Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 7, 1876, Page 4

TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. RATES OF STRSCRIPTION (PAYARLR TX ADYAXCEL, Ponture I'repald at this Offce. Dally Rdition, pmt-paid, 1 year. ..813.00 Parts of yearatrame rata, Qnneopy, poryens: Cluliof fver por €. Club of twenty, por copy iy The postage It 15 conts & yoar, whieh weo will prapay. 8pecimen co) (v seut free, To prevout delay and mistakes, be sure and giva Poat-Office address In full, including Statoand County. Remittances may be made either by draft, expresa, Post-Office order, or 1u registered letters, ot our risk , TIRNA 7O CITY BUDECRIDERA, Dally, delivered, Sundsy excapted, 23 conts per week, Daily, delivered, Sunday included, 30 cents per week, Addrom TIE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison nnd Doarborn sts., Clleago, Lil, AN.USEMENTS. TOOLEY'S THEATRE—Randolrh strest, hetween Clark and LuBalle, _Lug:gement of the Kodugs Opers- Company, ** FraDisvulo,” MVICREN'S THEATRE=Madieon street, batsoen d S'ate, E nent of the Ostes Opera nd * Trial by Jury, ADELPHT TNCATRE—Datrhorn strest, cormer Mounroe, *The Forty Thiuvea,” ACADEMY OF MUSIG~—Halsted stroet, hatween Madison sud Monros, Enzagementof the Georgis Miustrela, NEW CRICAGO TEATRE—Clark street, between Rondoivh and Laie, Engagouent of the Harrigen uad ia:t Qumbdnation, * Tas D2y1a Brothers,” WoOD'8 llVSEU“)X—Huu strant, betwnen Dears born nind State, Aft ad Rid or-130d " and * Dead Shiot." Eroning, * The Adveutures ofa Coun- ry Giel *and “ Dead 8ot "SOCIETY MFETINGS. WASTINGTON CIUATTER, Ue b fou of 0 1} oF ut snd fal tedunta, tlLis By order of the 3. B No, 41, T, A, M.~Puh. il cornar of Ren lolph {Felday) aveudug, Jua. T, 16 WRIGHT, Soc'y p.t, ORIENTAL LODGE. No. 31, A. F.and A. AL—Roge fivr eommunt ation tals (Frilay) < ning, ot 7:3) ©'clock, for Lusfowes, By onder of thia M nior, 3 7 O*E. N TUOREI Soc'y, Whe Whieago Tribame, Friday Morning, January 7, 1876, Greenbacks nt the Now York Gold Ex- chango yesterdny closed nt 85 The motsorological programme for to<day Indicates slightly wormer wonther, Senators BourwrLr, Dawes, Oastzno¥ (of Pa.), Criory, Gompon, Haswry, INoarts, Aonnruy (of Vt.), Montoy, SreveNsoy, and Reony, will deliver eulogies upon HEexny Waosoxn, Tho Minnosota I;glsifihm-;;mrday made & formal declaration of the sduption of vari ous constitutionnl smendments, smong them | one giving women the right to exercise the suffrage upon all quostions relating to publie schiool affairs, and making thom eligible for schoo) offices. ‘The amnesty issuo as botweon the Domo- crats and Repnblicans in Congress has been Rbarply defined by Mr. Bramse's substitute to the Amnesty bill ofiered by Ar. Rauvaty, and to be brought to a vots next 3Monday. Afr, Brarvr's substitnte provides for tha re- moval of rebollion disabilities in the caso of all persons excepting Jerernson Davia, Tho testimony in the casa of Davis, on trial for the WurLayp wurder, was closed yostor- day, and the nrgumonts wilt be heard to-dny. The only deferse offered was o plea of insune ity, and upon tho ability of the prisoner'a counsel to convines the jury thot their clfent was insane through any other cause than that of whisky at tho time ho firod tho fatal sliot will depend the fate of Davis, The Illinois Supromo Conrt has & whole- some epprociation of the Importance aud gravity of the questions fnvolved in the ap- plication for o mandamus agaiost the Com- . mon Conaeil to show cause why an eloction for Mayor should not be ordered. The Court yesterday issued an order muking the sum. mons roturnable in ien days, insterd of at the next berm of court, as is the practica in mat- ters of privato concorn only. No opinion on the merits of tho case way exprossed by the Court, but a willingness was signified to hear » full argument. The country is in grea! gor of forget. ting that this is the eraof good feoling, rec. oncilintion, elaims, contennial exhibitions, ete, To prevent such a lapre of memory, to avert the furious strifo and commotion cortzin to result from o foilure to keop tho patriotic snbject incossantly in mind, it is the {ashion in Congress to offer buncombe reso- Iutfons upon evary possible occaslon, Con. gressman Jeprsa D, New, of Indiaun, was yesterday scized with on attack of spread- eagleism, and, as Lo inaisted upon o call of tho yons aud unys, it is estimated that his centeunial fust cost sbout It bogins to be suspected by somo of tho mora conservative of the Democrats in Con- @ress that the {nvestigation Lusiness moy bo sadly overdono at tho rato things aro going, and that the attempt to cover 8o much ground is a blunder which will causo n reac- tion ond injure the party prospects, But the resolutions calling for fuvestigations continue to pour in, and there is already enough on band to keep every committeo of the Ilouso busy daring the summer recess, Lverybody undorstands that it s all done for political effect, and the prospect at prosent is that the sffect will not tally with tho original design. The Loulsiana Demacracy, assembled in Btate Convention yoaterday, adopted a plat- form which in brief declares otcrnal war on what thoy are plonsed to torm the Kriroaa usurpation. Of all the illa that Common. wealth is heir to, they consider the prosent Governor the chiefest, and the ons for the eradication of which they will devote oll thelr onergios. Thoy also ndopted o tmemo- rial Importuning Congresa to uplift its mighty hond in the {nterosts of pure Democ- racy, or, in other words, to give Mr. AcExeny an opportunity to slow his admin. Lstrativo abilitics, vico KeLrooa, suuffed out. ‘The Chieago produco markets wora rather tame yestorday, Mfess pork wus moro sctive and & shade casfar, closing at £19,17) cash and $19.82§@19.05 for February, Lard was quict nnd stendy, closing ot %1223 per 100 s cash and $12.87) for February, Menta were in fair demand and firmer, a1 7§o for shoulders, boxed, 10fc for do ahort ribs, and 10jo for do short clears. Highwines wero quiet and unchanged, ot §1.09 per gallon. Flour was dull and steady, Wheat was more active and steadior, closlug ot D8} for January aud 90o for February, Cora was quiot and ocasler, closlng st 4dc cash and 434c for Fobruary, Oata were In (air roqueat &od uucuiuogod, clostug at 800 caal aud WUjs Rye wns quiot ot 660. Barloy was qufot and ateadier, closing at 78jc for Janunry aud 7G]0 for Fobruary. Hogs were in good demand and ruled strong, with the bulk of the sales ot 87.00@7.20. Caltlo were quiet nnd unchanged. Blieop rold at former quotations, Ono hindred dollars in gold would buy £112.62) in groenbacks ot the close. In the rushof resolutions’ calling for in. quiry, information, and investigation, peca- liar to tha Democratic Tousa. it is pleasiut ta discavor semi-oceasionally o proposition with some practieal and practicablo object in view. That offered by Mr. D& Bowt, of Mis. souri, for tho purposa of ascortaining the number of Cnstom.Ifouses where the duty collected fallg short of the expense of collec. tion, comos undor this hend. When the de- gired information is ¢t hand, further good sarvico in the cause of intelligent reform can ba rendered by the passage of o lnw abolish- ing ol such Custom-Houses and ports of entry, Minister Wasunonse's nano having re. ceived newspaper mnantion in connection with the Prosidency in 1876, he has thought propor to address a lottar to o friend on the subject, and the friend, nftor n consideration of nbout seven wooks, bas thouzht proper to farnish the lettor for publication. Mr. Wasapunye can hardly bo said to disavow the candidature, which a3 yet hasbeenbutsug- gusted at the moat; he seewms rather to mod- estly profess a disbaliof that his name will ever figure conspienously in connection with the nomination. It will be found difleult to construe the letter ns meaning that Mr. Wasnounye wonld poromptorily decline the lonor if tenderod by the National Republican Convantion, Presidont Graxt yestorday transmittad to Congress, without recommendation, the ro. port of Dr. LixpErMaN on the subfect of the location of n branch mint at some point in the Mississippt Valley, 'The roport favors Indianapolis and 8t, Lonis,—the forwer forn silver mint, becauso the vacant Arsennl building in that cily could be wused for that purposo with slight altora. tions, and St. Lounls because tho pros- ent Post-Offlce building will be vacated in four or five yoars. It is poauible that Con. gress may not regard these reasons as para- mount to the considerations of centrality of location snd convenicnco {n tho wmatter of the shipment of bullion nnd tho distribution of coin,~important features of the case which Dz, LiNpzestaN appears to have overlooked. BENATOR MORRILL'3 BILL FOR BPECIE. RESUMPTION. Senator MorarLk, of Vermont, is not, we assume, a candidito for the Presidency, and has, thersforo, put aside personal considera. tions end addressed Limself to bis duty ssa logisintor to do what may be passible in nd. justing the finaucinl question. The act of tho st Congross providing for apecie-resump. tionby the Governmant throo yoars hence was inoporative without farther logislation, nnd there has boen no legislation proposed to carry ont that law, Sonator Mormit, has st Toast done his duty by futrodacing the bill published in Tic Trisuse yostorday. 1t will bo remembered that in 1870 Con- gress au horized the Secrotary of the Trens. ury toissue bonds of thrae kinds,—five por cents; fonr aud a holf per cents, nud four per ceuts,~nud to nell and dispose of the sawme at pur in coin, nnd with the procoeds tako up outstanding six per conts. Tho nmonnt of flva per conts was limiled to five hundrod 1aillions of dollars, ll of which havo beon igsued. Thers being no enle nt par in cofn for the olher bonds, none have beenissued. Henator Monziry now proposea by his bill that the Secretary issuo and sell at not loss than par in legal-tender notes tho four or four and a half per cont bouds,~—the legal-tender notes recoived in oxclinnge for the bonds to bo considored finally redcemsd nnd to be canceled, The second section of tho bill provides thot all contracts madoafter tho 18t of January, 1878, shall bo payable in tho legal-tondor of gold or silvar unlews othorwise provided in the contract, and that all Nationn! Banks gholl be roquired to Lold in coiu, as part of their ro. serve, ufter January, 1877, ono-fourth ; Jan. uary, 1878, onc-half ; and alter October, 1873, three-fourths, ‘To this bill a3 it stands we bave two objoc. tions, necithor one of which applies to thy object of tho bill, but both to the details, In the firat place, thorato of intorest on the bonda is too high. A gold bond boearing 3} or .65 por cont will #nd a ready market, and will be sought for in excliongo of groenbaclks st their present value as rapidly ns business ean adapt itself to tha change. 'T'he date fixed whon legal-tender notes shall cessy to by logal-tendors for new contracts is two yeors henco by the bill, during which time that currency will bo wanted In the paymont of debts, The other objoction is even moro jm- portant. ‘Tho bill makes uo distinction be- twoen contracts mrda undor the dapreclated paper-oney systom and those made aftor Javuary, 1878, under a coln standard. 1oy Bonator MonxiLy vxamined as to the smount of indebtodnoss ereated on 8 papor ba ls? The present idebtedness, exclusive of thoso munlelpal and railrowd and carparate debts which aro payable, by coatract, tn gold, may bo brifly stated iu ronnd numbers ay follows: Loana sud alsconnts by Natlonsl Binka, .81, 000, T.oans by BLat sud private bak 809, Loty by Bavings banta, ..., Loaus ou tand end other wior Iiddirosd mortsges and Louda Blate and munielpal douts, BW,045,000 Total seeenesssannene $1,809,000,000 All theso dobts were contracted on tho basls of a currency worth, on an averngoe, 80 to 85 cents on the dollar, but for safety wo will place It nt 85 conts, Wo avo not unmindful of the fact that both parties to the contracts tool the risk of the currency rising or talling in value Lefora the time of payment, but that does not change the other and materinl fact, that, if these debtors be summarily and arbi. trarily required to pay theso dubts in coln, they will«hava to pay 16 conts on tho dollar for which thoy have reccived no considern. tion, Woe ave fully awave that if the Govern- ment sholl wait until everybody is out of debt in order to resume specie-payments without hurtiug anybody there uover could be rosumption ; but it does not follow tuat the Government must foflict an absolute {n. justico of a thousand millions of dollars when roswaption can bs nccomplished without do- ing so. Benntor Monniry practically accom. plishos the wholo businoss of epecie-resump. tion by fixiug a day after which groonbacks shall censu to bo a logal-tendur, That pluces all new business and all now coutracts oo n sound, Lonest, permanent, and par bais, ‘Fho obligation will remain upon the Govern- ment to poy its outstandiug aud over.due poper, and to do so by offering the public creditors a national bond, bearing reasonable Iutorest, and haviug a long time to yun, s fully consistent with uatianal Lionur, sud will 0w, G 1,60.4,000,000 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JANUARY %, 1876. be gratefally accopted by the credito Can this justico to the public ereditors and this rentoval of stain from the nationnl credit be nccomplished without doing great injustice to the masa of the people, and withonut dis- turblug tho relative interests and oquities of creditors and debtora? We think it can be done without impmiring the efiicacy of Mr. Monrint's genoral mensuro. AN wo have said, o gold bond bearing 3) or i.65 per cent interest will, espocially after the Treasury notes consa to bo legil-tonders in new con. contracts, absorb all the legal-tender paper in cirenlation. Assuining that the nggregate of personal and corporate dabta nnsettled at that dato will bo substantinlly the same ns now, this retirement of tho legal- tender currency will compel the paymont of theso debts in coin, Tho great and the ounly rational objection Lo returning to spocie pay- raents {s this vory contingency, The coun. try ab larga has no sympathy with the wild achenies of inflation, but there ars multitudes of honoat and intelligent people, who Linve contractad these thousands of millions of dol- lara payable in depreciated paper, who abject to hava this paper withdeawn and payment in coinrequired for debtscontracted on an85cent paper basis; and, if the objection on the poct of these miflions of peopla can be obvi. ated, then the resumption of specla pay- ments will have its presont most earnest op- ponents becomo its warwost supporters, If Mr. Moonivy will adl another section to Lis bill tho providing that bonds issned in ex- chango for legal-touder notes shall recito upon their fasa that thoy woro issucd in re. demption of such notes, nud that such bonds, for the legnl term they have to run, shnll be a lognl-tender in pnyment of any dobts for whioch the Troasury-notas thomsolves would ba 0 legal-tender, he would in nowise weakon or impair tho ellicacy of his bill, and at the eamo timo preservo to tho debtors owing five thousand inillions of dollars the cquities in poayment which, withont snch provision, will bo summarily destroged. 3 The differenca in valus in tho paymont of theso five thousand millions of dollars of debts in the legal-tender ia which they were contrncted and payment in coin, rs must Lo dona undor Mr. Morrir's bill as it uow stands, i3 practioally o thousand millions of dollars, nud to obliterato equities equal to such n vast nmount, arbitravily and unneces- sarily, is, in our judzment, mnwise, and cnl- oulated to provoke a popular hoatility to the who'e mensure a8 will defeat not only that but all other measuras of roliof. * BURTING THE PARTY." From time to time, and with insreasing fraquency, wo hear the suggestion made that tho prosccution of the Whisky Ring is **hmrting the pasty," and that nnless Socratary Bnisrow ““lets up,” or is himself expelled trom the Cabinet, the Republican organiza- tion will be brought to condign ruin. This snggestion invariably comes from some indi- villual or newspaper organ that hns beon, or is likely to Lo, caught dabbling in * crooked.” Buch individual or organ in such » crisis nat- arally confounds himsel? or itself with the party, and imngings thot it the Grand Jury finds on indictmont in his particniar coso the millions of voters who constituio the Repub- hean party, and who havo been awindled by the Whisky Ring, will forthwith be seized by o panic, stampede, and take rofuge in the Democyntic camp. Let us look for amoment at the **rawness" of this position. It is admitted that the Gov- ernmont Lios been defrauded of an onormous sum of maoney ; that, loaccomplish this fraud, bribery and perjury have been employed to an unparalleled oxtent; that sworn officers of tho Government have systematically botrayed their trusts ; that the frauds bave airendy boen letd bavo to large extent and cannot be con. ccalod oven if concenlment wero desirablo 3 and that tho question really involved is, whother the Government shall bo allowed to collest any revenuo herenftor excopt such amounts as rascally officials, acting in part- norship with manufacturers, cannot conven. fently steal. Upon this etate of facts wo are asked to nssume that the mnsses of tho Republican party will bo bottor pleased to havo the Administration turn n short corner, hush up tho whole matter as for as possible, turn out tho ofticors whose houesty aud vigilance have stopped the loaks in the Tronsury, nnd ndvertieo to the world that the whinky thioves are stronger than tho Govornmont. And when oll this iu done, it is expected that the American people will ba so green that thoy will not seo anything reprehonsible in the transaction, or 80 enam- ored of orooked whisky that thoy will not condemn it} Lyen upon the low plane of party ex- pediency the bare statement of the case shows it to bo a plece of gigantic foolery. Fianked on the ono side by n Damocratic Congress aud on the other by a Grand Jury, the Whisky Ring is cortain to bo ground to powd r. The Republican party ecannot avert the fate which Secrotary Brisrow has prepared for the dealers fn “ crooked,” oven if it would, and would not if it conll, Tho credit of exposiug the Ring snd bringing them within the clutches of the law belongs to the Republican Administration and party, and, next to tho veto of the Cur- rency Inflation Dill, constitutes tho chief triumnph of Gen. Graxr’s second term of office. Tho determination to *let no guilty man eseape " haa alrendy bocome a national proverb; and to the oxtent that this de. termination is adhered to will the public award their contlnued confidenco to the Administration and tho Republican party. 1o the extent that it Is doparted from will that confidenco be withdrawn, and rightfully so. ‘Tho publio mind i in o fovorish condition regarding theso frauds., The people nre watching every step taken by every ofiicer charged with the duty of administering jus. tice, and they, too, are determined to lot no guilty man edcape. ‘'o pauso, to twrn back, to drive out of tho Cobinet an officer whoso ouly offenso fs the vigorous and lwpnrtial discharge of his sworn duty, would bo nn frroparable party bLiune der, the consequences of which we should not cearc to contemplato. ‘Tho Demo- crate in Congrers would then be fully justle fied in taking up the investigation whora the Republicans leavo off, and that they would do 60 it {8 not nocessary for ua to intimnta. But we deny utterly that the Itepublican party can be hurt by exposing and punishing the rogues who have attuched themsolves to it for purposes of plunder, The misfortuno which befel the party at the goneral election of 1874 wns notoriovaly duo to the ill.cun. conled machinations of those chevaliers d'in. duatrie, pnd grester misfortunes are in store unless they receive such a bealthy check 08 Becrolary BrisTow aud Attorney-Genugpl Piznuxroxt are now administerning to thoem. We aflrm that the yarty is stronger every timo it convicts a oulprit; and that every honest, woll.diveoted elfort to rid Itsel? of s taalatactor will Lriog w hundred Lonest wan to take his placs. We oare mot Low high may have beon bLis place, or how fully he may havo enjoyed the confldencs of his fellow.citizens, if ho has beon enriching him- welf unlawfully at the pnblio exponse, his at- tnohment to tho pnrty is a sham and & con- tinned source of danger, and hia room is in- flnitely prefornble to his company, pvintete ke 4 INDICTHENT OF MR, ECAMMON, The announcement that the Honm, J, Y. Scaxsroy han been indicted by tho United Litates QGrand Jury for the misappropriation of the fundsof the Mechonics' National Bank, of which he was formerly Prosident, will bo ot once n surprise and n shock to the com. munity, Mr. Scisoy, it will be remem. bered, was President of the Marine Bauk, n private banking iustitution, at the same time Jio was P'resident of the Mechanics' National Bank, Tho indletments found against are based (1) on the charge that he used £123,000 of tho wouey of tha Mechanics’ Nationsl Bank for the boneflt of tho Marine Company, and (2) on the charge that he employed 47,000 of tha Mechanics' Nationnl Bank fands to pay off persona! fudebtedness to the Motropolitan National Bank of New Yorlk, Josern 8, Reep, Mr. Scamvon's son-n.law nnd former cashior of the bank, is jointly indicted with e, Scaxvox on tiieso two in. dictments; and, fn addition to these, two other indiotmenta nvo found against Mr. Recp for having in other cases unlawfully loaned the bank funds fo Limself, The United States law under which these fndict- ments are found is as follows ¢ Lvery Drestdent, Dircstor, Cashler, taller, clork, or ngent of any ussoclation (National Bauk), who ewe Dazzles, abstracts, or wilifully misappiies any of the monoys, funds, or credits of the s fation ; or whio, “without autlicrity from tho Directors, fssucs or puts :ncireulation wny of thenotos of tho aasoélation; or who, without such nnth rity, leaucs ot puta forth any werttficate of depalt, driwa sny orderurLiil of ex- change, makes any Acco tince, svelgos any note, bond, dratt, o bill of exchange, morizygo, Judgmont, or dov creasor who makes ung false outry in any hook, re- port, or alnemen- of tho assaciation, with intentin sithee 180 10 fnjure cr defraud tha sasoclution, or oy otler companyg, body, pullic or corposats, or any Individuat perron, or to decclvo any oftcer of (ho as- woclation, or onyageut sppoluted to oxtmine thoaf- fairn of Any such swsociation; and overy porscn who witls 1ike intent alds or abiets any officer,clork, or sgont {0 any vislatiou of tnfs sactfon, wiall ho deemed guilty of & miademeanor, and whall be imprisoned not less than five Feara nor mors than fen, Notwithstanding the vory gencral impres- sion that prevailed two or thres yoars ago that tho affairs of the Mechanics' Nntional el Maring Company's Banks were inextric- ably mixed up, there will be a very general indisposition in this community to believe that 3Mr, Scasrsoy hes willfully, and intention. ally, and unlawfully vsed the funds of the former for the benefit of the latter nnd for himself, o hns been pursiued by more than his shoro of misfortunes for n fow yenrs bacle. Befara the firo of 1871 he was nmnan of gront wonlth, which he used with excep- tional liberality in sll literary, scientifie, re- ligions, charitable, and public enterpriscs. Tho firo and the panic, together with his am- bition to do more than his proportion in the work of rebuilding the city, betrayed him into losses from which Lo will probubly nover recover, and which have left him, Lis friends sy, proctically bankrupt. Ho is entitled, therefore, Loth from o personsd and public pointof view, to overy considueration, and ho must be held guiltless of the serlous chargoe ogainat him untfl it is proved to tho satisfac. tion of a jury of his countrymen. In the conrse of his extensive and vavied bnsiness connections and public ontorprises, Mr. Bcasnvox has mado some bitter personal onemiew. If the prosecution in”this case shall not ho followed by othors ngninst offl cers of other National Ranks whoso conduct haos justitied gravor suspicions against them than liave ever beon entertained ngninst Mr. Boauyon, then thore will be reason to believe that in thia caso it haa been prompted by per- sonal malice, If, on the other hand, thiy in. dictment g the inauguration of a general movement on the part of the Secretary of the ‘Treasury, liko that against the whisky mon, then, while wo atill hope that Afr. Soaswox way bo proved innocent, we also hopo that tho prosecution will bo 6o vigorous in nll cases thnt the officers of National Banks will fool nnd know it to bo perilons in future to ignore nud violate the National Banking law to the injury of stockholdsrs or depositors, DEMOORATIC CONBISTERCY, The consistency of the Domocratic mem- bors i{n the Houso of Representatives is bronght out in n very strong light Dy tho proceedings on Wednosdny last. Ono of the first acts of the dominant pnrty in tho House wns to bundlo out of doors the onc-armed ond onc-legged soldiers who had been guilty of fighting for their country in the War of the Rebellion, and giving their places to Con. federate soldiers who lad boon guilty of fighting against the nation, and the work way rando 8o complote that even colored women wero cxpelled from monial positions to mnke room for Confederate widows, As time wont on, however, they discovered that they had goune too farin thoir subserviency towards tho South. As n matter of relief for them, 3r. Casox (Republican), from Indinns, pre. sented n resolution declaring that wounded Unlon soldiers desorved well of thoir country aud should Lo givon proferonca of employ. ment in all Lranchos of Government service, This sot forth n principle, and, ay the Demno- crnls aro strong on prineiple and did not daro to po on the record na opposed to this particalar prineiple, they voted for it without suspooting tho logieal result that was to follow, ‘fhey had indorsed a principlo and put on record their Lelef in it justico and fruth, Having committed them thus far, Mr, Fonr {ntroduced n resolution satting forth the nction of tho Houso in adopting tho Casox resolution, angd, in order to mako it wnore than an empty word, proposing to ingtruct tho ofiicera of the Ilouse to give Union soldiers tho profercnco to Confoder- ates on the rolls. The Democrats hgving adopted the prineiple, this was an entirely natural and cousistent applicotion of tho principle. The second resolution was the complement of the first, and should have carried the same vote, but, instead of that, it was defeatod by referonco to the Centeunfal Commitice, ‘Tho hypoerisy of the Domocra~ cy in adopting the fiwt resolution was shown by their defeativg the woee ond, It thore hiad been sny doubts hera. tofore ai to tho atlituda of the Democratio party towards Unioun roldiers, they ore now venioved by this formnl deolaration that it de- cliney to givo proference to Unlon scldiers, It docs not oven stop to draw a lue Lstween them and divido the ofices impartially, Lut puta itself on rocord ay Luviug A preference for Coufederate soldiers. ‘Ihe Domocratio party clalms to be progrussive, and this shows progress. It shows that a man who wore o Lluy cont during the War has no claim upon thie Democratio party a3 agninst a man who wore o gray cont; thot a man who fought aud was wounded and orippled in his couns try’s service hay o right to sn offlco under 8 Demooratis Adinlnistration whou a wan who fouglit againat the couutry wanta it. It is & votificalion {0 all ex-Uuiou soldie to quit, but fortunately tho time is coming when theso soldiera can expresn their opinion of Domogratic douglhfaces nt the ballot-box. Now that tho Democrats have placed them- relvesonrecord ng ready tondopt principles Lut not to apply them, we may nssume that they will follow the policy through the session. Thus having already voted ngainst subsidy as n prineiplo, wo mny assume that when the first stonl comes up befors thom they will voto for it, and commence tho work of de- pleting the Public Treasury with tho most oager alacrity. Aud this is tho parly of re- form nund progress! Tlese are the rewards it ofters for tho defenso of the Constitution and tho laws ! Menuwhile the Union soldicra go 10 tho rear and tho Confederates comn to the front, and from cvery county in the South claims nre pouring in for remuneration for the expenses incurred 1n resisting tho nuthority of the Government. with a very good prospect of prompt recognition and pay- went, THE BTATE BOARD ADDITION TO THE AS- "BESSMENT. Though Mr. Drnicgson and Mr, Bonpien bave clearly pointed out the causes of onr unequal and wroetched system of assessment and {axation, there aro numerous persons who ifusist that the excessive taxation is largely due to the 5¢ por cont added to the valuntion of perional property in this county by the State Board of Equalization. At va. rions public meetings it haw been proposed to appeal to the courts to set asida the whole tax, bacause of this actlon of the State Bonrd. Lot ua explain agnin, for the general in. formation, that the addition of 52 percont to tho valuation of the property has iu no wise in- erensed tho general amount of tax to be colleated for ety and county purposes, nor has it increased the relative propartion of auy .person's persoual taox for those pur. po3ea, The Common Council certified o gross sum of rovenue which was to bo raised by taxa- tion for city purposes. Tho County Com- missfoners certificd a gross sum to bo rafsed by taxzation for county purposes. (The State tax is hardly o tenth of the whole,) The County Olork thon ascertained n specifio rato of tax, which upon the valuation would produco theso gross sums. It will bo seen, therefore, that when gross sumns were to ba raisad, the addition of 62 per cont to the valuation had no other effoct than to reduce tho rate per cont of tax; had not the valua. tion beon {norecased, the rate of fax would have beon one-third greater on the original valuation, Tho &2 por cont had tho effoct of incrensing the amount of tax on personal property for Btato purposes to o slight amount. The whole valuation of property in tho city wna $171,000,000, and tho rate for State tax was 3 mills, producing $518,000 rovenue on ali the property in the city. ‘Tho addition to tho valuation wes about 57,000,000, mak- ing an fnerease of $171,000 in the State tax collectod from all the property in the city. Tho wholo Stato tax from porsona! property in the city is about $135,000, of which sum about one-third, or £45,000, ia duo to the ad- dition of the &2 per cont added to tho valua. tion by tho State Board, The complaint of excesaivo faxotion on personnl proporty is mainly confined to the Bouth Division. Tho ontire personal tax for State purposes in tho Bouth Division s less than §:100,000, of which about $20,000 is duo to the action of the State Doard. This 280,000 is distributed among abont 20,000 tax-payoers owning prob. ably not less than §100,000,000 of personal property. ‘Tho injustico wronght by the ac- tion of the State Board ia thorefore in the ng- gregate but a vory small sum comparatively, and, when brought down to individuals, be- comes insignificant. ‘Tho now city charter limits tho rato of tax. ation for city purposes to 8 per cent on the total -voluation, Head mot the valuation of property in this county been increased 52 per cent, thero wounld not have been a taxable valuo nonrly sufficient, even at 8 per cont, to produce the rovenue necessary to meet the appropriations proviously made by the Oity Council, Gov, Troex's message to the New York Legislatare shows that the decrenss in tho canal tolls for tho pnst season was not nc- compnnied by o corresponding docrease in the administration thercof, but secured ouly at the cost of the State, The falling-off in tolls for tho year was %1,021,077, and tho ex- penditures wero $335,01% in excoss of the recoipts; but this included - expenditures which Gov. Trprs charncterizes as extraor- dinnry, Tho ordinary exponditures would havo left an cxcess of $638,208 over ordinary ropairs, Gov, TrLoex very properly declines to recommend any incrense of tolls to meot this doficlonoy, but ineists upon a more oconomical administration of the cannl ser- vice. The Legislaturo may proceed, under the nuthority of tho constitutionnl amend. wont adopted a few wonths sago in New York, to soll tho laternl canals which aro and always havo been n drog and an cxpenso to the Btato, and, it it properly improves the opportunity thus given, it may rendor the cannla profitable at the rato of tolls main- tained during the past sonson, and even- tunlly reduco them still lower. 'To do this, howover, it will ba nece. essary to divest the management of the cnnals of the last vestige of the old corrupt xing, and introduce a system which shall cat off tho indolonce and thieviug that bave horetofora prevailed, It must also in- trust tho revision of the existing contracts for exten work into tho hands of othor men than those who bave supervised it during the past year.. Ono thing is certain: It wilt ba fatal to the commorcial interests of the State, and particularly of Now York City, to restore the tolls to nnything like thoir former extor- tion, ‘I'he Logislaturo can.batter nfford to weed out tho corruptionisty, Wo insist again that it would have been nn improvement on the present nssessment of peruonal property in the South Division if the old plan of lottery-drawing had boen adopted, aud n blindfolded Loy stationed at ono wheel contaluing names and another Llindfolded boy stationed at another wheel contafuing smounts, drawing out tickets sim- ultaneously, aod accrediting ench emount drawn to ench name drawn, Thera conld scarcely have been such glaring disorepancles and juoqualities had this course boou pursned. Every doy contributes now and 1oro out- rageous evidonces of corolessnoss or corrup- tion, and probably of both. To take a run- ning Uist of the valuations last year and this, one fina was reduced a half; tho next two pay nothing; the next has only two-thinds ns wuch; tho noxt s reduced £1,000; the next poys notling who paid §20,000 tho year be- fore; the next in doubled; the next reduced froms §5,000 to @500 ; the next, who had paid on %33,600 in 1874, hts nothing to poy this yoar, and 8o with anothor who hiad paid on 40,000 last yoar wnd who pays nothlng now; the next man had only 8100 last year and $2,000 this yoar; one who rald oz only §1,600 in 1874 now poys on 81,500, and nnother who paid on §9,000 has baen run up 10 $23,200, Tt would be fmpossiblo to con. cive of groater inoquality than tho nssesament. rolls farnish wherover they aro openod. Ex.Gov. Dix delivered a lecture on our so- rial and politienl defecta befors n large andi- ance fn Now York City last Monday night. ‘The chief defects ho polnted out wero polit- ienl patronage; the election of the judiciary ; Inx divorce laws; failure of the educational classes to vote ; cscapo of great criminals; the intrusion of (Lo seclarian question into our publle schools; and the attacks upon Christionity, Theso ho considers {0 bo grave ddefects, but ho finds remedies for them all, Civil-Servies Reform would curo tho evils of political patronage ; calm reflectfon must per- sundo tho people to abandon the degrading practice of selecting Judges by the cancus; a revision of our siatutes wonld do sway with tho lax divorce thot is corrupting the family, the basis of the State; disfranchising a man who faila to vote for’two successivo years would stop the criminal neglect of the suf- frogo; o stern and upright execution of the Inws would provent tha recurrence of cases lika that of Twkep; and a healthy public sentiment must Lo depended upon to protect the public schools aud revive the spirit of Chiristinnity, All these snggestions amount to snying that the average man must be made moro virtuous, This is not jmpossible, but it must ba brought nbout, if at all, by o vast amount of persistont educational effort, THE DAILY PRODUCE MOVEMENT. Tho daily movoment of producs, and somo other articlos of govneral merchandise, i8 re- nartod to the Chicago Board of Trade from tho Custom-fIouss and tho offices of tho differout railroads whtets have their terminl in thie clty. A paet of tho unnusl asdossments mads upon tho mombers of the Board is patd out for tho coilection aud compifation of theso siatistics, which aro suppossd to boe furnished for the in. formation of thoso membors, and through them of tho onliro busiugss community. 1t is gener- aily admittad tha tha value ot this {nformation largely dopauds upon the promptituda with which it s furnistiod to the vartios who use ft. ‘I'ho dailv statoment of roceip's and ship- ments compilod by uho assistuats of the Scero- tary {3 goucraily poatod on the Lulloun-board about 11 o'clock in the morning; it s ofton Inter than that. At 11 o'closks tho members baya beon trading an hour sud o balf, no small patt of tha business being based upou thair un- derstandiog in rogard to tho volumo of tho re- ceipts and shipments of the provious day. Tholr idess on this paint Lave litherto been gained from slips paolished by tho proprieiors of two commorcial olrenlara and distributea wlthoul charge, even for tho cost of the paper on whicli thoy aro priotod. ‘Theso unofictal atato- wante aro not anly referred to hore, bat -aro telezraplied all over ths country, and ordors to Bail immonae quantitios of prodaca are sont in and filled, long befora the bullatin'is pasted. The value of tho lictla slips of papor contsin- {ng those figures is incaleulutle. Dutic la un- fortunate tor ths publishers thoreof that thejr figures have not alwaye agreod with thoso attor- wards appoariug on tho bulloifn board, sod still nioro uufortunate for tuem that their figures havo boon aftorwards fouud to be moarer ths truth thau thoso posied ua offieinl. OFf course, that wonlt nover do, and must b stoppod. Ac- cordingly we tiud that an arrangement has beon entered juto by which thie figurus cauuot bo ob- tained from the railroad ofticcs, excopt ou the paymont of sums whicl aro out of the quostion undor the circumatauces ; and the publisbors of those alipy aro informod that thoy may not use tho Board of Trado figures, though such use n2ed ecarcoly dolay tho oflicial postlog anin- Btant, 3 This ulase is underatood to bave boon issuod by tho Bacretury of the Baard of Trade. We know uot tf the Diroctors wore previously con- sulted in tho matter, but presume they ware not. Thoe Dircctors are moen of businoes, snd interoatod ju obtaiuing the information at the earliest practicable moment, whilo thetr duty to thelr constitueonts requires that {hoso constitu. enta whall also be supplied with a8 iittlo expondi- turo of red tape aud aa littlo loss of time as posaible, Undor the circumstances, wo acarcoly think that the Directors will sugtsln Me. RaNe potri, ospecially as tbo pubdlisheis of tho slips teferred to are mombers of tho Board of Trade, nad have tho right to ingist on secingtho Hguren, ‘Ihe Diroctora will plasto ths Baard tf they order that dag to be hauled down st an early woment, For somo past thoro has boon a constdorabla alling-off o German omigration, and it bas beea 8 vory genoral query what has bocomo of ft. A Paris dispatch of (bo 23th throws goma light upon tho aubject, It Bays : * Sluce 1871 Berlin lsas increased 16,7 per cent, numboring 934,753 inhabitants § Hombarg bas 333,859, an increase of 13.83 per cent ; Breslan, 237,398, an incroaso of 163¢ por cont ; Loipsie, 126,412, or 18 per cout ; Havover, 120,000, or 2.7 per cent ; Konlgaberg, 119,127, or noatly 10 por cont ; Dreadon, 106,378, or19 porcans; Fraokfort, 103,331, or 1J per cenl; Stuttgart, 107,353, or 17.4 per cout ; nud Stravburg, 84257, ao increaso of 8,728." This grent increaso of municipal populations has takon place sinca (lo orZanlzation of the Lm- pire, and shows that tho rural population which liag Leon accustomod to drift towar.iy this coun. try hos boen sttracted Lownrds tho largo German cities by their inoroasa in wealth and prospoerity, and tho devolopments of tho various dopait- ments of lahor, This romnrkablo tunicipal growtli i one of the most checring indications of tho succoss of tho present adminutration, ——— A 130 woa shot down In Brookiva thoe other day by wistuke, and anothor man was murderod in n hotol by n fusidlous ecoundrol who + wouldn’t Liave any man lovking at him ju thae way,” 1Iu the tivst iustance, the vietun, while on Lile way to his buslness, was nsyiuited by bigh- waymen, who firas shot bim, then demanded his money, and then, dizcoveriug thut he was not 1o man thiny wore looking for, ran awsy withont sloppiug to npologize. Ample ioparation Lias bocn made, kowsyor, to the fumily by the polico wuthorives, who havo juformed them tho mur- derers mistook theirman. In tho socoud case, wo are luclined to bo astonialied at tho tomerity of thevictim who could look ata man * that way.” 1t tho fiue foelings of nurderery, builies, and thugs are not to bo respected, of what uso fs it to carry platoly, pack jurios, and elovato crime ? It anghie even bappen that a murdorer would got pumshied, and this would lea to the nutique no- tloa that hionaat and law-abiding peoplo are de- serving of protection and Lave tho right to onjoy life. —_——— The Rev, Dr. Ccunig, tho famous Bocond Adventist, who has beon foretelling the destruo- tion of the world at various tiwes during tho past quartor of a contury, 138 ouca more warned tho Beoteh people to bo ready for the second ad- vout, which will take place bofore Boptumber, 1870, It in foriunate thas tois will give un thue toget tho Centouninl faiily lauuched, altbough it jw unfortunate that it will cut off the Froais dontiul cazupaign. i Tho New York Court of Commnn Pleas Lsa renderod a decislon ju s quesiion involvivg tho Buuday laws. Iuarecent suit instituted by a thoatro to rostruin pilice juterierence with Sun- day pesformarges, it was contendod thist tuo Sundsy law wino unconetitutional Lecauso its subject watter is uot exprosvod tu i title,— **An act to presnive Lhe publio posce and oruer ou tho firat day of tho week, commonly ealled Sunday.,” Tho Court decided, however, that tha tle proporly ludiosted thie purport of tho law,— the pith oF thie deciniun Loibg that to preserve ordee f4 to provorve the eatubilubod mude of Procesding, and he established mode of pro. ceoding for & law-abiding citizon isto refraln from labor on Bunday, According to this ds- claion, the statute cuta in tro differont diree. tions. It loavea tho publio at liberty to stop nat ounly theatrical performances, bLut all kinds of Iabor (hat aro not neccesary or charitabla, —— The Pacifio Miila of Lawrence, Maaw,, hisve s caplial stock of £3,500,000, employ 5,300 per. sons, and hiava a moes lboral managemont. "Their bostding-liouscs, tenements, hospital, and library are modela ot their kind, The managen Lave uow orderod a reduction of 10 per cent in wagen, rod the employos hiave anbmicted withon! A murmur, knowing that the palicy.b¢ the Com. Dany baa atwars bosn to pav the highost wages it counld afford. Tho Springtleld Jepublican, noticing the reduction snd fts consequences, uays: Tho wisdom of this polieyis In e!riking contras( with the folly of the Pcunaylveuia miners, who pro- duce in Just fix mouths all the coal which tie country mill cousume, und invist on doing this at such waget that ey can’ afford to e in idleneds tha other six months,” If the production waw apread sll over the year st correspondingly lower d fndustry and many (housau feal the benefila of chiraper ooal, Warepeat thons fong termnof voluntary idleneas will never resnscitate tha Induutries of tus conntey, We might as well attampt %0 x018 & skroom by sitiing down snd walling for it o run dry, S S SR The Cumberland (Md.) Zimes of recent date containg an “order of publication” which showa o queor state of thingu—unfortunately not without parallel—in part of our Uiplomatia sorvico, Tho Hon, ¥raxcis Tuosas, It Unttod Siatos Mioister to Poru. scoms to bave diverais fled the monotony of diplomacy by earaging in tho liglt and gentsel pursuft of pawobroking, Iie losoed Borowon Miozt §3,000 in October, 1873, at 18 por cant interest, nod took aa socuria ty n paarl necklace, & dinmond brooels, » solitalre diamond, and otber Jowelry. In February, 1874, bo advanced Juaxs WoLxeN §2,000 on tho same ratos, and took in pledgs two dlamond rings, In March, 1874, ho advanced $1,000 more on aome more dismouds. The pledzes have boen forfoltod and the pawnbroker now wishos to sell thoat. £l hag appled to & Court for parmission to do 80, and recites 1o his petition the proceds ing delighttal fusts, Bouzycx, Biontzs, THoxw. As,~Noxt | — Prot. Prooron, in a rocont Interview on unde- velaped woclal sclenca, was toclinod to attrlbute a8 ono causo of the frajuoncy of divorco the uso of Water-pipes, contending that no two poo. plo oould costemplate a burated water-pipe withe out mutual racrimiontion, Lo migiat nave care ried the theory sull furthor, aud sbown that bydrant ogui-distant from two hiouses and used by two families hias baon a prolifle sourea of ns- enults, murders, aud violstlons of the publia poace. PERSONAL, Offonback looks ltke a Gorman, and batea bimsolf for i. Me isintoauely Fronch In fosl- ieg. ” The next edition of Teonyaon Is to be anno. tated wnith espianations of all the obscure passagen, Lucy Larcom, the woll-Inown magazino writer, has aceevted the position of teacher in a privata eohool in Boston. Literaturo is uot a paying pro- {foasion. Marian Harland, s ruccesstul writor of intor- convortiblo .65 cogi-books and novels, has an incomo of 5,000 per sunum from lLer trashy wntiogy, Drof. Waockel says that the value of publics- tions In scioutific loa itates i In inversa ratlo to the magnitude of buildiags aod the splendor of volumes. Hacokel must have besn inn dog- hooss when ho made this cynical obaorvation. Mra. Martha Bradshaw, a witnoss agalost Mr, Teechor, has beoo exoludod from the Sonth Cone grogational Church, of Brooklym, to which she brought » fotter from Piymouth Church, on the ground that her name was uuploasantly cone nocted with tho gront trisl, A fooliug of compassion rostralus the Boston Qlote from giving tho namo of tho papor that aonounced that Miss Fowlor would play Vel in Wills' play of * Noll Gwyane,” aud hetaroblsse phemounnly and by acaident got an Zinto the namo of the charscter right whore it would do tho most burt. ¥ Jules Bimon was electod to tho Fronch Acade: my by the bare requisita majority of 15, Thiers and Victor Hogo voted for lum; the Duo de Broglie, tho Duo do Noailles, and Emile Ollivier ngainat bim ; and seven membera who would Luavo votod against hlm, Including Octave Feulle lot, wero absent. Anthony Trollopo makes ono of his charactert in his now novol, speaking of Lis educatlon Ia Gormany, say: “Dut I rathor fancy I ploked up moro Latin and Grook st Lolkn than I should have gov horo.” Instead of Dokn, read Boon. Lot is & tamous publisbior of cribs, or ponles, and Bonn [s tho Univorsity town, Tha Izrald obteing tho gratifying Information bycablo fiom London that tho suppossd femsle gorills in the Zoological ardens ot Dreaden, Just boforo sho died, recogaized hor rolationsnip to Dlroctor Bohoopt, and kiswal hin tonderly tbrice. Tho Direator wa3 visibly affosted, and became & Darwinist from that momout. Thoe Ciucinnati Commercial vrofanely ro- f, wmarks: **Woudall Phitlips says, *You can't wako a tcenso law Joosa enotigh, but what Il stianglo ovory grog-shop in Boston, it sou'll moke we Buperintondont of Polico. Wondoll's idea of Paradino i to bave 80,009 descendents of the Puritan Fathiers vainly Lowling for whisky straight.” Tho Uvitariang sro digenseing what they will do with $100,000 left them by Mr. Winn, uf Wor burn, for tho promotion of their sort of Cluis tiaulty, Ur, Dollows suggosts tha sproad of Unitarisn literature, the puttivg tho Unitarios Leview on & permanent fooling, or founding & full Profossorship of ecclomasticsl lustory b Comnbridge, to bo filed during lns Jife by Dr. Hedge, aud o succussor moantimo to bo put i tralning, The more Malthow Arnold Is rosd tho more do pooplo wendor that the good Dr. Arneld shoutd have producod a sou espuble of proqus- ing such books. Bus thore is 1o causo for wone der, Matthow Arnold s sa distingtushed as bis father for tho homnosty of fifs wiitings and the tenacity with which ho holds to lus convictionst snd coacluslons, aftor ull, aro tho crosturos of circuutances, for which uo parout can ba held respousivie, Mr. Bill King's **damn big" toast on the big dawm ot Minnospolis Ly ovokoed eurlous come ment (o tho nowspapers. Tho toast was aa fole lows: “Qur delogatlon Iu Congresa: Iu ordet that the great wall which is boinyg constructod to forco back ths wators of the Misuissippl 8¢ Minpospolis may baabig dam, tho apptoprise tion muat bo damn big.” Wo fear Swaot Will iaw will not Lo sllowsd 1o soo that appropriatiod skrough Cougrend, Gon, Juduon Kilpatrick is now pretty activelf engaged in defendiug Gon, Bhormnn axalust (b attucks of Gen. Boynton. Tho New York 5t axsora that, nhon Bhorman kad Kilpatrick d# tailod ta aocompany bim ns cavalry commandst on the march (o tho sos, ho rerarked s **I kuo? he is s d—d fool, but then L want that kind of § man to cummand my cavalry on this expoditios: T'ertiaps Guu, Shorman wanta o d—d fool $0d% fond um, Anyhow, tho Sun thinky bo has g4 auo, ‘The Ohlo State Journal, in noticing the racest marriage of Tuz Tawone's Waohlugton €0F rospondent, ploaeantly sayus * Mr, Wighs 8¢ membor of an old Massachusetts family not 4 cltizon of Chicago; graduated {n an Amoncs calleo; addiionally educatod in a Eusopts? univeraty; spaut fivo yoms abroad; is an w compliened scholar aud tuguist; is stoady 82 ohronomoter and modost au a schoal-girl, HP¥ one of tho alleat aud most reliable aud ba“!l ol tho mun ia bl brauch of the progessiou. A correspondonk soudy too follgwing #0209 ot & sad incldout, which seews 10 b sulieios! 4 porsinal for inserilon in this plasgs 1w duwra tows, Lus obher day, o & stiost-can