Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 2, 1876, Page 4

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1876, : rr TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE, RATEA OF SUDSCRITTION (PATADLE IN ADVANCE), fs OT Matted Buuiday ceiiveak! feany, Sad ieen FOUR WEEE for, ‘WEERLY EDITION, PORTPAID, ry ea ORME hebtnel con ‘Olnd of twenty, perc ‘Tho postage fa 15 conte a sear, Which we Byccimen copies rent freo, ‘To prevont delay and mistakes, ba sure and gira Post- ‘Ofi:te address in full, inclading State and County. Remhtancea may bo made either by draft, oxprees, ‘Pos 1-Ofiice order, or in registorod letters, nt our risk. TEAMR TO CITY GURSCRINENK, Dally, delivered, Sanday excepted, 2G cents per week, , ally, dolltered, Sunday included, 30 conta per week, Aeidreas THR TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearbora AMUSEMENTS. VIOOD'S MUSEUM—Monroe atreet, between Dear- oorhend State, * Fanchon.” Afternoon and evening. MOoVICKER'S THEATNE- Dearborn aud State, Eng mond, "Col, Mulberry Sellers Madieon atreet, between it of John , May- HODOLEY'S THCLATRE—Randolph atrost, between Mark and LaSallo. Tho California Minstrels, ADELPHI THEATRE—Desrborn street, cornor Wo:troe, Varicty perfurmance. METHODIST CHURCH HALL—Southoast corner Chak nd Waabington atreete, Concert by the Anglo- fan Che Hhicage Trihane. . ‘Phursday Morning, March 2, 1876. 279, ‘The publio debt was reduced $8,272,733 during tho month of Fobruary. " Gaeenbacks at tho Now York Gold Ex- thange yeaterday closed at 87}, Cold and cloudy or partly cloudy weather ‘a predicted for this rogion to-day. ————— Von Annns will not bo porthitted to return to Berlin and tako a father's placo at tho bed- sido of his dying son, and no reply has been vouchsafed to the petition of the Count's fomily for his pardon, On the contrary, it was yestorday stated that tho Foreign Office Mund preferred on accusation against Vox Asus, charging him with high treason aud with offering insults to the Emperor, Bis- ‘anicg, and tho Foreign Office. ‘Tho startling information is conveyed in pur Washington dispatches that Sccretary Betxnap will today tonder his resignation, this course having been urged v.pon him by Prominent Republicans, From. tho meagro data at this writing nothing moro definite can bo gleaned than that damaging develop. meats connecting tho Secrotary of War with tho Indian post-traderships bave been mado beforo the House Committee on Expenditures of tho War Department, ond that Gen. Ber ENav’s retirement is considered necessary by bis friends, Tho National Butter and Egg Association §s in session at Davonport, Is., and our dis- patches give n full transcription of tho first ay’s proceedings. Inthe address of Presi- dont Goocn o statemant is mado that moy well arrest the sorious attention of tho Association—viz.; that a higher Price is paid by the consumors of choice table-buttor in America, than in any other butter-producing country in the world. 'The foult ies not with the: cost of production, but with the fact of the largo preponderance of on inferior product, and how to remedy this stato of things it a question for the As- sociation to discuss and determine. eran Gossiping meddlzrs havo within the past few days beon engaged in circulating rumors to the effect that Mr, Porren Pauaen is seriowsly involved financially, and that his paper has gone to protest. Itcan be stated ‘positively that theso romors aro basoless; that Mr, Paumen has very little paper out, and nono that isdue. Porren Pazsen is not . going to fail, and it is a pity that o man to whem Chic: owes s0 much should bo gratuitously injured by the bandying about thr: strocts of unfounded and hurtful rmmors concerning his business affairs, This sort of scandal-mongering is contemptible und dis- gusting, ond should be frowned down by Jeublic opinion ‘The repairing of the dircet: cable, just com. pleted, fully demonstrates the fact that that important arlery of communication botween tho old and new worlds, important not only ea incrensing the facilities for the rapid transmission of mows and commercial dis- patches, but nga competing and rogulating agent, bas beon deliberately nnd maliciously tampered with in tho interest of stock-job- hers, if not with the knowledgo of parties in- terested in or controlling the othor lines. ‘The job was performed in a bungling way in @ depth of water where vessels would not at- tempt to rido at anchor, This is o new class of vandalim, and the perpetrators thereof should be, if detected, so dealt with as to de- ter others from going down to tho sea in ships on such a nefarious errand. . —_————_—_—_———— Minister Scuexor has at last been recalled, although not in the usual manner, Ho will set sail for the land of his birth on Saturday of this work—not in obedienco to a noto from the Stato Department, but in conso- quenco of Lyon's highly disturbing rovela- tions before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, ‘Ex.Senstor Srewanr — telegraphs from California that he, too, will, with all convenient haste, procead to Washington; Axuent Gmayr uses tho cable to convey his denial of improper conduct; and the attor- neys of ‘Tapvox W. Pari, who js at present fu Panarno, claim for their client the oppor. tunity {0 gyppear before the Committes and enter kag denial ond explanation. Lyon's long pole has stirred up the animals in two bomieyrhey-es, und no one can tell how long or how furieusly the roaring will bo kept up. Vho Chicago produco markets wero gener- ally steadier yesterday, Moss pork was moro active ‘and 124@160 per bri higher, cloning at $21.65 921,67} cash and $21.021@21.95 for April. Lard was in falr demand ond 10@ 12ke ‘per 100 Iba higher, closing at $12.92 and $13,124 seller April. Meats wero less active and jo higher, closing at $Je for bored shoulders, 11J0 for do short ribs, and 124¢ for do short clears, Highwines wera qgni¢.t and unchanged, at $1.06 per gallon, Flour was dull and steady, Wheat was act ive and G}o lower on cash lots, closing at 97 fo for March ond vSie for April, Corn was in better demand and jo higher, closing Mt 42ho for March and 430 for April. Oats were quiet. and firm, closing at 3130 cash and &2jo for April, Rye was dull and nominal at 61@62c, Barley was active ond irregular, closing at S1jo for March and 520 for April. Hogs were in good demand, and were salable wt 5@1'0e odvance, ‘Trading was principally wt §7.'60G8.20, Extra sold at $8.85G9,00, Cattle wero quiet and casior, Sheop wero in fair demand and unchanged, Ono hundred dollars in gold would buy $114,12} in groen- baoks at the close, Bowzy appeared ngnin before the Examin- ing Oommitteo of Plymonth Ohurch tnat ovening, The Committes had writton certain qnestions in advanco and had expected that Bowen would submit to a cut-and-dried cate. chism, but, instead of giving » monosyllabic answer to the first conundrum, he arose and rend a statement of his position, refusing to make further charges until those contained in his Inst communication were answered, Up- on further questioning, he proposed to sub- mit additional charges to n committee of thvee, under condition of absolute secrecy. Plymouth demanded an open investigation, and, Bowen refusing to accedoto this, charges were rond_ by tho Committee alleging Bowrx to be guilty of falschood, dishonesty, and slander. At this point the meoting adjourned with everybody very angry, but no fight. —_— An emphatic and sweeping denial is mado by Attorney-General Prenrerost in reference to the story of the Washington correspondent of tho St. Louia Zines, that all the testimony and tho plan of tho prosccution in the Ban- COOK cago wore submitted to the Attorney- General by his order, and wero by him revealed to the accused and hiscounsel. Ar. Eseny A. Stonns, of this city, Gon. Ban- cocn’s senior counsel, confirms Judge Prenne- pont's denial, nssorting that ho never ex- changed a word with tho Attorney-General on this or ony other subject while in Wash- ington just previous to the trial So far os denial, both circumstantial and in general, can go, the whole ground is covered and tho story is refuted. There still remains, how- ever, # mystery surrounding the publication of that which purported to be Jndge Prennz- ront's letter of instruction, and the nuthor of that letter appears to bo unablo to throw any valuable light upon the subject, or to account for tho lenk which undeninbly existed. Since the Common Council began its eco. nomicnt career in dealing with the annual estimates, nothing but good words havo been spoken of that previously much-cursed body of local legistators, but there has beon a general apprehonsion that before the estimates wero disposed of the Council would cut loose in some direction, and commit oxtravaganco enough to counterbalance all the reductions, ‘That time seems to havo arrived, ‘The spasm of rotronchment ends with tho taking up of the question of sewerage. Every Alderman representing a ward outside tho heart of tho city hos his little sower scheme, ond ho is prepared to vote for any.and every other little sower schemo if ho can obtain sup- port for his own, until tho grand aggregato of all tho little sower schemes threatens to reach an appalling figure. Peti- tions of all sorts and sizes—some of them signed by proporty-owners who really want and need the sowers, and othors circulated by contractors who only want the jobs of con- struction—aro cited to show the demands of the people, who, in fact, aro not at all strenu- ous in the mattor. The little sower schemes aro simply re-election schemes, but the Alder. men who havo opened the door to Invish ox- pendituro in this direction will do well to re- member that their actions aro closely scru- tinized by a tax-paying constituency whose tempor is just now a thing to stand in awe of, and who will resent any departure whatover from the policy of limiting this year’s mu. nicipal outlay to the lowest possible point, ee REPUBLICAN ‘Tho General Council of the Cook County Central Republican Club, which held its first ieoeting on Tuesday evening Inst, struck a tronchant blow at tha tax-onters which haa already sent a shivor through their ranks, and created a well-founded approhension among them that n popular tempest is about to burst upon them. Tho action of the Council has also brought tho Club prominently before the people of this city and county, and there- fore makos the present time an opportune ono to acquaint our readers with the plan of organization anid tho purposes of tha Club, of which the Grand Council is a practical park ‘Tho voting elomont of the community may ho divided with threo classes; First, tho bnsinesa men, who aro a minority in num. ber, but if properly organized have an im- mense influence; second, the mass of tho people, who aro generally right when not misled by bad men; and third, tho poli- ticians proper, who will go with tho tido, controlling it if they can. ‘To harmonize these threo classes and employ thoir com- bined power to bring abont an honest and economical administration of public affairs is the central object of this Club. In order the more completely to unite and harmonize theso classes, the Club ‘has beon organized upon the Icpresentative plan, consisting, first, and embracing o4 part of its machinery, the auxiliary ward or town club, in which every person may participate; second, tho Grand Council, composed of the delegates from each anxiliary club, which constitutes tho popular branch, and which will discuas and consider general propositions by which the public will bo advised nx to facts and aided in forming n healthy opin- ion; and third, of the Exeentive Committeo, which represents tho conservative element, together with the detailed movement of tho body. Tho Committee on Local ‘Taxation also proposo from time to timo to furnish facts ond figures ond enggest remedies for discussion, to the end that tho people may be fully advised, The General Council, acting upon theso propositions, will recommend their consideration to the auxiliary clubs, so that in the end tho candidat will Le obliged to conforn his position to that of tho pooplo who nominate him, ‘Tho organization thus hes two practical objects to accomplish; First, tho settlement of propositions; and second, to placa candidates for local offices on some platform where their viewa will haormonizo with tho views of tho people, and in a position whero they will not dare to violnte the confidence reposed in them. It will be seen at onco that au organization of this kind can formu. late the honesty, tho vitulity, and virtue of the Itepublican party, and thus place itsolf in a position to grapple with every question of interest beforo the public, and eventually solve it in the best interests of the whole people, and as such it commends itself to every citizen who hos the welfare of Chicago and Cook County ot heart. ‘The action of the mecting of the Council on Tuesday evening shows that itigin ear nest. It addressed itself towork in 9 practical, straight-forward way, by indorsing tho ro- port of the Committeo on Local ‘Taxation, which located the ovils arising from the pres- ent system of levying and collecting taxea and disbursing money yery succinctly ay follows: Fwvi—Unnecoanary taxation, Second—Fxcesalyo taxation for necessary purposes, TAtrd—Unequal taration, by which tangible proper- ty—-notably real-estate—ie made to bear the chief burden, Fourth=Unjust assesment and‘ equalization,” especially in the levy for Blate revenue, which bears In undue proportion on this county, Futh—Unneceessrily expensiyecoltection, Sizth—-Waateful and dishonest dlaburscment of pob- Me moneys, After this general cnuncintion of evils for which remedics must be sought, tho Council mado a practical application by striking st ono of the most flagrant schemes of tho tax- eators to wasto the publia money, namely, tho erection of the now City-Hall, and demand. ing that the cily and county suthoritios shall 60 ont down the appropriations for this work na to savo $1,500,000. This action of the Council will commend iteclf not only to tha auxiliary Republican Clubs to whom it is di- rected, but also to the whole peoplo, except that class engaged in onting tnxes. It will bo remembered that in 1872 tho Common Coun. cil and the County Commissionera fixed npon $3,000,000 ng the maximum price, which was an enormous figure even nt that time. ‘The plans, however, were made, but before work was commenced the pnnic set in, and the matter was dropped for n time. Mean- while fresh plans have beon prepared, aud the digging of the fourdations has com- menced, Since the timo that the appropria- tion was made, however, tho cost of mate- rints and Inbor has ro greatly diminished that responsible architects and contractors stand ready to undertake the work nat one- half the prico ns originally fixed, Dnt the tax-cating thioves, in order to cling to tho original estimate, now intond to over- come the 60 per cent reduction in the cost of building by increasing tho itoms of expendi- ture, They propose 1o absorb the oxtra million and a half by building an enormous dome, by increasing the amonnt of iron, gloss, and stone, by thickening tho walls, by ndding to the general magnificence and pro- fusion of adornment, and in a goneral way by increasing stuff they will increase tho stenlinga. Tho Council of the Central Club has dono well to attack this infamous schome at once, to demand that the city shail havo tho bonefit of this reduction in the cost of materiat and Inbor, and to make it an issue in tho spring campaign, Every ward club in tho city should promptly indorso this action of tho Council and enter upon tho work of saving tho city this $1,500,000 at once. Tho Central Club bos made n good start in the direction of reform, and we beliove the meu who belong to it are sufiiciently in earnest not to hesitate in the work thoy havo commenced, They will have in this good work tho indorsement not only of tho “ward clubs, but of the wholo business clomont of tho city ond of every honest tnx-payer, both in the city and country. They have sounded the keynote of tho municipal campaign, and they need not fear tuat the distressed and heavily burdened tax-payers of tts city will not promptly second their Iahors for re- tronchment, and economy, and honesty, not only in the building of tho City-Hall, bat in tho administration of the ontire municipal affairs, THE TREASURY COIN BALANCE AND RE- SUMPTION. In response to a resolution of Represonta- tive Saruen, of Obio, the Secrotary of the ‘Treasury has prepared tho following stato- ment showing the coin balances of the Treasury at the close of business on the 24th ult: Sinking fund and Bonds redoemed and intoroat Ontatanding bonds called fo: Ontatanding cola certificat 988,300 10 Bilver coin and bulllon,. 14,199,018,70 Totals. .eseeeree - $78, 015,604,41 Actual gold coin ayallab! 13,851,423,70 Tatalssesererscseeeceseen: $91,087,028.17 Upon this small exhibit of ‘availablo gold” in tho Treasury the Anti-Resumptionists havo sot up a loud shont that ‘resumption is com- plotely killed.” Sonator Looan is reported “not to hesitate to say that in his opinion this oxhibit postponed resumption indefinite. ly." Senator Ocixsny thinks the whole mat- ter is “poppy-cock,” whatovor that means, and that “wo aro not as near resumption now as we wero 9 yoar ago,” and ‘the Resumption. ista havo had charge of the Treasury all tho time.” Other Senators oxpressed surpriso that there is not moro available gold in tho Trensury, while all the inflationista expressod themselves delighted at the prospect of what thoy called ‘indefinite postponement of re- sumption,” A careful analysia of the Secretary's figures shows that the Government owns $39,112,867 of the coin in the Troasury, of which $14,193,- 618 is silver ; but whon it pays out the sums required for tho sinking fund and other called bonds and interest due on the debt, thero will only remain $27,535,041 of gold and silver. The point we make on this exhibit 13, that it has really nothing to do with tho question of resumption. Whether thoro happens to be $28,000,000 of coin in tho Treasury on a particular day or doubdlo that sum, isa matter of little consequence except so far os itaffects the Wall street gold mar- ket. When tho balance in the Treasury rang low, the Gold-Room speculators aro tempted to meke cornera on tho cash gold, and run up the premium ond knock down the value of tha greenbacks, becauso it is then out of the power of tho Govern- ment to sell a large quantity and thereby break the corner. Aside from this danger, tho Government only needs enough gold to meet its accruing interest, and there is no doubt but it has plenty for that purposa, Thero ia a wido difference between redemp- tion and resumption on the part of tho Gov- ernment, Tho latter term conveys the idea that it will undertake to perform the func. tious of a banis in regard to its notes,—pay them in coin on demand and reissuo and keep them in cireulation,—whereas if it merely re- deems them they aro not to bo reissued, but canceled ns fast ay taken in, . Now there nre moro ways of redeeming the Jegal-tendor notes than by hoarding gold in tho ‘l'reasury until thera shal! be $370,000,000 stacked up, and then opening the doors and en suddenly us they ero presented redeem and destroy tho notes. It would be redemp. tion of the greenbacks if tho Government reecived them for tariff aud other taxes and then couceled them. They could also ho redeemed by Scurascuen's plan of simply employing the surplus revenue and the sink. ing fund, which hos heretofore been used in buying bonds to buy up preenbacky at their enrrent value, and ino dozen yeara the last of them would bo retired. 14 would also be redemption if the Secretary wero authorized to offer to pay for them in bonds, Suppose tho holders should preasnt them to hia for? redemption in 4 per cont 0-year gold bonds; as fastashe thus received and deutroyed thom they would be redeomed. If this au- thority were given to tho Sccrotary, ho can retire every legal-tender note without touch. ing n dollar in the Treasury, and it isa mat-| the disreputable manner in which Gen, tor of no consequence whatevor what amount of rpare coin it may happen to contain, The rag-baby inflationists aro thorofore rojoicing without occasion. Thero is nothing on which to base their elation that can do them any good, It ia only the banks that can resume and sustain resumption by reissuing thelr notes as often as thoy are presonted for payment. ‘Tho business of 6 bank is to lonn money, re- decm its notes in coin and keep them in clr. culation, Tho banks can resumo at any time, if Congress will let thom. All that is neces. sary in order to furnish tho country with an ample supply of notes redeemable on demand in gold is for Congress to repenl tho restric. tions on tho banks which prevent them from issuing gold notea, What those are wo havo several times explained, ‘Tho country con have specie notes and coin paymonts whenever Congress will permit, and that, too, withont tonching the groonbacka in any way, After tho establishment of a gold-noto cur- rency the greonbacks would continue to circnlate precisoly ns they do on tho Pacifico Slope—for what they are worth. Thoy would stilt be used to pay off old debts and to suppleMent the gold notes so as to prevent n stringency in the currency ; but sooner or Inter those who now baw! the lond- est for an irredcemable, fluctuating, and do- precinted currency would bo the most vocif- erous for their retirement and disappearance. Scrmxcx pald for the fashionable wardrobes of his family in order that thoy may associate with the bluo bloods of Grent Britain, if this ia tho stylo in which the American Mintstor comports himself, it is high timo for him tocome home. Ife docs not represent tho plain habits of tho Republic nor tho comparative simplicity of our Ropublican Court, which has not yet arrived at thot minons pitch of fashionable folly which obaracterizes the Screnox family. One-lun- dred and two-hnndred-dolinar dresses auffico for American ladies at tho receptions of tho American Court, President Gnanr is the head of a nation more powerful than Great Britain, If English Indies can be presented at the American Court in ono-hundred-dotlar dresses, there is no good reason why Amer- ican Indies cannot do the same at the En- glish Court; and when an American girl spends twenty times that amount upon frippery to mako an impression upon tho high Dloods of tho English Court, and hor father plays poker and lends his assistance and of- ficial title for a consideration to a mining swindlo in order to pny ber expenses, then tho American Minister isa snob and n tuft- hunter who’should bo sent for to como home and make room for some man of character and dignity who can ropresont the simplicity of Republican institutions, So far as his private affairs aro concerned, however, Gen. Sonevos is only one of a largo clngs, and the costly dress is only one illus- tration, out of thousnnds of that dreadful expenditure and profligate waste of monoy in fashionable families which ora tho secret of so many business failures and irreguinritios in this country. Femalo extravaganco and fashionable profligacy aro causing too many of our business men to live beyond their means, and to spend every year n sum of money farin excess of what their incomo will warrant, It is theso causes which, more than all others combined, aro gonding men on to dishonorable acts, os they havo in the cago of Gen. Scnencs, and which overy day aro driving men into bankruptcy and moral and physical ruin, This miscrable condition will continue until reform in the family com- mences. When the feninlo side of the house- hold drops fashionable folly, and reckless and extravagant waste of moncy, and lives within its means, it may be possible for business men to conduct their business without going into bankruptcy, .and to provide their familics with money without obtaining it by disrep- utable means, Moro than one of tho recont failures in this city has beon caused, not by legitimate business causes, but by the enor- mous family oxpenditures wasted upon fash- jonablo follies. Is there a better timo than tho Centennial year to return to the old-fash- ioned doctrine of living within tho means of tho family and to the practico of economy ? I€ this reform is not speedily offected, tho skeleton which has been found in Gen. Screncr’s closat will be found in many moro in all our largo cities. AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING, . Senator Oraary, of New Hampshire, has reintroduced on old acquaintance ina new suit of clothes, He cally it ‘' A bill to pro- vide for means of cheap transportation upon the interior waters, and to restore the occan- carrying trade of tho United States.” This isan ingenious way of putting it, and New England hopes by a clap-trap title to secure tho co-oporation of the Wost in subsidizing shipbuilding. That issimply what tho bill means, Tho bill proposes to givo Govern- ment permission ton certain West Virginia and New Jersey corporation to locnte an Atlantic building-yard, with branches on the, Mississippi and the Jakes. Tho sum of $38,000,000 is contemplated as the cost of theso yards, nnd it is proposed to raiso tho money on G per cent bonds, the Government to pay tho interest on thecost of constructing the yards, and deduct 10 percent of tho farther bounty it shall give them in the way of Government work. In other words, the Government is firet to enable tho company to raiso the money to build its yards, nnd then support them by contracts, all for the Lonefit of tho languishing ship- building interests of this country. The propo- sition is not nev, and it is open to the same objections asall other subsidy schomes. It is tho uso of Government credit and on imposi- tion on Government bounty to sustain an in- dustry that cannot sustain, itself under our system of tariff taxation, Perhaps Congress might not seck in vain other interests which would also like to enjoy the Governmont bounty in the same way. Wo fancy there ore a good many people anda good many companies, particularly sinco tho panic of 1873, who would vory much like to have the Government set them np in business; but wo do not know that this is 9 reason why the Government should do it. It is strango that the gentlemen who come from that part of tho country where Afr. Cnacry lives should so persistently refuse to recognize tho real causo of the decline in American shipbuilding, They go back to the War timesto discover that American ship- ping was destroyed and driven off the ocean by the Alabama and other Rebel cruisers, and they seem to think that this is a special reason for Government bounty. Bat En- gland has paid the damago dono by the ernisers built at her ship-yards, and the mon who have received the money will not be able to restore tho ships it represents, or, oven if they were restored, to sail them on tho high seas. Now why is this? Simply because tho United States cannot compete with other nations cither in shipbuilding or tho sail- ing of ocean ships under a system of taxation that places them con- stantly at a disadvantage with tho ships built and owned in other countries. Tho ships which tho Rebel cruisers deatroyed wero built bofora tho theory of protection by repressive tnxation was mado to govern tho Congress, in 1874, yielded to an intonso clamor from the ruined parents of a number of ‘‘infant” manufacturos, and restored tho duties on n long list of articles to what thoy were before tho 10 percont reduction. In other words, Congress in 1872 roduced the duties on cortain articles of imported mann- factures 10 por cont, and in 1874 olevated the tax to what it was in 1872, Tho articles in- eluded in this reduction and restoration wore cotton manufacturos; wool, worsted, and manufactures of ; iron and iron manufnc- tures ; steel and stecl manufactures; metals and manufactures ; papor and paper manu. foctures ; manufactures of India rubber and gutta percha; manufactures of straw, oil- cloths, glass and glassware, pipo and firo- clay, and faller's carth ; manufactures of leath- er (except gloves and mittens); manufactures of bono, ivory, and horn ; and licorice pasta and juico, Upon the meeting of Congress, a resolution proposed by Mr, Bunowanp, of thia State, was passed requesting the Secre- tary to report the effect of this increase of duty upon tho value of the articles imported and the amount of duty colleated. ‘Tha com- parison was medo as to the quarters of tho yonr anding Juno 80 and Sopt. 30, 1874, under tho reduced duty, and the same quar- ters in 1875 with tho jncreased duties. Tho result is og follows: ‘Value of Ameri i i Year, imports. —_Daties. erican tariff, and they wore sailed undor 1874, six mouths 870,033,013 $30,005¢353 tho freedom of an unhampered commerce, | 1875, aix months 62,907,089 —25,409,4y Tut to renew them now would be at the ex- Reduction in alx months, $17,071, $1,002,033 pense of special contributions to the protect ed interests, It is for this renson that there is not, and will nover be, any private effort monde to re-establish American commerce on aplane with its former prosperity. Mean- timo it is in vain that the New England gon- tlemen, who aro mainly responsible for a tariff! mado up for protection and without ro- gard to revenue, ask the Government to help shipbuilding by unnatural bounty; and Br. Cnaatn's effort to hoodwink tho West and South by his reference to ‘ cheap transporta- tion upon tho interior waters," though moro ingenious, will not be any more successful than previous efforts, Tho effect of tho restoration of the 10 per cont tax wes to diminish in six months tho importations $17,000,000, and to causo a loss of $4,500,000 to the revenue. That addition to the tax was mado under tho protoxt that it ‘was necessary to raisa $8,000,000 more rav- enue, and tho result is that, in the first balf year, tho speciol increase of tax has pro. duced o decline in the revenue from tho artl- clea to which tho increase applicd equal to $4,600,000, or at tho rate of $9,000,000 a year, And this {s the wisdom of Congress, and this the operation of taxation for pro- tection. Moanwhilo tho manufacturers oro no better off than before, consumption has been curtailed, the consumers have been robbed, and the “protected” interests sro still languishing, working thoir employes on part timo and poor wages. THE LEGEON OF SCHENCR’S MISERY, ‘The additional developments in tho inves- tigation of the miserablo Emina Mine scandal bring ont the bottom facts of Gen, Scnencn’s connection with tho swindls, and go to the yery toot of the wretched condition in which he now finds himself, We quote the follow- ing abstract of a portion of the testimony, which shows that in addition to the stock in- vestment which he held in the Emma Mino he was paid $10,000 in ensh, and why ho waa paid it: Tron sald he never bat any donbt that Tarvon Panx supposod tbatho kuew that Scascw bad re- celyed $10,000, and related several incldenta which led lim to this conclusion, One of them was thst, at one {ime, Pank spoke of the diticulty which Gon, Sciexox exyerienced in attempting to Hye upon bis salary of $17,000, antl excused him fora destre to make money in other ways, Paux, on that occasion, sald SouxNox had been obliged to pay $700 fora aingle dress to bo worn by one of the ladies of his fanily at (he Queen's <Arawing-room, and that the dross could only bo used ou onouccasion, At another time, as Panx was golng ont to play agame of carda with Kenence, Lrow re- marked to him thot it wae unfair for Pann to win back from Bouescé all the money which ho had made in (be Emma Ming, Pang replied that Scurwox did not lose much yronoy; that ho wes avery yood hand at rokor, From this it appears that it was necessary for tho American Minister at tho Court of St, James to become a ‘capper" and * roper. in" for a bogus mining speculation, and to gamble at cards in order to cover tho ex- penses incurrod by fashionable profligacy. By speculating in bogus stocks and by poker- playing ho was enabled to present his daugh- ter to Queon Victoria in o $700 dress, which was of no uso afterwards, and this $700 dress is pleaded as an exouso for the disgracefal part ho has played. There §s another view of this wretched business, This $700 dresa was paid for in English gold, and waa bought at free-trade prices, without duty. It repre. sented, thorefore, 4 droga which would have cost in this country in greeubacks $1,800 to $2,000, including the duties, Leaving out The usual daily dispatches of wars and ra- mors of wars in Khokand, growing out of Russian schames of conquest, will now coase, Russia having formally annexed that prov- ince. Although o small and comparatively unknown fragment of Central Asta, it is by no means an unimportant accession to tho Russian dominiong, In areca it is 165 miles inlongth by 66 miles in width, or about the aroa of the Stato of New Jersey, and is in- habited by 3,000,000 people, or moro than three times tho poyulation of tho lattor, . It aso very productive soil, aud is noted for the oxcellenco and variety of ita fruits, Wheat, barley, rico, hemp, flax, sorghum, peas, beans, madder, tobacco, and cotton are culti- vated, and the manufacturo of a fine quality of silk is its leading brauch of industry, In 1872 thero wore exported to Russia 8,000,000 pounds of cotton and 200,000 pounds of wilk, ‘The country affords pasturago for largo herds of horses, asses, sheep, and camels, and coal, iron, naphtha, and petrolonm oxist in its mountains, Khokan isthe capital city, and has a population of 60,000, its principal trade heing in allks, wooleng, and leather oquip. ments, Notwithstanding the advantage which Tossia has thus secured, tho Khan of Kho- kand, and his Uzbecks, Pajiks, Kirghiz, and Kiptchaka, will bo sadly missed from tho telegraph columns of the daily papors, whero- in thoy have ployed a prominent part so long. A man ealling bimself Gxousz D, Lawson, and pretending to reprosont Tax Ouicico ‘Tnisuny, bas defrauded a hotel-heeper at Freo- port outof the price of nine days’ board. Tan Turzune never heard of Gzonoxs D, Lawsen boforo, and cannot agree to Hqnidate any Iabil- ities he may choose to assume. AMoreovar, ‘Tux Tmayya bse no reprerenialiyes who axe anthoriged to run in debt on its account, under any pretoxt whatevor. Wo are surprised thats hotel-xoopor in n thriving, wide-awnko place like Freoport shontd bo ao onaily cheated by 9 pori- patetio doad-beat, after tho countioss warniinge that hayo appearad in thia papor iu rogard to this vory kind of fraud. Publio Works, created tho firat network of tall. ways in Piedmont, and took part in the copateng. tion of the Mont Cenla Tunnel, ——_-____.. North Carolina hed tts centennial aniversary on the 27th ult, upon which occasion it ely. brated tho battle of Moore's Creek, which way fought in Pender County, Fob, 27, 1776, by. twoen the Jooat North Carolina militis, unde command of Gen. Jasea Moont, anda body of Highlandora, who had settled on Capo Fear River, and who pertinaciously adhored to the Toyal causo, led by Cant. Maotzon, ‘The Fatrlots numborod 1,000 mon and tho Torley 1,600, but tho latter woro complotoly routed ang their Captain killed, ee THE TRAMP NUISANOK ‘Laat yoar the Slate of Massachnaotts enacted 8 law ompoworing towns to sot tramps at work, to lock thom up over night, and to deal with thom in such a way se possiblo to lerson tho nuisanco thoy oreato, Tho reaulta aro by no means as salutary ne tho promotors of the law oxpoctod, In spite of alt that can bo done, the ‘tramp ptill koopa tramping, and how to in- duce, not to soy force, him to sottle down to any stoady, honest employmont, is atill the problem, Tho Hon, Stoney Anpnews, Sccrotary of tho Doard of Stato Charitics, has mado an claborato roport in rogard to tho working of the law, trom which wo tako the following oxtracts: ‘There {a nothing thatthe real tramp so heartily hates as work. Ie will loaf and beg from door to door week in and week out, but Iabor he avolds with fogenulty most notable, and when forced into work he in ho lesan nuisance than before, On thia point I pre- sent brief extracts from s number of lettorat Wereeater—' We have tried tho Inw wth the few lodged nt our almshouse, but with indifferent success, ne they invurlably perform bad work or break tho tools, ao that {¢ costa moro troublo than the labor ob- tained te worth,” Meford—" Wo do not wish to pun- ish the town in order to work the tramps; wo should have to pay aomo one to Keep them at work; it would cost us G dollar st least to get twonty-fivo centa’ worth of work out of thom.” Rockiand— Wo havo not worked our tramps, bocausg we lad no work available that would not require the time of a man worth aa much sgain to seo that they dld it.” Artdgerater—'* Wo tried tho law at differeattimes, but owlng to the diMculty of finding suitable employment for thom, nnd thé time apent in showing them how to ato the work, and looking after them to see that it was done, the investment proved a poor one.” It'atnole— ‘We tried working them years ago, but found that it cost more than the laborcame to,” Sharon—“ Our Superintendent was obliged to watch thor while they worked, and they wera go disinclined to laLor, aod damaged bis tools so much, ho came to the conclusion ho woul rather do tho work Limes!f," Gardner—" Wo offered thetr services free to people lving near where: ‘wo lodge our tramps, but they preferred to hire their work done or do it’ themselves.’ Northboro’—" Our opinion fs that labor performed by tram) On tho 28th of Fobrusry Mr. Druoxn gay notico in tho Canadian Parliamont for informs. tion aa to what ataps the Governmont had taken to onlargo tho provisions for tho oxtradition OL erlminals botwoon Can ind tho United States ‘Tho Cavadians objoct tobaving their Population inoroagod by whisky-thioves. PERSONAL Seblelchor, of Toxas, 1s tho only German ta Congreos, An aoute obsorvor has writton that the Amey, ican girl ia either savagely roligiovs or ot roligions at all. Tho Kansas potato-buga woar rod, white, ang bluo stripoa thia year, ont of respect for thy Contonnial soaon, tia stated in 8t. Lonia that the Baboock try coat tho dofondant $25,000. Storra was pala 97,600 and Porter $5,000, Wo adviso tho Bodalia Democrat to pull dom ita Vest. It candidly admits that tho Vost it hy nominated for Govornor has sore yes. Chicago-killed beof sold direct to consnmeny in Philagelpbia bas brought down tho price of meat at tho butchors’ atalla 6 conts ® pound, ‘Tho Now York Sun says President Porter, of Yale Colloge, is now tho moat conspicnous vooato and defondor of Beecheriam. Progi Portor has a very high cbaractor, Mra. Lockwood, the irraprosaible woman lay. yor, Las aovoral important casos ponding before tho Court of Claims at Washington, but eho can. not get recognition from the Bonoh, ‘Tho Now York Herald wants rhymes on Conk, ling. It may send pay for tho following to the Topublican Campalgn Committee: ‘Tho rising Blaino will beforo tong fing A lengthening shadow over Roscoo Conkling, Now York fashionables aro going to introduce tha practice of rinking on rollor-slates trom London, It was a favorite amusoment in this country many yoara ago, and was introduced into England by Americans. Grace Groanwood wrote way from Patin to the New York Times that Voltaire saved Calas from being broken on tho wheol, Tho Times might havo losrned botter at homo without sending 4 correspondont to Paris at all, will not bo proiitablo, for thoy will not work nntows thoy are Under the eye of an oversoor, nud ft conte aa mich to get tho work dons na it’ fa worth.” — Hadley— Wo lave no general work to sot them and to look upa Job and boss them would cost » good deal moro than’ it would come t0,"—Ludion—" Wo havo not tried to got any work out of them, becaune ft would cont moro than itis worth,” Charteriant'* Wo have no suitable employmont for them, and if wo had it would cost all the work was worth to get it out of them,” Becket concludes with: “It would cont an inueli for oman to watch (hem na tho work they did would be worth.” nt ‘Within the past year or two, not a fow towns that formerly sent their tramps toalmabouses, have built lock-ups or tramp-bouses, in which thoy are now pro- vided for over night. ‘This change of policy doca not acem to meet the approval of tramps, for at alme- houses they generally get warm weals, while the sta plo diet of n lock-up appeara to bo créckers, with cheeso or salt fixh oecantonally ndded for a relish, and notuing but water by way of drinz, In answer to a request for suggestions, the Chairman of the Boston Oversoers says: ‘Tho only recommendation wa can offer on the gone- ral'enbject fs for a moro rigid enforcement of the va- grantacta, by tho police, municipal magistrates, snd Others iu anthority. Our Judges, wo fesr, acting un- der atentor regard for tho personal liberty of thoaa brought before them, bealtate to sentence to the work- honse worthless persons, who, for the good of {ho comiounity, aa Well as thelr own well-being, ahould be its inmates, An active rovrval of the lettor and spirit of tho staintes of the Commonwealth respecting va- granta and yagubonds wontld roliove us of much of tho vvil undor whtel tua country ae srall as the city 4¢ auf- fering, On which the Secretary remarka: ‘The assertion in the closing sentence of the foreqo- ing letter fs undoubtedly true, In towns where ig act of tho present year line been vigorously and por- sistently enforced, and partlcnlarly whero citizens have co-operated by declining to ald trampe calling at their houses, thoro has been a matkod abatoment of the in- tolerable tramp nuisance, On tho subject of indiscriminate giving to all who apply, Mr. Secretary ANprews bas tho fot- lowing oxcollont suggestions :, Sometimes it is eid of a man incommontation, that ‘he never turned s porson away from his door hungry. ‘This indiscriminate benevolence {a thought by many to be a virtue; we aball not succeasfulty deal with the tramp question till wo seeitas a vice, It promotes ‘yagaboudage, and increases the number of tramps, Alwayaa nulsanco and an aifiiction, the tramp haa iately booome a danger and a menace,’ Hard times are an advantage if nota delight to him, ‘They enable Lim to got lato the respectable company of the worthy poor whom business atagnation throws upon the char ity of the community, and from thts vantage-ground ho perenadea many of the tender-hearted that Le him- self ts entitled to commiseration and sympathy. This makes {tuo much the moro diflenlt to doal with him as ho deserves, and ronders {t so muoh the caster for hilm to commit the crimes to which he ia not averse, ‘Bat two courses seom open with reapoct to him, If he ‘will not accept work and the opportunity to gain an honest livelihood, hie: must be drivon from the Com- monwealth, or shut up somewhere and compollod to labor for tlie public good. Bo far ag wo can judge, tho “ tramp nuisance” haa boon much more prevalent and more difl- cult to manage at tho East than at tho Wost. Our peoplo, however, have had qnito as much of itas they care to encounter, aud it is woll for thom and for our law-makors to profit by the ex- perlonce of Aasaachusotts, and to provido hu mane but effective remodies against thia Iatost outbreak of the yagabond elomont among us, to proaccute every canal man who usea horses with shoulder gaila, Nearly all tow-horgos hare shoulder galla; but Bergh may sot tho witect tho owners to work and bring about u reform. tton. Achild who was being oducated on tho morsl- atasion pian refusod to got out of bed and be washed one cold morning. Her aunt argued the matter with hor, but sho finally succnmbed, when tho infant logician said: "Aunt Mary, you to boolean and cold; [ like to bo warm aod dirty." Kilburn Knox, who sent a congratulatory dis patch to Gen, Babcock, and added to his name tho descriptiva title, **Gov. Tilden’s ataif,” wu appointed by Gov. Dix. Ho holds a position which requires tho confirmation of the Republican fe» ate to remove. him, and the attempta of Gor, Tildon to got rid of him aro therefore inet foctnal, Goorgo 8. Btevens, a County Jadge of Tr ginia, hee boen charged with gambling by W. . Fowlo, » membor of the Legislature, A con mitteo of the Logistatare has bad tha matter un der consideration, and tho question of Steven romoval will be considered March 22. It appesss that be won $7,200 from Mr.§Fowle in o publk gaming-houss. was city oditor of tho Whosling Register, hi of the death of Louis Philipps.” When the proof cama up the name rood “ Sam Phillips.* “Spiv” thoughts mere note of the mistake would bo anfliciont, and #0 he wroto on the mr gins “Who the h—Il ia Sam Phillips?" Next morning the item camo out: “To-day fs the a> niveraary of the doath of Sam Phillips?” ‘Who in b—Il is Sam Phillips?” “Spiy" didu't sagt word about it to anybody, Nathan Jackson, an old patron of Wills College who bad nover enjoyod tho odvantege of polite socioty himself, onco sont as 4 gift to tho President and Faculty of tho imstitation s bale of codfish and a hogshoad of molssaes OBITUARY, DN. SAMUED BANGLOPT BANLOW. Dr. Bamugn Bancnoyr Banuow, one of tho oldest practicing homeopathic physicians in Now York City, died on Sunday last, Uo graduated in 1822 at tho medical school of Yale Collogo, and, even asaxtudont, attracted attention by his dovotion to’ medical science and by tho osr- ost manoor in which ho attacked the old prac- tice of inordinate bicoding in cases of apoplactic natura, Bhortly after he commenced practice tho Hannemann systom was introducod in this country, and Dr, Bartow became one of ita most srdent and sgegressivo disciples aftor long and pationt invostigation of the systom, Ho estublished himself in Now York City as a homeopathic physiciaa in 1812, and, at the timo of hia death, was probably tho oldest practitioner of thia school in the country. He waa for somo timo Preaident, and for o much longer time a Profoxsor, of tho Hameopathio Medical Callego of New York. Tho New York World asaya of him: “ Ase physician, Dr. Bantow through bia tong careor distinguished himeoif not leas by his philanthropic and unselfish conceptions of his duty to the auffering poor than by hia devotion to hia professional studies.” CHARLES EDWAND, HORALEY, Caantrs Epwanp Honurey, the woll-known New York composer ond mualctan, died in that elty on Bundasy Inst of heart disease, as haa al- ready been mentioned by. telegraph. Ho waa born in London in 1825, and was tho youngest son of the English gleo-writer, I. Wirttasc Honatxs, and studied his profoesion under Manperssoun at Lofpzig. © Ho camo to this country about flvo years ago, and was appointod organist and choir- mastor of St. John's Chapel, Trinity Parish, in Now York City, a position which ho hold at the timo of Lis death, Hoe wrote a great variety of yocaland instrumnontal music, including eym- phouios, pianoforte trios, church composi- tions, two oratotios, David’? and Joseph," and govora! cantatas, among them ‘ Comua," which he brought out at Stelnway Hail recontly with tho assistance of the Churoh Musio Association, of which he was condsotor, aod aj wedding cantata which waa sung at tho marriage of Mr. Santonts and for tho College, and loft a fund to provide sa annual dinner to his memory, The interost bu aufilcod only fors biennial dinner, Old Naths: dina on codfleh and molasses exclusively to th ond of their natural days. Thia romlinisconce of Miss Cushman ist callod by the Beston Traveller: ‘It isnot geo orally known that Misa Charlatte Cushmasst ono timo dirooted the choir of what was form efly known au tho ‘Cockoral' Church on Tim over stroot, Thia waaattho time when Ralph Waldo Emoraon, then young man, and oy known, was a colleague of the Rey. Dr, Wars this having been hia only pastoral charge. Il waa little thought thon that the modost yours preacher and tho unknown young singor In tht choir at asalary of probably $3 por wook wo become go famous all over the world,” times past. A man named Powell, on Bept. 2, 1787, who was 63 years old, trayelod on foot, 0 cording to the Annual Register of that date, Il! miles fn 23 hours 6334 minutes, Leaving Ce at London Bridgo at 2:60 o'clock on tho follon ing moruing, Mo was at Dartford, on bist tarn, at 7a. m., at Rochostor at 10 a, m., and bt camo “running into Canterbury, amid thor sands of spectators, st wlx minutes ands before 4G'clock.” On the Gth of July, 178% other foat of @ almilar doscription is reco! Arman aet off fora wager to walk 100 mileslt twonty-four hours, Tho ground was meastll on Blackheatu, Ho walkod in a circle, whicd was an oxact mile, 100 times round. He wo! tho wager with exso in 224¢ hours, and st tht conclusion of the performance ‘did nos app! much fatigued,” HOTEL ABIIVALA, Miller, Sau Francieso; W, B, Boston; G. of NetueGnant. Wis Test wont ate “Tho Patriot | # we Eis bonton: G5 Ero ia Flag," which wes porformed only a fow days aga | Isasc Rollinw, Jackson; B, ¥, Aah, Nowporti oy under bie direction nt the Lady Wasuryaron ro- | Lister, Bh, Lalas “G.fae Pusitod, uaa, o. zi ception at the Now York Academy of Music, He | W, Doydon, Bt, Louie; 3, J. iibodes, Tastings; lt J» was highly estoomod not only for his musical | Haven, New York. -.Grandé o-T'he Pet. Ov Gillespie, Bulg Onisba ;’ the. Keefer,’ En ability, but for hia eatimablo porsonal character. OTHER DEATIM. Among other deaths sunounced are those of the Rey. Ouantes E. McInvaixy, a gon of tho Jato Bishop MclInvaine, who was in charge, at tho time of bia death, of Christ Oburch, at Of Sftchigan ; ex-Mayor Ezra Mil on, Williams ares, Manitoba: Bre all, Gohimbar Ob oo) 8, D, Carper Hentucky; A. V. 1. Carpenter, Milwaukeo; 0. ve mons, Catlfornis:G, H, Htevens, Claverand; 1. W. Be Kee, snd, 0. ‘Muts, New ¥ E, Atudobakor, South Bond: a B. 8 s Towanda, Ponn. ; Commodore G. E, Banny, of | Sook eling, ibweutooy” the in. icho Home the United States Navy, who was « relative of | Mendota; W. 1, Wood, and Max Mayol, COM. "pred Commodore Joun Banuy, tho Brat Commodore in | wueellng, W. Va.t W. 0. Jobneo Boston, we our navy; Col, Geozax T. Woon, oue of the Bockturd FAs 318808, and Be Mrebiard most prominout Republicans in Kentuoky, and ony Enge 5 A 8 rerya A. Tay. Mur for many yoars a momber of the Republican Ered 4. Gardiner, outa i shiton Hoot fitate Central Committee; Janes HR, Dowzxn, sors vw York; G. Bouse, Yaledelpbe who was for many years connected with Amorl~ can tolograpby; Cuantes Mize, ono of the old est ond most prominent Democrat in tho Btate of Now York, who was for many years Grand Sachem of Tammany ; and BM, Bona, one of tho most estecmed colleaguos of the Italie: may Cound Cavour, and who, G, x B Halbggr New ork? the Hon, a. Gary, 204,20 Tao; SF, Bitk, Pillsburg; tue Mon, 1. of Porta} Ht. Morgen, Wisconrin,... Gardner L, Hell, Baliimore; O, M, ‘Thormsa, Cla Mason, Detroit 2 8, Ward Gosia biisses Gossin, New Jerasy aden, Baltsooca} Bak Wes Glbeen AOS ¥ By recont legislation, Mr. Borgh has the right * When ‘Spiving,” now of Monndarille, W.Va ‘wrote ono evening: ‘To-day ia the anniversary" donbticas expocted tho Faculty and students | do as you like, and lot mo do as I like. Youlits ~ Jackson built 4 fine Lycoum of Natural Ilistor « Tho Pall Mall Gazelle notices that Weelon) | feat has bocu surpassed by unprofossiousls it terbury at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, ho aris + |