Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 30, 1875, Page 4

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1875. TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. MATER OF KUARCRIPTION (PATARLE IN ADVANCR). conld at this Omice. 1,1 year., $13.00 year fatled to nov addrers FOIR WEEKA for. Past Datly Editton, unday Btios Literay and ltellgloas dotbie sheet. ... Satie . Wes! i, 1§ Tarts of sear at WKKELY RULEION, FORTTATD, Onaeopr, per yrar. Cinbnt tive, per oo Club of {wanty, per o "The postage I 173 ecnts A yoar, whileh wo wil) prepay. Bpecimen coples sent free, To prevent delsy snd mistakes, Le oo and give Foat-Qilice adidress in fll, luclnding Stateand Connts, Remittanceamuy be mad either by dmft, exprost, Foat-Ofice order, or In regintered letters, at our riek, centa prr week, U cents per wetk, : COMPANY, Chicago, Il Dafly, deliverad, Bunday excajted, Doy, dellvered, Bunday inchwled, Address THE TRIBU. on anil Daarbo ‘McVICKEN'S THEATAN—Valdicon sireet, betereen Dearborp and State, Eugsgement of Barry Sullivan, * Rictrwrd 171" = ADELYHI TAEATRE—Deabom atrest, = carner Monroo, Engsgemet of the Kiralfy Troupa,'™ Aronnd e World In Eighty Days." FOOLEY'S THEATRE—Randolph stroet, between Clukand Lasale, Eogagement of the Cellfarnis inerrelr, SEW CHICAGO THEATRE—Clark strect, betwren Randolph and Lake, Eogagemeut of Kelly's Loon's Minstrels, WOOD'S MUSEUM~—Monroo strect, batween Dear« Torn and Btate. Afternoon, * Chavaller DTndus- trio " and *# Love in Livers,” Evenlug, * Peep o' Dug “SOGIETY MEETINGS. TLLINOIS BT. ANDREW'S BOCIETY—The thir. Afeth annivorsary dinner of tho IHinols Bt Andre Boclety will be lield at the Sherman llouse this even- ok, hfl»cm fricnds nre invited. Dinner prompt nt 8 v Business neeting of the Hocloty st 7 n'clock. JOHN STEWART, Bucretary. ATTENTION, 8T ENIGHTS I~8pectal Conelave of Apollo Comninrdery, No, 1, K. T., this afternoon at 4 o'clock abarp, for work on K, T. Order, ~ Alto fu the :30 a'ciack, for work ou K. T, Order. Vii- Tivg B Haigh Iy luvited, By order of th r ta courteourly invited, y order of tho lntg. B V. Locmf: Hovotder, D. A, CASHMAN LODGE, No.C6. A, P, aod A, M, amknhr“yo:lz‘muu;{n\«‘(ug thia™ (Turadar) {vfi::x‘:)q. bov.. . M, Degrer, ‘clock abaey, Ly 15, DAUPHINEY, W, 3, BUSINESS NOTICES HOPE FOR THE DESPONDENT~IF TOU HAVE Deen cougning for months, and beyin to despatr of ever getilng well, or If son hove taken o recent cotl, 80 Pr, B, D, Howe's Arstian Mitk Care, 1t wilt give immedisto rolisf, It in the unfafiing remedy for «coughs, colda, sore throat, nsthma, snd all disorders of the throat, lungs, and clest, teading to consump- tlon, Cares croup in B 6w minuics, and takes sway the dlstress of whooping-couah. Coutalnn no ophum, and 18.pleasant o take, Huudreds of cough-worn ictin who hud given up lope have been cured by hile simost magica) preparation, Sec sdvertiroment, sttt A el Ao s ot b m@l‘w @Jifagu ;@f;hum. . Tuoaday Mormng, November 30, 1875. Greenbacks at the Now York Gold Exchange yesterday opened at 87}, rose to B87%, foll to” 874, and closod at tho opening figure. The report of the Comptroller of the Cur- rency, while defending tho present system of National Bauk currency and recommending its continuance, suggests various important amendments to the Banking law. The announcemont is made that the cere- monica attendant upon the consecration of the Rov. Dr. McLAReN as Protestant Episco- pal Bishop of Illinois will ocour on the 8th of December at fho Cathedral of 88, Poter sad Paul, in this city, A roport was telegraphed to tho evoning papers yesterdsy of tho death of tho celo- brated lawyer, Cuanvra O'Cowon, of Now York City. Later dispatches contradicted the rumor, and stated that a change for the 10}c for short clenrs, all hoxed. Highwines wero in fair demand and e lower, at 2111 pergallon. Flour was mora actiso and easior, Wheat was nctive and declined 2le, closing firmer ot §1.03 cash and $1.033 for Decem- Ler. Corn was active and declined 1)c, closing at 485 for November and {Gle for the year. Onts were quict and Je lower, closing at I0le eash and 30je for January, Rye was dull at 63le, Barley was 1@1}e lower, closing at 84ic cpsh and 84|c for De- cember. Iogs weroe fairly active and nomi. nally unchanged, packing grades closing wenk. Cattle were quiet aud firm. Sheep wero stendy. Ono humdred dollars in gold would buy $114.50 in greenbacks nt the close. The excitement and indignotion aroused in the comnnunity in consequenco of the ‘WarLaND murder have by no mieans abated. Public rentiment continnes to find free ex. pression in the columna of the press, aud it 18 ensy to perceive thot tho mere hanging of the murderer Davis will not restore quiet and asonso of security. Two letters printed in our columns this morning will command 8t- tention and considerntion,—one relating to tho froquent public exhibitions of drunkenness and debauchery b;{ indi. viduals holding high positions in the municipnl government, and the other on the subjeet of carrying concenled weapons ond the failure of the authoritics to enforce thelaw in this regard. A fruitful source of murders and deadly nffrays is to be found in the fact that, ns a rtle, the thieves and gam- blers habitually carry pistols and kuives day ond night, while tho respoctablo closses na Dbabitunlly go unarmed. A rigid enforcement af the law forbidding this daugerous and un- equal distribution of weapons of sttack and defense is one of the things that should be insisted upon. THE CUBAN BITUATION—A PARATLEL, If it bo true, as reported, that Spain con, templates gustaining VaLyAseoa, the Captain. General of Ouba, in his thrent of vengenncs wpon Guatemnala for recoguizing the Cuban patriots ns belligerents, then the situation certainly presents & warlike front from which the Amserican nation cannot and will not desire to escape, The effect of suchan better had taken place, Mayor Corvix having vetoed the ordinance 10 abolisk tho system of ** bobtail” cara so bitterly complained of by the people of the Bouth Division, and forbidding the City Railway Company to run such cars aftor tho 18t of January, the Common Council last evening ppssed the ordinance over his voto, and it is now a lnw. Bome of the smallor fry against whom suits wero brought by the Pacific Mail Steam- ship Cotpany in connection with the sub- #idy business bave slipped through tho cob- web net held up for the public eye and not by suy means intended to entrap the accused. Suits agninat threo percons who testified bo- fore the Congressional Committee~—BenkerT, £naw, and Hersev—havo been discontinued. All tho other smaller suits, including that egainst Doxx Pratr, will probably be disposed of in like manner. e e T e — Yesterdoy's dovelopments in the trial of AVEBY, at 8t. Lous, wero of a character tending to confinn tho origmal statoment that tho Grand Jury Liad serionsly considered the propriety of returning an indictment against Gew, Banoock ns an accossory to tho Whisky Ring conspiracy, Testi- mony wes yosterdoy introduced verify- ing s Gen, Bancocs’s the handwriting of certain telegrams forwarded from Wash. Ington to Joxcy, aud giving information ns to coutomplated raids upon the St, Louis Ring. It was shown with certainty that, {f no error bhsa been miade a8 to the bandwriting, Josce, AcDovarp, and Bancocr Were In seerot con- sultation, and that numorous confidentinl telegrams were passed to and fro botween Bt, Louis and Washington, The President's stern admonition, “Let no guilty man czcapo,” scems to bo Learing excellent fruit, The proposi of tho lilinois Central Railrond Company, to pey 800,000 for the Lake-Front praperty, was submitted by the Comptrolier to the Common Council lost evening. An ammsing show of virtuous indignation was called forth by tho proposition, and the usual buncombo falk about protectiug tho eity's rights was not locking. Before tho proposal was received, nothing could be dunu ; now that the offer hina been mado to pay $600,000, the Coavoil suddenly discovers that this prico—largely in excess of tlat offercd by anybody else— is outrugcously small. ‘The matter was referred to u Committee, and the Counoil re- fused to call upon the Law Department for 1 opinion us to the Seasibility of procuriug a dissolution of the pending injunction, or to vrder the Corporation Counsel to take any’ steps in the promises, Itiy very evident that A1r, DovoLas has uot made the right kind of an offer, aud that in naming $800,000 as the outside lirait Lo Las failed to provide for cer- tain ‘‘expenses” and *claims," which will be insisted upon before the Council will con. eent to sell tho Lake-Front. S m——————— The Chicngo produce markets were very nervous yesverday, and grain was weak. Mesy pork was qudot and steady, closing st $10.37} @19.40 eodler the year and $10.66@1D.57) for Fobryury, Lard was in orats demand aud easior, cloaing at $12.85 cash and $12.62} for Feliruary. Mests were more aotive, at T{s fex shoulders, 10j0 for short ribs, and undertaking would unquestionably be to res unite the present separnte ond independent Republics of Central America for common re- gistance, with the probnble nssistance of South Amorican Republics. Tho Republics of Tern, Chili, Colombia, Venczuels, and Bolivia baving also recognized tho Cubans as Lelligerents, a Spanish attack on Guatemaln for that reason would callput tho resistanco of all tho other small and contignouns powers thot iave exercised the same right. There is already an important movement in Central America townrd the wunification of the five independent Itepnblics for common political and commercial wenl. A Spanish attack upon any ono of them would give this movement a sndden impulse that would prob. ably accomplish tho desired result, and cer- {ainly bring discomfiture and defeat to Spain, Nar could the Americau people hold aloof: in such n contest. Any armied interference in tha righta of any American Itepublic recog. nized by internotional law is an infringement on the Mosroz doetrine which the American people cannot brook. The Moxnor doctrine is not, a3 is often minconceived, & policy of further acquisition of territory by the United Statos, but & principle, vital to our own cutonomy, that no European power shall be permitied to scquire torritory or assert its sovereignty over any Ropublic on the Ameri- enn coutinent, An attempt on the part of Spain to coeres Guatemals, or any othoer Asmerican Republie, to recaut its recoguition of the Conbans as belligerents, would be, in effect, tho asscrtion of thot Enropean sover- cignty in the manner which the American people have always determined to resist. An inenne movoment of this kind on the part of Spain will mean war with the United States, and the loss of Cubaand Porto Rico forover. It is not eurprising that the whole Ameri- can people, without regard to party, shonld feol tho heartiest sympathy for the Cuban patriots; it is only o wonder thnt the ex- yression of such sympathy has Leen so long reprassed. The Cubang are flghting for the same rights to-dny that forced tho American colonies into revolution 8 hundrod years ago. "Tho policy of Great Britain then was similar to the policy of Bpnin now. Bhe demanded the right to dictate o her colonics tho laws that shoold govern their trade, She lovied imports for her own beneflt in such a way ns to constrain her colonies to buy what thoy needed and sell what thoy hod forsalo on torms that would givo her tho chief benofit of the trade, It was agaiust this polioy that the Awericans first protested and then revoltad. They fought seven yeurs with the horoism of desperation before the great ompire of Britain would relinquish the hope of retaining her colonics and enforcing her policy. Rovolt ngainst this trade.dictation led to political in. dependence and the birth of a new nation, From that time Great DBritain began grad. ually to reform her colonial policy, until to- day thero is not s British possession or de- pendency, ifrom the little Malta to the great Enst Indian Empire, that bod not the right to regulnto its own commerce, bny’ whero it enn buy to hest advantage, and sell where it can sell to best ndvantage, The sin- gle right reserved by Great Britain i hor trado relations with her colonies is that they shall not discriminate ngainst her in their regulations for comtuerce,—a right shawould bo juclined to assert as agalnst any independ- eut Governwent that sought to discrlminato againgt her, ‘The lewson which Great Britain learned from tho succossful rovolt of the Amorloan colonics was entirely lost upon 8pain, Spain Lins hiold bier posscasions as long as she could with the single purpose of filling hor national coflers ot their expense, until one by one thoy hinvo all cut looso from heron the Ameri- can continent, aud she has left only tho two islauds of Cubnaud Torto Rico. 'The ex- traordinary richness und exceptional demand which Culan products have enjoyéd have enabled tho uatives to enduro Bpanish extor- tion longer than could Mexico, or the present Republics of South and Central Americs, ol of which were onco Bpanish possessions, Bat as 8pain Jost other possessions she fast- oned the toils more closely around Cuba, and enforced hor extortionate exactions with a system of cruelty that overstrained human endoranco, The Oubsns pleaded and pro. tested in vain, At last they robelled, and bLave entered upon # war {hat to those who Lave epgoged in ¢ weans freedom or extermination. They are fighting for nights as sacred ps life, and with. out whick life is no boou, Cuba to-day can. not buy a barrel of flour, nor & tlerce of beet, nor scll an orango or a pound of sugar, with. out paying exorbitant ribute to Bpain, Ble is not perm'tted to buy where sho can buy cheapest, vor sell so as to acquire tho best profits. Her internnl and natural riches &ro absorbed by Spauizh greed to fesd the cor zuption of tLo Homn Goveramaéns, The ez. 'star horsclf, nud all along the great distance tortions nre enforced by an army of thieves, murderers, and convicts, The jails and penitentiaries of Spain are emptied to prey upon the Cubans and enforco the Spanish ex. tortions by crneities that aro scarcely second to those of the Inquisition, The Cubans have, therefore, entered upon o fight for lifo that thoy will never give up short of exter- mination, Their cause to«lny is s countor- part of the Amorican canse, the glorious suc. cess of which i shortly to bave o ceutennial celebration. If tho United States Govarnment i forced into au interference between Spain and Cuba Ly an infraction of the Moxuor doctrine, or by any invasion ou the part of Spain of sAmerican rights, the similarity of the Cuban cause to that for which the Amerioan forefath- ers’ fought will not fail to impress itself upon the American people in a degree heretofore ig- nored, and it will create nn intense Ameriean partisanship for the people eursed by Spanish oppression and Spanish eruelty, This partic sanship will bo further strengthened by tho reltish desire to improve our own trade reln. tious with Cuba, which will bo incidental to the libaralization of the island, and the un. sclfish desire that the lnst vestigo of human alavery shall be eradicated in Amoricn. The arrogance, intolerance, corruption, greed, no- cassity, and proverbial obstinacy of the Bourbon race mny betray Spain intc giving the United States an oceasion for interference that caunot nnd ought not be resisted. — THE SUPREME COURT. A Chief-Justice of the United States shonld step from his home to the Bench across the grave of overy partisan ambition he has at any time entertained. Every such ambition should be buried too deep for any resmrrec- tion. It is a matter of public moment and public congratulation that Chief-Justico Warre has alrendy formally refused the urgent roquest of injudicious friends who asked him to allow his name to be presented as that of a condidate for the Presidency. Mr. Warre's reply haa already been made publie. It is straightforward and* manly, and shows that he intends to avoid the error which was so fatal to Cmase's famo and which is toying with that of Justico Davis. The judicial mind is not usually fitted for ad- ministrative politics, and impartiality cannot bo preserved when a man is tossed in tho whirlpool of party passion. A Judge who decides questions between commonwenlths, botween the nation and its Aeveral parts, who expounds the Constitu- tion, from whose decision thero is no appeal, should bo abovo all personal ambition. If he drags his ermine in political mire, he is unfit to wenr the stained robe. A man with his duties must not be an adept in tho lies of the caucus and the tricks of the campaign, must not be a maker of “slates, o promiser of offices, a Imckstering politician. This wonld bo unscomly and wrong. It will bo an evil day for the United States if tho Bonch of our Bupreme Court is over degraded into a mero stepping-stone for the Preaidency. Mr. Warre is wise when ho prefers to re- maig for lifo tho sixth Chief-Justico of tho United States rather than to try to be- como for a brief four years the uincteenth Presidant. He ia the Sixth Chief- Justice, although ten appolntments were mndo to the office before him. Of tho mon appointed, Joux Rurrepae, of Bouth Caro. lina, though be presided over the Suprome Court, in 1795, during n recess of tho Sennte, was rejected by tho latter body ; Wiy Cusmyo, of Massachusotts, an Associnte Jus- tice, appointed aud confirmed in January, 1796, declined ; Joun Jay, the first Chief- Justice, reappointed and reconfirmed in 1800, declined ; and Gronaz H. WrrLniays and Caxen Cosnrxag, appointed in 1874, woraboth rejectod. Whot may bo called tho * regu- lar ticket".of Chief-Justices thus coutnins only six names,~thoso of Joxy Jay, OLIvER Ewrswont, Jomy Marsmant, Rooen B, TaNEY, BAanaton P. Cuase, and Monnisox R. Ware, Only ons, Mr, Cmauz, wne ever stung by the gadfly of awmbition for the Presidency. A NEW GERMAN RAID. A singular dispatel comes from Berlin to the effect that the Court Intendant lias issucd acireular to tho theatres in Berlin, directed to thefemale artists, and forbidding them any longer to indalge in extravagance in dross, As tho ballet-dancers can hardly be charged with oxtravagance in dress, the circular is evi- dently nimnod at higher game, and must apply to tho actyessea of the dramatic and the prime douno of the lyris slage, who in Borlin, as in fact tho world over, are wont to indulge in extravagont finery. 'Thero is a dogroe of consistoncy In the action of the German critics, who proclaim that pure art is giv- ing wny to tho art of tho modisto and the milliner. It is painfully evident on our own ttage, Some Americsn managers advertiso the drgrses of their ator fully ay much as tho from Ouve Locaw to Crara Mornis, and from the ehorus leader to CirisTiNa Nivssox, the drosses, laces, and jewelry of tho artists are made n prominent aud offensive featuro of stnge advertising and maungerial pronun. ciamountos. The avident purpose of the Berlin Court Jutendrut is to strike nt a fushion which Las been borrowed from Paris. Tho fnshions which emnnnte from that gay city and thonce sprend over the world originate from tho stage. They aro the results of & conspiracy betwoen the muanagers and tho dressmnkers, Tho latter set their wits at work and dovise costly dress. ea nand trimmings, ‘Thoy are loaned to tho managers for a trifling prico, and are worn by his actresses or singers. As all the world flocks to tho thoatres nnd opera-hanses, they speedily become the rage. They are then transforred to the shop-windows and sold to the female butterflies from New York, Bostou, and Philadelphia, now and then an outfit finding its way to the trunks of some Chicago butterfly. The same practico ex- tends to our own stage. ‘The goods that sell most rapidly are thoso introduced upon tho stage, and these are copied from tha French stage. Even where thoy are not used upon the stago, the sale is groatly en. hanoed by afiixing to them the names of fa- vorite artists. Von Burow coats, Wacnres neckties, Tiriens baty, and Anaperra Gop. paup cloaks, may be found everywhere. The Berlin [ntendant's pronunciatneuto {8 ovi. dently intended to reach even beyond the limita of the stage. If he can reducs the extravagonco in dressing upon tho stage, and compel artists to appear in plainer and more economical attire, ho will not only be dolng & good thing for art by omsancipating it from the thralldom of tho milliner and dressmaker, but Le will also strike a hoavy blow at extrava. gance of dress in the housohold. Tho stage, of course, will yield without resistunce, as the wauagers daro not disoboy; but it 1% not w0 curtain that the peoplo will yicld, at lenst without a datermined reuistance. When the Intondant, even indirectly, interferea with gkirts, overskirts, pull-backs, petticoats, laees, fnerios, and Summeries, he intesferes ‘whethor mounarchical or republican, under which ths public to compass ends hardly distfnguishablo from $mpossiblijties might haye dome much for the mon- archieal principle In Europe, whereas similsr faflures sucurred by » King would only have brought (he ‘munarchicul principle into disgrsce, It the Count of that could have becn struck at tho causa of royalty in that this voluma haa Leen published with his knowl- ‘edgo—1s to Lis apprecistion of diplomatic duty. tha temerity to advise the “mperor that Trzns was the Lost mon fopGormany for vanced prior to hia defeat. This sudacious with tho vested rights of the lavily German womnn, and he is provoking a struggle com- pared with which the Ultramontano contest will keem insignificant. Fvery househnld will riso up in revolt, overy milliner, dressmaker, and designer of fashions will cotbine against bim, Even the managers, although thoy will be compelled to obey, will not do it without protast, for what will Luces, Mat- uixarn, and the other (German’ singers do for effect in plain apparel 2 What ia to beconio of Wianen's great Nibelungen T'rilogy, with- ont the magnificent costumes prepared for Drunhilde, Ieolds, and the Rhine goddoases ? If the onder onn be succosslully exeonted at Berlin, it will rapidly spread over Germany, even to Baironth. It it could spread still further aud reach our ownsinge and eman- cipate it from the dictations of dressmnkers, it wonld be n blensing, 'The eriterion of art in America npon the lyrio and dramatic staga is toonpl to boa pretty woman ing pretty dress,—the product of the hair-mer- chant, paint.and-powder sellor, dressmaker, and milliner. From this point of view the German critic makes & very geusible protest, and the German Court Intendant” hns dono well to heed that protest. When it comes, however, to the liousehold extravagance, ho will raise a breezo nbout hig cnars that will re. mind bim of an East Indian typhoon. COUNT VON ARNIM'S BODK. A dispateh from London in onr last Issue intimntes that tho Senato of Btato Tribunal at Berlin hias ruled that tho chargo of trenson agninst Count Vox Annnis admissible. Tho gronuds for this decision are not appsrent, unless they grow out of reckless blundering, of which n signal instance hns already been made public by Vox Ansre himself in the publication of a statement of his relations, ond nlso of certain privato correspondence between himselt and Brssanck, The state- ment is contsined in n book recently pub- lished at Zurich ecither by himself or by somo one who had nccess to his papors. Tho book is at onco indlscreot and foolish, and will injure tho reputation of Count Vo AnNT 08 a statesman tho world over. The most remarkable disclosure made byittouches upon the resignation of M. Tmrmns, which was n serious point at issue between Count Vo Anvix and Biexancx. The Intter wanted to support M. Tnrens as ‘‘the Government which would have to spend the greator part of its strongth in combating its homo encmies,” snd he instructed Uonnt Von Anvie to that effect, Tho Count, howover, instead of acting upon these instructions to further Brasanck’s policy, organized s poliey of his own, and opposed BissARck go strongly that he gained the favorablo side of the Em. peror, so that he paid more attention to Vox Anxnt's than to Bisstance’s suggestions, and, when the latter npproached the Emperor with the suggestion that the German support of M, Turers would strengthen the German Empire, bo found to his surprise that the Emperor hiad already beon eonvinced by Vox Annryt that the dofeat of Tmers would on- danger monarchical government all over Eu- rope, The London Suturday Retiew, com. menting upon this situntion, says : Hovw Count Arxrx conld have brought himself and hia master to thia concluston is hurd to nes, Tho im- menso dlMcultios against which tho French Govern. ment had then ta conlend promised rather to have the offect of dlsczediting the partfcular _institatious, conflict was to be carried on, Tho fallure of & Re- Citaxnorp bad really mounted the throne In the au- tumn of 1873, it would have been the grestest blow general, That Connt "Awnix should Liave been blind 10 thin is an fatal to his pretensions to statesmanship ## his method of doaling with Btato papera—suppoalag. The most important feature of this diplo- matio episode, howover, s the faot that, after Turens wos defeatod, Count Von Annmc had the very renson which Bisvarcx hed ad- proposal brought out o furions lotter from English and French inoney-lenders ? moro than 50, on the average.” was greedily snapped at. Vizier, ond said : doy half the interest agreed.” This stupid decree of a despot was publislied to the world as law, and Turkey instantly fell to the rank of a third- rate power, without a friend, without an earnest ally, without respect. Russian craft lured her into fatal lankruptey, The only question now ik, What shall be done with the lumbering carcass of the Empire, a8 it rota to piccos botween the Anstro-Hursian fronticr and the Bosphorns P A few officinl threats, perhapstho finsh of & few hayonets on tho frontier, and the division will bo nc- complished. The Sulten will fly Larem- scarem ncross the Bosphorus ard the scared harem will follow after. Eurcpo will ere long be rid of the rule of the Turk. 0AS FOR INON. A revolution in mavufacturing and an enormons development of our exports of iron aro not unlikely to be the results of an ex- periment which hns just been quietly and succossfully tried in Pittsburg, Tho firms of 8rano, CoALrANT & Co, and Gnarr, BENNZTT & Co. have brought the gas flowing from a well 16 miles from Pittsburg, through pipes to their furnaces, and have successfully sub- stituted it for conl in the manufacture of iron, The cost of their experiment was $110,000, and ench expects to save by thia new fuel about 840,000 a year, Tho gas s almost pure hydro-carbon, and comes out of the ground with such power aa to force itaclf through 15 miles of pipe. Tho fuel furnished by the gas-well i equal to about 100,000 bushels of conl o day. It gives asaving of more than 20 per eent in making iron, and is, beside, much cleaner, casier to hundle, and moro rapid in heating, thancoal. A puddling- furnaco that it takes reveral hours to heat by conl canbe heatod by thisgas in three.quar- ters of an hour, A larger gos.well’is now flowing, 8 miles further from Pittsburg, with such force that tho strenm of gas is thrown in flames 150 feot into thoe air. Ity ownership i in litigntion, Whon this is settled, and the capitalists, who stand waiting, aro allowed to enry tho gas to the city, the well will farnish, it is calculated, fuel enough to run all the man- ufactories in Pittsburg, It is easy to sen what resnlts will follow from the general introduction of this cheap, self-feeding, powerful fuel, but it is impossible to mensure them., The control of the iron manufacturo of tho world would seem to be inevitably onrs with such an advantage, Othor mannfactures will sock the oil sod gas belt conntry. If tho supply of gns remains constant, the trinngular district of which Pittsburg is the apox and tho Alleghenies are tho base will becoms the greatest manufacturing district in the world, At o reception given by tho New Orleans Chamber of Commerce to the Honm. J. W. Fosten, onr Miunister to Mexico, some ten days ngo, the guest of tho evening spoke at lougth on the commercial relations of tho two countries. Even with tho present very lim- ited monns of intercommunication, Moxico exports to the United Btates nearly $12,000,- 000 worth of g#ods a yoar out of a total ex. port of nbout 852,000,000, Of this, §8,000,- 000 i8 in gold and silver, 8o that wo take only 34,000,000 worth of her coffes, sugar, cochi- neal, vanilla, tobacco, and fine woods, We could profitably uee ten times this amount. Mexico’s imports from us are varied in kind but emall in quantity. among other They comprise, things, bar-steel, agricul- taral impleoments, quicksilver, mining- powdor, railway rolling-stbck, conl, books, printing matarials, ‘paratus, fabrics, thread, grocories, (this is the largest single item), hardware, and drugn. Tho total machinory and ap~ cotton, woolen, linen, and silk The walno of this bond is 100 ; you did not recoive Tho bait The Sultan turned from his haroms 4 moment, enlled hin Grand “ My Ministers havo been very foolish; the Christlans only gave moe balf the capital which I must reimburso to them; it i wrong; pny only from this which was first DBiswancx, in which ho informed Voy Anxnmot that this was the very policy he had been trying to drive into his hend and ngainst which he (Vox Ansmf) had succeeded in prejudicing the Emporor. If ignorance and et thot thoe Berlin guthorities deem the sible, lenguo of monarchs,—tho thrco Emperors of Ttussin, Germany, and Austrin,—and this manding part in the struggles of tho nest decade. is now becoming plain that the recent meet. ingof the threo Emperors meant n great denl, despite the efforts of the scared Trench and English press to show that the meeting ‘was only a mattor of courtesy, with no polit- ical weight whatever, valuo fg a triflo more than $7,000,000, The completion of reilway communication be- tween the two countries, and the increass of the carrying-trado between New Orleans and the Mexican const, will certainly increase the interchange of commodities ten-fold. Mexico onght, in the naturo of things, to be one of our largest customors. Bhe needs our manu. foctured goodsa; wo need her tropieal prod. uets. It chanco or war cuts off the Coban supply of sugar, Mexico may be ablo to sup- ply it. Bhe can, it is ohidmed, profitably take the place of Brazilin providing nawith coffee, Hor toriff is low. The first ten nrticles in the list of Lier imports already given are admitted duty-free, Tho Mississippi Valleyis especially interested in the development of this inter- national business, and tho whole country has no common stoko in it. It would mot bo worth while, howove,r—we may parenthot- ically remurk,—to grant anybody countless millions of dollars to build the Podunk & Chibuahna broad-gauge, continentsl, steel. roil, doublo-track railrond. If Mr. Fosrer is trying to enginogr any such scheme, he will do tho country more service by posting back 1o Mezico. nudnoity combined in the product of blundera con be considored treasonshle, it is little won- charge of treason ngninst VoN Anvnd admise THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE, ‘The dnys when the Holy Allinnce ruled all Europe with unholy despotism are past, Thero looms up in the near futare another triple alliance bids fair to play s most com- It is destined to maoke history, It An sgreemont was en- tored into thero, of which an apparently well- informeq correspondent of the Nation clnims to give the details. We follow lis general statersent, "Tho honest and n;p.l;chblu classo8 of peo- ple in this city and county will hail with the livelicat satisfaction the announcemont that Bosphorusand towards Anglo.Indin. Austria is to swallow up the Valloy of the Danube. Luxenboarg would make a good mouthful, France. Ttuesia is to push her houndaries to the Germany is to be left to pursue plaus of an- noxation in the northwest. The Duchy of and would sorve g o perpetual threas against Holland would double the possible commoree of the Empiie, and Belgium would round out its boundaries beautifully. ‘Chis plan, it will be noticed, provides for the growth of each of the thros Empires, without elther's Interfering with the posses- sions of the others. They have united to prey. 'Thebooty isready, Itonly remainsto grasp it Ca Tho process of seizure in the East prosents few difficulties, France cannot interfere; her " Eastern questlon® refors only to tho hine, The forty centuries on the pyramids will not look down upon another French army for mADY, MRy yoars to come. England could do nothing agalust the three Empires. Bhe would care to do nothing if part of the spoils, in the sbape of Egypt and the Buoz Caunl, fell to Ler. Thae only Power left is a powerloss one. Tho Siok Man, predos- tined to dissection, may complain, but who will hear his plaint? ‘The first act in tho dramn was tho insusrection in Herzegoviua, which exposed the material weakmess of Tarkoy and led naturally to the second act, tho part-repndiation of the Sul- tan's debts. ‘fhiu last ib said to have heen Lrought about in acurious way. Gen. Ia- waTIKrY, the Russiun Minister at Constanti- nople, presented himsolt before the Sultan with & Turkish bond in his hand, * How much &id yo zecelve for thia from your two of the repeaters at the late election wore yesterday convicted in the Criminal Court. Ono of them, Cianrrs 8amra, was proved to Lave voted four times in the Twentieth Ward, sod the other, Wintraxt Hasruron, twice in the Bixth Ward. Each of them pleaded guilty, and Judge Jaxesoy impesed the full penalty of the law,—$1,000 flne ond one yoar's imprisonment in cach caza. Woll dono, thus far. We trust, however, -that jus. tice will not content herself with this sin-- glo effort, There aro other repeaters to be trled. ‘There are judges of election charged Jwith fraud and corruption. Let justice be thorough with them also. There are numer- ous other repeaters and ballot-box stuffers, and the Citizens' Association sbould not let up in their efforts to approhend them and bring them to prompt justice, The surest hope of an honest election next spring and the only way to prevent repeating is to get tho repeaters into joil. The Oriminal Court has commonced wellwith them. We hope it will keep on until every one of the scoun- drols and those who put them up to it are convioted. If thero is any comfort for misfortune in noting the misery of others, Chicago real- estate ownors may take heart at the indics- tions of lower prices rullng in other cities. We have alresdy printed articles from the New York papers showing an aversge shrink- 8ge of 30 per cent in values of property in that city, and an unprecedented docline in the demand for atores and houses, and the rents they bring. Boston ls no better off, or at any rate but little bester off, sud oertainly 20t 80 well Of as Oliloago, A Fecent numbar of the Boston ferald, which has the **wwants "and * salea” advertirements, shows that houses of sixtoen rooms are for rent in Dover street at $33 » month ; Lrick houges on Parker strect, *' with all the modorn im. provements,” at %350 o year: s housro on Groton nireet of fourteon rooms at A0t a year; well-furnished rooms on ‘T'remont stroet at 1,60 a week. Of conrse the ruling rat of intorost in Boston is much lower than in Chiengo, but the differenceis not enough to account for thia great difforence in rents, which ean only bae acconnted for a¢ the reault of tho general depression in roal-astate values throughout the couptry. Comparatively, then, Chicngo real estnto has kept its valuos mora stoadily than the real cstate of any Iargo oity which has beon bronght to our no- tice, D Tho United Htates has lost its anit againat the Unfon Pacific ngain, and this time in the Buprome Court, where it was taken on an appenl from the Court of Claims, and where the dacision is final. 'The suit was brought to contest the right claimed by the Company to withhold one.balf of its carnings on ac- count of Federal transportation, which the Government claimed shonld be paid on ac- count of intereat on tho bonds guaranteed by the Government, The result of the suitin the Court of Clums was the conviction that the courts would haye to abide by the errors, either intentionnl or ignorant, in the legislation which permitted the Pacific Rail- ronds to put this construction on the law, and thero was not much hopo that the Bu- premo Court would afford any relfef, The faot remnins now, and cannot be further con. tested, that the peoplo of - the United States were betrayed into a bad bargain by their reprosentatives in Congress, and they must abide by it. 'Thoy muat continue to pay the interost on the Pacific bonds for tho reat of the term of thirty years, and in sddition thereto pay one-half of tho charges for Gov- ernment transportation, At the end of the thirty years, the Government will probably have pnid ont in principal and intercst the total value of the property, and will have nothing but a second mortgags to show for its expenditura, leaving the undesirablo alter- native of making a dead loss of all that has been paid out or paying off a first mortgage in order to scquire a property not worth its own claim. And this is the sort of invest- ment that Mr, Scorr desires the Govern. men¢ to repeat in favor of his Texas & Pacific schem —— The New York T'ribyns is evidently in a ‘humor to cavil at anything dono by the pres. ont Administration. Finding nothing elso just now, tho T'ribuneis constrained to com. plain bacauso the Governmont books show o roduction of 11,115,408 in tho fiseal year of 1876 ns comparod with that of 1874, It complains becouse Messrs, Dawxs and Gan. vrerp hoped for a reduction of $20,000,000, and the actual figures fall short. But the Triduns isn't satisfied with any saving, and attompts, by a specious system of bookkeop: ing, to show that there haa been no reduction whatever. Now tho fact remains that the General Government expended over $11,000,- 000 less in 1875 than in the previous year, in tho faco of the natural incrense that might possibly be justified by the growth of the: JUDGE JOHN WELLS, The dosth of the Hon, Tuzrox AgroiLr, the eminent Mnasachusctts jurlst, bes been qulokly followed by that of another eminent Judge of that Btate, JomyWxLLs, ol the Bupreme Court., flewas ‘born {n 1819, and lived for ity yoara in Mosen- chueetts. He graduatod at Williams College in 1838, and settlod in Chicopee in 1841, aud for twonly-Ave yests was w constantly growing mimber of the Hampden County Bar. In 1818, 1851, 1837, and 1805 he waa & member of tho Logislature, He was also Judge of Probate and Insolvency for Hampden County, snd when, in 1886, Gov. Burroox sppointed him to the Bupreme Banch, he waa scknowlsaged to ba the abloat lawyer in the western part of tho Stato, The Bpringfield (Mass,) stepubdlican eayas * To Gov. GasTox is given the bigh privilege of an appoiotment to his place ; thore Ia » wids fleld of gonérous solection, and ho will not failof & £t and honorablo cholca ; but all tho'blemonts t;at Judge WeLLs bad for the Court are not to be lcnzd in another porson smong us." RUGENE BCHNEIDER, The cable dispatchos on Bunday brought the intelligence of the death of EvoENE BoRNEIDED, onae of the heaviest manufacturers of machinery iu France, and for mavy years & momber of the Corps Legialatif, Ho began life sua bankoer's clerk, aud in 1830 was given chargoof pomo large froun works st Bazoilles, A fow yesrs sfter, ho bacame managor of the iron works at Cronzot, which under nis 'mansgement became tho most important establishment in Europe. In 1844 be compstoa with the English fn munu- facturiog locomotives, and, twenty years attor, received and executed orders for tho manufsc- turo of locomotives to be sent to Great Britain, He eutered political lifo in 1845 as & Miniaterial Depaty. In 1851 ho was given the portfolio of Agricultore snd Commerco, After thd ooup defat of 1852 ho was olocted s member of thoe Corps Logislatif, and subsoquently chosen one of it Vice-Prosidents. In 1805 he succeed- ed the Duke of Morny ae Presliont of the Corpa Leglslatif,—a poat which be ocoupled dowa to the fall of the Empire. He was also Ilegent of thio Baok of France and & member of the Ad- ministrative Cousncll for the development of sgricultuze aud commerce. 5 OARDINAL RAUSCHRR. ~ * The Cardinals are going fast. Tle cable tole- graph oo Sunday brought the intelligence of the doath a$ Vienna of His Eminence Josers OtuMaz DA Raveouxm, tho Cardinal Prince Atchbishop of Vienos, o his 78th yoar, He was creatod Arclibjshiop snd elevated to the purpls Doo. 17,1838, 1o many quarters he was regard- od us lkely to auccesd to the yapal Chair in case he outtived Pros IX, Anotlhier hombug of Bpirituslism has beon campletaly pmashied, and the Eppy brothers, stho have %o long deluded the credulous, have gone to meet Katiz Kixa. For a long tjme thoy bave been giving epiritual manifestations at thair howe, Bpirit Vale, Chittenden, Vi, and have drawn crowda of peoplo there 1o witness them, They bave boen regasded as the great American medinma; have writtea baoks on Bpiritnalivm ; sad large rewarda bave bee offersd 10 any one who would show that thelr manifeststions and materializations were deceptione. As uo one could do ft, becsuse 0o ono had control of the. Bplrit Vale, Ohittenden, V3., sxceps 332‘;’:1? ;‘macn themoelves, they went along swimmingly, and the gulis came by hundreds and swallowsd the {mposture. At last s quar rel broke out in the Epor honsehold snd exposed tho cheat. The Doston Qlobe says: wThe cabinet, which was a long narrow closot built agaiost & buge chimney at one end of the sesnce-oony, bad a allding floor, and one side of the big chimney formed » secret pssasge from the kitchen balow, ihrough which four or Sve male and female confedorates of the medium weze wonb 0 sscend and descend in thels va- rous cousumes (o plsy the parta of the deni zans of tha ather world aud o be recogaized in the dim light by their apxioua fricuda” Itis sslonishiog that epparently scnsible people should be decalved any looger with these Spiritoalistio bumbugs. Ope after anotber they Aave bean axposed, 80d yet this very next shar- Jatan who makes bla sppessance Aud Aanouness his materialications will dfaw another crowd o gaping gulls. So long aa people wany to &y humbugged there ia no ronson why they shoalg not bo sccommodatod. bl S, Tho pasaags tho now Kire ordinance has given mitch satisfaction to the peopls of theoity, I wan tho best as woll as moal popular act of the Common Counail tor & long timo. Asour loca) report omitted the ayss and noes by which the ordinance passod, we innert it liore: poJucstion then being on tho matinn of Al Richard. dina valied b;:-ylol snd moos n';'«a?:-:'fmm“‘d‘ 1 A yes—Foley, Rlchardson, Warren, C: ottt Ward, Glarke of the Filih Want, bomactihe Qretl, Daflcy, O'Drfen, Woodman, White, Gundees Meatn, Case,’Cloveland, Quirk, Ryan, Stout, Mane Schnffoe T Murpby, Bweony, Dickinson, Corcaran, aud 2ou—o2d, Noes—Fitzgerald, Hione of the ¥ Cilinsion, v MeDomate-s, e I Ward, Raldy, 'The priblio bsd a right to oxpect tha suppary of FirzozraLy aud ToNE of the Fifth Ward for the ordinanco, sul why they opposed it fs noy kuown. Thero wero nino absentoos, but if thoy bad boen present a msjority of thém wonld have voted for tho ordinance. However, it they had all beon presont and opposed it, tho ordicancs would still have boen passed by six majority, it g A Ban Franciaco paper saya: *Theatricat performances for tho benoflt of churchos are the correct thlog now, The Presbytorian Church of Oakland, Cal,, led off ; and now the Independent Prosbyterian Church follows suit nost Friday ovening, With the comedy of *The Loanof g Lover,' togothor with & musical entertalnment, ‘Tho world does move,” Abont two wooks ago, the Euiis Avonuo Church, Chicago, at an enter. talnmeunt for the benoflt of the church, held in tho church-building, gave 8 performance of the farco of **A Rogular Fix.” And Chicago hay not aa yot gono the way of *the Cities of the Plain.” PERSONAL, Barry Snltivan is st the Palmer., Lamartine is to havo a statue in Parls, T. D, Moyara, U, 8. N., {8 at the Sherman, J. J. Coppinger, U, B, A., in at the Palmer. E. L, Morrits, of Springileld, isst the Sharman, Gen. Joft 0. Davis, U. 5. A., isst tho Blwer- man. Bir Rose Price, Bart., England, is at (he Palmer. The Hon. W, W. Wheaton, of Detrolt, is at tks ‘Tremout. Col. 3. E. Gowen, of New York is at the Tremont. Father Hyacintho will roturn o Amerlca in the spring. Tho Hou. D. 8. Ordwsy, of Milwankoes, faat the Tremont. Tlo Hon. J. J. Hagorman, of Alilwankee, is at the Tremont. Tho Hon, Philetus Bawyer, of Oshkosl, is st the Sherman, Col. Goorge E. Glenn, U. 8, A, Is st the Grand Pacifle. ‘The Hou, B, W, Hanns, Terrs Hauta, 13 8t tha Grand Pacific. The Hon, W, A, Burlelgh, of Ysoktor. D. T, ie at the Gardner. A nephew of Benstor Dawes bas weddel o nieco of foluyler Colfax. E. 1. Johuson, Chiof Enginoer of the Chicazo & Nortliwestorn Raitroad, ls at the Bherraa Dosalo's book has reached its fifth edition. Bho wasn't napping when Joo tioward ruada his brillisut proposal to lier. Marian Bingor, daughter of the manv-wived mewing-macline mau, has appeared on-the stuge in 8an Fraucisco lo burlesque. 8ir Goorgo Bowen, Governor of tho Cotony of YVictoris, Australia, and Msjor Pitt, It C., aid- do-camp, oro at tho Grand Pacific, Frouch hoola have boon ravived by Dame Fashion, and 1t will soon boala mole for the ladies to wear crooks in their spives. ‘T'ho position of Director of Musical Aftairs at the Contennial bas begn offered to Mr, ‘Thecdore Thomss, and hau beon acoopted by kb, Tho statemont that Paul Morphy Eag becomy tasane ia posltively douled by his frienda. Ho hog abandonod chess aud devoted Limnsalf to business, but hls mind is oa cloar aa ever. Tbo Rey. Mr. Fay, of Masaschusette, bas rolio quizhed one-quartor of Lis salary, 31,000, in conssquenca of tho depression in buswiesd, That was the sprigltly thisg for him to do, Russeil Elliott,s Auditor I & E, I, I, Tudiaz spolis ; and Passonger-Agonts of K. P. B L. D, R. Drake, 8t. Loms, J. T. Buanklin, Harrisburg, Frank Scott, Cincinnat, are st tho,Ciaud Pacitio. Gratlot Washburne, sonof the Hou. E. B.Wash- burne, allnister to France, and who is Socrotary of Logstion at Paris, has boenstayin:zin Chicego for s day or two on huainess. He taliea stoamor next weuk for Paris. Mr, Gladatono, Max Maller, Cardinal Maa- niog, Francls Galton, and Bir Johu Lubbock, wiil hava actioles in the forthoomin.e Contempo- rary Review,—quite ** & galaxy oftalont,” as the advortigements say. Espeonive gartors, rangingin prico from 55 to 9100, aro sgain taving » large nale, aud do- cent women do not disdaia to by sud wear them. Bat the women who show thom do not long romain decent. M, Troubat bas announced his intention of publiching with Alesgrs. Michel Lovy Iteres & collaction of potes by Nante-Benve ou tho men of his timo; but the notes 80 sovore and #0 indiscreat that ho still hostates. Charivars tolls of » negro named Dominga, io ono of the Franch colonies, who, speakiog of the advantages of the Cbnstian rehgion, wsid) Thers waa n time whea I kuew nothiug of Ood or the devil, but now I know and loye them e 1" is the fsshionsble > fold up your ears s the fsshions! llwgl;;'fluw&inx in New York 1t ls “TPull down yonr vest "—in 8t. Louis, ** Uncrook yout toagual"—in Cinoimoatl, *Float your toe: away !"—in Loutsville, *Dopopulats your hat! —and In Chicago, **Go hang with McDonald!" The Mount Rolyoke Seminary fn Massachu- sotta in blowing (ta horn again, olaimlug to have furniehed 118 wivea to missionarics, Now it we can ascortain how many wives each ministos bas had, it will be easy to caloulsta Low many domestic horizous In Iudis have boss made deoply, darkly, beautifally blus. After baving read oply s tew extracts from e “Wiliiam Morria’ translation of the ZEneid, th¢ Bpringfield Republican doea not hesitate to eay that it will prave the Euglish Virgil, boyond Dry- deo's orany ather. Weshould say a cxitio whost opinfon waa worth having would wait at Toast until be had seen the sranslation befure Fivint 8o decided a Judgment. The wits of the press are ridiculing obiluary poetry » great deal now, and fiudlog fault witt its messure and rhythm, sud all tuat, buy dowu i the bowels of every newspaper office thore is st old bald-headed bookkesper who bluke aud blinks, and knowa that obituary poetry rhymies better with & dollar a line than anything; Teuoy: on ever weote.—New Orleans Rulleltn. L The ather day a Virgiaia City womsn called of Mra. Tyler, tho Buperintendsut of the Kol Committes Female Clothing Department, witt sa ordor for fannel undervests, * What IEL; do you wear>® asked Mre. Tyler. “Bura so’ don't know,” replied the applicant, **for I nerel wore any in ma life; but 1hesrd that you hl‘- some, an' I thaughs I might as well have & fow. Bha didn't get any. Alezandre Dumss' new play i entitlsd #1 Etraogers,” whioh, belog transisted, bo comss in clomsy Englsh *The Facelza Woman” The womsn in the case s su Awerl- ‘can, named Mrs. Clarkson, Figaro asya aho e stranger to marality as well a4 to France, bat this paradox is beyond onr ocompreheasion. Ond might easily bo & stranger to Franch moralisy § bns » stranger to morality who (s also strange! 0 France lsen impuasible eonception. Dy ol acoounte, Mrs. Olarksod ia msasiliag areation