Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 18, 1875, Page 5

1THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TSCRIPTIAN (FATABLE IN ADFANCE), co Presuld at this Ofice. 5en Parts of yoar at snmo rate, i WER A per Tiahof twenty, Tha poriago Is 133 conte A 3ear, Kpecitnen co] went frea, Toyrovent delsy And mistakce, bo suro and give Scst-Office addrean in fall, including Statennd County, Remittances may ba made eithor by draft, sxprezs, Tiost-Ocs order, or in registera lcttars, at our risk, TRAMA TO CITY SUBACRIRERN, Dafly, dellvered, Bunday excepted, 23 cents per week, Dy, delivered, Bunday fucitided, 30 centa per weok, Addrem iR TRIBUNE COMPAXY, Comner Aadison and Doarbort-ats., Chicago, Tl A ISE ADELPR! TREATRU~Dearborn strect, —corner Monroo. Engagement of the Kiralfy Tronpe, “ Around the Warld in Eiglity Days.” SEW CEICAGO THEATRE—Clark atrect, hetwson JNandoiph aud Lake, Engagoment of Kelly & Leon's Ainstrela WOOD'B MUBEUM—Monroo street, batwoen Desrs horn and State, Afternoon, “ Uncle Tom's Cabin.” Krventog, ** Grifith Gaunt.” TIOOLEY'S THEATRE—Rsudalph street, betwoen g:-(k lsd LaSalls, Eogsgement of tho Cslifornis rastrels, McVICKER'S THEATRE—Madfeon strest, between Dearhora aud Biate, Engagemont of Jave Coomba, ** Adrienue the Actreas.” HALSTED BTREET OPERA HOUSE — Malated street, corner Harrison, MacEvoy's Hibernicon, Af- tarnoon sul evening. FARWELL HALL—Madison street, briween Clark 10d LaSalle. DuQuincy's ** Tour of the Holy Land.” PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CRURCH— @rand Conoert. ——————— s SOCIETY MEETINGS. TIOB, J. TURSER LODGE, No. 409, XA M 3tated communication at Freemason: 11, 79 Alon- £00-gt., thia (Thuraday) ovening, Xov. 4, at 735 o'clock, kacxn E, c“ D:m;u- Visiting trethren aro cordially i uk, RYEY 1J()fl N 12, PETTIBONE, Secy, {—The memiom of ara hereby notifisd Talited dud Ran- ATTENTION, AIR ¥ Chicago Commandery N 0 _appest at the A k Tolph-sta,, fldurzl (m‘ :B’;‘.lll JS(PA)K":.'RII:)(... wharp, iu Toil uniform, for cscart duty, ¥ sibier Comman dern copliall taviied to meet with . By 1 the Er3, Com. oa. By onder of the K5, O 111AMS, Recorder, s . 10 K. lum, cornat Sheop were dall at $3.00@4.50. Onn hun. dred dolinrs in gold wonld buy $114.87} in greenbacks at the closo. oo The Peaco Socicty has n hard time of it. No sooner are the great powera quict than the littlo ones got at it. The Herzegovinians aro atill fighting awsy at tho Turks. Dox Arrosso and Dox Cantos are still by the enrs, 'The Ashantees nre fighting the Djun- Dius, {rymng to force them into alleginuee. The Cheen Hons, a raco of /nir-laired Chi- nese, have broken looss and ave attacking Nong IInu. The Kabba Reggas, in Africn, are at war with the Karaques. Tho Khan of Khokand is still disputing Russiannggression. Malacoa is gotting ready to resist Great Brit- aln, and o revolution has broken ont iu one of the Mexican provinces. The situntion can hardly bo called satisfactory to the Pence Society. Tha lotter of Don Caruos to King Arroxso, of which mention was mado in Weduesdoy's cnblo dispatehes, proves to bo an extraordi- nary document, The letter is a queer com- pound of cheek and shrowdness, Premising that a refusal on the part of Spain to recog- nizo the independence of Cuba will precipi tata war with tho United States, Canvos coolly chinrges that ** the rovolution which you [Avroxso] represent " is responsible for the Cuban rcbellion, oud impudently nas- sumen that if he, the rightful monarch, had hed the direction of affairs, no such diffienlty would bave becn possible. Having thus pleasantly nsserted himself, Canvos proffers & truca betwoen hLis heggarly follow- ing and the armics of Spain pend- jug tho war with the United States, bnt without prejudice to his rights to the crown, which ke expects to wenr some doy. e can furnish no soldiers, but will do something in the way of privateers to prey on American commerce. If Iis proposition is nceepted, the conditions of the truco may be sottled hereafter; if rejected, *‘the world will bo witness that Catholio Spain has nobly done her dnty.” It is scarcely conceivablo that this letter was written in good faith, or that it will be accorded the distinction of a reply by tho Alfoneist Government, towarda whown Don Carvos ocenpics the attitnde of o pre- tender, rebel, and trnitor. Beyond the gain- ing of a little sympathy smong the Ultra- The (Eififagm; Tibune. Thursday Morming, November 18, 1875. Grecnbacks at the Now, York Gold Fx- thange yosterday opened st 87k, rose to 87%, wd dlosed at 873, Epaan A. Por wns yesterday unveiled and fedicsied nt Baltimore, With the exception »f Warr WarTaay, nono of the American poeta wore present at tho ceremnonies, though lstters were read from LoxarrLrow, BRYANT, Horarea, and others. The war of the schools of physic in the Michigan Univernity still rages apaco. The Homeopaths, thongh successful in obtaining 1 footing in tho institution, are not Lappy. ey complain of shameful treatmont ot the hands of the Allopathio prafessors, and thrent- sn not meruly to resist but to toke the ag- gresaive. In consoquencu of the recent decision of the Supreme Conrt relative to the evidonce ocessary to sustain the charge of extortion, Atty.-Gen. EpsavLy has written a letter to the Railrond and Warehouse Commission to dis- miss the wuit against the Chicago & North. westorn Railroad Company now pending in Btoplienson County. A court procecding in Philadelphin yester- day brings into notice tho once famous Credit Mobilier, which was generally supposed to biave passed outof existonce, Dut thore is tife yot remaining, and it is the sama old sort of life—fraud and cormption. An injunction wna yesterday granted in favor of Rowraxp* G, Hazarp to provent what ho nlleges to be # fraudulent settlement of s demand note for %2,000,000 given by tho Union Pacifio Rail- rond Compnuny in part payment for services rendered by tho Credit Mobilier Associntion, It is sought by Hazanp to prevent a compro- mise which shall release the Railroad Com- vany from this indebtodness. ALL Ricnanpsoy explaing that the Council Judiciary Committes, in considering the proposition to abolish the office of City Mar- hg), yoported four to one in favor of it, in- stead of the reverse, as was at first repro- gcuted. Itianot unlikely that tha Council may sbolish the office, since it is evident that mone of tho present members can obtain it, and sinco such action will place Superintend- ent Hicxey ot the head of the force, who s a favorito with the Council. 'Though thess motives are not of the highest and best, the resnlt would be a good one, ns the City Mar- .shal, under the present law, is simply o figurs. Yend and a useless expendo, Tho Republicans of Cook County, wisoly foreseeing the necessity of thorough organi- zation with reforonce to the important clec- tions to occur noxt year, havo determniuod upon the formation of a Contral Republican Club, with auxiliary eclubs in the various wards snd towns. In view of tho results of the recent election, the objgct of the argani- zation, na declared in the comstitution adopted yosterdny, derives pocallar interest, and will not fail to command the zealous support of the great body of Ropublicans in Ohicago and Cook County, Ithas been sufficiently demon. strated that the dootrine of *‘ purity of the ballot-box and an honest and cconomical administration of public affairs is a popular doctriuo in our city and connty, nnd, with this for its platform, tho Central Olub will be @ power for good The Chicage produce’ markoets exhibited littlo cbango yesterdsy. Mess pork was in better demand, and 200 per brl higher, clos- ingat $19,20 gellor the year, and $10.40 for February. Lard was 1ore aolive, and 5@7}o per 100 1bs higher, closing at $11.87} soller the year, and $12,07} for February, eats were quiet aud easier, closing ot 730 for part shonlders (hoxed) ; 10J@10]0 for short ribs do, and 11@11§0 for short olears do, High- wines were qulet and ulepdy, at $1.11% per gallon, Flour was more aotive and unchanged, Whest was more uctive and Jo higher, dosing at §1.074 cash and $1.07} for Decomber, Corn was quiet and steadier, closing at 51}c cash and 50Jc for November, Outs were more active and §@Jo lower, closing at 80}0 cash aud 803o for December. Rye was firner at 67jo. Darloy wus more sotive and 1)@ higler, closing 876 cash aud 55}0 for Decen. ber, Hoge were dull until near the close, when falr activity prevalled at 10@150 reduc- tlon from Tuesday's cloking rates. Sales wero effeoted at 80,75@7.30 for common to prims pasking grades. Catils were quish sud sloady, montane clement in Spain, the manifesto is not likely to add greally to tho Cubasn com. plication, REPORT OF THE SICUX COMMISIION. ho Commission appointed to negotiate with the Indians in the Black Hills reaeiva- tion have made their report to the Secretary of the Interior, and we publish the full re- port this morning. It will bo remembered that the Commission was sent there to nego- tiate for the purchnase of tha rescrvation, and that, ofter n stormy and perilous session of many days, jhere was a failuro to reach nny satisfactory conclusion. The report gives o very full and clear history of the wholo af- fair, inclnding a statemont of the rensons of failnre, Conspicuons among these reasons, will be noticed, is the interferenco of per- sons, not Indians, who aro interested in hav- ing a largo annual money-payment to the In- dinns, affording a permanont fund of which the Indians moy be despoiled. Tho recom- mendations of the Commission are radical, and they point to a thorough revision of our relations with the whole Indian population west of tho Mississippl. 'The recommenda- tions, howaver, ars confined to the Sioux In. dians, Tho Counnission recommends : That Cougress shall take tho initintive, and, instead of attempling to negotiato, Congresa shall by Iaw provido for the soparation of all the Bioux Indians botween the nges of G and 16 years from the adult population; and make provision for thoe thorough educa- tion of the minors at some point or points whore they will be free from the control and influence of tho adult Indiang. This system of oducation to includo mauual labor and in. dustrial schools, und to be compulsory, Hav- ing thus provided for the future civilization of the minor population, Congross shall by law roquire that the adult Indinus shall per. form lebor as a condition of subsistence; and that, after adato in tho future, subsistence shall be issued only to such o shall labor and to tho aged and inflrm, A further recom- mendation is that every Indian be encouraged in the acquisition and protected in the pos- session of private property. Tho Indians now occupying tho northwestern part of Nobraska ave to be romoved to the reserva- tlon established by the tveaty of 1808, whers land suitable for agriculture can bo found and supplies furnished. Supplies shall hore- aftor bo furnished under the supervision of officers of the army. A wise rocommendation ig that all the present agencies bo nbolished, and the wholo syatom be reorgnnized 8o far as rolntes to the Sioux Indians, and ihat such compensation to officers and agents ba provided as will command honesty and competency. The In- dinns to be notified that such force as may be necessary will bo used to enforce compli- ance with tho policy of the Government, to tho end that the Indians mny bocome civil- ized and self-supporting. ‘The Government to take upon itself the duty of paying to the Indiaus a fair equivalent for tho Hills, taking into consideration gl the circumstauces, and such sum to be paid to become part of tho fund required in tho general plan to educate and civilize the Sloux, There ean be no mistaking tho charncter of tho recommendsation. It dosls direotly with tho Indian problem. It puts anondto the wild hopes aud speculations of the Indi- an plunderers. It is a new depariure in deal- ing with the Indians. The Indians aro notoriously beggars and paupors. They have no thought of labor mor of indus. try, It is proposed to begin a new policy, aud that tho childven shall cease to continue lifs of pauperism. That the chil- dron of the Indians shall bo educated 1o Isbor, to earn thobread they eat, and to lenrn to lubor for a living. It is proposed that the futnre Bioux shall hocome civilized, edu- ceated, aod producers. There can be no pos- sible progress iu civilization until the chil- dron bo soparated from the Indisn adults, aud compellod to compulsory education and to the disciplin of labor, In the same mon. ner the ndult Indisnsinust be compelled to labor, and coase to live 88 paupers and beg- gord, The time, we think, has arrived when In. dinns shall ceaso to be treated a3 sovereign notioual tribos, to bo dealt with oy foreign Gavernments scting nuder treaty obligutions, ‘The tronty-business has ceased to bs cutitled to respect. The Indiaus know nothing of treaty stipulations. Tho Indians are mers tribes of paupers, inelsting upon an exemption from fabor, and demanding that they Lo wup- ported by the Govermmeut. Thay avo in turn robbed by speculators and white scoun- drels ; aud the Iudiany, in their ignorance aud jmprovidenze, aro plunderod of miuch that tho Uovernment expends for tholr sup. port. It la onte of tha questions whother the Indisus can, by any process, he eivilized and edueated, Can they bo edncated hy auy compulsory proceedings, or muat the Indinns be perimitted to perish and pasa awny o9 pau- pers, and idlo, worthless beggars and savages ? Tho policy urged by tho Commission is at best an experiment. It proposos to rovolu- tionize the Indion social and industrial sys- tem, It is to oivilize tho Sioux by force. It 18 question of deap concarn, apposling to the humanity and potionce of the American people tawards (hase unfortunate aud porish- ing tribes. At allevents, we think tho time has como when the Indians shall bo com- pelled to aecept ns conelusive whatever ar~ rangement the Government may ostablish, and the farce of trenty-making ba abandoned for the future, OUR BPANISH RELATIONS. Thongh the London 7'mes has been prom- ature in flodling * wars and rumors of wars " in the relations between the United States and Spanish Governments as unofficially de- fined in somo press dispatches, and though the order for fitting out threo American ves- sels of war probably mesns nothing morethan a prudent preparation for nny ewergency, thera is little quention but that the bonds of friendly relation between Spain nnd thia coun- try nro siretehed to the wimost tonsion, and nre in dangor of snapping msunder at any nggravation of our complaints, There isalso little doubt but tho Presidont will be more Dblunt and outspoken in his next message than ever beforo on the foul wrongs which Cuba suffers at the hands of the Spanish Govern- ment and the commereial grievances of the Americnn people arising from the injuatice of iho Spanish impost lawa in Cuba, We have been long suffering in this regard, and it would bo strange indeed if thers had not been genernted an ill-focling that is enger for ox- pression. A forcign war not having come within the experience of soveral generations, is natu- rally regarded as outside the range of possi- Dbilities, 'Tho War of the Rebellion was so regarded oven after Lincory had mado his first call for volunteers. The American peo- ple are not much given to approhiension. ‘The tendoncy is not merely to exaggerate, but to regand overything as exaggerated. There is no danger, therefore, that the country will bo in tho loast excited over nny Spanish news that looks liko war. If war comeosat all, it is more likely to be actually upon us before wo know it. But, on the other hand, it is foolish to dismiss the idea 08 impossible or absurd that thers should be sueh complica~ tions na to butray the American people into a forcign war, Our patural and traditional policy is peace. Itis a policy to which wo always have been, and probably always will Le, roady to make gbundant concessions. Bul wo connot, on that account, submit to any flagrant griovances, It is a8 peces. sary that the United States Government shall protect tha lifo and rights of her citizens, shall resont indiguities put upon the uation, ond domsnd equal consideration in com- mores, as that Grent Britain, or France, or Germany pursue this conrso, Bubmission to any jmposition in one caso would imply sub- mission in oll future cases. It would have been exceedingly uncomfortable for us, to say the least, to have gone to war with Great Britain, had that Government refused to refer the Alnbama claims to a fair arbitration or to abide by the award mado against it; but such aresult conld not bave been avoided in such acase. So wo con only bear with Spanish snubg and Spanish finpositions until the rec- oguized dignity of a great nation needs to bo defended, Tho American canso of complaint against Bpain includes notably three unequal ndvan- tuges which Spain insiats upon, viz.: The maintenance of the right, under a treaty dat- ing as far back as 1705, to search American vessels on tho high seas when they are *‘sus- pectod " of being on a mission of aid and comfort to Spain’s enemy; the unjust aud oxtortionate discrimination of Bpanish Inws governing Cuba, by which American broad- stulls and manufactures are practically shut aut from the exchongo for Cubsu products which we buy so liberally ; and the continua- tion of a long and cruel warfaro in Cuba, which has beon of a duration and character to justify tho beliof that Spain has not the powor to govern tho island over which sho still insists upon assorting her dominion, "The Inst causo of American complaint is one 'we share in common with the romnainder of the civilized and commorcial world, with the differenco that American interesta ara moro seriously affected by the disturbed condition of Cubn than are any others. Not counting this, the American nation, as the nearest noighbor of the Cubsn people and with 8 native sentiment of Hberty, must at lest feel an oqual responuibility with the other great nations of the world in sanction. ing tho continuation of uncivilized warfare under tho protense of guelling an insurrec- tion, and with only tho effect of perpotuating human slavery and destroying the usefulness of ona of the richest islands on tho globa. 1t is nltogather likely that tho Spanish Gov- ernmont {8 correct in nssuming that the do- mand for the abrogation of their right of searching Amerioan vesscls on tho high seas, undor certain circumstances, is with a view to tho rocoguition of the Cuban patriots as belligerents, But suppose this to be true? It gives no warrant to Bpain to deny to the United Btatos Government the considoration which has been accorded to other Gov- ernments, Tho United Btates should be os freo to recognize the Cubaus na belliger- onts—and it is absurd longer to dony it— a8 Franco or England. Wo should bo ham- pored by no more ponalties or indignities in doing it then nro the other great nations in friendly relations with Spain. The trouble {s that Bpain looks upon the United Btates Government 88 awaiting an opportunity to snatch Cuba from {t; aund this misapprohen- sion of the situntion haa botrayed it into acts which are simply caleulated to produce the vory deairs it drends, It is not at all impos- siblo that Spain's antagonism growing out of this nisapprehension, the greed which prompta her to oppress Cuba and diserimi. nate agaiust tho United States, and the arro- ganco which i3 of an hereditary naturo, may yot forco our Government to tuke such n stand os will cowpel Spain to concede our rights, or force the Amerlean peopla to main. tain thess rights even at the cost of war. The inaccuracy o f the Bpaniah yumors has brought out the fact that the President and Goeu. Bivesax were using the telograph wire soveral hours one day re. cently for the purpose of determining the numbor, character, aud qualifications of cortalu army ofticers stationed at various poiuts throughout the country, This infor. wation has wlso led to tho explanation of,| thess Inguiries, whioli ix said to be that the President {ntends to recommond in his mes. sige the transfer of the Quartormaster and Cowmmissary part of the Indisn service to the cowreaponding departmenta of the army, We hapa that this infarmatien may Jeove to be corroet, aud that the rocomniondation will be received favornbly and adopled. Tho expe- riance of soveral years has abundantly dem. onstrated tho wisdom of such o course. So far as the colonizing or the educational andre. ligious work among tha Indinns is concerned, thio army would havo noqualifieations for the sorvica; but tho well.kuown integrity of tho regular army offlcers, their knowledgs of the Indinn charactor, aud thelr prossuco con. stantly in the Indian territory, suggest many economic rcasons why these branches of In. dian sorvieo, inoluding supplics and agencies, #hould bo intrustod to the War Departmont. It will bo one of the boat reforms of tho day. THE REVENUE FRAUDS, . The rovelntions in the St. Louia whiak: cases, 5o far ng they oxposes official depravity, are appalling. ‘They show how wide-spread was the corruption of the public officers. The Supervisor of Internal Revenue, the Tnspoctor of Ihternal Revenue, the Coliector, the Gangors, tho Storekeopers, and the Chief Clerlk of tho Revenue Ofice at Wash- ington, and tho successive Spacial Agents sent out to investigate,—all, from 1871 to 1875, deliberately combined to appropriate to themselves the revenuo of the Government. Ono of the parties states that ho has no record of his share of the plunder, but it was not less than 230,000 during the fonrteon monthy in which he participated. He re- ceived one-fifth, Tho business bogan. in September, 1871, and was brought fo a suddon stop in Soptember, 18756, At firat, and during the fourtecn months covered by the testimony of the witness, only a few dis- tillers wero included ; but the demand for money oud the number of the officials to bo bribed increased, and fo all the manafac- turera were gradually drawn in. Tho tax on spirits during this time was [0 cents on tho gallon; and the average sum paid Dy the distillers to the Government officers was 40 conts per gallon. The diviniou, therefore, of the tax was 20 cents retained by tho dis- tillers and 80 cents by the dishonest officers. 1If the share of ono of theso oficors during fourteen months was 230,000, and ho re- coived one-flfth of the 30 cents, then we have, s tho total rovenue taken during that torm, £250,000 by therevonuo officors and 3167,000 by the distillers, which was equal to the tax ou 830,000 gallons, Subsequently, the tax was incrensad to 70 cents, and sinco then to 90 conts. Wo lave not yot had the revela- tions covering the later period, but the prac- tice was continued on oven a larger scale,— that is to say, there were moro maunufactur- ors, and, of course, o larger amount of whis- ky made and sold freo of tox. Occasionnlly, in nddition to the80cents per gallon paid to the rovenue officers, there were spocial levies for round sumy to silence visiting officers, and o lovy of $300 per week was made to guiet a complaining officer in the Revenuo Burean at Wnshington. Ono special official demanded ond roceived £10,000 for silonce, and sums of various amoutts were demanded in the names of ominent moen. Hore, then, we have demonstrated that the frauds on the revenue were not so much for the profit of tho manufacturers as they wero for tho profit of tha rovenue officers. Out of a tox of §417,000, six-tenthe wero taken by the sworn officors of the Tressury, for which they gave permission to the manufac. turers to put nearly a million of gallons of whisky on tho market froo of tax. Noris the dopravity of tho oflicials to be measured by these eatablished facts alone. When thoy hnd five largo distilleries thus subjfect to their demands, thoy made use of that faot to com- pel other distillers to submit fo the ssmo mode of doing business, This process was an onsy ono: The honest distiller waa frankly told that he could not sell whisky in competi- tion with the Ring distdlers; that the latter paid only 80 cents por gallon bonua to the revenuo officors, while the honest distillor paid 60 cents tax .to tho Governmont; and that, unless tha latter also joined the Ring, 1o would be driven ont of tho busincss, The public officors, thercfors, wero not only guilty of robbing the Government of which they wore sworn officors, but of cobrcing the manufacturers who were doing an honest business into uniting with them in a division of the tax. While we do not excuse nor palliate tho crime of the distillers, wo can imagine no extenuation for the conduct of the publio oficers, TFor thom thero can be no sympatby or respect. Those are the rov. elations in Bt. Lounis. What are thoy to ba in Qhicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukes, and else- whero ? EXEUNT JEFFERSONIANS. And now thero is an end of the Joffersoni- on Olub. It hay come to an appropriste closo, It has been *‘going, going," for a long time, and is now “gono” under the suctioneering Lnmmor of a Constable on tho strest-corner, the total assots ylolding £2.93, and leaving tho Coustablo 32 cents out of pocket, There isn postical justice in this impotent conclusion of the Jefersonian Club. It was inangurated with a grand flourish of trumpots and much bombastio atatoment of tho reforms it was to introduce. Its misgion was to restore tho Jefforsonlan standards of ‘political purity ; to winnow the chaff ond save the clenr grains of first-class, A No. 1, unadulterated Democracy ; to eradi- cate the bumwers ond scalawags that had fastencd upen the Democracy nnd wero rap- idly corruptingit to the coze; and to form the corno-stono of a structure, every stono in which sliould he of the Lrightest and cleancat Democratic polish and texture. To this end the members mrayed themsolves in clean shirts, and there wore kid gloves, and diamond pins, and swallow-tailed coats galore, Cornor-grocery fluids, bonzine, and other *'pizens” wero discarded, and the Jeftorsoniang drank thelr Mumia from ont crystal, drawn from gilt-necked bottles, and thoy fed upon visnds which were not fur- niched by PEntorar, 'Thoy insued glittering pronunciamentos in the stateliost shetorie; passed resolutions which smacked of lmeo breechies, milies, and silver buckles ; made speeches after the pattorn of the ancien reyime 3 and blew the Democratic trumpets with such vigor that ths Amorioan eagle paused 1a his Hight amongd the distilleries and woared into tho highor reglons of ether, every feather ruflling with Jeffersonian pride and every koram carrying disinay to the hearts of those who wore not Democrats on the Jeffer- gonian plan. As o show club, the Jeffersonians wers n success, but whon it camo to work thoy were a dolusion and ashaw, The Cosmopolitans wore compotied of' gentlemen who despised clean. sbirts 88 & maork of weukness and effominacy, who did mnot wear kid gloves and rufiles, and took their ‘ipizen"” straight, and thought ono of Pr- aroLat’s suppers an Olympian banquet. They tainted and corrapted tho Jeffersonians. They overslaughed all their fine sentiments. They rallied tho groat unwashed Dezocratio hosts ngainst them, and, when the tie for sotlon oame, when the Jefersonians should have_ralssd aale beunar of reform azd | marched, liko another Rtorarp tho Lion- Hearled, to rescan thoe Democrsey from the hiands of tho intidet hosts, they were nowhere. They sold the public, asd then they sold themselves to tho Opposition and delivered themsolyes over to Mr, Tiesmva dirt.chenp. This was the ond of the Club as a club, and now a Coustable steps in and seclzes the ef. focts,—tho pamphlets, specches, and docu- monts, a tallow candle, an ink bottle, and o pen, aud on tho streot-corner disposes of them nt publio vendue, This dropathp our- tnin upon the farce. Tho play is ovor, the lights aro out, and tho audience hns gone homo disgnsted, It is tho last we shall henr of thewm or of thoir mission. The American eoglo ean come down to enrth again, The Cosmopolitans hnve the field to thomselves, awd their sensitive sonla will be no longer poined with the sight of & clean-boiled ghirt. S —————— The following is & summary of the trans- actlons in public lands. ns furnished by tho report: of the Commissioner of the Land Office Dispossls o pubile lands by ord Aerer. F; elnnm nguu.? i 348,001 Tilitary botnt; e varlots atite. 157,000 Homealead entrica.... .. Timber culture sutries. .. Agtienitural Collegn rerip i Certified to raflrond: Landn approved tnd Certified for Azl wltural Collegea, Ceriltled for common Arliou] Certiticd for univeriticn, Decreass of disposals, oo 2a0MA0L Total canh roccipts utider variona heads,.§ 1,784,001.27 Totrl urea of lud, States nnd Territorles, 1,83¢.721,851 Surveyed during fast fiscal ye 07T Proviously surveyed.. £534,178,562 Total atrveged tn June 30, 1875, 80,253,000 LaaVINg 0 10 BUCVEFed.rereassesassaress WISATLTC2 Thero has been n decrease in tho recelpts of this departmont, a4 compared with the provious year, of 1,501,880, whicl: is attrib. uted to the goneral business depression, tho falling-off of immigration, tho drought in localitics favored for homestead sottlomonts, and the dovastations of the grasshoppers, Tho Commissioner anticipntes o stendy dim- inution of entries in tho future. There isa problem relative to the timber-donds, for the salo or managoment of which there {s no pro- vision. The settlers aro in the Labit of raid. ing the United States foreats for their timber, and if no attention is paid to their preserva. tion thera will bo serious results in tho too rapld melting of the snows that supply tho monntain strcams. One suggestion is that the Governmont shall rotain these lands and soll the timber under cortain restriotions, but it s thonght it will not ba possible to enforce tho regulations. The better suggestion is tho snle of tho lands to the actual scitlers, who will have an intorest in preserving a sufficiont proportion of the timber to protect them- selves. A modification of the Homestend Iaws is also recommended, so that the arid rogion of the * Contral Plateau” may bo survoyed and offered for private entry at $1.25 por acre, ——eee Tho report of Mr. E. P. Surrr, the Com- missionor of Indian Affairs, is principslly re. markablo for its recommendations, In order to remove the possibility of fraud in the ad- ministration of Indlan affairs, he recommeonds theanbolition of the contract system, and urges that the purchases shall bo mado by the War Department, in its Quartermaster and Com- missary branches, these purchnses to be in- spected by army officers, and then to bo de- livered to the agonts eimply for distribution to the Indians. With regard to the Black Hills business, ho presents tho alternative sither that the Govornment shall incresso its military force in that region so ea to keop out the miners, or that it shall put such re- strictions on the large bounties now given to the Sioux so as to procura their assont to tho cesgion of the Black Hills country, Ho also strongly recommends the expulsion of *squaw mon,” the white husbands of squaws, from tho reservations ; that the Indiansshall bo compelled to labor in payment for their ra- tions, which is a very sensible recommendn- tion ; and that all Indians living within tho organizod Btates bo transforrod to the care of thoso States and that the Buroau be relieved from them, The number of these Indinna is as follows: 6,000 in New York, 7,000 in ‘Wisconsin, 8,000 in Michigan, and 6,000 in Minnesota. ——— Ohieago, it seom, is to be burned agaln, We regrat to hear it, bat, unless the Now Eogland Labor Raform Leagne chianges its mind, we might as well put on doublo insarance at onco, aleep in our olothes, sad pub up sheds in the outskirta to sorve as tomporary sheltsrs when the Lomes which we have fondly thought wore destined to be permanent dissppear in flame, and wmoke, and ashes, aod the benoficevt de- aigns of tho New England Labor Reform League are accomplished. Theso desigoa were deciarod at arecont convention of the League in Bou- top, and scom as vet to hava provoked no disssnt. And of course their wisdom cannot bo too highly commended. V/hat greater boon can labor have than tha deatruction of $200,000,000 of tho capital which provides employment for labor and pays wages? Burning down the homes of & few thousand workiogmen will stimulate the building trade; and f{e not that a aweet help to the depressed workman? Thero can be no doubt that, it ufactaries ars maving alowly, s Lrisk incondiary fire will make them go quicker. If trade is dull, burning up its Labitations will mske mutters more lively. If people are poor, destroying their past savings will of course tend to make them rich. There can be no moro doubt of sll theao things then there is that black fa white. Batif the gontle Leaguo of Now England reformers {8 wige, {t will begin work nearer home. Wby go to the sxpenta of seuding competent incendiarion out horo when Dotson {s so vear, when New York is not far off, whon & dozen good-gized citios can be roadily consumed by the oxpendituro of & fow dollars in railway tickets sod » fow cents in petroleum? What & magnifl- cont reform it would be to blot ont overy city iu tho oountry, to write the gospel of the future in lettors of Bre balf a mile long, fsom tho seas to the Blerras, The task might be » great ono, but a8 tho Loaguo had slready (by s simple resolu- tiou) abollshed God, it would probably be able to suaihilato tho works of man. PRt R As predioted by Tur Tminune, the White- Dlners, having carried, Misalesippl, are alresdy gottlng roady to bid for the colored voto, ms shown by the following from the Jaokeon Ofari- on, & leading Whito-Line paper: Colored men of Mississlppt only wani ta soa sud Xuow that tle Democratic-Conssrvative pasty luteud to wake 0o sssatlment of their righia uuder tho Con- stitution and laws of the United Eiates, When they learn tbis, as they asauredly will, they will natursly and propecly incorporate tusmaelves into our party. By tho time eleotlon oomes around again, and the rival Democrstis candidstes vio with each other in talk of thab sort, the negro voter will sgain be an (mportant factor in Mississippl poll- es, Ia responsd to verlous minlutors, Gen. Haw- LxY bos written & lattor, stating that the Centon- pial sbow will not be opon on Bundsy. Prlvi- Ieged persons can af ooutse braak the commsnd. ment to keep the seventh day of the ‘week boly by strolliog through the baildingson the firat day of the weak, but the herd, says the President of the Ceulennial Commission, n;. w b; unluduli; The provision may oF KAy Dot be & wise ous. wlll insure Chs Uma 3-keep thale goods in onler, and will glvo officiala s ploassnt opportanity to take partics of friends through the show iu quiot. Tho Paritan Hunday ia not without its indirect advanisgen, too. Dut woore Rorry for the forsignors wha ara to bo domiciled at Philadelphia. Wbat will tuoy do? Thoro may bo so mauy sulcides, dun to ennul, thateven SIr. 0. W. Crizng’ patent pootry machine cannot tarn out epitaphs fast enougl ; or it may batuat tho theatroa, tho saloone, thu concort-gardens, ot the City of Brotherly-Love will bagin n sesson of Sunday activity that will entirely demoralize Quakoer peaca aud Philadelphis qulet. ——— - Jackson, Bich,, s noted, nmong other things, for tha enterprlae of ita newspaper roporters and tho promptnoss of its Coropers. Racently an old citizen thers sttempted suleide, and, by te timo the drog had wsocured s firm hold, be was takon poesessivn of by & reporter aud tho Coroner, who had drifted upon bim Intuitivoly, sa it were. A physiolan was expeditiously im- prossed for tho occasion, and the reporter and Coroner, in direct contravention to their own lo= tereatn, galloped tho unfortunate around under tho direction of the man of modicine %o indus- triouaty and pernistentiy that tho poor fellow was rostored to tife and misery again, The conaid- erate and solf-eacrificing Coroner snd sympathet- o and consciondious reporter then escorted the would-he suicide triunuphantly homo in s hack, and introduced him to his astouisbied family. Tho subject of thedo unusnal and gratuitoun at- tontlous has since sbowa his gratitude and ap- prociation by publicly promising to reform. PERLONAL, Gov. Baverldgo is at tho Pacifle, Col. D. W. Foster, of Cloveland, is at tiro Bhors man. Mr. and 8{ra. Bartozis return to Amorica next weok. Col. A. G. Patton, of Columbuos, O, Is at the 'Kremont, Tho Hon. Wallace Johogon, of Buffalo, fs at the Tromont. O. W. snd 8. B. Waters, of London, Eng, sre st the Tremont, Tho Ifon, A, B. Bushnoll, of Springfleld, O,, is at tho Bherman, Tho New York Sun 15 to lssso & Sunday edi- tloa after thia mouth, #8ho 8toopy to Conquer * was written beforo the days of pin-baek skirls, A Pliladelphin girl hos broken hor engage- ment because her lover made fun of the Couton- ulal. The Ifon, J. 8. Watermau, Bycamore, and Ex- Goy, W, M. Cumlack, of Indians, aro at the ‘Cromont. « Biosticato"—to take s mid-day nap—is tko last drop in tho well of English defiled. atr. Richard Grant W. is invited to * sieat.” The Jowa Stale Register, which olaims to bo tho leading paper in the Htate, could only swear to 3,300 ciscalation in tho Kasson libel nuit, Loo VII of Armenls, Prince of Karigose, who was dispossossed of his throno in 1816, is now llving with his wife and six childron in the bittorest poverty at AMlilan. The fricnds and admirers of Biskop Thirlwall ‘proposa to commomorate Lis name by orecting & atatue in bt. David's Catledral, and foundivg ous or mors opon scholarships in Cambridge Uuivorsity. The Hon. Jobn W. Foster, United States Min- fotor to Mexico, arzived fn New Orleans, yestor- day, on routo for Wasehington. He will be given arecoption by the Ohambor of Uommerce of the former city to-day. A college nowspaper significantly remarks : *1'The Prosident has appointed the 25th of No- vombor as a day of thanksgiving, and it be- ‘hooves overy Lopest citizen to pick out his tur- koy ana wait for a gatk pight.” “Now," sald a cltizen of Rawline, Wyo. T., at & recent dance, '*you mes that heifor inm red dresa ; that's my wifo; so’ ef yor danca with her more'n two timos, pard, I'll shate the hull top uy yer bed off. What'n yer drink?" Beesio Tarner'a novol is said to ahow ro- markablo familinrity with the slang of tho potico~ courts, and this fact is regarded ss strong con- firmation of the current rymor that Brother Jo Howard had » hand {n writing tho book, Ar. Gladstone is unablo to concur in John Bright's opinion that the wearing of mourning ought to be abolished, but he does think faneral~ roform ia a vary serious sabjeot, and ho believes the oxpenses attending tho burial of the dead might be cartailed, Mr. Goorge F. Bristow has for nestly fve yesrs been ocoupied in writing » national ean- tata, whioh hie hopes to produce next year af the Centennial. He has taken for s lbrotto the poom by Willlam'Oland Bourue writton in 1801, and entitled ** The Republic.” A party of ladios and gentlomen in Kookuk woro talkiug about theatrical mattors, when For- rost's namo was lntrodueod, * Thoe last timo I aaw Forrest,” said & pompous gentleman, who hoa been putting oo all the airs of finished critlc, waa when he sppeared as Leah [Lear!], the Forsaken,” Tho company ecreamod. Thero Ls much dissatisfaciion in Boston with the modols selected by the Sumper Commities. Miwa Whitnoy's is sald to ho tho best, but her likonoss of the desd statosmsn fanot ut all good. Mr. Millmore's head s good, but his body ia stift and nngatnly. Mr. Ball's is condemued by tho Courier, and sald to bo utterly unworihy of notice, Ab ! the Chicago Times'list of Presidential candidates grows rapidly. The young editor now mentions Biansy Dillon, of Tows, though no such man {s known to fame. 'Chis isaw bsdas “Bonator Bayard, of New Jersey.” Is tnere nover to be an end to your heterophomy, young man? - 8idnoy Dillon, of the Union Pacific Rail- soad, was living In New York ut laat nccounte. ‘The Empress of Austrin will not, says an Englieh paper, be pressnt at the first November meet of the Quorn honnds, as she had intended tobe. Hor Majeaty's mister, howsver, the ex- Quoen of Naples, intsnds hunting fu the grasa counntrios this pesson, and elght horsos Liave al- soady been dispatohied to Northamptooshire for hor use. The ex-Queen is mot only s light waighit, but one of tho moat fesriens of women. Tho lettors of Mr. Btanley, of whick wo pub-~ lished & telographic synopsly last weel, are in- termediato in thefr dates batween tho two that firat reachod this couvtry. They ware written Inat spring, and woro the ones which thoir viriter said ho had delivered to o Fronch oftiver in tlse sorvido of tho Ihodive, Col. Dg Del'sford, Thelr boarer was killed ina Byht withi the ns- fives, but the letters, stained with bloed, were found by s datechment of traops who aftorward visited the scone of sction. In thisalate thoy were forwarded to thotr dostinatlon. saimer Hate e b M Moftai, Jro Danver B, I, P a s v, D, Judson, Now Haven ; Jainea U'Conllor, Absrdeon, Mists ; J. B, Merwin, 8t, Louls { ¥, & Masou, Now York Oty ¢ 8, 1L, Pullin, Richmuad, Vi 1L 54, Btowe, Wusnisiglon s W, O, Crouse, La~ Tayebio’ G, 10, Cocbsau, Loutsidlle; G. & Couver Tphis 3], Hocor, Taiadolihia. e vt 0 . W, Jobn e O afati rauk D, Olare and W, U “""“m";""é” u&’“““n i flmpn ey i O Capt, corgo Bold, O 0 O e bt Cleveiands Eagias 3 P rey. Mllwaiikeo J, O, Bookt, 5. Louin; Wo Of b va and 3, M. Aalley, Tolsdos 11, D, Dtackelt and and 1, O, Ostoras, Newark, N. I3 3, A. Leanas H7cucuse 1 Jsmes adgloy, LS. & A, B. T, R., Clove- Jand.sexTremont House—Jouspli Grogs, Towa s Ho M. Hinger, New York; Jon Ualshan, Loatsvillo] A, D. Yarris, Loulevilis? W, D, Cousens, Bau Franoluca ; N, Stovens and I, H, Cilef, 5t. Louls ; Waller Jobns, Duttelo; W. & Williams, Todtauspolle: J, 3. Dru Now York City: 8, #. Loblins, 8t Fauly i Yeerr, Titaburg,...Sherman Hous—. N, Wood- worth, Cltuton, T J. W, Opuon, Talimades, 0. ¥rancls ~ Murply, Portland, Me.; B, P, Thomas, Loulevillo; Josey White, Eugland ; W, 1, Huribust, “Toledo; K. A. Ladd, Burlington, V& ; 0. sliggwall Honolulu; ¥, A Buckler, Geneve Lake; W, I, Hawmmuedsy, Geuovs Lake; B, . mwu»}’m-umu; v, Max Moyers, New York Cliy § M. 0. U, 8 A.; John , McDonsld, Puud' du Lio..,. Gardner o . ‘Altot, dolorsdo; Qeor Tditsburg} Do Witd Bavis, M4l arzont Classen, Now York oE fimnfi % gy O A WASHINGTON. Satilement of the Long-Pendin, 1Hinols Central Tax Cnse, How the Company Saved $27,125, qyy Lost §241,904. Rumors Concerning a Change in the [y, dian Commisslonership, The Vioe-President 8till Very Weak, by Improving Slowly. Speeial Dispateh to The Wasnisoron, D. O, Nov. 17.~-In Augye 1870, tho Iilinols Central Railroad Cony, mado o duvidend of §1,203,776, upou which, iy Beptembar, 1871, tho Unitod Btatos Goserome, a:tonded & dividond tax of 863,183, Tho Ca, jany obtalued an iojuuction sgsinst the ¢ leetor of Internal Revenuo, which wss my . tained for a long time, although it nan since pa, porred that tha Court bad no rigbtful auth, ity to thus enjoin s Unlted Biales o; Tho Company clalmed tbat o poyy, of tho dividend wag derived fog wales of the Iands granted by 1, (iencral Govornment, Agonts of the Goyer:,. nient were divected to moaka tho necesnaty ¢-. smination of tho Looks of the Cowpany at Cij. «ugo, andof thor land-books ai New Yo Ll oxamluation showed that all of the div; oxoept 3721,271 was derived from tto sales of such fand. Tho total amonnt of dividond upey whnely tho Governnient mado Its aeacusment nzy aoout @1,260,000. More than onc-half of gividend was derived from & different then the roal earnings of the road, Tho Truay. ury Departmant ban to-day ADLJUSTED THIS ACCOTRY by pormittiog the [ilinois Central Compars ¢, 1oy %30,008,with iotoreat trom Sep temter, 167, fn fall for tho entire nsecssment, The tox] eaount which the Company will b rojui poy of tax, intorest, and penalty, la 253,17 Government originally clamod 95,14, Company has succoodod in roducing this originf demand of tho Governmont by §27,125, Tho succoss of the Company in tlts dirsefio is {peiguiicant in compariton with wts biunde in avother, 'Tho Commissioner of Itz Ito:enuvo bias recently docided that se'es of i) grantod by tho Governwent £o ratlroa.ls are (rey 1rom tax, witts the oxception of the fntared 1y mav fcorie upon notos, or that is fucluded o votes taken formaies of encis Isnd whontle sales sro mado on timo. This decislon of ity Commissioner {8 a construction of anchinw which scemy yery plain and nusmbiguonsinits torms. Tuo lllinois Ceutral puthorities were oitber ignorant of this faw or FAILED IMGKTLY TO INTERPRET IT, for that Company has alroady pald a rave: upon dividonds derived fromn tho sales of granted lands which aggrozstes $241,901 Cowmies{unor of Iutornal Rovenuo now dee. that tiuy tox nead not hisva beon paid, ot laud-palos aro nxempt frown tuxatiou. Tho El. noty Central autnoritios havo tho satiafaciioy of kuowling that the suit by which thoy sesisiol i payment of tho nasessmont upon the d'videnl doilared from tho safen of land maved 1ho Com- prny B27,126; also dieclosed tho fat that thoy hud needlessly paid tho Goveromest 241,004, Thie monoy eannot bo recover.d from tho Treasury by any procoss of law, as tho e within which it might lawfully be rofun.led es- plred by legal limitation on Jiuse 0, 187J. < TUE ONLY REMEDY for the Company is by specinl act of Congress, Complaints havo boon mado that, in fona:: dispatehes on the wubject, the dividend ups which tho Govornmeut Jovied the tax of #96,635 wad clisrneterized as fictitious. Tho Diailrosd Company hoa sven lodged = complaiot with the Treagury Department on acoount of the nss of the word fictitious, Tho Treasury authoritied dou't understand that the divideud was sictiticut in tho vense that the momey was vos dirided among the stookholdors, batit is sdmited t- tuo Cowpany that the sum of $1,203,775 composod of earnings of the road, whilo io fa of this amount tho Bum of $74,201 waa derised from the sales of lauds, Tho fotion consisu only s the dividend was ONLY PABTLY EARNRD. 4 The stockholders conld easily know, it the'ofleery of tho Companydid not, that sales of arantlanis wera not properly taxablo with s divide o tas, and that the procoods of such sales could nok bo roturned ag dividonds, The stockholders nor koow that while for threo yoars thov roosived & dividend of 10 per cant inutead of 8 por vent which tho logitimate caringa aloue war:antel, the Compauy has paid a dividend tax of 5 per cond nYon 85,002,608, the aggregata proczedd of the sales of grant jands, upou which nu 3% vss due, The dividond was cortaluly not fiertions, bat the 10 per cont dividends Were declared upos lie anrpinga of the road alone, —— THE NEW BONDS, LTOAL AMBIGUITIES, Bptetat Dispatch to ThejChioage Tribune. Wasnmvaror, D. 0., Nov, 17.--Secrapary Diie- tow will not commonce tho nogotiation of thd 41§ or 4 por cout loan until after the raeet. ing of Congreas, for two reasons: Fir, i smbiguity in the law which authorized tha cont voraion of the G por cents; second, the mnhxg‘ ity in the new Bpacio Resumption sot as to il sutbority to ezl bonds to fulfili tho pur poses of that act. The origios! hy pra- vided for oconverting 81,600,000,007 . per cents Into ©100,000,000 5 per conth §300,000,000 434 por conta, aod £10,000,000,90) } per cents, but Becretary Boutwell got Conris to amend the law soas to nllw‘i of :;ul\u'; 800,000,000 5 pevcents, Thoamondmont 13 to spocify wmfihur the Incrosas of $IL0LN0N sliould be tsken from the 43¢ or 4 por cent Lt and the present Buoretary la in doubt wu Tuo {a at iberty to continue refundiug by | 43¢ per cont bouds, ‘The amblguity lo Ha sumption sct is i theso wordst Tho Sorretary of the Treasury s authorized b ity Wispose of, at uot leas than pielsCis tuo descriptious of bonds of tie Ualhy Gtites dascribed fu tno act of July M, {7 (otiih an net fo nulborizo the refundimg of s B i debt with \tmu qunlluc:‘,’ nzl;nyx: "'.&":;;‘n ;m‘ e uary L0 Gt ety A0 s asa the Drocesds thereof for the purooss forc saul, ' laim bsa boen made, aud lu dlny.nted, lh}tl:u u‘nnor thle clanso, she Bacretaty of tha Q'yeasury has the powar (o his discrativs 1918 crease the publio debt. St £ EWS, st S 14 1 o i WasmixatoN, D. 0,, Nov. 17.—A cariogs fne stanco of Post-Ofice delays was disoovor. A 2 the Buroau of Statistics to-day, when s lrn:1 datod May 20, 1863, sud writton by Delniat e Chiof of the Bureay, was roturued from tha Dead-Lettor Oftice. Where tholottor had bam‘ o tue laat soven years snd & half, s & puss ivg quoation, it THR YICE-PREMIDENT A hwa continued to improva duiiog the Ak ol satup for sn hour snd balf, Hebes ll‘ e appetite, Thoso who hed not saeu him !nr‘ e eral days observed s marked lmprovamvnml Blm, mud said ha seomed botter than ot nw'm siice bis ilness. lie is however, very J 20d aniw Tow visitons, NAVAL PROTECT, 19 the Assoriated I‘Hu.) e \asnniaron, D, C., Nov, 17—Dsish iy com, Chief of the Busoss of Coustruction o Revair at the Nayy Dopartment, wiil uw!:l ot in Lie annual report thias o polloy e RIOPIL aunnually, of 100 &0 shall be ablo to compsta with that of 803 of the world, QUALIFTED. A, T. Gaylord, of Mloligan, wea M:‘ fn o8 Asalslans Attarney-Goooral for she Dopartment, sud aasuaied cbArge. KT time 860 ‘fo-duy A. 0. Duell, who was & long 1 sion. T I , RAVe ba 5 hnl, col::l:nbaur» ‘uanwlu beoomlng bia suret/ gutortd ay 8W0r3 teriof TAE INDIAN st‘lul(ll!“ll:. Becratary Cuaudler uaya thas whon 16 €0, upon his duties as Sucretary of tho Interlof fy artment, Commlssloner of fndisa gml\h tendered bis cesigostlon, 80 that b o e not auked the Commissigner o Teslku. reslgnation has not Yob been aceoptod. Pren Dxreorr, Mick, No 17,—The T cirod Washingtoh spacial sasa that ramor 818 5o, uat George Jeromo, the o% it o8 Miomn a0 Dasrols aa boan o] trols, ‘Commissionorship of Indisa "\I:;lhfi: by aattaz under