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

L] == THE CHICAGO TRIBUNK: TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. RATEE 6P STARCTIZTION (PATARLE TN ADYAXCE) Tastage 1'repabl at this Ofee, Dially Edition, pest-pald, T 5 sareseress 81000 Tatts ol year atsamo rato, Qnneopy, per year. Clubap Rve, pee €apy. Ctubof twenty, per 6oy, The postanc 1 15 conta Hpecimen caplea sent fre ‘Lo peevent dely and mistakes, be sire and glva Post-Oflice adidres fn full, Including Statesnd County, Xemiltancesmay be mado et by drsft, express, Poat-Oflice order, or In regstered letters, st our risk, TRAME TO CITY RUDFCRINERS, Dhlly, Aelivered, Bunday sxcepted, 23 centa per week, Danly, deliverad, Sundsy fncluded, 30 cents per week, Addresy IR TRIDUNE COMPANY, Catper Madison nnd Dearborn.sis., Chicago, I Al OAGD TOLCATRE~Clark strest, hetwoen {\‘lEExvgl;nml lake, Eogagementof Kelly & Leou's alrels, SEMENTS, HOOLEY'S TOFATRE~Rsndolph street, between Ciatk aud Lasalio, Calife Miostrcls, Engagement of the Cslifornis IRATRE~Dearborn _street, corner mout of the Kirsity Ttvmpct~ * Around uty Dayw” WOOD'S MUSEUM—3onros sireet, betwoen Dear- bm'nam‘!v Stute, Afternoon, ** Marrled Life,” Evening, - arner,” McVICKER'S THEATRE—Madlson strect, betwesn Deurbors and State. ** Tho Jewess,” L 1 HALSTED BTREET OUERA HOUSE — Halsted wirect, carner Harrisou. MacEvoy's Hibernicon, HALL—adison strect. botween Clark DuQuiney's “ Tour of {hs Holy Laad,” e SOCIETY MEETINGS.. FARWELL and LaBalln, ATTENTION, BIR RNIGOTSH of Apcllo Command. Qery, No. L, K. T.~Thero will Lr a sacial conclave tuia’ (Wodneaday) afiernoon, st 6 _o'clock sharp, Tor wnfnrlng the ovler of R, C. Tho Right Enif- wnat Deptity Grand Mwnter of Templers of the Urand Bocampment of the United States wihil emfer tho Urder of the Tamplo at ¥ o'clack p, m, Vieliing Sir Knighta courteously Invited, By vrder of the £, C, I b, W, LUCKE, Recorder, DESPERTA LODGE, Ko, 411, A, F, & A, M.—Ttogu- Iar communication ut’ Matoult Terale, corner I dolph snd Halstod-stw, eadas evening, N . Tbird degree, vited, The Clhicagy Tribune, ‘Wodnesday fMorning, Novembor 24, 1875, Greenbacks, at the New York Gold Ex- ehnngo sesterday, apened ot 573, roso to 874, and cloged at 873, In spito of the repented nssurances that tho little dificalty with Spain bas heen amicably adjusted, the United States Gov- erument continues the work of naval prep- aration, Yesterday orders were issucd for the fitting-up of five moro iron-clady, making in all twelve which have been made ready for vexvics during the past three weeks, A cable dispatch announces recent impor- tant victories gained Ly the insurgents in the Turkish provinces, and gives what purports to bo the names of tke places captured and oc- rupied, but ns tho Gazetteer and Corrox Lave fniled o discever the citivs named, it might be doing injustice to the victors to at tributo theso successes to the fighting quali- ties of any army of any particular provinco ander Turkish rule. Secretary Dmistow's forthcoming snaual report will be leoked for with great interest on account of its views and recommmendntions on the question of finance. It is understood that Mr. Brisrow will abate none of Lis zen) as 8 hard-money man, and that be will recom. mend the issuc of gold bonds bearing 4 or 4} per cent interest for tho funding of gresn- backs,~—n plan similar to that advocated by Tae Trinoxe ag best calculated to bringabont gpecie resnmption gradually, nnd without dis- turbnuce of values. This planis also favored by Senator Snrnaax, whosees in it themeans of o steady nppreciation of greenbacks to- ward par, and this without retiring the notos Irom cirenlution. P &nother fmportant trisl bogan at St. Lonis gesterday. The defendant is Wintrax O. Avrey, late Chief Clerk of the Internal Rev- snue Burenu, ngainst whom indictments wore tound charging thot be conspired with Mec. Doxavp, Joxce, ete., to defraud the revenne, From the opening specch of the Assistant District-Attorney it nppeurs that an effortwill be mado to prove that Aveny was an impor tant member of the Whisky Iting, which de. peaded upon him to supply information asto the movements of Revenuo dotectives and the plons of the Bureau in reference to St. Louis ; and it is promised that copiesof let- tors and telegrams will be put in evidence to establish Aveny's guilty eharo in the * crook- ed ” operntions, e —— Now that the awkward injunction is dis- solved, and tho Cireuit Court has declded that there is no warrant for interference in the purclinso of the abstract books, poor Perrzes finds to bis dismay that there {8 no tmoney in tho County Tressury to pay the $45,000, tho genernl fund being cxhausted, Heore {s an emergoncy calling for prompt ne- tion. The County Bonrd can procoed at leisure to detormine the amount of bond to be required of the nowly-elected County Treasurer, and week after wook provent Mr, Toex from sssuming the duties of his oftico ; but they muat loga not a mowment in borrow- ing the money to pay for Prrrzen's books, A temporary loan will of course be necessary to complete the transaction, which will not Le complete in some essential particulars un. til Prurzen gets the mon Wo read of NaroLroN's sententions speech regarding God favoring the hoaviest battal fous, and his remark, while warming his hands ofter the retreat from Ruswia, that *This is pleasanter than oscow,” with the focling that the grent man in question was n orucl scourge sent upon the werld, A lettor of Avpamax Lixcowy to a friend is published this morning, in which the pictumw s pro- sented of an humble, unpretontious mau, burdened with the conductof a tremendous war and o complex Governmont, looking iu siwplleity to Lia God, and gatliering atrength from o knowledye of the numberless prayers constantly ascending heavenward from the Lieartd of mithons of compatriots who had in- trusted him with the enorwous responsibili. ty. We read this lelter with the foeling that the wartyr-Preaident was o glorious typo of superior humunity, whose splendid fame should ornawent history to the last syllable of recorded timo, Thu Chicago produce mas) ots wera geners ally firm yosterday. the year and $19.65 for February, waa sclive, and closed easy at §12.87) per 100 s oash snd $12.46@12.62) for February, Mess pork was active ®ad easier, cloging 150 lower, at $19.40 seller Lard quiet and stendy, at 21,114 per gallon. Flour was less nctive nud unchanged. Wheat was active and le higher, closing at 1,03} cash and §1.06 for Decemnber, Corn was in hetter domand nnd }ehigher, closing at hije for No- wember and 470 seller tho year. Oats wers moderately active aud J@io higher, closing At #30%e cash and 31f¢ for Februusy, RRye way firm at 68}, Ilarley was in better request and Ja@le higher, closing at &6e for Novem- ber and #33o for December. Hoga were finn nt Ve advance over Baturday's prices, the Lulk of the sales being offected at $7.00 Cattle were duil and unchanged. There was n moderate demand for sheep at £3.00@24.50. On Saturday evening last there wAs in store in this eity 1,126,897 bu wheat, 645,819 bu corn, 371,716 bu oats, 189,497 bu rye, and 262,481 Lu barley. Ono hundred dollars in gold would buy $111.50 in green. backs at the close, Tho Chief of the Ordnance Bureau includes in his annual Teport n complaing which will be generally regarded ns just and reasonable and worthy of attention, It is that the appropriations granted by Congress Tor nrm- ing and equipping the wilitia aro to-dsy no larger than in 1808, when the popnlation was but 8,000,000; nrnd that the sppropriations made cach year for tests, experiments, im- provements, and juventions inheary ordnance nre someagresud beggstly that Americaisata standstill in this important item of defense, while the nations of Europe are exrpending money witkout stint in devising monstrous caanon sud new projeciiles, These atensily may not be required for actnnl service, but they aro haudy to have around, aud Gen, “rsET inkes occasion to call attention to the possibility that smoothbore popguns mny havo to be pitted against ritled colum. DLiads on very short notien. Tox Scotr's Sonthwestern Pacific Subsidy Convention nssembled at $t. Louis yesterday, sud for a day or two will endeavor to com- peto for public interest with the other “*croghed ” sensntion of tho day in that city. The Pennsylvania schemer has snccoeded in getting together from various States a large nimber of persons who, for divers reasons, desire that tho nrid wastes of Arizona shell Lo spapued with a transcoptinontal railway track costing a few hundred millions, and that the United States Treasury shall undertake the expenso of the project. The crowd las been brought into Convention, but thera is prospect that sectional jealousy will rear its bateful head and mar the harmony of the proceedings ; that the delegates from the ex. trome Houth and Sonthwest will clamor for the enstern terminus of the road, and resist the naucuvres of the mors worthern aspirants, If not too late, o suggestion may bo valuable, Tt is that the warring intercsts be pacifled and satisfiod by building, at Government expenso, broad-gauge, double-track, steelrail liney, with all necessary switches, turnouts, roll. ing-stock, ete., connecting the main hino with each of the citics und towns which claim to offer terminsl pdvantages sbsolutely unsur- passed. In this woy all jealousies con be re- moved and everylody made happy, The extra cost of a fow linndred millions need not stand in the way of so falicitous o settle- ment of the diftlenlty ; it all comes out of tho Goverament, anyhow. U S Ak THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESBION, The death of Vice-Presidont WirnsoN has led to a good deal of speculation concerning the ling of succession to the Presldency in coso President Graxr should die beforo the cxpiration of his term; ond the Chicago ZTimes, with its usual iugccuraey, has told the public that the Constitution provides that the e 1y by the acquiescenco of the horse-railvonds. The sentiment of tho public in this matter is undivpmted, and tho fact that the West Side Compnny provides conductors, rung its ears ot consiterably less fare, and still page fair dividends, is mufficfent evilencs that the Sonth 8ide Company can woll afford to sup- ply conductors when they charge higler fares, Tho date ia fixed ahend, sa that there will bo no liardship in complying with tho ordinance. Alrepdy nonrly all, if not ali, the cara on Wabpsh avenue aro ron with con. ductors, nnd the tompany has added plate formy to many of their onc.horse cars, thus showing that it is not necessary for them to sncrifice any of their property. It ia to be hoped that the Council will not he psmunded to rovoke this determination. THE LARE-FRONT AQGAIN, The discuskion in the Common Council nt the Monday evening’s meeting only tonds to conflr the snspicion that hns already taken a strong holid upau the community that there is n ring of Aldermen who are determined that tho Loke-Front property shall not be sold to the railroads unless tho Iatter snbmit to the Llackmail this corrupt ring desires to lovy npon them. Instead of adopting a resolution in plain terms sathorizing the Comptroller to eell, nnd offering to give n quit-claim deed upon the prymient of 3800,000, the Comptrol~ ler wns wimply directed to confor with the Tlinols Ceatral Railroad to ascartatn whother that Compauy is willing to pay that amount. e presuing that if the Comptroller reports ‘that the Minois Contral Compsny is willingto pay $800,000, then the officials of the road will be privately inforaed that they ean have the property at that figura If they will also mnke up o purse for the ring. We can see no other purpose than this, heeaase the mat. ter could have been disposed of then and thera by the pnssage of such o resolution as we have suggested; if tho Railroad Compauy wero willing to pay the amount agreed upon, tho moucy would have been paid into tho City Treasury aud the quit-claiin given, aud that wauld biave beeu an end of it, Ag the case stands now, an intimation to the Comptroller of n willingnesa to pay $800,- 000 will be reported to the Council, and give it further opportunity for delny. 'There will then be anather discussion about *ripavinn rights” and another postponemont, which will Lo a notico to the rilropd that it must “come down " or the offer will not be nc- ceptod. As to thisquestion ofriparian rights, it is folly to suppose that the railronds will relinquish them, and have somobody clso in the future building npon the ecast side of them and hemming thow in. 'They aro not (oing to pay $800,000 forso poor a privilego 2y this. They bave already acquired tho riparisn rights nndar their former purchase, and the city caunot sell to any other parties unlesy the railroads reloaso the rights aequired under that purchase, which they are not like- Iy to do. The only purpose, therefore, which this discussion can subserve is to furnish su excuse for delny nnd Aldermanic threats that the property will not be sold. Thero scems to bo but ono of tiwo courses for the Ilinois Central Railroad to follow,— either to decline to make the Comptroller nn offer until the Council passes a definite reso- lution to sell, or to expross the willinguess to pay the $800,000, and then perhaps proceed to bribo the Aldermon to let them have tho property at this figure. It is probablo that the Railrond Company will adopt tho former policy, but it wouldn't be n Lad idea for the Company to submit to the blackmail for the purpose of oxposing it. Somebody might do this, and we don't know that there will over be a better opportunity than the present. If there is any way to fix this blackmail business upon what may ba called tha ** pro- Housa of Reprosentatives shall clect 5 sue- cessor. 'This is shicer and inexcnsablo igno- rance. The Constitution simply preseribes (Art. I1,, 6,) that, iu case of vacsucy ia the oftices of both President and Viee-President, *the Congress may by law ., . . . pro- vide what officer shall then nct as Prosident.” Congress hes provided by Inw (Rovised Stat. utes, Chap. L, Sec. 144,) ps followa : Tn cakn of removal, desth, resiguation, or Insbility of both the Presidont and Vice-Prealdunt of the Unied Staten, the Lrestdent of tho Hemate, or, if thero s none, theu the Speaker of tha Mouso of Representa- tives, for the time being, abull act as President ustll tho dleability {3 removed or a Preaident elected, The United States law further provides that when both offices shall be vacant the Hecrotary of Btato shall notify the Exceutives of tho various States, and specify that electors shall bo chosen within thirty-four dnys before the first Wednesday in December next sueceeding when two months intervens botween the - vacancy and that date, aund of the December of tho following year when two months do not interveno, unless the Presidential term expircs on the 84 of March following the vacancy. Thus it will be scen that the temporary occupant of the Chief Magisiracy could not hold the plnco boyond one yenr in any event. It lins alwaya been thought that a question will arise, it o specin! Presidentinl clection shall ever ba called, whother tho porson chosen at such ¢loction wonld be entitled to sorve four years or werely the unexpirod term of the vacancy, s the law seeins to bo somewhat vaguo in its terms in this regard, Ttisthe custom of tho Henato to eloct n Trosident pro tem. b the boginning of onch Congress, aud this oficer serves thronghout the session. At the special session of the Henato last spring, Senator Ferny, of Michi- #on, wos chosen to that position, snd incase of President Grant’s death ho would suceon.d to the Presidency, If Senntor Frnnv should dio before Cougress moets there would be no Bposker of the llouse to takoe tho kent, snd tho Senate wonld Lave the right to cloct nn. other President pro tei., whowould then bo. caie President. The Speaker of the House would become President i both Gen, Guanr mud Mr. Feony shonld div sfter a Speaker is elected. Thut thero Iy still another circumstanco that might cut some figuro inthe cass. Though it i the eustorm to con- tinue the President of the Benato in offica throughout the ter of Congrens in which hs is elected, the Benuto i% o permanent boldy and may clect its oflicers whenever it chooses, All it needs to do is to pnss o resolution that it will proceed on & certaiu day to elect Secretary, or & Presidont pro tem,, or oilier officer of its own. This is tho way it has of disnissing its offeens, Thero fw, thoreforo, nothing to prevent the Senate frowm clecting suother Preaident pro fem, when it convenes uext month, if it eees fit todo sa, Tt gueh sction iy taken, the porson succeediug Ay, Feauy in that position would become Presi. dent upon Gen. Guant's dé\nlh during his tertn and until 8 successor should be chosen by the people in the manner 'and form pre. seribed by law. The contingency is probably und hopefully a remota ona. e o Tho resolution passed by the Council on Mouday ovening, reqairing the horso-railroad Asats were quiet and firm, at Tjo for shouls | companies to provide & conductor as well as ders, 10§@10j0 for shors xiba, and 10j@110 | drives for ench oar after Jan, 1 next, is ene foz short clears, all bozed. Highwioes wers | tirely rensonable, and stiould be meb prompte fessional Aldermen"—that Is, those who go into the Council to make their living, and lave b other business or visible means of siipport—they might be punished eud the pmblie rid of their depredations for o time at lenst. If tho Rallrond Company will not do this, it may have to wait until publie opiaion forces the Aldermen to do their duty snd carry out tho unanimous desire of the tax~ poyers. THE CONVICTION OF M’'DONALD. The 8t Louis people, as well as the Gov- ernment officials who have conducted the prosecution of MoDoxann, are eutitled to credit for his conviction. It is u victory of honesty over corruption, snd while it is o special triumph for Secretary Bmistow and his policy, the jury was a St. Louis jury, un. doubtedly subjected to many influences in favor of the accused, nnd its verdict conviot- iug McDonarpon all of the counts is a matter of which 8t. Louis as a community may he justly prond. Wo hope that all -the other cities in which thore are whisky frauds to prosecute will bo oble to furnish juries of equnl purity, There is little doubt that Mc. Doxavp waa the head-devil of the St, Louis Ring. Hin furisdiction as Supervisor oxtend- ed ovor several States, and his position wag one of great influence, e was in a position either to tolerate frauds and take the lion's sbave of the plunder, or to vendor them im. possible, The evidence against him wnaso utrafghtforward, complate, and irrcalatibla that hin counscl did not attempt to brenk the chaln, but sought only to damagoe the credi- bility of the witnessea on account of their confessed connection with the Iing. DBut these witnesses wero too nnmerous, and there was too much oxternal evidence that they told tho fruth, to adwit of this plan, and the de. defense faflod utterdy. McDonaro's provious life precludes tho ex- tenuation urged by some of his apologists that he wes used by Jorce, who was the sug- gestive dizeuwro of the Ring operations, It iamora probable that McDowarp was the Lrains of tho combination, He had pre- vionsly been connceted with rings, though of a somewhut different nature, 1l wos the organizer und leader of a ring of steambostrunners ot HKt. Louik, who Ulaclunailed the steamboatfownoers until the latter combined end broke thein up, Ho was fn the Hvery.stable business when the War broke out, and bogan at onve to gut Govern. meut contracts. He afterwards reised a com- pany, and subseguontly became commnnder of n regiment, which fu sald o have been one of the roughest in tho serviee. Y¥io becamo {nvolved with sowe of tho ofiicers, hawerer, and resignad. He then managed some Gav. crument stores in Memphis, ufterwards en- goged {n bLusiness for Limself (running a steambont part of the time), and was gener. ally rogarded as a bold and reckless man, Ife was appoluted Bupervisor in 1800, and held that position till the exposures made by Sec- Tetary Buwtow. MoDoxaLn's conviotion on all the counts in the indictmnent requires the sentouce to be at lesst for four years in the Penitentiary and permita his imprivonmont for twenty.four yeant, The final determination of the period i lott to the discyetion of the Court, Judge ‘Uoxar’s refusal to pass the sentence until gll the othor caxes have been tried ia wise on many nocounts After hearlng ol the cxses the Sudpe will have n very clear idea in his own mind of tho relative responsibility of thiose who nre convicted, and will bo ablo to meto ont fustico on n fair and eqnitablo busis. Hy suspending the sentence, McDoxarp will also hiave timo to reflect over the situation, ond add his kuowledgo to the public in- forontion to Assist in the complste disrnption of the Ring and tho punishment of e}l who have beon implieated, Jorcr domanded wen- tence upon his convietion at Jeffersou City because it was & vomparabively light case, and it bolnd been taken toKt. Lonis he would have suffered more sovorely. But as McDoxarp has been convieted on all the charges ngninst him he has nothing more to foar, and the only way 1n which ho cun now sorve elthor himuelf or the public willbe to 1ako a clean brenst of nll bis conneotions in defrauding the Government, for the future ugo of the rovenue servico, as well na fo fn. sure the equal punishment of all who were guilty. 1p0DY AND BANKEY. Brother Moopr and his tuneful compnnjon Sanery, having suocessfully assaultod the strongholds of ain in Brooklyn, having in. fused good men with moro of goodnoss and purged bad men of some at least of their bad- ness, having brought hanlened sinners to their knees, and having preached, prayed, and sang to great multitudes with undonbted good results, have now moved upon the next most wicked city, Philadelphia. This atep hos been well taken. Brother Moopy evi- dently knows where he is ncoded most. Philadelphin is an awfally wicked city, Itis filled srith degenerato sons of pious Quakers. It has sowe of the worst and most corrupt political rings in existonce. Binners literally swarm thero, and #o do sbarpers of all kinds. Most alarming of ll, it will have next yoar o great Centennial Exposition, to which {ho world is expected to contribute. This Exposition will open up innnmerablo nv- euues for corruption, frand, stealing, aud swindling, aud the whole country fears thero may bo wicked men onough in that ungodly city to improve their opportunities and des- ecrata tho natlon’s centenuisl anniversary by shaving and blecding the mnltitudes of peo- ple who may congregato there next July. Messra, Moopy and Saxrey have done well, therefors, to go there, and thoy ought to stay thero o long timo. 'The whols moral copsti- tution of Philadelphia nceds bracing up to strongthen it agalust the trisls and tempta- tions which must mplko their advent simultancously with the orection of the national eltar and the centonuial scremn of the national bird, Its politiciane need puri- fyiug. Its sharpers must bo stopped in their shameless carcers. Its good men, if it havo any, must bo stirred @tp to 1nore active effort in tho couse of morality aud religion, It needs to be vigorously shaken up from centre to circumference, snd as Moopy and SANEEY are the man who con do it, the whole country will rejoico thnt thoy hLave alroady com- menced to storm its strongholds of sin. We trust thoy will not bo contont swith morely capturing that wicked city, but that they will continue the work of subjugation within its walls l.mtll oll the wicked peoplo surronder ond aro clothed with grace, merey, and peace, We hope thoy will keop agitating and shaking until every corrupt politiclan, and swindling sharpor, and miserablo sinner, and every one connected with the Centenninl, gots down upon his knhoes and shows fruits meet for ro- pentance. Wo understand that the Tvangelists next proposo to march upon New York City. This is well also, Their work in Philadelphin will put thom in ndmirable practice, and strength- en their gifta of prayer, and praise, and song, They will need muscular Ohristianity, moral courage, and oven rcliglous sndacity, to assail the dens, and slums, and the black legions of gin which ewaria above ground ond undor ground, as well as the gorgeous and gilded palnces of sin which entice the stranger undor the protonses of pleasuro. Now York, if possible, is moro wicked than Thiladelphia. Her newspapers, courts, City and Connty Governments, Stock Exchange, and Chamber of Commerco are filled with the worst kind of sluners, Vice openly flaunts her banners all along Fifth avenuo and Broad- way, aa wall as the Five Points and the nlleys ond byways., A grot work nwaits the twa Evougelists in the Metropolis. Menn. ‘while, there are many good souls in Ohicago who are grieving because Moony and Baxzxy postpono voming hero 50 long. Letthem not griovo. Brothor Moopr knows what he is nbout, and he knows Chicago so well as to be nssnred that we do not need kim, so long ot least 68 other places need him more, Philadetphia, Now York, Bouton, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Milwaukes, Louis. vills, aud St. Louis, which {a festered with the leprosy of sin, all need him far more than Chiengo. Hoknows the stock of ploty hero i9 sufliclent to koop the clty from rotro. grading until he comes, Tha spots that most ueed purifying are the City.Hall and County Board, und the Z'imes and SteatsZeitung offices, and these are emall works compared with the great black clouds of sin and vice that hang over such citiea au Philndelphin, Daltimore, nud Now Yorkin the East, and Cincinnati, Loulsville and St, Louls in the West. Brothers Wairtie aud Briss and Jacons are compotent to deal with Chiengo vinners, nnd they oro alrendy doing good work. Wa can wait for Moony and Haxkey until their own good time, THE BTOLEN S8TAMP ROUES. Tha statement of the loss of th:e six stamp books from the Internal Revenus office in this clty, printed in Tue Tomune of yester. day, fully confirne what Tne Trmuone las berctofore said of the looseness with which the affaivs of that office wero conducted un. der a previous administration. These ktamps, although stnall in individual value, sre noy- crtheless of the uttaost hnportancs as being tho only 1noeans of knowing whether tho rec. tiflor's outgo of whisky corresponds with the incowme that hea paid the tax. They are is. sned in books to the Colloctor, and by the latter to the Gougors for use at vectifying houses, the Colloctor being supposed to kewp u careful accouut of all tha bocks and atamps issued 1o and from hisofiice, In tho Chi. cago offlce this nocount of stamps issued wag not kept, na {t should have been, and when, abont the time of the firat selzure in Ohicago, theltevenus Bureau demandod of the Collootor a showing of the stamps on hand in full hoaks, and the stybs to ofsel stamps issued, the account wonld not come out even, 2ait ought to in awell.rogulated office, Bix boaks of stamps, 2,400 in number, were found to bo *“missing,” and many of these stamps turned up subsequontly upou a3 many barrels of crooked whisky received fn New York from & Chicago distiller, although his returns ot liquor shipped do not show any barrels under these' stawps shipped to New York or any otler place, 4 Tt s not necessnry to our parposs 1o specu. late upon the manasr in whish ths books WEDNESDAY "NOVEMBER , 24, 1875. wove talen frot the Collector’s offico, It s suficlent to know thnt they wers nbatracted, whethor Ly notual thett or by bribery of thiose in the office in imwaterial. Thero wore 2,100 stamps, aud caelt ono of thesa stawpa put upon the market n barrel of whisky,— 192,000 gallons all told,—npon 4vhich the Governutent was cheated out of nenrly 2135,. OO0 revenus by the grosa carelessuess of the Callector or his snbordinates, When some time sinca Tre Trimone criticised and con- demned the looge manper in wlich the Col lector's office was administered, tha friends of Mr. Wavswortsr and Mr. Tloyr folt hard and complainod of unjust trentment of these gon- tlonen. Tue Trisoye did not then, and tloes not now, believe or intirante thot eithor of thexa gontlemen bad acted in o dishonest manner, that they bad been personally on- gaged in any **irregularitios,” or that corrup- tions had been practiced with their direct knowledge or connivance fn sny way. It simply intimated that tho business of the oftice was being conducted in aloose manuer, oand now the facts more than show that Tnz Trmunrwascorreet, Six books of stamps were stolan by the Ring, aud by their use the Gov- ernment wad defrauded of £135,000, which bns gone iuto the Ring's pockets. 1t is, however, to bo understood, that the time of tho loss of the stamps cannot he oxactly fized, because of the looso mothod of Lkeeping the accounta between the Col- loctor’s oflice and the Cauger. The lot of stamps aut of whick the six books wera lost are bolieved to have been sent from Washe ington Quring Colleclor Invin's ndiuinistra- tion, and they may have gotten out of the ofice under Mr, Inviy, or un- der Mr. Horr as ad {nterim Collector, or unpder Mr. Wadsworth, 'The facts show the culpable neglect of offleinl duty. They show that the Collector and his chief clerk wero keeping books and mauaging office affair in » manner that would ba termed slack and improvident by a business coimnuni- ty if thay conducted their private business in the snwo way. Whils these missing boolws should be traced up and the guilty purties be punished, the mere fact that the Grand Jury have exculpated Messra, Wapswonrit aud Hoyr from any eriminal complicity in the naffair should not shicld them from roprohen- sion far their neglect of official duty, siuco if they bind exercised the same precsutions and watehfnlness that they would n{;ply to their own privato business, they would have saved the Government the sumn of money that has been lost. OUR COAL-OIL, Ona of the greatcst of our nationnl indns- triog is the production of petroloum, crude and refined. Wo have already exported $800,000,000 worth of il, according to Prof. OweN's figures in the October number of Fra- ser's Maguazine, and the taxes levied on it dur- ing the War yielded the Government $10,- 000,000, The greasy stull lards the lean earth in many lands. 1t is found in small quantities in Englaed, It has medo samne sandy barrous in Austria far more valunble than the finest farming lond. Hindostan yields nenrly 1,000,000 barrels of it every year. China contains deposits of it, but imports vast quontities from the United Stotes. British capital Is borlug oil-wells in Japan and New Zealaud. In the New World it is found in Poru and Ecundor, Nova Scotia and Cnuadn, and it sbounds in the United States. It was fimt obtained from gurface.wells in the ¢ frosty Cnucasus,” which thus bolios its namo by yielding tho row material of fire, light, and Leat, Inthe future, Rusain will probably rival usin the production of petrolourn, as she docs now in that of grain, Tho precions materinl was o sore grievanco to its firat discoverers in this country, It oozed into their salt-wolls and spoiled the salt, Mauy such wells, abandoned on this account, have since been reopencd for the snke of tho oil. . The first mention of petro. loum in Pennsylvania, according to the roport of the goological survoy of that State, wad in o letter of tho commandant st Fort Du Quesno, tho intended goal of Bravbook's fatal march and the site of Pittsburg, to the Marguis = MonToars,in 1750, In that year, tho commandant saw the Seneca Indiaus per- form some ritosat whatisnow Oil Creek,where they mado a fire from the oil which' had oczed out of the ground. Just & century from that time, the first reflnery wns erected in Pennuylvanis by Sauver Krzn, The early sottlers found on the shore of the Alleghany Rivor, noar Pittsburg, a broad ledge of sand- stono, soross which o Slin of ofl sluggishly poured down into the water. Job speaks of a rock that *‘ poured out rivers of oil.” This one wes called * Slippery Rock,” and hos glven ita name to one of the richest districts in the great interfor basin where oil-wells abound. In 1858, two Now Yorkers leased 100 acres of land, contalning s natural oil-spring, in Venango County, Pa.,, snd began boring for oll. Aug, 28, 1859, thelr drill struck tbo stratum now known as * oil-sand rock” ot a depth of 71 feot below the surface, and the pump brought twenty-five barrels of potroloum por day to tho upperair, The well was sunk to the sccond stratum (200 feot) and yislded more. In Fobrnary, 1861, tho third stratun was reached, when the oil roso gpontanconsly to the surface and over. flowed. Soon afterwdrls another well, 400 feat deep, poured forth a flood of petroleum that filled 4,500 barrels a day, 'I'hen camo the med rush of speculation. Farmers who hod painfolly extracted a seanty subsistenco from a sterilo soil saw themselves enrivhed in an fustant, They woke up aud found them- selvos wealthy, A fourth stratum of oil-aand rock was found. Hundreds of wells wont down, A forest of derricka studded the country, Tho business was enormously prof. itable at first and is now very remunerative, although crude ofl, which rose from 10 centa n barrel in 1861 to J14 in 1864, now sells for only'about $1,17, But gcience has alrendy multiplied many-fold thoe usos of petroleum, and i utill constantly inventing new ones, For along while the origin of the oil was ouo of Nature's secrets. Theorles of varions degrees of probability were odvanced, One sagacions person doclaved that a vast school of whales had been caught in shollow water, in prehistorio times; that oarth had gradu. ally formed ebovo them; and that the dig. gers hed found tho ofl that had lain within theso carcasses] A moro reasopalle theory was that tho oil was contained in conl, and that the pressure of superincuambent earth and rock had uqueezed it outaf tho coal. shalea into the sandy Leds below, ‘The dis- cavery of impervious belta of solid xock be. tween the coal and of} put an end to this idea. Petroloum is the product of ssa-weeds,—* the fat weed thetrots itself at ense on Lothe's whar!,” ss Suauarzsnx bos it. ‘Tho great oll. field is trlapgular, with the Alleghanies s its buse und Pittsburg for itaapex. This was Snge s grm of the sea, swavming with ma. rive vogatable life, 'The plants with which it wos filled were rich in unctuons julces, which havo since Ininin the oil-beds benenth tho earth that hay replaced the water, *Throngh theso changes,” says Prof. Owey, "o *weeds’ huve como ablnst to curo n rheumativm aud Jilp et 8 gash; to light tho feot of e nightwan. dersr and guide the loawd of the palo stwient penning his thonghts in the tong dark hones; o elotho the fair maiden in hues rivaling those of lily mwl rake ; to stim- ulate tho inventivo faculty and ndd wenlth to the communities of mon of foremost raee; and among them to spply, nlso, Lools to a cozening tompter and to pnt a power into tho hands of madddned denizens of brendless hovels to aprend the flamen of destruction throngh the ‘palaces of Kings.” 'The last ellusion iv’ moro intelligiblo when wo remem- ber that the potroloum of Pennsylvania burned the palaces of Paris, ———— The shipments of *eut ments® frowm this city on Baturdny last were reported on Mon- dny to bo 3,312,599 pounds. Some fden of the enormous extent of this nggrogate may bg grined by figuring out that it made no loss than 176 car-londs, and, at 100 per pound, was worth §i351,200, And this total would be much largor if the shipments of barreled pork, lard, and beef products were included. Yet our packers sny thmt the sen. son i4 n very guict one, thus far, It &y quiet for Cliicago; but soch a business would cou- stitute the height of sativity for 8t. Louis or Cincinuati, Tho rule that corporations have no souls Jhins found one notable exception. The ques. tion was recently presented to the Boston & Providence Railrond Company whother they ahould redage their employes' weges or re- duce their dividend fram 10 to 8 per cent. They chose the lattor alternative, which Ahowa that there is a good dent of humanity and generosity in this Company, 'Pheir re. ward will come in the gratitude and incroased Lelity of their employes. They will loso nothing by sympathy with them. Tho bsnquet recontly hoeld st the Fotel du Lonsre, {u Iatfs, under tha suspices of the Franco-American Union, Is the first nosltive In- dication we have had of vitality in tho orgamiza- tion. Tho main purpose of the Union, it will bo remembored, is to commomorato and perpetuate tho traditional friendship of Fraoce and Amari~ ca, Doubtloss tho object is a difficult ono to compags ; for if Republics are ungrateful to fn- dividuala thoy aro not less o to each other, Thote i8, however, some probability that the atatuo which the Unfon proposes to erect 1a Now, Youl barbor will have ils local babitation and nmanie betora the Ceotennlal year hLns papied, All the apeechen at tho banquat wore marked by tho higbost outhusiasm, nnd that of Minlster WasnpunNE was particalarly happy. Whatover may be said of the sarcastic allusions to TweEp in connection with tho mention of tho proposed statuo to Liborty, thors can bo no donbt that the actual buflding of such s monnmont to anold and beautiful friondsbip of nations will awalon tbo heartioss sympathies and good fool- ing of both nationg. There should bo nothing in tho revival of much a friendsbip to ox- cito tha prejudicos or the pnssions of other nations; and it js surprisivg tbat ovidences of distruat and;jealoury should be given by an Eaglishman, Huch {8 the fact. Tho corre- spoudent of the London Times, who tarnishos & very full report of tho proceedings, refers with ill-coucoalod spito to the florid rhetorlc of M. LATOULAYE, and recitos various Acts of the Frouch toward America during the War of Se- cension, and of the Americans toward Franos duriug the war with Germany, He intendod in thls manner to cast n slur upon tho proposed monument of recoucttlation, ‘Therain no resson why ho should succeed in doiog #0. It is morely a truism that U'ranco and Ametica lisvo not heon hotd in close afiiance from the War of tho Eovo- lution to the presont day ; and the fact doos not nullify, but on tho contrary ssslsts, the prosant ondeavors towards a moro porfect understand- ing. Tivor pinea tho recont eloction, the Democratis mavegers in Now York lhave been engaged iu ozplatning how [t Lappesod. They have set their aritometio men, and their *‘condid fo- quirers," aud their moral plulosophors to work on the mighty problem, all for the purposo of showlng that 'PrpEN’a mejorlty was reduced by the stcossion of corrupt men from tho Dome. cratio party and thelr accession to the Bopub- lican ranks. A favorito statement of theso Democratic managora Lng been that TiLbeNS wor on tho Cansl Ring coat him thoussnds of votes, This is a sorious allegation—orwould be, if it wero truo. Lut it hoppons not to be truo. The Nuw York ZJimes, thoogh it was not asked to nsslst in the fnqguiry, has pros- ecnted an {ovestigation on ite own accouut, It has discovered that TiLoex, instead of losing, has gaived in tho countley which are commonly uaderatood to be the centres of Canal-Ring in- fluonces. In Niagara Oounty tho votes of tho Inst four years wero a8 follows : Now Niagars County is politically controlled by this Caual Ring, it auy place 1n tho State fs, aud the fact that {ts political comploxfon has changed from Rspublican to Democratic sinco the war on tha Ring bogau is full of sigoificance. Thoe New York T'imes uses thoso facts to enforco and {llustrate tho statomant which it has saversl timea made, that tho proceedinga againat the Ring on tho part of Qov. ToEN and bis coad- Jutors mro nolsy and protontions rather than slncers sud determlued. i ORI The weekly uesslon of tts Boston publio echools covers Baturday morning. Wodnasday and Huturday afternoons svo play-timea, A Jewish congregation there potitioned the Hehool Board to exempt Hebrow cllldren from attend- ing wschool Hatunday moruming, on roligious grottuds. 'Tho reqaest hns beon rofused. Threo months ago, & Jewleh glrlwas expelled trom tho Bhietwin Schaol far rowamning swsy upon her Sabbath—Saturdsy, Hor fathor has petitioned tho Board to reinstate her, Ifo says: et s follows ! VOt e Toeanes | egrd oy st o sccording (o tho law of Mouzs, to writa ar do suy kind of work o tlie “"::*'{‘d:‘;,is..':.‘;‘:iffia!‘:n‘:}‘fifi ;Fg.‘i;&'&.“{:&;’fi.'\{. itrusion wiich the aFu aae ud W, o No sction has yet beon talien upon ihis 7o- cqueat, but it maxt bo denfed, if the prevedeut Juat wet Is 1o wtaud. Hucha dieregard of m'u‘;. {ous soraples will not meet popalar approbation. 1€ tha free-thinfkoers got & msjostty ou ¢he Bow- ton Hohool Bozrd, oponed the sohools on tha first day of the week, and expellcd gny papils who wera absont on that day, how would the Orthodox people wio are o careful of thelr own Sabbath and o careless of tho Biblical oas, the soventli day in the week, liko that? The latest toachine for making wmen honest that bss proved a dead fallure s the strost-car conduetor's bell-punck. Thoe New York coin- panies bave discovered that the manufscture of * dummy ™ punches which sonnd w bell, but out no hole in the conductor's fare record-card, ia an estsblisked businees in thatcity, and that the dumilea aro farnishea at prices within the meens of tho poorest conductors, —— Tho story about a package of smsll-pox virus, marked “Collect on doath,” bslug acnt to Jacony, ono of the candidates for the dMagoralty of Loujeville, is questioned by tho daulzens of thas burg, There js & powerful icfon s1hat Jacons et it atioat becaune be wants 1o bea wmertyr, aud, at the Daxrex mestiog Batarday night, transpazencies wase divplaved beszing the intctiption, * ¥Whioh of Jacans' supporters ot him thoas smatl-pox scalw?" ale, Anq now comes forward Erinain I, Hoour, one of My, Jacons® political upponents, and makea aMdayly Lo tho efMact Lhat Liv vens the prokage contalning the blood-red kcroll whorcon was pictared o coflla for Jacons, but not for the purpose of mending thy lattor to his coftin with small-por, wherofore he did uot send any vieus in it, i was obnly meant sa s practieal joke, of Cottna, Whan Kentucky puliticians are Irresistib)y |, polled to silance an opponent, thoy do 1t wipy, more neatuess zud diapsten, —etmply by oullipg o Lrigger, — Discusging tha pronased impeachimont of Qor, Axtes, of Mieniesipph, by the nowly-olectad Do, cratio Leginlature, the Vicksborg Merald, yhy leadiug White-Line orgen of tho Biate, sa I will bo of no ugo to impeach AMrs woless 1yay 18, tho Licutennnt-Governor,can also bo fmpoached, Tustond of impeaching either, the Jerald aug. geats that Asny bo given o change,—that fa jp hie doen not in any way intorfero with the White. Lino programmo Lo be suffered to serve oyt his term of office, That papor adds : We all know the victory fa of hut Hitle vaine it wy ouly respa portion of tlie banefits, nnd it Axies, 5y Governor of the Klale, refusos to nboy the edict of thy poagle, which was spoxen by . inajorily not o pa sriffed with. . Proceeding thon to review tha recolntingg adopted by certain of the Northarn Alfswinaippt Domocrats, urging AMES to co-operate with them in rotrenchiment nod reform, the Deraldaska ; Han AMrs captuted the Democralio patty of Missy. $inpt, or Las (Lis Democratio party capiireed him 1 1 Lia Lian captured the Demacratio party, then theie pog. o $a right 1 3¢ tho Demoeraic patty has saptond Adtes, then that rlrty should ba vory certaln thet b rill not stand Iu the way of any roform it was elactey to prociire, or it -hm%a romave him for the laws gy tiax violated, and not Forget tho past. — = Witk alf tho polyglot epithet-linging thay characterizod it, our lato municipal political cap. vags must bo reckonod s romarkably mild affair 88 compared with tho viclenca that marks the couteat for tho Mayoralty in Loulsvifls, Ky. Tho csnvaes has beeu 1 progress nesrly throg monibe, and hos loug since passed the stage of epithet-huriing, The Iateat campaigning against Jacons, one of tho candidates, conalsted in the tranemisaion to bim by a politieal oppo. nont of & dainty box, which, on belug opened, was found to ho fllied with smal-pox virus, ug. derncath which woa drawn s cofiin, To make iy mors offeetive, tho package was marked 0, 0. D,, which waa Intonded mot for colloct on deliy~ ary, bug collect ou doath, ————— Tho falling of? In immigration 13 indieated Ly tho ofiicial roport of arrivals at New York for the yoar euding Suptomber last, an compared with thoee for tho sesr preceding. The totsl namber of jmmigrants landed at that port during tha phat yoar wae but 5,849, while for tho year end- ing Beptember, 1874, thoy numbered 10,380, —tha falling oft for 1876 being 7,031, Tho decreasa wag malnly in tho immigration from Great Brite nin and Qermany,—~thore having arrived in the paat year but 2,260 Engllsh and 1,716 Irlsh Jmmi. grants, as agaloat 4,564 English and 8,011 Irish in 1874, and but 2,598 Qermans, whils in 1874 thero wero 3,959, e As to the Demoeratio programmo fordodging the onrrency question, and all other live issnos, at tha coming session, and {n tho Presdential’ cnnvass, and devoting themsolves to denanciation of alioged Republican corruption, the Graphic say#: *“No party can afford {0 go {nioa Prosi. dentis! csmpaignuoxt year withno recommenda. tion but a muck-rake. It the Domocrats content themsolves with trying to show what a sealy sel of fotlows tho other party hed thoy willbe aimply despised.” The rosult of tho experimont of womsa: muffraga in Wyoming i not.very encouragivg to itn ndvocates elsoshiore. The Governor lu bis messago eaya it hoa not baeu A failuro,~s form of uegation smounting to little er rothing. This fact in confirmed by testimony from other sources, which represouts that the women wre gotting eick of jury duty, and cars wo little for the boon of ths eloativo franchise that they do not go to tho polls in any numberato exer- cigo ft. Ascording to Judge Kerrev'a lato address to hiv capstituents of the Fourth Ponnsylvania Cone Rreasfonal District, dofending his advocaoy of rage money inflation, ho in just as muok of a Republican s over, and tho ooly trouble is that the Repnblis onan party in Peousylvanis and Ghlo, io deciar- ing for honest currency, departed from Repube llesn prinoipios, of which ho waa lett, %0 ta spoak, aa the mole faithfal exponent. Itiserd, this dosertion of Judge Kzeirr by the Bepubs Ycan pany. e g Tho following disps teb, glriog notice of the discoveryof s new planat, wsa yoaterday receirsd at the Chicago Obeeryatory ¢ Wasuanarox, D, 0, Nov, ', 1575,—Planct Pallts, two hotrs Sfty.three minates, Deolination pofth, nineteon minutes thisty-seven soconds, Slotion Teriin by Foerssler, sonth, Twelft discoverad at fl"’g"gn FPEBSONAL Ann Elizs Young la at tho Palmar. B. G. Ingersoll, Pooris, is st the Paclfic, Btephen It Moore, Kankakeo, s at tho Pacifls, J, M. Hedrick, of Ottumws, Is., is st the TPacifle. Lord Honghton, It {a nald, will write book on .Amorien, P. Michailoft, of 8t, Patersburg, Rusaia {8 & tho Palmor, ‘The Ilon, W. W. Wright, of Genevs I, Mt the Tremont, “The Hov, E. P, Forry, of Grand Haves, I &4 the Tremout, ‘e Hon. Hugh Cameron, of LaCroess, is ot tho Sherman, The Hon, J. B, Fsmeworth, of 8%, Charles, is at tha ghefuian. ha Hou, J. I1. Pettibone, of Cedar Bapida In., 18 at tlro Fromont, R. W. Emarson will do moat of his lectaring in Concord this winter, John G. Haxo s HL and has been obliged 0 esnce) hia Jecture eugegements, A “senaual, beer-rinkdng Lierealarch,” is whad the Catholic Teleqraph eall Martln Luthor. Gon, W. §I Horton, of Detrolt, and Uen. Jo . Ammon, of 3oston, are at the Tremons. "Tho Bt. Louls Whisky Ring now proposss re-Joyce with thoso that do re-Joyve and weep nith those that weep. Classio groupings sre advoriised st the Paris {an Varleties, New York, by youog lsdiss [0 “uoverely sntedilutian astire.” The Empress Eugonie's niecs had handker- chiefa given to her on her wedding-day tbeem- browdering of which coat 8L400. Mr. SpurReon, the great London preschery bias come out strongly sgatuss the oxpulsionof the Bible from publio elementary schiools. Jo Howard says, [u su obituary notice of & friend, {hat tho wubfecs of it * often told the truth.” Certainly he never Infected Mr, Bownsd with hie habits, ‘Tho Brooklyn Arqus, spropos of the nomias tion of Jobu Morrissey for the Presidescy, ss thst, with Faro to rule over us, we wouldn't W any worse off than the ancient Egyntians. Edgar Allen Pos waa the grandean of Benedlod Arnold. His motber, who was known befors het martisge a8 an Eogllsh sctross, Klizabeth A~ uold, was the natoral dsaghiter of the traitor. A drunkon wan in Glouoostor, Mass., m! the houseof his pastor for his own, geloed & peacelul entrance Into the pasior, snd sank qfi Iy {nto & deopuleap on the plano, which be supposed waa his bed, Tho London Zimes asyn in refersnce totbe new poem, * Guido snd Lita "¢ * Lond M: ay bs cougretulated ou a metrical romsuoe unworthy of 5:10 ua.un&q and the asaosi whict suggested 16" Stephen Jenkins, formerly & pm{-n&dn‘" Applatons® Encyclopadla, now desd, wad 8l possass wondesisid Kaonledno s oibs retut