Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 5, 1876, Page 4

! ' TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. RATER OF FUBSCRIPTION (PAYADLE T ADVANGE). Postage Prenald ut this OMco. Dally Bitlon, portpatd, 1 yeat..... 813,00 Parta of yearat same rate. /a3 1.00 388 s ‘WREKLY EDITION, POSTPAID, A " ST Wi poviage 18 15 Bpedimen coploa sent froe, To prevent delay and mistakes, be sure and givs Post- Office addreu In fall, Inoluding Btate svd Conaty. Remlttances may be made either by draft, express, Post-Offlce order, o in registored fotters, at onr risk, TERMS TO CITY AUDSCRIBERS. Dally delivered, Banday fncladed, 30 conts per v AE TRIBUNK CUMPANY, Caroyr Madlron and Dasrborn4ts., Ohloago Ll ] AMUSEMENTS, OLEY'S THEATRE—Tandolph street, between m’.g and LaSalle. The Gnilforaia Alinsicels. Afiec 2oon and evening. CRER'S THEATRE—Madison strest, between D::!Ern ua'sm.u. “WLeap-Year§ o7, The Ladiss’ 'S MUSEUM—Monros street, betwsen Desr- wfiw.’.?a Blats, “RNoving Jack," Lmumoen and svening, ADELPIII THEATRE—Deatborn sirset, sorner Monros *Quilp,’ Aftornoonand evening. e SOCIETY MEETINGS. ARDEX OITY LODGE, No, 141, A., F. and A, M.— A?-mn o iy ba b3t Ortental Hall, I ot e oo restacnany e re od, * % ;L ¥, HOLOOMB, W, M. L. L. WADSWORTH, Soc. The (Lfbmm @ribune. ‘Wednesday Mormng, April 5, 1870. Greonbacks closed yesterdsy at the New York Gold Exchango at 88§. The Journal has a way of arguing the tariff question by azking why is this and why is that so, and in onch question inseriing o falsa statoment in the form of an interrogs- tory. Tho reply to such argument is, that tho assumptions are falso, and consequently the questions need no answor. — It is stated with some degreo of positive- ness that the Housa Committeo on ¥oreign Affairg, with two excoptions, regard the evi. denco thus far takoen in the Emma Mino in. vestigation as sufficient to show that Gen. SomeNok's conduot was reprehensible in be- coming & Director, but not that ho was guilty of intentional dishonesty in originally iden. tifying his name with the schems, A strong point for the Democracy in the Houso is the continual reiteration of the avormont that the Ropublican party is re- sponsible for the present high salarics of Governmont officors. Therefors Mr, Rax- DALL was intenscly annoyed yesterday when Mr, Ganymip, who was Chairman of the Houso Committes on Appropriations of the Forty-third Congress, brought into notice the embarrassing fact that in nearly every in- stance the incresse of salaries had been due to Mr. Rawparr's porsistent laboring with Conference Committaos and elsewhers, The Chicago list of insolvencios has been small compared with that in New York and other Eastarn citica, Occasionally a firm drops ount. Yesterdsy one of the honviest frms of railroad contractors, F. E. Oaxpa & Co, was compelled to make an Rssignment. They have been imown to be heavily in- volved since the panio of 1878 discredited the bonds of the Cairo &St Louis Railroad Company, which they had taken in payment for building tho road, and they have finally bad to give up. Their liabilities secured and unsscured amount to $722,623.84. A state- ment of their assota will be found in our local oolumna, Tho Senate yeaterday, by a vote of 17 for snd 86 against, defoated the confirmation of Riomz H. Dixa as Minister to England. Brx Burrza and SnioN CaMrnoN may with safety bo reckoned a8 being gratified at the Benate's treatment of the nomination of Mr, Daxa, but by the American people in gen- eral his rejaction will not ba so joyfully re- celved. The President's sclection of Mr, Daxa s the representativa of our Govern- ment at the Court of 8t James was rogarded as espocially excellent, both at home and abroad, and it will bo very generally regrot- tad that personal malica and political intrigue waere guccessful in pravonting the confirma- tion, T e— Becretary Brustow's reply to the imperti- nent and offensive resolution of inquiry in- troduced by M, Lrwor, of Milwaukeo, was submitted yestorday, and, as wsual, it is & complete discomfiture to the whisky.thioves and their supporters. In one instance, it ap- poars, a journalist having peculiar facilitics for obtaining valuable knowledgo as to the ehipments of the * crooked * in Bt. Louls was commissionsd as a Special Agent, snd has continued in that capacity ever since; but this was tho only case’ where money was paid to editors or correspondents of newspapors, though Mr. Bawsrow frankly .ncknowledges the gratuitaus rocoipt of valuahle co-opera- tion and agsistance from the press in hunting down the rovenue frauds., He might have 3dddd that, with the cxception of some nows- papers published in Mr, Lryor's distriot, and ono in Chicago, thers has been no lack of hearty good.-will and encouragement on the vart of the press of the United Btates. V| From tha latest advicos at hand concerning the result of the various town elootions yes- terday, there fa ample rcason to rejoico at the splendid victory gained by the respectable titizens and tax-payers over the bummers and tax-oaters, There s little doubt that the excellent tickots nominated by the Re- publioans in Bouth and West Ohicago have beon triumphantly elected. Mrxx Evava is beaten {n the South Town, together with the vest of hig disreputable crew, The North Town {s doubtful, the vote being extensively split. Everything indicates the roleass of Chicago from the clutches of the plunderers and ballot-box stuffers who have controlled the town elootions for several years past, The tax-payers showed what they could do, both in compelling an honest eluction, and in eleoting honest offloers to levy and collect the Btats, county, and town tazes for the ensuing year. It is an earnest of what can and will be done at the forthcoming municipal election, It 19 a bad year for the thisves and bummors all around. o ———— The Ohicogo produce marketa wers gener~ ally tame yesterdsy, with flner weather, Mess porx was dull and 100 per brl lower, closing at $22.82)@22.85 cash and 922.55@ 22.57f saller May. Lard waa active and 100 per 100 ms lower, closing a4 §18.70018.75 eah and §18.85@18.87} for May, Maats were quist and easler, at 8j0 for boxed shouldars, 1340 for do ahort ribs, and 12jo e do short cleats. Highwinas wers quies and steady, at $1.07 por gallon. Flour was majority of both branches of the Legislaturs; but the Republicans continue to retain con- have elected their candidate to fill the vacancy yoar the Democrats carried tho Stata by 0,000 to 6,000, This was brought sbout by two causes,—one by o part of thoso who sup- ported the Prohibition ticket last year aban- doning that impracticablo nonsense and vot- of tho natives are following Honicr Gnze- 1x7's advico sud are going West. Thus the Rapublicans aro being drained of their young men, whilo the Democrats are being con- stantly recruitod from the overflowing Celtic population of New York. Connecticut has ceased to bo a Republican State, and we can conceive of no revolution in politica which is likely to disturb the pormanent Demooratio ascondency which is there established. Con- necticut has been called o Puritan Stats, but it is 80 no longor; ita future is Ultramontane. THE PACIFIC BATLROAD MORTGAGE BWIN- trated by Congress than that which in 1804 changed the charters of the several Pacific Railrond Companies, and changed the lien of the Government for the bonds advanced from a first to & second mortgage, and which compollod the Government to rotain only one-half of the charges for Governmont transportation, instoad of the whale, as pro- viously provided. It hna beon sssumed that theso changes in the charters were mado ‘without the knowledge of the mombaers, who, it is said, voted for ths bill not knowing what it contained. But this is not the fact. Afr, E. B. Wammunxe, of Illinois, was then in the Houso, and hs thoroughly exposed and denounced the the 21st of June, 1804, tho bill was be- foro the House, having been roported from a seloct Committes, the bill was considered at odd times. Itsad- vocates did not spesk much, nor enter into any defense of the outrageous and swindling been criticised sharply for making an opposi- tion to * the great work which was to connect the East and the West." In beginning his spoech he said: Qiffer with the majority of the Houss on almost all questions of a character kindrod to this, I Aave been on a different lina of Uglalation to tha majority. he thought needed to carry on the War for tho national existence, he considered it the duty of overy representative to guard the Treasury. Ho added: making we become sccustomed to Teckless voting, Millions are now votod away as readily as thousands befere theNebellion, It issald thatin arms the laws are atlant, and T think it may be added that, in time of ‘war, the volco of reason snd the volce of remonstrance sy becoma silant. waa engrossed with the events of the War, he said : unprincipled men to plot, for men who are callous to all the obligations of patriotiem or honor, who would oo the grand old Bhip of Btate burned to the water’s edge provided they oould plunder her befars she ‘went down,—men whe follow in the wake of power, snd contractors and men who, in these timen of trial and tribulatfon through which our country 1a passing, are scheming a~d plotting to ill their own pockats whils the nation is vorging toward bankruptoy, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNIK: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1876. tho mection making tho lien of the Govern. ment a a2cond instend of a first mortgage, and, of course, against tho awindle, wore: Ancona, Pa., Anxorp, IiL., Banxy, N, Y., J, D. Baro- wiN, Mass.,, Bourwzut, Mass., Conn, Wis., Orxswery, Md., Dawsox, Pa., Dexison, Pa., Eozx, Il, Epaenton, O., Fanxsworta, I, Harz, Pa., Hanprxa, Il Harrmyaron, Ind., Henntox, N. Y., Horuax, Ind., Jonnsox, 0., Kstroag, N. Y., Kennaw, N. Y., Law, Ind., Mazcy, N. H., McDowets, Ind.,, Monnisox, 1lL., Nerso, N. Y., O'Nzwr, O., Orra, Ind., Roapss, N. J., Rowrms, N. H., Scorrrr, Pa., Broax, Wis., SeaLpixe, 0., Stires, Pa., Traren, Pa, Trcr, Pa, Ursow, Mich, ‘Wisnponye, I, and Wmrz, 0.—08. Those voting no, and in favor of mrking the Government lien a 2acond mortgago, were: Avvsoy, Town, Axzs, Mase., ANpzszon, Ky., Asnrey, O., Baxren, Vi, Beamaw, Mich., J. G, Brarye, Mo, Bram, Mo., Brow, Mo., Borp, Mo., Brooxs, N. Y., Bnoomary, Pa., A. W. Crazg, N. Y., Core, Cal,, T. T, Da- vi8, N. Y., Dawes, Mass,, Dxaono, Conn,, Dixoy, Conn., Doxverny, Minn,, Daiaas, Mich., Eomuzy, O., ELvrenox, Wis., Evtor, Mass,, Enorisu, Conn., Fmox, O., Gooon, Mass., Grisworp, N. Y., Hannm, Md., Hio- »Y, Caol, Horcmrws, N. Y., A, W. Hon- sanp, In, J. H. Hounpanp, Conn., Hur avep, N. Y., Junux, Ind,. Kenver, Pa, F. W. Esruwoow, Mich,, Xwre, 1, Rxox, Mo., LeBroxp, O., Lrrreesonx, N, Y., Loxa, O., Loxoxzan, Mich,, Manvmy, N, Y., MoBrog, Oregon, McCLuga, Mo,, 8. T, Mstren, N. Y., Monnmy, V., D. Morris, N, Y., J. R. Monuts, 0., Amos Meyrus, Pa., Leoyanp Myens, Pa., Nonre, 0., Nontox, 1L, 0. O'Newy, Pa., Periam, Mo., Pnioe, Ia., Raxvavry, Pa., Rice, Me,, J. 8. Rorrms, Mo.,, Ross, Ill., Scmexce, O., Scorr, Mo., Smxvon, Cal,, Burrnens, Del, J.B. Srrsre, N. Y., W.G. Sreeur, N.J., Brevews, Pa., Swzar, Mo, Van Varxexsumem, N. Y., Waazp, N. Y., W. B. Wisunory, Mass., Wzn- stER, Md,, Wiirzy, W. Vo, Wozeres, N. Y., Wrsrnaws, Pa., Winsos, In., Wivnos, Minn,, ‘Wrvrzzwp, N. Y., Bex Woop, N. Y.—81. In theso days of almost universal pecu. Intion and fraud, the mammoth steal of $64,000,000 by the Pacific Railrond Com- panics ten years ago may seom an old story, but the men who stood up in his place in tho Touse, with only a few followers, and de- nounced tho fraud then and thero, and whoss whole public record is that of unblemishod purity and fearless hostility to corruption, is refreshing, nnd will be welcomad by his nd- miring countrymen. THE TOWK ELECTIONS, Without any rogard to the flnal issue of yestorday's eleotions in the three towns ‘within the city limita of Chicago, thore wore certain scencs enacted that should excite the indigantion and nctive resentment of every good citizen of Chicago. Most of the out- rages were committod in tho First and Sec- ond Wards of the Bouth Division. They show that the scoundrelly cloment is in no way torrified by the recent evidences that tho tax-payers havo ronotved to go into pol- itica for the protection of their property, but that, if they may not carry the local olec. tions by undisturbed ropeating and peacaful ballot-box stufing, they will undartake to do it by rowdylsm, intimidntion, and riots. Bu} gven this is not the worst of the situs- tion. It was nlso domonstrated that this programme haa the tacit approval of ths ex- isting City Governmont, innsmuch as it was tolorated by the police, and many of the most flagrant violations of the peace and efforts to intimidate votera occurred opposite the City-Hall and under the very eyes of tho Mayor and Oity Marshal, Their forbear- ance yesterdsy is sufficient warning 'that they intond to tolorats and encourage the same sort of conduct at the city eleotion a couple of woeks from now in the special intersst of the usurping hold-over Mayor; and it should bo necopted by the peacefal and law-abiding citizens that thoy must now prepare, if neces- sary, to fight through their votes and main- tain their righta at tho polls sgninst a lawless mob, backed, or at least not repressad, by the Mayor and the city police. The most flagrant violation of afree and undefiled ballot-box ocourred in the Second ‘Ward, at tho cornar of Twelfth street and Third avenuo, One of the voting-places having boon established there, a large num. ber of tho tax-pnyers and roputabls votors dotormined that it should not be carried against them by any negloct of their own. They assombled thers at half-past 7 o'clock in tho morning to¢he numbex of 150 or 200, and proceoded to organize their. meoting strictly after the manner required by the law, Thoy were opposod by thirty or forty roughs and advocates of tha bummer ticket, 8o that in all logal and orderly proceed- ings the respoctable men provailed. They first olootod a Chairman, and then, by a civa voce voto, chose Mr, Peren Piace Assistant Modorater and appointed a compotent person for clork. No parly nor ot of men desiring on honest eloction or fair play conld have osked any boiter mon. But thls was not ‘what the bummers wanted, and thoy began at once to disturb the meoting. Tho reputa. ble citizens, conscious that thoy were largely in the majority, offered to make a division of the meeting to test ita sentiment., But tha bummers would not consent to this nor to anything else but a surrender of the polls to their purposes. Finding that the citizens would not do this, the bummers began push. ing them and crowding thom off the sidewalk, and endeavored to take posscsaion of the ground by force. Failing in this, bat having tho ballot-box in their hands (Alrxx Evaxa alwaya ottends to this), the bummers organ. ized a aoparate mecting on thefr own account and began taking votes at a window noxt to tho place designated for thaf purposs. The tax-payers retainad the original voting.placs, improvised o ballot-box, and received large numbors of honost votes during the day, though they at no time enjoyed proper pro. tection from the polica. Any disposition to scoept the bummers’ returns, simply becanse they had soized the ballot-box furnished by the County Olerk but with no other rights, snd probably with a mass of illegal votes, will only b & completion of the ontrago, ‘Tho fact seems to bo that the bummer ele- ment in this city {s not at all dismayed at the uprising of the citizens, because they foel g2 gured of the active support of the Mayor, 2arshal, Ohlef of Police, and the polics, in their outrages on' election day, and because the experiencs of the past in the Chicago courts has shown it to be next to impossible to get any relisf from them. No wonder, under theso circumatances, that thess tax. thieves can muster their roughs, rowdies, and shonldor-hitters, and seize the polling places \and staft the ballot-boxes, without any fear of legal consequences, That the tax-payers and reputable ocitizens are themsalves nearing the point when they will defend thelr rights from the assaults of the bummers, without the suppori of the Mayor and polioe and in spite of the wourse the eouria have takes, 1y evidstit from quiet and firm. Wheat was quict, and closed 10 lower, at $1,01} for April and $1.05% for May. Corn was less active and o lowor, closing at 46}o for April and 48]0 for May., Oats wora in bettor demand and firmer, clostng at 32jo for April and 84§ for May. Ryowas quiot at 6Go for April and 080 for Mny. Barloy was quiot and 1@ 20 lowor, closing at 58@68Jefor April and 59} @600 for May, Hogas.wers in nctive de- mand, and were strong at slightly highor figures, Bales at 37.50@8.75. Oattle wero nactivo nnd firmer, selling chiefly ot $8.50@ 4,75, Sheep wer. firmer, with sales at $4.00 @8.00 for inferior to fancy, One hundred dollars in gold would buy $113.00 in greon= backs at tho close. The eloction in Connectiont turned out just about as we predicted it would, a8 botween tho Republican and Demooratio tickets. Tho Democratic majority is in the neighborhood of 6,000, and they have secured a decided trol of their one Congressional District, and canged by tho doath of Brankweatner. Last majority, which has been roduced this year ing the Republican ticket; tho other by tho running of the greenback ticket, which drew moro of its foolish supporters from the Demooratic than from the Republican side, But tho Stato ituelf fs wedded firmly to the Confederatos. Connectiont has becomo n maAnufacturing suburb of New York, Thousands of the New York Irish, why aro all Confedorates, have maved into tha Yaukea Nutmog State, while thousands There wsa nover a gronter ontrags perpo- bill and its frauds. On It wea nenr close of tho sossion, and the chargos. They had counted noscs, and were certain of a mojority on tho passage. On that day Mr, Wasmnunwye oddressed the House in opposition to the bill. Ho had 1t has been elther my misfortune or my fortuns te Aftor stating that he had voted every dollar In the unheard-of appropriations wo ars svery day Reforring to the fact that the public mind It {3, therefore, the time for bad men to scheme and # Orook the pregnant hingse of the knse ‘Where thrift sy follow fawning,” Bir, 1 have Do faith I thonolsy patriotism of shoddy Ho read an estimate of what the out- atanding obligations of the Government on secount of thesa roads would be, showing ita sonual growth, According to his estimate, the Government would be out $95,000,000 in 1876, The actual obligation on tho 1at of April, 1876, was $94,766,025, which will be Increasod during the romainder of the year to 897,343,045 Of this sum the Govern. ment has collected §6,781,000, In the course of his remarkahe referred to that part of tho bill changing the Govern- ment lon from & first to & sacond mortgage, saying: Tcoms now fo the tenth section of the bill, and I confeas to » sort of sdmiration of the sublime audaci- ty which parties must have to come hers and aak Con- gress to enact sucha provisionintoslaw, I have called attention to other provisions of an extraordins. ry nature, but this proposed ensctment threws all others far into the shado, and stands out {n bold re. 1ief au an indicstion of the ¢ base sea that thly Company have concalved that Congress may be putto in their behalf, I carefully read the section, that every gantleman msy know its exact meaning and purport. Tho dishonest job thua characterized by Mr, Wasnouonx was contained in the tenth section of the bill, which read as follows :* Bx0,10, And de st further enacted, That Bec. § of sald act (original charter of 1803) be wo modified and ameaded that the Unlon Pacifo Railrosd Company, the Central Pacifio Rallroad Oompany, and auy other company authorized to participats in tha construction ©Of sl rosd, may faane their first-morigage bonds on thelr respective rallroads aud telegraph luces to sn amount not sxcesding the amount of the bonds of the United States autborized to be issuod Lo sald Raiiroad Companies respectivaly AwD TEE Lizs OF THE UNiTap Brazss BoNDS SHALL DB SUBORDISATE TO TEAT OF THS BONDA OF AXY OF RITHXN OF 41D 00N+ FANIZS HEARNY AUTROAIZED TO BB IWUZD OXN THAIR BESPEIOTIYA ROADS, FROPRATY, AND RQUIPMRNTS, Baid saction ahall be furiher amended by atriking ous the word ¥ forty and inserting in Leu thereaf the words “en sach snd evary section of o lass than twenty,” On the 24thof June, 1804, the bill belng be. fore the Mouss, Mr, Wasasurxy moved to strike out thls tenth sestlon, and the motion was rejested,—yeas, 89; mays, B1; mob voting, ¢8. Thoss vollng for strikluy oup tho gront gathoring at the LaSatlo atroet polls ot 2 o'clock yosterday whon the town faxes woro voted, Though the bummers hind forced o Moderator of thoir awn-—~oue Dave Trony. 708, who runa & gin-shop—into control, thoy ‘were too much in the minority to make any Pprotenso of voling through thelr usual ap. propriation. The tax-payers first voted down o proposal to kavy $380,000 for town purposes, then $25,000, thon $20,000, in spito of Dave TronNToN's efforta to tho contrary. Ie stondily rofused to submit the proposition for alovy of $0,000, which waa the sum tho tax- payorshad agrood upon, but retired with the announcoment that the lovy would be $12,000, though no voto was tnken onthis. Mr. Hoxxe, subsequontly, at tho roquost of tho meeting, submitted the $6,000 proposition, which was cnrried by & tremendons voto, This shows what the oitizens may do whon they mct to- gothor with a common purpose. But the next and besit thing to do is to abolish the Town Board, nuisance, S——— THE FOREMAN OF THE GRARD JURY, The editor of tho Zimes ought not to have weariod of woll doing ss foroman of tha Grand Jury after a couplo of hours'sorvioe as such. He might at loashhave had the forti- tudo to sorve a conplo of hours longer beforo publinhing, as ho did yestorday, s summary of oll tho Z¥mes’ attacks upon tho rings for the poat six months, and deducing therofrom that 1ife is too short for tho grand inquisitors of whom ho i chief to dig out the corrup- tions vlready oxposed in that brief space by that voracious sheet, Hag not tho Times al- ready exhumed all the rascalities connected with the connty supplies, the building of the now Court-House, and tho othor jobs of the County Board and Common Council? Why then should the able editor and foroman of the Grand Jury, at the very outsot of his pub. lio servicos in the latter capncity, bogin by eatirically observing that it would tako eight wooks for tho jury to oxplore the truo in. wardness of o small segment of ona of the congeries of rings that have plundered Ohi. cago until the city’s credit is oxhausted and the Trensury bankrupt. Tho Z¥mes haslong boen in possossion of the facts as totho whole villainous oporations of tho thioving rings which have fattened upon tho plundered tax- payors. Everybody who has read the Z'imes maust know that. The Jable editor and fore. man of the Grand Jury has denounced the thioves collectively and individually in col- umn after column of the Zimes' own classio invective. Every person who has porused the Zimes must by this time know that the ablo editor and foreman of the Grand Jury knows evorything ; that no ono olse Imows anything ; that bosides the rest of mankind are kmaves and idiots ; and, above all, that, in tho foreiblo vernaculnr of the Zimes offics, ho naver goes-off at half-cock, but always lmows what ho talks or writes about, and, when he denounces anybody a8 a thief, has in his (the nble editor and foroman's) pos. soasion focts to prove that whoover tha Times denounces as o thief {2 a thief, Why, then, in- stead of erying out through a leaded leader that lifo is too short for tho thioves to bo caught, why doea ho not impart to his follow- inquisitors the facts that the thioves may be dealt with according to law? Besides, ho haa at his command tho most officient staff of key-holo roporters and esvosdropping as. sigtants In the “‘Iknown” world, not to spenk of the rest of creation, Why doea he not pluce this efi. clont detective force at the service of tho Grand Jury? What information the nble ed- itor and foreman could not impart thoy could supply. Can it bo that Mr. Sroney is bent. upon deliberate violation of his sworn duty, to thegreat disappolntment of the publio, which hailed his nppointment sa foreman of the Grand Jury aa the putting of the right man in the right place, because, Laving through the Z%mes exposed all the rings and rings' mon, the public knew Srorey was the mnn as foraman to catch the thioves. The public will pardon him it he disregards in toto the statutes relative to criminal libel, for it cannot bo expected of ovon the able ed- itor that he will riso to that Spartan hoight of virtuo which would compel him to indict Limself, The publio will bs content that Mr, Sroney may be turned over to the pext Grand Jury {o bo indicted. But why should he shield from justico tho thieves he has so vigorously and virtuounsly donounced in his paper, by refusing to communicate to his fel- low Grand Jurors the facts which warranted that denunciation, and which, as ha putit, would have even justified plundered citizons in shooting down the thioves, as he advised tho plundered to do? Why, indeed? Can it be possiblo that Mr, Sronrr dars not * squoal "' ? s ———— - HOBTILY, LEGIS! IN CANADA, The Canadion Parlisment has under con- sidorntion o bill relating to life-insurance which promises seriously to affect the rela~ tions subsisting between tho Dominion and the United States. In many respacts tha bill is an excellont one ; but in 5o far as it sccks to impose unusual and opprossive reatrictions upon 8o large and important an {ntorest as Amorican life.insureace in Cansda is, it is unwise and vicleus, The seventh and the carrelated sections are partioularly obnoxions to this eriticism. In brief, thoy require of each company organized elsowhers than in Canada a doposit with two Cacadian trustees of securitios oqual in amount to all its matured Canadian claims and tho foll reserve or reinsuranco value for its ontstanding Crmadian policien; or, inlicu of this, the company may doposit with the Recoiver-General an amount, not" less than §50,000, equal to the matured clalms aforesald, and one-balf of the roserve or relnsuranco value, Any impalrment in tho deposit is to bo made good within sixty days after notics to the company or its liconse will bo revoked. It an expired or re- voked license shall not be renowed within thirty days, the company is to bs doemed in- solvent, and the Onnadian nasots Qistribnted under the orders of aninsolvency court. The securities once deposited mre irreclaimablo excopt upan the payment in full of all Cana- dian claimg both for losses and surrender values. Any person delivering a polioy or collebting a premium for an unlicensed com- pany is subjected o a fine of §1,000 and fm. prisonment not ezcsoding aix months, The gravity of this proposed legialation, as touching American interests, will be appre- ciated when it is stated that our companies have at risk on lives in Canada over 48,- 000,000, which is $5,000,000 more than the combined Cansdian life-risks of all the Oana- dian and British companies, and havs alvesdy on deposit there, under existing statutes, $1,500,000 as a guarantes of good faith, If the bill bscores & law, compliance with it will compel our companies to surrender all 1l over more than §6,000,000 of thelr aasats, Inoreasing the amount ss thelr bud. Bess increases, and dedioste the same abec. o polloyhalders, This vast som will thoa be ahub oul trom the opportunities for profitable investment afforded in this country, nnd cnn only draw intorest at tho rato specifiod in United States or Canndian bonds, according as the one or other form is chosen. The veory essonce of alife company’s continucd ability to most the domands npon ita resources consiais in tho interest-producing quality of those ro- aources. 'To succoed, it must bo freo to em- ploy its acoumulations in such mannor, con. slatont with propor pecurity, as will yield tho largest roturn, High rates of intorest moan low rates of promium. Tha sole reason why tha British companies, notwithatanding the greator ago and prestigo of many of thom, have beon unablo to compote with our own in this country and in Oanada is bocause {tho nverngo rato of interest obtained by the lattor is 80 much highor that thoy can offer indemnity at a much lower price. It is hardly to be supposed that any Amer- ican compnuy will attempt to comply with tho provisions of this bill, No company can do so without jeopardizing its own safoty. Forall practical purposes, this measure may bo considered ns one to oxcludo American life-insurance compsanies from all business in Canada, That this would ultimate to the advantage of Canadian companies is poasible; Wat that it wonld boe to tho great inconven- ience, disadvantage, and loss of the Canndian holders of mora than $43,000,000 worth -of their policies is an unquestionable fact which more than offsots that possibility. Tho bill is without parallel in the history of insurance legislation. There i no justif- cation or exonse for it in the laws enacted by somo of our States with regard to forcign fire- insuranco companies, for the two sorts of corporations stand on entircly different grounds, Moreover, the exactions songht to bo imposed by this bill are far more severe than any provided by any American statuto ns to any clnsg of insurance companics. It is concoived in & spirit altogethor foreign to the brond and liberal temper of international comity which usually characterizes Canadian logislation, and is for that reason to ho ecar- nestly doprecated by all on both sides of the lino who desiro that the two counties should bo moro clogely nllied in their commeraial ro- lations. % Ono inovitablo rosult of tho onactment of this bill will come in the form of rotalistory laws by our 8tate Logislatures, making it practically impossible for companies from thoe Dominion to do business here, Such laws would be unwiso and de- plorable; but le talionis i85 o law of human nature, and legislators ara apt to lend o willing car to its suggestions, Itis not at all likely that, if American Legisla- turos are ‘provoked to the point of striking back, they will stop with the insuranco com- panica: all Canadlan ~corporations doing business here will be subjocted to grievous exnotions, Neither country can afford to enter upon an annoying petty warfaroe of this sort, and our Cnnadian cousins should hosi- tato long and reflect upon the probable con- sequonces before’ deciding to make the ag- gression. It Canadinn insurance companics nre working for the passage of the bill, thoy are making a sad mistake, for they are simply inviting the imposition of like intolerable buordens upon their own business in tho United Btates; and the invitation s one which is very likely to bo nccepted. QOV. TILDEN AS AN EMINENT FINANCIER. The very plain atatoment of facts made by Mr, W. D. Gnisworp, ox-Prosident of tho Terre Haato, Alton & 8t. Louls, now the St Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railway, show- ing how 8ax Trorx and his associates of the Purchasing Committes did the Company out of $284,000, hns drawn from TILDEN an ex- planation and defense. Gnisworn’astatement, fortified by the dates and figures, was that when tho stock and bond holders found it neoossary, in order to save themselves, to buy in the road in foroclosurs sale, Tr~ pex ond his associates were appointed a Com- mitteo to make the purchass, To carry ont tho transaotion all tho ontsianding securities of the old Company were surrendered to this Qommittes, and with thess tho purchase was mode, Thereon stock and bonds of the ro- organized Company were issuod to thoso sur- rendering tho securities of the old Company inreturn for these. The Purchasing Gommit. tee, of whicl TrLpEN was tho active manager, issuod $284,000 of tho stock of the reorgan. ized Company in excess of what was roquired for the exchango, which was all the Com- /mittoo was employed to transact, and that 284,000 of stock the Committee themselves quietly pocketed, and through it Tmpen and his associates maintained control of the reorganized Company. Trrpex's explanation and dofonse was made through the publica~ tion of a report to Tuostas Dxnyy, one of the Diroctors of the road. The gist of it is that— i The Purchaalng Committes bought tha reilroad, « o » They mads the purchase in thelr Individual capacity, and took, s individuals, the legal tlla to the said rosd, and became investod with all the legal powers, authorities, and rights of purchesars, They @sve thelr individual obligations for the yurchass momoy, snd sstisfied thoss obligations. This has brought Mr, Guisworp again to the front, nnd ho quotes from the records and officlal records ghowing that Mr. Trmpex's Purchasing Committea throughout wers but sgonta and trusteos of the partios in interest, that bosides Trzozr was paid na counsel, so that neithor ho nor they could, except fraud- ulently, soquire any individual interest intho tranaaction, They were omployed to act for the stock and bond holders, and Trupxx bo- sides was paid a8 legal adviser, and, in law and in morals, all their sots in the matter of tho oxchange of the old stock and bonds for thonow were for tho benefit of tho stook and bond holders. The lasne of more of the latter sécurietiea than waa necessary to effect the ex- change was a broach of trust, But,in any evont, the over-lasus belonged not to Tioxy and his associates, but to thosa for whom they wore agenta—the purchasing ocreditors of the road. Yet Tipey and the others of the Committes appropriated tho over.lsaue thomselves, snd for sev- eral years concealod that fact from the croditors for whom thoy acted. They con. trasted no individual obligations, as Mr. Gnis- ‘woLp shows, since the stocks and bonds of the old Company used in effecting the pur- chase were made over to them as trustecs, to enable them .to make the purchase, In the issue of the seourities of ‘the new Com. pany for thoss surrondared, the Committes simply accounted for their trust, But the pretense of having soted in his individual capacity with the other members of the Com. mittes in grabblng the trust funds in their oare is exploded by the report of the Exeop- tivé Committes of the road, ono of the mem- bers of which was associated afterward with Tuoxs in the grab. The report is dated March 18, 1864, states explicitly that more of the sscurities of the reorganized Company had probably been {ssued than were required for the exohange, and that these would ‘be canosled, Thass are the {dantical seourities which the Truoas Comtmities gobbled, Ms, Reformor Tmoew will to oxplain sgain, for his oxplanation but convicta him of having . pock- oted bonds issued for no other pur- poso than to be returned to the purchaslng croditors inliou of the seonrities of the old Company used in making the purchase. In short, the explanation is that individgally Tre. DEN pooketed trust fundsplaced in his hands, ‘Whoro a horse is called & horse, that opera. tion wonld bo called stenling, and the mnn who did it a thicf, But Reformer Trroew is only dn eminent finanaler of tho Fsx-Gourp school. As he ia also n groat lawyor, ho will, of course, be conviotod of nothing clso save that of being an eminent financior, Dut tho facta romain the same, and on tho part of any- body else the operation would bo set down as downright thievery. ) Wo published s telographic statement s fow dnys ago from Washington that during March $5,884,000 of greonbacks had beon deposited in the Troasury by National Banks desiring to withdraw their circulation, The statoment was that the immediate effcct was to contract the amount of greenbacks, and tho ultimate offect was to contract the bank- note ciroulation. Tho Treasuror estimates that the contraction of tho ourrency during tho remaining nine months of tho year will be $100,000,000. A correspondent ssks ns to publish the law, na many porsons wish to know how it operates to produce so much contraction of both greenbacks and National Bank notea. Wo have publisied the law half a dozen times, The facta are very plain. It is no longer profitable for tho banks to iasue and maintain their notes in circalation, so the banks are graduslly ret'ring thom. The law does mot permit » National Bank to havo loss than $45,000 of circulation, Tho bank dosiring to reduce ita circulation to that sum forwards to the Tressary an smount of greenbacks equal to its circalation in excosa of the $45,000, As fast as the notes of that bank aro received at tho Treasury thoy are canceled and destroyed, the greenbacks being applied to their redomp- tion, and thns put ioto circula‘ion again. Supposing the amount of bank notes sought to be retired is £90,000, The bank, upon the doposit of that sum in greonbnoks, withdrawa $100,000 in bonds, which it at oncs converts into $120,000 in greenbacks, and employs thom in its businoss. It can make more money lending $120,000 in currenoy than it can londing $90,000 of its notes, less reserves, and drawing b per cont interest on $100,000 in bonds, and having taxes on its circulation, and exposed to the danger at any timo of bo- ing called upon to redeom its notes in gold. And as fast a8 tho notes of that banlk ara sent in for redemption the Government pays them with tto aforesaid groonbacks, which thus go out into circulntion. The contraction in the ond consists in the rotirementof the bank notes, But ns tho banks koep a considerable reserve to proteot their notes when the latter are withdrawn from circulation, the gresn- backs held in the reserves are liberated for ciroulation, evidently have Erupoony, the defiantwitnesain the Wash- ington real. estate pool inveatigation, is an amatenr but not & cultivated epicnre. Asn guest of Congross, and beforo he was trans. forred to the common jail, ho displayed an amount of gastronomical appreciation that would have done credit to Saat Wamp, * the King of the Lobby.,” Dining, so to speak, with the whole American people, and at their expense, as Frruwp (the restaurant-keeper) presumed, Krmnounx indulged himself with a liberality in keoping with the number and dignity of his hosts. Supposing Congress was to foot the bills, ho dld not take tho, tronblo to add them up, and a good many gourmeta will envy tho capacity of a man who can got awsy with from $15 to $30 worth of viands every day during eleven successive doys and rotain his digestion. And he did this, it would seem, without the usnal lubri- cation nnd diversification of wines, unloss his friends supplisd him. He only teok an occasional ** eyo-opener,” which it must be sdmitted was probably neceasary for a man ‘who has dovoured $80 worth of food tho day before. It mast also be admitted that Kr~ nounn's taste is almost as much to be ad- mired (though his arrangement of tho courses may be eriticisod) as his capacity is to be envied. Ho did not gorgo himsslt with pork and boeans, nor wasto his powors on liver and bacon, but he reveled in terrapin, epring- chlckens, fillets of beef, shad, robins, sweet breads and French peas, doviled crabs, scol- lops, lamb-chops, wator-crosses, and other suggestive and tompting delicacies portinent to tho senson. He was not burdened with the usual apprehension of the prices which hoanta the ordinary mortal who is fat of paunch but spare of purss. Kirpounn cer- tainly haas tho best of it. Congress may ro- fuso to pay for his elsborate and artistio menus, but Faronp; the restaurateur, can nover take from him the fond recollection of thoas good meals which he did not have to pay for, Those who scel death by elow starvation will doubtless be able to find it in the Black Hills, Flouris quoted at 10 to 11 centsn pound, and bacon 25, sugar 40, salt 12, and ‘beans 15 centa a pound, while molnsses sells at 2,50 to $3 per gullon, and tobacco at from $1to §1.50 a pound. After traveling 200 miles by ox or mule tenm from the nearest railroad point, Oheyenne, the gold-hunter {finds himself at the diggings, where, if he is lucky enough to get agood claim and is an ex- port miner, he can by hard work make a dol- laraday, A corrospondent of the New York T'imes, who baa carcfully explored the dig- giogs, reports that very fow make that, while the largost amount realized haos beon §65_per month, which wonld scarce pay for provisons, The correspondent of the Kansas City Z¥mes soys ho has carefully gons over the diggings and has not yet seen a nugget; that no gold from the minea hna been aold at CQuster Oity; and that the opinion of old mitiers there ia that the diggings ara emphatically & fraud. The excitement is kept up, however, by the papers at Oheyenne and othor outfitting towns on the frontier, which publish glowing nccounta of the gold fotched back by returning miners, But it is more than ever manifest that no one haa re- turned with aa much money as he took with him; that more gold can be made digging ditches in lowa or Illinois than in the dig- ginga; and that those who are rushing to the Black Hills are hurrying to extreme deatitu. tion and suffering, with all the chances that they will have to endure yet greater suffer. ing in order to get back, —————— A good many respectable citizens of the Twelfth (the old Thirteenth) Ward have deter- mined to run 8, H, MoOrxasodJ. T. RiwLrios, $wo well;known businass men of good charsctsr, 4 the Republican candidatss for Aldermen in that ward, witboud regard 40 the rasult of the primary meating to-day. The reaidants of the ward who bave joined in & petition o these iwe geallomsn 13 bisatss olalud ibat they hava good resson for this action, and thay thero s no roason why they should be bound to the nominoes for Aldermen made at the prima. ries by non-Republican votes, We underatand amo class of men sre in this movement who elacted Mr. Oasm to the Councll & year ago laat fall aa an independent candidate. If o, they are lkely to cszy shelr point. At mnyrate, there are g0 very faw Demooratio Yotes [n thoie ward that thers might be soveral Ropubliean candidates withont danger of eleoting & Damo- orat, % . ————— It shonld be bornefin mind that the town eteq. tionw held yontsrday are iu no way connected with the Ropublican primary mestingw of to-day, The latter ocour this p. m., betweon the hours of one aud siz, While this expianation at firg sight would hardly appear necossary, yoi very general remark and inquiry at tha elootion piaces yestorday fndfcate that some confuslon existod in the minds of those who would bardly be sup- posed te got an erronsons impression regarding such mattors, It ahould, thereforo, bs well un. derstood that tho abligation to vote at tho town elsctlon yestorday was no greater than of sttond. ing the primary meetings to-dsy to socure the best men sa delogates to the Qity Convention,’ and to m wominations for Aldermen which will receive the hearty support of tho batter class . of our oitizons. Tax.pa; cannob afford to neglect the primarics to-dsy, chensnpesting | ARY, MRS, BARAT E, UPTON, The death of Mrs. S8anan E, UproX, wifs o Qzonax P. Urrox, Esq., of the editoris! ataft of Tue Caicioo TninuNE, is the ocosslon of muurn- ing among a large circle of warm porsonal friends, and of hearifolt sympathy smong Me, Urron's associates in this, tho great afiliction of hixlife. The immediste pangsat hor loxs ara assuagod to some extent bocause m quiot and poacaful death brought the only possiblo relist to » long period of scute suffering: but tha preparation for her loss afforded Dy her pro. 4Aracted and hopolers illnMe will In no sense roo- ongcile thoss who knew hor best to hor departure Bo early in lifo. The sketoh of her caresr for the pablio eye is briaf, beeauso her life was that of tho purest womanhood, passed in a devotlon to her family and tho gentlest and most unos« tontatioua works of her mox. Bho was born in Athol, Msss, Jan. 19, 1888, and cams to OChicago with her parents in 1864, In 1865 mhe onterod the. public school sorvico as & toscher, and continued this work 111860, Bhe was married to Mr, UpzoN Nov. 17, 1802, and bora him two ohildren. Ono of theao diod in Infancy § tho other—a Lright gir] chila of 18—survives to bring hor father conso. Iation, and baa a rich legacy {o the sHapo of a lottor which hor mothor wrote to her some montha ago when she felt that death was inevi- tablo. A mother, fathor, slater, and brother aro aiso Ioft to mourn her. Mra, Urrox haa been intimately idontitied with tho progrees of musicin this city for the past fifteon yoars, and was an actlve membor of the earhior socioties and choirs. 8he eaug for many yeara in the Wabash Aveouo M. E. Church, a short timo with the 3t. Paul's Universallat Oboir, and of Iate yoars with the Plymouth Congrogs. tional Cholr, of which she was a long time the loador, Bho wad also s member of this church, Bho rosigned herplace in the choir last fall; but, with the expectation of recovery, sha bad Iaid maoy oplana for the [futuro, among them ono for tho encoursgoment and assiatance of young mualclans in thiscity, Bhe had a rich and powerful contralto volcs, wag an excellent mueician, sympathized with the highost musical culture, and was an ndmirsble critfo. In more ways than ono, thongh In are- tiring and unpretontious manoer, she loft her impress on the munaia of Ohicago, ‘Toough Mra, Uprrox’s strength of character had always baon known to her friends, it was loft for her long and palnful {ilness to devalop tho full measuro of hor fortitude. It smonuted to heroism. Aon are extolled in proso and varss for tho daring that enablos them to faco the cannon's mouth for a few” hours onder_the ex- citement of the battle-flold, but she looked denth {n the faco for manths, conscious that it ‘was coming slowly but surely upon hor, and auf- fering most of the time & torturo to which death wore preferable s thouesnd times, and nolther flinched nor murmured. Hors was patlence, bravery, endarance, resigastion, erolsm thal the laader of & forlorn hope in war might vaioly try to oqnal. Her faith was s serenc and happy confidence that doath conid but soap o elondor thread that kept soul and body together; that then the body would be put away, but the sonl would atill hover about those als loved, and that wha was but going before that sho might recoiva ner friends wheu thoy shonld fallos. Tho best cansalation that can bo wisbied thoso who ro. wain bebind heand loved hor in this Iifo {s that they may caten the apirit of thiagontle faith, and that it may soatain and comfort thom ss it aid her. Mrs, Urror's funersl will taka place to-mor. row (Thursday) morniug at 10 o'olook from her Iata residence, No. 119 Bouth Park avenuo. PERSONAL. Connactieat Ia understood to be for Bristow. It s belleved that Winslow's wister-in-law Lad concealed on hior parson the monoy he took with bim from Boston, Under the provisious of tha treaty aho could not be searched. ‘The Treasury-girls who formorly dividad the contenta of thetr lunch-baskets with rs. Sons- tor Christisnoy have not as yet been invited to share in tho good thinga of her dinoer-tablo. They say that tho ‘‘aweot girl-graduates” of Vasear have an uncomfortable hablt of strike ing out from the shoulder snd kicking bwk whon any disinterested brother erticlass thelr grammar, Tt Ia naid that br, W. H. Crane aleo will refuse to falfill hia Australian engagement with M: ager Alllson. Mr, Crane, of courso, can Lav good engagement {n this country apy time he ‘wanta one, ‘The Tichborue clalmant has ralsed an ulcer 00 bis leg, in conssquencs of which ho has beea romovad fo the prison inflrmary, where bo ro coives an allowanca of ba't s pound of mes duily in addition to the usual fars of bread snd soup. London soclety han adopted a new smuse~ ment. This {a found in dancing quadriiles with: of inatrumental musio— inglog thelr own dauce musio, which oousists of mmple nureery rhymes, Wiytle, the champlon checker-player, who exe cited so much interest among lovers of the gama in this vioinity, has boen badly boston by & Mr, Yates, of Drookiyn, who won two ganior out of twenty-seven, aad made theother tweniy five draws, NOTEL ARRIVALS, Patiner House—, 1, Menty, Nowsrx, N, 3.5 A T Kelly, Letrolt, llenry Parkor, Battle Urseks Jo Tv Iuchards, M clunatt ¢ G £, Bparks and L, 0, Stevens, Cuoyanns, Wyo. Tur rand i ton, G O, Weshbura, Madi ; 3. M. Beazdaley, lock Lalsud 3 T, H, M. Davit New Yorki ¥, B, Ourke, sk Pauli J. We Tnited Btates Amoyy O A Hwloeford, Bute booi G W. A “aylor, New York: A O Matlhowe, Bpringfeld; i L. Cuitior, I, Fr Marls, and ¥, &, Ois, Now Yorks 3, ¥, Mesgher, 5o kato ; P, L, Relly B Paul; O, 1. Qriggs, New Yorii Jobn' W, Cary and Jobn d. Guult, Miiwaukse; O, I d biladelphis ‘McQuliocki, ol remons, House—' on. M. auton 0, D, Ettinger, Cloveland ; Col. Gearge Fo | B 8. Hadclide, Pauls ar ; lon J, 1, Burdick, Dakola; ton the Bon, J, 8. Walarman, -Bycamore ritt, New Yorl Lin . Drum X; B J, Lo, B