might have dono theso things, and didn't, to & sharp flro of cross-quos- tions, Qon, Bragg stood up boldly. He ssid the roporter was all wrong. He could’ pot have kopt up the pursuit of the retroating army, bo- caugo of the darknoss and the charnctor of tho country; ho could not have captured tliat army, bocauso it outuumbered his two to onmo; ho could not have reocoupicd Tenncstics for theso rensong, and the prospect of pork in its various phases of culinary preparation had nevor beon rogarded by him as pnything but fllusive. So Cincinnati is syuefn- socond time, aud wo breathe again. S The Baroncss Burdott-Coutts has mado & proposition to pay tho oxpovses of supplying Jerusalem with pure water, and this proposition, oxcellont as it is, hus made trouble already. One plan for earryiug out the gonerous offer of the Daroness wae to clear out and reatore tho Pool of Bothesds, which is now half filled with fillhy rofuse, and is in a worso condition than when tho angel troubled it. The pool was carefully examined by engincors, and a pure water-supply wna pronounced portoctly feasible, but tho Pasha filed away the report, :and that is tho last that has beon heard of it. Mosnwhile the Europest rosidents say that tho Turks refuso to drink water furnished by Christions, and the “Turks say tho'Europeans aro unwilling to gusr- anteo tho funds necossary to keep tho water- works in order. Tho only alternativo lofé seems to bo to let tho Jerusalomites go dirty and drink {mpuro water, If the Baroness Burdett-Coutts {s 5 woman of good sonse, sho will withdraw hor proposition and give pure wator to somo place nearor home, It is ungrateful work to givo to & Turk undor aoy circumatances, and mostof all to & Turk in Jerusalom, when thero aro thou- sands of Christicne at homo dying of impure ‘water. B i Tho Couvention which i8 framing a now Con- stitution for the Stato of Ohio has been engaged for weoks in debating tho question ot reguluting tho salo of liquor. Finally, the Couvention ogroed to submit an article, to bo voted upon by tho people separately from tho Constitution. Tho vota is to be * Licenso™ or **No Liconse." It “ Licouse provail, the Constitution will pro- vido that licenses to trafiic in intoxicating liquors may bo granted, but tho scction shall not Lo so construed as to provont the Logielature from making 1aws to rostrain and regulate salen, and to compensate for injuries arising therofrom. 1f “No Liconse™ provail, the Logislaturo will liave power to prohibit the sslo by whatever pon- altiea mey bo deemed nppropriate, Under the present Conatitution, the ealo of liquors 1n Ohio is freo; that is to say, it is not liconsed. The State gots no revenue from the traflic, which is carried on in & somi-lilegal way, Thereisno probibitory law, but thero are lawa which pro- vide ponalties for damagos sustained from the purchoso of liquar. It thoe licenso provision be adopted, tho liquor-dealors of Ohio Will [aya liconsa for the firat time in many yonrs, * The English peoplo aro just now considerably agitated over the question, what thoy shall do with the gold-dust whiok Sir Garnet Wolseloy captured from the King of Ashantee. Bomo ara in favor of solling it for its markot valuo, and handing over the proceeds to the soldiers who took part in tho oxpedition, Others favor sell- ing it to the jewolors, who would be glad to purchase it ai & bigh price, sure that articles made from it would bring bandsome returns, As tho division of it among the soldiers would only give them about enough to geta glass of beer aploco, and as the manufacture of Ashanteo jowelry would grow to be as evorlast~ ing ag the monufacturo of Court-House bolls in Olicago, why mot give it back to the King of Ashunteo, so that ho can rxosume specia paymonts and not bo bothered with an ir- rodeemablo paper currency in addition to all bis othor troubles? _Thoy bave lald wasto his coun- try, burned his Capital, and carrivd of his um- brella, It1sonly fair that he sliould have Lis gold-dust baok, pos SR (o Tho Khodive of Egypt {8 growing more and moro aggressive, and,uninfluonced by tho immo- bility of the Pyramids aud tho Bphynx, displaya oxcursive and filibusterlsh propensitios, Elated by his recent conquests in Contral Africa, ho hus now fixed his eyes longiugly upon Abysuinis, with tho view of aunexing it to Egypt, and then proolaiming bimeclf “Sultan of Egypt.” Greas alarm lisa boen oaused at Conatantinople by thin Intelligence, which has boou still furtler aggra~ vated by a& memorandum recently submitted to the QGrand Vizior, showlng that the firat Caliphis wore of Egyptlan extractlon ; that tho succossors of Omar and Osmnn beoamo Caliphs only by tho right of conquest, uot by the eolection of the faithful; and that an Egyptian Bultan will prove n dangorous rival to the pres= ent ono a# tho legal representative of the Caliphs, What * the sick man " will do_about }: L;‘;lammln y‘?b baon n;ndu L p‘l;tl!dll. Whathar ha olontly convalasgo o aoything mattor of groat doubs, s