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

4 TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. flrmer, bnt closed wenk nt 69)o cash, and 700 for July, Ontswere nuict and sleadier, olos. RATES OF SURRCRIPTION (FATARLE I 4nVANGAN | 40 oy 816 ongh, and Aje for July, Ryo was Postago Prepald at this Ofce. B12.00) | Weaklv, 1 yo a5 { dull st D5@00c. Barley was inactive at $1,00 s "A:‘e'n'o::';uu 138 bid for September, 1fogs were dull and 250 Soramgit per 100 g fower, at £6,30G7.00. The best gendes of eattlo were in fair demand, and WARTED—~ tlra agent |a cach tawn and village. W common were dull. Sheep were quiet, peclal arrangemonts made with such, Epecimen capies sent frea, To pravent delay and mistakes, b yuro and give Poste OFfice addresn In full, Including #tata and Connty, Remiitancesmes bamade eithor b ORies ordor, or In regintared lotters TERMA TO CITY BUTACH! delivarsd, Bundar excented, The JTon. Arexanpenr 11 Steress has ro- cently addressed o noto to some of tho lend. ing citizens of Atlanta, On., who bad re. quested him to deliver n speech in that city on the coming Yourth of July, which is in striking contrast to some recent Southern ut- terances which have been made publie, Mr, 33 unnts por wesk. 3 ed, Bunduy inelnded, B() cants nor waek, Acds THE TRIDUNE UOMPANY, Corner Madienn and Dearbarnate., Chioago, Bl , THE CHICAGO TRIBUN! THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1875. seaking n new business, and nothing loss than anch n war, ir which 1t was the leader, could have introduced it to thig businoss in so short atimo. It will probably be able to retain much of the now business which it bas ac- quired during the past few months. It will not be disposed to drive it away by entering into anv combinationa for exorbitant froights. It in announced that the rates will bo 35 cents to Baltimore and 40 conta to New York, which will not be unrcnsonnble; and even the pas. senger fares will mearcoly reach tho old figures., ——— T HE BfiA!fllNfl OF GENERALS, In Gen. SnsusAN's memoim there is much TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS, M'VIORKI'S THEATRI-Madizon streot, botween Deatborn and_Riate, Engagomnnt of ths New York Filth Avenno Thoatro Company, **Tho Biz Lonants,” BTEPUENS BayR ¢ Linrary MaLL, CRAWFONDYVILLY, (s, June 7, 1875, ~Gentlenmen : Your kiud and earnest fotter of 1ho Sib 1nst, In before e, o sssured of my appreciation of tho rentiments oxpressed {n conneetion withs tho abject inview, ANT ¢an now say In reply is that, Deo valente, 1 will be witi you ou Monday, the Gth day of July, an the Fourth comes on Sunday. Icaunot promiss to make anything like a regular sddrees, but I do prom. i%e, at least, tho profound sympathy I bave In the cere- monies and procecdings arranged for the occasion ; and 1promiss furtbor, if nble, to atill more strongly manifest this aympatliy by the witerauce of puch thoughts, howeser bLrlef, pertiuent to your moat pairiotio abjects, as my srength will permit, Very iruly, Avexanpzn il Brerneys, As compared with tho recent bnrbarian leiter of Bravneoarp and the absurd and unpatriotic babble of Ssaruzs, thia letter will commnend itself as o manly and patriotic doen. ment, 'I'he veteran ex-Vice-TPresident of the Southern Confederncy ovidently has no fears that the celobration of old-fashioned Fourth of July will lenve any brand upon him. CAUFEMY OF MUSIC—}alsted sirast, be(woon Mad- h:n and Montos, * Eva, & Tsloof ths Bayous.™ ADELPIUTHEATRE. o, Varjoty Entertalnma born atrast, corner Mon. HOOLEY'S THEATRE—Randoloh strast, hateeen a’l’".ln“d 1aSallo. Kogsgement of Tong Pastor's Uom- astion. RWELL HALU-Madisn sireot, between Olark and AR A b "SOCIETY MEETINGS, OLRVRLAND LODGE, No, 311, A, T\ & A, M,~The manibers o Clocaland Ladge, aan ‘thnie 124y frien enrdially invited to listen to an addresy by diro, Fomaray. at the Lahl, corner af Kandalpn and gy o Thuredy oveuiag, dane 17, 50 o'clock, ol blator lodges are run o el N CLEVILAND, W. M. Che Chidage Cribuns, Thursday Morntng, June 17, 1878. THE BOILDING-INSPECTOR ORDINANCE. The new ordiuanes which Lins just prssed the Counnon Council, crenting the offico of Inspector of Buildings, is a sham and a frand, which can serve no other purpose than to open up additional avenues of corruption and blackmail, “fhere is nothing in the present building Inw which required the pnssnge of such a mensure, snd thero Is no exigeney in the condition of the city which requires it either. If the Mayor, nnd tho Board of Pub- lic Works, and the Polico and Fire Depart- monta caunot enforce, or havo not the dispo- sition to cuforce, tho present laws, it is use- less to expect that this Building Superintend- ent and hia eleven assistants will rucceed any better. Tho whole purpose of this ordi- nanco is to create twelve now offices for idle bummers or Aldermen out of busi- ness, ‘That this is the purpose of the ordinance is evident, first, from the fact that it invests these dozen officinls with no new powers, and, second, from tho compensation. Tho fifth section provides that the Superin. tendent of Buildings and the Inspectors shalt be able and experienced architects or builders competent to perform all the duties of the offlco to which they are appointed, and that they shall not be employed or engaged in any other vocation, nor be interested in any contract for building or furnishing materials for such purpose. ‘I'ha tenth section provides that tho salary of the Superintendont shall not exceed %2,000, and thnt of ench Inspect- or shall not exceed 1,000 per annum, Is not this absurd upon its vory face? Daes any one imagine that builders or architecta are going to accept ‘on oflice with this pitiful sulary and bind themselves not to engage in any other vocation during their term of offica? s any ono 8o blind s not to be ablo to see that theso offlces have been eroated with a mere nominnl galary attached to them, 80 (hat some of the political bummers hang- ing on to the present city administration may hiave au opportunity to onrich themsclves by blackmail 7 That is all thero is to this ordi- nance. It only offers a promium for corrup- tion, It takes 13,000 in salnries out of the tax-payers, and s much more probably in running expenscs, to put into the pockets of n dozen do-nothings, and exposcs the public to any demands which the greed of these men may lead them to make, for tho enforco- ment of which they are guaranteed an oppor- tunity, ns tho ordinance sllows them *“the right of entering any building or premises in the City of Ohleago.,” How the publia will relish this new outrago romnins to bo scen, but Inasmuch as it secms disposed to submit to the abuses heaped upon it by street- railroad and other corporations withont any materinl protest, it will probably also yield to this latest muaicipnl schiome for supporting lazy politicians out of business without a murmur, An important Catholio festival, the Fenst of the Sacred Henrt of Jesns, ocewrred yes- torday, and was quite genernlly observed in Chicago and elsewhere, At Paris tho corner- stone of anew church was laid with tmposing coremontas, the Archibishop of Paris officiat. ing. 'The suspension of the firm of BenwerT, Brexsonw & Co., of Quebee, is announced, with linbilities estimated at over §1,000,000, distributed principally among lending Cana- dian banks, the Bank of Montreal and Bank of Quebec ench being creditors to the amount of §250,000, The Centennial of Bunker Fll comes to- day. Tho bands will play, the troops will march, the orator will speak, the 300,000 ex- pected visitors will crowd the stroots, and everybody will be glad whon the whole thing is over. finlgent patriotism is sometimes hot worlr, but it is always good wark, It is sixteen years, we believe, sinco South Caro. lina and Massachusetts troops marched side by side in peacoful rivalry, The report of the Chicago Custom-House Examiners has boen completed and submitted 1o Secretary BrisTow, who declines to make it public until Architect PorTER's report haos Deen rocelved and n conference has been bad with the President. Therefore, it is proboble that the conclusiona formed will not be given to the country befors the 1st of July, Asto the fate of tho walls and foun- dations there is little doubt, but tho verdiet s to the stone, the contracts, the plan, ete., haa Leen euccesafully kopt secret so far, and {the nows-gathorera in Washington can only conjecturs the result, Even the grasshopper sensation has its ring. This fact is demonstrated in Bluo Earth County, Minn., where, after slanghter- ing some 15,000 bushels of the half-finished bug, the county authoritios discovered thnt they were being blod for the benefit of all the counties round nbout, from whenco every available small boy was pouring in with his bags of capturcd hoppers. Thereupon the snid county rulers have protested, and the neighboring potentates, seeing tho matter in tho light of neighborly reciprocity, have de- clared war ngaivst the common encmy, and onlisted for the war, — After having passed throngh the vielssi- tudes of infanoy and renched the mature ngo of nthoussnd years, Tceland finds that her troubles have just begun. Tho venerable island away off toward the frozen reglons hnshad a terrible touch of the other ox- treme, and what with a goneral out- Lreak of voleanoos supposed to have subsided ceaturies ago, earthquukes aud furious storms of nshes and cindors, the unfortunate Toe- landers have suffered a disnstor the equal of which is unknown in history. About one- 1lfth of tha entire population have been ron- dered homeless and destitute, and soveral Lundred persons are reported to bave per ialied, The Ohlo Demoeracy moet in State Con. vention at Columbus to-day. It has already been sottled that the anciont WiLrian ArLey must bo renominated. Thera s not the samo unsnimity in the party na to the other candi. dates, thera being from sixto a dozen persons willing to run for each of the rospective afllces, Fromn hinta given ns to the oharacter of the platform to bo adopted, it may bo in- fored that the platform will elaim that the Democralio party originated the labeas corpus, institnted the trinl by jury, 1ut o stop to frauds of tho hen-brecders, and reducod the price of doughnuts. But all this ws in the oarly history of the country, whon ‘Wirrtas Avien had but rocently attained his manhood, IND OF THE RAILROAD WAR, The probability is that o permanont truce lias been declared batweon tho Bsltimore & Ohio and Pounsylvanin Railrond Companies, which really involved all the lines running to the Enat, Tho struggle has been long and unnsually bitter, and it has only onded now, perhaps, because tho management of the Bualtimore & Ohio have concluded that they counot maintain it longer in justico to thom- selven and their stockholders. Mennwhile, they have conferred a great service upon tho community by affording unprecedentedly low possengor ond freight rates throughout the sonson, If it hod not been for this war, it s not improbablo that the West would have suffered very severely. ‘Fho tightness of the monoy market oceasioned by the indisposi- tion of bankers and capitalists to ade vonce excopt on the most absolute socurity, end the difference botween the Enst and West rolative to the buying and solling prico of grain, would likely have alosod comtnerco na in & shell if there had not beon the extraordinary inducement and nssistanco furnished by the cheap froights, Theo nominul rate has been 25 ceuts per 100 pounds to Baltimore and 80 cents to New York, but the activity of the compotition has induced all the railronds to cut under evon thia price, and freight has in many instances been carried for even less than this figure, Tho rates for travelers have beon relatively cheap, There is no doubt that the railronds liave suffered considerably, but not to the same extent as tho public beneflted, for traffio hns boen largely incrensed over what it would have been at tho old rates. The war was the [mmediate couse of putting the Erlea Road inte the hiands of u Recelver; but wo do notknow thot this was inuch of n misforlune, T'here had to ban duy of settlement in Erlo when tho fictitions stock, oreated to cover tho frauds sud mismanagoment of the pnst, should bo wiped out; and it was botter, on the whole, that it should be procipitated than that it be postponed, Tha rule {s that the railronds which indulge (hoir propensitiea for a fight racoup by forc. ing the public to poy exorbitant rates after the cessation of hostilities, Wa think this ‘wilt searcely happen in the present case. For u time, at least, tho loke and canal will keep down freights, and after their close the Balti- mere & Ohio will act as s constant restraint upon thotendency of the others, Asainntter of fact, tho Daltimors & Obio Rond has no great losscs to recover, The war wmny have vost this Company & vory large amonnt, but the investmont was a good one for it, though mot for the others Ib was e — or a 8t. Louis artist to de. ¥ise and attemupt & swindiing scheme which is really admiruble for ita novelty and in. gonuity, though it chanced to fail at the firat trial, and is of no furthor valne. ‘The devico conslsted in bringing two tolegrams and n signature book to o wealthy mau for his sig. natur, the page of the book being so outand underlald with a blank check that the signing ©of the namo twice would give tho clever op- erator a check both indorsed and signed. The business man narrowly escaped the trop, which failed for lack of a little forethought, s tho paper beucath, not boing eccarely fas- tened, alipped enough to attract attontion ag the namo was being signed tho second time, This umall circumstance defentod the pratty plan, and'saved the discoverer a Lig dediclt in Lis bank account. ~~~~~ e Tha Chicago produco markets were unset. Yled yesterdny, Mess pork was moderately active, and 200 per brl lower, closing ot §18.65 for July, and 218,87} for August, Lard Was quiet w1d 5@100 per 100 tos lower, clos- Ing at $12.05@18.00 cash or seller July, and $18.20 for August, Moots wers tame and enslor at 730 for shooldony, 116 for shiort ribs, oud 119 @11jo for short clears, Highwines linod 1c, tor $1.16 per gallon, Lake tselghts were moro aotive ot 20 for corn to Bufluo, Flour was qulet aud steudy, Wheat Waa gotive snd declined 8Jo, closlug at 0840 M, snd 9840 tor July, Corn was dative and that is of specint interest to the people of the ‘West concerning gentlomon who havs figured n8 military chieftaing in the War, Ile writes daslingly, and deals out eriticisimn with a fres hand, Ho thus speaks in some way or anothe or of nenrly all the genoral officers under hin own immediato command, and ot one time or nnother ril tho Generals of the Westorn nrmies were attached to his army., Some of theso nre highly complimonted and eredited by him, and others do not fare so well. Among those whoso military character s “smashed” {8 an Illinois officer, Mej.-Gen, JouN A, McOnennanp, McCLERNAND whg st tho battlo of Shiloh, where ho com- manded o division whlch wns noar that commanded by SuEryan, and the latter #penks very bLighly of the way in which it was handled, and of the way in which the men did their duty., After that battle Gen. IlizLECK camo out West and took command; the army wee reorganized, and McCrerwaxp was put in command of & corps, SHERMAN was sent to Memphis, where ho remnined sev- oral months, nnd Gon, Grant wns restored to command. In Novembor, 1862, Graxt sont for Sueryax at Columbus, and communicated n plan by which a force should march agninat PeusentoN, then intrenched below Holly Springs, whilo Sunmay was to strike for the Talinhatchee, the nltimate object being the capture of Vieksburg., Before they reached the point, Pesnenron lind abandoned that line. In December, Gnanr and Smenaay agreed upon tho Yozoo expedition. Tho plan wna to reach Vicksburg by water, whilo Qraxt held in check Prymerton's army near Grenadn. That expedition was & failure, PexprrroN's army was released, and wera at Vicksburg before Sitenman’s forces could ob- tain Jodgment. The troops were put on the steamer in the river, and Gen, McCrerNAND, SnenMAN says, appoars sgain, SmamaNsays, pages 2034 : o On the morning of Jon, 2 all my command wera #gain offoat In thefr proper stoamboats, when Admiral Ponren told mo that Gen. McCLERNAKD had arrivod ¢ tho mouth of tho Yazoa In tho stesmer Tigrss, avd that §t was rumored that ho hed come down to super- sedome. Leaving my whole force whero it was, I ran down to the mouth of tho Yazoo {n & small tug-bost, and thero found Gen, MoCLERNAND with orders from the War Department to command tha expeditionary forca on the Missinsipps Itiver. . . On tho dth, Gen. MoCLERNAND fsyued his General Order No. 1, saum- {ug commiaud of the Army of the Mississippt, dividod 1nto two corph, One was to bo commanded by Gen. Moroax sad the other by Susnaray, Gen, McOLERNAND was sppointed to this command by Prosident LixcotN in person, who had no knowl- ga of what was then going on down tho river, Still, wny relfef, on the hecls of & failare, raised the usual «ry at tho North of # Ropulao, fallure, snd bungling.” Surzaax then procesds to doscribe the ex- pedition to Arkansas Post, pago 206 and fol- towing pages: Weo had reports from this fort, uwsnally called the #Tost of Arkansas,” sbout forty miles above tho mouth, and that it was held by about 6,000 Robels, san an inclosod work commanding the passego of the river, ‘but supposed 1o be easy of capture from the river, At 1bat time I don’t think Gen, McOLKkRNAND had apy deft- nite visws or plans of action, If g0, ho did not impart them tome, Hospoko In goneral torms of opening the navigation of the Misstanppd, ¥ cutting his way ta the wos,' etc,, ote,, but the modus operanal was not so cloar, Knowling full well that we could not carry on operations sgainst Vickaburg s longos tho Rebols Leld the Post of Arkansss, I vieited b on hie boat , . and askod feave fo go up the Arkanass and clesr out the Post. Ifo mado various objections, but consented 10 go with mo to 260 Admiral PonTen. o o . FPon- TEN'a inanner to MAOLERNAND was #0 curt that I in- vitod him out intos forward ealin, whore he bad his charts, and asked him what he mesnt Ly i, He mid o * did not Uke him ”; that in Weshington, before coming West, bo had been {ntroduced to him Ly Preai- dent Lincorx, and Lad taken s atrong prejudice againat him, Finally, PonTen ogreed to bonts, and, instend of sendlng Buemiax, McCrenvanp decided to go himself and take hiswhole force, On the 10th of January the army disembarked. Gen. MoCrenxaxp had his quarters on the stenmboat Tigress, About 10 o'clock the battls begun,—the troops at- tacking the outsido intrenchments nnd the guu-bonts tha fort, After describing the battle and the surrender of the fort, upon ro- coiving corlain orders ho went to sce the Commanding General. Mo then adds: 1 found Gen, McCLERNAND on the Tigrees {n high spirits, Mo said repeatodly, “Glorous! Glorlous! My siar is ever in tho ascendaut!” e spoke compli- meatarlly of {hie troops, but wea oxtremely jealous of thanavy, Hasald, #1'll makaa aplendid report.” #1 Lsda man up & tree " (overlooking the battle), o . McCrenxan's report of the capture of Fort Hindman slmost ignored the action of PoRTEa's flset altogether, ‘This was unfalr, for T know that the Adairal led bis ficet {n person in the rivar attsck, and that his guns silenced thos of Fort Hindman, aud drove ths gun. nert {nto the diteh, The War Departmont sbout this time di. vided the Army of the Wost fnto five corps, ander McCrnnvaxp, Toowas, Suesaay, Hountnor, and MoPpznso¥., Grant wad in goneral command. Preparations wera now mede for the Vicksburg campnign, Suznatan soys at pago 315 ¢ Ono day tn April I was up st Gen, Omawt's head- quarters, and e talked over all theso thinge.with ab- sulnte froedom, , o Weall knew, what waa notorfs ons, that Gen, MoCixsxaxp was atlll intriguing sguinst Gen, GraxT B hopes to regain comnd of tha whols expeditfon, , . Onanight, after sich s dls- ousaion, snd belleving that Gen, McCLRRRAND had no real plan of action shaped In his mind, 1 wrole my letter of April 8 to Col, RawLnts, This lotter ndvised that Graxt call upon the soveral Corps Commanders for their opin- ions as to the beat plan of the campaign. On the 18th the army was Lefore Vicksburg, On the 10th an assault was made and re- pulsed. On the 20th Gnaxr, MoOLEnNAND, Surepuan, and McPozrson consulted, aftor which ordors were lssued for anothor assault on tho 224, simultaneously, at 10 a. m, Pre- clsely at the time fized the sssault was made, and continued two hours without suc. cess, the troops being driven back, At this time Gen, Gnaxx visited Bmenstan's position, and Gaane sald that the rosult with McPuza. aoN and McCrzoNanp was about the same, SuzauaN adds, page 837 3 ‘Whils he (GRaxnt) was with me, an orderly or staff aficer came and handed hims plece of papor, which be rsad sad banded (o me, I think the writing was fn pencil, on s loose plece of paper, snd was in Gen, AMo- Cuerxanp's bandwriting, to the effect that *his troups had captured the llsbel parapet in front,” that **the fag of the Union waved over tha stronghold of Vickaburg," and saking him (GRaxT) to give renewed ordars {0 MoPuxasons snd BUERMAN {0 Dreas thelr sitacks on their respactive fronts, leat thoe enemy should concontrate on him (McCtEanaup), Gea, OnaNT sald, “1 wont Lelleves word of 16" bat T Teaaoned with him thot dhls nots was officlal and must ‘e credited, und 1 offered 10 renew thae neasult st once with new troops, He ssid he wonld {nstantly ride down the ‘line ta MaQLuawaxn's Crant, and, (¢ 1 dla not recalve axdars 40 tha coutrary by 8 o'clook, I might try b agatu, At 8 o'clock, there belng heavy firing down the lus, 1o assaull wad renewed ‘6 was attack, untrue.” pointa of Killer.” oorning the in the scandal. ety than now. who give it. stance, taken, of her ANTHONY, _a repotitlon of the flest, —equally unancooss. ful and bloody.” ‘Tho asme thing had oo- curred with Gen. McPnrnsox, who lost many ¢ McCrenyann, instend of laving taken any single point of the Rebel main parapet, had vnly taken ono or two small ontlying: lunettes, open to the ronr, whoro bis men wero at the merey of lho Rebols, and most of them wero actually eap- tured.” This caused great feeling, and nevore criticlams on McCrervAND, from his l.‘mnmum!,‘lmwover, was the publi. cation in 8t. Louis of a congratulatory order, addressed to his troops, in which he climed that ho had nctunlly succeeded in making n lodgent in Vicksburg, but had lost it owing to tho foot that McPuerson and Sienyax did not fulfill their parts of the genoral plan of *This," says Burnyuay, *wassimply valuablo officers, And thus, beforo the siege of Vicksburg was finished, Maj.-Gen. Joux A, McCLERNAND stepped dawn and out of the army. TRE NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE, The National Board of ‘T'rade began its nn- nual session at Philudelphin on Tuesday, The President of the Philadelphin Bonrd of ‘Trado, under the form of nn address of wel- come, made & warm appeal for snpport for the inovitable Centennial, The annunl report of the Executive Comniitteo approvos the act of tho late Congress on the sabject of cur. veney for Lanking and fulure specie-pay- wents; this act, however, they concedo is imperfect, and they point out one or two doubtful fail to mako any suggestions or recommends. tions of a romedinl character, tho report s exceedingly indefinite, procity is quictly shelved. President Frarey delivered n speelal ad- dress on transportation, in which lLa re- henrsed tho whole story that hns become as familine ns the story of ** Jack tha Giant- The Prosident renched the conelu- sion that the averago duty on railrond iron during the lnst forty years hns opernted to produco cheapnessin iransportation nnd of construction, and this conclusion is renched becanso the {ron was purchased with bonds by companies which had no moncy. He condomns watering of stock ns one grent cnuso for increasing the cost of transporta. tion. But, iunkeoping with tha restof the report, there is no recommendation of any yemedy, excopt one, which, in the lght of tho fact that this nation is about completing tho hundreth year of its existoncs, is simply childish, o saya: Finally, tho moat effactiro remedy for (he oxiailng evilz of rallway charges will ha fonnd in the increase of populstion und the diversification of the employ- ment of the peopls. Theas wiil croato home markols for the farmer and planter, Producers sud consum- ora will bo brought closs together, and the tax of teanaportation will practically die out, This, from 8 gentlomen who for soveral yonrs hns beon Prosident of tho National Board of Trado of the United States, and this being the only thing ho had to sdvise con- commergial, finnncinl, industrinl interests of the country, indl. cates that tho National Bonrd of Trade has about filled its mission, and i8 relapsing to- ‘wards the commercinl igooranca and intolor- ance that precoded tho American Rovolution. ‘The Prosident of the National Board of Trade of the United States, in the lnat quartor of the nineteonth century, gravely proposes to o body representing tho trade and commorce and tho productive interests of the eountry to build, after the mannor of the Chiness, n wall around the United States to keep out all foreignors soeking trado with us, and to keop in all Americans that may have something to to sell to the people outside, — THE QRIMINAL 8UIT AGAINST TILTON. 'I'ho lator developments in the Beeouen seandal outside of tho court-room ennnot be put aside aa baving no boaring on the ense, ‘Thoy will not be pormitted to influenca the jury in Mr, Tiurox's suit for damnges agninst Mr. Deronen, but there {8 no way in which to pravent their making an improssion upon the publio ; at the very least they will in. crenso the doubts that alrondy posscss tho minds of most peoplo who take an interest ‘They canuot be dismissed ag fabricatiods. Tho iecont statemonts are given with too much circumstantinlity to ad. No responsible newspa- por would incur the risk of printing charges 8o grave unless it wero sure of boing able to support them by the ovidenco of thoso ac. credited with tho allogations. There is an. other olement of probability about them, No statements havo been mnde in this scan. dal by anybody which the makers were not roady and willing to sustain upon onth when eallod upon to do so, any one would commit euch an iudiscretion at this stage of the proceedings ; it is too so- rious a matter to irifle with. Mero anxloty to nchieve notoriety will not nceonnt for theso statements, beeauso if that had beon the motive those who are now scoredited with lmowledgo on the matter conld have pushed thewselves forward long ngo when they could have gained much greater notori. In fact, the appearance of now ovidence nt this timo scema to indicate by itsolt tunt it has como out accidentally and not by the freo will and consent of those mit of this theory. Thera appears to have beon an effort on both sdes to exclude certain testimony, which las been curiously aided by clroum. Bomo important evidencae rolative to the real issuo hiaa bean excluded by the rules of practica from aclvil suit for damages; the suppression of other evidonce scoms to have been at the instance of one or tho other of the contestants, Thus Mrs, TrrroN's testimony was excluded by Mr, Dreonen's counsol, though the plaintiff agreed to admit it, and Mr. TietoN refused to call his dnnghter Frorexor (on very praiseworthy grounds), though there ia littlo doubt that her testimony wonld have beon moro diroct than any other that has been Both sides seom to have been somewhat alraid of Bir, evidence has been made public, snd is alleged to have come to the cars of Mr. TirTon's counsel sinco the. testimony in the case bns beon closed. Tho evidenco outside of the trinl which hos come to light aince the case way closed ombraces the following: 1. The allegation that Mrs, TiutoN confessed adultery with My, Bexomes to Mr, Ricmanos, her brothor, and Mrs, Riczanos, her brother's wife, This, it brought out, wowld be alloged confessions fo Miss Mr, dhuTon, Mr. and Mra, MovrtoN, Mra, Monsg, her mother, and her daughter Fronesce, All evidence concerning Mrs. Tautox's confessions was excluded ex. ceph as interwoven in conversations with Mr, Breomen, 2. Mr. OaunpexTER's etatement, whioh contains some uignificant points, con. ceruing Mr, Bzeowun's denial of knowing him prior to tho soandal, Dr. Bro) edge of the real charge in ‘the cnse, Mr, TNezonka's virtual confessions in alluding to the scanda), ste, Iiis stated thai the zeason why Mr. OARPENTER was not ealled wna that Trurox's connkel rosorved him for rabuttal, Lut that Mr. Berongr's failnre of memory on certain points rendored this impractienble. 8, The statement of Lrys, the druggist, con. cerning Mr, Brrenen's purchnso of prussio acid, after n conversation with him concorn. ing tho differont effcots of different poisons on tho human gystem. The valno of this ovidenco would depond somowhnt upon tho ngrecment of the date upoen which the poison was purehnsed with the timo when Mr, Brecnter was talking about committing suicide, s related by Mr. and Mrs, Mountox. 4. The alleged abllity of two nupholsterers, one of them named, to testify to having seon Mr. Bercuen and Mrs. Troy in fmproper relntions,—which is the most direct ovidenco yet tendered in the scandal, In nddition to theso points, which nare entirely new, and stand ng yot uncontra- dicted, thero ara the alleged confessions of Mru, Trrzox to various persons which have not been bronght ont in the trial, but which have unquestionably had thefr influence on the public. The fmport of this outside ovidenco will depend Iargely upon the charscter of tho verdict in the pending clvil suit, If thero is a vordict for Mr. Berenen, he will not be able to claim complete vindication sa long 08 this outside. evidenca remains unchal- lenged, and Mr., Tavroy will lhave the right to demand a prompt prosecution of tho in- dictment against him for slander, which was found at Mr. Berenen's investigation and on Mr, Beremen's evidence. If the vordict s for Mr. Tirtoy, thiere will bo no need of his Pressing the matter further, as his object is not understood to be'money damages, and this now and outside evidence will be morely cumulative. If thero isa dieagreoment of tho jury, Mr. Brrcnen is not vindieated either 0s to the evidenco before the fury or ns to tho evidenco which was not iutroduced on the trinl, and, in order to nssort a good clain upon the sympathy nnd confidenco of the pnblic, ho will be obliged to prosecute the criminal guits ho caused to be brought againt TrzroNy and Mounton, To enter a nolle prosegui in these suits would be n sort of confossion on the part of Mr, Beronrn, In tho ovent of an unsatisfactory com- clusion to the present civil Auit, the oriminal snit will, in all probability, develop all the facts much moro fully, and in a moro intol. ligent shape, than thoy could possibly bo in. cluded in a civil suit. It will open the way for all the evidenco bearing on the charge, oxcopt Mrs, Trrron's testimony, Witnesses who bave been restrnined from coming for- ward in the clvil suit for damages will nearcely feol juatified in bolding off when the personal liberty of ona of the parties s in- volved. Wo think, therofore, that tho speedy trinl of Mr. TrrToN is a thing to be justly de- manded. If he has slanderad Mr, Brscnen, ho ought to be punished for it; it mot, ho hos a right to vindieation from the charge. His romoval construction, but On this point Reci- INTERNATIONAL FOSTAGE, A Genoral Postal Union has boen formed, which embraces nearly the whole of Chris- tendom, Within its aren, lottors weighing 15 gramunes (sbout 53 per cont of an ounco) can be sont for 5 cents aftor July 1, The coun- tries includod in the Union are Germany, Austrin, Bolgium, Denmnark, Turkoy, Egypt, Spain, Great Britain, Portugal, Russia, Greoco, Italy, Norway, Sweden, 8witzerland, aud the United Btates. Tho now rates apply not only to them, but to their colonies evorywhero, 60 that a five.cont stamp will carry a lotter from COhiengo to Icoland, or to Hindostan, or to Northern Africa, or, in fact, to about any point where a lotter could be reccived and ms\dA Jon, 1, 1876, Franco will como into tha Postal Union, and its rates will thon apply upon her territory, too, Postal cards can be sont for 2 conts, and nowspapers of not more than 4 ounces in weight will cost no more. Tho Baturday ifssue of Tum Tnisuve can thorefore bo sent to the Cape of Good Hope for just half the cost of sending it to River- side. Rofloction on this fact will increase the popular gratitudo to Senators Raxsey ond Hawrmw and the express companies for their kind offioes in doubling the domestlc poatage on third-olass mail matter, ‘Tho adoption of these low rates of postage will donbtless result in n marked incronse in tho number of lotters exchanged botweon the 01d World and the New. The advantages of tids incrensed intercommunication will be great, from commercial, political, esthotio, and socinl points of view. The dovelopment of business will bo slow, perhops, bat suro, naud'it will involve corlain important consoquences. M. Onevanien ascribes the friondship whioh has. replaced the old-time hostility botween Franco and England to the commercial intercourss caused by soveral roforms, of which choap postage was one. It is certain that the constont exchango of ideas betwoon mon of different nationali. ties will lond to the dissipation of national prejudices and the encouragoment of national good-will. It is not improbable that the ro form will haston the adoption of an inter- national coinage and the victory of froo trado. And, it {t doos nono of thess great things, it will at lonst eave & mint of money every year to the lottor-writers of Christen- dom, and will probably incresse the postal rovenucs of overy country belonging to the Postal Unlon. and It is pot likely that THE MISSISSIPPI AND THE DANUBE, An ardent opponontof the schemo, now ratifled by Congress, for improving the month of the-Misslasippl by jetties, writes s long letter to the Memphis Acalanche on that theme, His argument is, in brief, that the jotty-plan's having worked well at the month of the great Danube does not prove that it will work well on the groater Misslssippl, because the two rivers differ greatly, The main points of difference, according to him, aro, the greater avea of tho Misalsuipp!; ite groator volume of water; thoe greater amount of sediment it holds in solublon; its lack of the firm banks that served to support the Danube jottles; and the difference in the winds and the shore ourrents of the two harbors, Al this, if .true, {s somewhat important, It shows that the auccess of the echeme on the Danuba is not the absolute proof of its suc. coas on the Mississippi that it has been as. scrted to ba, DBub the writer falls into graver error than any of thoso ho tries to expose wheu ho coolly assumes that the argument from the analogy of the Danube ls the only ome upon which tho Missisaippl jetty scheme rests. 8o far from be. ing tho only ome, it ia not even the most important. The idea has been succosafully tried in several European rivers, ‘I'hie history of these triala fgrnishes a body of cumulative proof of groat weight. But the strongest reason Is given by tho Misels. sippl itself, That river once had its delts near Cairo, It has pushed its channel iz hundred miles to tho south by constructing its own jetties. In othor words, Oapt. Eips merely proposes to do quickly and by human labor whai the siver doos slowly aud by mmtural and BoweN. Other confirmatory p knowl. A lottor the Adwmiral. Ie roplied, declining to lot his Look soo the light during hls hfetime, saying that it wes too soon to make up the oventa of to the Civil War wero blotted out. thie {s an oxtromer longih than most men of senso aro willing to go, purely natural forces. Tho mimple law that rogulates tho sedimentary doposits of a groat river is, thg groator the veluclty the grenter tho sediment earried in solution per cubie foot of water. Thus, a current of from 4 to i miles an lour in tho Misuissippi will earry along about a cubie inch of sedi- mont to n cuble fool of water, As the brendth of thio channel inerenses, the current #lackens, and a proportional part of tha sedi. meont drops to tho bottom nnd helps form bar or shallow, Hence the delta, Now this dolta used to be in the vielnily of Cairo, . As the pud brought down by tho river was deposited at the side and shaped into banks, the channol was contracted, tho velocity of the curraut incrensod, and thesand-Dar betweon the newly- formed banks was swopt away, What tho Mississippl hos dono for ilself from Cairo to Now Orlenns and below, Capt. Eips now proposes to'do for it the rest of the way. o je carrying out Naturo's iden and nsing Nature's processes, and may safely be relled upon to win, Town Iaw resembles the peaco of God in that it passeth all understanding. 'The Hawkeyes aro too tender-lienrted to lang a murdercr caught with the blood of his vie- tim on his hands, but they lynch decrepit old men who quarral with their sons, and now they have sent ono Henny Tuoyrson to the Penitontiary for ten yoars becauso—~because lie married his step-daughtor! Tlicso won. drous laws eall this incest, If H. T. had married his 752d cousin he would Lave been # milo or ro nenrer incost than he wns when ho murried his stop-daughter, who i abso- lutely mo blood-relation of his. If he liad murdered instend of mmrying her, Lo would probably have cs. caped with a munch lightor sontenco. For the lnst fow yenrs the Amorican press hns boon unsparing in its ridicule of the nbsurd Fnglish Iaw ngeinst marrying a deccasod wifa's slstor, This enactment does not com. pare in barbarous foolishness with the Towa Inw that makes tho marriage of a step-dnugh- tor incost. The sentence of Tuoxrsox is ono of the latest bita of legal barbarity of this contury, ——— Mr. Geonor Anrnzo TownazNp has {alked ovar tho memoirs with Gen. Suzrmaxin o frioud- ly sort of &way, aud loaroed that the distin- guished author fully juatifics hia work. Not only dooa Gen. Buenaax thiuk his own book was in good taste, but ho would liko to havo Gen. Suenioax write anoltior of the same kind, Gan. Burrmay sticks manfuly to his text. Ile gaid to ** Gath " that Ilookes was diicient in brains, and that Bozry was * tho McOLzLray of the West,"” in & bad sonso. Porhaps the most inter~ eating part of the intorviow is that in which Gon. Buenwan glves hia ostimnto of Gon. Girant. Thisia s cautious but substantial tributo to the ability, intogrity, stesdfastnoss, avd fighting qualitios of GraNT, Suensay says that Gnaxt. i8 “ genarally just ™ tols follow-ofMcors ; that ho wss mnovor drunk on tho Dbattle-fiold ; that ho mtood by his friends through thick and thin; and that ho showed the niceat forethought atthe battlo of Shilok. It may bo questioned indoad whothor f¢ is alto- gotbor becoming in tho Genoral of the Army to oogage in s freo conversation about the Chiof Magistrate of tho nation with a nowspaper ro~ portor; but, slnco he bas scen fit to do so, por- haps wo ougtit to fecl grateful that he has not been more indecorous.~—In this connection o lottor from Admiral Touree, rocontly pub- lighod, posacsses groat fntorest. It Booms that tho Admiral has boen himeelf proparing a book of rominiacences for publication after Lia doath. The hubbub croated by tho memoirs of Gon. Buzauan thapired ons of the Admiral's frlends with the idos that tho prosent might be a propor time for the Chlof of the Navy to ba heard from, suggesting this was mont to the Iato War, and that it wonld have beon s good thing it historiaus on both sidos had burned thelr notes, snd tho part of our snnals relating Doubtlosa —_— Two eclentiflo Congresaes, both of whioh have special olaima upon tho attention of Amorican students, will bo bold in Paris thla summor, Tho Goographical Coogross, which is perhapa tho fizat of tho two in {mportance, opona on tho 28tk of July. an adequate representation of American thought at this moeting are atill very backward, and Unfortunatoly, the proparstions for thera Is grast reason to foar that in the lmited timo romainiog all will not b dono that decency roquircs. Dr. W, E. JonnsTons has boon ap- pointed our Commissfoner to the Exposlitlon {n connoction with the Congress. Ho i fully com- potent for the place, an his large clrole of ac- qualntapcos In Amorics must know, but he ta ovorwhelmed by tho dutics of an extensive snd active modlical prastico, and boiides Lian very lite tie timo lott in which to make the necoasary ar- rangemonta, . A correspondent of tho Now York Times, who wiltes of those things, suggosts that Amorica ought to put in aa appoarance undor the head of voy. aRes, and give au account of tho Towzty and other expeditions, aud in suother departmoent summarize'the work of our Government for the promotion of goographical sclonce. Perhaps it {a pot too late evan yot to supply some of our doficlencles o thiarespect.——Another Congrese will bo held at Nenoy on tho 10th of July, It will bo the Congres Infernational des Amer. fcanistes, and witl be composed of persona in- terested in tho hlatory ot America bofora ita dls- covory by Ounszorucn CoLuunus, M. Bixoxiy, tha author of the artlclea upon our couutry now appearing in the Revu¢ des Deuz AMondes, wp- poare to bo the principal moverin this enter. prise, An ozposition of Americsn archmology will ba held In connestlon with tho Congreas. Tho undorisking of & work of this desoription— #0 exclusively pertainingto Amerlcs, sud sp- parently so dopondent for sicoess upon nativo renearch——on Fronoh soil ls & high compliment to the thoroughnoeas and ludustry of European ethnologlsts. —_— Tesent L. Oasky, of Portsmouth, R, I, wasa desparate rufian, with gome rude notiona of jus- tice and decency. Ha diecovercd that bis wife had beon untaitiful tohlm. Fledld mot condona the offense, or kill tho seducer in cold blood, Qn the contrary, ho brought the gullty man and woman togeather, and told them to marry, They did warry under compulelon, The newly-made hosband hastencd to run Away aa faatas ho could. Husband No, 1 taok his wife in & room by herself, shot Lier through the hoart, and then killed hilmeself. While Mr. Uasry is not oxaotly the material tomake s haro of, being & black. matler and s murderer jo other connodtlans, ko does msem to be & better typs of manhood than cartaln notorious husbands of modern simen. : et Insectivarous luxuries, it apposrs, are no conflned to thls country. While the Weat hsa its grasshopper (Coloplenus sprelus), and the East Ity potsto-bug (Doryphora decemlineata), Europe hag s bug (/Aylioxera) which devotes its wholo attentfon to grape-vives, and ls creallng almost a pante, The Fall-Mall Budget maya; U0 the porth, Lhe fusoct bas uow wede its way ss £ar a Lyons, uud s wven found beyond that cliy at Villisre-Morgau, f the dlussss thery is to La consid- ertd s pordon’of tie southorn epsdemfe, On thd cast the phyliozers bas pauetrsiod Switzerland by two saveral router, sid bsa Vislied Gonova ou the French froutier and Bcbafuausea ou the Gerwsy, On weat i\ bas now got possessiou of the wh of ihe Clutalellarieire sud of twoiu) of the Gbarente, but It Lisa nol yet crossed to the lsft Lutebin Bokisaus ou ono side o Moutpsliler :l wum{v?aflmmufit.lmd. and Lyous eud lmw. xlthndvance columnd pushing onwarde on a't sy, ‘The conrse of 1lie Garonne hai hitherto forme ¥or, protecting the suuthwoolern cornor of T rango of Lt Alps Wy ok proveed 23 tpre winco Switzerland lina Leen entore at twy pou, 0y the Ttalian froutice, however, &t Tine hot 3.4 1o plereed. 4 As tha phylloxers {8 now throateniy 2 Ll chofee vinoyards of the Bordelnia, Burgunily, 5.4 Champngne, the Fronck aro waking upto n re. alizing view of the aituation, aud the Tine-grow. ors and chomists ars busily discussing wiys an) wmeans to get rid of tho pesta, It {an noticcable foaturo of tho dincussions that ony 'aas uf yypo growora contond that the only coutcs whigh af. fords a reasonsblo liopo of wuccess lu to plant vines capabln of realnting tho phyilozers, aug that cartain kinds of American vinos cay do ¢, et Thors is at least ono act of the Germ: u Goy. ornmont in §18 warfaro spafurt Nowan Catiial. felsm whigh will cotmmend itgolf toall fatr-mindn) poople, and that s tho throwing out of the il ut tho Hatholische Zeilung, n nowspaper printed o Daltimore, and sont {o Germany bocause 1ty pyb. lication would not bs allowed tharo, This paper rocently doclared that 150,000 lewd Pritestant womon fillod the sireets of Berlin with dabagel. ery in opon day, without ntorferonco by tho po- lico ; that tha Orown Princess VicTonta amnge; heruet? giving immoral bahis, and that shio ang lier busband nre mutually unfaithful, Thesaary auly a fow of many eimilar statomonta toucluyy the Gormaus and tho Gorman Governmient wity which this mondaclous sheot i filled. Tho iz man Guvernment has done well to prolitbie ity citculation In the Empiro, and no raspoct: ble I3s. msn Catholies will henitatoin thair conderirariay of such a paper, or ailow themsolves to La qde vosiised 88 supporting it —_—— An embarrageing cass, which might lace stamped tho sagacions SoLoxoN if he huil liv.y tll those troublemome doys, hLas ariven fur ajudication in Wells County, Indinns, Map. aanet Yot loved Witsax I Hussicurr, o married man not wisoly, but too woll, Tners was & prospect of trouble, whielr WitLiag tomporarily dispelled by giving a promesors noto for $50, and also contracting to tato and provide for an oxpected baby. Sines thea Magoaner fins boen brought to bed of twiny; snd the oxact amount of WILLIAM'S roaponsis bility yot romains to bo determined. — ‘Tho Boaton Traveller thinka it singniar that anybody should die from starvation in that ciiy, Conaideting the numhor of murderers let looss upoa tho community from time to tuns Ly msudlin sentimont, it ia indoed * dificult to ra- alize " that anybody sbould live long enough to dio uo natural a death, THE PUDLIJ LIBZARY, Uader tho specious vlea of economy, a sariong blow {8 simed st the Public Library. All cou- miderate people, of course, would liketo ses groator economy iu the administration of pubdlio affaira; and thore will always ba somo { reein the plos, whather honostly or diabonestly mado, whon [t s urged against any oxponditure of money for public parposes, Tho Publie Library of Chicago was started under vory favorablo ausplees, Two years of gonorous appropriations gave it such »starg that {t Lna already begun to tako rank among the groat popular libraries of tho country, Its affairs have boon managed with admirablo prudence; and moro than s thousand of its woll-selocted books go daily Into familles whero books bavo beon rarely seon before. It ia tho firat library for tho poople thut has evor been attompted in Cbicago, A librarv is clearly the choapeat and most efficiont supplomontary means of raleing the staodard of intelligence among the masges, young and old, that has boon devised in modern civilization; and it will be & blunder and & misfortuno to lot this Library suf- fer tor means or go down. It fa found that thia Library, under its prosont managemsat, can keep up s froo readlng-room day and ovening, snd supply the populsr wanta of a circalating library for tho wholo city, for $25,000 & yoar. The sums oxponsos for the Boston Library aro mora than §75,000a yoar, To bulld up ths Library adequstely and holo it up to tho standard of Jibrarios of such character, there onght to bo expended for some years ot least about £25,000 & yoar for books. The Loard of Directora have unanlmoualy asked for oy much a8 that. The Uombtroller, who has bad the bost possiblo means of understanding both the wanta of the Kibrary aud tho necossitics of the city, has rocommended to the Council televy for the purposes of tho Library this year €50,~ 000. Whenco, thon, comesanydemaid to ctiplo or dostroy this most boneficant and popular io- atitution, just aa 1t is entering upon ita useful- ness, aud after it has done onough to justify the wisdom of It estabiishmont, and to show what groat possibilitles sre In ity futuro if it bo properly supported? Trom whom comes tho suggestion to out off this uppropriation altogothor, which hes already met with tho spproval of one committee of tho Counci], and which means tho absolute destrno- tion of tho Library and the immediate cloging of jta doors? From whom comes that suggestion, that is moro liberal, snd thorefors moets a wider favor, to appropriate only $26,000, or onough to meot the current expenses, leavirg nothing to keep up the supply of neoded sdii- tlons to boaks, and which moana tha cripphing of the Livrary sud tho withdrawal from it of tls popular favor which it now has ? The anawor 13 evident. It does not come from our thoughtful poople, who bave s just pride in the character of our city. It doos not come from the tax-payors, who, to thelr honor be it sald, Lave never lisped » eyliablo of oppoaition to & reavonabls suppoit of the Library. It does not coma froo» the groat maes of she peoplo, for whose use the Library was in large part eatsblished. To thems tho Yabrary has tulfllled all 1ta promises, sod scarcely any ot tho many thonsands of those who bave eu~ Joyed lts inostimable privileges are reprosonted by thosa who soek sitbier to impair or dostroy 1t 1t would soem, then, since the opposition must bo traced to some sourco, that thers is a body of peopla {n our midst who sro unwilling that the peoplo shall onjoy an opportunity to Lave books within their reach, and who moap, it thoy can, to pravent the collection of Jarge mass of Doolks for resding, and study, and roferonce (o Obicago. As soon as the opposition ls draws ta a head it will ve extiuguishod ; and it will bo ox- tiuguiahiod by tho vaproseutationn of tho people in the Common Council of the City of Chicago. When the Library bill was first under consld- eratlon, the diffioulty now reached was fully con« sidered by the friends of thoe bill; and it wad thought that §f at any time the Council should fail to appraciate the necoaity of supporting ibe Library, tho poopls in whoso interosts the Lis brary was founded would see 10 it that ihoy wero not long misreprosented. Popular education hes taken ract fa tho soll for pearly elight gonerations, aud no atorms aro Ykoly to overthrow it. Tho library Is, however, & nowaor fosture {n the method of populas loe struction, aud it Lias not a4 yel 50 many pleasiog assoclationa growing out of its uses, Lnglandia trylug tardily to svert tho groat fnsquslitiea boe twosu the rioh sad the poor that have grown up fn that country, partly, It not mostly, in conse~ quence of her noglect o providing by Isw for tha univaraa! oducation of the peopla aa 1a' donos in tho United Btates sud In Qormany. And now for sbout & quarier of & contury sho Lss bLeon estabiiatiing libraries slmllar to our owo, 88 one of the best means t0 ssuiel popular edu Wao hiave added the library aa a complete sup- plemout to tho system of popular education long establishiod. 'The peoplo will nover give it up; It theinveterate anvy of all popular oducation everywhera uhould sssall {t, covertly or openly, it will bo of no avall. We pradiot that within dve yours, i not now, the Chicago Pubtia Libra- Ty will be the mast cradltable and populsr oz sll the excellent public institutions In the olty, Dub tha frisuds of the Library fu tha Counol must see §0 it that no year be sultered to pasa ovor without an adequate levy belog 1oado for lte support, Wo are coufidond that tho recommens datlvue made Ly the Coapirulles ougld o bé