Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 6, 1874, Page 6

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Toite: B e Eioriane, B, W kol HarARCE: | Lo-Loy evoning, N BUILDING-T.akasliore, foot of Adams trerts A hy'i\'luonllgh " Affornosa aad avobing: BUSINESS NOTICES. TERK'S DOINGS IN WAL sTnmum. i on_ smal caplinl w Boyoncrse UM ol L i . PIEROL'S FAVORITE PRESORIPTION M 'ng,-:trr}:mll"yurm:o‘llrnmondns‘lll!yx u}:v:fim‘e:x‘ Iaoults and 0TS forunlo DAt ions. Soniee Riaorbed Aol thole famalo batlonte; it ) Jutiann G S ATLANTA, 1L, July 14, 1673, . L, V. Plorco, Buftalo, N, ¥ ¢ EAR 518 ¢ 1 Liave not words to oxpross my aratitudo to you for your advice aud assistance iu my case, 'Thoro in ot one who has used your modlcines sluce they have boon lit hore but that can say with mo they have boon bonofited, Bince I Liave basn so Lielped by its uso six or seven arvund mo loft otf all doctors and othor modi. cinos, and now uso it fu tholr families, aftor boing oured ©of tho samo discase as mino, You donut know what n ‘wondor it created in our F,l‘:r by its restoring my sister I ‘wroto you sbout, for sho L oon under the care of thrao of our biost dostors, but conld not sit up but for a few min. utos at one time, I beggod of her to try your medicines, and beforo sho bad ulufifimlt of the bottles sho could go all aroun lLl rd, and has now just come homo from s v ava oo 7" MIS. THOMAR MOFARLAND, . B. Chapman, Plattsmouth, Nob., says: ‘bavo under trontmout & lady who for 'tho poat soven bas boon afilioted, and, after trylng sovoral physis without recelving Lenclit, 1s gathing rapldly on your rita Proscription, The Chreagoe Teibune, Saturday Morning, Juno 6, 1874. [—— Bawyer las gone, and the embarragsment from which Becretary Bristow sufforod hes boon ro- woved, It was much tho eama kind of embar- assment a8 disturbs the ropose of most gontle- wen when thoy are Lrought in contact with profligatos and knaves, —— Eldor Cannon will not be thrust out from Con- gress during tho present sosslon if tho Houso Committeo on Elections canssye him, That Committoo agroed yesterday by a majority of ono vote not to ropors a resolution for expulsion. The Elder may dorive furthor consolation from tho roflection that exclusion from such company, in itaelf conaidered, is no groat disgrace. — X~ rou, u A licensing bill hns passed the British Houso of Commons by a votoof 161 to 126, It fixes tho hours for opening and closing saloons, All England has boen in & fermont over this subject ever sindd the oponing of Parliamont. Tho Congorvativo party owed ite success intho recont elections to tho pnblicaus as much nsto ally other clags m society, and it was undor obligation to recognizo the aid received from this quorter by concoding later hours, This bas been done by placing the hour of closing saloons, or public houses, at 12:20. Our peep-o’-day men, of whom there aro perhaps 1,000 in Chicago, will thank God, in view of the tidings from England, that their lot has boon cast in o freo country, — *Though lost to sight, to memory denr,” isn gentimont familiarly sapplied to tho defunct franking privilogo by irroveront loungors about tho Capitol. Tho value of n Congressional su- persoription was never known untl it bocamo valueless, The extent to which tho abolition of tho privilege has distressed tho Lonorable Sona-~ tora was protty closrly dofined in & debato yestordsy on sonding ngricultural documents through tho maild froo, Car- penter, ospecially, came out strong. Ho bollevod Congross was swindled fnto tho Topenl by the schomings of tho Postmaster- Ganeral, and would voto to mend freo through the maila ovorything produced at the publie printivg-ofiice. Other Sonators followed in the Bamo etrain, It is very ovident that the al- loged clamor of the farmers for agricultural re- ports is but a protext for returning in full forco tho old mbueo of ofiicial patronago. Farmers who want agricultural roports badly can cor- tainly afford to pay tho postage on thom, — Telograms recoived ot tho War Department roport that the Indians in the noighborhood of tho Choyonne Agoucy, in Bouthwestern Dakota, havo gono on the warpath, Gen. Sheridan was the first to recolve these advices, which bore datoMay 26. Ho forwarded them to Washing- ton without comment, but we may supposo that ha fully approves the advico of Gen. Stanloy ns 4o the manner of dealing with the warliko tribos, Gon. Btanley is an out-and-out contomner of the peaco policy, and prosoribes powder and ondt a8 the best romedy for tho poriodical out- breaks, including emall-pox, from which tho Indions suffor. Itisn well-recognized principle §n American politics that tho fayor which the Poaco poliey meots i8 in inverso ratio to tho distanco from tho Indians of the place wheroit iy under considoration, In Dakota, the peopls would kill off tho noblo savagp withont rogard o sex, ago, or previous condition of infirmity; in Boston, the peoplo insist upon moral suasion #a tho great and only leveler of raco disting- tions, e —— Capt. Eads’ proposal to cloar a channel at tho mouth of the Misslasippi by tho Jolty-nys- tom for a littlo mattor of $11,000,000 was ro- Jeoted yestorday by the Ifouse, A bill for tho Gonstruction of the Fort Bt. Philip Canal was then takon wp and pasied. It confides to the Boorotary of War tho duty of making all neceasary eurveys, and, when thoso have hoen effected, of completing a con- track for tho conatruction of tho canal, Tho maximum coat of the whole undertaldng is fixod at 28,000,000, The Houso went for tho bill in o floreo, blind sort of fashion, which 18 moro sug- gestive of Granger influonce than of any other forco known iIn politics, Tew porsons will be found in the Wostern oountry to op- poso tho improvement of the mouth of tho Misalssippl; and wo baliovo thore aro fewor atill who will agree with the Houso that it is wige to make an arbitiary appropriation of $9,000,000, and givo the abeolute dispousl of it to tha Beore- tary of War, It survoya are necessary, thoy stiould bo mnde, und tho reaults be roported to Congresa botoro any furthor stops aro takon, — e 'The Chloago produce markots wero irregular yosterday., Mesa pork was quiot and o shade saalay, oloalng & 917.60 onsb, and 617000 17.07%@17.70 eollor July. Lard was quiet and 100 por 100 1ba lower, closing at $10.06@11.00 cash,and 911,10@11.13}¢ soller duly, Monts woro in light domand, and firm at 03¢@0360 for shouldors, Di¢o for wshort ribs, Do for sliort cloar, and 11@1130 for aweot plekled hams, Highwinos woro in fair domand snd unchanged, closing at %o por gallon, Lake freighis woro activo and oasior, at 49¢o for corn by suil to Buffalo. Flour was dull and un- changod. Wheat was sctive and 1o highor, clog- Ing ab B1.103¢ cash, $1.18%@1.18}¢ nellor July, and $1.23 forNo. 2 Minnosots. Corn was moro activo and 3¢o Lilgher, olosing at 6)¢@b70 cash, and G734@573¢0 sollor July. Osts wore active, and Xfo highor, olosiug.at 455{c onsh, and 430 sollor July, Iiye was quict and stoady at 80c. Barley was dull and nomiual at $1.90@1.40 for No.2. Hogs wore notive and lowor, with tho bulk of the rales at $5.00@5.00, Cattlo woro in good domand and ruled firm, Sheop iuactive, — Masanchusotts is coming to tho confosalonal, and nono too soon. Tho Doston Globe mays froukly: It must bo confossed that wo Iack carnestnesa and quick moral perception, Tho peoplo of othor Btates fiud Lero tho homo-nieat of detoctives, of informors, of aplos, and of mon who inspire thom aud frame and urgo tho lawa which onable them to ply thelr disgraco- ful trade, Thoy aco hero tho most adrolt defondor of ropudistion and inflation, Domngoglam hes horo {ta most baleful sxemplar, Tho emall vices of our bods- politie, tho packing of eaucuses, tho practice of ltile dodges and mean artifices, tho worst of vicos, bocause they can only bo punished by public opinion, do not arouso any marked show of public abhorrence, Tho ‘Treasury of tho United Statos king been for yoara given in trust to Massachusetts men, and tho nntion has suf- fered disgraco and Leon put to shnme by imbocllo of- flclals, unserupulous spics, and vory adrofl lawyors and legislators, furnfshod by Massachusotts, Aftor this mock nud humblo confension, wo slall look next fall with somo intorest to meo whother Mnssnchusotts will bring forth fruita meot for ropontance; whether sho will put her- solf right on tho rocord, robuke thoso who have disgracod lior, aud forevor dismiss them, If sho does not, then {s this confonslon but hypoc-~ risy, 3 —e Fronch politics to-day are an intorosting atudy, The Electoral law, which passed to n third rond- ing Thursday, diefranchisos all votors botween tho ages of 21 and 25, Now, the young men are oither Ropublicaus or Donapartists, *and tho bosinge of the Eloctoral law, considered apart from tho predilections of President MacMahon aund his Ministry, would be n triumph for the Monarchists. But tho Government is Bonapartist. MeoMahon was a General undoer Napoleon I, ; Magune, the Min- istor of Tinance, has long boon noted for his Bonapnrtist losnings, and Gen. do Cisscy, though avowedly an Orleanist, lies undor many obligations to the old Imporial Mno. Thoro are other indications that the Donapartists have Intely gained considerably in nssurance and strongth. Ono of theso s tho sceno in tho Assembly, the othor day, when mom- ories of Bedan wero rovived ; sanother is tho olection of soveral Bonapartists to fill vacancies; and o third is the pamphlot war rocently boguu by tho Reopublicans on tho Bonapartists. Tho eloctions show that tho drift of popular sentiment bas chonged, and the hos- tilo demonstrations of the TRepublicans that tho TImperialists lavoe bocomo so powerful as to men- nco existing institutions. The passage of tho Electoral law in all probability will bring no com- fort to the Monarchistu, If it ovor goes into offoot, it will simply pave the way fora plebisci- tum, tha favorite and most offctive weapon in tho arsonal of the Bonapartes. ——— PRESIDENT GRANT ON THE FINANCES, A prodiction a year or two ago thut Prosident Grant would evor ean a reputation as a politi- onl oconomiat, would have beon recelved with derision. And yot, if Lo is entitled to the crodit for tho viows which Sountor Jones puts forth s bis by authority, and which wo print this morn- ing in our Washington dispatches, ho has given tho clenrest exprossion to sound fiurncial prin- -elples which wo have had from ‘Washington dur- ing all the discussion. It isan intolligent clab-~ oration of Ioraco Grooloy's aphorism, that tho way to resumo is to resumo, Ho belioves in & roturn to n specio basis at tho earliost practicable date, and be- lisves that tho time may be fixed, and a plan do- vised, now as well ns later. The plan ho would rocommond, though ho g no confidonco that it will bo ndopted by tho prosent Congreas, is sim-~ plo and foasiblo : 1. Ho would repeal tho Legal-Tender act, the ropeal to tako offect July 1, 1875. All contracts mado subsoquont to that date would bo on tha gold basis, 2. After July 1, 1876, Lo would have greon- backs redecmablo in coin at nll the Assistant T'rensurors' offices, and would issue s sufficiont amount of gold bonds to provide for such re- demption. All greenbacks presented for yoe demption shiould be canceled and rotirod. 8. No bills should bo issued in oxchango, aftor redomption, of a emallor denomination than €10; within one year aftor rodemption nll the $06 bills should bo withdrawn ; and, within two years, all tho $10 bnlls, so that tho country might bave o pormanent supply of gold and silver in circulation, L 4. Thon thoro could bo freo banling without limit and without daugor. This fs the wholo plan ina nutshell, unin- cumbered by any confasing provisions or tome porizing compromieos, It iy not tho dotail but tho spirit of the plan which should commend itaelt ; othor might bb substitated if tho spirit wero rotained, If it wero adoptod, the pooplo would wondor in two yenrs why it had not boon adopted bofore, Gon. Grant understands what Mesers, Morton and Logon probably could not comprohend, that a poorer ourrency drives out & botter ourroncy, and that, whoen gold congos o be n commodity of which the country has o swplus and no neod, it will romain ju tho country fustend of socking & market abroad. *In tho monutimo, Gon. Grant would maintaln an oxcoss of rove- nuo over the Govornmont oxpenditures, (1) by rigid economy, aud (2) by taxation whore it could be bost and easiost borne, If this polioy could be maintained, tho country would bo well propared for rosumption at thoe time ho fixes, tho national credit would be in a condition to command all tho gold It might need, greenbacky would be worth par, aud tho debtor " olass would not be bulf as badly hurt as the *'creditor" cless woa whon the Logal-Tender act bacamo a law, g Gon, Grant's utterances havo probably ro- oolved & poouliar and striking emphasis through tho futerpratation of Souator Jones, of Novada, who had already domonatrated in his Sonnte apeoch & good koad for praotical comnion-sonse snd logical finance. But 16 is sufMclont it tho Presldont comnprohonds snd approvos the viewa thus put forth. e may not be sblo to Induce tho prosent Congress to adopt ttfim; but Lo @ in s podiiten, by the exercwe of | Lis voto, to bring the quostion before the pooplo in n simplo form, and thua divest it of thocom- plications with which somo of tho compromise’ Congrassmon doslre to bofogit, Tho authorizod promulgation of his views at this timo may bo accoptod, perhaps, as tho deolaration of his fn- tontlon fo do thls, Woare not suro but this would bo tho wisest plan. Now ia tho bost Hmo to sottlo tho finnnolal question 8quaroly and fair- Iy. Dottor fight it out on this fino. Wo do not want to go through tho squoozing pFocoss agaiu, — A POLITIOAL NECESBITY, The necousity of passlug somo kind of a our- roney bill boforo tho cdjournment of Congross 18 prossing hard itpon the Ropublican loaders at Waslington, Spoaker Blaine, with his usunl acutonoss, kas scen thia nocossilyall tho timo, and has acoordingly boon indofatigablo in his ondonvors to bring about o compromigo, or, fall- ing in that, to bring about tho somblanco of a compromise, The chiof obataclo to the passage of any bill is the Presidont, who will seoopt no compromiso which 18 not an unconditional sur- ronder of the Iuflationists. Having onrned the undying hate of the Ilattor by ks voto of the Sonato bil, ho fs now as iude- poudent of thom as a wood-gawyor, and will congont to nothing which ovon scems to concodo anything to thom. It may bo that ho dosiros to got an oxprossion of the popular will in tho ooms ing olections on thewholo quostion, which can only bo obtained by rojecting all tho so-called compromises offered. If a bill is pasged, no mattor what it {s, the issuo will bo obsoured and smothored ; and that is juat what tho politicians want, Instond of disoussing inflation and its consoquonces, which very fow of thom can do intolligontly, they will disputo with cach othor 08 to tho intent and effect of tho monsure agreod upon, and a8 it will bo all algobra and logarithms to tho average voter, and all logarithms ond algebra to tho averago Congressman, the campaign can bo waged prac- tically with the ammunition and tho battle-crios of tho past, Thoro will ba no neod of knowing anything oxcopt tht this candidato Ia nominated by one party and thatgeandidato by the other porty. This would bo comfortablo alike to ig- norant candidates and sluggish votors, A On the other hand, if no bill is pasged, the question of inflation will bo discussed in tho Bharpest mannor. Candidates will bo obliged to know somotbing nbout it, and, what is worae, to tako sides upon it. And thisisuotall. To ad- Journ without passing some bill is to scknowl- edge an incapacity to pasa anybill. Tho inca- pacity evidently oxists, butto admit {t—goodnoss graciona! ‘What would the posky Grangors say to that? The agricultural intelloct is roput- od to ba slow n soizing new idons. But the greenest novitinte of tho Grango can undorstand, when & party has strugglod with itsolf sovon months to pass one bill and has thon rent its garmonta and adjourned without passlog it, that it signifies an ivability to acal with it at all. Honco somo kind of a bill is o political necossity. If the Ropublican party, with this stross of wenther upon it, cannot call the yona and nays upon some jingling form of words which shall recolve the votes of awajor- ity of both Houses and tho signaturs of the Prosidont, it must be. eithera very honost party,— a party detormined to mako a plain issue, and to receivo its instructions direct from tho people, and bo governed by thom,—or it must be pilotod by tho premium land-lubbers of the univorso, — THE NEW BECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. The now broom sweeps cloan, provided that tho now broom Lisa o strong handlo and is used well. On Thursday, Gen, Bristow, the now Becrotary of tho Treasury, onterod upon his duties, and Lis firet day's record alroady shows well, and indicates that, whether ho may boa Alnancior who can doviso a policy or uot, he is at 1east & caroful and methodical business man, who doos mot propose to nllow his subordinatos to override bim. 'The first instanco was the cnso of Mullott, Buporvising Architect. Mnllott had boen accustomed to sena his ordora to Richard- son, who signed them without quostion or oxam- ntion. As Richardson testifiod in tho Sanborn investigation, be nover Inow what he wag sign- ing, but supposed it was all right, and Sawyor supposed it was all right because Rich- ardson did. On Thursday, Mulloft bo- camo suddonly aware that thero was not only a change of Bocrotaries but also n ohange of syatems. Ho sent his mergonger with an order to bo signod, rnd his meysenger re- turned with an ordor for Mullott to presont bime o1t at tho Tronsury Department. Tho Becratary hudno doubt that evorything was right and proper, but atill ho would like to know tha do- tails. Bo perforco Mullett was compelled to bring in his plans and drawings, and to dovoto an bour or two to their explanation and to an- swering tho Socrotary’s questiona, Tho second fustanco was tho case of Bawyor, Aeslgtant Seeretary, who, like Riohard- son, mnever Lnow what ho was doing. This was not the lind of man to suit Gon. Bristow, and, as there was a politi- eal prossuro to keep Bawyer in his placo, the Becrotary at onco notified tho proper authorities that none of the Banborn crowd could remain, It thoy did, ho should go out. Thisiun good commouncenent for the tirst day, and shows that Lo is o thorough man of husiness, with method- ical waye of conducting it. Ho may bo no finan- cler, nlthough in thia respeot ho cannot bo any worde than Richardson, sud, if ho has theso business qualitios aud continuds to mauifest them, his appointmont will prove o groat step goined. Evon if, like Richardson and Boutwoll, ho knowa nothing of politicnl economy 18 & el ouee, yot, with tho requisitos of henoaty, com- mon sonko, and busiuess intelligonce, ho may moke a good Beeretary of tho Trousury. At loast, it will bo s novelty to havo a Beorotary of the Tronsury possessiug thoso qualifleations, Time will domonstrato whothor this display of honeaty and businoss qualification is mere show or nomothing roul, Ifitbo not mers show, Mr, Mullott hos not heard tho last from the Bocrotary of tho Trensury, It thoso qualities aro not ay~ sumed for the ‘purpose of making 5 displsy at tho outset, o will very shortly detormine whothor his subordinate Mullott is suporior to Lim and strongor than tho Government, It is 8 common romark in Wasbington that tho Tudian Ring la stronger than tho Government, Qen, Bristow, if ho carrios out hiy proaent polioy, will havo to ascertain if the Diatrictof Columbia Ring 18 strongor than tho Governmont, It hag boen. established by Congrossional Investigation that Muilott sold out his interest in a rooflug patont to Bhopherd for s conalderation, sud that he awards the contraaty for reofing tho publio build- ings to Shepherd for a porcentago of the pro- ocoeds. A more barofaced transnction canuot be woll imsyined; aud, slthough tho matter was relogatod to tho Boorotary of the T'rosgury for corrootion, no eation hns ever boen taken upon It, and the profitablo arrangomont bstwoen the Bupervislag Azchitest and iie Goveruor of Wi THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JUNE ¢, 1874 Distriot atill continues, It Gon, Bristow is tha mna ko appoara tobo, Lo will tako some sotion in this matter,and, spplying bia offlcial knite, willrip this arrangoment into shrods and broak up this iniquitous partnorship, It ho will orush this Ring, root out the Banborn-contract mon, cor- oot tho existing abuses in his Departmont, and fAweop out tho rubblsh Richardson loft bolind him, lo will dosorve woll ‘of tho Ropublic. As tho mombors of Cougress dovoto tho largor part of thoir time to the investigation of tho corzuption of tho party, there is no reason why Hacrotary Bristow should not follow sult. Wo hopo, thorofore, that ho wiill koop al work with bif now broom, Financo, mesnwhile will take caro of tsolf, —— ' ““THE LITTLE TARTAR® Europo can broatho more freocly. Tho placo of the Duchoss of Edinburgh in the Royal fam- ily of England bus boon doflnitoly sottlod. When thoy go out walking, sho knows whoso back sho Is to soo, and to just how many people she will have the sublimo pleasuro of prosonting hor back. Tho troublo ns beon between tho Duche os8 on the ono slde and tho Princossea Christian ond Bontrico, backed by tlio Queon, on tho othor, The decision is that the Russian shall Pprocedo hor rivals. It is bosed on two grounds. The Duko of Edinburgh is helr to the Duchy of Snxo- Coburg-Gotha, and, therefore, a futuro Bovoraign in his own right, Moreover, the Duchoss is of Imporin! birth, and has boon, sinco tho confirmed sloknoss of hor mother, the “first lady” of Russin. 8ho will, thorofore, fall into lino directe ly bohind tho Princoss of Walos and befora the two minor Princesses, The lattor have ehowed true fominine epits nnd ingonuity by staying mway from rocont Royal gatharlngs, in order that thoy might not havo their baloved relative's Dacl-hoir flaunted in thelr facos. So it innot s “happy family” that rules England. Tho British lion and tho Muscovy hoar do not lio down togathor as amicably as thoy do inslde tho circus cage. Nny, it is whisperod that tho Duchoss of Edinburgh bas been dubbed “tho little Tartar” msido that family circle, which thinks It hag caught o Tartar. It o said that sho knowanothing, oares for nothing, audis dowdy. A ‘woman who g called dowdy i England must dress shockinglyindeed. In ono thing, howevor, the littlo Tartar is more fortunate than tho big one. Hor titlo eatlsflos hor. Shois to bo atyled, so 6ays tho Court Journal, * Hor Imperial and TRoyal Highnoss.” A titlo five words long ought to satisfy augbody, Tho Czar, howover, i not so lieppy. When he came on to England to settlo this littlo quios- tion nbout lus daughter's rank, sl the papors called him ¢ tho Ozar.” This titlo has, It sooms, beon allowed to lepse. It suggoats Tartars, and Cossacks, aud tran-oil, and that sort of thing. 8o tho Court Journal forwarded to all tho Lon- don nowspopor oftices, and to all the residont agouts of tho American and othor foroign Journals, n noto sotting forth that tho Imporial visitor would prefor to bo spoken of 85 ‘“the Emperor of all tho Russias, sud nover otherwise. Ho ovidontly thought that ho.conld dictato to tho pross of tho world as easily as ho has to his own, Throo Bt. Petorsburg newapapors sont special corrospond- onts to England with the Czar, only to discover thoro an ukase forbidding tho publieation of any roports of his British visit save thoso printed in tho official journal =t St. Potorsburg, Bo it scoms that both the Big and the Littlo Benr bavo not enjoyed themaolves in England. Tho papers aro filled with scandal about thom, and tho pregnoncy of a young wifo becomos o mat- tor of nationnl discussion., Noed wo sdd the striking thought, *Uncney lies the head,” ote. P Poor Aloxandrowns, What joy is thero n & Trincely husband who loves you,in an Imporial father who showors wealth upon you, in & poot- lsuroate who sings fo you, in & nation that groots you,—if your Royal mother-in-law doesn't like you? ———— SANGRADO IN THE IRON BUSINESS, The iron manufacturers wero rocontly callod in hot hmsto to moet for consultation, Thoy have met sovorel times within a few months, Tho objoct of all these meotings and consulta~ tions is tho samo,~—to dovise somo way of undo- ing what protection hns done, Tho systom called protectivo has ruined thom. According to the disclosures of the Iron and Stoel Association, fully 206 furnaces wore out of blast on tho 1st of January. Of thoso, 103 woro in Pounsylv;nnln alono, 21 in New England, Now York, ond Now Jerdoy, and 40 in othor States of the Atlan~ tio Const. In Kontucky, Tonnossce, and Ala- bama 22 farnaces wore out of blest, in Obio and Miohigan 45, snd in othor Westorn Statos 80, bosides the only furngces in oxiatence, ono ocach, in West Virginis, Texas, and Oregon. Later roports show that down to tho firat of May the proportion of idle furnaces had certainly not diminished. Out of 666 furnaces in existonco, only 886 wero reported ms having been hoard {rom at all, and 138 of theso wero out of blest. Tho stock of {ron on hand at tho 385 furnaces isenrd from was 808,830 tons, and tho number of hands unemployed of thoso usually at work at those establishments was 12,622, Those figures indicato that tho furnaces out of blast must bo in enpacity considerably above the avorage, and that about onc-half of the iron- producing hands and machinery in the country ara idle, while 500,000 or 600,000 tons of pig-iron, in whioh about $15,000,000 Lave boen invested, are waiting for purchnsers, OFf the rolling-mills hieard from, only thirteon wero solling rafls, and 11,490 hands woro unemployed, whilo 10,160 mora were omployed ouly half tho time, * Moro than ono-Lolf of the rail-mills in tho couniry are wholly idlo,” enya the Bulletin of the Iron gnd Bteol Association, while *fow mills aro run- ning to the oxtent of thoir capaoity” It is nolther pleasant nor necossary to rocapltulate moro fully the gloomy dotaily, which prove that there huanot boon for moro than twonty yours 80 gonoral and doatructive a proatration of tho iron interost as now provails, Tor this disorder what romody la pro- posed? Of courso, *'a halr of tho dog” ! Those iron-mastors have greater falth than any homo- opathist in tho theory of *similla similibus cu- rantur,” but thoy distance any allopath in the magnitude of the doses which they preseribo, High tarifa havo killed tho lron manufacturo; theroforo, thoy may, glvo us moro and highor tarlffs, and tho higher the botter. What was the avowed abjoct of tho oxtremo protection of iron manufacturs whioly this country hau ondured? Was it not to stimu- Iato that manufacture eo that it should produco morefron? Dut, now that it docs produce more iron, weo Hind that the quantity produced eaunot Lo consumed at prosent prioes, and that tho cost of production is suoh that tho munufucturer cunuot soll st lowor prices without banke ruptoy. Tho romody proposed at tho Olove- Iaud mocting was to diminish tho production of iron, That has since beon done, far mors ate deatually dhian the Asvoolstlon deslred, wad yui thoro {a no salo at paying pricos for lialt a milllon tona of pig-tron lying about the furnaces. To tho protootionlat it {a vory cloar that wo must havo moro protection, e must have protootion inordor to causo our pooplo to producoe moro iron than they oan soll, and thon more protection to onablo thom to soll it, This {8 & vory roundabout and oxponsiva Procoss. Dosidos, it Invotvos groat hiardships to tho many thousand workmen who ara out of om- ployment, to tholr families, nnd to thousands more who can 1o longer fiud work in mining or transporting the oro and coal for silont furnacos, or in working up the pig into forms for use, A much simpler mothod would bo to provide, by & slmplo law, that overy man who puts monoy Into {ron manufacturo, whothor wo noed moro fron or not, sbiall bo ropaid from tho National Troasury, or that evor adult malo oltizon of tho United Btatos shall bo required to purchase at loast ono ton of pig-iron whother ho wants it or not, st nuch pricos as the maker may plonse to chargo, Thoro is ono other remody—a very much snfor nod suror one, It {8 to oure the disoaso by ro- moving tho causo of the disense; to put tho iron manufncturo on & solid basls by romoving abgolutoly and forover all dutios upon pig-iron, conl, oriron ore, Thoso porsonswho could then arord to make iron would proceed to do 8 no longer at the publie oxpenso, and with o cortainty that thoy would not presontly Lo ruined by the oporation of lawa profossedlydesigned to aid thom, Thoso who could not afford to mnko iron at thoso torms would wind up, and loave tho fleld to tho mon who, from suporior natural advantzges or groator skill, could make It at lower cost, Tho ostablishmonts romaining would then bo ablo to luro workmon with somo assuranco that they could poy steady and decent wagen, Men who might bo tompted to go into the iron manufacturo would then inquire, firgt, whetlior tho country nooded moro iron, and socond, whothor thoy could pro- duce 1t at paying rates, Hitherto, tho only quostion hag boon “ What is tho tariff " Wa hinve been hiring poople, at public exponso, to go into iron-making and dostroy the business of their noighbors. Tho natursl romedy, ono would think, would bo to stop hiring pooplo to prostrato our indusiry In that way—to teach poople that, if it doos not pay tomnke mora iron, tho doficit shsll not bo saddled upon the in- nocent public. But no remedy so simple will bo applied, Our logislators, who know mo little about tho curronoy that thoy fancy a roturn to the spocle bosis would ruin overybody, also know so little about tho tariff that thoy fancy a ropeal of duties would destroy manufactures; Wo shall go on, doubtless, atill longor upon the old plan of Dr, Sangrado, blooding the patient to make him srrong, taxing the peoplo to make them pros- perous. Wo shall continno to maintain dutios, that is to say taxes, for the express purpose of hiring men to go into a businoss in which they oould not find room and profits but for the tax, to tho end that they may chargo us doublo prices for ten yoars, and go into bankruptey on the eloventh, PLAYING PAFA, tnore fa & growing and dangorous disposition to call upon the National Government for roliof for tho victims of any great disastor, It is so vory ossy to ba generous with othor people's money, and 0 vory disagrocablo and prejudicial toone's re-olectivn to incur the ropronch of hard-honrtednoss towards sufforing fellow-orti zons, that Congress ia npt to puss tho noeded bill and hand out the groonbecks. In somo very oxcoptional cases, this may be well, In nearly oll cases, it s not woll. Whon poople aro ro- duced to suddon want by calamity, thoy should sppeal to tho gonerosity of thelr follow-citizons, and not try to levy a forcod tax upon all of thom by bagging a lot of money at Washington, A “ Gragshoppor Convention® was Leld at Windom, Miun., last wock. Two hundrod delo- Rates ationded it. The reports lmd before it show, in the words of the Minneapolis Tribune, ¢ what bos oll along boen apparent to avory one who knows the Labits of the grasshoppor, that the dostruction of all crops which have made their appearanco sbove ground is inevitablo. In viow of tho well-known naturo and habits of the grasshoppor, the §25,000 appropriated by the Logislaturo last winter for the purchase and diatribution of scad-whont to plant. this insoct- intosted rogion was n cloar wasto of monoy. But tho whent was sown and tho grasshoppors lave the benofit of it.” The fact that o Btate approprintion of $25,000 was utterly wasted through grosa ignoranco or recklessnoss cor- tainly doos not strongthen a request for a National appropriation of many times that amount, Yot tho Convention sent a dologato to ‘Washington to bog, sud the Minnoapolis Tribune indoraes tho schome. Tho question in this case is : How far ought the General Government to protect o man from his own folly? It seoms that * overy ono who knows the habits of tho grasshoppor know that just what bas hap- pened was * fnovitablo.'* Yot thoy all went ealmly on, planted the wheat distributod to them by tho Stato, provided food in this way for thoir enomios, and now agk for aid from the nation. T'ho Goueral Government ought not to play papa. for such silly childron.” If they aro in noed, lot them nppenl to their follow-oitizous, Thoso latter will bo glad to holp them., Chi- cago will give moro than hor sharo of the asked-for subaidy, but sho doos not wish to give i through tho tax-gathorer. It sooms probablo that the grasshoppers will ravago Minncsotn almost every year, Each Lrood cove ora tho State with egys, which hatoh into the next brood tho noxt yoar, Ia the Govornment to support the viotims of this inscot-plaguo permanontly? If tho plaguo roally continues, tho prico of the lands affeoted by it will decline untll such a product aa can bo got from them will ylold tho avorage percentage of tho averago farm. Future buyors will thus bo able to stand tho plaguo. If tho buyors of tho past are not, that is & great pity, but 1t fmposes no obligation upon the Goveramont, It is not the provinco of tho latter to protoct a man from losing nny- thing by his own bad bargain, ey 8ir Harry Moysoy-Thompson, tho English Baronot who has figurod o extousivoly In the managomont of rallroads {n that country, diod on the 18th ult, His first appoarancs fn the rail- Fond world was in 1840, whon he doposed Hud- son, ‘“tho mailway-klng," and medo himsolf Ohairmen of the York & North Midlaud Com- pany. In 1854, he became Choirman of tho Northeastern Company, and he also Lind s largo ehare in organizing tho United Mallway Come panios’ Assoclation, Although ho has hold vari- ous ofticos and sorved in Parliumont, ho wan boat known by his connootlon with railroads and lis ability to mako thom pay dividends, ‘Tho country editors who stayed at home and attended to their business ave still in hot purauit of thous who aro '* oxoursioning * to Baltimoro and Washington. Tho Alton Telegrapn froes ita, mind thug ¢ Ché Miinoly desdburt pides Kutrilon was lusthourd of at Washington, If thows chaps attempt to palm thomnelvos off a8 represcntntivos of tho pross thoy #hould bo Indictod for obtaining confidonce under false Drotonsos, Tlomen wha do tho work on tho Illinols Presn havo no Uime to wasta in tho tomfoolory of oxe ourafous, The Danville Notos suggests that tho rural editors now moat and pnss the followlng rosc- lution: Reaolred, That tho Tilinols Press Assoolation will hencoforth ropudiato ita bustard typo, and from this perlod will put full atop to editor(3] bumming s cone atectod witli this Association ; that it will contiono to moet annunlly, but only for logilimate Lusinoss pur- ponea s aud that we will ombraco thia opportunity to glve tho lio to tho statemont that this Association 15 & Lrilliant typo of dend-beats, by matntaining o trua b digaity, sjipearing only with » cflnn faco made roady fot'n good lmprositon. ——— NOTES AND OPINION, ‘Tho noxt important Biate olection i In North Oaroling, Aug. 6. Tho Republican Govornor (Caldwoll), fraudulontly olooted In 187, lolda over, aud the people this year only oloot o Buper- Intondent of Publio Instruction by gonoral tick- ob, Tho oandldntos aro: Btoplion D, Pool, Con- Aorvativo; Thomas R. Purnoll, Ropublionn, A Logislaturo f8 to bo olocted for two yonrs 3 also, six Olrouit Judgos, (boing one-half the wholo number), and twelve Pronocuting Attor- noys by Judiclsl Diatricts, 'The candidatos for Congross, o for 8a nominntad, aro: Congervative, Republican, 1, Jeana J, Yeates, Oltuton L. Cobb,* 2 Jobn A, Myman (eol.), 3, Alfred M, Waddell,* Noill MoKay, 4. Joscph Davis, 5. Alfrod M, Sealon, Wi, F, Hendorson, 6. Thomas B, Asho,* 7. William DY, Robbing,® . 8, Tobort I, Vanee,* Tndepandent candidates—Soconil Dintrict, ¥, M, Brigga; Bixth I, O, Davidson; Lighth, Pluta Dur- o, “Mombors of the presont Cong in Cunflrwu Lofore the War; sinco tho War, “—Tho August clootion in Kentuokyis for Olerk of tho Court of Appoals, by the Btate ac largo, and for cortaln local officers by Judioal Districts and counties, Tho candidates for Clerk are: 'Chomes C. Jonos, Democrat; John B. Cochran, Indepondent, Tho oleotion of Congrossmon og- ours in Novombor. —Tho word ** Independent,” in the politics of thls yoar, will bo liable to n doublo, and some- timos doubtful uue, unless it bo kopt in mind that tho Indopondent Movomont is itsolf but tho aggregation of Indopondont mon, and that it oncourages, and must continue to enconrage, perdonal indopondonce In every one. Tho Inde- pendent candidatos (sbove nnmed) in Nbrth Care olins and Kentuclry aro indopondont ne individ- uals, In somo Statos (as in Illinols) tho Inde- pendents aro’ organizing for concerted action, but thoy cannot afford to adopt ‘rulos of party foalty and party discipline, Of tho movement in our own Btate, the Danvillo NVews says: ‘The men {nterested in this Roform or Indopondent inovoment oro not sticklors for party—thoy huve no sympathy for tho watchword: Our purty, ‘Hght of wroug, . . . We predict that tho comibg Spring. flold Convantion will adviso the greatest froedom from purty trammols, and will rocomniend it supporters ta uso tholr bost judgment aud not voto for man, oven i reguistly nominnted, unless such candidates aro honcst and deserving'men, —Tho Pittaburgh Gazettc colls over the roll of Ropublican oligibles for tho next United States lfluuntm‘mip (vico Beutt) of Ponnsylvauin, ag fol- ows : John Allison, Bonjsmin Harrls Browster, Senator Beott, J, Donald Conicron, Winthrop W, Ketchum, W, H. Kemble, Gen, Harry Whito, Gen, Albright, Butlor B, 8trang, W, D. Kolloy, W. H, Armstrong, A, C, Harmor, .nd L, D, Shoemalker. But tho Gazelte omits tho very man,—8imon Cnmeron's man—viz. : Robert W, Mackey. —Tho Pitteburgh Commoercial (Mackey'a organ for tho Benatorship) continues to fling bricks at ealary-grab Congressmen, luttng Kelloy and othors after this stylo : Thus far very fow remonstrances e been rafsod in auy part of the country agafust the proposed with- drawal'from publio lifo of back-pay mombors of Cou- gress, —TFor Ropublican candidate for Govornor of New Jersoy, George A. Halsoy, Edward Bottle, Georgo 't Dudley, John Hill, John B, Davidson, and Amos Clark are named, ' Tho first mentione od sooms to havo the best chances, Tho Demo- orats havo an cqually largo numboer of candi~ datos, Amon%tham are montioned prominently Qon, Georgo B. McClellnn, and Judgo Bedlo. The lalter scoms to bo tho one most fonrod by tho Ropublican party, Ho would doubtloss bo opposed by tho liquor interout, becauso of a recont chorgo to the Grand Jury on the subject of tho Bunday ll:ulxox luw. —In the Tirst Congrossional District of Phila~ delphia, as now ro-districted, tho Republienn aspiranta for Congross are Goorge Handy Smith, James B. Alexander, Chapman Frooman, Col. D. B. Branson, aud Thomas Cocterill, and they aro laving o warm fight. Geu. MoCandloss will bo the Democratio nomineo. In tho Sacond Distriot, Charlos O'Neill will be tho Republican candidate, In the Third (Domacratic), Sam, Randall is opposed in tho Demoeratic ranks by Senator Deetiort, In the Fourth Discrict, Pig- Tron Kolloy will have no Republican oppogition, In tho Fifth, Messrs. Harmor and Myers aro having a fight for the Ropublican nomination, baving Loth been thrown in one district. —Tue Cincaco TRiUNE of last Naturday, quoting tho Gazefte as roferonco, saya thuh **Judge C. B. Bmith will not bo a candidate for & nomination for Congross,” Tur Tnimune should have sald ** Judgo O. B. Bteclo, of Mat- toon,” instend of Smith, The latteris & condi- date for tho nomination, while Judge C, B. Brealo 18 not.—Tuscola (2l.) Gazelle, —Walearn that William B, Powell, of Aurora, will bo a onndidate bofora-tho Itepublioun Con- vention for Btate Buperintendont of Publio In- struction, Ho clpims that ho will go iuto tho Convontion with the united support of Kaue, Kondull, and several other northern couutios. 1fo is » brothor of Maj. Powoll, tho Colorado ox- plorer, and is said to be woll qualifed to il the position which he seeks.—Feoria (1) Tran- seript. ) —Norman J, Colman, editor of tho Bt. Louis * T'goral Looval,” and whilom spread-ongle nd- Yacato of Lho Farmers' Movomont, publicly tolls tho farmors of Aissouri that while politicel ac- tion by the farmers’ clubs of Iilinols is s good move, he thinks that in Miesourl such sotion is not advissble. The animus of Mr. Colman is vory plain. Tlhnois, nt her lust clection, guve a Ropublioan majority—dissour! gave &' Domos cratic majority. This man Colmun has boen a bhanger-on at overy Domooratio Convention held in Missouri during the past oight or ten years, & standing candidate for ovory oflico from” Gove ornor down, , . . Now, we approhend that it muttors very littlo to tho farmers’ cause, 80 far ns Colman i individually concerned, what he does, or what bocomes of him; tho man trouble is that half-a-dozen wuch animals Wg‘él do & causio more Lurm than s scoro of ocarnei , active, sincere workers cau do it good, by driving those who are studying its aspects with favora- ble loaniugs, into aotive hostility.—Carlyle [¢5) Union Banner, —1'he Toledo Blads admita’that it stands with the Cinciunatl Enquirer on tho ourrency 3“0‘!- tion. Binco it is s0 frank, we don't mind ad- mitting that we aro opposed to fvflution, thongh not in favor of immediato contraction; we are lso oppoued to baving tho Governmont sot as Wwet nurso o rny particulnr branch of productive industry, unloss it ean troat all classos exaotly alike in that Xoi?uut. It this is Manbattan Donocracy, then Manhattan Dom, is o Dem,d good thing,—O0hio sState Journal, 5 —The Hon, J. J. Pattorson, lata of Ponnsyl- vanis, has boon heard from in'a lotter to the Sao- rotary of War protesting against tho order of last yonr limiting the houors of Decoration Day in Arlington Cemotery to_woldiers bolonging to the Unionarmy ., ., So long as this phlnr holda a seat in the Sonate of the Umted Btatos, tho forgiveness of South Carolina will be {ncom- rletu. o stands a disgusting proof of the ma~ ignity of the reconstruotion Bnlioy towards the pooplo of the Bouth, While ho and suoh ag ho are porglng thomuslves with tha plundor of the living, what mackary it {8 {n thom to prate of atrewing idle flowers over the graves of the dead who aro beyond tho roach of their repaoity and Just of aggrandizomont! The peoplo of guuth Carolina are sufforing terribly, but their worst ouomy eannot sy that they dosorvo the i 0 winy of having Jobn J, Pattorson speak forthom iu the nanme of charity and brotherly love.— Unl'rllbllfi‘g (Pa.) Patriot, ~—'Thoe Now Yorl Z%imes gives tho norves of tho wookor brothren a frosh shock by again admou= {phlng the linfmhllmm party, in o'leading articlo, that tho timo liaw como to "deal with tuo misrule aud spoliation at the Bauth, The blaoks, 1t BaYy8, must ut last b8 made to understand that, unloss they mond their ways, they need not oxpeot any countonanco or supnort from the party in the Nosthern Statos, Tho * puerile alurm * of tho Ropublican journals that are afraid to tell the truth or hoar it told is_not sharad,jwo are told, by the Times. *We havo not lal ovad,” it esys, 1o suppress Twoodlsm in this State morely that we may give an open or a covort BUpport to ‘Twaedism elsowhore. ~Nor cun wo #00 thut cor- rns:unu, Mhen it {8 praoticed (n tho namo of Re- an loaniom, 18 in auy dogroa better than corrup- on whon 16 i8 praoticed it ¢ho Rame of Do. miooxioy. ess, Mr, Healoa was r, Durham has boon, THE [INDIANS, Prospects of a Lively Campaign in ¢ Dakota and Montana, Offioial Correspondence of Gen, Qus~ tor and Stanley, Gen. Custer Looking for Indians and Ready for the Fray, From the Minnoapolis Tridune, Juna 9, ‘Wo have alrendy published tho fact that 400 o2 00 Ohoyonno Indians had loft tholr resorvation throatoning an attack on tho Dakota frootior. Tho following corrospondence addrossed to Gon, Bhoridan oxplaiug the situntion moro fully: GEN, QUSTEN ANTIOIPATES A F10IT, ot ADnAIAM LINCOLN, } Vi Dtiseanok, D, T., May 20, 1874, othe, A..'mfl‘u;uumm-mnuu!, Departmeni of Dakota, ine Pty Minn. ¢ Lam jhst in rocelpt of tho dlapatches from Gou, Btanloy and tho Indlan Agent nt Choyeuno Agoncy, from which 1t will be soen that tho Indians are ng longor controllad by thetr Agent, and, in spilo of all tho ellorts of Gen. Blunley and thelr Agent, thoy hava takou tho war-nath in formidablo numbra, Tho nlleged protext of tholr incursion, viz: o ate ck the Roos, 18 simply subterfugo, as thoy invarize Dly give thig ns thelr purposo whenever they loave thoir soseryation, whon 1L s well kuown that not only {hy Roes bocomo subjoota of their nttacks, but overy whito npn on theeo frontlors fnan object of tholr hotllity, Xrom theso dluputchos thoy shiould. Teach this post 00, if uat divertd to Fort’ Berthold, Should they com anywhore in this vicanity, I will endeavor to iy them such n atrong grosting au'will not 1uduco thein to Tepeat thofr viait. Uwing to the Importanco of the fne formation contained in the dispatches of Gon, Btanley oud the Indian Agent at Choyonno Agonoy, I transmit thom entire, This voluntary aud tuprovoked depart~ ura of 50 formidables o war-party from thelr resoryae tlon rests upon no idle rumor, but upon the positive knowledge of Gon, Stanloy unil tho Agent of thibe pooe ple, G, A, Custxn, ‘GEN, RTANLRY ADVISES FOWDER AND LEAD, o Ztot. ot g, DAEEKOnT Suua, D. T, Moy 2, fout,-Col, @, A, Custer, Sevent valry Fort Abraham Linzoin, 5 W it 8tk ¢ Tucloded ploass Lud A copy of communication Tecelved this morntug from 11, W, Dinghom, United Btates Indisn Agent st Choyoniie Agency, D, 1. Sines Tucoiving this I Lava visited tho Agonoy, anid hayo fe ducod tho Chlefs to follow the war-party and iry to turn thomn back, They agread to doliver my mossnga to tho war-purty, but declsre that nothing will induce them to turn back, Tho number leaving Choyenuo Ageucy 8 fully 400, They oxpoct reluforcomerita at Grand River, and say thoy will bo thy trongost ware purty that over startod for tho Racs, I could ot learn that thoy intend to attuck your loes sconts, but this hug beon thelr gamo for tho lust two years, I caloue Iute that It will take them sovon daye to urrivo oppo- sito you, which would be sbout the 20th Inat, 1f tho futontion of this largo wur-party bo to avold you nnd striko the llgos villages, I udviss you to koop Hoouts well out toward Heart Iutte, and try to detock and frustrato thelr design, As to how to deal with thom i you moet them, I leavo to your good Judge ment, They are not likely fo bo smenablo to oft wards, and you hnd bottor use powder nud luad ot once, 1 have natified the commanding ofiicer ab Fort Rica £0 bo on tha look-out sbout tho 2ith fust, If you deom it nocessary order two, of tho panlds at Fort Rico o join you. T regrl that ths iraph lino to thls placo “Ia atill down, othorwiso T uhiould of courss have referrod this mattor to tho coms mivuding oflicor of tho Depurtment, Vary reapeotfully, your obediont servant, D, 8. Sfaniey, Colonal Twonty-second Xnfantry, commandlig, 0O tolo FOUR MUNDRED INDIANS ON THE WAR-PATH, DATED CUEYENNE RIVER AGENQY, D, 1\, AMay 24, GENEMAL: I kizve just loarucd that o lorge’ wars ‘party, probubly about 400 men, huva gono to fight the Iees, About four weoks ago I turued Duck o larga war-party, und now & lorge number of $ho samo e dlsns hove gono agaw, I have advised the Ohiofs thit 1 should praceed st onice to learn who oro absent frons tho Agonoy, aud unlesa thoy relurn at onco, they . cote not got any more rations ut this Agency. Ihavo ade visod gl tho Indisns of this months ago, but thoy still perslet in annoying the poor Roos. I lavo done all in my power toatop this party from going, but I foir they will not roturn, I desiro that Gou. Custer, at Fort Abraliam Lincoin, bo advisod of thiu lurgs waroparty, and, If practicable, I hopo ho will turn them back, iy puch meang o Ho may think best, Should Lils plan moot your approval, I hopo you will dispstch a courler at oiice, Bhould 'thls party got. roiforced at Grand River Agency, which will probably bo tho ca, it will be tho lurgest war-party thst hos ever gonw againgt tho poor Reea, oping that tha foregolng vill meot your approval, I aw, very respectfuily, your obedlent sorvant, 10, VW, DINGitass, Tnited States Indian Agont, (Approved) Gux, D, 8, SrANLES, Commanding District Fort Sully, D, 2 G, A. CusTEln, Brovet Major-General U, 8. A,, Commauding Pozt, THE MOSTILE INDIANS OUTNUSIBER THE TROOPS, FonT Aunauast LaNCoLy D, T, May 46, 1875, b Adjutant-General, Department o' Dakota ; o ropel thu formidublo war-puities of Indians ub- seut from thelr rcsorvations, mud now known to Lo moving against tho peoplo of’ this frontior, it hns Leon uceessary to strip tho forts along thia line of thelr g - risous in order o concenirato wyuiust tho Indfans, S niuch s thin tho cuse that oilicors contemplate sonding thair funilios to thoir Lomes {n tho States, foeling il willing to loavo them ot theso sxpoied polts il 40 littls protection, My commnud is now under ordors fo proceed in scarch of & lurgo party of Indiaus, wiw, Dy roport of thel Agent, huvo left " their reservetlon With tho nvowed purposo of muklug war, Mister ovary avaflable man belonglug to the civalry alons: tho iine, and I cannot ralse a forco equal to thnt of tho party Tam sent to oppose, I wish uomo of those wiio 10w urgo tho reduction of tho srmy were Liors to Judyo of thu Getusl necessity of tho wervice, I cannot bt boliovo that Judgment would favor ou increnso r. thes than a reduction, G, A, Uusren, Brovet Maj.-Gen, U, B, A, A SUMMER INDIAN WAR ANTIOIDATED, ForT A, LiicoLy, Moy 28, 1674, To_dutstant Adjutant-General, Depariiont Dakote, S, ul, Minn,: 1 would not bo surprised if the wnp-rnrty now alaent {from tha resarvation bolow should fail to uttack ¢ithor 8t Fort Rice, Lincolu, or Berthold, and fnstead maxe their way to the hostilo eaap for oifensive operezions {ho coming summer, Ilave folt satistied for nouio time that this fa thelr ultimato plan, It wae thir thut induced the suggestion on my part th rogard to the addition of fnfuutry to the expedition if practicablo, ay thereis no doubt but tho reservation Indinur will combine with tlo recoguized hostilo tribes to Earucs thooxpedition, Running Antolopo and other promi- nout Sloux Indians from Standing ttock frocly con- fossed thut this was their intention, It will be seon {rom the Inrge numbor of wurriors who havo left Choyenne Agency how formldablo i foreo wo will have to contond with tho coming suuiner, I repeat, ab that T uuticipate no diflioulty in overcoming this s with tho expodition s ot present contemplated, but the addition of somo infantry ia nuverihielosn dosiiable, G. A, CUsTER, Drovet Mujor-Genoral Commundi.g, OENERAL BHERIDAN TO ANMY KEADQUARTER:, WasminaroN, D, C., Juno G.—~Qeu, Bher.dan “forwards to Army Headquarters copios of tulo- rams fiom Gon. Georgo A. Oustor, dated Iort fihmhmn Lincoln, vix Bismarcl, May 20, an- nouncing that ho ig in receipt of dispatches from QGon. Stanloy ond tho [udian Agent at the Chioyenne Agenoy, stating that tho Indlans are no longor controtlable by thoir Agont, nm.li in 8pite of tho offorts of Gon. Stanley and their Agent, hovo taken the war-path in formidublo numbors, With regard to the manner of dual- g with theso Indiang, Gon. Stauloy sayu to Gon. Cuater: *They aro not likely to be amenable to soft words, and you had bottor uso powder aud load &t once,” Whon the proper time for the pursuit of the Indians arrivos, Con. Custer w}ll tako ton duys' rations aud one com- pany of infuntry,—tlio latter to guard the ‘wagons whenovor it bocomes necessary for the cavalry to movo rapidly, el o 2 DEADLY ASSAULT. As & man named Louis Frautz | wag returning homo from his work, at about 6 o'clock Iast eve: n- ing, bio was attacked by throo unkuown me:, near tho corner of Eighteouthand Robo) struu(r:i and 80 savorely beaton that his life is deapniro of. Ho had noarly roachod tho above corucr whon the assnss(ng sprang upon him from their biding place aud made & dosporato attompt to commit robbary. Franta resisted thoir offorts, and thoy all united to forco him to yield to thoir domands. Ho was boaton in o brutal manner about the hoad and faco with bricks or Aomo othor solid substanco, sud, when ho way loft on tho pavemont whoro Lo hiad boon thrown, it wag in an Insonsible coudition, and bloediuy copiously, Ho was picked up by some pasacra. by, who sscortainod that he rosided on Harbino atreet, st of Wostorn avouuo, aud Dr, Btorl called'in to attoud him. An examluation by the }vhyulclnu rosulted in tho discovory of a broken aw, and also that his skull had beon fractured o ittto abovo tho loft temple, 1o remained in an invousible condition at a late hour last night, with no proapoot of rocovering, aud it iy tho opinion of the attondiug phystolun that he caunot recover, Bolug unable to furnlah & dee oription of tho daatards who wero guilty of this unprovokod aseault, no arrosts huve as yot baen mado, but the police boliovo thoy know thels men, aud are inpareult, Tho viotim iu a G marriod, and hiss o family of four childron, —_— ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, A Orlspin named Oharles Wilson, resid No. Enat Kinzlo stroat, attempted suloideane evaning hilndmlnlu!arlugn doto of laudanum, Ho was_dlscovered moon after tho drug had taken offoct and couveyed to tho "Twolfth-Pre- oluet Station, whore Dr. Cook g plied ouch, ronodies as would countoract the ognnt af the doso, after which he waa gent to the be b ummtod o B xéason far the < 2 at