Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 14, 1875, Page 4

TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. BATER OF SUPFCNIPTION (PATARLE IR ADFANCE). stpge I'renafd at thin O 3,00 | Weokly, ) yo 1.05 Tt 00| Fencapted: 1 i Runday Vdifisn, Ten eopien...vne 14,00 darble sheer,v.. .00 Fartn of & year at tha eame rate, WaxTRD—On0 Activn sRent in each tawn and villsge, Bpecial arrangements made with anch, Bpecimen copien sent free, To prevent delay and mistakes, be sure and give Port.Officw alilreas in ull, tncinding Stateand Conuty. Remittances roay be mads efther by drsft, expross Pgat-Offica order, or Lt reglstered letters, at our risk. TERMA TO CITY SUNFCRINERS, Daiiy, delivered, Bunday excepted, 273 centa per week, Datly, delivered, Sundsy fucluded, 0 centa per week, Addrean THR TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madtson and Dearborn-sis,, Chicago, Il itk TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS, ADELPHI THPATRE--Destborn streel, comner nron, Variety parformance. EMT OF MUSIC—IIalsted strest, betwecn lh“fifi:l;r:ml Monroe, ~ Engagement of ihe Msrian Tuylar Combination, ** Bulls and Bears.” McVICRER'S THEATRE—Madison slreet, between Desrlorn and Btate. ** kunniug o Coruer.' NOOLEYS THEATRE—Iandoiph street, beiween Clark u;d LaSalls, Engsgement of tho California Ainstreln, CHICAGO THEATNE~Clark stroct, boiween Ran- dolph snd Loke, * Psulive,” 'WOOD'B MUBE! fonron sirest, between Dear- Vorn and Btate, * Jtound thio World in Eighty Dsya.” INTER-STATE EXPOSITION~Lake shore, foot of Adama strect, 'E‘ijé (‘;"b’tfagu @fihum’ Tuesday Morning, Soptembor 14, 1875. At tho Now York Gold Exchange yesterdny greenbackn opened at 851, advanced to 86}, foll 1o 85}, nud closed a shado under tho opening price. Y r————— A resolution was adopted Inst night by the Common Counerl ealling for the opinion of the Corporation Counsel ns to tho gower of the Conncil to call an election of city officers tor this fall, The Mark Lane Express, in its review of tho English and Continental grain markets, speaks raflier despondingly of tho season's yield, but bopes that with liberal importa- tions England will mouage to get through comfortably. Tt is enid that tho foundations of the new Court-Tlouso aro to rest upon piles, driven 60 fect deep, at acost of as many thonsand dollara. We are informed that none of the heavy Luiklings which line the four sides of the sqare have piles boneath them, If this is ro, the #60,000 mny bs worso than wasted, for part of it will probably Lo stolen. It i evident that thus far tho European Powers have provailed upon the Servian Gov- ermment {o remain neutral in the strngglo now going on in Herzegovina, How long this spirit of forbearanco will lnst it ia difli- oult to say, when it is known that the Ber- vian people are heartily in sympathy with tho canso of the oppressed province. Dis- patches from the Turkish Capital concede that recent engagements in Tlerzegoving have resultod disastrously to the invaders, so much 50 that tho insurgents have again taken heart, and ure now laying vigorous siego to Tre- bigne, which has o strong Tarkish garrison. The fast train over tho Pennsylvania Rond Yeft Now York yosterday at 4:40 a. m., and, necording to dispatches, arrived at the varions stations on its way West on schedulo time, This train, though possessed of all the light- ning nocessary to the accomplishment of its Durpone, is lacking in ono jmportant essen- tinl, to-wit, namely: it carries no mail, tho Postmaster-General preferring to keop faith with tho now York Contral mansgement,— with whom the original arrangement was wado,—and send no mnil packages by fast train until that road is ready to enter upon tho work, which will bo on Thursday noxt. ‘ho train over the Pennsylvania Rond car- " ries only n few newspapers and half o dozen uewspaper men. There scems to beno limit to the brazen affrontery of tho corrupt ring in the County Bourd. They first violated all the rules of «contract-letting by accepling s verbal propo- sal in open Board long aftor tho timo had spassed for receiving proposals, and yesterday, when it transpired that the ring contractor rould not furnish tho conl desired at tho price ngreed npon, the ring coolly instructed the plerk to change the conteact and insort u kind of coal which tho contrastor could furnish at » big profit. A contract so awarded is nn outrago alike upou the tax-payors and upon the parlics who had submitted proposals in good faith; Lut the ring in the Conaty Board 1suoms to have got long pust the point where +outragos upon anybody nre worth consider- ing. ‘We publish this mopning a thrilling narra. tive by Reunen Bump, wheelsman of tho ‘propeller Equinox, aud, 80 far ay {s now ‘known, tho only survivor among all on bonrd sthat ill-fate@ vessel. His account throws «tongiderable light npon tho circuastances uttonding tho disaster, and will bo reud with, intenso interest. 'Tho loss of the Equinox was not the only terriblo incident of Thurs. day night's storm. While the pcoplo of Chicago wero rojoicing that, smong thg suvernl wrecks near our shoro, thero wero no lives lost, the Equinox sank with twenty.five porsons, and tho steam. bargo Mendota foundered off Point Botsoy on tho Micligun shoté, noar Traverse City, Iler crow consisted of twenty persons, and of these but seven wero saved. The gale was so terrific it is s wonder that any escoped. The movement toward _innugurating o great rovivel in Chicago is taking definite shape. Thé understuuding provails that Mr, Moopy, who Is now iu Massachusctts, stands ready to comnence forthwith the groat work in Chicago, only desiring (hnt the evangelical churches of tho oity shall siguify their ap- proval and willinguess to co.operate. That such nssurance will be given thers can be no doubt, and, in order to ufford opporfunity for the largest expression of the feeling among tho churchos, a general meecting, with duly seeredited delegates from each church, is to be held next Monday, It is expected to cn- list the sympathy and lelp of the entire Protestant element in the comunuuity, even 1o the conservative Episcopaliuns, and to for. ward to Mr. Moovy an sppeal which he cau. not resist. ‘The Chicago produce markets® were rather slow yesterday, though thero was a good in. quiry for “spot” grain, Mess pork wasin wmoderato demand and stendier, closing. at §21.50 cash aud $21.02} for October. Lard wus dul) and unchanged, closing at §12.87}@ 12,90 pexr 100 15 ¢cash aud $12.90 for October, THE CHICAGO ' TRIBUNE: TUESDAY SEPTEMRBER 1¢, 1875. Menta wero quict and casior, nt fo for shoulders, 118@11{e for short ribs, aud 12¢ for short “clears. Ilighwines wera active and 1c lower, at §1.16 per gallon. Lake freights woro netive aud steady, at2}e for corn to Buffalo, Flour was in fair demand nand rather wenk. Wheat was less active and n shade ensier, closing at $1.15 for Septem- berand $1.11} for October. Corn was ne- tivo and [c lower, closing at iflo for Sep- tember and &8¢ for Octobor. Oats wero in good demand and firmer, closing at 6c for September and 340 for October. Ryo was quict and firm at 76c. Barley was activo and irrogular, closing wenk at $1,09} for September and $1.05} for Qetober. Hogs were in good demand end avernged e higher, with tho bulk of the sales at §7.50@ . Cattlo were fairly activo and nuchanged, Sheep were firm, One bundred dollars in gold would buy $116.12} in greenbucks at lhuclonn‘ B —— Mr. HrsiNo's anxioty to be und yet not to bo o Democrat threntens to seriously compli- cato matlers in tho ranks of that party in Cook County, o wonld liko to stay in and keep out, bhnt how to do it is the trouble, Tho pure and nnadullerated Tourbons, per- ceiving that the timo is ripe for a resurreo- tion of what Old Svorey hns de- lighted in calling Tho Patrid Remin- iscence, and hankering for a restoration of the ancient party organization and title, held a meeting last night for the parposo of arranging to eall o straight-out Democrntic County Convention, in which only the faith- ful and long-suffering sholl bo included ns vossiblo candidates, Mr. Iemive's crowd, determined upon preventing (his at all hazards, songht to toke possession of the meoting and porvert its original purpose. They were unsuccersful. Tho Dourbons voted to enll a straight-out convention, nnd Mr. Mrsma’s crowd, organizing themselves into another meeting, voted to do nothing of tho sort. Iere's a pretty split. AMr. Hesiné must have those faithful and long-suffering votea in order to become the next County Treasurer, and the f. and L.s. fellows must bave Mr. Hesive's crowd if they would hope for success, Neither can do withoat tho other, and yot they are far apart. Tho party organization and name and the County 'Treasurership hong in the balance. Ono or the other must surcly kick the beam, and it remains to be seen which will go over- board, MARING MORE MOKREY. Dacs it ever oceur to the peoplo who insist upon nu increased issuo of greenbacks, in order that there shall be *more monoy," that monoey in any form, paper or coin, can only bo obtained in exchange for labor or some of the products of labor? Every dol- lar of gold or silvor costs a dollar to pro- duco nnd procure it, and no man can honestly got a coin dollar save by exchanging an equivalent value thorefor or by gift. It is the samo with paper monoy. The Govern- ment may print it in unlimited quantities ; but it can only bo Lonestly obtained from tho Government by an oxchange of something of equal value, Thero is no moro chanee of getting money oat of the Treasury honestly, without giving an cquivalont therefor, than thiere in of gotting it out of any bank or out of any other person’s possession. Itis immateri]l how much money there may be in tho country, the only way to ob. tain it is by giving somothing in exchangos forit. The owner or holder of monoy may give it awny, but unless it be proposed that tho United States shall distribate it per capita gratuitously among the people, in which caso, estimating the total population at 42,000,000, it would requiro an issuo of over a thousand millions of dollars to givo each person 324, But that is not yet proposed by nny ane. ‘There remainsg, therefore, but the one way in which this money can bo got, and that is by giving labor or some other valuable equiva- lont therefor. For every dollar of the addi- tional jssne of currency there must be a dollar in value given. How, then, will the increnso of the issuo of greenbacks make monoy more plenty in the bands of the peoplo? Greenbacks can now bo had by giv- ing an equivalent therefor, The man who " has anything to soll which anybody else wants can get groenbacks in exchange, and ho can do no moro in case tho Government should double the issne, 'There are §740,000,- 000 of currency now in the bandsof tho people, which bas cost the people sn nverage of 83 conts on tho dollar in coin to got. Thoy bhave given of their Inbor and their production o that value in exchango for the currency, They have exchanged their property for the green- backs, To get any more of it, thoy must give othor property in like manner. 'This curroncy which thoy have thus got in ex- chango for their property is in their hands; itis on doposit subjectto demand in tho savings banks and other banks. An increns- ed issuo of grecnbacks, if it Lave the effect of depreciating tho value of the currency, will of course also reduco the valuc of the currency now outstanding, for which the people have already given ita full value. Every cent of deprecintion in the value of tho present carrency is an aggregato loss of sovoral millions of dollars on the money now in the hands of the people. To get the now carrency we must give dollar for dollar in property, and as we get it it declines invalne, sweeping away million after million of dollars of tho hard-carned accumulations of tho past 08 well as of tho carnings of the present, As we givo of our mmbstanco for tho now cur. Tency, its value will be recoding every day, Let any man who wants ‘‘more raoney ” Or ¢xpeets ** moro money " as n result of an increascd issuo of Jegnl-tonders, ask himsolf how ko is going to get it. Can Lo obtain it without giving an oquivalent forit? Will ho not have to pay for it just as he does now 7 Cun ke get it without paying for it in labor or property, unless, s wo have sald, the Governniont makes a freo distribution of it ? ———— Tho particulans reported from ‘Washington relative to ho Chinese postal system must Lave astonished all who rend thom, Porhaps nobody ever thought of it, but it anybody oever did think of it, it in not likely that ho usupposed the Chinesa wora collecting letters out of boxes, sorting them into mail routes, doing them up into bags, sending (hem to all parts of the world, receiving them from all parta of the world, and distributivg them by carriers at the businesas-bouses and residonces, Perlfaps there is no great reason why the Chinese ghould not dovall this, but, judging of them from the spéoimens wo have among us, we wonld not naturaily suspect them of it. They tako very kindly to the finer grades of civilization, and they have not ouly adopted tho Eunglish and Amerjcan system of gathering and distributing the mails, but they have likewiso gone to mail-robbing. It probably will not be long before they dis- cover frauds in the mae contracting business and the repairing of th~ mail.-bage, Human nature scows o be pretty much the same in China as in the United States. For tho rest, the Chinese have certainly mndo nstonishing progross in their postal system. Established anly keven yenrs, with a population not mnch given to letter-writing wo should say, they have already over 25,000 miles of mail rontes in operntion, and 3,244 post-officen il work- ing order. Their incronso of husiness is in tho right direction, since it is annonnced that their rovenuo has inereasod at tho rate of 56 per cent, while their expenditurea havo only increased 42 per cent. 'This ia & showing of which any Government might be proud. THE ALIEN MINORS OF 1848, Old Stouey, throngh the Chicngo Times, hns just reversed the decision of the Supremo Court of Hlinvis in tho caso of the City of Beardstown ra, tha City of Virginia. Hroney hasin this reversal not only shown that the Supreme Conrt of Iilinols is profoundly ig- norant of law, but hns knocked tho uniform decinions of the Snpremo Conrt of the United States and the writiugs of the other Srony and various other legnl commentators higher than a kite, and lans demonstrated that Le nlone is competont to dotermino constitu- tional lnw and apply it juatly. Ho hns writ- ten ot in advance instructions to the Su- preme Court how to decide a number of cases now ponding before that body, and, had that Court nsked him in tithe, ho would havo told them how to have decided this caso of Benrdstown ¢, Virginia, and not compelled himn to reverse their decision though his paper. Of course, tho old fellow discusnes this case with tha egotism, ignorance, and denunciation which mark all his legal decis- lona. At an olection held in Cass County thero were a number of persons who voted. who were of foreign birth, residing in Tllinois prior to March 6, 1848, and who at that timo were under 21 yenrs of ago. Ina judicial canvasg of the votes, at that election (on the removal of the county seat) the Circuit Court rejected theso votes. Ono of these persons, Jony Arree, Jr., thus described his own case, which was substantislly, though not in dotail, tho samo ns tho others: On the 25th of Feb. ranry, 1874, ho was 37 yenrs of nge; wasborn in Gormany, and emigrated o Ilinois in July, 1847; that he went direct to Cass County, and his father with him; ho had never taken out naturnlization papers; he was told ho didn't need any, a8 he cameo hero beforo1848, IHis father wasnever naturalized, that he knew of. Tho Supreme Court of the State afilrmed the judgment of the Circuit Court, and de- clared that these men wero not voters under the Constitution of the State. The claim of theso men to bo voters was founded on the following statomont of thoe law., ‘The Con- stitution of 1818 provided: In all electiona all whito malo inhsbitants sbova tho o of 21 yoars, having realdod in tho State afx monthn next precoding tho election, shall enjoy tho rights of an elector, Under this clnuse it was decided judicially, somowhere about 1840, that unnaturalized alicns, boing *inhabitants,” otherwise quali. fled, could vote. The Constitution of 18{8 changed this rule, but, in order not to disfranchise any person thon a voter, provided : In all cloctions every whita male citizen above the ogool 21 years , , sball bocutitled to votoat such clection; and overy white male inhabitant of tha ago aforoaald, who may ba s resident of the Stato at the time of the adoption of this Comatittion, shall havo the right of voting 0 aforerald. Tho Constitution was adopted March 6, 1848, and went into operation April 1, 1848, This Constitution provided for two clasacs of voters,—those who were whito male aiti- 2zens, and those who were whito male inhab. itants 21 years of nge on thd 6th of March, 1548, 'Thus the law stood until it was far. ther changed by the Constitution of 1870, which provided : Every person having resided, efe,, . . who was an aleetor n this Stato on th et of April, 1848, . or who shall bo & male cltizen of the Vnilnd Blates obove the age of 31 years, ahall be eutltled to votoat stch election, It is conceded that all of thoso excluded wero of alien birth, and had nover beon naturalized, and were not citizens of the United States. They claimed that they wero alion inhabitants of the Stato at tho timo of the adoption of the Constitation of 1848; that, a8 they became of age, thoy bocamo le- gul voters under that Constitation ; that, be- ingvatorsonce, they had an indefeasible right to vote therafter, aud that the Constitntion of 1870, oven if so intended, could not deprivo them of that right! Thoy conceded that by going through tho formality of application to a court they could become naturnlized citizens of the United Btates ; but this they have refused to do, preferring to bo alien voters to being American citizens. The Su- premo Court, as well ag the Circuit Conrt, decided that, waiving the question whother these persons were ever logal voters under tho Constitution of 1848, they not being 21 yoars of ago when that Constitution was adopted, the Constitution of 1870 was posi- tivo in requiring eitizenship of the United States, or that the person should have been an elector on the 18t of April, 1848, and, ns they did not fall under eithor of these defini- tions, they were not legal voters at any elec- tion sinco Aug. B, 1870, . Now old Stonzy overrules this decision in Lis usun! dogmatio and ignorant manner by telling the Suprems Court that they ought to have known, Homsays: *The Timés holds the opinion "— 1. That the Constitution of 1818 “natur- alized" all the then alien inhaobitants of the State, 2, That under tho Constitutfon of 1848 nanother large body of forcign residents, not naturalized aceording to the forms of the act of Congress, *‘were naturalized in the same parliamentary way." 8. 'Tbat, if tho fathers were citizens, then tho minor children were made citizens, 4. That— ‘They are lawful voters under the Constitation of 1870 because they aro made rifizens uf the United Statea sbave tho age of 21 years.” They bacame citi- sens of the United Hiatea by becoming eltizens of Illf- uols by ths natursiitation of thelr fatliers during thelr minority by the supremo political anthority of the Stata {n which tho power of nsturslization then rogided, 4f It doea not reside there yet, In onswer tonll thisit may bosaid that citizens are nativa born or naturalized. This rulo is absoluto as to citizens of tho United Stotes. Al citizens of the United States are citizens of the respective States in which thoy may veside, Ths power is given to Congress to entablish an uniform rule of naturalization. Congress has oxercised that power. Thero can therefore bo no naturalization of an aliun except in absolute conformity with the laws of Congress, and npon the terms and condi- tions establishod by those laws. Consequent- Iy, the Btate of Hlinois in 1818, norin 1848, could not make anyalion a citizen of tho United States by aot of Leglalature or Pro- vision of the Constitution, The aliens of 1818 and thoso of 1848 wera not, therefore, made citizens of tho United States by the Constitutions of those dates, Aliens at com. mon law were under many disabilibies. ‘They ]ur by purchaso. Tho States haso gen- erally removed all these disabilities in whole or in pmf. No alien can exerciso any political privilage except by direet grant, T'o give an alien {ho right to voto does not create him a citizen any moro than does giv- ing him the right to hold and inherit renl es- tato. One-half the citizens of tho United Statea nre excluded from suffrage nnd from the right to hold offien. Conferring theright to voto on aliens genorally in 1818, and of a certain class in 1848, did not mako them cit- izens of tho United Btates. There is no warrant for tho doctrine that tho minor children of aliens admitted to voto seeced to the speeinl privileges of their fath- ers upon becoming of age, Alien minors eannot becomo citizens of tho United States aave in the instances and in the mannor cs- tablished by the naturalization laws of the United States. Those laws enact tlint when the father becomes anaturalized citizon under tho laws of the United States tien, and only then, do his children nnder 18 years of age Lecome naturalized by his net. As thero iy no pretenso that cither fathers or minors were evernattralized. then neitlier fathers nor minors were ever citizens of the United States, Nono of theso minors wero ‘‘of the ago aforesaid"—21 years—when the Constitution of 1848 wns adopted, and, therefore, they were never legal voters, no matter how often they may hovo voted. Thoy wera alivna, and aubject to nll the political disabilities of nliens, a3 if they were not residents of the State at that time. The chango in 1848 was expressly made to compel persons desiring to vote after April, 1818, who were not then votars, to becomo citizens, and the Coustitu- tion expressly limited the alien voters to those who were actual voters on that day. ‘The idea that the State of Illinois by nct of the Legislaturo can make an alien a citi- zon of the United States, or that an alien can be made a citizen of the United States other- wise than necording to the naturalization Iaws of the Unitod States, in oneof W.F. Brorex's legal propositions which ho insists the Supreme Court shall recogniae. It i npon n par with his other legal proposition, that three-fifths of tho debt of the City of Chicago is so unconstitationnl that the tax. payers will nover pay it, and that any conrt that will sustain the legality of such debt should bo impesched. THE CHRISTIARN REVOLT IN TURKEY. For the past ten days the London press agonts hiave been sending dispatches to this country representing the rovolt in Herzego- vina a8 well under the control of tho Turkish authorities, and giving the impression that the whole troublo was abont over. It now looks very much as though these dispatches have been dictated by the British Govern- ment or capitalists, who are largo creditors of Turkey, and deeply inlerested in tho Porto’s suceessful collection of nll the taxes inas brond an expanse of territory na possible, It is ovident that theso press dispatches havo baen colored in somebody's interest, for thoy are at dircct varianco with the special dis patches to somo of the Loundon nowspapers, nnd theso are supported by the privato nd- vices of the Now York [erald. 'The robell- ion is very far from being suppressed; on the contrary, it is growing in dimen- sions nnd resourcod, There i no imme- dinto prospoct of n cossation of hos tilities oxcept in the mediation of tho foreign Consuls. It is probable that tho Porto will accede to the suggestion that griovancos shall be remedied and the tax-levy lightoned ; but it is doubtfal whether the ingurgents will be satisfied with promiges. ‘Tho grievances aro too deep-rooted, and tho diffcrences too fundamental, to admit of s final and penceful gottlemont except in the separation of cortain provinces from the rule of the Porto. With 12,000,000 Christinns to 38,000,000 Mohammedans in Furopean Turkoy, and this disproportion constantly inoreasing, it ig not likely that there will ever be a volun. tary submission to Mohammedsn rule. The immedinata occasion for the Horzego- vinian uprising was a return of about 200 families, who hnd been long residing in Mon. tenegro, to their native country. They re- ulated tho payment of the Tarkish tithes for exemption from military duty, and thus started the insurrectionary spirit, which soon spread throughont the. province. The fact that the familics ecame from Montenegro, and that tho Montenegring were ready to volunteer nid, gives color to the suggestion that tho insurrection was really incited by Montenogro. It has the sympathy and moral support of Servis, Bosnis, and all the adjoining provinces. Tho inhabitants of all Turkey in Europe are opposed to the Gov- ernment of the Porto in religion, habits, and interests, and will contribute in every way they can to the success of any insmrrection, wheraver it may start or from whatever canse it arises, Tho Turkish Government has squandered in tho most reckloss extravagance and personal corruption all the revenues it hoa been nble to raise and all the money it has bean able to borrow, Henco the oppression of all tho people subject to its rule has be. como in one sense necositous, This op- pression has been felt with special suffering the presont year on account of the partial failure of the crops, which bas impover- ished the people of tho provinces. When the insurrcetion first broke out, thore was no effort on the part of the Porte to conciliate the people, but orders were issucd from Constantinopls to crush it out apd annthilate its leaders. This has not boen found casy to do, 'The first successes wero on the sido of the insurrectionists, and theso oncouraged the disalfected population of the othor provinces to assist the Herze- govinians with monoy, arms, and men. A lato dispateh to tho London ZTVmes—Aug. 429—ropresents all Northern Bosnia 8a in full robellion. A Natlonal Government has been formed in Herzegovina, and the spirit of tho people is shown in the following oxtract from the lending Horzogovinian journal : The {nsurrection is fast assuining formidablo di- menaions, Bymptoms of serious deeigns multiply, Meu are yearning for war, and oliy-tongued diplomsay 13 impotent to prevont them, This time insurrection in sure to result in emancipation. Not the rulers but tho nstions will decido what is to be done, If rebell~ fon bacomes genersl, Bervia and Montenegro will nos o {dlo spectators, Now or never | At a time of former troubles, in 1854, thero was on ambassodorial conference ot Con- stantinoplo, at which Russia domanded the independence of Iosnia and Herzegovina, this was rosisted by Austria on the ground that such a scheme threatened the integrity of the Austrian Empire. A settlement was made at that time by demanding on the one side, and conceding on the other, satisfactory concesalons to the insurgent provinces. The situation at the present time is not materially dfferent from what it was then. It is un. doubtedly with the approval of Russia that Montenegro has given the Herzegovinians aid aud comfort. The proposition for a seitle- ment ia that new oconcessions ehall be made. could not scquire titls to land by descent | Bat Austria is not so strong as in 1864, sud Russin is very much ptronger. The discon. tent in the Turkish provinees has increaswd nnd spread since that time, and it is oxtreme- Iy doubtful whethor they will accept the proffered eoncessions. Tt they do not, the rpeck of war will grow into n great cloud and ovorshadow sll Europe. THE WHLSKY FRAUDS, Tha letter to the Commissionor of Intornal Revonno from the Chief of tho Spocial Rov- cnue Agents concerning the whiaky frauds, which was printed in the last issue of Tnr ‘TmipuNT, 18 of great interest, as it presents n very exhanstive statement how theso frauds havo been perpeteated and how they may bo prevented. As the longth of the letter may have deterred many from reading it, we will roproduco tho substance of it in aa brief a rpaca 68 possiblo, The myatem of surveil- Ianco which has been in forco hitherto wan based upon the supposition of the honesty of local ofticera; and whore local officers have proved honest it has worked admirably, and tho tax hns been collected upon every gallon of spirits produced by the distiller. Bt among 1,00 Storekeepers and Gaugers, as mnong 1,500 of any otber claases of mon in the employ of the Government, it has turned ont that there are many dishon- ost men, and ccnsequently the system has not everywhero worked s satisfactorily ns it should, Thore aro two favorite ways of practicing fraud by the distillers. Tho first of theso in to removo spirita to tho rectifying honso without stamps and disposo of them by filling stubs of rectifier’s stamps with a small number of gallons and the stamps with o much groater number, 'I'ho othor modo of placing illicit spirits npon the market is thus described : ‘Tho distiller nends to (ho roctifylng Liouss & number Gf barrela of spirits on which tho tax has beon regu- larly paud. The descriplivo notica aforessid 1 flud, and o Gauger detalled, who reports tho tamps do- stroyed : whereas the fact is, that the stampa are not sctually destroyod. Either the packages with the wiamps uncanceled ars returned to the dintitler, and refilled with flllcit spirita ; or tho stampa are removed, and placed hy tho distillor or rectifier on other barrels of snirits, on which no tax has beon pald, Theao bar- relsarosent (0 the reeitficr, and by him shipped fo some dlatant market, without making any record of tho teanmaction §n his Government buoks, Sometimes this form of fraud is modified by the rectifiers filing a purcly fictitious no- tica coutaining a description of epirita he 1ias never receivod and substituting an equal quantity of illicit spirits. ‘To provent the firat clnss of frauds tho following check whs adopted : A now serfes of rectifiers’ stamps has been fasued, in which ench stamp hsa printed upon {ts faco the num- ber of gatlons the packuge contalng, so that the stub must nocessarily show tho same thing. Evory gallon of upirita for which & rect{fer's Mamp is fasved muat, of necessity, bo returncd by the Gauger, and charged to the roctifier, It s, therefore, imposslble fur him to ot rid of llicit apirits, even if ho sacceeds in remov- {ng them from tho distillery to tho rectifying housc, The second mothod of committing fraud, by tho reissue of stamps, is chocked as fol- lows: An account is openod with each distil- ler in which is entered the serial number of overy package produced by him. As fast as reotifiers’ reports are reccived, showing the dnmping of these packages, the numbers are chocked off. Transcripts are required month- ly from the books of every distiller, rectifier, and wholesalo liquor.denler in tho United States, containing fnll descriptions of tho liquor bought and sold by them, and of theso transeripts completo abstracts are mnde, which aro then compared with the records showing the spirits dumpod by tho rectifiers, so that if o single barrel of spirits is put on the market after it ix reported dumped, the fraud ean be instantly detected. o still further make this chock effactivo, a portion of the stamp is required to bo cut out at the timo of dumping and rotained with tho Gauger’s roport, which prevents the re-uso of tho stamp. The uso of thoso checks, together with the vigorous prosscution of the bondsmen of dishonost Storokeepers and Gangers, has already incronsod the revenue from tho tax on spirits. If this vigilaneo is continued, if theso chocks aro applied promptly and un- consingly, if tho prosccutions of the distillers of illicit spirits, as well 08 the bondsmen of dishonest Btorckeepers and Gaugers, are kept up whenever a fraud is detooted, thero can bo no donbt that the revenue will be in- cronsed from ten to fiftcen millions of dol- lars. It is only by keoping distillors under the strict surveillance of such checks s we have been describing that tho Government can make it too oxpensive for distillars to bribe local officors, and local officors thom- solves will be more likely to bo honest whon their bondsmen aro held responsible for them, THE NORTH CAROLINA CONVENTIOR, The Democrats finally secured control of the North Oarolina Constitutional Convention by Mr, Ransox, the Democratio candidate, casting & vote for himself for Chairman. Nover was n Convention more evenly bal- anced in political division, Thers had been a dozen ballots, in ‘which Ransox got 50 votea and Dockeny 58, each of the candidates voting for somebody else, which gave two scattoring, Mr, Rawsom was finally por- suaded to vots for himsclf, e then took the chair, and said: “XIhave deemed it the object of the Conservatives, backed by the people, to consider such amendments to the Constitution a8 shall meet-the approbation of all North Carolina, Fonrless of results, and purely in obedionoo to duty, I Lave takon the stop I have, influsnced by no mnsido'rntlon of personal advantage. I annonnco the Couven- tion ready for business.” Wo do not know that, as n rule, thera is any valid objection to a mnn's voting for himself to a position for which he is professedly a candidate. A fair consideration may be suggested by the fact that he should not permit any personal modesty to interfore with the interests of the principles or party which he represents, The chiof objection in Mr. Ransox's ease is that ho'was elocted as on Independent, and re- celved a large number of Republican votes. In fact, it is charged in some quarters that Tansox was committed to the Republican pal. joy. If this istrue, Lecertalnly ought to have refused to be a candidate for tho Ohairman. ship on the ultra-Democratic side, or, having become a candidate, should have declined to voto himself in. ‘The only hope now is that his Independent proclivities and Republican protessions mny restrain him from using his position in the interests of thoso members of the Convention who desire to restore some- thing like the ancien regime in the new Con- stitution which is to be framed. Wa do not 860 how any such conspiracy nan succeed un- der the restrictions which have been prudent- ly imposed. The form of thooath is as fol. lows : . You, A B, 40 solemnly awear (or afirm, sb tho delo- @ate elsct aball chioose) that you will faithiully matn- tain and support the Constitution of the Uniled Blates and this savers! smendments thereto, includiog the Thirteenth, Fourtssnth and Fiftesoth Amendmenta ; and that you will neither directly nor indirecily evads az disregard the dutles enjoined mor the restricllons impossd upon the Convention by tbe act of the Gea- el Amembly authorizing your cleciion, Bo help you Gods The xestriotions referred to wero a part of the net ealling tho Convention into being; and, after preseribing the qualifiention of delegates, the form of oath to bo taken, the manner of eleeting officers and filling vacan. cies, the nct prohibits the consideration, do- bate, proposition, or adoption of any chango in the exisling laws on tha following sbjects: . ‘The bomeatead and personal proparty exomptions, tho mechauiea’ nud laborera’ len and tho rights of magriod women, as now sectired by law, nor to altcr or smend Hoce, % or B, Art, V., of ssld Conatitution, nor chango the ratin bietween tira poll and proporty tax an therofn catablishied ; noe shall tho sald Conven- tion hiave power t propoas or adopt any smotdment orordinance vacating any offica or term of ofiice now exiuting and filled or hold by virtuo of auy elaction or sppointment under tha exirtlug Constitution and laws, until tho srme aliall be vacated or expired under exist- fnglawn } but the eald Conventfon may recommentd the abollahinient of any offico when the present term therein shall sxplre or vacancles oceur, and they may provido for Alling such vaesncies, othiorstso than ne now, and limiting the torma thoreof. Nor shall sakt Conventlon adopt or propoas any plan o ameniment or achiemne of compensation to tho owners of emanel- ratod slaves, nor for tho pagment of any Mabllity or debt Incnrred wholly or fn part lnald of the lata War between tho States, uor for tha restorctfon of Impris- onment for debt; nor shall they require or proposs any edneatioual or property qualiieation for offico or voting; nor shall said Convention pass any ordinances Jegiatative In their chiaracter, exce)t siich ne aro neces- raey to submit the amended Constitutlon to the people for thelr ratification or rojection, or to conveno tho General Assombly. Notwithstanding theso restrictions, evident- 1y intonded to hond off the disposition to ro- turn to the ante-Relellion order of things, tho Constitutionnl Convention may, if it sees fit, throw them over and disregard them. The only real protection lies in the fact that the constitutionnl scheme must be submitted to the poople and adopted by the people beforo it becomes the organic law of the State, The Cincinnati Commercial is wrathful, an well ns compnssionate, over the loss of the Equinox. 1t says she was an old and over~ londed ship, and adds that the sailors on the Inkes, sacrificed by raseally ship-owners and recklors forwardors, need a Prrusort to look aftor thom, But the Commerrial forgets thnt the owner of the Equinox was on bonrd of her, with his niece nnd granddaughter, Tho ““ rasenlly ship-owner” does not put himself and Lis family on his rotten vessels. 'Tho owner of tho Equinox has testified, at the cost of his own life, to his belief in her sea- worlhy qualitios, ——— 1t has becomo & matter of notorloty that the Intertor gets itaclf up as a religious nowspapor, and denounces Tr Cis1ca00 TRIBUNE 88 an rro- ligious newspapor, As wo shall probably have much troublo with that paper in future, it beiug vory dogmatio, beforo we can make a roligioua paper of it, we proposo to show that Tine Tnm- UNE, although a socular paper, is a better rolig. jous aheot than the Inferior, and is, therofore, qualificd to attompt the conversion of itho Infe- rior. 'The last Hunday {ssue of Tue TrinuNe contained s completo outlook of the prospects for thecloction of tho Eplecopalian Bishop of this dioccse; an account of tho opening of Brotber Moopx's campaign in Massschusotin; n nkotch of the history of ANN LEE, tho Bhaker saint; o record of the proceodings of the Sunday- Bchool Convention in Kauno County; the dedica- tion of the Roman Chureh to tho Bacrod Yeart; a letter from a Catholic upon miracles ; personnl notos with regard to the ministers of ali denom- inations ; roliglous miscollany from the churchos in goneral, the world over; snd a comploto statomont of the services in the city churches last Sunday, so that strongors could piok ont tho church thoy might want to nttond, In yestor- day morning's paper woro printed a sermon upon the kind of revival we nced, by the Rev. Cnanizs L. Tuoxrsow, of the Fifth Preabyto- risn Church; a charactoristio sormon by tho Rev. Ropent CorLver, of Unity Church; a sor- mon by the Rov. I. N, Powsrs, of 8t. Juho'a Episcopal Churchi; the revival sormon at Far- woll Iall; tho recognition sorvices of the Cen- tonnial Baptist Church: the dedicatory sorvices st the First German Church of tho Evangolical Associntion; the services at tho Centonary AL E. Church; and special dispatches showing the proceedings of the Wenona, Ill., Conforence, tho Stephonson County (Ill.) Bible Soclety, and the Sunday-schicol work st Champaign, il In adaition to this, T'ux Ciicaco’ TRimUNE has oarnently advocated a revival of righteousncss, snd the Interior has not advoeated o rovival of any sort Now, wo challenge tho Inlerior to produco apy two papers of ils issuo einee it startad which can compara with thess two Trin- uNEs for varlety and Qignificd character of re- ligious ndwe, Is not tho malignity of tho In- terior towards Tug TaRmuss wspired by the fact that tho latter bas beaten it in its own apocialty, aud that while the one has ceased to be of futorest oxcept to a Landful of narrow- minded dogmatistd, tho other has proved itself an oxcellent and popular roliglous paper for the massos? Notwithstandiug this fact, wo shall not cessa to labor for tho roligious good of the Inderwr. In rogard to the Clinton (Misa.) riot, an oye~ witnosa thus describos tho affair: « In sbout 3 minutes n pistol shot was fired fn tha crowd, and quiokly another, sud {n a moment Afty shota ssenied to be discharged. “Tho wildest confusion ensusd. Men, womon, nnd children broke looso from thelr hitchings snd joined in the stsmpode, In tho course of 16 minutas. excosding 540 ahots wero fired, and three whites and four colored persons wounded, A large mafority of the blacks were unsrmed, baving beon cantloned sgainat carrying weapons to the meot~ ing. The dificulty was wholly unsought by them, sna they fought only in self-defonse. 1y 3 o'clock not a coldred mun W keen on the ground, Armeit whites csmio ont from Clinton sud took possessivn of the ground, At tho same time s Viekaliurg train brought armed ‘men from Pdwards and Holton, Saturduy night 50 armed while men occupiod Clinton aud thero was quiet. _Sundsy mornlug st daybreak, the Vickshurgers, 300 of whom wery there, commenced slaughtering (he negroes, All ths colored men thoy could fud wero shok down. A dozen or more wers idiled in cold blood. Armed bands organtzed sud scoured the country, sud the work of alaughter went on. It is eatimated 'that 8fty men woro killed in thia way in tho county on Sunday. 'Thoss who were not Yilled had 40 fiea to (s wode and awamats foc qror tection, A complots relgu of terror posseasea the country. A privata lotter from Vicksburg contnina this : 1 havo 1o doubt in the world that tho Clintou affair, snd cepecally that part of It in wlich theso Vickuburg roughs participated, was sitoply cold-blooded murder, Nearly overy one here kusw whun thoss srmed ruflinus and dosporsdoos left bere theyiwould notcome back without killing & faw negroes, oven If thay bad to go miles in the country to find them. They left bero, many of them, full ‘of whisky, snd came back that way, yelling aud grinniog as’iliey marched through (ho ktreols un though thoy had routod a valiant foo fu- wtead of wautonly wnurdering In colit blood a lot of in- nooent noRToes ryiug 1o got out of thelr way, In other words, the statoment summed up Is s fallowa : A gang of Democratic ruffians fn- terfered with » Ropublican meotiog and got hurt 8a bad aa the negroes did In tho fight that fol- lowed, Therenpon s mob of dosperadoes agsem- bled, armed, snd commonced shooting unarmed negroew in tho woods, In thoir cabins, and in flalds whero they were at work. IHaving mur- dered all who could not got out of the way, tho Domouratio newspspors roprosonted all was quiet, and the Ohaininen of the Domocratio State Comnittee telegraphied to thoe President thero was no disturbanco. The dued, ss tho lotter statos, was only cold-blooded murddr. Tho wqulot ™ 8o reported was only quiot because the rufifans and desperadocs hiad hunted dowu and killed those who wore obnoxions ti thotw, and no more wers left to bo murdered. This iufamous work wns the result of tho teachings of tha Vicksburg Jerald. The further reault of it should be the hanging of thoee concerned in it. 12 Miseiasippi were governod by & man of cour- 8go, the Langings would speedily commencs, S e The incredulons Journal uays Tug TRIDUNE wriles its matrimonial correspondence in the office. Will sir, Bituaan kindly step up-sisirs and read hulf & ton or 80 of it in axpistion of 1hat cruel joke, or retract ? % L It 18 recommended that tho works of OsAvazn be made part of the etudy of young men who are to hold commistions in the Eaoglish army. Poctry 18 held in abhorronce by the military sparit av tonding to softon the mind. 1t wonig spoear aa though the practicen of anch mony e Col. BAkxn had a greator tendenay toward gof. oning of Lo broin. Nature, howaver, soemia to have guardod agsinst such » miahap on the part of many of thom. iy A A Troy (N. Y.) churoh las hit upon an ingen. fous way of serving tho Jnico of tho grape at the commuuion-tabla on temperanco principlos, Iy mates vut grape-jolly and water. MR AL PERENR' !.7 o Now ho la mad—-I iy, that la. o fa writ. ing n play. h Thoma - J t Mauitowoo, Is tho guest of friendn 1. Lin city, Alfow ia év torribly hiard up for men that by iv con . ping boys of 15, Ity jtev. Horman (1, Duncan, of Now Orloans, 8 n yuent ot_tho Grand Pacifio. Tho Jato Edward King, of Nowport, loft R5,000,+ 000, besides the rost of tho world. Lcx. Spotted-Tailionis is what tho Now York World cally the law of the Black 1ilils, Tho only full-blooded negro in tho Alabamy Conventlon 18 Qreono Shadrach Washington Lewin. Thera's o gign in Coruwall for tho encourage. ment of deapmring husbands : * Bearup & Care ¥abor,” The prospoct of an uuueial amount of posch. braudy this osson ls what has given Dio Lewl dyspepsia, Harriot Hosmer ia nt work upon the largest gronp in marble ke over worked on, for the Contonnial, Victor Hugo has notted §700,000 from thy publie. Other writers gonorally catch it frop tho roviowors. Copt, Card, Now ITampshirs's contonacian, tug “shuflled” off at Iast.—Hoslon Post. Waitin for tho last trump. Kato Btanton hoe fivo lectures to delivor, ogs of which is entitled “Why I Studied Law* Why, indeed ; do tell. Tho Tev. Robort Lalrd Collier, of Chicago, hay sailed for Europe.—New York World, Holdon; he's only just returned. New bonngts are made to bo worn both ways, Unbappy woman! Called upon to bear ber ra veracd in tho wenkest spot. The Loston Post calls tho Iale Gon. Israo funt o “stosling Demoerat.” They aro scawa now. Most of them nro paper Democrate, Gon. LoGondra ia abont to leavo the Javas. ©8o servico, and ia to bo honored with tho frit Imporial decoration over offerad a foraignar, Miss Editls Cash, of Washington, has be. trotlied hersolf to & young wntoring-place bosa with 275,000 a yonr. e marriea her C. 0. D, Hoyle & Job constituto a lazleton, Pa., firm, ‘Whon his partnor broska out on him, Job has o bear it tranquilly, but ho can't it down on him, Joo Howard and Dossio Turnor aro in Boaton teying to find somebody to publish the latter's book, They make a good 2:40 team, don't they? Don't suo tho Maryaville News for Ilbol. If you do, you will bo callod & * wall-eyed beat.” But porhaps you are not sonsitive 2o to tho nt torances af such folk, Gov, Kollogg nnd ex-Gov. Warmoth have shakon Lands acrosa the bloody chiasm of o Naw York hotel dining-tablo, and viowith ono suothee in politenesa snd {nvitations to libate. Thero will bo no Indizn sconts raised in Ss. vaunsl, Ga. Thero {s an ox-scout there, buths drives a strost-car for G shillings a day of eighi- ©oen hours, and is compazatively happy. ‘Thiora saya to tho German Catholics who want to moke o pilgrimage to Lourdes: “Pray ws manch as you like and how you fike, but in the uamo of politics pray somowhero also,”™ Qov. Iartrantt, of Ponusylvanis, hus abols fehed tha custom of hanging on Fridays. Itis too tantalizing to havo any day not apart for haoging in a Btate adjoining Now York. Americana {n Rome, both Catholic and Prot. estant, clubbed togother and bought Cardinal McCloslkoy a suit of clothos—a complete Cardi- nal's dress—and amitro set with jowels like & bigh-grado watch. Bharkoy tho murderor is in 8an Francisco, but the polico of Now York are busy hunting up a fact or two about the Nathan murdor, of whick they havo just got wind, and must leavo Sharkey alono for s year or two, Hoezokiaky Loard, of Augunsts, Me., lately dee consod, was the fattest mov {nthe State, His coflin was 30 tuchoa broad, 20 inches deep, and 74 {uches long., Thess figures sre from tho use dortakor, and may bo rolied on, Tt us have this thing adjusted, AoVickee savs Qen., McClurg is no gentloman, Goo. e~ Clarg is & soldier of high rank, Can haestand such an aspersfon 2 Will ho challengo MoVicker? No, bocanse that woanld advortiso the play. What will ho do? Adirondack Marrny is sald to cherish a hope that the horso has a voul. A horseless imuior- tality would reador the Elysian flolds an ead- less boro, that's a fact, to Murray & Co. In fact, they might think thoy had strayed [uto tho wrong placo. British adoration of brute streugth has oll mazed in tho case of Webb, who recently swam across tho Olmnnel. Subsoription-books have boen opened. and 82,000 already contributed, and,"to crown all, the Queen is asked to Knight him. Ja It any wonder that Carlylo spurnod thad chesp honor a5 &n Insult ? Hero's an opportanity which seldom offers twiceto aman. A wealthy Catifornian Ess do positod n $100 gold note in o Ban Diego baok. It 18 to bo the property of any Spiritualist who can tell the numbor of tt. If any of our mediums win it, they should keep it 28 tho firet honest dollar evor won iu the profossion, 1t is stated that Gou. Joseph E. Johuston has sccoptod the command of the Khedive's srmy, which ha had threo timos doclived. The eslary i 825,000, with a bonus of ©100,000 for outft. Jonopli should do well ip Egypt, and treat his visittng brethren with all dao courtesy. In fact, ‘ho should imitate tho original Joseph in every way, avon to the practico of severest virtue. Now Eogland has a parallel of the AcClorg- MoVickor casp, sll but tho eard. Ar. Descher aunonnced that bo would proach st Lako Pleas« ant, Montsgue, Dass, ager had ongaged him, and, to make bis profits, contraoted with tho railroada for special traivs. The Congregationa! ministors of the nbighbor hood, moved with envy, elgned s remonstrance agatust Mr, Beocher's preaching, whereupon by broko hiu engagement. 1t is now in order fof tbo entorprising manager to come out in & intimating that Mr., Beecher's poutniary respoa- 2ibility was us valuoless as his word, HOTEL ARBIVALS, Grand Pacifi—Tho Re, ¥, M. Gregy, Bpringteldt the Rev. @, 11, Higgins, Lincoln ; George A. Whils Bostou; Dr. J, A, Ward, Naw York; m:mnw-“ b At ot 1 O s, Fotmdys 7. M, sori Cleveland ; Benjomin ¥, Jeuninge, Plitsburg; U:}; Alerander, 8t, Louls; H, O, Breoce, Clucinpsti; Fred 11 Win, oe a3 Johin A;Lll%mnflr.nnl, ,m::-gfl,. ‘opeks ; N, ul i de D °§‘v°;th' ooy 3 ‘l!l::‘:’“ 8T, aukey «oeolulmer - ScGuaeu, Wi K. Perley, Now lisinawick ; Qoo liati - Niuhoapolus; John U, Perry, Mempuisi & & g James Miad, Now Hareld 3 40 L. Hoata, Ne £ D A b1 Yiond, Clevelund 55, 5. Whiting, Ve Mussachnsstia: A, Allisus, New Orleans i Guorge Dt vis, Loutevilo; 3. W, Viek, Miularipply Ko} Turner, New York Lovert W, Wilcox, Now Yorks “Thomas , Louisville; B, ¥, Washhurs, Wiy conain. ... Lremont House—, J. Cooper, Eoglandi Uy 3. Wellky G Jouepl J. B Db, Deier: Dy, Vau Jones, Tndia;" J. 3. Hagoripas, Milwaukeo ; Jolin L» Buell, Micl New York; D. Lausan, Utica; uleville ; York ! J. H, Jones, Sherman House—J, ¥, Bmith, Boatou 3 Ool. D, . Hcofeld Ohio 3 G, H. Baster, Now York ; I 4. weapolis ; J, K. Hamilton, wugan-l%; l}; ] V3.1, Olarks, Otica: W, AMoore, Indlanapoliss J. Roborts, Hopfaw, . D. Olnicin: u‘riny, l’lnnryl'u:,hb Ogl. . i ; Angus Canieran, Judgo B, f;';""nnqm;":'m u.[unu, B¢, Louls, Oalro s ¥, Lyon, Grand 1) \3 1L Trihy An outerprising mans e