Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 22, 1875, Page 4

TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TATER OF AUBZCIIPTION (FPATANLE IX ADVANCE). Postage Prepalil Rt this Ofiee. N .06 | Wenk It sar RS e wlinisy “Ten e dlonhila sheet., .00 Tartsof a sear at tho samo rate, WANTED-Uus activo agent {n each town snd yillags, Fpectat arrangements mado with suck. Snaclmen cuplos acnt free. Tapresent delay and mistakes, bs purs and giva Post- Qtuee addrees n foll, inclnding Staty and Conaty., Jeeslitunecs may homada eltherby draft, exprass, Pest- Otlcotrder, of In registered lottecs, atonr Hsk, TTAME TO CHY FUHSCHRI Daily, delivered, Funday escented, 23 conts por week. $etly, doliverad, Bunday included, B() cantapae weoke Addesen THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madirna and Dearbarnests,, Chicago, Ul 1.05 posivsiaint s — TO'DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. 0OLELY'S THEATRE—Randolsh streat, betweoo e R arten Tivoning: - Hlonte Cristor ADELPIITHEATRE—Deatborn steeot, eorner Moa- o. Varioty entortalnniont, atated sireel, batwern Mad- 4. 31, Ciprico. ACABEMY OF MUSIC. feon_ aul “Muneoe, Engagement] of Edmand Kean. QRAND OPRRA-NOUSE—Clark strent, oppnaita Bt auae, K aahio, Hall & Wambiold's ' Minsireia. AMVICRER'S Dearhorn and Stat “Eanciion, " EXPOSITION, DUILDI Ausia street. Kzbibition ol THEATRE=Mndison stroet, botweat . lngagoment of Maggie Mitchell. Takn Shore, foot of utings. G FARWELL ITATI—Madlan atrect, betwsen Clark lmIALlL\'nlIE, Concert by tho Do urska Troupo. NOREGATIONAL CIIURCI~Literary and alnment, FINST G Aol Ent SOGIETY MEETINGS. o nE lr\l{ lll:n|lh4‘li Jm:‘!.m o inetod, By urior G DINNELL See. ND LODGE Of PER- A N 1 RITE MASONS—WIT hotd l\hlllon‘ll a o kon gy T P ALL, TP g M ED GOODALE, Or. dec. The Chitagy Teibune, Thursdoy AMorning, April 33, 1876, President Grayz emphatically donies the rumor that lie lin# invited tho tender of Sec- retary Deraxo's resignation, or that nuy such thing has been contemplated. Plie intenke nversion tho tax-caters lnve Sor the charter of 1875 i explalfied by the fact that it limits city taxes to 15 mills on tho dollar, whereas tho charter to bo voted on to-morrow authorizes the Council to levy and spend & per cent, or 30 mills of taxes cnch year; hence the tax-caters nro rallying their hnmmer cohorts' for the adoption of the macline which affords the most plunder. Accordiug to tho report of Capt. Tary, of the Const Survey, submitted to tho Com- missioner of Education, affairs in Alaska’nre innsad condition. There is no protection for lifo or property, no redress for injury furnished by the civil Inw, and the people of the province find the American cagle a poor exchange for tho Russian bear, and have amplo reason to wish themselves back under the Czar's dominion. e Tho charter which is to bo voted npon to- morrow nuthorizes the Council to vote appro- yrintions aud assess taxes as high ns thres per cont on all the proporty of the city. The present rate of taxation is about-18 mills, hick is 8 1nills bigher than it should be, and that mnch higher than wns necessnry, as stated oflcinlly by the Comptroller. But the proposed new charter permita tho bummers and tax-cnters to incremso tho present high rate by 12 mills, or nearly §4,000,000, Does not this acconnt for tho mysterious zeal o good many Aldermen aro exhibiting for tho adoption of the proposed charter? - Wo pullish thig morning a large number of -raports concerniug crop prospects in various parta of the West, from which it appears that wide-spread domago hos resnlted from the extremely cold wenther of the past fow days. Great injury has been done ta winter wheat, and other small graing cown carly in tho spring have suffered from heavy frosts and protracted cold. In mnny cases flelds will bo roplowed and planted with corn, the acrenge of which promises to ho unusually Inrgo. From the fruit-growing regions the reports indiento extensive disaster to the prospects of the season's crop by resson of tho Arctic wave. Tho question of granting to women n liccnso to preach lus beeu decided in the negative by the Northern Indians Methodist Episcopnl Conference, upon the ground that diseipline nnd usage forbid it. ‘This view was suctained by Dishop Bowstaxn, but it s evident that his sympathies and his seuso of duty nro wido npart, Ho would like to give the Methodist pulpit the beuefit of the elo- quence nnd persunsivo powers of femnlo preachers, but, as the licenso to prench in- volves tho right of ordination, which hos beon refused to womon by the Goneral Con- feronce, the gnllant Bishop was forced to shut the door in tho faco of the would-be ovangels, though not without expressing the Lopo that his deoision would bo appealed from, and the matter thus brought before the General Con- ferenco, Tho Buperior Court, in the case of tho SBouth Park condemnation cases, hes get aside the verdict of .the jury by which tho value of certain land taken by the Commissioners way asseesed at the amazing prico of §5,700 per acre. 'Tho misessment was declarod 1o bo ox- cessive, The land having been coifemned a3 o part of the parkptho Court held that there could not be claimed for it the value of 1and benefited by the park improvement, but merely such value as it would huve leaving tho park ont of the questlon. Tho sction of the Court will be approved by tho wholocom- munity as setting uside a most unrighteous judgment by tho jury, It will not doprive the owners of anything to which they are lugally ond equitably entitled, Thelr Jand was taken for public purposes, and for it they aro entitlod to the actusl value which the land would have had in ewso there had been no park constructed in that neighbor- Lood. That they owned land roquired for the park, instead of land adjecent to but not in tho park, -was an saccident, it not thelr 1misfortuno, for which the public caunot law- fully or justly bo called upon fo pay. e ] The Chicago produce markets were gener- ally stronger yestorday, Mees pork was quict and emder, closing ot 21,85@21.87} for Muy, and §22.12)@22.16 for June, Lard wos in good demand ond 100 per 100 lbs higher, closing at §16.65 cash, and $15.85 for June, Meats wora toore active and firm at flo for shoulders, 11{o for uhort Tibs, and 12{c for short dears. Lake frelghts were dull and unchanged at 4jo for corn to Bufalo, Migh- ’ i vero moro netivo and stronger at bid per gallon, Flonr was quiet and Whent was in hetter demnnd and stronger, cloring of £1.03,ensh, anil F1.00% for May, (‘ora was ctive and 1}c highor, cloning at 74ic for May. and 7ife for June. Onts wero int fair demand and Je higher, clos. fug at Gte for May, and 61ic for June. Rya s quict and firmer, at $1.01@1.05. Dadey was woro netivo and advanced fGe, closing nt ) for April, and $110 for Moy, HHogs were active and firm, Caitle were in Lrisk domand nt Tuesday's prices. Tho sheep market was fairly aetive and firm, stendy, In the recent legislation in aid of the col- lection of taxcs thero i provision mado thats whero n County Conrt ronders judgment agninst land for municipal taxes, the owner of tho land may append from such judgmedt upon the condition that he fist doposit with the propor city the nnonut of tho taxes due, the snme to bo hield subjeet to the tiual disposition of tho appenl by the Supremo Conrt, But the Snpremo Court in {ho easo of an appenl from Will County lns recently decided that in cnso where lond was soll for {nzes under judgment of the County Court, and tho owner appealed from tho decision without paying or tendesing tho amount of inxes due or clnimed, ho lost mono of bis rights, be- causo that requirement was uncoustitntionnl. Phe cpse contnined goversl points going to {hio validity of the whole proceedings; the Court declaved the notice of tax-sale insuf- ficient and the proceedings void, and then, nupon the partioular point of the reqnirement to pay the tux beforo appealing, the Court, by Judge Scholficld, said : The objection urged that appelles ehould not have Deen allowed to make defenso until e rhowed & nay~ awent or tender of the taxee, ele,, for erty bind Loen sold, da fily met by It e et al,, 56 1N, 284, where it was that the law requiring hat thia shiould be done was unconstitu- tomal, How far this lnw tlns unceremoniously suuffed out of existence i identienl ,in terms or in privciple witli the recent legislative en- actments we do not kuow 3 but the question is one of deep importance in the collection of taxes in this city. Wo invite the attention of thie Chicago Linw Department to it. A THREATENED CALAMITY. If the charter of 1872 Lo adopted next Fri- duy, thero will bo a complication of nuniei- pal offairs that will smount to a public ealamity. Ilera aro the sections of the law leading to tho eonfusion : Scetion 8, If n majority shall vote for such cherter, cte,, * such city shall thenceforth be deemed to be orgonized under this act, and tho city ofticers then in oftico slinll thereupon exercise the powers conferred on like officera in this act until their successors shall bo elected avd qualified.” Section 14, Tho Mayor shall “hold his oftive for two yenrs,” - Section 30. “In cities of over 100,000 in- habitants there shall bo elected 86 Aldermon.” Section 1. “*And shall hold sheir offica two years,” Seetion 48, * A general election for city ofticcis shall bo held on the third Tuesday of April of ench yenr.” Soction 49, At the goneral election held in 1874, and bienuinlly thereafter, a Moyor shall Do elected in ench city. Section 52, Aldermen electod at first clec- tion to be classiled~one-half to serve one year and one-half two yenrs, and one-holf to Dha elected snnually thereafter. It was intended by the lnw that any city wishiug to adopt the net of 1872 ghould do sa before April of 1874, '75, '77, and suy otlier odd year, so that tho election of city aflicers couldl take place on the third Tuesdey Jof April following; but our Cotmmon Coun- cil dofeated this by postponing tho vote o ¥ tho charter until nfter tho dato in 1875 tixed for the clection for offlcars, and thereby post- poning the clection for MMayor, in case tho now charter shail be adopted, until April, 1877, o The charter of 1872 provides that a Meyor shall he elected on the third Tuesday in April, 1873, or on the samo date in any odd year therentter; aud that a general cl ection for one-half the Aldermen and othier city oflicers shall Dbe held on the third Tuesday of April annuclly, The time laving passed for 187, thore cen be no clection in 1875 under that sete If the charter be adopted now, the pres- ent Mayor, under tho provisions of the law, would hold over uutil April, 1877, and tho Aldermen and othor clective oficers until April, 1670, But the Constitution jnterposes and prohib. its any logal extonsion of tho term of nny clective oflicer, 1t sgys: *No latwo shall be passed which shall a]msm to extend thg time of any publio officer after lis election or appoint- ment," "The terms of oflico of the present Mayor aud all the other elective and appoiutive ofiicers and of one-half of tho members of the Common Council expire on the first Alon- doy inDecetbor, 1875, Under the old eharter, their successors will bo chosen in Noveipber next. Butif the charler of 1872 Lo adopted, the old cliarter is killed, and then tho or, I'veasuror, Collector, City Attorney, and other officery, including the Comptrollor w:d Corporation Counsel, and one-half the Com- mon Council, will go out of ofilco on tho first Mondny iu Decembor, 1875, aud, until the clection in April, 1676, theso ofices inust yo- main vacant, and in cusie of tha Mayor must remain vacant until 1877, It is impos. siblo to cstimate the calamity that will follow «such u condition of things. Thero will mot bo a quorum of the Comwon Conucil, and there is no nuthority- anywhero to provids temporarily for the in- taregnum, The attmnpt to force the adop-, tionof the charter undor such clrcumstances i3 o wanton effort to destroy tho City Govern- ment, and to destroy the character and credit of the ¢ity, It moy tako years to oxtricate the ¢ity from tho effects of such a blunder and disaster, 1t wny cost millions of dollars to reliovo tho city of tho finanelal embarmmss- wunts rosulting from such au. overthrow of ull government, ‘Tho charter of 1872, in ex- pross terms, from the dato of its ndoption abolishos tho existing charter. An attompt has been mado to assume that tho Govorument now in cxistence mny pro- vide for the emergency under the following seetion s : ErorioN, 61, If there fs o fuilure to clect any officer herin requized to bo elected, or tho person elecied should fail to qualify, tho ity Councll or Bourd of Trustees may fortlwith ardor 8 new olection therefor unnd fu all cusos, when nocessary fof tho purposes of A1alw act, way eall vpecial eluctions, sppolut Judges and clutta taerool, canvuss the Teturus thereof, aud pro- vido by ordinance for the wodo of conducting tho same: sad shall give notico of wucl pucisl vlections, £33 wiiedi sball Lo stated the quoutions to bo voted upot, aud catro wuch nutices to e published or posted for 120 #azue leugth of time snd fu tho wame misuuer a8 ia required in the cass of rogular suuual clections in auch ciuos oz villages, This clearly and in express terms rclates ouly to vacancies or fallurcsto elect ogeurring under the new clorter, The law containsa THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TlfURSDAY; APRIIL Q963 P 1875. e ——— provision covering tho enso of an interreg- num between the expiration of the ternw of thoso in office and the heginning of tho torma of thoso to by elected wider the new chnrter, but unfortunately that arrangement i direetly prohibitud by the Coustitution, It, however, shows that tho Inw contemplated no vacancy, and therefore Section 61 hiad no ap- plication to sueh an cuergency, and was, a3 will appear on reading it, intended to cover ¢nconcles veenrring under tho new enses wherov in consequenies of lity of the person securing tho Righest number of votes thero had been n failure to eleet, We appent to the peoplo of this city in tho presence of this threatened enlamity to go to the polls on Friday aud vote against tho charter of 1872, MR, DEECHER'S CROSS.EXAMINATION. Hixur Wanp Begcurn s on intellectual giant. 1Mis brain is larger, greater, move vigorous, conrageous, nud tireless than the combined braius of n dozen men of ondinary ability. Never was n tan subjected o such mental torture ng thnt npplied to Deremsn during his cross-cxamination. Tho rack, the thumbserew, the wheel, and all'the other in. genions methods of torture invented by the Tuquisition, fail to furnish an adequate com- parison for the mental agony which Benenrn must bave suffered. Tha theory of his inno- cence does not nfect this statement. If in- nocent, he was still involved in so intricato aud damaging combination of circumstances that a less courngeous man would have given up tho struggle, It wadnat tho agony of the heart thnt made up the heaviest lond. It wns tho terrific onslaught npon the intellect which fow othermen conld have met andresisted, 1To wns attacked from all sides, Ifis own utternnces were used as the most cf- fective wenpons against hiw. o was con- fronted by the most formidable army of legal ability, led by a genesal who was constantly aggressivo nnd nlways relentless. It was Beeennw's mission {o disentangle a web that bonled ull other effort, to bring consistency out of o mass of inconsistencies, to evolvo conviction out of a jumble of contradictions. It was the work of nn intellectunl ginut be- centise ho had to meet circumstancey, evidence, letters, documents, and confessions that wonld bave overwhelmed and buried suy other man. 1fo was called to put upon the appenrance of guilt the appearance of into. cence. It was n task for & Herculenn Lrain, Itis in this view of the matter that tho outeotuo of BrEcury's cross-cxamination must bo regarded as & grent intellectual trivmph. And in n roview of the ordeal through which he has passed it is notable that he struck out for bimself, independently of his friends, of hix church people, and even of his Jawyers, The theory of lis church and lay supporters was that le had advised Mrs. TiroN to sep- orato from lier husband on ncconunt of the Intter’s infidelities, and hence the dissen. gion and tho remorse. 'Fhe theory of his fawyers, deliberntely formulated in Gen,, I'nacy’s opening, was that of a conspiracy against him for tho purpose of Dlackmail, AMr, lieecien, in turn, had given a tacit ne- quickcenee in both theso theories beforo tho Church Committee and in the earlier conduct of the {rinl. But, in his own sworn evideneo in the trial, ho hng clung 1o ono point, neyer before mede distinetly, aud, in spite of evory effort to the contrary, hie has eaused all other civenmstances, all other utterances, all other testimony, to hingo and turn upon jt. It is the only theory advanced that can command auy respect s an explanation of his letters, aud his genernl policy with reference to the seandal up to tho timo of the final explosion in the Bacox letter. It ds cqually well ndapted to the lawyers' charge of conspirey, and to Mr. Brrcuer's present declnration that ho did not beliove ho was undergoing de- liberata blackmeil. It is the only theory that venders possible a misconception on the part of Tiutox, Mourtoy, and My, Movrroy of what they took to bo confessions of adultery. 1t iu the only hypothesis consistent with his assertion that the eharge of adultery failed to mako any impression upon him. There is nothing elso which could sustain Brreacn's honor, remorse, and intclligence. Nothing olse, in tho nssumption of his iunocence, conld excuso the folly of ar innocent wman and en iutelligent mau committing himself to so many evidences of guilt and remorse. None other canld preserve the chivelry of thoy| man and the honor of tho clergyman at ono and the same time. Thig nlono 1s consistent with the great magnanimity iuvolved in Buuenen's prosent profossions of kindly feel- ing toward Mr, and Mrs, MovrToN. Thin central, pivotal explanation from which Mr. Beecuen Lo nover departed, and from which Mr, Furiertoy has been unable to drive him, is that Mrs. TinToN had trans. forred to him the affections which she onght to bnve saved sacred toher husband nlone, and that he (Bexcuen) becamo conscious of it and did nothing to preventit. Iere Mr. Beecnen rests, and hero ho has been asstrong aud tenaclous as only a man of his cologsal intellect could be, e 1If Mr, Bezonen is guilty, how shrewdly kas lio counted upon the sympathies of mankind, and how mnrvelously he has pualyzed the processes of human judgment, in adopting {his lino of defenso! I{o hns penetrated the depths of human naturo further than all hin lnwyers, Tio has oponed up opportunitics for the imegination, the sympnthics, and the reasoning powerd of his jury that no othier position could Lave nfferded. Ile hos ndhered to ‘it with n persistenoy that hos al. rendy carried conviction of Lis innocenco to tho hearts of mnny peopls whowere in doubt. Tio has confessed his jnnbility to explain cer- {nin thivge, nud has acknowledged himself powerless to reeall jmpressions that, on any other theory than this, it would have bLeen absurd to admit the possibility of haviug boen ignored or forgotten, Ho lns been committed to lapses of momory which, jua man of his grent intollect, would have been incrodiblo exeept under such eircumstances. What umy not & true, righteous, aud hovor. able map, occupying the first pulpit in Amer. icg, have done when ho had a revelation that o woman whom he respected, and the wife of hii mout intimate companion and frignd, had conceived gu unboly love for him, and which ho had not ropressed! his s the speculation which Mr, Bepcurn has left to tha jury and o the public, and it is 4 fruitful thee which will in most cases be worked out {o his advantage, It jsno sniwer to Hay what & plain, conunon-sondl, mattor-of-fuct wman in the ordinary relations of lifo would linve dono, ‘Ilsore aro two reasons why such on quswerwill fail to bronk down tho strength of Mr. Beecurn's position,—frst, becauso ho wos not & watter-of-fact mon in the ordinary relotions of lifo; and, sccondly, becauso cowe mou-senso judgments aro tho exception and not the rule. Mr. Brzcnxa hns created his mpreusion, and it romalns to be seon whothor tho subsequont developments of tho trial ghall o ablo to ramove it. YWhat magnidoont sdroltness, coolness, clr. J{ag matter which otherwise would nover have cumspeetion, and deliberation thero have Tieen in Berent'sconduct on the stamd, with all his excitement, cloquence, aud figuro-of- apecch, Frotentox, as the crossexaminer, was not inore incisive, anolytie, and cold. blooded than was Breenen under his knife, These was all the fortitude and imperturba. Dility which Socratrs exhibited iy deseribing the experiences of approaching dissolution. “Thoro wns all the nlertnessof a French duclist in tho wse of a rapier agninst o skillful an- tagoniat. Thero was all the delilieration and far-renching vision of tha expert and dovoted chessplnyor, Thera were the lights and shindows of n grent melodramatio nctor, “from gravo to gay, from lively to sovero.” Tt was o denth-struggle in which all the ad- vantages wero against Brecues, and he fonght for liis lifo with the desperation of s madman, It with the deliberntion of n philosopher ; and, whether innocont or guilty, the power and rosources of hin intellect, ny developed in his eross-examination, will enmie faturo gon- eralions to say : % Thero were mighty men in those days.” ——— THE STOREY LIBEL BUIT. Averdictfor$2,000dnmnges ngRinst A NeWS- paperin o snit forlibel is likely to arrest atten- tion everywhera, Itisoneof thelurgestawnrds ever given in a suit of this character in the United Stntes, 'This was the nward of the jury yestorday in the suit hrought agninst the Chicago Times by Miss Eanty, of Rockford, for defamation of character. Phio caso is n romarkable oue in avery re- spect. The libel was printed about a yenr ago. It charged sexual relutions between Miss Fanwy, the daughtor of the then President of the Btate Sennte and acting Licutenant.Gov- esnor, and Mr. Crawronn, o wember of the Legislaturo, "Ihe chargo was wade with the greatest circumstantiality, and conched in Iangungo that is too repulsive aud obsceno to repeat or characterize. Miss Fanuy Tad n stainless reputation, and the publication of this nrticle was nat merely & shock to the woral seuse of tho communily, but excited the most violent indignation in the City of RNockford, A suit was Lrought in iss IanLy's nemo for 30,000 damnges, It was felt by ler family and frienda that in this way nlone could her fair nane bo i ally vindi- entod aud the publisher of the libol properly punished. Tha tvinl was very brief. The publication was ndmitted, and thero wns no atiempt at justification, It was suflicient to develop, howover, the most reckless journalism that ins ever been oxposed. The evidenco showed that tho.publication was prompted by the re- ceipt of four letters at the oflico of the Limes (only two of which wero pro- duced), written by persons unknown to tho oflice; that Mr. Stonzy received theso lotters, partinlly read themn, aud turned them over to ono of his nysistants to preparo ‘for publication; that the latter turned them over to nnother nssistant, with instractions to swrite up au articlo from them; and that an article, purporting to bo a specinl telegraphic dispateh from Roekford, was prepared in tho Timer ofliee, mnking the infamous charges. It did not appear from tho evidenca how closcly the writer adhered to the information given by the letters, how much ho distorted or cnlarged upon them. It did como out, Lowever, that the Zmes had o spfecial corre- | spondent in Rockford, to whom it might Iinve referrod the magter for investigation, and ko linve ascerfained immedintely the truth or tho falsity of the charges, but thnt Mr. Sroney did not take any steps to do this. It also’ transpired from‘the evidence that the only retraction mado in tho caso wns subsequent to n specinl inyestigation some time after the suit was commenced ngainst the concern, and the rotruction was only in the shopo of a reference to n dispateh from Rockford stnt- ing that the Zimecs had beon deceived by Jotters it lad published. Tho Court Leld that this retraction was not enongh to cover the case, It was also shown in evidenco that tho editor had offered n rownard for the discovery of tha persons who sent the do- famatory letters, This wan the cse. The jury, under tho instructions of the Court, wero unable to find extenunting cir- cumstances, and it is snid that the mnjority wero in favor of awarding the full amount of $50,000; but, after o long deliberation, ex- tending far into the night, thero was n com- pramise on §25,000, the final award. As the lady's charceter is above reproach, and no such libel after its exposure could have heen damaging to her reputation for chastity and purity, tho verdict must be regarded as an award of punitivo damages, as the only wny in which tho offense could bo properly pun- ished. 1t is not unlikely that this largo award will encourngo o grest mauy pemsons to bring vexatious libel-suita agninst newspapers hore and elsowhere without any real griovanca, and with purely mercenaty motives.” This is tho penalty which decent nowspnpers have to suffor for the offonsos of indecent nows- papers, and it is the renson why publishers of every other daily newspaper in Chi. cago open tha Zimes onch moming with sort of approhousion that it may contain some dreadful libel, which, if successfnlly punished, may breed s crop of vaxatious suits against all the other papers for publishe Doen imagined to be libelous, “.In publishing n metropolitan newspaper; it {n utterly impossible for tho editor to sce or know all, or oven half, of the matter which each night goos into his paper, Tho best he can do is to give goneral instructions to his subordinates to bo us careful and circumspoct a8 posaiblo, and not knowingly and maticions- 1y to authorizo eny libolous statements to be jnsertod. Andif, by inadvortance or misun. derstending of the facts, an injustice is dono, a correotion or explanation should bo mado, Tiat in the light of the testimony present. od at tho trial, after making due allowanco for errors and nceidents, thero still scoms to liave been absolutely no excuse for the ob- seeno articlo in tho 7¥mes which hes cost the concern so0 dearly if the verdict is allowed to stand, And whatever may be the final result, if it shall induco ordinary prudenco aud n reasonablo degree of deference to truth and deconcy horeaftor, the reform will not be purchased at too high a price, fHinco old Dy Wape declived to bo a ean- didate for Governor of Ohio, ths Republican 1eadens bavo beon casting nround for some other gtandard-bearor uniting popularity and ovailabitity, to make tho race agalust Fod- horn Antey, Ameng those talked of, Judgo ANpurws, of Cloveland ; Congressmen Moxuog, UrsoN, and Suenwoon; Gon, Kewen, of Springfield ; Autmiuy, of Canton, the Mower aud Reaper Kiug, aud Howranp, of Ashtabula, are most notable, Ex.(lov. Dennson and ex-Gov, Hares would either of them mako a atrong run if thoy would consont to Bo candidates, but Both refuse’to go on tho track, 'Ilio lost nawe mentioned is that of Judge Ta¥r, of Oinclonatl, and it is belug rocelved with unexpeoted favor, The Judge i1 n vory ablo and estimalle man, of German extrnetion, and exceedingly populur with the (icrmnn clement of Ohio, "Tha Vollwblutt, of Cincinnnti, kpenka in {Intteriug terms of him, and, whilo not yot promising to support. him, east glancos in that direction. The German paper in Loledo, aud that also in Clovelsnd, indiento n purporo to support Judgo 'Tarr. It tho Ohio Republicans 2an ngreo on o standard-henrer who enn recover tho seced- od German vote, which was driven off by the Crusaders, they can carry tho State easily anough, ns the greator part of tho ** Liberals 1Y linvo roturned to the * fold of the faithful.” Tul tho loss of 15,000 to 20,000 German votes in rather more than the party ean stand. RSB O THE LOUISIANA CASE AJAIN. Thera scems to be tronble brewing in Louisiana aguin, notwithstanding the reeent compromire, If wo understand the facts carrcetly, tho new tronble srises as follows : Tho State Returning Board returned as elect- ed fifty-one Domocrats and fifty-ono Repub- tieans, lenving fivo seats undetermined. The Congrossionnl Commities, in their award, govo these five rents to the Democrats, with, porhapy, some others, giving the Democrats n majority of the Monse, Alter the Dem. oorats left tho Ifouse on Jan. 4, the Repub- licans, in order to get a quorum, declored that four Demoerats who had been declared clected by the Iictarning Board, had not beon clected, and that four Republicans not returned Ly the Returning Board had been clected, oud theso four Republicans have heen sitting in the Tegislature ever gince. Now that the Houso hins been reorganized under the award of the Congrossional Committee, the Conservatives or Democrats have decided to uuseat these four Ropublicans and admit the fonr Demo- erats returned elected originally by the Re- publiean, Returning Doard. The effoct of this action, politically, is to give tho Conser- vatives n greater mojority in the Ilouse than the ItepnbHeans have in the Senato, and, in cuse of nny joint meeting of the two Iouses, thero will bo » Democeratic instead of s Re- publican majority. Viowed nbstractly, upon the mero merits of the case, tho ndmission of these four Demoerats in perhaps just. But the present organization of the House is, to a large extent, indepondent of the netunl re- turng, It is a compromise, and if the action of tho Ilonso violates the status of tho respective pavtics 84 established by that compromise, then it i« mischiovous; it offers provocation to tho other sido to nlso disrogard tho compromise, snd thus get things baok fo where they wero beforo tho settlement. Whether it is u violation of the compromise or not ought to be a matter of easy determination, Did the Congrestional Committeo recognize theso four Demoerats, who had beon declured clected by the Ite. "turning Board, as having been olected and as members of the IHouse, or did they recog- nizo the four Republicans, who hod been ad- mitted to their seats while the Democrats wero ont, as the Iegal membors of the House ? Whoever {he Congressions! Committee pro- nounced ns tho legal mewmbers shonld ba wainteined in Rhoir weats, and it is an act of Dad faith, ns well ns bad policy, for either porty to ottempt to set nsido the award and thus venew all the trouble, and plungo tho $tato into nuarchy again, e e et AN ISPORTANT DISCOVERY. Thiere vempins n goed deal of . imporiant and usefal work for chemists in this world, Perhnps tho world would be better off if the learned mnen gavo the same mnount of tima {0 the sscertaining of more extended control over metter that they now give in tracing the relations between matter and mind. Even so dovoted o psychologist ns TTerornt SpeNern makes n virtual ndmission of this in his gen- cral complaint that common, evory-dny arti- cles of o are of® awkward and cumbersomo construction, and might be supplanted by utonsils of simple contrivance that would cou- tribnto immessurably to the convenience and comfort of maukind, Thero ere scores of things in daily nse nlmost universally neglect- ¢d by Lho scientists, Why cannot hent be supplied to tho houses of a city for cooking and warming purposes as woll ns water and gns? Wihy cannot sonio general and inex- pensive system of ventilation be devised, ap- plicoble alike to public and private Luildings, to houses gront and small? Why cannot somg flre-proof material bo invented. to pro- tect tho roofs nnd ‘walls of chenp and modest houses ? Somo notable omission in the work and progress develving on selentific men, and ‘particularly on chemists, will ocenr to almost overy one who gives tho smibjoct thought, M Faraxcots by LA Basti, a Freneli on- gineer und sacan, has set seientific men of the day n good cxample. Ife has boen nt work noven years to discover a mesus of toughoning glass, 80 na to deprive it of its presont brittloness and yet preserve itg trans. paronoy. Hin success induces tho belief that this desideratum hns boen almost attained, An interesting account of the stago to which il experiments have reached is given by the London Zimes in an article which we transfer to onr columus this morning. It i8 strange that, in the 2,000 yenrs that glass has been menufactured, this result las uever been worked out. Tough and malleable glass is inclnded nmong the ‘‘lost arts” of thasncients which afford such interesting study; but it is doubtful whether the statement i3 correct. It depends glmost solaly upon PLiNy's accounts that thero was glass in ouclent times which, whon thrown upon the ground, was merely indented, and which eould bo restorad to shape with a ham. mer like tin, or brass, or thin fron, It is vory strange, however, that among tho {housands of ploces of anclent glnss which have been preserved thero should not bo o singlo specimen of this character, It hna beon suggested, with mdro plausibility, that Prixy was misled” by the glassy appearanco of some metallic salt, which would have this mallesblo quolity, and that ho mistool this for glass, B DE Lo Basie’s dlscovery may, however, show that' it wns possible, it this dlscovery bo pushed still turther. Ho far as tho 1*ronch process has gone, it Das given glass much gronter hurdness and toughnesa than it over hind befdre, hut not malleability, It consists of plunging the gloss, heated to o certain tempeyuturoe, into o lieated oleaginous compound, the composition of which ia not stated. It wny found by comparative tosts thiat o 2-ounca brass weight, folling from & hoight of 2t inches, would shatter o pleco of thick plate-glass about ¢ inches syquaro ; but the same weight dropped from a hoight of' 10 feot on a thin pleco of tho toughencd glass of tha seumo kize failed lo ke an indentation, and simply rebonnded, Even an 8-ounco metal weight, falling from a height of 4 feot, did not brenk tho tough. oned glass, but the latter broko whon this weight was dropped ¢ feot. Even at thiy rato the power of yealutanco of tho new kind of glass is incronsed at least twonty or thirty fold over that of ordinary plato-glass, ! of tha greatest practical benefit to mankind. There is no singlo articlo of chewieal compo- sition that is in sucl general nso as glass, and ity usefnlness will ho increpsed in proportion Yo ith gain in strongth, May b not supply eventunlly tho mmcheneeded material for five- proof roofing? Slate, tin, and tiles are all that wo hayo now. Slato is heavy, costly, and ean only bo used on inelined roofs ; fin if quito oxpensive ; liles aro only nceessible genernlly in those sections whero tilo-clny is found. If glass enn be made with suflicient hiarduens to resist sovero bail-stoyms and the ordinary mirsiles that threnten roofs, it will possess advaninges aver overy known materinl or compound, Retnining its transparency, this toughened glass will also take the placo to n great extent of earthenwars and of cer- tain metals now applied to certain uscs, not becauro they are well adapted thereto, but Deenuso (liey nre hetter than anything elso avehave. s enpabilily of resisting the ac- tion of nacids na well as heat will then open up now uses for gluss, sueh ng in tho manu- facture of cliemical fire-engines. ‘Tho final resnlts of, this French discovery will bo awnited with great interost everywhers, HIPPOPIIAQY, Man, the monnrch of all ho surveys, is fast Decoming the eater of all hesees, Our range of fuod is immensurably greater than that of our aucestors, threo centurics ngo. Scienco has Iately been playing houschold purveyor nnd covk by providing now edibles and by devising improved ways of preparing oll ones so thot their disngreenble qualitics aro smothered in gravy, disgnised by snuce, or drowned, like CraneNce, in gemerons wine, A fow months ago, an enthusiastio and omnivorous person published in an En. plish sungazine tho story of his dinners, From rat to elephant, thero was nothing he Lind not eaten. Stewed snnkes had satisfied lis inner mon and {fricasseed eat hnd been n toothsomemorsel for him, Such a connoissenr shonld have been one of he sixty-five guests who sat down at o “Franco-Anglo-American lforse, Mule, and Donkey Danguot * at the Grand Hotel, I'aris, on the &th of April, The flrst dish was horse-soup, but it masqueraded ws consomme dé cheval aux croutes gritlees, Its delicions flavor, Inrgely due, no doubt, fo ox- quisite French cookery, converted half tho company forthwith, 'Whey atincked horse- sauseges Loldly, and founud thom good, but asy' liver was rank and bad. Roast horse, nnd horso, mule, and ass tongues wero deelnred to be ey good ag deor or ox, 'The mulo cut- latywere bad,—in fact, painfutly like the beef- stenke et before the wandering Briton in Pavigian restaurants, A frienndenn of ass wns *“tho success of tho evening. The ment way ¢ cloge-grained, tender, and juicy,” and the flavor was ¢ indeseribable and emi- nemtly ngreesble,” Laler in the eovening, asses’ milk, batter mado of it, and horse-oil were placed upon the table and used by sunny of the guests, who had no suspicion of tho ren! nnturo of their relishes, When tho serions work of cating wes over, 8 number of speeches wero made which-rode the bobby of lippophiagy to denth. TRosinanto was pic. tured o8 far more beautiful in death than in life. "Whe succulent qualities of Saxcuo Paxza's donkoy wexe dwelt upon. ‘The fright- ful loss of good horseflesh was pointed out, Thousnnds of pounds of it are nununlly given 10 dogs and cats or thrown away. Many Tu- mian heings might live upon the food {hus dostroyed. Yet a horso is usually caten after o slow sickness has killed him. Is tho disonsed. flesh thnt cats and dogs de- vonr fit foud for men aud women ? ‘Tho case would be different if horses, mules, aud asses wero fattened expressly for tho table. 'This in about to Lo tried in Vavis. Ilippoplingy will not long bo an unknown art on this sida of tho waler, for the Hippophngic Society of Paris has offered a medal and $100 to the first person who opeus a horse-butcher.shop in London or Now York. Somao enterprising Yankeo will doubtless gain the prize. Then the owner of the * donkey wot wouldn'y go" will simply drive him to tho shop and scll him by the pound, hido, licofs, nnd shoes thrown in. What wili Benait say ? WHO BEGAN THE REVOLUTION 7 As tha supply of Wasmxaron's body-ser- vants and headquarters is beginning to run short, Enstern fowns are forced to fall back upon sonie other claim for Revolutionary dis- tinotion. Just at presont, thero is firing all along the line on the question as te whe be- gan the Itovolutionary War, who used whoso musket to fire * tho shot heard round the world,"” Lesington and Concord are £0 sure of their renown that thoy can afford to iguore other claimants and coufine their efforts to squab- bling with ench other, as they did so vigor. ously Inst weelt, Nevortheless, somo of the storics told in bohnlf of other towns aro of considernblo intevest, North Cavo. linn, mot content with munufacturing, in 1819, as is alleged, n Declaration of TIndependonce and auto-dating it back to May 'él), 1775, now comes to the front with ¢ the firat forcible resistance” to Thritish tyranny. Time, Moy 16,1771 ; sceno, Alunance Creck; dramtis-persone, Ameri- can “Negulators™ snd Inglish regulars, Gov. Tavoy, thon repréforiting Tiis Majesty Gronor IIL in the latter’s colony of North Onroling, built himself a big house at Now- bern and lnid & tax to pay for it. Companics of Ttegulators waro organized to provent tho colloelion of tho tax. A gathering of theso irvegulars was attacked by Dritish troops. ‘Tho rebels wero dispersed, 'Fo vound out tho story neatly, the various chroniclers put 1ho Amevican loss at 3001 This would have left nlout two men alive in the whole neighborhood, so that tho bloody story slould bo taken with reservo, Then comes Vermont, in whicl, at Westminstor Court- Tonso, thevo was o serimmage March 18, 1775, A little bloodl was shied. As Yormont did not then cxiat, the claim redounds to the credit of Now Yorlk,which exercised a dubl. ons sovorcignty, abt that timo, over the “Greon Mountnin boys.” Finally, wo have another Massachusetts town, of. older dato than Concord and Lexington, and once a great commeroinl port,—Salom. On & Snn. day morning in Fobruary, 1775, a British frigato anchored off Salom, Ap soon as tho good péople of the town kad gono to church, tho vewscl's decks swarmed with soldiern, e men were spoedily landed ond were In the town Lefore tho alarm was given, On the other side of North River somo cannon. wore storod. Jho DBritish, under Col, Lestap, had beon font to seize theso guus, Whon they reachod tho.river, how- over, thoy found the drawbridge up sud a forco o militia tu tho other side, ‘Thero was o long parloy. At last the troops bogan to file into tho boats which were moored along tho bank, Tho owner of one of them loapods inte his own craft, stove in the stern, and sont tho boat to the bottom, Tlis example wag followed. Thore was a souflle, and o few harmleds drops of "The development of this disoovery will bo | American klood atalned Balom soll. The — - determined resistaneo nweid Lrswar, nud ()4 matter was compromised by hin mareliy, acrosn (he lowered bridige and b onen turning without seizing or doatroying nuy, thing. So ended what lovera of S Tight to call * tho first battlo of tha Kevaly, tion!" Nut does not this ignore the * Jigy, ton massacro"? An industrions antiquary conld proba, Iy rako ninny cases liko these out of tha yeeory of onr past. 'Iho Colonies wera 0 gy of thuder, aud they cought five in nuny plaeg, but common consent gives the crowning honor to Coneord and Lexington, The municipal slections which hnvo takgy plneo thid weolk In a largo numbor of citics ayg villagos in 1iiinots scom to havo turnou. in yl, mout ovory instance on purely peraonal and,locey questions. Tho ot oxciting and beat contegy. od wore thope In Quincy aud Blonminglon, Iq tho former the issto waw. munieipal refory, T'ho Bourbona nominated » atralght tickot, foy, oral hundred of the mont respectable Vemoersyg Joinod with the Republicana and olncted moay o their ticket by 400 to 100 majority over th Democratio » Ring ™ ticket, In Jloomington there was a very exeiting eloction, aud the largest vota avor east iu tiat ey, Dut what tho lusuc was i impossiols tq tell. Tho Panfagraph tries o oxplnin it thus, Yeaterdny wan a day of great axeilcment i t Doy 1h Sulnmtmtion ot polieal eVt sy rome weelis hus elicited {he intereat and aftoticg the whole eity, In post yeare, tho contet fr 1, Mnyoralty and the seats tn o Councll thiat 210 iy, Iy uwarded by ballot fms often twna of yreat Infercat, sud “often baxhiad tho elamcnts uf a pan, controversy 1o give It vigor and spisit. i 51y though thero was no clush of party feeltng, and in'tu no well-dofined $esue, local or oth "l ez ment sud ntercst by Kow degreca re point and fuvolved every ong who e terent in the ballot, L'or (his rearou tho o yesierday mugt Lo remombered ©s o in wpects quite remarlable, Tho aninus of was_mainly (o pereonal regard nud feel; Sriends of each of the contostanin, _ Espe y tho_cara S the ennvzns for the Mayoralty, uud t enchof tho two eandidated for st “ollhea was s trp yopular snon waa evinced §n o 1R 0 the ez vass, and fiy e rewlt of tho T nndred and_elyht votes wero 1 of these B, 1%, Fuke recedved 1,835 and I 1,963, giviug Mr., PUng » majority uf 102, Tu Tontiae tho election scoms to hava tame on the lquor question. Tho voto for Mayer w Licenso candbilate, , Anti-Licenso condid Tho Probibltionists were boaten at ail joints, T.ast yenr they carried tha tawn, hut reformedny Qrunkards by monny of (ha constabulary, In Urbana, Arcols, and Chonos, tho Liceuss tickets provailed, In Moline there wasa wam contast on tho Houor iseue, and the Livcune par. ty carried tho day, electing their Mayor by 111 mnjority. " —_— The Bt. Poul Pioneer-Pyeas is distarhed hne catwo L' Tiinuxx told ahout the gonlul zephye which blaw ovor o train on tho Nortiwrn Iacita Toad, aud yoo omitted Lo editorially discuss the alloged fact that n bridzgo on tho Union Fasitie “was fiftod from tho spans and dropped into tho river” ten days mgo. Wa 800 no rearon fors discussion of this, Tho real question with the Union Pacitlc s to mako it pay the defaalted ine torest it owos thio Unitod Btates, Wo my my, en passant, that, if owoalthy and prosperous corporation 11t:a the Unfon Pacitic cannot or wil not do this, a bankrupt failuro like the Northera Pucitic, if it got any moro subsidy bonds, wonid awindle the nation au effcctunliy as it hatocl doen it stoeklioldera, We think wo liavo di covored the reuson of tho Pioncer-Press' nter ent {u thin bridgo. T'liv bridgo wos *“lifted sul droppod.” Bouator Iiassey, for whom theps. por plays organ, Lae also beeu liftod and drope od. [} Which ia lieavler, n pound of lead or & poundd feuthiera 20l connndrun, Tho Danbury Neies man answers tho conuge drum thus Asingle pound of feathera i Just g heavy asa pound of load, It twenty-tive poutsds of feathera §a 4 tiek, o o narrow und crooked Lallway, i alvut &3 Hieavy us 218 pounds of Juad, Aud, nftor dieposing ot tho feathers, hoeays: Nothing will slart a tann's temper &0 quick &t find the rubbish which ho iaa thrown out of the lack of the houso &8 worihlera appearing around at th fr}}m under the charge of his putivet and Lopeful wita, u : And tuon, turning bhis sttention to movioge day, yomarkas A There wouldu't be so mitel mosing wero 1t not for woniett, 1€ 1 nefglibor becomes u litule offensive, o 3 lunullord o frifle oxactiug, o womnuti will move at etrc, Dt o man witl swaliow all grievisucos, and chierinls #ubmit £ bo kno: wii' und gat upou, rat mave, Oua of mort trying pro Ioad 1ho wagon &0 the Lest frniture nelghtioss, ¥ho carman who Riokt earelully siuka thiy matter wil) do tho Jargest bisjuces, e e = Dr. CanpeNTER, st eminont English savn, who bas been engaged In hydrographio re searches in tho employ of the Royat Navy, la made a dircovery which is annlogaus to thit of 1snvey. Ho lias found that tho ocoan, Iike tha blood fu the animal gyatorn, elrenktos sezluly Tha palos supply the place of a heart, aud motivo power is the action of leat nnd cold, Fho intousely cold water of tha Arctic uud At arctie rogions s coutinually moviiy tonn‘J tho equator, the warmer water fraim wwhich lati- tudo flows northward and’ southwarl. It i singular that the ssme fmportant item of weiens tific fnformation was contributed by s toseisa numed Leus fifty yoars ngo, but dropped cutire: 1y out of the history of clonco, Mis theory 18 cxpressed fn torms ulmust idontical with thosa used by Dr. CArPENTED, though tho latter conld nov have kuown of tha existonce of wichd theory. —_— Tho OnAurex Roes cana Lo been heard frem abrond, A mystorioun littlo waif hagheen found iu Germany, and accused of belny CusniEt Tows. Tho Nnders compunicated with the Uultod Stetes Consul at Narembur, who,smed witts o deseriptivo clrculsr from Philadolpbis. e totviowed tha fnfant. Tho boy gavo lifu name u Cuantry, and desoribod tho city in which yum Meon bortt, A bappy thought struck the Consaly whio acked: *Wors you not born o Plulsith phia 2" *No,” replied the child, *inBan Frane clsco.” And all tho Consular craus-eum‘nlhs falled to chongo s elatomont, **Of cour® writes tho Consul, *wo wera profoundly diser- pointed, though it was o satisfaction tuat wox: portunity had boeu given us at contrilutg o0 mito to this: oxtraordinary case,” ko yaluo tl‘ tho mito contributed doos not sppear, uules wes a *'might hava boon,” e s Tho Now York Zlerald hag boou exsminios inlo thio nccounts of Prrex I, wresy and l\lrfi::; 1, CosNoLLY, who appear fu tho TWELD oshl a3 partnors of tho ¢ Boss,” Lotk of theds B0 tlomen aro found to bo the ownora of & ;!MIL dual of roal celato, Dr, BwkeNY apeaid o8 i rocords ai hiaving bought roal eatato to tho e 5 of $1,250,000, his partner, ono Huou S)l‘!fl; paylng for bis share, in addition, 200,00 B total amount sppoaring on record ‘lzw(' beon paid to him for real estata in but §210 M'. #0 that Jfr. Bwxeny must stifl have in his |‘m' sopsion renl vstato valued at ovor al.u'qu.lm ll\‘a' cliusod with monoy stolen from tha City of L York, CoxxuLLy ls possessod 0f coosidera! proporty. s g In connection with an editorial paragragl :‘,”“ corning epolllug-matohies, or rather the ‘b.mu of them, in the Bouth, our attention bt pleasantly dirooted to an advortisment iul”l Now Orloans Pleayune of the 12th inst. It e announcewent of vne of thoto uukquo enter 1wents for the fallowing ovoning, the proced bo dovoted fo the wounded of Bepk lll- P is becoming, therofore, fur us {0 mo‘hlln!fl atatemont that the spelling-meuis bas w2 heagdway in tho Bouth, or to retract it nlm‘l o “Tho spirlt of foudalisw,” It '“w'}‘"r b linger thero a8 much as wo supposed. gnutk. voat, it may bo snid that the pooplo of mu & if they aro not vory strong spollera, woul to be, and thoy cortalnly aro @trons i other roapects, se R S Mr, Jouy L. Ifizx, Ohief Comnfllllflfl';’: Highways aud Dosa of the Ring {u Philsd gava » magnificent eutertalnmont laat Wedase '