Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 13, 1875, Page 8

THE CHICAGO TRIBU SATURDAY NOVEMBER 13, 1875.-TWELVE PAGES, ——_—_—_— TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. MATER OF ATPECRIPTION (PAYARLE RV ADVANCE). Paxtare Prepaid at this Office, pald, 1 year ‘arte of year a dress FOUN WEEKS fot Va Daily Fdition, Malled toany Can copy, par roars. ata of tlre, per €o) Club af twenty, par coty : ‘Tho poataxe Ia 16 couta ayoar, which wo will prepes. rpecimen coples went free, Yo prevent delay and mistake, be nure and give Poat-Untico address in full, Incinding Stateand County, Remittances may be made either by draft, express, Font-Office order, or in registered letters, at our risk. tense To city Repscntnens, Dally, delivered, Hunday excepted, 25 cents por wees, Deily, delivered, Sunday tucluded, JO centa per week, Addreun THK TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madixon and Dearborn-tts,, Chicago, Til. re "AMUSEMENTS. HOOLEY'S THEATRE—Randolph atreet, between Clarkand Lafite, Engagement of the California ‘Miuatrels, Afternoon at ADELPIL THEATRE--Dearborn atrect, Monroe, * Lirpet.” Afternoon and evening. corner NEW CHICAGO THEATRE—Ciark street, between Naydolph and Lake, Evgagotent of Charlotte Thomp- pon, “Jano Eyre.” Afternoon and evening, MoVICKER'S THEATRE—Madtaon street, between Dearbornand State. “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” by the Cliteago Liederkranz, WOOD'S MUSEUM~Monroo street, between Dear. dots and State, “Gritty Gaunt.” A(terncon and evening. ny “SOCIETY MEETINGS. WM. B, WARTEN LODGE, NO. 209, A. F & A. a a Re ilar Communication this Saturday evenlug, clock, at Oriouta! Hall, 122 Ladaslio at., for bt By ordcr of the W, J. 1, DUNLO nes, ‘Visitors welcome, 8T. JOHN'S CONCLAVE, No, +—Tcgular Conclave thia Satur: o'clock, Bustuesn of importance. Fequeated to be present. 72 Mourc ry men By order of M. MILLS, Hoy, COSMOPOLITAN LODGE, No. 6, K, of Pa wil hold aspecial meeting at their Castle Hall, thls evening, to Muake arrangements to attend tho funeral of Broiber Frauk Harrington, Members of sluter Lodges are re~ Quorted to attend, The Chieags Tribune, The Saturday Morning, November 13, 1875. WITH SUPPLEMENT. Greenbacks, at the New York Gold Ex- change yesterday, opened at 87}, fell to 87j, and rose to a shade abovo the opening figure, where the closing business was done. Tho enso of Motuen, the ex-Gaugor found guilty at Milwaukee yesterday of making false returns, is said to have been ono of tho weakest of the lot, and it was expected that the jury would disagree, The fact of his conviction ix regarded by the Government as a clear indication that tho other indicted par- ties cannot bopo to escape a similar fate. —_— There is no longer any uncertainty ax to the acceptance of Dr. McLanes, Protestant Episcopal Bishop-elect of Dlinois, tho Stand- ing Committees and Bishops having, without exception, so far as heard from, given in their assent to the choics of the Diocese. The consecration of Dr. McLanex. which ‘will oceur in Chicago at on carly day, will bo a most interesting snd memorable event in the history of the Church in Chicago. The revivel spirit, seema to be spreading end breaking out in now and unexpected quarters, ‘The last placo whero it haa ap- peared is in Leipsic, whero thero is n power- ful awakening of Lutheranism in connection with the recent rovival of German nationality. Tho leaders of the movement are Profs, Kauyts aud Lurnurpt, of the University, who are now placing Leipsic ahead of Berlin as the headquarters of German orthodoxy. , The Board of Education last evening by a vote of 11 to 2 refused to rescind its fortner action in ordering that the rending of the Bible beomitted from the exercises in (he pub- Vie schools, but disposed of the numerous poti- -Hons for the restoration of Biblerending by their referenco to the Committes on ‘Text Books and Course of Instruction. Tho tom- per of the Board on the subject was, how- syer, clearly shown by the rejection of res. slution, offered by Mr. Reep, calting for the immediate reintroduction of the Bible in tho rwhools, Beeretary Cranpien has just begun to Acmonstrate the fact that the Department of the Interior has changed hands. Tho first nianifestation was mado at the Tatent-Offico gesterday in the removal of the Chief Clerk und tho clerks directly under him. Next will como the Pension-Office and Indian Bureau, in both of which there will be taken many steps downward and ontward. “ Like mns- ter like man,” is evidently Mr. Cranpien's guiding rule inthe managementof the Interior Department, in which, for somo time pro- vious to his advent, the standard of efficionoy and integrity had not been altogethersccepta- ble, Itis probably on this account, and not for purely politcal reasons, that the numerous removals hava been determined upon, A Chicago man has perfected a iew motor which appears to be in a general way similar to Kzexy's invention, though differing in ap. plication and effect, Tho Chicago motor, like the othor, derives its power from water and oir, and ia conceived on tho seemingly pontradictory principle of multiplying force without the aid of forca to begin with, From the practical teste mado by Mr. Trowas, the invontor, it das been shown that an extraordinary op- parent preseuro can be produced by his np- paratus, though it has not yet buen demon- atrated that motive power can bo obtained in proportion to the amount of this pressure. Beeing is believing, and nothing else is now- udoys, and until Mr, Troxras succeeds in ap- plying hie motor ¢o 9 train of cars or in some other public and practicable way, no ono will be likely to invest largely in stock in the now dnventian, ‘Tho Chicago produce ‘regular yesterday, ar] £19.80 for February, Lard was moro active, and 15@20c per 100 tts lower, closing at $11,85@1100 seller the year, and £12.00 for February. Meats were lesa activo and easicr, wt 8@8jo for part salted shoulders (boxed), 12}@11}o forshort ribs do, and 1140 for short clear do, Highwines wero quiet and steady, et $1.12 por gallon, Lake freighta woro dull aud easier, at Sjo for wheat to Buffalo. Flour was dull and unchanged, Wheat was in better request and }o higher, closing at #81,08} for November, and $1.08} for Docom- ber. Corn was more active, and 4@jo higher, closing st &2Jo for November, and 48{o for Osta were leas aotive, and jo higher, closing at Sljo cash, and 8ifo for Rye was firmer at 60}@670. losing ab G50 for * the year, December. Barley was steadles, 4 wore quite Mess pork was «uiet jnd closed casy, at $19.20 seller tho year and November, and &3}e for December, Hogs were fairly activo and easier, selling at $7.15 @7.40 for common to prime, Cattle were dull and unchanged. Sheep met with a moderate inquiry at former rates. One hun- dred dollars in gold would buy $114.50 in greenbacks at the close. The imperative demands of private busi- ness upon hia timo ond attention will, it is enid, compel the resignation of the Hon. Jonn C. New, Treasurer of the United States, The position was accepted by Mr, New unwillingly ond at no small sacrifice of personal inter- ests, and his retirement will bo enforced by tho ill-health of the Presidont of the bank in Indianapolis of which Mr. New is Cashicr, and the necessity that tho latter should assume the entire responsibility and labor of the bank management. Thero aro nono too many eminont financicrs who cau be induced to accept important positions in the Government, and tho country at largo will regrot that an emergency has arisen which will deprive tho ‘Treasury Department of Mr. New's valuable services. ‘The mystery attending the terrible fate of the pnssengers and crew of the steamship Pacific is now partly cleared up by the state. ment of tho Captoin of the ship Orpheus, of San Francisco, who, with his crew, was picked up by tho United States revenue cutter while cruising in senrch of snrvivors and bodies from tho Pa- cifle. It appears that the latter vessel ran into the Orphens Thursday night and in- flicted considerable damage to the sailing eraft, the Captain of which vainly en- deavored to induce the stenmer to stop until he could sscertain tho oxtent of the injury to his ship. Tho Pacific steamed awoy out of sight in the darkness, whilo the Orpheus kept affont all tho noxt day until driven ashore at on island near Barclay Sound, where the crew reached land in safety. Further than this thero aro uo tidings of the steamship or her procious freight of humanity, and all hopo is absndon- od that any other survivors will bo rescued, THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL, When the Prosident recallod Mr, Jewett from his misaion to Russia and appointed lim Postmaster-General, ho rendered the country a servico of groator magnitude than generally follows the mero change of o Cabi- net officor, ‘Tho Post-Offico Department, while ono of the most important branches of the public sorvice, and the one in whose operations the whole people are moredirectly interested than all others, is novertheless a business department and not a po- litical one. It is charged with the transportation of tho mails, aud the collection from the public who use tho mails of the tax or compensation established by law for that service, ‘Tho business is a large one, ex- tending all over the United States, and em. bracing carriage by rail, steamer, singe, and horseback, and also the foreign mail-servico. It is a vast business undertaking, intended to bo self-sustaining and self-supporting, bat for many yeara has been oporated as 4 part of the machinery of Government in tho interest of party, ond not with the attention and caro requisite to the financial success of a large business, Mr, Jewstn was o man of thor- ough business training and experience, and to him the idea of carrying on any business which wns not self-supporting appeared unsound, Hoatonce began reform. Ho began the reduction of expenditures by stop- ping abuses. In this he was at war with the practices and traditions of the Department. Persovering, however, in this work, he soon discovered that one of the most succerstul abuses of the service depended on an estab- lished system of fraud and corruption having its agents in confidential positions in the Do- partment itsclf, All these agents hoe removed. Ho then broke up an extonaive systom of fraudulent biddings for contracts, and there- by provoked the bitter personnal hostility of o largo army of men who had for years been fattoning on fraud, and all the Jocal politicians who were indebted to these people for political success, He re- fused to wink at wenkness and corroption among his subordinates, and haa genorally managed tho public business with the samo diligenco, ability, and rojection of fraud that he or any other business: man would exercise in tho management of his own affairs. ‘Tho result is that no man bas held the office of Postmaster-Goneral with such uni- versal approval of the people as Mr. JzwEtn, and the President has been fully credited with the honor and wisdom of select- ing on officer who has so ably and succesfully odminjstoered tho affairs of tho Jong-mismanaged and neglected pos- tat gorvice. ‘The Prosident is entitled to tho full credit of having selected o man for Postmaster-Goneral who had tho ability and tho industry to apply tho remedies and ro- form the abuses of that important branch of tho Governmons service, Evor sinco Mr. Jewry ran countor to the thieves snd plun- derora employed under his Department, he has been followed by a bitter opposition. Every attorney or partner of every man who ig intercated in running the public service for the pecuniary profit of contra:tors and office holders has made war upon Mr, Jzwetz, and is bringing every possible means to compel hia resignation or his retirement from the Cabinet. Wo understand that at tho amecting of Con- gress a combined effort {a to bo made to cause Mr, Jewetw’s rotirement, and that from Bos- ton to'Texay every man who has suffered in office, in hin contracts, or in his plunder, by reason of Mr. Jzwxut.'s reforms in tho man- ner of doing the public business, will be at Washington in person and by attornoy to de- maud his removal. The schemes of these mop may prove miccossful. If they do, thelr success should inepire the Whisky Ring, including the dishonored and con. victed revenua officinta, to make a like war upon Sceretary Bristow. But come what may, the peoplo will sustain Mr, JeweLL, and will regard his retirement as o public calanity, a great injury to the public service, and ada blow at the public officer who dared to rid the public service of ex. travagance, fraud, and corruption, and sub- sideration for the public interest. ministration is winning the applause of the confidence, nd stitute for them honesty, economy, and con- The Ad- whole country for ita vigorous prosecution of corruption, but the succes of a war upon the Postmaster-General for his wharo in tho ex. yosure and punishment of tbe guilty oper- ators nuder his Department will not meet. with popular approval nor socure popular ‘The New York Sun hos some information from Cuba which is of importance ax show. ing that famime may yet come to the help of the patriots in their struggle for froedom, ‘The reinforcements recently forwarded to Cuba have boon Carlist cavalry prisoners, but, 0s the Spaniards have no horses, they havo seized the miserable animals belonging to the Grrieres, - Havane depended upon these are rieros for ita supply of provisions and yege- tables which they can no longer bring in. "Tho supply of this kind of food has not only ‘been cut off, but the arricros have been con. verted into warm frionds of the patriots, In nuddition to this, the small farms in tho Rec- tion of the island still, held by the Spaniards have beon destroyed. Tho planters can no longer pay tases, and VanMasspa can noithor pay nor feed his troops, whilo tho citica of the island aro xo overcrowded with peoplo driven in from tho interior ‘that famine al- ready bogins to threaten them. —<—<_—<——— COUNTING IN AND OUT. Tho Brooklyn Ring, so rplendidly defeated at tho polla ten days ago, mado a desperate effort, last ‘Tuesday, when the votes for Aldermen were canvassed, to secure by fraud a majority in the Common Council. There was a very closo contest between tho honest and dishonest candidates in the Eighth, Eighteenth, and Twenty-fifth Warda of the city. If the tools of the Ring could be counted in, in these threo districts, the old league of rascala would havea majority of one in the Council, and could thus nullify the victory of honesty at the polls, Tho Board of City Canvassers met, one week from the election, and received tho scaled returns, At onco, s member of tho Ring moved that the retnrns should be placed in tho hands of a committee appointed by the Chairman, and that the Board shonld ndjourn until i o'clock Wednesday afternoon, ‘This preposterous motion can bo explained in only one way, Tho Chairman, according to the Brooklyn Union, is “ the tool of the Ring.” The Committes he appointed would have bad absoluto control of tho returns for twonty-four hours, There was n lively de- bate, It seemed, at one time, as if tho at- tempt would succeed. Finally, and fortunate. ly, it miscarried. Tha cauvasa began. It went on without trouble until the Eighth Word returns wore reached. Then the strug- gle was renewed. Tho Ring tried to post- pone the decision on this particular contest. It was again defeated andthe Republican cau- didate was found to be elected by two major- ity. Tho eamo sort of battle was fought in the case of tho other two wards, in which the Republican nominees were finnlly declared to bo electod by ma- jorities of cightcen and four, respectively. Whon the canvass was over, Brooklyn was safo. ‘Thore can be no doubt, howover, that the returns would have been tampered with had they been placed in the possession of tho Ring, that the throo honest mon would hove been counted out, and that the Ring would then havo maintained itself in the stronghold of all civic corruption, the Common Council. Tho arrow escape of the third city in the Union from such a fate emphasizes a danger that grows in importance every year. We have grown accustomed to having ballot- boxes atuffed, aud having the ballots in the boxes fraudulently miscounted by the judgos, But if tho returns made by these judges ore put in tho hands of partisans, of time- servers, of nobodies, of criminals, and ara thero tampered with, thon tho ballot-box evidontly has a third risk to run. And if these dangers cannot bo avoided, and if the voice of tho people, when put into the box, is often smothered there, ix it not possi- plo that voting by ballot is radically defective, and that the tira-zocs voto is the one thing neoded? The question, however answered, is worth considering. ———_—_—_=__ THE PERILS OF THE OCEAN. ‘At almost stated and rogulor intervals, the public is startled with horror at the announce- ment that some ocean-going vessel bas sunk or borned or becn dashed to pieces ona rocky coast, and numerous lives havo beon lost, Tho wholo community grows excited about it, Tho press discuss it, Juries of in- yestigation oxamine tho facta and roturn their verdicts, and then the affeir dies away and nothing moro is heard of it, During tho Test few days the stories of death and suffering and misery from the ocean have been inten- sified both in quantity and quality, until thoy havo assumed shapes of awful horror and forma so terrible as almost to dissuado a per- som from ever risking his life upon the water. ‘A boat-load of sailors landing upon a lonely rock-bound island in the ocean discover tho skeletons of men who had been wrocked and found their way thero only to dio of starva- tion. A boat is found floating helplessly upon the ocean, its only occupant a wrotchod Spanieh sailor with scarcely a spark of life in him, who recovers sufliciently to tell the story of the wreck of his vessel, the eseapo of a boatload, and their deaths one after the other from coxpoaure, starve- tion, madness, and suicido, until he alone is left, and is rescued at the very door of death ‘by a chance vessel in whose course his boat has drifted. Nut these casualties, heart-sick- ening ax they aro, involved the loss of only a few lives, Close upon the heels of these narratives comes tho news of the loss of two ocean-going steamers, ane by collision and the other by firo, involving the probable the details of these horrora aro somewhat meagre, they are snflicient to show that there isa dreadful responsibility attaching to somo one in each instance, The Pacific had on thero ill-fated Pacitto, ‘The capsized, view of the shore, legal provisions, magazine of combustible was as dangerous as powder exposed to fire, help from the shore could reach them. yeascla among which the City of Waco lay at anchor. Not one of them seents to have oven mado nn attempt to rescue them, and they sailed off into the storm and have not yet been heard from. Of course, there is a bare possibility that they may reach tho shore in safety yet, but it seems almost hope- less, inasmach as tho vessels which have been cruising along the coast havo heard nothing from them, In each of these case thera will, of course, bo tho nsual discussion by tho people and the press, the usvial investigation by an ofileial jory, and tho usual style of verdict, and then tho public intereat will die away until the next ealnmity occurs, In contemplating these disasters it almost seems as if human life were of tho smallest possible necount. With all tho improvements that havo been made in navigation asa scionce, with all the applinnees that have been dovised to promote comfort and convenience and to protect goods, nothing seems to have been done to protect life. ‘Tho number of accidents in- creases, the loas of life grows greater, year by year, Ono man in England is making a vig- orous offort to protect the lives of those who go down to the sen in ehips, and even he, in this humane and charitable mission, is op- posed by the greed of vesscl-ownors even on the floor of Parliament. In this country no one has yet appeared to champion the rights of snilorg and passengera; no one has yet appeared to punish tho murderers of those who sleep in the ocean, ——— THE LATEST PHASE OF ELECTION-FRAUD, ‘A gross ontrage has been committed on the yotera in the First Precinct of tho Fifth Ward and upon the citizens of Chicago by tho deliberate and, wo beliove, preconcerted exclusion of the entire vote of that precinct. The blnme docs not rest with the County Clerk or the Canvassing Board, though, if the exclusion of tho precinct had changed the result of tho election, nnd thereby de- feated tho will of the people, we think the non-counting of the yoto would havo led to excitement. Itis difficult to see, neverthe. Jess, how any other action could havo been takon by the Canvassing Board. There wera no returns of this preciuct before them. Tho judges of tho election refused to sign any re- turns, aud neither the County Clerk nor tho Canvassing Board had any authority to co- erce them to do their duty, ‘here was, therefore, nothing to do but canvass tho gon- eral vate, omitting this precinct. Had the election been as close ns between Messrs. Iannzson and Wanp in tho West Division, or Messrs. Fanweta and Ly Moyne in tho North Division, last year, the oxclusion of this single precinct would have determined the result against the popular vote. It wax ovidently in anticipation of something of this kind that tho schemo for throwing out the voto of this precinct was projected. It was Imown beyond any quostion that the precinct would givo a majority for Mr, Huox and againat Mr. Hesixo, Tho judges were all representatives of the Opposition party and in the interest of the Hzstna ticket. They began operations by refusing to number tho ballota, though the law expressly provides that every ballot shall bo numbored before being deposited in the box, and that, in the count of the votes, all unnumbered ballots abil be thrown ont. It was probably thought that, if there wero no other irregu- larity than this, it would be cnough to causa the exclusion of the entire precinct. Whon it came to the count of vates, howaver, the Republicau challenger, Col. Coorzn, who was faithful and fearless in tho dischargo of his duty, insisted upon a fair enumeration of alt tho votes, and no moro, in the manner prescribed by law. This gavo tho judges an opportunity for dissonaion, and the reault waa that they refused to sign tho re- tarns, ‘Their action left tho precinct in the same condition as if 9 mob had broken into the polls, forced open the ballot-box, and seattorod or destroyed the ballots. Thero were no returns before the Canvassing Board signed by the judges, and consoquently no count could be made. aion, These judges should bo convicted in ordor to show all others that tho samo trick eannot be attempted again without a per~ sonal penalty. ‘ i FREE TRADE ABROAD. The Chairman of the Cobden Club anid, rather arrogantly, a few months ago: “ This Club is the only centro of freo-trade agitation in the world.” If tho claims thus mada were ubrtantiated by facts, tho cause of free-trado sould bo hopeless. One club cannot save a nation, much loss a world, ‘Thoro aro knots of men in evory country, organized or unor- ganized, who enrry on, by tonguo or pen, a warfare agninst the doctrine that the Stato inay rightfully majet the many for the bonefit of the favored fe ‘fhe Cobden Club is but ono of these cantres, the most important one, to bo sure, but notalone. The attention of economists has recently been drawn to tho two German Empires, inasmuch as the ever- Insting battle between the two groat theories of trade hes been fought again in both Germany and Austro-Iungary by s few sharpshooters, In Austria proper, rather strong protectionist uentiment—tha natural outery of the in- dustrios crippled by the paper-money crisia of 1873—bas Intely shown itself, The Vienna Chamber of Commerce lately elected the Choirmanof tho protectionist Manufacturers! Union os its representative in the Imperial Parlinment, But the free-trade party is atrong onough in Austria and overwhelmingly soin Hungary. There is no danger that the reaction in Vienna will make any pormanent change in the policy of the Empire. In Germany, too, the recent development of protectionist idens was to be expected. When the Empire wna flooded with money by the payment of the Fronch indemuity, and when the demand for monufactured goods to replace those worn out or destroyed during the war was very great, the manufac- no tories worked over-time and made end of money. Their owners foolishly thought that this transitory demand would be permanent. They bought new machinery, ‘Then tho swollen de- mond shrunk to its natural proportions, and tho market was soon glutted with manufac- Increased exports havo sinco rid the country of tho unneeded surplus, but before trado was rostored to its normal condi- tion the crippled manufacturers—or some of them—tried to bring about a reaction towards protection, Tho effort was in vain. ‘Two {niportant gatherings have Intely been held in Germany,—the Sociol Science Con- gress at Eisenach, tho Agricultural Congress Both svowed extreme free-trade principles. ‘Tho latter voted, almost unani. mously, that the German Government ought to carry out the Inw of tho 7th of July, 1873, and reject all motions fora change of tho tariff in a protectionist sense.” Only one of the fifty-four delegates favored the continuance of the duty on iron, and he did so only because he considered it ‘‘a fis- cal necessity.” Tho Risenach Congress waa mainly composed of the economists whose works tho Wation has been roviewing of late, put up new buildings, tured goods, at Berlin. and who aro known as Katheder-Socialiaten, They aro educated radicals, socialists who ocoupy profossional chairs at tho universities. Unlike the radicals of France, who would abolish tho State altogether, the German so- cinlista would uso it as the best possible ma- chinery for carrying socinl and economia re~ forms, They might, therofore, have been expected to favor protection, at least for the time being, of the threatened trades, But they voted down suct @ proposition by on overwhelming majority. 'Thoro is now no country in Europe which is not noarer free trade than it was thirty They have all been at some time hitherto rigidly protective, As they have passed from one phase of political thought to a better, itis to bo hoped that wo may, years ago. too. THE EVOLUTION OF JOHN CHINAMAN. A philanthropist of San Francisco has been making some curions exporimonts on the two quoues were tied together so that their ownors wero violently jerked backwards ns they tried to go in opposite directions, the yiclims showed uo sense of humor. ‘hey fell upon each other tooth and nail, smashed most of the unstolen articles of furniture, and came out of tho conflict themselves fn somo- thing of the same stato na the Kilkenny ents, Instruction in humor has sinea been aban- doned. ‘This was hastened by what scema to have beon a stroke of humor on the part of the moat promising pupil. When the family of tho philanthropist wero all absent for tho night, and tho philanthropist himself was asleep, the pupil stole every stitch of his clothing, and so obliged him to pasa tho first hour of Sabbath doylight ia howling fors tailor from his bed-room window. Hoe has since abjured all belicf in the enpacity of tho Chinese for improvement, and considers the doctrine of the annihilation of the wicked as the sole hope for the Mongollans in tho life hereafter, THE UNITED IRISHMEN RRDIVIVI. Tho United Irishmen Redivivi, an organi- zation of sixty very absurd Mibernians in New York City, who are banded together se- cretely for some purpose of an Trish patriotic character, recently docroed that ono of their number, with the ouphonious namo of Mac- Geoaneaay, must die for betraying the secrets of the Order, Thereupon Father Mac- Namana, the head of the Order, notificd one Warau, smap-peidler, and also a mombor of the Order, to, romgva MacGzooneaan from this vale of tears. Wazsu's mission, how- ever, is that, of s map-peddler, uot of o butcher. He evidently ia either too humane to kill the traitorous BlacGeoanraay, or else ho had a lurking suspicion that he might get killed himself in the operation, and 60 ho neglected the little job of dispatching Blac- GxooHeoan that had been intrusted to him by accommodating Father MacNamana. Tho United Irishmen Redivivi, however, are job also, How long thia thing may go on no at each other like the Kilkenny cats. volves tho odds of three to one, them. bound to have some one killed, so they have resolved that Watsn must die for failing to Kill MacGzoaguzcay, and an executioner has been designated for this one can say. It may be kept up until every United Irishman Redivivus is intrusted with tho duty of killing every other United Irish- man Redivivus, in which event tho wholo sixty might be altowed on opportunity to get Ag the matter stands now, however, Wats and MacGroonzaan, if they have any sense, will join hands and mako it so hot for the now executioner that of courso he will neglect his duty ond be doomed to death, and a now ex- ecutioner appointed in his case, which in- Tf the United Irishmen Redivivi continue in their money States shontd adopt a similar law, a an varnest of the Lonosty of their intentions, aut presstira on Congress to abide by the staid it has taken, and in order to make tho mie binding as to all future contracts, The uuggestion is worthy of sorions consideration, Tho effects of n departed abowman po-nensg certain melancholy intoroat. Divostod of thoir adventitions murroundingy, and exbibited merely op articles haylng’s xeparato and latringic value, thoy appeal less powerfully than before ta otk vendor omotions,—moro powerfully, periapa, te onr intellectual natare., Wa bring one analyticg faculties to bear, wit Aomo Lesitation, yot with much curlosity, upon tho remains of Barsustg Stoman Hinpodromo and Morat Cirqzooltun, 4 catalogue of tho articles which ouce constituted Mr, Banxuat’s vast show has beon published ang circulated for the bonoilt of thoes who may wish to buy tho wholo or any part of tho effocts, Tha iat fo fut of inatruction and pathotio futerest, Who can contemplate calmly the proapect of owning, st the expense of 8 emall pecuniary conaideration, the orlginal and only Itfeli cage ever aeon on this plant? Bosides, tho fist ombraces a Sleeping-Beauty cagy, which might havo its uses in tho beat regulated famihes; s Laat-Supper cago, which doubtleu ig effectual in subduing refractory paupera; ap extensiou-mouxey cage, dosigned for avergrona and naughty boya; aaecrod bull, warranted ta bo an ornament in any china-ehop; a ovens atatuaty cage, which will protect cheap pilaster cauts frons impertineut examination; wix Papal. Gunrd broast-plates, fit to adorn editors of the Church; a number of waisty for ladice, and shirts for old men, both of whicu may seem to bo suporilaous in the presant atate of the mar. kot; soveral largo garters, to be disposed of at private sate for ladies only ; «lot of Indies’ tuck. ups, completo; collection of mou's comio pantaloona, cut according to the prevailing fashion ; wheelbarrow-mon, instructed to rate automatically; aud many other articles tea oumerous to montion. Thore they lo, and nove a0 poor to do them rovorevce,—all higgleds. pixsledy. The comio breeches como nett to the Quoop of England's robe, ‘Iho bannors of alt nations tratlin the common dust. Battlo-axee and speara are toesed upou tho drossos of Peaco, Famo, and the Goddess of Liberty, What esi) times has tho show-buainess fallou upon, when Ita most sacrod adjunots ara thus rudely exposed to the public gazo} a Mr, Cuanzes Gayiee ts becoming inown the American Drautatist, in mach tho ssnie way ag Danten Paarr ia known as tho Great Ameri. can Travolor, In hia exclusiva cliaracter, Mr, Garurn hada benefit at tho Brooklyn Theatre Thureday, In which Mr. Jonny Brovaway and several othor actora of promineuce-took part, Mr, Garten certainly doservod to have a glori- ous roward, for be la almost tho only playwright in tho country who laa hed tho courage te dofend the guild. We fosr, howovar, that the many Quixotic qualitios with which hele en dowed will never bring him famo or fortuue, Mr. Gaynen’s theory, thatthe American drama it a failure bocauge it has novor had a fair trial, sanguinary mood and no one gets killed, tho odds at Inat will of course bo 69 to 1, and that one will be Father MacNamana. As Father MacNawana in that case will not be likely to order Father MacNantana to kill the whole 59, the 59 might make a lively divor- sion in tho case by decreeing that Father MaocNamana shall be killed for not killing He could hardly complain of injustice or crucity in the premises. Any man who or- dora 59 other people to be killed ought to be killed himself. For this reason we hope that the executioners will be sppointed as rapidly as possible, and that thoy will neglect their opportunities to kill as punctually and thor- oughly as the map-peddler has. This will bring the matter to o head, and settle the. question whether the country is to lose tho valuable services of tho 69 United Irishmen Redivivi or only ono United Irish- man Redivivus im the- person of tho trucu- lent and bloodthiraty Father MacNamana, It should be sottled as speedily os possible. Not to mention tho scandal which is clouding Trish patriotinm and the delay to the libora- tion of Ireland from the British yoke on- tailed by the procastinating 60 brethren, the great public itself onght not to be hor- rifled any longer with this bloody business. These midnight mootings of conspirators, with thoir torches, scimitars, shrouds, and sacrifice of nearly 400 fives; sud, although board 200 souls, She was sailing along the Oregon const in the ovening with all her lighta ont, a8 usual, when thore came o sud- don shock, and almost in an instant these human beings wera in the ocean atrugeling for life, while another vousel with hor lights out also wou seen gailing away. It may be that ale, too, eventually sunk, for nothing hes yot beon heard from her. Je that as it may, wns no disvipline on board the crew mingled with tho paswengers in a headlong rush for tho bouts, snd, 28 usual, some of them wore ussloss because they could not he Inunched, and those that wore launched im- mediately filled with water snd sunk or wero And #0, in a moment of time, 200 human beings miserably poriahed, ‘The other caso is oqually terrible; tho responsibility aven greater, Tho Cityof Waco had finished her voyage in safety, and arrived off Galves- ton harbor ina very rough sea and stormy weather, She could not onter the port, and ao cast avchor in the midst of o large fleet of vossela similarly woather-bound, and in full Whilo laying there a fro suddenly broke out in the midst of her cargo of oil, with which she was loaded down, contrary tu the law which provides oil shall not Le carried on steatners having pas sengers on board. In spite of these she had on board a stuf which when The flames spread with wuch rapidity that the crew and passengers had barely time to get into the boats. They did so in full viow of the City of Galveston ; ‘but it fe stated tho sua was 60 rough that no It is, howsver, utterly inexplicable that no effort ‘waa made to pick up the boats by the deat of moral nature of the Chinese. He believes— or did beliove before his philanthropic offorts —that the cunning, the theft, the mendacity, and the other unpleasant traits of the Heathon Chinese aro due to lack of education. Te- move this, he argued, snd the objeutionablo traits would disappear. Unlike most philan- thropiata, ho reduced his theory to practice. Ho hirod four boys and one girl, all belong- ing to the despised race, Day after day he loctnred the docile quintette, through an in- terproter, on the simple principles of moral- ity. ‘The laws ho laid down wero fow. “Thou shalt not steal” and “Thon shalt not lie" wore the Alpha and Omega of his teachings. When ho thought that the young hearts of his pupils wore thoroughly imbued with theso ideas, he began to practi- cally exporiment. The oldest boy had come to him with o character,—a written one. Events showed that that was oll tho charac- ter ho had, After he had been carofully trained in the paths of worality and poace, ho was sent out, a basket on his arm and a gold esglo—an “ eagle," we must explain to peoplo whose dim remembrance of American gold coina dates back to 1860, is a ten-dollar piece~in his pocket, todo somo marketing. Ho may have dono it. His omployer haa never found out whether or not ho did so, for boy, baskot, and coin nover came back. This was rathor discouraging, but tho phil- anthropist persevered, Within two months, eight boys ond the ono girl had disappeared. ‘Thoy had carried off, a3 mementocs, 4 gold watch, o seal ring, eight tea-spoons, f feather-bed, and the best pair of pantaloona bought for tho philanthropic legs. His tenth pupil got away with tho feather-bed. All of therm fed largo circles of relations on his sugar, coffee, and tea during their stay in his houschold. A scoffing San Francisco paper says that his losses also include a front gate, back-doors, 47 foot of gas-pipe, and two meterz, a marble-mantel, and a completo set of window-shutters, It became evident that 8 course of moral Iyotures could not be relied upon to remove the innate depravity of the Mongolian, ‘The lectures have therefore ceased, ‘Pha experimenter, reflecting on the difter- ences of American and Agiatio natures, camo to the conclusion that their removal would remove the defects in Chinese char. acter. Now pne of the moat atriking of these differences is the entire absence of a senso of tho ludicrous in tho almond-oyed heathen, ‘They emile as s cat purrs, from self-eatiafaction, but they are incapable of understanding a joke, A new class of new nervanta was formed; ‘ Muxcuavgen’s Ad. yentures” wasaclected as the text-book ; and instruction began. The most ludicrous anec- dotes were retailed in vain, Not s Mongolian muscle moved. The story of the Baron's tying hia horse to a ateople, which he thought wos @ post projecting from the snow, and then finding the animal, after s thaw, dang- ling 200 fect in the air, proved the solemn yomark, * Heap snow,” but not a smile, Praotioa) jokes were equally fruitless, ‘When coffins, these dreadful fulminationa against tho traitors, these threats of blood and ven- geance, theso maledictions and condemna- tions, are getting too fraquent and too excit- ing. It is high timo thera should be 60 Banshees howling among the rafters, past all possibility of rediviving, or else these CO ‘United Redivivuses should be conveyed to the nearest lunatic asylum, where they can concoct their plans for the freedom of Ira. fond and the slaughter of each other without troubling the rest of tho world or scaring the souls of sensitive women and children with their bugaboos. How is a recurrence of thia outrage to be avoided? Tho judges of eloction next spring will bo the samo porsons, or others in the in- terest of tho so-called ‘“ Opposition,” since thoy will ba subject to tho appointment of the Common Council, which may refuse, like tha County Board, to give the Republicans a representation at the election. If tho spring election is close, tho judges of any precinct in which thero is a majority against tho ‘‘Op- position " may refuse to sign the roturns up- on some pretext or other, and, following this precedent of the Canvassing Board, such precinct will be thrown out altogether, and the mon doclared elected who shall have beonactu- ally defeated by the votoof the people, This is o new and certainly a most daring phase of election fraud. It wasa groat deal ensier in tha Firat Precinct of the Fifth Ward to nulli- fy tho majority thorein by causing the entire vote of the precinct to be thrown out than to overcome that majority by repeating and Dallot-box stuffing. ‘The Intter was not prac- ticable, because the polls wore too strictly watched; but the formor has proved suc- cexaful, ‘'Thoro is but one way in which a ropetition of this pleco of villainy can bo surely averted. Thero scoms to bo no direct romedy for the wrong. ‘Though the Canvassing Board had before it the ballots, tho poll-lists, and the tally-sheots, thors seems to be no technical authority given in the law to tho Canvassing Board to do tho work of the judges. It only remains, thorefore, to indict the judges of the First Precinot in the Fifth Ward and pros- ecuto them to conviction, in ordor to dotor others in the future from adopting 8 similar course, Thero is no doubt but these judges may be indicted undor the law which provides, among other things, that whenevor any jndge of election “shall willfully neglect to perform suy of the dutios required of him by this act, ho shall, on conviction thereof, De fined not less than $1,000 or imprisoned dn the County Jail not exceeding one year, or ‘both, in the discretion of the Court." ‘fhe Jadgos in the precinct that has beon thrown out willfully neglected two eagential duties of their position, viz.: First, they neglected and refused to number tho ballots, though the Jaw was read to them, and they knew it pro- vided for the rofeotion of all unnumbored ballots ; and, second, they refased to make and sign a form of return, as prescribod by the law, and deliver the same to the County Clerk within the time required. It cannot bo net up that these violations of tho law were mado in ignorance of its intent and meaning, nor that they wero harmless in their opera- tlon, It can be proved, we presume, by ample testimony, that the law was road to the judges, that demands were made that they should number the ballots, and that they refased to make the propor return of the votes. There will also be strong circum- stantial evidence that there was a deliberate purpose on the part of the judges to have the vote of the precinct rejected. The danger of such a practice is too palpable to need discus. ‘The Detroit Post isa closer reader of the rag-money organ in this city than anybody wo know of here; as a consequence, it has discovered that this same rag-money organ has said that, when tho Government shall lave issued greenbacks to take " the place of National Bank notes, then “the banka will be required to ro- deem thelr bonds in greenbacks.” 'Thig remarkable statement must have been made about the time the Chicago rag- money organ was losing one of the Govern- ment offices it has hold, and in the confusion and sorrow incident to the loss, It will be news to most people to-learn that the No- tional Banks have ever faaued any bonds, Or, if thia is not tho meaning of the sentence, then roference is evidently made to the bonds owned by the banks but issuqd by the Gov- ernment, Hero is a now notion in financial science. The holder of a notes henceforth tobe looked to for ita payment, instead of the maker, If the Chicago rag-money organ can only get a recognition of this principle in the books of political cconomy, secure the passage of lawa in conformity therowith, and {nduce the bankers and money-lenders gen- erally to adopt it, there will be no need for any further domand for inflation, All the impecunious speculators will proceed to bor row money at ouce, and the wealth of the be plentifully distributed. —_—— capitalists will ‘Tho Nation recall the fact that the New York Logislaturo, at its last session, passed the following '*Specie-Reaumption ” aot: ‘Bgoriom 1, All taxes levied and confirmed in this Biate on and after Jan, 1, 1879, shall be collected in gold, United Atates gold'cartificates, or Netfonal-Bank noted, which are redeemable in gold on demand, ‘Bsc, 2. Lvery contract or obligation, made or im~ piled, and payable in this Bate, and mado or Susplied after Jou, 3, 1879, and payable in dollars, but not io & specified kind of dolisr, shall be pafd ia United States coin of the standard of weight and fineness estab- Lashed by the laws of the United Atates at the time the contract or obligation aball nave been wade or im- plied. ‘The forco of this act is that, in connection with the Resumption act of Congress, it re- moves the “preaumption” which haa pro- vailed heretofore that adollar means simply 4 promise to pay a dollar; and that itisa formal notice to all the bankers, merchants, and other business men that a dollar will be @ coin doller after the 1st of January, 1879, and that they must abape their ends accord. ingly, Zhe Notion suggests that other hard. does got commond iteolf to the intolligonce of the people. All sorte of Amorican dramas, good, bad, and indifferoot, have been accorded fait trials; and yet wo beve novor had a school of national dramatio writing. The roason why is to be sought in the samo diroction as tho reason why we have paver realized au Americau novel which fally answers our dosires, American 10 ciety is undeveloped; American history ie tut juet bogun; American nationality ia atill inde terminate and inconsistent. In short, the type of national life bas not yet been fixed, for betta: or for worao; and, consoquently, the production of the American drama which shall portray thal life is indefinitely postponed. ——- When Mr. Pooty, of the Chicago Public Ju- ‘brary, found it in his heart to attack Gronor Banonorr for want of accuracy, tuofiiciout ar- rangemont, and slovonly etyle, bo received much private encouragement, There are thousands of persons in Amorica who bave read, or tried to read, Baxcnoys’s yolumes with much hesrioes of spirit, yot who want tho courage openly to proclaim thoir feelings. To thove persons the announcament that Mr. Bancnorr hss four mort yolumes of American history in courso of proo- aration will como with peculiar solemnity, Dut the proapoct fought to be fall of comfort. The now volumos will treat of our history from tho Peace of Paris almoat to tho presoot day, and, if they aro less valuable a8 works of roforonce aod materials for futuro historian, they will at least bo more Interesting to the undeveloped Amer- can citizen of tho present day.’ Thoy will also bo welcome ag crowning pieces of & historical monument which, for dimensions and excellence of gencral design, has few companions in mode ern times, ——_>-_—__—_ Thero was s great commotion in Brookiys Wodnesday. The cause was & atreet-fight be tweon a monkey, o parrot, andscat. Parrot and monkey belonged to a barber opposite the As sembly Rooma ; they hsd strayed into tho atreet, fn loving companionship ; and, while peacefully promenading, they oro brutally assadited by the cat, who fooked sauf ehe would devour the ‘parrot on the apot. Tho movkey valiantly caught the cat by the tail; tho parrot nothing dis mayod, stormed and aworo, sod the conflict waxed warm, without advancing tos conclunion. Boveral hundred people witnessed the Aght, and F at last some charitable soul separated the com batants. The moralist may Gnd in this Wttle ep inode food for refleation, and the table-maker my use it for fnstraction and reproof ; but "ho among the crowd that witnessed the encounte: recognized In it a briot epitome of many thou sands human conflcts, 00 more dignified or ™ tonal ? ———_-_—_— It wasn't that bie voloo failed bim that Bret AiEN quit tho cacvess in Pennsylvania alter maklug a eingle epecch. The fog-horn waa 4 dosfening ea evor, but he gotaick st his trea’ ment by the Penvsylyania infistion Democrats. "They wanted inflation talked only at the pack: door, and sent ALLEN to talk at an outerde * at Pittaburg. He grow sick when bo discovered that he waso’t to be suffored to wako the echos# ‘east of the Alloghentes, and to the Committee remarked : ‘You have insulted me by sakio® me over to the South Bide, instead of giving me gn appreciative audience in Pittsbarg ; and 50" you want to keop me talking to country Hoovers until election. I'lbe d—d if I mske another apesch in Pannsylvania.” That night tbe board> ed the owl-train for Ohio. a ‘Tho mixed-achool disturbance has bees rarinet in Now Orlonas, all because the Auperintondont ‘of one of the achoola changed tho aoste of nan of the colored pupil, sasiguing thom to dee) nearer cortain of the white pupils than Gains More white pupila bavo, io consequence, ¥! drawn from the schools; and tho old controversy ‘ay to colored teachers who could not pass an ination, but were sppointed by eaee Bosra, is belng rovewod, The tadlosslaos ever, are, that the opposition to the ; on , schools hea well nigh spent its forces Lear if competent teachers are provided, the Mak sentiment of the community will favor ne the picaninnies « chanco,”" and let then their chances with the remainder of the generation, —_—_——————— The contest for the Spoakership fa thas done up by the Graphic: Oath fet tne disiingulsbed postah. rae saying lke yeast in a diss ‘pean av Anew version of 90 old epigram has i the poe tributed by ap wokuown writer 60 laureate of Philade!phis, Mr. G, We Ce The sentiment is ssid to be thiss write the obltuarioa of the peopl en who car’ hese here some @! town that Mr, Our5s does not waite ct sone He doubtless sald, if he op0ke as all oa