Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 30, 1875, Page 4

THE CIIICAGO TRIBUN FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1876. _—————, e - - . e e e TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. RATES OF ATRSCRIPTION (FATABLE TN ADVANCE). Pestage Frenald nt thia Oftice, () | Weakly, | sout.... 1300 | Hea'enn o] o eor T AWTED-Une activs azont fn eseh town and village. Speclal arrangoments made with suoh, Hpectmen coplea pant fren, y and mistakes, be e full, inoluding State and County. may bernade either by draft, express, Poste Oficeorder, or in registered Jstters, at our risk, TERMS TU CTTY AUBSCRIENAS, Dslly, delivered, Bundsy excepted, 25 oents perweok. Dally, celivarod, Bunday factuded, B0 cants per weoks Addrow TIE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Maison and Dearborn-sts., Chleago, il and give Post. TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. AOADEMY O M mon and Miaores. Fronpe, **Chilperic. O—Halste attest, botween Mad- agemant of the Emlly Soldons M'VIOKKE'S THEATRE-Madison street, batwsen Dearborn and 8tate, Kogagement of Magale Mitchell, " Pearl of Baver.'* ADELPHI THRATRE—Reatborn strast, corner Mone or. Varisty entortainment. Bonafit of B, W, Pletoy, Aftornoon and srenlog. UOOLRY'S THEATRE—Rendoloh straet, betwsen Dlark and LaSakis, **3fonte Crlsto," GRAND OPERA-NOUAP~Clark aftest, oppoits $herman Ifouss. Kajno, THall & Wambold's Minstrels. RXPOSITION DBUILDING-Lake Ahore, food of Adame streot. Exbibition of Paintings. McCORMIOE. BALL~orth Clark strast, corner Kin. els. Congert by ths Thomas Orclieatra, RN LT "BUSINESS HOTIGES. TURING TR ‘a Bloom of Y“’["’]i"l.; s of chetiatans have co; o o ave reeniled upon thome {oct somplezional besutifier in ex« all druggiats, SONS N JAIR.—HOW MANY PERSOS ezl sleohollo washes and plastering it with greasg, whicl i tho vkin, end ls e abeorbed. I X a enmpound of oan! g Doritalod e B rorata ok thin Halr-1s reAUIlE skearools and Is pecullatly adaptod to its various eonditlons, pro- onting fia falilng of and irumatie 128 heaithy growti, The Chicage Treibune, Friday Morning, April 30, 1875. NAFFLED CONSPIR, oars' trluniph ol Our neighbors over the border complain of a violation of the Washington Treaty on the part of the United Statos Government in ox- acting n tariff on packages of preserved fish exported frem Cannds, and it is said that the Home Government will make a demand for ropuration and o future observanco of the tesms of the treaty. " The Consdian conal improvements nro being pushed forward vigorously by the Gov- srument, Proposals for the entire work on ‘e Welland Canal, for the deepeniug of Dal- housto and Port Colborne harbors, and for tho greater portion of the work on the Lachine Cannl, aro to be invited this week, ad all tho contracts will be lot early in June. Our advices from Oshkosh furnish somo additional particulnrs of the great fire of Wednesday, and we also publish nn interest- ing description of tho conflagration by an eye-witness. So far, it has been found im- possibloto obtein any accurate estimato of the individual or total loss, which, it is belioved, will reach #2,000,000, though thie actual fig- ures, when tae excitoment and confusion have snbsided, will doubtless, ns is almost invaria- bly the casg, reduve the amount somewhat, There is an oxcellent prospect that the Dis- trict of Columbia Grand Jury will return an indictment ngninst DL Krvo, whoso counsel Irbored so strenuonsly to exclude from con- sideration the printed ovidence taken by tha Pacific Mail Investigating Committes. Tho result will bo reached in another way—Dby summoning witnesses to prove what the ovi- denco beforo the Congressional Committeo actually was, and so to idontify its purport with that of the printed testimony, For this ‘purpose, Seantor Dawes and the Now York bank officons have been summoned to Wash- mgtan to testify bofore the Grand Jury. . Mr. Atznraoy, the now Commissioner of Pensions, has recently returned from Mexico, snd knowa sutnething sbout the border-raid question. Ilo came very mear to lmowing mora about it, as ho narrowly escaped cap- ture &t the titao tho raiders robbed the mail- ceach, Preddent Graxr, it is said, does not naticipate any trouble with Mexico on ac- count of these border outrages, but thinks that the matier can be nrranged satisfactory by means of diplomatio protest and the detail of froops to co-operato with tho Texas authorities in proventing the Grenser incur. sions, There is manifested in Washington » disposition to discourago all exzpectation of & war with Mexico. The aunual report of the Fire Marshal of Chicago, & full abstract of which is printed in anothor column, will be read with oxtraor. dinary interest just at this time, with the mis. fortunes of poor Oshkosh in full view, and with the recent misstatomonts of the Presi- dent of tho National Board of Underwriters fresh inmind. The record of fires during the year closing March 31 showa that, except- ing the great conflagration of July 14, 1874, in which alone tho loss was aearly sufficiont to account for the ex- toss over the loss of tho procoding year, and flve other vory largo fires, the six involv. ing n total destruction of over §2,000,000,— teaving out theso excoptional fives, ench of which had its own peculinr cause and con- ditions, Ohicago Lns enjoyed unusual im. munity from disastrous fives during tho year, The President of tho National Board should Yeel called upon to retract and apologize for his rocent assertion, that nothing had been tlono in Chicogo to comply with the require. ments of the Underwritors, when he roads the figurcs rlating to wator-pipo laid, fire. hydrants and clsterns constructed, engine- houses built and equippod, fire-alarm boxes purchased and put in place, ote,, by all of which it is eonclusively shown that Ohicago has made vast progress in the mattor of pro- tection against fires, Muarshal Brywen's re. pm-tén comprehensive and interesting doca- menf s Chicago prodtco markets wers sgain very irvegular yestorday. Mess pork was quiot and a shade easier, closing ot §21.85 cash, and §22,10@22,12} for June. Lardwas quiot ned tamo, dlosing at $15.60 per 100 1ba cosly, ond $16,80 for June. Moats were quiet at 840 for shoulders, 11e for slort ribs, and 12}o for short clears, Lake freights were dull and nominal ot 8}@40 for corn to Buffalo, High. wines wore quiet and firm at $1,14 per gallon. Flour was less active and steady, Whoat waa excited and 1jo0 Ligher, closing at $1.04} cash, and §1.044 for May, Cormn was mctive and 1o higher, closing at 7030 for Muy and 77jo for Juns. Oats were in botter demand zad stronger, ‘clpaing st 320 for May and 63jc for June, Ryewas dull at §1.00@1.07, Bar. loy wae quisé and stronger, ulodng'numlul' at $1.28@1.90 for April and $1.25 for May. Hogs woro fairly active and averaged 100 lower, Bales at §7.20@8.80. Chttlo wero dull and swenk, with slos at $3.75@G.624. 'The shicep mrrket wns quiot at steady prices. Wo bave not yot succeeded in conxing, shaming, or worming an nnswor ont of the Journal, Times,, Inter-Occan, or Post, to tho plain and simplo question whether they con- sider that to bean * election ” which was held withont clerks, without poll-books, teithout entering the names of thoss supposed to have voled on a poll-list, and without the judges taking an onth to conduct the election nccord- ing to law, They very well know that an clection held in such mauner is no elcction nt all, under the laws of Illinos or any othed State, Ienco they rofuse to answer our ques- tion. Tho iden of calling that nn * election” whera there is no poll-book, and nolist of tho names of thoso supposed to have voted, is absurd and proposterous. Tho Common Conncil have knowledge that under the law, general and epecial, of this Stato, a list of tha voters voting at any oloc- tion i na essontinl to tho validity of thnt election as it i that the votes were givon by ballot. In fact, thero can be no such thing 08 an election in this Stato without a list of tho persons voting nt each precinet, which list the law requives shall be returned with tho Dallots, ns ovidenco that thers was an election lield. The Common Council can know officially npon opening the returns of theso-colled election on Friday that in a num- ber of wards thore was no liot of voters kopt by either jndges or clerka; that there were no clerks, nnd that no list of voters was roturied, g is roquired by law, rs ovidence that such election wna held. With this official knowl- odgo bafore them, when they proceed to can. vaus tho returns, if thoy count the roturns from those wards when this essential ovi- denco that an cloction was held is wanting, they will do so intentionally and deliberately in violation of law, and for no other purpose thnn to forco upon the peoplo, through de. liberate fraud, this cast-iron charter of 1872, They will confirm this bogus and fraudnlent election, plucing Chiengo nnder the samo charter with o dozen cities of less than 2,000 inhabitants ench, and under a charter which, confessedly inappropriate to this city, connot Lo amended, but must remain oy now writ- ten, without olinnge. BARDARIAN BEAUREGARD. Home objection having been mads to the including of the Into Confederate Gen, P. T. Brauneoanp in the invitation to the forth- coming reunion of soldiers and sailors of the United States at Chieago, upon the ground that he hod declarod himself in favor of shooting all prisoners taken under the Amer- ican flag, Gov. Ponten, of Tennessee, nd- dressed n lotter to Draunraarp, inquiring how much truth thero was in tho charge. The reply of tho Iatter bns already been printed in Tuz Tamuye, oud confirms the chargo made by Gen, Fraxx Sarnyay, What had herotofore beeu a rumor or roport i4 now estublished over Boaureaanp's own signature, and by his own declaration he stamps him. self a8 a barbarian, unworthy the recogni- tion of civilized soldiers. He not only avows that ho was in favor of the black flag duringthe War of the Rebellion, bnt tekeos occasion to let tho country understand by tho tone of his lotter that hie still enter. taing the snme brutal spirit. o acknowl- edges giving expression to this sentiment upon two oceasions. The first was immedi. ately after the battle nt Mannssns, when, in conunection with Srovewarr Jacksos, he urged thet the Confederats Government should then proclaim war to the knife, noi- ther asking nor giving quarter, but Lilling all prisoucrs, in defenso of which he makes the ingonuonsly.tconomical plea that tho War would theroby sodbuner come toan end, In view of the result af the struggle, it wonld ba interosting to know what he thinks of his proposition now, hed this brutal plan beon carried out on both sides, Tha second oc- casion wes whon Ger. Leeinvadoed Maryland, at which time ho saya: * I again advocated tho hoisting of the black flog, willing at any time to forfeit my lifo in the dzndly struggle.” This is a direct and unmistakablo nssortion of his Modos senti- meunls at that timo, and o defiant manner in which ho aunouncos then shows that they are his sontimonts now. Ho secks to manu. facturo some credit for himsolf by snying that ho treated his prisoners with considers. tion, and that ho wa in favor of the exemp- tion of wonen and children from massacro when captured, In view, however, of his real feclings and his desire to hoist the black tng, such assumptions: are gratnitons, e uid not slanghter his prisoners and non.com. batants simply because ho had no authority to doso. Tho spirit was willing, but the power was weak, This declaration roduces Gon, Braunzainp from the position of a civilized soldior to that of a savage. IHo would conduct war as tho Indian conducts it. His plan of settling questions in dispute is indiscriminnte mnssa~ cro. Mo would have mno recognition of the universul sgreement among all civilized nations, both in anciont and modern times, that tho prisoner is sacred, and that it is in- cumbent upon the captor to treat him with humanity and consideration, except in casos whero hoe has been captorod nsaapy. In timos past, Gen. BravnEaanp has made some protense to chivalty nud gallantry, but over his own signature ho now stands confessed os the ounly commanding oficor In tho Bouthern service who mndvocated the loisting of the black flag, who would show no meroy to n captured foe, who would butcher defenselesa prisoners in cold blood, if he could have hod his way. Ho wounld have put to death on the fleld of battle the wounded wlom a retreating army was unable to bear away ; the capturo of crowded hospl. tals ond tho slaughter of the sick and wound- ed inmates would have beon a prominent fen. ture, o glorious achievoment, in Lis policy ; whilo the bayoneting of tho wenk and worn. out soldlers who dropped out of tho ranks oun tho march would be a delightfal incident of his campaign, In view of theas charges which Gen. Bravnraanp has sungunced to bo troe, the protest of Gon, Fraxk Suenaax fs well taken, ‘the soldiers of the North, at least, would not willingly fraternizo with him, and we do not beliove that the soldiers of the Sounth Indorse in any degree his bratal and bloody senti. ments, ‘Theso sentlments he afirms * out of respect to mysolf and to that cause whose high and holy purpose history will some day vindicate.” He may rest assured that, what. ever history may do in vindioating tho at- tompt to disrupt the Government and over- throw .the Republic, it will not vindicate him. History is impartial, and {t has never yot vindicated the soldier who hLna cmployed murder and mansaore of prisonors ae the agenoles of war, but on the other hand has inevitsbly held him up to the oxecration of mankind These being his acatiments, § will be the very goneral verdict of the publie not only that ha shonld not bo invited to join in this rennion of those who were not brteh- ors, but soldiers, but that a grave mistake was made in removing his disqualifications. Gen, Brarnraano, the advocate of tho black flag, should liave been banishod from the country, A CAST-IRON LAW. One of tho grent and unanswerable objec~ tions to tho charter of 1872 is tho fact that, once adopted, it is incapable of amendment, ‘Tho law was framed by the Logialature with n view of meoting the wants of tho numerons small places in tho Stato; it wns designed ns ahigher form of Government for villages and incorporated towns,—just such a chnrtor ns would suit Riversido or Englewood, in easa they desired to got rid of the villago or town organization andbecoms o city, This clinrtor was ndopted by some fifty or sixty of the small villages sud cities of the State, includ- ing Hyde Park; but the larger ones have wisely refrained from it, beeanso it is inapplicablo to any city whero tho busi- ness of the Government is of any magnitude. It wos thonght before tha meoting of tho Legislature that if this charter wero adopted by Chicago, the Legislaturo wonld ensily bo induced to amend the law by the introduc- tion of such additional foatures ns wonld suit n large city of varied interests, and n bill way propared ombodying such amendments, But, after n thorough canvass of the Legislature, the Chicago delegation discovered that it was entiroly impossible to amend tho general charter of 1872; the fifty or more small places which had asdopted tho charter did not want it amended; it having boen prepared for thom, it sunited them exactly, and they did not desivo n Government that was suitable for o matropolitan city of half o million of peo- ple. To amend the charter of 1872 to suit a city of the great size and the vwast commereial magnitudo of Chiengo wonld be to impose on them a burden in the way of ofiicers, machinory, and governmontal restrictions, which would over- whelm thom, For instance, to provide for two Boards of Common Council, in a place of one, three, or five thousand inbabitauts, wonld bs an unnecessary burden. Therefore they resolutely rofused to amend their own charters by amending thoe genernl charter of 1872, But tho mombers of the Legislature readily agreed to voto for a general law, for the gov- ornment of cities of o higher grade, with large populations, largo nnounts of taxnble property, and needing extonsive polica and fire depnriments, public works, and having oceasion to make large expenditures. Such a Iaw was therefore passed and is known as the chartor of 1873, In tho menntime, addition- ol legislation was had by the several bills of of Senator Kenog, by which the old charter af Chicago was relieved of many of its em- barrassmouts, and so modified that it might serve the city for some years to come, Now, undor tho circumstances, to attempt to adopt the charter of 1872 is nn nct of wanton folly, and to forco it upon the public through the means of froudulent votes and stulfed ballot-boxes is a scandnlous usurpa- tion. Here is a charter framed and adapted to the governmental wants of o place like Nnpervillo, Lockport, Waukegen, Dlue Island, or Hydo Park, which is not amenda- blo, but must remain-n cast-iron enactment, foreed by frand npon the people of a city of 500,000 inhabitants, and containing $850,- 000,000 of taxable property. It iz urged 88 roason why Chicago should adopt this charter that fifty and more little towns of tho Stato havo adopted it. There iz not a city in Dlinois that hos adopted this charter which Lias half the population of an everngo ward in this city, and the entire pop- ulntion of the fifty cities combined will not oqual that of tho South Division. Inn mn- jority of theso cities tho number of Aldernen is gix, sud in a fow cight, and these are o lib- oral legislaturo for the comparatively fow in- habitants. To olaim that the City Govern. ment suitnblo and adapted to the wants of a place on the prairio, with a fow hundred in- habitants, is, without change of word and without the possibility of nmendment, a suit- able Government for a metropolitan city like Chicago, is ono of thoso insanities which need stuffed ballot-boxes and fraudnlent votes to force them upon the public. THE 0SHEOBH FIRE. ‘What poculiar fasciuntion is it that prompts peoplo to construct houses of incendiary pine ? It scems impossible for Westorn people to rid thomaolves of this fascination. It clung to Chicago for yenrs after ropeated and dis. astrous demonstrations of its danger and costlinoss, Our infatnated poople delibernte. 1y ignored all the proliminary warnings ; and, cvon aftor thio great five of 1871, they were not convinced of ita utter folly. It required at that time all the combined force of the un- dorwriters, tho press, and the most influentinl persons in Chicago to socuro a partinl exten- sion of the firo limits, It required a socond great disaster before the full mensuro of re. form was insugurated. Aftor tho fire of last July, when forty ncres of wooden shanties car- ried away ten acres of solid, well-constructed, and costly brick buildings, and when thoe best insurance companies in the conntry refused to tako risks, tho Common Council was induced for the flrst timo to pnss an ordinance pro- libiting tho erootion of wooden buildings within the city limits. Dut it took years, and the sacrifice of millions upon nillions of property, beforo the people would nequicsce in tho ensy application of a natural law, viz,: that pino is o peouliarly influnmable aab. stance, and that o city bullt of pino is pretty sure to burn down whonover a firo is fairly siarted under o strong wind. Even to-dny there aro thousands of foolish people in Chicago who would, if they could, sct aside the probibition of wooden buildings, and de- liberately rebuild a frame city to burn down agnin and destroy with it tho solid and ele. gont blocks that have been constructed hero sinco 1871, This poculiar infatuation extenda gonerally throughont the States of Michigan, Tllinois, ‘Wisconsin, Jowa, snd Minnesota, Duat Mary. land, Now York, Peunsylvania, Ohio, and In. diuna bave very geerally overcome it, They aro older communides, and have learned bot- ter from experience, But the fascination is utterly illogical. & small city or town built of pine i in more {anger of destruction by firo than a large city under the samo cireum. stances, becauso its aater.works, its angines, and its general appliences for extingulshing o conflagration, onco shrted, are much infori- or to thoso of & hrgo commerclal clty, Yot we prosume that not ome of the towns and smaller citics throughont the Northwestern States ve have named Las an ordinanco forbldding he ercction of wooden buildings within the city or town limits. ‘Tho consequence 1s tiat scarcely & month passes in which there is not chronicled the complete or partlal datruction of & thriving village or populona tova, Tha Qity of Odh. kosh hia ind, perhaps, mors than ita share of calamity in the past, but not more than any othor city similarly constructed may ox- pect in tho future. Vo may only hopo, in proffering 8 conddtanco which receives ad- ditional value from om gwn sorrowful expori- ence, that tho succession of visitations will lend Oslikosh to the same 1eforms that havo been inaugurated in Chicago. The condition of out city is now gradunlly but surely im- proving. Every honse built inthe futare adds & firo:wall for the protoction of those already standing, while the framo districts must givo ‘way under decay, romoval, and destruction by fire. 'The flrat act of Oslikosh in tho process of resurrection shonld bo the legal prohibi- tion of any moro framo buildings within its limits, And this aet might also bo adopted by overy city, town, ond village containing more than 1,000 inhohitants, with ultimate profit to themselves and the whole country. Thera is no good renson why tha North- west should be built up with wooden cities and towns, There is not a populons or do- sirable district which does not contain good brick elay. Limestone is plentiful every. where. Tonses may bo constructod from brick nnd mortar at a cost but little exceed- ing that of woodon structures of tho samo size and convenience. This cost will bo moro than counterbalanced by tho saving mnde in ropairing and paninting, in warming the house during the cold senson, and in tho rates of inaurnnco. The insuranco on wooden houses oll through the West fully equals the amount of taxes pnid by the same property. If we count in the losses Dy firo consequent upon the prevalence of wooden towns, the coat of tho framo honses will bo found to bo much grenter than if they had all been built of brick and mortar ; but, oven loaving this out of consideration, tho - ditional cost of brick wallsand uninflammable roofs is more than offset by the ndditional cost of insuranca and repsirs on the wooden houses. Thisis a matter that has been fro. quontly demonstrated, and is susceptiblo of demonstration at any time. It is a serions question whether Western Legislaturos should not sssume the responsi- bility of prohibiting the erection of frame houses in cities and towns having a certain population. It is equally desirablo in all communitics,—moro so, if anything, in the snmller than in the Jarger towns and cities. It can bo attainod more ensily by general Stato Inws than by menns of city and town ordinnnces. Thoro are wsually powerful selfish inflnonces in local elections opposed to the paseage of strict firo and building laws. A general 1aw on the subject, framed to meet tho oxigencies of two or threo classos of cities, would be the most economical publi measure that could bo devised. & KPR, BOWER AND THE BEECHER TRIAL, Uenny 0. BowrN is aceredited with making public the following rewarkable statement in regard to the Berener business: T havo not been subpeensed by cithor side, T have boon repeatodly approached by friends of both sidcs, ‘who hinve tried to fiad out what T will teatfy to, but I hava gratified nofthor party, and I do not oxpoct lo, What X bave tosay s very sorioun, and wes commu. nicated to mo fn the confidential rolations which Bircien and TivTox formarly held with me, and 1 cannot snd will not discloss it, except through tho process of Wi law, ar unlean I am forced to do it to To- levo mysolf of some stigmn which may bo put npon me. 1 bave boen told thut $¢ Tdid not testify for tho plaintilf the defendont's lawsers would abuse ma in thelr summing-up, Let them obuse. The plaintif’s couusel urged mo very poraistently to ontline my tow timony for them, ond under thelr pressure I eaid that I would thivk sbout it; but, after consultation with my counsel and & number of gentlomen whose opin. fons I valuo very lighly, T shall sdbere tomy former conclusions o keep strict stienco what I know, 1 sigmod the tripariite covenant sgainet my Judgment, and, Laving slgnod, I havo kept tho pledge, and thiat in botter than the othor gentlemen who ajmed §t have dono. Mr. Cuavrn brought the paper to mo nod safd Brecuse and TrLtox Lad buried tholr dif- fcultien, and {nasmuch o3 T Lad no espeolal difiicul~ tica with efthor of them, there was 10 rexson why 1 should not sign {t. I migued it at last, after I kad greatly amended tho articlo I was Intereated . I wonld not sign tho paper again. It I8 tho only obstacle to T3y making known the facts that aro in my posseesion, I do not ssek tho witnass-stand, inasmnch as Gen, ‘Tnacr's conspiracy essay has been filled with promisea tuat hiad not Leen kept, Gen, Tnacr proposad to prove thet I was a conspirator sgalnst Mr, Bxremen, Wo liavo heard no testimony on that polat yet, and 1 sbiall expect none, What tremendoua lylng thero how boon{ Terfury ! perfury ! perjury ! Itis frightful! Surely some ono ought Lo go to prison from f(hat couzt-room, I know the les thiat have beon told; things that I know porfectly well to be différent, I can't {udlcato, of course, which sido thoy are on, but I donot hesitoto to say that thare hos boen the most wwiul, downright porjury, It has nlrendy boen romarked that, if this trial wasin France, Mr. BowzN would long sinco Liave received a peromptory summons from tho Judge, who would have oxamined Lim porsonally, with the single purpose of cliclting all tho information which the wit- ness possesscd, and without regard to the ad- vantage or disadvantago that might result to cithor side. 'The practica in this country is to permit botl parties to tho suit to summon their own witnesses, and to dony to each the privilege of impeaching the wvidence it of- fers, T'ho caso goos to the jury on the testi- mony thus produced. This works woll onough ns o rulo; but, if strietly followed in Mr, Trion's suit against Mr, Berourn, it is likely to result in an important suppressio terd, and perbaps olko o significant suggestio Jusdsl, which will prevent the jury and the public from roachinga just conclusion, It seems aa though noither Mr, Trutox nor Mr, Brrexes is fnclined to eall Mr, Bowzy,—per- hops becanse both fear rovelations that are danging, and perhaps becauso the innocent party to tho controversy will not trust in Ar, Bowzn's veracity, Yt Mr. Bowey publicly nud boldly declares that thera has been the most oulrageous poerjury in tha case, that he knows whero it is, und that ho is willing and ablo to explain, Shall this man's testimony bo lost, becauso neither Bexcuen nor Prron desires hima to toatify? Thoy are not tho. only portios in futerest in this par. ticular trial, Tublic morality, aud the considerations of truth and Justico, ro- quire that allthe facts shall comoout, Is it not tho duty of the Judge and jury, and doos it uot come within tho provinco of one or the other, to call 3Ir, Bowzw, in case both parties to the suit declino to doso? If any Jjuryman hns reason to believe that Mr, Bowex can givo material ovidence in the ease not otherwiso offored, we bellave it to be his right, us it certainly would be consistent with his oath to givo a fair vordict, to ask that Afr, Bowex bo called. o would then be o wit. ness to bo quostioned by tho Courtand jury, and to be eross-examined by counsol on hoth sides, In this way, wo think, better than any other, would all of Mr, Bowzx's informstion comeout. * Mr. Bowsn declares that there has been outregeous lying and fearful perjury, and lenves it to the publio to guess whother it hos boon in the interoat of Mr, Devouzs, or that of Mr. Trurow, or both. Now, it on ‘T'rvon's side, shall Byzonzn bo torn away ffon the high place ho has occupied for o quarter of a century, and by a sorles of spocfous lies and misconstruod circum. stanoea? Or, if the lying be on Brxouxa’s side, aliall Traon be denird the legal xedrem for a great personal wrong, and Mr, and Mrs, Movrron bo branded as blackmailors and conspiratora ? Or, if thero has boen perjury on both sides and thero is n way of proving it, ahinll the intarestsot justice and publio mo- rality snffer for Inck of calling out the avidence of it at hand? Thero are othor reasone be- sides his prosent statomont which warrant the bolief that Bowzx holds the key to the riddle. Elso why should lio hiave been a party to the tripartito sgreoment”? Why should ho have beon approached by Loth sides to givoan out. lino of what he wonldswearto? Why should hio have beon charged by Gen. Tnacy in his opening speech with boing one of tho con- spirators? Why shonld o have linng upon the edges of this controversy from its very beginning in the most mystorious mennor? It bos always been desirable that Bowzn's tostimony bo taken in this case; it is more desirable than ever, now that ho publicly de- clnres that there has been perjury, and that ko can prove it. Evenif Mr, Tintox ealled him nt this stago, it could oniy be in rebuttnl, and Mr, Bezcren's counsel show no disposi- tion to summon him. But if either the jury or the Judge las the authority to call for him, the trial should not close without put. ting him on the witnoss.stand, ‘WILL HE 7 Will tho Popo como to Amerien? Thisis & question which is just now anxiously agi- tnting tho Ultramontanes, and tho appoint~ ment of in American Cardinal adds now in- torest to the question. Ona thing is cortain, Noither tho presont Popo nor his stccessor can rowain much longer in Italy. It is got- Lling too hot nbout the Papal chair, and none of the bulls can reduce the temperature, Wherewill Pros IX. orhis successorgo? En- gland once mnde an offer of the island of Melta ns a choice building lot for a new Vat- ican, but she is not disposed to do so now. "Tho Pope enunot go to Franco or Austrin, as that would inovitably imply n war with Ger. many. Spain is too much taken up aud used up to offer inducements for permaunent rosi- denco to anybody. Ruossin won't have him becanse sho is opposed to tho Tomann Catholic religion, and especially to the dogma of infallibility, which is driving the Russian Catholics by hundreds of thou. sands into the Grecle Church. What other placo is left but the United States? What other placo is there in the United States cal- cnlated to interest and sootha the old gentle- man but Chieago? Lot him come here and spend the remaindor of his days in peaco aud quiot, In this country ho will bo safo from the toils and snares of tho diplomats. e will bo freo to sny what ho plenses without incurring the danger of boing called to ne. count for it by Germany or any other powor. Brssuncre will not vonture to take Secrotary T'1nnt to task for any of the old gentlamnn's utterances. Thero ave none of tholnws with whichhecould interfere except, perbaps, those with reference to tho free-school system, and if ho attempted that tho Protostants and lib- cral Catholica would unite in somo joint ad- vico to him which would bo salutary and sat- isfactory. Agnin, tho Pope has laid by nbout $8,000,000, which is daily incrensing. Forn man with £8,000,000 thero is mo placo like Chicngo. Our renl ostate men would roceive him with open arms, and provide any num- bor of oxcellont sites, on canal terms, for the crection of n new Vatican, and, as noithor the County Board nor the Comimon Couneil would havo any voice in the matter, thero wonld bo no rings, and no nonsense, and no stealings in tho building of it. Besides, wo want his grand old pictures and statuary and ancient manuscripts hore fo encournge the growth of art and literature in the New World. TFrom overy point of view the Unitod States is the best placo in tho world, and Chicago is the best place in tho United Btates, for tho Hend of the Church, and the soonor he comes tho batter. The remainder of his dnys would bo unvexed with the at. tacks of political and religious foes and the pestoring of the diplomats. As a flnancial investment nlso it would be excellent, “ There's millions in it” for him. Lot him come, Now York hnsa live Cardinal. Let Chicago have a live Pope; for westward tho star of ompire takes its way, and this is ex. actly tho right distance west, Waiving tho whole question tomching the alloged ballot-box stafling, and ignoring any knowledgo of whata majority of the loosa tickets lying in o lot of unsenled boxes are for,—whothor for the chartor of 1872 or ngainst it,—thero still remains the insuper- nble objection to counting those ticketa: that thoy were not deposited in the ballot-boxes nccording to Iaw, a8 thoro amo list of tho' nonmes of those supposed to have offored them, no record of anybody having votod, and no judges qunlified according to law to recolva anyhody’s voto on any question, Al this is literally true of the protended eloctions in the First, Becond, Soventh, Eighth, Ninth, aud Eleventh Wards,—and perhaps several others, The ofiictal organ {raudulent votos against the chartor to balanco tho fraudulent votos tn the Firet Ward *For" it, But the ballot-box stuffing of tho Firat can- not be covored up by any euch trick. The vote of tho Bixth Ward last fall was 3,104, while thag of tho Firet was only 1,031, which wero ail tho votos an excitiog election eould bring ous; but Iast Fridoy 1,702 tickets were reported to be in the box, when it is woll known that not one in thresof the voters in the ward went near the polle, Bupposoe tho returna of tho First Ward had beon 840 * For " the charter and B ** Againet " it, that vote would have boon oxactly in proportion to the votocast in the Sixth Ward, But such a voto would not lave furnished much room for & charge of ballot-box stufiing, But suppodd the Sixth Ward bad retorned 800 votes for tho.| charter and 5,000 againat it, such voto would bave prosonted ovorwhelming ressons for be- lloving that the box bad boen stuffed full. And yot, tohave matched the stufling done in tho Firat Ward in proportion to the number of logat votors, it were mecossary that tho Bisth Ward should have retursed about 65,000 msjority sgainst tho charter. ‘ThoRing organ refors ta the Seventoonth Ward 8s haviog given » suspiciously larga majority sgainst the charter. Tho Hovouteenth fs a Gor- toan ward, and the Germana wera opposed to tha chartor almoat en masse, Probably thers wero not 100 Germans in tho oity who voted for it. Laat fall she Beventeenth Ward cast 3,084 votes. Last Friday only 007 votes woro polled, or con- siderably leas than half tho vote of tho ward. Bo thoro is no room for the charge of fraud against tho Boventconth Ward. If it bhad esat say 8,500 votos, and all sgalost tho charter excopt 160, then it would io under the same suspicion a8 that which attach to the Firat, Bocond, Bove enth, Eleventh, and other wards, whero th @ bal lot-boxes were stuffed full of bogus votes. ot if what Tus TRILUNE now calls a faroe was not regatded os an election, why did the Citizens’ Aswocis- ton lead to tha polls 10,000 1mea o vols “ againat ™ adoption 3—=Inter-Ocean, Becauee thoy kad no previous knowledge that they woro to play sgainst loaded dico; becauss thoy supposed tho eloction was to bs conducted socording to the requirements of the law; be. causs they had not anticipated that organited Ballob-box atuflers, selosted for hal purposs, " with antonishment at the would staft the boxes with 7,000 or 8,000 bogus Lallota. They had based thoir enlculations on a lawful, honeatly-conduoted election, and not ono in which the elcetion statuto would be violatod in overy carentinl particular. That was the reas son they led mion to the polls to voto sgainat adopllon, R The following parsgrapls, referring to the relncors poration ordinance, from Titx Tatnuxz of Wednesday, 1a false and unjunt Lo cortaln mombers of the Comtnon Councl: ¥ The readers of Tz TRUAE must havo been Alfed snge of $h ordlnance hy X -fiflimm volo of the Comwon Qouncll vn Friday The vola was not unsnimoun, Messra, Dizow, TIEATH, CLRVELAND, anid McDoRALD votod sgaiunt its pastage, snd Mewsrs, WATERMAN, CorY, DiokinsoN, snd Cane were abaont, Wo do not make this corrso- Hon us & defenze of the Aldermen who votod “no ™ on the ge of the ordinauce, but merely (o not the rocord right,—Inler-Ocean, The corporation ofiicial organ whon it under~ takea to corroct arrora In others should be care- ful not to commit worso onen iteelf. Tho oficial roport of the City Clerk, publishiod ot a cortain rato per square In the Inler-Ocean of Tueadny morning, reads ag followas ** Ald. SweeNkY moved that tho ordinance be passed " (the preambio asserting that whiorens n majority of vatea cast on April 25 were for the chartor of 1872, and resolation oxtending the torms of Aldermon and all otler clty officers), The motlon pravailed by the following vote: Apes=Foley, Itiehardsan, Warrau, Filzgerald, lone of the Fourth 'Ward, Tieldy, Sonitaer, Cullertin, Mo- Glors, Mildrelty Lalloy, O'lirien, Woadman, Olei of this Tenth Ward, White, Gundcrson, Camybell, Quirk, Tyan, Eokhardt, Stout, Malr, Lengacuer, Hchatmer, Murphy, Sweency, Lynch, Jotiss, Corcoran—20, Nocr—8tome of 'the Fifih Ward, Clarke of the Fifth Ward, McDonald, festh, Clavoland, Mr, Prestdent—, Ald. Watenuan movad that the voto last taken boroe conrldered, The moation prevaited, Ald, WoonMax moved that ths ordinanco ba tompo- rarily postponed. ‘Tlhie motion’ provailed, According to this official reccrd, the Iufer- Ocean i3 guilty of the following ** falsp and un- just™ statomonts: (1) In ssserting that AlL Warznaax was *'absent,” nsho was the mover of thovoto for a reconsldoration. (2) In suppreasing tho name of All. HroxE, of the Fifth Ward, who voted against tho ordinance. (3) In supprossing the namo of Ald. CLarkz of tho Fifth Ward, who also voted in the nogative. Wo do not make this correction as a dofonse of the Alderman who voted **no " on the passsgo of the ordinance, but morply to sot the recard right. e The Memphis Avalanche, tha loading Consorvn- tivo paper in Tonnosseo in influonce and cironla- 4on, thinks the old necession leaders aro losing thoir Lold on the Bouthorn masscs, It aluo thinks that the weakuess of tho Rapublicau party in tho Bouth is due to tho evil conduct of tho carpet-baggers. Hays tho Aralancho : The fow old sccenslon Jeaders are Qenerals witliout armles. They no longor possoss anfMclent strengts to {ssu0 commandy, even {0 phontom battallons, Tielr liold upon the Sauthorn meazes is weaker than that of the Copperhead leaders on {le Norih., Thoy wero Iargaly in the minority fu 1870, aud to-dsy, the Sonth Teads fu their explofia tho hirlory of s faifurs, Pran- tleally, no such an olement {s known in Southern pofi- tos, " Carpol-baugers hnvo for years persiateutly na. serted that o largo anti-Union or secossion party exista in the Soutls, It was thelr iuterest (o do 80, tlio easier 10 secure indorsemont by 2ppeals ta pouular projudico in the Norti, Tho men witose evil aeds in tho South liavo nearly destroyed the Ropubilean party, witteh for 50 many years hus uphald, and s therefare Fospoualbls for thein, performod (heir work well, No porson not in sympnthy with tham could abtain & bearlug, Thay zetalued coatrol of tho blacks by convincing tliem that A division of their voto wouli re-cnslavo them, and de- Iuded the Noritiorn Republicans into tho belief that th majority of the white peopla of the South were hostlle 10 tho Union, ond wore scoratly proparing for robellion, But for the effects of theso peraistent misrepresentar tions upan tha North, tho Houtliern problem would have been satisfactorily solvod Idug sgo, — e The Graphic has o good esrtoon upon the ‘*Amoriean Cardinal” It reprosents tho newly-~ appointed dignitary in fill canonicals, seatod on Lis throne, displaying his pastoral etaf, broad- brimmed hat, sud 8500 ning, toa group of de- vout worshipers who kncol befors him. Uneclo 8ax atanda In » moditative attitnde at MoCros. £EY'S loft, and romarks: ‘‘Thia is something new to me, but we havo room for il in this country, and if the Cardinal shall aucceod in bringing back the cardinal virtues of prudonce, justice, tomperanco, and fortitude, I shall be gled to s0o bim," Tho old gontleman might havo included among the cardinal virtues an abstinence from repeating, fraudulent voting, and ballot-box stufiing, which His Eminenco might ns woll commenco eradicating st once without wasto of time. — POLITIOAL HOTES, It is positively stated that the position of Attornoy-General was offered to ex-Sonator Canrenten, and that bo doclinod ; alsothat Gen. Burwer would have been ‘given the placo had not tivo Cabloot mombera docidodly objeoted. In eammon with othor Republican newspapers, Toe Toinvse is o littlo distrossod about Alr. Troasurer Mackry, of Ponnsylvanin, who ro- fuson to submit his books to the inapection of an investigatiog committes nppointed by the Legls- latura, 3r. WespeLn Pomies and fitty athors have Just sont o potition to tho Massachusetts Logis- Inture againat tho cossion of tho Hoosac Tunnel to sny corporation, on the ground that the growth of such organizations of capital, which undertake to do public work sod control public property for their own advantago, is dangerous to tho public wolfare, Feuxtanoo Woop is conducting his campnign for tho Bpoakership with great vigor and cun- ning. Howill not bo slaughtered alone. The Ution Observer (anti-Woop) announces that it bas Intoly receivod & threatening letter, signod * Jomx Byrrir,” whioh {8 written very much in the stylo of Mr. Woop, It invites the Now York Graphio to print a fac-simila of tho lotter and of Ar. Woon's handwriting. 1t i3 said by porsons wlho aro In & position to Lnow tho truth that ono of the first meanures congidered in tha cauous of Domocratic Cone gressmen noxt winter will bo & law to socure Catholics in tho right of conducting such gor vicen ns they choose In publio inatitutions. Tuo procseding s soggestad, of course, by tho Geanan Iaw which passod the Domocratio Log- islaturo of Ohio at tho last session, and is now in fall oporation, Domocratlc newapapers in Wisconsin ars try- ing; to conx Gen, DavID ATwooD, of the Madison State Journal, into sotive political iraining. ‘With this object in viow, thoy have snggosted hia name to the Republican Convention in con- nection with the offico of Governor. 1t Ia not o much of a joke, after all. Gen. ATwoon would be a strong candidate. Butit is easy to fee that the Domocratic edltors want to get him on open ground, 8o that they may fire upen him to bettor advantage. Mr. Haom, of Californis, doliverad s spooch in the Unitod Btates Benato towarda tha close of tha lest rognlar seesion oppoelng some jtem in the Indian Appropristion bill deuigned to benefit Arizopn, Mo eald thas Territory ‘‘would mot support a duck.” This awful languugo escapod public attention in Ban Francisco at tho timo, but the noglect la now belog made good, Tho COhrondcle says HaaxR never did smount Lo much anyway, and his Bonatorial carcor was briof and inglorfous, mnd his sllueion to & duck fn the Benato Ohambor of tho Unlted Statos was ex- tromely inelegant. The samo paper shows that Arizons {a rich in mineral treasures, but whether thesa are of a naturo to support ducks i doea ot distinetly explaia, . Encburaged by the ultimate success or the Democratio revolution in Loulsiana, the Demo- orats of Now Hampshire! are making propara- tions to seizo tho Logislature of thelr State by violence and fraud. It Is » notorious faot that tno Nspublicans have eloctod a majority of nina in tho Lower Hlousy, and that they havo tho same majority on jolut ballot, the Senato baing » tio; yot the Democrstio journals refuso cither to admit this fact or to dispute it. The Lowor Ilousg of the Now Hampshire Loglslature i compoaed of 873 members. Iy Isthe largost legislative body In the country, with the excep- tion of the National Coogress. The opportunie ties for foul-deallog, when the division botwesn the two pelitical parties (s a0 mossly even, axe e this account incrraand. If the absence of & fow Ropublican mombora can ba acourad, elthor by trickery or corruption, the Domocrats will soearo tho organization, and dacide contestod olectiong in such & way as to mako up a majority for their party. Indopondent and candid opinfons of outsldy newapapers on tho monstroua fraud perpoirated on tho peoplo of Chieago last Frllay ought tq bavo great weight at tbis time. Thoy are all one way, 8o far as we have noticed. The Cln. cinnati Enquirer obaervos: **Tho offect of this charter will probably be to produce an {nflux of rtascala to Uhiengo, in order to run for tho Coun. cil. A seatin that body will bo tho bost thing golag.” Tho New York Graphic comments an followa: **It soems rather odd that tho peopls of Chicsgo could not rest satlsfled with theiz great firo, Lut should Insist upon adding this now charter to that destructive catastropho.” No congratulations on tho passage of the charte; linvo yot beon offered from any quarter, Bocrotary DELAND says ho belleves the recont charges alfocting his official conduct aro **the rounlt of an atroclous conspirscy to compel hiy rotiromont from tho Cabinot." We donot ut. deratand why such a connpiracy, 1f it docs cxls;, need bo called atroclous. 'The Leat Ropublicans in tho country are consistontly opposed to 3., Detaxo, Tho Cincinnati Gazetle has not abated one Jot from iis excoedingly bostilo aititude, and 1t sooms to have peculiar aud entiroly trustwer thy information, It suggonts to somo superser. viceaulo organs Chat thoy may not be in posacs. slon of tho facts, and advises them to save theit comments for further dovelopmont. The fit. Louis JJemocrat i on tho samo tack, 1t notlres the pnblication of a atatoment tliat Jomx Drrane hna not beon officially connected with tho Inte. rior Dopnartment since Juno 30, 1874, and in. quiros: **Whatis the ueo of publishing thia if it can bo shown that ho did not take mousy ng chargod 2" Tho contest in the Ninth Georgia Distiiel warms up well, Tho Convention, it will be ro. mombored, failed to nominate, being uoable tq concentrate a two-thirds vote on aoybody. A majority, however, passed s resolution recom. mending to the favor of the people s Col. J. I, EstEs, who, 28 the canynsa advancos, provaa ts bo & most amusing creaturo. o is opposed ;by B. H. B, ox-Conledorato SBenator, o man of great influence at tho Bouth, and a bora orstor, Tho two candidatos have boen canvassing to- gother in Joint debatos. Esrzs hias alreadyconm- mittod himeolf to tho langhablo thoorom that it is uwoloss for tho Bouth to send men of taloat to Congrase, bocsuae in that easa the North would ‘rotalinto, and practically things would remain un- changed. This comical confeasion of medit e is too much for the pationce even of the Ilizr-men, ond the ox-Confederate promirasie sonr into Congress on tuo wings of his aapiring eloquence, Tho affaira of the Democracy in Now York are not 80 proaperous now na they were immodiately after tho canal-messago of Gov. TiLoeN, Tha Repubtican journala which at that time cone fossed their groat admiration of the Governor Liave coolod off very sensibly, having discovered, as one of thom mays, that **our garruloun Gov- ornor {3 much braver in words than ho dares to boin doeds.” The Buffalo Ezpressdescribes tho feoling among Republicans very well In this nene tonce : ** W fool, in common with the Ropul:lic- an pross of tho Stato who bavo supported Gov. TreosX's reform mensures, badly sold, . . . We bolt. No moro Democratic reform for ns.,” And the Governor's lamentable failare is nat all, Thae Democratio Leginlaturo is makiog a bad ree- ord. Hounconaclonzblaa journalas the New York Sun, protestsat the length of the session, and holds up the awful fato of the Domociacy in Now Hompshire and the probaule rutn of ths party In Ohio, all on account of logisk bungling, a8 rosson why the sossion in XNew York should be at once cut short. Tho pros- pocts of tho Ropublican party seom to tho Sun to bo growing brighter, if o may bo pe:mittod to judgoe from its appeal to tho Legislaturo. Contracts for Indian supplies wora aw.rled in Now York City on tho 27th inat, Tlere hat becn sorious complaint on the part of porsous honeatly desiring to enter into competition on account of the torms imposod by the Doparte mont, It is said, for instance, that witilo the bids aro opoued in tho Inst on the 2Tth of April, the goods muit be in any dosignatod Western city on tuo 15th ‘| of May., This provision. I£ it froally {8 luasisted on, oxcludos all compotitors who Liave nat toler- rble rasurance of succoes, so that thoy can flll their contracts bofors they aro awarded. It farther aliegoed that ths Govoromant reaorves thie right to inoreaso or diminleh the quantity of any articla that moy be contractod for, which reser- vation, it is clear, must greatly ombariaks any honest bidder who hirsno meana of knowing what tho Government will do. We aro not sur prised In view of theed statomonts to boar thal Prof, Manan, who mado tho sacqualu.anco of many Bioux Cliiefs on his fossil hunta last fall, {1 thoroughly conviuced of tite dishonosty of many of the contractors. Ilo exhibiied to tho Indian Commissioners In Washington last wesk samples of the flour, coffce, sugar, tobacco, anl othor sanulty supplies {saucd to the Indisns, nad tloy wore all villanoualy bad. ODITUARY, SRS P. D. CONWAT. Tho tolegraph brings the announcement of the .death of Mrs, F. B. Conway, managoras of tho Brooklyn "Thoatro, who dled on Wednesday, aftol a long and painfal tlloess, Her maid)n name was SAnax G. Cnocken, and eho waa born al Litehfleld, Oonn,, from which villsge alco comes the Nov, Hexny Wanp Brezomen. Hor father, liko his, was a clorgyman., At the ajo of 11 Sanan Onockzn was loft an orphan, sud lived with an eldor sister, now Mrs. D. P, lowrns, whoso succosa upon tho amtags Induced tho youngest eistor to venturo into the profeseion, At 15 she made her dsbut in Brooklyn at Doszone's Military Garden, under hor own nomo, 8ho played at Baltimora undor tho managomont of Joux E. Owexs for one sosson, and for two successive soasona at the Natlonal Thoatre on Chatham street, Now York, snd tho Drosdway Theatre. Kha was married in 1851 to F. B, Coxway, wto died 1aot Boptember, In 1852 sho was a motaber of Warracn's colobrated company, of which Lacus Krexg was leading lady, snd which ircluaed somo of the best-known peeple of the Anierican stage. The noxt soason sho played at tho Arch Btract Theatrs, Philsdelphis, with many whoao uames aro famillar to every playgoer in tho Unitod Btates—3ra. D, P, Bowens, Mr, Jomy Dnxw, Mrs. ANNA Coweri, Miss Oaromse Rromxas, H. A. Perny, Gromor Bontweacr, Joun E, Owexs, Joux and Franx Deow, aud Wrntay Woratey. In 1864 Mra, CoNway and her husband settled in Brooklyn, and tonk tho Tark Thoatre, which did not fourish for ths first | Boason, but' thelr management aftorwarda bo- cxme popular. In 1870 they tock tho now Drooklyn Theatre, which has aince been fsirly ‘proaperous and popular. They hada hiard fight with circumstances, as anybody in the profeselon can understand. The proximity of tho New York theatres, whero ploces could be run for montbs without changs, and the labor and oxponso ro- qurired to compete with them; a etrong ro- lglous prejudice agminst theatrical enterimine meants of any kind (which may be associsted with the presont palofal condition of affalrs in Brooklyn), and lagal aquabblos over the propor- ty, wmade their lives by no means thoraless. Both My and Mre. Conwar bad been for sorio timn in failing health, Her husbaud's doath, 1aet fall, added to hor own malady, was too much for bis widow, =od she sank graduslly. Thrce children wurvive,—~Mnine, Lz, and 8 boy about 14 yoars of age. Alfes MiNsie has been playiug at ber mother's thoatre, She s asid b0 posaces tho sdvantages of beauty and refine- ment and an aptitude for her profesaion which leads har friends o expect a bright eazess for Ler. . S Xr. A, W, Miotaxer, s merohany of B8, Youls, recently made his debut as e lectarer La thay city, prefaciog his eJord with the remsark thud the