Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 26, 1875, Page 4

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T., this (Tucaday) eve- uing, Oct, 26, at the Asylum, onros-nt., at vy @clock, Work on K. T. Order, | Viniting Sir Knights courteously invited, Hy order of the F.C, BB. W. LOOKE, Recorder. CITY CHURCH EXTE ON ROCIETY OF THE ME, CHURCH. narterly Mecting Le post poned hureh, J. JUTRINS, Cor. Ser. Bhe Chieags Cribune. Tuesday Morning, Ooctobor 20, 1875. Greenbacks, at tho New York Gold Ex- chango yesterday, opened at 87}, rose to 874, and fell to 863, at which figure thoy closed. _—— ‘Tho oxtent of the destraction on Jand and sea caused by tho recent storms in England and Scotland iseven now but partially known, though the latest advices tell a fearful tale of flood and shipwreck. The floods in Lincoln County, England, aro tho most destractivo known for years, tho River Trent having overflowed its banks, washing away the rail- road at that point and doing much other’ dnmage. Nineteen lives aro known to have been lost by the inundation at Nottingham “and other towns in tho Valley of tho Tront, and it is feared that tho worst has not been told. Within the Inst week fifty-flvo lives have been lost on the Scottish coast. dust in time to be carefully considered be- noxt Tuesday's election, the annual estimates of county expenses for 1876 aro submitted and approved by tho Board of County Com- missioners, The figures as agreed upon yes- terday oggregate 451,517,955, an increase of about $300,000 over the appropriation for 1875, which, it will be romembered, has already boon exhausted, leaving two months in which to create n deficiency, What tho deficiency will be next year, in case the Op- position ring in the Board remains unbroken, tho tax-payers must gness for themselves, though it is quite conccivable that the tax- payers will take the deficiency question into theirown hands by refusing to extend the away of the ring for another year. ‘The first general mnsa-meeting held by the Tepublicans sinca their County Convention occurred last evening at Central Hall, and wo need only point to the report of the meeting given in our local coluinns to show tho inter- estand enthusiaam manifested in the cam- paign, Eapecially we recommend a careful perusal of the admirable spoech of United States Senator Loan, It is a speech not so much in bebalf of Republicanism end against Democracy as an appeal to the People of Cook County to make common cause in the determination to check the ap- palling tide of corruption and wastefulneas which threatens to overwhelm thom. In times past Republicans havo always listened when Gon. Looan spoko, and we know of no publio effort of shid life moro worthy of thoughtful attention than that of iast night. No ove will be hoodwinked by tho so- called opinion of tho County Attornoy as to the power of the Loard of Commissioners to revise the list of judges of election, It was, of cours, an opinion “made to order,” and would bo entitled to no respect even if deliv- erod by 8 Inwyer of average ability, But the opinion cuts no figure in tho case; itinn mere blind. ‘Swo weeks ago, tho fist of judges of olection, having been caokod up by tho Public Service Commitico in sceret con- sultation with Mr. Hxstxa, was adopted by tha Boord of Commissioners, and a remonstrance was promptly published by tho Ropublicnn Central Committee, Action upon tho Republican claim to representation was’ purposely delayed in order that the County Clork might hurry for- word the notices of appointment, and this waa dono with indecent haste, It was at the outset the intention ‘of Mr. THesino’s solid ring in the Board to pack tha list of judges, and the farce of calling for the County At- torney’s opinion is perfectly palpable. ———_—=_= shoulders (boxed), 12¢ for short ribs do, and 12%e for short clear do, Highwines were quict nnd steady, at $1.13 per gallon, Lake freiglts were quiet, in good demand, and strong, at Se for wheat ta Baililo, Flour was dull, Wheat was active and irreg- ular, closing at 1.10} ensh and $1,073 for November. Corn was dull and unsettled, closing at fide cash, and S0{e for November, Onts were modorately active, and jo lower, closing at 384e cash, and {1}c for November. Hye was steady at 70@70}c, Barley was act- ive and wenk, closing at 85c cash, and Ale for November, Hogs wero active nt 15@!00 advance, closing firm at 27.25@7.50 for com- mon to good grades. Cattle wero dull and wenk, Sheep were unchanged. One hun. dred dollars in golt would buy Si14.75 in greenbacks at the close. There is a strong feeling among all classes of citizens that, if the Jeffersoniaus at their Convention to-day will take such action as will result in tho defeat of Hrstsa, it will be equivalent to an emancipation of both the Democratic and Republican parties from the dictatorship of an offensive and despotic ruler, ‘Thero is uot a respectable Democratic voter in Chicngo who does not feel thé ignomy of subjugation to this mau. He nover counsels or aidi—he dictates, This dictation has become intolerable to thou- sands, The Jeffersonians know this; they know that if he is successful the Democratic party merely becomes his slaves—his ratain- ers todo his bidding. Will the Convention to-day accept him as a future master? Or will it by his action place within the hands of the people tho means of emancipating the Demo- eratie and Republican parties—the whole comumnity—from his thraldom? OUR CANADIAN NEIGHBORS, Yesterday wo printed an account of the progreas of the work on tho enlargement of tho Welland Canal and the cauals of the St. Lawrence. Tho work is thoroughly under way, and, when completed, will be one of the few great works of modern utility. The Welland Canal, when completed, will bo 265 milos long, and one-half of it will be of entirely new construction, It will cort $10,000,000, ‘Tho St. Lawrence Canal is to bo also enlarged, to correspond with tho Wel- land, and will cost between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000, The grain of tho Western States secking market last year was,—dolivered,—at, New York, 90,000,000 bushels; Montreal, Boston, Philadelphia, aud Baltimore, 72,000,- 000 bushels. Forty-four per cent of that trade has already been diverted from New York, It is romarkable, however, that of the trado going to New York the proportion sent by canal is annually getting loss. Great bodies of grain sent forward by lake aro put on cars alt Buffalo aud sont to New York. The inadequacy of the canal, the wastefnl expenditures and glaring robberies of tho canal fund, aro notorious. Tho State of Now York has drawn a surplus revenue of nearly fifty millions of dollars from the Erie Canal, besides probably one-half as much moro that has been stolen, but has nover had adollarto spond upon tho enlargeme:t of tho capacity of tho canal, which is now about the samo that it was twenty yenrs ago. In the meautimo the groat Wert has sought and established permanent outlets to the ocean, Experience has shown, however, that the' cheapest, most direct, and in all respects best mode of transportation is by water, ‘There was a timo when it waa not possible to hold the crop of one season over until the following spring, and hence there wus a terri- ble rush to dispatch everything forward be- fore the close of navigation. That timo no longer exists. Chicago can now hold all tho grain in store within this city, and at points within a wide circle boyond, until such timo as prices justify and freights decline. Tho people of Canada now step in and pro- poso to furnish ample water transportation from Chicago to Montreal, At Montreal there arolinesof twenty or moro ocean steamers ply- ing between that point and Glasgow aud Liverpool. Tho trausportation and handling of grain is direct and simple. The grain shipped on propellors in Chicago is elevated directly into the ocean steamship, ‘The charges for handling, lighterage, dockage, brokerage, aud tranashipment in New York re all avoided; the tolls and freight on the Erie Canal are avoided,—the grain being de- livered on the steamship at Montreal in about the samo time that it can be transferred to the caual-boat at Buffalo, and the canal-boat hauled ont into the cannl prepara- tory to its ten days’ voyage, Montreal will offer the considerations of* time and cheap freight. Moro than all, Montreal will boa purchoser. It will purchase in Chicago all tho grain and provisions that will go by that routo, Draftson Montreal are payable in Chicago. Shipments of grain from Chi- cago, except upon direct orders of purchase, aro uo longer practiced, and the forelgn mar- ket, whother it has grain forwarded hy way of Now York or not, has learned by ripo ox- perience that tho safer way to get what it buys is to purchase direct in Chicago, ‘The peoplo of Canada are fully alive to this change in tho export trade, and have readily cutered upon this expendituro of twelve or fifteen millions of dollara to grasp tho wholo lnke trade, and wo can gee no reason why they may not get it. ‘That the peoplo of Canada ave the means and entorpriso to accomplish this great work is a commentary on thelr wisdom and suc cess, ‘The entire Dominion has less popula. tion than the States of Ilineis and Alichigan. It was rumored yesterday, ‘aud with every | They have a rigorous climate. ‘They have an eppearance of reliability, that o serics of extended const, nud comparatively nn oxpen- peace propositions in behalf of Mr, Keenzy | #ive Government. But they havo wiso finon- ‘will Le submitted to the Jefforsonian Conven- | cial and revenue systems, ‘Thoy havo a tori tion to-day, Mr, Keztey, while refusing to | tinports of an averngo not exceeding 15 yet off the track so long as Mr. Hesino keeps tho field, will, it 18 said, propose to with- draw, providing bis opponent will do the Por cent; they refrain from taxing the industry ond production of the people to tho last dollar ax we do, ‘The poople are left same, leaving the Convention free to nomi. | {tee to purchoso whore they can buy: cheap- uate some new inon for County Treasurer ; est, and to scll whero thoy can got tho most or, he will withdraw lf the Convention nom- for their products, Thoy do busincas on a inates somo straight Democrat ; or, ho will Jeave the nomination subject to the de- cision of a body made up of five delogatcs selected by himeclf, five by Mr. Hesiva, and fifty jointly chosen by these ten, the nomineo to be neithor spocio basis, ‘The population is sinall, and soattered ovor a vast extent of territory ; and if thero over wero a people 60 clreumstanced as tostand in neod of abundant money and ‘* cheap money,” ora papor currency to “de- P velop the resources of the country," the Ca- Keser nor Lesa, ‘Tho substanco of it all | BAdians are that poople. But they havo been seems to te a determination on My, Kexney's part to make his withd»awal conditioned only upon the nomination of some straight Demo- erat and the shelving of Mr. Hxsixo, who is not a straight Democrat, Whether or not this muy be the precise programe, it is clear that the Jeffersonians to-day will be com- pelled tq, make some disposition of the Kerry disaffection, which has grown too formidable to be ignored, The Chicago proiuco markets were irrcy- ular and unsettled yesterday. Afesa pork was quiet, closing weak at $40,00 for October and too wise for that. ‘They have for half a pene tury defied financial storms and catami- ties, and havo adhered to specie values, Aa aresult, thoy have prospered, and a4. peo- ple they aro wealthy, ‘hey havo an aban. dance of capital, and n credit that iy anlim. ited, ‘This exponditure of twelve to fifteen millions to secure the trado of the Northwest is but 9 small item, destined to be returned a thousand-fold, ond destined to make Mon. treal ono of the leading commercial citles of America, While the United States, with forty-four millions of people, and rich in every description of material, and capable 918,76 eller the year, Lard was dulland | of supplying the world with manufac. easier, closing at 812.20 seller the yer. tures, ju doing business with ray-money which Meats wero quiet, at Szo for partusltod | is wold at the stroot-corners for what it will bring, there is not a potty bank in all Cannda whore notes are not werth from 14 to 16 cents on the dollar more than tho noter of tho United States, “secured by the faith and re- sources of the nation.” Under the wise policies of a low tariff and sound money, this comparative handful of people on our border are building up a commerce anda trado, and accumulating wealth and power, whilo wo ave gravely discussing whether we shall rettira to honest money and honest payment of dobta, of shall flood the country with non- exportable money, and force the Governmont into bankruptcy and ruin, ——— ee THE JEFFERSONIAN COUNTY CONVENTION The Jeffersonian Club, for the first time in ita history, has au opportunity to shoty the stuff of which it is made, and to satisfy the prople of this city as to tho honesty of its intentions, Heretofore the Club lias con- fined itself to general statements of prinei- ples. They advocate purity in polities, hou- est elections and honest oflicchollera, oppo- sition to rings and corruption, aud iu general acondition of politics which, if secured, will advance the country very far towards purity of Governmont. ‘These Jeffersonians now have an opportunity to put their principles into practice, and to show the people of this city and county tliat theirprofessionsaro not mere littering generalities and paper promises of reform. ‘They have onlled a Convention of delegates appointed by a committee, and the delegates appear to be good, respectable men, who havo not secured their election by the frauds aud corruption of ward caucuses, bat by appointment from a responsible source, Now that tho time for action has come, what will these delegates do? The respectable people, not alone of the Democratic party but of the whole city, will watch with interest to sce whether this Convention will make yood its protestations of reform by nominat- ing a sound, respectable ticket, or whether it will turn its back upon its principles by sur- rending to the Opposition. ‘Will this Con- vention, which meets to-day for the purpose of nominating county ticket, nominate Mr. Nesta? Will it nominate Mr. Kreury? Will it nominate any ticket? Has it any backbone, or fs it merely n tender to the Devil-Fish crowd? 'Theso are tho questions, tho answers to which will be looked for with great interest. If tho Jeffersonian Club shall nominate Mr. Tesrxa and his ticket to-day, it isan end of the organization and an end of all its efforts to clovate and purify the Democratic party and restoro it to the Jeffersonian standards of political purity. The nomination of Mr. Hestno, or any one of the corrupt members of the Ring on the Devil-Fish ticket which he heads, will at once raise 4 natural question ag to the objects for which this Club was organ- ized. If this is to bo the outcomo of its ac- tion after its apparently Lonest and indignant rebukes of the Ring corruptions and misgov- ernment, most certainly it would havo been better had the Club never been organized at all. The nomination of the Opposition ticket will sink tho Jeffersonians down to the level of the bu:nmers, scallawags, and bunko-steerers who support and control that party, and who, by their point-blank refusal, notwithstanding the request of tho Jefferso- nian Club, to allow Republican judges at tho polls, havo manifested their intention to stuf the ballot-hoxes and elect their candidates by fraud and villainy. If they nominatethe “ Op- position ticket," then they surrender them- selves to the bummer crowd, and thero is an end of their usefulness and of their organiza- tion. They will never bo beard of again. It will bo ao confession that dishonesty in the Democratic party is strorger than honesty, and that they cannot make head’ against the influence of tho bummers and scallawngs. If, on the other hand, tho Jeffersonian Club shall nominate Mr, Keeney, or any other re- spectablo man, it will ehow o dotormination to live up to its professed principles and to put them into actual practice. It will show that it was organized for a specific purpose. It will show that neither Mr. Hesryo nor his following of bummers and ballot-bor-stuffers have power enough to control the respectable element of the Democratic party. It will, by putting three candidates in the ficld, not only make a lively campaign, but it will fur- nish additional guarantecs that the purity of the election shall not bo violsted, It will lend additional guards to preserve tho ballot- boxes from tho frauds contemplated by tho Dovil-Fish crowd. If it puts 9 strong ticket in the fleld, Mr. Hxstna will not come with- in 10,000 votes of the Treasurerghip, and, best of all, it will completely smash the pres- ent County Ring, and when the County Ring goes the City Ring will go also, and next year it will narrow tho contest down to the two old parties, to ba fought out on measures and principles, ‘There will then be two regular parties in the fleld, regularly organized upon clear, straight issues, instend of n contest with a miscellaneous comblnotion of corrupt odds and ends without any principles, and with no purpose in view except that of plunder of the tax-payers, Will this be the result of the Convontion to-day? Will tho, Jeffersonian organization put a reapectablo ticket in the ficld, or has the Doevil-Fish wound its tentacles about them also, prepara- tory to absor bing them? : THE BALLOT-BOXES ARE TO BE STUFFED. ‘The Devil-Fish purty has made a final an- nonneenent, through its representatives in the County Board, that it is proparod to stull tho ballot-boxeu, if that course shall be neces. sary tonecure tho success of the Dovil-Fish ticket at the appronchivg clection. Tho Committee on Public Services, which con- sists of ‘Conny, McOarrney, Scuaupt, Can. noLL, and Jonson, and which has charge of the matter, again refused yesterday, and this tima absolutely, to make any changes in the packed list of election judges already selected, hat is, they refuse to permit the Repub. licans ono representative at each voting pro- cinct. In other words, they are determined that the judges shall all bo men who are in- terested in tho success of tho Hestna ticket, and that they shatl not be hampered in mak- ing up the returns by ony persons who might be inclined to oxpose villainy or insist upon a fair vote and an honest count, Every ono of the County Commissioners refusing a Republican representation on the election boards is a member of the Oppo- sition (Efzsmva) party,* Four of tho number —Conty, McOarruzy, Cannott, and Joun- bToN—are among those whom Mr, Hesixo hag denounced in the Staats-Zeitung aa mem- bers of a corrnpt ring. .One of them—Con- uy—id a condidate for re-election to tho Hoard on the Hesrxa ticket. All are inter- ested in insintaining intact tho present con- trol of the county finances and the snscally county contracts, hoy are prepared, to adopt the most desperate measures to this end, No other construction can be placed upon this absolute refusal to appoint ono Re- publican judge out of threo at each of the polls. We question whother there bas ever been so buld and shameluss 4» confession in repeating and stuiting bo not concentrated in some other ward in order to catch them of successive elections in this city ave been carried by ropenting and ballot-box stufting, viz.: the lost town clection and the charter election, permitted at a general election, it will be next to impossible ever again to restore the purity of elections in Chicago, preme Court dcciston in the charter case has taught tho people that irregulnrities and frauds count for nothing in themselves, un- less itean bo proved that the number of illegal votes is Inrgo enough to change the result, frauds aro ¢ontempluted, must now avail themselves of all tho aids furnished them by Inw, by experience, and by their own re- sources, to keep track of these frauds as tho only hopo for a remedy, jected to nny philosophical criticism, It is not intended for philosophers and does not reach them, ‘If the student of social scionco enters into them, it is simply for tha‘purpose of viewing tho human emotions inder power- ful excitement, for hig own information and that of the class to which he belongs. he cau no more reach tho enthusiasts who either lead or follow than thoy can reach him,—in fact, not nearly so well, for his inethods are cold and analytic, theirs spon- taneous and magnetic. The philosopher is mora likely to be betrayed into the enthu- sinsm that grows out of human emotion than the emotionalist is to bo led back into the quiet, calculating, and scientifio contempla- tion of the emotions. eral predilection among the human race to excitement of all “kinds, excitation of any kind,—working upon the nerves, the imagination, patriotism, religion, or any of tho strong seutimonts and affections of tho human constitution,—is snro to find a Inrge constituency, peratce Martuew pledgo in Ireland, or the woman's crusade in Ohio, resort to a stimulant to take the place of the drink they ask peoplé ‘to abandon, tobaceo or brandy, ko the craving for brandy may bo supplied, for a time at least, by somo intense emotion or devotion, . new and striking illustration of the general susceptibility to human magnotisu:; and it was a novel demonstrution in that it proved this magnetism does not need actual contact nor direct personal intluence, tho fame of what Messrs, Moopy and Sangry had alrendy accomplished was sufticient to kindle the fire. veriously estimated at from 20,000 to 30,000 people, prepared to create its own enthu- in thi country in grenter ‘need of snch in- provement than Brooklyn. It is only re- cently that it waa familiarized with view by the nursing of the greatest social scandal of the nineteenth ecntury. ‘Though known aa the “ City of Church it hus had more than its proportion of clerical scandals within the past few years. Jt has algo been under tho sway of one of the most corrupt and ng- gressive political rings ever organized. Tho Hrooklyn people are sorely in need of a revival in morals, manners, customs, and politics, We hopo that Messrs, Moovy and Sannex may bring it to them, though mero emotional efnculntions and a woman stripping her clothes from, her boy in a religious frenzy are not the most trustworthy signs of ruch on result. However, wo do not doubt that Moopy and Sanney are thoroughly sincere in their purpose, and com- bined ‘enrnestuess and honesty may furnish precept and example thut will be of benefit to the Brooklynites, If honesty and morality were as contagious as the emotions In rook- lyn, this revival would indced lend to a reform of gigantic dimensions and far-reaching in- tluenée, advance of the purpose of corrapting tro | ballot-bores. Mr, Hesixa, the leading can- didato on the Opposition ticket, is responni- ble to this extent,—his influeneo would have indueed the Commissioners to act fairly in the matter; the facet that they have not so acted is nn evidence that his influence has not been employed to that end. Even the Jeffersonian Club, whieh ia a Democratic organization, mul just as much in opposition to the Republican party ns the Hesixo coalition, recognized the justice of tho Republican demand, and passed a resolu- tion calling upon the County Bonrd to accede foit. Tho deffersoniana shoukl repent this resvlution in the Convention which they hold foalny,. It may not have any effect in chang. ing the intention 60 plainly and unblushingly confessed, but it will clear the skirts of tho deffersoninn Deniverats from any eomplica- tion in the infamous scheme, [tis to the interest of all honest voters, whether Repub. livans or Democrats, that the purity of the balot-Loxes shall he preverved, and no oryani- zation that hopes td live and succeed eon afford to abide by the public declaration to refuse their opponents an opportunity of watching to see that the lallot-boxes are not stuffed, . The efforts of tho Republicans to prevent the stuffing of the ballot-boxes next ‘Tuesday should not stop here. ‘Chey have now full warning that the attempt will be made, and they must resort to every measure at. their command toprevent it, They mustselect with particular enre two Republican challenger at each precinct, one of whom at least is en- titled to admission inside the voting-place, and to remain with tho judges until the votes are all counted: and the result declared, These challengers must te men of sufiicient pbysical endurance to remain in sight of tho boxes from the opening of the polls till the vote is counted; of sufiiciont devotion to tho cause of honesty in elections not to desert their post; of snflicient sn. gacity not to bo enticed from their duty by any strategy; aud of snflicient per- sonal bravery to resist tho threata of violence that may be mado against them, The Devil. Fish party will have their roughs, loafers, and joil-birds on hand to exercise a terrorism over tho Republican challengers, ‘Lhero will be attempts to induco the challonyers to go off to drink, to get something to eat, or to ne- cept bribes, he Repnblicans must be pre- pared against every device, and to protect THE PENSIONS WE PAY, The Commirsioner of Pensious, Mr. H. W. Arnansos, has submitted his report for the year ending June 30, 1874, ‘Tne Tran- uxt has already published an abstract of it. We group its salient points here. ‘The number of invalid soldiers. in receipt of pensions is 105,478. Tho nggregate sunt paid them is about $11,000,000,—an increase of nearly ¢ million dollars since Inst year. The widows, minor children, and dependent relatives of dead soldiers, inaster 104,897 strong, and aca paid $18,000,000 a year. ‘Thin ia a decrease of £500,000 within the twelvemonth, On June 30, 1871, there were 17,620 survivors of the War of 1812, More than 11 per cent of them died during the year. ‘There aro still 15,875, who get between thom 21,500,000. The widows of soldiers in this war agfregate 5,163, ond have an income of $500,000 from a “gratefnl country." ‘The pension-rolls of tho navy are comparatively small, ‘There are 1,039 “navy invalids” and 1,784" navy widows.” ‘The first get 9185,- 000 and the second $290,000, ‘Tho Inst soldier of the Revolution has died. At lenst,, no survivor of tho ‘armies which mnde the United States possible is borne on tho pension-rotls of the Republic, ‘There are, however, 379 widows of old Continentals, Thirteen of these widows were married before 1800; the other 366 were wooed und won moro recently, Tho pension-roll contains, in all, 234,821 naines, 9 docrense of 1,420 within the Recent legisistion hay steadily in- dthd average pension. ‘The army in- valid got, in 1871, 389; in £872, S00; in 1973, S00; in 1874, 803; and in 1875, S104. The appropriations for the year vovered by this re- port were $2.500,000 for army pensions aud, 8565,000 for navy Neither of theso amounts was fully oxpended, The combined balance —nearly 3375,000—hnas been turned into the ‘Yreasury, An enormous, wumber of claims are now pending befora tho Commisuioner. They sro reckoned by the thousand, and new ones como in faster than tho old can be passed upon, It is a curions fact that the United Stntcs is practically pay- ing a large number of women for leading immoral lives. Widows forfeit their pen- sions by romarringe, ‘Che result is that many of them are living iu concubinage, for the soke of retaining thelr annual stipends. Commissioner Atkrson recommendy that pensions to widows shail cease ou proof of their practical remarringe. The other rec- ommendations all tend ono way, aud that au expensive way. Mr, Argrson wants sixty salaried surgoons, though he thinks he can Rave moro than enongh to pay them by dismissing most of the 219 doctors who now examine applicants and receive the legal fees therefor, He also wants thirty special agents, These favored sons of fortune are to receive au annual salary aad a daily allownuce and travcling oxpenscs, By some strange omission, the necessity of voting thom an additional allowance for cigars and drinka ond na daily paper is not urged. Then he wishes twenty new clerks, four new watelrmeu, and four new ‘‘nasiatant messengers,” It must be hard work to ‘ussist'" 9 messenger. And he wnuts to roiso tho salaries of somo of his clerks. The expediency of all these things is doubtful, though they may be neces- sary. Tho Commissioner is quite in the right, however, when he urges Congress to provide n fire-proof building for the records of the Pension Bureau, and to authorize him to post printed lists of pensionora in -ench conntry town, in order that persons who are shamming sickness or otherwiso imposing upon the Bureau may be detected. their challengers nt ali hazards. While challengers should bo appointed for every precinct, the best, strongest. bravest, ond most faithful men should be selected for the First, Second, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Fighteenth, and Twentieth Wards, where, judging from tho past, the frauds will ho the greatest. ‘The Republicans must also bo vigilant that the efforts xt their guard, This iva serious matter. ‘Iwo If now the saine practices hall be ‘The remarkable Su- Tho Hopublicans, forewarned that MOODY AND SANKEY IN BROOKLYN. A popular religious revival cannot be sub- But Thero is a very gon- Stimulation or Great and sweeping tem. i OF NI a movements, like the Father THE MEN) OF THE CENTENNIAL Prisoners sometimes whileaway tho monot- ony of their leisure-time by+ whittling or carving from ono picco of wood a long lino of interlinked rings, sliding into and out of each other in a puzzling way, and all firmly connected. Men who qught to bo prisoners have constructed rings of this sort, made of men instead of wood, which cover the surface of Pennaylvania: It haa como to pass that “Pennsylvania politician” is a term of re- proach. It means, in common parlance, o trickster, a man who follows politicaas a trado,.a schomor whode chiof principle is that of self-interest. . + When tho Contefnial Exposition was first located in Philadelphia, there was a general fecling that the money contributed to it would be misused. People remembered tho characteristics of Brotherly-Lovo politics and politicians, and were lothto put money in the ands of any Board or Commission which had ita hendquarters in Philadolphis. Distrust like this caused the apathy that marked the early history of tho Contennial agitation. ‘The suspicion still lingers. It iv, we believe, unjust. ‘The persons who will handle the money aro not the creatures of the grog-shop and tho gutter who direct politics in VPonnsylvania, They belong to the class which is tabooed in tho politics of that State. ‘They ororespectablo, ‘The Pres- ident of the Board of Finance, Mr. Joun West, is known as a gentleman of spotless repute, whoso only weakness is that of writ- ing multitudinous and voluminous Ictters, which aro duly published in the Philadelphia papers, and mako the latter even more unin- teresting than usual, On the whole, the chances are that tho financial management of the Contennial will be honest. The men in- trusted with it are not the rhen who mauage the politics of that State. The Staats-Zeitung, in ita Sunday jame, called upon the saloon-keepers tq come to- gether yesterday, at No, 45 North Clark Btreot, and revive what was facetiously called the ‘Association of Liberal-Minded Citi- zens," with a view to exciting the samo isaus as that which enabled tho Hzsinu party to carry the city two years ago. Woe have geen no sign of weakness ag ap Asa mbn may wean himself from The sceno in Brooklyn last Sunday was a In this case, It attracted a vast crowd, sinsm, ‘The thousands that remained out- side, and heard neither Mr, Moopy’s exciting exhortationsnor Mr, Saxucy'sheavenly hymns, partook of therevival with apparently as much fervor as those who gained admission to the rink, The thousands inside did not wait for the excitation of Moopy's voice and Sancev's song, but began their. responses when Dr. Boninaton prayed, though tho latter is de- scribed as aman of cold temperament and devoid of personal mognetinn, ‘Kho first flaines of the revival were kindled by tho thorough advertising the movement had re- ceived from Mesure, Moony and SaNzEY's success in England, The bloze once kindled, the crowd itself waa like a wooden city on fire, which increases tho rush of wind which consumes it, ‘The inagnetism of a vast crowd as beon noticed. by everybody in public gatherings at the theatro or tho opera, or for political purposes, When it is remembered that no emotion is so powerful as religious enthusiasm, and'that rarely so great a masa of haman beings is collected ay at @rooklyn last Sunday, it may well be concelvod that, had Moopt and Saxgey been leas than Moopy and Sanxzr, their success waa already as- sured, We wish wo could anticipate a méze gen: eral and lasting inaprovement in the publio moraly, by reason of this revival, than ob- servation has tuught us to credit to revivals generally, Certainly there is no community Of itvelf, buy shat ft represents octual value, aud wil it an: Resale! for payermoney. parent as this, unless fort of Mr, it, wan tho ef. Iratua to excite his Trish supporters to induce Me, Krrtry to with uron the peopta to reject the new Constitution Whon it shall be aubmit.ed. PEREONAL “Totta" ia at the Pacifie, ‘Tho Hon, Horace Willams, of Towa, In at the draw, ‘The effort to re tion in this county eld tion has been definitely othe liqnoe ques. ion, when the quer. settled. and when it could not powibly ehango the present condi- | pye the, tion of things in any event, is an ovidenes Cou, 0. D. Green, ULB, A. Is quart that Me. Husixa is losing ground aud Incks | pata. eee confidence. Ife is lending 1 forlorn hops J.¥, Southworth, Mobite, ia stopping at the when ho endeavors to revive this defunct } Patmer, issue, Ho will not be able to conviaco tha Gorman citizens that tho Republican party, which novor opposed them on this issue, will undertake to do so now after they had cnr. ried the city on it by a tremendous inajority. ‘This is an clection for five County Commis. sioners, for « County Treasurer, for a Clerk of the Superior Court, and for two Cirenit Judges,—none of whom could change the Sunday ordinance if they were disposed todo so, But nobody wants to fight that battle over again, and Mr. Hesina knows it very well. Gor, Bavoridgo Has boon coulned to his room since Saturday by a mild attnek ot fover, Robort Holl aud wife, Muntreat, and Atorandey + Sauth, Glasgow, aro guests at ino Vaimer, Jamon L. Mitcholl, Receiver of tuo Unites States Lund-Onice, Puob.o, Col, mops at the ‘Tremont. Tho Ton, HN. Smith, of Wanmin, ant Cal, ©. A. welts, of Fond ta Lac, aro trans.outs at the ‘Tremont, A modern osaasist defines goxsip to be the “putting .f two and two together aud making five of thom,” ‘Tho ro;.ort that Gerald Masaey ta ingang hay been denied, butit eeoms to rest UL On preity ood authority, Atlast comes a bright gleam of hope for the completion of the Ctsitour-ffouse in this city. ‘Tho Sceretary of tho ‘Treasury, tired out with the delays and dilly-dallying of young Mr, Porter, and his evident intention to do nothing excopt as ho is forced, has des- ignated J. Russe Jones, Collector of Uns toms, Gen, Wenaren, Collector of Revenue, Mr. Baapugs, Clerk of the United States Court, and United States Marshal Campus. to recommend the proper person to take holt of the work and push it forward to comple- tion with genuine Chicago energy and enter. prise. Tho Commission is composed of gen- tlomen in whom the city has confidences, ant thoy will undoubtedly speadily find o man who will have no diMleulty in completing the work, young Mr. Porren'’s opinion to the contrary notwithstanding that the walls must come down, ‘There is now a.very clearly-de- fined hope that the work will be well aud speedily done. F _——— Dean STANLev's sormon its Westminster Abbey, on the ove of the Prince of Wales’ departure tor Indix, bas attracted consideraplo attontion in tha English nowspapers of tho radicul clus. Tho Dean took for his toxt tho words, * if can Lendure to seo the destruction of the peo- ple?” lo said that all tiue Englishmen wold pray that the Princo might bo de.ivered from the dangois which besot him; that bis Journey might bo blessed by ull things which are hol, lovely, pure, and of good report; that wherover ho and hig companions ga the name of England and of English Christendom should not be dis- honored, but that ther might act as Foglishinen oughtto act; that ieir moralxchoutl nol ber tazed nor the sensual jlaq raised. Tio Now Youk World, from which we havo takou this cundsa- | foranybody to bevo ae n voter, Meaven erie sation of tho Doan’s sermou, remarks the: the | dently frowns upon the cis, Prince may now jraytoLo delivered from ‘las } The unfortunate man in Vacis who swallowed candid friends, probably baying in mind tho | 0 fork more than a year azo is etid living, He familiar hoes of CaNnixa t has reeently boen staying at Dijon, whore ha Of all plaguen, good Heaven, thy wrath eau send, | composed two preces of ueusie, ou0 af which Save, save, of enve me frem ie Caudid Uriend, outilled © The Bnebanted Forks! ‘Pho Dyas, it i well known, lias mtunalos re- ps Ets lations with the Royal family, and ho yrobably | Sbowgh the Vancerbiles refused to Lave ony aympathizes with tho wifo and mother of tho | Of thetr Dinectors al Aibany mix im polltica they azo not unwitting to .coals#eo with Wagoer, Eriuculatliele appasiden:te ile dixlian Laur; tue palace-car mau, who was a State Seuator lasl Beway I ANtuony, commonting upon tus re- | Ye8t wud in a eandidato for Fe-elevtion, cont decision of the Unites States *Sapremo Not only ig it trua that Mr, Carlylo novor de Court, to the effect that thore ix nathing ii tho | cHncd tho Harvard dozree of G1..D, tm insulting Conetitution of tuo United States giving womon | term, but ho has acually indicated to President the night of Hnffrago, says. contemptuonsly, that | Hl..t lis intention of sezepting it wheo boro sho was in Miaconri last summer, and that sho | céivon officin! notice tivat it nay been couferred, couldn't go 6 miles out of town without mesting en. Sheridan bedto mount a chair in crde a flovk of grasshoppers that would make a bet- | toxhow himsolf tothe guceis at the banguct tar bench of Judges than the presont Hupremo } given to him in tan Fra ici Theing abort of Court of tho United States, While this doos | slatire, he was intioneacd, when he arose to 16 not alter the fact that tho Constitution dovs not |} spend to tho toast, * One distinguished guest,” give women tho right of suffrage, it does cug- | behindanimnense stractura of contectionery, gest tho dlarming uature of s contingency which ‘Tho Towa Episcopalians, by their unfortunate might, when womon got their right4, flnd | disuchsions, have attracted renowed aitention ta Sreax upon the Bench, Such an event would be | the nninviting ticl 1 which they offer tus Bishop, worse than all the geasshoppora that havo ever | Tho Louisvilla Courier-Journal romarks that, if flown wost of tho Misulesipp!, with all the po- | Bisuop Eccleston studios lus own peace and com> tato-buga that have travoled east of it throsu iu. | fort, bo will stayin Piiladolphia aud avoid s — eee vory unecmfo.table Iishopr.c, Recorder Hackert, of New York, who rofused Tho ty. Thomas Toller of Rettoring, a to permit Tammany to dictats the appointment | Fnptivh Ladependont minister, 69 veare of and romoral of bia court officials, may ho tho | ayo, on Sunday, Bopt. 25, resigned bis eminently unfit poreon fora sent ou the bench charge, after = gervico of fitty-tive years, Tis that Joun Ketxy, the severely virtuous Bows | gather ministered to tho amo church fur tie of Tammany, saya, but the following from IAck- | pseecding forty-five veara, Mr. Tollercouducted ert's loteer af acceptance of the Autl-Tammauy | jig taroweil servicoa wituont guy assistance, nominaticn will confirm the oploion that his ‘A movement hing been mado toward the publl- Sat ee eee cere ee {he | cation of a completo history of Yulo Uosrey, ‘amman! : Thad noriahtio expecta partisan nomination, and | 8 minato detail from us very beglintog, te Tdid not skit, A puvlic oiticer, nominated na T nm, will, when olected, oo nothtig to clique or, faction, | of u committeo consteting of Professors in each of tho departments, tuo Acadeaic Department and'eanuot tueur partisan debi for sitbcormuent y¥- tap oae widate wich, obli- sont: oven IFRS wary Amp ay te aeHiate ste having two ropresentatives, and each of the others ons. gatiobs, The executors of tho will of tho lato Edvia Forreat have decided not to press aeale of the property uudor the will, the preaeot depreysia in real estato making it unady.sablo to realize at once. ‘Tho eatablishinent of tho Rdwta Forred Howe at Springvate for tho bonetit of Imporers ishod and disabled actore Is, therefore, indete nitely pontpoued. A patty of wix Connocticat gontlomon rocently epout three davs tu fox-hunting m the Liccbiield County bills, ‘They secured for their pains si foxey, three of which were captured in one day, ‘Vhoy bad with them six well-trainod fox-bounds Tho result Indivates that foxos aro plenty, th though only ukiyed hunters mith good doge can do very much of the sport. Dr, Beard, tho English phyelcian, bas taken tho trouble to alow that biaing are conduciye to longevity, Intellectual furco, ho says ig bate for.n of vital furco, ‘I'he Doctor did not esy, be cause it was uouecessary, that good murals ard even more conducive to long life then brajosy and that tha peoglo without brains frequealy havo a large supply of morals, Ex-Col, Baker naa snug apartinouts In Hort monger Lane Jail, Ho fy allosed to recore vislin from his wife aud frleuds, and books - supplied tor-bim in largo quantities. Teles of ailyorts minister to hta palate, aud his nat ments, but for the 1t0a_ bare and deprivation liverty, Would be cousiderod xumpruous by ea bachelcr in Naw York or London. : Information ts desired of thy whereabouts ha Bolin A. Babcock, who was emplosed bya C zh cago jublishing firm to eatablish sence Waukogau, Ill, aud 8: Paul, Miu, He ; Chicago on tho mosuing of Oct. 10; Ls Load foot 10 iuches iu beight; hos far conn bluo eyos, and dark brawa bair; wore & hart chinchilla overcoat with wile bidiag, Leah . traveling cap, and dark trousors; carrivd » on watch with nickol chain ; aud bad ou ils pe tee tho stationery of the publiching tray Coane forred co. Any intosmation eopcornng pte Dathankfully received by bla brothers hs a ‘A. Babooos, No. 210 Wout Fourth utrests Clos The Hon. N. B, Jind and wife returnol Iaat evening from Georgetown, Col They wilt take up their reaideneo tha winior at tho Oraud Vasitle. Tho Hon, William Varsona dotivered bis Teo. turo on Ricuard Bilusloy Sueridan pefoie the ~ acuity oud students of Dartmouth Couloge lagy Filaay. "2. M. Crano, ‘a wealthy manufacturer of Dale ton, Berkabire County, Mass,, luy.ted his frente not to Lrng presents to tho wedding of buy daughter Inst week. Jesse Pomoroy's mother visited him tn Jail last woek for the first time since tho imblication of the famous autoblog-ayhy, the authorttivs hay log forbidden her tu sea him. Mra. Lincoln, who ia now atop ping In Bpring. field, 11, takes occasional short satka ‘upon the streeta, and seams to be somewhat improving fron her lute dey ression of spirts. a In our notico of Fathor Mathow, the other day, the types mada us xay he was an” ilegite mato,” instead of an * instriaus," gon of the Lisndott family.—Buagor Coannerciat, A little gitl who bad Just read Louisa Alcott's luvt bool happoned to read tho Nation's eriticiem ont, Putting down the payor, Bho asia aoveros fy: “Idou't want to knaw tho mau who wrote that." 'Lho only kind of cheating at cards which is not forgives English clab-men 1a the trick called sauterta coupe, or changing tha cut, Any other kind of doveption may be practiced almost with impunity, Hava the Ala California: “The number of votura onrolled on the Great Register 44 35,895," ‘Thero ie uot mnie’ enconagement in thie item — ee The constitutional amendment to bo submitted at tho ap; roaching election im Maryland abol- iahea tho ofsuse of tho pregeat Constitution whereby the defendant in a crimiual caso is onti- tled to a change of yenue upon making affidavit that ho caunot obtuln a fair trisl iu the county whore bo ly indictod. Tho amendment is alaed at the delays and fraquont defeats of justica by the cosy transfer under the preaent Constitution, from county to county, of criminal casos, It doca not abolish tho right to a change ef veouc, but eaves tho granting of it to the discretion of the Judge to whom appilcation 1s made, Tho same roto provatta in Illinois uuder ournow Con- atitution, Se ees Dr, Issac I. Haves, tho well known Arctic ex plorer, bas beon nominated in Now York for tho Assembly axalost the ‘Tammany candidate, and hag startod on ble yoyagoof exploration fer Alba. ny. Ho 1s a man of undaunted courage ond sxill, as bas boon show in his Arctio yoyages, aud bis election to tho Assombly would bo # victory in tho intereats of honesty uud justice, but bo wil find the political cruise wore besot with obstacies than any of his Arotic explorations, Tho following good joke is got off on Sax Bowes, who wiil probably laugh a8 heartily over it as auybody: ‘The other day, Sas Dowsra went to church, i Springtield, Maw, and, feeling the erfeot of hin auvere editorial Jsvors through tho week, fel to napplig. Uy- and-vy he wae awskened by the preacher, wha struck In deak and whuutd ; Who whall be aule to atand Up in the ure:ence of the Lord on tuat awful day?" Ant Bam Bowsrs, rising in tly pow, remarked : © Ciantca Fuancts Avass Is tho ouly mun that cau doit; anal nominute lim for the joulion,!” aS es Astothe wind-work about s currency based on the wealth of the nation, the Beaton ost ro- marks: + Aucoin fs only of that valuo which it {ntrinetcaliy, Pos. Camu, Toyardiews of the ebaap Lut upon it, so 4’ the value of pajer curren. y detura by ite ready convertivility into coi, Not that ibaa worth an, thing Une bring it, ‘That {4 the very most’ tat cu The tal stout ite beng based on tho wealth of the county is iho usslyiet theory right over again, Jeadiug up inte the alr, fal etapa ees nau, O. ae Tho not results of tho retrenchmont and re ae eit wilson, Hareisbordt form effected in Wiscoumn by the reform Admin- See ee an tant 3,0, Mor tiation of Gov. Tarion 1s ovidont from ge Hg: “0.8, The Mg Ae De Alimon, Balem, Mans; 2. Me urea, Tho expenses of bis Administration last | Grinitn, Dubuque @ George We Watt Rea yoar woro $1,200, 109,99, of #183,725,43 mor. than | Williaa Wixains, Ht, Toule;, E. A. sanity “Genaort those of tho firct year of Gov, Wasununy'a Ad- | Mel, Walte, New Mexioo, te OMS radu, U.S i And now Tayton, who makes alll- | “00 tirund Pact Ht, H, Hawhiug, DLO a, mipibration. awit to his own honesty, is geting ro-e.cétion as e reformer! Gi Htoore, Ht, Loula; P. G, Gilert, Jacke} vel A, Alliler’s Loutavilio¢ J, W. bare U, Hayes, Huuaio; O, SM. Rurke, Quincy, Columuua ; David Py Binal Panneyy Madison ;'H, Cable, Tock Bavou, New York.,., Tremont House: The emblem of the Democratlo-Liberal-Auti- Monupoly party io Alinnewota haa been diecov- 14d. be Btewart, Cou Bluits ¢ cred at last, and sould bo forwarded to Ioxas | Os, Doleaud A. bilite: Pawan mivs Donxxuey, charges prepaid. It fe but w | Sys , Gitar. Ht, REE produet of the farm.—e cabbage, with three herman T very light hoada growing on quo stock, Fort ‘atmuet uote s dames Acarcher, and A.D. Biordngs auaba it, Porter. aud Beane ae Pen Tho bull-whacking msjority of tho Texae Congtitutional Couveutiog has thus far defoated every proposition for tho establishment of » eywter of public schools, and already, while the Convention 1 stlll iv sevalon, the Qalvoston News and other papers of the Btate aro calllog Ge porter, Boston ; Be i wha: Gullit, Te, 1 0. Vanizuon, Moonie tire H, Gurduor, Jopeariiley ‘AMiet,¢ Bt Blades oe od; Samu ‘Hankskeo ; 'f, L, Minter, 9 wing, New Ha1ee