Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 20, 1875, Page 10

AUSTRALIA. A Lady's Account. of Life in the Gold-Fields. The Charming Valley of Love's Rune-= A Canine Friend. ¢ Quy Tent,”? and a Tea-Party Thereal- How Tahle-Waro and Chalrs Wero Provided. Fomals Soolety, and What the Women Talk About-~Native Flora—TPets, Srerlal Correapendsnee of The Chicaan Triduns. Biptorsrz GoLv-Fiewps, AvstRatia Frus, Ang. 28,—Tho rainy soason {8 over carlier than uAual this yenr, and our apring a8 got in in good earnost, \We dwollersin tents aro oot ill-pleased in congoqnouce, Tho rainy eason is vory dull inn mining diatrict. I, however, bavo had no reason to complain, for our tent is weather- boarded. and ita canvas roof and ' fly " are both of No. 1 Amertean duck, so that thorain damaged uy but little. We Davo & splendid big tive-placo, 100, aud a chimney that does its duty In carrying off the moke. I had enough to oceupy me, for our library camo np just before wintor, and, when work failed, thero woro my books for com- pany. Ono who is industriously inclined can find plonty todo evonin s tenton tho gold- fiolds, I made s venture, lato last seasonm, in poultry; and, as tho long-coutinucd rains de ot ngroe very well with chickons, I've found a good deal of vecnpation in nureing my chicks throngh tho pip, and the oldor fowls throngh a dieeaso whicks you folka fn the States would eall, 1 think, the epizoatic.” Ieppoi-sud- camphor pills have been in great roquest. But now tho winter is over, and chicks and humans aro about equally delighted. Tha alr Is balmy and delightful, and tho sceoe, all througlh this Valley of LOVE'S RUYN, is charming, Before this tocality was & gold- field, it was & gheop-run, Lold by & squatter named Love. ¥or twonty years tho sheep pas- tured Loro whore the hiddon treasuro was, and hb squatter, who wns growing rich on wool and tallow, never dreamed that ho was daily walking over & mina of wealth, until cno day, about cightecn years ngo, a prospecting parly camo ulong, and lo! his peaceful pastures were iu o twinkling covered with einkings and windlagsos, stamps and mills. Tho shicep were sent farthor up couutry, in the care of shopherds, and Mr. Love's station hero becawe the centro of tho township, We aro some ways from the towuship, a8 we prefer to bo noar our mills, and away from the peaplo that aro hierdod abont the station. Our tont ia in the valley, and just at tho foot of » Lill, which at this moment is a thiug of bosaty. ‘he Euealyptus—you eall It fovor-tree—aud tho Bhea oaks are in full foflnge, and thotr glossy greennets contrata chaymingly with tho carpet they shndow ; for the wholo hili-sido is & masy of plok, and white, and purple heather-blaoms. This heath is somowhat ranker and moro luxati- aut than the Heottish hosther, nud wuen in full bloom, as now, it is wonderfully boautiful. Ata little distance tho ciect 14 exquisite. OUR QUARTZ-MILLY sre in sight; and the kteady tramp, lramp, of the atamps, and grinding whir-r-r of the Chijtan mills, may be heard constautly day sud mgght; for they are kept so busy now that fbey run without stopping from £ o'clock Monday morn- ing until 12 Batardsy night, The noiso of the mille was at fiost o grout mar to tho sylvan offect of this glsdo ; but I have grown noc to mind it, and, indeod, 1 find kore of companionsuip fu if. At nigt T can sit in the end-window, aud, look- ing down the valley to the mills and quariz-fur- unces, nearly Lalf-a-twile awuy, sos tho 1uddy flow uf the ire, and the men !iko little Brownies poesing to and fro in froot of the furnaces as thoy pile iu_ fuel or anartz, Usig my opora~gines, I can distognish my hus- band a5 he now and thien comes onut of the mill und goes to tho turnaces o give bis orders. You muet know that bero thoy rosst nearly nll the «uartz before crushing it, 1L facllitases the pro- cess, and mnakea amsigumation eesior. Laust night, 110N, MY COLLIE, st by me e I was louking through my glase, sud Do lovked up 1nto my face 80 WmqWrMgIY, 08 much o8 to ask: ** What is that for 7" that I put ittolis eyes. I don’t know that hoe saw tho men through it, but I fancy ho did, for he valged, and batked, and sprang ahead, then looked bewildored, and camo back u{uctedly aud 1aid dowu at my feot. TLion is & philosopher, I L he could talk. He hias seen o rood deal of life, sod ouglt to be able to toll ae interosting a vtory as Puok or Fanfreleucho. 1le is devoted to mo.” Awbils agomy storner ha!f had to go to Qo long, aud Jeave me with ouly Lion as protector und § folt quito a8 safonsif I'd_bad a body- guard of Her Ma)cuty's red-coats, Whou we go out to walk, Lion keeps oloso at my eido ; and, it any humau of the malo persuasion comes nuar, nuleas It (s sorap one that Lion khows iaa fricud, Lo grawls and shiows biw teoth. It would go hard with anyone who would Lry to molest me when tho dog is by. We Liavo just got QUR TENT finlshied to euit ns. Iwish evary ono wlols foud of protty pictures could veo it.~ It in 20 feot wido by 80 luniz. aud 14 divided tnto two rooms by mesns of blue woreen bangings, Tho sides uro hoed with the same. Thore uro four square windows in each room, opermug on_linges, and contalniug four lights osch ; and I bavo whito mueln curtaius for thew. The good wan mndo & floor of tho bouards of packing-casel [T I hava two Tarkoy rugs tist would make wowo of your Boulovard poople Jeslous, Even now s fira {n tho ovening s pleasant, and wo pile our blg firoplace with red-gutn and peppormint wood, and opoen doors and windows, so that we bave delightful wurmth and veutilatiou too. Yor a book-caso, tlnt Licipmate of mino Lias put up somo white-pino shelves, aud I acalloped out some acarlst flannel, and tacked slong tho cdges of tho boards with brars tacks, 'Fliosffect, with tho Lright-blue Langngs, Iy vory pretty, A tew eveningd Bgo, Wo gave & TEACPANTY. You mnat koo, of conrse, that, with our amall wensye, wo haven't & great amount of china uor a largo surplusago of chairs, Iu fact, wo bave ovly what will auawer for ourselves aud o friend or two. DBut wo liave & way hero of eur- wmounting any little obataclo 10 enjoymeut whon we eet mbout {t. My compiny was inyited to como at 5 o'clack! I had tho table set us far ag possiblo boforo thoy canie. By dint of eking out our squaro tabls with boards placed ou the carpooters* bormos," wo wada our table long enough, With plates ot cako and bisewt, cold meav and cheede, and bou- quels of flowors, tho table lookod yory pretly : but there was decidudly 8 scarcity of dishes for tho gueats. At ton miuutos of G, a bark from Lion announced arrival, sud, looking out of the window, I esw, cotnlng up the valley, s littls pro« cesdion of ubout a dozon puullla. ‘Each had in haud & small parcel or bagket, and tho mon all catrlod camp-stools, ‘Tho parcels and baskets contained cups, saucors, plates, sud knives and turks, The tea-party was s success, Of courss ovury nook sud crauny of tho teut was luspact- ed, aud toe littlo tent outuide, whero tho stove i, aud whers 1 domy cooking. Iut thoe cellar was he curiowlty, Bald Dettor-Ilalf s * Now, you haven't shown your cellar.” ** Cellar " ax- elmwad three feminlne voleos In opo breatl *You don't esy you've a collur 2 ¢ You I do, wud & goud oue 100, though not very large ;" und 1 took them beblud the tont, and showed toms s excavalion ou the hill-side, Juto which 1.1, had fitted = big packing-caso with doora. ‘Tho picking-caso 18 wupplicd with sholves ; and Lero I can keop things that requiro to bs cool, Must oF our party were ol the nninr uex, ‘' oub BRT"'— as you'd ssy &t howe—conelsta of but throe women bemdes myself : Mra, Tiompson, the winiug-engineor's wifo; dra, Voght, tho fore. man's wifo; aud Mra. Ordway, wife of B.-I1,% pertued, e, T b8 8 very coliured Seotche womsn ; Med. Vo & plain listle Devonsture budy, with the qualut Devon dinloct 5 aud Mra, 0. 18 & clearheaded, practical Ysukce woma, who has been su immense belp sud cowlort tu me in tho perplummu that Dosot we wa s uew chom;" that (3 the name given here to new-comote. What ber dreamy, lwpractical, lerry dellera of & busbaud would do witlious i U'm bure | dow't kuow, said before—didn't I 7—that our party woe s cord. Well, 11} itagaiu, It was & wuce vesy, Wae wolnen Liadu'l auy servauts 1o gossip sbout, 0 we touk to chickens sad patchivork; und 1 gbowed up my hounery, built up st the Lak of tho chlwuey for warmih sud dryuess, Aud we discusesd Mrs. Vogbi's matolwork, aud THE CINICAGO 'T'RIBUNE: funlly nmueed ourrolves watebing the eagernans of the mepkind an they oxamunod somy zold wpocinenn Mr. Fhompson had brought with um, ~tho first af n lato prospecting tour, Ordway eamio out ktrong in hia specialty, which iy mot- allirgs, sud of which, wo have found, to our cakt, ho knowa juat enough to do himself littla food. and to dantago those who trust lus judge ment, 1 was far woro futorested in Dit, RENWORTI'S HERDATIUN, which ha brought to rhiow mo apecitnous of na- tiva tlors ho gathored away up in _the intorior, uear the desort district. flo found & forout of fernm, many of which were over (0 feot high! ie gavo mo Raveral fine fronds, which are valua- vls Ior my own coliection, Notwhhatanding my lieathi-covered hill, and tho hiardy fuchsias, witi roat crimson bella, which riot all through the valloy, the Dootor, who is an onthusinstio bota. niat, 8aya this ia the moat barron laud he over was In for indigenous flora. 1t is n comfort that cxotics thrive hore. Thero fen't such a Bengal toro, 1'll warzant, in any hot-honse in America, as the ono that twinon from the front of our tent over to the iy Lncalyptus, and is now fulf of buds, ready to burat into waxen beautyr. [ have purplo and searlet passion-vines in foll flower now clambering all over the porch and running along tho odge of tho tent, Aunother vear I'll havo this tropical with lealy aud toral oauty, TETS? Oh, yes! Thavo 8 cockatoo (Llon ia nota pot hois a friend), o Trimmera parrot, & pair of Indinn doves, 8 wombsat, & fylng ‘possunt, snda linngaroo-rat. Every littlo whila ** our boys bring in o bird or'a beastio that thoy bave wonnded, and, if Fcan cura it, 1 cau hava it. ln this way 1 am making quite 8 menagorio. Tho cockntoo and opossum nro tho most tronblo, Cockatoo keeps up au endless chattor and racket all day, 1Mo learis upeoch readily, and isn's par- ticularly nico n his solections. Ho s puro white, with rulphur-color crost. All dur ong the 'possam lica enrled up lko a furry ball in his poxs but bardly has Cockie tucked lis head under lii4 wiug at dark, than I'nz—wo call bim— uwrolly binself and propares for nction, And all night ho scurrios around tho kitohen, leaping or fiyine from ope end f tho ridgo-pole Lo tha other, ratehing _ting, knocking tiungs down off their regs, and kicking up s muss gonorally., Whon fm fuepread outto fly, he in protty neatly as wide as hois long, and ia about six timos as largo aa tha Amenican fiying-squirrel, o is o pusty-gray color on his ~Lavk, and Lis belly is iemon-colored. Wo have arrangod—tho Thompeons, Ordways, and ourselves—for & prospecting tour » hundred miles or Ho up the country from Dallarat next wack. Wa shall go to 3 by rail, and thenee on horseback. When I write again, L'll toll you all about it, Yanna-Yanna. —— . RURAL NEW-ENGLAND. ‘Fiio ‘Town of Foxborae, Mase, Soeciat Corrcavondence of The Chicado Tribune, Fospono, Mass, Nov.16.~The raral life of Masunchusotts towns is unlike that of sho West. Tho main businces is manafscturing ; yot thera ara Aowo gmall farms and many gardons so carafully cultivated as to yield abundantly. Tho highways ato o successlon of villago-atroots ; hence, in riding, you novor seem to got **out of town.” Where s brook runs acroes or boside the road, there is frequently n willow-grove, whoso roots hold tbe earth ngainst the washing of bigh water. But tho lofilest featuro of theao rursl towns is their olm-trcos. These atand in flolds, yards, aund besido tho commnon way,—~ eometimes alone, and ngain in paws, or groucs of three or fonr. ‘To their sdmtrors, they rop- resont aepiration, dignity, sud geaco in their comoly forma. 'Tho people who dwell in thia Jand Jook and nactas those who know somothing, and aro not tobo taken in. At railrosd-stations and in tho Atroet, thoy are quiot, converso 1u low tones, and tet strangors soverofy alome. Iustead of aeking many questions, as crodited, they appear 5o ab- sorbod fu book, paper, or thoughts, as not to Lknow auy one eldo is presont. No hurry or rocklessnoss, but promptoess and determination mark their movements. Thelr manvers are noithar servilo politesces nor bluntness, but ln- terited woys of people who mesn business. A USIQUE TOWS, Foxboro, Moss., was named in honor of Lord Clarlcs James Fox, of Logland, It is the only town of the name in tho United Btated. Itls situated 24 oiles from Boston snd 16 from T’rovidence, ou the bighlands botween thase two cities. ‘I buildings are in good ropair, many uow, and tlio grounds have been laid ont with fina’ taste. I'lower-bods, fn their scagon, ara everywharo, whila fountains sud garden-statu- ary add to the beauty of many places, Froquent- 1y these grounds ara uufouced, which {ucreases their beauty. Tho streets nro wido, and shaded by trees whose branchow, in places, intertwine nbove tho road. This adorning of the town is duno by o thrifty pooplo who own tneir homes. "T'ho business of Foxbora {s the manufacturo of siraw goods, 'Thin furnishes employmont for 2,200 women of the viciuity, u theic own homas, and for several bundrod more in the shops of tho Company. A fow hundred moen also fiod svork In theso shops, Because of this abundant work for women, washerwomon sre scarce, Familles patronizo thie Inundry, aud the miiliner and dressmaker havo & man como and cloan thielr rooms. TRADITIANS AXD HOPES. An clderly mun lives bero, who claims the ln- veutor of tho stoambont was Lorn in Foxboro ; that s went from bhore into the world and dis- nlllne-red, but ki invontion lived crodited to an- other, Here [n to bo found a man, born within this century, who published a book in 1830 called + The American Linguist,” In this work, Prof. Clarko claimed to have formed a berfect alphia- bat, o which, {n evervy inatance, a singla wark ropresented o singlo sound. From tho dot, circle, nnd lino, he made all his characters. Laght aud heavy murks do- noted sharp aud tlat sounds. 116 saul of this al- phabet, ** When you have pertectly lenrned (t, vou csn writo wonarly as fast os a porson can spesk.” 1o utood on the threehold of a grost discovery, but nuother OLlcnml the door and wout v, Many of Prof, Olarke’s marks aro tho same a8 those used in Pliwnn's Phonography, pub- lished soven yeard aftorwards, I'rof, Monroe's vto, prouauuced ¢, 18 found i **The American Lingust.” 1le 18 now much interested in a theory of learn- 1og to uh-?‘ Ly which tho words ahiall bo & clear- Iy understood by the bearer an in speaking. 1o also claims that a sposker should bo heard as eaully a8 a pivwor the same aistance, = Imagino tho good msnnors of tho peoplo in the baok koats of Jargo audionce-rooms, when thoy can undor- stand tho woras of tho uong, and eusily hear tho wurds of the noted lecturer ar proachor, Come, liappy day, come! Brmoun. s o, WESTERN RAILROADS AND EASTERN CAP- ITALISTS. T the Editor of The Chicago T'ridbuns : New Yonk, Nov. 15.~I obueryo s communica- tion fn your edition of Baturday last, in which your correspoudens finds considorablo fault with tho Potter law, sud takes on himselt to writo in Lehalf of Easter capitalists. I bog leave toin- form Lim that hin compliments, Lo a great ex- tent, are uncalled for; aud a mnjority of Eastern capitulists sro angious to soo tho (iraugors sue- ceesful with all Jaws thas will pnl astop to schomers who build railroads ou bonds, sud pooket, witls little or no oxpouso to themusives, a lot of utock: or anoslier claxs, who Lave wa- tered stock and bonds to such au extent tuat it ls imponsible, with Justica to thase who havo ocea- HIOU L0 Uge tha roady, to earn iuterest and divi- donds on tho amount of capital roprosentod. I beg leave to wform your correspoudent that Lastern capital is ntili ready to build rallronds whoro thoy are wanteq, and Eastorn eapitaliste do not wish tho judustry of tho West to pay on fictitiots capltal, but pay wuch rates ay wnl gIvo & {air return for tho uctual capital investad ; sud 1 bellava tho rates ortablishod undor the Potter law arg quite sulliciont for a buudsome intereut on all actusl cash fnvostod ou all the romus either weat or osst of Chirago, sud, ai presont cost of building, sullicieut for auy Shylook. Yours, . Cawmae, THE * PSALM OF MONTREAL.” To the Kditor of L'he Chicago Testune : Cuicauo, Noy, 18.—~Apropos of the Pyaim of Moutreal," which appeared in your colunus whort time aince, I clip the fullowing from private lottor from that city,—merely premising thiat the writor of it knows whercof ho spoaks ; “The follow who irsoto tust bit of poetry Lad Lo fnveut & qubject, as there [s no Discobojus in Moutreal, oxcopt that at the Natusal Hlstory Htoonis ; and thas has never been maved out of tha une position that it has cocupied for the lust twouty yeard, ‘Tho only * lumber-rooms ' in tho butkiing are Mr. Whiteave's private room, snd the roow for stuMling snimals, whoro no utrsuger is aver admitted. Ho you ses our inagiuative Iriend 1a out ou hin subject."” Witk ali due deferonce tq the scoomplishied sauthor of thk poom in questipn, I would ask {f it 1 allowable Lo carty poet) i Joal Bupocunlvf Poatio liceuse quite ne 1ar ay SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE. The Corner-Stono of the New Building to Bo Laid To. Day, History of the Instituiton.-«General Plan of the Lditice, The ceromony of laying the corner-stano of the new Rtueh Medical College, on tho eorner of \Yood aud Harrison sireets, will tako placn too day at 13 o'clock, not &t 10, as proviously an- nounced. ‘This (’ollage was incorporated by an Act of to Legialaturo of fllinols, i mession ag Vandalis, in tho year 1837, On sccount, how- over, of tho finaucial depression which ehortly followed, no farther stops wers taken iun the enferprise until tho snmmor of 1843, At that timo the Faculty of tho Colloge was organ- < by Ltho appointment of four Profeasors,— Dirainard, Davey, MeLoan, and Knapp, The firet sonsion commoncod on tho 4th of December, 1843, Tho lectures wero deliversd in two amall rooms on Clark stroet, rented for tho purpose. Thore woro twonty-two students in atteodance, At the oloso of the rossion but ouo degreo wad conferrod—~tho first graduate being Dr. William Duttortield, atill residing in tho city, During tho enpuing year A TUILDING WAS ERECTED at & cost of 0,600, upon tho southeast cornor of Indinna and Dearborn streets, upon a lot donat- od by a numbor of citizens, In 1855 this build- ing was enlargoed at acost of £15,000. In 1867, the continued and incressing prosperity of tho Colloge demanding incroaned room, au entirely new building was erectod on & vacaut yortlon of tho collego lot, and tho old atruc- ture was remodelod 80 as to bo morely nn ap- pendage. It had two locture-rooms, each with n seating capacily of 025, largo laboratory, musotim, anatomical rooms, ote. Tho cost of tho wholo was abont &40, Thie building was occupled until its destruction on the 9th of Uctober, 1871—the time of tho Qreat Firo. ‘Threo days thereaftor loctures were resumed in tho ampbitheatra of tho County Hospital, and at tho ensiiug commeucemont soyenty-seven do- grees woto conferrad, 1n tho full of 1872 a temporary building was orectad on tho cornor of Lignteenth and Arnold stroota, contiguons to the hospital, for tha pur- poge of aeounng to the stadents of the collego— closo at haud—ail the advautages of aliuical in- straction in a farge public hospital. This struc- turo bas been occupled uatil tuo proscut time. THE NEW RUILDING i now boing eroctad on the northeast corner of Iiarrison and Wood streots. ‘'hs los upou which the building stauda is 100x148 feet. the matn front being upon Harrisou strost. The building is G982 foet, snd ie Lo be two stories ana base- mont in beight, The upper stories are to be very high to sccommodats tho lecture-rooms, and_ theroby sfford two intermediata stories uunder tho olovated eeats of tho lecture-rooms, while iu tho soction of tho bullding in tho rear of tho Jee- ture-rooms thore will bo throe stories above tho bascment. Deneath the basement story there will bo s cellar or sub-bagoment, whicks is arraoged for the beating apparatus, watersclos. ety, store-rooms, aud jamtor's rooms. ‘'This sub-basemeut tloor j8 placed on a level with tho uatural grade, and tho earth {8 filled against tho oxtorior” walls of the building for a depth of 5 foot, and tho ccfllni‘lu placod d feet above this, which gives tho sub-basoment story & helght of 10 feet in the cloar—muking this story high, dry, aud useful. Thoro aro two entrpuces to this story. ‘Fhe basoment story nbove ia in tho mala do- votad ta the dispensary which is to Le establish- od in connection with tho collego. In tho front, ou Harnison strect, 13 the main entravco-hall, contaiuiug tho stairway to the storics above and tho janitor'a parlor and bed-rooms. Immediately back cf these rooms 1s tho large reception-room tor the disponsary, 46 by 66 foet. On tho esst sido, and conpoctivg, aro four coukultation rooms, and in tho foar are tho clinical lecture rooms sud o closo cousultation room, In tho northiwest corner of tho bullding is a private flight of stara to each story in tho building, with au entranco from Wood stroet, 'Thero is also an cotranco tfrom Wood strget to thoe largo reception room, 'Thera is also a drug-store iu counection with the dispensary, THE FINST ¥LOOR aboyo tho basement coutalns the chomical loc~ ture-room, 40171 feot, with olevated amphithes- tro, scats with sufliciont capacity to accomno- date 400 studonts, The spacs undor the soats forms an Intermedlate story, and will ba used 1 lesn n sum than £10,700,000, gAs contal of the Metropols fn about £31,000.0th0, of which about one-third belongs to the lmperinl and Charterad Companies, Tho Intter hasabsorh- o goveral other companien; hut there are still eiphit. 'The two jnst namod, which aro far the most powerful, have resolved to nmalgamate, heliaving that unton i atrength, and that wmtod they may boabla to rosist the propossls of tho Board of Works: or, i resistanco rhortld prove imnanable, that at jeast botter torars may o na- cuted Amaslgawation hitherto han always been deomed amagonistie to the pubtic Intorcst. and theve in no doubt that it willnot o eanotioned without rtrong opposition trom the Noard, in the interusis of ths publio. AMUSEMNNTS. M'VICKER'S THEATRE. The performaice ab thia theatro Inst night wa, a8 ‘Tue TRstNE predictod it would be, by far tho most enjogavble of the weok, A double vill wan given, * Tha Straogoer * being followed by *“'Tho Honeymoon." The first play was gotten throngh sith in tolerabls faslion. Its turgid style Lhappliy rolloved tha stlited aotlog of womo of the participants, which on ottoer occa- slons hag baen only too apparent, Miss Coomba pave an accoptable rondering of Mra, Halley, and Mr. Reymout was a good Peler. The rest of tho cast waa fairly -filled. * The Honoy- moon,” which was the prineipal foaturo of the eveniug, was mavagoly cut; bmt, badly maugled an {t was. enough was loft to givo a wood epecimon of the whola, Misg Cuoaby re Juliana was as near porfootion 88 wo can ever hopo to satlain in this faulty world, ‘Thore is acarcely a flaw in bor- concoption and execution of tho part from beginniug to end, Tho Mock-Dike ol 3ir. Soymour wns very bad, nnd surprising on this account to the many friends of this gouerally-adwirable couadiau. It is o mystery how Jr, Soymour conld mistake such & parody of activg for genuino comody. lio u'erstrained tho modesty of naturo, makiug ha Mock-Duleat times & leoring clown, and again an msws, but wnevor the litout tmitation of A nobleman. Tobin, of coursy, l)u!lnn:}lmd tho character Jargely when hodrew it, and nomo oxaggorationa in tho de- “lineatiovs of {t are not only oxcusable but neces- #ary; but thero is nothing in tho text orin tho roason of thiugs to warrant the supposition that the suthior moaut by Mock-Duke ta bo a glaring nhnurdu(. Mr. SBoymour acted tho part as If ho weto giving n pleture of drunken buffoonery, nud we are glad to say o did not have tha sym- pathy of the audiouco with Lim aftor his first fow fines. Mrs. Murdoch, as Toldnle, was vory pretty, and, i tho two scencs alio had, quito vivaciouw. 1lor vivacity, however, curried her away onco or Lwico, so thal her utterauce beo- camo indistinct ; sho babbled. Mr. Gossin, as Jramza, was & triflo cosrwe in ona or two places, but ke desorves credit for having done so well, considering the work he lina hnid to do this weak. Tho sudionce last night was largo, and part of it was iil-brod, Abgut twenty Pumuue, who would bo offonded, perbaps, if thoy wore menltoned b" name, and not ealled Indies and goutlemen, loft tho housa a fow miuutes beforo tho fall of the cur- tain on tho last nct, Thero has not boon & moro couspicuoun exhibition of bad manners in n Chi- cago theatre for a long time. Thie aftorncon “Ad#enun tho Actrosa;" this ovoulug, *'Ingo- mar. . THE EDDY ORGAN RECITALS. Tho twenty-gecond of Mr. Eddy's orgen recit- alg will be given thia aftornoon at tho First Con- grogational Church, with tho futlowing pro- grammo : 1, Preludo and fogue In B minor, op, 84, « +Hoss: 2% L‘hh Prolude~** Allelu Gott 1n dor o' vet ehr’ 41, Graud Holemn Marel 4. “Balvo Tegins,” op, 18, . Jumer Sanats In A minor, op, 2. ' Nnzareth ", %, Alr, with varistiona, ... 4. Uverture fn O, op, 24.., NOTES. The Adetphi Theatro was crowded last nightin every part by tho largest audienco that has been acon in Chicago thus far this scason. * Around tho World ** wont off moothly, aud to the manl- feat delight of all present. Da Quincy’s Tour of the Holy Land, s pano- rama of conaidernble merit, said to be directly jmported from I'aris, was exhibited for the tirst tino at Farwell Hall Weduesday night. The en- tertainment was diversitied by an oxplaantory lecture dolivered in & halting tomo by & pgontlemen who seemed to have made his jirst appearance on any stage, and by music furpisbed by a spocial quartetto. Tho mapagors havo engaged Mllo. Catorins Lami (Miss Catherine Lamb ?) to asslat 1u the musical +AMeoudolssohin for store-rooms and as passagewsy to tho stn- denty’ ciemical Jsboratory. lu frout of the leo- ture-room and beside tho stair-kall thore will bo a room for tho Faculty, with toilot-roow attached, Tha Jecturo-room in tlis story will be 18 foot bigh in tho clear. Dack of the leotnro-room tuers will ba the studenta’ chemical Iaboratary, Prafassors' chomicat Inboratory, and a Frofes- sora' room. THX RECOND RTORY contains tho main locture-room, with high ele- vatod seats in amphitheatre plan. This lecture- room i8 3G foet bigh in the clear, and is fluishod luto the rouf with open timbor-work, the trassos boiug finishod quite ornamentally, Tho inter- mediate story hore (s divided into rooma for the tho ueo of tho Prolessors, library, waiting- roomg, ete, o the rear of the Jocture-room wilt De tho mussum, which will cousist of ous largo and one wmall room. Above the museum will bo tho dissecting-room, which witl occupy the north end of tho bLnilding and is 25x03 lect, and 23 foot tugh in tbe cloar, belog flnlshed into tho ruof. Thore Is a privato stsirway from the dissecting-room to tho firut floor, with an entrance on Wood atreet. Thora will 2180 bo o haod-elevator from tho sub-bago- ment 10 tho dissecting-room. Tho floor of the dissoctiug-rooms will bo coverad with asphalt or cancrato, and mado water-tight, Over the main lecturg-roow thers will boa largo Ifayes' sky- light, 16320 feet, Thoro will also bo windows on threo wides, which will afford amplo light. “Thoro will slso bo » laTge skylight over the dis- socting-room 7x20 feol, and windows on throo widea, Tho intorlor finish of the bLuilding wil bo plain and substantial, tho floors to boe of ash and tho staira of Lardwood. Specis! attention hes beon given to the veulilation of the differant rooms and to soworage aud wator-tanks, 'I'he building is to bo #olidly built of brick and stoue, and will presont, wheu complatod, & bold and striking mppearance, Having the characterutio foatures of s collego bullding, tho atyle of the architectura is tho BECULAR-GOTHIC, 8 atylo much in vogue at tho prosent timo; a atylo which 14 well adspted to collogiate build- inge, ay good cffoct can be produced by its goueral outline and by varioty of color. "Tho coutour of the building prosonts a sub-basement and two atoriey and Mapsard, ''he sub-basee mont story {4 altogether of stous, laid in_regulng courses, 1ockfaced work, with pitched joluts and drave cornor, produchig the effect” of great wolidity. ‘Uhia 1s capped with o msssivo cut- stone wator-table. Tuo basement story above is of brick laid fu raue work, whicl produces bold- ueen wid & vavety in the dosign, ‘This ntory hun a bolting course of cut stouo, which servey to dosignute the uasomont story frow the wuper- siructuro, The grandest feature of tho extorior design is tho mussive frontispioce at the entrauce on Harrison stroet, which ia made of wmolid utone, and canatste of four jround columna with wold- ud bases wad foliated capy, from which spriogs a tasuve pointed arob with labal, the key of the arch to Lo of two colors of utouo ; above to be a sharp pediment with molded capivg, fout ga~ bles, and richly carved fluml; the roof of this frontisplece behind the coplng to be of solld stons laid off In atepa; the tympanum to be of pisin _asblar, and o contain’ the inscription, l-“l‘luuh Modical Collego,” in richly carvod (othic ottars, The walls of the bullding are 1o be capped with & braoketed vornico in keoplog with the style of “architocture, and above ths will bo s Mansard roof covered with ornaniented siate, ‘The dormer winduwe will be of solid briok, with cut stono drousings, and on esch of the three sldes tharo will be & sharp gable finlshed to oor- ruurond‘ Qu the top of the Manaard rodf thore will be an Iron_crosting, richly dexigned, thls to bLa illuminated in sitive colors sud gohd, ‘hers ara to be four Inrge ventilating and smoke sl fte, ‘fue Bullding Commiltes conslsts of Profu. Iloks, Gunu, Freer, aud Holwmes. Mr. Joba €. Cochrane iv the architoct of the building. ilois alav tho arclitect o tho new Couuty Hospitsl, which is lu coupie of erection disgouslly sorows the wireat from tho College, and froun praveut appoarsucey thia section will ba indebted to hiu ter bis skill aud geuius as au wrohiteot. e Prospect of Grand Gas Fight, Lowlan Correapondencs Liverpoal Poat, The Parlismontary Bar is lacking forward to s frsud fight about the Loudou (ies Comyanles. Tho Metropolitan Loard of Works wishes to ubiaiu contzol over tho Companicy, bat hitherto thoy have resistad it, aud way bs oxpactad to reuist it Loreafter. ho total capital of ail the Compauies, indluding borrowers’ mone. §8 no art of tho porformaunce, The panorama scems 0 possoss aubstantial merita, but in this point perhaps it will bo well to wait for the teatimony of soma competent eclergymen, wWhich will doubtless bo forthcoming betore loug, as the cloth I wolcomed without money and without price to all the exhubitions. —_— THE SECRET BALLOT, 70 the Editor of Lhe Chicago Tribuna : Citicago, Nav, 19.—In Judge Jamaaon's aplas jon furnished Stato's-Attorncy Heod Lo ad- dresacs himself to two polots of Inquiry : First—Whethex by the term * bellot* in tho Constitution is meant an absolutely secrot voto; and Second—Whether, If that fs so, the soctlons quoted from the Law of Eloctions infringe tho Constitution by making tho ballot an open vote, The Judge gives, in anawor to the first inqairs, Worcester's dofinition of ballot : ¢« A little ball, a Blip of paper, or anything which Is used in glving a socrot yota: a eecrot mothod of voting at olections.” Wo submit that thore Is nothing in this definition that would necessarily provent such au argangemont, in relation to tho ballot, as would scenro to the votor his rights against oll fraudulent practices. Without this protec- tion his right to cast a ballot is & sham and wockery. Webstor, who is equally good authori- ty, detines ballot: *A uttle ball, origipally & ball used in voting ; houce s piece of paper or otlior thing ueed for the eams purpose.” Wob- uter makos no reforenco lo socreoy se an oloment In the maanlng of the word ballot. The Judge canwot flud In Roman, English, or Ameriean jurlaprndence any such deflnitlon, usage, or iutorpretation of the.term as precludos the idea of the preventionof frand. ‘T'ho honeat deciuton of the quostion for which Lalloty ara cast s scred as the right of the judividoal to secrecy in casting tho ballot. With- out honesty and falrness the ballot I of no use, whether sacrot or open. I havo nos space now {0 discuss the questlon, bat I am ot 6o eare that the scoros bullos nee corda fully with the genius ot our American in« ntitntions, ‘The Amorican citizen should dare to tako tha responwibility of votlug openly. He isw moral coward who dare not e¢pouse helore tho world & 0auso that he lovos. Cur fnstitutions oncourage frea thought and froo speoch. But the Judge declares that the words in the Cone stitutlon of tho Hiato, **Ail votes shall bo by Latiot,” mean by secrat ballot, so wocret that the Placing of the numbor thereon for the puspose of detectiog fraud and securing tho ssuouty of the Lallot are unconstitutional, ‘Thore §s nothivy 1u tho language af the Counstitulion that leads to such a declsion. It simply doclares that +all votes shxll be by ballot," Cuoley on Conntitutional Limitations, & wotk com- mended by the Judgo, save: **Wo bave elsewtiors expreascd the opinlon that & statuto cannos be declared vold becauso opposad loluup‘:ofl\!d goueral mtens or spirit which it in thoughit porvades or licu concealed in tho Con- stitution, but wholly unexpredsed, or because, in the opinion of the Court, it vlolates funda- wental rights or priuciples, il it was passsd in the exerclse of & power which tho Constitution coufere,” Yel tlud ia fust what the Judge has done, - Again, in the eame appraved authority, we find thats *Iu tha case of all weitten fuws It b the intent of the lswgiver that is to be en- forced,” Again: **The trauers of the Consti- tution, end the people who adopted it, must bo undaorstood to have employad” wards lu their uutural sonse, and to have understoud what they meant.” We also loarn froum the same suthority that ** When the inguiry 18 direciod to ascetain. g the wischiof desigued to be remedied, or the rurwus wought to ba accomplishied by a partiou- lur Deavision, it way be pruper to examine tha procaodiogs of the conveutivu which framed the iuslrumont.” It the Judgo will keep the three last quota- tions in mind, I wall procsed to do that, Ou page 1,204 of the debatew of the Cunstitutionsl Con. vontion of Lhnow, April 15, 1870, { tind the fol« towing an the couulderation of Hee, 3: ' All voteg sball be given by ballor.” Afr, Vaudovonter—Alr. Presldent, T offer iho follow- lng amendment, 'tie Hecrotary read {he amendment offered by Me, Vaudeventer, as follows : # Add W end of Buu, 3 the words, ' witliou suy ume bar or ulber chapactef whatuver written ur wady tuero- o to distinguish one ballot from suotusr,' BMr. Vandeventer—Mr. Vraaldent, I do not desirs 10 way suything pusticular in regurd to that this ballot cul tasub. We ikt s well al - The total annual entirels na ta tolerats the ayatem of marking or nn- baring ticketa. Vnder the TAwn of (s Hiate, 118 ow perlectly caay 10 Nid ont Now Auy man voind, by folng 1o the Connty Olerk's otlico and examining (he thekotu, Mr, Sinchor—How could you toll how & 1 voted 7 Mr, Vandeyrater—Tho polis were pirged morn than oues beforo thia law was panseil, 11 1448, tha Legin- lafnra pasacd 6 _taw (hat overy ballot ehunld 1A on whitn paper, The Supromo Conrt held that blug P3per was white paper nnder the meaning of that law, Tamopposed hany markd of claracters on tickets, Tau wattened thist thern has ot been a county in tho Stato of itnols whero pariies have not g-na into the County Clerk a offico, unknown o the Clerk, examinod tho yules, and discovernd how eltizens voted, T kuow «f many conntdes whero 1t lias boen done, — Ax the very ect of the ballot tn pecreey, | tuluk this amendinent should ba adopted, Mr, Dament—Me, I'resident, it (2 clearly the right af tho voter, If he {a oifered 8 Uluo or rod ticket, to procurs o ticket ou white paper of the kind urilally amployed, Under the [ n voter can vota aecrotly, und tho acerecy of hin voto fn protected by tho bailal myptem bure proposed, When it s necessaty 4o purge the polia to see whetber fraud hiax baen praciieed, then only are hallota examined. 1 think thia s the most indopenident plan in which the right of suffrage can by enjoyed, The voter can provide hin own ticket, sl 0o oo cau divtato 1o bim that Lo shall voto s ticket of Lhue, rod, or Wack paper. Mr, Carv=Mr, L'resident, I move o lay tlio smend- ment on tho fubie, Tho motion was agreed Lo, Mr, Anderson—3r, Peealdent, I offer the following subatitute for this soc'fon : “Ihe Becretary read the substitute offered by Me, l\lllll!&lllfl.ll[fl"l)“l: “ All voles wlall Lo glvon viva 0, Tlia quiestton being on tho adoption of the substitute offered by Mz, Andnrson, the yess amd 11y8 wero or- dered § ahd, Lebig taken, rostilted—yean, 133 nays, i Bu W’ aubatiints offered by Mr. Anderson was not ngreed to. "The_Presdent, pro temporo—Tho question 1a apos Ahe adoption of tuo sectiou us repusted by the Come mittes of thy Whole, Rec, 4 was ngreed 1o, 1t apposrs that this fssue was fairly and aquarcly made n tha Couvention, andJudgo Jameson's idon wos dlscussed and votod down. The intont of the las-makers wau clear, and thoy must bavo *understood what thoy moant.” Mr, Cooloy alsa gives the fallowlng on pago 627 ¢ The question of right to tnquire Into tho qualifica- tionn of thoso who bad voted at an_tlction, ui & Jro- ceeding in the pature of n quo®warranto, was dircetly presented in ono case to the Hupromn Caurt of New York, nnd the Court wan _oqually disided upon it On orror tothe Court of Appeals # decislon 1n favor of the right waa_rendersd with thio concurrence of fivo Judyes agoiust threo dissenticnts, ‘Chelaama yucstion afterwarda came befora the Supreme Court of Michls /oD, athd was doctded in the samp way, In closing I caunol give tho gist of the whola matter botter than by glving the languago of Jugtica Christiuncy u a proceeding by quo war- ranto, I'eoplo vs, Cicotte, 16 Mich., 311 : 1 cannot go to tho oxtent of holding that uo inquiry s adwleaiblo in any caso Into the qualiteations of vutera or nuture of the yotes given, Buch a rule, [ ad. mitt, wonlll bo casy of application, and, axa general rle, imight not be productive of a wreat amount of §n- Justico, whilo the muititude of distinct questionn of Tact {n reference to the great numuor of votors whose quslitication may be coutested, is lable 1o lead o rumo ombarrassioent, aud sonietimes to protracted dalata, without s tore satisfactory result than would biave been attained under a rale which should exclude all stich tuquiries, 8L, T cannot avold tho conclusion that in theory aud aplrit our Conatitution and our statutes rocognize as valld thowa votes only which aro given by clectors who possess the Conatitutional ¢ Ncatious ; that they rocogulzo as valid much electious ouly aa are offacted by the votes of a mnjority of such qualified cloctors ; and though the election Doards of tuapectors and chnvassers, ncting ouly mintstorially, aro bonnd in_ their decislons by the number of votea doponited n accordauco ‘with tlo forms of Jaw regulating their uction, it In quite evideut that fllegal yotes may bave Leen sdmitted by the perjury or other fault of voters, aod that tho majority to which lie inzpeciors have boen constraloed to cerilfy, aud thie cauyussers 0 atlow, hug been thus wrongfully sud Sitegally wecured § aud § bave not broa able 1o satisty myaclf that {n etich a case thieso boards, acting thua minlsterially, and often* compolled to admit votes which they kuow tobo illegal, wera Intended to cons atituto tribunula of Lt resort for the detvrmiuntion of the miglts of parties claiming su olection, 1€ this wera 80, aud thsre wad 0o jegal redress, Itk thero would ho much reaxon to anprebend 'that elections would degenerata into mero contosts of fraud, The person Laving the greatest number of votes of legallys qualified electors, 1t seems t6 me, hae a_constitutional right to oftice; and {f no Inquiry cun b had into tho qualification of auy voter, here ia a coustliutionu right depending upon & mode of trial unkuown to the Constituiion, and, as T am mrongly inclined to think, opposed to iis provisions, 1 doubt tho competency of tho Leglslature, should they attempt it, which I think they have nat, fo make the decislon of ngpectors or canvassors final under onr Constitution, Yot it ust be floalif we esunot number tho ballot or {ako precautionsty moasures by Hud- ing how & citizen voted, Tho rizhi to examine w folly sustained b?' Judge Christiancy, It seoms to mo ibat Judgo Jumedon has violated the following rule Ind down by tho Bupreme Qaurt of Illinois : ** Wheuoveran net of the Leg- Isla:ure csn bo #o coustraed aud spplied o8 to ovoid conflict with tho Conatitution and give it the force of law, such coustruction ahall bo adoptod by the Coures,” W. Woovanp. -— = TATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. Stotistics of tho Order—A Reform Movemont. ‘f'lio National Grango of the Patrons of tHus- bandry fs uow in session st Bt. Louls, A corre- spondont of the Cincinnatt Commerelal, writing in regnid to tho meoting, gives somo statiatica of the Order, as follows At present, in the Otder, thero {5 a total of 41 Btate aud Territorlal Gravges, and more than 24,000 anb- Granges, comprising a membersip of sbout 1,450,000 persons. ‘This Is ar lucresso of 3,000 Granges, and in tite neigbborkaud of 130,000 membate, over 1474, The work of tho Order In_the futura will consiat mora tn consolidating and strengihening those Granges ulready i existencothon iu organtzing now ones, fnssmuch as 1l tarvitory i this cauntey 'la yrolty well covored, The tollowing 18 a st of the number of Granges in each Stato in 1875, as copled from tue oflicial returns: 04 9, 4, Virgin 603 « 183 Wasllngton Territory, 06 o 167)test Viruins aees 204 . Y9\Wisconsiu, ., ] . o0y ore BIG: Total.svueens Tho tofal number of Granges in oxlstenco n 1874 wan 21,183, ‘The receinta of tho Nationsl Graugo for 1874 wore 3229,533, nud tho exponditurcs 548,095, 1t I ostimated that tho Patrons have 818,000,000 cash capital iovestod fu thoir varioud cutor- risos, which {uclude railroad and steamboat \ubs, banks, fre and lifo fvsurance companies, cotton-gine and mills, packing-housos, flouring mills, clevators, grain warchonues, machinery mauufactories, shippiug nssoclations, foundrios, tannorics, chaeso factortoes, eto. "The Commercial's correapondent says Amoug tno rank and file & poworful reform move. maut hou baen injtisted, whoso objucts aro as follows : Limitation of tho powor of the highier Graugos ; reduc- tion of dues and fees, and tho roturn to wembers of all dongeraus wurpluses ; abotition of the highor doe green, or (hotr throwing open 0 all metnbers almpil- Hication of the ritual, ‘Flers are wone men i the Or. der, tike the Grand Mastar, Adame, aud Master Allon, of Alssouri, who dosiro t0 mako ‘the most of thir cluse-priviloged, and to cosrce into stlenco aud sub. oo aid peoilo wad papers that do uot (hiuk aud way precisoly what thoy wish, They haye set them- sclves ogatuat ho people, and will Lo s Tuo Order 14 anti-Amorlcan fn fte Gon tion, Thus tho Natiouul Grango waa Oret made up ‘of some Qoverumont clorks st Woshipgton, aud, s the Order wideued, the saimo llitle rluy Xopt ftaclf u tho place to which it had olected itaclf, ‘Fius Iaat dodga was, when too wany cloctive and rep. Teeontative embors egan to get inta tho Nattonal QGrauge, lo create a Senats (Sovonth Degres of Cerea). ‘Tlsus, whun & wembur of the rlug was rupudisted and retiréd from the Natioual Orango, instead of steppiug down and o tepped up aud fu, bocouiing a mesn- lier of tho Heuate, without whoso syproval the action of thy Natiousl Granga was yoid. ‘This wad comnlng it o littlo too strong even for the simple und loug-sutering Anierican farnier, and now the reformors Insfst that al) degreea abovo the fourth {thio squivalent of Master Haaon) be whalished, or (hrown open, so that any mome ber of the Order vall be sligible toauy oiiico wad can attend any of Hls deliberations, 'Fia they will surely carry, Laat year the State Grangos slmoat uuaninous. ly rujoctod a very checky minendmout proposiug to 1unke cortain founders embers 0f the Nutional Granga for 1lfo 5 und 60 wtrong s tho foeling that Master Allon, of Missourl, the Lottaat wivocste of Ursuger uristocracy, bas been Instructed by bhis Grauge W vato for Graogs'reform, ‘Tho duca aud fecs wht 380 Lo roduced, aud the aurplus returned, so that the Natlonal Ursuite will Laye 1o dangerous funds on uaud, No supltfeation of tyo, ritual I8 oxpectod st Jrescut, but uilimately sher will bo but ot deyroe n the' (rder, the feature of ocrecy—which shuts out tho Gathuilcs, Daptists, Quakers, aud all who are consclentiously oppossd (o membsrship ih & sacrot sucioty—removed, aud the Graugo practioally resolved fulo » werleu of fudopendent countey co-opurative orgunizations, iaving ® ialo Grango uorely. for cou- wultation sud uniformity, snd s Natlonal Grengo, wholly inexpeuslve, and Umited in ts functions (0 ook & were burisy uf Tecord, Judeed, pla for ludependeut snd sfmplified Uranges Lave slready beew tasde publio iu Alichigsn, s WEEPING IN RAMAH. Sypeetal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribunc. TaNsixo, Mich,, Nov. 19,—Boarlet faver pre- valle bers to au ;lumlnx oxtont. The North Lansing scliools are closed for oue woek. simlgesiisceliout THE COTTON CROP. MoniLg, Ala., Nov, 19.—~Well lnl:,m‘ug. oqno:- the present ocottou-crop, if 1t be gathe :':n, n{u be the largess slucs the War, 1876. = 1'WLLVL PAGES. THE CURRENCY, THOSE 4.PER-CENT BONDS. To the Edttor of T'ha Chirano T'ribune Citinaao, Nov. 18.—1In a4 edilorial on ihn 9ih Int., you suggoat, as a remedy for our fiusucinl trouble, that Congresn creats **4-par-cont gold bonde,” to bo takon by huldera of greonbacks, andd thoso bonds o madls legal-touders in pay- ment of all dobts and contraztsa mado bofore, enr, the dth of July, 1876," sud * that tho logal- tendor for all contracts made afler that dale ahall hn the coin” (Iiard eash) ; and that thia 4. per-cont gold bond wonld by worth **about B3 pereent, with & tenldency to iucionse in a fow yuard to 10 por cont,™ "Theso bonda, having thirty yoars ta run, ‘would, at tho and of that time, bo payable in gold,—to whieh but titlle abjection can bo mado; hut thera {8 & bad sida to this good fdes of thirty- vear gold bouds a4 legal-tender for dobts ; and that is, thoy are too bulky na s legnl-lender. Supposo & msn owea mo §10,000, and oxchangou it groonbacks for bonds, and offers tleso Londs to mo for hin dobt, I would bo obliged to take thion at par, a4 hio wonld uot bs willing to dis count 15 por cont, aud thus pay ma that much more, After paying mo 1 these bonds at par, T tind [ ean't g0 thom to pay off my many small indebtedness: so I wonld have to cash them at thn broker's for 15 por cont off, or for whatevor I cav get, and thya loso the discount ; wherons, had my debtor psid mo In_tho greon- backs ho gave for tho bondy, T would Lave taken thiem at par, nud pald off y many small dobts with thesn at par, and thus gaved his time and my disgaunt on the gold bonds. By this process, ueither tha debtor nor creditor aro benolited, hut the croditor loges, unlosa hie iy ablo to keop, and preters kooping, tho bonds till they aro par, or fall duo. v Tho only ndvantago theso bonda have over bitls ns n legul-tonder is, the lutereat and princi- pat are pasable in gold, and as a rale investment to men of meany who profer bonds as an invest- ment ; but, to noor people, thoy would be no use whatever, i not an Injury, Tho discount on the#se bonds is aa wuch and aa pernicious aw the diacount on nvredeemnblo paper monoy ; and, a8 logul-tondor thoy aro not noar so convanient, and, on this scoro, are less desirablo, Tho dis- count on gicenbacka s not cowited in small tranyactions, but would be overy lime on snuch bouds, Ttus wounld give money-spoculators Just what they want; a chance to handle money “in bulk, which bulk wakes b unwioldy to mon of small means, and entirely ont of the reach of poor men ; aud givo to speculators all the intorest and discouut, aud also chances to corner such by combining to yun tho same dowa to buy it up, and thea then run it up to setl. 1I theso bonds are not to ho rogular logal-ten- ders, but issucd only to n certatn oxtent for con- vevienco of commeres, or tho law makes thom par oo tho streot by punishing any ono for dis- counting them, and then gives holders the G or 4 hor cent juterest ndvantage, then 1o serious ob- }nchnu can bo mada agalust them, and thoy would, uuder such & regulation, bo takon for debt whenevor offared, aud proforred,—as thoy thoy can bo eashod nt tho banks for their full free, minus the interost, unlosa partics nccopt- ing bonds as paymont for contract or dobts are willing to allow the accnmnliated interest. As tho intoiest is pasable anvually, tho non-nllow- ing of intorest will not soriously afect their les gal-tondency (), or vica veras. Of conres, abrond or outsido of the United ‘States, thiese bonds can only bo sold for what they nro worth in n foreign market ; but thelr principal aud iuterest beinz gold, aud their 1orcod par at home, would teud to make them salablo,—moro o than if thoy are distrusted sud discounted nt homo. Aro you not mistaken In supposing the debtor class nll *opposed o a relurn to specie-pay~ mont ™ ou the ground of & fesr of discount, and thus an increass of their dobt ; and not becauso many of them prefer paper-currency to & hard curroncy? If not, thon why do so many oppose Lardcurrency who aro not in dabt, and have noth- ing to gain by a paper-currency, oxcept its con- veutence? Tf tho dobtors were tho only oppo- uonts of gpocie-pavmont, they would Lo a very small minority ; but thoe truth iy, they aro a mi- nority of the opponents of hard cash.” ‘'hie con- test for paper and hard ourroncy is & hard one, ond wilt be till it is sottled by s popular vote, 1f tho contest was A4 to a specio-basis or no apocie-banly, iustend ot pspor or Bpecie curraucy, tho contest would bo lewy bitter. These two ideas aro mixeéd up 80 that some who are con- tending for specio suppose it is only for & basis, and not as a currency. 1havo talked with men who did not kuow what the contest really was, aud sowo who did not know tho difference be~ tween a specie-basis and a spocie-curroncy ! As 1 understaud It, a specio-payment ia hard curren- ¢y in toto; and n wpocio-basis fa to mako tho grevnbaoks payable on demand 1n apecle, sad not to diucontinue thom. Perbapa tho best way would bo for the Gove erument to isaue the greenbacks payable oo da- maad in coin, or bonds st par, or doliar for dol- lar, irrespective of the price n(’uom on the Gold Xxchange, or avy other market, nud, with the domand notes, take up tho non-demsnd notes as fast as conveniont, or & given amount por year. Thia would make the non-domand notes par, or uearly 0, till takon np ; and the demand notes paraiways, by creating full confidence in them 88 8 redecmable circulating medium, Being thna socured, and the regalar circulating modium, snd more couvenient than coins, Lug tew people would want to oxchanko tho ssmo for coin, ox- cept for orunmental or foreign use, This is not making specio and bonds the ouly basis, but add- ing thom to tho cradit Lasis, and thus incressivg the faith in greenbacks. sud strengtheulng ity credit by a valuablo security. Is not this o quick and safo way to good curroucy ? 'Chis plau does nat roquire the Govornment to koop on hand a given amouut of coin, but adds spacle oud bouds (?) as a security only. In caso the Goverumeus should happen not to hove coln on band suflicient to cet the do- mands for & day, its credit, bonds (¥), and inancial laws " would Lo sufticieint to cop .ita vaper par (samo as moa) till next day, or until {2 can meet tho domand, and thua provent a forced or speculstlve ruu on it for coin, By thia plan, thero would be no - creasing or decreasing old debta by discouating groonbackd, Which should bo tho regular logals tander, tho 8ame 88 now,—speoto ouly added to the basis tor foroign and other necessary nues that greonbacks cannot 1ltl. Lor, if importers can get coin. dollar for dolfar,. for thelr gresn- baoks, of tho CGovernmout, to pay dutios with, fiam-npecuhmn would fiud a swalt margiu 10 uying snd selling gold as a currency, Au tho QGovernmont makes its awn ooin, it should not discriminate botween its dollar in gold aud jts dollar iu papor, as both are of tho same valuo toit. ‘Ui plan would work the least harm or disad- vautago to tho Govermnout, bondholders, cred- itors, nnd dobtors. Tho (ioverninent can moro ranidly and onsler tssue domand notes gradually uotil the non-demand uotes aro all laken up, than to go iuto an exclusive spooie currency. Are there not nino ont of evory ton wha prefer 8 good and safo paper ourrency to an oxclusive #pocio ono ? P, A, Exgny, MORE ABOUT THOSE BONDS, To the Flitor of ‘I'he Chicayo T¥ibune: Davexvonr, In, Nov. 17.~In your issue of the 12th inst. I Ond again an editarial hondad * Bpo- cle-Paymont and the Dabtor Olass.” You ad- vanco tho ides thet greenbacks should, aftera certaiu dato, ceave to bo o logal-touder, except on coutracts which Lavo boon made prior t0 it ; and that they bo gonvertible Into = d-por- cont boud, which tho United Btatos wero to is- sue for ;tho purpoto, aud which alio whould be & logal-tonder, Would i not bo Just, and moro honarable on tho part of tho United Biateu as the principal dobtor, to mska Hrat tha greonbacks squal to rold, by offeriug to redeom the eamo in wpecie, te{um thoy inake laws rogulsting thu re- Intions of dabtors and creditors in general ? 1 cousidar ft unjust to compel oraditors to az- capt such & bond 1n ‘nymnuz of thelr clahy, No law was made as tho time tho legal-tendor act waa passed, o protect crodltors. Thoy wera compolled to accept, on &wkuu coutracts, do- mc"nod papor-monoy. Why shall thoy bo sgain afxumod agmil 7 a i not & capitalist, but am only for falr play, and should l1ke to hear what you Liave to say o tho above. Very respectfully, ¥ STILL MORE, To the Eilitor of Tha Uhicago Tribune Den Moixes, la, Nov. 18.—1 have yead with interost your vidws on resumption, but disseut as to the offoct ; belloving that, from the wo- meut tho plan of issuing bonds in place of green- backs was pus in offect, from that moment theso bouds would ssume =a character a4 mier- chnutfse fnatoad of currency, snd tlat it would be wubject to * corners,” eto. In fact, ft would put the debtor clasd exactly whore the importers are now: an importer who wishios gold has to go iulo the market aud buy it at whatover price may rule ab the thwe; and, if the uvdersigned owed (say) £6,000, paysbla in the futuro, for mouney bor- rowsd worlt (ssy) 83 ceuts, It would be peoblem whther o 2ot be would mot have to e Ay move for his honds when hin dabt mntarsy than he would at pronent, | Hune P » 40 pedd dn present cap. Lwould iike your viowa on this point. Yours, W, L Mg, | AND YET MORE, Te tha Kilitor of T le Chivagn Tribuns : Citieavo, Nav. 17.—1 havo beon an attantive reader of Tur, Tuipye, and am a tharough bo. lievor in Froo Trado and Hard Money, Bup | don't think that the plan you Proposs by whick lolead up to specle-payments Is a Juat one, Kpeaking of tho bonda, you say (hat tho objee- tions ol the deblor clazy wouldbo removed, an thay could pay thelr debty in papor or bonds ; while, in anoifier part of thie eamo arliclo, yon virtyally ncknowledgo thoy wlllnnnrnulnmlop.r,—thuruby placing debtors in the snino position sa if the, 1:,.;1 lu!ply thelr dabts in gull. How Is un! tl‘;u:,“] o removo tho objectiony of the debiop Again : thero are thonsands of clorks, nndlaborara, in this andd othor eitlon, wh boaght howew, paying for thom in monthly in. wtaliments, They have mortgnges on {Lom, contincced whon Papor was worth from (say) 65 Lo 80 cents on (o dollar ; and for thom &u {mn to vay them in paper or bonda worth, as they oveitually would br, 100 conts on tha dollag would b5 ruln,—deadly ruin. Thoro In anothey and atill 'l‘urgnr class, who owe from 22,000 te £10,000. ‘Uliey would bo even worne off, unlesr thoy had tho money to buy tho bonds whon firal fsned, nnd would keop thom until tho lelits ney ‘;‘c‘l‘:in Llo“lihlu[‘v hnfi! tlu} money to do this, the d d Do patd it \\‘n]r;! ot ; P without waiting il they ‘The provision by shich al contracts aft tain dato whall bo Paid in - gold, unloss otfi::\ff:: stipulated, {8 a good ono, and waull ba o [iess ing to tho country; but the other wontd plauges it into ruln, Insicad, why not havo a lay usl;. ed giving tho dobtors the option of Paying \!obu contractod up to (uay) threo monthy nfier tha paniago of tia Inte, i gold, nt tha rate groon. iacks stoad in gold at thy time the dobt was con- tracted; wo that, if a man borrowod Dapor when it wag B7 cenls on tho dollar, ho could pay hg debi at 87 conts ou the dollar in gold? In this way noona would bo injured, and, exeept eape Italints who have out thousands of dollars of ps. ner monay, and who wonld like to ba pald 10 centa on the dollar, nobody wonld bn diesstis. flod. Unless you can givo somo good rosvon sgainst it thero will be, among tho nuwber, = Oxe IsTEntsTeD, A PLAN FOR SPECIE-RESUMP To the aior af The Choeion Triper 11O Eiawoop, 11k, Nov. 16.—T have read the nu. merous lottors publirhed by ¥ou on resumption af mpecie-paymont. Lot mo atato my plan, et tho Giovernment call for (say) €30,000,000 of tho first issue of greonbacks, to bo reacemod in gold i€ presentod within ninoly daye. At tho, oxpira- tion of tho time apecilled, or soonor, lot the call bo rapeated, until tho whola amount has been redeemed, or plnced on & par with gold; with this provision: that tho amouut not pressnted within tho speeiilod time may be fundad, at the option of tha Government, in an interest-bears fug gold boud, payabla at the plenaurs of tha Governmont. This will place Government paper on & par with gold, and only such an anwotnt il o presented for redemplion as there is a surplus ycurmnm. In no caso will the whola amonnt eatgnated Lo prosanted, teaving tho wurylus gold to be nsod In tho succeediog calls, ]‘. CHBSTACLES TO EARLY RESUMPTION. To the Kdytor of J'he Chieago Tridund : Cuioago, Nov. 17.—Bolng a seelior after trath on tbo vexed tinancial problem, seversl obstacles have occurrad to my mind e {ho way ot au carly resumption of spocle-paymonts, or oven at tho timo tixod by law of the last Con- grew, which I alnll bo groatly obliged if you can removo. 'Theso obalacles 1 ownnot well present soparatoly, but sitall embody sa a whole. Thera ia n popular notion—ono In which I think you and many other journals concur—~timt, whoo the Government redoems ita bills, they ba- ing moro convenient for use thau gold, very lit tle, if any, domand will be made on tho Tresee ury for gold. Now, it soema to mo that. fnde- pondently of any caprico or distrust on the part of tho {ndividusl billbolders, which will ariss only on extracrdinory occasions, but which is liable at any time to arize, thore will axist cor tain permanent sourcea of drain on the Troasuy, tlat will zequiro to bo kopt on hana & very much larger amonut of gold to moeet than ia nsually drenmed of. Firat, the only soarce that I know of, from which the Goveroment Is supplied with go'd, 14 by duties on forolgn Imports, excopt by sale of ita bonds, nnlosa it is the small amount tempo- rarity Lold on the issus of gold-certificatos. Whon resumptlon takes plsce, will nov tha jme porter, inataad of buying his gold from brokers, o8 now, tako his bilis at once to tho Treasury or Bab-Treasury for redemption? Tho gold, of course, will bo loft In for payment of hia datles, or drawa out only to be paid back, snd therofora tho supply fn tho Treasury wiil not bo dimin- Ished ; but neithor will it be incroastd, as whea 1o obtatned hia gold from othor sources. Is 1§ uot cloar, thon, that this only asurce of supoly to the Troagury will bo effectually cut off, and that it muab mavago to got along with whatover amount it may have on band when resuwmption takes placo? Now, this supnly boing cat off, what aro tha domands? Firat fn arder wilt ba §109,000,000 per annum for intorest on the national debt— ¥60,000,000 of whick, probably, will go abroad, pover to return till it 1s paid for. Agafn : thoro fs an enormous amount of fo~ debtodness,—Htato, mumicipat, aud railroad.— the old Intorest on which 18 ostimated at #1050, - 000,000, two-tlurds of which will ‘go sbroads overy dollar_of which will bo drawn from the Trossury. From what other sourco could they draw It? Not from gold-brokors, whose occne pation ui,lll be gan-mwhzu lhurz ceknm to ben margin botween gold aud greenbacks, Agaln: Wil nob tho Natioosl Danks dspond whofly on the Government for the gotd to pro- toct their circulation, and commence sorttag greenbackd for that purposo, or demand gold for the amount of greenback-roserve they may hold? Now, i view of these grost aud permancot dee mands on the Tressury, with its rogular '"&’% cut off, doea not the £140,000,000 or 150, 000, of gold (eaid officially o be in the country), ovon if it was in the Troasury, look like » Judicrously-small amonnt o rosumo on 7 Dou't it soon like an mnu?xpz to boro » largs Lolo with a vory small gimlot 'Ihz only nfimr altornative i for the Govern- ment to igsuo 1ts bonds, and go into tie foreizn markets for the purolase of the requusite amount of gold,—s0 fsr incroasing tho burdens of the peopls, and creating auother permavent drain of gold from the country, In payment of intoreat. With sovoral hundred miltions goInF out of the Treasury each year, will not this sale of bonds havo to ba rasorted to ab cous stantly-recusring ?mrlodu, ad intlnitum ¢ Will not the burden of supplying evory domand for pold, from overy possinle source, be throwu on the (tovernmont ? To summarize : With the supply from dntles cut off ; with the demand of 160,000,000 to pay interest on the pational debt; of 150,000,000 to pay intorest on Btate, corporate, aud muuici~ pal debtu; to proteot Natiousl Bank aa well as groenbsck circulstion 3 to provide qiumu those spavma of popular distruat that crests a rnu for gold; sud to mact & probable demand arlslug from tho balance of trade boing against vy, ad woll a8 from the many other causes of coutius cent domaud,—will you plesso inform na how much gold it would ba safo for the Governmeut o resuie on, aud whera it will obtatn gotd wheu tho supply I8 exhauated, excopt by continued wnle of bouds ? J W —_— An innocent Man's ’mp’;iuonmnnh Springfeld (Vaus) Republican, A man wos [)nlrdl)}md frow tue Charleatown State I'rison Friday, after sorving atmost cight yesrs on o lifo_sentonce for & crimp which e never committed, This was Moueu 11 Whoaler, convioted ot aruon iu Fobrus {. 1600, on the 7] timony of hue sister and Ler Liusbaud, who ¢ they saw him fire & housa in Brighton orcuplle‘ by & widow, and agaiuet his own osth aud ¢ \‘l testimony of the wldow herself, who declare: that Wheeler wavod Ler house from \mrg:w- the actusl damage the bulidivg sustalned boid 30 e I'wo years after Whobler’s entrance upon 1 lite imprisonment, the vister who Indcuudmu‘l‘;;: uim 10 it died of small-pox, On tha day be £ hor doath sho confostod Lo suothor sater, 1 5 agony of zemorse, that she Lad perjured ’105"*“‘ at that irisl abthe biddiug of other, au the purpose of $log ber . fore a logal deposition ouul ol J :al.ylhabw:omnn m‘i too {ar gone to give it. 3 ‘f'ho motive for this uonstural canduct wu; tho outset explalugd by Wheelor to Lo thas lu‘. was ciargod by a brother who diod i1n baitle Y ! his side 10 soe that_their muther bad h“'pud orty, which, when b retusned Loms. Iu‘n g clafmedt by hiu sister ou the sueogth of & or:" Jottor purportlug to be from the desd :‘::;“‘i Ba tho wotive what it wsy, stie and bor A Liad actustly put NMIII ‘:ut of lnh‘a :g‘ay b » ooler Las mads incessal sluce x‘xvnl;o "ula sontenoe rovoked, and at Las susoseCs-