Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 1, 1876, Page 4

TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. BATER ¥ STUACRIPTION (PATADLE I ADVANCA), Tostage repnid nt this Ofiice. Raily BAlioms pALAd, | 7088, ses0vrvasssstasss 813,00 Parts of year at rama rate. Matlod to any addrers FODR WEELA for. 1.00 Bundsy Rdition: 2.00 W, 30 Parta of year at samo rata. WEXKLY RDITION, TO QOnecopy, per your.. Clabof five, per ca Clab of twenty, per c The postage is 15 cents & year, W Specimen coples sent free, Ta prevent delsy and mistakes, bo suro and give Post-Ofics nddrees in fall, including Btaleand County, Remittancea may ba mada efther by draft, express, Post-Ofica order, or In réglstered letters, ot our risk, TERMS TO CITT SUDICRIDERS, il ered, Sunday uctuded, 30 con coky B e " B Y P TRIBUNZ COMPANY, Caraer Madizon and Desrborn-sta,, Cbicago, pressnia b AL 138 ich we will prepa. AMUSEMENTS, D' AUSEUM—Monronestreet, between Dears LoruRd Btster ” Afternoom. - Tho Midden Hand.” Evening, * Ticket-of-Leave Man." MoVICKER'S TITEATRE—Madison Dearborn and Btate, Lngsgement of * Ripg Henry IV," ADELPHf TREATRE—Dearborn street, corner Honroe, Vardety pertorniance. street, between ! Ben De Dar. ACADEMY OF MUSIC—lialatelt street, beiwcen \fadison aud Monroe, * Saratoga'’ JIOOLEY'S. THEATRE—Itandalph street, Letween Clark and Laallo, * The Californta Minstrels.” PLYMOUTIH CHURCH—Dramatic Iteadings and Pervonations by Lolen Tuttor, McCORMICK IALL—North Clark street, corner Kinzle. Concert by tho Qerman Military Lsud. bt Ay . 0! MEETINGS. APOLLO COMMANDERY KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.— Btated Assembly m Conclavo at tue Asylum, 76 Mou- roe-at,, thin (Tuenday) evening at 8 o'clock, ‘Tl onder of K, . will ba conferred. Viniting 8ir Knighit cour- teoualy fnvited, By vrder of the Commander, 1. B, W, LOCKE, Heeorder. The Q_flbiqagu Qribume, Tuesday Mornmng, Fobruary 1, 1870 Cloudiness, with rain or snow, is predicted for the lnke region to-day. Greenbacks at the New York Gold Ex change yesterday closed at 883, The West Point Approprintion agony in the Houso is ended. ‘Tho bill was passed yesterdny, the pay of the cadets, being fixed nt $640 per aunum, without rations. The Iouse yesterdny pnssed the West Point Military” Acndemy Appropriation bill, nnd the mensure now goes to the Senato. 'The only amendment of importance was ono fixing the pay of cadets at $540, without ra- tions. Afsny Democratic members wero de- termined in their opposition to the provision of the bill cutting down the pay of tho boys, nud the amendment above referred to, al- though originating on the Republican sido, found general invor, Judge JaxesoN yesterday sustained themo- tion to quash tho petition for condemning Jand for widening Fourtcenth street. The Court held that, os the Bonrd of Public ‘Works hind acknowledged that no land could bo found which was specially benefited by the proposed improvement, but that tho costs must be defrayed by general taxation, the proceedings should have been begun under the Eminent Domain act, and in the Cireuit or County Court. Tho pclition was there- fora dismissed at the cost of the city. [ MonnisoN's Tariff bill has created quite o flutter at Wasbington. Tho Democrats in general are disposed to make it o party mens- aro and rush it through the Iouso, while tho DIrotectionists of Pennsylvanin and Maryland are greatly disgrantled about it, and feel sure it will prove disastrous to the party in thoso States. But thoy aro in the minority, and will protest to no pur- pose. The policy of tho Democratio leaders evidently is to bring tho tariff question into prominence in the expectation that its agita. tion will servo to divert attention and recol- tection from the disastrous smnesty debate. Estimates for two Departments of the City Government—the Polico and Board of Pub- lic Works—have been submitted to the Comp- troller. The City Marshalasks for the Polico Department for the year 1876 tho sum of £812,817.45, including $90,000 for 150 addi- tional patrolmen, aud$5,125 for the purchase, equipment, and keeping of twenty.fivo borses. A proper and wholesome regard for tho presont temper of the tax-payers will jn- duce the Common Couucil to cut down the Marshal's estimates about 200,000, The sato can doubtless bo observed with advsn- tawo in tha estimates of tho Board of Publio ‘Works, which nggregate $1,920,679.42, ottty Wo print a very intcrestivg statemont of tho condition of the West Hide Gins Company, copied from the London Kconomist. A year ago the Company succoss{ully negotiated a tirst-mortgage loau of §2,500,000 in London ot 6 per cent interest, and now they have usked nuother lonn on sctond mortgage of $2,500,000,—making in all sbout §5,000,000 in greenbacks. In the prospectus of theloan there are somo interesting facts ns to the financinl condition of tho Company, which condition seewns to bo a very healthy one. ‘The only mystery in tho whole matter is, ‘What do the stockholders want with the mouey ? The revenue ofticinls at Springticld, 1ML, sre cousidorsbly put out, In fact, they are sltogether put out, tho Court refusing to nllow them to be prosent at the axamination of the privato papers of Wearenyay, the dis- tiller, from which, judging by the strenuous efforts to keep them out of the hands of the suthorities, much imjo-tant matter wos ex- pected to be gleanod. Judgo 'I'neaz's refusal to admit Assistaut-District-Attornoy lox and Revenue-Agent Bouervinue, s well s his gratuitous anxicty lest the reporters should publish the disclesares contained in tho doca. ments and minister tonpurient and depraved taste ontho pastof the publio for reading whiskey-fraud developments, is tho oconsion of unfavorablo comment. ‘Tho Chicago produce markets were ir. regular yesterday. Mess pork wos active nud 15@200 per brl higher, closing at $19.567) @19.60 eash and $19.82@16.85 seller March. Lardwas rather quict and 5@106 per 100 153 higher, closing at $12.10 cash and $12,274 seller March, Meats wero in fair de- mand and firmer, ut 7je for boxed shoulders, 10jc for do short ribs, and 110 for do short clears, Highwines were quict zud unchanged, ot $L06 per gallon, Flour way dull aud casicr, Wheat was moderately sctive and 1o lower, closing at 9Cu cash und 93ie for March. Com was more active, but d@jo lower, closing ot 400 cash and 40jo seller March. Oats wero quiet and j@je lower, closing ot 80jc cash aud 8ic for March. Hye was quist, at 6I@G7fc. Darloy waa nctive nnd casior, olosing at 72¢ for February and G8a for March. Hogs wero activo and fie higler, selling nt $7.10@7.75, Cottle were weak and o shada lower, with sales nt $2.80 @5.50, Bheep woro quict, and unchanged, One hundred dolisrs in gold would Luy $113.00 in groonbneks at the close, It appenrs from n lotter which Col. Banas {8 enid to have written to the Postmnstor-Gen- oral just boforo vacating his position in the Posl-Ofice Dopariment that the ¢ Fast-Mail "Prain" theory hns boen carried beyond the limila of his original purpose, and that alarge expenso has been needlesaly mdded by monns of the Philadelphia and Pittsburg routo. The original fast-mail train botween New York and Chieago, which also earries the Now In- gland mail, is run at an increased expeuso of only $17,000 n year, nud confors benofits Inrgely boyond this cost, but that tho exten- sion of tho system to the Scorr lines of rail- rond hns added $81,000 to the cost, It secms that Scorr originally declined the termas of- fored for the earrying of the mail at the fu. crensed rato of speed which Vanperuint ne- cepted, and after the contract had been let nnother fast train was started by way of Philadelphia which hos increased tho ex- ponscs onormously without any proportionnto increnso in tho ndvantages to the publie, If Col. Baxas has properly represented this mat- tor to the Postmaster-General, thero Is little doubt that the systom will be corrected. ——e e In tho caso of Wintam McKeg, scnior proprictor of the St. Louis Glode-Democrat, whoso trinl on tho chargo of complicity in the enormous whisky-frauds has sttracted wide- sprond nltention and intorest during tho past twelve dags, tho jury yesterday roturned a verdict of ** Guilty " of the offenso charged in tho indictment. 'The defenso was conducted with extrnordinary vigor and ability, though the impression was quite genernt nmong the fricnds and well-wishers of Mr, McKee that ngrave error was com- mitted by his counsel in eutering a demurrer to the indictment upon » point purely tech- nical and wholly apart from tho merits of the case, 'The verdict of tho jury wns wholly unexpected by Ar. McKre and hig counsel and frionds, who had confidently relied upon either o disngreement of the jury or a verdict of acquittal. The result of tho trial will occasion general ro- gret 3 not that tho defendaut was convicted, —* Yot no gnilty man escape, "—but that o man of his provious character and standing should havo been adjudged guilty of part- nership in the frauds and goins of the St Louis Whisky Rin, A BREFORMED TARIFF BILL. Sinco tho new 'Tariff bill bas been intro. duced into Congress by the Chairman of the ‘Ways and Means Committee, it may be op- portuno to republish the list of dutinble arti- cles embmced in tho British tariff, with the nmount of revenue derived from each. They are fow in number, In 1874 the list con. tained the following articles, to which we append the Briiish and United States rates of duty on the articles named : British Articlea imported. * rato of tax, American taz. Ticer, per gal.. ne We Cards, playin 1 3 Chicory, per b [ 7 Chocolate, per b, .. 4 Coftee, per Ib, S freonlnca 2 Cacoa, per a 3 Drlod fruit, pe 132 a Yinegar, per gal 7 kT Spirits and sloonol, ‘gcr gal. .50 $2.50 Bugar, average per e 10 0 11 {freo sluce "7 00 e $3.25 & [ 10 'This list omnbraces the whole British tariff na it stood until March, 1874, when the duty on sugnr was repealed, except on some fow aticles of confectionory sud avarioty of sugar imperted by browers. The aggregato revenues collected by Great Britain and the United States, respectively, on thess sovirnl nrticles, ineluding the former United Stotcs tax on tea and coffee, was ng followa ¢ v Articles, Great Dritaiu, Duitod State e $ 15018 $ W, 0 oo SIO3,TULAIE SILEOTASY Inorder tomake this table completo, wo liave fncluded tho receipts of duties on ten nud coffeo in the United States in 1872, that tax having then been repealed. Tho purpose is to show thnt from tho samo nrticles taxed in Great Dritain the United States can collect a lorge proportion of their revenue from cns- toms, Tho aunusl revenuo from customs in this country now aversges $160,000,000, Tho American rates of duty on sugar are chiefly nrranged for the benefit of the refiners, 'I'he tariff on sugars might Lo so rovised as to pro. duco at least £35,000,000 of revenue, withont any incrense of taxation on tlie consumer, simply by turning into tho Tressury thot which now goes to the refiners, . In 1870 the revenue from tea’ and coffco amounted to nearly §23,000,000. That rovenue was first cut down one.half and then abolished, to huve the prico of coffeo increased at the placo of praduction by an export tax levied by tho Chinese, Cuban, and Drazilian Govornments equal to the tax removed by our smart Con- gress. Bo that the revenuo our Governmont formerly derived from this sourco now goes into the 'T'rensury of those Governments, and the American peoplo poy it. In preparing o reveaus tariff, {ho first thing to b dono would be to rostore the duty on tea und coffeo aud strike out the protec- tive digcrimination on sugar, whereby the rofiners pocket eight to ten millions a year of what tho consumens pay. 'I'he next thing to do wonld bo to lovy a moderate tariff of say 40 to 30 per cent on cottons, woolons, silks, linens, iron and steel, cutlery, crockery, glass, nud other mannfactures, which dutics would yield all the revenue needed by {ho Governmont. The list wa hove given thus increased and revised would produce an anuval rovenus footiug up somewhnt as follows: Artlcles aboved named, Hugar snd molaases, Duty on wools snd woalens....., Duty ou iewn and steal goods Daty on silks of all kinds, .. (Noves, costnetica sud Bneri Gilass atid crockor: Stiscellaneots, Totalivuesnrsessnnsreranasonasscraens § 18,0000 Such a taritf would produco nll the reve. nue needud, and would constantly increaso, and would release several thousaud articles vow taxed from duties. It would reliove the country from ut lenst two hundred millious of taxution now paid by the people for ** pro. tection,” ond none of which gues jnto the Preasury, It would contine taxation to a fow articles, ‘Fhe relief from the {ax onall the others would largely fneresse ectisumption of the aurticles taxed. The mun who is now taxed on all e cousumes,—his cotton and woolen clothing, Lis boots and shoes, crock- €ry, bis furniture and his tools, as to bo un. able to purchase but spnringly of ten and coffce,—when relioved of theso opprossive taxes, will be able to pnrchnso an incrensed quantity, not only of tea aud coffce, but of all other things. All tax being removed from the raw mnte- rials, Americnn manufactures would rapidly iucrenso. Tho cost of produetion being largely reducod, the consumption of manu- factures would incroase, and the numboer of persons employed at manufacturing would rpidly enlarge, and the emplayment wounld ho continuous, beeauso no longer depondent on a fluctunting system, American manufac- turers, then ablo to produce cheaply, would Lo no longer restricted to the singlo homeo markot, and wonld find salo tho world over for their surplus products, aud the substan- tint nnd real prosperity which nttends tho production of & surplus would attend our manufactures, Then the country would have for sala not only food but manufactures, and tho general wealth would increase propor- tiouately, THE CONDITION OF THE CITY FINANCES. Under the new charter tho fiseal yoar of the City of Chieago now ends Dee. 31, in- stend of Mareh 31, in cach yenr, and conse- «quently the * annunl” report mnde by Comp- troller aves upon tho city finances covers the period of only nine months, beginning April 1 and ending Dee. 31, 1875, 'Tho stato- ment is, nevertheless, completo ns to the condition of the fluauces Jan. 1, 1876, The fanded dobt of tho city remnains unchauged, aud stands nt $13,467,000. Included in this snum is tho water debt, 34,677,000, the prin- cipal and interest of which aro pagyable out of tho water revenue, and therefore is only n technical charge ngainst the city, leaving the city debt prepor $8,800,000. In nddition to this indebtedness, the Comptroller states that thero are outstanding certificates of indebted- ness to the amount of $4,500,028, which bear interost at ¢ to 8 per cent per annum, Against these certifientes hehiolds cagh, cortifi- cates of tax sales, tax deeds, taxes appenled from, unpaid porsonal {ax, unpaid tax for 1875, which wo compare with corresponding items on April 1, 1875 . April1, 175, July 1,76, Untcolleeted tax of T4,.. 3,001,359 Unicollectod tax of 73, Tox cortlficates ralo of 72, 0,233 Tax cerniflcatea sale of "7 104,120 Tax certifieates saloof ‘74, ity Tax certificates anle of Taxen appealed and enjoined... 477,003 Canh fu tho Treusury, .. . 50,0 Due ou personal taxes ‘71 to '74, Tho item of back pemsonal tax was included in tho others in tho April stotoment. It is worth probnbly sbout 20 per cent of the wholo sum due. ‘I'ho sum of tho outstanding certificntes in April was 3,817,430, and ouJan. 1, 1876, 4,700,028, 'Tho assots, to pay these out- standing certificates, were, including cash and uncollected taxes, on April 1, 6,747,038, and on Jan. 1, 1876, 98,920,623, 1t will bo seen that in the pine months we havo ndded £1,200,000 to the flonting debt, and have incrensed our. uncollocted tax 32,200,000, We aro annunlly increasing the proportion of our businaess done on credit. We make an approprintion and pay out, in Yiou of cash, n certifiento of iudebtedness. Thero is no reduction of approprintions; the uncoltected tax grows in nmount, and the cortificates are becoming voluminous, Of ecourse thero must boon end to this way of doing busi- ness; o limit to the negotintion of certifi- cates must bo reached at some time; and, if tnxes aro not psid, then the city must reduco its appropriations or suspend somo of its ox- penditares. It must bo stated, however, that included in the taxes uncollected is & swn appropri- nted for carrying on tho City Government until April next. That sum, mnounting prob- ably to 1,400,000, is to bo charged ogainst tho *dasets,” Comptroller Maves takes the oceasion to discuss the embnrrassments of tha city, and to lecturo thoso who have not pald their city taxes. 3Ir. Flaves cannot bo ignorant of the ‘wido-spread discontent of the public, and of the failing confidonco of tho tax-payers in the integrity, honesty, and pnblic spirit or wisdom 1 of those , who rule in the management of tho City Gov. ernment. + Ho is not unaware that tho principal members of tho City Government were instrumental in forcinguponthe people, by fraudulent moans, charter to which they were opposed, and that the reason for this ne. tion was that this chartor increased thepowers .af the Common Cauncil and extended the terms of al! the official incumbonts, aud, as wns supposed, that of tho Mayor, until 1877, ITe must bo aware that this outrage was ac- complished by tho porsonal efforts of mom. bers of tho City Governmont through the means of stufling ballot-boxes, forged returns, and othor gross violations of tho Election law, Thiu sbuso und violation of all tho forms of Inw for personal endy, together with the gen- eral odor of corruption, has greatly weaken. ed public confidence, and has led thousauds to look upon tho present City Government with distrust. Even now the Chief Exccutivo of tho city shamefully persists in rotaining an office nfter his term has expired, and therefore is an usurper, denying to the pcoplo the choico of their own ruler, Tho Comptroller must know that the bost way lo secure publio confidenco is to merit it, and that, while the entire community have full confidence in him personally and ofli- cially, they know that e is almost powerloss among his oflicinl associates, in whom they have no faith, If the City Governmont wanta to induce penions to pay their taxes, lot tho Common Council provide for the election of o Mayor next Aprl as woll a3 all the othor city ofticers; let the people who aro nsked to pay five millions of taxes have tho privilego of voting for the officers who are to expend tho rovenuo ; let a City Governnent ba glected in tho personal as well s ofllvial intogrity of whoso members the people who pay taxes have somo degree of confldence, aud thero will be no hesitation on the part of tho people in contributing to the support of o Government thus constituted. It is no unusual thing for doctors to dis- ogree, but it does not oftén happen that two bodies of medical oxperts look at the same object and seu it ko differently ns in tho casa of tho County Insane Asylum, A week ngo o Comuittes of the Chicago Socicty of Phy- siciuns and Burgeons submitted a report on tho sttbject of tho treatment of the insave, ‘Ihoy hind visited and inspected the Asylum, and thoy found that its lucation was bad; its sowerngo «ertaiu to provo defective; the physiciang in ehamgo young, inexperienced, und incompatent ; the food supplicd to pa- tients not of proper ynality, and the dict not suflleiently liberal; the beds und wearing- nppurel poor; that handeuffs were used; and that o rveform in general was sadly needed. Now another set of doctors who have investi- gated themutter tell their story, They tind the location delightful ; theseworago perfect; the medical attendance as good us could be ox- pected jn puch cascs; tho food and dictary syatom really luxurions; tho Leds and oloth- ing positively extravagaut; no handouffs or fotters in sight,—~the wholo institution, in short, so atiractive aud delightful that it is almost worth while to go erazy and livo therg. ‘Who shall decide in this remnrknble cnso of optical contradiction? It may help the mat. ter somo to remomber that the fanlt-inding Committeo have nothing to do with the man- agoment of the Connty Hospital and no plensnnt relations with the County Board,— from which it may or may not be argued that they saw throngh o glass darkly, whilo the nuthor of the eomplimentary report, being in some sonso thowmelves county officinls, were more likely to nee clearly aud report without®faver or prejudico. It is barely pos. sible tht this view should be entertained by people who are not County Commissioners, and who have 1o counection with county in- atitutions,~—possible, Lnt not probable, r—— EXTRADITION TREATIES, When it was sunounced that tho reverend forger Winsrow, of Boston, had fled to Itot- terdmin, Ilolland, between which country and the United States there oxists no treaty of oxtradition, it was at'onco couceded that ho ‘had eseaped for good, and that he would en- joy his ill-gotten gains for tho rest of his Iifein o safe nsylum, When, howaver, it was stated that our Government had applied to Iofland for the voluntary extradition of the forger, it wnsg hoped that the scoundrel would bo ap- prohended tho moment Lo landed upon the dock at Rotterdam nnd returned to Boston, to receive the righteous penalty of his villainies. Now it appears, however, that there is very little prospect of any such result, and that the State Department itsolf has very grave doubts whether Holland will voluntarily de- liver up the forger or disturb him in the on- joyment of his plunder, for the renson that the King of Ifolland once made npplication foran extradition treaty with tho United States and titht the Senate rojected it. Tho nbsence of an extradition treaty bo- tween our own country and Xolland, so far ot lenst a9 criminala are concerned, is o dis- grace to the ndministration of justico. In’ ceso of political offenders, thera may be very good reasons why oxtradition should not be allowed, for what constitutes a political of- fenso in Ifolland, for instance, may mnot bo considered assuch in our country, and rico tersa, Crimo, however, is erimo the world over. Its ofiense is not limited by geograph- ical boundaries. 'Tho penalties aro compara- tively tho same tho world over, and all coun- tries havo identically the samoe interest in the suppression of crimo and the maintonance of justice, Tho attitude of Lolland in shelter- ing WinsLow nud furnishing him an nsylum is simply tantamount to the declaration by that Government that, although this mon hns committed a grave crime and deservos punishment, ho shall not be punished, If in the place of WiysLow tho caso wore reversed and o Duteh forger hnd sought refugo here, the result would bo the same, Such an anomalous condition of justico as this offers n dircet premium for crime, and furnishes tho Inst and most important incen- tivo for its commission. If tho forgoer or felon know thero was no place that would of~ for him safoty, and that wherovor he wmight fleo tho telegraph would anticipate his are rival, tho commission of great erimes liko that of Twerp's and Winswow's would bo loss frequent than they aro now. It is not always safo to assume that the criminal would be punished even if extradi- tion treaties did exist with every conntry in tho world. Thero js little danger, at least, that thoy will be punished &0 long as tho plunder Iasts. But that cannot last always. Jurics must bo packed, bailifs must be bribed, and Ilawyers must bo paid, and little by little the money is consumed, Thon thero is no hope for the victhm. Felons without money al- ways land In the penitentiary, Justice is in- exornblo and impartial whon hor victims have lean purses, Tu this case, WiNsrow's money will not bo wasted upon jurics, bailiffs, or lawyers. o enn snap his fingors at them all nud enjoy his stenlings without fear of Sherift or policeman, Othor ovil-disposed men, find- ing that WiNsLow has safely cscaped with his plunder, will now be encouraged to forgo, and rob, and defraud, knowing that thore is a se- cure haven for them. Thoro ia but ono safe course for the Government to pursue, and that isto refuse to shelter tho eriminals of othor countrics, and to at once request other conn~ tries to refuso to sheltor ours, aud wo believe there is not a civilized nation on earth that will notgladly makothis mutual arraugement. HOW T0 BUILD A BOUTHERN PACIFIC : RATLROAD 'I'he tuont effcctivo auswor that has been madoe to ''ox Scorr's demand for a hundred- million Government indorsement of exas & Arizonn bouds comes in the shape of a proposition to build a railroad on the lino of the 32d parallel without auy such guarantee. "I'io proposition is by no means irresponsible or unirustworthy, It is submitted by tho Califurnin & Southern Pacific Railroad Com- pany, which has made good its claim to eon- fidence by ulready building over 500 miles of road between San Iraucisco and Fort Yuma, on the Colorndo River, and by complying with the provisions of the act of Congress under which the Company was incorpornted without nsking any new conecssions, - Toun. derstand the respoctivo merits of the two schemes, it {8 necessary to recall the history of their growth and progress, ‘Tho ‘Pexng, Arizonn & Pacific and tho California & Sauth- urn Pacitie wera incorporated by Congress at about the same time, and both were endowoed with liberul lsud.grants subject to certain conditions, Tho Colifornia Pacifio was au. thorized to build a line connecting Ban Francisco with tho 82d parallel line at Fort Yuma at tho rate of not lews than 70 wiles o yenr, This condition has been com- plied with and-more, so that the whole line of 700 miles between Ban Francisco and Fort Yuma, ria Los Angoles, will be in operation by next July. "he ‘Wexns Pacifle, howover, has fuiled to comply with tho conditions of fts incorporation, which provided that it should build westward from San Diego and eastward from Bhermnn, Tex., at o rate of not less than 125 wiles 8 year. Having folled in tho original contract, it now asks n guarantee of intorest on 40,000 8 milo on its main lino and 35,000 o wmile on snbsidiary branch lines, amounting to an aggregate guarantee of £256,005,000 in interest, and a con. tingent assumption of over $150,000,000 of principnl indebtedness. It hos also socured o chongo of route in Sounthern Californin wlicreby it avoids the aountainous way between Fort Yuma and Ban Dicgo along tho 324 paratlel, and thus by an ensier coyrse olong the same route already con. structed by the Southern Pacific. Therels tive position of the Wexas Pacific and the Southern Pacifio Companlosis, therefore, that (he former domands a vast subsidy of bonds from the National Governont for doing just what California private capital is doing with. out Governuent aid, a3 botween San Frapels- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNTE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY I, 1876, co and Fort Yumn, and that the Governmont guaranteo s to be employed in providing an opposition line over the same ronto as that previously ocoupied by a complinnco with the Government incorporntion. The impertinenco of Mr. "Lor Scorr’s do- mand is fitly illustrated by this exhibit of the atatus of the Texns Pacifio nud tho Bouthorn Pacitic Railronds, The former, having falled to fulfill the terms under which it scoured its charter aud ita Inud-grant, now comes in and nska tho Government to lond its credit to the completion of the rond; the Intter, baving complied withi all the conditions which ita in- corporation cnrriod with it, now expresses a willingness to go on huilding westward upon tho terms originally granted to the Texns Pa- cifie, and to connect with tho Intter at any point to which the Texns Pacifio may oxtond its lino, Mr. Huwntivarow, the Vice-Prosi- dent of tho Central Pacific Railrond and largely Interested in tha Bouthern Pacific, is now {n Washington to submit this propo- pition, It i ono that ought to be favorably entertained, 'The land-grant of the "T'exns Pacific Company has beon forfeited by n failuro to build the road asrapidly as ngreed upon; nnd, instead of subsidizing tho Toxas Pncific with Government mongy, this land- grant should bo turned over to the Bouthern Pacifio upon an agrecmont to construct n cor- tain number of miles overy year along the 32d parallel, which the Southern Pacifio is propnred to undertake. If it fails to comply with the conditions, thon the land-grant will rovort to the public domain, and neither tho Government nor tho people will be any worse off than mow, If it &ucceods, and tho rond shall bo constructed on the same line, then tho people of tho South will secure the Pacific line which thoy regard o8 so essontial to their material pros- perity without incrensing the public debt or mortgaging tho national crodit. If vast sums of money aroto bo mnde by construction compnnics, it will be private monoy realized in part from the salo of the public lands al- ready granted and in part from tho invest- ment of private capital, and the peopla at Inrgo will not suffer therefrom. If, on the othor hand, great bonefits aro to acerue to the Southern people, they will not have been ob- tainod at tho encrifice of the public interosts and at the cost of the people in othor sections of the country. As botwean Mr, Scorr on the one haad and Mr. Hoxmisatox on tho other, betweon tho Texas & Arizonn Pacifio bogging n subgidy that may oventunlly aggregate 150,000,000 and the Oalifornia & Soathern Pacifio asking nothing but what has already boen granted, honesty and fnirness eannot hesitate n mo- ment, If the Democratsand Confedorates in Congresy are disposed to bo honest and fair in this matter, thoy now have the opportunity to silence Mr, Scorr, and satisfy tho clamor that comes from a part of tho South by sim. ply permitting the Southern Pacific Railrond to do tho unfinished work of the Texas Pa. cifio without further aid. It will then boa question for the ownors of the Texns Pacific to detormine for themselves how far it will bo in their intorest to oxtend their railroad, and it will bo the business of tho Southern Pa- cifio to connect with them. If this 824 line rnilrond shall prove to bo go gorgeous and profitable an ontorpriso as is prodicted, then 8t. Louis sud Now Orleans will find no difficalty in obtaining monoy to construct direet connceting lines, The whole schema can thus bo carried on without tho invest mont or risk of one dollar of public moneys, and thero is consequontly not tho shadow of an oxcuso for Congress listoning longor to Mr. Scorr's delusive persunsion. too Iarge. Tho hours of Inbor have hithorto only beon five to six. It is now proposed to make them eight and dischargo one.ffth the forco, 'Tho cout of officers’ ** quarters " is some $1,400,000 n yenr. Wo havo Genernls seattor- ed over the country, ocenpying handsome residencess for which tho nation pnya high rontals, whilo forts, well-located, with com- fortable and costly qunrters, are uunoconpied. Horo is another chanco for the prunivg- knife, In ways like theso the cost of the armny can bo reduced without impairing its atrength or efliclency. Tho troublo with Democratio cconomista seoma to be that they know noth. ing about the mattors thoy try to mnnnge, and thoreforo * meddle and muddle,” Tho Ohairman of the Committeo of Ways and Means, with the assistanco of the Hon. D. A, Wewis, hns prepared o rovised, re- duced, and simplified tariff bill. The essential points in the bill are theso: (1) The freo list is Inrgely’extended on raw materials, such ns drugs, chemicnls, dyes, ote., in order to help manufdcturers to produce cheaper goods. (2) Onprotty much all manufactures the tax on congumors is reduced o general averago of about one-third. Tha dutics now range from 40 to GO per cent ; andor tho reformed taril thoy will rango from 25 to 40 per cent. 'This roduction is quito modurate under the cir- cumstances. (3) A purely revenno impost of 4 conts o pound on ccffeo and 10 cenis a pound on tea is proposed to bo lovied, which i in accardanco with the strong recommendations of tho Presidont and Becrotary of the Treasury. Tho former tax on those articles was G conts n pound on coffee and 12 cents on ten. *Tho Secrotary explained how the Government has lost twelva to fiftcon millions s year of revenuc by the reponl of tho duties in 1672 without conferring any benofit on tho consumers, be- cause foreign Governments incrensed tho ox- port tax on e and coffeo to correspond with the reduction of import tax by our Govern. ment, The bill groeatly simplifles the modo of catimatisag the new dutics on n grent many articles. VWherever woight can be substituted for velnalion it is dome. Tho objectis to prevent frauds by undervaluntions, false in- voices, & lultorations, and choating gencrally. In this tway the duties will bo far more hon- estly nyd chenply collocted. 'The bill scems to bo a 'vest improvement on tho presont sys- tom am1 seslo of duties, Its enactment will powerfiilly tend to revive manufacturing industr y by cheapening the cost of produc- tion, wod thoreby enabling our manufacturers to oxprort their surplus goods to foreign coun- tries. Wo can have no real or roliable im- provoinont in the times until this bo done; norig it possible to rosume and maintain specie payments until we largely incrensa our oxpontation of manufactures. Wo pdnted:c;;mnnlnlllon yeaterday from & Renttoman who takes oxception to our remark that the Municipal Qovernmont of Chicazo can- ingn.ess to furnish tho city with gas at tho rato ot %0 conts por-thousand! Of couvse, o propor of tho proposition; but wo may bo pormit- tod to donbt the feasibility of tho plan uatil it | ehall bo demonstrated that gomo now and fnex- | ponsive moana for holding and distributing gas bos boon discovered. Thoro is no question [ tho city and privato consumors oven mor0 cheapty than the roduced rates,—cortainly 50 " for 'ovory 1,000 foot. But it must bo romembored that thofe * plant "—which includos thoir maius, THE ARMY. The army of the United Stotes can be best represented by the familiar figure of a dog wagged by his own tail, Tho army proper is the dog, an odmirable watch-hound of tho country, and the tail which wags it confists of all tho outsido departments, which mako n very poor return (o the country for tho cost aof their bread and butter and buttons, - Tho following tables, taken from the Army and. Navy Journal of January, show the activo and non.combatant forces and the cost of each: X NON-COMBATANT FUICE, porhaps 75 conta por 1,000 feos to oarn a fair in- and sold for four timea 80 conts por 1,000 feet, Aalong a8 such {an invostmont s neccesary, it may be. i discovorad that Our Oanten hes an ceglo, and prints his apostropho to the oagle, which our renders will comomber is nota ** common oagle," stylea bhim a Columbinn orator, sud sdds to the apostrophe.the following comment: * Thia ap- proaches fn ecloqueuce ud logle Judge Booy- POINTER'S adddross to thoe prisonor at tho bars + Young man, Providenve has blessed you with Doslth aud strength, instead of which vou go [ around tho country stealing shcop.” We pro- tost ngalnst any farther unkin] sllusions to tho + proud monsrch of the air.” Our Canrn ia no common Canren, and his oagls I8 no common oagle. If any other member of Congross, or tha Republican itsoll, hng an/eaglo that can fly faster or scroam loudor, why don't thoy show up their pouttry ? - Approprisiions for 1875-..... Divided thus ; Bignal Bervic, ies.. Ttives abul barbor wor! War Department, boun! Mrs, Fanny Frazen Fosrer, tho woll-known Poston vocalist aud toacher, and who was also Leaving for military ctablishment. . ..§20,303,854 £ at ono timo woll known a8 tho Faxsy Fnazzn of From this deduct & Arscnals and fortifications., .8 1, U165 tho Frazen Opers Compuny that vieitod this e vatsett i o BB country several ye:rrs ngo, diod rocontly jn the Ordinanco Corps, .. 11480 abava clty, Tho 130aton papors algo racord the Rilitary Acadomy. AUB6L death of the Rev. Wiunast O, Oy, D.D., who — e} 5,030,660 Wo thus fiud th costof actire army to be£3,067,208 Thus divided dlod suddenly a fow daya eiuco, ot tbo ngo of 53. 1o wau a very ominent schalar ana ablo clotgy- man, but his mast rocent worl was 48 an ausist- e ant editor of tho Wiatchman and Teflector, tho i umlfi Now England organ of tho Baptist douomination. i el Aiscellagoous. Biskiop Doraxrour has found a procedent for tiis unlucky tntutako of epoaking nbout himsolf The Domocrats aud Confederntes proposo ng oast, Nko Dasniiy futo 8 flory farnace” to gavo monoy by mustering out soldiers, by cutting down the scanty poy of enllsted men nand ofticors in active services, nud by slicing n button or two off tho uniforms of West Point cadets, It is not by such Leggarly cheese- parings that savings avoto bo made, Our littlo army of less thau 26,000 men is a polico forco which lhas to guard 10,000 miles of land and water frontier, and a half-million of bloodthirsty savages who ronm throngh a vast strotch of territory. If Chicago hed only fifty policemen sho would have nboat as largo a force, comparativaly speaking, a3 the Government of tho United States has soldicrs, Instead of cutting slices off the dog, we should cliop several superfluous inches from bhiu tail, ‘The principal flelds for economy oro the atafl, tho river and harbor improve. ments, clerical service, and tho exponditures for quarters. The staff numbers 1,463 and coats over £9,600,000 o year, Necessary in war, it is altogether too numerous in peaco. Gen, Snesstan hos six Colonels on Lis staff, Thoy cout tho country somo $40,000 & year, Throe- fourths of the monoy is wastod. A sweep- ing reduction can bo made in the numbers of the staff without abolishing anything but sinecures, and without impairing the eficien. cy of the forco. ‘I'he river and harbor Inprovements, which cost during tho present flscal year the ox- cesyive sum of 37,227,250, will bo dissectod hereafter, When o tiny sottlement, .con- trolled by o speculator and a Benator, ab- sorbs scores of thousands of dollars, it is timo to apply the knife, to stick it in doep, and to turn it around. Tho clerical fore st Washington Is much or GuavsTons’s epocchod, VeviLvor, editor of tho Ultramoniane Univers, wholina boen making fun of tho I3isbop, thinks that tho precedout makos the maitor worse. What moro was to bo oxpected fronr Vho man Who writes pamphlets sgaluat tho Poge ? PERSONAL Arsens TMoissayo, in o rocent Paris lelter, trostuof Plerot, who wos *‘an ass but not a Tffio German, thoe wall-known woubrotto of Now York, hag begun sms against Mr. Wallack for violation of" contract, Patti refusod. to sivg at the benoflt of Froderlo Tomaitre, snd. Rosal, who had tho macter i charge, uscd somo protiy utrong laugusgoe to ber. (lambetta p assos now for the most modorato statosman iu sthe French Republic—so modorato that tho Reds have slmost oconcluded to desert hlm. A subscriptilon for tho widow and chitdren of Hopry Wainviright, the Whitochapsl murderor, hisva beon su'bscribed. W. A. Pipe:r, the Democratic member of Con- greas from Han Francisco, owns 200 scres of Jand within tho limita of that city. eis, of course, lmmemuoly wealthy, He ls of pure Swed- sl atack, The Josoftheatro of Vienua s about to yproduce # plisy which Mr, Daly would eall “of contemporanwous intoreat.” I I entitled: + Thomasson, or tho Wholessle Murderer of DBromorhaven," The United }Btates Bupremo Court s now so pressed for time that speakery aro limited to two liours. An excoption i4 wado o favor of Jere- , minh Black, for whoue fagcinatiug eloguence the nut ‘probably make gas for -less than $2 a thou- sand. foot, and who doclares bis ability and will- guarantoo of this woula dictato an accoptanco | that tho Chiczgo gas companios could supply conty and probably 76 conta or o dollar choaper resorvoirs, pipes, otc.—roproseats an investmont of sovoral millions of dollars, which roquires torost on this capital, and it tho conl was fur- nishod for nothing, gas coald not bo manufac- turod and distributed through mains and pipos will not be possible to furnish gou at soveral timos **30 cents orlosa s thousand," no mattor how low the actual cost of coal and manufacturo Tho Bpringflold (Mass.) Republican hoe just Dut the precodent is vot in tho Bible, but in ono. bas boen staated m Loadon, Already £1,200 | Judges have s woaknoss. '‘Gath" says thy ono of tho Judges told him that stopping Blaok soomed liko atopping Blinkspearo, Dlack fs ry. gnrdod a8 Lho bost living roprosentative of by old-timo floild Inwyor, The firat full rohioareal of #10 Moody and Ban. Koy choir iu Now York took place last Friday, Tho cholr conalstod of 1,200 pernons. It millby divldod Into throo ctassos, which will take furg in attonding the sorvicos, Tho pletures loanod to the Unlon Loagus Clay iz New York for lta rocent rocoptlon wors In surod for nbout » quartor of & million, Among thom was C(oromo's * Gladiator,” contributed by A. T. Btowart, and worth $25,000, ‘Wae aro rojolced to know that, at the Dely subsoription-ball in the Opora-Houso, Emperny William conversed some timo with tho Americag Miniator, Baneroft Davia. * Our Carter " should 1ot Lis bird out to survey thls internationa) pvont, Mrs, Mackenzio, of Montroal, whose clopemeny hes received so much publicily, witnessod the playof *Alixa" the night bofors she lett b bome. The Count de Someriere's upbraiding of bl former wifo because of Lor absndonment of bim svidently dld not toach bier any lesson, Paul Boyton's swim from Alton to t. Lonls wos sometbiog of a fent, ioasmuch me the senthio was raw aud blusterlng, But, in ordk nary soasons, with the advantago of the strong cnrront which Doyton had, s geod swimmer could make the distance in s fow hours, Boj to's suit sooms to bo chlelly valuable as s pro. tection against cold and drift. AMr. Giadstone beliaves in tho authority of the Lord's Day a8 a roligious loatitution, In & let tor cougratulating tho writer of a prize-sssay on tho sabject, Mr. Gladstone says ho has, inthe courso of & {ong life, exporionced both tho men. tnl and physical bonofits of Habbath rest. In tho intorest of English workingmen, thers Iy pothing he more anxiously desires than’ tha thoy should moro and moru highly spprecists tho Coristinn day of rest. Winalow, the Boston forger, owned two news. papors, the Post nod tho Aews. The former sp- poarod in the morning, Domooratic and License; sud the lattor fu the afornoon, Republican and Prohibition, Winslow had no principles of his own which he was not willing to exchange for monoy. Ho was s clorgymsn turned pollticisn, sod o rascal to tho finger-tips. Tho Boston Nctos gaya thors i% no use {n calling him ** Revare ond,” since Lio abandoned tha claxical profession two yosrs 0go, Tho Providonco Press eaya: * When M. Whittlesoy, the Nottbampton cashler's wife, saw the burglars take hor hurband's gold watch shio kieked hora under tho ourean, and so saved it. And whon ber now cloak was in the robbers' hands shio #ald, 'Givomo that old thiog; I'm cold,’ sud saved that hkowlse, If this keen-wits tod woman could havo beonat the bank whon the vault was openod sho would have persusded the robbora that balf thoss papers were nothing but fomily mitk bills." Mr, Felix Regamy, tho well-known Chicago artist, hos recently finished & portrait of Mr, Lougtellow iri calored crayons, which {8 much admirod in Boston. Tho Boston Traveller says of it: * Tho likeness i porfoct, its tone and ox« pression belug lfe-like aud oxoeedingly natural. Mr. Rogamy haa given us & difforeut portralt from thoae we are accustomod to, thero belng no {denlizing whatever in tha likoncss, bot it bas the grand merit of being true to tho avery-day 1ifo and appoarance of the mubject.” HOTRL AIRIVALS. Patmer House—V, B, Nowian, New fork; the Ion, 3. W, lizudford, Jr.,and bride. Quincy: J, 'H. Cuap: tnan, Tienton; G. McVey Toylor, New Yorki L. J, Bargard, Bu! I, Mickoy, Martfor E, A, Jucks, Niles, Mich, Moore, Dotrdlit . Pizloy, Kirkland; 8. 1y, Borton; C. 1. Groen, Yortsmouth, . Gors batn, Marsliall, Mich.; John Taslor, Burlinglon.... Grand_ Juchic—llers Haps Vop Bulow, the Misses o CGronyn, Mr. Simms, I, M. Forrywincls, and . Wortiotiotz, New 'York; dohn. B Mormon Bushiop, St Leke: 'Gen, New Jersey; Byringficld; Lafaycttes F. fouls M. W, Burllugto J. \(‘v;uglflnnr, XI’:afllriaA."U’.I g » Osbarno, Laporta; J. s Titlo, Nochester: Jann G, Boots, Bt Tawmsend, Poorls? W, T C “zomont _House—Gen, hitcomb, Milwaukees koe; D, M, Culloch, I'vor! Gon, J. O, Pers kins, Now Orieans; the Mon. E, R, Batler, Bterling; the Hou.d. W, Eddy, Milliington ; R, W. Champlon, Naw Yaek; Beu Do Bar, Bt Louis; the flon, O. 8. Cot- ton, Galeaburgs W, W. Wheaton, Detroit ; “Mfs, Mary A. Livermoro, ioston ; J, B, McKinley, Champaign, oc.Sherinan Houso—ibo Hon, J, P. etcham, Tows ; tho Lion, J, W, Doninis, Buffolo; J.;Ax L. McCormick, LaPayelte; d, ilalo; A, O, Whiling, Daingien, ‘ififatn Van Dever, Towa; A. A, Larwood, Austin, T. 0, Amith, Clrclovilie, Obio; Col, J. P, eneva, Win, 3 3, W, Kingman, Loulsv: s Cutler, Boston C. F. Mils, New York. HuiseGeorgo ' éhardaon, 'Maywood; Hira. Jacobs, Boston; B, B. Dunning, Mt AE. Tows ; H, AL, Daly, Hartwick? 8, E, Day, Sheldon, 1 POLITIOAL NOTES, Minnosota cannot be counted on for any Presle dentisl candidate. Tho Piorecr-Preas says the Stato is as likoly to go for Bristow ss for Blalne, of to tako up #omo now man In preference ta clther, Br, Korr has lately onforced the rule which excludes strangers from tho floor of tho Housa. Ho has been compotiod to adopt vigarons meas- ures in order o provent lobbying in faver of ‘I'om Scott's Toxas Pacific soheme, Tho statermont that a writ hos boon isaned agalost Ministor Bchonck s denled in a npecial coble diapatch to the New York Herald. Ia- quiry fa bofug mado, howover, 54 to bis in- dwidual responsibility aud that of tho United States Governmont for biaactions In his private capacity. The Ifon. Roverdy Johnson, writing to the ITon, Bawuel J. Randall, makos » strong consti= Lutional argument for tho Centennis! approprise tion. ‘The Now York World arguea on the othen wida, Tho Nafwon thinks the power conforred upon Cougross “*to promoto the walfare of the peopla” covery this case, Tho Olucinuati Commercial judges that Jeft Davis would be o much mare foasible candldate than Charles Francis Adame for tho Democraoy, asthoy just now present themsolves, “Ths glimpsae the peopla at o bad of, tho Demo- cratio party rsmpant, aftof the fall olections of 1574, ought to bo justructive." ‘Pho Sprivgfleld Journal saya 1 **An informat mooting of the Ropublican State Central Com- mittoe will probubly bo held in Chicago before long, of which the members will be apprised through tha proper channel. Tho Cook County membors of thls Committoo aro Charlos H. Ham, Philip A. Hoyne, W. A, Lraloard, Charles H. Roed, and E. 8. Taylor. Tho Pennsyivania Republtoana who are op- posod to Mr. Blaine will pross Gov. Hartranft a4 a Prevldontial candidate. The movemsat on his bobslt Lias takon shspe, and ia dajly gaiolog womentum, 1iis frienda point to tho success he lias bad in carrylog the State at two doubtful olections, and declaro that ho would Lave s groat succons in the national field as he has es- joyed on bls owa ground. : Mr. 8sm Cox deniea that hoe wrota two letlers ou the curroncy quostion during the late Olio campalgn,—ono in favor of hard money, to the editor of the Now York 7ribune, and one squint~ ing towsrds inflation, tosom3 one in Olio, Itis ratbior suggestive that Ar. Cox should conslder such & denlal noceasary. We all know that ho mado & epooch {n Columbus, the night befors tho Bugker Hi)! Convention, whioh was remarka« Ulo for double-deating and evasion. ' Now York Sun, in a treochaat editorial, sums up the advantages uf Brother" Blalve, a8 It colle the ex-Bpeaker. It fluds toat ths party orgsnizatious in the Bouth are pledged to huu; that ho *‘ropressats the sntl-Catholio movement more thoroughly tuan any other Re- publican after Grant; > that be struck the key- note of the coming Ropublican campaiga i biv speoch against pardonlug Joft Dayle; that ho Liad more and warmer persons! friends thau soy othor Ropublican statesman ; that, though nomis nally from Malne, ho {a really from Pennsylve- uis, 80 thoreforo possosses & doubls element of gerougtl, Porhaps the moat noticesble point In tho Sun's editorial iu Jta referance to Mr, Blaine's porscoal (riends. Many of tuese, It la knows. aro in Congress, and they will certainly exesd apme Lutiuenos upon the primaries,