Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 18, 1875, Page 11

fsb'a namo wan not menttanod In the hearing pf witness: Mosposs rald he woukin's go oues he'd b d—d if he woald ; ho wan thara, he said, 10 watch thioves and rings, and mattors of that kind; ho and Borman wore much excitod, and Mosnens_ tsed profano Iangiagn; McCaftroy, OMeer Princo, and Donoghue walkoed out to- othor when Borman was talking to Hollonberg. sorman did not order tho ohallenger ous; he went bitnsoll, 7 MICHARL, FALTH, Iaborer, wAA noxt aworns Was at (ha poliz all day; saw Monnesa and Hollouberg | thioy wore noisy; mat Donoghtio at landlsy's store after tho sait was commencad § ho #sld nobody ymt Jim out; ho wout out, he eald, of his own necount 1 ho eald Mosnces was a fool, and that Jio was not romponeiblo for what Moyness had done witnens thonght Moaness was o nuissnce, snd o dil everybody In the nelghborhood. THOMAR . EMRIGNT, ons of the clorks of the polliug prectuct, sworo fhat tho Judges did not order out any partioniar orson, only allwho had no bLusiness thoray Ponoghue wont out with the rest; Monness won noisy; did not lear bim nes any foul 1anguago, but hio might havd dono so with- ont witness heariug bim; could not mwear whother Mosnces was druuk ; the disturbance, ro far a8 witnosq rocolleoted, commoncod befora {bo balios were begun toba connted, Hall & dozou witiessos wero callod to provo {no good charactor of tho prigsoners. The pros- ¢unl?on mada no charges against their charac- fere, 80 tho mattor was meroly formal. The » State's Attoruey o, recalled Dono- tue, § Olcern Conts, ' Croamer, °, and 'rinco, to prove that P thoy did not bear Mosnees call * the " judgea offensivo pamos; Coats awore that Donoghuo was put oat by himsolf, aud that Borman ordersd out evary porson oxcopt. Lho judgnu and clorks. None of them could awesr that Mounees was drunk, and Princo aworo that, to the best of hia beliof, Masnoes was sobor. ‘This wouud up the evidence on both sides. Mr, Read mJ' tho law to the jury, and made a brief but pointed apeech, in which be aharply soviewad the avidence of the dofonso. Ho was followed Ly Mr. Trudo, for the defondants, the ppecclies of Mosara, Van Arman snd O'Urieu gowg ovor until thia morning. s i SECTARIANISM IN THE SCHOOLS OF IOWA. I the Rditor of The Chicaoo T'ribuna : Kroxkuxk, Ia, Doc. 12.—It s very ovident from your oditorials that you moat heartily in- dorso that bravo part of tho Prosident's mos- sago which commends to the people ncoded ro- forms in onr system of public schools. Lvery- whero, too, it is seon and folt that theso recom- mendations have not beon given too eoon, or without very urgent roasons,—roaaons tao palpa~ blein tho soctarian tondoncies and demands of the times, \ T6 givo emphasis, if possiblo, to your own worde and the very significont messago of tho President, permit mo to placo baforo your road- ors ono or two facts in connoction with our pub- lic schools in Towa : Sicl bas boon the Inxlty of our laws, or tho Indifferonce of thoso who ehould enforce them, with roferenca to the inlegrity of our achoo! sys- tem, that tho achool-funds in some ot our towna avo beon moat gadly diverted from their logiti- mate onds, and used for sectarian purposcs. Thoso funds havo been virtuslly divided for soctarlan uses, in Fort Madinon, Weat Point, and 1am told, in 8t. Paul,—all in Loee County of this stato, Whothor i ofhor parta of Tows the samo state of things exiata, I am not informed. Lut of oo thing Tnm saro: if the same opportunity were afforded to sectarianizo -tho common #chaols, 1t would be seized without hositation. In the schools nllnded to, oapocially in Fort Mlad- fson and Weet Point, teachers are omployed and paid, not ss public sckiool teachors, of bocanso of tliair competency (which is not tosted oven), Lut becauso thoy aro Catholips, and can bo deponded upon to fteach faithfully tho doctrines sud elalma of their owa churoh, Nono otlior Indeed but n Catholic would Db pormitted to teach fn those schoals. Tho vory buildings whioh bolong to tuat Church aro used. And so strictly scctarian a0 thoso schools, and 5o cloarly is this undor- stood, at loastin Fort Moadison, that a former ‘residont of that city, and slao a County Huper- istendont of Bohools, when naked whethor » ‘Protestant would bo atlowed to toach fu them, replied: * No man would be fool anough fo ap- vy Public schools! and no Protostant would bo “fool enourh” to ask for & place thore! This tells the whole story. Now, I am not of thoso who wonld fan in the Josst that worst ovil of society, that blight of human progresy, tho spirlt of intolorance: Not for a single moment doX:]uouuon any man's right to the froced avd fullest exercie of his omn roligion, whatever that reli la not incompatible with the ar woctoty. But our school system is a Slate institution,— arbilo proporty,—sxiata for Stato purposos— Ia intended for citizons a8 citizons, without any reforence whatover to thalr nf)h’llull relations, preanns or future, Thess are loft to other ofli- cient agenclos to bo doalt with, whilo the com- mon achiool has no other than an indiroct boar- dug upon thom. As a Btato institution, there- fore, no church in tho land, whatover may bo its pretenslons to anthority or sanclity, hsa tho dimment shiadow of a night to toneh that school z:tam. Aud it is time that it was distinctly un- ntood by seotarians of every etamp that our l;uhl!u sahools bolong alike to Catholios and ‘totestants, to Jows and Gientiles, to Bellovers s0d Unbeliovers of ovory slade and galor ; and that Lo who tries to giva them n sootarian bias, eltbor by prayor, or Biblo, or spoach, or who friea to divert thoir funda into forhidden chan- sels, in doing injuntios to othors,—is enoroaal.. ing uuon thalr Libertlea,—is nndermining ane of o noblest Inetitutiona of tho country, and grsdually workiug rutu ta the Ropublio. ~He is meddling, indeed, with what ho biza no_ business stall, and tho Biato should deal with him sume mnl(, A4 an cuowy to ita peace aud ordor, It {s hoped that, In our pext Iaws Loglela~ re, $bis mportant subjoct of our publio sohools will ‘bo taken up and ‘doalt %lih wit snd couragoously, Wo have echddl laws on our #atuto-books which munt and will bo ropealed. Intendsi) for tho best, thoy aro esseutinlly nn- Just in thoir upirit aod demsnds,—oussted with- out any rogard whatevor to tho rights Rrowing nnd heterogeneous population. Snviotion, however, 18 growing sud atrepgthen- Ing, that, to oscaps tho equivoca! position fn ¥hioh wa at prosent stand, wo must mako our publio schools puroly soculsr. Theu we shall ?m them upon & basis which cannot boshaken, tioy will be In harmony with the Amorican iden Sod institutions, They will ba just towards all men of overy creed, winlo they can demand uni- Yorsal suppord without wrong to sny one. Nasaary, DN 3 1 THE DISMISSAL OF HENDERSON. Tothe Editor of The Chicago Tridune : Wasmnastw, D, Q., Peo. 11,~The special dls- Paches to the New York Tridune, published In l-day's fuauo of that jourual, sesm so unjust to Preaidept Grant, and sa ont of sccord with tho Prevalliog sontiment of Democrats sy wetl as Espudlicans hiorp at tho Capltal, that T cannot ar sending you a line to say that the action 9f tha “Attorney-General In regard to tho dis- ailssal of Jobn B. Hendorson as Asslatant Unlted Bates District-Attorney at 5t. Louls fn e pros~ %ution of the whisky-fraud cases, s regarded Lezo as ominently Justand proper, 1¢ 8fr. Henderson could nol obssrve the cour 14y dus his superior, Mr. Plerrepout, not to l:-n::an {ho rospect duo tho President, then it bt bt b hsposed of himself, It w] ldm:g:lus :gam n&x all r{bvmlu'sed pors - Mg, whetber balonging to the legsl l’mw(ul n £¢ uot, or ta the Demooratio or Repablican p m-s tho expressioos aud actions of Mr. Hone R Were, under the dlrcumstances, excoods L’ y inappropriste, If Mr. 31, was hanestly t ued with tho idea that the President of tho Vuited Hlatan was inculpated in the whiakye Imula at Bi Louis or olaawhors, by the Krelatlons mado in regard to bLis' imumedis o wubordinates, then the proper courss 198 him wld seon to have boan 0 roalgn hiy g«l\mn 84 sazlutans to the District-Attornoy st % Louis sowa tima since, and to give his reason ‘:'.f.'fi' 10 biw suporiors and the publio eimultas by La visw of the fact that fair-minded mon in i Viciulty, of sl \x‘ouum {aiths, honestly bes u‘“ tho Presidont bimself iy no way involved & tho whisky-fraud business, the perusal of b insidious paragraphs as spbear in the il dispatchies ta the New York Tribune and \ {Muao Times of tms dato (Nov, 11, 1678) 4% wide-uproad and romsonable indignation, worblo your “corcespondost is moy & 1hirdy th'.m advooate, it seeins but simplo justica thay Jentiment of right-thinking men ‘i this los fality thould receive exprossion Upon thie mate Henco s treapsss upon your columa Beapecttully, Figeiak ] Loy, ian may bo, 1 it lor and mafoty of of our The o i ADatroyt 1 0y pald his first viait to one of the nlon achooly u.l: oshior (doyas -u-cnou and, ome at ul s mothgr ine Sureds ol “Haness bow do” yoa it o 28"+ Bully! ' ho repliod, in an mmfl pos Iaaw four boys Lioked, oae gul got hoy S Bulted, and 2" bix schalar barses his olbo Hovel T don't want 1o miss a day." THE_CURRENCY, PAPER CURRENCY VS, GOLD. To the Editor af The Cincagn Tvibune: Cuitoado, Doe. 16,—You havo difeuased the eurrancy quostion of lat evidantly with an lon- oAt design to arriva at the bLest policy for Con- gresa to pursue, You recognizo the fact that thoro aro two scomiog Interests In tho mattor. At 18 cloar to any reflective mind that thera ls economy In tho use of papar-curronay Inatead of gol0, olso it would ot Lo used, To fllustrate briefly : Wo do not uso a quart messuro madv of gold when ono made of tin will answer e woll, simply because tho tlu ono s cliospor, For the eamo reason, wo do not use gold becauno papor s clicapor for cur- rency, In Californla they use gold bocauno they take a pride in thoir gold. It looka boautiful ta thom, Ono wan naos & gold Loothpick, perkaps, bocauso it looks besutitul ; while aunother uses woodon ones becauss they aro chieaper, ltow smuch is tho oconomy of papor-gnrroucy # Clold In 100 conts for a dollar, A dallar is worth b por cont to thoe owner, for tho resson that peoplo will give him 6 por cont interest for it with tho beat of mocurity. lence, n gold dollar costs G conta por yoar. A paper doliar custa n small fractional port of a cent, and § per cont of that is 80 mmall that wo mill not state it, but call it nothing. {This s & most absurd sophism. A greenbaclk hea now tho purchasing power of 86 couts in gold; consequently m £6 bill hias Lhe samo value In buylng thiugs that 84.80 in gold possesscs. And it costs o man to got 8 @5 bill as much In- bor or property as to obtain €4.30 in gold; and he will ask Just ss good securlty from auy one who wanta {o borrow it as will tho haider of 81,90 of gold. Our corrospandent confounda the cost of tho material on which the Guvern- mont prints ono of *its promises to pay” with the cost of the same nato to a man who obtains it for a servico or In oxchange for somo articlo, Dooplo do not got bold of groonbacks or bank- notes for less than their parchssing power.— Ep] covee If theso propositionn be truo tho saving in tha uso of 500,000,000 ot papor-curronoy la $45,000, 000 per annura. Al the strifa ang difforence of Intercats abont the matteracem to portain to the ucstion, Who shall _have this 825,000,000 ? _apitalists, or the Government, or, in othor words, tho wholo poople equally, [This fa nnother misatatoment. Tho Govorns moat doea ot own & dollar of the grecubacks, oxcoph thoso it has on hand in the Treasury, but ©owaon tho holdors of them 380,000,000 of gold dol- lars, which i$ promiaod to pay them, but has not dono ft. Tho greenbacks are as much & part of the nationsl dobt as tho bonds. The Govorn- ment borrowoed from the people §380,000,000 of their property and services, and gavo thom its due-bills, called * greonbacke,” whioh it han neithor paid nor funded, And thoso dne-bills aro ciroulating s currency at fluctuating values, worth for puschasing purposes only sesen- oightha of thoir faco: mext year thoy may bo worth only threc-quarters as much as roal monoy.—Ep.] .. Boforo tho War, " eapitaliats bad it all; but, during tho War the people. through thair repro- montatives, pleaded povoity, and aslked for it, and tot a portion of it, by driving out bauk-ourroucy ‘)y taxation, and sabssituting thoeir own prom- idom-to-pay. Hut capitalista nover cry quits. Belug possessod of onergy and o kootor com- prehonsion of existing circumatancos tban tho averago politician who ropresenta tho peoplo, thoy are surd to overroach them and carry their point, Yor iostanco: ‘'he National-Baukiug law svas pastnd to gain them s position,—holug wil- ling to take Lialf of a loaf rathor than no bread, What noxt? 'Tho same thiug, viz., to try sud get the balanoa of the loaf throngh the ory of Bpecia-rosnmption ; which, by the way, s right and best for all if on tho right basis, but not for the capitalist, from his standpoius, 13t nocossitatos bis throwing away to half of tholoaf ho alfesdy bas, but much bottor for bim §f it gives him tho wholo €25,000,000 au- pually, Let ud soo if ho Lan not already carriod his rmul for the future, though still clamoring far it soouer, Ono yoar ngo wo wero within about two sears of n{uulo or par currency, if the right kind of legislation had been secured, and now, one year Iater, wo sro throe years from it; bus ih was necessary for tho capftalist to socura tho wholo loaf for the futurp, 8o the limit to National Bapk. ing must ho removed, and the priviiego made freo toall—oapitalista ; and the bost thing the pooplo’s representativen would givo them was to take aflor four yosrs. Bo much of victary for the .capitalists, provided COX:EXMI stands to tho agreemont to redoem at the statod time, Lot ud seo whethor it is roally » vlntor(. Money is worth 6 por cent Iuterost. Ono dollur of green- bucke represents about 80 conts of actual monoy. Fiyo per cont of that fs 430-100. Fighiy-six conts will advance to 100 in threo yoars, or 14 cants, or4.65 contain ons year,—mors than & porcent. I'li not invest my money in roal es- tato that will Lurdly pay b por cent, whito 1t will mako 6 by advanco, and § to 10 by tosuing, —say 8t 16 por cont, How will it bo with tlio National Banker? Ho has 8100 in Washington at interest at 5 por cent, less 9-10 of 1 par cont, usl to0 §4.10; and han borrowed of tho peopls 85 in paper, which he is sllowed to circalate, snd pays Do {otercat. which s worth, in money at B0 conts, $73.10; avd, by the approciatiog process going on, hio will owo tho pooplo 880 in mouey, or §11.00 more than at pressnt. By rofluumllvx bia 890, which inolude tho $5 on depoait at Washingtou, ot 86 conts on tho dollar, e wilt pay out $77.40, and have #22.60 of his money left to loan at 5 par cout, or to1o,—say &5, ~wlich gives him 81,13, which, added to one-tbird of the £11.90 saved by stop- glng the increans of his indebteducss, mnkes 0.00, or an sotualloss to him of 10 conts at prosent,—providod tho peoplo bocome con- Vvinced of the eartainty of the viotory, and ao- copt tho situstion as it iy, and stind by tho agrooment, of Congress, 110w long will ho van- tious banker suffer this lors to go on? Der- Lmpa till after Congrose adjourn, and thon he will “gell his bouda snd redectn his cur- rency, with the intention of bLeginning snew goon after the polut of redemption by the Government is reachod. This kind of contraction will go on graduslly, and the valuo of the remaining currency will advanco in gold. value just in proportion to the contraction, af- tor makiog due allowance for the fluctusting do- mand of “businoss, and 8§87 of par-curreuc would buy just as much as 8100 worth only a; couts to the dollar, Tho idea tllt\ludnpl’cclnll:{; ourrenoy is. botter than a par-curronoy is fal- lacious, and tho reason that any man advocates it is becauso bio doos not know any botter ; elso Lo thinks be can mako more for himeolf with it at the expenso of other peoplo. It soe; 8 plalu a4 moonlight to mo that no more legis on is needed Lo put our currency at par st tbe appoloted timaj but, to Leep it thero, redemptior must be continuod, Next ocomes the question, ITow much must bo pro- vided for? Vory little to bogin with, bocause the coutraction 0f tho national ourrongy will do it, but, at that point, the Natioosl Bank ourrenoy will commence ta oxpand, and drivo out tha frosnbacks, which must be redcemed with gotd, {ho gold can oply be had by taxation, and soll~ bonds at the beat rate that can bemade, Five per cont bondn will aell at par mow, and less rates at a dllemmtl 8.05 bouds would probably sell for 74 conts {t paysbla in thirty yobrs, and moro if sooner ; and some would sell at par it payablo on demand, but would take the place of bank-resorves mndy, aod really form a Pars of ths currenoy, and not contraot it. Tho rale of expansion osnnot be determived definitely, but the final rosult can be closoly ap- roximated, We hiave about $750.000,000 now worth 85 cents, equal to $645,000,~ i f 'the two kinds, wiil mall reduction for tho lo will want to Jioglo whioh, for a guoss, wo will place au §00,000, and creenbacks, 5 per cent on do- poult, #od 6 an the move batwacs tie banks and Washington,—making about $50,000,000 wore, leaving 535,000,000 of National Hauk uotes, $00.000,000 af grosnbacke, and 830,000 000 of gold, Instead of our presont paper cur~ Tepoy. There would be na nacossity of providin wuch gold in sdvaucs, for the 5 por cont l:uufi would bs wanted for baoking purnoses as fast as the gold would ba requlred, as the banka could not drive the smcnhuh out with 3'?14 very well; and, to drive them Lome with bank-cur- reucy, thoy must Lave the bonds, Will it ba rofitablo to bank st par with the prosent lsw ? 100 at 4.10 por oent ; b per cout reserve ; 5 por cont in trausit; 80 couts owned by the peoply loanad to tha banks without interoat, equivaicn} $0 940 of banker's capital, 80 of poopla’s ; cons sideration for $20, 1.10, lean the lloonuo foo, more of lens, in -h-);n of o3tra tazos on deposlty, otc,, equal to 20}y per cent, losa thuse extra tazen, which are 5ot oqual with different, banks ers in proportion to their ciroulativg notes, and would kava mack to do with the prottabluneas of the undert 1 wua.lu o e are alresdv op a epecie. s, par, aud the little fluctustion of the cutrency results from supply and de. mand, The supply being nasrly constaut, the tion mush bo due 16 Buctustlon In du. THE CIIICAGO 'TRIBUN uenMnpER mand, Tho prossure {n downward 5 per cont [romiim, o mattor how much tho waves roll ackward and forsarl. No acta of Congroms can put greenbacks pormanontly down fantar, oxcapt o promia to redeom wnonor 3 of alowor, excopt to tepudiate (n 1art, or oxtending the tine far redemption, Tha roagon why the do- preclatlon sas not groater bofors this' redomp- tion act may ho found in tho fact that further expanaion wae impossibia whoro 1t was jrafite ablo. #hail wo whit fn peaco for hard monoy, orgo furitsooner, WiLLiast N. Utnay, . 198 Lake street, THE LFOAL MONEY STANDARD, To the Bilitor of ‘The Clie v Irsbuns: Cnicano, Dec. 16.—1u your Mondsy's {asuo, son respond to my communication published the Haturday proviout in the samo paper, but you do do not suuwer 1L, or & siugle proposition in it, nor do you refer to (ho name suhject, in your crisiclam ; windly, too, hocauso it In unan.. sworable. My proposilions cannot Le succods- tully controverted. Now obuerva: What I asid, and all I said, was based upon tho present fnetebtedners in all it forms e now existing, which had boen contract- edupon the raiuc and basis of & greenback-cur rency, which was admitied to be, ns comparcd with gald, of ona aliling In a dollar of loss valuo than gold ; that is, that to buya gold dol- lar you have to glve ono dollar and an eighth of paper-curronoy for it; that tho debts of the conntry, mado undor this standard, were payable in paper-monoy ; and that to buy the gokd at presont promium, to pav the aasamod aggregate debt,. would cost £375,000,000, and that sum would fall upon the debtor classes, and go to tho Leuofit of tho capitalists and men uuder fizod alarios throughout the conntry. .- Torlapa I was fanlty in not saying, in 5o man words, that my remarks were ontirely cnminng to tha past sud present debl, and not s govern- Ing the futurn interests of the cou iy, after debts oro paid, nnd wo are enjoying A soltled eurraucy, based upon a specio standard, “Fho wholo roply of Tuk TunuNx ta mivo, and all of Ita arguments, yioints aud relates to what will be the charactor of trado and commerca of the country whan that settled financial condition shall como, and when proporty Lins gone down to a spoecic-basin, aud the now adjustmont of proparty and coin values. Iu this 1 do not es. sentislly divagreo with Tue TRinu~e's viows, But Tie Titoure doon not esy but that it will cost tha debtor 212 or £14 moro to pay & dobt of 8100 In gold than in Freuubuka; nor doen it say that it will not take 12 or 14 bushals mure wheat to get tho gold than it doos to get the grean- backs; and that tho priaciplo runa into all mate tors of Proporey. Nor doos ‘Uitz TRibuxs deny that the oroditor {8 gaiuor just to the oxtont of the increasod **purolinsiog power " of guid over grooubncks : nor does It dare to aay, fu'tho faco and oyes of cowmoercial futolligence, that tho deblor dons not luose in tha samo ratio that the creditor gains. The man wha bought Lis Loueo or his farm lant yoar for §0,000 snd paid 81,000 down, must fiow pay tho remsiuing $4,000 In gold; so La buys bis gold at 13}¢ conts promium, ‘couso- quently it costs him now just £9,000 to pay up 0 his farm costs him $10,000 iustoad of $9, aud tho sellor gots 81,000 moro than to nsk Doos Tur Tuimvns disputo thin? . Tuk THiiuNg says: * Mr. Tichmond's asgor- tion is sitply abaurd {bat 24 wany dollars in guld will bo paid for auy morvico as mre paid in doprecistod paper worth 86 conts to tho dullar.” Doesw Tz TuwcSr mean or suppose that tho Prosident's salary will bo reduced ous-oighth, and ofher ~ eala- riea at Washinglon and throughout tho country, to tho oxtent of tho [rowmituws on gold ? Doca 1t oxpoct tha boudholder, tha mortzage-hoder, will abate from thoe fuce of his claim i present remium on gold, whon paid in pold? Do Tus TurnuNe sud Zimes intoud to teduco tho prico of thair papers ovo-oighth whon coin-standard is established ? Can it Bupposo thora will bn & universal put- ting dowu of salaries of National, Kiatn, aud cor- poration ofliccry, simultancous with tho ropeal of tho Tegal-Tonder act, which makes groene backn a logal-tondar, or’ any _ostablicliod " gold- etandard 7 If not, why doew it talk wo # Doas not Tue TinuNe writer kuow that thin city's debt of 812,000,000 ta $18,000,00 Dble in papar-curtoucy at par, by, 1 worth but 8G conta o tho doliar; snd that if, by Iaw, 1t is changod to spocio-payment, it ia in- eroased just tho 14 conts to tho dollar to make it old ; aud that the bondsand martgayes of com- pauios und individusls of this city, of 100,000, 000 or £200,000,000, to build up Chicago, ' notw Lmyul.vlo in this papor-money @orth 80 oonts, will o convertod iuto gold debt of 100 aents, thus taking from tho dubtor aud giving to tho Last- ern oapitalist, for no consideration whatavor, 14 ceuts valua in every dollar of dobt in purclias- iui‘puwcr, ut Tits Tainoxe pervorts the facts,—mis- staton tho valus of monsy. o Lave no monoy i ciroulation worth only 86 contn; have lad noue this ton years, nor any depreciated monoy of any kind, Tho laws of Congress—thio highest authority of the land—has mado greanbacks tho standard monoy for all trading purporos, The puper itsclf doclarcs its uses aud value, mado so by law, Iquato from tho back of & proouback dollar: **This uote Is a logal-tender st its JSace valuo for all dobls, public and private, excopt dutios on importw and the intoreat on the public dobt.” Tho face of this biil reads thus: * United Btazos will pay to Doarer Opo Dollur. Washing- ton, D.C. John Alison, Iegistor of the Treas- ur’I. (I} weries), 1875." e old dollar iu gold is 1worth no niore by law, ‘The snmo sutharity that makes gold a logal-ton- der mnkes tho grooubnol worth just as much, Ty TIBUNE to the contrary notwithstending, Thus the groonback ia ibo lyal money stand- ard. Gold {4 uot; it has gonsinto tho Jist of commoreial commoditios, and is baught, sold. aud tluctuates from day to day, like tho farme produats of the country, butter and cheeso. In your propositions you deal with and prossnt thinga aa thoy will Le when tho ohnnfio is made 10 specio-basis, and thiugs bocome adjusted to it, My inyostization Is contined to present con- dition, and what it will cont the country to get from its prosent condition into that whick you suficipato. I\ Ricustoxnn, EPZCIE RESUMPTION, To the Editor of The Chicatu Tribuna: Tho recont wousaye of the Prosidont Is & man- ly document, and Is outapoken on the issues of thoday, Ho makos many important augges- tions, which command themselves to the Judg- mont of tho country. Iam cordiatly with him in bis desiva for oarly rosumption. Tho disomso of the ourrency infocts business, and s cure is Imperatively demandod. ‘Tho debate is as to tho nibthod. Horo thero {s much differenca of opinion, aud auggestions are in order, It sooms tomo that tho simplest method is tho bost. Obtain the gold aud pay the greonbacks at the oatllost practicable moment. [Ah! there is tho rub that givos us panes.] Tho Prosidont recom- mends that additional power bo given to the Bovrotary of the Tromsury to accumulste gold for floal redomption, oithor by incloasing the rovenue, ourtailing oxpensos, or bath, (Thia Congroes will uever givost.) Tho right shoald 180 bo glvan to well bonds for the samo pur. poao. [Lat it will not ba.] ‘Ihe paople would nol favor an incrcase of taxation. Lconomy may contributo its mito, but the principal re- sourco mupt bo the sale of bonds. There is no tima llke chie preseut. o era of retreuchment should bo the era of return to sound principlos, ‘Tho method proposed would create the loast pose siblo disturbance, Iiavo the banks a romorve fu reanbacks, p zold reserve will be substituted, Flold will flow through thae channels now oocupied by groeuLacks, and therofare whore it is neoded. No oue will be injarod by-the exolange, Tho method is Lotk pragticable aud economie- al. The now loan would bo taken, and ao takon a8 not toadd to the publlo burden, Supposo tho amotnt borrowed to ba €300,000,000, leaving the detluienoy to be suppliod from the sources suy- gosted by the Prasident. At § per cent, the an- nusl intorest on this sum ia $15,000,000. Lor $hin Intorest wo can safely look to the increasod Yaluo of tho Internal revonuo. The isceipts from this soarce for tho year ending June 80, 1875, were 3110,007,803.43 in ourrency. If this monay Waa wortli 16 dm-oenmn than gold, it was worth 816,501,100.20 loss, Retiro (he groonbacks, and tho internal rovenus will be pald in gold or it equivalent, aud the differonce will bo gained L the Lroasury, oroating » fuod more thau uul" Ecln‘;fl o pay the sunusl intorest ou the now olidd, The monoy in the haudu of the peaple will ad- vance iu like mauuer 18 per cous, and tho moue will be money socording to the world's standard. No man will obfeck to an advance on his own mouey, ’l'ho’ fuftationinte whould La watisfled (unloss thay insist on Inueront worthlossnoss as essou- ...»§ fur tho mouey in the couutey will be prac- llully Incressed 10 por cent, 1t we bave ¥800,000,000 in currevoy, and it ad- vauces 15 per coul, 18 purchiasivg power 1y in~ craasod $120,000,000, Mouney will ba 4o abuudant that even speculst- ora Lope for a share, after logitimate buste nose has beon supplied, Mou who are hoarding money will securo iL:o covated advancefof 15 pur ::I-nx. and ;vulbe u&pud lnt? euterprise. Hud- on gein increase tho appetite. The ufihlu pon of u..g Prosidont deplota the ovila of the presont system. Wby should i be SATURDAY, continuod 2 This nesms to ma a favorable e~ ment, beeuss tho eountrs ia nrowscd, The dis- cnnnton Iy trash in the minda of tho peo;in, anl the people demand e o t. The thronsts claimnnd otherwise, hut the H lizve dine poseid of them. (ive the eaemivs of sound Inunoy no tima to rally, ‘T'ho practioal woanuton recommended by tha Prenident secm to me objectionable. | wonld not ropeal the act making the greenbachs leyni- tonder. ‘Thoy abuuld ratain that foature unhil tuoy are [ aul’ by the tlovernmont. It wonld bn tnjuat 10 dobtors L0 wand thetn 1 koareh of gotd ’DI v their deiits, whilo tho Government i in (1 ¢ Al to the greduat redemyption of the grogulacks, Ak it wonld eoni:ast the cueroney withuntragard to the demandaof commerca, Tho gold thun pald out wouid not Lreome s part of tho curroiicy ko long as the paper-monay of tha couutry remained ot a discount. We shonld eimbly have loss currency from month o month. The Lanks must redeom thelr notes in eithor qold or ‘rrcouhncku. Hatiro greonbackn grad- nally, and bank-nates will retire gradually. and tha vonntry will bo gradually straugled. It auch a moanure Tn ALtemplod, the Infationints mil o slve, and will carry the country. Yours renpest- tully, .. -+ Jonx Wosonninor. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Tathe Ediior of Tha Chicasa Tribuns Dunceur, Ia., Doe. 14.~Prosuming that in- flalionists are candid aud honest fu thelr opln- fouw, with the axcoplion of that class who, from motives of pura cussednors, desiro to sen tho national securition dopreciated, and the cradit of the Government impaired, I wi-h to trausfor Lo youa fo conundrume which friends of mine liave put to we, aud which Lam not sblo to oive: 1. What is tho estimated actunl amount of ¢ paper-mouey ™ In circulation, afier deducting from tho amount fesued tho estimated amount annililated by wear, toar, aud loea ? For in- stance: In the Chloago fire, in tho Boaton fire, und in Lundreds of othors, n large quantity - of *papor-money” must have boou dostroyed. In tho sinkiog of sbips, and in the numberlass aacidents of Ibsuen yoars, s very great amount has beea utterly lust, 3, Has this loss bosn sufliciont to eripple the ‘' circulating modium” to any porceptiblo ex- tents and has it spprociatod tho value of tho ro- wmaiuder ? 3. Tlas the amount of groonbacks lont to indi- viduals heen n gain to the Governmont ? . Has the amount of National-Bauk currenoy thus lost boon s gain to the bauka 7 1 uso tho torm ** amount," and not * guautity,” becanse wo aro accustomed Lo spoak of this stuff asmon. oy, and not as paper. To simplity the question: 121 light my pipe, wheu Fam drunk, with & 910 Natlonal-Bank note, does tho bank rain 310 7 G. I the loss and destructlon of this currency by accidont s & galn to the banks, lisn this gain ever heon considered when ostimating the profits of tho bauks? I know that, if T throwa &10 gold-pfeco into the ocean, 1' loso R11), and the commercial world loses the uso of 10, but no- lmdf gains anything, i I hiave noticed for & long timo that vou have bean in the habit of correciing tho mistekes of all sorts of financial theorista, and with admira- Llo paticuco havo snswered' heapas of ignorant «questions on the cutrency ; that in tho reason I have submittod these. Respectfuily yours, M. TnroMuory, RerrLy.—The quantity of greenbacks that havo boen Joat in the various ways suggosted by our correspondent, undoubtedly amounta to sevoral millions of dollars,—perhaps 65,000,000 or 20,~ 000,000, aud, including the fractional curroncy, £8,000,000 to £10,030,000 in sil. Tho smount, liowovar, sud measuro of contraction, s inap- Dpreciablo on the value of the wholo volume of currency, 1n rogard tolost bauk-notes, we have frequont- Iy snswored our correspondant’s quostion by citing tho law, All loss from any causo of bank- notes inures to the benefit of tho Government. Whon a National Bank goos into liquidation, or withdraws 1ts circalation, it is roquired to do- poait with tho Comptroller of the Currcucy o sum of logal-tendor greonbacks or gold woius cqual to tha number of dollars of notes tssnod to It by the Government. Consoquently, if any bank-notea ** turn up misaing,” and aro nover presonted for rdomptios, the Governmont galns the amaunt, and the stockbolders of tho Bank lose 1t.—~Ep, THE WATER IN THE CURRENCY, To the Editor of The Chiwaga Tribune ; Rocuesten, Mion,, Dec. 14.—Last Saturday's Tnmuxe coutainod meveral columns of apeci- wens of the wisdom of bliad guides upon finance,~men who iusist upon staying in the wator until dry weather, among whom Mr. Thomas Richmond 13 conaplonons for o fluiduess caleulatod to soak into the dryeat comprehon- wlon, His poor * farmer,” who puts proparcd questions, understauds now that ho {4 to losa 16 per.cent from tha value of his farm aua all products of 1t horenftor,—16 par cont of dead, irreparable loss! Poor, water-sosked man | Naughiy Mr. Richmond | ‘Tho gentlomon soem to overlook tho fact that over-valuation moou corrects itself, aud cannot bo systomatioally waintained for unyfrut lsugth of timo; that disconns adjusta itwsif in all largs trananctions veryragularly. Hundreds of itoms of werchandiso aro sold upan_an sgreed discount from Fuhlil).mfl pricas, 'The wholosalo doaler sells glass, wood-sorews, aud nany ather thiugs, 8t 40, 60, or G0 per cent Off, ovon in ourroncy; 80 of pisuca and many othior goods. Values are adfusting thomselves Irom nocety, so that the inllated portion of twe prices—tho water—is easily woon. The toudency of eafu traftio is to Lard pon i to Lavo tho not rasult; to buy, so to n’;enk‘ Mr. Nichmond's farmor's ‘graln without the chafl and husks. - Dut what roally Lurts those gentry ia the difi- culty of floating” speculative cuterprises in fage of “approsching stoady pricos, Bmoothe water ssillig comes too moon. Thoy would rathior take their chances of going ashoro by aud by on s raft or a apar, than to po asliore now. ‘Thoro Is neither tlotsam nor jet- sam without slorm or tlood, ) 1t tho American pooplo malntain commerco, it noeda to bo in somo Larmouy with the world's prices, aud in tho world's currency. Wo must keop atop in that mill, or have our legs broken. And no sct of (.'om{rnu. or contrivanco of uubai- divs or tariffu, will holp ns to get somathlog for nothiug, for any grest length of time, without stealing it. If, by an act of Congress, 0 inclies had been oalled w foot for mome temporary pur- poss, doubless it wore a soucce of pleasixe to a G-tuoter to faol that he was thereby G foot 8, and of misery attorwards to have the discouut taken off, Lut you aud Ican see that ho s tho gadver if bis inflatod staturo was mado the bosis of taxos and expondow. Lot us soe for a motont bow thisiss 1u the ninth United Btatos consus, tho amount of agrioultural and mavufactured products for 1870 I8 givon al 823,000,000, As this includus wotlung of fureign commerce, it 18 uafeto say thiat tho wholo sum of these productn wis traflicked, and handlod, and variously distribu- ted thiough at least two sots of middlowen, at An expense probably not less than 20 per cent, This catimate would pruduce au sddition of %1,864,G00,000 upon firss cout, Awsuming 15 por cont water in the currency, 1t follows that tho dealors’ profit upon the water {s 204,690,000 for ono your,— dead loss to the people of tho coun- try. It 1s tbat amount pmid to middiomon juwexcoss of what the same ratoa of profit aud expenses for dling would produce under a par currency, Doslors' profita aro a rato per ceut; if thia fact wero not appareotly ovoer- looked or forgotton, I should be begging your pardou for atativg it. Now, this is the direct monusl tax and waste by tho ues of an ju- tlatad ourrency ; and, beyond thls, there are mat- tors of loss and demorslization to communltien by an over-cetimated trado,—the over-growth of towns, with their necessary Incidents,—idleness, folly, fraud, bankruptoy, and rnin. The anoual waste and excess of profit on the business of the country, by resson of the 15 per ceut water In the currency, ls #20£,000,000 { —and this is paid by the productive labor of the country abuually, u FRENCH FINANCES, To the Editor af TAs CAicaye Tribuna ; Ciricano, Dec. ¥6.—Ih your editorial of tho 12t jnst, headed **The Fiuances of France,” you say that Frauco, siuce}1871, haa ** brought back the paper of the Bavk of Frauce to par by bojd oontraction ;" and, furtber on in the same articls, thas * The Yolume of paper-ourrensy wea wapidly reduced, gold tlowed back into the coun- try as faut as it was acut fo Berlln, aud resuwp- tion became a fact,” This same propoaition I have fraquantly seon in your editorials dusing some mouths past, sud would aak you to glve your readors referonce to some reliablo authority o support of thg sition that French bank-notos ware brought " to par by bold contraction." b The Frouch authorjticy that I have seen uay tlat tha bank-notes of Frsuce advauced to pag in tho face of expsuelon, That it did 60 was to thera a curtous fact ; and thoy try to explain it a4 an snowaly. M, Victor Bonnet, an able fiosncisl writer 1g Feance, #ays, o tho Revus' des Deuz Mondes, [ —=TWELVE PAGES that *'Tn Novamber, 1871, tha nnte-isue of the Bonk of Franeshal renchod anly 2.300,000,000 franca, and the gold-preminm_ wam 214 per cant : Ly tho end of Janusry, 1472, they sxcecilod 2.450,000.010, and gnld had fallan tn 1 por cont : a rhort Lime afterward, tha huit of efrculstion wag extondrd to 4,00, and no further atiention wan paid to it The premm on goid had hacotna insfenitf-ant.” Agzatn, ho aska 4 \Who wonlid have dared be- liave that. In the midst of tha greatest dalami- tiea which hava aver befallan & nation, with an onarmons ransom o pay toa foreizn conntry, and with grat domestio lowess 1o ropair, crudit cirenintion ennlid bo matntained four i A% Inrsce ax it motallic baso : and that this ciren. Jation =l renen thn enormons figure of 8,000, 0,1 Tranes withont dopreciation 7 And lin addn T4, nuvertholers, t what haw hape pened That the gold-preminmn shonid fall whilo the paper-movey of ted country was baing expand- ©d, wau n wonder to M. HBounet anl other Fronch financiers. Thoy, thetnfore, ret to work to learn the: eanne, and they think thay have found itout. Bng, at all events, they show tho his- worieal fact, fhet the paper-money of their conntry did adeance to par while leing erpanded n amount ; and that it was not brought ** fy yar by hold contraction." In saying that Freuch financiers atiow this, I sicak of only those whono statement have eome to my knowledgo. If thero aro othar nuthors who rhow the contrary, your roadors wish to know it, that they may be fully informed. It thiero are such, then the Fronch financlers arn differing abont facta; which scoms to be a etrango thiug for 5o learned a people. Drnoey, Icy Dignity Thawed Out, Detrott Fres Pross, A fellow who lad been hanted in for smash ing a #lovo in & #atoon. atd who had refised to z1ve his name, wa called out under the name of Jolin Doe. “1am nono of your low-down Johin Daen!" iln exclaimed, as ho was brought to & “front ace," ** Don't talk quite A9 loud until I find the war- rant, Thero—iero it is, and the charge 1 dya- turbing tho peace. If your nama isn't Jobn Doo what 18 it 2" “Are 7ou addreseing yonr conversation to we, sir?" ankod the prisoner inan icy voice, ms he stond up vory erect. 1 am, sir. 1om talking right at you, What do you say to the charygo # ‘8ir " answered tho prisoner, solemals, * air! you are addressing a noted man, aod none of your ono-horse rif-raffy " i “1am, ch? You aro not Sergeant Bates, are youpr" ‘I am the Key Divo of Llivois!" exclaimed the man, “Ihiero way & long paoso, The round of teell munching peanuts way pain- tally joud, Bijah searcely breathed, and the Clerk quis guawing bis ponholder, **It has boen a lonz time #inen o hind mich n noted man hol said hin Honor at jast, 1 #hould liko to giva vou the frordom of the city in a gotd box. hut I can’.” The hest I ean do iy to give you sisty days 1 the Touse of Correc- tior It D replied tho prisoner. Il taka cate of the sadnews, ¢ir. Yon Just nobla Dukeflsoureelf 1nto tho corrdar aud sit down, and don't spunk over thiee words mora or Il doublo up on you ! ‘Tho Key Divo stalked In, treading Joftily and h but he wouldn't wit down and behave uotil Bijsh hald bun sgamst tho stuve aud thaw- ed hua digaity out, and eveu then Lo sat down very koftiv, ill bo & ead day for this town, my noble MILLINERY, INg: MILLINERY! + AT OUR USUTAL “Popular Prices.” Now is tho time to solect some- thing for tho Holidays. Wo invito attention to our large and elegant stock of TRIMMED and UNTRIM- MED GOODS. WEBSTER'S, 124 STATE-ST. REMOVED FROM THE WEST SIDE, From 241 West Madison-st, Pt Trnllaps, 16, 15, nn, Tenn: many utliors, are represontod LITTELL’S LIVIN In 18 tho Tum Lyving Aux oatars upn ts thirty-third goar, It hias nover failod to receixa the marmest support f tho best men and journale of the country, and has st ‘with ounstantly fucreasiog suoooes. 1 Pt DAY, a aeow wiIBOLL & rival Lo 13 speciul el i A weeklymagisine of sixty-tour pages. it givos mors than THREE AND A QUARTEIR THOUSAN donblecolumn oetavo pa forming four largo voluma fort, eoanidy L les, Sketohet ‘Traral liographical, Ml ation, from 1he enlire body “irdlen Perloical Liieratire During tho cuming sorial and short storiss of tho LEADING FURELGN AUTHORN " will ha kiven, togethyr with an amount unEPPron e e v s DLE erTodient i fue ok, of the post oF of the duy, fron} im reader, a4l coumi|latiou o Janradl racos TUE ABLEST LIVING WRITERS {aalt heansas el Literatare, Sclunce, Art, and Politics, ~la s@iticivutly tndicated by iho fullowlng rucont he found sa ‘ork Esening bost thoughts of the bost minds of rou sl lovios of living (aleresk.'t e breadih of view It 1s approctiied"dud Drosiated tho higher Wl R e inerioan Iltaatars and the tests of A van road CAicayo Inier-Ocean, Bast of Al bur vclvotlo publicatlons~The Nu. A monthly that comes every weck," jura and perpetusl olr and fountaln of entar- at and Initruct o, e Iom, Hobert (', WintArup, beat perlodical iu Atsrica. = The fiav. Dr. Cuyier, o, oo with the clicluest Litcraiars of'ihe % T keop up with all that latory: ol d A 1, New 4 o it & great ad- rwlinees **1uia tha il faotory gouplotansaa, s tiieo of the aimoat fadutarab European quarierlios, month 1uro umbracing the prod L 118, ther o thiruuah compend, bty W ekat. ) an uine El:lfi:‘-{l‘n l-mfil' ul‘ll o J Yo e abes v VRIS SRR R GAY, vosten, Club rices fo he besfHome an Foreg Lergtre ME 13v1N0 AuK and 0o of othar pf our ious Aoriean manthiles. 8 subsoriber will Aad him. I 1a et o wation, ' PAlludelphia iine i¢ THK LIvIN A #lther ene of tha Amer. u‘;u‘; s £y o kiy or Hasar, of dypie a7 e o 40000, Tk Livive AuE and Wribeh bt i or, fo; . “ o Bieniras, ' Edliresd s atove. AREMES SCRIBNER HALES BISTORICAL NOVEL BEGUN, The Jantiary number of ACNIBNER has both & Geas tennisland a holidsy flavor, It opens with " NEW YORK IN THE REVOLUTION." and & picturn of Christmas In New York 100 yearn ago, celebratipy the good deed of an Attorney at Law, which, according o the suthor of ths article, * has Koyt lis memory green for a century.” A ketch of OHRISTMAS IN BOSTON 01738, Ia glven In Mr, Reudder's story of “CUPID AND MARA." The Centeunlal crops out sgain {n the freats Instalimont of " REVOLUTIONARY LETTERS," and in the opening clapters of “PHILIP NOLAN’'S FRIENDS; Or, Bhow Your Paassporta.” By EDWARD EVERETT HALE. Mere we get » glimpes of Washington bimaelf, Hiroigh the eyes of an old gosmp, whose story yon dan’t know whether ta baliave or not, The Christmas feoling comes up sgain in " THE KING'S OHRISTMAS)" and fn * VINO BANTO.” Bt another marked charac teristio of this number s suggested by ita houschold. Papers, Mr. Burroughs, suthor of * WAKE ROBIN,” & an account of his oo bouse-Lutiding, with vlana, and Mr. Clarence Cook rrsumes his papera on house-furnishing aud decoration, an-cr the title of "BEDS AND TABLES, STOOLS AND OANDLESTIOKS." Tue mumber also confalns ** CHILDHOOD'S FAN CILS, " by Col, Higginson ; ** HUOKS AND EYLR," Ly Menry Eckford: “ PICTURES OF TIIE FREN BENAISSANCE,” by Wendell Lamoroux; ©f MENTALY EDUOATION IN ENGLAND AND WALES,” by Menry G, Taglor; * NORWEGIAN THAITH," Ly A. 8, Packard; and additional poema Ly E. C. Stedman, Mrw. 8. M, 1, Piatt, Celia Thaxter, L. 1L Doyescn, and i, I, Stoddard. Five chaplers of "GABRIEL CONROY,” by BRET HARTE, carry theatory on turough cenes of abundant Inctdent a0 Intereat. In *“Tapica of the Time,” Dr. Holland wrtca abont ** The Centonnial, “ The Coming Man,” * Tho Prices of Booke,” and “A Cure for Goastp.” *Tue Ol Calinet” has something abnut the sentimentalint, In- terpretation, criticiun, etc. me snd Boclety,” T World's Work," ‘etc, diacues Lome economics, Looks, Inveuttous, ele. ; and Uric-a-Brac fa unususlly eatertaining, The number 15 exquisitely fllustrated: #t contalna 152 pages, and glvea promise that SCRIBNER will ree dhoczm 148 pledge 1o be better tian cver during * The Centannial Year.” Dosidea the festures alrcady ap. ounced, thero aro o be otbers duriug the yeur that will be antirely novel {n our mogasine iterature, Novemler and December numbers free to all now subscrlbers fur 1470, $8a year ; 35 contw a SCRIBNER & €0., 743 Broadwag. N. Y. THE LIFL OF THE GREERS NEW LDITION. D. APPLETON & (0, 549 & 551 Broadway, New York, BAVE JUST PUDLISHED A NEW EDITION OF The Life of the Greeks and- Romans, Deseribed from Antique Monuments. By E. Gums end W, KoNrn. Translated from tha Third German edition by ¥, Hvzerea, With 543 Woodeuts, 8vo,, 01d pages. Price, $4, Prom the London Daily Nerrs, : wThera e 1o nther couniry then Germany in which work of such profound aud patient erudition aud re search an ‘Tne Lifo of {ho Greeks and Romant, do- serlbod from Antique Monuments,’ could have been aecomplisbed, Tuut fntiuite capacity for taking patus which wmalcs the military genjun of & Moltke Is equally canapicuous in suck a work as thin. It is but one mora sdded fo that sploudid seriva of Germnan contribuli to clawical literature and scholarship which fncly 4 Ohariclon " aud * Gallus,’ * The Theatre of (he Greck, s1d 8 lion of olber muimicatsl manograyla sud com- pilations, llow fortuuate are the schoofboya aud the undergraduates of theee days compared With their predc:asorn of thirty or forty yosrs agol The rafiway aud tha steamabilp havo brought the Very sceues and reglons of antlquity wilhin tho casy reach of ramble, while Gerinan learning, tha first to seizo the application of art and arehrevlogy to sehiolarship, nukea the dry bones of *the clamics ' live by the careful ro- production of ancieut gems and medaly, the spotls of unbitried cities and the Lrossures of national museuins, HMirs fur examyle, thanks to (e curlous inaight and Perseverauce of Professors Guht and Kouer, wo have 8 erfoct picture of tho whols pubiic and socisl an wel us the intlinte domestic Hife of the Greoks aud Komans; of their temples, theatres, porticoss, tombe; theis dwalling-houace, domestic furniture, coukery, boudotrs, toflet-tables, garhs and recreatione, ships aid aroies, industefal fabrics, musical {nstruments, ete, It tn b aimple justice 1o tlis exhmustive volime, snd to fts careful and falthful trauslator and intarpreter, to say that not only upon the scholars’ abielvea, but ih every well-chosen Ubrary of arl, §t must take au houored place.” D. 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