Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 12, 1876, Page 5

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES 5 POLITICAL MORALITY. [he English Howl Over the Case of Secretary Belknap. jeople Who Live in Glass Houses should Not Throw Stones yme Specimens of Administrative Corruption in Great Britain, or Nationad Virtne, However Smirched, . FarSoperior to That of the . Old Country. be Belknsp caxo bas alresdy procured from po Eoglish preseé oxpressions of dismal appre- sension for the future of the American Repub- fo A isolsted icstance of corruption ins imet-officer is assumed to be an unfavorsble ferdict opon the esperiment of Democratic Gov- foment. The fact is lost sight of that Gon. pa crime i of & maturo to hurt stody but himself aod his besutiful sod unfortunate accomplice. The institu- tions of the Awerican nation are no more ingented Dby the event than the Pyramids 1y the feet of 8 bird of carrion. The national ponscience proves its exquisite sensibility by the instant overwhelming of the guilty man under the sense of nationsl shame. ‘Neither political igan, £0cial companion, or bivouac comrade, fises in bus defense. The igonominy which fol- fows the crash of bis splendid household is un- sewersble procf that his crime shall not en- sourage others to emulate his ambition. ‘Bat, if there be any press on earth which hag 20 right to read us menscing prophecies pa Belknsp’s account, it is the . En- plish press. 1f there be any political sesayists . who cannot afford—iunless peo- ple who live in glass houscs may throw stones —to send us homilies on political morality, they reside in the country whose most ronowned poli- liciana never permitted morality to eit 88 & critic or a8 conncilor in their political conferences. id {here be any Government which may not taunt s with national danger arising from Ministers’ basepess, that Government rules the destinies of Grest Dritain; and, if all history be not false, wo have little reason to face the fulure with fear. eiuce the British.smpire has not gono down under the sccumulations of crime which pave been perpetrated by united Cabivets and entire parties. We hava been accustomed to consider the ADYINISTRATION OF POLITICAL AFFATNS IN ENGLAND pure; we have learned, by our familiarity with the excapionally-upright Ministers whom =3 Gladstone bronght forward, to fancy that the {sir external aspact o party rule, such as it has seemed for & dozen years, is a presentation of the pormal and historic character of British sdministration, It is natural, as it is in thie case sgreeable, to beliova that the condition of things in our own time is substantially whatit has been since thelast great upheaval; 20 because no'charges of personal peculation, foreign robbery, or the unlicensed use of money for party purposes, have been made concerning Giadstone or Disraeli, we willingly assume that the British Government is extraordinarily pare, and, for that reason, sublimely stable, This view of English parties sud political morality is nebulons and rogeate. To raise the misz, snd seek for the facts, will reqmire but a moment’s invasion of authentic history. It would ot be fair to go far back ; Dor i8 it Decessary. Cromwell is in_his grave; 8o is Marlborough. The social conditions which obtained in the time of the Stuarts are as impossible now as the Tudor's uxoriousness, The beirs of the Crown of Great Britain are worthy of their Georgie an- costry; but the aristocracy is better, and the middle class aa decont as the laws permit. The citations we shall make aro produced simply to show thet— . 1. Political morality in the United Statesis %gz‘i;:.ly better than political morality in Great 9. That, while we suffer from the disgrace of individual crime, England must confess that her Government, ber Parlisment, her Judiciary, her Ministries, and her partica bavo commiticd crimes com%:u'gd with which the political his- tory of the United States is & clear record. 8. That the delinguencies of individuals or parties bave little to do with the permanence or the character of Constitutional Government. THE CREATION OF PEEDS. There iz no possibility of & phase of corrup- tion in our politics equal to that of the creation of Peers in England,—a monstrous devics io ‘which Ministries have resorted for the mere pur- pose of carrying & party messure when all or- dinary means had failed. The instances in which this stupendous tyranpy has been em- ployed to thwart the popular will wonld certainly Lun!y any reasonable man in doubting the ex- teace of individunl copscience or the probity of Efles; and, . notwithstending its enonwity, ghshmen have witnessed the execution of the process without either giving up their sountry or engaging in sedition. To increase: the namber of irresponsible bereditary legisla- tors under a Goveroment already considered too sonservative, is ot only # fearfal but an irre- mediable calsmity ; and for a few partisans wantonly to inflict 80 gross & Wroug upon 2o entire nation, with no holier or more accounta- <ble motive thun an extension of personal power, is 8 spectacle compsred with which some revo- Intions appesr very mild, and the corruption of American politics pales into consoling 1nsignifi- cance. Nor has this sudacious and inde- fensible procedure tempted orly the unscrupu- lous politicians who occagionally handled the di- Tection of the Dmtish Empire. Some of the best, and ablest, and_most refined mindsithat bave honored high official stations at Westia- ster, turned 1o it in their hoar of necessity with the same reluctance, and sapparently with as lit- tle regret, 28 any ward schemor in New York, Philadelphis, or Chicago, would approach s tallot-box about to be stuffed in his omn favor. Heory Brougham, the Lord- Chancallor, was one of the most con- wicuous of the great and honest men who have occupied the Woolsack, and, in mauy respects, was a worthy successor of Sir Thomas dicre, whom he equaled in legal knowledge and official diligence, and surpassed in versatility snd eloquence. Yet Brongham himself rolates, in the third volume of his AMemoirs, how be and Lord Grey—who also belicved that ho loved hig country more than bimzelf or his clique—decided 10 create eighty now Peers in order TO CARRY A POLITICAL BILL. Lord Grey and Brougham visited tho Kiog and submitted to hita the necessity of enlarmng the Honss of Lords as the oaly recourse loft to the Ministers, who, if not thus reinforced, would :m to retire. Brougham relates what took e (the King] said, ** That is a very eerious mat- teryn }nd we Iflk admitted that uuvym, and that, unless quite convinced of fts mecessity, we should Zever think of recommending jt. He'then asked, “What number would Ls required?’’and I said, *Sixty, or perhisps even eighty, for it must be done efectually, if atall” He said, * That was 3 very Iarge pumber, indeed; was there ever such a thing done before 7" 1 eaid, * Never to tat extent, or near i7" Pitt had, at different times, made creatious sud Promotions of mucn sbove 10; snd Lora Oxford, in Queen Anpe's time, had crested twelve in order to Rissone bll. But T admitted these cases did not Afl6rd a precedent which went 80 {ar a8 this proposed . Creation, He said, * Certuinly, notbing like it. The King sccepted the resignstion of tke Cabinet rather than accede to so staggering a emand; but, Gudwg himself beset with dan- ers no less threatening, ho recailed Groy and ughsm, snd, when agand pressed, yielded. Brougham was not eatisfied by his mere sssur- Ance, but insisted upon tbe Royal plodge in Friting, and obtained it. It will ba remembered ihat a man of Gladstone's admitted integrity did 200 besitate to contemplate the same coup when ibe Houge of Lords first discarded the Irish Dis- sstablisument bill, in 1668, notwithstauding that fe, in common with the statesmen of the lsn- sheater school, vows that the House of Lords is 'ar fr0m being an uomixed blessing. THE COST OP MAKING A PEED. Even the siugle item of expeuse in Peer- making should render the precedent igoperative, uside from its intrinsic evil. The Peeragein- tlodes the degrees of Baron, Viscouot, Earl, Marquis, sud Dake. On tho death of George 1., the number of Peera was 216. On the accession of Victoria, it had reached over 400, and it is tow over 600. The privileges attendsnt upon the station are absurdly inconaistent with the theory of Free Government ; sod the House of Lords g0 effectually barricades aoy movement %ewWard Popular Sovercignty, even 1o the limited [ | le un Royal any increase of the yboezu“i;h“:l' t!;n; trogression toward Absolntism. Whenever the dignity is cooferred for public cougiderations, the expense of the patout i puid out of the Treasary. In 1553,111::1-!: Buron Raglan ont of Lord Fitzroy Somerset cost tho paopls of Great Britain over $2,000,—the swount being given ou account of * ancient usages,” to varions persons, for no_substantial reason. 'Tho cost increases according to the rank,—the expenso of transforming a man into & Duke being about $20,000. When the American citizen estimates the total cost of making sixty to eighty Peors ot this rate, in order to keep sn Administration 10 office, the dereliction of s _single Cabinet-officar in a century of Republicanism bocomes relative- ly tolerablo. At least, it is unnecessary for En- glish politicians to prophesy our national de- strction in a year or two on zezount of Sscrota- ry Delkmap, Thore i no denying the fact that the British Adminietration abounds to-day in just such cases a8 that of ** THL ODSCUBE ABERCROMEIE,” the ateward of the Duke of Deyonslure. The Duke, taking an sbaurd fancy o the msp, cavsed him to bo made Chief Baron of the Excheguerin Scotland, 1§ 220,000 s year; and, duriog the thirty mnonths that he held thia office, he tried just four cases. The sinecure was abolished; ut the favorite steward was pensioned on $10,- 000 = yosr. When Lo retired a second time, and finally, from public *duts,” he carried with him & pension of $20,000's year during his own life 20d that of his son. * What ren- ders this marp strange,” says the historian, **is, that this man had boorisk manoers, no learning, no eloguence,—nothung but the Duke of Davon- spire’s patronnge to push him ou.” At least, tho worst condition to ‘which our Government can be degraded can produce no instauce parallel to this of ~ unworthy personal promotion and enormous private sggrand- izement &t the national expense. Hore was Lord Camden, who, merely becauso he was tho son of the Lord-Chancellor, was ap- pointed a Teller of the Exchequer, and derived annuslly froz his nominal otfice, in_which he never did & day's work, tbo regal income of $150,000! In 1812, ho became o Marquis, at o {ime’ when spasm of sense overtook the Brit- ish people on the subject of sinecures, and his Lordship was induced to surrender 31,253,000 as a reasonable deduction from his sinecure profits ! And still the foundations of Government were not shaken ; there was no great outcry on this side of the water that the historic Common- wealth of England was psssing away; the American preachers and essayists did not mourn- fully descant on the * declining morality of Britigh politics " ; tho incident was not consid- ered extraordinary at sll. It was a fair illustra- tion of the British Civil Service. “he men who menage, and the people who submit to, euch Civil Service hava little right to read us Dooms- day warpings, because & solitary Secretary, in the firet centurs of a poor Republic, is detocted in sccepting gifts from a spoculator in treding- ts. It is_true that we do not read of such cases in the English press now. No; neither did the cootemporaries of Abercrombic tod Camdon. Bat the memoirs, the oticial corre- spondence, aud the privato letters, which will be published fifiy years hence will develop many cases just as sarprising. Theso peculiari- ties of politics are nover fully declared, exscept wien the succeeding gencration sita in post- mortem on its predecessor. i Bo nztural apd universasl isthe custom in Great Britamn of looking to the Goverument for reward A8 A SERVANT OP PARTY, that the following letter, servile in spirit and in- delicate in tone, will awaken surpriso aowhere except in the United States, whera the fame ol the eminent divine whose signature it Dbears is almost domestic : o Ay DEan Brovemax: T want another living instead of thia [Coombe Floury), sl a8 good,—about £500 & year elear,—snd X want a Prebend of about a thousand Jer anomn, The latter I want to have from the Xinister; but I see little prospect of it. Thess ars my objocts in the Church. These points obtained, I give you and fortune a receipt in full of all demands, nnd X think I hall hiavo obtuined fally as much as' 1 ment, ard ‘more than, before this latter period I ever expected, Now, nature, time, and chance have made you one of the firoatest ‘men in the country: and it will be very much {n your power, from time to time, to forward my views. Iappeal, therefore, to your sease of jus- fice, in consideration of the bold sud honest part I have acted in the Church,—and nest, to your kind- ness, from » long scquaintsnce and friendship,—to Jend’ sonr assistance at convenient seasons, and 10 afd me with your voice and just authorits. Yours over, very sincerely, SYDNEY SHITH. The applicant was soon given a stall at Bt Paul's, because the Premier conaidered thai Bmith had been of infinita service to the party. DRIBEBY BY OFFICE. The most corrupt_use which either party has ever made, in the United States, of employing public office for party purposes, does not com- pare in maguitude with the same evil a8 prac- ticed in Great Britain with genoral eanction. In fact, the history of British Minietriesiaa contin- ued exposition of bribery. Ministers there have a much greater rangs of corruption than we here. They can offer almcat everything that human nature covets,—titles, lands, monoy intercsts, hereditary distinction, orders, professionat pro- ‘motions, ecclesiastical preferment, judicial runk, money, honors, and_office. They have never omitted sn opportunity to use any or all of these When party exigency demanded. Moreover, the traflic in offico fiu been constant for centuries, &nd 19 08 proveleut, as avowed, and aa ehameless, 29 it was nnder cither Charles. With s, it is despised and_deplored as a party evil; with them, it is a legitimate use of opportanity. It may * fairly be qaestioned whether, io ihe decadence of Athens and Sparts, or during the last vile years of the Irench Exmpire, politicel corruption_ever attained the proportions which bLave frequently beeu wit neesed in Great Britain. Instanco ‘the Admin- jstration of Newcastleand Pitt. ** Newcastlo,” says Alacaulay, ‘“took the Tressury, the civil and ecclesiastical patronage, and the disposal of that part of the Secret Service money which wa: then employed in_bribing Membera of Parlie- ment.” The altar wus profaned with perfect complaigance ; at that time, ** there was not o Singie Prelats who had not owed his first elova- tion, or some subsequent trsusiation, to New- castle.” It was one of tho Irish witticisms of the time that Bishops wore the Snly things that did not euffer by translation. The Cabiaet set systematically to work to buy ap every dangerous opponent. This man was pur- chated by a Pretend for his 2on; that one by a bank noto; a third by a commission ; apotber by a coronot : and charch-livings were dippered out like soup to the poor. The father of Charled James Fox wes *‘z poor msn sud & doting father; but his support must be obtained, aud a Paymaster-Generalship pud for it. Offices Wera muitiplied beyoud compuiation ; taxes were since increased to an extent unknown the days of the Kovolution; the Dench and the Bar was pollated with corruption. 3 degraded by incompetency; mavhood, virtue, decency. public decorum, ond private integrity Jero lost 1z & universsl diseave wade opidemic Dy the policy of the Goveroment ; tud this was the most glorious period of modern English history. it There is no need to allude to Walpole's Admin- jstration. When Bate. the Royal favorite, be- came Aligister duriug ao eclipee of Pitt, ho * wa3 made to comprebend that tha Miupistry could be saved only by practicing THE TACTICS OF WALPOLE to on extent at which Walpolo bimself wonld have stsred. The Pay-Office was torned into 8 mart for votes. Houndreds of bers wero closetod thero with Fox, ?;ad, a5 there is much rasson to believe, departed carryiog with them the wages of infamy. Itis afirmed, by persons who had the bost opporta- nities of obtaining information, that £25,000 ero thus paid sway In a single moraing. The lowest,bribe given, it w8 eaid, was 8 bank-note for £300.” All this was the calm work of an ontire Alinistry ! We groan under the defact of a single high officer of tho Government, and the English press weops sbout our political morsl- ity ! DISIISSALE FROX OFFICE. 2 1t has been frequently asserted that, in the United States alone, persons in inferior positions are required to support the party in power s & coodition of terms. It is entirely untrae. Gen- eraliy speaking, the rale holds more firmly ia every try of the world,jand tle vicious ussge is not more Toppressive in Turkey than in Epglapd. During the tenancy of one famous British Cabinet, the proscription for difference of paty views * axtended to Tide-Waiters, Gsugers, and Doorkeepers ; *' and one of meny pimuar instances mentioned is that of a poor man who had been given & pemsion Tor Fallantry in a fight with_smugglers, and whom fie Ministry deprived of his beggar's pittance because he had befriended an enemy of the patty. A widow was dismissed from the office D housekesper in s public office *‘because it was imagined that sbe was distsstefully con- nected by marringe” with an opposing familv. After the passage of the Catholic Emancipation Lill, in 1829, it was fesred that 0’Counell, Sheil, ana their co-patriots wonld kindle anew the na- tional enthusiasm for s repeal of the Union, and that, if permitted to act uacontrolled, they would run a great risk of imperiling the ‘Empire. (Oficial correspondence elows that DRIDERY WAS THE MEANS which the Goverzment instinciively resorted to 1o thwart the impending enterprise. Ainisters 1n coneultation proposed to create vacaucies enough, without cause, Or. equally upjustified, o mske new positions, for the whole number of influential or active Lrisbmen whoso silence was Decessary if their support eould not be obtained, The programme was, that O'Connoll should be appointed Attorney-Gensral, Sheil be awarded an Under-Secretaryship, and their best retainers be accommodated as circumstances might per- mit. The Liberator spurned the overturea again and sgain, and died uneullied. Sheil, whose poverty pinched him, and Made inclinstion scem judicious choice, yielded, perhapa greedily; and the rank and file Were sufliciently infiuenced by tho temptations thus showered in their way, that few among them remained except to divide the patriots’ couocils. It was the old and well-tried trick of “getthng ” Irish quedtions. From tho mis- teenth century uutil to-day, British office has been the mart of Irish patriotism. Swift, Grat- tan, aud O'Connell stand aloof, feithful to_the end; Flood, Pluukett, Curran, Saurin, Pon- sonby, Cesilercagh, Clare, Charles Phillips, Sheil, and mauy. more who would bsve boen valusblo bad they not beon purchased, wera casily brought into shame-faced acquies- conce, or openly proclaimed the wiehos of their masters, Coruwallis, who was Lord-Licatenant duriug o portion of the period which preceded- the act of Union, declares over his own hand that mout of his timo was spent in “negotiating and jobbiug,” in accordance with orders from tho Crown sod tho Minstry. “Ihate myuelt,” be writes, ‘‘every hour, for engaging in such dirty work ; aund am supported only by the ro- eclion that, without an Union, tho Srigah Enu pite must be dissolved.” Would the politi- cal morality of tho United States so warp_ individual conscience that crimes of this magnitude should be committed, s it were, iu the very nam of God? Tho difference in the Cornwallis and Belknap cages is apparent : the British covscience was dead in political cor- ruption, while Cornwallis, iudividually, was an honest man; 4ho conscieace of the American people is clear, and repudiates with indignation the corruption of zn dividuat ofticer. IOW ONE PIECE OF LEGISLATION WAS CARMIED, Tho act of Legislative Uniou between Englaud and Ireland illustrates perfectly the undoenible assertion tbat bribery was a common and rocognized resort of the English Government. Pitt_wes Prime Minister. First, ho deluded the Catholics into believing that, 1f thoy would support the Union, they ehould recetve the political rights of citizens immediately after; at the same ume, he pledged his Cubinet to tue Tories against Catholic emancipation tuen, or at any fupure time. Theu he opeucd the flood- gates of bribery in Ireland, and his successors nover cloged them. When a resolution iv fayor of the Uuion was first offered ot a meeting of the Irish Bar, it was condemned by a vote of 166 to 32. At the end of the year there were ouly fivo members of the minority who had not recoived Government sppoiniments; and, 23 rapidly es the_msjority wenkoned, the traitors wero provided for. The Goverument spent a milbion and & quarter pounds in buying up gentlemen through borough-patronage,— a shrewd schemo of corruption which Pitt had iovented. Poerages wero di- vided among tho Irish gentry. Tweuty-two Irish DPeers were created ; five recoived English Pecrages. and twenty were given higher titles. Money was used on mombers of the lrish Par- lisment as fodder to hungry cattle; and, when the final voto was reached, only seven of the 162 men who voted for the act were unbribed. This wss wnot the denonnced crime of 2 singlo oficer; it was tho echemo of the entire Kuglish Govornment, und public opinion 1n Eogland gencrally approved of it. Lecky, author of the ** History of Rational- ism,” saya: * Thero_are, ingeed, few things more discreditable to English political iteratura than tho tone of pelliation, or even of culogy, that ia usually adopted towerds the authors of this transaction, Scarcely any olewont or ag- gravation of political imworality was wauting.” Another instance of the Gavernment of Great Britain GOING DELIBERATELY INTO INFAMY,— infamy of the blackost aud foulest kind,—the moral and social deetruction of womsn, i3 found in the prosecution of Quesn Carofine. She was tho wife of Georze 1V., who wished to get nd of her,—his predilec- tions for Mre, Fitzherbert being suf- ticiently known to furnish s motive. The King instituted s action for adultery, which the Min- istry ospoused aud carriedon; aud the meas- ures employed to procars purchased testimouy constitute a sickening episods_bot vuwlone by any sitilar transaction under Honry VIIL *Tho gcale of payment,” it ig stated, *¢was in a man- ner rtegulated by the extent of tke ev- idence given. The more dnmning tho testimony, the greater tne reward.” Soutterly did the Government fail to Eubstantiato tho charge that they were compelled to abandon the prose- cation, oven after n bill of divorce had been hur- ried through the House of Lords. The Queen died a few tmontha after the trial, and, as if this execution of the unconvicied victim were nob enough, tho lawyer who defended her, Henry Brougham, the most illustrious man at the Bur, wae vindictively excluded from Governmental fayor for many years, And thia occurred within the memory of many pergous Btill living, the trial baving ~ taken lace in 1830, 'The sympathy of tua throe kingdoms was almost unspimous in tho Queen's fuvor: ana the turpitude of & Ministry in conducting so unjust and wicked 8 conspiracy, casting lhe solid power of the Government against & woman whose crime consisted in being the wife of & guilty Lusband, can ooly be explamed by men who appreciate the intensity of party epirit. It was ot & solitary officer of the Government who acted 88 prosecator; it was Dot one Sec- retars only who dealt out bribes in exchange for proffered perjury. While the Eoglish newspapers are resding us sermons about Belkoap, with certain suggestive parentbeses concerning Schencls, We may venture o remind them of CLIVE. Tho English policy in India, like that maintain- ed for centunies in lreland, affords abundaus op- kind of ciiticiem which can npever be Iaid at . our doors; but we _ aro desling now ° with in- dividuats. It is troe that Warren Hastings was impeached ; but there wero British Viceroys Who a6 much doserved impeachment 58 he ; sud Clive, if & greater tyrant thau Hastings bo’ con~ ceivable, surpassed that famous ma in deliber- ate and organized willainy. A single transac- fairly representative of his official conduct, will sufice. Iu order to bring about a saus- factory solution of & pressiog political problem, he entored ioto 8 couspiracy with 5 conple of pative Chiefa whose bold vil- Isiny he had much reason to sppreciate, A treaty was forged, to which the intended victim, Omichund, was persnaded to becomo a party. When the intamous desizn bad accomplished the purpose of its suchors, the swful revelation de- ftroyed Omichund's renson, aod Le died in & fow months, & childish mbecile. *Clive,” however, _ *walked beiween heaps of gold and silver, crowsod with rubies and dinmonds, and was at Jiberty to belp bimsel{. He accepted betwoen £200,000 and £300,000.” Did the British Government re- pudiate this bargsin of forgery, shame, murder, Fod spoliation ? Did they arrast Chve, impezch, try. and convict him? He was raised to the Poerage. He was encouraged to auticipste an English title. 'The King, George 1L, raceived bim with the highest distivetion. Pitt, then iz the zenith of his power, eulogized Lim in Dar- liament. WOMEN IS THE COURCPTION OF POLITICS. The pame of Mrs. Belknap ia destined to go down infamously; and st how paltry is ber offense, though fatsl to her husbaud aud ber- gelf, when compared with the corrupt intluences which women have frequently oxercised in the politics of England. She participated in the Profits of tho salo of office, in order to Sustain in social splendor the ofiiciol rank to which her husband had been honorsbly talled. ‘Thus far, at least, she is the obly womsan 80 sttaintod in conneéction With our izstitutions. But En- plish bistory, of every period ince Magaa Charta, §rips with tho pames of women hoso mampu- lation of political affates involved not only the barter of rank,—although they had not the ex- cuse of beivg wives to poor men.—but much more which it is not plessant to dwell upon. Lady Lyudburst was openly and repeatedly charged with sclling Chancellora lisings while her buzband cccppied the hizhest judical place in the country. Mra. Belinap is eminently re- epectable when compared with the Duchess of Grlesus, sudl is not io bo compared ab gil with the Duchess of Tortsmonth. No gpartments bave been thrico palled down and thrice rebuilt to gratify Mra. Belinap'a caprice. The furniture of her chimney-places 13 uot Silver; the tapostry of the Bolknap maosion i ot such a5 an Eoglish Prince imported for the olla of s Lonise, while his wifo lived in anguish & hundred feot away, leaving do- e uffsiis and political supremacy alike to a favorite. The u;xgfl_xl_ of f"“in Iorzu‘gau rlborough ie too familiar for moro thau- ‘.’fifmamlz RS menner in_which Lady Churclill governed England whan Queen Anne was on the throne, and_the success which Mrs. Masham I i usurping what wag equivalent 08 Te- Bont's placo, reconcile us tothe belief that we ¥y bear up, a3 a nation, under the tragical fall of the Soutbern Desuty Hallam £358 .tbn tho S nnos of Earope wero chioged by ! nothing moro noble than tue insolence of one wait~ portupity for o w e cupniog of an- ing wom and the cooniog othar,” 1 ouse of Bourbon would he H ;1 not bave reigned beyond the 3 anb'r‘gf Sarah and S bigail at Queen Annc's toilec,” When the part that weals, wicked, and rmisled women have blayed in evers. Court in the world 1s taken into account, it grows more and ‘mora manifest that the Amencan Kopublic may survive the catastrophe which has exposed a Secretary's wife decorating herself with poat- tradera’ chacks. _ CORRUPTION OF TUE JUDICIAEY. Whenever the manipulation of the Judiciary has baen cusential to the success of an Epglish gnr_fiy, the Government does not appear to have esitated, in oither Temovalor appgjntment of any Judge, high or low. With us, th8 Bench is noless sacred than the Church; in England, both biave boen reckoned among party spoils, and Vi victis has been uitered {rom the ermie 8 freely 28 in the batcle-tield. Coke wasnot the only Cnief Justice who resigned because he would not stain his eon! and twist the law to suit a Cabinot. Thoro are nonsmes more thoroughly steeped in infamy than those of sixteen of the 'men who have occupied the hightest place on the English Bench ; and each one of them was Placed thero for o political sim, and maintained as long as the faction which hoserved possessed the requisito strengtl, Roger lo Brabaucou, Robert Tresilion, Thomss Billing; John Fitzjates, who _condewned, on per- jury, Sir Thomas More ond the Tishop of Rochester ; Thomss Fleming, the rival of , Ba- con ; Nicholas Hyde, made Chief Justice to ena- bla the King to thwart Parlisment; John Bramp- ston, who condemned Hampden, and then re- versed his decition on ship-money; Robert Heath, who held the right of petition to be ille- gal ; Robert Foster, whom Parliament removad and the XKing reappointed; Robert Hyde, who introduced the practice of fimog juries if they did mot Dring in verdicts fo suit him; John Kelynge, who was made Chief Justice over Sir Mattnew Hale, sna who pronounced town-rioters guilty of high treason when Sir Matthew sdjudged their ~offense disorderly conduct; William Scroggs, who tanght that thoro was no such thing ns liberty of the pross ; Fraucis North, who disfranchised towns; Edmuad Saunders,who was appointed Chief Justice for the undisguised par- pose of giving judgment for the destruction of the chartars of the city of London; George Jef- froys, whose name makes mankind shudder; and Robort Wright, Jefireys' favorite,—when Eugland has eafefy cecaped from the perils that all these men thrust upon ber, at the ingtigation and by the concurronce of po- liteal cliquos, we may confidently rely upon an Owmnipotent Provideuco to rescue us from the consequeuces of the possible impeach- ment of & War-Secretary in time of peace. A letter exists in which an Attorney-General, bold- 1ng & British commission, exhorts o Judge abont to go on circuit 80 to admimster the law as to neaist the political programme which the Minis- try then were endesvoring to carry out. This judicial ereaturo baars oue of tha mast hidoous epitheta ever righteously bestowed,— Norbury, *the havging Judge,” who sont mors mon maliciously to the gallowa than any Judge in the Three Kingdoms, except Jeffross. Nor- bary’s-reputation was sotorious ; and when the Attorney-General, acling o doubt on_instruo- tions from Peel, wrote to him so to administor justico,” whilo dealing out life and death, that tie party in power would bo recuperated from the priconer’s dock, the Atiorney-General Lkuew porfectly well that Norburs wounld exocute— liternliy—the request s well asthe enemies of the Government; avd be did. Norbury was in the habit of softeniog his office-cushion by atufling it with 0ld letterse. The chair was gold, —for the Chief Justice was very parsioni- ous of everything except other men's lives,— aad the zstounding letter fonnd its way to the pablic. O'Conueli demanded Norbury’s remov- al; Parliament suatained tho Hanging Judge by o party vote, and Peel publicly eulogized him. Tho only notice the Goveroment took of the Attorney Genoral was to declaim against the im- propriety of publishing a private letter ! Thers are fow vices INUERENT IN AMEGICAN POLITICS which hiave not been inberited from the politics of England. As for national virtue, we have no right 10 boast ; but 1t would geem only can- did to clzim that we mey lend our aucestor a little of our political morality without redacing ourselves to wact; or even to her present, ¢o g8y nothing of Ler past, condition. —_— Preparing for Summer, The best-known oyster-house in this city has been fortnres years Wilson’s, on the corner of Madieon and Clark strests- Althoagh Mr. Wil- gon has, until lately, devote@ Lis eunergies to providing for those people who love oysters, it is pot to bo supposed that his place cannot serve meats. Ho. has lately sdded n department for that purpose. and can now furnish & cnstomer as fine & staak, chop, salad, or cold cut as can be had in the city. Oneof the best features of Wilson'sisa splondidly furnished ladies’ snd gants' depart~ ment, whero the fair sex, either after thestre or at any other time, can enfoy the finest oysters and the tenderest steaks and chops' to be Lad snywhere. Now that the oyster season is gotting __ ready to draw to & close, Mr. Wilson's now move will be doubly appréciated by those of our citizens who have become attached to lus quict and comfortable raoms, his attentive wait- ers, and, abovo all, the Deatnoss and atyle in whicn his viands are served. And we assure all these people that he will mako his piace o8 grestly renowned a8 o complote restaurant as it 1188 been os the best oyster-house in the West. g A A Rare Opporcunitys About four years ago Willism H. Rand, of Rand, McNally & Co., built for himeelf ona of the finest residences on tho South Side. He chose for s gite tho beautiful block on Lake avenue south of Oakwood avenue. He paid £30,000 for the 1mprovements. Soon after his house was comploted, on sccount of ill health aad to educate his children, he determined to spond a few years in Europe, and offered bis place, with 100 feet of ground, for eale. He wag not long in finding & purchaser ; Jonathan C. Mitcheli readily offered him $50.000 and thought Te bad A rare bargain at thet price. We notice in tho Legal News that the properiy is to be sold next Wednesday st noon at the south door of the Criminal Court Fiouse, to satiafy an incum- brance of $20,000. Whoever parchases will get place almost unequaled at very low figurea. —_——— canary Birds. Just received, & lot of imported canaries and other singiog birds, parrots, paroquets, monkeys, and marmozettes, at the New York Bird Store, No. 279 East Madison street. —_—————— ‘Homes for Al who have not the money to psy down for their farni- ture, carpets, stoves, and housefurnishing goods. W. A Lowell & Co., 736 West Madleon streot, havo four floors of thelr elegant building filled with choice goods which they will aell at very ressopable prices, and on eary monthly psyments. Thousands of houses have been furnished by these gentlemen during the last few years on time-payments, They wil always sell first-cliss goods in all departments. Their epring styles of carpels are now being Teceived, which they will sell oheaper than any house in Chicago. Itwill pagallto call and examine beforo purchasing clse- where. Houase, Sign, and Fresco Painting. Thomas Neleon, No, 74 East Adams street, near State, would call the attention of his patrons and tho public at large to tho fact that he hss cngagod Mr. R 1. Stewsrt, formerly with P, 3L Almini & Co., to act in the capacity of foraman: He is also prepared with the best of men and material to do frescoing, csloi- mining, and painting in all its branches at the moss reasomable prices, Tom also makes » specialty of sign-paintiog and gilding on glass. Lipman Again. To-morrow at 10 a, m., st Butlers' new suction rooms, corner Wabash avanue and Madison street, Lipman ogain selisall his forfeited pledges to the ‘highest bidder for cash ozly. At this sile Lipman will offer all his fine gold and silver watches, dia- ‘monds, chains, jewelry, and other goods on hand. At this sale wll be offered extra inducements to parties Daving ready cash, for the reason no credit is given. el s To Merchants. The atfention of merchsnts intending to chamge Jocatiors or to commence business the 1st of May, ix called to the elegant new stora 167 and 169 Lake street (Minnesota Block), building 49x150, which will be rented on favorable terms. Frisbie & Rappleye, No. 170 LaSalle etreet. e Merchant Tailoring. Judging from the large and select stock of stylish sultings, coatings, overcoatings, sud trouserings which Ordway & Newland havo received for spring and summer wear, we should say that they were expecting 8 very large trade. Thelrnumberis 209 West Madison, e The Atlantic & Pacific Railroad arelaying outa new town on thelr rosd in Webster County, Mo, You can gecure o lot fn this new and promising place for merely the cost of making and re- cording » deed. No taxes for thres years. General gency, No. ¢9 Dearborn street. Boys for Offices. Business men should call st the oftice of B. B, Bry- ant's Chicago Bustness College and English Training- School when in want of an ofiice boy. A better selso- tion can be made there thaa by sdvertising for ana. Lundborg’s California Water for toilet and bath ; delightfully{ragrant and refreshing REFINED AND BEAUTIFUL. Such ‘Is the Class of Art-Work which Chicago Furnishes to the World, This City the Home of g Cnique and Strikingly Original Establish- ment, Designs and Material for the Marble and Stone Workers of Eva:y Nation. An Interesting Tour Through a Re- markable Instifution. 3 'The jaunts of Tme TRmMUNE representatives in quest of the novel and beautiful ere often praductive of the choicest of fruit. The steady, wwift growth of the city, and the matked prog- ressof its dwellers ins taste and love forall that is harnionious and artistic, lcads vack: day to new and ploasant surprises for those whoes misgion it is to look up these evidances of ad- vaaciog culture. A TRmuse delegate has re- cently inspocted an establishment deveted to the furtherance of COBRECT ARTISTIC JUDGMZNT at home and abrosd; an establishment wkich, spite of its importance ana influence, is Getter known, perhaps, to the outside world than o tho dwellers within our own municipal cocfnes. How many residents of Chicago ara tware of tha fact that this city furnishes the msjor por~ tion of designy and models for the stone-werkers and marble-cutters of the United States, Canada, ond parts of Europe? Such is not only the case, but it is further true that the tools and general paraphernalia for the professiou in ques- tion are mostly sent ont from here, the business of furnishing these with the desigus, models, etc., having been built up by the energy, fore- sight, and good, solid sense of & single indi- vidual. T'he porthwest corner of Randoloh and Hal- sted streets i & Macea toward which artistic pilgrims may journey with the certainty of find- Ing & vasc denl that is ngroesble, interesting, and satisfactory. A THE PLACE is just far enough removed from the hurly- burly of common trade to allow the quiet 50 essential for the perfection of high artistic ef- fort, and nt tho same time escape tha extortion- ate rental inevitable to an instivution of such magnitude if locatad in the very heart of the city, At the same timeitis within the casiest of ‘accoss to its patrons, who in a few minates’ time can find their way to ita plenssnt interior from any botel in Chicago. In location, asin all its other festures, the establichment attests the excellent judgment of its founder and prin- cipa] proprietar. ) _ The place in question 18 the extensive design- ing, prnting, and trade-turnishing officas atd workrooms of Nichols & Co., publishers of the Reporter, ond deslers in marble aod stone workers' material, plaster, and terra-cotta goods. The projector and successful organizer of the busineas nhich has hore grown o such impos- ing dimensions i8 3B. FBANK M. NICHOLS. Tux TRIBUNE ropresentative found Mr. Nichols a frabk, hearty gentlemsn, brimming with healthy good nature and vigor, poesessed of 5 full, straighttorward knowledge of what he was sbout, and bubbling over with characteristic Weatern vim and spap. He was cordial in hiy Toception of his visitor, and piloted bim genially through the various depertments of the place. The visit was peculiarly entertaining and 1n- stractive, and & transcript of what was seen and noted will prove of unusgal interest to our readers. Here are found models of all the famous statuary of tho world, heads and sections of every Veous, Apollo. Mercury, et al., known to the records of art. Besides theee, there may be seen zamberless § NEW DESIGNS in plaster, terrs cotta, etc., models of which are fornisbed to the trade in every part of the land. Facilities for perfecting nes designs and repro- ducing the standard ones abound here, and the place is the point irom which radiates besutiful models for the cunning chisels of artists all over the United States. Plaster imagery is also a featnre of this department, and superb casts for house and church decoration are kept on ssle. These are uone of sour malformed abgur- dities such a8 are poised on the hezds of wander- ing Ttalian paddlers, or displayed in ths orduary ron of plaster-image stores, but are admirable copics of approved studies from the anuque or reproductions of the highest examples of mod- arnart. ORNAMENTAL FLASTER-WORK of every kind is elso represented here. Messrs. Nichols & Co. design, mauufacture, and eell the most complete and ornate assortment of centre- pieces, modallions, cornices, pauel-work, pend- aots, ete., on this continent. These are con- ceived with exquisito taste, and fashioned with an elegance and parity of workmanship inyolv- ing the daintiest efforts of the most rccomplizhed of kculptors. Examples of the work ore dis- played in_tho broad light of one of the mein- stores, instead of being shown in soms gloomy, subterranean spot, a8 is usually the case elge- where. The centre-piecesand other ornamental plaster work turned out by this estsblishment is unequaled in Americs, and nusurpassed by even the most finished of Earopean designs. liius- trated catalogues of the plaster work are fur- nished to all who appls. + Probsbly the most famous and widely known {feature of this estabfishment is * THE DEPORTER,” An attractive, elegantly-printed twelve-page jonrnal devoted 1o the interests of marble and stone workers. This paper is izsued monthly, and bas been published regularly since June, 1863, It_ie printed upon charmingly-tinted paper, 20d filled with readable extracts, perti- pent and forcible editorisle, aud an admirable showing of well-srranged advertisementa, The Reporter hias a cosmopolitan fame. It reaches every section of the United States and Cauvada, aud large numbers of it are mailed to regular subscribers in Europe. It is the enly journal of its kind in the world, and is a pronounced euccess in _every detail. ‘The sbrewd sepse of 2Ir. Nichols esw what a romising _snd untrodden journalistic field ay in this direction, and he has flled it 80 com- fotely that opposition is out of the question. % moots the demands of & vast and wide-spread | class of readers, and is conceded authonty in eversthing pertsining to stone and marble work. Esch number, in addition to its original and selected reading matter, contains litho- graphed plates giving new monumental azd tombstone designs, 80 that every marble-worker taking the paper receives evory month novel patterns and ideas that he could not otberwise obtumn without a very heavy ontlay. In fact, the Reporter is, in all essontials, thriving, go- ahead journal, having a mission of high im- portance to achieve, and achieviog it in vigorous and artistic fashion. THE LITHPGBAPHING AND PRINTING of hus excollent paper,.as well as of_his designe, price-lists, catalogues, etc.. is all dono in {lus building under Afr, Nichols’ immedinte super- vision. ~ He has an sccomplished corps of art- {uts, apecial designers, paintors, model makers, and plaster makers. actively employed, and new desigus sud idoas are continually Leiog evolved. The plece, indeed, 18 & buge studio whero ar- tistic novelties are conatantly springing into ex- iateaco. The firm deals extensively in all the books baving any bearing upon the stone and marble cutting trade. Catalogues of these are formard- ed .to all who apply. Besidea the books, the also carries full stocks of every description of tools required in the professions mentioned, while its sgsortment of terra cotts ornamental work, such s figure-pieces, vases, pedestals, flower etands, pendants, sud tazzas, is immeasnrably superior to enything in the West. The inspection of the establishment, which consista of three great stores and two large basements, besides the offices and work-rooms, satisfiod Tae TRIBUNE representative that it was the most exteusive and varied place of its kind in existence. The whole institution is managed with PERFECT SYSTEX, and the pleasant yet Srm control of the master hand is perceptible throngh every portion of the lsce. D erowning glory of the place. to which only the more favored visitors are shown, ara THE PRIVATE APARTMENTS OF 3B, NICHOLS. Theeo open off ona of tlie main stores, and i, refined Jaxury of fumnishing and elegance of every grest snd little appointment. have no equals aven in thid city of superb home decora- tion. TaE TRIBUNE delegate haa had the good fortune to inspect the interior adornments of ‘some of the moat palatial residences in this and other countries. But nmeme of them contain gingle Apartments basing the richness of design, and Javish attention to every detail of ornamen- tation, whicls charactecize Mr. Nichols® private room. 1t is & perfect bijon, blending in rich profasion every grace and beauty wlich absolutely correct ariistic taste could suggest and an unetinied purse commsnd. Tho carpet, walls, and ceiling are richly embellished, yet in thorough barmony with each other, while the magniticent hangiogs, superb pictures, crystaline a8 peadacts, elabol ately-upholstered furcitare, charming statnary and countless objecta of rare coat snd cleganca, unite to make s perfect littie condensed palace of an apartment. In this regal retreat Mr. Nichols proves him- 8elf aprince of hoats. There are the finest of cigars, and wine of old and delicions vintages. for thoes of his friends who choosa to partake. For thoss who do nat, a survey of the beantiful room and its admirablo sdornments, and & chat upon ‘art or current topics with Mr. Nichols, is pleasant entortsinment enough for anvbody. THE ZROAT-SPEEAD BUSINENS and handsome establishyent have bsen created throngh tho ssgacions cnergy and under tne wise administration of r. Nichols. There is no business, counting in all ita branches, similar to it inthe world. Like Chicago, it is grand avd solitary. Pocaliar qualifications were re- quired to bmld it up, and those qualifications were possessed by Mr. Nichols alone. His go- nius and close application to business have ro- sulted in creating & trade which permeates tha entire country and reaches across the Atlantia to oiher {ands. He hasa right to be proud of hial:}nccess, and Chicago hes a right to be proud of him. NEW TRADE PALACES. Two of the Most Elegant Office-Build~ ings Yet Erected in Chicago. Interesting Mentions of the Structures and Their Principal Qccapants. THE WRENN & MEEKER BUILDING. This superb structure, Nos. 95and 97 Dear- ‘born street, is a fine example of the modern Gothic, nxd is imposing and ornate without and elegant and welt-lighted within. It is owned by John H. Wrenn, of tbe firm of John H. Wreno & Co., buokers, No. 96 Washington street, and A. B. Meeker, of the firm of A. B. Meeker & Co., dealers in pig-iron, gteel rails, etc. Nearly the entire building i already rented, thougl a fer fine %n}ces cu the fourth floor remain unoe- capied. A. B. MEEGER & CO. The firm of A. B. Mecker & Co., which holds foremost position among the heavy dealers in pig-iron, rails, etc., has taken oae of tho haad- somest and most _convenient offices in this bulding. Messra. Meeker & Co. represent a number of the leading farnaces and iron-mitls, baving the sole agency for tho Joliet Iron and Bteel Company; the Green Bay iron Compauy, of Green Bay, Wis.; the Nationsl Iron Compa- ny, of De Pere, Wis.; and the Menomineo Iron Company, of Menominee, Wis. A firm which has Lisndled pig-iron to the extent of close upon 100,000 tons, and from 60,000 to 70,000 tons of steel and iron rails, is 10 positivn to afford its customers advaotages not to be locked for in smaller concerns. Thero Are no canceras in this or any other country more favorably located for their work than the great furnaces cun- trotled by Mesars. Meeler & Co. The Wissousin furnaces are in the héart of the ore-producing country, and their products aro pronouuced favontes everywhero with tho manufacturers of Begsemer steel-rails, car-wheels, agricultural implements, etc. TOE JOLIET IRON AND STZEL COMPANT ‘haa ita Chicago headguartera in this fine build- ing. The Compauy manufacturcs ron and steel radls, frogy, ewitclies, crossings, etc., avd in capacity and facilities 13 unsurpassed by suy compaoy 1 the United States. The Hon. W. S. Brooks is Prosideint, 1. E. Bigelow 18 Secrotary and Treasurer, aud tue list of Director ludes men of the highest business position in Chi- cago, Jotiet, St. Louis, sud elsewher +*THE BUSINESS-MEN'S UNI occupies the basement oftizes of No. 97. This is o novel and common-sense uuion of busi- ness-men to procars intormation regarding each other, and for mutusl protection, with head- quarters in New York, under the management of Fanse, Hershberger & Co. The pian is to furnish subscribers jocls concermag business- men, taken dircct from the official records. Thio simphties the Commercisl-Agency systom vastly, for the quarterly repotts of the Union thus ‘give only tlie names of businces parties who are incombered. So excellent i3 thud meothod that the New York oftico has secured 16,000 subscribers in threo years' time. The Union attends to collection at minimum cost, while it is prepared to losa moncy on commer- cial paper and resl estate. Eaving presont con- trol of upwards of £100,000, which i3 bere in bank, it can accommodate barrowers with little delay. 7. D. BLRVEY. This gentleman, who has been long snd favor- ably known in the leading business and financial circles of the Weat 68 one of the most siraighi- formard and respected of Chicago's citizens, has taken handsome and convenient qusrters iz this building. e has large, double otices on the tirat loor. Mr. Harvoy's facilities for transactiog 8 mort- gage-loan and real-estate business sre peculcly advantageons, being agent for sosveral Eastern capitalists, parties with ready and ample means. aud in prepared to negotiate loans at the most favorablo rates. FLEDERIC GLLMANN. Mr. Frederic Ullmaon, prominently kpown as 2n able attorney and conuselor at law, will Lere- after have bis offices in Rooms Nos. 11 and 12 in this building. ¥. . WARNER, 2 attorney ot law znd solizitor of patents, isin Room No.15. He is qne of the leading and most succeesful patent practitioners of the West. WALTEIL BURNEAX, attorney sna_coungolor at law, bias his offices in Rooms Nes. 5 and 7. b e P THE SEARS BUILDING. The commodious and attractive structure recently finished at Nos. 99 and 101 Washington street, is owned by the David Sears, Jr., estate, of Boston, represented berc by r. Thomas Lyman, Room 17 Portland Block. Theunrivaled location of the building has already Recured for it occupants of the highest business position and character. A few very desirable offices re- main unrented, and we commend them to par- tiea in search of firat-ciaas accommodations. AMONG TUE LEADING OCCUPANTS of this fine structure is Mr. Merril Ladd, finan- cial agent for the tvanston banking-hause of Merril Ladd & Co. The New York Mutual Life-Tosurance Com- pany and Brewster & Reed have also taken querters in the building. T. B. FARRINGTON, CONTRACTOR, Room 8, Nos. 99 and 101 Washington street, has for ten yesrs been mora extensively engaged in the construction of water-works in various Western cities than_apy other party doing busi- ness at this point. He 18 at present executing & contract at the City of Logan=port, Ind., smount- ing to about 100,000, and Las recently compiet- ed large contracts at Grand Rapida, Mich., Ce- dar Rapids, [a., Minneapotis, Minu., and South Bend, Ind.. with lesser ones at Goshen, Ind., ud Sycamore, L. . His facifitiss for suppisini partial or complate works of any size are ampie to secure prompt execution of any contract he undertakes, and, 88 direct agent of maoufactur- oru, hio 18 prepared to promptly 6l orders for cast-iron gas and water-pipe in large or mall quaotities at Jowest ratos. 3.3. C. GILLESPIE, whose office is at Room 9, represents prominent Fastern capitalists, and always has cash on hand to loan upon improved real estate. He aleo buys and sells oxtensively in local dtocks. He trans- acts s general real-estate business, having ex- ciusive charge of several large estates. Faur dealing and absolute satisfaction to all his cuw- tomers are the characteristics of bis method of busineds. THE CHASE ELEVATOR COMPANY, architects of grain_elevators, occupies Rooms 95,26, 27, and 20. This Company i composed of the 1nventors aud patenteea of the celebrated Chase plan of elevators. Call or send for de- scriptive circalar. 30BN P. WILSOX, a well-known member of the legal brotherhood, has also taken commodions and attractive offices in 5h;sl.buildmg. aud wilf be found in Hooms 21 an e R e e e e H. 0, X'DAID, attorney and counselor at law, will hereafter be found by his many friends and clients a2 Booms 21 and 22 in this superb building. B. G. SPAPFORD. Thia well-known gentleman and legal counsel- or ozcapiea offices in Room 16. —_———— St. Elmo Bar. P. D. Collins, popularly known in the liguor and cigar business, has purchased the St. Elmo bar, 145 Dearborn street, and stocked it with the finest quali- ties of wines and liquors. Persona desiring aaything inthe aboveline will not regret having called at the St Elma. . ORI g —— ‘Without a Rival. “The very best orzan yet invented is the msgic-stop organ, made by the New Era Organ Company. It is far ahead of any Organ We ever befers saw or heard, 2nd we advise all who wish such, an instrument, per- fect in all parta, and possessing qualities nons others possess, to send for a descriptive circular, or ta call at their rooms, 39 Clack street, and ses something fn the line that takes the lead of any similar tnyentson® _Merchant Tailoring. H. Grakam has just received his spring importes tions, which ke will maXe up &t very moderste pricat for cash, only it 18 mot necessary to eay auything 13 to the get p of bis garments, 24 1t s a wall-known, fact thers {s mone betzer. No, 121 East Lakw sosb. one door from Clark. ————— Pianos for the Million. The Humming Bird, the best-toned small piane ta. market. Just tho thing for your cottage or small par- lors. Wearealso agents for the fsmous Harelton, For saleorreat. Pelton & Pomeroy, 231 Stale street. Ladies, Call 28248 Wabash avanue and get a dreas-reform oorse} mads for you. Itis by far the most elegant-iting corset now made. Call and ses them. Lady canvas- sens wanted, Appiy 245 Wabash avenue, When a Man Empties His Coat Pockets and findv a letter his wife gave him ¢o msfl :I'? ‘weeks 1(::‘;&6 only way to keep pescs in tha fami- y it to send home the new “ Domestia™ sbs has bess wishing for 4o long. & = The Best Photographs Chicagoars mads Ly Gentils, the Italixn phstog- rapher, who mikes n specialty of crayons and cal- ored portraits, Laving the very best £ mak. ing artlstlc work, i el t ——— Fashionable **Suits™ that Even Cook & McLain anmot * fix up ” seem to be troubling our gunts who Bave been ** crooked " in the yast, All others cleansd, Tepairod, and dyed at 60 Dearborn street, e el Silverware. Oriog to the accumulation of silver, Giles, Bro. B Co. and other large manafacturers bave reduced the ‘price of silverware for table use about 10 per cant. Oronized Ox-Marrow for the Hair, by Buck & Rayner, makers of tha *Mars " Calogne, What Is moro common o distreasing than a bilions sttack? Who fs not familiar with the well-known symptoms, oppression acroas the stomach and chast, low spitits, restlessuess, gloominess of mind, weari- Dess, dufl headache, dirty. greasy appesrance of the skin, yellow tinge of the white of the eyes, loss af ap- petife, and costiveness 2 Fow, indeed, of the more ordiniry ills of life are more widely prevalent thaa these billous disorders, and yet they may resdily be got rid of bv nsing Dr. Jayne'a Sanative Pills, by whose operation the liver will Le rapidly restored o healthy sction, the vitiated secretions of the stomach changed. all costiveness remaved, and the whole system asalsted in vecovering its normal condition. i e BUSINESS NOTICES. Economy, health, comlorg, and pere sonal ppearauce are favolved, D, McCheansys den- tal esiabisiunent has become the wost fashionable and ‘Fopular zesorc jo fhe vity. beat ull set gum toeth §33 rubher or coliuloid the same price. The finest gold £liings at one-third the meml rates. Warranted tem years, Satistaction or nioney refunded, ‘Three meoals were awarded at Vie enna, Philadelphaa, 3ud New York, to Heory Rocher, 721 Wabash avenue, Chicago, actist photogrepber, No. We have a large and elegant as- sortment of Cotton Underwear, Be- ing interested in a manufactory every plece is made especially for our retail’ trade, and of the best of Cottons; all are warranted perfect-fitting and well- made at prices cheaper than the same article can he made at home. It will be to your advantage to examine our stock, 25 we have many new stylee and desizns. Weare selling (slightly. goiled) Chomises and Drawers at $1,’ reduced from $2, $2.50 and $3, and- Night Dresses at $1.25. IHUTGHKIN, PALMER & G0, 137 & 189 State-st. ... CAROLINA RICE : BEST CAROLINA RICE, 13 pounds for $1.00, at _HICKSON’S, 167 South Clark-st. ____SEWING MACHINES. ___ «A DECIDED ADVANCE™ Judges’ Raport, Amer. Ins, Fatr. WILLCOX & GIBBS AUTOMATIC SILENT SEWING MACHINE. Awanded the grand the Americou Institate, . 1875, and the *Scott Legacy Medal.” of tue Franklin Inatitute, Oct., 1875, N0 OTHER SEWING MACHINEIN THE - WORLD § AN “AUTOMATIC TLENSION.” OR ANY OTHER OF IT8 OHABAQTERISTIO FEATURES. Correspondence aud investigation inyited, WILLUOX & GlHD .fl-‘.(‘l)- SHIRTS, MOODY. No man wall evor be MOODY who is ene joying the perfect azsc ond elegance obe tained by weudring our Shirts. ITARRIS & COBB, 171 South Clark-at. _ MACKEREL. ____ MACKEREL. 15 pound kits for $1.25, at HICKSON’S, 187 South Clark-st. BRAZILIAN PERBLE SPECTACLES Snited to all xights by 1uspection at MANASSE'S, Qg cian, 68 Madison-st. (Tribune Bulding). MISCELLANEOUS. . ARTIFICIAL EYES tion seut by express for patient to select from. Wheis- sale orders solicited. BYDNEY WALKEE & CO,, KNIFE PLAFTING, Pilaiters for zale. Price, $3. AR lee Plaitings made to ardar‘." BAZAR fl’[‘- TERN ROOMS, 255 Weat Madison-st. TOMATOES. 3-pound Cans $1.756 per dozen, at Louis, §7: G 33¢c, Oatmeal 355¢, HICKSON'S, 167 South Clark-st, . _FLOUE. ANNED CORN. $1.75 per dozen, at ‘The Best St. Louis, $8.50; Best Quincy TXAX i 9.9.9.0. TS ibleiiali HICKSON’S, 187 South Clark-6t, ‘Wiite Winter, $7.50; Very Chofcs St. CANNED CORN.