Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 17, 1875, Page 4

4 — e T TERMS OF THe TRIBUNE. RATRS OF SURRCAIPTION (TATARLE TN ADYANCE). Pontage Fre, 21 at LLis Ofics, 1 * B 00 yearat the ssme rate, w. Una active agont In sach fown and village. Brpecial arrangemants made with such, Hyecimen coples sent freo. To pravent delay and mistaker, be sare and give Posd- Oflico addresa In full, including Btato and County. Yemittancesmey bamade either by deatt, oxpross, Post- QfLce order, or In reglsterod letters, atonr risk, TEANE TO CITY STRICRINENS, Datly, éellvered, Funday excented, 25 centa por waek. Dally, delivered, Bunday inclnded, 30 cents par wi Addres THR TRIBUNE COMPANY, Carner Madison and Desrborn.s(a., Chleago, 1k TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. HMOOLEY'D TIFEATRE—Randoloh street, botween Qlatk acd 1#3alls, Bmoron'a Minstrela M'VIORKR'S THEATRE—Madison street, between Deatbora and Biate, Kngagsiaent of Clsrles Popo, ** Bason.® ADPLPHTTIEATRY~Denrborn strest, sornsz Mene oo, Varicts Entertalumont. AOCADTIMY OF MUSIU—iTalsted street, et wean Mad- tnonard Manrna. Fnzagemont of tho Fox Pantoritmo- ‘Treupe. ** Humpt upty * sy BUSINESS NOTICES FROM NUDDING GIRLIOO maturlr, and evon far Inzo 1o it A vatiiant comaladion mar o it o Aot ta: nrabiaz el wll boattAere, Labed's Bl of Rtk TS0 by all urniglate and fanoy ¥ sads dealars, The Chicans Tribune, Mondsy Morning, May 17, 1875, TO \VOMANLY ug of a piza Extensive scizures are to bo made in New Orlenns, where, it is said, the distilleries sus- pended operations whon they eame in con. tact with rovenue officers whe could not be ‘bribed. Wo print this morning tho full text of Judge Dirrox’s decision in the Union Pacifio Bridge suit, the result of which affects so contrariwise the feelings of Council Blufis and Omaln. Jesse D, Briour, ex-Senator from Indirna, concerning whoso political career, long since terminnted, the most charitable course is si- lence, is Iying dangerously ill of rhoumatism of the heart, at hie residence in Baltimore. ‘Davenport scanilal-mongera are orooning in chorns over an oxposurs which, our dis- pntehes state, threatens to overwhelm divers citizens of that city who have bitherto sat in the uppermost rooms at fents, and bad ne lack of salutations in tho market-places. It is now positively stated thatthe suc- cessor of Supervisor Mosy bas been elected, and that the oppointment will be made Xmown in a day or two. The new incum- bent, we ar told, will be an Tnternal Revenue Collector of Illinois, and one of tha oldest and best-trained ofticers in the sorvice, At Dwight, 111, yestorday morning, thoy had to broak the ice in tho open-air troughs ‘beforo their cattle and horses could drink. And yet thera are poets who are sad becnuso ¢ Beautiful May” is more than half gone; but thoy don’t drink out of tronghs, to be suro, nor, ns a goneral thing, got up in the morning until the ico has melted. The death of immodiately nfter his installation into office necossitated onother cloction, which tock plnce Saturdny last, and resulted in tho choice of Col. J, H. Bnrrroy, s Domoorat. Over soventy persons to whom, as tho roward of stauuch advoency and oarnest campnigning, had been promised the appointive places of honor and emolument in tho city, saw their chonoes venish with the sudden demiso of their friond and champion, Ex-Attorpey-Genern! WisLiaus is in a fair way to bo called upon fo exerciso his moder- ate supply of legal ability in his own bohalf, A yenr ogd ho forbade a newspaper corre- wpondent nmmed Bawyzn the entree to the Department of Justice, bocause of the sar- roptitions: procurement of somo papers in the Oredit-Mobilier cases, ns well ns some unfa- vorable comments wrilten in connection thorowitl, SiwseEr now threatons o libel. 8suit, proposing to prove that tha papers were properly ‘and regularly obtained by him, and that what ke wrote waa truo, A merchant in this city has received alot- ter frora & correspoundent in Nebraska con- taining information whicl,, if truo, must prova gratifying. It is to the effect that, though tho graseloppers have developed in tiat 1locality Ly myriads, there is nn active enomy vpreying on them in thy form of u small red buog, of a deseription not hitherto scen, This bog at- tacks tho grasshoppors in bulk, and destroys oll it attacks. 1If this bo true, and the bug bezomo genoral in the grasshopper districts, than its appentnnce will be welcomed. That bug ought to be cultivated, that it may prove the delivercy of tha country fram the throat~ euocl plague, T ho report of the Commissionor dispatched 1y Iy Tawoxe o Cincinuati for the pur- 110t @ of oblaining infarination concorning the Muana Vista stono s published in this fssue, Trom tho investigations mady, and from the opinions and views of experts, it appears that th3 individual who was so fortunata as to se- crrotho contrach for freestono for the Chi- ergo Custom-ouse hos onjoyed extraor- dunary facilitiea for maldng ah enormous profit out of the job, bolk on account of tha extremoly high prics he has vecoived for tha stone, and because of his slugular good fortune in being able to furnlsh poor and cheap material without Jot or hindranoa on the part of the Bnpervising Architeet. Somo queer developmonts nro wade, nnd the result is to strengthen the conclusivn alrendy renched—that Morverr s0d Ray &1y wore removed none too soon for 1he good of tho Chleago Cuistom.House, ——— The Chicago produce markets were stendy on Saturday, Mesa pork was qniot and de- clined 200’ per brl, closiag ot $21,30 cash, and %2185 woller Juno, Lard was dull and dec'dned 100 per 100 lbs, closing at 15,306 cagh, and 156.37J@16,40 for Juno, Ments wore quiet and unohauged at 8j@Bic for shoulders, 113@12¢ for short ribs, and 124@ 43)o for short cloars, Tighwines wers norm. fually anchanged at $1,18 per gallon, Xake Ireights wore quiet aund firm. Flour was quiet and stendy, Whent was moderstely po- tive and {@}c higher, closlng at $1,02§ cash, aud $1.04f for June, Corn was quiot and easior, closing at 72} cash, and 73}c for June. Oats were quist and easfer, elosing at G830 cash, nnd 650 for June. Iiye was guiet ot $1.00@1.00fc. Dasley was quiet and firm ot §1.38 cash, and $1.00 seller Saptember, Hogs ware fairly dotive and firm, with sales of camwion to extrs light ut §7,60@7.00, and common to good acavy at $7.73@8.25. Cat- tla sold fairly-~—ad wera firm at Friday's quo- totionn, = § -8p were searce and nominal, ko ki v, Father Rtonpax. pastor of St James’ (C ‘atholic) Church in thia city, gave his poop} 4 some plain, sensiblo talk yester- dny. Tilcy aro nbout to orect n now houso of worshiy, having nlready purchinsed n lot on Wabnslt . venue, and the new church, Tuther Rionnt . declarcs, shall be built with monoy not of tha dovil's furnishing; thero shall Lo no’-iteries, solling of liquor, or other such immoial Achemes resorted to for the mistng of finds. - Io had alrendy carned the %right to demand that tha chureh’ be built alone by sub- seription and voluntary gifts, for, as he told his congregation, in four yoars lo bad saved out of his private and pomsonal revenuo, derived from marringo and birth offorings, cte., n sum oxcooding 310,000, which ho had given back to the 'parish to aid in purchasing a lot for tho mew church, in which he can heve no titlo or ownorahip, IHero is an ex- amplo of dovotion and zeal, allied to a high order of intellectual ability, which ia entitled to the prominence that wo assist in giving it. e It is now probablo that the Beroren caso will bo snbimitted to the jury by tho 1st of June. Messrs. Evants and PonTter, who sum up for the dofendant, will ocoupy about flve’ dnys; Mr. Bescn, who alono will spenk for tho plaintiff, will perhaps consume three days more; and it is aunounced that Tudge Neir- s0N's charge will take, probably, s day and o Lalf, Allogother tiio case will have ocoupiod several months, Now the question is, Iow long a timo will be allowed the jury in which to ngreo upon a verdict? It may be that they will be propared to render a verdict immedi- otely, or within the timo usually nllotted to ordinary jurics in ordinary cases; but this is not likely. If they are as divided insenti- ment ns the publie, and have boon as much confnsed by tho mnss of conflicting evidenco they bLave heard, it is too much to expect a ready oagrcement to n vordiet ecither way, Now it is usnal Lo bold a jury together for a day and n night whon thoy aro unable to agreo on a trial which has only lnsted a day or two. If this be taken ns a fair proportion of the time which o jury should have for deliboration, then the jury in the Beecurn cnse ought to Do kapt out nt least threo montbs unlesa they enn agreo to a verdict beforo that time. It wouid bo inhuman In this cnse to follow the usual practice, and deprive tho jurymen of anything to et or drink for threo months' time, and it might defeat the onds of justice to permit them to live sumptuously, pursue the usual avocations, or sssociate with the outside world. Tho only way we aeo ia to compromise the matter by leeping them in close confinoment and giving them sufficient brend and water to sustain life, Three months of this regime may not bo n vory cheorful prospect for the Beromer jurymen, but justica must be prosorved though the heavens fall, THE CITY BUDGET, The Comptroller has submitted to the City Counoil the estimates for the approprintions for the year ending March 81, 1876. The five principal departments of the City Government havo estimated for their ourront annual expondituro aa follows: Toard of Pablic Works 2,501,515 Helth Departmen 114,208 Tolico Departuent, K318 Tire Department..... 1,191,577 Behool Department. 1,019,939 485,800,019 These departmonts, however, do not em- brace within their jurisdiction ell the city ox- pondilures. 'The Comptroller does not ap- prove these estimates, and advises their re- duction to $4,028,404, Tho Comptroller es- timates for the other oxpenacs of the city, not included in the departinent expenses, the stun of $1,253,826, Wao havoe, then, the fol. lowing opposiug estimatea: ) Fiva drpartmen| Add for other ¢! ‘Total, departmont estimat, cou; Y Flys departiuenls. Other expendituze Total, Comptroller's catimat The differonce botweon theso two esti- timates is the trifling sum of one million eight hundred thousand dollars! It will be scen that the sevoral dopartments have estimated for 40 per cent more money than the Comptraller thinks is required; and this diSerence, whon the sum ia in millions, is of considerablo aignificance to tho public. ‘The Comptroller ertizantos that n tax of 15 mills, with tho ordinary miscellanoous re- oeipls, will produco the revenuo to meet the expenditures ho recommends, The miscelln- neous recoipts for 1874 were 3266,000. Al- Jowing them to be £300,000 in 1875, this will leava 84,977,820 to be ralsed by taxation. If the rato of taxation Lo 15 mills, then the ag. grogate assossment musi be S830,000,000. The oggrogate nssessment in 1874 wes §303,- 703,140, on which n tax of 18 mills was lev- ied, producing $6,460,693, . The Comptroller proposes to reduce tho rato of tazation 8 mills, but also pro- posos to add $27,000,000, or 9 por oent, to the nggreaate of (he nssesnent. Wo question whether the salable or produe- tivo value of tho taxablo proporty in the city hina goncrally advanced 9 por ocnt within the year, The Comptroller's aggregate estimate of rovenue Lo bo raised by taxstion s a ro- duction from last yoar, and, if that amount of money only is to be raised, it mattors very little whethor the rato be reduced and the nssosstnent incrvensed, or vics versa, thoaotnal tax will bo tho same in both cusos. The publie will bo vory willlng to compromise now asud aceept tho Comptroller's estimate, But the Common Council have to act. They are, under tho new chartor, only lim- itod Ly their disoretion, and, even under tho old charter, can go to the utmost extent of tha eatlumates, Taling thoe departmont esti- mates as far as thoy go, and adding thereto the Comptroller's estimates for other branchea of the service, the sam is $7,103,846, De. ducting from this sum $800,000 for miscel- Iancons recelpts, there will bo $0,800,000 to bo ralsed by taxation, To raise this sum will require, on an assessed valuation of $300,- 000,000, & rats of nenrly 28 mills ; ond, ona valuation of §330,000,000, & rate exceeding 2 por cont. It is to be greatly feared that the struggle which is to take place in the Council on thiu gubjoct will result not only in the in. orcaso of the sssessment, but in the increase of tha rate of tax necessary to produce the highest sum domandod in the way of sppro. pritlons, Under the law the Mayor may veto any ap- propriation made by the Couneil; but then the Council have the power to overrule the :;::,—n power which they will probably exer. The pollt'ion ot Glly-Mlon;y Jaxreson relative to the contempt case of the Alder- mon fs wosthy of note &2 conaludent, houora. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, MAY 17, 1873, ble, rod professional, WWhen the injunction was firat {ssued, the Corporation Counsel was absent, and the opinion of tho City Altorney waa atked by tho Aldermon, Ifoadvised that A disrogard of tho injunction would clonrly bo contempt of court, aud render evory Al derman disreganding it amenablo to punish- ment by fino and imprisoument, as well as counsol ndvising puch p courre. As tho in- junction was temporary, lasting only ten days, aud pending an argument of tho pro- ceedings, this advico wns not only in accord- auce with the law, bat also in keoping with the dictates of common sense and tho pur- poses of pence and good will. When tho Cerporation Counsel returned, he, along with othor lawyors employed for that purpose, ad- vined o violation of the injunition, and & mnjority of tho Aldormen procoeded to vio- Into it, Since that time thoe City Attorney has not receded from his position, and his nnmo hna not boon found in tho canouses and racret conclaves held by the Mayorand Alder- men. Iis conduct in this respoct is worthy of overy commendation. The injunction ngainst tho Aldormen wns an individual action, and their violation of it was also indi- vidual. They have no claims whatever upon tho publio lnw-officors, who are paid by the city to attend to tho city's Lusiness. The public lnw-officers who aro noting with the Aldermen in this mattor aro going outside of their duties nltogether, and the other law- yers who have beon retained must look to the Aldermen individually, and not to the city, for their fees. THE PRICE OF GRAIN, The country can hardly fail to be atruck with the anomalous condition of the grain market at the presont time. The prico of grain in Chiengo is bigher (freights included) than in Now York or Liverpool, And this, too, notwithstanding the warehonses of this city aro packed fo their utmost capacity. Tl prices for Juno and July delivery show a liberal advance on present prices, In the meantime, Now York dealers scemingly treat the mntter ns if tho grain was held here on speculation, and that Chicago denlers wero scolting to forco the purchaso ot fancy prices. Naver was thero & more scrious mistake. This grain is not held here by speculntors. Is is in store lere on account of tho ownors who live in the conntry and not in the city. These mon own the properly, aud ore ablo to hold it, They have renched the conclusion that o large arves of winter wheat lins been killed and the ground plowed ‘up; thot tho spring was so late that far loss groin of all kinds has Loou sown this spring than usunl; that the winter, though unusual- 1y sovere, failed to destroy or matorinlly ro- dneo the grasshoppers, whoso depredations, alrendy begun, will this yoar bo extended over n moro enstwardly sectionof the country, and that for theso and various other reasons there will ba gonerally 8 much reduced crop in 1875. Upon this basis the owners of these many illions of bushels of grain in Chicago are holding it for the advanced prices which they feel certain will provail this year. Tho East makes another mistako in supposing that Chiengo cannot carry grain for any con. siderable time, but must forward it for sale. The timo when that was tho rule has gono by, and every day the rule is getting stronger which requirea that he who wants to buy groin must come or gend for it, Except in extrome cases, shipmonts East for salo aro getting fowor. Chicago has soyeral custom- ora who comne hither to purchnso or order shipments, and this is to be evontually the ralo in this market. Notwithstanding our olevators are full, and the grain is held in bulk in the country waiting room for storage, aud that the East refuses to buy, avery change in prices is an advance and not a ro- duction, There mast, therefore, soon be o sarzendor. Ponding this * wait ” on tho part of sellora and buyers, the transportation companies aro comparativaly idle, There is grain enough here to give them all omploy- ment, but somebody must buy befora thoro can bo a shipment. In n very brief time navigation will be opened, and the St. Law- ronca trade will bo resumed. As grain can be delivered ot Montreal much choaper than at New York, it cnn be prrchased for that market at Chicago prices with less loss than it canbo purchased by New York. Bo with Doston, Baltimore, and Philadelphis, and it Now York concedes that it can no longer compete with these points, then it must expect that the grain trade will find ite way to other placos, BSOHOOLS FOR VES, It ins not been throo months sinoe the Grand Jury of this county had beforo them certain cases, wherein a liconsed pawnbroker of this city purchnsed for 350 nenrly $3,000 worth of dinmond jewelry. For ono nrticle worth 31,000 hie paid the thicf §5. ‘The thiof was 1 boy employed in a hotel; hohad stolen tho goods from a traveler, and posted off with them to whero he could sell them, and, onco there, was compelled to take what he could get for them, That case was nevor prose- @uted to conviction, beeanss the owner of the stolsn goods, living in another State, could not bo obtained hero as n witness, Now we have porhaps a worse cago. A boy 16 yoars old, employed in a wholesale dry- goods houso, bas, it seoms, beon stealing lace shawls, and sitk by tho pioco, and other cost- 1y goods, and selling them to cortaln persons Hconsod a8 pownbrokers. For ihese goods the lad reccived but & &mall pittance in proportlon to tholr valas, For two years ho has been engnged in tho traflio, and haos doubtless varied the line of goods appropriated by bim according to the demnuds of the mnrket, The owners of those gooda reside hera. ‘The boy confesses his guilt, and told where Lie had sold the goods. The alloged purchasors at first denied having had oy denl. ings with him, but portions of the properly having been found in their possession, thoy pleadod tholr licensad business, Theas cases ought to be soon ready for judiclal investign. tion, ‘We Lavo repeatedly called attontlon to the fact that tho pawnbroking business gen. erally, aa conducted in this oity, waa butu thin disguise for recelving stolen goods, The profita of this business are enormous. Nine. ty-five por cont of all the business done over the counters of pawnbrokers in this city ia done in stolen goods, 'The legitimato busi. nosa Is comparatively very emall, and is con. fined to o very fow respoctable establish. ments, condnctod by honost persons, All others are more foncos for thisves, Burglars and thieves do not steal proparty for the pur- pose of bolding it. They are always roady to return such property to the owners upon the payment of 80 per cont of it value in oash, ANl thoy =steal iz ocon. verted into money speedily, and it {s converted at these so-called pawn.shopa, Thoy rocolva from these ahops from 10 to 15 per cent of the value of the property, The keopers know every thief ; they kuow when. ever stolen property is offered them ;.they ofee the thiof whas they ehiacos, uud the las. e e e e e e | tew da compalled tu maupl ff, Thum ntwa they offor a boy—a clark in a dry.goods storo —82 for a laco shawl and $5 for n plece of ik, who can question the guilty knowledge of the purchaser? Those stolon goods nare of conrse nevor reclaimed by the thicf; he would be exposed if he dare to do so; and the even more dishonest recoivers pockot tho wholo profitsof thotrade. In fact, itis estimated, and with probable truth, that of all the property stalen by burglars and other]thieves, money, bonds, ole., excepted, the thieves sell 90 per cont of it to pawnbrokers, aud that tho latter reap 80 per cent of tho roal valuo of what they buy. Tho most murderons business done by thess peoplo is that thoy carry on with children, and this business is n lnrgo one, Doys nnd girla living with paronts, or living nt service, onco tompted into dishonesty, have that dis- honesty confirmed in them Ly the monoy paid to thom by those pawnbrokers, and their pilfering onconrnged and rewarded by theso dishonost flonds. They become absolute maaters of the children whom thoy onco deal with, They not only torify tho childron into renewed stonling, but each timo takoa larger slinre of the robbery unto thamselves. Wo are not stating anything that isnow. We nro stating matters that are notorions to the polico, to Graud Juries, and to the Pros- ecuting Attornay, Still, so jmperfect basbeen tho lnw and so closo the confidonco bettreon thioves and pawnbrokers, that convictions nre rare. Wheon thoro does happen & caso whera the evidence is completo, conviction ought not only to ba ewift, but tho punish. ment sovore, ‘The keepers of this class of uhops Are the oducators of thioves; and itis not, porhaps, extravagant to Assumo that they have their unfortunata victims and pu- pils in hundreds of atores of all kinds in this city, atealing and bringing the property to them at beggnrs' wages. This business could not bo done cxcept un- der cover of pawnbroker's licons: ‘Lhose pawnshops aro tenfold more criminal than the mock-auction shops, Dotk aro liconsed by the city ; neither could do businoss with- ot tho consont of the Mayor. Every one of them can be closed by the Mayor at any mo- mont. It is a daily occurrence for the police to find stolen goods—notoriously stolen—in these pawn-shops, In overy such case, it the Bayor should revoke the li- conss, there would bo at lonst onme fonce broken up, and ono school for stenling disbanded. Buppose tho Mayor try hishand at it. If any person wero fo open a schiool in this city, and advertise to tonch boys, girls, mon, and women, how to stonl aud not bo discoverod, such an establish- mont, if not mobbed, would ba broken up by thepoliee. Heraare flity or a hundrod schools of this very kind, with their hundreds of pu- pilsof all sges and sexcs, not ouly teaching lLiow to steal, but paying for stealing, and all thieso establishmonta nre doing businoss undor liconso from the city, and may be closed at any moment by tho order of the Mayor. THE TEMPER OF PUDLIO MEN. No dogres of groatnoss seems to divest men of the passions, prejudices, or personal woaknosses to which they aresubject by naturo. Thoy may attain sufficient sclif-control to repress the influence of these porsonal characteristics to some extent, but from timo to time thoy yield to these infuencos and allow them to affect public affaivs, If the story be truo nbont Gen. Graw's being ob- atinntely silent on the Third Torm bLecauss ho received an anonymous latter threatening higlife in case he did not speak, it is A case in point, 'C'his story, however, lacks the ele~ menta of probability, and wo prefor to bo. liove that Gen, Grawr is silont bocause Lo considors it in bod taste to declino an honor which hea not been offered to kim. Butna notable illustration of the tendonoy wao have mentioned in publlc men i@ to bs found just mow both in Germany ond Ingland, Both Brsance and Disnares havo for many months permit- tod thoir porsonnl temporamenta to affect tho courso of public avents, and even to disturb the politicnl intersts of their own Govern- ments and all Furope, In Disnazrr's onse it is not improbable that the Tory party will encounter dofent on nc- count of his indulgence of his own parsonal prodiloctions, e i a banghty, arogant man, of repellant cbaracteristica, Ho has choson to endeavor to disguieo these charnc. toristics, rather than put them asido slto- gothor, by essnming an air of Jonkomls thot sat well on Parueraron, but s unbecoming tohim, When any member of the Honso Las questloned tha Goveinment on {he sorlous rulations of Grest Britain with the othor nations of Europo, Disrapst has oither snubbed him or passed tue matter off with a joke, Ilo has occnpiod tho tima of the House with the moat trivial mat- ters. ¥o has permittell Dr. Kenmany and the nffairs of the Tromuonye clalmant to monopolize mosat of the time, and spont daya in contesting the recoption of a potition for tho rolenso of Onton, which proves to have been the handiwork of a solitary groen-grocor in alittle town called Prittlowell. With this '| aort of policy, Mr. Disnaxrs has abont pre- pored the people for a return of the Liberal party to powor, Biswance's tomper scems to bo even more unfortunato than Disnaert's, and he glves it groater latitudo {n the manngement of public affairs, o is describod aas being excoedingly petulant, obstiuate, aud quick to angor, and the big scare which has been got up over the Delginn notes is attributed almost entirely to his nervousness and irascibility, It is the general opinion in tho best circles of Europo, ns a Berlin correspondont expreases it, that ¢ Bmstancs should consider Goymany o strong that she can afford not to notice the kioking of tho Belgian Ultraniontanes,” The aifair s rogarded a8 ot au ond, and it would nevor havo created tho excitement nor attract. ed tho attention it has if Bissanok had not ollowed his powsonal feelings to carry him oway. o haa gone into the crusade against the Catholica with so much pervonal feeling that it is said ho cannot look upon a Catholic prieat or coremony without losing his tem. per. And ho has evidently pormitted thin perdonal feoling to lead the Gorman Empire into unnecessary entavgloments in the Bel. gian matter, The Nation, commenting upon the abuses of the contract wystem for publio works, il- lustrates them by the comparison of o strip of asphalt streot pavemeut in front of the Arlington Hotel in Washington, which was put down soveral years ago by Mr. Conconan and other property-owners, with the pave- ment of the ssme kind laid mor recently by publio contract on both sides of it. The private pavoment, though twice as old aa the other, i in excellont eondition, while tho publie work ia slready going to pleccs, This leads the Natien to suggest that, whore publio werk 1s ordered, whichia to be pald for by specisl mssssaments, the property~ owasrs paying for 8 sbhould bs Al Lrwad 4. il t v e ol Tas “een™ I ofarntion s Qhicago to xome extont for the past fow years, and wo think, on tho whole, with {m- proved results. On savoral strects whoro paving haa been ordored by the Councll, tho property-ownars have done tho work by pri- vate contract. They have pald tho same prics, but froqnontly loss, but have had the advantage of having the work done befors they paid their money, wero not required to pay for those who ovaded their taxes, and genornlly securod a biotter charactor of work. Tho full benefita of this plan have not been realized, however, becauso the organization of the work was genorally left to the con. trctor, who intorested himsolf in gotting the ngreements, If, whon tho paving of n street is orderod, the proporty-ownera of evory blook combinod togother to get thoir own work dono at the cheapest and best rates in compliance with the specifications, there would undoubtedly be great advantage in it Not onty doe y of 8t, Louls appear to hiave gatosd new lfo recontly, but many of har citizena aro ovidontly doing the same thing in the samo way—namoly, by the {nfusion of frest Llood into thoir veivs. Tho moat illustrious pationt {s Gen. Fraxk Beain, upon whom thae in- fusion exporimont has boon tried threa tlmes with no small benofit to his condition, One othor Instance ia given by s local paper, in which Louoxn I'ixeno, of tho law firm of Pixeno & Poqug, wae treatei with an infasion of blood from the arm of bis partner, Mr. Poque. His nilment was rhoumatis gout. It {a indoscribably rofreabing to find Iawyora willing to shed thoir blood for ono another, but it opons up » series of interesting queetions, Is mnot PiNeno now & fraction of Pooue? ias mot the lstter acquired momo sort of title to the former? Wilt the ercait of n legal declnion coming from PINERO be duo exclusivo- Iy to Pixeno 7 Will not Poqoe have s right to feol proud whon Pixznols olected to tha Donol, exolalming, *'Blood will telll”? Thess aro ques. tions for the futnre, and perhaps tho ominont legal firm which has Leon maintained at Poque's exponso will givo an opinion on tho legal aspact of the caso, It will naturally bo ojien to tho ob- Jeotion of boing ** too unanimous,” Lut this will be offeet by its basis of experiment. Tho, opin- ion 1s the moro valuablo to ua bocause Cbicago (s at prosent building up Bb. Loulsio the same way, and wo uaturaliy want to kuow whethor or not wo have soma 1lgbt to rejolce ovor the euc- cord of our Aistor city in such matters an bridge and baso ball, Tt {8 a question, one might say, of vital {utereat, Tho only tangible fsct at preaent ia that Drams, PiNeno, and Bt, Louls are oll foaling far more sanguine than they did, and 1t is tlie tranafusion which has dono it — The New Orieans Picayunesoriously congratu- Intos its readers on tha abolition of tho detoctive force. DBurglara are vow caught, It says, rogu- tarly within a fasw Lours after the cormmission of tho offenss, Wo do not question the advastags gained. Dy the abolition of this usoloss and ox- ponsive clnes of the polica service, this amount of corruption provented daily would bo enor- moug, As soon 28 tho Temperance Committoo of Soventy died a natural death in Chicago » fe years ago, the Saloon-Keoper’ Leagus diod also. By abolishing the dotoctive force rod assigoing competent ofiicera to tholr dutios. the gang of thiaves froquenting this city would soon bo dis- persed. Thoy aro mutually bonotioial, Philadelphis publishing firms hava none too bigh a reputation for honor and striet Lusiness integrity, and it is only au ordinary announcemont that one of them has engagod In pirating the Eacyclmpedia Britaonioa. Tho proprietors of that work have accordinglv beon drivon to adopt tho plan firat dovised by tho Cirammzns, of inserting in fatoro volumes copyrightod articles by Amor- ican writers. Perlaps no branch of fnduatry, not prohibited by law, js mors disrcputable and immoral than the business of preying upon for- eign autbors, Philadelphia has tho misfortone to bo the headquartarsof the adventurara en- goged in this sort of trade, THR OINOIRNATI FISIIVAL I Tho Cincinnati Festival of 1875 is over snd gons, and, like it predeceasar of 1478, Laa be- come patt and parcel of tho musfoal history of tho Wost, The groat chorus, whoss swolling barmony has beon as tho volce of many waters, has finished ita Jaborious task and, now rosts un- til eummonod sgain to meot under the baton of Ar. Tuosas, Tho playsrs havo fotded thoir tonta liko tho Arabs and gone. Tho organ's volos Ia hnebed, and Exposition Hall, which hns roverberated to tho musfo of tho molodious mul- titnde and tho tramp of thousands of foet, now hoars no nmound in its vast upaces. Tho great crowds bavo left the city, and Clocinnati onco more, sfter a wook's estliotio rost, resumoa its spplication to buainess, It iu s good tims now to toke a blrd's-oye viow of what Las been sccom- plishod; to compare tho results of 1875 with those of 1873; ond to consult the muajoal oracles of tne futare, for thesa festivals Lavo not been ephomoral aventa whoss purposo ended with the final oloral chord, nor more passing shows for the enjoyment of tho moment, They have left enduriog marks which canno: bo offaced. They atand and will evor stand as mon- umenty to mark propress In Weatern culiure, taste, und gonoral esthotics. Theds Ohio River fentivala bavo borne the samo rolations o muai in the Weat that the Lowor Rhine fostivalado to mualo in Germany, 'Thoy reprosens the cul- mination of yoars of labor. They are the full snd rict-leaved blossoms from secd sown with many misgiviogs, and thoy in turn will drop thefr seed fnto fruitful soll far still more beauti~ tal tlowozlng in the futuro, i, In making & comparison botmean the festivals of 1876 and 1873, the starting pojot la tho pro- grammes, Br. Toouvas hag always enjoyed tho highest roputation for his akill as & progiammo- maker, s programmes havo beoa constructod not atone with rogard to conforring tho highoat pousiblo plessuroripon tho hoarer, but also with regard to ¢ tuo etornal ftness of thinge.” Mo ling laid them oat with 8 much care and regsrd for the relations of the varjous numbers asa polutor would arrango the lighta sud shados of his picture, or an orehitoct tha lnes and orna- mentations of his structure, so that thore might be no jarring or dissonanca botween the variona parts, Cortsin fixed rolations of harmony and symmotry bave charactorized thom o absolutely et thore lias beon no distarbauca of effacta. Each of tho programmes of tho past weok ptands distinet snd indlvidual, Tho matines programmes, which wore moat charmingly ar- ranged, not only £0 83 to givoevery sololst Lila or heor opportunity, but also to add to tho boauties of the genoral ensemble, atand perfectly diatiact from ibe evoning programmes and, as it were, frame them in a graceful setting, T'ho formor ressmible soma old eathiedrnl, majestio and colomsal in ita proportions, august and wolomn in Ite inspirations, while tho latter are the graceful vines which $wine thomsolves abont it QGrouping the programmes of the week to- gother in their proper classlfication, you wiil find that the etandard of art I3 the samo high aud noblo one, and that tho ditforenca is only tn the proportions of the work, For luatancs, the great vooal works produocd were as follows s 1, Triuophl fiyma, op. 85, Yirahma 2, Heenes from ¢ Lolisnyrin 8, Ocutorlo, Elijah ¥, . Of theso, the first, fuusth, lm‘l;hlh m‘:’mbon wore given for the first time in Ameilca. The amallar vooal works ware as follows ¢ 1. “ Wolan's Parowell 1, Tle Prizo Bobg from &, Die Allmacht,... 4, Gantata, ¢ Pralse 8 Comcatt Arls, Lafulos, " 8, Bplsit o0 fipeesiieaats ¥, Kottdsiza Taiuba Welaiorsanger ¥, ; TR TR SR TN bR The groat fustrumental worka wero as followa: 1. Bympliony No. 7 in A, op. 07, 3. fymptiony No, 0 in D'mino 4, Bymphony No, 9 {u 0, 4. The ' Eofiengrin ™ mu 5. The * Molstereinngor " .8 hubert V. Wagner munie, o Wagner €, The # Watkuera ! musle, ., Waimer 7. The symphonia poctn, % Fro Tle omaller fustrumental worka wors as fol- lows: 1. Rhapsadis Hongrotre No, 2., 2, Uvertnre to ** Ober. 2. Huldigungs March 4. Feat Ovorturo. . &, Userturs to * William "Fe 6. Noavello Meditatio 1, Oveeturoto U Taun Wagner 8. Hungarisn Dancos, JBeanms 0, Heherzo Reformatl nde.ssohn 10, Overture to “Couscrration of {kia Tiow o™ flecthoven 11, OVOrLUre—Laou0re S 3 ves-erress v TheetBOVEN As compared with the yprogrammes of two yeara ago, thoso of 1876 show a long sfop fore ward, At that time, the principsl works por- formed wara as follows 1 1, Dettingen Te Da 9, Ave Verun, 8, Orphans, 4, Tweuty-third Paalm,, 6, Watnursis Nach 5. Gy Life... 7, Fltih Bym, 0, Ninth Syinyhion: U, Huite No, 3, ‘agner yertur othovan Tho most supsrfictal student of masio will no- tice at a glance the point of difference In these progeamines, Tha Ninth Bympliony was given at botls festtvals with subnstantially the snme ma« terlal, oxcopt In the solo quartatta, in which Mr. Vaurry and Mr. Ruoorrusex sanyg in 1873, and Mr. Winen and Mr. Resssurz in 1876, Miw. Sxtrrat nnd Miss OAny singlug upon each ocea- sion. Comparing tho twvo programmuos, thoso of 1879 woro light sa compared with those of 1875. The lattor ropresout a higher, In faat the highe eat, grado of musio, In culoasal majosty, digni- ty, sud grandeur, nothing has beon heard liko the “Magnitient,” the +Trjumphlied,” *Lo- toogrin,” ond the Ninth Bymphony, and in short wocka {t would bs ditcult to oxcood the Liszr cantats of *Prometheus” in dramatic construction and harmonious effects, Bo far aa tocholeal work s con- cerned, nothing has evar beforo been attemptod in thia country #o olaboiate, #o luvolved aund complex, so much Jiko s succosalon of musical probloms, In fact, ss tho * 3lagoificat” and “ Triumphlied,” the lattor running thioughout in olght parts, Mr, Tioxas romarked of the lat- tor that it was tho hardoeat work he hed over lod, aud complimeutod tho chorus that thev bad laarped it atall. A promiuent mueioinn of the modorn school moro tersely eaid tbat the second part of the *Triumphliod™ waa the davil's own nvention, Tho fact that these extremely difcult oud elaborato works ware not oaly produced, but produced woll, shows that great progress has boon mado by the Ciocinnati chorus. A prac- tical llustration of this is the fact thot tho cho- rus ssng “Eljah " an onsily and flucatly, not- withstanding 3r. ‘I'noxas’ rapld tompos, as If it Liad boon the alphabot. I, Thess beiog the programmes, what was tho material with whioh Mr. Trois had to work ? Firat and foremost of all was the ohorus, which was thio foundation of tue fostival. In composi- tion zud numbers 1t was almost identical with that of 1873, and with tho oxcaption of about ciglity volcos it was entirely from Ciuclunati, In nationality it was almost exclusivoly American, In mombetship it was composed of ladies and gontlomon from the highest ranka of Ciucinnati soclaty, who bavo boen not only willing, but en- thusinatically willing, to give tholr lolsure for uearly & year to the preparation of four days' music. The quostion is ofton asked, Why does thia Cincinnati chorus sing 50 well 7 For two or throe rensons 3 1. It is o chorns which fe young aa to 8go ; con- saquently tho quality of tone is young, fresh, aud bosutiful, It ia s chorus of Iadies and gon- tlomen ; consequently the quallyy of tone is pe- cullarly refined, It 18 a ohorus whose hoart and brains are in its work; ocovsequently it sings with love and enthusissm, with sppreotation and intalligonce. 2, Iv1s» chorus which has pot been afraid to work, snd no ous who han not witnessed that work can form any 1des of ity arduous clitaractor. For tan months tt gavo itsolf to wookly atudy of the mualo undor the diroction of Mr. 81xazg, who 1s thoroughly.conversant with Mr. Titosras' idess, tho twvo men standiog almost in the rolation of brothors to each other. TFor nix wools it met two or throe times n week and rohearsed, During tha week provious to tho festival it reliearsed day and night, The day before tho fostival It went to ita work st 9 o'clockin the morniog, and it only cessed at widnight, That i1 businoss. Buch anorgs, ambition, and dotor- mination as that are assure to sucosed as thesun 1a to rieo, 8. It ylelded itzalf to a disclpline almost mar- tial in olaracter. Ite astitudo towards Mr. T'uowas waa almost that of s subjoct to an suto« crat, It was freed from onme curso, which is nonrly always the dospalr of chorus-aluging. Althaugh thore was magnificont matorlal in its ranksg, thore was no powsibility that any singer would have a solo, consequontly thoro was no ill-foeling, and nono of thoso ininne jeslouslon which are so rniuous to vooal succoss, Instend of this, all wore placed upon tho same levol, millionnires' daughters from Ciltton in satin aod tho girls from *‘over tho Rhlns ” plain attire, and all folt tho responsibility rosting upon them, 'Choy gavo constant atten- tlon to the conductor, Ono oya was upon tho goore, tho othor upon e, Taorss' beton, and that baton never diminishod or locreasod its tompos that the groat cherus did not follow it with the keoneat eympathy and tho most uner- ring precialon. Tha result of all these clements was sucosss, It made no difforence what the muslo was, whothor the probloma of Drams’ Trinmphlled,"” the intricate fugsl pasasgos of the * Mamnificat,” the stupondous choruscs of #+ Lohongrin” or tha emoothly-Aowing maeasurca ot “Elijah," that chiorus was always in tune and always in time; overy entrancs was made {u ox- aot prooision, and every phase of axprossion was rogarded, although somotimen thoy woro noces- parily vory sbrupr, and, In the “* Triumphtiod” and # Prometheus,” the intorvals woro often simply sppalling. That the wingera conld strike thoso {otervnls with auch anfalling precision showa that thoy must have committed evary note by hoart, v, Tho sccond elemont of this matarial was the orchestrs, and of this little need bo sad, aa Mr, T'RoMAs' own orchestra was the nuclous, and thia was reluforcod by players from Now York, who have played with tho orohostra in Alr. Tuouas' sympliony coocerts 6o often that they can almoat be conaldored aa part of his own or- ganization, 'Thero were not mauy Oincinnati playors in the ranke, but they were offectiva men, whp soon morged thomselves into the gen- eral whole, It {s & common remark with rogard to Me, Twowis' men that the lost timo they played was tha best, Thoy may havo played bo- fore oa woll as they did In Cinclonati, but {t ls oxtremoly doubiful. Thoss most famlllar with ita work, Enst and Wost, wero emphatio in ths doolaration that they had nover playsd the Sov- onth and Ninth Beeruovex Symphonles and Bonosent's lovely Bwan Bong, the O 8ymphony, 40 woll bofore, Do that it may, thesa (hroa porformances ata amang the biighleat recalloo. ttons of the festival. Y. Tha third cloment of material wan the soloiats, In 1873 tho solo work waa taken by Ass, II, B, fxrru and Mrs, DExTEN, Bopranos | Mis Uany, altog B, Vaurey, tenor, and Blosers, Runorru- axy and Wiirney, baritone aud bass; this year by Mew. IL 3, Saurit and Mlse Apsie Wuryneay, sopraccs; bllsa Uany and Mixs Cnawow, oltos; Mr, WrNon and dr. Drsonovy, tenors, and Mr, Neuuxnra end Mr. Wutrnzy, baritone sud bass, Ad s wholo, the'solo work was not up to the standard of exoeltence displayod by the orobes- tea and chorus ; neither intho quartette was it equal o the quertetio of two years ago. Mrs. Exsza’s volse wes wort, and ahe dlsplayed fatigno. probahle awineg to tha fant that dha may of tho music was nnw to her, fecesnitating almoat constant practico each Qay, M, Winnwerx added nothing to the inter. ost of the fostival; on the ofly land, soriously lnterfared with the sucesn o concortod parts, Bliss Oanr wasin magnificany volee, and wan always roliable, Mr. Wixcn wiy not in gaod voico until the lasl night of thy fostival, 1o sang the ‘‘Magnificat ” as [f |y wore entirely unfamiliar with b and in thy “ Elijah " his volco conatantly broke in its upper regintor, Disunorr, our Chicagn tenor, wap ip fine voice, sud did superbly. Tuosas baa pyy Lim {liwouah & purgatory of piactice, and ls inak. ing an artist of him, He hae fospired him iy a Inudablo ambition, aud given him idecs whicy e nover had Lofore, 'The rosult was appareny in his work. It waa worth golng to Cincinnaty o hear bim alng tha * Bwan Bong ™ in * Luykn. grin' Am compored with CANTY's versiop of it here, 1t was almost & rovelation, Ay one of the manilnces Lo gave Bonuneprs “Din Allmach” with n purity and ferver of siylo which wo bavo never heatd excolled, Thy Chieago pocplo proneut woro very proud of him, for althougd Lo hed not so much work to do ag soma of the others, lio atood, In point of exeel. lonce, Ly tho sido of Misa Cany and Mr. Wi nuy, and deserving of tho same praise whicl hay heon mwvardedl mo iavishly to them. dir, Woin NEY sang with sll his cnstomary digeity. solidity and stendincss of manner, al{tiough his voico R peared to bo somewbat Jighter In its upper tonsy than usual, Mr. RuaxyzeTz was not alvays rs. liable, but st times Lo outdid limsoif. What could hiave hoen nobler or more impressive than bis singiug of that wonderful faranall of Woray to BrunuiLpe, with the orchestra back of Lim pleturing In Ita woird and poworful tonos thy streams of fire with which Looe, tho fire-god, surronada the lovely maidon. In Impos. Ing and majestio physigne, sud in dignity ang improssivoucss of mannor, Mr. REMMERTZ Iu 8 live ing reslization of the father of tho weird Walkg. oren sistors, who chant their songs in mid-sir, abovo the battle-flelds, and weavo tho fates of thy struggling wardors, Individually, the solsaty wero nearly always good, but In the concertel numbera they ware not alwaya effeotive. "Iy quartotto in tha Nioth Symplony chorus was not nearly an well suny s {t was two yoira ago. Thy groae torzotto in the Bacn ¢ Magniflcas " (Mre. Surri, Miss WmNNERY, and Mizs Cany) woull hava gono all o pisces had not Alr. Tuostis tak. on milvautage of & sudden noino {u the sudiencs to atop It just at a critical momont, and give tlLe trio anoclior chance at it. VL ‘Wo have now glanced at the programmes an} material which Mr. Tnoaus utilized for their porformance, but there ara one or Lwo othar olemonts of succoss not yot meptioned. 'The whole City of Cincinnati took part in this fg. tival, avd modo it & mattor of prido to carry it turough to snccoss. Cineinnati took thrro. fourths of tho seats in the building for the sea- son. Tha whole population, without regard to rank or conditlon of life, joiued in the geners) docoration. Tho writer of thie did not ses a bulldiug in Cinoiunati, howavaer humble it might havo beon, which was unado:nyd, Thousands of houses, lived in by p 0ie too poor to go to the concerts, navertholoss woro marked by doc- orations, aud it was not until you got out § or G miles Into tho country that thosa dec. orations ceasod. The locomotives carred flags, Tlio stenmers on the risor also. Tho Chamber of Commorco gava exprassion to the univenal spotimont in Its motto, ‘*Commorco lends s helping band to Art." Even the church-spires, high abovo the clond of smoke which alwaye bangs down upon the city, were crowned with flags at thoir summits, Thoe Ezocutive Comaut- too was composod of the wealthient businems men of Cinclonatl. They wero not ornamontal appendagoes, but live, active, atirring men, wko let their busivoss go for a timo, and gave thery- solves to work, attending to every detail. When tho ushors had more work on hand than thoy could do with the vaat crowds, the Executive Comuitteo were not too dainty to turn in and help, and millionsires showod hundredsirca to their soaty, kept hackmon orderly, and holped ool tickots, When(the fostival closcd, those men eaid ** Wo will have anoshor.” Waa the chorus ready ? Lvory mav and womsn. When THOMAS sald to Bivogm: * Wil yon Le roady for my noxt programmes ?' the Assistsnt Director proudly replied, * Anytliog you can suggest, my chorns can do.” Sald Jouy Suwrairo, the dry- gooda king of Cinclopatl, to Jozx Cuvmnoxn, the muslo-doalor, *The featival is over; don't you think wo ought to put up s building on & scale at grand as our fostival 7, * Yoa," maid M1 Cnunom. **‘Then wo will do {4, said the other Jouxn. And it will be done. And now dacs this city know that Clnclonatl, that sooty, emoky Quoen of the Ohio River, is tho nsical centro of the United States. and ia leaviug New York, Boston, snd Chicago farin the dlstanco from tho musical poln of visw ? 1t 80, what are you golug to do aboat it 7 POLITIOAL ROTER, I¢ military men wero avatlablo, what » eandi- date Gen, Bueustay woald make, Tho Now York Assombly's Quban-Independ- ouce resolutions are suspicious, coming from that quarter. WII not the Datroit Post aliske hands scroes tho bloody chiasm 1t Tuz Tniuuxz notices that ex-Benator OmaxnLrn hss been mentioned for tho successlon of DrrLaNo ? If Bavanp should be clected President, tho wholo Democratic party would espect to mit down at his dinvers, He would have to buil. double-gauge lunch table from Maine to Culi- torota. Mr, Wieersn, of the Waersnn Compromiso, 14 agaiu mentioned for & place on tho Preaid.n- 11a} ticket, The Boston Journal, however, il not forgive him for saging what it ssld he would not say. Bo ho haa Do chiance, Bome of the Intornal Nevenus officers ocm- promised by racent revelations may see the i~ side of pricon-walls, Thoy richly desorve mich punishment, and tho Goveromont can searcsly afford to glve thom lesa than their dosorts. Brotrep Tam can't toll where the lying and stoaling boging, but ho knows whore it ends. Somo of {t onds In SporTED Tam, of couruss and wo should think the Interior Departmend might {nform the countzry whera some of it Lo Klns. There must be & good deal of quivering and cogitating in tho Now York Custom-House sbuat now. The ailk-frauds oply amount to a million doilars, and Bocretary Buistow will be sure to waut to kuow what bas bacome of the otier millions. Bocretary Biatow found a firm and conalstout backer for bin campaign against the whieky-ring in Prealdent Gpant, The statement is authiorils- tivoly made, and nos anywhere denied. Tie military expesience of the Prosideat and Secd- tary was of great service ia making the ex- poauros. Ool. Boprer Drs Anaxs, the Deputy Collector of New York, who la implioated fn ke mik frauds, was one of thio oarliest products of Oivil Sarvics Roform, Thls ls an exosllent oppartnni- ty for the Burezns and such (o iuduige la sba’~ low oriticlem of the whole Refonwa system. 44 1t cus swallow made & summer, . After all, the Ropublican parly is the parsy of deconcy, Ask tho merchante of any large city, stid learn if this is not so, Countsy dealerd may s well Isy lo s little usoful information along with thelr spiing stocks. Chicago 1a & fiuo polnt of obuervatlvn, and hor merchante will teil what they sea. Guovan C. Gormay, Becretary of the United Blates Benate, bas roturned to Culifornia. He ospocts to rooelve (ha Ropubliosn powinstion for Governor and to be olecjed, Ho expectd much mora than moat obssrvors of politioal events. Still, ho has won & small viatory aiready by seouring the organization of the Young Men's Tepoblican Club {n Ban Francisco, and thus de- fealing the frst movetmant of thoss Ropublissns wis wish (o aliiate wiih e ladepesdents,