Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 9, 1874, Page 6

‘TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. 03 (FATATLE IN ADYANOE), TATRS OF ONSERLY iy by ft j Weol Poxtnut To presout deiay and mistaxos, he sare and giva Post 00 o satesw in full, including State and Connts, Post hemitlances may be mado eitlior by draft, 0xpross, Uico ordtor, ur 2w tegwetarad lattars, &% our riek, FERMR TO OITY HUNSCRINKIR, Tally, dolisered, Bunday oiceptea 35 conte par wosk, 1ails. aclivered, Bunday inciuded, 20 conta por week, Adareen THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madizon and Dearborn-ata,. Ublcago, 1l TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. oK ATRE-Madison sivent, hetwaen AT ozoment ot tho Kollogs lin Dearborn aml Staty lish Opora-Troupe, * fauat, OADEMY OF MUSIO~Halsted atreet, hatwaen Mad. aomond Monron: * Iimgageinont of Lameonce Barrott, ** Julius Oreesr.’ 0OT1V'S, THEATRE-Rand Ol and Lagsllo, " Monof the )t strost, botwoen RAE! OPERAIOUSE-Munras ateoot B S e hara arity porformanc Ik o Proxtidiglintour, uto. GRAND OPKRIA-HOURE. Suerman Houso. Kelly & L EXPOSITION BUILDIN stroot. orraiany, e, —Lakestiore, foot of Adams CORMIUK ALY -North Clark stroot T tod Tactovs on pain by MM, Tatobtin and Regamoy. ENTY ST, BASILBALL GROUNDS-— e T twoen Tha. Diliolphiss and O~ ehg . P C— SOCIETY MEETINGS. ENTAL 1 NO. 2, A, F. & A M. Hall SR lu.&glrncd\gumfi'unluufn hia " (iridur) sranine, ab 2 otloak, torurk on the Fint Dugees; cordially tavitad t ookl w3, or. N, TUCK KR, Bocrotary, NOTICES. CIVER OIT, AND LIME—~TIIAT PLEASANT o Witbor's Lompnund a1’ ’Il'nlrg (.‘ml,{.lr;v ""';re't: ng'\f)'d l)‘; adopted (n_medical praot R AERT D on, Chomial, Boston: TIRE WAL SUING'N TUBULAR i DIRE NALLS Grmod o enstirn fubos, aon at both endw, which, when lieated, croate n rapid draft Of clirron ol alr through and outslda of them. iy this Sotantvirculnion s vory o%on temporatuce bt froducnd, Tao satio principle Is applied to e Call and sen th procews at.the Exposftion Bullding, or at vuratoro, GUSING, WARKEN & €O, 65 Lake-at. il R The Chitage Tribune, Friday Morning, Ootober 8, 1874, Tue Taipuse of this morming consiste of twelyo pages, overy purchaser and subseribor beiug entltled to tho supploment, Tho usual fingneial aod commorcial roviow will be found in tho supplomental gheet. —————eems The rumored declaration of war between China nnd Japan may sot the nowspaper mon ot New York in » fevor, but it will most cortainly be do- niod within tho wook. The most economical freatment of it iu that which requires the fewest ‘words. A petition for the pardon of Aron Andorson, tho mau lately convicted of araon, has been for- warded to Gov. Rovoridgs, It bas tho sigua- tures of Judgo Rogers, who prosided durlog the srial, Alr. E, B, McCagg, and many other citi- gena of good judgment. The Governor will . gearcoly deny the potition. Gon. Shaler bas reached Now York, Hs ro- fused to bo interviewed by s roporter yesterday, not wishing to auticipato the expression of nis viows concerning the Fire and Water Depart- ments of Chicago, which he expects to submit in writing to & commiltee of the Citizovs' Associa- tion. Ho is now apparently waiting to be ssked for bis opiviou. Manbal Paokerd has withdrawn from the Advisory Board lately comstituted at a cone forcuce of tho two political parties in Now Orlosns, Ho assigna picssure of oiber duties as areagon for resigning. We foar that thecom- promige is at an end, Perhaps the honest pol- iog haw becoma tircsomo to tho Marabal snd the rest of the Republican managers Tho Couservative party in South Carolina havo decided to support tho indepeudent Ropublican candidatos for ofico, This action nlmost insurcs the defeat of Chamberlain and the 'riug candidates, Itis worth while for the people of South Carolina, oven yet, to have an honest Qoverument. There ie still some property which has not beon sold for taxes or confiucsted by the official roblers. Memorial services for the late Dr. T. M. Eddy wero hold i the Rock River Methodist Confer- anca yesterday. Dr. Eddy was for many years a momber of this Conforenco, and his loss is, por- baps, more deoply deplored within its limits thao in auy other part of the United States, Ho balonged to Chieago, though he temporarily lived In other citios; and it should be some small consolstion to his children that the Moth- odists of this city snd vicinity keep his memory green. A Grand Jurv in Salt Lake has indicted one of its own numbor for lasclvious coliabitation, the action being taken, we prosume, under tho Poland aw. Theman under indictmont bas fiva wivos, Ouo of his daughters i the prin- cipal wituoss for the prosccution. If }Mr. Po- land’s law sbould oxcesd the axpactations aronsed by ite passage, and actually bo instru- montal in the suppression of polygamy, the peo- ple will forgive him for not golug back to Con- gress, and lay up against him nothing but the gag lam. Mr. Arthur Dixon is faitlr “afore the people of the First Iilinoia Dist *. s candidato for Congress. Wo give in -or part of this pa~ per 1he results of an interviow with him by one of our roportors, It will bo cbaerved that le sbounds fn couflidenco af his ability to securo tho nomiuation as againet Mr. Rico, and the eloction e against Mr. Cawlfield. Mr. Dixan Justifics his Cougreosiounl wspirations by ssying thiat ho {8 & solf-made man, baviug beon once & Poor Boy, and now being an Alderman, We do 2ot knoyw that any man need apologize for solic- itivg the v * his follow-citizous. Mr. Dixon is not .o .mptuous fu standing for Cone gress. All he wants in order to be elocted is votes, The Chicago produco matkots wora genorally tame yestorday, but with little weuknoss, Mesa potk woe quiat and & sbade easior, closlug at ©21.50@21.644¢ cash, and $17.65@17.70 seller the year. Latd waa quict and stoudy, closing at $14.60 per 100 s ensh, aud $11.55 eollor the year, Moats were quiet and uuchanged at 8o for shouldeys, 11%{c for short middies, and 124@ 180 for wweel-plclled hams. Highwines were qulot and 1@1}ge lower, at $1.01@1.013¢ por gallon, Lake frelghts wore less motive and - regular, at 4} @ilo for wheat to Buftalo, Ylour was quiot aud wesk. Whoat was quiot snd 3e higher, closing weak at 920 casb, sud D13¢0 wollor Novomber. Corn was dull and 3go , higher, closiug at 703¢e caub, and 7830 for No- vembor, Oata wers aotive and a shado stronger, cloalng at 500 cash, aud 48340 eoller November, Jiyw was 1n better request, and firm ab G0, Bars B2.60 butwoon epvosite cornor of loy was sotive and ¢@lc higher, oloniug at F1.08 sieller tho month, und §1.03 for Nevembar, ogs woro activo and flem, with sules chiofly at #5.60@0.50 for common to chivfoo. Uattle woro stoady. Blioop rolod asbade lowor, S i An address, anld to wsuo from rapresontative oolored mon of Louisians, is publishod this morning. 1t & a gonoral complatut of arroganco and trenchory on the part of the Repubhean manngers in Now Orloans, Spoclal rofersuco scomn to be mado to Marshal Packard in a phirase which speaks of * tho power and patrons aga of somo of tho Federal ofiices boing dis- pounsed 80 as to excludo the colored peoplo of wealth and intolligonco from political promi- nonco.” It is assorted, too, fn tho addroes, that inignorance of the plans of the campaign and the workings of the State Administration. Alto- gether, the address will bo uncomfortablo read- ing for Mr, Packard and Gov. Kollogg. Iftiho negroos aro sgainat thom, who ean be for thom ? emme——— A potition to the Hours of Dishops of the Protoatant Episcopal Church, tho General Cou- vantion of which is now assembled in Now Yorl, is boing clrculatod in Ilfinols with a view to dofeating tho confirmation of Dr. Beymour, Dishop-olect of tho Dioceno. Bince tho olestion of Dr. Seymour, nquiries s to his dootrinat bollefs have boen mads by many moderate and Low-Churchmen, and abundant assurance of Hia Ritualistio loanings has been recoived. The opposition to lus confirmation {8 countenanced and advised by many Low-Church Bishops. So. oatnest {8 the fooling against him that somo of tho olorgy who signed the teatimonial 4| havo deolded to withdraw theie namén from it, and to joiu in the potition agalust confirming bim. A Now York journal has learned that tho Ilougo ot Bishope fu likaly to disapproveof the election, From present appenyances, tho parties who will be the most bouofited by the Beecher scandal aro the lawyora. Thore are now ouly thirteon suits ponding, which nro sido issues growing out of tho main one, as follows: 1. Thesuit by Lilton againat Beecher for 100,000 damages; 2, 3 snd 4, The suits by Tilton agafust tho Brookiyn Eagle, Now York World and Zribune for $100,~ 000 each; 5, 6 aud 7. Tho three snits of Heury C. Bowen against tho, Brooklyn Eagle; 8. The suit of Ioury O. Bowen againat a roporter of tho lnat named papor,—the four lnvolving 3350, 0003 9 and 10. Miss Proctor's sults against Monl- ton sud the Graphic, $100,000 oach ; 11. Bacond guit of Bfiss Proctor against Moulton for libol; 12and 13, Tho two auits of Doochor against Moulton end Tilton, recently brought. In addi- tion to theso thero are rumors of & suit for di- voree by Mrs, Tilton, aund a suit by Tilton agaiust Ovington for mantaining » separation botwosn himself and wifo, The arrost of Count Von Arnim is likely to have very serious consequonces. Nothing hos been realized from the various searches for the important documents said to bo missing, and tho genernl botlof now is that they have been sont to England for safe koeping. Still no re- laxation is made in the endeavors to obtain them Ly fair means or foul, The residonces of tas Count aud of Lis son have boon thorougbly ran- ancked, and the Count bas been kept in prison a8 a hostnge. The situntionis full of prave complications. The geuesal publio would like to know what is the occasion ofw»the trouble; but, not baviug iuformation on this point, it is disposed to extond full sympnthy to the impris~ oned mao, and to execrato tho tsranny of Prince Bismarck. A Paris nowspaper says that tho documents sought have relation to the change in the Fronch Administration at the timo of Thiers' rosignation, and contain expressions of Dismarck’s sympathy for Thiers. DBut this re- port is not anthenticated Yostorday there appeared in this paper a no- tice for & Republican meetivg in the Teuth ‘Ward, which had been roccived in an oficial envelope of the Chicago Yoat-Ofiice, and marked “Oficinl busivees,” That this was on ivrogu- lanty of the clerk who had used the envelopo we have no doubt, nor do we question that it was dona without tho kuowledge and consent of Gon. MeArthur, The Postmaster has o siriet regulu- tion probibiting tho use of any Government statlonory by any porson in the offica on any- thing but stiictly official busingss, and this uso of tho oficial ouvelope, however caroloss on the part of the clork, was utterly in violation of thin well-eatablishied, rigidly-enforcod rogulation. Tho act was also a violation of law, aud of the regulations of the General Post-Ofico Dopart- ment, aud the Postmaster could nof, even if so disposed, consout to or pormit such an illogal procoeding. Ha hag takou stops to pravent the repetition of any such offense hereaftor, In calling attontion'to tho act of the olork, we had no purpose to make any casaof delinquency againet him; wa thought the Postmaster onght to bo mado awars of the abuse, The Stato Board of Equalization has closed its Jabots. To its credit, o it said, it abated somo- what in its vengeful purposes towards Chicago, and sctually dealt with the corporations in & spirlt of comparative justice. The poople of this county, however, owe a dobt of gratitude to the How, R. P, Derickson, for his long and vigi- laut labors on that Board, The duties of & member of tho Board are of tho highest impor~ tance, and yot ore rarely appreciated, The ofiico 1u o Iaborious one, requiring resesrch, logal In- formation, and untiring watchfniness. Last yoar Mr. Dezickeon'a offorts wers defoatod by tho uncorapromising majority; this yoar o haa auccoeded, by his abllity and industry, in miti- gating some of the avilsand abuses of the worst~ devised systom of taxation that ever found & place on a atatute-book: At this time Ohicago needs euch mer aa Mr. Dorickeon in tho Logls- Iature. Ho lives 1 the Third District, aud, while tho political complexion of that distriet yondere it & matter of scme doubt whethor he can be eleotod to tho Beunte, hie certainly can be oleot- ed s & Reprasontative. Oue mau of his practic cal fnformation and ability in the Leglslatura would bo worth u dozon Kolioes, Hongs, Blo- Afahons, Goarye, and other like gentry, The flrst vumber of the new Republican daily papor of Now York—the Republic—mado its firat spposisuse, according to promise, Monddy mora- ing, 1t fraukly declares that its ohlof raison 'eire iy to give the Admlinistration an unquall- fled wupport, after which 1t proposea to enter tha compoting ramifications of modern journalism, If its purposes Lind changod posttions, and tho news had been givon the flrat placo with ‘the support of the Adminiatration as seoondary, tha outlook would have Loon botter, As it ia, the firut number looks as though it had besn {asuod bolore 1ts monagers had got *'a good roady,” though thors are Indlcatlous of anine tention o gather she news of this consimant the decont colored poople of tho State are kopt THE CHECD D P 15N EWTTIDY in proforonca to the wews of Ivrope, Asin, and Afrles, in which respect It may sot its Now York contemporarios & good oxampla, It la sald, on tho ona haud, that tho papor is bnelkod by plenty of money and influonco { on tho othor, that its existence will bo Iargoly dolerniined by tho results of tho fall olootions, and thnt, in tho evont of a succeeaful isnuo for the Ropublicans, it will attach itaolf to tho fortunes of Gon, Grant for a third torm. In nuy ovont, its managora will Lo rure lo dis- covor that newepapor siccess dopenda upon newspapor entorpriso and ability, and not upon organ-grindlug. Moanwhilo, the papor hias beon recelved in New York without any partienlar mnlico, and wo wish it all the success it may rightfally onrn. A SOUTHERN CONFERENCE, The Qovoruor of Rontucky has iad n confor- enco rocontly with the Governor of Tennesseo, to conslder a proposition for & zenoral meeting of Bouthern mon to make such reply ns mny bo noeded to the reprosentations of the Ropublican Convention, to be held soon at Chattanooga. Varlons othor suggostions ave been made, in- cludiug & proposition to hold a cou- vention of all the Governors of all the Stales, to consider the subject of local Gov- crmnonts in the South. It was doclded that no notlco should be taken of the forthcoming mob at Chattanoogs, aud Gov, Lonlio, of Kontucky, and some othor gentlemon undertook to conuult with Gov. Hendricks and othor Northorn Demo- crats 58 to what action onght o bo takon, if Auy, to arouse public sontiment at the North to thio condition of affairs at the South, Tho Louls. ville Courier-Journal, whovo editor Las becn a party to this consultation, gives & gloomy roview of the sltustion, rad cupecially of the eceming indifforonce of tho Northern people to the com- plaiuts and grievances of tho South, It is to on- liat publié intorest at the North that this Conven- tton has boen suggested. The peoplo and politiciana at the South make o mistake in mssumivg that the pevple at tho North aro either uninformed or indifotent as to the condition of affairs &t tho South, Grant all that is said a8 to the deplorable condition of those States, yot thoe ovil is largols'in tho nature of things. Tho presont stato of the South in primarily tho consoquence of the Rebellion: The War lod unavoidably to the emancipation of the blacks. That was s consoquence known to overybody to bo inevitabls in ease tho Rebellion was unsuccessful. Tho nogroes having beon mado freo, citizonship and the elective franchiso were necessary to their protection, Without these, their condition as free nogroes would have beon as holpless aud defenuelees as that of slaves. Tho North had really no choico ; the political equalily of the negro was cesontlal to his safoty, sad, it any donbt existed of this, tho policy of the Southern peopls towards the blacks during the yoars immediately following the War showed that political oufranchisement was a neceseary sequel to tho abolition of slavery. Admit that tho measure was a hazardous one ; that placing the ballot in the hands of 4,000,000 of meu who bad . beon &laves snd who were ut- texly iguorant of ull things pertaining to an tn- tolligent exercise of the new found privilego has proved to bo o dangerous expernment, thero was no othor course that could bo adopted. Like tha national debt, it was one of the costly conao- quonces of the War, Itis truo that tho presont extraordinary condition of affairs in the South- orn Stales is due directly to emancipation and the political enfranchisoment of tho blacks; but, ay theso were inovitablo rosults of the War, so they aro now irrevocable, and all that is loft for the nationto do is to mitigate tho vvil 1s far as possiblo, Out of tho political equality of a race so ignorant a8 the mass of the formor slaves, there lava grown many pross abucs, and theso have ‘been mainly instigated by the claes known as carpet-baggers. Theso earpot-baggers them- golves ave anothor natural consequonce of the War. Any iutelligent Southern mau who 1860 would iavo boen asked to state the cortain cousequences of the failuro of the Rebeilion would lave promptly enumorated: 1. The omancipation of the slaves; 2. Thelr enfrane ehigemout a8 cltizens, clothed with the right of suffrago; 3. An invasion of white adventurors intont on spoliation; 4. The political union of the negroea and those adventurers, to the op- pression of tho whites and the impovoriehment of tho South, In taking up arms the Southern pooplo discounted the futuye with & kuowledgo that a falluze on their part included all these calamitics. We do vot moan to eny that these aro punirbments Justly indicted, but we do eay thnt thoy nre tho natural consequences forcod alike upon the North and tho Bouth, for which thete is no adequate romady save such as may be doveloped fu the courso of time, Tho States of Delaware, Mary~ land, Missourl, and Kentucky were forcibly kept out of tho Rebellion, and, though their glave population was mado free, the autonomy of their Stato aud local Goveruments has beon presorved. Virginin has by wise and judicious wmauagement, and by virtuo of & whito majonty, escaped many of the more griovous disasters that bave overtaken other Statos. Qeorgia, after o long struggle, bas recovered from hor proatra- tion, a8 have North Coroliva and Toxas, It iu not lkely that theso Statos will agein bo dis- turbad. Arlaneas is in a fair way to a restored free and atubla Government, Iu Bouth Caroliua, Alabama, Misnissippi, aud Louisiuua, thinly-dis- guised anarchy relgns for the time, The peoplo of tho North aro not indifforent to the condition of thene States. But whero ia the logal nnd prac- tical way ont of the diflleulty ? For the Govorn- orsof the Southorn States to meot and tell the story of outrages and robberies in those States, without eome plaiu and intelligible vemedy, is but & wasto of time and worda. If thoy can tell s that romody, it will receive the moat roupoot- ful considerntion, 1871-1874, Three yeara ago to-day, Chicago wan oniled upon, without warning, to faco the most dis- astrous omorgency that hns evor ocourred n the history of auy city in this land, The wave of fire which tho local historiaus followed *from blook to block,” aud subsequontly recorded o graphically in poges which mny now bo had cheap for cash, swopt out of exlstence tho whole business centro of tho oity, aud & vory materinl portion of the rouidonce quarter, Three yoars ago to-morrow, Ohicago found berself without any banks, Insurance of- ficos, wholesalo housas, Chamber of Com- morco, firat-olass hotols, nowspaper officos placos of smusement, librarios, snd plo. tnve-gallories, Her commisaion merchauts were temporarlly reduced to a flour-barrol and, & board, Her lawyors wore without Hurarios, Her miufsters proached In the open air, Hor poople Liad ‘loat all but thelr dotermination, which tho fire could not oconsume, Thore wero uob wanting plouty of Joromiahs to exak wvil dlaloge sbout (hE fue BER 74 e, a:d Marlusion to ait on the ntina and rofleét upon tho downfall. But Joronriah aud Marius wore alio doomod to dimappointment. Tho fire sthnulated the growth of tho cliy inetond of checking it. Monoy poured in. Lalorors pourad in. Forty thousaud workmon were soon tiling in tho debris, and the clty roso oul. of tho ashes mora stately, magnificont, and beautiful than bofore it paseed through the furnace. In tho eologuent Ilanguage of the prenchor of Brooklyn Holghts, wo bave rebuilt what wos shatterod. Looking back over theso threo yoars, tho peoplo of Chioago mny find room for congratuta- tion and couraga to take up thoir burdens anew and go on with thom another yonr. They havo not only gurvived the groat firo, but they have survived the pauls of 1873, which waa worse thon tho flo, for it depressed business and impaired confidence, and the supplomentary firo of 1874, which, aftor tho insurance flurry hos blown over, will prove to have beon o blosaing to Lho city, howevor dieastrous it may have beon to individuals, Immediately aftor tho great fire, cautious, conservative men camo to the conclualon that the clty had beon put back a quarter of & century. Hopoless mon #ow uo halp for hatf & ceutury. Tho most san- guino thought it would tako at least ten yoars to recovor, Ouly three yoars, howover, have passed, aud during thie timo tho record shows a steady growth., The waste places have beon cavarod. Dusinees men have botter oftices aud storos than over beforo. Tho Doard of Trada ling & more ologant home. Now and more boau- tiful templea of worship have sapplied tho places of the old ones. Tho smaller librariea aro not tmigged, now that tho Publio Library istn oper- ation, - Wo have overything that wo had boforo and everything betler excopt an Opora-Houso and an Axt-Gallery ; but these are luxuries which will come whon the pooplo want thom. Popula- tion lae rapidly incrensod. Tn 1870 we Lad 208,977 people; at the time of the fire, $34,270; and now, 480,000, Busiuees shows no falling off, In 1871 we recoived 83,518,202 bushels of grain; ip 1873, tho total show 98,935,418 bukbols, In 1870-71 wo packed 871,230 hogs ; in 1872-78 tho number reached 1,461,084, During 1870 thero wero rocoived 1,008,000,000 foot of Jumbor; in 1873 there wore 1,123,378,071 feet. These repro- senlative figuros aro sulliclont to show that busi- noes has not fallen off, but on tho other hand thal ite bull has incronsed. Bocinlly we are sleo as well off, The number af einuers has not materlally incressed, although tho temptatione hisve beou profuse euough un- dor tho lax administration of tho Peoplo's Purty. Notwithstanding some thoological squabbloa and roligious rows, people go to church with becoming regularity, and, If the Millennlum is not at hond, still Chicago ean show as much genuine pioty and religious progress as any other cily, psys as much for the Chriatianizing of the Tiji Islaudor, sud sende hor young Christians, and Yoko Fellows, and Good Bawnritaus into all tho hovels to rescue brands from the burning. If she cousumes moro whivky thsn other cities, ovon with Lako Michigan travoling through 815 miles of wator- pipes, slie can't get wator onough to drink, so great is the domand, Our ladics sro arrayed in purple and fino linen, and the dry goods and willinery atores are thronged on the:ze ploassut autnma doys, Thoamusemont scason has oponed with unusual brillinuey, and the oporais thronged with enthusiastio and appreciativo toilots, The hotels are crowded with guests to their utmost capncity, aud the eating-louscs and cafes aro making fortuncs out of the oi polloi. Wo shall mateh the wedding of Titch and Sartorls with that of the son of tho President. Our winter will be mado morry with soirces and social ctushes, and wo shall sing 8a loudly and dance ae lively s8 boforo the fire, notwithatanding taxes, insurauco, tailors’ bills, Louso rent, and throe-cord monte aud tho scalawags. Politienlly, it zomame to be weon whether wo have improved. At preeent it would scem that moit of the yatriots bavo gone to tho bad and that tho couutry is jn davger. The scalawag is of the top of the heap, That estimable and high-priced olass of our citizens ongaged in driving hacks and consnming bevzine appear tobe the loual statesmen of the peried. Provided, nowever, thera fs powor enough in the City of Chicago to put down Mike McDonald, we may yot seo tho abolition of tho genus scalawag from logislativo and municipal tickota., If thoro is not, thon we mwust be content to accept the haok-drivor, tho keno-player, and tho saloon- loafor as the statesmon, in whoso bebalf we aro to exorclse tha right of anffrage, and into whose linuds wa are ta place the law-making power, In this event, another great firo and panio would be proferablo, in mout pointa of view, to tae results which will ensue. " Iu nearly all respocts, the ratrospect is plons. ant and bopeful, ‘Tho scar yot romains, but the soreness ia all gono, and tho arm is as strong and good 88 over. P THE UNCERTAINTIES OF POLITICS, A fow brief days ago, ninotoen happy individ- uala recoivod nominations for the Btate Senate and House from the Turner-Hall Conventlons, Whon the first fiush of glad surprise was over, the hall-dozon decont men on tho list awoko to 8 dazed consoiousnesa that politics, ke pov- orty, makes strango bedfollows. Thoy said that they wore embalmed in print with hack-drivors on one side, shoulder-hittora on the othor, and a aolect nsvortmont of sealawags hinrd by, ‘Their countenancos Tell. Their dreams of legislativo glory vanished, 'Thoy wero sad. Bloanwhile, their colloagues on the ticket wero brim- ful of |lwppiness aud drinks, Their ecups of joy ran ovor. Ho did thelr con- seqient muga of lager. ‘Thoy little thought that the flosting froth wupon tho lattor was an omblem of their glory., Nothing in thelr provious careor had shown thom the possibility of sllp "twixt the cup and tho lip. The one had always gone unerringly totho othier. The leadors of tho People’s Party mot in solemn conclave at the Shorman Iouse, put the guillotine in working ordor, and, with a rofine- mont of oruelty, invited the candidatos to put thotr own hoeds on the block and bid farowell, & long farowoll, to all thelr greatucss. <The headsmen showed, howover, eome delloaoy. They know that somo of tho nominoces wore of euch sbrinking eensitivenoss that they might bo slow, simply from motives of modesty, to publioly ascoud the scaffold. Bo the Qome mitteo Lindly deovood (hat resignations would bo recelved up to the 12th of October, aud that the nomiuces not heard from by fhat time would be conxidered as heving prosented thoir littls noten of deolination, Thin{s an oxcellent, astupendous jest on the ofico-geckora, It o none the woree for belng botrowed from Joln Calhoun's famoun answer to the suggeation that Kuusay ¥hould be sllowed ¢o voto on the adoption of her Coustitutions * Cortaluly, cortainly, lot tha peopls cast thoir ballots *For tho Conatitu tion, with alavory or Xy the Constte tation; withotit slkvety,'™ 4 s » diés of donds I win, talls you loro.” As mont of the loalng hauds have itching palmu Eholr losa s publio qain. Tho great gain Is iu the blow to tho caucus kystom. Once moro it bas boen fully triod, and ouce more it hing hoou found uttorly wantlng, The new nominations will bo made by & commlttee, ‘'his Intter body i some- what wonderfally and foarfully mudo up. If its membars will resolutoly rofraln from noniuating thomsolves, the oity fu to Lo congratulated. 1f they nolect another not of ecalewngy, tho peoplo of Chlcago will pitch tho People's Party over- hoard and nominate good mon on their own nc- count, D — THE FIRE-ENGINEER3 CONVENTION. T'ho onw thing noodtul for Chiengo, just now s to morit tho roputation throughout the vountry of hinving one of tho most ofiiciont Vire Dopart- mouts {n the lnnd. To ostablish this reputation Chicago mnst be ready Lo adopt any nnd il rec- omwendations to ftaprove her Tiso Depnrtment. Among the topics discussed st tuo Convention of Firo Engincers in 8t. Louls was whather tho oxistonca of auy direct scting sorvice systom Justificd relinneo upon that system alone for tho oxtinguishmont ot firos without the aid of ouxiliary movable firo-ongmen. There woro thoso at the Conveution who favored the Holly systom, but the Convention wore of opinion that oxcluslve rollance upon it wos sttonded with very groat risk ; and tbat to disponse with movable fire-ongines, ag In dons In sotne placos, would bo exceediugly hazardous, The use of stand-pipes e buildings was also o subject of recommondntion, Staud-pipes are iron pipea of about tho dimensious of the ordi- nary hose used at fires, and ronching from tho ‘bottom to the top of a building snd connacted with tho water-aupply of tho city, 1loso maybo attachod to them at wuny floor, and any room or the wholo building flooded in & short time, That these atand-pipes are & vory' excellent suxilinry to a fire dopartmont ie ovident from the fuct that iusurance companics reduce rates b por cout whoro such applisuces ave provided. Tho rop- Towentativos of largo oities liko Cincinuati, Bos- ton, Philadelphia, Now York, and Chicago favor- ed the crection of theso pipes. In Now York there fs & Inxge number of stores in which the pipes have been put up, and ara sometimes con- nected with steam pumps. Thoy have frequontly beon found of use, when the longth of hose was subiciontly great, in putting out incipient fires. In Chicago we bavo, according to Mr. Bonner, fifty buildiogs with stand-pipes, which are used to provent tho sprerd of firo in their neighborhood. ‘Wo onght to have moro, A committgp of tho Convention recommond that staud-pipes bo ercoted in all Jarge buildiugs and warohousoes, ‘Tho expenso is not great, nnd the reduction in inguranco prowinma would pay for thoir orec- tion in o ghort timo. Among the other recommondations of tho Con- vontion Committoas are: 1. That the eugines should be kept always in such order that they can be manued and be ofliciont at s momont’s notico. 2, That Chiefsshould have supremo control of their men, ‘This coutrol is necessary to mocure thorough diecipline and insure the greatest efllicioncy of the Dopartment, ) 3. That standing ladders should be erectod on all publio bultdings, large manufactories, hotels, ete. 4. That iron shuttora should comointo general uso on warehouses, factorics, etc,; aud that shutters, above the firat story, should be provid- ed with fostenings accessiblo from the outsido, in order that firemen might opou them speedily. 5. That, in all cities with a populution of 260,- 000 inbabitsnts and upwards, the maios should not be loss than 12 inchos io diametor. Chicago s not the only city in which the muins are too smoll, The Committece of tha Convention on Water-Supply reported that the supply of water in almost every city is inadequate, 6. That in the mercantilo portions of cities Dattloment walls of brick or other fire-praol material sbould ho constructed at loast 5 feot above the roof, with bose openings 25 feet apart and 8 feot abuvo tho roof. 7. That thore should be to overy threo engines ono truck with alx or ton laddors. 8. That reliot engines are & necessity, and should always bo kopt in order. 0. 'Fhat citios should forbid tho erection of buildings of such height thnt thoir roufs are ont of the roach of the fire apparatus, 10, That only competont mzohinists should be employed as engineers of stoam fire-enginos. 11, That paid fire departmouts bo organized in all cities and towns. Beaides thesorecommondations of Committees, the Convention adopted a resolution commend- ing to local governments the eunctment of ordinances providing thut in tho purchaso of Tose the quality should bo the best, and that the lowest bidder should be ignored. There {8 not & suggestion among all thoso made by tho Committees which doos not recom- moud itself to tho good sonse of the public, and which Chicago would not do well to ‘udopt where it has not slroady. The only thing for us now to do s o regain whatever confillente wo liave lost by tho steady improvoment of our Iire Departmont. Wo should ondeavor, to tho full oxtent of our ability, to offset onr Uability to coutlagrations by the superiority of our appli- aucea for preventing them, aud of copivg with thom when they como. THREE-CARD MONIE, A correspondont, Mr. Alex. Charles, tolls m our issue of Wednesday tho old, old story of threo-card monte over again, Enter *honest farmor,” blubbering., Ho bas lost 2l his monay, 80 ho eays, td'a gaug of monte mey, and has nothing to ahow for it except the thrao cards bo spatohed from the tablo. 'Theso he produces and shuflles awkwardly. A crowd, inspired by sympathy, gather around him, Ile shows how ho was cihoated. 'Two or throo confedoerntes offer to bot, The vietim ia willing to try it again, it anybody will lond him the woiey. One of tho gang obliges bim., He bets and lusos ahuost ovory time, Then tho unwary passongera take out thelr monoy aund loge it. Owr cor- respondont gays that ko way threat- ened with doath by ome of & guug of gamblors whom ke exposed on the Northwostorn Road. At this rate, theé railroads cantoring in Chicago will soon rival the Ceutrat Pacifio. On tho latter, according to tho San Trauoisco papets, the monto mon board the traine, forco the passengory to play by showing a cholco assoriment of firo-arms, and flually tske by forco whatevor wmoney thoy fall {o got by fraud, This iy an {mprovomont on the old- timo brigandage, It ia mora convonient to stoal while sitting In & comfortable car than to squat for hours in n thicket for the ohance of prey. ‘Cho mout effcatnsl means the Iialinn Govorne ment could dévise for the suppression of tho brigandago which ta dostroymg Sicily would bo the olroulstion of haudbills etating the porfec- tlon to whioh tho trade bas boou brought on Amerioan rallroads, THé rallway compiales Lvé ¥ duty to perform in this mattor. They have no right to wllow their cars to bo mado gambling-holls, Some of thun lave alrondy put down the practice. The 108t should do so forthwith. The murdorous gang who throntonod Mr. Charlos oporate on tho Northwoatern, A burly gambler named Duval g kold to ply hls trade systomatieslly on tho Michigan Central. Half-n-dozon gangn *“work” tho Now York & Now Haven. A similar stato of things oxists on other rallways, Its explanas tion is simplo. The gamblora bribo tho train- men, The Iattor should be nstruoted to ojeot any porson playing cards for monoy, A failure to do #o, upon ho demand of a pasmonger, should invure their own instant ojectmont from the employ of tho company, If the sallrond au- thorition nogloct tholr plan duty In this mattes, thoy noed not bo surprised, in view of tho pros- cut atate of public fosling, i they are mndo re- sponsible by law for the cheating at which their agonts eonnivo. THE THIRD-TERM CONVENTION, Tor n long timo it was Lard lo persuade the public that the Idea of o third term was seriously onterlained in any quarter; and nob tilt people had renlized that & Third-Lorm Convention was 1o meot at Clattanoogs, o tho 13th of Oetober, dl, Ahey §ive s nduses to dho roport thas an on- terpriks a8 on fool to re-cleot Oov. Grant in 1870, Consoquently, thio T¥ird-Tormors havomet vory little rosintanco, ‘Théro has roally beon nothing to sulko at. .Nobody could sy that Gen, Grant was a candidate for & third torm, vor could anybody say that he was not. Neverito- Tess, tho idos that he 18 such & candidate hag somehow got sufliciently worked into the minds of politlelnns to cankendiasinoss, and tbis hos lod to rho jeesnge of resolutions by two or three Ropublican Stato Couventions antsgoniz- ing the supposed movement. Tho third-tenm wovemont was, from the vory beginning, chimerical, nousensical, absurd. It never had any chances of sucoess. It has no chance now, and wiil have nono two yoars honco. T'he fact that po cousidorablo resistaoco has Leen offered to it procoeds from the fact that no coumdorable suppost for it bas been found, Lot any convontion, respectable 1o point of num- Lors, indoree thio idea of & third term, aud fair- Iy put it beforo tho country, aud it would bo speedily erushad, Tius indorsement is looked for at the bauds of the Chattanooga Convontion, and when it comes the erusbing process wilt begin, The bitterncss aod peisonal hatred growing out of a conflict of railroad intorests atthe South has culminated in & ludicrous arrest, orig- inatiug in & gory doterminntion on tho part of two prominent monto porforate ono another ac- cording to ‘he codo which, by some fight of faucy, 1iz? dowy donominated the codo of Louor. 1t in undorstood tffut Gon. William Balono fu tho roputod agont of Tom Beott, and s enid to ropresont and protost the railroad interests of tnt gontloman in tho South., Ho is accused, whotlier rightfulty or not, of manipulating the Virgivia Logiglature in tho in- torosts of bis cmployer. Gen. Bradloy I, Johnson, of Richmond, I8 enid to be the at~ torney of tho Daltimoro & Ohio Railroad, but whether this fs thoe cass or not matters little, Hix interost in that road is aa keon at all ovents as that of Gen, Mahone, Tho consaquence was & vory bitter porsoual faeling botween thoso two valiant persons, bolh of whom had served in tho Confedorate army. At a primary election for Benator, held io Richmond last Monday, Gon. Johnson wns one of threo candidates. During the day o ** dodgor” wus circulated by Johuson, headed: *“Down with Mahone Iuter- forouco,” chargiug that Xahouo was pres- ent in the city for the purpose of inlluencing the primary elections. ahouo rosponed with another **dodger," headed: %A Dosperate Trick of a Desporato Candidate,” de- nouncing Jobneon and donying tho statemonts mado by him. On lenruiug that Johuson was the author of the fivst dodgoer, Mahouo addressod him a note inquiring whether ho was personally responsible for it. Jobnwon roplied dofiantly that ho not only wrote it, but was busily cireu- Iating it. Mshone therefore challengzed him to fight 8 due), and a meating was arranged to taka place on the Eastern Shoro of Maryland. Both partios loft Ricluuond. Johnson wont down tho Potomne, sishone want by way of Norfolk, I'his spoiled tho sport of widow and orphan- makiug, for the Mayor of Norfolk, sct- ing on advices from Richmond, deliberatoly arrested the belligoront Malioue, and lot him coul bis Licels and patch his wounded honor ay best ho might in a polico-stution, until ho could give o bond of $10,000 not to fight a duel with Gen, Johuson or any othor gorily luclined per- #on in the Stale of Muryland for ouo yoar. And 0 eudod tho dugl, e ———— e Economy has taken n ruthor sonsstional form in New Yorls, and strangers, espoeially. women, aro #aid to pauso and ponder over thoe peculiar cirecnmetanco that the cornor of Uudson and Cuaual straets is a spot ** Sucred to the memory of Mary Prout, who doparted this life March 1, 1835. Aged — years, 6 wonths, 1 day, R.1LP." Why this partioular spob showld have been dedicated to Mary Prout thoy will bo unable to guess, A littto furthor they will flud auothor spot sacred to the memory of somo othor decedent of a past genoration. Wero thoy, with pick and shovel, to upturn every paving m the neighborhood, thoy would find that thoe wholo sidewall was sancred to tho momory of scores of worthica regarding whom history is mourn- fully *silont. Bat the nelghborhood is not » graveyard. 16 i8 mercly & monumont of churelr thrift and cconomy. The tombstonos wero originally ovor graves in St. John's churcl- yoard, and had beon romoved by the U'rustocs of ‘Trinity Church to & vacaut lot. As the puving was done by the "lrustces, this boiug churcit property, tho marbla slabs woro utilized. Tho laborory wore instructod to Iny tho stonos faco downwurd, but, for the suko of minchiof, disro- gordod tho orders in somo iustances, Hence tho sturtling suggostion of Mary Prout's intor- ment whore cross-ronds meot. It is said that nearly all the pavement of property owned by ‘Prinity has beon paid for by sorrowing relatives who bave consceratod its slabs to the mewmory of tho deur dopurted. The centro of an Englishman'a life is his home, The ideal home {s snug, A snug howo means to # Briton somothing which the words ean convey to nobody olse, An Englishwan’s home is his catlo, and the figurn is carried out by tho bridgo which tiie door-atep forms over the ares betwoon the busemeut floor sud the sidewaslk, Alany Americans bave no homes, Thoy board, as o unual ting, Slonsekcoping in thla couutry l¢ teyel with niore complizations than in ngland, I'ho two oxtremos mest in un aversion comon 1o tho inhabitants of botls countiios, the object of which way b sumaed up in tho phrase, Tronch flata. 'Fho - Englishmun will share bLis cualle, lke ik coufidence, witl nobody, The Amerluan Is equally averso to honsokoeptug undor the samo roof with knoiher housakooper, Co-operation in this respees, bovever, is gain. ing In this conutry for soveral runsons, nat the lenst belng the readiness of tho Amoricau mind to discard a projudice and adopt an iden which i8 patpably an {mprovoment, The "flal” sya- ‘tom hias so many advantages thut the projudico againat it oaunot long survive, 'T'he Londoner, and that swphibioss vietim wha lvos gat of ‘town and doea business in tho_city, is belug drivon by stross of rent to discover some more +¢conomical mode of life thau the isoluted castle whioh ho s proud of mointaining to the lost ponny, Au anterprise has boen noticed to cutablish o system of flate in ous of the uanrest auburba of Loudon, kuown s Btamford OiiL Halt-aedozen blocks of bulldings bave budlt éxootdd, with socotunibdatioun for twetiig- four famitlon, Ench block contains four diroll inga, two above and two bolow, with soparate cne trances, Tho stnircasos and roof, aa well ns the builiings, are fire-proof, and the *modorn ine provements” conslst of Inbor-saving npparatng by which tho number of sorvanty ocded o ros ducod to s minimam, In placo of tho usuat villa-gardons tnio which one's noiglibosn pry with “serpulous attention, and whiol siring aloug the various rallroad-routes for miles out of thocity, to the ecdification of railrond-pase rongers, b garden commou to all is Iald out in flowor-hods, with shrulibery pnd areenlionsos in tha centro, whilo bohind n playgrouud fa sob apart for tho childron, and o row of washe houses nml_ 8 drying-gronnd is dovoted to the mystericn of tho domestlo ranovating pras cosn. Tho Lall Aall Gazelle wponks of thoas g an economical mensuro for those who are suffors ing domestio misery fu Lowscs renting from £25 to £10 & yonr, tho inforonca buing Lt the sont of such housos on tha co-oporativo aystem would be no highor. As routs go i Chicago, such on antorpriso would bo profitablo both to tandiord nud tonant. With nl tho disoussion whioh the nubjoct hns bad, the number of buildings proe prred for tho uso of familios of emall mous fa' ridienlously small. - The expotimont at Stamford’ 11l hao proved & succoss, and thoro §s no curthly. ronson apparont why it should fail in Clicago.' Tho fire-proof elemont should Bo attonded to' above all things, Iv would bean inducement of agpacial value ab the prosont e, und 2n cwsoq’ tial atall ather times, — A sliooting-affray occured fn Roanoko County, . 8, C., rocontly botweon a whito man pamed Branch and o colorod nogro rolitician namad George W Dantols, tu which tho latter was killod,” Tho nogro Coronor's report ronds: * Daniel and his wife and threo other pardons wers walke ing on the publio rond noar Dautels' houso when' Binuch, mountod, rods up to the party and cried, ‘Clenr thoroad' twieo. Nobody paying attone, tion to his ordors, ho deliborataly discharged » load of Luckshot into Daulols and killed him.' ‘The shooting was utterly without provocation,”; Roport of $iva nogroos, oso-witnessos: * Branch, Dauiels, and others were ot dinuor at tho Lousa' of Mr. Drowning. All parties drank to excosw.' Dauiols, baving no means of couvosnnce, ace' cepted Branch'’s iuvitation to abaro tho latter's’ borgo, aud mounted bohind him. Both weio very drank. Daniels had a dlspute with Branch aa to the epelling of & word, aud, on the Intter's proviog him wrony, drew a rovolver and throats ened fo shoot bim. Braach pacified him for n short time, when Daniols again draw the pistat, aud told Branch to ssy his prayora. Brauch mounted his horso aloue, aud rodo off after cse caping from the inturiatod Daviols, who sworo tokill him anyway. Daniola followod on foot,' and was met by his wifo and frionds. DBranch, having prooured a shot-gun, returned, and, mect= ing the party, said to Daniels, ¢ You aro the man' who wanted to shoot me.’ Dauiels drew hls ro« volver, and, taking mim, eaid, witl an oath, “Yoy, nod 1'lt doit now.,’ Branch antivipaied and shot him.” —_— Two gaontlomen, M. Querard, s dealor in pho~ tographs, and AL, Vallentin, a photograpber, woro rocontly airested in Patis for solling ploto~ graphs of that poor littlo funocent, tho Priucn Imporial, Authority had beon miven to ixsuo 900,000 Iithograpus of tho youth, oxecutod in Belgium, ond Marsbal MaoMalion hiwaclf bad permitted tho distrivution of tuo photograps to the nuwbar of 100,000, The law under wlich the arreat wa3 mado forbado the exposure, publication, or kale of any picturs without the authority of the Min- istor of tho Iuterlor. Tho @efonse urgoed that tho objoet of tho decron Was to probibit portraits of protendors being hawkod about, but the Princowss not & pretender. Thio Aagistrate, bowever, tined the offouders heavily, and conflse catod their pictures, v ————— NOTES AND OPINION. \ Rhode Taland clests Congressmen {n Novembor, and the Republicuns will, on Oct. 15, nomiuate candidatos. —Nominations for Congress: Thirty-second Now York, Asher P. Nicholu (Domocrat), of But« falo, late Comptroller of tho State; Twenty~ vinth New York, Jacob Wilson (Domnocrat), now editor of the Nowark (Wayno County) Courier. —Qen, Thomas J. Brady, Chairman of tha Southorn-Outrage Stato Central Committeo in Indians, *‘until aftor tho eloction,” is our Amor-~ jen Cunsul at Bt. Thomas, and is at homo on leave, Wowro asunrod, howovor, by tho Indisu- apolis Journal, that our ' Vico-Cousul st Ht, Thownan Is performing tho dutios of the Con- safate,” 3 ~—That a gentloman should docline a Domo- cratio nominativn for Congross, in Massachue satta, becaude ha cannot spare the time from hin Dbusiness to servo & torm in Congross, and bu- cauge, withal, he dreads the fasoinations of Wasbington, i8 an ovont just mow attructing much attention at the Enst, and ons thut re- coives rospectful comment from the Republican presa of Now Lngland. Small-fry Republican oditors in Ilinols and Minnoagta will, Lowover, hoot at the iden that & Damovrat should bho in any duuger of clostion to Oongross in Mussu- chmsotty. . e ~Thomas Moward and Samnol A. Purviance, a9 indopendent Ropublican cxudidates for Con gress in tho two distriots of Pittsburg, L'a., have thrown » iho party's ™ linos into disorder, ~—The Fort Wayne (Ind,) Gazelle, & Republic- an papor, denonnces its wrath upon ““Ihe Party Lssh.” Ii warns the poople that thoy be not whipped Into elacting * mou to oflicial sta~ tion, scarcely one of whom thoy would trust with tho transaction of their privato businoss,™ —T'he Fort Wayne Sentinel (Democratic) says of the elections to bo held noxt Tuesday : 11 the Democracy win, ca they can and shonld di tho ritlo of the Rupublican party i Lrokon forove Tt party bas for anveral yuars been growlug nore and woro torrupt, The loat Congreas was n divgrace 10 our couniry, Our Adminietration hns hoen for four yours @ cryinx sbumu to s, Tho misrulo ap thy Hunth, by which the peoplo of that unfortunnt@soce tion ave Levn deprived of Hio rigt of self.govern ment, und deliverad bonnd hand aud fool fnto the Jevping of their oppressors, hns excited tho lvelios {ndignatiou throughout the conntry, —Under Nationul and Siate Administrations North and South, thore have boen corruption, nogloct, extravagance, prostitution of publio ofticey to personul advantage, and a recklossncsy of moral and patriotic sauctions, which it is ny usoleas to palliate 89 it would bo absurd to deny. The Buuborn and Jayne infamicd aro fresh. Tho ratteunces of sowme of the Southern State Gov- eruments is notorious, The District of Coluni- bia Rumz and its disroputable work s not forgot- ten, ‘Tho respousibility for theso woanduls {s upon the Republicen party, Thoy are outironks of a disenso which musi ‘be oradicatod, ‘or the party will dis of it,—Boston Advertiser, —The very headol thenation has beon * on the wmaka " from the day I took poxsesasion of the Drosideutial Chair,™ Not content with indivoct mothods, ho violated the spivik of the Consti- tution by siguing a bill for tho doubling of hiy own snlaty, within twonty-four hours of tho time Lo wus to commence the eujoymont of its bone- fit, Mis gravping, monoy-making splvit bes sliowa twelf from {ho outsst. i atincts o of & low vilor, and throo-fourtls of the Reoub- tean party privatoly confens it, This was Luown Lo yours uza ne woll us now, and yab ths party re-gleetod him by un overwholming ngn{nntfi. and nos Eallis of Lim fora third term.” Witls such a {lluvtrions oxample bufore thom, and reeeiy= ing such mdorseisonts, winft woudor thet othens in oflicinl positioat should ooncludo that thoy rie fully wasnantod in ¥ mukiug hay whilo she son atiinen 2" Grand's viewous tuflucuca has porwu- ated Lo whole budy-politio from contro "to ci oumforonco,—Nadison ( Wis.) Democrat, —1t i4 warthy of vomurk thal siuce the War tho Ropubliean paity has steadily lost ground ; v lun forfolted Yirginta, Wewt Virginin, North Curolins, Goorgla, Toxan Tonnessce, Atkanras, Migsourl, Califorhia, Otegon, Navada, Wiscaut slo, Indisua, Obfo, Connocticut, Now Huinpe ahire, and Floxids. 1t has taken olght years tu do thig, it &4 true ; but cha losing procesy praves that, as we rocedo from tho War, the purty's hold on the country grown woakor, and thut it is approuching » tinle when the sonntry will vo- Y“dmn it entirely, and ausign ity polioy and itw onders to the samo limba with the Pro-Slavery Ioadors of the pust regime, Tho vlection this fsll of au Opposition majority to the next Cou- fi:on, ir uecumE:ulud by an unmistakablo oore loruuation of the Republloan laaders, would Tavo 10 ho yooogiaed a) Wadlington—St. Louia opublioan,