Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 20, 1876, Page 4

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THEATHE—Tandolph strest, belween Olark and LaSalle. The Callfornis Minstrels, MoVIOKER'S THEATRE—Madizon atrest betwosn Ee(;;l:omy:rgl Btate, Engsgemest of Jobn K, Owens. FARWELL HALL—Madison sirest, between Clark and LaSalls, Locturs by Prof. IL. A, Proctor, Sub- Joct : Iirth and Growtl of Worlds,” E@J&@Ibififi.fm@fibm ' Monday Morning, March 20, 1876. Colder and partly cloudy weathar is pro- dicted for to-day. At theNew York Exchange on Saturdny the dollar greonback ropresented 873@87§ conts. Onr New York speoinl this morning an- nounces the complete triumph of tho CoNE- z1xa wing of tho party ot the Republican primaries in tho oity, and odds that advices from throughout the Stata loave littlo doub »but that tho delegntion to the National Con- .vontion will bo jnstruated to cast the vote of ,the Stato for him for tho Presidoncy. If, na announcad, tho rosult of the primaries is to be accopted os a repudintion of tho Union +Lengue resolations, it will not tend to im- provo his prospects. Ministor Bcnexoex landed at Now York yes- (terdny, ond in vigorons phrase expressed his determinntion to forthwith proceed to Wash- Sngton ond vindicate himself sgainst the |* infemously and malicionsly.falso charges” ‘brought against him in connection with tho ;Emma Mine. Astoall which it should bo xemarked that AMr. ScoeNck hasroturned none too soon ; nor can ho too quickly vindieate himeself from tho charges which, availing him- golf of his diplomatic privilego, he avoided meoting §in {the British courts, the fairnoss of which ho confesses in his official corro- spondence. : Among the cases to be to-day decided by tho Supreme Court of tho United Statos is ono in which tho constitutionality of tho statutes of Now York, Louisiana, and California, impos- ing o tax upon immigrants, will bo passed upon. The tax ranges from $1.50 to $2 per <apita; in Now York, nominally, at least, is intonded to support’ tho immigrant station at Onstlo Gardon, hospital, ote. ; and, at S8an Francisco, is designed solcly a8 a barricr in some sort to shut out Chinose immigration, The constitutional point is as to the power of & Stato to put any restriotion or impost up- 9 immigration. St The Mnsues, husband and wifo, have, as will bo seen by roferonco to our ‘Washing- ton specials, accopted the assurance of fall immunity from prosccution oxtended them by the President, upon condition that they roturn and testify in the BEumvae case. ‘Without waiting for the papers to bo made out, they nccept the pledgo of tho Govern- mont, and wero to have loft Montreal last night, to arrive in Washington to.morrow morning, The bottom facts will now bo reached, and neither the imbocility nor con- nivance with crimo of Mr. Onymes's Commit. tco avails to balk tho investigation and pro- vent full disclosuro of the wholo truth relat- ing to tho DexeNar business, with all its Deraocratio adjnncts. — ‘Tho Bupremo Court of the United States will to-day render another docision in the ap- parently intorminablo caso of Mrs. Myna Crang Gaines, which of all cases in Ameri. cnn jurisprudenco soems most like JanNpyon and Jannoyoz, being brought back into the Court upon somo now point agein and ognin, nsoften a8 that plucky lady socures judgment Inber favor. It has been going on so for mora than a - quarter of a century, and yot, with ropeatod decisions in her favor, ahie has failod to secure posscasion of that vast estato worth millions in and about New Orleans, to . which sholays claim. Probably thero will bo en end to it some time ; and ag Mrs. Games i‘: fall of vitality, perhaps she may live to sco tont. * ' The eensational report sbout blackmail levies made by tho Scoretary of tho Trossury for campaign funds, during the Prosidential canvass of 1872, upon Iienny Crews, to bo repaid by advance information when gold eales wounld be mado, iy exploded by Mr. ‘BovrvieLy, then Socretary. He oxplicitly do- mics that while Becrotary ho ever wroto to -CLews, except upon Dopartment business ; that he ever asked Uews for campaign lunrls; and, in short, pronounces the wholo stary a fabrication, s the letter-press coples of all the correspondenco he had with Crews naw on filo in the Depanrtment will show. This canard it was which, according to the Democratie newspaper programme, waa to bo tho basis for the impeachment of Prosidont Ginany, Our report of the pulpit and rostrum will ‘bo found full of intorest this moming, The discourse of tho Rov. Ropesr Covvvenon the “Bermon on the Mount" i3 an excollent ser- mon on sermons 8s thoy aro and should bo, and la foll of sound observation and henlthy Chsistianity, Prof, Swmia’s scrmon on “The Bpiritual Atmosphere" isan cloquent, earnest appeal for a pure, higher lifo in all things, and containg sowmne pertinent suggestiona not inapplcable to the political corruption of * tho timed. There is also an acoount of the dedication of the Halsted Btreet Mothodist Chureh ; a tull report of the locture of tho Rev. Brooxs Hrurokp on *America gs Seen l'hfnngh en Fnglishman's Spectacles,” in which will be found soine judicions criticlsm ; ind tho lecture of Mr, Vocxx on *‘Faust,” The Chicago produce markets were goner. iy utrouger on Saturday. Mess pork was mare active and 200 per brl higher, closing hl‘ $22.27)@22.80 cash and $22.82{@22.36 for April. Lard was quito active and 100 por 100 s higheny closing at $13.50 cash and 810,62} for April. Ments wore in mod- erato demand and flrm, ot 8jc for boxed ghoulders, 12}c for do_short ribs, and 12}o for do short clonrs. Highwinea were moder- ately active and unchanged, at $1.04 por gal- lon. Flour was in good demand and firm, Whoat was notiva'nnd 1o highor, closing at ©1,023 for March and $1.03 for April, Corn s quict and @30 higher, closing nt 4330 for March and 48jo for April. Oats wore quiot and unchsnged, closing ot 830 for March and 843c for May. Ryo was firmer, nt G4jo. Barley was modorately active and strongor, closing ot 58jo for April or May. Hogs wora in small supply and eold 100 high- or than Friday, with the bulk of the trans- fors at $8.00@8.25. Catile woro quiet and unchanged—quoted at $2.60@06.50, There wore no receipts of sheop, and values were nominally stendy, at $4.00@0.00 for poor to cholce. Ono hundred dollars in gold would ‘buy $114.50 in grocubacks at tho closo. The effort to impench tho integrity of Secretary Brisow by ropresonting him as ‘having been onco involved in tho cotlootion of o dishonest claim against the Govornmont hes sigonlly falled. It transpires that tho claim wna as honest as any ever mado, and that Secrotary Bristow, having collected it a8 & practicing Inwyer, charged the rensonsblo and usual fea of 10 por cont for his sorvices. To stato the caso in briof, Gen. Tioxas near tho closo of tho Warmado a contract for 1,000 mules to pursue his military operations; bat, bofore all the mules wero delivorod, the War was over and they wero.not needed. Tho Governmont rofusod to takethe mules, though the contractors had purchased them, and, their claim, which was collocted by Mr. Buistow (who was their attornoy), was for tho differonce botweon the actual cost ‘of the mules and what they brought at private salo after the market was crowded with mules re- turned from the army service. The effort to misroprosent Mr, Batsrow in this matter is but one of asorics of nttempts that hava been mado without any botter success to blacken his record, nnd which have un. questionably boon prompted by tho Whisky Ring. As will bo soen from his letter published in our Doston special this morning, the Hon. TRrcmanp IL Dara has reconsidored his de- tormination to appear before tho Senato Committes on Foroign Affairs to nuswer tho chargo of litorary piracy urged sgainst him o8 gronnd for the rejection of his nomination to bo Ministor to Great Britain, To ‘be moro necurato, it scoms doubtful whother Mr. DanA formod such dotormination, though it waa3 50 aunounced, sinco he rocalls that inhis first lettor to Mr. Bourwens ho did not sk a Learing, but simply oxpressed the belict that the Committeo would not nct adversely upon er-parts testimony,. With somo heat, not unnataral under thé circum- stances, though perhaps in question- able taste, ho states that tho Comunittco did hear the tostimony ez-parts of two of his “onemies” (Bex Burren and Witrian Braon Lawnence); octed on that testimony nd. versoly, without inviting him to presont his oxplanation; and, only at the instanco of third partics, agroed that ho might be licard, if ho desired, to-morrow. Upon this stato of the caso ho doclares thero is nothing could induco him to go to Washington to defend his honor befors 8 body which has prejudged and convicted him. At tho samo time, ho will not ask that his nomination bo with. drawn, but leavo it to take its course in the Senate. Ono rosult of it is, that the feud between the Bourrem and anti-Borren Re- publicans in Mnassachusetts rages with ro- doubled fufy. ‘WANTED, FOBE PREBIDENT, At no timo within the last half-centary has it boen 8o ovident on tho cvo of a Prosi- dential election 08 now that tho success of parties must dopond essentinlly upon tho public confidenco in tho unquestioned hon- eaty nud personal rectitudo of the candidato, and upon his absolute freodom from all sympathy for, or connection with, tho grave orrors and follies which have nroused the in- dignation and have cxhausted thoe pationco of "the Amorican people. R 1t is usoless to soy that A, B, G, D, and E have nover been convioted of fraud or cor- Tuption in office, and that justice demands that they shall bo held immaculate until their guilt be ostablished by law. That rulo is wholly innpplicable in the sclection of a Ropublican candidato for the Presidency of 1876, The Republican party owes a duty to tho country highor thny it does to any individual, no motter who that individual may.be, nor how eminont his nbil- itics, how variod his oxperienco, noe yalusblo his past services, Tho Ropublican party is something clso than an organization to vindi- cato individnals who noed vindication, or to rehabilitato those whoso garmenta have bo- como soiled, Its present duty is to vindicate itsclt by cutting looso from overy man, and faction, and interest, and influencs, which in public cstimation may bo traced to an nsso- uiul:ou with the unfortunate and disgracoful past. We do not proposa to locats responsibili- ties. Mr. Berxwar, the Becrotary of War, Lias disgraced himsolf and the country by open and notorious robbery, It is uscless to goy that tho responsibility exclusively per- tains to tho crimingl, Mr, BeLenar's crime unfortunately does not stand alone, It con- splcuously marks and illustrates the crim- iual laxity ond seandalous profligacy of o systom of civil service whoso corrnption is a8 wide-sprond and s radical as its admin- istration is discreditable ‘o the nation, Tho grost barrier which the Constitution has thrown around the civil sorvice, to protect its purity and enforco responsibility, hnsbeon thrown down, and tho logislative herd has mado the clvil service a common pasture for theirboasts, Looso personal morality, looser ofitcial morality, have becomo general; the opinion Las gained strongth that it Isno crimo to plunder the Governfhent; and it Lna beon extonsively taught that a party in office shonld facilitato as far as posaible the oppor- tunities of its own mombors to botter their privato fortunes, Tho Republican party in powor has had to contend against theso in. sidious as woll a3 open assailants, It could no more refuso to encounter them than it could any other publio enomy, It wes a3 reaponsiblo for any weakness in tho face of theeo assailanta ay in tho faco of any othors. How farit has beon succesaful is now an bistorical fact, upon which the country Las formed n very decided and uoalter- ablo opinion, We will uot dusignate where thera has been want of energy, skill, or integrity equal to the demands of the hour. All that is patent. 'What we wish to say is, that the Republican candi- date for Presidont in 1876 must bo known to tho whole people to bo fres from all taint or question of respousibility for anything in tho past that haa the falutest odor of woak. THE OHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1870, noss, corruption, or oquivocotion in the ad- ministration of the Government, the distri- bution of patronage,_or the sooial demorali- zation of tho nation. FPlatforms cannot supe ply confidence, Tho people will ask, *Who ia tho man ?” and if the man bo a part of tho things nnd times which tho people havo already dotermined ehall now pnss away for- over, then such a man mny as well select his place in obscurity nt once, The Republican party is responaible for the ncta of tho last cight years so far as the Republican party in Convention in Juno next sball. by tho scletion of a candidate connoot tself with tho affairs of thoso eight years, Thero is a leglon of mon who in that time have, justly or unjustly, incurred the distrust and reproach of tho country, They have hung on tho skirts of tho party, and love been too frequently carried when they should have beon cast off. Out of this policy, a natural result of the corrupt civil servico, have sprung tho corruptiona in Oustomeliouscs, corruptions in tho Indinn sorvico, corruptions in tho postal servico, corruptions in tho internal rovonua servico, corruptions in tho paymont of Btato daims, corruptions in the military nnd naval sorvico, corruptions in the District of Columbis, corruptions of Senatqra and Ropresontatives, and finally reaching to tho ante-chambor of the Executivo office and dis- gracing & momber of the Cobinet. Botween that record and the Republican party the Republican Convention of 1874 must draw a line of separation so broad and 50 deep that thoro cannot exist even in tho imaginntion n coonecting sympathy or re- spect., That line must not bo drawn by reso- Intion, by platform, or cloquont and high- sounding phrases, Thoso will neithor do- colvo nor satisfy o' resolute and dotermined people. It must bo done, and it can only bo done, in the nomination of the candidate. I thero a statesman in the Republican party, with tho ability and lenening qunlifying him for tho office, whoss nomiuation will of itsolt bo such a soparation from all the past that the conntry will accept him upon his own character and lis own record os tho boginning of a now era in political morality, and of & now ndministrn. tion of nntional affairs, in which the Excen- tivo and tho party will bo publio agonts, free from tha trials and trammels of personal en- tanglements, and burdened with tho vindica- tion or dofense of no persons or factions? Such ia tho man.who should bo nominated nt Cinoinuati. ENOW-NOTHINGS, 1t is protty ovidert that o majority of the Common Council have not tho slightest con- cern, and scomingly not the remotest knowl- cdge, of tho calomity in the city finnnces which is ingvitable, aud which may tako do- cided form ot sny moment. The Council nota In such o manner aa to leava tho impres- sion that tho Mayor and Council avo pro- foundly ignorant of the actual fiscal situa- tion, Thoy go on appropriating two million and moro for salaries nlone, and they do not soem to e swaro that therc’ is no monoy with which to pny thoso salaries, and none to bo hnd, now or horeafter. Tho city bns to pay, by tho 1st of July, 24,025,080 of losn certificates, Tho city has no money, and will have no monoy, with which to pay these. The most tho Comptroller ean hopo to ac- complish is to have theso ronowed; thnb is, oxtended a fow months. Tho city has in ad. dition to poy, July 1, $466,000 intorest on tho bonded dobt, and its current pay-rolls to July will bo 91,200,000, For theso thore is no money. To meot them, tho Comptroller will have to issuo more cortiflcates of dobt and borrow monoy. Will he be able to do g0? Borrowing monoy is nof payment, It is only postponing tha day of reckoning and eatastropho. 3 The city had on tho 1st of January a nom- inal array of $8,252,160 unpaid taxes. Of these, the ante-fire taxes, amounting to £400,- 000, mny bo considered as lost. Binco then, sbout $1,000,000 of tho tax has been col- leoted. This would reduco the assots io 6,750,000, of which 8900,000 ara for personal taxes running back to 1872, Though thocity hna the machinery of a Collector's offico, no effort is mado to collect these taxes, and per- ‘haps $700,000 of thom will bo lost throngh tho imbocility of the Colleator, who is sald to bo ngain o candidato for ro-cloction. This ro- duces the array of uncollected taxes to tho 6,000,000 dvo on_real property, including taxes of 1875. Of theso over $1,100,000 of taxes of 1874 is tiod up in an appeal to tho Buprema Court, Though the only source of revonuo is these back and upaid taxes, no of- fective effort is being made to collect any of thom. Imbecility rules, Tho city holds $500,000 of tax-sale cor- tificates. Why aro not theso put on the mar- ket? Why aranot the delinquenta offered tho cortificates in oxchange for tho over-duo taxes? Why aro thoy not in some woy con- vertod into cash ? The city tax salo of ronl catate for taxes of 1876 will nat coms off un- til noxt Boptembor. The .tsx sale has no terrors now for any delinquent. Tho law en- couragos the non-payment of taxes, It is truo thoro may be voluntary payment of taxes botwoen now and August; butif all the real estate taxea of 1876 were now paid into tho Treasury, the amount would not satlsfy by over a million the paper which will be then due. Whatthen? How is tho city to Lo supported from July, 1876, until August, 1877, when the taxes of 1877 will be pny- able? But the taxes of 1875 will not bo paid by July next. 'L'ho maturing oity paper will not be patd. Creditors may ba compeliod to re- nowi t, but it, togother with tho millions of other paper to bo issued in the meantimo for the support of the city, will fall duo in De- comber, and what then? Instead of §5,000,- 000 there will bo $8,000,000, and no moro moans to pay any part of it than there is, now. Yettho Mayor and Council do not understand that thore Is anything the matter with tho city financos. i3 A ——— Another Democratio Presidential aspirant, the mout prominent of ‘them all, Henpnioks, is well on tho way to joln Gzonox I Pr- DLYTON, A correspondont of the Cincinnati Gazetle, in rvocontly writing up Hewnpaioxs, incautiously observed to the effact that, with all Hexnonioss' political sinuosities, no taint of personal dishonesty attached to him. Thoroon somebody sut that correspondent upon track of tho facts, and ho hns folt com- pelled to take it back, and publishes an in- torview with Gen. MoGuixies, o well-known, responsible citizen of Indianapolis, who divulges the facts, which, it not quick. ly folly answered, will not leave enough of Hexonioxs for a stigma to bo fastened to, ‘They relato to the Indianapolis Water Works Ring, which began operations by pl ing §250,000 of their stock “ where it woul do most good,” under which gratuitous dis. tribation $85,000 of it fell to tho share of Gov. Hezxprioxs, Hxnpricns, as @ Direotor of the Company, then voted for sale of $100,- 000 of the water-works bonds to en Indian. apolis bank at 07} conta ; voted to buy thom back nt par i, and then voted to soll them to Diroctors’ Ring, of which he waan momber, nt 70 conts,—nll which wasdouc. Hoalso, 88 Director, voted $10,000 to bimeelf and onch of ho other Ring Dircotors for their valuable sorvices in gnaranteoing payment of intercst on the bonds. Altogother it roads very liko & chaptor out of Erie, and Hmyoniors’ part s most like that of Jax Gourp, savo that Gourp oocasionally risks his own monoy, whilo Hgx- pniogs did not risk a ponny. According to tho ofernnl fitness of things, Hexprioke should be the Tammany Ring's candidato for the Presidency. COIN OERTIFIOATES, A fow days sincs, T'un 'I'nisune criticised on its morits tho proposition of Senator Poar to possa Inw making groonbnoks ro- coivable in payment for duties, and pointed out tho ruinous embarrassments sure to re- sult to tho Government from such a law, and tho inducoments to importers to deprocinto groonbacks, rather than enhanco their valee, if thoy could pay their dutiea in theso notes. To this a rag-baby nowspaper roplics by o specious and dishonest statomont,—ns dis. Thonest in o journatatio sonso na forgery is in a commorcinl trapsaction. In ita offort to porsundo the ignorant that dnties are not now pnid in gold, it makes tho following decoptive statement of the caso: The official Teport of reccipts for duties at New York from Jan. 1 to March 10,1870, shows that of £20,012,210 paid sn for doties accruing at New York only $1,005,000, or less than ono-twentioth, was @old in fact, Nearly all payments for coln fn‘crest, snd most of the payments (reportod os gold) for called bonds, wora alfo fn gold paper, And it is ten ycara sinco tho easy-going dovica to dodgo gold was put in oporation,— a devico which the Unitod States Treasuror's report for 1808 pralaca 8 s very convenient medium of 0x- chiang, without cost or charge of suy kind.” As good ns greonbacks, in fact] * Ag good ag grooubncks | " Just as much better than groonbacks ng gold is botter than groeubacks, Tho writer of tho nbove know porfoctly well that the “ papor” it spoaks of consists simply of certificatos of gold doposit. By o law of 1803, the Government agreod to tako spocial doposits of gold for safa keeping in suma of not less thon $20, aund to issuo cortificates therofor. This Iaw also provides that theso cortificates shiall be recpived by tho Government in payment of duties, which, being racoived thorofor and csunceled, the gold on doposit is transferred to the Govern- ment, 08 o matter of conrso, It is simply o system of specinl deposita to insure the safe keoping of gold, and facilitate its transfor. A merchant having $100,000 to pay in duties may take his own cortificatos for gold that ho hod doposited with tho Troasury, or ho may purchasa o certificato bolonging to gome one clso, ond tonder it for daty. It is nccopted, of course, and the 100,000 of gold it ealls for in the Treasury threaftor remains tho property of the Government, and not of tho individual 1t will boscen that tho payment is procisoly tho samo 08 if tho coin itsolf had been paid, for the moment the certificates are paid in, tho coin for the pamo aidount which had been on specinl doposit becomes the property of tho Government, and is used for the payment of intorest on bonds or in any other way it sees fit. Tho transaction is oxceedingly sim- Plo, and precisely tho stme agif tho gold had Leon paid directly. In fact, it is nothing but a payment of gold, tho gold having been pro- viously deposited with the Government for safo keoping. All this must hove been known to the rag-baby orgnn whon it tried to botray its ronders into tho belief that tho duties were now paid in a curroncy equivalent to groon- backs. Tho dovice was entirely worthy of on avowed advocato of a diskonest monetary systom, THE REACTION THAT DOESK'T BET IN, Though they have industriously addled thelr wita in the effort, the Domocratio -lead- ers and newspaper organs cannot account for it that tho BeLENA® exposuro waa followed by an incrensed Ropublican majority in Now Hnmpshire, ss, in Maino, woro tho Whisky- Ring exposures, The Beuxyar affalr, which the Dumocratic Committeo hastoned to ox- plode for effeot vpon tho New Hampshire canvass, provolied a prompt rosponse of pop- ular indignation which found expression‘in unqunlified condemnation of the corrupt Seoretary, ond an earncst domand that tho work of investigation be pushed most search- ingly into every dopartment of the publio sorvice, that no thioving offfeial might escapo oxposure and punishment, swift and relent- less, Tho Whisky-Ring'exposuros, too, laid outa row of political corpses as utterly be- yond possibility of resurrection 08 aro tho Crodit-Mobilior thioves. Tho work of inves- tigating is till in progress, and the whole public warmly scconds it and insists that it be thorough and unflinching. Yot with all the corruption dug’ up and brought to lght, implicating topub. lican officials, comes prompt popular indorse- ment, through the ballol-box, and more decisivo than.before, of the Ropublican party, 'The result hna bech aseribed, by Democratic dunderheads, to bribery, to popular indiffor- enco to corruption in office, and, in short, to well-nigh everything save tho truo causo. Tho publio -consolonce, instend "of bolng blunted, waa nover keensr and more sonsitive, ond {8 no leas unsparing toward Ropublican than Democratio thioves. It demands above all things, and in unoquivocal terwms, puritica. tion of the public servico, and that every depariment bo purged of thieves and thiove ory, Tho oxposuros thus far mado but om- phasizo in the public ostimation tho neces- sity for haatoning tho ‘work of purification, whioh Is undoubtedly tho grent business in our politics to<lay. But the great publie doeanot rush to intrust that work to tho Domocratic party, which, with ita amirched record, investigates to find out Repuhlican corruption, to the ond that, when the Domocratio rocord is clted, thoy may re- tort, ** You aro another.” The country isnot ot this juncture to bo diverted from the real situation by tho you-ars-another argument., ‘That is the argumont of the selfconvicted . thicf, and it fails to satisfy tho Awmerican peo- plo that the party which uses it is to be looked to, to rid us of corruption and dis- Lonesty, By what save that thloves' argu- mant does the Democratio party addrees itsel? to publio confidonco? What roform haa it carried out? What s ita policy upon any live question? What, with its overwhelming powor in the Ifonso, has it done or proposed yuption to reinforce the you-are-anotherar- gument ? It hoy disgraced itself by lamo en- deavors to hide Democratio corruption, which has beon struck at every stop in tho investi. gatlon in progress, Civilwervico reform: is scouted at by the ontire rank and file in their ocliaso after spoilsj and the economy in store for us, should the Democratio party capture the Administration, is illustrated by tho ap- palling total of War claims and cotton-clalms and claims of all sorts, for payment out of the National Troasury, of the Rebsl War losses. . At the pamo timo, Dapcoox, BrLENAP, to do, boyond hunting after’ Ropublican cor- Somexog, and tho zest pointed out as the con- spicnions examples of Ropnblican corruption, aro to-dny the consplonons examplea of tho inexorabla promptness with which the Repub- lionn party roquires derclict Ropublican offiolals to stop down and out ; and TRepub- lican voters approva the most scarching investigation, that overy Ropublican offlolal who hina betrayed bis trust may bo compelled to stop down nnd out. Bolong as this goos on,—and it will go on until every Republican under susploion is forced into n Lnck seat,— tho poople are not to bo porsuaded that, bo- cause BrurNAP was o thief, every Ropublican is o thiof, noither that in voting the Ropub- lican ticket thoy ratify and sustain thievery in office. 'Tho rosult of the investigations is to rid tho Repnblican party of thioving camp-followers, ond to bring to the front, to tako tho lond, honosty unimponchablo and the best brains n the party and in tho country. ‘Tho people cloarly porceive it; and, a8 in Maino and Now Hampshire, no mattar what may be dovelopod by investign- tions, will not hesitato in thoir choico botwaen tho porty that has the moral strongth to purify itsolf, and tho roactionary ex-Con- fedarate Domocracy, in whoso hands tho country inatinctively feola tho subatantial victorics of tho War would be insidiously fritterod nwi Thero is a grent denl of indignation felt in tho city at tho diotatorinl conrso pursued by Senator Loaa in regard to the nppointment of o sitccessor to Gen, Wensten, Tho Prosi- dont seleoted :the. Hon, R, P. DEBICKSON, whom ho knows porsonally, and sent his name to tho Senato, ‘It is understood that the Becrotary of tho Tressury heartily in- dorsed the Presidont's cholco as the xight man for the place. DBut Bonator Locan con- coived that the appointing power is vested in him and not in the President; thercfore ho objected to Drmrozso, not on any porsonal or politieal gronnds, nor that bo thought him an unfit man for the placo, but simply bo- causo ho clnimed the right, not only to con- firm or roject s Bonmator, bit to appoint algo. I8 it possible that our Bonator conceivos himsolf to bo Presidont already? However, his immediato constituonta sharply condomn his usurpation of power, and cen- suro his unwarrantablo interferonco with'the Exceutivo functions and dutics. Tho Senolor resides, it will bo recollooted, in the Fourth (now Third) Ward, which is one of tho pow- orful Republican Wards of tho city,—polling between 1,400 and 1,500 majority at tho Inst oloction. On Baturday ovening thero was a Iargo and enthusisstio meoting of the Ropub- lican Club of tho ward, AMr, 0. M. Henpen- goy in the chair. Among othor business transacted was the ndoption of resolutions of consuro ngninst thoso Illinois Republican members in Congress who interfored in tho appointment of Collector - for thia District. As it was Sonator Loaan who procared the intorference of outaido mombers, and as that foot was well known to the members of tho Club, tho Senator will have to take o liberal sharo of the copsure to himself, Tho reso- lutions weroy offored by Mr. B G. Kmmim, & prominent morchant, Thoy are as follows, and wero passod with every mark of cordinl nssont to the sentiments thoy oxprossed : ‘Wrznzas, Yt is currently reported that the Republl- can delogation in Congresa from Northern ILilinols Ravo recontly Intorfered in an appotntment to ono of tlis most important Federal offioes in our oity in & ‘mannor which wo belleve dotrimental to the publio fn torosia; thorefora Resolved, That this Club, sa Republicans, do con- demn sll such intorforenca s unwarrantablo and sub- verslvo of nll trae reform, . "o Theso resolutions’ not only express tho unanimous opinion of tho citizens of Senator Loasn'’s own ward, but also nine.tenths of the peaplo of tho entire city, irrespoctive of porty. ¢ = . L - The expos ] fico - Dopart ment have begun; thirotigh the testimony of & - mian nonivd BAsLOW, beforo a Congressional .Committee, This man Bantow is said to bo ‘thy hen d front of the Mail-Contract Ring, ogainst which Scoretary Jewern began war whon ho bocamo Postmsster-Goneral. Ban. zow's testimony so far ia to the effect that ho had paid out $50,000 to nman named Fannin for tho purposo of squelching a proposed in- vostigation into n contract that had been fraudulently obtained from tho Dopartment. Bazrow's testimony so far does not implicate nny of the mombors of tho Committeo, which consisted of Messrs. Fanxswontn, of Illinols ; Jomx Hrrr, of Now Jorsoy ; Grneny Twror- zrr, of Mossnchusetts; Sasven J. RaNpary, of Ponnsylvanin ; Omanes H. Ponren, of Virginin ; Szemun 0, Hovawroy, of Califor- nin; VAN Tsuar, of Ohio ; and Oannory, of Now York., Banzow snid ko ocould not re- member having been told whother avy of the $50,000 wont to any member of the Commit- tes, but only know that ho paid out the money and that the investigation was stop- ped. IHis testimony is to bo resumed to- day, ond it is possiblo that he may bo mora explicit after rofreshing his rocollection by his Bunday dovotions. Bo far tho rovelation ia chiofly significant s a sample of the corruption that existed in lot- ting mail-contraots, Banrow testifiod that his contracts were obtained by straw-bids, and under-bids which wore subsequently ‘withdrawn, thongh made by responsible pax- ties. Tholaw,is defoctive in this ltter prac. tice, as it opons opportunities for * buying off” biddors in such manner 08 to mnke tho Govornment pay tho highest pricos. Congress should pass a law which shall ron- dor this practice of “ruuning the soalo,” aa tho profossional contractors call it, impossi- blo for the futuro. As to the pnst, wo have no doutt that the frauds have been numer- ous and outrageous ever sinco the postal systom was establishoed, as it has boen full of opportunitics and tomptationa. Wo hopo that the investigation may bo pursued so as to cxposo and punish all the mon who can be reached; but it is atill moro important that tho law and practices in the Post. Oflce Department shall be so smendsd as to provent a continuation of these frauds, turn their books to the County Collector, and nccording to all procedont that will be the ond of the colleotion of personal taxes, The Rovenue law, howover, provides, Boc, 181, that ¢ County Colleotors shall have the same power nnd may procoed in the same mannor for the collection of any tax on real or per sonal property a4 is or may be given to Town or District Collectors.” Accordingly, Mr, Huok, tho County Treasurer, can now take up this business of collecting personal tax just whore the Town Collectors loft it off, ‘and during tho noxt fow months tum into the ‘I'rensnry some of the money £0 much needed by tho city, Thore are a great many persons, espocially in the North and West Towns, who have never beon called upon to pay their taxes, and whoroally do not know how much they owe. It would be well for the County Collector to have the names of all these de- tho residencea and the amount of tax. Cor. tainly after one-third of the city has been linquents published in printed lists, showing draggod for porsonnl taxes, tho other two- thirds ought to be required to contribute gomothing to tho genoral support. It ia tho Lounden duty of the Troasuror to follow up thoso dolinquents, Tho city nuthoritios should urgo it upon him, *“Iet no delin. quont esoapo,”—not evon MATTESON, Apparontly in downright earnest, tho Oin- cinnatt Commercial tokes the superfluons troublo of dofonding Mr. PENpLERON ngainst n chargo nbout which the publio caros nothing, and the dofenso to which does not touch tho real chinrgos ngainst him. That is 83 to tho division botweon himself and Lis sistor, Mrs. Bowrzn, and hor children, of tho® prooceds of tho Kontuoky Rnilrond claim. About thnt, somebody who hadn't read the news, and dida't know how Mr. PENDLETOR had convictod himsolf ont of his own mouth, questionod that ~entloman’s gonerosity in making the divil 'Tho Commercial having looked into the matter finds that it wos all in tho family, and being satisfactory to the par- tica concorned, outsiders have no reason to complain abontit. Undoubtedly; aud thore's" where the lntent sarcasm comes in, na por- baps the Commercial intended it should. That stalo, rojected claim was a robust stenl, Neither Mr. Pexpreron, Mrs. Bow- 1zn, het children, nor anybody olso, was ontitled to o penny on nccount of it. Buch boing the cnse, after Mr, PENDLETON had ongincored it through, what but noble gonerosity prompted him to divido the pro- coeds with his widowed sister and her chil- dron? Yot mora munificont was that gonor- osity of Gontlemnn Gronoe which lod him to go outsido the family and take in anothor widow, Mrs, Bowen,—now Berxnar,—and bo- stow on her $80,000 of tho amount filohed from tho Treasury on tho claim aforesaid. Nobody, in viow of the latter fact, will dis- pute the princoly gonerosity with which Mr. ‘Prypreroy disposed of the plunder. But tho fact romains that the claim was n stenl ; that Mr, Pexpreroy must have known tEat it was nstenl ; and that for that roason he paid n $30,000 bribo to secnro its allowanoe—tho which nails down tho lid of his politioal coffin, The Now York World is not impressed with ho Jato spssm of tendor condclenco exhibited in tho Americnn Sonate respocting tho rights of literary proporty : it proponea o rolect, saye the Jorld, tho nomination of Mr, Daxa sa Minister to England on the ground it o appropristed eomo of tha notes (unprotocted by sopyrightof anolnereditar of 4 Wikktox's Lawof fatfons,” although this virtuous body has sgatn and ‘apain refnsod to takoany achion for the protection of the litorary property nf English suthors whoae workn aro by Amorican publishers, to thie manifest injury forelgn suthors, whoeo Iabors aro thua habitually stolen, and of Amorican suthors, the valuo of whoso copyrighta_is ‘tm; or deatroyed by tho com- ion of theso silen productions, " Evon BIr. wazvcg docs not pretond (hat Br. DaNA tsken cent out of - hin pocket or added o cont to his own by the allegod | Uterary piltoring, Mr, Luwnrrox frocly gave, or at | Jeast profesnod o givs, his labors for the benoftof | e, WiikAToN's helra, | Mr, Daxa_cqually gave his Iabors for their benefit, and, as Mg, Danx’a editlon | had a sale, while that of 'Mr. Tawnzxoz did not, tho resl party o intercst, tha family_of Mr, WazaToN, has roason to be grateful for Mr. Daxd's edition, It may not be amiss to recur o thio reason why Mz, DaxA | ‘was requoatod to propare his edition of Wiikiton. It was Bolely becauso Mr, Luwnxxox had folated into hia cdition of that standard work \he socession doctrines ‘Which had fallon into dlscrodit with Lis countrymon. Tha intercat of Mr, WAEATON'S Boirs, (or which Mr. | Tawnzxox and Mr, Dixta aliko professed to work, was undeniably promotod by an edition which rojoctsd the nnpopular seceasion horesy, and the sale of Mr, Dana's edition, whilo thst of Mz, Lawnenos incum- bern {ho shelrds of o booksdllors, eliowa Row adean- tagoous to Mr, WueAToN's family was the edition whileh did not fneult the loyal sentiment of the coune try, It i8 ourious to soo tho Americsn Scnate rangin itholf on tho eids af sccesion undor & protenso of for tho rights of suthorship, Tho Now York Eveaing Post, which b an Indo- | pondent papor, mays that the Democrata in Con- Rrass aro moro anxions to mako party capital ont of * Bolknapism™ than to produce moasures which commend themsolves to tho country, and adds: . Tho Democrata aro desiituts of the @mpacity or the . cauragp, ot of both, Lo deal in a thorough and satiafac. fory.wey with the important questions whose neglocted sottlement {8 creating distross throughout the country, They have failod o 3greo on' any messure of currenc) Teform, and there i roason to foar thal will 1 oqually in respect to aridl roform. We neod look no | furthor for an cxplanation of yestordsy's result, Ar. Mounzsax's taziff bill, which hsa now for mors than six wecka boen aloeping in tho Ways ond Moans Com- ‘mittao, 1a o bo taken up to-morrow for consideration, Wo undoratand that Mz, Ixuxanpo Woop will cialm th honor, if he can, of dofcating Its consideration. TPechaps the Now Ilampelire clections may remind Demoesats in Confress that thoy canmot ride into power solcly on tho backs of detected Ropublican thieves, The country noods ssound currency anda new tariff, nud {f the Domoczats, who have s musjority {n the Houso of Represcutativos and in the Commitice of Ways and Mosns, are unablo to deal with thoss ques- tiona—if, on tho cantrary, thoy violate the solomn plecges of tholr own platforms, thers 1a furthor defeat o that in New Hampahiro in store for them. e gt e, Tho courso of lectures on astronomy which will bogin this ovening in Tarwsll Hail by Prot. R. A. Prooron will form an ocessioh of no ordi- nary intorost to the lovera of acionco in Ghiesgo. Genorally recognized asequal to the world'a greatost nstronomerd in eciontiflo attmnmonts, and as tho firat among thoso who are laboring to make 8 knowlodgo of tho ecionco popular, bis locturcs have been largoly attonded evorywhore. They prosont tho nowost trutha of the aubjeat in eitractivo form, and are amply illustrated with the bost npparatus obtaiuablo. Ho should bo groeted by crowdod hiouses, if only a4 an indlog- tion of what Chicago in preparing to do for the causo of stollar rossarch within hor own borders, - Mr, Hoory Aslor, son of the millionaire re- contly deceasod, hias been muloted In 20,000 damages for cruelty to a listle girl, Jo- mephive Ash, now 13 yoara ol ags,—at the tima of tho sllegod act of brutality 5 yoars old, Mr. Astor, it sppoars, married tho aunt of the gixl, and employed hor fathor asa farmor aud sgont. Tho Ash family wore in poor cironmstances, and sociatly much inforior to the Astors; Ash himsol? wasat ono time Astor's coachman, In consoquonce of this marrisgo, W. B. Astor gave Honry mach less favorablo torms in his will than the othor children, and Joft bis sbaro of the property in trust of the eldor eons. Henry scems, from his own testl- mony 1 the oase, to have beon & profligate, _——— The Moo, D. A. Weris ls not favorably im- pressed with Payne's bumbug resumption bill adopted by the Domooratio canous as o patty moasure. lae says: In ahiort, thia LUl of thecauaus, reported ae agreed upon, will) when examined and analyzed, be found to Do nothing but the Ohio rag-baby besinoared with & litlle new palnt and bedocked wil uJ-udy new dress; and 1 1t 1 ovor serionsly brought bolare Congresa eil the infistiontata: of both parties who examino 1t will {20 fho original brat, chearfully sdopt it, sud Thecdiiy Toarn to 1ov it The cheokiost thing that has occarred sincé the 18t of January, 1676, was the vote of the Hon, (?) Benuaaxes, Democratio M, O., for tho impeschment of Berxnar. Ho had 8300,000 of Pacifio Mail corruption fund in his pockots at tho time. His partycontroraa have not troubled him sbout it. There {s no resolution pending for his expulsion or imposchment. Why is this thus ? . The press commonta on the fall of Mr, PEN- DLETON aro genorally sn admixture of sorrow with indigastion, His fall fs graster than Bt~ KNAP'S, inssmuch a8 hia position was higherj and, when ho falls, ho falls like Luoirss,—uever to riss sgain, — Qen. Gronax Lxwis Coox, who has declined the Democratic nomination for Governor of Rbode Island, can hardly be cradited with an heroio act of kelf-denisl. Rhodo Island, as s general thing, doesn't g0 that way. ————————— Aanon Consransz, senjor membor of the Naw Yorx firm of AnxoLp, CoNsTALE & Co., diod yestorday, sgod 83 years. IHoleaves an envisblo reputation bebind bim, being distinguished for honorsble business dealing and oxtensive pri- yate liborality. The name of his rm has ak vways boon cousplonovs in- publio subaatiptioy for doserying caunen. PERSONAL, The Graphio says Doochor's flag la—fiorry and stripes. Tmerson eays that & man’s sotlon laonlyy pleture-book of hia creod. The late Blshop Thirwall rosd English sng Latin at 3 yoors of ago, and Groek at 4, A friond of Mrs, Gon. Gideon Plllow honghf m hor husband's lbrary for her at bankeqp) salo, Bouoleault fa in Rome, He sent @resting from thero by cable to the Bt. Patrloisns of gy Louls, W. R. M. Fronch has beon showing the chif. dron of Indisnapolia what be knows abogf erayon-drawing. Coptonnial dramaa are not sufliciontly bac. ward in coming’ forward. They will soonpy sold by tho ton, | i Sovoral of tho sttondants on”the Moody anq Bankey mootings Liave gono mad from oxoceesiyy religlana exoltomont. ‘Washington Irying bolfeved that suthusiang was b gift of God. That ia why the calling of tho politician {s divine. Mrs, Brintow is an heiross In hor own rightiy hundroda of thousands, and hor husband g & poor man ; but they live unosteniationaly. John G, Whittior has writton & letior eon gratulating the women of Maanachusotts on the succoss of tho womnan-suffrage amendment fp tho Btato Bonato. Tho Onclda Gommunity of troc-lovara Proposs to dissominate tholr doctrincs through a news paper. ‘The Now York Herald suggents that |y Is timo for dooent poople to intorfers. Tha Rev. Mansfleld Fronch, popularlyknown i “ Chapiain French,” s promioont Methoduy minister and a widoly known friond of the ok ored race, dled] at Lis paatoral charge, Poarealls, L. L, on Woduesday morning, tho 1Gth fn, agod 66 yoars, * Milo, Titlons, Misa toaumont, Sienor Drignoli, Bignor Taglinpletra, and othor sartista hare agroed to take part in n matinoo porformance of “Trovatore” next Baturdsy for tho bonefitot tho Now York Womon's Centonnial Fund. The womon proposo to raito 815,000 altogether. Itiseald that tho young wito of Bonalr Christisncy was donled admittanco to the ianer cirolo of Washington, fora fow days afterher marriago, on the objsotion of Mrs. Belknap, Ay Mra. Bolknap fell Mra. Christiancy roso, and she 18 now occupying tho position to which ehely entitled. Goorgo Washingbon’s Bible {5 to be oxhibited at the Contonnial, Though he oarried it through all of his campaigns, it ia not at sl injured fo. sldo, tho leaves ara not dng-oared or tho margin ‘marked, and it doesn't look aa If it was overused at nils This shows what 8 romarksbly neat maa Goorgo Washington was.—Graphic. London gossipw asy that tho idoa of makipg Quoon Victoris Erprosa of India originated with Princess Boatrice, who wants to be, liks bet Russian slstor-in-law, *Hor Royal and Im porial Highness,” It is eaid that this wonld sottlo troublesome quostions of procodonce in favor of the English sido ol tho amiable family, The decision of the Centonnial Commission closing the Exposition buildings on Sundsy It oxolting strong opposition, and & rovocation of tho ordor is talked of. Tho average Europewn will bo utterly distracted for want of amusomend on a Philadelphia Bundsy ; but then it may bt snid that average Europoans. aro not runnisg our Contonoial, The New York Triduno says: “Mr. E. O Stedmsn has opensd an office again and rosumed hin old commission busincss sa ‘s stock-broke at No, 80 Broadway. Mr. Btodman has beon & momber of the Stook Exchange for many yoam, 18 nlert, sogncions; and likely to do ns good ¢ businoss fn Wall sirecc sy in literaturo. I -gavo up his businoss two or threo yoars ago 44 finish s numbor of literary undertakings ho hsd on hand, tho most important of which waa tht volume of * Victorian Poota,” It i3 to bo feared that the long-promlesd translation of Thoocritu must now await tho convonience: of the buyer and sollors of stocks.” ,Art Notes —James Robinson, who is gonenk 1§ belioved to bo the most dashing aud finished ‘bare-back ridor now in tho ring, has six finely trained horsos, nud Obarles Fish, who rankr noxt to him in this lne, has four or five. Th Melvillo brothors, threo’ of thom,” hnve #ix horses for thelr several aota. James Robinioa gots $200 por week for himself alono, and Jul Boason got #450 for himsoll and two boys Oharles Fish gots obout $150; tho Molvile brothers, §350; Lookroll and wifo, $300. Thesy are, of course, tho largost salarios for oques triang, who aro the bost pald porsons abouts alrons below tho grado of propriotor.* Mro, Fanny Komble Batler, writing asont viait to tho studlo of tho Scottish soulptor Mae- Douald, in Rome, eays + 1 romomber ths beat: tital casts, omo of Lady Walpolo'a foot, which wore in puris “naturalidus, and admirably form od, morcover ; on a cushion of olay roposd anothor pair of wondorfully exquisito foet, duly clothed in stockings and slippors, which wert Lady Covontry's beautifal oxtremitios, e Donald was an intimato friend of hors, and du~ ing hor residenca in the Palazzo Barborin cox stantly epont his ovenings thore, and on oot occaslon when sho was {ndisposed and lyiog on hor sofs, ho ocopied hor feet oxaotly msthe) reatod on the cushion of her conch. Thoy cer tainly woro vory lovely.” HOTEL ANRIVALS. Palmer House—@, L. Dell, Bomorville, N, J.; Jood Piper, Whoaton; E, 0, Winsfanley and 0, E. Bedwsly Nowabk s Dy Mokrlson, Ainnoapols; L O; Pendergts Minnesota 3 3L 1L, Sndith, Louinvilla ; Johin Hopawrll Bowton; W. E. Olark, Dubuque; L. Welll, Buffsloi Paul whxo;, m!mrlmglnn, Is....Grand_Pacifo—0. B York; I @, 8l £ A, Bperry, Now Mavon; _ Aler, Marbslh Now York; @, W. A. Taylor, New York; A, 8. M, Mo Inland; H. G lei‘lfil Norwalk: E D 1, t, ‘Muskofion; A, 'Eog mann and ¥, Friond, - Milwaukeo, ., Tromont Houw= W. 1. Fishor, Toronlo; J. W. Clark, Oinclanstl; E 5 Ripley, Boston James Allison, Australia; Col IL & Miligin, New Yorks Maj. J. G. Noddy, New Yorki Q. W, Oliver, Syracuso ; Gol, P, I, Modica, New Yorki N, O, Scott, Terra Haute; J, W, Shoror, Philsdelpbdi 0. 0. Miliot, Gunosos....Sherman Lotk 8. 8. Durt, Marquatte ; K. II. Hubbard, W, Gorliss, New York; E. Maxwall, it Louls; 1. Coukon, Plitsburg’s T, It Haxard, Now Yorki Johu Curtet, Latayctis; ¥, G, Corwith, Indisnspolit} L, H. Isach, Boston; A. D, ‘Niemun,’ Mansd Gardnet Houss—, L. Coloman, Usnkoah ; AL Burlingon ; J, 1L, Winterbo Pitman, Sandusky; J, M. Tompson, Blerling ol Bamors] Mt Skt ¥ bl gma.u.nfi’-.mmnhu J. 1. tliler,’ Luds APPROPRIATIONS IN 10WA. Byecial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribuns, Des NoiNxs, In., March 10,—Tho Leglslatart passod (ho following sppropristion bills : ol 1o owpital, Ind; Insane IX et Gicgs T e Added to the abova s tbo bill for anissies of Btate officers aud Judges, over $300,000. - protserd stk o dudh iy THE CALIFORNIAN RACE. Ban Francisco, Mazoh 10,—Entries forths 3-mite snd repeating race to como off poxt Bab urdsy, closed laut night. Joe Danleis entert Qolden Gate, M. Litioll Foster, Mark Waldea Ravoaue, J. L. WWaish Ohance, and I. 0. Bbp ing necond.