Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 1, 1875, Page 4

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Osatos' English Tems Wablzonde. s et HRATR Fnr MVICRKN'S carborn and R Fifth Avenus The i "SOCIETY MEETINGS. RILWINNING LODGE NO. 801, A, F & A, M. anicatiun of this lodgs wiil bo bild ‘At e Rty tht+ (Thugiday) crantne, July Iu ok, for work o 4 irie Bejuty Grand Mavser O'Noi vl b o tng brothred cardtlly AT MG ARLETTH, Beoretary. aditon streot. hetmeen W of tha New York oy The Chicago Cribune, Thursday Morntng, July 1, 1878, The customs receipts for the flacal year ending to.dny wero 166,479,181, and the nggregate internal rovonuo receipta for the $109,186,8 ouncil yesterday appropri- ated $25,000 to earry on the Pablic Library for the next year, and thus averted a disgrace which would have been inflicted npon the city if no appropriation had been made, The pum voted is littlo enough, but if it will suffico to keep the Library open, even without the pur- chnse of ndditional books, the people will have cause for congratulation that the Coun- cil was not ‘wholly made up of HiLpnerns, Somavryens, Casmrprrrs, Currenrons, Con- conaxs, and other encmies of publio intelli- gence, Ex-Gov, Samven J. Kinrwoon wns yester- day nominated for Governor by the Iowa Re- publicans. Gov, Kirkwoop was first olected in 1800, when his grest popularity carried him nhend of his ticket, his majority boing rbout 1,000 in excess of Lincony's majority over Dovaras. He merved with sigual dis- tinction as Towa's first War Govornor, and his nomination at thig timo is an ovidence that the Republicans of tho Stato intend to enter the campaign agninst the Anonymites with solid ranks and an enthusiasm which shall place a victory beyond peradventuroe. ‘The Board of Police have no intontion of quiotly allowing themselves to be kicked out of office. ‘Thoy have procured an injunction, which the Mayor and Aldermen will probably obey pending tho argnment by counsel and the decision by Judge Booru s to the valid- ity of the logislation by which it is sought to abolish thie Board. The moembers of the City Law Department, who have slready pro- nounced against the power of the Council to destroy tho existenco of the Bonrd, will oc cupy an awkward position in nrguing againat thelr own opinion and belief. Tho case <comes up to-morrow. Ynnkee RopixaoN's circus-men have shown their aptitudo for tricky performances out- sido of tho sphero of the legitimata. Thoy have in foct trenched upon the domain of tho juggler. Tho financin! embnrrassmonts of the troupo at St. Paul have given tha members of the company an opportunity to slow their remarkablo agillty in running off horses held for debt, and spiriting away other proporty of tho concern in the most mar- velous manner. Tho wholo establishment was attached but o fow days since, and the ottachment still holds good, but not so with the show, which has by degrees been reduced 0 a fow fourth-cluss Rosinuntes and a beggar- 1y array of seat lumbor, Mozrzrr is going to Lurope. This s pleasant nows. It would be still more pleas- ant mews if wo were at liberty to announce that MuLrerT s going to stay in Europe. Wo fear, however, that he is not, and that after damming 5t Peter's and tho Milan Cathedral, sud calling the Pope an ass and DBismarck a == —— fool, huwill return to us again to on. zoble our languago with his dashing rhetorlo. ‘Wo hope, however, that ha will encounter BMoony and Saxkey during his visit, aud that thoy will be courageous enough to wrestle with bim, The only hopo for MuLLETT, now or horeafter, is that Moopy may got hold of him and shake Lim up, If he doos not, he will go through Europe leaving & blue stroak of ruin bohind him, - Bovon days and nights have passed aince tho jury in the Brrcukn case retired to thoir room for consultation, aud no verdict has been sgreed upon. An equally protracted scaslon by a petit jury, in either a clvil or & criminal case, was nover beforo known. Tt mesns simply that the jury in the retiring- xoow, like the jury of the world at largo, are divided as to the crodibility of the wituossea who gave contlioting testimony,—both sidea frm {n their detenuination to bavo a vardiot their own way or not ot all, This state of things s & disappointment to the partisans of the dofendant, who confidently predicted & prompt finding in their favor, while, for sevoral days preceding the closo of the arguments, o dis- agreement was the most the plaintiff darad to hope for. A verdictat this late day would scarcely bo a victory for either sido, as it would be rogarded ua the result of physical ezkaustion rathor than honest conviction on the part of the jury. Common humanity, as woll a3 common sense, would seom to sug- gest the liberation of the twelve prisoners, who are sufforing in a bad cause at the best, and to no purpose after all, . The Chloago produce markets were rather Aame yesterdsy, Mess pork was in fair de. nuand and 100 per byl lower, closing at $10,456 for July and $10.65 for Avgust. Lard was - quiet and 200 per 100 s lower, closing at Y18.25@18,30 cash, and $18.40@13.45 for Au. gust. Meats were quiet and firm, at 8}o for shoulders, 11J@11o for short riby, and 11jo for short clears. Highwines were quict and easior at 81,18 per gallon. Lake freights were modarately active and steady, at 2jo for wheat to Buffalo. Floar was toze active and firm, Wheat was aotive and easier, closing at §1.02} caxh, and §1.03§ or August. - Corn was in loss demand, and doclined 1}e, closing 8t 6730 for July and 69jc for August, Onta were in fair request and §@}Jc higher, closing at 50c for July and 30c for Augnst, Rye was nominal at e, Barloy was stendier ot $1.02 for September. Hogs wers fairly active at 5@100 decline. Cattlo were dull and weak. Sheep were in light demand at $2.76@4.25. The Richmond (Va.) Masons, who went to Boston to nssist in the celebration of the Bunker Hill Centenninl, had a public recep- tion when they returned, at which Gov. Kewren made o speech of welcome, in the conrse of which ho sai * Yon went aa Vir- ginians should go—not in garments of sack- cloth, with tho nashes of humiliation on Vowad heads, but with uplifted heads, prond, erect, nsking no forgiveness, profossing no ropentance for the past, somp of you with the smoke of bntile still upon your garments, prond to greet and to bo greetod by the men of New England, not humbly ns inferiors, bLut with pride as tha peers of the loftiest.” But why was it necessary for Gov. Kenrrn to give ntterance to this stuff atali? The Virginia Masons heard nothing of this sort in Boston. They wero not reminded of the Io- bollion either by word or deed. 'They met with the largest possible degreo of hospitality everywhere. They wera welcomed with Lonor and their departure was characterized by a remarkalle displny of fraternal feeling. Is it-tho ideal of Sonthern courtesy and deli- eacy to spoak ill of the host after his back is turned ? REDEMPTION OF GREENBACKS. ‘We print n letter from a correspondent giva ing Lis views on the subject of redeeming the groenbacks. He complnins that we mis- represent those who favor an incrense of greenbacks, Ho states the position of this clags to be: 1, All paper money to be issued by the Government, 2, This money to be redeomed in bonds or gold, not on demand, but at the plensure of the Government. 8, Tho bonds to bear such interost as to give them n gold value, 4. The issue of paper money to be restrict- ed to an nmount as will keop it ot par with the bonds, We confess that in a long experience of the conntless plana proposed by all parties we never Leard of this one suggested by any par- ty orperson until now. It has never been propaaed by any political organization, nor even by any of the various bodies known as Workiugmen's Cougresses or Farmers' Con. ventions, Tug Crmicaco Trisuse has moro than once proposed that the Government should issue a gold interest bond into which thoe currency might be funded nt the pleasure of the holder. Such a bond could not be put on the market and sell at par in gold at a less rate of infer- cat than the current value of money, which is now about G per cent. Such a bond would float the greonbacks to par, or to the valne of the bond. But tho immediate effect of issu. ing such a bond would be to gradually nb- sorb the whole volutno of our currency. To get this moncy out again the Government would have to buy in the bonds with gold, and then issue notes which would be ns quickly rofunded in bonds. If the National DBank notes were withdrawn and greenbacks issued in place of them, we would then add over soven bundred millions of dollars to our funded debt, and have no curroncy whatever. But our correspondent proposes to remedy all this by stipulating that the now cusrency should mueither be redeemable in gold nor fundable in bonds except at the pleasure of the Government. That is, that the notesshall be payable not on demand, but at the pleasury of the drawer. That is tho precise conditinu of the greenbacks ot this time. They are not redeemnble until the Government shall provide for their redemption; so long aa the Govornment does not provide for the redemp- tion, then the currency must rempin do- precinted. Our correspondont proposcs to double the amount of the currenocy, subject to such redemption os the Government may hereafter provide. ‘That does not change the status of the notes. It lenves it exsotly whore it is, Congress may provide at any moment for tho redemption or funding of tl:e greenbacks, but no man who hus uver nd- voeated their continuauce or expansion has evor proposod that Congress should do nnything of the kind. On the contrary, they iusist that spocie payments shall not be resumed, nor that any means bo ndopted to advanco greonbacke to par. Their gront protest is that if greenbacks wera worth coln, thon tho * debtor clasa” would be ruined. ‘They want more green. backs, beonuse greenbacks are not to be ro- deemed, and are, therefore, *' cheap money,” and tho cheaper it is the more readily it can be had for speculation, and for the wild schemes which exploded in 1873, But our corrospondent overlooks the fact that greonbacks arc now redeemed, not by the maker, but by the broker, at their market value, That value is not fixed, but varies hourly. If they canall be redecmed at 85 conts, why not at 00, 95, or 100 centa? The whole amount of groenbacks are exchanged into gold, for various purposes, about twice a year., Thlis exchango s profitable to the gold Urokers, If greonbacks were redecmable at par in gold, then there would be no oocasion to oxchango them for gold; the gold room would be closed, and there wonld be no profit in oxohanging them, For many purposcs the notes would be proferred to the gold. All motive for exchauging them into gold would be removed. After & momentary lull, the criminal record of Iowa again bocomes a promiunont part of the daily news. A rough kills an officer who Ly arvested him for some munall ofense; he {s ro-arrested, put in jail, and heavily ironed. There is no chance of his escape, yot threats of lynching are ot onco made, Tle day after the murder, the prisoner is seized by a mob on his way back to the jall from the court- room, and is murdered, The murder was committed in broad daylight, enrly in the afternoon. It is another of a long line of proofs that when & Btate abolishes legal banging, and so deolines to protect human lifo, mob law will usurp the place of State law, and illogal hauvging will be tho favorite penalty, Bentimentalism seems to have mastered tho Iowa liench as well as tho Towa Legislature. A Davenport paper, in an editorial intended to repel the charge thet the sholition of the doath-ponalty is responsible for the subsequent increase in the number of murders in that Btate, speaks of ** the utter tailure of our Courts to adequately punish wurderors,” It says that Bcott County has three murdorers, a horse-thief, and a forger, now in the Penitentiary, and that the longest “term to which either of the murderery has been sentenced is three yoars, while the borse-thief and the forger are in for five and ton years respectively. Wlten taking a horse is punished twice as soverely as taking & Uf7, TRIBUNE: '"HURNSDAY, JULY 1, 1875, and when wriling another man's name is held to be thrice as einful a8 murder, it s not difficult to sco why mur. der grows more and moro common, And why the deadly disgraco of lynch low demoralizes the community. Since the death- penalty wan repenled in Iowa thoro has not been one single murderer sentenced to im- prisonment for life, Moreover, pardons have been frecly granted. Altogether, the Blate {3 about as fine an example of the cfecta of the sickly sentimental theory of criminal Inw ng conld Lo desired. It is o stock argument against abandoning hanging elsowhere. THE MURICIPAL MUDDLE., The grenat trouble with the City-Hall crowd ia that they proenredthe adoption of the char- ter of 1872 for sclilsh purposes without hav. ing the faintestidea of it provisions. They thus find themselves checked ot evory step they moke in carrying out their designs. Whether or not they will continue to ride over tha charter which they pretend to linve ndopted, and at the same time ignore the old charter, thus defying all resteainta and all law, remaing to beseen. Tho new ordinance abolishing the Board of Police aud Fire Com- missioners baving been adopted in deflnnce of the Law Department it now scems prob- able that both tho objects intended to bo at- tained thereby will be defeated by the pro- visiona of tho charter of 1872, under which the City-1Iall crowd profess to act. There is no doubt that ono of the purposes was to put JagE REux in absolute control of the Police Depnrtment, but we fail to seo how this is possiblo under the provision of tho charter which wo cited yosterday, since Remx is not A repident in tho city nor has been for the year immediately preceding the appointment, as required by the charter of 1872, 1f the City-Hall crowd recognize any charter, they will probably have to fall back on Capt. Hiorey, who will not bo agreeable, it is said, to CorviN, nor to Remx either, If the adoption of the now ordinance blocks out Renx nltogethor, the crowd will be more un- liappy without the Board than it was with the Deard. Another purpose in passing this ordinance, there is reason to bulieve, was to make a place for Ald, Hivonern, Tho programnoe is to appoint him Fire Marshal, This would be o calamity. Beswer, the prosent Marshal, is an honest man, and probably as capablo as any one who is available,—certainly infinitely moro capable than Hruprern, who is a ward politician nnd the kind of character who ought to be kept out of 8o ro- sponsible & position 3 Fire Marshal, There 18 a chance, however, that ho may bo likewise defeated by a provision of tho charter of 1872, which snys, in defin- ing the qualifications of Aldermen, tha® no person shall bo eligible *to any office, the salary of which is payable out of the City Treasury, if, at the time of his appointment, he shall bo a memberof the City Council.” This prohibition could be overcome, we pro- sume, by Hruourrn's resignstion as Alder- man; but he is so chronio an office-holder that it is doubtfal whother he will give up one place merely to run tho risk of getting another, With his experience with the present City-Hull crowd, he probably hes not much foith in the promiscs of the Mayor and Council. Tho City-Hall crowd have succeeded in getting the affaira of the city in a precious muddle, but, from present appearances, thoy have not holped themselves very much. THE INTERNATIONAL RIFLE MATOR, The rifle match between the American and the Irish te..ms has resulted in a decisive vic- tory for the former, and, in view of the circum. stances nttending the match, the American x.nnxksman. as well as the American peoplo in general, ave justified in feeling a considera- ble degree of prido aver the result. Targot- shooting for many years has been almost ns much a national sport in Great DBritain ns boso-ball in Americn, especially at short range, but of late years the English have given a groat deal of attention to rifle-shoot- ing at long distances, and have studied to improvo their arms and practice so as to pro- duce the most effective nnd accurate firing at the longest possibla range, not only among thoir amotenrs but also in the army, both volunteers and regulars. In their matches hitherto, the English have attained to such perfection thatthey haveovercome the French, the Germans, tho Belgians, and even the Swiss, who hod shown great skill and had long bean remarkable for their feats with the rifle in hunting a8 well as in war, In the United Kingdom itself, the Beotoh and En. glish have met with alternate victories in thoir matches, and the question of superiority s not yet sottled, With the Irigh, howaever, tha cnse is different, They have usually van- quishied the English of late, and hold the champion Wimbledon .shield. Beeking for aow worlds to conquer, the Irish *team" came to this country last year, met a hastily-lmprovised American team, and wero beaten. At the closs of the match they in- vited an American team to come to Ireland this summer and contest the palm again, ‘Thoy have done 8o, and our issue of yester- day announced the results, The defeat was oven more declsive than that of last year, and the American riflemen are now the champions of the world. Tho contest which has terminated so hap- pily hos settled not’ only a question of skill and acouracy in firing, but also the efiicioncy of the American weapons in shooting at long Tangos, The English hiove always maintained that while breecl-loaders wore efficient for rapid firing at short distancos, the muzzle- loaders wore the only reliable guns for exsot shooting at long rangea, The Americans bave maintainod the opposite, and the result shows their correctness. Thelr marksmen in this contest were armed with two' Linds of ‘breech-londers,—the Sharpe and the Reming- ton,—and both did splendid service, With regard to breoch-loaders, Gen, Buxamaw, in his memoirs, bonrs important testitiony, He rolates that in one of the battles around At- lanta a brigade of Western troops, armed with the Sharpe rifls, whipped and routed a whole division of Confederates, and that after the defeat and the War dloon supposed his divislon had been engaged with o whole corps, 80 rapid, and acourato, and destructive was the firing, In fact, tho effectiveness of breech-londers has been so well catablished that the Govornment is now acoumulating balf a million of these weapons in its armories, by converting the o'd Bpring- field muzzle-loading rifles, which were good arma in their day, into Remington breech- loaders, such as those with which the Ameri- can team won its recent viatory. One of the most pleasant foatures connect- ed with the match was thesincere and whole- hearted hospitality exteuded to the American markamen by the Irish, and we are glad to believe that it was not merely a personal ocomplimant, but a kindly tribute of respeot and good-feeling towards the wholo American people, through these men ay their reprosontatives. Our marksmen from the moment they Innded on the shovos of Iro- { Iand were tho reciplent of a continuous series i of fostivities. Their ronte to Dublin was an ovation. They havo been feted, dined, and wined. The only Lord Mayors of the United Ringdom, those of London, York, and Dub- lin, pnid them the compliment of being pres- ent at their receptions, aud congratulated them upon their victory. The populace on tho streote greoted them with cheers when- ever they appeared. All Dublin has floated the American flag, and we have no doubt that the favorite Irivh tipple during their stay took the multitudinons Ameorican forms, from ‘*straights” to the most elaborate cocktnil. Tho most amusing display of Trish enthucinsm seems to have taken placo on the tnrget-field itself, The Americans wero en. cournged by applause,but the unfortunate Irish team, a8 it showed signs of being beaten, re- celved no encouragement whatover., On the other hand, as the mon shot wilder aud wild. cr, the crowd groaned them veciferously, broke in upon the gronnds, hustled then about, und at last it beeame necessary for the police to protect tho Irish team sgainst their own conntrymen. When the match closed, tho Amerienna wero the heroes of the day, and all Dublin turned out to congratulalo them ; while the populace blamed the Irish team and the Irish team blamed the popu- 1ace and each other, and probably only await the departure of the Americnn victors to get up a Kilkenny fight of the grandest and most gorgeons description. It ir pleasant to notice that the American team did not allow, their beads to be turned or their nerves shaken by the compliments showgred upon them so profusely, and that, in the midst of all tho confusion and disorder on the feld, they retained their nerve and fired with the utmost compoaure and acouracy, It is plensant also to observe that they condooted themselves upon sll occasions with the mod- esty and courtesy of truo gontlemen, and re~ flocted honor upon thomselves and their country. THE MUNICIPAL BOND BUSINEES, There is an almost annual upronr in soveral parts of the country, especially in New En. gland, at the discovery that some bonds pur. porting to be issued by cities, towns, dis- tricts, ond countios in the Western States Dave failed to pay interest, or have boon de- clared void Dby the courts, or have otherwiso proved nbad investment. When any bonds put on the market have any circumstance in their history which is of n questionable char. ncter, thay are assiducusly advertised in the so-called religious papers, where, aa a general thing, they are editdrially commended, and people are urged to invast in them. Wao have bed- ocension repeatedly to point out errors and misrepresentations in the advertisements of local bonds, particularly where theso mis. representations have been of s character cal- culated to mislead persons into purchasing them, Wae find such an advertisement in o Now Englond paper; tho bonds are said to bear 10 per cent interest, and the interest is snid to be *payable aununlly July 1by the Stato Treasurer in Now York, at American Exchange Bunk.,” The advertisoment then proceeds ¢ Those bonda ars sepecially strong. They are not onlys jirst mortzaqeof $3 per acro upon 160,000 acros of (uiproved farming lande,—tho value of which isus sessed at §70 per acro,—but theysre madaa Judg- ment Hon upon those lands, 80 that in caseof default 1n payment of principal or intorest the Lolder can at ance, without the interposition of a court, levy au ex- ecuticn upon any portion of the lands and sell to the highest bidder for cash to satiefy bis clalm. Tho reg- tatration of theaa bonds in the Btate Auditor's office s & guarantoe that the State authorities will, by a direct levy upon tuess lands, colloct and yay to the bond~ holder both interest and principal, We must say that if any person purchases bonds issued in Ilinois under an improssion that the sbove statements are true, as made, he will probably discover his error. The State of Illinois levies no taxes upon any property to pay any interest or principal of any bonds, save thoso issued by tho State. This advertisomont {8 a specimon of the in. ducoments Leld out to persons to inveat their monoy. Theso particular bonds may be good; moy be n good andsafe investment; if g0, thoy noed no such fallncious statements s are mado in thy udvertisemont. It is time that there should bo some responsibility somewhere in such cases. If o mon pass o counterfeit note, or o forged bill, or a bogus bond, he ia responsible to tho porson to whom ho passed it, and purchasors of bonds and se. curitios should be protected in the rame way whon they aro induced to buy bonds under printed or writton statements of logality and seourity which are not true in fact. OUSTOM.HOUBES, HERE AND ELSEWHERE, The Cincinnati Gazetteis troubled about the conditian of the Chicago Custom-House, 8o ara various other shoots in Bt, Louis, Cin. olunati, Milwaukee, and the rost of our trib. utary cities, Tho Gazetle cannot understand how Cincinnati stone should turn out so bad- ly, but mourntully concludes that it was on account of dishonesty on the part of some- body up here. Dut the gravamen of its charges is that the whole project was a job, & gonerous donation by Congress toward the rebuilding of Chicago, unnecessary, and a mera sink for the people's money. Tho faots of tho casoare that Chicogo got along pa- tiontly until the Fire with a cramped, crowd. ed, and confined little Government building, tho efzo of one which {8 now being enlarged in New Haven, Conn,, o town of some 60,000 inhabitants. We did not beg Congress for & new building; we put up with what we lind, despite tho foct that it wasg ludicrously disproportioned to the veal neods of the three great departmonts,—postal, customs, and judicial,—which were packed away into its few emall rooms. When the Fire finished this little strocture, & now one had to be bullt. Nobody who bas seen the remains of the old Custom-Houso, and who appreciates the amount of work done for and by the*General Government in this city, can fall to recognize the fact that the Chicago of 1871 had outgrown the little stone box built for the Chicago of 1850. In obedionce to an imperative necessity, then, the new building, which was to contaiu Custom-House, Post-Offica, and Court-House, was decided upon by the Governmont, Tux ‘I'ripuNz hes not hesitated to say that it might have Hoen plauned upon a chenper, but not a smaller, scale. But Chicago is not to bo beld responsible for tho naguificont Morrrrr. We knew we needed a big building; Con. gress ogreed with ua; and MurieTr was turned loose upon our peculiar soil, which Chicago architecta know low to handle, but in which he was helpless. The persons prominently connected with the construction of tho edifice during the time whon insufi- clent foundations aud rotten, blotched, and patched Cincinnati stone were being put in, were 8 Washington architeot and an Ollo quarry-owner. Saddling the whole responsi. bility for the costly failure upon this city, on account of the Buperintendent's residence here, is just s little too much. There are two parsous in the world, by the names of Morrerr and Mozries, whom we commend to the careful attantion of the Gazctle, ‘Tho trouble with the class of grumblers whom the Gazelte represents is that Chicago hay grown too fast to euit them, When we got too big for the narrow walls of our ante. fire Custom-House, 8t. Louis, Cincinnati, r# al,, wero consumed with jealousy, 'Chey used tho fact of an appropriation to put up a needed building hore to get appropriations for lesa neoded but costly buildings within their limits, Cineinnati snatched a ton or so of greenbncks for a massive pile of New Hampshire granite, and St. Louis hind nenrly 2,000,000 put into & quicksand, and has deep sub-basement to show for it. Theso and the other citiea which have played the samo gamo of grab are now spenking of the constriction of our needed Custom-Houre ns * a most benevolent attempt of the nation to do something generous and grand for stricken Chieago ! THE BLACK HILLS EXPEDITION, We are just beginning to get tho first ad- vices from tho latest Dlack Hills party, which will furnish more or less sensation through- out the summer, Tho expedition consists of eight companica of tho United States army,— four companices of the Third Cavalry, two companics of the Second Cavalry, and two companies of tha Ninth Infantry. It started from Fort Laramie, aud reached the south- west filope of the Black Hills, about Iatitude 44 degrees ond longitude 104 dogrees, June 3, after some ten dnys'easy march, where the baso of operations was established, under the name of **Camp Jouncy.” From this point surveying parties will be sent out over the whole Black Hills country, which covers an aren of &0 miles from esst to west and 100 miles from mnorth to south. The purpose of the expedition is to make a thorough scientific exploration of the entire section, a8 o means of deturmin. ing whether it is worth whilo to proceed with the effort to dislodge the Indiane and sponge out their title, Prof. JeNNEx is the chief of the scientific corps, and the roldiers aro sent out primarily to protect him and his associ- ates in the Govornment service, and incident- ally all the other white men who stroll into the reservativn, from the possible attacks of the Indians. ‘Thero has beon no contlict with tho Indians so far, "The lotter which we printed yesterday from onrspecial correspondentaccompanyingthoex. pedition gave an nccount of the first of thein- vestigating-touramade from Camp Jenney. The party proceeded a little to the east of north, ond encamped near the bese of Harney's Posk. The most important discovery that waa mnde in this oxpedition was that of o vast forest of pino timber, The trees are described ng great pines, towering above the sky, and it is thought that they extend over the entire ridge which reaches from enst to west, Our correspondent aays that 25 or 80 miles of this dense fcrest was travemied, and that it was only broken by occasional parks or valleys and little mountain streams. The trees aro from 1 to 3 feet in diameter, and the forests may in the end prove to be of greater value to that northern country than all the gold that shall over be discovered thoro. The forest is about midway between the present Pacifio Railroad and the projected lino of the Northern Pacifle, and oqually ac- cesaiblo from the vast, trocless wastos of Montana, Dakots, and Wyoming. When the time comes in future to demand the ocoupa- tion of that country, this forest may con. tribute indispensable ald to its growth and habitation, In addition totho advices sent usby our own correspondent, we have seen s private letter, written by Lient. J. H. Coan, an army officer with tho expedition, dated June 16, and brought by the same courier. The writer reports that abont twenty men (the corre- spondenta speak of 100) were found scatéerod about among the hills, digging for gold, and that thoy were mot interfered with by the military. Spenking of the gold, the Lieuten ant soys: I have scen it panned out in amall gquantities, but I cannot say how much it will yield to the pan. Tho miners who are working say theycan pan out §5 per day, and whon they can got sluice-boxes-thoy assert that thoy can make %20 to §60a day.” This, of courso, is more guess-work, and to bo taken with much allowance in view of Prof, Jexwey's opinfon that the character of the stroams will not permit of sluice-boxes. The army officor writes furthor: *I have tried to get a little gold myself, but the work is so hard that I have come to the conclusion Unole 8am is a botter gold mino than I can find here.” Wao fear thot the majority of thoso who go to the Black Hilla to make their fortunes will be forced to the same conclusion after muoh oxponss, fatigue, hardship, and sorenoss of heart, Thore is nothing in any of the ndvices we can got which warranta the course adopted by certain newspapers that give the most glow- ing accounta of the now Eldorado, and excite the avidity of all tho venturosome and un- omployod classes throughout tha country. Buch accounts are mainly in the inter. est of thoso who are engaged in fitting ount expeditions, and they will bring back more ourses than blesaings upon those who are rosponsible for thom: It will bo time onough to encourage a rush of cmigration to the Black IHills whon the Indians shall have been dlslodged and the solentifio men shall have reported tho exist- euce of gold in sufficlont quantities to pay a crowd for ita mining, Even then the Black Hills will differ from almost every other gold- mining reglon if every dollar mined does not oost two, and if the success of one man is not over-balanced by the failure of ten men. * I have seon some pretty fair spocimens of gold," writea the samo army officer from whoase private lotter wo have already quotoed, “but it is all in the most minute grains; there have not as yet any nuggets been found.” There is no donbt but exaggerated reports, spread abroad with the ald of newspapors in need of asensation, will induce crowds of men to incur groat suffering and want to attain the hidden wealth of this new country. There will be a stampede to the Black Hills, ang, if there is gold thero in any quantity sufficient to keop up the excitement, the exporionces of the Pike's Peak ** Argonauts of '60-'7" will be repeated ; but, meanwhile, more good gan be dono by repressing than encouraging this stampede, Plaln words about the Chicago Baso Ball Club are appropriate to tho seasou. After the game 'of lust Baturdsy, Tuz TaipuNe advised managors to disLand the present nine, re-en) those players wha are worihy, and st onco begia negotiations for such men s are needed Lo give Chicago a respectable position lu the contest for the champlonship 1n 1876, 1hils wiill sooms to us the bost course that can ve pursued. The Chicsgo Club now rauks with the sorub nines of New ilaven, Washingtou, and 5t. Louls; sad it 19 oonfossedly weaker than when tho sonson be- gsn, Oaly bumilistion aud disappolutment will rosult from the cootinued efforis of the present nine, We ofer tho advics t0 the mansges of tho Clnb bensvotently,—not, ss the corro~ spondent of tne Philadolphia Timea al cauee of mallcs towards any individual. Chioa- RO peoplo patranize the natlonal game liburally, and have s right to expect bettor things than thoy have receivod for their monoy. If repeated displays of nuompotence s made, tho publia will loso all Interest in the gams, and ths managors will discover that thoy hava killed the goosa which laid thie goldoa egge, ———— The Bt. Lonin saifor whoso wonderful recovery from total blinduess having boen exposed s & shrewd doad-beatand an inventor of vulgar lios, the newapapers of (o Mouod City make morry aver another curo. A little boy named Cnanue Maclionaun, as the story gaes, was picked up in rags by a citizon snd found to bo a doat muto, His protector treated hlm with the utmont ton- derness, Tho child one day recovared his lioar- ing, and fu a fow daye afferwards loarned to sponk fluently. Tho atory contains s double mirac’e, for tue benovolont citizen waa a potice- man. For a membor of the police foreo to bo tendor to a stroat-walf was in itself astoninbing enoagh to prodce & far more remackable resuls tlian that told by the 8t. Louls newspapors, A telegraphic dispateh in Tor Tninoxe and other Chicago moruivg, payiors eome days ago snnounced the failure of Perer Witts, of Mar- quetto. Lator information showed the report to be without foundation, and the proper correction was at once mado in theno columns. Btill lator advices havo boen received in Clevoland, whero Mr. WirTe bas Isrge businesa connectlons. Ioa diepatel to his agenta thero, dated June 24, Al WuiTe says: **1do not owe, 1hat {n due, §109; and all my liabilitica not due, and some that aro not due in two or threo yoars, sl told, do not amouut to 810,000. Ho how could I fail 2" We regret exceedingly that the erromeous siate- menta affocting Mr. WiTe's credit should have galaed circulation through Titx TRiBUNE. 1f3[r.Brongy really wants mors room for read- {og-matier in bis paper bho might got it, ae the SptiogAeld Reginter suggests, by dischazglog bis edutoitnl foros and using the for criminal excerpts. Thia i more satisfactory plan than inventlng close typo which makea the paper unioadablo, Tue edito- rial pago of the Times, under the present arrange- mont, fa worae than waated, and the other seven pagos aro undecipherablo. Wishing to mAke & strong run for the Treasurership, it s suid that HesiNo bun mods arrsugoments for beinig Tun by KexLer's motor.—Eveuna Journal, Kuzixy's motor is said to be run by carbonio acid gas. Doea the Journal wish to couvoy tho idea that tho * Boes” depends on that kind of gaa for an election 7 PERSONAL. ‘That shower yesterday was as good as & sor- mou.—HBoston Post. Not so dry, was it? Juror Jeffriox is & bachelor, but lifs ideas of the sanctity of tho marriago rolattons are fixod. Mra. Lizzlo Potit Cutter anys it is alwava the noblest men who are ruinod by feminino flirts, King Osear of Sweden is not a blonde like his subjoctd, He is tall, with dark hair and eyes. The Japanere Goveroment will puoieh with bocoming oruolty any druggist who adulteratos quiniue. It the White Stockings can't plsy base bail, Wo've got a toam of riflomen that can boat the world, anyway. The groat *Emperor"” bell at Cologne, made from French counon, has been sounded, it gives out the noto D. It's cooler in a stone-front houso surrounded by water, and Tweed thinks he'll stay thero for the summos, any way. Deoath sooma to bave agreed with Mrs, Bart- lott, of Vermont. She was bured twelve years #go, and now sho weighs 500 pounds. Don't show this to your lady friends, or Prinde Arthur will be driven to do something dosperats, Princeas Deatrico {a to marry an Ametiocan, All good . Christiane will regres to learn that the itedemption Agenoy of tho Treasury s to be closed on the 23d inat.—New York World. ‘Vao Polt and 8am Cary are friends no longer, Van bas recovored from his backsliding, and will not aasociate with his old compauions. The Hon. . K. Harvey, of Galosburg, mem- bor of the Twenty-niuth Gooeral Assembly, isa guest of fr.ands at Bt, Caroline’s Court Hotel, Capt, W, T. Howells, Asslatant Quartermas- ter, ias been rolieved from duty In the Depart- mout of tha Missouri and orderud to Washing- don. Iuv one part .of Europe they are praying for rain; Io auother for falr weathor, A nle timo thoy'd have all round if they aul had their own Wy, > ‘Warden Howard, of the Indisns Penitentiary, will not let tho inmatea resd the newspapers. [t they all aid, Howard's oocupation of Warden would soon be gone. Capt. James M. Marshall, Assistant Quartor- master, bas been relieved from duty at the mili- tary academy at Woat Point, and ordered to the Department of tho Miseourl, Baok of England notes are made of the strong- eat paper. Uneized, one of £100,000 will aup~ port & welght of 50 pounds. BSeizod, it will maln. tain & whole family for years, Perliaps it was wrong to execute Wagner fn Maine. Alter belng murdered by MoVicker's oicheatrs for soveral seasous, hia.should have boon given a chanca to get aven on somobody. An Ilinols sditor bought bls ink by ibe jug full, becsuss hie could get it cheaper, but his wite weut to fill the lukstand ouo morning, aud found fi:uu‘l lok, by & Jug full.—Washington Capi- Count Cortes, for meveral years the Italiau Minister In (his country, saccompaniod by Mr. Cadwallader, Aeslatant Bocretary of Btats, yes- torday presented his lettor of reoall to tho Pras- 1dent, The wedding of Miss Sioger, daughter of the mewing-machine man, bas uot come off yet. Mr, Bloger was taken suddenly I, aud Lis daughter muat waiv swhile for hor dowry of £500,000, Jenoey, the young engloeer who is becoming famous in counection with the Black Hills expe- dition, ls & younger Lrother of the well-kuown and sccomplished arclutect, W. L, I. Jonney, of thus elty. A correspondent ssya the Crown Priucess of Germany looked llke *'s snow-drop just burst into full beauty," which, of & woman fat, far, and forty, is a bighly imagunative aod florid de- sctiption. Mme, Haizloger, the Blrs. Stonesll of the Durg Theatre, Vienns, is 76 years old, and re- contly celobrated the sixtioth anniversary of her debut on the stage. The Crown Prince throw hor the fiust bouquat, “We shall publish no more sensol grapha about Busan B, AntLony," bury News, Make to everything aud everybody e tiroto & amall farm, There'il be no paper to publlah, Mr. W, O. Coup, Genoral Mansger of Dar- num'a Hippodrome, hes engaged quarters at the Oommorcial Hotel for 250 poople connscted with the great snow, The rewalning 500, belog at- tachea of leser conuequence, sre fod and lodged by the gensral commissary system of the eatab- Ushment, . The New Tork Tridune when it should men- tion the T¥mes makea s savage dash. The Timea when compelled 10 speak of the Tyridune is equally opposed to mentloning that paper's nsme, The way it dodges it in writing an obit- uary of ** Doeatioks,” Mr. Most Thomxoa, {8 in. genious. Miss Apns Dickinson has conoluded after all Dot to desett b lecture feld. Bho has beou succeseful i Ler negotistions with My, George Armatrong, of the Inler-Ooean, aud benceforib ber lectures will be supplomented by that geu- teman's performances on the Lareback steed and tLs flylng trapess, ca At THE COUNCIL, Final Passago of the Genernl Ape proprintion Bill An Appropriation of $25,000 Voted for the Public Library. Remearkablo Sen{iments of Somo of tho Learned Aldermens The Bill, a8 a Whole, Materially Reduces the Original Estimatess AFTERNOON SESSION, TIK APPRUPRIATIONS, The Commom Council resumed the consldern. tion of tho Appropristion bill yosterday after noon, Prostdent Dixon Iu the chair, ‘1ho following ttoms wero paswed HOUAE OF CORRECTION, Mainfonance account.,...... Dietluy prironers aud otiicers Medicat lios. Fuel, ligh Beading, Furufture, el Horaes, baroy, omn Incidental oxjenses, Less amoiinf of Tibor, roveie, and amount ' for Lavor o Small-Pox. Hospitalsessesesssd 35,0155 ‘T’.WB-II POLICK DEPARTMENT—HALARIES, Three Commissioriers, s $2,400 each. .. (aizicken onty One Clikef Ciark. $ 2,350, Ove clerk . 1,180.0 One General 3,700.00 Ous Lopiity Buporintendont, 200,00 Oue CudtodiaB. v es.o 140,00 160.00 Addittonal pay of Bfteen paitclmen, detalied 4 as detectives, at £110 each .. 270000 Additionsl pay of twolva p a8 roundsmon, ot $50 oach, Bpocial polteeme Repaira of stations, Ttent of lot for Ha tion to school fund, Interest on fempotary loans Bullding bara ut Uarrlson Bireat Folice Bia- viou. .. X o Strect Yolico Statio 4,780.50 Rteut of lot for Desrlng Strest Station to achbol U0 e e gensses ... 30000 Rent of bullding No, T Deering trost, now wccupled a8 polico station, at $30 ODtersesonessres sessassrersisnnores 600,00 Total for Police Dep: Amouut demanded, ..., The Doputy Buperiutendeut wan allow additlonal * for use of horse.sod buggy.” The Bocretary of the Iloard of Police was rotained under the name of " Chiof Clork to the City Mar shal.” The numker of clerks in tho Police Dopartment was reduced from thres to one. TIE FUBLIC LIDBARY. Ald. Quirk movod to insort -25,000 for the Publio Library. Io dosired . make himself underatood ou the quoation. It was understood by bum thut thoy had €43,000 to their credit, loss their portion of 'the Gage defales- tion, §6,000. Tho Library Board bad pursuod the courso of refusing to draw monoy in advanco of tho collected taxes, Thorefors, they would now lLiave, counting in the expenses of the last year, vory little money ocomiog to tbem. The Comptroller bad recommended an sppropriatlon of 860,000, He moved to make the sum §45,000. He believed Lhat a good edu- catlon was tho greatest blesaiog men could ene jog. and, believing this, he would be the lasy ‘man to igooro the claims of the Public Library upun the elty. Aid. Btong, of the Fifth, moved to make the amouut $50,000. Ho thonght they would need tliat smount at tho very least. Ald. Hildrells could not understsnd why, i¢ the Library Board had 42,000 to thewr credib, the amount was not avaiiable, Ald, Hoath said that tha Board had done all 18 buainoss op a cash basis. It bad never drawn o dollar in advance of tho uncollected taxes. ‘This left them not in debt, but ontiroly barren of availablo revources, even for current expenses, unless tha Council cameo to their ald with an ap~ pmynntion. Ald. Ihildreth eaid that they should be carefal in making the appropriation. They should, if they gave §45,0u0, tako care to atrike out the §42,000, or they would be votiog @67,000, He would voto for 825,000, but waated the 842,000 takew care of. Ry ALD, SONAYFNER wag 8orry to obaorve thut sonie memvuers of the Publio Library Boaid Lad gotten the impression that Lie was & bitter ouemy of the Iabrary. This waa a great milstuke, Ho had simply critlclned the teudency of Lavisg too many hght sud worthless novels on the shelves. busle uess waa prosperous, if the worke lugmen wore | rosperous, he would vote for tho appropristion, As matters wtood, ho would refuxe to voto for any uch appropris tion, ‘I'hie President of the Library Buard (the Hon, Thomas Hovne) had wade a romark to the offect that if tliere were mouey in the Doard the Connell would mske au approptiation. Ne boldly stated, hiowever, that tuo Library was not run on.an ecouomical prineiple. They had bired u f;outleman frowm Ciuciuuati to act as Librarian at a salary of $4,000, white thev might have pro- cured just as good 3 man 1n Ukieago for 32,000 .ll- h‘l’mod tho item of $26,000 would not be ale owed, Ald. Stone withdrew his motlon to make the sum 60,000, PRESIDENT DIXOX was sorry that Ald. Stooo bsd withdrawn Lis motloo, ‘The sum of 60,000 would be little onough. The Counuvil ought to give thelr sup- port to the Library, which was a most worthy institution, Io reteronce to the #42,000, there wae an item of £5,250 of uncollected taxes of 1472 to bo deducted. Theie was, further, an item of 88,000 for uncollected taxes of 1873, and also 6 803 to be deducted tor the Gage defaica~ ton, Al this taken ous would reduce the suwm total to sbout 10,000, The Couucil hiad ecouo= anzed alt through. They had put back stisss improvormonta snd publio bulldiogs; but thers wad s difforouce between trua egonomy and folue ecoomomy. To starve oub tho Public, Library would bo fs economy. Ho tbought that by pursuing & niggardly courwe shey would be dolug lastivg injury o the clty. Luo Publio Livrary waa lodorsed by all classca of citizens. The Alderman from the Baventeeuth (Bchattoer) bad stated his oppoaition 10 taxing the artlsans and day-laborers to aupport the Library, Well, theit beavicut tax-payory did nod object, and, 1f they did uot, he could not ses wby the poor, who paid little of nothing, slould obe 2 jeot, } Ald. Hlldreth—Take » drink P Ald. Dixon—Oertainly, [Laugbter.} Ald. Rictiardeon (temporary Chatrman)—Keep order, gentlemen. Ald. Dizon continuned by ssvin brary desesved support, and tatoeds ould bs sus ALD, OULLERTON sald he had been in favar of making an sppro= priation, but the davalopn-ents of the debals byd couviuoed bim that the nuexvended balanco to April 1 would be suticient. Ha would there= fore move, as a substituto, to insert tho unere pended balance, the exact aniount of which he did not know. o cousidered that the Publis Library was badly run, The shelves warse loaded” with Mru. Southworth’s uovels, and other light ltorary trash of ¢ kiod, Shame on the Pullio Library to It waa shamofui t0 800 young Rirls going around the streots with yellow-covered novels under thelr arme. 1f tho Library Boapd existed formo - better purposo, it had betior be done ey withe Ha would rofuse to vote au additiounl appiopiis on, ALD, RICHARDSON oa1d that the fault was nut fo tho Publle i.l\mry. L ublio taste. Bhill it was Doi true ° bat 1a the that the Library coutained vuly useloss or trasb; booke, Thiera ™ weis very many exoeleul bwtorical movels. history, “books of scleuce, etc., . to be travel, blograj found m“rro,ph’\nd they ware largely wdomand. Hothought thut {f any publio ineti- tution deserved the sappyrt of tha Oouucil i waa the Public Library. It was an educator nob w deupissd, sud mot to be Lghiy over- O Haat aald that the, sitaation had been sl rudyd c:im:ni. zl‘ln Mhrlllly n:::lle‘g m.o.n‘(zi ll‘lu [ no shogy i 5 AI?IP:. '0&0 " ?fi?gl:'l ‘The dflbm,mn.n‘- e au of our beat citizens, Aut ‘bulo pl‘:umud woze all geatlaen of bigh that thalle [ { ek i el e e — e By