Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 24, 1875, Page 4

a THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY OCTOBER 24, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES. —. TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. BATES OF STBECKIPTION (PATABLE IN ADVAKCE). Pestage Prepaid at this Office. Daily Edition, post-pald, 1 SeaT..esrenee.. .$13.00 - Parts of yoaratsame rate. i-paid, 1 yoar. Parta of year at same rats. WEEELT EDITION, POSTPAID, Quscopy, per year of Hve. per Club of twehwy. per Copy. The postage i3 13 cents & yoar, which we will prepay. ‘Specimen coples sent free. To prevent delsy and mistakes, be sure and give Post-Office sddress in full, ineluding Stateaod County. Remittances may be made either by draft, exprees, Post-Office order, or in registered letters, at ourrisk, TPOWS TO CITY UBSCLIBERS. Daily, delivered, Sunday excepted, 25 cents per week. Dauly, delivered, Sundsy included, 30 ccats per week. Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corper Madison and Dearborn-sta., Chicago, Tl AMUSEMENTS. TO-DAT. McCORMICK HALL—North Clark street,corner Kin- rie. Lecture by W. R, Emerson. Subject: “The Mechnnic of 1735 and 1875.” TO-MOREOW, HOOLEY’S THEATRE—Randolph strest, between Curkand LaSalle. Engagement of the California Hinstrels. MCVICKER'S THEATRE—Madison street, between Dearborn and State. Engagement of Lotta. * Musette,” ADELPHI THEATRE—Dearborn street, cormer Monroe, Variety performance, WOOD'S MUSEUM-Monroe street, between Dear- born and State, Afternoon, * Aurora Fioyd.” Even- ing, * A Dangerous Game.” 3McCOBMICK HALL—North Clark street, corner of Kinzie. Entertsinment by Prof. Pepper. "SOCIETY MEETINGS. ATTENTION, SIR KNIGHTS!—Special conclave of Chicago Commandery No. 19 K. T., Monday evening, Oct, 43, 1875, for work on K. T. Order. A generalat- texdance is desired. Sir Kuights are requested to ap- rear 1 full uniform g8 far 38 possible. — Visiting Sir 1{‘ qhis courteously invited. By order of the Em. Com. G. A. WILLYAMS, Recorder, LOYAL QRANGE INSTITCTION.—Red, White, and L. 0. L., No. 57, will hold 3 regular merting at tie hail, southeast corner of Franklin and Van Buren- #t3,, to-morrow (fondsy) evening, at ©: for work on the R. A. P, Degree, ~Punct: {s requested. Visiting bretiren cordially invited. E. HULSE, Seoretary. LAFAYETTE CHAPTER, No. 2, R. A, NL—Stated Convocation Ndondly nvlt.;ninc.dotl-tfi.el:;;’xtl o'clock, for buss %" By order of the H. T, o baceacen snd work. By e Ehe Chicage Tribune. Sundey Morming, October 24, 1875, At the New York Gold Exchange on Satur- day greenbacks were quoted at the openifg st 86, from which figure they advanced to 374, the closing quotstion being S7. A Tot of card-houses toppled over in the East yesterday. The list embraces dealers in dry goods, lumber, books, miachinery, and wool. One Ohio failure throws 200 men out of employment. The world outside of Chicago was very quiet yesterday. History was made at a slow rate. Inside the limits of Cook County, how- | ever, things were lively. ~The drinking, smoking, Iying, and spcefihmaking which are the outward manifestations of a political campaign went on without ceasing. Tae TpietyE reporter who was termpo- rarily domiciled at St. Louis has voluntarily surrendered himsclf to the Rockford authori- ties. The terrible monotony of existence in & town in which there was nothing to report was too much for him. Better a prisoner at Rockford than a free man at St. Louis. He has already been punished sufficiently for his alleged participation in the Rockford duel by his exile in the city which was found- ed g century ago, and has been found dead by every visitor since. 8t. Louis actually furnishes the omnivorous per with au iter. And the item is a failure, or adeath, or the statistics of bay-crop of the priceipal business street o taat melancholy town. It has, of course, o connection with the bridge. But itis not thet the bridge hes fallen. It is, however, 50 heavily weighted with debt that it cannot stand any additions! loed,—not even that of & telegraph-wire. So thewire of the Atlantic snd Pacific Company has been torn down. This is all ; but it insures the publication of a local department in the St. Louis papers. The result in Ohio did not kill the rag- baby. After the election, cheap money was being printed right in Illinois to revive busi- pess and restore confidence, when a minion of GRANT stepped in and stopped it. Eraen WasmsueN of the Secret Service was the man who checked this great work for the re- lief of the debtor classes which want more cheap money, and he has the counterfeiters, Borp, Dmices, aad StaprrerT, wWho were caught in the vicinity of Centralia, safe under lock and key, and the cheap currency will be further contracted by destruction of that found in their possession. The Great Powers of Europe have brutally interfered with the scheme of the Sublime Porte to pay his promises to pay in other promises, and these in still others, and so on ad infinitum. They insist that the Turkish paper shell be redecmable in gold, and they actually refuse to let the Ottoman Empire 2dopt an interconvertible-bond scheme. Will not KELLEY go abroad to preach his gospel to show these effete monarchies the error of their ways? Will not Avrres roar his lusty praise of rags from the Thames to the Bos- phorus? The United States has no further need for these persons. If they desire rein- forcement we might cheerfully ship Bex Brrres to the Ireland he loves so well. This, to be sure, would be a wrong to Erin before which English oppression would sink into in- significance. There is yet prospect that the Burrrsems end Ceamvs of Williamson County will be, avenged. The conviction of three of their clan, and the arrest of others, interrupted them in the work of exterminating their foes, the Hexprnsoss, whose murder of old man Bumunar inaugurated the vendetta. Baut, encouraged by the success that has at- tended their efforts to vindicate the law, the authorities are- in pursuit of the murderers of the HEXDERSON clan, and have begun by arresting Mrr BaxTeR for the murder of Dr. HrxcECLIFFE, one of the Burnixens' parti- sans, who was assassinated some time prior to the murder of SisNey and Srexce. If the work of punishing the murderers on both sides in the vendetta is pushed vigoronsly, it uny lead to the depopulation of a couple of townships in Williamson County, but it would be a happy riddance of them if it even came to that. Certainly the murderers of the three BULLINEES onghismt to escape. Thke Chicago produce markets were rather less lively on Saturdsy. Mess pork wasin good demand and irregular, closing at £21.60 for Octover and £18.85 seller the year. Lerd was dull and steady, at $13.30 for new and §12.25 seller the year. Meats were quiet, a Bic for part-salted shoulders (boxed), 1% Lar ghort ribe do. and 123¢ for short clear do, Highwines were more active and steady, at $1.13 per gallon. Lake freights were quiet and stronger, at fic for wheat to Buifalo. Flour was dall. Whest was active and irreg- ular, closing at $1.12 cashand $1.07% for November. Corn was sctive and 1¢ lower, closing at 51%c cash and 50c for November. Oats were dull and }@}c lower, closing at 33lc for October and $2¢ for November. Rye was dull and lower, at 70@7lc. Barley was active and 1c lower, closing at 89c for October and 86¢c for November. Hogs were in good demand, and were firmer. There were sales at $6.50@7.75, the bulk at $7.00 @7.80. The catlle market was lifeless. Sheep sold moderately at §2.75@4.50. One hundred dollars in gold would buy $114.87} in greenbacks at the close. In Tae TrisoNe of this morning will be found alarge mass of interesting religious Toatter,—comprising the latest news from the differbnt denomirations, and discussions upon topies now prominent in the re- ligious world. The question of Church- Unity, in comnection with the pro- posed union of the Protestant-Episco- pel and Methodist-Episcopal ~Churches, is treated by various correspondents, from diverso standpoints. Another correspondent vindicates the process of singing down ob- noxions speskers. Still other correspond- ents discuss the subject of Bible-read- ing in the public schools, pro and con.,—one of the letters making answer to the statements put forward by the Rev. Artnue Mrrcgern. Editorials are presented from two leading English papers—the Lon- don Standard and Iour—on the" speech made by President Grastat Des Moines, and the position of the Roman Church toward our free-school system. The nature and objects of the Catholic ¢ Universal Jubilee,” now in progress, are fally described. Then we give & large and carefully-selected variety of personal and miscellaneous religious intelligence; a col- lection of religious pleasantries; an ex- tended list of church services in this city to-day; and the Episco- pal and Catholic calendars for the current week. All in all, our resume isfar more comprehensive than that afforded by any issue of any of the professedly-religious journals ; and, moreover, is written and ar- ranged in such manner as to be of interest to all persons outside of church-organizations, as well as all within them. THE COUNTY ELECTION. AMr. Hesixg is trying to make a personal campaign for the approaching election. He has divided the population of Cook County into two classes,—for Hesrve end against Hrsrva. He ignores every other local issue. No, it is proper to keep well in mind that the most important issue of this election is not whether Mr. Hesrxg, or Mr. Huck, or Mr. KrrLEy, shall be elected County Treasurer. ‘We may concede, for the sake of illustration, that each of these gentlemen would make a good County Treasurer and administer the of- fice honestly, and that, personally, there is no particular choice between them. If we start with this, it will be easier to appreciate the real issue of the approaching election. It is whether or not the management of county affairs shall be permitted to remain in the hands of the present crowd. This issue vir- tually includes the management of city af- fairs, as the election this fall will un- questionably exert a decided influence on the election next spring, as the in- terests of both are identical. The political coalition known as the * Opposition,” which is organized outside of the two responsible political parties of the country, as the cor- rupt Tammany was organized in New York, is now in absolute control of the city and connty offices. It has its Ring in the Coun- ty Boerd and in the City Council. It has the large and responsible offices of County Treasurer (including the collection of the county taxes), the Sheriff, the Recorder, and the Clerk of the County Court. It controls the town officers, who are permitted to fleece the people out of £100,000 annually in order to support some blowers and strikers for the coelition. It has ‘its political clubs,—the Cosmopolitan and the Union,—which act as assignation-places for contractors and the, officials who let contracts. It includes all the notable vote-brokers of the city and county. It counts the adherence of all the Mrxe McDoxaps, Corcorans, ‘“Appe- Tite Bois,” and the gamblers, and confi- dence-men, and thieves. It commands the allegiance of all the repeaters and ballot-box stuffers. The real issue of the local campaign is whether this party shall be continued in control of all the city and county contracts, all the city and county taxes, and all the city and county moneys. There is an opportunity at the present elec- tion togive this corrupt coalition the first blow. If the people fail to do it, the hold of the the coalition upon the city and county will become stronger, and the individual tax- eaters bolder and more aggressive, There are five County Commissioners to be elected, each one of whom is of more importance to the tax-payers of Cook County than the se- lection of a successor to ‘‘Buffalo” MiLres in the County Treasurer's office. If the conlition which Mr. Hesrye has organized, and is leading in order to get an-office for himself, elect their candidates, their “Ring” in the County Board will be so strongly ce- mented that it will require years to break’ it, Then there will be no end to the frauds in supplying the County Poor-House, Insane Asylum, and Hospital, and such events as the abstract purchase and the Harus con- tract will be everyday occurrences. Perhaps the character of the present Board cannot be better indicated than by reproducing Mr. Hesmve’s opinion of it, expressed in the Staats-Zeitung of Dec. 31 last, and brought tolight by the FreePresse, which is now opposing Mr. Hesv. 'We advise our read- ers to peruse the entire extract : TYesterday was » memorable day for Cook County, unfortunately not on nccount of 1t good results, but its very ead events. The County Board, which is the sovereign power of the county, has declared that go long s its sovereignty lasts nothing will be done in the direction of economy, and that while it remains at the helm every possible opportunlty will be given to thieving coutractors and officers who are in lesgue ‘with them to plunder and rob the county. Oxe of the Board's appointed Special Committees discovered in ane single class of suppliea frands to the amount of $5,000 which never could have been perpetrated without the scquiescence of the Warden of the Poor-House, and testified thst & grest number of the present contractars are unknown men or clerks in business houses which donot deal n the goods in question; but the majarity of the Board refused sltogether to lsten to that part of the Committee report which is devoted to the latter affair, snd referred the rest 0 a new Investigating Committee, of which most of the members have in ‘view to deny established facts and hinder further dis- coveries. This same majority of the Board prevented a reduc- tion of salanes, and made haste to capture the elective officers before the salaries were fized, and consequent- Iy these remain at the extravagant figures at which they were placed by thie preceding County Bosrd. 44, to Al full the measure, this same majority, unfortunately recruited by s member of the other side, chose these same officers again, sgainst whom there was strong suspicion of dishonesty, - The names of the members of ths Board who have declared that they were aware of the rascalities com- mitted during the preceding year,—doubtless they know why,—and who brought about the rascality com- mitted yesterdas, are CARBOLL, CONLY, CRAWFORD, HEn1ixG, JORNSON, LONERGAN, MCCAFFREY, and RUS- BELL, We hope that our readers will not, on account of its length, be restrained from carefally studying the re- port of yesterday’s session. They will ind much that {8 interesting inthe transactions, as well s in the re- port of the Spacial Commiitee. In explsnation of the Teport, 1t msy be mentioned that whoever sees the sam- plesof the manufactured goods supplied will find it inconcelvable hiow anybody could have the audacity to ask such prices for such rubbish, and how & commit- teo of honorable men with even a spark of Inteltigence could allow themselvesto be deceived in regard to it. 1In case the reader wonders that Crawrorp should havobeen 80 suddenly converted, inssmuch as he made & motion to reduce the salaries 20 per cent, it onght to be explained that the motion was intended to Xill that of GUENTHER, and that CRAWFORD became susplcionsly embarrassed when the hitherto minority took Jum at his word. With much troutle, and only because Buest would consent to no_greater reduction than 5 per cent, did he succeed by the timely dropping of the matter {n escapicg from his self-constructed trap. < 'x!:u eight Commissioners whoao names we gave above composea firmiy-united ring, who will hinder every faprovement, because it will cudanger their own pockets, That among them is 3 German and several nowly-clected Commissioners, prominent men, who have hitherto been considered houorable, is in tho highest dogree deplorable, The public will hold them to account ak the proper time . It isonly necessary to add that two of the eight Commissioners whom Mr. Hesve de- nounced above as members of “a firmly- united ring” (Crawrorp and Coviy) have been nominated for' re-election on Mr. Hes- 1e's ticket, and are now supported by him. The vacancy caused by the retirement of a third—RusserL—isto be filled by a man who has now a county contract. The places of two honest men—Crovca and Joses—3Mr. Hesrva proposes to fill with Par Creary and Mixe Marror. Before leaving the subject of County Com- missioners, wo desire to call attention to Commissioner Burpics’s statemeunt that the expenditares of the past ten months have al- ready about equaled the sppropriations for the entire year,~—$1,275,000,—and that it will be necessary to add 10 per cent to the appropriations for the next year in order to cover the deficiency. Mr. Hesova's statement as above will account for thisin part ; the rest may be looked for in the deficiencies in the Sheriff's office, the County Clerk's office, and the Recorder’s office,—places that formerly yielded a profit of £100,000 a year to their occupants when the fees constituted the pay, but which, now that the fees go to the county, fall about 100,000 short of the current expenses. These offices are also in control of the party headed by Mr. Hesrve and accountable to the Board of County Commissioners. Shall this state of things be continued in order to give Mr. Hesrva the emoluments of the County Treasurer’s office? This is the real issue. BECULAR USES FOR CHURCHES. The Chicago fire of 1871 accomplished a great many reforms. Among them was a decided modification of the prevailing ex- clusiveness of church customs. What may be called the close-communion characteristic of the church-system was ruthlessly invaded and broken down at many points. Many of the handsomest churches in the city were do~ stroyed, and those which were left in the South and West Divisions were in immediate demand for other than the ordinary religions uses, because they were about the only large buildings in the city. - The first demand upon them was for the accommodation of some of the homeless thousands who were left with-~ out a shelter or a place to lay their heads. After these people had been provided for by friends and the Relief Society, some of the churches were still retained as depots from which the relief supplies of food and cloth- ing were distributed. It is no reflection upon their original sphere of usefulness to say that the churches had probably never contributed so much practical good to hu-~ manity as when they were used for these purposes. It was by this means that it came to be ad- mitted that church-edifices might be utilized without profanation for other then Sunday religious exerciscs. There were no respect- sble theatres or public halls left standing in Chicago. It was found then that public amusements of & proper character ere valua- ble adjuncts to metropoliten life. The dis- covery was made through their absence. The necessity of public entertainments was felt even in s time of general adversity and de- .spondency. The attractions of the saloons were more dangerous while the blue devils were around than they had been before, and there were no intellectual and social enter- tainments to counteract their influence. An- other step was taken in the secular utilization of the churches. One of the largest on the South Side, and another of the largest on the West Side, were en- goged for lectures. It was not long before the pulpit which had been metamor- phosed into the rostram was supplemented by music. There were home concerts, then operatic concerts, and at last Tuoaus came with symphony and minuet, and the French Band thundered out its torchlight dances and nationalmelodies. Finally, there were private theatrical entertainments in some of the church basements and parlors. The progress was gradual. Had there been an effort to argue out the same results before necessity sug- gested them, the church people would have resented as an insult the proposition to turn their edifices into lecture-rooms and music- halls, The liberalization of the Church sentiment in this regard is aptly illustrated by the use of churches in the West and South Divisions by Messrs. CanpENTER & SHELDON for their series of Iyceum and musical entertainments. Plymouth Church, in the South Division, is an admirable specimen of the wmodern- ized style. It is built with special refer- ence to personal comfort and the highest enjoyment of everything that is to be seen and heard. Its anditorium has something of the amphitheatrical properties; it has s rising slope, and is partly of the horse-shoe shape. It is handsomely frescoed and carpeted; it has a stage with footlights; its gas is lighted by electricity; its acoustic properties are admirable; its arrangements are as comfort- able as those of a public hall that depends upon public patronage, and its ornamenta- tion fully as agreeable to the eye. Itsrear building is divided into parlors, studies, re- tiring-rooms, etc. It has a kicchen to sup- plement social entertainments, and its parlors are arranged with special reference ‘~.ama- teur entertainments of a dramatic o =-.-. jeal character.® Is it any the less religions be- canse of these secular accessories ? Regnrded in the light of political economy, the secular uses for church-edifices should be incrensed rather than diminished. . will take $200,090 asthe cost of & piece of church ‘property,—and this is not an exceptionally ex- travagant sum. This represents an interest, including insurance; repairs, ete., of 820,000 ayear. Inaddition thereto are the current expenses, including the salaries of the pas- tor, the choir, the sexton, ete. If reserved for the ordinary religious worship, it will be found that every Sundsy’s use represents an actual cost of about $500, or at the rate of $100 an hour for actual use, while this costly and elegant property remains idlesix-sevenths of the time. Nearly every church could pay a large portion of its expenses by permitting its edifice to be used during the weck for secular purposes to which it is adapted.—for lectures and concerts at night, for kinder- gurten and private schools, for medical and scientifio lectures, on week-days, for publie meetings and conventions of a reputable and non-political character, and for many other purposes that will suggest themselves when the practice shall have become generally rec- ognized as legitimate and proper. Chicago may fairly claim the distinction of having inaugurated this new usefulness for churches, It atones largely for the extrava- gance of the edifices, which would otherwise be unreasonable and inexcusable. It has es- tablished a system of neighborhood enter- tainments that are peculinly social and bomely in character. It popularizes the musical and intellectunl amusements. It does a good week-day work as well as a good Sunday work. The cause of religion is none the worse becguse a Catholic Bishop and a Congregational clergyman are thus brought into the same y pit. The painted admoni- tion on the wall of *Praise ye the Lord,” and the comforting invitation to the heavy- laden, may reach 2s many or more who are in need of the one and will be grateful for the other as of a Sunday. The religious aims of the Church are not profaned, and its worldly influence may be considerably en- larged by these new secular uses. MR, HESING’S WILD STATEMENTS, In Mr. Hesiva's West Torner-Hall speech, he attempted to explain why he had left the Republican party. According to his own account, while he was in that party he was treated very well. Presidents and Cabinets offered him high and lucrative offices, which he declined. Republican State Conventions offered him nominations, and in 1872 had offered to make him Lientenant-Governor, with the succession to the Governorship, and he had rejected it. Republican citizens had heaped social honors upon him, giving him a banquet, a silver service, and a cerringe and pair of horses. According to Mr. Hes- 1x6’s own account he fared well and honor- ably when in the Republican party. Why, then, did he leave it? It does not seem that he left because of any difference of opinion upon any question of political policy or principle. Mr. Scmunz, Mr. HeEoR- ER, and Gov. Koerser left the Republican party in 1872 upon plain and distinet national issues; DMr. Hestne saw nothing objection- able in 1872 in the principles, policies, or or- ganization of the Republican party, he giving to its support his whole strength, opposing even Koer~ER and supporting Gen. Brves- GE. His defection was not until 1873, when he organized the People’s party upon a mere question of local administration, which was settled at that election and no longer divides partics. Why he left the Republican partyis still & matter wholly unexplained. It is this mystery which leads thousands of Democrats to believe that in point of fact he is a Repub- lican yet, and will be acting with that party hercafter. One remark of Mr. Hesive in that same specch deserves comment. He said : Wiion these monopolists of THE TeBUNEand Times, and the Journal, talked of respectatlo peoploas vag- abonds, scaliwngs, and tax-eaters, it was no wonder hat 4,000 people were thereto resentsach charges. e had 82id to them two yearaago that every person, ich or poor, had the right to be protected, to live and to work, and to do good wherever he ploasod. Yet these Know-Notlings came forward now and called an sbumble citizen a scalawag because he hadto work for his bread and butter. There are two suggestions in this par- agraph which are untrue. The objection to { Mr. HestNe's ticket is not on any feeling of Enow-Nothingism, butbecause American rep- resentation thereon was purposely excluded. All nationalities aro represented in the Board of County Commissioners; three of the retir- ing members are of American birth, and Mr. Hesmia's Convention nominated three per- sons of foreign birth to succeed them. His ticket, beginning with himself, is composed of foreigners to the end. So far from any feeling of Know-Nothingism governing the supporters of the Republican ticket, it will be seen that there have been placed on that ticket Germans and Irish for all the offices of profit, retaining the other places for native citizens. Tex TrBoNE has never assailed any man as a scalawag, vagsbond, or tax-eater who ““ has to work for his bread and butter.” On the contrary, Tue Trmoxe finds faunlt with that army of HEesmva’s supporters who do not work, and whose whole business in life is to eat the bread and butter produced by the Iabor of other people. The man who has to work for his living has no time to attend Afr. Hesmvg's eonventions ; he does not hire out to stuff ballot-boxes or pack primary meet- ings; he is not interested in contracts for supplying the county with either beans or whisky, or flour or potatoes. He is inter- ested in low taxes, in low salaries, and low public expenditures, and is as much out of place in Hesmve's army of bummers as he would be at Mmze McDoNaLp’s bank, orin a den of thieves. The man who earns Lis liv- ing by his own hard laboris not the man who robs the public, or consents that others shall rob the public; he isnot the man se- lected as a delegate to Mr. Hrsivg's confed- erated conventions ; and the suggestion that the papers which oppose Hestvg’s combination of blacklegs and ballot-box stuffers are de- nouncing the man who earns his own bread, is a flat contradiction of the truth. The inexorable blind Justice which—under our enlightened system of judicature, with its radiant idiocy of lawyers’ quips and quid- dities—inevitably cvertakes evil-doers is again illustrated from New York. Friday’s jour- nals of that city announce the triumph, after all these years of ‘delays “and demurrers, of the law over Tammany thievery. It was not over Tweep, who, having escaped from the Penitentiary through lawyers’ chop-logic, is now engaged in leading justice a blind chase through the technical mazes in the six-mill- ion suit; nor Dick Coxvorry, who, with his plunder safely stowed away in foreign climes, cultivates his health ; nor Sweexy, who es- caped scot-free ; but the law has triumphed —over a dead man,—WaTsoN,—who, in his life-time, as County Auditor, played the sub- ordinate part of making the figures lie 50 a3 to mnominally cover the stealings of the thieves. Owing to his wntimely demise, Warsoy was precluded from the usual course of delays, demurrers, and motions, and his widow, endowed with conscientions scruples, or unequal tolawyers’ tactics, waived formal defenses and submitted the case to arbitration. The result is a finding by the referees that ** false, fraudulent, and fictitions claims to which WaTsoN was s party were paid to the amount of $1,177,749.73, but that only $G48,491.51 wes divided among those of the thieves with whom he shared, and for the latter amount only judgment was rendered against his estate, which is amply sufficient to pay it. Now, if Tweep will considerately shuftie off his mortal coil and leave heirs as conscientious or as averse to liti- gation, by the like amicable compromiss, & gimilar proportion of his stealings may be recovered. The New York papersof the same day chronicle the application for pardon of HAReY FrANELLY, 8 conviet who for s single bur- gliry—the net proceeds of which could not have sufficed for lawyers’ fees—was sentenced to the State's Prison for life, and has served twenty-one years. Hs is now 80 years old, bat daring all his years of imprisonment he has cherished the hope of regaining his liberty, and, patiently working over-hours, has earned enough to support himself for the little remainder of his life, which he asks he may pass outside prison walls. The con- trast between TweED with his stolen mill- ions thwarting justice, and this aged negro asking that measure of mercy which but adds to the quality of justice, could not be sharp- ened by any multiplication of words. ———— THE SINGER WILL CASE. As the Warp will case in Detroit draws to a close, another will cnse looms up, even more curious and complicated, and involving nearly three times aslarge a fortune. The will which is now about to be contested is that of Isaac M. Stvors, the :nventor of the SINGER sewing-machine, and the contest is made by his second wife, MaryY ANN SiNGER, known as Maey A~y Foster. It appears, from the preliminary hearing, that Mr. SINGER was a model polygamist. He hashad three wives, a3 many paramours, and twenty- eight children, and he leavesa fortune of £13,000,000. He married his first wife in 1840, from whom he was divorced. His sec- ond wife, the contestant ih the case, bore him ten children, and from her also he was divorced. The third wife, Isasenra Evcesia Smveer, whom he is said to have married in England, and who is the residuary legatee under the will, bore him six children, and to her and them he left the bulk of his fortune. He also provides in his will $15,000 for the use of two children by a woman, Maria HaLEY; two egual portions of his property to five children by a woman, Many McGoytcar; and two equal parts to a child by one Mary E. Warrox. His whole property is divided into sixty equal portions, and is apportioned between- all the living children, whether legitimate or illegitimate. All the claims of the numerons legatees are adjusted with the exception of thoss of the second wife, who now comes in and claims to be the real widow, and hence seeks to bresk the will It is hardly possible that she can succeed; as the will seems in reality to be an unusually just one. The third wife is acknowledged as his wife - throughout the will, and was recognized as his wife through & long series of years. Every one of his children, both legitimate and illegitimate, are also acknowledged by 118 own name in the will, and the property is equitably divided smong them. The trial will be one of extraordinary interest, growing out of the complex circumstances surround- ing the case. During his life, Mr. Svezr sustained & good reputation. He was a church member, and gave liberally to religions enterprises, and was esteemed as a moral man by the whole community. No suspicions attached to him during life, and it isnot until after his death thati? appears his life was anything but an irreproachable one. How he succeeded in entirely conceal- ing the fact thathe was acting the part of husband to six wives and had a colony of twenty-eight children is a mystery. The charge of insanity brought ageinst him can hardly hold unless the curious and very rara fact of acknowledging and providing by will for illegitimate children is a proof of insanity. Most people, however, will be inclined to credit this to asense of kindness, generosi- ty, and impartial justice on the part of the testator, and will offset it against his polyg- amous conduct. It will certainly go far to sustain the soundness and equity of his will. A VALUABLE FAILURE. “The proposed liquidation of the Quse- burn Co-operative Company,” says the Lon- don T'imes, ** would signify the failure of one of the greatest among the many efforts of workingmen to solve the problem of self- employment.” The liguidation is no longer a proposition, but a fact. The Company has failed. The reasons why are full of value to the student of social science, to the would-be reformer, and to the workingman. Some of these reasons were apart from the peculiar nature of the enterprise. An enor- 1mous and unexpected fluctuation in the price of coal and iron affected disastrously every engine-manufacturing firm or corporation in England. This association of iron-workers suffered with all its rivals. Even this disas- ter, however, was dae to other workingmen. Coal and iron rose in price on account of sudden ang stubborn strikes. The miners thus insured the failure of their own fellow- workingmen, for the success of the Ouseburn Engine Company depended largely upon cheap coal and chesp iron. The Company might, perhaps, be in existence now if these strikes had nover occurred. This; however, is donbtful. 'The organiza- tion contained within itself the seeds of sure decay. In the first place, the capital was ludicrously—or sadly—inadequate. It was nominally £100,000. Only £30,000 was really paid in, and £45,000 was borrowed. These two things—insufficient cash and a& heavy debt—have been the bane of co-operative at- tempts at production. The journeymen shoe- makers of Chicago, after wasting in a useless strike more than enough to start them in business on their own account, tried it with a few dollars, and of course failed. The Ouse- burn Company, again, was in the hands of men who were insufficiently acquainted with the details of management. They knew how to do first-class work, but not how to fignre upon it, They took contracts at rates which insured a ruinous loss, and did so in the be- lief that.they would clear a handsome profit. TUpon seventeen contracts the loss was £9,400. Moreover, the Company engaged to deliver finished work with impossible quick- ness. Theignorance of the managers thus forced them to bresk faith with their custom- ers, though—to their credit bs it said—they al- waysfulfilled to the letter contracts on which they knew they must lose! Igmorance of this sort was fatal to the co-operative car- penters of this city. Again, the Ouseburn Engine Company did not do acash business. It could not do so. When an engine was finished one-third of the price was paid. Four months afterwards the balance fell due. Credit is usually fatal to co-operation, for credit means o percent- age of bad debts, and co-operation draws ita main strength from the saving in percentages of loss. Co-operation and cash have to- gether won many notable victories, but the former needs the latter'’s help. . Once more, the Company hed to encounter a great deal of trade opposition. Efforts were made to shut it outof the market. Libels upon it were circulated. It hnd to suesome of its detractors in order to prove the falsehood of their tales. This is inevitable. Whenever anassocistion of workingmen isstrong enough to really compete with firms in the same line of business there is sure to be a keen rivalry. Finally, the co-operators themselves did not agree. There were bickerings without num- ber. Despite an arbitration-clause in the articles of association, different members dragged the Company into the courts, and forced expensive litigation upon it. There ‘was once astrike,—an inexcusable one, inas- much as the method of arbitration provided for would have settled any possible dispute cheaply, quickly, and fairly. The poor men who have lost their little all in the Ouseburn Co-operative Company have given their fellow-workers in every country a valuable lesson. Their experience tliows the dangers of co-operation, as that of hundreds of thousands of other men shows its bless- ings. Lack of capital, -debt, ignorance, the failure to do a cash business, malignant op- position withont and bitterdissension within, ruined the Company. . These causes must be avoided as far as possible by other organize- tions in order to avoid this fate. THE JUDGES OF ELECTION. The Election Committee of the County Board still refuses the just and proper de- mand of the Republicans for the appoint- ment of & innspector in each voting precinct to be designated by them. The demand has now been made both informally and formally, —informally by the Republican members of the County Board, and formally by a com- mittee appointed by the recent Republican County Convention. These two demands have been still farther reinforced by a resolu- tion, passed unanimously by the Jeffersonian Club, mak ng the same demand in clear and unmistakable language as & simple measure of justice to a political opponent, and as a precaution for preserving inviolate the purity of the ballot-box and protecting it against the fraudulent designs of corrupt and dishonest persons. Theso de- mands were treated at first with open con- tempt, and thrown aside without any attempt at consideration. When the demand was made ofticially, at the request of the regu- larly-deputed representatives of the Repub- lican party, reinforced by the sasme demand from the Jeffersonian Club, which comprises the intelligence, respectability, and honesty of the Democratic party, the Election Com- mittee, afraid to openly refuse the request, commenced a series of tactics calcnlated to defeat it by quibbles, technicalities, and de- lays, and are now engaged in putting off the Republican Committee from time to time, under pretense of obtaining a decision from the County Attorney, and other equally base- less pretenses, intending to defeat the demand withont giving & point-blank refusal. It is hard to draw any other inference from the singular and unprecedented action of the Election Committee ; and if this proves to be the intention of the Committee, then there is but one other inference that can be drawn, namely, that the Opposition party intends to carry the election by fraud, and defeat the Re- publican party by stuffing the ballot-boxes and making false returns. If it were not so, then they would offer no objection to this reasonable demand. They have thus far refused the request of the Republicans. They have treated the request of the respectable members of the Democratic party with con- tempt. They have openly defied the ma- jority of the votersof the city. I'heyhavefilled the Democratic wards, and all the wards pre- sumed to be Democratic. with Democratic judges, and they have allowed ome Re- publican judge in a few of the strong Re- publican wards. This action leaves the ma- jority of the wards in the hands of the Op- position, and exposes the ballot-boxes in those wards to the mercy of the bummers and scalawags, who will manufacture any majorities sufficient to overcome the Re- publican vote. Under such circumstances there cannot be & fair election. The will of the people of this city cannot be expressed. They are bound hand and foot by the dis- honest and disreputable classes, and are powerless. % Under such circumstances, and in case at the next interview the Election Committee refuses to yield to the Republican demand, the Republicans must prepare themselves nc- cordingly. They must appoint challenging and vigilance committees for every poll to watch them carefuily, to challenge the illegal voters, and to accumulate tke evidences of fraud. They must further demand the en- forcement of the law which provides that ““the judges of election shall ~allow at least ome, and mnot more than two, legal voters of each party to the contest, to be chosen by the parties respectively, into the room where the election is held, to act as challengers of voters at such election ; and such challengers pay remain with the Board of Election until all the votes are can- vassed and the result declared.” Relable, intelligent, and courageous men should be chosen forthese positions, and they should not abandon their duty until the resuit is known. Meanwhile we await the action of the Election Committee at its next interview with the Republican Committee. The people of this city are anxiously waiting also to see if their lawful rights are to be respected. CURR. .USIONS. A correspondent, seeking information, writes us as follows : Would greenback-currency deteriorato in value in the inverse ratio of its increae, if the sole paper- currency of the nation, regardiess of national pros- perity? And would its substitution for the present National-Bank currency not save the nation over twenty millions yearly, without being what is called * inflation "7 These questions are by no means new, and they embody much of the delusion which ex- ists on this subject. The want of the cur- rency is convertibility,—exchangesability for the world's money on demand. So long as we have commerciel dealings with the world beyond the United States, we can not have an exclusive currency. We esport, in round nnmbers, for various purposes, about & hundred millions of dollars in gold every year. ‘This gold we must have, or shut up shop. Our entire domestic business being done in paper, we are forced to exchange the paper for gold, or, in plain terms, sell the pa- per for gold. The price of the paper is the price we can get for it, and, though we have use for only one hundred millions to export, the price at which we have to sell the paper from day to day to get that sum determines of necessity the value of all the other paper in the market. This condition of things would not be changed by having all the cur- rency in greenbacks. So long ss the currency is not redeemable on demand in gold, so long must it continue to be sold for the needed gold, and so long must the value of the paper continue to be at its value in gold. At pres- ent it fills the idea of Gen. BoTLes, WESDELL ———m——, Parrres, and Mr. Kerrxy, of 5 ¢ able ” money. 158 nt Tpaxt, The substitution of greent, bank currency would not save &m G $20,000,000 yeaily. This delusion i g ite one with the inflationists. The B if greenbacks were issued in Place of 2 currency, they could be used to bt the bonds now deposited by the g::. security for circulation. Thege bonds " per cent bonds. The bank currency ™y $350,000,000, the new currency ,m?ib% chase just 50 many bonds as woulg be . in exchange therefor. The Presenf the bonds in currency is abogt us‘.'?‘f irredeemable legal-tenders were to ],,’ dm:l“.l 4 in amount, the price of the bonds would, vance, and no one could tell m‘mfim‘i The purchasing power of the groenieg; would shrink immensely whey to the purchase of the bamm annual interest on the wl& bonds purchesed wonld hardly m the revenne now received mq:: taxes, and the currency would b dem. ciated to a fearful extent. The depree; tion of the currency is a destraction of erty. The poor end industrions hml::: mulated in the savings banks of the a thousand millions of dollars. It ig the of their labor and life. Itis their all, :: cline in the velue of greenbacks reduces thy value of these deposits. It greenbacks ey at par, these deposits would purchass afhog sand millions of dollars of property g o value ; each five cents taker from the pg valne of legal-tenders is & 10ss to thess Decgly of fifty millions of dollars. To Teduce gream, backs to sixty centsisto lnnihflahlmh; dred millions of dollars of thess hard earnings. In the name of hostility ty banks, this whole business of inflation j 5 war upon property and upon the wages my savings of industry. e —— OBITUARY, FREDERIC HUDSOY. The sudden decesse of the veteran Journalig, Frepesio, Hupsox, at Concord, Masa, on the 2ist jost. (through the collision of & locomotiny with the buggy in which he was riding), mm ‘have been a great shock to the members of the presy, and eepecially to his maltitads of frissds and admirers in New York and Boston, Thery are many, also, in Chicago who will moum by untimely death. Mr. HupsoX was ‘native of Boston, we believe. At any ra‘e, his youth wn passed almoat entirely in that city, uatil his 17y year, when he was induced by a brother in e great metropolis to try his fortunes in Ney York. We remember him, in the formar city, 8 lad of remarkably plessiog address, handsons, bearty, sangnine, and vigorons. He wan active member of the Mercanule Libruy A sociation, equally ready for fun or work, sd of counse a great favorite. Wosaw himinthsSes York Herald office in the summer of 18,2 protege of JAxEs GORDON BENNETT, whoss pn tinlity for him was amply vindicated by Hme sox's subsequent thirty years of faithfal and in valuable service in the business departmentot that journal. When the trenchant editocsd pubiisher daclined into years, Frep Hupsoy b become hia factotum in the editorial rooms s he had been for many years (and still contivusd to be) in the business office below. Like Hs chief, Mr. HuDsox did not wnte much himaslt, but contented bimselt with directing the prep aration of the leading editorials, sud superviseg the most essential departments of the resfing columns. For these important and Iaborioes duties he possessed rare talents, as the eme stantly-improving character of the Herald, md its rapidly-growing income, testified, . Mr, Hr>- soN confined himself closely to that wuk throughont the lopg period just mentionsd, o til the annual income of the New York Berad exceeded (we have seen it stated) £500,000. This was the prosperons condition of thagrl establishment when he turned it over to the & ceased Mr, BENNETT's 800 and heir, sod relind from the busy hum of his lifetime surroundiog to a quiet nook in the country, near his min bome, hoping, doubtless, to enjoy its pescefd seclusion to & good old age. Eis Concard homt was a lovely olace, and thers, in the sccieyd his accomplished and affectionate wife aod ¢hlid, the work-worn journalist enjoyed his ofium e dignitale with unmixed sstisfaction. His I stging always bung out ; for, severely discipliod though his mind and habits were, he was of hospitatle turn, and loved the soctety of RBatrt WarLpo Exrensos, Avcorr, and other eminent B erary visitors, as well aa the calls of his formet . associates of New York and Boston. Of his hiterary work daring his retirement, ti New York Tribune says : The years of Mr. HupeoN's retirement wers in Concord, N, H., where he interested local matters, but passed his time chiefly in the & pletion of his * History of Journalism in Amedc which had been promised long before, This waas e scientions and painstaking nttempt to give 8 i and comprehensive account of the Tise of the e paper press from its origin in this country ta 1 Tt of the poblication of the work, Tha book beghns' o ipaign. Besle historical revirs of journatism, the New York Sundsy [ .;S ious papers, snd the clash papa dealing with T ture, sports, finances, slavery, and the ls, ub B subjects of separate chapters, The work wss = Teceived everywhere, and it is by this perhsps will be chiefly remembered. His powers with his *left manley " sud ¥ ‘winniags st faro did the business for bia; allin van to the hard-fisted laboring Ges & the HonorableJoms MoRRIssEY pmuztlhflfll: candidate he could not be. Tne hllfl’lfl toil would have none of it, and their L‘lfl’: must be be in the Fourth Senatorial Disme New York ; and he has yielded bis wfi of the honors thrust upon him, and russ. I cost him, according to the estimates of local iticians, $85,000; but such are he peasiisd greatness; and so as the champion of pogalit reform is he launched upon the canvass. i e The top-loftical public virtus which faspired Gov. TILDEN's recent circular 1o le“; Attorneys, admonishing them to ses thst® laws to protect the purity of the baliot v!'ul’: idly coforced, becomes solf-evideat whes A stated that, under the New York l!llfi_"fl Distriot Attorneys have nuthing to 0o Wilh enforcement of those lawe. —_— PERSONAL 01d Bender, the Kansas fiend, is in 1dsb0 The Hon. Matt Carpenter ia st the Pacife. Baron Rothschild, of Paris, was o2 Yesterday. " Cal. C. B, Richards, Rochester, i§ quterds the Sherman. The Hon. Alexander Bacon, of Philsddps stops at the Pacific. ‘Gen. Longetrest has gone into the basl W ness in Gainesville, Ga. - ™ Bushop Simpson, of Philadelphis, 857 his way home from Europe. J. C. McKicley, London, saa C. Wb Bristol, Eng., are at the Tremont. y The Rev Mr. Murray’s new religuons P goes in for taxing church property. The Rev. Robert Laird Colher saled Y% day from New York for LivarpooL " The Marquis of Lorme dectined to sisod the Lord Rectorship of Aberdeen UnivesiF ‘Finding that the Centennial will 0ot g0 Ruassia bas decided to come to tbe Tois® Baron Edmoud de Rothachild, Comte o™ Qureons, and D. Danens, Paris, sre s = mer. Gen, Sheridan and will arsivest :: from the West to-day, and leave st once 005 cago. r » Mr. Richard Graut White dsnies :“# bluduedhnfingt'opfllmhum Ho admita that he did ssy #9853