Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 14, 1876, Page 4

i 3 { 1 4 ; TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. BATES OF SURSCRIPTION (PAYARLE IN ADVAKCE), Postngo Prepald at this Omce. Dally Rditton, r;:\-hvltd.l" 1000: 813,00 Ar s of year al . lod to any sddress FOUR WEEXS far. atted to any addse janday and Keliglou! Hhest... 3 PN &% o Parta of ear s WEZEKLY EDITIO! 18 0Dy, DET YOAT. O o emat o Glub nf twanty, par cap: The pestage is 15 col Bpeeimen coples sant free. To prevent delay and mistakes, ba wure nd rive Post~ ©ftcs address n full, Incloding State and County. Homiittances may be made either by draft, exprais Poat-Office ordor, or in rexistared letters, at our risk. TERKS TO OITY BUDICHIBERS. Dully, dellverof, Sanday wxcepted, 25 otnts bor ok, ', Banday {nciaded, (), cents . Dyllyg detteerad, Bandgy Sperndet ik CORIANT ‘Corner Madison and Dearlorn- Unleago 1lt. AMUSEMENTS. MoVIOKER'S TALATRE—Aadlecn strest, botween Dearborn and State, Engagement of Edwin Booths * Bhylock.” - ADELPHI_THEATRE—Dearborn strest, Monroe., * Uncla Tom's Oabin,” corner LEY'S THEATRE—Tandolph strest, bélween O Laatie. The Oalfornia Miasirels, pem el gty BOCIETY MEETIN! ., JONN'S CONCLAVE, NO. 1, K. OF T, C. OF oA ELof e 1,89 o%“ Zriing, e (Friey g, 8o’ 2t No. 72 3 st Jrrlt iy AR, ATKINS, M. P, 5. * DEARDORN LODGE, NO. 310, A, F. AND A, M.— Regular communication thin {Friday) evenlng st hall fothe Americsn Express Tullding, No. 7 Monros ireel, Burlness of importsnce 1o bo traneactad; wembers ordel lend, JOIN BUTTOX, W, M. 3. D. McRAY, Heeretsry, ORIENTAL LODGE, NO, &, A, F. & A, M.—Spocial Communication this (Friday) evening, for work on tha £, A Degrea. dvmlug: n‘:‘m?‘u, ‘invited to meet ‘ordor of the Manter. L E. N, TUCKER, Bocretary. WABHINGTON GITAPTER, No. 43, Tt A, M.—Spo- Hal convocation this (Ffldlyz evening, st 4 and 7:30 clock, sbarp, for work on the Royal Arch Degreo. ‘hmun ‘Coupanlons cardinlly invited. By ordor of b M. L IL Po CIIAS, B, WRIGHIT, Boc, The @hieago Tridmue. Friday Mornng, April 14, 1870, Colder wenther and rain or suow is pre- Hicted for this locality to-doy. ——s Groenbacks at tho New York Gold Ex- shange yestorday closed at 88}c. E—— Russian capitalists will attempt to utilize tho recently coded tarritory in Contral Asia by introducing and developing tho cultiva- tion of cotton in that rogion. Sentonco was yesterdsy passed upon Me- Dovap and Aveny by Judgo ‘Freat, of the United Btates District Court of 8t. Louls, The former was let off choap, wilh but threa years' imprisonment and a fino of 35,000, and AvEny got two years nnd $1,000, It in stated thot a majority of the Virginia delegotes to the Cincinnati Convention will support Bramie, and that the rest are divided between Monton and CoxrriNa. Also, that Gov. CuaMmERLAIN Was succossful in control- ling tho South Carolina Convention, whoso delegntes to Cincinnati are for Buisrow firat, for Braixe second, and in no ovent for Mon- TON, i ——— - The ealumny against Gov. Rourt, of Col- orndo, formerly Second Assistant Postmaster- Geoneral, was fully st ot rest yesterdsy by Lin testimony beforo the Post-Offico Commit. tee, Mis doninl of tho assertion that holnd over received money or any valusble consid- eration from F., P. Sawyes or any other mail contrnctor, coupled with his clear record ns an uncompromising foo to straw bidders, cnlled forth o strong indorscment from Ar. LurmmeLy, of Californis, a Democratio mom- ber, and convinced the Commitice unani. mously of tho entire falsity of tho charges. ‘Whenover, of lato, tolograph faila to bring to hand somo now presentment ngoinst the honor and integrity of Gen. Bancocx, thon it may bo safely inforred that tho wires aro not in good working order. All the way from tho Samonn Islands comos o fresh bit of acandnl, oharging thot for o consideration Bancocx obtained for Sremvoencen his ap- pointment ns Spocinl Agent of the Govern- mont to visit Samos. A point in Bancoox's favor is the deninl by the State Department that STEINDERROZR Wos over s0 appointed, or that he holds any commission or authority as ropresentative of the United States. Corvix wan! preparo his reply to the demsnd for Lis resignation submitted yesterday by tho Committce appointoed at the grent mass-moeting, It ought not.to take long to say yes or no, and that's all thoe reply the people want. Thero is no occasion for 4the sorvices of the City Law Dopartment in this matter to give n rehash of legal opin- jons and court decisions. Everybody under- stands all about that. Corvin Lolds over by meaus of stuffed ballot-boxes at tho chartor election, and the only question is, Will Lo peaccably and decently atop down and out in obedionce to tho demand of nine-tentha of the citizons and tax.payers of Chicago? ‘This is what the Committco and the pcople want to know. Carmpfin: docs not thrlv;— in modern Grecco, T'he oxamplo of Socnates still lives, . and cxerts its influence more than two thou- ,sond years aftor tho old philosophior has ipassed in his nccounts. Two Government Ministors and thres Archbishops (1) have fbcen convicted of recelving bribes. Thoy (wera not in offico when tho charges wero rought against them, and tho Greek authori- Fim probably scorned to take that plea, if it were made, into considoration, ‘The bribo- rics wers cloarly proven, and the ex-Ministers and Archbishops were properly punishod, the former by imprisanment, fino, and depriva. 'tion of political rights, and the lattor being fined doubla tho amounts recoived as bribes, Mero is a thomo for somo modern Hoxea. ‘The Ohicago produce markets were irrogular yesterdsy, Moss pork was more active and Go per brl lower, olosing at 22,12} for April and $22.20 for May. Lard was more active and 5@10c per 100 tba lower, closing at $13.35 @18.40 cash and $18.42} for May. Blcats were lcss active and esaier, at 8Jc for boxed ehoulders, 1240 for do short ribs, and 12{o for do short clears, Highwines were quiet snd unchanged, at $1.07 per gallon. Flour waa quiet and firm. Wheat was activo and closed §o higher, at $1.02 for April and $1.05) for May. Corn was loas active and finaer, oloaing §@jo higher, at 4630 for April and 48}o for May. Oats wero in fair demand and 4@}o higher, closing at 80}a for April and 830 for May, Ryo was quiet and easier at 8630 for regular. Barloy was in good request sand 1@1)0 higher, closing at 69)c for April nnd 61c for May, Hogs were I fair demand ot steady prices, selling at $7.65@8.00 for poor to prime, Cattle were dull and easy. Bheep were quist at $4.60@8.50 for common to choice. One hundred dollars in gold would buy $113.25 in greenbacks ot tho close. P——— Mr. Dramvg has no l;!:r‘x{l’&n;f sheltering himsel! Lohind anything or anybody in the ‘matter of the Arkansns bond story. nios it outright andin every particular, do- claring that ho had nothing whatover to do with the MonTow, Brss & Co. and Union Paciflo transaotion; that ho nover received the $64,000 nor handled tho money nor tho bonds cither for himself or for any one clsc. o is avorso to domanding an investigation, Delleving that the Democratic House would tako advantago of tho opportunity to slowly drag out tho inquiry and delay its conclu- sion longenough to injuro his prospeots at Cinelnnati; butif tho Democrats insist upon an investigation, he will demnnd that they shall sct nboutit forthwith, and push it vigorously nnd speedily to a final result. MTho issuo is made up squarcly by Br. Brasg, who lins nothing to explain or justi- fy, but onters o deninl sufficiently nbsolute and comprohensive to satisfy his friends nud challenge his enemies to do theif worst. He do- Tho Committesof One Hundred and TFifty selected to walt upon tho Common Council, and in the name of tho People of Chicago to demand the rovision of tho list of judges of clection, can do that work most effactively by the co-operation and assistanco of the ward clubs. Only tho names of the very best men in cnch ward, men of character and courngs, and who command the highest confidence, shonld bo presented for appoint- mont romoval will bo demnnded. practicablo for tho Committes of Hundred snd Fifty to make sclection of them, in oll instances hitting upon the right man for the right place, within the short timo that romains for the work; anditis of tho utmost importance that the officers and Executivo Committees of tho various union ward clubs should at oncs muggest to the Committeo n list of names of the very best men in their respective wards to act as clec- tion judges. Thero is notime to be lost about it; let the work bo domo thoroughly and promptly. Tho names of the Commit- tecof Ono Hundred and Fifty aro republished in another column for general information. of tho men whose It is jm. One in place THE ELECTION FOR MAYOR. The Ballot-Boz-Stufier and Thieves' Organ, protending to be a Republican paper, is do- ing what it can to produce a division in the Ropublican party on the Mayoralty question. and thus defent all the efforts to have a Mayor in placo of the prosent usurper. This organ, hired and pnid out of the City Treasury by Corvx, and the thioves generally of the city, does but its masters' bidding by urging Convey to hold on, and by urging Republicans to di- vido and leave CoLvin in unquestioned pos- fession. Tho attempt to divide the Repub- lican party on this quostion of tho Mayoralty can have no effect but to strengthen Colvin- ism. It is only necessary to state the facts: Inthe Republican City Convention lnat weell & delegnta offered a rosolution in tho follow- ing terma: That this Convention recommends the calling of & mass-meeting of cltizens, firespectiveqf parly, at the Exposition Building, if it can Lo procured, or at Far- well Hall, Tuesday next, at 8 o'clock, to ‘nomiuate a candlasts for Mayor, to ba voted for atthe city elece tion, which takies place on the third Tuesday of April, 1870. That resolution was adopted unanimously. Tho Republican City Convention sought to ‘bring out the full moral protest of tho pooplo of Chiengo sgainst the usurpation of Acting Corvet., It was not deemed sufficient tor havo the protest of the Republican party alono, because the Convention desired tho non-partissn judgment of ouster against Cor- viv, IIad the Republican Convention merely wanted the nomination of a Repnblican candi- date for Mayor, it would bLave nominated that candidato then and thero and endod the matter; but the Convention was not acting in tho intorest of CorviN, and thereforo advised the union of all opponents of CoLviN and the nomination of n candidato by a non- partisan meeting. Convention, after a severe struggle with the Colrinites, by n three-fouriha vote, nnited in the call for tho meeting, The Domocratic City Ponding the meoting of this Mass Convon- tion of citizons of all partics, ‘Tnz Trmuxe had pointed out that the men voting for Mayor would not legally clect ono, aud had urged tho selection of condidates for Alder- men with the view of tho selection of o Mayor from that body. It hod uggested also that tho moral effect of the popular protest ngainst Colvinism might be as woll secured DLy the selection of two candidates for Mayor, each running also for Aldermen. But tho persons having tho matter in chargo decided otherwiso. both porties, determined that it waa best to have the wholo voto concentrated on one candidate, and, as thot candidate had to be some person who wos either a Domocrat or o Republican, the Republican members of the Committes, ns well as the Democrats, thought it was tha best policy to nominate Mr, Iloxne 08 o non-partisan candidato and to support him as such, A jolnt committes, seleoted from Tlere was a Mass Convention originally called by tho Republican party a:ione *“ to bo held irrespective of party.” In that call the Democratio party united. The end sought was a popular and not a party one, and the means wero to the union of the whole people, and not a mere party and therefore abor- tive effort to nct for the whole people. Tme Curoado ‘I'nwune did not proposo Mr. Hovne, buat he soems to have bean agreed npon with great unanimity by all those who took an ac- tive ‘part in maoking up the programme of proceedinga of the vast moss.meoting, and liis nomination was ratified by unanimous ac- claim. i Tar Onroago TrinvNe, recognizing the Masa Convention as tho direct result of a call by the Itcpublican pprty, to which the Damocratic Convention by invitation gave the approval of that party, and that Moss Convention baving, at the call of both politi- cal parties, nominated a candidato without o dissenting voleo, has supportod BMr. Hoxne from the first, and will do so to tho last, as it would any other respectabla and competent citizen under like circumstances, aud would regerd it s oxtremely dishonorable to do otherwise. While wo ave in no wise respon- sible for his nomination, we know of no renson of any charscter why Mr. Hoynx is not worthy the unlimitqd confidence of overy decent and honest citizen of Ohicngo, both a3 a non-partisan candidate and non-partisan Mayor. How the eloction of a candidate nom- inated under such circumstances and eloct- ed by thounanimous vote of the people of both parties could be construed as the defoat of the Republican party and s viotory for the Democratic party, or vice verss, is utterly prepostarous. It is the suggestion of the Colvinites and bummners who seek to break tho force of the expressed will of tho whole people by dividing the Republican party. Every vote not given to Hoynz will, under tho ciroumstances, e & vota for Coxviy, and THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1876. to that end the wholo effort of the City Gov- ernment and its hircling organ in directed. T'hey do not want a popular tote for Mayor, beeaisn that will be the popular judgment aguinst CorviN and lin associales—the thicves in the Council and on the city pension-roll. dosorts with corrupt oficials and public plun- derers high and low, rswell insido hisparty aa without it. The Enguirer should posacss its Lowels in patienco. It has alrendy learnod thus much concerning Bristow, and if the editor will keop his weather-eye opon he will learn that Bristrow, of whom it wants to know whnt ho has dono, every day keeps right on doing things that make him better known to the American people, and improves their opinion of him, while intonsifying the hontility toward him of tho mochine poli- ticiang, camp-followers, and spoilsmen of both parties, Meanwhilo, the people will seo in such at- tacks of tho Confedernte-Democratic organaa confossion of the self.ovident fact that all the forces of tho Democrncy combined, rom. foreed by tho fragments of tha rings ho hes shattered, eannot avail to keop Bnisrow ont of tho Whits Ifouse if he bo nominated ; and that, unless the machine politicians eap- turo and control the Cincinnati Convention, there is n strong probability of his nomina- tion, and that is the eause of thoir frantic of- forts to belittle him or break him down. Tho following cxtracts from & private let. tor from a good Unionist, of Lexington, Ky., oxpresses inp fow words tho cause of the tropidation {n the Domoctatic-Confedorata ranks at the danger of the nomination of Beeretary Bristow by the Cincinnati Conven. tion, Hosnys: Bxx BrusTow Is the only Republicsn who for the Presldenty could carry (he States of Kentucky, Bouth bonds for one of his constitnents, at the 0. «quost of tho Iatter, to Col. Tom Beorr, who' was thon President of the Union Pacific Rail- rond; that tho money was sent immedintoly to tho poraon for whom the bondsa woro sold; and that he hiad no porsonal interest what- evorin the transnction. Theso nro tho two storiea that havo been ciroulntod by Mr, Bramc's political cnemies on tho ono rido and by the friends of a rival candidate on tho other. Wo give them so that ho will bo able to meot them intelligont- 1y and fully. Ho far, his gonoral donial has Leon strengthoned by the following lottors : New Yonx, April 6, 1876,—Hon. J. G. Diane, Wash- ing, D, C.~DraR Bin: In answor to your inquiry, we beg to say that no draft, note, or chock, or othor ovl- donco of value, has ever passed through our books in whilels you wero knowa or suppored to have an intereat of any kind, direct or indiroct, Very reapectfully, your obodient sorvants, MonTox, Buiss & Co, Also, the following ¢ Ovrice UNION PActrio TATLROAD COMPANY, Bos- Tox, Mass,, March 31, 1876.—Hon. J, G, Glaine, Wash. {ngton, D, C.—DkAD B1at In response to your tnquiry, 1beg leavo to state that Ihave beon Treasurer of the Unfon Pscific lallrosd Company since April 8, 1871, nd have necessarily known of all disbursements made sinca that period up to the proscat timo. Iamsure no money hss been paid, fn any way, or to sny porson, Ly the Company, in which yon were intercsted in any manner whatover, I make this statement fn Justice to the Company, to you, and to myself, Very respect- tully, +E 11, Totu, Dt theso lotters wore written bofore the statement wns published in the Indisn- apolis Sentine!, and bofore tho Democratic version of tho affair probably came to his knowlodge, But taking theso specific allega- THE PEOPLE'S BATTLE IN CHICAGO. It may possibly oceur to some of our country renders that nn nnusually generous portion of the paco in Tne Tnisuse is de. voted just nt present tolocal politics, both city, conaty, and town. Wo think we can ‘preacnt this class of our readers who live boyond tha limits of tho eity with reasons for this sufficiont to reconcile them and to con- vince them of the overwhelming importance of the topics disenssed. Tho problem whioh now concerns tho stability aud porpotuity of the Americnn Iepublic s tho government of grent citics, Upon the honest, economienl, and just administration of city governments, and their resouo from tho thralldom of cor- rupt rings ond tax-cating vultures, deponds tho permanenca of our general ropublican form of government. If this problem is not solved, revolution of the peoplo will be an ovent of tho near future, JEFFERSON Tocog- nized this problem more than sixty yoars ago, although at that timo he had no conception of political abuses and corruptions ns they now exist. 'There were in his day no professional bummor class, no rings of men engaged in tax-enting 0s o business; but ho very clearly forosow what might- take Carolina, Tennesace, Maryland, Misalssipp!, Delawaro, Weat Virgina, Loutslana, and probsbly alio North Caroltna and Alabans, bealdes the fall Ropublican voto in the Nortb, His eandidacy wotld be supported with onthusitam by the menof thecld Whig party of the Houtl, who ware Iast to bo drsgged oo JRPFRRION Daia’ rebellion, and who have been forced futo tha Confederste-Domoacratic organiztion by the car- pet-heggers, who, for tho sako of tha spolls, bavo kopt the party managoment in the Bouth fn tho handa of closa corporation. The indorsement of BrisTow’s nomfustion by these men would make an cod of tho *cclor-line " nnd fetch abouta division of the native white vota of tho Sonth Dbetseen two groat partina between which tho negro vote would bo divided, tho color question dropped ont of politica, and tho Confederstes finally disrupted, | had heard it: With such resnlts In prospect, it fs nowonder the Con- |- It secms that five or alx yeara ago Mr, DLAIXE sold federnto organa molign and decry Dnrezow, They jHeomo stook in an Arkansss railroad company, tho Lit hove quito 8 much resson to fesr him as have the Yt Rock & Fort Smith, to Tox Boorr. The cousidera- ring politicians pretending to be Topublicans who (*ion was 04,000, At that Limo BcorT was at tho head warn you of the North that ho was born In Rontucky, |*0f Duinerous railway enterprisos, hia ambilion reach- and thoreforo Is not to be trusted, the which might | fog to the extromo Weat and the Southwest, Tne with equal force havo been said of the groat patriot | Btock, as o matier of fact, bolonged o s client of youall 8o warmiy loved,—Anzasiaxs LisooL, He, tno, | Brave's, althongh it wan immaterial who owned it, wasa Southernor born, and o Kentuckisa. Wa offer | 16 isa man of large wealth, having inherited some sou anotser who will wago oa unceasing & war againat | lands in Western Pennaslvanis, which proved to bo corruptioniats and revenno thioves aa the great Lixe | vory valuable. That ho should have raltway sharce of coLa did sgainat treason and rebellion. Yours, *bis owa to sell, ar that he should conacnt {o put upon e tho market a *block" belonging to a friend, da not at all strance, BooTT, then ss now, was aiming to con. trol tho businces of the Bouthwest, That ho should purchaao the shares offored by BLazte was not a sis- plcioua cirenmatance, According to story now told by one of tne Government Directors of tho Unfon Pa- cific Company, Uol. Bcorr aftorwards ¢ dumped” Aliat stock upon tholatter corporation, sccuring the adoption by the Exccutive Committeo of an order ro- +lating o thint samo Atock, Which Teada as foliows : Ordered, That MontoN, BLs & Co, be authorized 0 draw on the Treasurer of this Company for 64,000, -payable forty days from asto, and hold as_collaberai socurity for the Company' soventy-five land-grant bonds of tho Little Rock & ¥ort Smith Railrosd of ' $1,000 each, This all may Lo trus without fmplicating Mr. Bramz, After ho hed s0ld tho atock, L lsd no con- trol over it or intareat n ita divposition. Nothing has como to light which would offor tho least ground for nuspecting any wrong on Bramie's part, nor does his Tecord in Congross warrant Lhe suspicion of any cor- ruption, On tha contrary, Alr, BLatx has always nnd ‘stoutly rosiatod Tom Scorr's subslily schemes. Mr, Kon- 7o 1a suspected of boing responsible for the motting aflost of theso falss reports, If such is tho caso, be ‘would canserva hiw own interest by reveralng his tac- Hes, Buch basoless alandors can hardly fall Lo react in favor of tho accunud. e THR EDUCATIONAL BATILE IN FRANCE.. The grent educational battle which hns beon fought so many times in Euarope is now about to be waged in the National Assombly of France. Upon the surfaco the contest concerns the right of the State to confer university degroes, but in reality it involvea tho wholo question of popalar educstion in Franco, and is only another episods in tho chronio contest botwean Ultramontanism and Liberalism, botween those who are bound lLand and foot by the Vatican decrees and those who beliove in the divorce of Church nnd State. The bill which has been intro- duced relativo to the conferring of degrees originated with M. WappixaToy, Minister of Education, an Anglicized Frenchman, who is placo when tho American cities increased ' in population and wealth, and tho criminal class. cs waxed strong enongh to seize upon them. Chicago hans reached the perilons condition which JerrensoN s0 much dreaded. Within tho past faw years the professional bummers, and tho loafers, vagabonds, scallawags, gam- blers, and thieves, all of whom may be classed s criminnl, hove seized upon the City, Coun- ty, and Town Governments. They havo se- cured tho powor of levying and disbursing from oight to ten millions of taxcs, They liavo control of all contracts aud jobs, They hava control nlso of most of the polls and ‘Dallot.boxes, and defy the peoplo by intimi- dation " and violonce ot tho polls mnd stufing of tho boxes, and. by in. rolence and taunt whon the people do- mand that they shall have their rights—an honest election and the indnction into offico of thoso who nre honestly eleoted. Tho peoplo aro cheated of their rightsand diafran- chised. Juries are corrupted so that crimi. nals of tho bummer class cannot be conviot- ,ed. Taxes nro increased to runinous propor- tions and squandered in jobs. The Treasury is cmpty and debt-increnses, Tho credit of tho city is boing destroyed. Tho city isin arrears for the pay of its employes, ruch ag policomen, firomen, and school-teachors. Tho reputation of the city for good order and pood government, and secwity to life and proporty, has beon damnged. Buch is Chi- eago to-doy. And now, having infleted this blow upon the good pumne and fame of the city, the bummers and scallawags havo com- meneed to devastate and destroy the propoerty of ity citizens. The present popular move- ment is an effort of the peoplo who work for o living to rid themselves of this dnngerous class who do not work for their living, and to savo their proporty from being stolen. As thero ig no moro important topio for discus- gion thon this, onr readers will sce why wo devoto 8o much spaco to it. Tho scoundrels in possession of the City Government are » bold, desperate class of men, They have no morals, no shame, no conception of moral sentimont. 'They can- not bo reached by argument, by renson, or by logic. Thoy are dend to any appeal for jus. tico or cqunal rights. They hnve not even nuy consciousness of wrong. Hence all or- dinary appeals aro lost upon them. To reason with a wolf would be ns offectual as to reasson with o bummer. Thoy aro birds of proy, and the only way in which they can be driven from their prodatory work s by ani- mal fear, When thoy realizo' that the man who owns property will defend that property by hanging or shooting them if thoy do not lot go of it, they will quit, for all bummers aro cowards when they are confronted with tiona from tho injustice of private circulation will give Mr. Bramva an opportunity to silenco them publicly by specifio denials, sus- tained by tho doninls and statoments of tho - gentlemen whoso names havo also been used ‘in connection with the alleged transaction. ‘Wo Lisve overy confidenco that he will bo nblo to supply o statoment that will satisfy tho most oxacting. The Chicago Journal last evoning, in the courso of an articlo on the ** Scnudals Agalnst Brawe," gives this version of the story as it THE STORIES ADOUT MR, DLAINE. 1t is not strange, porhaps, that AMr. Braie, 08 o formidable aspirant for the Presidency, should be the hero of a good many stories to hig disndvantage. Tho social scandal was disposed of in Tme Tniunu of yesterdny fully and finally, and should now be dropped ont of the reckoning. As to tho other wo will givo the two vorsions that have como to us, ono apparontly from the cluster of satel- lites that revolve around tho presenco of Mr. MonTox, and tho other from Democratic sourcos. ‘The Democrats, we have reason to beliove, have designed to withhold their ver- sion for use in case Mr. Brawz should ro- ceive the nomination, and thon cxplodo it with a view to his dofeat. Wo take tho lib- crty of giving it before tho Cincinuati nomi- nation, as we think that, in any event, its publication at this timo will botter serve tho public interest than later in tho day. It should bo kept well in mind that one version comnes from Mr, Brame's political opponents, and that the other is alleged to como from tho friends of ono of his contestants for tho Cincinnati nomination, Br. Brraxe is there- fore ontitled toa full suspension of popular judgment until he shall have had an oppor- tunity to mnke an oxplicit statement. An additional reason for this is tho geuornl de- nisl medo by Br. BuaiNe o8 soon us the atories woro mado public, 1. T'he Democratic Version.—It beginswilh Mr. Bramve's {irst term of the Speakership. During that time tho land-grant of tho Little Rock & Fort 8mith Railroad lapsed ; it wns extended by Congress, and tho original restriction as to the prico of the land wns stricken out. After the cxtension of the honesty and justice, and will take to flight like a flock of wvultures when they are met with courago and determination. The ‘battlo which tho people of Chicago aro fight- ing I8, therefore, of enormous importance, It involves tho salvation of the city, or its do- struction nt tho hands of the criminal classes, which would ba tantamount to striking n blow at tho wholo Northwest, for which this city is tho storehouso and distributor, If the people succend, it will bo on behalf of repub- licanism and of froo government, in behalf of the future prosperity and growth of the city, in behalf of the interests of every mon who works for a living and who owns a dol- 1ar's worth of property within her limits, In this contest, the honest and respectable citi- zens of Chicogo aro entitled to the respect and sympathy, not only of tho Northwest, but of the wholo country. an Englishman by family and who, born in France, was educated at Rugby and Cam. ‘bridge, and in renlity involves tho very prac- ticnl questions who shall bestow oducation and under what conditions. As it involves every ono of tho professions, and touches closoly upon the great question of oducation in the frec elomentary echools, it will ba seen at once that the contest for tho right of con. ferring university degroes in reality includes oducntional, religious, and political influ. &nces, and therofore will be watched with great intorest the world over. Tho London 7¥mes, in clucidating the pur- poses of Blinister Wappmaron's bill, gives an interesting sketch of the educational his~ tory of France, At tho time the first Na. roLxoN camo into power, tho higher educa. tion was directed by many universitics, somo of them conferring degrees and some not. o consolidated tho educational prerogative by establishing one great univorsity, which was In reality tho Stato, the Minister of Pub- lic Instruction being the chicf dignitary of tho university, and every ono of its officials gervants of the Government. The State op- pointod all tho professors in tho universities, and does now, and they wero under tho ab- soluta control of tho Government. Ile placed tho granting of degroes in the hands of this university, and ho made them indis- ponsablo pagsports to the practice of overy one of tho professlons, Furthermore, no one could opon the least important infant school or the most important collego without its consent. This first arouscd tho opposi- tion of the clergy, who found themselves powerless in their influonce upon the frao schools, 'hey made a dotorminod protest, and contonded that the Ohurch had the right to educate tho childron of its own members, This protest oventually lod to a break in tho monopoly, Under tho Republic of 1848 a Commission was appointed to con- sider tho matter of free instruction, and in 1850 voluntary bodies were allowed to opon schools and colleges. Under this concession tho teaching Brothers well-nigh monopolized tho education of the young, and the Jesuits obtained possession of many large colleges. Last yoar thoe Royalist and Oatholic Assembly gave the Church many triumphs, and very nearly succeedod in giving it absolute control over education, The prescnt Parliament, which is largely Republican, has now deter- mined to offset the trinmpha of the last. Oune of thess was the granting of facilitics for the croation of free universitics, and an arrange. ment that thelr students, when applying for degrces, should be queationed by a mizxed jury composed in part of thelr own professors, which of course was only o stepping-stono towards the shsoluto right to confer degrees. This gont, tho Stats of Arkansas issued a lnrge amonnt of State-nid bonds for tho beneflt of thorond. The charge is that Mr Brame became a bondholder of the read at the end of that session ; the statement in that ho be- came posacssed of $160,000 of the Littlo Rock & Fort Smith Railrond bonds, The story goes that Mr. Braivg parted with one- hnlf those bonds and guaranteed tho interest, and that, when tho rond defaulted on its interest, hio had to talko them back ; and that he afterwards transferred them, directly or indirectly, first to Monrox, Briss & Co., and* then to ‘l'om Scorr, President of tho Union Pacific Railrond Comdany, for £64,000. The following is n copy of the order on the books of the Railroad Company for the payment of the money : ) Orllered, That Monoy, Dutss & Co, be suthorized €0 draw on the Lreasurer of this Company for $34,000, payablo forty days from dats, sud hold ss collatersl accurity for the Company seveuty-five land-grant Londs of the Little Rock & Fort Smith Mallroad of $1,000 each, : The inference which the Democrats draw fromn their own statement of tho caso is that Bramve eajoyed the bencfit of the $G4,000. They also cito a sequel to the story in con- firmation thercof, viz : That, after tho Littlo Tock & Fort Buith Railrond had defanlted, and the Legislature had passed a law requir- ing tho Btate Ireasurer to tako possession of thoe rond, tho Bsxtzn Governmont camo in and was anxious for Congressionnl rocogni- tion; that tho Boston agunt of tho road then communicated to the Baxren Government that o majority of the New England delega- tion in Congress would support Baxten if his Legislature would ropeal the law direct. ing tho Stato Trensurer to take the road, and go relense it. This was done. The fact that Brave sided with Baxren ju cited as a con- firmation of the proceding story. 2, The Alleged Morton Version,~The ver- slon of this reported travsaction first print. od in the Indianapolis Sentinel, and said to cmanate from Mr, MorTon's friends, is some- what different. Tt is said that Mr, Hanmson, a Director of the Union Pacifioc Company, whoso appointment waa sccured by Senator MorTON, came across the order quoted above, ond introduced o resolution calling for a committeoto investigate this payment of $04,« 000; and that Mr. Rovrays, the Sccretary of the Board of Directors, went to Mr, Hannison and said to bim : * You must withdraw that resolution. An iuveatigation will involve Mr, Brams and defeat his re-cloction to Con- gress. e got tha money.” Theroupon the rosolution was withdrawn. Wo have also ‘heard an addendum to the story which is not 1nasludod in the statement made by the Seati- nel. Ttis to the offoct that Mr. James F. ‘WiLson, of Iows, an ex-membor of Congroas and a Government Director of the Union Pa- cific Railroad Company, overheard this state- mont and afterwards ropeated it to Ar. Branim, and that Mr, Braive explalned to Rim that be hod simply sold some of theso DEMOCRATIC TERROR OF BRISTOW. The Ciucinnati Knquirer and other Demo- cratic orgnus are becoming mightily exercised concerning Secrotary Bristpw, notwithstand- ing the fact, so much dwelt upon by machino politicians who claim to be Republicans, that Lo was born south of Mason aud Dixon's line. The organs probably haven't forgotten thnt My, Lrxcoun wasa also o native Kentuck. ian, and ot prospect of Brisrow's nom. ination at Cincinnati they are all set a-flutter, ‘The mule stery and the hog story, the luke. boat story, and all the other malicious inven. tions with which he has beeg attacked, hav- ing been exploded, the Cincinnati Enquirer, tho leading Democratio organ of tho West and Bouthwest, is filled with redoubled solicl- tude lost he should bo the noxt President. Tho Enquirer wants the Bopublicans to nom- inato somebody else. Itis concorned as to his fitness, ond in 8 tone of awful warning wents to know if, in this Centenninl year, & man who has dono mnothing, and nbout whom mnobody knows anything,—n veritable unknown, and, of course, of the swall mediocrity incapable of making itself known,—is to ba clected to that high office that Wasnvoron was first to fill, . And 8 wholo column through does the Enquirer frantically implore to be told who Bamstow is anyhow,~—all which goes to show that al- ready has it lenrned enough to kuow that of all men he is tho last the Confodorate Dewmoc- rnoy would have bo President; and that the Confederates know ho is the ono man certain to defeat any candidate thoy may nominate, Manifestly it is dawniugupon the Enquirer that somehow the people of the United States have becomo remarkably well acquainted with this unknown Bristow, Fuorther, that the better aoquainted the people come to be with him, the better they like him,and that in Lim they recognizo precisely those qualities which aro roquired of the President— greut exccutive ability, unfinching oour. ngo, snd unequaled capacity to wsmash thieves' rings, and to deal according to thair by introducing his bill establishing tho prin- gght M. WappvaToN now seeks to provent ciple that the State, and tho Btate alone, has { ari the power to set thastamp of & d_egxn upon nondemical attainments. TInvolved in this bill alsoda the question of absolutely freo ed- ucation. Tho contest will bo n theological one,—ona party trying to lessen the power of tho clergy, and tho othor to increnso it, ono party socking to strip the clergy of its powor over tho achools, and tho other to bring tho s#ohools under their domination. Itisa con. test which will oxclte universal interest, al- though thero can hardly bo a doubt which woy it will turn, considering the immense Republican mnjority in tho Parlioment. It will bo walched with special interest in the United Stntos, sinco n Republican victory upon this question will emrncipato tho ig- norant pensantry of Franco from the thrall- dom of tho clergy, who aro all Royalists or Imporinliats, and thus help to perpetuate Re- publicanism in Franc: Pkt In 18G4, Cougress, acting under the cor- rupting influonco of the Pacific Railroad cor- porations, changed tho lien by which tho Government was protected for its advances from o first to o second mortgago. The ne- count curront with these rnilronds stood as follows on the fixst day of April, 1876: rineipal due United Btates, .. 18 04,623,512 Totercat pakd by United States Iutorest not paid.. Total ,e..ees Lesa pald by trannportation $ 95,734,077 0,781,012 Dalanee secured by second mortgsga ..$ 88,069,905 70,703,360 Intercat to maturity of bouds Total dobt 1n 180¢.... Lesd to bo paid by transportation Due United States in 1804,... $147,7140,745 Tho Springficld (I1l.) Journal thinks that, beeause the Hon, E, B, WasanurrE opposed the swindlo by which the lien to secure this dsbt was made a second mortgago, the in. vestmont as it stands was a good one, and that after paying off $150,000,000 of other dobta tho clnim of the United States will bo poid promptly! Wo don't happen to sco it in that light. THE TAX-PAYER'S BOLILOQUY. To yleld or not to yield | That s the question. Whettior 'ia nobler fn » man to suffer The pangn and woes of CoLyIN's usurpation, O with Tox Hong to end them, Torise in arms. Ayol thero's the rub, Tor in that now regimo what woea may come When we Linve shufied off that hated colt Must give us pause, e Detective BeLL has epunked up, and in s pub- " lishod card answarod back to divers and auodry individunts who have been mceking to broak down bis statement that ho wos omployed to- stoal tho tostimony againat Bancocr from Dis- triot-Attorney Dyzn's office, BAncock’s lawyer, Braprey. Ilim Ber shortly disposcs of by directing attention to tho fact that befors tho Committos BrapLuy swore Brry was not employed to stenl papers from Drzn, ‘but admitted that 1t was to ateal coples morely, and Bzwy polntedly observes that it was strango ibat in tho thleving buniness, BrapLey should “draw tho line at copics,” and roaflirma that tho job was to steal *all tho papors,” but that part only would be worae than none, DL, itla ro- froshing to noto, acquits Brisow of complicity 1o any plot ogainst tho Prosidont, but says he found Prennevost intriguing with JewerL and Brtstow. Tho intriguing, according to Drrv's card, conaisted in the fact that Pienneroxr + hotrayedt” bim,—that 18, ot BnisTow know that BrLy was golog to 8t. Louls uandor n Govera- ment commission to steal tho Governmoot's teatimony agsinst Bapcock, In tho alfair Dern eays PienneroNt botrayed both tho Prosidont and Brisrow,—lotting out first Beir's employ- mont as stated, and thon, when BeLr commuui- oatod some fsats to Dygn, having bim (B.) dis- missed, soers to bo what 18 mesnt by betray- ing both. But the saddost botrayal of oll be- trayod by Ders was the rofusal to pay for tho spy-stoaling oo the part of Bancocx, who hasn't yoi pold for it, Beru's card discloscs how ut- torly unfounded was tho pretenss for wantlug to inveatigate BrusTow ae to the alleged conspiracy agalngs stho President It shows nlso how, In & way not yot quito satisfactorily oxplained, & 8py was sct npon tho track of Governmont of- ficials ongagod in prosecuting Bancock. [ — The Enatern newepapers look with suspicion upon tho roports of the popular oxcitomont in Chicago over tho ballot-box frauds, and really do not begin to reslizo how vast and important the movement s, Tho statemont sont by tho Associated Prees, that botween 25,000 and 40,000 gathored at tho Kxposition Buoilding Taosday night, has boon gonerally digereditod. Tho Cin- clunati Gazetle saya the number is ** probably a littlo oxaggerated "; tho discriminating night-odi- tor of the Now York Sun corrects tho tolograph. and reduces the figaroa to * 3,000 or 4,000 ; the Now Yark ZTribune, atill moro consorvativo, omita flguros, snd calls the meoting **a large audtence.” Now tulsis just what tho mecting was pot ; it wasa small aadionco ; not more than .one-tanth of tho povple presont could hoar all that was eald by the speakers, But ss anim- ‘monso concourse of Loneat mon, fully arousod to tho consclonsncea of their po- litical rights and datles, and determinod 10 protoct their property from the @oprodations of political thioves, themeoting waa a sight to bohold. Twouty-fivo thousand is a rough osti- mato of the numbor present at 8 o'clock, but it i probably under rathor than over tho facts, The Esstern editors need to bo informed that the seotion of the Exposition Duilding in which the mooting was hold §s 600 feet in longth by 200 feot in widih, and Is surrounded "by broad galleries. All tho atanding-room on the ground floor and in tho gellerien was occu- plad, ond thousands atayed but & fow minutes, giving placo to othor eagor thousands who presa- od in from tho outside. Buch an outpouring of tho poople never took place in Chicago before, not even in the most oxciting poriod of tho War, 3 The reanlt of tho romarkably opon winter and tho froquent rains and thawa i, that throughout the Btata thore arc millions of acres of corn- flelds from which last yoar's crop has natyet boen gathored, bocauss it has beon and ia almost jmpossible to drive wagona through tho fclds to hanl it off. Moet of tho corn is down in the mud and water, and, with the prosent wot weathor, thero Is danger that milllona of bushels will rot befora the ground will be in such condition that tho corn can be bauled from tiio fields, In thia condition of affalra it is highly fmportant tuat somo moans ba dovised to wave it. The moet foamble plan yot suggosted is that of Mr. W. T. Brackrory, of Fairbury, Iil., which s, at the most coavenlont and higheat-lylog pointa in each flodd, to collect corn-atalis and pila them crosswise loosely In aquaros until the wholo is 8 or 10 inches above the mud, and gather and plle upon thias the corn tlat it is impoeaible, because of tho mire, to haul away. This would leave tho corn with s sufliclent cirenlation of air from bo- low ta koep it dry while the sain alfts through, and there would bo no danger of the grains sot- ting. Thie plan 18 certainly worth trying. e Young man, it you have been Inveigled into makiog an unhappy engagomeut to marmy, you will not save any monoy by golng and banging yourself, though thersby you may reduco by one the number of fools i the universo, You will be eimply ont of pocket tha cost of the rope, and, sccordiog to the verdiot of the Iowa jury in the VavizsoN-FREDERICXSON 846, your sui- cide will be taken as conolusive proof of your breach of contract, and the Court will go right ahesd and render judgment agaiost your ad- minlstrator for daimages, for the maldon's solace. P AN Bouth Amerioan rulors sre beginning to loom up in this country as visitors st the Centennisl. Dom Prono, the Emperorof Brazil, is on the ©0coan, en rouse for New York, and will probably in Chissgo in time to be welcomed by same otbay Msyor than Cowvix. ‘fhe Preaident One of theso was | — e, of Tory, Qon. Prano, has already arrived, and will atay hiere to seo tho Philadeiphia Exhivition bofore ho gaes to Europe to arrangs Poruvian finances. It is & rathor mortifying fact that Trosident Pnano has siready boan In New York sovoral days withont any oflicial recognition, ‘whild tho New Yorkers worklog up much on- thusieam over the pr ivo arrival of Dom Prono. Fho former cortalnly dewerves the sama honors as tha latts pes it Tho anti-Chinose agitation on the Pacifia Coast {a more than .over bolling over, 1t Is now engineored by hinck politiclana and demagogues of all partics, and under thoir manipulation bas oxtended from Ban Francisco throughout Cali- fornia and Novads, whero in nearly avery town and county Anti-Chinoso Clubs are belng or- ganizod, nnd mass-meotings aro bolng held, at which the barbarour prejudice is inflamed to the utmoet, by incendiary barsngaes. Tho key-noto of thaso all in that the Celeatiala aro rulning the country by their cheap labor, the profita from tho chospnoss of swhich are pocketed by tholr white employers. Dut from the roporta of tho San Francisco papers, which have been ex- hastively exploring tho eubject to show up the ovil of Chinceo cheap labor, 1t appeats that the Mongola aro far from working at atarvation wagos. Tho great majority of them are em- ployed outside the city at from $30 fo 950 pee month. Thoso who work in tho mining-ditchos, standing in running wator all day, got from $12 to §18 por wook. Tha olgar-makera in Ban Francisco and other towns make from 8 to 10 por wook. Dut tho othor objection to them is that thoy do mnot spend all they earn, Thoy club togother in gangs or messes, and board for from $2 to $3 ypor week, tholr Iaundry bills incladed, sod lodge oa sholves, thirty or forty in a singlo apartment, for §1 apioco per month. With them 800 is rockonod a snug foriune, and the possessorof 8500 or 2600 ia a Onmsus. So much, dospite somowhnt of American oxtravagance which they scquiro, thoy eave in & few years. Then thoy furthor ruin tho country by taking their earninga off with thom to Ohins, while the proud Osu- casiana havo loft about double that profit on the worle of oach Chinsman. Instosd of clnmoring for tho abrogation of the BunrmvoAx:n troaty, why don't the Californfans make su ond of the cheap-labor ovil by paylng iho Chineso full wages, and stopping the productive Industries, whtch sro only possible on the Pacific Oosst bos cauas of that choap labor ? — T, 8, HuaT, of Boston, hoa recontly printed a paper upon tho nitneral wealth of this country which contalrls some statomanta of very geuoral intorest, 1o dividoa tho country by & north and gouth lino at tho eastern base of the Rooky Mountains, upon tho Atlantio side of whnich aro coal, irom, copper, load, sall, and potrolenm, and upon the Pacifio side the mora proclous minorals. ‘Tho grand total of conl for 1873 he finds to be abont 50,000,000 tons. In 1873, fron roachod fta highest figures of production, thn total bolng 3,880,070 tonn. In 1874 the j Supstior minos atons turned out 17,827 tons ‘of copper, Tho product of petroloum rose from 500,000 barrols ln 1850 to 10,687,080 barrols in 1874. West of tho Rocky Alountains, tho ofloial figurea show that Californis, Nevada, Idsho, Montans, Utah, Colorado, Orogon, Washington, and Now Mexico ylolded of the procious rnetals, $72,428,205 {n 1874, and in 1875 880,889,657, g il essia i, Rrouanp Waanen s eald to have comploted bis Phitedolphia Sfarch duzing his recrnt visit to Dorlly, and haa forwarded 1t to Mr. Toxas. Tho motto of it is takon from tho so:ond part of * Faust.” It Ia satd to bo cologsal in instrumen. tation and suporior to tho Kaiser March, which was writion upon the oceasion of tha Enipetor's roturn toDarlin after tho Franco-Gorman War . Thero is ono featuro of tho morch which soems to indicato that Grrarong, who has always been looked upon s o mualelan of tho prosent, In re ality bolongs to tho school of tho futuroe, afnco WAONER Lins coplod ono of Lls offects, introduo- ing o brief reat aftor n fortissimo passsge to en- able tho Amoticans to firo off o dischargo of artillory. This, it will bo romombered, was an offoct firat used by Mr. GrrMons in'his Peace Jubiloe musio. Itisalittlo odd, howevor, that Grruore should find himselt indorsod by-such oo authority as \Waoxes. Tho evonta of tho Contoopial year saem to be attracting the attontion &f the foreign composers in & very romarkablo way. Wo have atroady chroniclod the fact that Waaxen hae finishod his march which will commemorate the opening of the Philadelphia Exhibition, and that Orrex- Bacn I8 also writing e triumphbal march with tho samo purpose in view. Now It aopoars thas Qounop has written & cantata which is to bo brought aut at an operatio concort to bo given in Now York oo tho 24th inst, in aid of the project to erect fu Now York harvor the statue to Liborty under Fronch auspioes. Tho Now Yorkers aro already plumivg thomaelves, not only upon tholr statue, but also. upon thelr ocautata, which thoy aro determined shall be quite as good 08 $ho WaaNEw march, Zreix's Encyclopmdis, noticed in yestorday's TrinuNg, is published by Baxze, Davis & Co., Philsdelphia; Chicago oftice, No. 140 East Mad- ison street, J. Exony, mausger. ———a PERSONAL, - Miss Stowe givos roadings in ‘Fiorids, Mr. Disrsoll i3 becoming famous for wine- bibbiog, Qaribaldi was pleased with the overthrow of Primo Miniater Minghetti, Dr, Iloward Crogby, Chancellor of tha New York Univeraity, has boen constralned to pub- lish & card denylug that ho [s a patron of the Uentonnial ball, or of sny ball whatever. About elghty Harvard studonts are wearing brecches and long atockings, end propose to adopt this style pormsuently, For economy's saka they bave not undertakon to add err-muffs to their costumes. Atr. Richard A, Proctor has possibly changed his mind, snd determined to writo a baook on Amenica. Inn lottor to tho Ewglish Mcchanio he dosaribes & Lreakfast scens at Dos Moines, In., in tho veln of **Martin Chuzzlowit® o2 # Amorican Notes." Mr. Billiman, the Amerlcan, has been sotlng forsome timo as ocorrespondent of tho London Times 1o Ilarzegovina, but has been obliged to resign In conscquenco of failiug health, His lottors hava been fawmous for acouracy snd full- ness of fuformation, Mr, Georgo Willlam Curtia delivered a lootura in Chickering Hall, New York, last night, for tho boneflt of tho art departmemt of theap- proaching Young Women's Christian Aseouiation Falr, Tue subject was * Women in the OM Time and tho Now," The statement that E, A, Bothern, the actor, bas boen advised by his physicians to discon- tinueacting the part of Dundreary for foarof jmponding idlocy haa beon rovived. This osn- not be altogethor & pleasant advertissmont, and i cortainly cannot be truth. Quoen Vistoria's abssnce on the Continent during s sossion of Parlisment (s exclting much unfavorable comment in Eoglsnd. Tihe svent is entrely uuprecedented. Tho unwritten law of the Kingdom {8 that during eocasions the Com- mons sball st all times **have accoss to the sovareign.” & Bonator Conkling offended an sdmirer, who sat down by him st Wormley's and bogan dis- cusaing the poltical situation, by saying: “Really, my frlend, ezcuse me, but—you sre saturated with nicotine,” The man lef$ in- stantly, snd Mr. Conktlug, in a porturbed spirit, proceeded with hia broskfast, One of Bignor Verdi's libretto-writers, Signor Piavo, diod on the Bth fost. in Milan; he wasa poot in turn, also, for the brothers Riccl, Paciul, and Balfe, besides the lving composer, Bignor Ponchielli ; he wrote the ten books of * Ernan," | #1 due Fosoari,” ' Macbeth,” Il Corsarc,” #gtitello,” * Rigoletto,” ** Aroldo,” “ Traviats,” +8imon Boccanegrs,” aad * La Forza del Doatl-