Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 11, 1876, Page 4

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ADORY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, WIIO ENIOYS natfonal reputation for bis extraordinary success in the trestment of Catarrh, Asthms, Dronchitis, and Consumption, can be consuited at the Grand Pacitle ote), Clilcagd, Tucaday snd Wednosday, Fob, 15and 10, e e e The @hienge Tribume. Friday Morning, Februnry 11, 1870. Greonbncks at tho Now York Gold Exchango yosterdny closed at 883, 4 % Tho Meteorological Bureau prognosticates cooler wenther for this region to-dny. Binco the pnssago of the act of Jan. 4, 10675, tho contraction of National Bank cur- rency has amounted to 820,768,752, — One of the specifientions in the impench- mont articles sgainst Liout.-Gov, Davis, of Mississippl, is the charge that ho accepted a bribe of $600 for tho pardon of a wife- ‘murdorer. e p—— Gen, Horunurdusamended his Freight-Rail- way bill bystriking ot tho provision extend- ing o Governmgnt guaranteo of interest or loan of ecredit to aid in the construction of thoroasd. This reduces tho proposition to a grant of o charter to n corporation to build the line, the Government appointing Com- missioners to havo entiro chargo of the con- struction and mansgemont, without, ns is olaimed, any legal or equitable liability. Tho Sonato yesterdsy by a vote of 85 to 18 passed the bill for an extension until 1885 of tho timo for the construotion snd complotion of tho Northorn' Pacific Railrond, Boveral pmondments in the intorests of rottlers oo- cupyinglands along the line were incorporated inthe bill. ‘Tho Company tried hard to obtain ‘more favorable conditions, but will probably be glad enough to accept tho extension as u s, mmm————————— Presidont Grant's atlention baving been directed to thoe clumsy and labored efforts of tho Chieago whisky organ to convey the im- pression that bitter and violent disngree- ments have taken placo in 4ho Cabi- not, in a good-naturcd and contemptu- pus way he departs from his usual gustom of paying no attention to silly nows- paper fabrications so far g to pronouncw the stories abgolutely baseless. 'The President himself is tho authority for tho statement that thoro is to be no faltering in tho whisky prosecutions, no matter whoso ox is gored, Congressman Lyxcu, of Mississippi, isa colored man, and was formerly a slave. Yes- terday ho availed himself of the privileges at- tendant upon his altered circumstances, and made a spoech in roply to the flery SivoLe- rox, whose brother Democrats with difficulty restrained his desiro to “ talk back to n nig- ger,” and brought him to a seuso of the deg- endation of such 8 course. Perhaps it was the wiser way to remain silent, for it might have troubled Mr, SiNonrToN somewhat to toply to the colored membor's moderate and manly presentment of the true remedy for the evils existing in the Southern States, Investigations of the Trensury Department ander Secretary Bnistow's regime are not sspecially “fruitful of marc's-ucsts, An in- quiry which prowmised comfort nnd gratifica~ tion to the Demoerats in Congress hns just failed to pan out nccording to expectation. 1t was understoed thnt a heavy deficiency in the printing division of tho Treasury would bo shown up in an unfavorable light, but a straightforward and simplo tule, by a man who has nothing to conceul, makes tho mat- tor porfoctly clear, There is a deficiency, but it was the result of a blunder in a law nssod by the Forty-third Congross, and is no ‘nult of Becretary Buwstow's, who could do 30 less than comply with the law as he found it Bupervisor Turton's wmalicious romance soncerning the proffor of immunity to in. dicted partiea in Chicago as a reward for ‘turnishing evidence to implicate Senator Looan and Congressman Finwern s fitly chamoterized by Bruroun WisonN as an atrocious lie in every partioular, Bocretary ‘Brstow clinches the mattor by the utato- ‘ment that he has never heard a word of ovi- dence in any manner implicating Bonator ZLogay, and did not believe thero would be any. Now that Torron is fully brought to ook os the author of the ontrageous slander, thero s no langer any reason for withholding one of thoss laconio and expressive ofticiul documents which usually end with ¢ for tho good of the service.” The Chicago produce warkets were gen- erally firm yestorday. Mess pork was active and 10c per brl higher, closing at $20.75 cash and $20.90 for March. Lard was active and 22}@250 per 100 s higher, closing at $12.57} cash and $12.70 for March, 'Meats were quiet and firmer at 7{o for boxed shoulders, 114o for do sbort ribs, and 11jo for do short clearn, Highwines were less active and un. changed, st $1.00 per gallon, ¥lour was in better demaud nnd firm, Whent wns active nnd 2o higher, closing firm at $1.05} for Fob ruary and £1.033 for March, Corn was in botter domand nnd e highor, closing firm at 4130 ensh and 4130 for March, Onts were dull and oasier, closing at 813 cash and 1o for March. Ryo wasquictat 66@G7c. Barley was dull and 1e¢ lower, closing at 740 for Febrnary and 67jo for March. 'The hog mar- kot wns netive, nud godd to choico heavy grades advanced 10@1hc. Bales wero nb 87.70@8.25, Cattle wero dull and weak, with sales nt$2.76@75.70. Bheop wero quiot and o shndo lowor,—quoted at $3.75@5.60. Ono hundred dollars in gold would buy $112.87} in greenbacks at the close. A brisk engagoment between tho lawyers enlivened tho Bancor trial yesterday. Even- 187, the mysterious witness, was produced, nnd Lis testimony was tho ocenslion of a hard struggle by the defonse for tho cxclusion of that pnrt relating to the meiling of two lotters, belioved to contain §700 each, by Jovom {o Dancocx and Aveny, Tho obstinacy and vigor with which Mr, 8ronns and his associates fought agninst this effort to conneot thoir client with the Ring in Bt. Louis wers exorcised to no purpose, Judge Dirron ruling in faver of tho Government, that tho dopositing of a lote terin a mnil-box warrnnted the conclusion that tho lettor was reccived by the person to whom it was addressed—sonnd logic, surely, in these days of perfect mail facilities, It wns then placod in ovidenco that the lot- ters in question wero moiled to Bam. cock and Aveny. This was a strong int gnined by the Government and lost by the defense, the Iatter having ovidently connted upon a far different result. From present nppeatances it is not without renson that Bancock's friends in Washington are more downcast than at any provious timo. Tzvenoy JounsoN, thé eminent jurist and ptatesman, died suddenly st Annapolis, Md., yesterday, being found dead in tho grounds of tho Exccutive Mansion. 1Mr. Jomxsos hind reached the ripe age of 80 years, and his denth ends o carcer of usoful service and distinguished connection with the public affairs of thanation. 1o was born in 1796, and after grnduating at St. John's Col- lege, Annapolis, slmliedl Iaw with his father, who wns at one time Chicf Judge of the First Judicinl District, and aftorwards Chancellor of tho State of Naryland. Mr. Jomxsox's mnrked abilitics soon gained for kim a high place in his pro- fession, and from 1817 to 1824 hefilled various positions of honor in his State, having reach- ed the prond position of lénder of the Maryland Bar, Ho entered tho United Statos Scuato in 18153, and four yenrs lnter was called into the Cnbinet ns Attorney-Goneral by Zacmany Tavror, ot whose death ko retired from offico and dovoted himself chiefly to practice in tho United States Suprome Court. Ho was a member of the Pence Con- gress in 1861, and the noxt year saw him agnin in the Senate. ANpREW Jomvsox's im. peachment trial in Febraary, 1868, brought Revenoy JouxsoN into fresh prominenco ns counsel for the Presidont, by whom he wns soon nfterward appointed Minis- ter to England, His manngement of the dclicate and diffienlt questions per. taining to tho Alabama claims did not meot with general approval ; tho treaty he negotinted was rojected by the Senato, and carly in 1869 ho was recalled, and foraver retired from public life. His later years, with the exception of the time spent in a visit to Europe, from which he returned n fow months since, were quietly passed at his home in Baltimors. Tho sad and singular circumstances attending his sndden death are recounted in our dispatches. BLAINE'S GREAT BPEECH. Wo invile tho attention of the readers of Tue ‘Trimosg, of all parties and all occupa- tions, to the specch of Mr, Bramve on finan- cinl subjects delivered in Congress yesterdny. It is ndwirable reading. It is expressed in good, clear, ond strong English ; it is his- torieal, and pointed in its applications of history; it is firm in its adherence to the doctrino of good faith under all circum. stances. It describes tho present condition of the country, and explains the causes; points out the inovitable results of incvitable laws ; exposcs the consequences of the pro- posed sunihilation of tho National Banks and the proposed expansion of the currency ; snd, vindicating tho national houor and pledges, insists upon auch legislation as will by gradual means bring the legal-tender noto to par. 7 While wo advise overy one to read thewhole epeech in ordor to take in the whole argu- ment connectedly, thero are several parts of the specch worthy of special notice. It will bo seen that he takes the ground that, while the Democrats as o party are divided on this subject, there is no division among Ropub- licans, who now, as they havo always beon, aro united in maintaining the national credit, and who are now opposed to inflation and in favor of a resumption of specio payments. Tho bListory of the legal-tender notos is graphieally told. ‘The overwhelming neaessi- ty of u "rensury without a dollar at its com- maud to carry on the War; the issue of the first legnl-tender notes, their subsequent In. ‘crense, nnd their decline in value, resnlting in tho solemn promise that the aggregato of thoso notes should never oxceed four hun- dred millions of dollars, The instrnctivo point is madethat in 1864, when the amount of legnl-tender notes had, by suceessive is- sues, beon inflated, the wholo four hundred millions then out would nat purchase as much gold ns could have been purchased by thoe original issuo of one hundred and fifty millions of notes. Tho expansion of the notes, therefore, had not added to their ng. gregato valus, and such wonld be the result now it the United Btates should become, un- der tho discretion of a majority in Congress, tho exclusive currency-maker, Buch a result was inevitable when tho volume of nu frre. deemnble currency was inflated. The Democratio hostility to tho issne of Jegul-tender notes, their assumed fidelity to the Constitution which restrainod them in timo of war from voting for an illegal cur. rency even to ennble the Government tocarry on the War for ihe national existence, and their subsequent demand, in time of peace, for the issuv of that same currenoy to an amount equal to the purchaso of sixteen hun- dred willions of dollars of bonds, are adira. bly contrasted by Mr. Braine. 'I'ho ability of the United States to main. tain specie puyments is strongly vindicated, and tho vindication is strengthened by refer. ences to tho exampla of the Pacifla States, and of Canuda, where a population less than that of Now York, overwhelmed in debt, with fower productions; and frozen up one- balf "tho year, enjoy the luxury of specio payments with Amorican coin, and are pros- pering sccordingly. ¢ Tho great error of the past was tho dis. President and tried to poison his mind with THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1876. eredit given to tho legal-tender notea by tha withdrawnl of the privilege of funding them. Up to that timo thoy had tho charncter of boing redeomed, and kept pace with the othar obligations of tho Qovernment, But that form of redomption being removed, tho dnmaging impression has beon created that theso notes were never to bo redeomed. Finally, Mr, Brame proposes that * Con- gresa having takonaway the provision for re- demption, tho public havo naturally comoe to regard tho legal-tendor as perpotnally frre- deomable; nnd one of tho first steps townrd resumption is to change that impression by reviving the funding privilego in a bond of lowor rato, with extended timo nnd a limita. tion on the amount that could bo funded in any given poriod.” Mr, Braisg, in addition, said that, **asan amelioration to the debtor class, tho suggoes- tion has been madoe that tho bonds into which tho legal-tenders should bo thus converted might themselves bo made n legal-tender for all debts contracted prior to the passage of the act,” but, before committing himself to this, ho preferred to comsider further the legality and advisability of such a proceeding. Whisky Ring, but the danger that presented itself n doy or two ago wad that tho Prosi- dent would permit liimself to bo decelved by a mnn who hins been retailing falss and ma. licious stories nbout the Chicago prosecu- tions, intended to mave somo of tho mora prominont poople implicated by searingoff the evidenco promised to tho Covernment. If the Prosident dosires to best serve tho publio interest and carry out his own purpose, he will abide by the policy which has dictatod the pruseoutions thus far, not fonnd out how to build fire-proof build- ings in Now York; (2) thnt thers are many dangerons quarters loft in Now York; and (8) thero ia n general lnxity of dlscipline in the Firo Dopartment, and that the superiors of the Depnriment havo so many shortcomings that s prompt and thorough investigation is need- ed. These identical three points have beon tho bnses of the World's chnrgos ngainst Chi- engo, and upon the strongth of theso chargos it lins been vituperatively demnnding that tho insuranco companiea should withdraw their risks from this city. We havo shown over nnd over again that the charges are untrue, and have proved by facts and figures and official statistics that Ohieago is ns woll, if not botter (cortainly bet- ter than Now York), protectod ngainst firo than nny other city in tho country. But for tho make of the nrgument, if theso chnrges nra sufficient for withdrawal of in- aurango cnpital from Chicago, are they not sufliclent for tho withdrawal of insuranco capital from Now York, especinlly when thoy aro voluntarily ndmitted to ba true? Tho oxtract which wo have made from the erald adds to tho strength of our point, After such an oxhibit of tho wonkness of Now York in the matter of water supply, why should Chicngo, which is so much botter provided, havo to pay higher insurance rates than New York? Will somo of thero undor- writers who have found so much fault with Chicago study tho lessons of this New York fire, a8 furnished by the New York papers, nnd give us their deductions, and also in- form us why dny discrimination should be mado against Chieago? THE RAILROAD DISCRIMINATIORS AGAIN. It is not well that the abusos in the railrond discrimination against Chicago which have been discovered and oxposed by tho Board of Trade Committos should be permitted to pass out of mind. They should be agitated from day to day on the Bonrd of Trado and among the shippers and merchanta gonerally, until some definite plan of action shall be deter- mined upon to protect this city from similar discriminations in, the future. Wo aro re- minded by a lotter from*Ricnanp P. Monraax, railroads, nnd @1 for what they call ¢ trim. ming,” that is, shoveling tho grin in trans. forring it from tho ear, Tho warchousa pro- prietors are willing, wo understand, to nbato the chargo of 31 if tho railronds will drop thoir ohnrge, made through tho warohouses, of §2. This would mnke n saving of €3n car, or noarly 1 cont a bushel, in the cost of bandling grain. Anothor excessive chinrge, which does not provail in other cities, is that for *‘side-tracking,” which all $ho railronds except ono make on grain consigned to Chi- cago to be unlonded in wagons or not to go into an elovator. These eharges vary from #1to §on car. They should bo abolished, not morely beeauso they are in excess of tho chargea mado in othor cities, but beeauso it is strongly suspected and rumored that these aro porquisites of certnin railrond officinis, and not collcoted i the interest of milroad stockholdors, Thero should bo an effort to fix tho exact truth’ of this chiarge; for, if it can be substantinted, tho swindle will disap- penr with its exposuro. Mr. Kenney has been singing his old song agoin in Congress. Unfortunately, ho has but fow varintions, and tho song Lecomes mounotonous. 'The roport of his specch con- tnins threo nfiirmations 1. That no industry in this country hai grown go well within the lInst fow years as shipbnilding, and “lo gave statisties to provo it.” 2, If the Taxfl bill before Congress bocame nlaw, ‘“the farmers of Illinois will have to burn their grain for fuel,” workshops will bo loveled, and fmmigration préhibited. 3. The very introduction of the bill a week ago bag alrendy parnlyzed the fow industries **which contraction™ had left in n prosper- ous condition, Tho growth made in shipbuilding may per- haps bo said to hava beon unprecedonted,— and the statistics wonld prove it. 'Thus: Ships built in 1873, 1; in 1874, 2; increnso, 100 per cent; ships built in 1875, 3 in- crense over 1874, 50 per cent; over 1873, 300 per cent. Though these are not the cxact figures, the porcentages of incronso in shipbuilding have nbout the same foundation. The theory of Mr. Kerrer is, that if the taxes on cotton goods, clothing, loather, nnd iron and steel, and copper and brass, and glass, and paints bo reduced, the people of tho United Stntes will censo to consumo bread ; nnd that tho peoplo of all the rest of the world will abandon the uso of grain, and the farmers, unable to sell, will have to burn their crops. Just at this time and for more than two years there have beon, a8 repre- sented by Mr. KeLrey, two millions of work- STEEL RAILS. Bteol ralla tmported from England would cost, lafd down ju Chicago, duty free, alout $69 a ton, whereas Ohicago-madn Atect rafla cost n (hls markot 128 lton, or $7 n ton lers than forelgn rails conld bo landod horo duty frea, Tho duty {3 $28a ton; take off this duty, and tho forelgner can scll hin ralls at $27 o ton loss than now, and still not exactly the Rama as &t present, Buch a reduction would shut up overy rail-nifl in the Unltod States. England would then havo aa absoluts monopoly in eur rail market, Dut would England then scll steol ratlant$it nton? Not loly, Wa ven- turo the nasertion that, under auch s conditfon of the market, (ho prico of stoel rails wonlr go up at Teast o $100 a ton, gold, wheroas the consit mer now buya thom n $61 a ton, currency.—Chieago «/ournal, Wo havo read the abuve from bottom to top and from top to boitom, nlso sidewnys, ondways, snd “ cat-n-corner,” without dis- covering the menning of tho writer. If an English stecl-rail manafacturer can Iny down rails in Chicago, duZy fres, at 3G9 per ton, ¢ wheroas Chicago-made steel can bo sold at $G2 per ton, currency,” tho for- mer would. certainly loso 7 por ton, What, then, is the noed of the enormuus tariff of 328 per ton in gold ? * If tho Chicago steol-moker can beat his British competitor in this market 37 o ton independontly of the TUTTON'S TREACHERY, A fow days sinco we printed some dis- patches, sud commented ou them, of a deep- laid plot upon the part of the Whisky Ring tobrenk down the prosecutions by producing o rupture betwoen the Presidont and tho See- retary of the Trensury, and wo expressed tho opinion at that time that the go.botween and marplot who had been busy in armnging this gchemo in behalf of the Whisky Ring was Snpervisor Torros, of the Philadelphin Dis. trict. Our surmise turns out to ho true, as wo are informed by our Washington corro- spondont, whose information on this point is confirmed by the organ of the Whisky Ring, which ought to know whereof it spenks, To appreciato the manner in which this wan has wormed himself into the confidence of the whispered insinuations and falsehoods, it is necossary to go back a little. Secretary Bawrow has conducted his crusade against tho Whisky Ring, under the peremptory ‘o | ing people out of employment, and n lnrgo | Jr., of Bloomington, that this discriminnting | tariff, what does Le want [0 per cont of :;g;:}‘m :" fiwllho m;‘“{gfl:fi' c:‘s(oln 1:,::,: proportion of his own constitaonts depond. | policy was innugurated ns much as threo | # protection” for? But does the Journal boon mo frinds committed on tho | €Bton chnrty, and many of them forced to | years ago, and that he then drow tho atton- | mean that British atool raila can bo laid down tion of the people of Chicago to its dangers, having used tho columns of Tar Cmroaco Tnmune for that purpose. The policy has been stendily adhered Lo over since, tho dis- ariminations boing revived overy winter as soon as water compotition was shut off by the closing of navigation, The railronds have been growing bolder all the while, counting npon the lethargy of tho Chiongo people to suffer their nbusos without protest; but thoy have now become ro onerous and glaring that Chicago will no longor submit, and must, to insuro complete seclf-protection, provide o through and permanent railroad connection with the Grand Trunk Rallrond, whoso in- torests will always bo opposed to any such combination as the other Eastern routes ronching this city have formed. It is certain thnt it is not safe to rely upon the Chicago railronds, sach as the Illinois Contral, Alton & St, Louis, Burlington & Quincy, Chicago & Rock Ysland, and tho Northwestern, to in- fluence their Eastorn conncctions to treat Chicago fairly, for during oll tho timo that theso discriminations have boon practiced not a singlo protest hos como from tho offi- cers of any of thoso milronds, and no effort hins been mado on their part to direct tho at- tention of tho public to tho abuses, - Wo will recount in brief somo of the speoific instances which have been traced by tho Board of Trado Committes, merely to keop in view the shameless character of the discriminations, Grain is shipped from Mil- wankeo at 87} cents por 100 and flonr at 75 cents per barrel, whilo tho rates from Chieago nro 45 cents por 100 and 90 cents por barrol. Even the pool lines take freight from Mil waukeo nt tho same rato as from Chicago, which, after paying the local haulof 85 miles, gives them soveral conts less than that for which thoy will take the freight at Qhicago. Other points in Wisconsin, and also in Min- nesota, are sending flour to tho seaboard at 10 conts leas a barrel. Davenport, Ia., 183 miles west of OChicago, sends pork to Now York nt 2} cents por 100 less than Chicago can,—and that by a route which is 240 miles further than the distanco between Chicngo and New York. Peoria, 100 miles furtber from New England than Chicago, sont grain to Portland, Me., at 25 conts per 100, whilo Chicago was paying 85 cents per 100, and Pcoria sent its froight by a route 840 miles longer. Tho mileage botween Cincinnati and Portland is only about 17 miles losa than from Ohicago to Portland, but Chicago is compolled to pay 26 per cont higher tariff, and Illinois freight travels sev- erol hundred miles to avold Chicago and rench the seaboard via Cincinnati, becauso it is thus onabled to mako n saving of several conts on every 100 pounds, Springfleld, 111, sends ita freight to the Eastern points at the samo rate as Chicago, though the haul by the Grand Trunk is 335 miles more than from Chiengo to the same points. A little place ealled Beardstown, in this Btate, has becomeo on important cutlet fora large volume of business, which avails itself of tho low rates offered at that point, though tho disparity in milenge Is grenter than that from Bpringfleld. Such points ss Burlington, Quincy, Decatur, Kookuk, Lincoln, Mason City, eto., have all lower rates relatively than Chicago, It is evon suspected that meats are hauled from Kansas City, Mo, directly through Ohicago to New Yorkat the samo rato as from Chi- engo, thongh the distance is 489 miles greator from Kansas City! ‘This array of facts, which roveal n con- siatent and persistent effort to swindle Chi. cago, can leave no reasonable room to suppose that the discriminntions have been fortuitous or undesigned. Norisit the grain and pro. vision trade .alono which are affected by this swindling operation. Every branch of Chi- eago's trado must suffer in proportion., The little City of Bloomington, s wo know, is building up a large wholesale trado in direct connection with Eastern citics, instead of Chieago, its natural ally, and now employs over ons Aundred drummers to sell goods from that point. Itisnot unlikely thatthe merchanta cf the other interior points are equally enterprising in availing themselves of tho advantages which tho Esstern merchants aro able to offer them on account of the dif- ferenco in freights. Thus Chicago merchants aro losing thelr trade by the same process and to the same relativo extent as the grain, provision, and lumber men, and thoy must join with tho Board of Trade in the effort to correct tho abuses and protoct Chicago in the future. 2 become tramps. If thia is their condition under tho present high rate of tariff tnxation, it is nat probablo that they will consuma less brend if that taxation be reduced one-third. "Tho theory that mankind will sit down and voluntarily starve to death becnuso the tax on pig-iron is reducod from $6 to 34 per ton, or tho tax ou cotton shirts is reduced from 40 per cent to 25 per cent, is simply idiotic jibbering. The presont condition of the workingmen in the mining and manufactur- ing districta of the conntry attests tho pau- perism to which they have been reduced by excessive tarilf taxation. The workshops nnd factories have beon closed and the im- migration of skilled Inbor has beon sus- pended; nnd that condition can only bo im- proved by lightoning tho burdens under which tho wholo systom of American manu- fnctures bay fallen. With the relief proposed by the now tariff, production can be renowed, fires rekindled, workshops reopencd, mills put running, labor bo re.omployed, and Alr. Kenuey's constituents recallod from their trawps, THE RECERT NEW YORK FIRE, The Naw York World has at last had the chnlico commended toits ownlips. After in- dustriously and incessnutly howling that Chi- eago is not protected agoinst firo and belit. tling nll hor efforts in that direction, it is compolled to record in its columns the narrm- tive of a firo in that city which in four hours destroyed over ten times as much property as was destroyed in Chicngo all last ycar, and wiped out on entire squaro of buildings in the heart of the city, where itis to be pre- sumed buildings aro as proof against fire as thoy aro in any other section of New Yorlk. The World nccompanics its narrative with somo editorial comments. It says: *Tho sbsolute waste of human Isbor and its gor- nered results involved in such n firo'as this is distressing in any place and at any time,” We can appreciate this remark in Chicago. It applies tho remark thus: “It is particu- Inrly distrossing in Now York at this time, when all industrios aro just beginning to pick up from tho prostration in which they have lnin sines the beginning of the reaction from thio unhenlthy stimulntion of War times al- lowed tho renl and nnredeomed wasto of the War to make itsclf felt.” Tho applivation was o thousand-fold more pointediin thoe case of Cliiengo, but the World has not had the graco to mako it; on tho other hand, has sought to throw every obstacle in the way of our replacing what was lost. The World also makes somo suggestive sdmissions, It anys: ‘*It is verysad that in this gonora- tion of the world we should bo forced to find out how to build fire-proof buildings by burning down a city, a8 Chicago, or even the best part of o square, 03 in New York lnst night, Tt is vory certnin, howover, that this lesson, more or loss expensive, will be ad- ministered until wo have learned it.” Bo, then, the buildings of Now York City are not fire-proof, and thoy must have further fires before thoy learn the lesson, according to the World,—un admission which leads us to in. quire, if this bo the case, why tha World has mado such o fuss sbout tho character of the buildings in Chicngo. In reading the ac- count of the firc in that paper we flnd that tho bLuildings burned quite as flercely and melted awny quite ns rapidly as did ours in the great conflagration, although ours were exposed to o heat infnitely more intense. Again, says the World: * 'Fhere are too many dangerous quarters left in New York” Can this baso? Why did not the Worid think of this when belaboriug our dangorous quarters? Once moro, wo (noto from the World: The oocurrenco of such a firoua that of last night, undor no more dlaadvautagsous clrcumstances than thoso attending this one, v of ftself an indictment sgalnat tho Fire Departuent, Tho indictment is reln~ forced by tho instances which tho Worid's report of the fire gives of positive shortcominga which neern at loast to poiut to o guneral axity of discipiine in tho Depart ment, We say an indictment; we are far from mean- ing s conviction. Bultho caso offered by the fire last ight { at least a cuso for prompt and thorough ine veatigation at the handa of the proper oflicers, Wo now turn from the World to the Ierald for o still mora startling statement, in view of previous criticisma upon Chicsgo, The Ierald noys ¢ One of tha principal causss for the rapld deatructivo course of the flawes wau tho positivo lsck of sufiiclent water ta fued the ateamers brought upon the ground, Thess powerful machinos actualiy dratned the hy- drants, the natural pressure in the maina being jnsuf- ficlent to wupply them. Tho fect was appareat by tho want of farco {n tho stroams thrown upon Lhe Lulldings and tho frequent Asttening of the leadiug Loss lines a $ue laboring strcaws failed to fil thew. The Fire Commiudoners, who were on the ground froquenitly, stated that their Sremen were halploss, because of the insutictency of water, Indced, this woful Jack ot the Beceusary clement to extinguish ita antagoniat was tio wibject of comment smong insuranco ofticlaly snd others conversant withi thoe nvedsof the city in this Fospect. Now let us consider the admissions of the World, It has ndwitted (1) that they have rovenue by the distillera without the aid and connivanco and assistance of, the revenuo officials; and, second, that the local revenue officials would not have entered into such a conspirncy with the distillers if they had not Deon assured of the snpport of the politiciaus who controlled appointments and reccived in roturn a partof the stenlings, In order to carry out this programmo aud conviet the big criminals like Aveny, Jovce, McDoNALD, Maavinr, McKee, and others, it was necessary to grant some immunity to unimpogtant Gangers and Storekecpors, and punish them loniently, for the snko of securing evidenco which could not be otherwise obtained. Al this point TurTow, the mousing go-between, appears, 1le wny sent to Washington by the Whisky Ring to broak up the prosecution by producing a rupture between tho President and the Becrotary, Ile gained thoe ear of the Presidont, as many other had men bavo dono for a time, and poured into it a volumo of dovilish lies, e told tho President that in lio Chiengo Distriot, whore ho had been sent by the Treasury Department to make investi- gations, the Goverument revenus officials liad mado pledges to the Whisky Ring, and offered the indicted distillers and Gaugers complote exemption from punishment, if they would *perjuro themsclves " in order to conviot cortain high ofilcinls and friends of the President who wero perfectly innocent; aud that, after those friends who were in- uocent had been found guilty by false swear- ing, the perjurers shonld bo let off acot free! ‘Tho representation waos an invention ont of whole cloth. No such pledge had been made ond no such immunity offered. Thero was only a general understanding, such ms is always givon in criminal prosecutions, that confederates in a conspiracy furnishing testi. mony not otherwise obtainablo shall be denit with moroe leniently on that account than the others. 'This understanding was tortured by tho seamp into the false statement that the Treasury Department was going to conviet the President’s best friends by perjury and let the perjurers off, and it wns poured into his cars, and the Whisky-Ring organ bonsted that he belioved it, coming from a mon whom he supposed he could trust, and whom ho supposed to be working in the renl interests of tho proseontion. The momentary success of this back-fire of tho Whisky Ring is apparent in the lotter from the Attorney-General, which has thrown tho first obstacle in the way of tho prosecu- tion by warning the District Attorneys that tho Government officials shall in no caso offer to favor or protect any of the accused, and that no guilty person, who has either boen convicted or who hns confessed his guilt and furnished ovidenco to convict oth- crs, shall bo treated with any lenity, The game of tho Whisky Ring, however, will now bo blocked by the fact that the canspirncy has been uncovered. The Presi. dent by this timo knows tho character of tho corrupt rascal whom he trusted, and who had the confidence of tho Troasury Department in helping on the prosccution, o knows by this time that the stories which were told him by this Iaco woro lies concocted by tho ‘Whisky Riug to produce s rupture between him and tho Becretary of the Trensury, and eventunlly destroy the prosecution by the re. moval of the latter from the Cabinet, There is no renson why the policy which the President inspired, and which his Secre. tary hay carried out with such consummate akill and bolducss, should now be hindered or prejudiced in any manner. Tho people expect it to bo followed to tho bitter end, no matter who may be implicated, and, now that the real canso of this temporary embar. rasstnent lins been detccted and exposed, tho prosecutions should go on with redoubled energy, according to tho Prosident's origiual programme, As for 'Lurroy, his power for mischief is ot nn end. Ho hns been exposed in his truo role of the snenking go-between, tho trenchorous spy. By Lis perfidious courso ho doserves and will have tho con- tewpt of nll honest people, Even his em- ployers of the Whisky Rting have no further uso for biw, ‘The Government, meanwhile, should kick him ont incontinently from tho office which ho disgraces. 'Fhis is the least that can bo done, if there is no way in which the law can reach his raseality and treachiery, in Chicngo for $41 por ton, exclusivo of duty ? If that ig the assertion intended to be made, it is not true; thoy can afford to do nothing of the kind. Thoy can't sell iron rails in. Chicago, much less stocl, for any such prico, and pay the transportation charges from En- gland or Wales horo. Thoy can't afford to. soll steel rafls to English railronds for $41 porton. 'Tho Joliot Iron-Works havo been shipping steel rails to Canada, and there nn- dorselling British rails, whero each party had fo pay the samo dutios. Bomo of the Troy and Pittsburg stecl-rail mills have been do- ing the same thing, Stecl mils aro man- ufnctured chonper in tho United States than thoy ean bo in England, notwithstand- ing tho heavy handicapping of our onerous tariff on cverything tho mannfacturers use in making them, and the enhauced ost of Iiv- ing of the workmen on account of tho tariff, If our steel manufacturers and theiroporatives workod under 24 cheap o rovenue system as that of Groat Britain, they could undersell the English steel-makers from £10 to 815 per ton in spite of all they could do, and drive thom not only out of the Unitod States markots, but out of all markets on this nide of the Atlantic, while thoy would erowd them even in the English markots, The ad- vantages they passess over the English in the cont of food and coal is only connterbalanced by tho latter by nbsonca of tariff taxation on all tho necessarics of life. But tho Journal * ventures tho assertion” that if there wero no duty, steel rails would go up to $100 per ton! Wo presumo tho writor of the Journals article is just ignorant, nnroflecting, and fee- Dle-minded enough to really beliove such non- sonso. 'The British stecl-rail makers manu- facturo rails for all their own roads and for all the nations of the earth who noed them. They gell their rails to all enstomers, whether native or foreign, at the market price, whnt- ever that may be, If wo had to pay $100 per tou, every other nntion, including the, English, would have to pay tho samo, lers cost of transportation. Whethor onr toriff be 928 or 28 cents a ton, the prico of Dritish stocl rails in England is the same, Putting any construction on the Jovanals opaquo langunge, the English stoe)-meler cannot como within the differenco of $69 gold and $62 curroncy of selling nyy steol railsin this counfry, Under thewo eirenm- stances, how much rovenuo iy darived from the importation of steel rails ? Ie. that paper in favor of a prohibitory tariff ? E-as Congress the constitutional right to lovy n, prohibitory tax for the purposgo of proven&ing any rev- onuo belng obtained ? 'They ‘seem to have dono this on ateel, nccording te) the Journals figures, and that paper stazlly opposcs any reduction of those prohibitor y duties. It seoms that in tho fire of Tuesday night in New York City proper! y was destroyed to tho value of over $2,000,000, or about tho same aggregata 1oss 08 tlie fivo of July, 1874, in Chicago, which wns ‘tho immediate occa~ sion for the withdrawel of - the Board insur. anco companies and. u general increase of rates. This I8 simply o reminder to Now York that large fi:on nro possible there as well a8 in other larga citics of tho country, and to the underwr'ttors that Chicago must no longoer be made the seapegoat in rates for tho benofit of othsr cities where the protee- tion in tho mutter: of fire is sctunlly not so good. Chicago lias this notable wdvantage, that, haviog bacl her warnings, sho has been steudily and energetienlly improving Lier con- dition, while other citics are at n stand-still, It {s for this reason that Chicago has a right to demand ndiditional consideration in rates. Mr. Joun Jav's lotters to tho Now York Herald setting forth the manner in which loyal gucats be trested at tho National Centennial are ro- morkable for thelr irony, o proposes,that the Kivga sbould be lodged In adjoining honses, with coramunications botween, so that thoy may drop irs upon each othor, with or without their crowms, and Jdndulge iu draw-poker at pleasure, Thin, wo foar, i not entiroly serious. Thero ia al80 an appearanco of uureality about Mr, Jav's recomwendation of 8 81,000,000 sppropriation for the ontortainmont of the Kings; and his hinta at free passes and free lunches, we aro sure, will nover be acted on. Our experionce with Kars- %AUA wae au awful warning; and, if & petty island sovorelgn cost wo much, what would bo — the oxpenseof *“troating” abig King oran 'Phe Journal says that it has private ad. Emperor ? vices which warrunt it in saying that the Presidont has no intention of ** wenkening” in the prosocution of the whisky triala; that e assumes full responsibility for the vigor. ous course which Lo been taken; and that ho will certainly carry out the war on the rogue to the end. Thers has been no dis. position among candid and intelligout men to donbt the earnesiniss and purity of the President’s intentions in regard to the It bas been suggested that the Diplomatio Bervice of the United Hiates needs improvo. ment in good-breeding. Wo havo offended, through our representatives, noarly every Gove ernment in Enropo. Rough dealing in tho Cata- cazy affair alionated tho Emporor of Ruesia, tho truest friend of our Governtment ; Mr, Wxnstes, i hia timo, openly insulted the House of Haps~ BURa ; snd Oaseros M, Cray’s romarks upon the counie Eogland choss to pureus during our late ‘War wero unnecossarily offensive, Crax'sletters Itis not to be denled that there aro cor- tain rajlroad and warehouse charges on grain sent to Chicago which are of themselves suf- ficlently excessive and unressonablo to divert a large amount of trade from the city. The warchouses make o charge of §2 o car for awitching, which the proprietors say go tho e e _ ] ‘woro written from Bt. Potorabnrg and pnhllahgd‘ in thio diplomatio corrospondenca, Thoy ehonig novor have beott pormitted to sdo thetight, Tig question I8 not, How can Laroign Minlators ob. tain lnatruction in tho polito arts? It tng noceesary that our Ministora should possoes sy tho graces of the drncing-msater, or that the, should bo accomplishad furthor than {n having solld education and discrstion. Tho trouply scoma to lie in tha publication of correapondency in ita naturo privatoand eomi-ofMelal. Home Im. provoment might bo made In the present aysten of oditing diplomatie correspondsnco, . St Mr. Fronexer MoOantny, Isto Revorend, hay thrown up tho pastorato of tho Awity Daptisy Church, sad in 8o doing takos occasion Lo pnp. licly ronounco Ohristisnlty. This removea M, McCantuy from any further connoetion wity chinrch slandors, and also puts an ond to any posaiblo harm lie might inflict npon the Churay by reason of his connoction with it. We pre. sumo tho Baptist denomination in goneral wy foel quito bappy in bLetng relleved of an fncabyy which it could not shake off. As Mr. MoOantay, howaver, still professcs to beliove *in God, iy teuth, and purity, and goodnoss,” although hy has renonnced Cliristiamty, there ia every reg. son to hopo that those qualities will make g good citizon of him, which will bo somo compen. gation for tho fact that ho has boon unsuceossfy a5 o minister, msecaer oo Tho Bourbon Courier gang, led by Rotten Bean PerrorAT, aud the Post crowd, undor thy Captaincy of Hold-On Corviy, aro maklng thing lively thig weok in tho contontion for the city prioling. - The Whisky-Thieves’ Organ s out of tho fight, and the struggle e betwoon tho firg) twonamed. Tho Post {a sald to have ramned soveral voten alnco the last mooting of the Coun cil, nnd expects to mako ita calling and oloction suro unless cortain professed Ropublicans arg overcomo by tho attraction of that $3,000 bribory fand. If the Post is beaton, it must put thy blame on the groenbacks. Tho mnungers of Booth's Theatre in New York havo gone to Washiogton to securs Praats dent GraxT's nttendanco at the roprosentstion ot “Juliua Cresar," This invitation doubtlesy has A subtorranoan connoction with the Third. Term movemeont, Ozasr v & third-torm man himself, and, had it not beon for an unforescon oncountor with a number of angry citizens, by might havo Lied an indefinite number of terms, The Now York Herald should not allow this aus. piclous attack upon tho libortios of the peopleta pass unnotleed, . ————— Prosidont Lenoo pe Triapa, of Mexieo, iag candidate for ro-olection, and tho roported re bellion In tho Nortiern Btates, if it baa gained any headway, owes ita strongth to the opposition to bim, Io biaa chioson to intorfero, in tho in. terosts of good order, with the affairs of ths Northorn ‘States. Ilis priocipal opponont iy Gon. Ponrinio DiAz, who has boon at the batton of all tho disturbances In that vegion. —— A prominent and oaruest Freo-Trade worker writes: **Thoro 18 a bottor sprit In Washiog: ton than for mauy yoars, but political cowardiet aud amazing iguorance are formidable llons 1 the path,"” » [P — PERSONAL. Prof, Bumnor, of Yale, has agreod dver five lecturea boforo tho Frea-Trade Alflanco ot New Yorl, boginning yosterday. A eubacriber is informod that (ten. Babeook *is not n brothor-in-law of Gon. CGrant, but is a son-in-law of Marshal Campbell, DBrot Harto fan’t much of a snob, and hs doesn’t caro who knowa it. o roceived threo invitations to be dined by the Arcadian Club of Now York, all of which ho honored with & dige | nifled silonce, Tho statoment that Mra, Boott-Biddons has goue ta Cuba with hor husband provos to be in. correct. Bho has boon playing “ Romeo and Juliot,” * As You Like It,"” **Tho Honeymoon," otc., ot tho V'rovideace, IR. 1., Opera-Ilouso this wools, * Bunsot™ Cox carnod Lils sobriquet by a gor- goous artielo which ho published tn tha Ohio Statesman in 1853, ontitled, ** A Groat Old Bune sot.” Ho was at that timo cditor of tho Stalese man, and Lod not discovered his humorous bent. Tut his * Sunsot articlo was very funny, . Mr, -Charles Rogors, tho comodian of Col. Wordl's Museum, will tako n boneflt to-night. Th.o il is oxtensive and varled, including four vl oys, songs, dances, and gymnastio oxhibitions, 2Ir. Rogors will appear as Romeo Jaffler Jenkins, ‘Many mombers of tho profession and sovoral novices hiave voluntoorsd for tho occasion. Dr. Kenealy'a roligious services for the people of London will begin Easter Bunday, With hig usual ogotiem, confounding the rest of tha world with himself, the Doctor says: **Ic s timo tho tido wad stemmed, or the fires of Hoaven will descond g upon TJornsalem and the Cities of tho Plain, and aweop us fnto Qostruce tion.” Mr, Mapleson, tho London managor, is sald toliave reached tho conclusion thas Amorlcan audlonces aro eufliciontly appreciativo of good musie to warrant tho introduction of gonuive grand opera, which we have hicretoforo had only in nnmo. If Maploson makes the exporiment, he will carry it out in tho oxpensive Engllsh style of managoment. A young womnn in Cincinnati, who was in the recent crush at the Robingon Opera-Houso, o3 capod from tho deadly poril in which she sup- poued herself to bo by jumplog from the wine dow. Then sho recollocted that sho had loft her opora-glagsos and muff behind, and sho bravely fought her way back and sccurod hor troasures What is Jite without oporp-glassos and mufls? Phio Now York Sun of Wodnendsy says: ** The Rev. John 8. Glendonning, formorly of the Proa- poct Avonue Presbytorian Oburch, Jersov City, pastor of a church in Hoory, IN, will on Thures doy next load to tho altar Miss Mary Brown, of 8t Paul’s avenuo, Jorsoy Olty Heights, Miss Brown las always bolloved in Mr. Gloudenning's funoconco. She was formerly a membar of the Prospect Avenuo Church,” Dessio Turner's now locture, *“Thoe Rosson Why," containg no atlusiony to the Bescher scan- dnl. Wo find it advortised in the following ex+ traordinary manner fn the Baffalo Commercial Advertiser : 8t. James Ifall, Thursday, Peb, 10, the most Popalsz Tectura of the day, by the PUREST OF MODEIN TIMES, and tho mical beautiful, talonted, and fn- structive Lecturcr on the rostrum, Mias Boaslo Turner, in hor now and iuteresting discourso, Hubjoct: ¢ The Tteason Why," belny s careful and well-exsouted Word Picture of refinement and culture, The Cinclonati Enquirer objects to Tig Taine UNk'd suggestion of menus for quisting panics in places of amusement. It saya a gong would torrify peopte, The gong Is mot an eseoutisl part of tho plan. 'Tho principal thing s the plac- ard with tho words ** Faluo Alarm, No Danger," which could addroas tho poople through the eye whon the tumult would ronder audiblo aposch impossible. Such a placard was for many years & regular part of tho stage-furniture of the old Museum In this city ; and it waa once or twlos usod with the bappioat effect. Tha Graphic uays that tho story of Mr, Dant bolng tho Imege of the late lamonted Pickwick Is 8l moonshino, * Mr. Dans is ratber tall and shight man, with sdark and ponaive faop, like that of Lopo de Vegn, tho Spanish poet, He wears & Vandyke board, s eword, anda high- pointed hat with a feather, and thera la a very baughtiy look about bis finely-chiseled mouth and quivering nostril. Hls looke bele him, for he is truly good, and bouevolent, and kind. Lookiog like Rinalde Rioaldinl, he 1a st Lieart, 86 the corroapondent remarks, a Plokwiok—all awootness aud light.” Mra, Heolwbold, the wife of the Buchu mas, gavo some Iotereatiog testimony before m cowne ‘misslon do funatico inguirendo in Philadelphis last weok. Hor husband in not so much a luns- tio as s conflrmed 1ncbriste, When they wers in Europe, some years ago, ho beosmo unmase .ageable, and was conflued in an asylum for the insane, tho Freuch not Laying any institutioss