Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 16, 1875, Page 4

4 TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. RATES OF QURBCRIFTION (PATAPLE IN ADVANCE). Postage Mrepald nt thin Oflice, n ngotnonts made mith auchs, ¥pecimen caples wont frea. ‘Lo prevent delay and mistakes, by sure and give Post. f.ce address in fall, including Sta Ct.ceorder, or in registered letlery, at our rlak. TERMA TO CITY SUDICTIBE: T'aity, delivered, Sunday excented, 25 14+, delivered, Bunday included, B0 PR TILE TRIBUNE G Cornes Medivon and Dearborn.y TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. PYIOKER'S THREATRE~Madisn street, botween i A e Eemant of Latta. * Pot af tib Patticoats ¥ and. 3 ADELPHI THEATRE—Desrbarn street, corner Mon. ros. Varlety sntsctainment, ** Hegaars o Horseback.” % P S isted steeal, hotween M A o 2 Hagasmant ‘of tho Wallaco Biaters Combinati uelk" ront, botweeo v 2 —Randolan s 8 TUEATRERuntolon eirost, botweeo HOO! Clars and LaSalle, lingagemont of Afag ' Deborah. " ORAND OPKRA-ILO! Shorman House, ~ Kayue, 'k strest, oppasite et sefBReele FARWRLL HALL—2fadlenn strast, batween Clark T e g Bliiiars Progress aad tua Blaney Quartoito, BRUNSWICK'S WAREROOMS—Nov. 41 and 49 State strcots ning. ‘Biiliard Tournament, Afternoon und ovoning. 0SITION BUILDI siscot,” Kxhibitton of ¥ ‘flka Shore, foot of SOCIETY MEETINGS, ORIENTAL TODNGE, No. @, A F, & AL M.oHall, 123 Latsallo. Stated cummunication this (Friday) aven- it 5 etoels b dnd Work ca tho . 4. A BT * V' N. TUOKER, See's. GHTS OF CIIICAGO, COM. You are horaby moiffiod to Itandniphe 34 ®, m. AhACD, tac ENTION S Ki M&‘g\;flill\' Now, K. sssamble at the Axslam, ats., baturday, Apill 17, 1975, af n tiwpurpore ol ayeaiiom to funsral, of ouy G Mir e Zortiially Wa7iiad 10 moCt wita us. v Con “ho L o 4 WILLIAMS, Rocorder. o anndar 16y ZIT WOULD BE A BREACH OF FAITH AND Tfin‘.‘?y Afvelokd tho secrata of & Jady's foilut, olie 1t ay to namo bundreds of 1he scx whn com ho 2 Latrd's Toom of Yoath, whew it was first nErodus wolro yoars ego, and wito ‘now laok youngor Sold by all drugglsts, Jud fatror thaa oy dfd theu. NILLA BEASS VS, TONQUA BEANS—VANIL- n A i 1 ihe mABAactza uf Extract Vaullls cost ihe manuiacieee from %231 £27 per paund, whilo Tongus Beans only €/a¢ frol &) cents 10.95 cata por pound, 160 ow price of th lattor ta an In fucainont to unprinclpied Bnoatacturers to uso this Iujurious aud nauseat - fHivatoalmes! erclusively iu place of the geaulva Hean, An Patract propared irvin Tongua Hean has a {svor aimilar to Vanila, but cau ha dulected by its odar, Yongus lean woulll tako an excnllent handkerchief pers fuma wars 1t nat for discoloting [uon, It s used by to- 15, (rom selccted Ve freo from Toaqua M. tho truttfulness ol Housakuopers who are dosirous of ohtaln- Ing stnctly pure vauilia ato adviscd to submut 8 hottlo of natis Jektract Vauiiis, with any nibee brand they may b using, ta drugglets who are competent. judges, and can eipiaia iba difiercnes [a_quality and suggast how to do- Bot ‘langua o Vaaiils Fxteaot. The Chicagy Tribune. Fridsy Morning, April 18, 1876. The numerous claimnnts to heirship in the estrte of tha late Gapt. E. B. Warp caunot ngree a9 to the manner of sottling the estate, aud o long period of bitter litigation prom- ises to afford a harvest to the lawyers, ‘While the Bzrenen trial has made Mr, For- xERTON 80 ill that the Court adjourned over to Monday, its effects outsido of Brooklyn aro still more alsrming. 'Three people in ‘Washington have gone crazy over the great seandal, and have beon sent to tho insane ssylum. Two of them wero women who ad- dled their wenk brains with keeping track of the case, and the other, weo regret to state, belongod to the masculine gender. It will cost $600,000 to finish the Wasnmvg- rTox monument, which las stood for more than twonty years in its present incomplote condition, for lack of money to carry on the work. In order that forejgn visitors to the Centenninl may not see such a specimen of ‘neglect and forgetfulness, the National Mon- ument Association now appeal for contribu. tions toward the fund necessary to complete the monument by the time Lhzxt the American Centennial celebration takes place. The Adventists of Chicago confldently lock for the second coming ‘of Christ. next Mon- day evening, at sbout 8 o'clock, the hour when spectacular performnnces usually be- gin, aud have made oll their arrangements accordingly., Those poople scem to be sin- cere in the expectation that the end of all things mundane will bo renched on the 19th inst., and an account of the mothods by which tkoy arrive at this calculation, which wa publish elsawhere, will be found peculiar- ly interesting, Postmnster-General Jewets has a_high ap- precintion of the press as an agent 1dr -expos- ing frouds wherever they may crop out. IHe thus expressed himself* recently in speaking of tho postal contract steals which are now occupying the attention of his Department. Alr, Jewews is determined to Imve all tho light on these matters which thorough inves. tigation will afford, and ho proposes thus to sct an ezample to all grasping individuals who seck to enrich their coffera at the expense of houest peopl The rush of applications by ladies for np- poiutment as Noturies Public has already bo- gun, , The law authorizing their appoiut- ment will not go into effect until July 1, but there is no restriction on making spplications. 'The law provides that no person shall be ap- poiuted a Notary Public except upon the pe. tition of af least *‘fifty lefml voters” of the city, town, village, or precinct in which such person resides. So that while ladies are mode eligible to the oftice they cannot bo ap- polnted except at the request of tho tyrants men,—and at least fifty of them must unite fa the petition, The emancipation of the sex is not yet complete. Yesterday the Louisiana House of Repre- sentatives, by the declsive vote of 89 to 18, accapted the Congressional award according to tha terms of tho Wneeres compromlise as a basls of settlement. A resoluticn was adopted to tho effect that, without approving, the Legislature will not disturb the Kervwoso Gavernment, sior will any attempt be'ninde to iwpeach the Governor for his past acts, but ke will receive support in enforcing the laws ond maintaining the pence of the State; tho settlement to remain unchanged until the next general election, ‘The excellont temper of the House was manifested in tho heavy majority which the rosolution reccived, as well 83 in tho spesches of the unseatednem. Lery, who gracefully accepted the situation, and expressed thelr willingness to retire for the sake of peace, A colored reprecentative in bis valedictory found comfort in the faot that Lis cmpty seet Would be gccupled by his whilom mastqr, to whom he gave oo excollent chaructor for good oitizonship, There is & THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1876, with tho Spenlkership, which will be vacated under the new ndjustment. Witrz, the usurpor, looms up as n prominentAmndidate, Lt it is hoped that a conlition bt s Demo- eratfo and Republican opponents #ill secnro the election of a less objectionable man, Tho return of contidenco nrising out of tho adjust. ment is nlready marked by a riso in State and local seenti & 4 Tho Chicngo produce warkets wero irregu- Inr yosterdny, Mess pork was nctive, and declined” 37fe per brl, closing at $2L70@21.80 ensh, and S02.10 for June. TLard was quict and finner, but closed weak at 215,495 per 100 brls cash, and S15,57}@15.60 for Juno, Meats wera in fair demand and -firmer, et 8¢ for shoulders. 1tle for short xibs, aud 1% for short clears. Tighwines ' wero quict and unchanged at §1.11 per gallon, Tlour was quict and sleady, Wheat was less nctive and j@{o higher, closing at $1.03} cash, and $1.01} for Mny. Corn was in better demnud and {@10 higher, closing at 7:e eash, and 77}e for Mby. Oats were in moderate demand and & slinde firer, closing nt 60c cash, and Glie for May, Ityo was dull and casicr at $1.02@ 1,03, Barley was in good demand and 3@lc higher, closing. st $1.10 for May. Ilogs wore active and easy. Bales. at $7.40@9.25. The cattle market was netive nud strong, with trading at $8.50@7.00. Sheep were in fair demnnd at former prices, According to the report of President Gane nkTT, Of the Ballimore & Ohio Railrond, the policy of independonce and vigorous compe- tition pursued by that rond las resulled in largo profits to the Company as well as grent saving to tho publie. 'I'be gross earnings for the month of March,*notwithstanding the reduced passenger-rates, show n heavy in. crense, whilo there was n gain of over 50 per cent in the enrnings of tne Chicngo Division as compared with the preeeding month. Mr, CtarerT points with pride and satisfac- tion to the significant evidences of his supremacy in tho contest in- sugurated by Tos Scorr, whosa war of rates appenrs to have injured his own aud benefited his great rival's intorests m equal proportion. The people of Chicago nud the West can join their Baltimore friends in congratulation upon this prosperous and satisfactory state of things. It is good news to shippers ond travelers to learn that the Baltimore & Ohio Road is making money Ly keeping out of the Eastern milway com- bination, for it affords the promise of fair and reasonablo tarifis for an indefinite length of time. EXPORTS OF AMERICAN PRODUCTS, The Uuited States are peculiarly blessed by Nature with all the elements which combine to make a country produetive, prosperous, oand weslthy. We have overy variety of soil, and are capable of producing everything that springs therefrom. The whole realin of ngri. culture s within our grasp. We have inex- haustible deposits of coal .in'all parts of the country ; we have an abundance of iron, and copper, and lead. 'We have forcats that cover vost regions, internal -water.courses, and every description of means of transportation, In nddition, wo have o natural flow of petro- loum, capable of supplying the wants of the globe. We are thereforo provided bountiful- 1y with all the materials not only for agricul. ture, but for n manufacturing and commer- cinl nation, Now, let us sco what wa export. Our total exports for the y2ar ending June 30, 1874, including gold and silver, were val- ued at $704,463,066, and this sum was made up of the following classes «f exports : AGUHICULTURAL PRC.)UCT d lard, Mouts, tallow. Hogs and other aulmal Copper and silver ores, Con and buili on, Total... PLODUCK OF TIR FISUERIES LymYer, uimunufactured, Fisn of all kinds Aufnaloils, . Vegetable otls oo . N0 Tosin, tirpentine, and pitch, vee 3004431 Bpirits from grais, 1 [ et Spisita of turpentine, 008 27,504,951 304,204,050 103,211,101 1,951 037,181,247 Totalceuensee Agricultural prod: Mieral preductu, roduct of fureat w JECATITOLATION, ARGregatleiicicarasnnse Here we have tho exhibit that, of the 2704,. 000,000 of products of all kinds exported Ly the American people in 1874, no less than $637,181,237 was fwmished by the agricul- tural and mining jndustries, and all of them “unprotected " articles, 'These sovernl judus- tries not ouly supplied the homo consump- tion, but furnished 91 per cont of the sur- plus productlon of the United States! Wo find that the entire contributions from tho protected branches of industry to the natlonnl surplus do not excoed 8 per cent of the wholo! 'T'o support these people who merely produca enough to live from day to day, and who contribute but % per cent of the aggregate munuel surplus, the whole, country is remorselessly taxed to raiso special bountics, Out of the proceeds of uvery bushel of grain,” and of every hog, gallon of petrolenm, snd pound of cotton, cheese, and tobacco produced in the United States, one-third is taken and poid over to the class which, by speoial tlaws, is pénsloned upon the public. Thus the producers of tho exported $211,000,000 of raw cotton ave to give np $70,000,000 of their earnings, in part, to support the perions who manufacture cotton in the United Btates, end who actually in 1874 did not menufacture o8 many yards of cotton goods per hoad of the population ns they did in 1860. The pro- ducers of the $170,000,000 of breadstufis exported have to give up of the proceeds of their labor nearly £60,000,000 to support the men who make stoves, and iron bary, sud machinery, aud the various articles of do- mestlo use, from horse-shoe fron to rallway tracks. Tho laborers who, in competition with the labor of all the world, have to sup- ply tle home consuwmption, and who produce $600,000,000 surplus to be added to tho national wealth, have to giveo up one-third of their entire earnings to be paid out as boun. ties to the able-bodied *‘infants” who do not produce anything beyond their daily needs, Of what avail are our jmmenss depoxits of ivon, aud copper, aud coal, with which a bountiful Providence has enriched the land? Of what avail aro our national facllities for tho growth of cotton, the vast abundance of hides and skins with which we might be the shinsmakers and leather manufsaturare of the xwoupeat of sonsiderable wtrify n conuwuuon | woald? Of whatavall ls our sbundaut ress- ura of aonl, our thorongh menns of transpor- tation, if the maunfacturers of tho United States can produce nothing to sell abroad ? The farm-hand who from year to year could not produce encngh to pay for his owh con. sumption of food, and to support whom Lis follow-lnborers wonld bo compelled to con- tributo of their carnings, would bo voted an incubus, and ho would bo soon discharged, Ilis nssocintes would not submit to any such exne- tion. DBut what no man wonld gubmit to in his own business the country is compelled by Con. gress to endure, In addition to the Natioual, State, and Jocal taxes of overy kind paid by the producers, they have to contribute aunun. ally to the support of the mannfacturers more money than the whole cost of tho Gov crnmient, including the interest on the publie debt. 1t is a fair and square caze of one man who enrns more than enough to support him- self, compelled to support auother who earus less thau enough, Tha producer of surplus is robbed to support the non-producer of sur- plus, 1sit not tir:o that this bad policy should Lo changed ? Instend of being the greot manufacturing nation of the world, as wo might be, with our goods of every desesiption solling in the markets of every land, wo are running o sort of pauper manufactures, in which the operatives are put down to starva- tion wages, and where the proprietor lives on tho national bounty, and makes no effort to enlarge his productions nor add to the nation- al wealth, s Tho surplus mauufuctures of tho United States ought to equal the surplus productions of the agricnltural and mineral industries; the six bundred millions of surplns agricul- tural and mineral productions of the country ought to be annunily equaled by tho surplus products of the manufacturers; and our ox- ports should reash twelve hundred millions of dullars,—wa should Lave that much surplus wealth every year. Whilo this might be possiblo, had we n system of revenua laws like thoso of any other civilized nation, it is impossible here, The American system is to tax industry to death, When o man supporis himself and carns n dollar more thau he needs, our law conilseates tho dollar and gived it to the mon who earns nothing! All we have to do is to relievo the producers of the tax that consumes all they earn, nud lot the manufacturery like the agriculturist, work out Lis own industry, Ie hns the raw material in unequaled abundance and cheap- nesy; he has the fucl cheaper than elsowlere in tho world, and labor at onca skillful and plenty. He now performs two-thirds work, and looks to the Government for' the other third. Let him bo emancipated and per- mitted to goto the uttermost part of the world to purchase whatever ho may noed, and to exchange therefor the products of his own labor ; let him build his own vessels and do his own carrying ; lot him exchange all that he can make wherover ho can get the most of what he does not make'in return, and, under this freedom and self-dependence, the Ameri- ean manufacturcrs would soon have a world- wide oxport, aud n prosperity such a8 never con befall the men who depond on public Lounty instead of their own labor and re. sources. What our artisans most want is to bo unfettered and unhandieapped. r—— THE LOUISIANA COMPROMISE—PEACE. . The political complications in Louisinua dato from the election of 1872, The Conserv- atives havo been restless and disantisfled over sinco Ientoae was insugurated Governor. The situstion was canvassed bofore the State Counrts, the United States Courts, in Congress, and by the National Administra- tion, without reaching nny satisfactory con- cludion. Open war broke out in September, 1874, The McENEeny faction, under the lead of Peyy, and with an organization known as ag tlle White League, possessed themsclves of the Staté-House, drove'out Kerroao and Llis office-holders, nttacked the Metropolitan Police, had one blaody bettle, and wero then overcomo by the Unitod States troops acting under tho order of the President. The policy of the Kgrrooo Government, subsequent to this rovolution, was conciliatory. The leaders of the riot were not puuished, as thoy might have been, nnd, wa thicl, ought to liave been. Krurosa pledged the State Ad. ministration to a fair clection tho following November, aud a compromise Returning Board was agreed upon. The election came off, and both parties ngain claimed tho victo- ry. The Returning Board was confronted with a host of contostod cages. Tho result of their deliberations “was the roturn of an equal number of Ilspresentatives in the Assembly, leaving that body to decide on five contested seats. The Legislature con- vened on Joan. 4, and the Democrats under- took to obtain control of the Houso by force. They claimed tha choice of their can. didate for Spoaker—Mr. Wintz—by a tite roce vote. 'I'hero’ was a yell,’ and Wiwrz sprang to the chair, Ono of his first acts was tocall upon Gen, Dz ‘TopRiaxD, in com- mand of tho United States forces, to pre- serve order. ‘Tho Dewocrats then pro. ceedod in the same informal and violent mau- ner to seat the five Domocratio claimants for tho undetermined vacancies, At this juno. turo, Gov. KeLnoos, upon the petition of the Republjcan members, called upon the sxmo troops to keop these members from taking the seats thus irrogularly ond uulawfully awarded to them, At this the Democruta en. tered o protest mnd withdrew in a body, Then the country resounded with a maniacal yell ahont Prosidential interforence and the forcibla dissolution of the Louisiann Legislature by tho United States troops under the orders of Gnrant. 'Thero were new rumors of war, Al Loulsiana was a powder- mingazine ready to ba touched off, Gen, Buenipay, wha had beon ordered to Now Or- loans, by Lis prosenco provanted u ropetition of the bloody rccnes of September, Then the war was again transferred to Congress, nud 60 absorbed for a timo the attontion of the whole country, A part of the Congres- sionnl Committoo proceedod to New Orleaus, took evidence, und mede a roport, Then the other part of the Committee went to New Orleans, taok ovidence, aud made anotler ro. port. 'Chero wore varlous reports during the winter, and no two of them were alike, ‘Cheroe soewmed to bo no bettor prospect for opening the dead-lock, after sll the investigo. tions and reports which were made, now in New Orleans, now in Washington, and now in Now York, than thero wos when the Leglslaturo first met, Itwas at this point that Mr, WuerLey, of New York, o Ropubli. can member, submitted a proposition for a compromise. It contemplated a return of the Democratio members to $he legal Legis- lature, a resumption 11 slatu guo st the point of the secession, excopt that Wirzz should not be recognized as Speaker, and givinga number of seats to Democratlo olaimaats who bad not been recognized by the Returning Board, ¢ It waa in conformance with this programme that the extra session wus called and organ. ized on Weduesday, Though tha oompros miso had been widely canvassed pro and con, considerable apprehongion was felt ns to its final succoss. The White Lengue part of the press in Now Orleans had kept up its attacks, nad ft was thoight hat the Fire-Eators among the Democrats might resist nt- the Inst moment, as the compromise included the recoguition on their part of th'v validity of, tha Ketroga State Government, - It was also thought that the negroes wuder tho lend of AsToINE, nnd assisted by the extreme Rad- icals, might resist, ns it gave the control of the lower branch of tho Legislaturo into the hands of tho Democrats; THo Intest aotion of the United States Senata relativo to the’ Prsonvack cose has disnrmed the ex- pected resistance from the colored llnpublic-. ans, AR the United States Sonate has post. | poned its decision in Prycnpacx's case, there is no vacaney in the Louisiann Senatorship, and the Legislature cannat hold another elec. tion. .'The Democratic majority in the Lonisl- ann House of Representatives has, therefore, no significance in National politics.’ The only questious that will come up befora this Legis- latura will rolate to State polity and Btato taxation. Weo regard it s rather fortuunte (han otherwiso that the balauce of power is nneortain, the Seunto being nuder control of the Republicans and the Honso under the control of the Democrats, so'that ono may bo n check upon the other. It is not safe to predict aoything likea permanent restoration of political Larmony in Lonisinna, It is one of threo or four Southern Stotes which will nover bo nb rest until the color line is wiped out, until the negro and whito voto is divided on local issnes, and until the whites exercise their franchise with somo higher purpose thaua common opposition to the colored populn. tion. Bat the nuccess of tho WnreLER come promise will probably nsaure a long truce by ietting Kerrooa remnin in his placo for the remaindor of his term, nnd suppressing ont- broaks ngainst the constituted State authority until the next genernl election, If it sholl turn out that this much has been nccom- plished, it will be a great blessing to the peo- | ple of Louisiana, and a great reliof to the rest of the country, which is thoronghly tired of thosa constant dissensions, “TFAITH AND RESOURCES.” A smell number of erude-thinking persons have bLeen holding a * National Industrinl Congress” in Indinnapolis, sud have adopted & platform of twonty planks, the lastof which embodies their ideas of nationel finances, ‘Chey demand : 0, Tho establisimont by tho Government of n just standard of distribution etwoen eapital and lator by providing u purely natlonal cireulating modium based upen the fafth aud rosources of tho atlon, fusued di- ra:tly to tho pooplo withuut the Intcivention of eny system of baukiny cokporations, which money shail Lo* @ legat-tender lu tho paymont of ail dobts, publie or private, aud interchangeable at 1he o; tiuu of tho holder for registered Goveramcut Lunls, bearing o rato of interest not to exceed 3,53 por cent, sublect to future Ieglslation of Congros, - 0 It scoms, to us that wo huve honrd some- thing very like this before. * Faith and ro- sources” have n good, old familiar sound, but we have somehow lost their meaning in their present application, and wo regrot that tho ““Nationnl Industrinl Congress” adjourned without explaining.' »Is it tho resources, or faith, or faith in resources, or fnith and ro- sourees, or vwhat, that is to afford this infalli- blo system of enrroncy ? -8t. Paun, who is’ pretty good orthedox au- thority on tho subject of falth, defines it to be * the substance of things hoped for, tho evidenco of things not scon.” Is this to Lo the foundation for the exclusive currency which is tobe tolerated jn this country, and which shall be declared ** money " by act of Congress ? What aro $hie mysterious **things loped for” mnd tho hjdden * things not seen,” which are to persnade people to part with their lLouses and .lands, their wheat, and corn, and hogs, ang, cattle, and weol, and cotton, and tho manifold other commoditids that enter into commerce and have a tangible value? Are tho hopes never to be realized, and tho things never to be seon, and must we ferever be Coutont t6 ccepk tho ovidences thereof which the Printing Bureau at Wash- ington-nay tisrn out to an unlimited extent ? Dut perhaps it is tho resources, and not the faith, of the Government which is to consti- tute the valne of this currency., What re- gources ? The only resources of thg Govern. ment consist in the revenues from’ taxation, Is the Government, then, to levy taxes to \redoem tho notes whiol it is to lssue? If so, what is to be the Lasis of taxation and dis- tribution? Aro the rich to be taxed, and the curreney to Lo distributed among thoe poor? Shall the one class pay their taxes in resources and tho other only in faith? * Or dacs it mean that tho currency is to be based upon faith in the resources of - the Government, and that the * resources” are never to coms out? We are then to bhave o paper currency declared money by Government flat, uttorly irrodeom- able, and of no grenter actual valuo than the paper on which it is printed. * Con- greas may mako it legal-tender, and swindle the creditors-of the country by forcing them to nccopt this worthless stull in dlachargg.of . their claims. | But Government cannot force men to part with their products; their manu. factures, thelr labor, their farms, in cxchange for it. 'The value of tho Government *“legal. tendor" is mow fixed by the gold-brokers, who buy nnd sell it at one prico to-day and at nuother to-morrow. But after Cougress shall hiave declared that thero shall bo no other currency {u the country but thus, and that tho value of this shall depend upon unbound. ed foith snd intangible resources, and after tho printing-machines shall bo set in motion, what will the gold-brokers pay for it? We havo an idea that they will seek some other iuvestment for their bullion, Money, if not gold or some other commodity of o fixed valuo, is worth only what it may be con. vertad jnto at o convenlent thne and place, ‘Iho monoy proposed by the ‘i National In. dustrinl Congress is to bo convertible into “4aith and resources.” If the advocates of this system of currency will only explain just what markot value *faith aud resources” liave, we niny then be able to deterinine what their proposed carroncy will be worth, Tho ¢+ Industrial Congross " did wrong in adjourn. ing without giving a benighted country the information which wo think it alone could lave furnished. re—— ‘The Ilinols Legislaturo Las adjourned, and adjourned sine die, aund, unless awakened by the'trump of “Gov, Brveninor, will eleep tho sleep that knows no disturbonce forever. The play is over. The prompter has left the 8peaker’s chair; the leading nien have spoken their pleces; the supernumeraries have bden wustored out; the lights have beon extin- egilshed, and the curtain let down on the T'wenty-ninth Goneral Assembly of the State of lllinois, It is a matter of congratulation that the Leglslature did not provide foran oxtra session, But its members were evie deatly impressod with the horror which such & proceeding wonld have produced, aud the Denocratls mvmbars la thalr sddreas to the peopla especinily rosk to disarm publio indig- nation by declaring : Thero s in this connection auothier fact to which it 18 woll to call attention, Thise General Asserably pro- posct no adjeurned session It was claiined in ndvance, as & meritorious nction, that tho Legislature would not out- mgo publio decency by holding n second ses- gion. -Lot the TLegislature have full credit for its conaiderato regard for public opinion; Iot it hava the full glory of -having put itsolf ubdd the enrth, out of the sight of mankind, whon it might have perpetunted its own ex- iatenca.: ¢ SR .. THE BARK OF ENGLAUD, , Thg lettér-of ‘Sir Fraxcw Hixcxs, of Caun- dn, published in yestorday's 'Tmnune, suggests that ‘tlib:United States should providen nn- tionnl enrrency after the mauner of the Bank of Englnnd, which, he claims, is snbstantial- ly n part of tho Dritisk Government. The facts of the organization and 'character of that bank negative the nssumption that it is any more n Governmental machino than are our own National Banks, and the circulation of the Bank of England falls far short of serving tle purposo for which currency is needed, or clnimed to be needed, in the United States. Tho Bank of England be longs to stockholders,—private persons,—and not o shnre is owned by the British Govern- ment. It is spoken of in England ns ** Bank Compnny.” The Bank of England was es- tablished in 1694, with a eapital, subseribed in shares, equal to 06,000,000, This capital was increased at intervals, until, in 1816, it was fixed ot $7,765,000. Tho bank bas the manngement of tho publie debt of England, for which it is paid. It makes now Jonns, pays tho interest, redeems maturing loany, and generally transacts nll buginess re- lating to the national debt. The Government makes it a public depository, just as our Na- tionnl banks are made by law, In 1844, the #Tssue Department” of tho bank was made n separate branch of the bank, and keeps its accounts with the bank on the following basis: 'That the Issno Department shall fur- nish the bank with notes, first receiving from the bank Government bonds to the nmount of fittoon millions of pounds; also all the gold coin nnd gold and silver bullion not re. qnived by it in its business ; and the amomnt of noten isaned to the bank shall not excaed tho value of these securitios and of the gold. It will be scen that for every pound sterling of notes issued boyond the fifteen imillions of pounds national bond sccurities, the bank nust have nn equal amount of gold, and theso notes must be redeemed on demand in coin, On tha 16th of October, 1872, tho statcement of the Issue Department showed tho follow. ing facts :- % Government sacurities. Other socuritics, £11,018,100 8),8¢0 Totel s:curiiics Gold aud sflver., Totil aecurittes..... a,328,760 Amount of notes oulstsn 31,324,180 “This awount of noles is given to the bank, and is used in its banking -dapartment; in nddition, it has public and other deposits be- sides its capital, and with these does its dis- count aond other bank business. The out. standing cireulation of other banks in the Kingdemn at the same date was $17,613,351, or nbout half that of the Dank of England. It will be seen that there is much similarity in the Governmental regulations of the issue of bank notes by the Badk of England and by our National Banks. Tho Bauk of England is authorized to issue seventy mill. ions of dollars of notes npon the deposit of Government seeurities; but for all notes iy excess of that sum thero mnst ba a deposit, dollar for dollar; in gold. Under our systom, tho banks are nuthorized, to issue notes to 90 per cent of tho Government socuritics do- posited, tho notos redeomnblo. on demand in Government notes, which are not redeomnble in anything. But, so for as tho banks are regulnted and controlled by the Governments, the conneetion is the.samo in both countries, 1o more and no less. The aggrogate .circulation of tho Bank of England is, in round numbers, $175,- 000,000,~ agninst which the bauk holds $100,000,000 in coin. The aggrogute_ cireu- Intion of Treasury notes and bank notes in the United Statos is $730,000,000; Sir Frax- c1s Hixcks praposes that tho cireulaflon shall bo wholly Governmental ; .that it bo secured by an equnl amount of publlo securities, of which $250,000,000 bo converted into gold, ,aud that the Govornment undertake to keop the whole nmount, convertible into coln on demand, . "Tho difficultd in the way of this id what we liwve pointed out,—that tho United States Government' iz not a private coporation or bank; that it has no menns of getting its notes' into circulation save by paying themn out for bonds, and no way of gotting gold to redeem : the notes except by selling the bonda; thot it hs no “capital;” as o bank must hove; that-it hns no income or re. rources save the proceeds of taxes; and that for ‘tho Govermmuent to levy taxes to make good tho immenso losses incidental to selling bonds for gold to redeem tho notes, and then buying the bonds back with paper to get the latter into circulation, wonld bo a publio rob- bery.: 5 AN ENDOWED THEATRE, . Kate Fiueo hos an iden, Bho got it from the current talk of tho last half-century, Its antiquity does not prevent its being good. It is to endow n theatre, 5o that it may becomo wholly independent of nuy necossity of pondering to vulgar tastes, :,ud,gmy servo a4 o roal means of public instruction and en- lightenment. Why not? . We endow muse. ums and libraries, and an oceasional church and other sgencies of mental or moral im- provement. *A good theatro would attract people who rarely go to. muscuwns, searcely ever to libraries, and nover to church, It swould, morcover, bo & con. stant source of pleasure to thousands of people who go to all threo of these institutions, By giving plays free from indelicato allusions, strong and healthy, it would provide wholesome recxontion for the multiude. There is & wide range of pos. sible dramas for such astage,—from ** Homlet” and * Richeliouto ** Pygmalionand Galates,” from Biagseeane and LyrroN to Giupeny, There i3 room onough botween these ex. tremes. TRopenrson would fill a good deal of it. Then, too, wo might expect somo now and good dramatio work from authors of whom no theatre is mow worthy, because no thedtre is mow constantly pure, Arpnicn, and Howzzzs, and Wanxen, might be called upon, Bagr HazTz could string threo or four of his stories into a pleasant bit of dramatio nonsense that would do nobody any lorm, Manx Twand might hire the manwho dramatized the * Gilded Age " to do the same kindly offics for anothor of ihe humorist's works, ¥ An endowed theatre should servo as a good school for actors as well as auditors. ‘The salarios pold sbould be large enough to Bloge suofld bw & cerdliosie Of lusizsstiio ability. « Tho ondowment need not be enormonsly Inrgo, for tho receipts of such n theatro would be greator, in tho long run, than those of any of its rivals, Benls would bo sold at from 10 {0 23 cents, and the result would bo that tho auditorimin would be full every even- ing in the yenr, Wo commond this iden to philanthropists about to dio and anxious to pnt their money where it will do the most good. Mr, Jastcs Lacx's somersanlt shows tho nbsolute neces- sity of n public benefnctor's dying ns soon s possible after his donations are mede. The loeal indebtedness of England hns lately become a subject of Parlinmentary in- quiry. The figures have proved unexpectadly large. 1In 1870, the nmount of what may bo roughly snmmed np o8 municipal dobts was £59,000,000. 1t.is now nearly, if not quite, ;£80,000,000, or £100,000,000. This is for Engloud alone; so that™21,000,000 peoplo must pay off these fnenmbranees, whicl, JDowover, only bear 4 per cent. Moreover, ,thig return tdocs not cover the loans effected ;by the School Boards organized under tho 1 Educntional act of 1870, These loans nra alrendy Inrge, and they are added to yaarly, almost dai The following table gives DLird's-cye view of the nature of English local debty, exclusivo of those incurred for school and a few minor purposen : W Grivinat 1Loan _debt Authority bore |vwount of | Princival | vulstand- roufnp, loan, repy 1 1. Munfeipal. %, Harbor, 4, Metropolitig, 1. Urban Sanita . Drauagn Embankmant., siiadb the st talant, and admittance to this | B! only n natiod'of lenders, but one of borrow- ers a8 woll. Sho has, however, ono great ad- vantage over America. Iier citizens borrow from cach other, Our citizons borrow from nbrond.. Tho resultis that Ingland's debt, national and looal, does not diminish the ag- grogato wealth of the country., It is talken out of one pocket and put into tho other,~— sublfimcted from ono sido of tho nccount and ndded to the othor. In our case, itis simple subtraction, or nt least tho greater part of it is, for our municipalitics aro mainly mortgaged to foreign eapitalists. As long ago as 1799, Turr estimated the yearly pnyments of intor- est to Englandon account of hor money in- vested abroad at 22,500,000, Still, tho growing tendency of municipalitict to run into debt is exciting uneasiness on the other sido of the occan Somo of the borrowing bodies have involved themsclves too deeply. ‘They ean pay neither principal nor interest, Cages of this sort have led to the Parliament- ary inquivy, which is still going on. Mr, Hexny Wentwontn Moxn, of Canada, lins kindly given us an opportunity to sub- seribe §250, gold, townrds n fund for tho purchase of Paloitine. He thinks— why, doed not appear—that the ocoupntion of the Loly Land by Mr, H. W. Moyx will at onco result in universal poace, prosperity, and goed will throughout the world, If thiswere 50, the bargain would not be doar if it took a good many subscriptions of $250 apiece. But | s the result of a monomaniae’s aequisition of o country would simply be waste, confusion, and barbarism, nud as there is no especial reason for our subscribing $250 or two cents in order to make Mr. Moyx King Hesnr L of the Holy Laud, we must decline his offer, If eny of our renders chodse to aceept it, how- over, they can do so with perfect safoty, for the subsoriptions, ncconfing to the terms of tho ngreement, aro pnyable only whon “a suflicient number of other persons, possessing o fair amount of property and practical busi- ness common-senss,” have also subscribed to Dbuy ont Jerusalem from the Turks, As tho suflieient number will not soon be got, no- body need be alarmed abount being called on to poy thelr subscriptions, * o An English nownpapor publishos a singular dopusition made by vno AUsTIN GRaY, an En- glishman, and the son of o clergymou, Tho doposition sota forth that Qnay and s young Iady named Frona Looke, daughter of an offi- cor in an Indin rogiment, ‘took passnge for India in o salling vessel, namo not given, com- manded by Capt, Gank. During tho voyago tha Captalu's admiration for his fair ngesengor fn- creaged daily, aud ho was continually propasing to marry, ‘while sho, with equal perraverduce, .was declinlug his offers, The voyago mignt have terminated happily, with nothiog to mar tha ploaring monotony of eoffer and rejeajion, but for tho discovery by Capt, Ganx that Misa Locka loved AusTiy Grav, The ekippor offored to marry ber ooce more, but roceiving the unaual roply, ordered tho lovers to ho iroued. . Nogt ‘day, by some unkind geographs ical mischance, they slghled land, which wga o bmren island, The passengora wero - put asboro snd fionad to the rocks, hike a doublo odition of Axpnoxzpa and Prosevs. Gank left them his blesaing and two days' provisions, upon whicls, aftor freeing thomseolvea from their fet- ters, thoy subsistod for fivo dags, when * tha good sbip Albatro® ® convenlently took ' them off to Indis, where ' wo arrived ssfely, and wero marriod immediately.” It wos o romantio and uncomfortablo adventurg, and if true, Capt. GARK ought lo bo spoken to serlounly atout it. Dt a8 nooe ot the othor newspapers bavo taken the mattor up, Mr, AusTIN Guay muet Lo sot down aa no betier than the averace of clorgy- men'ssons, And thero is & pluasing proverb relating to sono of thom, ot I The Nev. Dr, IlATsierp, whose fame in Chicago is mora or less accordiug lo ihe stand- point from which itis viewed, hins beon making himself couspicuous in Philadelphin in o new capacity, Ilero it was theatros that troubled him ;- there It is the press,~that'great sgont of progress, the combined lover and fulorum which Ancinnnepss slghed for la vain, Anabstract of the Doclor's eermon appears in the Yhiladelphin Times. o onlogized the law of libel in Penn- sylvanis, which was worth somethlug, though in most Btates the law ie s dead lotter. Club-law waa tho ‘only one avallable; mude FBANKLIN'G advice, *When an oditor abused you, take s club and break his hoad,"” 18 juss as portinent to- day es when it was given, 'The Doctor thought thero was a vast desl of nousauso abouf whist is known s *Jiberty of the press.” Ilo had po vory clear ides of . what the phrase mweant, Dr, HaTrEc’s scolding has o famillsr sound about it, reminding one quite forclbly of an augry houss-wifo ou washing-day, 1Ihsclaim to o press-censorabip tmay uot bo gencrally al- lowod, nor his judgment accepted as divine veve- lation, It fs the very violence of the mau which mors averything be says, The sepse of his dress-parade sermous becomos by this means +¢Jike swo grains of wheat in & bushel of chaff. ‘You shall search all day ero you find them, and when they are found thoy are not wosth the sosking." There seetns to bo troubls aliesd between the Woman'a Polytechnical Institute of lllinola and the Bunday Afternoon Lacture Boolety. Doth jutend glving leotures om Bunday, snd the otah between the two organizations may sesult in their mutus! southilstion. To prevont such s calamity, Toe Toingua volunteors 80 acéss poaca-maker, sud has & suggestion W offer, e L BT AT oy et e S T, 2 AU XUy ICULLIGAL LiMuMOLe GURH LUW tuu lucture buainess to raiss money for the sdueation of womon. The Banday Lecture Hoclety has monoy—£520 of maney—~which it doos not know whnt to do witl, nod which 18 giving the mang. goraof tho Sacloty 8o much anxiety that thoy arg in dangor of inromnia, and dou't gov up in thy mormng Hil 11 o'clock. Lot them hand ey money over to tho Folslechnical Tust tule, ang levtho Iustitute promlse nottv lfuterfero wipy the locturo business until tho last cent in ex. ponded. And whan that event accurs, the Suy. day Lacturs Socloty will know what to exgect, —— Jony Burtock, of Rhuode Islaud, aged 108, voled at the last eloctions, z Carour, Brraxort, and CANPAKIST are to sng togotler 1n Loudon this seagon, * Qen, Jor Griaen s, sccording to Sonater THunMAN, the handsomest man in Ametica, 1L D. Parxen Is said to have positivoly pe. curod Biys Rzeves to ** baptizo wa with fong" noxt scason. Braxtey ia said to bo tho pride of tha Sonyy African gonlla as the culininstion of tha devel. opmout of tho species. Tho man who brought out JeNsY Lisp, Prg, coroaNy, Guianasy, and FrrieNs, Mr, Bexyuygy Loy, of Buglond, {8 dead. 8an Fraucieco's now botel has o billiard.rooty for ladies, Thoy can have no valid ex-cucs fop going outsido of it for kisses or scratches. .. Who waa thot Chicago drummor who beat {liros-card-monte man out of $100 at his opy game, and what church does be belong to? Hexny Jaxrs, of Mossachngotts, has beon ifs. toning to Tcorr’s **N'utriblo Talo,” and noy thinka tho proper way to bmug criwiunly lg by etnoroforal. Manager Qnavzs, of Toronto, has felneg Messrs, Lraxs, of Indianapolin, and Davzy, of Memphis, in n promise to play of Ganpisesy bonotit on tho 24th, Tha Brooklyn Argus, which ia suppossd i know somothing abous the matter, saya that Drooklyn provides the strongest kind of hen. lock and tho woukest kind of wediozk. Tho Knoxvillo Press and Herald has & compes. {tor who dotiantly seta up tho name of Macip. LAY, tho bistorlan, **McCavLes,” and the repy. tatlon of tho editor as a scholar is being slany but surely underminod. CriFr. W. Tavreoms hos at last socared g theatre of his own,—tho St. Oharles, of New Op leans,—and thoro ho can produce bis owu pieey night after vignt for two yoars, calllng it by an. otlior nawe ovory woek. A Colorado Woman's-Rights Conventian, pr. sided over by & famons Eastorn “wulragen- vivallst,” was broken up by asmall ko, nky dropped o rat through tho skylight. Too meat. ng adjourned without ixing a date. “\Vhat shall I do with this Laby?" eald s Brooliyn matron to Lior husta'd, in atore of utter dospair; it does nothung butery from morning bl mght.,” “Chalston it Taouss HREARMAN,™ was the unfeeliog auswer, Dr. ENart, of tho Prusaian Biatistical Bareou, eatimntes thpt thiers aro 160,000 statiouary cu. guwes in the world, with an agerogate of about 8,600,600 horeo-poswor; 60,000 locomotives, w.tl an aggrogate of 10,000,009 horsoe-power; and 5. ' 265 oceau sieamérs. _ *¢It"s be, tho same who, while ono of his brig. ande was cutting off my eas, #aid, *Cut'en goflly.’" Tont is how ANarvo Gracoyso, & Nea politau brizand, who left his homo tn 1872 and took ap hie residence iv Now York, was idout:de) Ly ono ot his victima. _Dr. Baosuans, tho now Cathiolie Dishop of Nottiugham, bon rovivod the custom of wasling the fect on Good Fnday. A dozen boys dre e in white, and bato o8 to-thelp legs, wero ranged in order, and (Lo DBishop, after washing, iad thoir foot with tho forvor of & BeRcuER, - Miss ANrorxerTe BriaLiNg, an Enelish caats. trico, recontly married, appogrs to take thioy vory coolly. At A Crystal Palace concert s commenced BLUMENTIAL'R song at tho ston) vereo and broka down in the middle, Boe then triod tho second vorso again, aud broke doma agatu ; enid to the audience, **I leg Four pan don,” end recommoncod ot tho refroinfotot flet vorso, Bbe thon sang tho occond vereo s third time, and tho second refrain, leaving te first vorae unsung. Lach timo elis Lroke down sho smiled and bowed, aa though sho bud donea wonderfully clever thing, and, 10 the benilder ment of tho fow muaiciana presoat, waa warnly applauded by the nudience. She.did ths same thing at Albert Hall to the dismay of ber friczis. ' HOTEL ARRIVALS. Grand Pactfie=l, L, Aldrich, Bt, Iouls; J, & Thoruton, Mid:bigan City; Walllam €, Mernst, 3 i costers Chutles Coloha, Clereland Coiorado; Hat, - Clark, Wiscunwing ' A, Atox, O, Bradiey, Now York: Goo, L. War +kl, Han Fraucleco; J) 4. MeAllistor, Fadlad jikis Joha Weber, New Sork: J, 3. Dickey, Omenat Waut J, Crowll, New York ; Tuadi It, Stearus, Boston: C. 1 1Uts,” Jowas A, 8. Alston,” Davennort; J ston ;. J, .8, Durnatt, Cluctina urtford; Charlos Willich 8, Viocemdos; 8, ¥, Si , Cal; Chatloa’ W, Kellogg, Plilid:jilisi Waller G, 'Crowell, New York, ... Lutuicr House—d, O Roove, 8, 8. Doughty, New York; Thonay lifisty Buftelo; L, C, Fowler, Calffornia s Ldwa.d ¥ Fort Gurry; dobn 1.’ Allen, St, Puul; W W, well, Plattaburg ; Jolu J. Buap, Lausing 3 O. 3% #t, H, ‘ibble, Omabs; Parknwmn Dexter, Ji Cliarloa Pucker, Wyaminit ; X% 1", Glve, Now ¥ %, Beolt, Fitlburg; Fruncls I, Futster, Jumes L, Eilictt, Detrolt ; R, W. Roxford, Ba'v: M, Wilhams, 81, Louls ; X 1, Meonoy tev, ndelplitag 8, E. Lusatd Laravsy, I 3 phy, Ontario; I, Hower, _ Cinciu W, A, Joues, New York; Alox, Ellfott, Jr., Wl ton§ Lyman I, Eddy, Yliltedelghia; Eugens Luther If, Poftee, Now Yo:k; Georg Johus Youl; T.0, Boston. ... Sherinn Hvss nelfuv Dorr, Boston; W, 11, Brooke, ‘Topeks; J, Juliuson,’ Bt, Paul; Joun Walier, Albany Gaulr, 8t. Pauly Willlam Havwood, Londuy Edwuids, New York; U, J, Fuslier, Abyridce land; 8, E. Authony, Dufiato; leter noff New eorgo M Cipwled, Philadelplua . Vanks, Indisnopuliss’ E. L. Lindsly, ' Now ¥ W. Maupin, 8t Loufe; L. M. Huarr, 1 Columbia 3 doris Lo Toewt, Philadelphias B, Crods San Franclsco ; 8, 8, Buxt, Marquotte 3 A, & Besioi 8t Loutu ; G, O, Binborh, St, Paul Lungor 2 Tuomau Buepbord, New Yuik. JTiowse—E, B, 'Threlkald, 8t, Loufu; Kuusas City3 B W, Eadridgo, Washi Jonson, Do.rolt Claries J, Palno, JMW{" Jumnen, Clueiinati § Georgs A, Forwaly, Lockor B, Eldridge, Detve A A, Biruble, Now Yul’l: s, Hosiol J, Tlighinan, Balljwore § Nw York | .1 Eyry, Munopclis} Di b2 o owa 3 Jolin J, Mutter, Ginclunatl s b & 00 Loy, Hainilten 3 J. 2o Barues, Clnainoatt ;AL tor, Burdugton, 1,0, BN Frorront POLTTIOAL NOTES, Enough eaid about Counecticut. A general call goos up for the leadersof the Demooratio party, Tuoy oro wanted, Whoste tuoy, and whore do they kuep thomuelves? Mr, BuatNe, for his part, keops & etllf U< 1ip, notuithatandiug Councaticut, aud sagd “‘_fi very hopeful of Ropublican victorios In the L olections, A ¢ The lato Senator Revers, colored, bss R‘:: up palitics and gone futo preaching. Other m" havo fonnd no diticalty In combinlug the # pursuits, X " Parson Boowszow's letter to tho Now 7;’ A Tribune lina not only usod up A.\'m‘lom'snfii I:J overybody olse, Tl political edliors espec i 8ro {n o comatoee state. o A good dealot wit sad wisdom I8 being ‘}r od over the suggastion of tho Now York i une, thiat ex-Proaidonts should be medo Soud at-largo for lite. The idea ls none 40 new. . . The' majority for the Republican mdll' A for Bupreme Court Judge iu mumg-“‘ e ready up fu tho twenty shousauds sad tax! f“ ing. Now, llluh“{ln ivsomething of w Bta! 2 D, H, Hur will ikely tutn up {n the '" Congross among the nablo Land of Conhi“;’ martyre. He ls stroogly pressed for tho ';fl in tho Ninth Georgis Distilot, caused bY doath of GABNETT AlCMILLAN. date Mr. Liepirr, Bogular Republicss can b for Governor of uodo Ivlaud, “rBP"‘IWI tho scoru they merit " the atlogetions of M" fraud, trickery, and_corsuption, pietesied Independsnt competitos, Rowsaup H. i Ta & rocent [ettar to Benator Gospoy, thé Wituux AL Evass eaidy VK be 5o