Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 14, 1875, Page 1

e hicagn Adailp Teibun VOLUME 28, COAL, COAL. LUMP LEHIGH! 4We aro now receiving fresh- wined Conl, direct from tho mines, end can fill orders promptly, CFRANKLIN, CHESTNUT, SOV H, iHE (g SHIRTS, SHIRTS! To ordor, of tho bost fabrios in uso, Full lines in stock of our own manufacture. We are prepared to mako Shirts to ordoer in eight hours, whon nocessary. WILSON DA, N'S FURNISHERS, 67 & 69 Washington-st., Chicago. Pike's Opera Tense, Cincinnath, w AN GRATH, e S ST I3y cargo, or screened and dellv-~ erid from yards. COOLING' DRINKS =3 5] BLOSSBURG o ST BRIAR EILL, e ey, Tacuheimor, CANINEL, Marcobruncr, Rudesheimer, Steinberger Cabinet, Barton & Guestier's Clarcts, Santernes and Maut i SY:‘MIN‘;I(’.! or Nathaniel Johnston & Sons. ST. ESTEPED A Claret Wine, fmported and_bottled be myself, and quaraiiterd equal to any Claret costing 60 per cent JUOTe Mouoy. 0. TATUM, Wine Merchant, 1106 EAST MADIKON-ST, At lowest market rates, by cargo and at retail. ROGERS & CO., 144 Market-st. BRACKEBUSH, DICKSON & G0, MINERS AND SHIPPERS OF Coaland Coke WILLOW GROVE. YOUGIIOGHENY (Gas Coal). TIOCKING VALLEY. BLOSSBURGH, - TACKAWANNA (all sizes). WHOLESALE AND RETATL. Spectal Inducements madg toJarge Consnmers and Bealers, MAIN OFFICH: No. 1 W. Randolph-st. RAILROAD YARD: 8. W. cor, Carroll and Morgan-sts GROCERIES, _ NOW OPEN. THE NEW GROCERY, 75 Nortl&_(_)lark—st. A & D. WEYL Announce the opening of their New Store witn s choice nlock of Family Grocories, muke it one alm {6 koep anly the beat qun'itics {o Tean aud Coffecs of all gradea. ¥ine tabie butter & spuctaity. __ARTISTIO TAILORING: _ i0 Per Cent DISCOUNT On all garmonts ordorod of ns daring Jaly and August, 1iF. Woare prepnred with our AUTUBIN STYLES and FARRICH (o execute orders for FALL and WINTER goods oé well aa for tho romainder of sunimor, WEDDING OUTFITS A BPECIALTY. EDWARD ELY & CO., IMPORTING TAILORS, WABASH-AV., CORNER MONROR-8T. BOLD ON THE ATHLETICS AND 8T, LOUIS And Two Eastorn Games, BY QIIAS, L. DUBOIS, ATy ey & Ryar's, 146 Clark-sl, at 12 tlock, {anden Cily Mannfefmbing and Sngply Co. Rotice {s hiereby given that I am now roady to pay to all creditors who proved thefr clalma prior to the Taat ‘mecting, the dividend of A} per cout declared at that meeting, Oreditors will ‘recelve thelr dividend wor- rauts at my office, on the corner of Drowa-st.and azlport-av,, Chicagn, WILLIAM H, JENKINS, Atsignes, o VINEGAR. PRUSSING'S Yie VINEGAR TRENGTH and A T ealvauten o mesevs ALA'Y, SN IANS, [t iive. 44 450 Dlichigan-ny., Chileago. K LARGE CONBIGNMENT OF NEW FALL STYLES, Opening Aufction Sale, THIS DAY AT 10 A. 3L, OF 20 Elogant Parlor Sots, 30 Hendsomo Black Walnut Ohambor Buits, And a large Live of New Styles of Esay Cairs, Lounzes, Library sud_Dinig.room Furuiture, Alio, 8 large fot of OFFICE FURNITURE. at 8, DINGEE & CO,'S AUCTION MART, §0'wod 82 Fast Randolphest. WROUGHT-IRON PIPE, Steam Warming Apparatus, MANUFAOTURED BY CRAINE BROS. MANUFACTURING CO. No, 10 North Jefferson-st. GUNS, . Spencer = GUDS ! ‘Warrsnted to sboot woll, Pricos at bottom, Address SPENCER, Chicago, for now priges. —————rre _PIANOS AND ORGANS. WEBER WANTED. "OIL BARRELS. Parties tiaving second-hand OIt, Liquor, or Vinegar Turrels for ssln will tiud t to thoir udvantago to ad- drees F, Al DIADBHAW, Dealer in Becond-Hand Bar- ols, 37 anil 20 Cantro-a¥,, Chicago. . PROPOSALS. PHOPOSALS FOI ARMY SULLLIEN. \ Or¥icx ar PURomasING AxD DEror O, B,, T et il b Tosiived at n duplica rocuived al 1 oeL by the nhderalghed UBHT 1 o'clock. m, on Friday, Aug. 3¢, 1815, for furnishing the followlug &l for the Subsistence Dopartment, U, 8, Army, adlivered s auch placos In W elty a4 way bo ¥ou ulred, ; St the Corn Meal, iin-dred, frosh found, sad bolted, Bida Lo state whather whito or vellow. 13,178 fuas Prime Whito Beans, band-plcked, of unt form sizo. 4,351 Don Prime Pen 6,979 1ta Prime Hio 2933 Iba Cholce ITominy, kijn-drisd, 24,633 e Prime Jtio Coftos, groeu, in doutble sacks. 107 4 Prime Rio Coffee, roasted, In doubls sacks, Dlg&nfi !::‘1", equal to Btusrls Q" la barrels linod, 3,144 galiona Pure Cider or Whisky Vignegar, stand- trength, in full frou-hooped paluted burels and Tail-Varccls, TIANOS AND 046 the Adsmantine Candles, in atrapped bozes, - 3310 5a Lasd, dey, unaduliorated Soaty (2 airapped E = 22,189 s clean, ary, fine Bal ORGANR t, 634 Ibs pure ground’ Diack Pepper, in 3¢ 1 tin foll c:gu. net welght, packed tu strapped boxes of 25 Corn Meal, Brane, Peas, Hominy, snd Balt to be $n barrela full head-liied, of tu strong dauble sacks, cou- faining 100 fba net sach, Proposals will be ocelved, subject 1o the tisual cone ;.]l:::ug;i which can bo macertained by application to 24 8 M, P, 8xALL, Bt Brig. Gen, snd G, B, Proosals for Excavations. Praporals will be recelved by the Doard of Commis- stoners of Cook County up to Taursdsy, 19th August, 1478, ak thie offica of tue Ulerk of Commisaioners, Orim- tnal Qonst Bullding, Mlckigan-st,, for the excavation of the osst Lalf of Block 39, {n the City of Chicago, Xnawa as the Court-Ifouse Squars, 1n accordance wilh tle apecitications on fle 1o the ofice of J, J. Egan, architect, No. 16 South Olark- Bids to besccompanied by a bond, n the pensl sum of twa thousaud dollars, sesuring the acceptance of the zontract 1f awardod {0 the biddur, and gustanteclng that ho shull, upon such sward, enter Intos furthier bond {n the sum of five thousaud dollars snd s cou- tract to perforin the Work of excavation, Each jiroposal aud bond to ba fncloved in aeparsts savelopes, Indorsed **bond ™ and * propossl for exe Cavation,” with the name of the bidder, and these two enyelopes to o {nclosed in » third envelope indarsed “bond and proposal for sxcavation,” with uama of Bldder, ‘The Hoard reserves the right Lo reject any o all bids, Diddors will inclose & copy of ihis advertlsement #lth their groposals. bl ol i s S N S SR Stuto of 11linols Bonrd of Coninisge sloners for the Locntion of the Asyluin for Feeble-Minded Chile dren, Secretury’s Oflice, Tlaus for buildiugs for the ilinois Asylum for Feeble- Minded Clildren, sccompanied by costificate of Archl ' In neoordsuce with an ach entitied “ An act mak- ln&- ppru sations for Laud and for the coustruction of budidiugs for the 1ilinais Tuatitution for the Educe- You of Fyeble-Minded Cuildres,” syproved Aprll Ars used and recommended by il the Joading aritsta of Lho wopld, Pricos low, Terms casy, STORY & CAMP, 211 STATE-ST. 70 RENT. oOFFICES - TO RENT IN THE TRIBUNE_BUILDING INQUIRE OF WILLIAM C. DOW, ROOM 10. FINANCIAL. Money to Loan Ou Chicago Clty Property in large or small sums at cusrent rates, J, D, HARVEY, 80 Wasbinglou-at, MONEY T0 LOAN On Chicago Oty Property, mproved prefarred, $4,000 in hand; will divide it if wished, MEAD k COF, 155 LaBalle-st, FOR BALEL. TemunsT Lomons! Temang! 1,000 bozes by steamors Olywmpla sad Aseyris, ¥or salost O, k. WEBHER'S, Gozner Waler and Dearborn-ats, ' ) 3173 (s Heaslon laws 1678, pegu {0), will be recalv by e Board of Comumissloners ualll Thursdsy, Aug. ‘fhiey must be recsived by tha Board on or before 8ud date, and should be directed to Dr, 0. T, Whibur, Bocrolary, yriugtald, Tilinols, by orler of s d, . T, WILLUE, Boaretary. CHICAGO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1875.—TEN PAGES. INFLATION. Speech of the Hon. W. D. Kel- ley, at McCormick Hall, e ¥s Listencd to by Three IHundred Chicagoans. The English Banking System and Its Results. Our Carrency Reduced Thirty-three Per Cent---The Conscquences, Specie-Payment System a Failure— Glories of the Greenback, Reminiscences of Marco Polo~The Real Bond of the Union. The Three-Sixty-five Bond Remedy, and How It Will Work. Ruinous Results to Flow from Redemp- tion---The Act Must Bo Repealed. How thie Poor People Are to Get Moncy. Tho Mon. W. D. Kolloy nddresred an andionce of botweon 250 aud 800 peoplo at McCormick's Hall last night on the financial xystem of the country. Col, Jamos 11, Bowen called tho meot- ing to order, and said that in tho absenco of the 1lon. Jobn Wontwortl, who bad accepted tho offico of Chisirman, but who had been delayod and would not bo prosent until later, in order not to postpone tho meoting thoy would omit tho rozular organization uatil Lo shonld como. 1fo would, however, submlt tho following LIBT OF OFPICERI ¢ . President=Tho Ilon, Jubu Wentworth, Vice.Premdenta—icha 0. Dore, Juhu” V. Lo Moyne, D, G. Caulfickd, Bydoey Myers, 0, W, Totter, A. 1, Mocker, J, Irving Pearce, Samiel ilale, N, 8, Dontou, E. L, Lamb, J. W. Doano, W, D, Houghitoiini, Hiram Wheelor, ¥.' W. Palmar, 'Folier Palner, Louls Wabl, Redmona Prindivilic. pScretira—. 1. C. Forrest, &, 0, Cameron, 4, P. coL. nowEx said that some of the above wore mot abls to be prosent on account of ougagemeutd. Io In- vited these presont to cowo up on tho plat- form, but nobody came, so lhe pro- cosdod to iIntroduce to tho sudicco the Hon. W. D. Kolloy, whoso patious! fame, bo sald, tequired po indorsomont st Lis nands. Mr. Kolloy was recelved with applauso, and be- gon his address, spealing from briof notes, Mr. Kelley has & fino, sonorous voico and a good ora- torical mauner, aud in carnest declamation be- comen somonhat theatric, rolling his *‘r's " and stretching his #my's” 1nto loog ** moe bocama very warm a8 he went oo, and bogan to draw the borrible ploture of tho distressea com- ing on tho country from tho resumption of spe- cio payufonts, and at loast gavo ths sudience tho impreesion that ho waa thoroughly in oarnest, MK, KELLEY said that on the 18th of Auguet, 1873, precleely one montk before tho falluro of Jay Cooke & Co., he usme to this city, accompaniod by Hoory C. Carey, aud became a guoat of ono of our palatial hotels, They made au oxcursjon through tho couutry, aud saw tho evidence of prosperity inthe sploudid crops. Btill thoy wore paiued to observe that thero was Istent thundor 1 the sy that would burst upon sud almost paralyze tho proaperity of the munlr{. Ho saw befors Lim many gentlemen with whom {hoy bad then couverned, and who, perhaps, had louked upon thun s# prophets of evil, snd who did not obssrve the clouds tust were ftineriog ta e horizon, Bome forly yeats yrovivus il venerable friund had'raade a tour of tho country under sopuwhat similar circumatatices, and, Aftur #eason of prosperity, thero came ruln and almost dos- palr. And why wae thia? It was in TILE EVIL OF OUR DANKING BYARTEM in common with that of Kugiaud, banking on individ- ual responsibiiity rather than upun tho credit of the natfon, He read from s statoniens of Heury C. Carey ccount of thio Ausucial standing of the thirtooi (Feat Lanks of Eogland, exclusive of the Hank of sugland ftself, It slowed a tolal of £1%76,059, of which sum £12,546,06] was invested in publio socuri- ties unavaftable for immediate redomption, Thua the whols doposila amounted to $500,000,000, aud while ey ware Iikoly to be culled upon for bls smount at any moment, thoy bad_ discuunted or lent $502,00 ‘Tuin showed bow matiers atood an regarded tout tom, THK DBUSINESS OF ENOLAND wsa not dono with money, Bt John Dullock, In an- alysing the ssaeta of bis baok, diszovored that of il doposits, 07 por cent wero in ‘securitios, 3 per ceut Woro otuerwise disposed of, aud only X por ceut of tho Duslnces wan sctualy don iu apecio, Tho Luss that enabled Eugland fo lond ber credit o overy paylug outerprivo {a the world—public works, and ¢o forthi— Was & systom of indévidusl oredit, 'checks, drafts, and ditconuts based on drafts, In tho fulluro of Collle, $0x0,000 hsd disappearud. le Al ot kuow whit amount was awsllowed up by the fuilure of » cortain member of Parliawent, Tie Liouse \lioaa tallure waa now before the couniry had on- ulfed ouly 8000, and, whtle the moticy 12 the anks wwundmfil‘{ dlsappearing,—tho basla vn which credit was supposed to roat,—ii pbt was Increasiug i theus marmo bauks, Whatdid they thiuk of suchu nystom asibat? Yoi this was (he system which they were urged to fmitate, Mr. Kelloy read 3 comparative statement of amount in tho banksaud out on loaus, in aud on'the sam 8; dor 0 the banks, $0UH,018,600 7 i 1472, $399,413,305. ‘L, in those seven youru, Lhe ousront mouey of tho counlry wes the tha nT T and on it the bu news men had dopended for the nayiuent of helr debla, Wan ot this & queer cowmentary on tho systow of cantracting the currency 1 11 156%, iho drposlts wero $549,081,33, and tho losns waro $187,170,130, ‘The loans were much leas than the deposils, sud more than one-liulf of that [oan wes to {hw Goverument of the United Btates, nut o private individusls or to busincss-men, Thefs remuined a ro- serve to meot the demanda for money of $E49,04,000, Tu 1674, (o deposits wore §6.2,633,663, aud ihe loaus wera 044,020,116, and the reserva lnd whrank to 113, 132,663, 'hiu wis how the matter slood fu he grest Clgy of New York. “flius was made, what invariably ocurrea in specio- paying times, AN INVEATED PYRAMID, Credit should not ba the basls of credit, Individust crodit aliould ot be tho_Lasis of (liu curreucy of tle (Applauee.] The lovarted pyrawmld toppled to 0ua ai4e or the other, crushing the community, Iu 1863 they bought aad sold for cash, Thoy Lad Do neéd 40 carry Dotes 10 banke, Intervat waé oOmpars- tvely low, so low at iimes that the Lanks held the '3 por cet oertiicates of (ho erument becauss they had Do mieaus loan all their monsy, But the wmonoy was gradually withdraw, and Wiey' had Lo go to tho bunks and pay 4 10, ud £ pes cent, Iu Begseuiber, 1413, hey could ok draw thelr deposits, sud they bad the'impudence ta say that they tsaued Cectificatos of deposlt to pre- vout the jesue of Irredevmabls curreney. Did laipue dence vver go fasther than that? Mr, Kelloy weut on ta speak of TUE EXPANSION OF BANK CREDITS. 1t was memorable that the ot of uo broken bank 0o caslonod 1oas, In evory case Lefors wheu tho bank broko he ssoney becanie worthlsss, But in the crisle of 1§73 no wan lost 1nonoy ol & bank-note, Lecaiise tho Lank restod on whist was ot oxportable, the CREDIT OF TUE UNITK] ATES. When bank-uotos wers based ou a commodily that {hie poopie desired, 0 & time of crisia the basls of tho baak ourrency was withdraws, aad faiuro waa tho ro: sult, Ho spoke of bow beuks had falled la every Busicial crsi o apoclo-puylug thmes, and of ihe Tegiula tive oxstniuations of the brokeu bunks, whea It wes found f the Blate of New Latupshire tuat thers was nob_ouough speclo (o redeew ibe outatandiug notes, Tat was the much-vaunted #pecie-piyiug us, 1o road sonie atateincnta of Lo discount oa notes in 1Ly, when the bipk-noles were cobe vert{blo iut0 coli 1n that year the Dritish Parliament passed an act of cruclty, fxlng & dsy four yoars ahesd Whea specle payment’ should be resimed, Mo nad 0 tal of o Intsh peo) the ‘ess (Lo antire basis was withdrawn from the specie-foundod baoks of the Unitud Blates. Kug! neodad the w which th foolish people of that ilay bised thelr cir- rency, Mr, Kelley then read extracts from ihie ap- pendiz to the report 1o the Committeo of the Benats of Pennsylvants, aliowing the disconnta on the noles of the country banks of thet Hate, sscertatned ot in epecto but In the then depreciated’ japer of the hapks of Prnnaylvania, and alan extracts from a ebter show. {n2 the discount on the Lauk pager of the country a New York, Avrut 7, 1819, and ar Baltimore Aug, 1419, Tue atatintich Alowed that bank-notes were preciated from 160 60 per cent, and thia L sald was tue rxbihit of banka cumin 4 d nn & apecie barla, Tho other day, be contined, bo was chatting with & friend 1 his olice, whon hv waa sifordesd the proof hat Juet muck buokiug e be lad described bad cons finuelintil 1857, They talkod of the [ntervening period, when the friend went to Lis safe, and drew forths meveral of the Lesutiful hrECE They warn nu tha Fazmuers’ lsuk of Whestford, R, T Baid the friend, * llere are some of thio notea of that pteanant petiod of specis Vankiug, Ielp yourself ; ke whist yoi want,” Tn 1F57 we saw the laat of {hat preteaded specte banking, ANl conld remember the crims that ended 1f, Mo could remember the slmiar ono of 1832 distinitly, and another f 1924, Lt not in detatl, of with au underatanding of itn cutines, When people relled upou a_ specie-tasly ayeteu they would caure the disappearance in tme erieia of the carniogs they bad degended upon, With the witharawal of apecio td satialy the domanda of & crod= 110t ntion, THE FYRAMID WOULD TOPPLE OVER, 1t conli ot o denfed. _ England, be continied, had the rizbt to lestio £70,000,00 oo Guvernment credit, They tauet be _redoemabie in gold, He Lad never atatid to tio contrary, though ke bal Leen credited with auca a etatement. The Bauk of England sho bad the tiglt 1o Iasue pound for ponad of hotes upon the ol 1 Latid, The Lank was augpoced U prevint any fodue expansion, The charter devieed Ly i Itobert Poel probilited the suspeuston of epecin pay- wont, 180t notwithatandiog, tireo e the Govers ment Lad been obliged to AAVE TAE DANK by letting her wpon Uovermneut credit intia more nutey to get apscle 10 Now §u, But for this course o waould have fafind, Fie proposed 10 gise the currency of the Guited Btates a minilar flexibaiity by inter-con- vertiblo bonda, ‘The apeakier than riferred to BENATOL MOUTON'S CHARGE {hat they wero alteunpting to teeeiablins fe i3 bank. ing_systemn, He thought ihat the cbargen made ngatunt 11, O, Carey, Wendell Plillips, Feter Couper, B, F. Ditler, aud others, ihat they were onapitiog to ' return to ' th doctrine of Stato novereiguty by ro-establimbiug the oid _banking ystem, ‘showed that Mr, Morton's caue must be & bad'ono when he tind to resurs to much statements, and to constanly telling tho peopls of Olfo that ke {the aposker) was & maniac on the subjeet of pig-iron, * Toank God I" satd_Mr, Kelley, * you ea sake pig-iron o 1ilinote,” ~ The peaple ‘Here, be continued, would make stroet ralls from thelr own products and rafters for their magnificent buildings an oaally ax they could clothie themaclyea in the wool of their own raiwing ; and they would be ahle to do s hecause thelr Nnaees wero Lased upon tho credit of thelr country and wero protected fram tho cheap wbor of forelgu laborera, WILY D1 TRE BANKR ROT DREAK ? The certified checks in New York, in 173, nunk 4, 8, and 10 per cent, In that criss the papor dollar wau moro valuable than anytling clac, Men took 6 per cent bonis to bauks,and wanied to excliango them for greenbacks, willing' to lose the gold inteseat, They a1l this bocausa the greenback waa tho only legal tea- dr fur tia pagincnt of delt, Wiiou a man e greenbiack, ho knew that hie bad SOMETHING WITIL WiliOl TO PAY ITIS DENTS. “The yrcat valuo of money was the fact ihat it must ba taken for debta, Honce the crisin of 1h73 spprecinied tbe greoutiack, | The speaker then safd he wanted {0 do justice o tho ‘bondholder, but, at iho same time, ho could not help remempering that 1o greenback was worth iwlco ss much an before, Ilad not all products wo fallon that {hey could be purchiased now for half what they ouce cost 7 The greepback was the rarest aud best moncy in the world_since tho days of Marco Loln, who, in bis curl- oun volume, descritied such prosperity an our o have ousted at One time lu CLIuA, Buck prosperity as we harl enjoyed for the past fiftecn yenrs was tiero do ncribed, and t scumed 0 be the experience of & cou- try going through & currency experiuuce stmilar to our owu, The credit of tho Govornment wan inexportable, and 12 that fact and 118 bojnig & legal tender wis THE LA1S OF 1T8 BUPERORITY. It was atd wo bad too much muney, Tiis was not 8o, althong 1 some nowspapers might' may vo. Tuey might aliude to large sums Iylng 1 tho lapks of New York or iu (be Tressury st Waahinglou, Ho woull #ay that the greonbacks 80 dupoalted Lad cenacd to Lo money, Mouey was that which cizculstod Irom haud tohand, Thamilioun volocked np were dond capiial locked ‘up for future use. Bui when would that time ~come? 1f the law in force Jan, 1 was to provall, when the money was moeded, the Bleri would Lave under tho bammer the property of Lalf the tax-payers of the country. Wy should inen be foollsl envugh to lend mouey to men 1o invest in falllug market ? 8o long 0 THE THREAT OF RESUMPTION hung ovar the country prices must go down. snd men would bang ou to thoir capltal, It was not money—It wea robbed of a'l ita characteristi.s, aud was uo lnuger a atandurd of values for We cxchange of commudibies. Whal should bo done Lo LXSTORE TUE CIHABACTER OF MONEY? Thers was but one way-—copoal the sje:to resump- tion sct. [Applau fntil that waa done, all sie ouergy of Cnicago men would be of no avail’to asve them from embarrassmont, Somo years ago hio wan blocked in tho streota by bulidings gofg up, und thero waa the atir of Lusigess, To-day it was not a0, He raw fow statoly bulidinga golng up, sud thcre swere plenty of yacsut lots which wuuld remalu lung unten- antod, ‘The United Btstes Goverament murt be propared to rodoemn tho greoaback aud the nationsl currency of the day. In the Tressury, s fow dnyn ag», thore wero abouit $72,000.000, whiols did uot appesr & large sum to resume over $500,000,000, Dut they said' the Tressury would All up. Whils thero was but oue-third gots of tho last fiscal year, tho fnances ware runuing low. The Guvornineni found tnat the rovenus sawld not ‘sustain tho machin - ory, and It immodiately raivod ths {a< on sever:l com moflies; sud yet e rovenus foll below that of 873, TNERR MUBT BE BOMEK OTUZR MEANR, then, than incroasing the taxas, How thuu aould the “Treasury resumo 1 1t could not preparo for that day. Tue money gamblars were prossing the matter in tha dovornment to suck the biood out of the Amcrican peoplo, Let them femuo inconvertible bondr, sy st 3.63—that would meet tha dificulty. But {7 they got it Into the Treasury, UOW WELE TUEY GOING TO GET IT UT ? Why, by the axmo law that prevented tho Bceretars frum tiking the gold out of the Treasury, picept as provided. Wiy ehiould tho Becretary of the Trewury peud $3,000,000 of gold ta Luy $3,000,00 of curreucy whien tho peoplu were ready Lo eud Lini tho mchvy at 4,03 percent? A businoss msn who would do suchi o thing thoy would call & madmnan, Public buitdugs should gu on,yublio officlals whould be vald promytiy, and with the'money of the Government, I{ nvcersary 1bo Becrotary sliould g0 futo ths matket aud buy gold 1o fedoatn thio gold interest-besring bonda, atid burrow wotiey at 3.62 per cont to do it with, Theso mewus would bring ts curroncy lo. var, savo §2)01.000 » 125, be putalntog very Natiooa) Dauk nuis st cam to 'the Treasury, and isnte & ever the number of noted to & bank went down o WU, they aliould nave their bonds seut back snd thetr fsio retired. Tho banks would_bava all tueir capital to bauk on, Senutor Mortou had sald that tho banks patd nearly all the futorcst they got from tho Goveru- ment bonds BACK TO TUE OOVERNMENT AGAIN IN TAXES. But, §f thab wua 50, why should they tix tlio peoplo $20,000,00 & year for thess Lankato receive it sud poy it back agaln ¢ But 14 was not 80 tit they yald {hat much back or the sixth Fart of it. Lus oue of tuo Cnicago yspers sald that the groeuback was u dirly lig, in tias It promised t0 pey a dollar and did noi. 3r, Kolley flourished a gresuback, and said Lo would @vo it to any editor who could shiow him where that note promised to pay m gold dollar, The Bu- preme Conrt had “decided thst m $10 till was oo for $10, Huw was fba e Mr. Keiey snowed & Vauk-uoto, sud said that, howover, was wwacl, de licious, aud pure, Why? Because' the pevplo wers tazed ’m,w,nmm support it thious elitors ‘worshljod it. 1f thiose editor had writien of the greenlucks during tho warss theydo now in bebalf of specio, Stauton would bave nhack for it. When- BENT THEM TO PAIRON by platoons, The greenback was the glory of the half- ceutury, When tie peopla found that the greenbuck could Lo masle siable, and at the same thoo dusible, correaponding 1o tho wants of tradp, they would cenow thelr blessings upon the greeuback. 1t would be new boud of the perpetulty of the Unlon aud the uul- ty of tho netlon, ie hurled futo Seuator Mortcu's tecih the doclartion Lhat it was e, aud not we, who were prepariug the way 1o ecession by depriviug the Houth sud Norih of tho bond of Union. Didany man ever lose a dollar by & legal-tender? Tt was fuaued in fractional currency i 6 ceuts, 10 o-nts, 25 couts, aud 5 covls, aud §u notes from $1 up luto the thousanis, 1u nmo case any ono lost byit, It might become torn, but the Government would ro- doou the fragients,” It was abolutely unbreakablo, The Brat buto wua yot 10 be brokeu, Not a note could 1o broken #0 Joni a2 the Couatitution aud Union stood. Night teforo Lut he bhad spoken fn & swmall, crowdod hall, Dripping with perepiration as ho Icts the siage a goutlemsn kindly oftered o lu- trodiico Liw to weveral tics pressut, Ouo of tiem, turuing to b, axked, +4Mr,’Kelloy, how will you get geeeubacks i the bands of e who have uothing to give for them 1" He nvm 1 am tired with spsakiug, sud bave taken cold, snd wish o re- furn to ty kote), bot will be flad i anawer yous quee. tion at any other timo." He Lad sluce secn it stated that he left thastage sbrupily, refusicg to anawer the quug‘\:u. sad (hat probably ¢ nover would bo an- swred. 1 ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, hie would say, adupt (e 448 Lod bill, Probibit the Hecrotary of iy Tresayry from sallivg goid aud buy- Jug grectbacks when the peopie wers willing b0 lond themn st 3,69 por cent, Ho then pictured the prospere iky of thio Laboring clisses undar this stats of tiugs, L2t the wurkshope and Krand Lusiucss-cuterprisca b siapiod, Lot dead capital be quickeuisd dato cussoney, 04 mitkous of akilied men sinking uto idlcnoss Would give labor in exchange, Lopcal thie cruel act for tho n-um\;lmn of specie baymenta, sud soo fo it iLat thie grocnback, which carried us through tuo War, aud sorved us i Dosce, wss not tvetroyed by ibe parulcious doctrinod of free-trade aud bard monsy. Col. Luwen then camo forward and said that Mr. Kelley bind prumnised Lo beat Houth Ohleaga st 3 o'clock. ihis aftornoon, sud would say somethivg aboub plg- izon. (Chects aud laughter.] TUY LON, JOUN WENTWOLTH wes loudly callad for. Lo pald a Ligh compliment o Ta s patriotism of Mr, Kelley 4n (hi” punt, He wie bowever, that bis feiend was rather down-heari- «d (IAt uigbt, and expected somelhlug wrong about the year 1473, 1o (3r, W.) boped to v that long, aud hin expected tlia country would coms out all right, and that Mr. Kelley would be i much bettet humor fn 1470 than bn wan now, (Laughiersod cheers.] Mt. Kelley—Ynu meau that the specie resumption sct will be fapealed 7 r, Wentworthi—| mesn that the country will come ali right, We won't stir, [Great l)llghlct.{‘ Mr. Wentworth then eard tbat be lad Nyed through all kinds of money fn the country. Ho found bLard llmes when thers waa cure rency, and aleo hard times when thers wan bard cerh. (Laughtee and cheors, Although he snd Mr. Kelicy bl been friencds aido by side in Congresa during tao War, they did not agres on sl yiainia sioce 1bat period, Dut he would axy, in con- Custun, that Mr. Keiloy wan an Lonest, & fearloss, and a5 able' men, not alraid to speak Lis srotiments, He wished all_American public en s tls satno moral courage, 1n Liearing him they had Leard the ablest man, on hinaide of the House, in tho United States, [Applause.) THI SCIENTISTS, Papers Rond Mefore the Convention at Detroit, Denorr, Aag, 13.~The American Association for the Advancement of Beietice, now bolding its twenty-fourth annual meeting in thia city, con- vooed this mornin, 10 o'clock for ths third session of thimineeting In order fo liston to tho addreasen of Profs. Nuwton and Dawnon, Chalr- men reapectively of Sections A and B, and Vico Becrotaries of tho Association, After which Prof. Riley tendered tho reporta of tho Htate Entomologisty’ Society to tho Amsocintion, “Fno Standig Commuttea sdupted tha follow- ing reaolution : Jeeaolced, Thst this Association earnetly requat ihin e authiritive of 1ho diderent Hiatea 1o the Unfon thie oilice£8 40 the Trapective deparimenta of the Natirnal Governmaent 1o furnish the lbsary of the Amsociation with nil reports oo cientific aubjects, by Tearitting them to tha Parmanent Secretary. Invitations Lo vixit various manofazturing ene tablisbmonts, sud especially to oxawing tho process of pisciculture 8t Northville, wera re- coived and read. A number of new membara were then admitted to the Association, aftor which Prof. Putnan antouncod that tho gift of &1,000 mada by s, Elzabott Thompeon, of New York, to be ex- pended at the diecretion of & comuitice of the ‘Ansociation, had Loen devoted to tho publication of & monograph of all that 18 known of foaml buttertlies, Tho putlicstion 18 & bandsome, Jatgo, paper, quarto pamplilet, Secretary Scudder roported invitations tn hold e uext meeting of tho Associstion as Buffalo, Philadelphia, and Nasbville, The inviation from tho latter city is signod by the Governor of Tennossco snd by the principsl oficors of tho Government of thal Btale, Tho general ecasion of tho Arsociation theu sdjourned nutil 10 o'clock to-morrow morniog. Kome of tha members, who wora_specially intor- ested in wicroscapy, met in the Circwt Court room, to consider tho fitness of orgamzing a gtil-gection 1o that departmont, oither for tois sear or next. ‘Thers seomed 1o Lo little prospect of dolug much at present, and 1t was thought that snothor meeting might bw held hereafter, at which the propor prehiminarics to the extab- Lishment of the sub-section for vext year should be taken, by electing a Chatrman 1n “accordauce withi the conditions of the Censtitution. In the aftornoon, in Section A, tho following papers were road aud discusyed * Op the Dis- tribution of the Asteroid.” by Daviel Kirk- wood; *On Somo Inequalitien of the Long Po- riod in tha Moon's Motion,” by Johu N. Stock- woll; » Algebratc Curves Expressed in Trigono- motric Equations,” by IL. A. Newton; “Trans- tormation of Curves from Alebraic to Tranecen= deotal,” by 1. A. Newton; * Ouo Cortsin Trane- cendental Curves,” Ly A. W. Plulhips. In tho Bub-Section of Chemistry the following spors were dirposed of : Ono by ‘liad W. tovons. * Rapid and Automatio Filtration, with & Doscriptlon of Apparatus.” and one by B, W. Jotneon, bearing the following title, **On 0Otto’s Metlod of Estimating Phosphoric Acid in tho D'resence of Iron aud Alumnium ;" * Apps- ratus for Fat Extraction™; "flumpcuxtnnu of Corn, Fodder, and Yield Per Acra ;™ *Compo- sition of ths Bweet Potato;” *‘On Thorpe's Mothod of Estimatiog Nitric Acid.” In Sec, B soven papers wore resd. They were na followa: * New Hpecimens of Fossils {rom Canada,” by J. W, Dawson ; ** On Somo New and Remariablo Coal-Plants from the Lowor Coal Mesaures of Ohio and their ‘Typical Rola- Clons”, by E. B, Audrews; * Lzistenco of Gla- cial Action mpon tho Buromit of M¢. Washing- ton, N, 15" by C. if. llitchcock; * Ou the Gedlozy of tho Southera Countics of Neir York, aud Particularly of the Cateklil Mountain Ke- gion," by Jamea Hall ; * On Bomeof the Results &1 thio Geological Survey of Oliio,” Ly J. 8. Now- berrs: O Ancient Glaciation at Kelly's 1al- and, Obio,” by Charles Whittlesv; “On Lead- ing Divisions 1n Recenc sud Foasl Chitonidm," by . P, Carpenter. Last nigli the members of the Association wore received by E. A, Brush, ouo of the oldest und weaithies citizens of Detruit, and during the eveniug & diamond breasi-pin worth $a00, wan stolon from s bureau in s wife's bedroom, which bad been ansignud to tho ladies for tofiet puzposes, It i supposed that it was Laken by somo_enoak-thief, who took sdvantnge of the crowd to obtain sdmission to tho bouse. Po-night tho Association is entertained by Gov. Bagley. 'Tho celobrated Light Guard Band in now playing fn tho park oppusito Lis resl- dence. YELLOW FEVER. FROM OUR NEW ORLEANS CORRESPONDENT. Special Duavatch L The Chicawo Tribune, New OnLrans, La., Aug. 13.—Cousiderable anxioty ia felt hero in covsequence of the yel- low fover havipg broken out iu & very malignsnt form at Pascagonla, mituated oo tho railroad be- tween New Orlesus apd Mobile. No well su- thenticated caso of yellow fever has yot mp- pesred bere, and tho Bosard of Lealth will exer- ciso the most siringet munsures to provent its introduction. Tho henith of the city Las thus {ar boen excolieut thus suinier, with an uousu- ally small proportion of fobrilo discasos. The total number of deatls f10m all caused last wook Was but 109, WASHINGTON VIEWS. Special Duvatch ta The Chicano Triding, WasmzutoN, D, C., Aug. 13.—Tho advices hero aro that tho appesraucu of the yellow fever at Dascagoula does nut seriously thresten the bealth of Now Orleans or of the Gulf ports. The population of l'mlfonll I very small and the village, on sccount of the lumbor trade with the Gull feiauds, has the yellow fover esch yoar. The town is isoluted, aud upou the appoarancoe of the fevor au ubsoluto ombargo 18 etablished againat it. Tho moedical ofticers, for this reasoun, Lope tho epidemic will not spread. ARMY ADVICES. A telegram recoived ab Gou. Bheoridan's head- quatters in Chicago yesserdsy roports that the yollow faver pationts at Fort Barrancas continue convalescing ; that the fever has attscked the naval plekei-guard, aud in roported spidemio ab T'ascagouls, and that thore Is oue case kuown {u New Orlesul —e——————— SUICIDE. Special Disvatch o The Chicaao Tridune, Dixox, 11, Aug. 13,—Clarles Grabe, s wealthy farmer, aged 83 ye and living 8 miles south of tuis city, oommitted auicids yestordsy afternoon at hia brother’s residence, by shoot- ing bimse}t with & gun, blowing the top of his head off. 'Tho verdict of tho Corouar's Jusry was tomporary insanity, Specral Durateh (o The Chicago Tribune, Fast baciNaw, Mich, Aug, 13.-A ()'nnllfi wowan vamed Mary Elleu Dounelly died {in this ity this morving from the etfects of & dose of smenio adminiutered by hor owa hand. The girl's father, James Dounolly, v a vagaboud, and hes mado home unendursblo for his child, lemf to obtain omploymens ehe preferred death by sulcido to & hife af ehawo, and took & tosspoonful of arsenic, The verdict of thio Cor- ouer's jury was that the girl oame to her death by a dose of arsenic adwinlatered by bhersell while in depressed spirits, occasioned by a fall- ure to obtain employment aud by the evil treats ment recuived at tho bands of her faiher. X dysie kg WILLFUL DEFAMATION, Special Dupatch Lo The Chicago Iribuna. Joser, liL, Aug.13,~The Rev. W. B. Til- linghast, Roctor of 8t. Peter's Church, Detroit, Mich., wha is accusad of adultery and other mis- dewmeanors, an acoount of which hdu sppeared in the paj during the paat fow daya, has man; m.n‘&.’.'.f?s nl-m‘.. m.xr-h city, who believe mz whole sffeir iu » deliborate atiempt to uin tho goutleman's reputal . en 30 S e - T WASHINGTON., =< Ten Millions More Five-Tw 2% Called in by Seeretary Bristow. Only $38,000,000 1fore of the New Fives Undisposed OF, A Twenty-Dollar Greenhack Points a Moral and Adorns a Tale. The Secreary of the Treasury and Treasurer New Work Togetier Harmoniously. How the Chicago Rag-Money Or- gan Inflates Its Own Currency. TREASURY AFFAIRS, THR NATIONAL LANK REDEMPTION AGENCY. Kpecral Inagatch to ['he Cnicago Tribune, Wasuixatos, . C., Aug, 11.—A dispatch wag sent from Washingten thin afteruoon to the of- fect that the Committes sppointed to exemine the casl and accuysta of the Treasury reported that they found the naira of the National Bank redemption sgency in a very loose candition, and ecverely cenyured its mansgemint, An exam- ijuatton of the report shows that this statement is unqualifiedly false. The Committeo did not criticiso the management of tho ageucy in any way, but timply reported the result of their ex- amination. 7The only discrepaucy found was an “over” of §ll in tho essh. They olso found that #1563 hiad been charged to profits aud lows, This was tho amount of various packagos of money abe stracted in tho firs few monthin after tho pans- ago of the _rodemption act, before tho spuncy was provided with proper rooms, furuiture, or other precautions sgawst loss or theft, A statement will soon bo kent out to all of tho National Usuks iu counection with tho nssesu- ment for tho expensas of redoemiug their notes, giviog an explanation of all of the weme of ex- pense. includicg tho proflt and loss scconnt. fho aesessment will be tors than 1-11 per cent on tbe Dbaok circulation. At Lhis rato the oxpeuno of the redemption wysiein to & bauk of §40,000 circulation will bo about #30 ver anuam, Promivent bauk ofticers who have visited the agenoy bave uniformly expresend purprise 3t the porfection of its orgamzation aud the smalluess of 1ty loss, A L0ST 830 GREENDACK, Aa ircident vccurod at the Treasurs Depart- ment to-day which illastrates, smong oubier thinge, the perfoction Lo whicl the system of cbiecks and balancos in tho Burenu of I'noting and Engraving has beon brousght. Que of the femasle cousters in thi Burean wielded to tho tcmptation to steal s §20 greonback. Kuowing tho duficit would bo_wmscertained without fail befora 3 oclock, she mado hasio to ehield herueif hy reporting that sho had discovered a deficit of tbat amount, At once the mcst Yirorona exawm- ioation was made, butin vxin. 10 find who wns respousible for tho loss. Tho escitement that provailed in tho cash-room when the §47,000 loss was aunouncod ~waa roposted on s small scale 1o Mr. McCartr's Buroau. Ti- nally, tho woman who had stolon tho bill arose from ber neat aud pawsed out of the room. In domg #o the stolen bill slipped from thie placo whero it waa ooucealed on her perron, and fell to the floor, lesding to_her detection. Bhe coufessed hor crime, but told such a pitiful atory of poverty aod destitution and the pross— ing wanea of a tamily dependent upon her for support, that sho was permitted to retain ler position upon pronuss nut to do #o sgain. Sub- sequently, notice was werved upon the employos of the Dureau that » repetition of the offeuse by any one would certaiuly moot with tho swillest punixhmont. A CHARACTERISTIC LLUNDER. The Clicagu Infer-Civan recently published & Waslington Ietler givivg nu interviow bad by its correspoudent with Gon. Bpumer, iu the courss of whiclh the Genetal criticirad with nome meverity Secrotary Drietow's maosgement of the Doyartment with specinl referonco to bimself, Tho letter roprercuted Bpinner as saving that ‘I'ressuror Now Liad alrcady hiad somo diffarences and sharp words with tho Secrotary, srising out of the fact that Mr. Raw in- sisted, ma did Gon, Bpioner, on his right to manage his own Bureau and anpoint bia own sutordinates, Cou, Spinner has clalmed haviug said any tueh thing, stating that hie romark was simply that Mr. Now was a good business men, and would therefore doubitlessy insist on managiug his own atfuics (u bis own way. ‘T'o-dav Mr. Now addressed tho following letter to the edrtor of tho Jnler-Ocean Tho interview as roported hetween your corsee spondent snd Gen, Spiouer {n your frane of tho 8d iust., doce grest Injustice o Becretary Tiristow ln statitg tuat there hava been **didrencos” aud abarp words Letween the Bocretary and myaclf. Buch 18 Lt the fact, Our poreousl and oicial 7. (- #1008 bave boen of the muoet pleasait churscter. Tho Hocratary lias wado no demends of me to whieh 1 could object, anil 1 bave asked vothing at bis Lands whicl Lo L3s not ebeerfully grauted, There eoald, thercfore, bo 1o cutve for quarrel ou ty part, Yound truly, &c., JonsC, New, THE FIVE PER CEN' Tho call for bonds to-day reduccs tho numbor of & por cout bouds, 1o be funded nnder tho ucia of 1870 sud 18T to &47,785,800, wnd this amount, it s amumed at tho Treasury Dopart- ment, will all be taken before Nov. 15 noxt, It ia not tha purpose of tho Hecretary of tho Trass- ury to make any disumction in the mouthly dobt mtatements of tho bouds issued un- dor the Fundiog sct sud thoro sold mu- der the providons of tho Kpecio No- sumptiou sct, o until tho entire amount of B por cents authorized to bo funded ate dinposed of the publio will no: know exactly how much tho Secrotary increnned th bonded imdsbiteduoss of the United Hiates, The amount, hiowaver, alroady sold 18 ugarly £17,000,0i0. ‘Lho previoua subscription of tho byndicata will office from tho debt siatoment thelast of (ko 5-20 loan of Teb, 25, 1862, sud tho suiecoption to-dsy witl Wipo out the last af the 53¢ loan of March 8, 1864, besides reduciug the loau of June 80, 1564, ¥9,000,000," tho euttre mwount of which will be uearly cancelled whon tho last b per cent boud 1s funded. 'T'he rapidity with whiol the 5 per conta havo beou dispused of croates an opine 10B 10 the Dopartoient that the market will be opou to & further domaud for them, ‘I bis Hecro- tary wiil bo obliged to well botween &30,000,000 and $10,000,000 0f 5 per cents tu provide siiver with which to replace fractional ourrency, L say pothing of the large smount of bouds disposed ol torueo gold for the redomption of jogal- tonders, Tucso bunds aro redecmable, though May 1, 1831, aud the not payable, owlb“il] wat tbe dsy of payment will be doferrod several yoara luduces the opinion in tho Dopartment that the Bocrotary will Lave uo trouble in continuing their walo u suflicient number {0 mssuse the prompt redemntion of every legal-tendor outatauding on tho lat day of January, 1879, SILVER COINH. The capacity of the wmunts for coining silver is limtted, but by the 1st of January next there be ou haud subsidiary coin sutlicient to make it aasy for the Sacretary to begin the work of cremating the fractioual curroncy. It was the intentiou of the Dopartmout to storo $06,000,000 in the Bub-Tyeasury ut Bostou, but au examination of the vault, the largost iu the country, reveals that it would not bs safo t0 pub woro than $3 000,000 thero. (20 the Asmcuated Prest) BONDY CALLED LN, Tazasvar Depanraest, Wasmsaro¥, Augs 13.— Ly virkuo of tho suthority givel by the act of Cangress, approved July 11 1873 eutnled An act to authorize the rofundivg of the ua- tlouat dobt,” I bereby give uutico that the priu- cipst and_accrued futerest of tho bunds below desiguated, koown s S bouds, will bo id' wt the Treasury of he United bistos, st Washlvgion, ou and afior tho 15th day vf Nuvetber, 1875, aud that the lu- terest on the suid bouds will casse on that di t is to say, the bonds of thoe scts of Murcl and Jubo 30, 1864, a8 sollows : Bix per ceut rogistorsd bonds of tho act of March 3, 1864, 100, trom New. § o 72, both inolusive ; €500, from Now, 4 to 43, both inclusive ; 81,000, Nos. 1 &> NUMBER 355, to 253, both inclusive ; 85,000, Nos. 1 to 1,368, both lnclusive. Total. €146,600, Ack of Jaue 30, 1864, coupon bonds, #50, Nos. 1 to 750, both inclusivo; ~ €100, Nos. 1 to 8,700, both 1aclunive § 50, Nos. 1 to 4,000, both inclusive ; £1.000, Nos. 1 Lo 16,200, both inclusive, Total, €5,500,000. Regiatered bnnds, #50. Nos. 1 to 30, both inclusive : $100, Now, 1'to 250, both inofumsive ; £500, Nos. 1 to 200, both inclusive ; $1.000, Nos. 1 to 1,100, both inclumive 3 5,000, Nos. 1 to 800, Dboth cliaive ; 810,000, Nos, 1 to 1,520,both inclnaiso, Tocal, $3.553.400. Grand total, $10,000,000, Of the amount outstanding, ombraced in the nnibers ay abave, £6,600,000 aro coupon bonds, and £ 1,500,000 are registercd honds, 1t Stetea Accuritien ‘forwarded for ye- “_“““'":‘,“ otld bo addrarded to the Loan Di- Vition. Bucreiary’n office, and sil registorea bonds #hould be hosigned to the Becretary of tho Treas- ury for redom, (Signed) F. BuaNax, Acting Bocretary, NEYENUE MATTRNS, The Preeldent directy that Dodd County, Gs., whicl 18 now etsbracsd partly in the Second and pa-tly in the Tlurd Intorual llovouus Districts of that ¥tate, ba included in the Second District. Williamn C. Cerroll. Fred II. Xtollabause, aod Willinin C, Dyck, Lave been apointed Internal Tievenue Grugers tor tho Firyt Illinois District, and Tuco, G. Bickford, AdoiphI', Muoller, and James L. Taylor, Storekeepers in' tho samo dis~ trict. —— LAND REMINISCENCES. OLD CHICAGO CLAIM4 IN THEL GENEDAL LAXD OF- ¥ICE. Snectal Dispateh ta Tl Chicars Tribune, Warntsoroy, D. C,, Aug. 13,—Tno entry mado by Willis Drumamiond upon the Iilinols Central Depot-grounds has rovived many stories of old claims in tho General Land-Offico. Thers in now in tho Land-Oflice hore an old division chiof who has been thero ja his placa sinco about 1836, Ho slmost camo into of- flco with tho presont laod-system. Xe knows tiat system from A to Izzmid. Ho ia the encyclopedia of all law, and plats, and records, relating to old clalms. Commissioner Burdette say# thut tho office would be ruined without him, and the duties are eo pecuhiar, tho labor is eo in- tricate, that no sasistauta can be found for hin. Now men aro worthlesn. Hescome to Lavont his flogare' and tonguo’s end all ko curioun freake of Iand _surveys in the oldar Westorn States. Ho s n believer in tho rghts of inany of the old claimants o roal cstate in tho great esties, 1o lins watched for & quarier of & century the attempta of tho heirs of dlur- ra7 MeCouucll and of Mark Beaubion to obtain puraession of tho trasts of land in Chicago fu which thero are now o many millions. He be- lievoy that tho Murray McConuell heirs are, or were, legally entitlod “to their hoirship in that famous tract, ond that thur clsim was de- feated in tho Interior Departmont what ia called froud vow a days, In tue old davs they called it~ “political ivfluence.” And in this opinton the present Commissoner accwod to shore, Toe decision wan made 1u the days of Juke ‘Thompson, of :;om{dumnory, and the tradition in the Land Of- co thiat fhe decision then mado against Mur- unell's beirs was dus to ** political in- ."" These old ofticers hiavo a tender rogard for thoold Leaubien claim. Ons of them remem- bors acain;; old Mark Leaubien, mauy yoars sgo w_ s forgotwen Chicago hotol, ‘shake his otiginal teeeipt iu the air, sud shout, *Tne titls is mine. It ia mine.” And this officer, who has been tracing soctional lines on tho great mnp with his nose for thirty years, be- lioven it in, notwitlutandiug tho Appallate Courts have rendered final judgment sgainas it, aud tue claims Liay passcd inw Listory, ———— e STAKING THE INTER.OCEAN. TOW THE CHICAGO BAG-MONET ORUAN doT 220,000 Siacial Correapandence of The Chicao Tridbune, Wamuserox, D. C., Aug. 10.—Tho following is an intorouting fraginent of political literature of which not everyoby has heard, and in the oxrlauation of which Chilcagoans wil} be intor- outed: WaniNa10 x, D, C., June 24, 1675.—Dedr Sir s=In wiew of the approaching Predential campatin and the Beato electious which are to occur tho coming autumn, this Committes Lun ocn directed to provide for the fmmeaiats and taorough re-orgunization of tho lo- publicau party, sud tlo clreulation of such documants xa will s sewcntial for the work. Assuming you to be a epublican, desirous of main- tadning the sacendency of the Nepublican party, and thus necurfug tha benent of Repubiican principlos, and that to do this, you ars willing to contribiite to s reason- sblo exteut fu providiug the leceessry and logitimats meann o suppurt the Kepublicau party, both in the for1a of penional effort and the coniribution of money, we linps you may be willizg to seud to tho Committos (14) fouricen dullars to bo oxpoudod saabove indicated, The Commitice dr+iro to enter upon their dutios st one, and it 48 of the utimoat inportauce that they oa abls to make up the lat of contributars and thoee who will take n aetive gort t tho work and to judge the extunt of tle mesus to bo ab tholr disposal by the Tth of the comiug mouth. "lcase reply Under cover of the enclosed envelopo and freatly oulign the Commitice and sour ubt serv's J, M. EDXUND#, Hecrotary, 1t bappona now, au {a gevorally well knowa fa political circles hero, that the tressary of the Republican Congressional Executive Committoo containg & goodly balance. It also happens that thore {8 nothiug of a political uature in the way of dofraving the expeusos of campaigus, ote., requiring any outlay.—the Republicans of Obio, tho otly Btate u whicti tho canvass 18 of gereral wmportance, being abundantly ablo to foot the axpenses of their own campaikn. AB & msttor of fact. tho sbove circular was not Jssued by that Comnittes, nor wiih the knowledge or consont of its membors. It omacstos from Postmanter Edmonds bnmself. Fartuor, the ob- ject to which the fuud isto be applied canuot bo ono of which either Postmastor-Genorsl Jewell or the Proaldent can bo advisod. About tho tuno that this circnlar 1s dated Frank Palmor, editor of the [nler-Ocean, was lhero clamoroua for funds for tho support of his papor—* Old Bill Allon's Clhicago rag-money or- god,” an it i koown here, Valmer, it is under~ utood, made demauds upon the Indiao Ring for survices rondored the Ring by Lis paper, but the demand was not honored. Apropos of that, it i curreut hero that Inghaw, Palmer's partner in tho puper. oncountered better wucceds in that di- rection, though wether Lo saccuedod in unioad- ing Inter-Ocvean stock (0 tho miembors of the Mg s uncertain, Tho JIufer-Ocean, be- g tho mpecinl organ of tho mafi-carry- ing, fraudnlent coutract riug, of course demauds wore 8130 msdo upon that. Thecurrent Topurt on the insido is that Palmer was 80 im- portunate that finally #20,000 was promisod him, and the duty of ramsing it was delogated to ¥d= monds, Postmassor of thin city, Hence tho cir- oular throngh which Edimonds bas booy levsing upon hiw subordinates lu the Pont-Otlice in this city for the support of the Chicsgo rak-mones orgau, And the F'ost.Oflice clerks on small aries in this city are payivg their 1 perodut ag- ;:ml'smnutou their ‘Ixunml salaries Lo keep Mr. almer's japer going. i The sarao conesiion §t shoald ba noted that ths Repubhican Congrugsionsl Exveutive Com- mittes promutly declined t0 throw awsy money in keopiug up I'alwer's nawspapor conoern, and therean it was that Ldmonds put the screws on Lis subordiuates tor Pulmer's boneftt, ———— * NOTES AND NEWS, TUE LITILE POSTMABTERS, Svecial Dispateh fo The Chicaao Tribune, Wasuvaroy, D. O, Aug. 18.—Parker, ths Bpaciul Agout of the Post-Ofica Department, whio deteste tho tricks of the]Postmastors uesr Now York City in wolling stamps outside thelr ‘delivery to incroase their ealaries, had an intor~ viow with the Activg Postmaater-Goneral to-dsy. The tesult of this interview will uudoubtedly ba that & considerable number of tho Postmasters vear Now York will be removed. 1t s slso quite probinblo that persons holding ofticial positions have, int connection with these trausactiony, ren- dored thowselves amenablo to prosecation. of 80, u»( will be punisyed. Oue din- onlty fa rosecating theso osses s fhsk the statute 14 not aa strong a8 the regulation, Tho Postmaster-General will undoubtedly recomwend aclango 1u the prosent law, ‘T'he law under which the ealariea of Post- masters wore flxed was based upon the amount of stampe cancoled, and pormitted grest fisud, ‘T'he ouly vvidence tho Departnent could bave was the oath of tho Postwaster. The now law peoms Lo have affonded opportunities for even greater fraud. MAIL pIDY, The Post-Office Departineot to-dsy received Informution that sbout thiry mail routes in Y'oxay bave boen abaudoned. There ase thirty more straw-bida made by the Keltles pld{. agaiust whom the Poetmaster-General recently pm‘.”::n:.d on account of fraudusently obtalning oau