Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 15, 1876, Page 4

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ADELPHI_THEATRE—Daarborn Monroe. “Uncle Wom's Oabin,” avening. The @hisage Tribune, Baturdasy Morming, April 18, 1876, WITH SUPPLEMENT. Shonld Old Probs' predictions prove cor- reot, wo of thio Upper Lake region may look for coolor and partly cloudy weather to-dsy. street, corner Afternoon and T ——— . It wns rumored in Washington last evening that the District Grand Jury had returned an indictment against Bancoox on account of tho safe-burglary conspiracy. Tho perseveranco of tho fathor of Crmantm Ross should bo-envouraged by the news, printed this morning, that Mr, E. C. Ma- noNy, of South Windham, Conn,, has just found a daughter near Mendota, I1l., who was stolen twenty.three years sgo. The woman guilty of the crimo of abduction in this easo confessed hor malafaction at denth’s door, giving names and other data by which the daughter put herself in communication with her thankful parents. Cuyuen's Committes succeeded in be- smirching the reputation of Gen. J. J. Rxr- Norps by the reception and publication of the testimony of Col. McCoox, aud then ad- journed without affording tho accused officor en opportunity to vindicate himself. Other porsons are smarting under a like grievanco, *and there is not a little individual indignation &t tho one-sided manner in which the various investigations were conducted. Next Monday the issue of - gilver coin wilf ‘begin at tho National ‘I'rensury, in accordanco with the law just passed. Secratary Bristow has full confidenco in the success of this plan for tho redomption of fractional curroncy, nnd is not approhonsive that the silver coin- age will bo bought up for melting. A supply of bullion hoa alrendy beon puchased at less than the prescnt markot prics, and overy- thing is in roadiness to sond out the avant courior of specio resumption. The eloventh anniversary of tha sssassina- tion of Annaiax LiNcowy occurred yesterduy, ond was obsorved in Washington with eero- mounios of peculisr interest. Tho statuo af tho martyr Presidont, crocted solely by the eontributions of tho colored people of Amer- ica in honor of tho memory of their great emancipator, was publicly unveiled by Presi- dent Gnanr in tho presence of a vast multi- tudo, including members of tho Cabinet, Jus. tices of tho Supromo Court, Bonators, Repre- sentatives, ete, Thero waa read a poem com. posed by Miss CanoLmne Ray, colored, of Now York, and Foeoentok Douvariss was tho ora- tor of tho occasio; Tha Common Council last evening hold & spocial meeting for the purpose of revising tho list of judges of election previously ap- pointed. Tho recent demonstrations on the subject of election frauds had led to a closo scrutiny of tho names designated, and the revision of last night was in deference to the popular demand that none but trustworthy mon bo placed in cliarge of the ballot-boxes &t tho munieipnl election of Tuesday next, Mnany of the changes aro doubtless for tho better, but the nccessity still remnina for grent watchfulness and care on the day and ight of tho election, to provent rascality in the reception and custody of tho ballots, Tho First Ward Ropublican Olub has agreed to meot tho Domocrots half wey in the mattor of the Aldermanic nominntions, and to unite upon a ticket that both partics can support heartily. Accordingly the Club bas nominsted D, XK. Piensoy, a Democrat, who, with Mr. McAuLey, the Republican nomineo, will give the . decont oloment in the ward a suitable ropro- sentation in the Common Council. There ought not to be a shadow of doubt of tho -eloction of Mesars. McAvrey and Prenson as -ngainst Fnanz Wannexy and Dave: Lyon; thore will be no doubt about it if the respect- ablo voters of the ward do their duty noxt Tuesday. e Presidont Gaant issaid to be somowhat nettled at tho resolution of inquiry recently :adopted by tho House, calling for informn- tion whether he has transnoted any offlcial -business ontside of the Natioual Capital. Of course ho has, and he will say ko, at the samo time pointedly reminding his hostilo inter- wogators that snch action is not without dis- tinguished procodent, all of his predecessors having absonted themsolves .from Washing- ton during the recesscs of Congress, somo of them, in ante-telograph days, being at such a distanco as to make communication with them a matter involving soveral wecks of time ; while Lo (U, 8. @.) has in but a single instanco been 8o located that he dould not perform any necessary official duty within an bour’s notice. All of which is truo, and if so, what political capital will the Dewo- crats discover in it ? ThoChicago produce markets were less ani- mated yesterdny, in the sbaence of advices from England and Now York. Mess pork was in fair demand and 150 per byl higher, closing at $22.85 for May and $22.62}@22.65 for June, Lard was quiet and 2}o per 100 lus higher, cloaing at $13.45 for May und §18.62} for June, Ments were moderataly active and firm, 8t 8o for boxed shoulders, 124c for do short ribs, and i12§o for do short clears. Highwines were inactive and casy, at §1.07 ssked per gallon, Flour was active aud fir, Wheat was quict eud closed jo lower, at €101 for April and $1.04} for May. Corn waa leas active aud o lower, closing at 4540 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, APRIL 15, I1876~TWELVE PAGES. for April and 47{cfor May, Oats wera in fair demand and steady, closing at 80¢ for April and 830 for May. Rye wna quict nt G30 for regular, Barloy was 1@14c lower, closing at 58}@n% for April and 61jo for May. Ilogs wero quict and firm, at $7.70@8.00 for com- mon to prime. Cattle wera activo and firmn, with sales ot $2.50@5.60. Bheep were dull at §4,60@6.76 for common to choico. One hundred dollam in gold would buy $113.25 in greenbacks at the closa, Tho will of the lato A. T." Srewanr, filed yesterday in the Surrogatc's oftico in Now York, containg no epecifie bequest for any public institution. With the exceplion of varjous sums to individuals in ono way and nanother identified with the business nifairs of tho great morchnnt, his entire estate and property is dovised to his wife and her hoirs forover. Bubsequent, howover, to the mak. ing of the will, Mr, Srewant attached to the instrument a lotter to his wifo, intrusting to her, nidod by Judge HivtoN, the complotion of tho varlous plans of public beneficence which had been initiated but not carried out ; and also desiring her to justly recognize tho deservings of numerous friends and em- ployes. This letter bears date of March 29, 1873, and is in the naturo of an informal codicilo tho terms of which will donbtless ba religiously obsorved and fulfilled by Mra. Srzwant and her co.cxecutors. A spocial dispatch from Washington in yes- day's TRIDUNR states that Mr. Brane de. clares that ¢ tho carrent story that he sold the Arkansas bonda for n constituent, and ro- ceived tho $64,000 on nccount of this con. stituont, is ubsolutely false,” Per contrary, the Ilon. Jasrs F. Wirsoy, of Tows, ex-M, C., and now a Government Director of tho Union Pacific Rond, has undoubtedly stated that ho called Mr. Brave's attontion to those Arkansas bonds in tho possession of the rood, and that Mr, Brame did oxplain to him that hae had simply sold theso bonds for ono of his constituents to Col. Tox Beorr, who was then President of the Union Pacifie TRoad; but that he hind no personal intorest in tho matter whatover. Whatever may bo tho absoluto truth, the bottom facts of tho case must bo brought to light. A simple de. nial is not enough. Mr. WiLson's statement is needod to cloar up the case. We hope he will stato the facts as ho understands them. THE CINC! NOMINATIONS. To those professionnl Républicans who as- sumo and act as if they belioved that tho only question pending to be determined by tho nominations nt Cincinnati is to which of tho candidates sball bo awarded the Presi- doncy, wo suggest that the real thing to bo decided by the choice of candidatesis wheth- er tho next Presidont shall be & Republican | or a Democrat. Tho rovelations beginning with the shock- ing oxposuros of tho Credit-Mobilier corrup- tions in 1868, followed as thoy have been by the repeated evidencesof wide-gpread corrup- tion during seversl years among the poli- ticians who have operated the machinery of Government nud politics, ending in tho criminal conviction of revenuo thioves, tho impeachment of Berkvar, tho smirching of other repatations, and the disgraco of Bancocx, have produced upon the public mind » deep disgusy for ma- chine politics and for the politiciany who operate tho party machines. Tho opinions, wishes, and feelings of the Repub- licans of tho great State of New Y@k wore Intely treated with contempt by these ma. chine operators. For ten years Senator CongLING has beon the dispenser of partisan alms in that State, All Federal offices, from village postmaster to the Judges on the bench, hiave been taught to know and to feol that they owed their places to Lhe personal favor of Scontor CoNxring, and, outside of the Judiciary, thay have had the fact severely improssed on them that thoy could only ro- tain their places by his consent. The result was a vast political machine, spread all over the State, worked by s man at Washington, and capablo of producing o convention obedi- ent to lis personal command. What Mr, Coxrring was ablo to do in opposition to the wishes of the mass of the party in Now York, other men wern also able to do in other States, and so, ignoring the mass of non.mn- chine votors of the party, these ma- chine politicians, who bave for many yeara been silent amid the corrup- tions and dishonesty around them, who have opposed tho exposure of frauds, and applanded, sustained, and officially indorsed the notorioualy guilty, have been ablo to get up delegations to Cincinnati in their favor, with tho determinetion to forco upon the party ono of their own class for President. Ono of theso candidates recently declared that Brisrow had no chance at Cincinnati, Leenuse, whilo he was strong with tho peo- plo, he had no * organization ;" nnd by organization was meant *‘machinery” to forestall and defent public opinion, The wholo clectoral voto of the United Statesat the next clection, including Colo- rudo, will bs 369, of which 185 will bo s mu- Jority. 'The following eighteen States bave the vole essigned them : Btates, Votes,| States, Votes, Dolaware . 2 Teaneasee. i | Total eloctoral vty 1t in beyond all reasonablo hopa that e of theso Btates will vole for any candidnte numed at Cincinnati who hus been identified with the past corruptions aud dishonesty, di. reotly or quicscently. No macline politician need expoct or hopo for the voto of either of those Btates, It is vory probable that somo of them might vote for BrisTow, but certain. ly for no other Republican, Thers would bo at loast an ovon chauce that Buistow would carry Kentucky, Californin, Orogon, North Carolina, and Mississippi. His chances would be fully equal to that of the Domocrats and Confoderates, no matter who they may nomi. nate. But no machine politician has a ghost's chanco of winning either of them, Home of the most sagacious Kontucky Democrats ad. wit ho can get the twelve clectoral votea of that State through the nid of the old Whigs, who still hate tho secossion Democrats, ‘I'his leaves the Domocratio party within forty votes of a majority of the Electoral Col- lege, Unless Souator Mouton ba nominated, tho chances for any of his rivals in Inalons, except Bustow, muy be considered a3 ox- tromely huzardous, ‘I'he vote of the State of New York (43) with that of Indiana (15) or of New Jersey will give tho Dumocratic party the President. 'Tho same moral sentiment that will induco tho poople of Now York to reject any machine politician nominated at Cincin. uati will bo felt all ovor the North, While a majority of the people do not desire to ro- storo the Democratio party to power, their disgust for the men who have mado the poli- ticaond the administration of the Govern. ment » thing of bargain, and sale, and fraud, issnpreme. This fealing is espocially strong among Ropublicans, who have been betrayed by thoir own leaders, and who have been mortified by the wholesale frauds nnd ofifcial robberies porpetrated by the croatures of this machine aystem of politics, There has not been a dishonest officinl in the rovonue ser vice who was not a machine in the interest of some high aspirnnt for honor, and the conviction of theso mon has been resented ns war upon the high officials who appointod them, With this system the peopls have be- como o disgusted that they will even take the consequonces of a restoration of the Democratio party to power, in ordor to got rid of the pernicions class of men who have usnrped, a3 personal perquisites, the Execu- tive power. In the Cincinnnti Convention, tho dele- gates from tho cightcen States wo have named, aod from the eight Territories, in. cluding the District of Columbia, which have no electoral votes, will have 1563 votes in tho nominntion of a candidate. Under tho cir- cumatances thero delegates will ropresent no clectoral votes for the Ropublican machine candidato they may force upon the party. "They will constituto more than 40 per cent of tho Convention, and with tho CoNxrrNg-ma. chine voto of New York can positively nomi. nato a caudidate in definneo of the vote of all the certain Republican States of tho country. The patent dologations, representing no probablo clectoral votes, enn therefore, by uniting with any one of the machine factions, give to the party a condidate obnoxious be- cause of his identification with tho past, and beeause of his abhorrence to the system of machine politics. Thero dro but two cseapes from defont: The one is by the nomination of a candidnto unknown to the eorrupt past,—some ono who nover had dealings with Boss Sucruenp, and whoso history is that of an earnest Repub. Jican, devoted to thief-fighting, and the ex- posura and breaking up of corruption and fraud, sud tho punishment of criminals. The other ,is the nomination by the Dem. ocrnts of such a candidate that, to avoid the calamity of his cloction, #he poople will oloct anybody eclse who may be offored them, But the Domoeratio party will not «seloct their candidate until after the Ropublican Cincin- nati Convention, ond it is more than likely thoy will seck to profit by the Republican mis- take rather than to court defeat. WHEEE THE REFORM MUST BE BEGUN, In thomidst of the excitementover the steal. ing of the town officos, the ballot-stufling and bummer deviltry gonerally, thero is a dangor ‘that the most important matter at this junc- turo will bo overlooked by the decent peoplo of Chicago intent upon reform. That is tho cloction of Aldermen. While no effort to rid the South Town of the thieves who have stolen into oflico shonld be relaxed, it must not be forgotten that the absolutely indispensa- blo provequisito to any effective roform in the local administration is that tho honest portion of community should sccuro a ma- jority in tho next Common Council. It will bo fatal folly, the ponalty of which cannot bo escaped, for the people, in their honest in. diguation at the outrages that have beon con- summaled, to forgot tho greater outragos to which they will bo subjected by s bummer Council which would perpetusto the deupot. ism of thievery. Let the honest voters turn out to o man to clect nn honost Alayor to take the place which the bummer Covvry, without shadow of right, but by cun- ningly-exccuted frauds, is onabled to hold. But let it not be forgotten that, if in defiance of tho domand of all honest citizens he re- fuses to resign, it is the Common Council which from out their own number will select tho man who sball suceced him until the next regular election, 'he power bohind which tho bummer-thioves have found shelter while plundering the peoplo of Chicago and maintaining tho despotism of blackguards Tas been not the Town Boards, but the Mayor and the Common Council. But for thoir countenanco aud support the four thieves who Lava stolen the town offices would al- ready bavo resigned. Without the bummer Mnyor and bummer Council, the thieves' des. potimn would Lo imposs™c The bummer who hes intrenched himso: in the office of Mayor, nud derisively snaps his flugers at the whole honest population when it demands that ho get out, conld bo put out by the Council. A majority of honest men in the Council is wanted to put him out and to put an honest maun in Lis place; and a majority of honest men in the Council is required to stop tha stealing of the city rings. Without on honest mnjority ia the Board of Aldermen, all hope of reform must be abandoned and tho reign of plunder will be perpetuated. Such o mojority, giving them completo control of tho City Government, the honest people can securc if they will on Tuesday next work together efliciently at the polli. Thoy cannot do it by personal dis. wonaions in the interest of rival aspirants to seats in the Common Council, It cannot bo dono by splits such es we regrot to note have occurred in the First, Thirteenth, aud Fifteonth Wards, to divide tho honest vote between ‘two tickets in each, leaving tho bummers to easily eloct their men, 'T'ho in- terosts of persons must be subordinated to thoso of the poople, even if it has to be done by abandoning all the rival candidates who would divido tho honest vote nnd selecting others in their stead ; and the men who now for tho sake of their personnl aggrandizement persist in standing out and thus defenting tho cango of honest government are fraitors to the wholo people. The volers who thus per. mit themsclves to bo cheated of their votes will prove themselves deserving of the slavery to thicves which they will fetch upon them. selves. In theso wards and overy ward in the city therc mmat bo a concentration of the decent voto upon candidates for Aldor. men, and not o vote must bo frittered awny upon auy personal diversion. Persoual Ireferencos must be conceded, or certain defent will result, ‘What is wanted is honest mea in tho Board of Aldermen, Thore are moro than three or four such in overy ward ; the peoplo know who they are, and should unite upon some two of them and elect them. Thus only enn ba seoured by the decent peoplo full control of the City Govern- mont and riddance of tho thisves who now plunder us. After that, without any splut. tering indignation about it, the thieves can be dealt with accordiug to their deserts, —_— And now comes Mr. J. O. Hannmox, of Tndlanapolis, one of tho Governmoent Direct- ort of the Union Pacific Roilroad, and de- clares to the correspondent of the Cincinnati Enguirer that it is truo that Br. Rorrine, the Becrotary of the Union Pacitic Itailroad, did request him to withdraw the resolution of inquiry in regard to the $64,000, as it would defeat Brame, The allegation is this: An entry appears in tho minutos of the Execative Commilites of the Bosrd of Dircctors of the Unioa Pa~ clfio Rallroad Company of Dec. 16, 1871, showing tlat $04,000 of the Company's mouey found its way into the bands of some person who had no right to it, At n meeting of the Board of Directors In Beptember, 1873, Mr. Hanrtsox, who has been s momber of the Tloard for & number of years through the influenco of Mr. Morzox, Introdnced a resolution calling fors Conuniltee to investigato the mattar, and report who received this large sum of money, and sil the clrcume stances attending ita dishursement, No soonor had fhis bean done than Mr, Rorrixs, the Bocrstary of the Doard, quistly went to Mr, Ifanmison and ssfd? * Fou must withdraw that resolution, An tnrestiga- #on se(ll invotee Mr, BLaINE and defeat Ma reelection, Mo got the money, 'Tho resotution was withdrawn, ‘When this statomont was exhibited by tho roporter to Mr, Ilanmsox on Wednesday, the following colloguy ensued : Reporter—Mr, WiLso, of Tows, then know of this spurious transfer of $64,000 {o Mr, DLiINR 7 Mz, HArnInON—Yes, Rep,~And Bocrstary ROLLING cams o you with requeat to hush, as atated ? Mr. H,—lle did, Tho lottor of Mr, Rotuixs to Mr. Brawe is dated March 81, 1876, and conseguontly was written ten days before the publication of the Sentinel's story, and that s, perbaps, tho rea- #on it does not deny what Mr. Hannwsow, the Governmont Director, now oponly alleges to bo ofact. This nssertion of Mr, Hannison needs to be clearly and specifically refuted. HannisoN assorts ; RoLuins hasnot yot denjed, ——t. GRECIAN JUBTICE. Geecco i alive and refutes Brron's jore- mind that it is **living Greeco no more.” It las performed a crowning act of justico which makes it of very littlo conscquenco whother it has the Pyrrhic phalanx, tho loss of which tho poot o oloquently mourned. It haa shown at last n Pyrrhio way of dealing with official corruption whioh can bo read with profit not a thousand miles from Washington and some othor American cities, whero offices aro pawned for gold. Allegations of bribery having beon made ngninst four Archbishops (1) and the Minis- tera of Ecclosiastical Affairs and Justico, nt. tached to tho former Ministry, thoy wore at once arrestod and brought to trial, Thoy wore convicted, and the Iligh Court of Jus- tico sentonced them in a most rightoons man- ner,—tho Miniater of Ecclesiastical Affairs to one yenr's imprisonmont, deprivation of political rights for three years, and the com- pulsory payment of the 210,000 bribe ho bad reccived to the Poor-Ilouses; tho Minister of Justico to ten months' imprisonwnent; and the Archbishops to pay o fino doublo the amount of tho bribes theso roverond officials had received. Aftor this admirable showing, it must be conceded that, while its tomples and palaces are in ruins, its justice is flourishing and vigorous. The Pyrrhio phalanx may be gons, but Spartan juatico still remains, and commends itself to other countrics not' yet in ruing. The man. nerof punishmont i as admirablo as the pun- {shumont itsolf, not alone as concerns tho fines and imprisonment, but alsoin compelling tho corrupt officinls to give to the public chari- tics the amount thoy had reccivod ns bribes, thus relioving tho revenues of the State, and making & dishonorablo transaction redound to the Lenefit of the unfortunate wards of tho nation, This direction of funds applied only to tho civil officinls. In punishing tho ecclesinstical offieinls, tho amount of fino was fited ot twice the amountof the bribes they had recoived, probably from tho fact that they wero considered to be twice ns guilty as the others, on account of tho sa- creduess of the oflice which they hed dishon. ored. In giving the nmount of the bribes to the Poor-llouse, the Grooks havo given our own peoplo an excellent hint as to n now mothod of supporting our public charitics, by which n considerablo amount aof rovenue might be raised nnd placed where it weonld do the most good. Thers is no doubt that all the publio charitics in Chieago and Cook County might be very nearly snpported upon tho bribea nud stealings shored by tho Com- mon Council and County Board, and, if such adiversion of tho wages of dishounesty could be madoe hero, it wonld spur up the managors of theso charities to bo on the look-ont for bribes aud steals, and to investigate them moro thoroughly than can be dons now, The great lesson taught by this Grecinn justico, however, i the fact that this country, which is in ruins, and considered ono of the wonk- iest nations of tho earth, still has the disposi- tion and the power to punish its corrupt ser- vauts promptly and severoly, which is more than can bo predicated of many countrics not in ruins but in the very height of their power and civilization. Tho Spartan spirit is ovidoutly not yet dead fn Greece. Tho tom. ple of Themis may be in ruins, but the god- doas still balances her “scales and wields her sword, OUR NAVAL BAB Parturiunt montes, nascebur ridicultes mus The Democeratic Investigating Committeo does not nppear to good advantags in Mrs, Ronesox's nursery, prylng into her baby's weaning and teething aud pouncing upon her wot-nurse, The Investigating Committes, liowover, is to be congratulated upon having discoverod something in which the Secrotary of tho Navy is concerned, ifit isonlyhis baby aud the wet-nunse, Its work was gotting to bo very discouraging. 1t had ransacked overy ship-house in every navy.yard; ovorbauled grozt heaps of ships’ knees, anchors, ropes, and rusty chnins; crawled into columbiads aud peored into mortars; revolved on turrots and shinned wp masts; voyaged on the perilons deop and skirtod all tho river banks ; lenrned to read ships' bells and took its grog with a litch of the walsthand; holystoned decks and scraped koels; scouted round nmong ships, sloops, Achooners, tugs, mortar- boats, monitors, and floating batteries ; pulled up torpedocs, and in general ransacked ves- sols from kecls to sky-scrapors and novy- yards from Kittery to Mare Island, all with the hopoe of fluding tho Becrotary of the Navy in a tight placo. At lost it did find the official son of Nep- tunc in about a3 tight a place es & man ever gots. After weoks of patient digging and delving, it hit upon a cipher dispatch, Why should a dispatch, found among official pa- pors, bo written in ciphor unless it was in- tended to conceal something that ought not to be known? The koy was obtained and tho ciphor was unlacked, First, o baby ap- pears upon the scene. 'This baby, like all other babies, it appears, is troubled with teeth, sud the teoth are so troublosome it must bo weaned. Then appears the doctor on the sceno, and tho doctor thinks it may be dangerous for the little Roneson, Next appenrs tho wet-nurse, or rathor the dootor odvises the employment of one, if a sound and hoalthy one can bo procurcd. Worse than all, it appears that this terrible inatance of official misdemeanor is an attempt of Mra. RopesoN to bring inflnonces to bear upon the Beerotary with regard to the most important appointment ho has ever made in Lis lifo, Tr the good of the country and in the in- terests of publio morals, wo hope that the Democratio majority in tho House will not lot up in this matter until it has fully Invostigated this unwarrantable, unconsti- tutional, and unoficial act of the Becrotary in neglecting naval affairs and intermeddling with the infantry, Judge Tawvr himself ehould demand an inquiry whethor Becrotary TRonesox has not excooded his jurisdiction in thus boldly walking into his department. 'Thore are many points which may be hidden in this RonrsoN palimpsost. Gravo dangors may lurk in “Many's” cipher. Lot the Committeo investigate this baby, its sox, and ita gonoral hoalth, nnd the customary mothod of administration in Mra. Ronxson's nursery. Let it sotisfy the country, which is dying to find out, how many tcoth this bnby hod, and whother it had any diffieulty in cutting thom, and if so, whothor it was renlly nocessary that the baby should be woaned just bocauso it was toothing. Many babiea are not weaned in that interesting period. Porbaps it wna un- ‘aecossary for young Mr, or Mias Ronzson, as thecaso may ba, ‘Thers are other important questions growing out of the hieroglyph. ‘Was tho weaning the logitimato sequence to tho toothing? Who was the doetor, and did the doolor think it was tho teothing or the wenning that was troublesome ? Who paid tho doctor's bill? Wero any corrupt influ- oucea brought to bear in tho Scoretary’s ap- pointment of o wot-nurse? Did she comply with the demanda of the Civil Service? Was aho addicted to beer ; if so, who paid for tho boer? Was there any nepotism in the ex- perimont? Did the wet-nurss roceive orders upon the Trossury! How long did sho servo! Did she commit any frand in tho milk businoss? Were tho soothing syrup, parogoric, and safoty pins charged to tho oxpenses of tho Navy Departmont ? Did the - oporations of the wot-nurso have anything to do with tho nunsual and mysterious naval proparn- tionsof last fall? In point of fact, and to sum up overything, Was Mra, Roneson's nursory tho headquartors of a gigantic schemo of corruption, and woro the Socrotary, his wife, doctor, nurse, nnd baby conspirators against tho rovenues ? Tho Committes must nat lot go its grip upon this baby until it has turned it insido out, It is & moro imporiant baby than the Rag Baby or any other baby. It may bo o erying ovil that will raisoa squall, but let it be investigated. Hmeoren Crraen's mistake must not bo ropented this timo, That wet-nurse must be seccured and detained ot all hazards, The gates of Canadn must be closed against her. It may be now, if the Committee does its duty fearlessly with thia Ronrgox baby, it may raiso a spauk- ing broezo, and atlast run the Secrotary nground upon a first-class fraud. AN OBJECT-LESSON IN BPEOIE PAYMERTS, Gold and silver monoy passed out of sight in tho first years of the War, Even the small gilver change that had continued in uso through tho previous oras of “atump. tall,” ¢ wild-cat,” aud *yellow-dog™ papor- monoy disappeared. Tho poople were com- pelled to malko change with postage-stamps, horso.car tickots, and various serip. This sticky stuff wns replaced with the fractional currency, which has been in circulation since 1862, and has become as indistinguishablo and disagreonblo ns the privato eurroncy it succeeded. A goneration has grown up that hins nover soen any clean, renl monoy, and another genoration has forgotten what such monoy was like. We are now upon the ovo of “tho reintroduction of silver coin for small change. The reappearanco of this enr- rency and its gonoral uso will be an oppor- tune lesson in primary principles of curren. cy. For thofirst timo in almost a docade and a half, the peoplo will handle a clean, solid, actual monoy. 'The uncloan substitutes for small chango will vanish, The peoplo will have an object-lesson in specie payments. They will find tho now money so far superior to tho old that they will easily be led, liko children in a kindergarten, to rost one obser- vation upon another, and neo that it would be 8 good thingto have all our menoy in gold nnd gilver or their represontatives. Expo- rienco is tho best teacher. The goneral res- toration of specia payments will scem moro desirablo and practiesl when peopls havo loarned to liko the familiar jingle of silvor chango in their pockets, hitherto redolent with malodorous papor. GERMAN RAILROADS AND POLITICS, Nothing is done or undone in Gormany ex- copt with a view to ita politieal effect, using tho word politieal in o larger and more digni- fled sonso than it has as applied in the United States. Tho proposition relative to the pur- chase and nbsorption by the German Empire of the entire railway systomn of all the Qor- man States was made originally in the shapa of an cconomio mensure; but beforo it got beforo tho nation its importanco politically considered scomed to put every economic feature entirely out of consideration. It cnme from Bissanox, This was cnough of Itsolf to stamp it as & political measure, He began by whispering it in tho sclect Imperinl circle, and gradually it aprend to the subsid- iory Royal circles. Diswmancz sald it was oconomic, but it was fmmediately recognized oa political. But, contrary to the provi- ous experience of the great Ohancel- lor, it did not receive the im. mediate and genoral support , which his propositions for the Imperial Government had alwnys mot with at tho hands of tho va- rious Royal Ministries and Parliaments, Of course, the Ultramontanes opposed the scheme, 03 they would opposs any gencral moasuro emaunting from Bisvanox, This was to bo expectod. But It was unexpectod that the Liberals and those most devoted to imporial unity should join the Ultramontanes in their opposition on this question. 'Thers was o sudden development, to spoak in Amor- ican parlance, of a Statos’ rights movemont with a strength which Biswanox had evident- ly underestimated. With rare wisdom and foresight, but with moro forbearance than he is accustomed to show, Bismancx nominally sbandoned the comprehensive sohome with which ho started out, and contented himsclf with a schome for transferring the Prussian railways to the Imperial Govermmnent. 'This was first oflieially broached in the Prussian Parlizment in the lattor part of last month; but the advices from Berlin indicato that it will encounter the same opposition from the minor Btates as the original proposition, for tho reason that it is regarded s merely pre- liminary to the adoption of tho brosdoer schome, Thera is an economio reason why the mid. dle and southern Btates of Germany shonld reaist a movoment to centralize the contral of all the railroads in the hands of the Imperial Govornment, thongh it does not appeal to theso Statos so strongly as the political objec- tions, The rallroads of Wurtemborg, Baden, Bavaria, and 8axony were constructed by those Btates respectively, are ownod by thom, and are a fruitful sourco of revonue. The construotion, having been reserved to the different Kingdoms, the raflroads wore built economically and upon & comm®n and preconcerted system, #0 as not to cover tho same ground with several railroads and set up a useless and costly rivalry. In Prussis, howavor, tho railwny syatem is not on so good & basls, It {a ownaod in part by the Gov- ornment and in part by private enpltalista, Those ronds built by the Government wero nmalnly with & view to military operations, and extend into rogions whare the commerce is comparatively small in volumo, and thoy do not, on this account, earn a fair profit on the investmont. As to the rmilronds of privats ownership, thoy wora conatructed without any concort of action, and there are rival lines botwaon sevoral different points, Thus, whilo tha Governmont railwnys of the middle and southorn Btates of Gormany earn dividonds of 8 and 7 per cent, tho Prussian privato ronds carn bnt 4 per cent, and the Prussion Government rosds but 5 por cent. Bo, while thore might bo somo economio sav- ing in » common mnnngoment of all the railronds of Gormany, there would bo an notunl pacrifice of business ndvantages on the port of the smaller German States that would Lliavo to contribute their roads to the proposed imperial systom, In the political bearings of the controvorsy, it is contended in behalf of Bismancr's pro- Ject that tho imperinl control of tho ontiro railway systom of the nation would afford important military advantages, and strengthen the Empire materially in intrinsio ndhosive- nesa and in its relations with other nations, 8o it would. But the {southern Btates are disinclined to give tho Empire nny greater strength in its contralizing tendoncios. Tho Imperial Government now controls only the postal systam, tho telegzaph, and the custom. honses, and all other business of Govern- ment is carried out by the omployes of the different Statos, To add the enormous per- sonncl of tho entire yailway system to the patronago and control of the Chancollor of the Empire would be to resign one of the most important cloments of individuality smong tho soveral States, Besides this, tho minor States would then be dopendont for thoir internal improvements upon the budgots which thoir local Parlinments might vote them; and, besides losing the advantage of tho large carnings of their own roads which they now havo to thomsclves, thoy would have much less than their proportion- ate influenco in the manngoment of the roads, Tho principal intorest in this country will be found in the indieation that the danger of centralization has already im- prossed itself upon the minor German States, DAVE THORNTON, Dave Tuonxron, “Bloderator,” virtually ad- mits that the ballot-boxes were stuffed in the Bouth Town eloction, but sags that ho did not do the stufling. Nevortholess he oxpecla to be waiceed, and he certamly ought not to be dis- appointed. Tho principel reason ToonNroN gives why the peoplo should not suspect him of doing tho stafling iu that ho didn’s have timo to do it when hoand GLEzsON, in violation of faith, roturnod to the room whoro the boxes hed been keopt, aud whore thoy wore found in suspicious proximity to the boxes. Yot tho stnfiing, under tho circumstances, was a vory slinple process, sod did wot roquire much time. It was not nacessary to stop to pick out any particular tiokots when tho boxes wore robbed ; It was im- material wiothor thoy grabbod Domocratio tick- ots or Republican tickots, since tho stuffer sub- stituted ontirely now tickets. Thoro was noth- ing to do but grab honest batlots with ono band oud stuff bogus ballota with tho other band, A minuto would suflico for this. Bulic Las also boon suggestod that the atuffers lied a man in tho vault who did tho robbing and stufling ot his lelaure, and that tho mission of Tuonxron and Qrreesow, when thoy rewurned after gotting rid of tho TNopublican roprcsontatives, was to get this man out of the vault, This version of the stuffing fe worth counsideration, But, ovon it TuonNrton's notion bo correct, that tho stufling was done by his pals in fransitu from the various polls to tho Asscavor's oflico, it 18 utill teuo that tho stufling would have falled of its result it TitonsToN had not sssumed to damp tho contents of all tho boxes together in order to provont o count by wards and precinots, and tho tracing of the frandulonst ballols by comparison with tho tally-lists. In rogard to bia rosponsibility for this plece of fraudulent rascality, ho has told sovoral lies. o firet eaid that Mr, Goupy had advieed bim that this was the proper courso to pursae ; but Mr. Govvy hiay made a public atatoment that, on the contrary, ho advised TuountoN thnt such & coursa could only be pursuod by tho consent of tho Canvass- g Board, conslating of tho Modorator and his masfstants. Dut 'I'toryToN did it n deflanco of the protost of Lis associates. Tuornton then eald that Mr. Turry bad advieed bim that e must dump the boxes oas o did; but Mr, TuLey uoys that bl ndvice was not neked on this poiut, and thorefore none was givon, Tho latest falschood that tho ecoundrel, bas told in this mattor is, that Judge Dickey told him that ho maost throw ail the votoa to- gethor tn ono pile boforo counting them! This 1 lie on the face of it. Judge Dickey is sn Aegociate Justico of tho Suprome Coust of tho Btato of Illinofs, and has too bigh a sensoe of professional digaity to go about giving logal ad~ vico to bummors and ballot-box stuffera like TuonntoN, TuORNTON'S provarications {n this matter morely sorve to confirm the ouspiclons sgaingt him, e, ‘When suybody anywhere invouts a sonaational atory, tho performance 18 at once regarded by tho New York Sun aa an {nvasion of ita especial prominence, aud, to maintaln its prostigo as the sonsations! shoet, tho Sun straightway soos that story and goes ono better, draning upon tho fer- tile imagiuations of Its gifted corps for material wherewith to outdo nll senwalions manufac- tured outside the Sun ofico, Thus by rascally distortion of the testimony of Detoctive Drwy, the Whisky-Ring got afloat the Infamous story that Secrotary Buisrow bad eet spies upon the Prosldent doving the Dascock trial. Who Sun takes it up and omploys somo penius witha gorgeous imagination to writo o lotter from Bt, Louis, giving the story over agaln, furbished np In molodramatio style that would mako the famo and fortune of s dimo-novelist. Of course no facta are stated, snd nobody sesumea tho re- eponsibility for tho statement,—accrodit- ed to tho auonymous corrospoudent,—that it s “well knowo" st B8i Louls that Yaplos wero actually placed upon the track of tho DProsident” by DBamistow. Tho romanca is not after the atylo of tho thrill- ng tales of the dima-novelists marked *'to be continuod."” That is too etale & devico, Instead, the Sun's ** to be continaod " sdvertisoment ap- ponded to this story s ombodied in an editorial leador uondor tho caption, * DId Buistow Sot Bples upon Guant?" Now, why should tho Sun barrow up the foelings of an expectant publio wtih euch conundrums? Why, baving in one column atated that Baisrow did set aples to aog the Presldent, in tho next column stould it ask ifhodid eo? The Sun eays itis ** well known™ that Butstow did this. \Why does it not then publiah the names of those to whom it is well known, sad how they know it, snd all about it ? Not evon the Young Editorin tho tall tower, nor Deacon Battu's wicked partners, nor suy other of tho unregencrate editors to whom the Sun duly reads moral lessons on thoir shortcomioge, would let the publio burst in ignorauco about such & mattor, which the publio ought to know Doea not the Sun **shine for all,” even as do the bootblacks in tho'slley ? Why, then, doos it not pour its full effulgence upon this business, and lot us know all about it,—~who i waa that did the spying, snd how snd when and avhere it was dooe, and particularly all that Duistow had to doabout (t? Thatis whas the Bun, which shiues for all, oughs to ehine for, ine stond of aaying ficat that the factearessit ataten, thon nsking if tho facta are aa it states, and nex, enlling npon romebody to produce the Becrets. ry'a confidential correapondence that it may by found out whothor tho * woll-known® facts are facts. The Sun for more than s year past hag daily had something to say sbout **stool-pig. oona.” Fortho boneflt of that paper and Ity conductora let us impard that the ohiet discus. slon in that regand just now is, whether the Sun Is » stool-pigeon for the Whisky-Ring in thig buainoss, toald in the attempt te broak dows Bristow, The bankers of this city have judiclously re. eolved to closo their {nstitutions on Tuendsy noxt, 80 aa Lo be able to givo tholr attention to tho olections, and also give thoir emplayes an opportunity to work at the polls, Thay are going to glve ono day to tho bonoflt of tho city’ {inancos by helping to clect honost men to ad. ministor thom in the place of the bummers agq dishonoat scoundrols who have brought the city to tho vergo of bankruptoy. The morchanta ang manufacturars of this clty, who ate employlag - thonsands of men who wark for a living ang thua do not bolong to tho bummer class, onghy to follow tho oxampte of the baukers, and close tholr places of buslnoss for the whola day, Nothing wil so intimidnto tho loafers, bum. mers, and sconndrels of this city as to sco thy morchants, tho bankors, and the mannfscturers and their employes turning out to voto, to work, and to watch tho ballot-boxzes. It they willdg this, tho city will bo rescued from tho bummery, JauEs T, Root, of Hyda Park, who {s not & voler in Obicago, aud who is the hirsd Mtomer of Magor CGovix, eomes out in the Inier.Ocean this moraing with a letter intended to help his cliont by abusing thy great mars-mooting of cltizens Leld tho otbier ol This {8 cheoky.—Caicayo Journal, The Journal probably means that It was roo} hog or starvo with Jrexe. o must work for his bread and buttor while in the employ of tte Court-llonso bummors. Their littlo game Just now is to distract and divido tho Bepublio. an, which will anablo them to rotaln office and rtule the city another year. PERRONAL L. Konealy salls for Amerlcs fn June, Miss Braddon talks of making o tonr in Amorls ca und giviog public readings. Gon. Behenck says tho rosat boof of sad Young Amerien is botter than that of Morry Old Eg. gland, Waguor's gostures aro said to bo as brusque g tho thrusts of a rapior, and his tongue ha tho volubllity of & windmill, 3r. John Forstor had finishod only the firs volumo of his ** Lifo ot Bwitt,” and the work will consequently romain & fragmont. Tho Independent saya that ths new novsl of ** tho irrovorond Dr. Justin D. Falton " whil not ho his firat work of fiction by » good many, Col.'Bakor, now in prlson for indocont assaul, bLuos recently publishad a book entitled : * Cloudy in tho East; Travole and Adventares in Un. known Contral Asta in 1873," Talmago 18 being taught by Arbucklo to ply tho cornct, and tho Sun hopes ho will oxhibit bis now accomplishmonts in his sormons, end. iug passagos of hla oratory with a harmonfous blara, The Rav. Chatles W, Nassaw D. D,, and wite, of Tronton, N. J,, colobrated thelr golden wed- ding April11, In tho familiea of husband and wife, numbering oventeon porsons, ttiore are ton Prosbytorian olorgymen, Tho superatitions may take clammy satisfao- tlon in tho fact that thirtoon porsons ust down to tho lase Bundey dinnor given by Aloxandor T, Btowart. 1o bad always previously aveided that numbor. Bight days sfterwards hie was s corpse. Princo Radzyvill was married $wo wosks ago at the Onurch of 8t. Roch, Paris, to Mile. Dlanc, doughtor of tha celabrated ex-Prince of Uomburg and reigning Sovorcign of Monts Carlo. Tho Lride's dof, or marrings pottion, is said to be 5,000,001, Ar. Walter, an old and sagacious mombar of tbo British Parliacent, used to toll Mr. Disrasli thut tho beat tost of publio opinion wna tho pass, ‘The lotters. which » public man rossives from Lis conatituouts aro tho fororunuers of publie mootings and potitiona. The atock-jobbers in Now Yotk are trylag te frighten Commodore Vandorbilt into bis grave by reminding bim that Stowars and Astor, two of tho famous throo, nre gono, and that his turn ia come ; but Lo roceivos the informstion with marked equanimity. & Tho London Academy saya: *TIana Chrlx tian Andorscn's books, MSS3. (eiugle poems), and MSS, of distiugnished porsons in his pos- scaslon, togothor with othor mlscellanoous items, will bo sold by suction at the end of Aprll, for the bonoflt of the Andorson's Chil dren's Homo," Mias Barah T, Smiloy has baen preaching sf the Rov. Dr, Shaw's church in Rochentor, N. Y.y snd, {ngsmuck a8 Dr. Bhaw is an ex-Modorator of the Proabytortan Assombly, and his church ia Presbytorian, the scofing Congregationalists want to know what Dr. Francis L. Patton le go- ing to do aboue ii. Ile supproased Miss Smiley onco, sfter hor exporlence in Dr. Cuyler's churoh bat, like truth smashod to earth, she hi2s rison again, and risen trlumphant. Dr. Yon Bulowsaya: **Iverybody in Doston— that {y, Imean, in tho bost musical circles—goes about in a gort of a trance, aa it were. Wheal talk to o mau about a thing thore, aven of busle nosy, ho says yes, and yea, and yes, mochanice ally, and loolw out of the window. I recolloct [ said to a large publisher who waa gazing sway through the window at the other side of tha streot whon I was talking to bim, *You mus linve » great number of poots in this part of the country.'! *Why?' eaid ho. *Deoauss,’ssidl ‘thero are 80 many sccomplished dreawen amoug you.'" Gen. Prado, Presidont-olect of Pern, arrived n Now York tho 11th inst. 'The middle of this wook ho spout at Niszars Falls, aud was to be sgain in Now York Friday aud Saturdsy. Ris second term of ofiice will begin on tho 23th of July next., Iliy firat term explrod by resigos tion at tho breaking out of the revolution I 1867, Ho Lad rotired altogether from oficial lite, and only consestod to assume again the rolus of Government on the unanimous request of his countrymen. The fashionable cirolos of Now York do not scom to bo much excltoa abosd his vislt to this country; Presldents are W common here. The New York Evening Post relerrod to Mr A, T, Btemart in ity obltuary notico as ** & grost shopkeepor, but not & great morchant,” &0d added that he *took up tho tape-messura and tho yard-atick only to lay thom down with lifs." Mr, Stowart's many acts of benovolonce asd patriotlsm should bave secured him from jusulté lika theno; and it 18 a notable faot that the Post, of which Mr, Alexauder Henderson [0 Lislf-owner, uovor dared thua to attack the grest morchant during Lis lifotime. The Fost wanted advertisements {n those days, and was glsd ¥ got thom from A. T\ Btowart, It ought to g0 out of the morality businoss until it can rid it solt of Mr, Honderson, who once plesdod the statuto of limitation s a barto an action fof: defraudlng the Qovernment. UOTKL AURIVALS, Patmer House—A, J. Nulun!, New York; _the fon D. v olon Nathun_Marks, New York; J.’x!{ll’mu. ’l"‘:"fl‘y;{"'; York; Robert 5 cifis=—Aq A Tallmage, Bt, Lonis; Bir Daniel Conper and William Oooper, London; L. Warna Leland, Palace Hof Puterbaugh, § Agrizulturalist, ... Iyemont louse—d. York; Gon. 8, B, Carey, New Gricaus; the ftu?, A Ve Austin, Millos, Masa.; the Hon. George Dougias 02 dar Raplds; Addlion Bybes, Indinapolis; the lion Jumes, L, Goddes, Ames, Tows: 1, Hauban Doud, Mayor of Bacin der, 8t Paul; 'Waltar T, Dwight, Da and Ed Wilson, New York; J. 0. Gsllsj Chapman, ¥au Claire; 8. A, Underh Sheroian' House—Dr, Ly A, Dal o D e e eala: tho 1o, 'oF] udge . o8, Bul H Cllmiron, Duavilie: tae. Hon, I, . Jackson, A1 #as; tbe ko, J, B, Vauderburgh, Hpdoghsld,