Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 20, 1875, Page 4

TIIE CIIICAGO 'TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, JULY ”, 1876. TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. RATZR OF SUMCRITTION (FPATANLE 1¥ ADVANCE). xe I'repnid at this Ofice. 3 Weakly, } S1LUD | et Specimen copien sent free. To prevent delsy and mistakes, ta xure and give Post-OMea address In full, tuciuding Stateaud County. Temittances may be made cither by draft, expreas, Toat-Offics order, or in reyistered lotfers, at our risk, TERMA T0 CIY SUMCRINERS, Daily, dvltvered, Sunday excapted, 23 centn per week, Dasly, delivered, Sunday Inchuded, 30 ceuta per week, Address TIIE TRIBUNE GOMPANY, Chicago, TNl AMUSEMENTS. —_ v THEAT“E—!MN\HI} l:hflrret, ‘betwern Hparen e Union Bquare Clark and Lat Company, MY nd Monros, Rory 0"Moure OF MUSIC—Malrtad atrest, between agement_ of Rsbart Mo~ "% Dick it Dures Eyea.” ETINGS. CA! i ATTENTION, BITL KNIGIITS1—Slated conclava of Apolio Commandery, No. 1., K. T., this (Tucaday) eve- g aLH o'elock, at (s sayiiim, faF bustiiess and wark on R.C. Order. \"lwlx;g i Knights canrteously fu- rder of tha k. O, Yo o 1t. In. W. 1.0CI ocorder. The Chitage Titbune, Tuesdsy Morning, July 30, 1876, Greonbacks closed at 873, ) An ocean voyage, which scemed almost g bazardous. as that which DoNarpsoy at- tempted with his balloon, terminnted suc- cessfully at $t. John's, N. B., yesterday, A small yacht, tho Effort, with o capacity of but sixteen tons, avrived safely in port, after a rough nnd stormy voyage lasting forty-nine days, With tho little yncht, as with the bal- foon, the undertaking was possible, but the fact that it succeeded by good luck will tempt no one to adopt that modo of ocenn transit. In such cnses succoss does not im- ply merit, boeauso foolhordinoss is not intel- ligent brave: Unoflizial tests of the Buena Vista stoue, mado in Washington by compotent chemists, liave resulted very unfavorably to the alrendy waning reputation of the stono as a building materinl, Ono of the tesls determined be- yond ¢nestion the presence of petroloum in lnrge quantities, whilo n severe frost-test was equally conclusive in demonstrating that the vory best quality of the stone will not withstand tho action of intense cold, but will disintegrate into finkes and sceles like thoso 60 numerously obsorved in the walls of the Chicago Custom-lfouse. ‘Theso tests were opplied to samples of stone furnished for the purpose by Muerrre himself, and the result tends to confirm the report of the Govern. mont Examining Commission on the subject, A Washington paper is suthority for the statoment that the President Las withdrawn his request for the resignation of Fisuen, agninst whose administration of the oflice of Public Progocutor of the District of Colum- bin serions charges of incompetency or neg- loot, if not of nctual corruptness, ind been preferred. Frsuer's removal, it is under. stood, wns ardently dosived by Secrotary Bmisrow, Postmnster-General Jrwrin, snd Attorney-General Prenneront, who regarded bim as a stumbling-block in the way of the conrse of justice and the prompt punish- ment of evil-doora in tho District. The an- nouncement that the Preaident has conclud- ed to rotain Fisnen agninst the earncat pro- test of three Cabinot oflicers proceeds, it is ‘belioved, from Boss Sueruenp and Dick Han- nxaroN, who went to Loug Branch to inter- cede for Fusun, and who now represert that they woro successful. 'Che story may be trus, but if %o the publie, like Judge Prznnzroxt, will be greatly surprised, A roport comes by way of Detroit to the effect that on Snnday some train.men on the Kalamazoo & South Haven Railroad found Prof. DoNaLnsox, the missing neronaut, be- tween Bouth Haven and Saugatuck, in an ex. hausted condition. No meution is made of his companion, Mr, Griawoob, and, as all our efforts last night by tho oid of the telegraph foiled to alicit further particulars ora con- firmation of the rumer, wo aro inclined to theopinion that it isnot entitled to credence, It is difficult to understand why the balloon, if it escaped tho storm of Thursday night and ronched the locality named, waa not sooner discovered or heard from. All tho theories respecting the course of the balloon and the direction of tho wind dispato the probability that it could have gained the Michigan shore at o point so far south oa tho district betweon Bonth Haven and Saugatuck, though wo shall be most happy to learn that the theorists are at fault, and that Doxarpsoy and Gninwoop are in tho land of the living, bo the samo what part of Mickigun it may, At the hour of this writing, 2 o'clock a, m., nothing more definite or reliable hnd been receivod. The prooceedings in the Common Council 1nst evening indicate the formation of ring to defeat the appointment of Gronaz L. Dontar aa City Marshal. Nothing else can explain the system of absentevism which wns w0 succesafully followed out in order to pre. vont the assombly of a quorum for the trancaction of business. It was known that the Mayor had prepared s wessago in which the name of Mr, DuNLAP Wua to bo presontod to the Council for confirmation, and a sufficlent number of Aldermen kept away from the Council Chamber to defeat o quorum. They were in easy reach of the Horgeant-at-Arms, but that official was unable to bring them to their seats, Among the ab- sontees Irish names largely predominate, and there is probably good ground for tho beliof that the policy of preventing & quorum was resolved upon for the purposs of dulay, the object being to gain time for organized opposition to DuxLap and support to Hionuy. The old question of uatiouality comes up as against qualification and accept. ability, and the fact that Alr. Duxrap was not born in Ireland throatens tu deprive Chicago of the services of a City Marshal of known ubility, and againgt whoso iutegrity thera can be brought up no reminiscences of alleged colluglon with thieves and gawblers, It is 1o be hoped that Mayor Corviy will peruiat in the appointment he has dotermined upon, nod that the respeotable element in the Council will stand firm in the interest of such & change in tho government of the Police De. partinent a5 shall be for the better, and not for the wors The Chicago produce wmarkets were gen. wrally stronger yesterdsy, with an sotive shipping movement In broadstuffs, Mess pork was in better demand, and 15@200 per bal higher, cloalng at §10.63 for Angust, and £10.85@19.87} for September. Lard was quiet and 10e per 100 Ibs higher, closing at S13,97}@13.40 for Auguat, and L13.57§ for Septombor. Ments were in good demand and firmer, at 8}@83c for shoulders, 11}@ 1130 for short ribs, and 11}o for short clears. ighwines wore in fair domand and stendy at %1.17. Lake freights wore modorately nct. ive and stronger at 2]o for wheat to Buffalo. Flour way quiet and 15@200 per brl higher, Whenat was steady and 8@he higher, closing at $1.18} cash, and $1,17 for August, Corn was moro active, and 1je higher, closing at 71c cash, and 720 for August. Oats woro nctive and 1c higher, closing nt 497c for July, and #9fc for August. Ityo wasquiot and strong at £1.02. Barley was nctive aud 4o higher, closing nt $1.063@1.07 for Soptem- ber. IHogs were nctive nud strong, selling at £6.00@ Cnttle were in good demand at Bnturday's prices. Sheep woro quiet and stendy. The American riflemen are ahonad in con. testing for the English sweepstakes s well na in the Trish mateh. FurroNy having made the highest possible score in the St. Leger mntch, he was tied by Riany, an Irishman, and Mircnetr, an Englishman, In shooting off tho tie, lowever, FurtoN won the stakes. GILDERSLERYE won one of the At DERT prizes at short rango. The Amoricans generally are ahead, and John Rull formally sends word by cablo that *‘the excellence of the American markmanship causes natonish- ment.,” 'There is sromotaing more than this, These American riflemen have succeeded in attracting more attention than nnything else American ever excited in Great Britain. Their reception is almost as remarkable ny that accorded to Moopy and Sax: The Lord Mayors of the entire United Kingdom hove turned ont in forco to welcome them. ‘The nowspapers havo been filled with encomimms of their skill. They have been tho sensation of the day. Why? Ifero i3 a problem for the psy- chologists to solve. 'Tho six or eight gontle- men who went to Ircland to shoot are very ordinary men. ‘They have a stendy nerve, A good eye, and the fuculty of controlling them- gclves under excitement. Bnt so have thou- sonds of their countrymen with the oppor- tunity to develop the same qualities, They have Leen reputable citizens for aught we know, but they have never distingnished themselves by great public servico, by seientific exploit, professional learning, or other achievemont that would entitle them to the lasting gratitude of their countrymen or the exuberaut admiration of the world. 'They are good shots with a rifle; their clnim to distinetion begins and ends there. Yot we do not beliove that tlie same number of Ameriean seientists, nuthors, inventors, or statesmen could go to England and command anything liko tho same attention, Verily, sporting hath taken a strong hold upon the British people when thoy exhnust their ad- miration on o fow individuals who can out. shoot them, GREENBACKS AND NATIONAL BANE NOTES [ 3 In answer to tho claim put forward by nerly every demngogue who favors an inflated nationn! paper currency, that o re- tirement of the whole amount of tho National Bank notea nud the issuo of an equal amount of greenbacks would save the country sowms twenty-two millions of dollars’ interest annu. ully, we suggested that the retirement of the Lank circulation would not change the char- actor of the bonds, which would then be in the posscssion of the holders, and would continuo to draw interest just the same, « The mere act of probibiting bank-note circulation would not, therefore, affect tho question of interest on the b&s in tho lenst. The Chicago Times now comes to the aid of the platform of the Ohio Democracy, and insists that such & proceeding would be not only advisablo, but o large saving of interest, It lays down ** a8 truo ns a proposition in math- ematics” the following : The smotut of Natlonal Bank notes, we will sup- pose, 18 $330,000,000, 1f thess notes wero withdrawn, an cqual amonnt of greculacks cauld be lesued withe out nocessarily deprocialing them at all, and these grceubacks would buy, in round numbers, $230,000,+ (00 of 6 por cent bonds,at present rates, and thers would Lo n saviug of soma $17,560,000 annually as long as the grecabacks slould romain outstanding, lens $3,800,000 tax on circnlation; that 1s, there would Veanut savingof moro than $14,000,000, Thix fs ne cerlaln o8 tho propealtion that two snd two make four, This proposition, as stated, would ndd $54,000,000 to the national debt, which debt in time, when the Government gots through cheating the notcholders, would have to bo put into tho shinpe of bonds and bear inter- est; 6o that whilo paymont of interost might be suspeuded for a timo, it would not only havo to bo resumed on the bonds purchased but on tho fifty-four millions of dollars oxtra dobt created in the operation, Exactly where tho saving would comoin the T¢mes can ex. plain at its leisure, The differenco between bank notcs and greenbacks is a very simple but an important ono. Assumning that tho two kinds of paper aro equal in amonnt, we find tho Government issuing onc-halt the currency which is irre. deemable ot any time and in any form, while the other Lnlf {s redecmnblg on demand in legal-tender, Cein hns not' e8ased to boa legal-tender. If tho bank-note circulation be withdrawn and greenbacks be issued, then the whole $700,000,000 of currency will be- como irredeemablo in any fors, But it the greenbacks were rotired, the National Bank notes would become redeemable in coin, the only legal-tender of the country, ‘That is the differenco. Private capital alone can suatain 8 papor currency at par with gold; it has dona it in this country and s now doing it in other countries, As we have ropeatedly explained, it is mnot practicable for a Government to float vost amounds of paper not bearing interost at par, It l_mu no businoss; it cannot omploy it funds in lonns sud discounts ; it has no capital, and it has o income save such as is derived from taxation to meet its current ex. penditures. If the whole currency is to bo national and therefore irredcomable, it must be deprecinted and thereforo subject to Auc. tuation, whils it the currency be left to the banks eud scoured by o deposit of bonds oquivalont in gold for tho amount of the cir- culation, then we would have o paper curren- oy at par. The bank ciroulation is now se. cured by a deposit equal to $1,12 in coln for every paper dollur. If the greenbacks were witlidrawn we would have & bank.note circu. lation securod by a depaait equivalent in coin ; while if the banl circulation be with. drawn, then we will bave a national cmrren- rency doublo its present ‘voluma redesmablo in nothing and at no time, and having no valuo uave such as dealors in unourrent funds way from day to day give for it, The witbdrawal of the greenbacks, thus necessitating the redemption of the bank notes in coln, would put an end to the of shinplasters, and ‘the scandalous abuse of a deproofated legal-tender, But the duplics. tion of the irredosmable greenback, lnulsad of bringing it nearer par, would nnturally liave the offcct of establishing such n eurren- ¢y a3 & permanont policy of tha nation, and consequently send its value down at a rapid rate to n low figure, ‘The amount of eurren. ¢y in circulation will in no wise affect ita value, if the currency is redeemablo; but, it it ba irreillecmnble, thon every dollar added to its volume postpones tho probability of ro- demption, and weakens its valuo in the mar- ket. The inerense of the greanbgeks to weven hundred millions of dollara would bo fol. lowed by an instant decline of tho purchinsing power of the whole,—a decline which, having nothing substantial to restrain it, may carry greenbacks go low that the purchaso of Londs with them may result in adding ns many dol- lars to the public debt as are called for by tho bonds that purchased,—all of Which increased debt must, in the end, be put in the form of interest-bearing bouds; nnd this is supposed to nccomplish a large saving to the conntry ! But the question of retiring the bank-noto circulntion is ono that is likely to settlo itself. The aggregata cirenlation of bank notesis declining. ‘The banks are surrendering it and taking their bonds, In this city tho Na. tional Banks have, within two years, sur rendered 60 per cent of their whole circula- tion, sold their bonds, and have ndded the proceeds to their capital and surplus, The issue of curroncy is not at present profitable ; thie banks, which have to deposit an equiva. lent of %1.12 in coin for overy dollar of their circulation, ean make mora meney by traus- ferring their deposit to their own vaults and giving up a circulation so expensively pro. tected. Behind the bauk notes is the obliga- tion of redemption, in coin it mny bo: be- hind tho greenbacks thore is no obligation of any kind to redeems at any time in anything, And the purposes of thoso who urge tho with- drawal of all bank uotes and the doubling of the groenback fssues o opposed to tho re- demption of the Intter, They simply want perpetunl wild-cat greenbacks; but if they Liad thom they would e far from happy. LADY FRANKLIN, Lady Jaxe Guurritn Fravzuiy is dend. Her long walting and wenry watching are ended, Through tho darkness of the grave slie has passed to that country whers the mystery 8o long hidden in the frozen fast- nesses of the North has already been solved for her. Thirty yenrs ago, on o bright May moruing, Sir Joun FraxxLmy set sail on his fatal voyage of discovery to tho North Pole. Ilis brave wife with her own bands had helped fit out the Terror and the Erebus, those vessicls of ill-omencd names, and her good- byo and words of encourngement were tho last sounds he heard ns ho sailed away, never to return, Years passed, and no mnews came from the North, Slowly and rcluctantly the world camo to the conclusion that the gallant explorer wos lost,—~nll but this devoted woman, whose faith and cournge rose as all others gave up hopo. Ble was not a woman to sit and wring her hands in mute de. spair or to wasts her lifo in hopeless mourning. Sir Joun was lost—then he must Le found. She romsed herself and roused others. Moved with admiration of her womanly courage and devotion, there were not wanting gallant knights, both in England ond Ameriea, ready to nnswer her call to search for her absent lord thronghout the silent regions of tho Pole, Expedition after expedition songht faithfully, but the ice and snow refused to yicld their secret. Five years passed, still the woman's heart did not fail her, Bhe fitted out an expedition her- self, ond it sailed away with tho blessing of her prayers, and freighted with the dearest wishes of her heart, only to return with the same melancholy tidings. Four moro years passed, and Dr. Rea came back with the news that he had found somo rolics which demonstrated to tho ratisfaction of the world that the Terror and tho Ercbus had been crughed in tho iccbergs and that the crow were lost. Still this brove-hearted woman did not give up hope. With undaunted cour- age sho fitted out still another expedition, which wos placed in charge of Capt. Mc- Crinrocr. Three years sped away and he returned boaring with him a record of the death of Sir Jonx FRaNELIN and the abandon- mont of the Terror and Erebus found in an icy cavern on the shore of King Willinm’s Land. This wns the doath-warrant of her hopes that hor husband was alive, It oxtin- guished tho last spark of hope that they two could ever moet again in this world, but it could not extinguish her love, and devetion, and coursge. She could no longer question that her husband was sleoping his last sleep in the frozen North with no monument to mark tho spot but tho towering icebergs ‘whosoe solid, glittering walls he had sought to piorce through to pluck the mystery of the Northern Pole. Bho could no longor hope to catch the gleam of his coming sail as she watched the ships come and go over tho sen in lier weary vigil. But her love was not buried with her lord, her life did not droop or wither. She might yet hear from some of the crew and learn something of his last mo- ments, how he died, what message of love ho might have sent hor, and whero he was buried. Bo from that day, fifteen years ago, to tho day she died, sho patronized all tho Polar expeditions until her fortune was gone, No vessel sailed to the North that did not carry with it some commission from her. ‘When the English expedition set snil a fow weeks ago for the Polar rogions, she went on board to speak some words of encouragement to tho sailors and to bid them good-bye, and also sent her own son to search for his father's grave, When Bir Jomy FRaNgLIN sot gafl from England, she was o woman in the prime of life, being in her 48d year. ‘When she bade good-bye to the flect, shio was a poor old feeble woman of 72, whose little spark of lifo was fed alons by the love she atill bore for her husband. Fiction has never given the world a nobler piciure of the undying love and devotion of woman than is shown in this weary thirty years' vigil. History has failed to record o loftier instance of heroic purpose, unflinching courago, and persistent cffort in tho fuce of blackest despair. The only parallel which can bo drawn is that of PexeLork, and evon here this opisode of roal lifain the ninoteenth cemtury far exceeds the Homerio myth in all tho elements of moral grandeur, PeNrrore waited, and watched, and was falthful to Uvxsses for twenty years, and be roturned to her, Lady FuaNxrin waited and watobed thirty years and wes faithful to him who nover returned. Prurrorx wove and un- wove hor web to baflle the suitors who thronged the Ithacan palace, and at last, wearied with importunities, sgreed to bestow ber hand upon the fortunate archor who should hit the mork with Urysses’ arrow and® bond his bow, and lo, the successful suitor was ULyasxs himself, returned in disguise, No suitors thronged the home of Lady Fpaxzuw. The light which was kindled upon the_altar of hor love for her nobls hus- ‘band burned clear and bright to the last, and 0o beeath was strong enough 40 extinguish it savo that of Denth. Pryrrorr monrned for Urysses, and only mourned. No expedis tions left tho Tthacan paiace to senrch for him. She mads no effort to find him, but wove and unwove her web in silent rorrow, waiting and always weeping, walehing but nover working, Atlast Minenva hersolf, impntiont nt PEXELOPE'S prssivoness, camo to T'rLesacnus, indignantly denouneed him for his degeneracy and forgetfulness of his sire, and bado him goin quest of Urysses, aud went with him to guide and ndvise him, Lady FraNguiy has spent her life in censoless and costly exertion, and, now that slio hias rested from her lnbors, her son takes up the work, nud is now on his way, with his moth- er's grave behind him, to that far and silent land which hears only the rush of the iceborgs asthey plungein the sen, and where the stars alono have seen the grave of his fatlier, Be- twoen these twvo graves he aails, with the good wishes nnd blessings of tho world, One cheerful thought remaing, If there be auy truth in the Christian doctrine of im- mortality beyond the grave, then are Sir Jony Franty and Lady Frasgriy now together, She now understands the mystery and all is clear. Bho has found him nt last, not in thatregion of enless night, but in that higher region of endless day, where the snn never ets, 'The seeming becomes being, the hoping becomes enjoying, the oxpeeting be- comes realizing, tho lost is found. But whether this be only an aspiration or a renliz- ation, tho world will always cherish the memory of Lady Jaxe Grirritrz FRANRLIN for Lier wifely devotion, for her noble chari- tics to others in the midst of hor own sor- rows, for hier womanly courage, faith, and zenl, nnd for tho resplondont purity of her character, She lins died poor in this world's goods by renson of her love for her husband, aud rich in the worll's love and memory by virtue of her peerless heroism. “A MODEL TARIEF. The Chicago Tmes insists that it is possi- DLlo to framo n tarif imposing duties upon jm- ported articles of a kind produced in this | country that will not be protective; at lenst that is what wo understand it sayy,for it is slightly coutradictory and obscure in its as. sertions, as wmay ba seen in the following statemonts : TaE Cuieaao Tarnusz still isiats upon a tarl for rovenuo with ucklental protection, It Inudsta that thiere can bo uo dnty levied upon any fmported xrticlo of akiud produced i this country that fs not protec- tive in some degreo, And thivia true, o . The Toinuse says that texation for any pose than to obtain revenuols robbery, levsiug such a taxon imports ue will produco the Inrgest amount of Teveuuo sny person shall ho fuct- dentally, or as n conroquence, benefited in his own uniness, that furnishes uo objection tathe tax” , ., Tho Tmes docs uot subweribn 10 tho doctrine that incidental benefite to private individuals furuish no objection toataz, o . . ‘There {8 no real @ilicults in adjusting the taxos ko thes they shall yleld rovenuo without benofiting privato persons, either {uctdentally or otherwlso, and that is oxactly what shiould bo done, Whilo it is admitted that Tre Trinuse is correct in nsserting that no tax can be levied upon imported goods such as aro produced in this country without necessarily affording protection to home-manufacturers, it is in- sisted by the ZWnes that it is possible to adjust the tariff so that it will yield suflicient rovenue without benofiting manufacturers or other persons incidentally or otheriwise, We are of courso willing to nccopt such a tariff the moment it is prodaced. That would be tho very perfection of tariffs,—the Jong- eought and never found, Great Dritain has been secking that kind of a taiff for many years, but has not yot discovered it. She has “never been able to produce enough tariff rev- enue (and sho needs less than do the United States) without taxing srticlos of o kind pro. duced ot home. Ono of tha items in her taril from which she obtains nearly one-third of hier rovenuo is tobneco, an Americau pro. duction, and one which would have to be ex- cluded from any tariff in this country so framed a8 to afford not even incidontal pro. toction. ‘Wo suggested a tariff the other dny framed 80 88 to produce the greatest possible rovenue with tho least possible taxation, direct or in- direct. Wo showed that from tea, coffee, spices, and ono or two other products not produced in this country, and from sugar and tobacco, one-hnlf the needed rovenuo could be collected; while with a moderato tax of 20 por cont on some of tho textilo fabrics and some other classes of goods, the wholo amount of rovenue neceded from customs could be obtained, relieving the country of over two hundred millions and more of pro- tectivo tax which goos into the pockets of special classes. If, howaver, tho *Zimes can framo a tariff which will produce the revenus needed, and nfford no protection, incidental or otherwise, lot tho dosired docuinent ba produced. The world will greot it with wel- como, and mankind will Lless the author. Will the T'imes publish its tariff,—the tariff that will produce sufficiont revenue, and at the same time neither protect mor bonofit any person? A JUDICIAL SENSATION. The TweED cuse is fur-renching in its ef feots, It now looks as though it will yot be mads the pretext for impeaching the New York Court of Appeals, the highest judicial tribunal of the State. Unless this conrse wore meditated, wo can scarcely imngine that Mr. Cuanres O’Coxon, who practices largely before that Court, would come out, as hie has done, with a scathing review of the recent opinion which released Tweep from Black- well's Tsland, MMr. O'CoNon handles tho Court without gloves, and in & manner alto- gother startling whon wo remember that it s a practicing attornoy who thus arraigns the bighest Court in his State. Mr. O'Conon's arraignment is in the shape of a reply to Judge Noau Davis, who addressed him a lot- tor on tho subject; but it is very evident that the correspondonce was praconoerted, Judge Noau Davis, it will bs rememberod, presided over Tweep's trial, and aflixed the cumulative punishment wheroby it becamo feasiblo to sentenco the criminal to imprison. ment for a term of years, tho nature of the offcnse for which io was tried being limited to imprisonment for one year, Tho Court of Appeals hield that this was an error, and that, even it a defondant should confess Lis guilt to each count in an indictment such as was found aguinst Tweep, still the Court would have no jurisdiction to impose auy greater smount of punisbment thau that preseribod for one offeuse. The Court of Appeals, in ity opiuion, rebuked Judge Davis by saying, in effoct, that he ought to have known as much, It also based its decision upon an argument in favor of {ts position nado befors it in an. other case by AMr, Quanres O'Conon, There- upon Judgo Davis addrosses & letter to Mr, 0'Coxog, in which ho says that it was the duty of the lattor, who is supposed to have quiotly managod the prosecution of the case sagainst Twzep, to have informed him (Davis) of this argument, since he could find nothing in the books antagonizing tha principle of the oumulative sontenoa, ‘Ihls is whot hias brought out Mr, 0'Coxoa's lotter. Tio says that the reason why he did not diaw Judge Davis' attention fo this argn- ment wns that the Court of Appeals had in the former case docided agninat him, and that ha did not suppose the Court would stultify itwelf by reversing itself, e nlso points out thnt his argument was in a different nort of cnse, and umler a differont wset of circum. atances, and wonld not apply at all to the T'wieb cnse, which it has been misconstrued to cover in ordor to rolense 'I'werp from jail, Mr. O'Coxon in ot atisfled with justifying the decision of Judgo Davis, but he impugns the motives of tho Judges in tho Court of Appenls, o donounces the action of the Court in all the Ring suits which have been Drought before them, and says that, ns against Tw) **the wonpons dovised by tho people's ndvocates wero valn and hurtlss,” Recount. iug the decisions of the Conrt of Appenls in their order, he says: **This was tho peculn- tors' flrwb triumph”; then again: “It was the second triumph of peeulation”; the third nnd lnst s similarly characterized. Ilo even impugns the personal motives of Chief- Judgo Cununcm, relalive to Gov. Tipen's nomination. **A glanco ot the names,” says Mr. O'Coxon, *‘that, during tho preliminary canvass, camo into notico as his rivala for nomination to the Ex- excutive chair would be suggostivo of perti- nent inquiries.” This means, if it means anything, that as Mr. Tiupex was active in the prosccution of tho Twerp Ring, and was clected Governor nfter being nominated by a party befors which Judge Citunci had beena caudidate, the latter took this means of aveng- ing himself, This is certainly s very unusual and re. markablo letter for nn attorney to publish nbout the supremo judicinl nuthority of the State. It evidently portends an effort to sc- curo the impeachment of the Court. Indeed, Mr. O'Coxon refers to n renewal of the im- peachment of Judges, and adds significnntly that thirty-two Scenntors, constitnting four. fifths of the Court of Iinpenchment, aro to bo elected soon. If it comes to this, thero will be very lively times in Now Yorl. Relative to tho order of tho Board of Pub- lic Works changing the numbers on Wabash avonno, the Board explains that it could not do otherwigo becauso the Council had tacked on Rivor streot (n short street which has ox- isted for years, and runs from South Water streot to Rush strect Lridge) to Wabash av- enue, thus necessitating o renumboring of the entire sireet in ordor to begin the num- bers from Rush streot bridge. There have also Leen many complaints from persons bulding twenty-feet houses on the south end of the avenuo at being obliged to take an oc- casional half-number. The activn of the Council secns Lo necessitate the action of the Bonrd of Public Works, which they took ro- luctantly, and for tho present they havo or. dered o change of numbers south of Twenty- sixth streot only, We faucy, however, that they will find a8 much resistonce to the chango as there was to the fow half-numbers necessnry, It has boen mecessitatod by official short-sightedness, thongh tho fault doea not lic with the presont Board of Public Works; nnd, with 2,000 numbers on tho ave- nue aud the necessity of changingtho painted aud raised numbors on windows and doors, the nggregato cost to tho residents will not be less than £5,000,~—a pretty heavy penalty to pay for changing the namo of River street (which served every purpose, as the dingonal strip is renlly n different strect) to that of Wabashiavenuo. London 18 etill disturbed as to what to do with Dr, KeNeauy. A corrospoudent writca that tho disborred Sergennt is botter off than ever boforo, becauso of tho profits on Lis English- wman, which las s vast circulation, This it ob- talna by ita cutrageous nsenulty on divors publie mon, particularly Lord Chiof-Justico Cooxnony. Tue Doctor would be proscouted for Jibel by CocknonN but that tho lattor's private life has been of such sort s will not bear oxposuro in the courts. A criminal prosccution on behalf of the Crown hss bLoen disoussed, but that wonld mako a martyr of KENEALLY, and bo hos already beon mado a_mariyr in tho mattor of being disbarred. It is now proposed to arraign bim before tho Houso of Commons for braach of privilogo in savagely eriticising his follov-members through the col- umns of his paper. That, too, would bo addiug to bis martyrdom, and but endoar him to his constitugpts. Bo the vexed question what to do with Kexzarry remains to torment tho folkes ho torments, while ho goea on berating them motae than ever, and making mouey by it, too, While the Philsdelphinun’ aro refolcing over {tho progress of work ou the Contennisl Exlibi- tion builaing, aud at the fact that over throo millions bave already boen raised for forwardlng tho work, the New York Tribune throws cold wator on tlio onterpriso by domonstrating most elaborately that Pluladelplia cannot furnish cold water enough to mlake tho thirst of the bundrods of thousands of visitors who, In the dog-days of 1876, will attaud tho Ceotennial. The summor exodus hag already taken place from Philadelphis, and yot, with the consoquent reduced watcr-consumption, tha supply is so scant that 1ts use for sprinkling tho utroots and waghing tho sidowalks Lins been atriotly prolube itod, aud the park fountaind are cut off, while in many quarters of te city tho wator does not run in the pipes to the socoud stories of the houses. Not oven 80 much as a cup of cold water will Philadelpbis bo able to offor the hosts whoin 1876 will visit the Contennial and pay treble ho- tol ratos, untess something s dous. —— Baxurt, Priestiy Tavron, tho oldost organiat in tuls country, died & fow days ago in Drooklyn. 1o was born in London, Evgland, in November, 1779, aud wan considored o prodigy whon & ohild. Hia firet publio uffort wae at the age of 9, when Lo played a voluntary in Burroy Cliapel, Loudon, To bogan hls musioal careor as & chiolr boy, cams to this country in 1806, and wasappointed urgan- fut of Olrist Church, ' Now York, in 1807. Bub- soquently he becamo organist of 8. Ano's Church, Brooklyn. He wasthe frst President of a musical socloty out of which grow tho prosout Drooklyn Philharmonte, Hiu laet publio appearance 88 & performer was at the ohurch festival held {n Trinity Churoh, New York, in 1804, He was in bis 96th yoar st the time of his doath, and was probably not ouly the oldest organlut in tho country, but in the world. Tho Philsdelphiana are also developing capacity for unhappinesy, In the controvorsy betwoen the Tosdivg Railroad mud tho coal-dealers, it has como out that tho good people of Philadelphla wie plundered through shiortage in weighs to the oxtent of about six huudred thousand dollarw per sonumj aud shoroat tho remdents of the Quaker City sro excesding melancholy, Dut if they would expericnce the very luxury of woe, let them noso about till they #ind hLow they are cheated by their brokers, grocers, market-mon, butchers, aud deslors in housoliold supplics, through sdulterstious, sbors weighta, sud other tricks of the trade. Tueu let them sak them- wolves Liow thoy can help themsslves. e e e The forelgn eoction of the editorial depart. weot of the Bt. Louis Giobe-Democrat vettles thia quostion of civil sud politicat liberty in Bpain in @ Jifty, CasTzLrAR'S olection, Obderves the for- olgn section sforosaid, would Liave beeu a stand- iog joke: Beanaxo was bul s sosry joke; but auy Bpsuisrd who dossu’ sgree with the party in power {s free to travel, sud every youog mau in Mpaio is wo loss fres b0 Dghifox ius devid ‘rowinds knows who or what. Now, what does the Globe- Democral proposo to do about it ? g A summary of the lossos of the fira insurans compauies for the firat slx months of this yoar shows that thoy aggrognto mors than tho entire lassen for 1874, Tho lossos this yoar, tao, hnve fallou, not upon the great citios, but chlefly upon tho country towns, on proporty destroyed In whic: the insurauce comnpaniva have paid about $20,000,000. PR e = Tudisnapolis papers aro hotly discussing the legs of Prosidontial candidatos, all Lecauss the Deniooratio organ has questioved the mounduoss of Bouator MonTon's limbe, Possibly in course of timo tho journals of that city will begin to considar tha quaiilcationy iu point of bizins of Prosidoutial aspirants, e POLITICAL NOTES, Hlinols country papcers aro now amusing thom- melves with discussing Haiues, the worst Npoaker of the woist Legislatura evor assembled in tho State, a9 tho Oppumtion caudidato for the Presi- doney. The Now Orleans Republican males complaint about it because at Vicksburg and Natclutoches thero Lias boen violation of *‘tho tacit agros- meut that thero ehould bo at Joast a sort of Game law, undor which the colored laborer should not Vo slain " while making the crop for the white land-owners, Thoe 8t. Loufs Glohe-Democral has evolved from ita inoer consclousness the policy fnr the Ohio Demociats, who want a restoration of tho flusy times of 1864-'5, when » million men were withdrawn from productive industry and on- gaged {o kitliug eson othor and destroving tho products of industry bealdes. Tha next war is tho thing for the Democracy,—the G.-D. sug- gents that it be with Mezico, Nopotism for tho next goneration, is it? Af- tor toiling over that conundrum, tho New York Sun with pensivo reluctanco concludes that I'resident Graut's grandson, baby Sartoris, should he survive, after paesing through tho whooping. cough sud menaleg, until ho renchos tho conutitutiousl ago, will bo aligible to tho Tresidoney. Ilow thore can bo divislon of opinion amoug Southern men ou the currcucy quos- tion soems to puzzle the Now Orleans Times. Tho South tried Intlation, tho Times it readars, during the Wur, and tho Confedorato Htates fluancial policy of bolstoring up credit by issuing moro promises to pay * was tho most complete falluro known in Iistory.” To thinking mon o the Bouth, tha Times aays, tho [presont] papar money is simply & bLnd rominder of tho War, and, like othor re- maining traces of that natlonal misfortune, sliould bo roudored inuoxious until it cau bo eu- tiroly abated, Tho Pbiladelphin Press is of opivion that & party lesuo caunot bo made on tho currency question without a reconetruction of partics, bocause of the * divisiou of opinion, or rather of interost,” on that quostion, which obtalus in both parties about equal proportion. Tho Press aseiguy tho curroncy issuo to tho category of quostions “*not to be forced upon organizatious which ennnot falily assimilate them,” and ob- Borves that, if any Jtopublicans hope to muke anit of thoir delegations on that fssne by abus- ing recaloitranis, *their wits aro not as Lright 20 tha dollars they loso." Bowailing the misreprosontation of that city in Congrosd, the Ban Francisco Clironicle says “Wo bave too many duuderhoads, stupld dolta, one-horso merchianta, second-class lawyers, und oxperionced atage drivers,” and have not “hiad in a1l our history one mombor who comes up to our idos of a broad-mindod, intolloctual, first-clasn logislator,” ‘Thao Chronicle attributey this to lack of approciation of brains on tho part of thie 'Friscoaus ; but acusu't it know tho fact to be that tho 'Frisco member ropresents nobody but the Bank of Californta or the Contral Pacific, nnd that thal's what's beou Lho matter for yoora ? Thoe Courier-Journal Interprots tho appoal of the rag-monoy Domocracy to the Houth thue: The North annibilatod our slave prop- erty; it compelled us to ropudisle our dobts, Btate and Confodorato; and that turn about is fair-play. ‘Lho responso the Courder-Journal makes to tlus Is, that the pouplo of tho Bouth kuow ull about tho blossiugs of *clieap monov,” and appreciatoa tho virtues of tho “now lssue” over tho *‘old issus,” Furthor, that the pooplo of tho South are not foreiguera ; want pay for tholr corn avd cotton in s sound ourroncy, and don't propose Lo bring agaln upon thomselves the evila that camoe of rag-money for the enke of gottiug even with tho North. Whother the honor of thsir Biate sball bo equal to that of » gambler is a conundrum bo- ing disousesd by the Tenncssoo joutnala. It has boen ralsed by euggestions of tho irapossi- bility of paying the State debt, and not that itbe ropudiated,—all donounco repudiation,—but that it muat be * scalod,"—that Is, one-half or once third ropudiated. Thoreon the Momplia Appeal obsorves that tho gamblor pays his gambling debts bocauso they are debta of liouor, sluce the 1aw does not compel bim to pay them. Ho & Stato debt {s & debt of honor exclusively, for thero {8 no court to enter judgmnent againat tho Btate, wherefrom the Appeal argues that the honor of the Stato would be less than that of tho gambler in esse tho Btate's creditors woro offered part of what is dao them, with tho alter- native of that or nothing, N PERSONAL The deadliest bolles at Cape Alay coms from Daltimore. 1. B, Hatton, of the Burlington Hawleye, Isat the Matteson Houso. James Brown, of 8t. Giles’, London, makes a Unmg by skinning cats alive. ) Tho test of true *‘tono at Long Branch is whether you have kissed tho small Sartoris, Bome Galveston men baye been arrosted for atealing » whalo. 'This is the biggest sort of & wteal, The demi-monde of Paris think the tle-back stylo tho ladies affect so much too {mmadest for thom, Oatrom, stroke of the Cormoll boat, 1s a care penter, and supports himself as collego by work- Ing at the beuch, Wood ashos are sald to kill the patato-bug as effoctunlly 38 Paris green. DBoardlog-house hashos sre the boat. Ldwsrd Baxtor, of Nashville, one of the load- iog lawyers of the Houthern Btates, Is in town' visiting friends, Gambotts oallad Osssagnso the bully of the Tronch press, the **King of Clowns." Hence Paul's soxiety to perforate him, Alexandre Dumsa I8 uow writing on raligious subjocts. Adultery has ceased to interest bim, Alexandro must be growing otd, Amerlcans nover, nover will bo ulaves.. Fulton was tiod by an Loglishman in the last nffe- maleh, and even theu boat his adversary. Aunna Dickiuson hag sister Susan, Busan fa never heard of, though who {s & grest desl prot- tier than Auna, sud dresses in good taste, The Prodigal Bon etill worships the fatted calf, apparently, for Lydis Thompuoa's proposed return tothe Unlted Btates olates inndrods, Charlea Foote, a Syracuse lawyer, committed sulgide by takiug lagdsoum, becsuss he could obtain no work, It spasks woll for Byracuss, Madiid bias bit upon a unique mathod of rais- ing money. It needs & monument for Cervantos, snd bas started & newspaper to collect the need- tul, ‘The IHerald, learning that Gen. Howard wants to Chiistianize the Alssks Indiss, advises hlm to atazt an indian's Bank or Red Man's Univer- sity. Bir Charles Dike respectfully calls upon the wozld (o genersl not to pay teo much attention 10 the whima of clildren, Ao old cat, ba says, never broables bereslf bocauss bhar kitteas run afior their tatls. Anold cat, by tho way, hag #ig or Asven at s time, which the human 10 sthey doos not. Mre, Colin Burleigh, & noted Isader of i Fomale Sulfrage movenient, 18 lying at the poin) of doath at the huuse of & friond In Byra:ue, N. Y. Bolle Iowitt, & burleaque actress, has dam. agsd ono of her nacesmary lous, A burliaqus actress with s damagod leg might as well rolizs atonce, Hocratary of War Dolknap, Gan. Marer, an) Gen. William Byers arrived at Halt Laks japg ovoning on their way to tho Yollowstouaanj Uvpor Missouri, A Mobile man bas trained an alligator ns 5 walchllog. Thero aro fow chicken-thievss tho city who caro to “‘deny tho sllegation ngy dofy tho alligator.” Jnfull ia conuiatoncy as woll as conalatency 5 Jowol. Ilwving forblddon his clorks to sinoke during working hours, ho himaolf abstains fiuy induigonce for tho samo time. ‘Tho zeal of rolic-huntexa has rosched ity climax. A gentloman of Jackson, Teou., hug preservad in alcobol & bedbug which wax enugly 1n 8 bod oo, Jeckaon slept fu. Bt. Louis thinks sho {8 going to have tho lar, ost Dessomer atanrl worky in tho world. Wait ti] Boptomber next when tho vast rolling-milla of Bouth Chioago bogiu to operato, before boating, Toston offers cinncos of chonp saisation now which tho noedy shonld jump at. The wealthof the clty being out of tow 1, high-toncd spintual subsistenco can be obtained for uust 1o nothing. How swoot s thing it is to seo tho Bistsn nowepapors advertising o rival. Tho Globe vy ita readors to buy tho Doaton Sunday Times and rond tho nutoblograpy of Jasse Pomeroy, e boy-maurderer, Tha Bt. Lows Times thinks €0 much of 3 paragraph of the Brooklyn Argus relative to tig “priviloges of the city,” that It publisbies ¢ twico a day in the same columm, and by ioxng mistalo gives farr crodit both timos. Laks Georgo is s diplomatio resort, Tls i represoutatives of Great Bruain, Gormany, Ausirin, Turkey, and [taly nro stopping t'.cre, Freals water boiuy loas buoyaat tian the b.iay, thoy dip lowor boro than at Capo dny. Gon. Cuarles B, Lippincott, Illiuols Fralg Auditor, who haw bosn absont for samo 1 my, travoling with his wife [n tho East for her Loolth, has just raturned to Springfield, 3his, Lippincott’s hoalth hos much improvod. Cold Spring, o villago on tho Hudson, Ky to famo as tho residonco of Clara Louise ilol. logg, was boldly entared by & gang of burg s, who wero driven out by Mias Kelogg's brov.cr's shot-gun, after broakiug up hor carriage. M. Tlironin, a Frovehman, bad 8 doz. T dog killed o ewall boy, and the authoritie: im. prisonod M. Thironin. More than wvor. doa: tke Frouch coldo shine conspicuously bright by tha side of it imbocile Anglo-Amorican brother. Fraucis Josoph, tho Unluoky, kissed Atoxa-uler of Russia when thu two monsrchs met. '] uamo of the plaze where they mat was appr ately Ager, which Jitorally tianalnted indiea’ toudoncy to think onesolt oo slupbuard is s frightfally heavy eoa, “Chero livoaat Wildwood, Cal. Bowen's Jovely rosidoncain South Chicago, & Mr. Crosse, b:othe er of tho founder of tho famous Louse of Ci ase & Blackwell. Mr, Croswe 14 72 yoars of ago, but {8 08 halo and bearty a4 ho way forty yoars ago. 1t rund in the faonly to proserva well, Polonins’ romark to Ophelia that sho la s green girl, unsifted in euch portous circim- wtances,” has troubled T'ronch commentaturs, Ouno of thom solemnly doclaron .that Ehakepcan wtended Lioro to slow that ebo made her liviog | by solling * gardon 838 " or watercrasses. Tho Parisiau ts no prade, Whon it [s a3 1] nouncad, theraforo, that Carpoaux’ utatuos veps rosentivg Bacehantes and dancing girls wors e tmmodest that the ¥Froueh covered thom wilh i, and turned thom into the gutter, it is prity apparcut that M, Carpesux had not a very ch.aty lnagination. H The ovouts of s lifotimo are ofton crowiled into the briofest poselble spaco of time, au is il justrated in tho caso of Clen. Joseph Lano. 0o tho 18t of July he shot a panthier on tho Pacifs Blopo, and on tho Gch delivored & tearing ol address to s bardy audionce of tho most na- doscript couatitucut olsmonts. Tho Mobile Regisicr says that, sinca the ap. pearance of Gon, Sherinan’s work, Qen. Hiol bas boen cogaged in tha preporation of s buck which will embrace sn accurste gud circumstine tisl account of his operations around Aslauta and bis Tonnosses campaign, together withblt P roply to Gon. Joseph L, Johnuson, The Varisian mania for jumping into the Scins #till continues, Even infauta do it. The otaer doy & baby loapod out of ita mother's arma over & bridge ; tho mother lesped ovor to save he child; & strange womsn jumped after to san the other two; » hard man was fmpelled to fol- low snit. All wero roscuocd safs and wound ba the baby. —_—— SPRINGFIELD, A Buccessful Miners? Strifce — The Railroud Commissioners, Bpectal Disvatch to The Chicago Tridune. SroiNGFIELD, 11, July 19,~About & week og0 the oporstors of tho cosl mives around Epring: fleld notifled tho miners that thoy propused 10 reduce wages from 4 to 8 conts por busbi Thoreupon the miners strnck, and they mais tainod the strikie untjl to-dsy, when the pr prietors of the Baclay Coal Mine agreedto sgain pay 4 conts, ava tho miners mill go ¥ work iu tho morning. It is thought to-night 104 proprietors qf the other mines will pay 4 couth uow that the sgresmont s broken, The Railrodd Commissioners for the Noph weatorn Btates will meot hove in conventionto morrow, to devise mesus and wa) effectually ouforce tho Itailrond respoctiva Statos sgainst the railroac sion will peobably coutiuue for several dayi. ey INSURANCE NZW/S. Bpeeinl Dupateh to The Chfcano Tribuns MILWAUKEY, July 10.—Tho Northweutern X3 tional Firo anda Marine Insuranca Company 134 formally withdrawn from the National Boacd of Firo Undorwniters, snd will Lo independest boucoforth, Ubarlon il. Ford, Assistant Gio: eral Agont, and J. Griswold, Bpeclal Agent of tho Natioual Board of Firo Underwnters, aW Lero to srrange for a complote survoy of all ia* surable proporty o this clty and rerato (b4 umo.‘ ’{'L\ll 1]: m: ri‘uulfidol reonng ntmn::orm resentations by tho Board agontu here su to b oppiosaive ubu’mlnr of tho fiuunt acheduls of 1atoN, ———— THE BLACK HILLS. Special Dispateh to T'hs Chicano Tridund Btoux City, In, July 19.—The Qoveromesd seowmy detormiued to enforco the law and ke:P joterlopery out of the Black Hills till the troat! witls tho Indisus is concluded. One buudie snd thirty-five soldiors for Randall arsived htid to-dsy and procoeded west, and [t is stated st about 300 more wili be aloog in & u-dl\"n’ whose partioular businoss will ‘be to gusrd {i spproaches to the Hilts. All the passed over i Wilio ‘aad ‘Niobrars Livers are now clowlf guarded. CHAMPAIGN COUNTY NORMAL SCHOOL. » Spectad Disoaieh to ThM Chicago Tribuns. Ouaspaon, 1L, July 19,—The sizth annt seaaion of the Champalga County Normal chl- opened {n this city to-dsy with a largo atted acce. Itholds s six weeks' session, Au stl® corps of teschers bave besn .:P'?d' smond P whoa are Prof, Hewilt, of Norm rof, PoV* oll, of Aurora Prof. anlu‘z, of Clampaigst snd Mesars. Ely and Piper, of Chicago- e PLUCKY NAVIGATORS. Br. Jomw, N. B, July 10.—The yacht undoz 16 tons, which lets Flestwood, Eogn 29, srrived bere yealtarday, The voys forty-vine de; a3 remarkable fof wontuor. . The orew conlsled 0f b O Mate, sud dwo Loys.