Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 17, 1875, Page 5

e, it e e A e e e . bttt et THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TULSDAY. ATGUST 1%, 1875, 5 THE NATION'S CURRENCY. Letter from tho Hon. Ltoverdy Johnsor Qald and Silver the Only Monoy Au- thorized by the Constitution, A Review of ho Legal-Tender Dectsion of the Supremo Courte Inflation Olearly Unoonstitational in Timo of Peaco, savrryrong, Ind., Aug, 11, 1855.—-Tathe Editor the New York T'ribune : Thot tho ten who In 1787 framed the Constitution of the United Btates wero alive to tho porils of au inconvarti- ble currenoy 1a ovidont Irom sovoral of its pro- visions. Thoy had soon that Contlnontal monoy, 8 /ot convortiblo into coln, was totally worthless. Tiioy had also scon that somo of the Statos mado 8 'auch monoy n legal-tondor. Theso woro crytng 'gvils attonded not only with loss to onr cltizens, ‘but with disgraco to us ns a peoplo, Thoy, thoro- fore, gavo Uonpgress tho oxclusive power *‘to coln money, regulato the valuo tlioroof, and of 8 forclgn coin,” snd prohibiled the Statea from [ making anything but gold aud silvor s tonder in & paymont of dobin. + Tho poser thus givon to Congross la tha only ou0 which, In wordy, ombracos tho curroncy, ud Isosclusively confined to coln. That euch s power was not doelgnod to vest in tho Gienoral Govoromont any outhority to Issuo an {rrodoom- 'ablo curroncy 18 vory cloar, uuless to coiu money and regulato Its valuo 18 & powor to lasue paper 'snd rogulato its value. The valuo of papor monoy I8 what it professea to bo upon its faco, and does not dopend upon regulation, and papor fa certninly not coin. That it was not tho pur- poso of tho Coustitution to authorize Congress 40 leauo an irredoemablo curroncy isy in wy judgmont, pericctly plain, Tho re- ceived doctrino then, and for yéars afior tho adoption ‘of the Coustitwtion, waa that the Goneral Govarnment posseskod no ‘powors oxcept such a8 wero dologated fu express terms or by nccousary implication.. This fol- Jowed from tho character of tho Government firolf. But, to placoit beyond all doubt, the Tonth Amacudmont to tho Constitution was dopted, which provides: *Tho powors not dologated to the Umted Btatos by the Conntitu- “10n, nor probibited by it to tho States, aro re- ‘srved to tho Btates rospectivoly, or to tho peo- plo.” Tho debatos in the Convention show that tho wholo bady was aware of tho dangers of an frredeomablo citreency, and tho provisions re- ferred to wero ovidently iutended to guard agaipst them, BESTRICTIONS ON THE ATATEH. 1t thera could bo nny question as to iho in- tendod offcet of the first of theso propoititious, there can bo nono as to tho purpose of the last. Biates had Leen fsyning su irrodeomable cur- ~_ney, and, in wany instancos, making it a legal tender, and possossed thoso powers bofore' she date of the Coustitution. To take theso powera from thom was dosignod to put anond to khoe, ovil sud to securo tho peoplo & currency iu coin, orooe {hatcould bo convorted into coit upon tho will of the lotder. The conse- quences of an irredeemable curroncy wl fts being mado a legal touder, Blory states, wero to entall ** tho most enormous esils on tha country, aud introducod a uvstom of fraud, cbicunerp, and proflliney, which destroved A private confldence nud all 1ndustry and enter- ‘e 111 am yight, that tho dasign of tho Constitntion was to oxtinguiah forevor tha pos- sbilitios of such ovily, and thus to promnte’ tho interest, patoty, and reputation ol the country, can it bo finavined that its framers iuwertod in **a-Contitution any provisiou, special or gon- enl, sthich could bo coustraed to give to Cun- geeds tho authority, wndar any circumstances, to contipuo wuch ovils? The obfece of tha Couventiou was abviously to mako gold ud gflver the standard of valuo. Theco is 10t 8 word in tho instrament shich looks Lo any other Atandard. Experience has 1ully manifent- ed that irredevmable papor money was prognant wilh eunrmouy misshicfs. It was tho powor to causo such isohiefs wlhich was meaut to bo do~ stroyed, and this wholly irreapiictive of the polit- leal body in_which that power bad heen vestod." Whethor bolongiug, to the States or to tho Goue enl Goverunant, the dauger would, necossarily, . bo tho same. Ana this remark is, if possiblo, atill moro applicuble {0 tho power to make any- thing but czold and milver a tendor in payment ot dobts. 1 wos tho groes injustico of such s suthority whieh it was tho purposo pormanentily to oxtingulsh, Lo framcts of tho Constitution had cen that 1t wak destructive ailke ta individusl aud public intercats, aud a patpabla aud flagraut Wrong upou both, Lo lmngimo, then, that thoy Intended to givo to Conyross ths power to por- relualo meh dofuntico in tho future fs a libel Bpon the intellizonce and patriotivm of that Jody, And that no such powor was desiguod to Ve vostod in Cougrens i3 doduciblo not ouly from 1ho dobates in the Conveution, but from tha do- Tates in tho saveral 8late Coaventious by which tha Contitution was ratificd. In noithor was thero the nll;i-lhtout suggeation that the Govern- tent would havo, under the Coustitution, eittior of tho powers thicks, in this respect, had beforo -mlfi;:iud to tho Ktatoy, aud had proved so ,dolo- THE LTOSL-TESDER DECISION, Although in my judwnent Coupress has no . Werlo erouto an’frrodecmablo cutroucy, and io mako it a logal tender, I no awma that tho fast judgmont of tho Ublted Blates Supromo Court, I:‘puu the question upholds that power. ~That Judgmont, howaver, wau pronounced nndor ihgular circumntauces. At o previous term tho Court docidod nguinst the power, and tho'differ- nt docision which followed was hocouso of tho oppolntment of two now Judges. Tho then™ Culef-Justico—now, unfortustoly v the eoumriv. N0 mors, who was ha Becretary of tho Treasury whon the egal-Tendor act of 1802 was passod—~decided in Uepburn and Griawold (8 Waliaco) thst the act %44 unconatitutional as to sntocodent debty}; sud fu tho subsequent case of Kuox and Leo (12 Wallaco) ndhored to' that opinion, and abio eclded that it was unconstitational as to subso- Quent debts. The opinion of the Court in tho a6t caso was givon by Mr. Justico Btrong, god s very ablo one, and thoso who know him ss woll I'do can bavo no.porsiblo donbt thatit o consclontiously givon. By what I am about fosay, therofore,. of that opinion, no owe, I bope, will Leflove that I intovd to camt mrufloctlon on that learned Judgo or on 680 Who coneurrad with Lim, Fortha presont - wembers of tho Cour I entortain the Yuuhuab estoem, and I am euro that I speak the truth _ hon Leay that no more able or onlightoned men Yer oconpled tho fudiclal station than those ho Lave tilled our nstional tribunal from its orfiznlu\\ou 10 tho presont time. Dot thoir Judgmouta bavo nevor beon thought infallible. Tuoy hisve boon rovarsad by thomeclves iu othor lnutagces thau the one I am considoring, And, Indeod, Mr, Justico Htrong in thls yory case r\mpul! aays that it Is not only the mhzlzut the uty of 1! 0 raverse a prior jadgmont ho Court i when convinced of its orror, A MISTAKXN ASSUMPTION, °* T think that tbis opinion ruainly rests upon Mistakou assumption, That nugmptlonnl‘: that tmergencion MY Bapponin the Listory of the country fatal to ils oxistonce it the Government id not posuesn the powor, It 1a true thing evor Qovorumont muat have tho power to prosorve li'- 216, or, 10 for 82 it fias nok, 1t 1o Aorebronc Yo, 6 ils, howevaor, 18 not the caso of fih-flovwbmau: o United Btatas, 18 eviuced by somy of s Dowers delogated (o 1t1 the powor 1o raige and lurpm(. iea—to provide and maintain s uavy Ttouse forco to repelan invasion, and to snb- Ue an jnwurroction. If the Convention Lad thought {hat suy emorgengy comid ariwe lhreatoning destructlon to the Gavernmeut, hich these powers,would not be sdequate to {aeat, and that they could only bo met by thp 2 of irredoemable currenoy, and ngm;klug ita Undor in payment of dobts, can it be well ques.. loned ‘thak-wuich & power would 10k havo bess proasly dolegatod ? That the Government has & right to borrow Jouey fs clear, but is it true that the right to 0w is noy to be attonded with tha obligation “:mz Rudividualy bave' the tight Lo contrany “bu elther by borrawing or purchasing, but fs e‘b:ulblo that the Couvention intouded to give to gross the power to authorizo the dobtor i ropadiate bis engsgemonts In whole or =~ Part? And yet thls iy the operation of Sompelling his creditor to accept Irrodeemablo Ner. becausa in e far 8a ita value is toua thau h valua of gald and sllver the oreditor It fn- ".lnd. and to that extent doeos the law suthorize Rh lhorsod Judge rollos a1 udge rellos also upon s fsct, Bich 1a 0o doubh trao, st mosh It noi s, other (ovornmonts posaosn the disputed power, and Dt it would bo singular that onr oan whonld Lo witbout it Hueh nreference, with duo dofercnea to tha dJudgo, 1y wholly inapphe- able to our Goyernment, i that s no powors satopt suclt m are sxnrensly delegated ar cloarly ta bo implied. 'Tho nature of other Governimants, thiorafore, canuot aifect Ltho natura of “our own, other _to reasrnin or amplify ity powen Clizef-Tuatica Alnrsliall, in his aplsion in tho cano of * MeCaltongh anid dnryland,” anerts that onr Govermnont ik ouo of entmenited powera, (418, thoroforo, unlike others, and fa to ha construed by ftnodf, It i by no means corlane that the Jidgzment in the easo in 12 Wallaco wlil not bo roverned, ‘Tho {imigment in tie fieat cnso waa pronounced by foue ot the keven Juwdgaos, Tno aent tn tho last caro by five Lo four, boing but & sunjority of oue, [ thiose fudges had the right, na thoey enrtainly had, legally speaking, to ovorrnlo tho iirt decision, thoso who may fullow thom will have tho mamo right o uverthrow tho last and reafiiri tho first, ° It iw to bo hopud howovor, that the acts thomsolves will koan ceade 10 mar tho aintuta-book an.l to ba o rello- tlou upon tho wisdom, good faith, and honesty of tho nation, In differing_from tho majority of the Comt in that cans T am glad nov to bo compallid to rely morely npon_my own opinton. 1 havo tho anthirity of ono whoke words never farled to charm tho ear aud rarely ever fatled to satiufy the mind, nnd this wan ospecinily the caso when he mpoko_to n constltutional question, I moan Daniel Webster, 1l alwsys malntainod that with us gold and silver wro tho only gunstitutional standard of valug, Ia bover beld, howevor, that willh us thers in nola eurroncy other then I.'uld and gilvor. Ilo Hkmu;m that * currency In o Inrge, nud porhaps i} Just souwe, includan nut only gold and ailver aud hank notes, but bills of excliange also,” but thot “if wo tnderstand by currency tho legal money of the country snd thot which constitutos o lasTul tender for debts and is tho statute mcasure of value, thon undoubledly nothing 8 Includod but gold gud miver ;" and ho added that ** most tn- questionably there is no legal Tender, and thire can be legal tender, in this country unider the au- P aad thority of this Government or any other but gold and u{lm-fr." I quote from a spoech delivorod by Lim fn the Bousta on 2let Decewber, 1830, on tho Speclo Cirentar. CONHTITUTIONAL JARRIENS. Bosides thio vonstitutional. provisions ta which Ilipvo bofore adverted to prove that the Gov- orament hes no power to make anything but old and silver o legnl tondor, Ithink it is clearly o bo juferred from the firal olauso in tho eighth section of Articlo I of the Cunstitution, which gives to Congrane tho powor ™ fo lay and colleet taxes, dutics, imposts, and oxcises, fo pay the deots, ele” Can it Le questioned that theso devts wero designed by the Conslitution to bo pald only 1 that which tho world Iind ‘recoguized 08 1noney? To obtain such money, therofaro, was tho objact of the powor. ‘Tlio taxos, consequently, wera to be paid in cofn. But Congress Las made thom pavablo in their own irrodoamablo notos, aud malo thudo notes n legal temder, If thin i constitutional, thoy might have made them poyable fu raccoon skins, and mado such skins a legal tonder, INFLATION CLEARLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN TIME OF PRACE. Admitting, forargumen (' sako, that thers may be an exigenoy which 1oquires for Lhe preserva- tion of the uation’s oxistenco an issuo of paper, money and the making it o legol tender, doos’ auy such oxigoncy exme now? The amount of such cnrrency now outstanding was jssned un- der tho authority of Jaws proviously ppused. Moy wore parsed duriug the perils of tho late Civil War,—porils whict threatonod the deetruc- tton of tho Government, It is mainly becaiao of #uch perils that tho majority ot the Court, in tho eaxo 1u 12 Wallace, held that such laws wero constitutional, In that part of tho opinion of Mr. JusticoBtrong, which appears on pago 610, 12 Wallaco, Lo eays that the inquiry Is whotlior such lawa * waro, whot onscted, appro- priato instrutmentalitics for carrying into effect or exceuting any of tho known powers of Coi- grom or of sy department of tho Government,” fo then states in glowing, but not in exaupger- ated terme, what wero the circumstances in which tho Goveraumont then stoud, aud sddy thut it is not to be denicd that acts way ho adupted to tho oxercies of lawtul power sppropriatc to it in ecosops at exigency. which —wonld bo {nappropui- ato ot other timos' It Is cloarly in- forable from these quotationa that it was bocauso tho Inws wero coneidored by tha Court as beiug appropristo whon pasacd to the oxerciso of posers bulotggiug o the Goverunenc that thoy ndjudgod thewn to bo coustitutional, It is, thul, also perfoetly plain that in their judg- ment uo kuch Iaws couid be passed now becauso of n ehange in tho clreumstaticos of the country and of tho absonco by reason of such changs of auy dragor to tho oxistonce of our Govern- ment, 1€ L am right in this; as I think I am, if tho Inaguage of the Court is'to be une doratood tu 1t abvious kengo, then it follons that Congross can pess no law now authonziog a furthor insue of lexal-tendor notes. No one en- tertains at this time tho idoa that thoro i8 in our presunt ciroumstancos the most remoto dan- Rer to tuo nation's lifo. V’oace prevails through- out our borders, and consequently if such g cur- rency can nvw bo nuthorized It can bo suthor- ized forover, irrespoctivo ontirely of any su) posed or actual ovprwholming “neoessity, fl: therafors, Congress rhall bo golicited to author- fzo euch au Igsue, thoy csn and ebould way they havo na euoh authority, and refor to the decislon in 12 . Wallaco a8 gonclusive ovidence on the polnt! Tuls ecois to mo to ba the clear meaning.of that gnr: of tho opintou of Mr. Justico Strong in 12 Wallace, to which I bava partleularly roforred. .Upon tho whole, thon, I concludo-" CONCLUMION, First—That tho only currency known to the Countitution is gold and silver, or paper con- vortible iuto 1t on domand. Second—'Lhat nothing but gold and silver can be mado n logal tendor. Lhird—1le Govornmont now baing parfoctly 8rfe, no dangor throateniug itor boing appre- houded, Congross has no power to authorize-tho issna of on irredoomablo curroncy and to_wnako it o logat-tendor, 'This i tho cloar moaning of “ll)n part of Judgo Biroug's opiuion quotod aboye, Fourth—That tha crodit of tho wation, the truo, pormanent prosperity of every clusy of our cltizons, nud tho arrest of the domoralization cotikoquant upon tho pranent stato of things, de- mand a8 speedy & return_as practicablo to a apocio surrenoy, Revenoy JomnsoN, —_— 5 A CHURCH ROW. Ono of the Indinunpelis Scandnis. Inpranavonts, Iud., Aug. 16.~Anothor pomnt in tho Dowling ucandal caso was ronchod youtar- day. At the'moming sorvico of {h4 Betblobom Church, 16 wau announced that there would boa meeting of the Oflicial Doard i tho afternoon, and ot that timo Mr. Wiley, ono of tho minorily of tho lato Investigating .Committee, appenred, Baelug this, the members of tho Ofticial Board, ono Ly ous, dropped cut, and the meoting waat by default. In the evening, Mr, Wiley srose and attomptod to read a petition, oeking for an aue thoritative decision by the Oficts) Board on tho Dowlig question, Mr, Dowling, who was pres- ont, sprang'to tho organ and commencod playin, * Honig, Biwoot "mm:{" whilo the mi lllplll.)lflfi Mr. Wiloy held an augry disputation. Ar, Dowl- iug then attompted to turn off the gas, bug with. out suocess, and the audionce disporsed in con- sidorablo excitement and coufusion, RAILROADS; “TAE TOPEXR AND SANTA FE, Kaxngas City, Mo, Aug. 10.—Tho first train over tho Atchilson & Topeka aud Santa Fo Rail- road from bere to DeBoto wont through from hero to~day aud returned, and, the first regular train will borun tho latter part of the wook, All tho geoeral ofticers of tho road will como over tha lino on Wednasday ond locate the ata- tlons, and porfect tho arrungemonts for the run- Diug time botween Kaneas City and Loa Animos, oL, tho road baing complete to that point. —_———— RELIGIOUS, NATIONAL SUNQAY-BCHOOL CONVENTION. Farnroint, N. Y., Aug, 16.—Thiu s tho last day” of tha Chatauqua Bunday-School Assombly, Tho people hisve boen loaving on boats and traing all day. Addresies were mado {Lis morning by Prosident Lowis Miller, Dr. Vincodt, ana others, aud fu (e afterucon Prof, Eben Tourgee, of Bouton, deliverod a flue addresy on * Musio fn ibe Bunday-échool and Banotaary,” ‘The geuoral ologlng exorclaos wero held in the v ening, aud sddreases appropriate to the cocs- tlon made by Dr, Vincent, Dr, Presly, of Waal- ington, tbe Ruv. Dr, Deems, o et "N, Tusalk Bencd, o e ot Resolutions were sdoptsd spprovin, mauagernent of the Aumlllhlyml’ll Img lonlz :ll:: fatos closod on tho Bubbuth, “and (hn&mu tho feilvay oolupauios, stuambost compauies, ofe. 1¢ hisa beeu docided to hold a Chauitauqus As- éembly esols yoar, on the 0 @rouuds, which liave ‘beon wecured permsnontly for that purs pose. & large organ will be erecied sud sn jm- saonga hotel be bullt on the grounds during the Joun duriy, Yoatch shot and instantly killed his brotbor-iu- law, Melvin Murry, wilh s abiot-gun. Tue mur- fl:?ur. 1‘%}:@ wait whortly capturod, and {s now lLinrd out and lynch bim, Joil and awoke the Bherift and turnkey, who ro- mwained up tho balante of the night. ‘It is _sup- posed that tho mob got wiod that the officors were propared for thew, as no demonsiration 03- sureod, 4 JUSTICE AND INJUSTICE. Tho Governor at Last Gots the William- son County Flea in His Ear, . Iie is Now .’llnklfmu Fow Efforts to Throttje the Infamy. Hundreds of Fugitivo Murdorors Bkalking in the Indian Territory. A Kidnapping Bor;snllon al Fond du Lac, Wis THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY OUTRAGES. - Suecial Disvateh to The Chicane Trbune, - i SpaiNoriLy, 11k, Aug. 16.—CGoy, Beveridgo i in earnest fu regard to mattera In Willismson and Jackson Counting, 1lo i dotermined to end tho troublen down there, Mr. Bush, n promivent citizen of Carbondale, was hore to-day, and sng- gestod to the Governor tust it might bo well to sond somo militla down there. The Governor aslied if AL wera not possible to organizo company of miltia in Jackeou Connty, Mr. Bush did not think it could be done, Tho men could not loave their famillos and thelr work, To this the Governor roplied that if themen mest lutorested would not or- gavize to protect their lives, and the lives of their fricnds, it wan hardly to bo sxpected that men living remote trom thap county would leave tholr work and familics to do it for them. Buc the Qovernor bolloves that thoro s enouglh patriotism and courage down thara to induca the man to organize for their defense and tho honor of thoir coanty. ‘Accordingly ho addrossed mnd forwatded the following letior to-day : BTATE OF ILLINOIA, ITIVE DEPARTMENT, grrixorietn, Aug. 10, 1i5, The Hon, Willia 1o Lenuoning, Magur of irbondale—Sn ¢ £ wih to i gest 1lio propricty of organizing au_ indopendent mili-, targ company In” Carbosdale, I am of opinion tha presence of such an urganization would have s good offcct. Thoexpenso would be small, an uniferma sro not esential, Tho Slato can furnih nrme, Tlearo conatder Lo matter, sud sdviso mo pramptly, Yours renpastiully, JouN L, BEVERIDOE, Ho wroto a pimilar letter to tho Blerifla of Franklin and Willamaon Countien, urging them to ba prompt in their efforts to establish a force to put down outlawey and murder v their ro- spective conntion, Arma would,- upon applica- tion, be fmmedintoly furnislied. 81, Louts, Aug. 16.—~Tho (/lobe-Democral Laa » apeclal from Choster, [il,, Whioh says 8 Vigi- lanco Committeo hne bioen orgavized in Jackson -County, and two men named Montgomery Bto- Much excito-, vena and William Flood atrestod, ment in gald to prevail thero, and _outlaws are to Lo piven no_quarter. Jachkeon County adjoing Williamwson County, and, liko the latter, is infost- :)tl with o gang of desperadoos who defy tho B, KIDNAPPING CASE, Spectal Dispatch'to The Chiraao Tribune, Toxp pu Lao, Wis., Aug. 16.~This city was thrown into a tato of ntenso oxcitemont Jant ovoning in consequenco of o well-founded runior that a 3-yoar-old boy had boen kidnapped by woman and two seraugo men while the Httle fol- low was playlog in the door-yard. 1'hie Qhief of Polico and tho father of tho child were soon in hot pursuit. Thoy wore not long in getting on the track of tho woman, who was found st tho Homo for tho Friondless. Tho boy was slolen about 4 o'clock. Before dark hie waas rocaptured and returned to his homa and distractod frionds. ‘Tho police are {n search of the mon who alded in tho thoft, ‘'ho woman in the caso is tho divorcod wifa of tho fathor of the chfld. Whon tho di- vorco was granted two yoars bgo, il was agreed that the mau should have the chinld when ho was 3 yoars of age. Last Decombor lio Lind ar- rivod at that age. and the woman brought him to hier lato husband aud was suitably rowarded for lior oxpenso. $ho eald that sho roturned tho child " becauso his father, lavieg 10~ married an oxcollont woman, was bat- ter prapared to card for him than sho was, Sho startod to roturn to Californis. but stoppod at Clieyonne, whore sho remaiued bl threo woeks ago, and roturnod. 8ho Lad mado sov- cral demands for tho child beforo kiduapping bim. Tho geveral opinion I8 that tho woman 18 in #earch of mouey moro Lhan the Loy, 1t is re~ ported that sho bas gono to tho bad within the past year, and s in no nanner fit to tako caro of tho child, Her divorced huabaud was 8 promi- nent momber of tho Legialature in 1870, aud was for ten yoara a succosalul editor of a paper i tho soutliern part of tha State. -+ INCEST. Special Disvatels to I'he Chicaco Trioune, Cranpatoy, 111, Aug. 10.—A caso of incest came up this afternoon for preliminary examina-~ tion bofore & Justice in the noighboring City of Urbaua. Fred Btondor, tho dofendant, was at- rested on the complalnt of his daughter, who alleges thot o bag practicod bls villainy with hor for four or fivo years. tinued until late this ovoning, and then adjourn- od until to-morrosy mommg. Great loterost 1n manifested n the caso, aud tho chancos seem to favor hia conviction. BURALARY. Spectal Dispateh to The Clricago Tribune, Miwaukes, Aug. 16.—Tho tobacco stora of Ed Ascherman, on Huron stroet, was eutored lnst night and n largo smount of tobacqo and fixtures taken, To-day Michael AleClune, Bryan Fynn, and Charles Edwards, the two latter noted Fourth \Vard roughs, wero arrosted, eharged with tho thoft, and purt of tho elolen property found in thcic possoasion, They are now in iail. An unkaown thief also broke opou tho titlin Abboy'a pork-packing houso to-day and sorured & emall swn of wouey. No arrcats made. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. Snecial Inapateh to The Chicnoo Tridune, Wearon, 1lL, Aug. 16.—Thls community is ox- cited over the myaterious dikappencanco of a faymer namoed William VanBuren. 1Ifo left horo by team Aug. 2 witls nearly §2,000, most of it bo- tougiog to Dr. J, G. Groen, of Wyoming, DI, Ho professod 1o be going to buylioga and pay Groen. No traco of him’ can be found. It is suspected by somo that Lo is murdered, and by otherd that hoe bas absconded with the money. lole s youug man, with lef¢ eyo gono, and stoop-shoul- dared. CHARQGED WITH ATTEMPTED OUTRAGE. Special Disnateh to 1hz Chicdao Tribune, 87, Pavr, Minp,, Aug, 10.—A froight con- doelor on the Lako Buporior Rallroad, vamed King, was accuged by = half-Breod Chippews, through tho Chisago County Post, with Laving attomptod to outrago n half-breed girl, passengor on bis train from Kettlo River to Miuckloy, on on tho 7th insl, Xing has beon suspouded from the Compouy's employ, pending Inveatiyation hy detectives omployed by the Buporintendont. Ho donlos tho'commiesion of any ot which could be taken for the offonso charged. MURDER, Spectal Disvateh (o The Chicaom Trivime, Nasuvieex, Tonn., Aug. 10.—J. M, Stalnback drove s knife-blude thirongh Joha Waltog's tem- lo at tho beer-garden, immediately paralyzing his vide, aud produciug a fatal wouud, INDIANAPOLIY, Tud,, Aug, 10.—About 7 o'clook this ovening at Cumberlaud, A small town on the Pan Handlo Rallrond, 10 miter east of this cit: an_altoroation about n trade, Loul A LYNOHINQ JOB FALLS THROUGH, Special Dispatch ta Ths Chicaia 2rioutia, ANN Anpor, Mich., Aug, 10.—~08icer Johnson, of tho City Pollces, recelved information st s late hour last night that 200 Gormaus had planved s rald on the Jall to take the boy murderer Burk- He proceedod to the ASBAULT ON THE HIGHWAY. Spectal Dravateh to The Chissao Tribune, Latarrx, I, Aug. 18.—Last Saturduy even- ing, a8 Froderick Scbultzo, s Bwedlsh coal-minor of Oglosby, was walking into this clty near the, 8lippinguport bridge, s couple of rufiang sprang upon him fram & covert of whrubbery by the rosdside, aud asssultod him with clubs. At the mameut whon thoy had overcomo biw, a counto of sirangers happensd ruffiens tied witlous obtainiog auy boory. to ba pasaing, sod the HORBE-THIEVES AT WORK. Svecigl Dispateh to Y'ha Clacavo Fibune. Jawmsviere, Wis., Aug, 16.—The bama of J. O, Eohlin and J. T, Wright, of tLis aity, were eutered by thioves last nighs aad rovbod of @ | The publio will look o him for sound plgn Tho caso wns cop- .| valnablo horan, bugey, and harnaes, Tho thieves ara mpposed to T tha followers of THuao's cir- cus, which siiowed horo on Saturday. NURDERER ARRESTED. Mussonre. I T, Ang. J8.—Sherff Corlain Dusont, of 8t. Lendres Parish, La., arrested Louls Jieweon near Gibaon Htation for the mur- derof Cyrus Doriquo iu Morch last 10 that Htato. leweou has boou geouting in tho Indlan Torritory for wavoral montha to avold arrost, Ho was talien to Loulniana to-day for trial, We can spare 100 morn criminaln from tho Ktatea who are now skulking u the Terri- tory Lo avoid arrest, Dasporados from tho Btates arothe causo of much troubls Lote, LEVEE DESTROYERS. Mesteurs, Aug, 16.—The Ledyer learnn that on tho night of the Oth an uttempt was mado to cut tho loves at Beulah, near Napoleon, Ark. The foven p'rol dincoverad tho villaing, aud & Gght ounvad, remilimg in the killivg of one of the marsuders, tho wounding of two others, and tho capture of tho fourth. A TENNESSEE SKELETON. Sperlat Disateh to The Cot vrs Tribune, Nawnsiter, Tenn. Aug. 36.--The sholoton found at Goodlattsvillo on Fridey ban been tdan- tified as that of Jane flutcbingoy, of dpringfield, Tenw., thought to have been doranged, Blio was enceintn at tha timo of her death. Ihe cause of Llier death i stll & mystory. A JAIL-BIRD'S FLIGHT SYTRTENED, Stecal ispateh th The (heaas Tribunie. Nastvivre, Tenu,, Aug. 16.—Tyler Golf, a ne- gro borso-thiof, bad thirteon buckshot poured into hia hody at Reckbill, Ky., yosterdey, whilo attempting to escape. HMELD FOR MURDER, T.OUMVILLE, Ky., Aug. 16.—At the Coroner's Iuquest to-day Tlussell Bberly wan found guilty of thio murder of Joxeph Roohering on Saturday last. Rochoring was ondoavoring (o put Sherly to bed, whon tho latter atabbed him. THE NEW BOND FORGERIES, New York fun, Aug, 14, Tho four men srreated for the forgeries of the bouds of the Califoruin & Oregon Railroad had a preliminary heuring boforo Justico Wandelk yosterday. Tho Socrotary of Mr. Clarlos V. Hunlington, the Vico-President of tho Contral Eecific Railrond, said that the Californta & Orzogon Railroad had been congolidated withy tho Contral Pacific, and that tbe latter line biad sayumed nll ite debts. Tlo was shown one of the counterfeit bonds. It looked oxactly like & gonnino hond, But ho bad no doubit that it was a forgery. The couunsol for Georgo IL Hazowell and Goorgo Marshall asked for tho dis- chargo of the prisoners on tho gronnd that tho witacsa could not swear positively that tho bond waa a forgery, but Detoctive Blder appealod to tho Court to adjourn the hoaring to give him an opportunity to securo the attendauce of tho Dintrict Attornoy, Justico Wandell then set exomination dows tor Monday, and the prison- ers wero romauded. A vetoran Wall street dotoctive tolls s wonder- ful ulur{ of the torgerios. 1io ways that he has linown for somo time that forged wecuritics of difforent corporations, to_the smonat of half a willion dollars, wero sbout to bo put on the market. 1ie got hig information from ])END\).{ who professed to Lavo ovorhestd tho plaos of tho forgors, but as ho had uo positive proof on which to proceed seainst the couspirators, ho could only waich them, und await develop- memts, Ho bolievos ,thiat the arrost of * Andy™ Roberis and Frauk tileanon, the Central Rail- road hond forgers, and their lodgment In Iaxl- low Btroot Jail threo months ago, frustrated tho operations of tho origivators of the new ‘forgorios, aud delasod tho sppearance of the traudulent socnrition for a time. ‘[hero was no ditliculty about gettivg up tho bonds, 4 sov- eral skillul forgors woro roady to undertaka tho work; but the capitsl to parfect the plans for putiing tham on the market was lacaiog, Mid- dlemoti who contd be trostad had first to bo socurod, oud throngh them the services of roputablo brokers to negotiato tho bouds. It was not oxpeeted that tho latter should know the character of tho securities. The detactiva hes no donbt of tho correctness of this information. Thoro ia a strong bond botwoen tho forgors and {bo mon who employ thom that the authorities Tiavo boen noabie to brenk. It in boheved (hat the fifteen Califarnls and Oregon railrond bonda are the firat installment of tho 8500000 of forged securitios with which it was intondod to flood the market. Alr. Hatch, ono of the firm that act as fiscal agonts for tho railroad, eays thut no forged bondy have made their appesrauco einco the discovery of Wedness day, but it {8 not ublikely that the holdora of bonds of the road will uow scrutinize bhem closoly, and that thia may dovelop'other for- geries, A blundor led to the detection of tho forgories, The forgors or their aceomplicos for- got to cut the July coupous off of the bonds, It tbis had boen dowe the forgenies would not havo beon exvosed for six mouths to coie, ar untd tho paymout of tho January coupons became duo. Tho eignaturca were porfect imitations, aud would nover bave excited suspicion, and tho forgers would have had ample time to dispose of ali of their stull, Tho Llunder in leaviug ou the coupons is suppoand to have boon mado by tho forgera' nealstants, a8 no prolessionsl would mako such n mistake. Tho police datectives havo bnou able, so far, only to traco tho bonds back to Williawm Rao, ks is an oventfnl caroor, Mo is of Jowish parent. ego. Bome years ago ho marriod the widow of Commodore” Lovy.of the United Btates Navy. Bhe had a fortune, and thoy liveon Fifth avenus and Thirty-dinth atreet, giving grand outertain- monts. Ho started in Wall stroct as a reputablo broker, but soon gambled away tho most of his wifo's fortuno at cards aud m stock peculs- tlons, Bince then ho has been asrociated with Roborts and Glesson, In the summor of 1878 ho waa concorned with * Btove" Ray- | mond in tho possioi of §20,000 of forged Nuw Yorlt, Buffalo & Erle bonds on Ripley & Ca., of Piuo atrcot. Raymond was extrudited frosn Eugland. whither be had fled. ‘tho operations of Ldward JIall, who 18 rus- pectod of glving the Californin & Orogon bond: to tao to pass, hinva beon oxtonsive. Ho was concornod in tho forgory of 240,000 of tho Cary City g;enuuylvnull) bonds. Tho bonds wero stolou bofore thaey were signod. Tho sigua~ turos woro writton in by the forgors, and .all the Donds woro sold, He Liad a sharo in the forgiug of tbo Allontown (I’a,) school bondy, of which 110,000 woro nogotinted. and also i tho Union Pacifio_ forgories of 1871, of which tlero wera rbeut $20,000 put ou tho market. Hail's fathor- in-luw was cought selling somo of tho bonds. — Hall “was arrested in Allen- town in 1873 on cbarge of complicity in tho Gleason and Roborts forgerios, Mr. 8. P, White, of \Yall strest, offered’ 310,000 to bave him Jauded 1 this city. Portjus 1. Roberts, & Dbroker, and Dotective }{vmer got him to Jorsay City, aud there he was kept onoe night, after which o was discharged by a Justico of tho Peaco, He got up the gecovd batch of the forged New York, Buffalo & Erie bonds, of which 830,000 were sold to tho Nattona] Bauk of Elalra. Hois under indictment in Rochoster. NEW GHICACO THEATRE. A pow theatrs, & nsw play, sud & new com- pany, form s combinstion strong enough, one would think, to draw even the Iazy nmusement- scokors of Chicago from thelr hiding-places ; but last night proved the coutrary, Al thewo ttractions were offered in the New Chicago "Thoatre Inst night to uot more than half ao au- dionge. Thoso who did guto see and Lesr the now thivgs wore not dlsappointed ; and, whono tho combination of clrcumstances thas kept so mauy away shall have passed, no doubt the theatra will be patronizod us [t deservos. Sofar ay the ball anad its surroundings are concerned, thore s cortatnly littla room for oriti- cisw, The old Kingebury Musid-Hall—which bad descended n the ocoursa of fortune from the saversly classical to tho braadly bor- tesquo—lins been completely refiited, nod is vow 8 tit abode for **tho domestio drama,” or **par- lor comody.” The appelutments are excellent. Fresh paivt [ delicate tints, new carpets snd ‘uphiolstery, amplo stage arrangemeots, mirrors, haugioge, sud Ku—«ium(_;i. have worked » won- detful chsnge, A dessription in detail 18 scarce- 17 warcantod or neoded, both becauso it hap once Leforo boen givou 1u thesscoluwns, and becpuse all pay-gooru Pava au 0PPOriunicy every ulégr. of weeing it with their own eves, It is suttioient to sy thit the now theatro ia worthy of large pat- rousye, it 1t be conmdered merety » comfortubie lo\u\glufi-mwa. Whothor it shall have a Lighadcharsoter will depeud, of course, upon tho mausgement. Ang 1u this dircotion, alev, Wu lava yross o3pocta- tious, v, Hull Jus wo cxcollons reputatiou. 1le lu sald to bo ous who kaows Liow to do & the- atrical toing wull, and s fond ot va doing. Hs 14 Buppo4od to ba w porvon of fudicious testo, ud be is koown to bo ouw of large experisnce. - Hpabe will which #hail ba Intererting as woll ne moral, Now thaply of Wlom Penryn ™ s morn) enongh, but it is not (ulerestinge, mdernd ng w wark of arr, It i beuesth etiticism. It has no plot. ‘Iho first nol is r:llpnhly worked up from ' Da- vid Copporficl:d"—that fuexhaustible uing for poor dintoatinte, Steerforth, Littla Ly, Peggotty, fiam, aud Mis, Gumbidgo como forward sgain In the mimie world a4 natural as lite. ~"Lhe stronpest mitmation i the play, which ocours it tho sccond act, i Junt ae plaiply taken from the *Cricket o tho fearth.” T'lie keeno fn the faoions one in which John Perrybinglo s lod to suspect Dot of wil- dolity, but finally nace up in g@r and deelaren + ['ll not bolteve it.” v bo nio objection, of courso, Lo taking matcrial in this frochianded manner from Diokons, or from any uther master of fiction, It it wora skillfully usid afterwards. The suthor of ** Tum Penryn —or, perhiaps, 3t may bo the adapter—has tot coneeded this much. Though tho whole stmos. phiern of the play in English, tho #ceno is vio- loutly laid in Americs, ond the time fa fixed during our Civil War. has wo have rotantliabie insongruition wich na halla, ‘Kquiros, an “Apple-Trea Inn,” and a traditional Eugliah fatbior flourikhing 88 happily ay ean be tn tho Lioart of America. ftmay bo s Nebrarks or it th actin, linenews of tanch and discrimination in bringing out the humor of tho situations into which his thisgaines broaght him, and, togother with Mr. Loane an) Mre. Maoder, conforred upon (ho {14y wich littlo intorest us it possesred. For the 7oKy, tha proaentation was tolerably smooth and even for a that night, and tho scenic arrango- monts reasonshly decent, however, the play snd acting are disappolntivg, And uot up to the oxpretations of the public. daitblo song-and-danco s romarkable mora for may bo lo Maiue, but somewhare in Amerien wo Iuow the action muat bo; for the hero lighta in tho Union Army. Une of tho characterw, Hoh T'rout, uwes tho provincial dialect which conrtery Dy asrociatad with ahiro on the Amorican #age s yet tho plag-bill eayw, **Placo amil time, Amorica in 1953.” “Tho play in hoaltby cuongl.. There iv no seduction, no divorce, no * New Magdslen.® Tom Penryn wanls to0 mAry Jenny, the meld o the Apple-Treo Ion.” He is young snd rich. ond de- pendent upon his testy old father. Bha 15 pretty and in_comforisblo circumstances, but ®oeiolly no mateh for Tom, ‘Tha testy old fatuer inminled, aud believes his ron s angaged iua dikreputable lovo affair vith somobody unknown to Lim. Tho son is disinherited, joins the Union army, distinguiehon himself, returns to bia fimt luse, recotvus hiw fathier's blessing, and is hapny. Thes is an entire “abwenco of ‘motive for the action from beginning to end, The testy old father had no docent reasom for disinheriting his eon, aud no decent reason for taking him bnck, ‘Tlho son has no oxeuso, unlessit be supposed that ho i totally deficiont in common-senho, for deceiving bis father. The plav, as we said, las obeolutely no plot. hos eome comic minations ° and n ocoasfonol touch of pathos which redeom it from uttor badncvs; aud this iy as much a5 can lhionestly be said forit. Tho new company will bo with A yol for many monthy, and thero il bo amplotimo to discover both fiu strength and its weakness, To judgo tt by jtu. firmt sppearanco wonld bo manifestly unlair. Bomo of tho ladies wero nervons. They bad good ronson to bo. Heldom in an sctrons called upon to face o critical an mudience. A large number of Isdies aud geotlemen Lelong- ing to thoe profession woro presant ; and tho at- tundance of old play-goers, who know good_ act- ing when they ¥eo It. was unusuallylarge. Under tho circumstances, all concerned sequitted them- wclves with credit. Mr. Chinpondale as old Tenryn, Mr. Jomon a8 Tom Penryn, Mr. Colo- man ‘a8 John Jioe Teuple (an eceentric old Jaw. yor), Mies Ada Gilman as Kitly Prout, and Mies Tlelen Tracy s Jenny, wero porisps all that oould bo expected ; at any rate, thoy filled tho hln‘rt; quito as woll as tho parts decorvod 1o bo ed. HOOLEY'S, The re-appesrance of Mr. John Dillon was wolcomed by a full Louso last night, and the outry of tke comedion upon tho slago was the elgnal for o storm of applause that sbundantly testitied hin popularity with Chicago play-goers, who declared the fact that au appreciative and fsvorably disposed sudionce womld sit in Judgment fupou tho new play in which Lo pre- sented Limself for tho patrouago of thoatre- goers. That the effoct of the drama upon tbo audienco was somowhat disappointing was ovi- dent,'and this in apite of tho fact that Alr. Dillon infused humor and drollery ito all tho seencs in which ho appeared, and that sonib of the situa- tions were productive of hearty smuscment. ‘I'ho fault is in tho play, whers so much is Bacri- ficed to jutensify tho intorest that the mo- cumulstion of Incongrultics distrncts tho stteution ond mare the climex, S0 oy to loavonn impression of crudity and incom- plotoness. The rule of dramatic construction that requires that the denouement of the plot shall bo concurrent with tho culmiuation of the nterest is entirely ignored by the tame and commouplace tableau with which tho drama ends, tf by any propriety of languago * tableau” can bo lnpliu! 10 the [nconyruous gronning, in a cornor of the siage, with which tho sction of the play closos. . A dotailed skoteh of the plot was given in last Bunday's Trinuxe, It is st pressn: ouly neces- #ary 10 wtate that the playis oue of those wolaborste impossibilities of the detoctive class of dramag, in whict scoundrela with smuziog facil- ity contrive to pass themselvos oif 88 gontlomon and noblemen, sod nearly marry boantiful hoir- wrged, whou the detectivo stops on tho sceno in tho et act avd uuwmasks bia villsiny, leading lum off to jaml, whilo the beautiful heirees falls fu the srmy of her true l6ver. The detective businods {8 a favorite substratum for a plot, asit admits of s great dogree of complication and of many incongruous offects that can bs ralied upon to provoke mirth, Tho uso of the do- weetive modo by Wukio Collius fu somo of hig novels, for tustanco, shows that a bigh dogreo of fntorout can be wrought up from ths material, but the concoption of nn intricato plot, wome starthiog situations, and humorous episodes aro not suficient for the coustruction of a good drame, Tho skiliful playwright begins his work with tho coustruction of & framework, but ho is careful to cover it well, nod in the complete em- ‘bodiment of his concoption tho tlesh and binod of noturaluess wnd probability surround the boneu of the plot. The forced Incongruities of **Buro " may bo sdwitted as humorous, but of 1o grado next to buffoonory, while the beroio opinodes beloug to the molodrame, and not comedy, . t tho flrat sot, Iaid at Marston Villa, we nre Introduced o the villain, Sir Arfhur Devereur, formorly Tow Hawk,s forger, now an Euglish baronot, aud at an ovoning party at tho housa of AMr, Marstop,, & bankor, to whoso werd, Lucy Senuners, Decercux ls PI'E“"‘ the part of & smtor. At this staga of tho play, howoever, s Afr. Horace Burlon is the favored suitor and Mr, Oharles Maraton, son of the banker, iv ondeay- oring tn supplant bim, Fd Meddieton, detoct~ ive, tfiths character of o swell, prosents him- welf, #8d endoavors to procuce from Mr, Alaralon tha farged bills, whioh ho wants as ovidence ayuinet Tom Huwk, and fails, slthough Mr, Marston proniises 10 give thom to the polico. Ara, Herbert Cline aud Ler busband, two vulgar parvouus, aro vext-door noighbors uf the Maiw stons snd Afcddieon, wlho wad a flamo of AMrs. Cline's bofore lior wurrisge, persuades hor to al- Jow him to disguiso bimuolf as her husbaud so tost ho may gain access to AMr, Yarsion's bouso aod wateh Devereur, whom Lie La tracking, 1'he greator part of tha fun of tho playis evolved trom theso two Dromios, slthoughall probability i violatod i thelr action, 'Tho night that Charlva Marston sets out to givo tho furgod bills to the palice, Sir Arthwr Devereux accompauics bug, sud murders iwy, but faily to got the Dbills, Af m, owlog to -wmnnMAven Lim by Alice 2en 8 servant n the fa y. and reslly Tom Hawks' wifo, leav- ing thewn bebind, The roturn of Decereuz aud Lis statomeont that an attack had been made upon them, ip which Charles Alarston had boen lulled, in the climax to the firet not. But tho tabloau almost ridiculous. When, in the regular style, one ouo crics out, ** Who will discover the mur- derer ? " Meddleton, In his disguise of Erby Cline, steps out from beliind a trac iu tho reor of the stage snd says, I will" and tho curtain goca down with moat of the dramatis porsonm with thelr backs tuiued to the nudienco. Aud Iut through tho rest of tha vlay it nover soowi t0 oocur to the Marsions that their next-door neighbor, as they supposed Afvd- dicton to bo, knew suythiog sbout or took auy interest in the marder, ‘Tho lsst act 14 of a moat remarkable construo- tion. Tho housea of Clne aud larslon aro ropresouted as side by wide, with no walls for the benetit of theaudisace, When it becomes uscos- sury for Devereuziolead his wito isosnold light- Liouss to murder ber, the houses ure swuug back on luuges, with the peoplo and fursiture in them, 8D ewz locks Wi wile up in tho light-houee where the side will roach her avd drown her. sho consenting to the rrangement without & scream or & utruggle. Iu order to 4l up & nooos¥ary gep 1u the action while Meddleton can chango Lis disgulee, s wuilor's song s iu- troducod, coming from » Lost ssihny by tno hght-bouse, which, while enteriainlog” the audisvce, uever soots to poggest to the '{lfl! in the light-houss the ldea of screaniing for holp. Moddicton srrives 1 time to rescue bor, and then tho two housee, with the people snd furnituro in thom, ewing Lack again, the trausferral seming not to Lo Tomarked at all by them, althvugh tho liouse totters, and the furniture rattles, Nuy moro, eutrance aad exit are mado tbrough what i euppoued 10 ba the front of tho houve, aud it 20 bappons o, fust ad m«hwm/ Margln's bouss wilh the pruof of i 1¢, Afr. and Mrs, CHns jo tbo naxt Louse they will pay tho Marsions m visis, €0 that al the charactery are got together in sbout 10 faof of room, and there the finsl tablaay takes place. iBob sdmis of & detallud uotice of “Thia act 14 bad caough to_spoil any olio, and Tho drama for tho week— {Ihisbop) and Glove [ ¥France) to dosoma fair set- g, If snything Manchasiter O'Ni Mr. Dillon aa Meddleton oxbibited & Taken aa n swholo, THE AGELPHI, Tho bill st the Adelphi for the week is s won- derfully mixed onos it hing some strong foatures and au injudiclons mingling of utter weaknons. Tho hest thing back of tho curtalts is a tableau of the lost balinou, by Regamey. It ia a typical drawiug of the Goniua of Dentruction trampling tbosballoon into tho lake,and holding in his horrid band tue thunderbolt and storm, Tho execution ik fres, bold, and oxpressive, und the pleturo will attract much attoution. Of thoe new acts tho stump epecch would bo very good with tho politica laft out; the gamnastics than nusic, whilo tho ** Impromptu pootic affents " ahould be bauished at ouce, for- evar, and 88 far from civilization sa possible. should bo cut ot once. Tho littlo Cawthornes and King Barbro romsin from Iaut week, and aro meritorious fostures, expecially the latter. Ho i# perhiaps tho beat in Lis live ever seen hore. od and Glove"” 10 very good in parts, and gives plenty of opportunily for fand —is mew to Chieago. covora almoat too wide a i boan recapturel, ¥, and bl & gonferonco in rogard to direct trado. They loft for 88, Louis last mght, Laat Fridag oveniug forty bovs eacapel from thn Roman Catholic’ Profectory in Fordbam, Wostchenter County, N, ¥, Many nf tbem havo Ilin hoya had bean com- mitted to the Protectory Ly their perents for their roformation, A grand re-union of Will County soldiors In Jolict i3 contemplated kome timo nnxt month, probably on uo anwiversary of tho baltle of Chicamanga, Sept, 20, preliminary meoting way beld in tho offico of Capt. T, G. Eiwo ,mm!nh. ftormoon. Tho Will Connty Boldiers’ Apyoci havo tho matter in chargs. — nd rpoedy remedy for t, and An approved, mfe, dyanntery, cholses, snmmer romplals affectlons, may be had In Dr, Ja Halsam. Tho prndont will keep's modichio by them, 0 —_DRY GOUDS, PUSESSURTEEINE. - S Bb it SOUUU Ty Reductions The following are only a fow quotations among hundreds of other bargains now being sold, and will give an idea of the sweep= ing reductions made on Spring and goes from falso vows and doath by down to low comedy and upagain through tho futul document aud tho penalty of crimo with a gleo aud gHbucss which sre perhaps too atarthng, Sull f¢ is exciting, sod that is what many theatre-goors must b Apsrt fiom Jiand nnd GHote thero ia not & remarkablo dis- play of acting. Miss Langdon does violence to Lar foolings o8 Lady Lechoro, falls in love with Col. Raven S\S’hiw),-—-wmch woula have beonim- poesible unlesn tha play had imporatively de- mandod it,—aud dics gracofully, Col Ravew's part gives it rar greater luck than his sctiog dencrven, and the roat are up ta the average af thio loaders. It wouldn't Lo right for thom to bo eter. Witk the tableau and the ropo-walking. the bill lsan lvcxngnfr:\f,—mnhom. 1t, dotestablo. SPORTING MATTERS. BASE BALL. DETTAN OF THE WILITE HTOCKINGH. The White Btockinge roturnod from their Fastern tour Bunday morning o Sno health snd exuberant spirits. Yesterday thoy devoted thom- scives to the enjoyment of a'kuflicient quantity of reat to recover from tho offocts of travel, sud to-day thoy lay hold of the Athletica for tho firet time thisuenson iu Chicago, Thenceforward totho closc of tho year thoy will be vory busiiy engagoed. They havo but littlo to say concorning the result of their Esstorn gomes, excepting to claim that 1n every owe Juck was wholly sgainst thom. They think they played well enough to have won o large msjority if the mattor of luck bad beon gomewhst oqual. The errors occurred st vital junctures, whon the effect would bo most dissstrous, whoreas thoso of their adversaries Lapponed at times when bat little harm could ensue, According to their calenfations, if thoy bad hind o fair degroe of fuck thoy should have lost but two games, But “luck™ is n eubtle and difii- cult thing to estimate, and, whilo Chicago would Lave been pleased if they had done better, it cannot altogothier accept *theories of bad luck." 88 au excuse for thelr defoats. The nlay- ors expreds thomeelven well plessed with Goldon, who bas itchod in every game sinco Zeitlein quit tho nine. He has proved to o vory effoctivo, and haa played the position in every respect a8 well aa his predecessor. Tue o100 to-day will bo closo snd intoresting, and thero will bo o desiro to ses tho boys in tho fleid sgain after their long abaonce. Next week tho lostons come, games being ret for the 23d and U6tk Fhuredwy, Aug, 20, snd Baturday, Aug, 23, sho Athloties agsin play here. Soon sfter, tho now Cincinuati nino will pay & visit 1o Chicago, aud lay & roturn gamo with tho White Stockings. hey will bo followod by the Philadelphias, Tho Hartfords play hero Sopt. 14, 16, aud 18, Tho Now Havens then mako thelr first appearauce bere, though tho exact date of thoir gamos has not yet been areanged. Sopt. 29 and 80, and Oct, 2 are set nstho datos of the threo final rames with tho Mutuals. Oct. 7 aud 8 tho Whites play tho Irown Stockings in 8t, Louls. e THE ATHLLTICA AT ST. LOUI, $7" Brecial Dispateh to The Clicago Tridune. Br. Loy, Mo., Aug. 10.—The mme of bass- ball ‘played to-day batwoon tho Atbletio and Bt Louis Clubs resultad, s did the two previous, in favor of the formor. Fiftoen hundrod people Wor preaent, sud it waa ono of tho bost gamas of tho season. Tho Athlotics earncd one run in the soventh ioniog, and tho scoro was Jto 1 in their favor. Ouly two errors are charged to them, Hall dropping 8 fly and Craver s thrown Dall. Hall captured eight tflyn st left, %lho o Drowns wore outbatted “and ontflelded, Crsernonati, Aug, 16,— Bavo-Ball~Bostons, 14 Cincinuati, 5, 'I'ho gamo was called at the end of shie eighth inmng on account of tho crowd. HALTFOUDS—NEW UAVENS, New Lovbay, Aug. 16.—Baac-ball : Hartfords, 8 Now Ilaveus, 2. o PEDESTRIANISM, PROPOSED INTBRNATIONAL TOUNNAMENT, New Yook, Aug, 16.—A stook company Was organized yestonday to hold a grand internation- al padeutritn tournament to thia city fo October. Two tuouwand dollsrs in prizos will be enbacrib- od, and tho affair will last six doys. A purso of 1,000 will bo offered for tho pedostrian cover- wg the groatod? nomber of milos in alx days. ‘I'here will nlso be prizes for 50 snd :00 mfl; walking contests, open _toslt the world. 1t gapocisd Weston wid Hardiug, of Now Yorks McUaun, ‘of Albany; Maydock, Oushing, and Avory, of Boston; O'Leary aud 8mith, of Chi- co‘w; and Oddy and Adams, of Philadelphis, will compoto for tho 50 and 100 milo walk, aleo tho alx dayw’ walk. » g THE TRIGGER. GROUSE-SUUOTRLY AT DWIGNT; ILL. Speciat Duspateh to Tha Chicago Tribune, Dwiant, I, Aug. 16.—The grouse sonson oponed to-day. Tho hotels ara filled with straugers attractod by tho fine shooting for which this raglon [4 noted. Among the visitors wre Mr. J. J, Audubou, grandson of the natural- ist, and Mr. ¥, N, llobinkon, both of New Haven, and on route for tho Far Wowt; Mr, F, W, Davis, a railway coutractor of Chicego: and Mr, Jamos E. Pollurd, of Franklin City, Mass, | POLITICAL, THE KENTUCKY ELECTION. LowvisvrLLe,« Aug. 16.—Complete offlcial re- turue of she Courier~Journal concerning ihe lato Btate sloction give MoCreory, Democrat, & majority of 86,139 over Harlan, Republican. Tue vote for MoCroery ia about 1,000 less thau sho majority of Lestle in 1871. The House wil staud 90 Detuocrats to 10 Republicans. - s doiing GEN. SHERMAN, Spectal Dapateh to The Chicaso Tribunt, Oataua, Nob., Aug, 10,—Gens. Suerman and Blocum, who asrived here yesterdsy on tour of pleasure, biave boen the guests of tho city and wilitary to-day, A publio reception given them this ovening was vory xu.;u;y l;mmllx::lzzul 50 of citizons, sud was 8 bigbly co; one f::; lfl':li.n Ll‘l:-‘:m purty will leave for Cheyenne and Daaver to-morrow morulng. TJELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES, The Momplis Cotton Excliange moved yeater Ié buslwiug arected fur that purpose, g:r’n:: tgta ;‘I’-‘.‘Ii-:l: sud Frout wireets, which fu uaid ta bo tue tinest in this oountry, except the Bavaunah Kxchavge. 5 i 3L I ford, of New Costle; J. Ray, HL “w".hhn Thomas, of Leeds; and ls, of Loudou, members of o’ o muuu% W Valley Hoolety, wore 2 ‘Glisoge st 3 and Summer Goodsat the Great West End Dry Goods House. Targe lines of Summer 8ilks reduced from $1 and $1.25 to 75 ets, . Assorted ot of Summer Bilks reduced from $1.25 and $1.50 to %1 a yard, Tot of superh Quality Stripe Silks, regular $1.75 quality, now izl.z;'h Rich Brocade "Japanese Silks, formerly 73 cts, now 0 et Fino Silk Keru Siripe Japanese, formerly 65 cta, now 25 cts. Fancy (irensdines, great variety, at 10 cts yard, formerly 30 and 33 cta, Black Grenadines at 20 to 30 per cent below former prices, French Printed Organdies, formerly 40 and 50 cts, now 12 1-2 ets, 500 pes Fine 4-4 Printed Percales, 10 cts yard, formerly 25 cta, 600 pes Pest -1 American Printed Percales, 12 1.2 et yard, Fine French Yawns, Prints, and Foulacd Cam- ries grreatly vreduced, Tinen Lawna 25 cts, formerly 35 cts, Fino All-Wool Freuch Diagonals, chofes shades, formerly 85 cts, now o0 cts, Large lots assorted Spring and Summer Dress Goods at 25 and 30 ets, formerly 40 and 50c, Cael's Hoir Snitings, 40 cte, formerly 65 cts. Tadies' Linen Snits, Plain, Trimmed, sul Eme broldered, at aimost half price. Llama Lace Points, $3 to $3V, actually hak ce. Llea Dncf Jackets, $5 to $26, much less than i cos Sr)gl';gh Trimmed Millinery at & great sacrifice. Untrimmed Hats, half former prices, Gireat Bargnins ju Rtibbons and Sash Ribbons, Parasols reduced 25 to 35 per cent, Piques, Victoria_Lawns, and White Goods, re- 0o 20 10 25 per cent, o CARSON, PIRIE & (0 MADISON & PEORIA-STS. “IT PAYS 70 TRADE ON THE WEST SIDB” LAKE NAVIGATION, GOODRICH STEAMERS. For Raciae, Milnaukoo, sad Wast Shoro datly y excepted, AL... o 98, m. Saturday's ovcursion boat don't x..v.l.mn Spm. Muskngon, towns, For Uroon May. Munomines, an gxta; Tussday aad Felday FOR BUFFALO. FOR B i PRN TRANSPORTATION (0’8 B iy gvmms, W11 leave for sbove aud intermedists ports; as followst IDAHV, Capt. Penny, Tuesday, Ang. 17, c Cupt: Dickwots, Vodnorday, Aug 18, EMPIRE BTATE, Capt, Wright, Thursday, Aug. 0. ABIZONA, Capt, Hogg, Friday, Aug. 20, ONEIDA, Capt. Drake, Baturday, Aug. 21, For paswage tickets andataterooms apply st 119 Bouth Clark-at. A. A, SAMPLE, Yasseagor Agent, WiLsoN & EVENDEN'S ! OIL TANKS, J' MEASURING PUMP, 47 & 4D Weat Lake Bt ORICAGO,. 2/~ Send for Catalogue, Manufactarers of EVENDEN’S_WOOD-COVERED OANS. OFFICE OF TIXR Comnty Treasaver aud Comely Collector, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Office o North Dearbarp-at,, bet, Michigan apd Iitincis STATE AND COUNTY TAX SALR.: Cu10a60, Aufi. 11, vy Tuo annus! Tax Sale of Delinquont Lauds au s for Stats and County ‘Tazes for Lo year 18T, ot~ miencod on tha 24 fnatans, Ho far the sals DaS been Conductsd vory ulowly 0 gise delinquont tax-peyere &n_oppartunity to settts their debty, But fram now - forwurd the salo be pushied vigoruualy until the' whole list of lands aud lt# s cloded out, _ Thiy vord of warulng, ta tlowe still in arrears; wil 10 them be of @reat benatt 1o ) LEN, County Tressurer, A RARE BUSINESS CHANOE!’ Owing Lo the lamentabla death of my brother by the wreck o‘; tho *Bcbiller,” I desire 10 woll the entire Dusinoss of thy frm, consisting Goods, 1loots xnd SDocs, Aud Hlats sud Capw 1 bwo adjoining au archway, [ will vell “eithier me) gother, uu very favorable tarma, tupity’ for somebody. faia 8 ® rare o 3 n PPOT=( ‘This place (s & N iuf, sod one af the pumux‘fllw to live In o thel fouts’s MANTIN LAMFROM, - o LARYFROM BEOTH! -oucmo T DISA0LUTION NOTICE. ] DISSOLUTION. The coparivership hervtoforn exlsting between fhe ' undecigaud in (b day dlacived by mutual conseute Qlla‘I;ufi b.:hxh ,’j“"fl, n&m tho nfn“’ hxl‘lulnml e vin remalu! L. Wobdziass 'and. Baward, Otcott, who i, swils li debts dus to and by ssil erehi) e 0 e o heretbiore et car on pe o hnflr;‘mnio 5t BT Wonamuu i Go, 1 Gaie Wresent 0% bt S L TOUBNT 0, CLARKR. | . ORI0A00, Aug. 16, SOALES, SCALES VAIRBAUKS, MORSE & GO, 111 & 118 Laks 5., Chlcago, Burearsfubsobuyooly the Genulng, )