Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 22, 1876, Page 4

4 TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE, BATES OF SUBACRIPTION (PAYABLR IN ADVANCE), Postngs Pronnid at thin OMce. Dally Rdition, poatpald, 1 year.,.. Paria of year st samo rate. 13,00 st e te gy 1.00 T &80 3 of yoar at same rate. WERELY RDITION, POSTPALD, R o e, por cor Club of twenty, por: 110 "Lho poatage % L5 centa & year, which we will Bropazs Bpecimon coplessent frony To provent delsy and mlstakes, be surs and iva Yot Office rddrons in tull, ingludingBtats and Count Remittances may bo made olther by drafl, express, Poat-Offies order, or In registored lettars, at our tlsk, ¥ ¥ TERME TO CITY SUBSCRIDENS, Dally, delivored, Bunday sxoepled, 20 cents per weok, delivored, Bunday tnclnded, () cents per wosk, resm TILK TRIBUNK COMPANY Gorner Madison and Dearbora-sta., Cuicage 1. AMUSEMENTS, {IQOLRY'S_TNRATHE=Tandolph stroet, between Clark and TaBalle. The California Alinstreis, After- moon and evening, MoVIORER'S TIEATIE—Madison street, between Dearborn and fiiate. Afternoon, * Mach Ado About Nolbiog.» Evening, * Richard 11" ADELUHI THEATRE—3Mozroe straet, corner Dears born, Varioty entertainment, Afternoon and evenivg! @he @hirags Tridume, Baturday Morming, April 22, 1870, WITH SUPPLEMENT. Groenbacks at tho Now York Gold Ex- ehange yesterday closed at 85ic. A Brisrow Club is ono of the newest and most notable thingy in Boston. Its organi- gation is nearly completed, aud its member- thip includes rome of the soundest and ‘1{rongest men in the Hub, This lLas been hought to bo Brame's especinl stronghold, md it is regarded as extromely significant fhat the new movement should find so large n lollowing. By Gen, Scnexex's showing, his invest- mont in Emma Mine stock has cost him, in- cluding prosumnbly what he is obliged to poy, aud over and sbove the monoy he re- ceived in dividends and for stock sold, ®42,000, If this bo correct (and it will be neeepted ag correct until some evidence to tho contrary is adduced), it isa pretty sovero pun- ighment for the serious error he mado in Jending his name to the schemo while ho was Minister to England, nnd it will have some effect in sccuring from the peoplo a verdict lo the effeot that ho wnas guilty of impropriety, but that ho was not a knowing parly to the fraud porpotrated on the English capitalists, have always held each other in ligh joint contempt, the causo probably lying in their close race for precedencs in point of popula- tion and importance. Not long ago 8t. Paul men got hold of the Minnoapolis papers, and they now propose to consolidate them with tho Pioneer-Press of tho former city, thus practicnlly making Minneapolis play second fiddle on a back seat. ‘This unbappy newe- paper allisnce betwoen MoNTAGUE and Carv- Ler hos ket tho Minnenpolis peoplo fairly dnncing in a delirium of jealousy, and thoy are now working with the industry of imps to raiso the temperature of things journalistio for tho unwelcomo barbarinus, An extrnordinary collection of hemp literas turo is presented this morning in our dis- patckies from New York City and Fort Smith, Ak, In the former place, the just vengeanco of tho law was nceomplished in the cnse of Jonx Dorax, the murderer of Mr. Jiyza II Nor, o merchant, who, in Angust Inst, sur- prised Dorax in the act.of burglarizing his store and was killed in attempting to over- power and eapture tho thief. At Fort Smith, & locality famous for tho messing of tragic occurrences, five man-slayors suffered death by banging. There were two Choctaws, ono Cheroken, ono negro, and one white man, and their crimes wero committed in tho law- lcka precincts of tho Indinn Nation and the Arkansas border., It appears that Mr. iosas BauTrer's ns- siduous civenlation of slanderous gossip sbout tho Sccrotary of tho Treasury is prompted by o sincero convietion that Mr, Bumstow iy not the proper men to fill that oflico—a con. viction which is heartily entortained by some Lundreds of whishy-thieves throughout the country. Mr. BArTLeEy has ample warrant for his belief; under thesnme circumstances, most peoplo would agreo with lini, Mr. Bantrry acted as nttoroy in 109 cotton cages that hinve been brought bafore tho 'lrensury Department for adjustment, and of this num- Der 108 cases hava Leen rejected! Even tho cingle claim nllowed was fearfully cut dowh, Itis no wonder Mr. Banticy Lns o poor opinion of that sort of a Secrctary. Prof, 0. C. Mansnu ontertnins pronounced views on the subject of Indian affnirs, espo- cinlly with referenco to the defectsof the present systom of manngement which obe taina in the Interior Department. 1o is favorable to tho proposed transfer of the fn. dino Bureau to the War Depurtment, and ot the request of Gen, Bawnive, Chairman of the House Committeo on Military Affairs, has written a lotter strongly advocating tho pus. gage of the pending bill having that transfer in view. In the judgment of Prof, Mansm, tho interests oliko of economy, justice, hon. esty, philunthropy, and humsuity roquire that the handling of the Indinn queation ha intrusted to the nrmy. A bill providing for the transfor passed the Houso yesteidny by a large majority. The announcomont is nade that Mr, Brame has prepared a full answer to ull the charges that have been recontly brought agninst him, and that the reason of his delny in meeting them wna the time necessary to secure tho proper documonts to sustain his statement, 1t is said that this statement will ho made in tho Houso cithor to-duy or Monday, Itis earnestly to be hoped that it may bo some- thing more than a goneral denial, and that it shall circumstantially refute both the charge relative to Little Rook & Fort Bmith bonds and the later one about Kansas Pacifio bonds. 'The best Ropublican newspupers bave demanded such a refutatiou ; and, in roiterating this dewand in o reclut issuo, the New Yprk 2Vmessays: *The singular zeal which Jax Govrp's Z'ribune has recently dis- played on behalf of Mr. Bratne i hardly cal- culated to improve the chnucesof u candidate ‘whoue name is connected with dubious trans- actions in relation to the affairs of the Union Pacifio Raltroad.” The Chicogo produce markels were ir rogular yeaterday, Mesa pork was active and 45@500 per brl lower, closing stronger at @31.75 for April for May and $22.00 seller Juns. Iard was active and 10c per 100 lbe lewer, eloging frm st §18,20 cash or THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1876—TWELVE PAGES. S S T S TR e e e See s — sollor May and $13.85 for June. Meals ware notive and onslor at 8¢ for bozed shonlders, 110 for do short ribs, and 12{e for do short clears, Iighwines were firmer, at £1,07 per gollon, Flour was quiet and firm, Whent was netivo ahd steadier, closing at $1.03} for regular and $1.01} for May, Corn was dull, and o lower, closing nt 47}c cosh and 480 for May. Oats wero aclive and stondier, closing at 33}c for May. Rye was quiet, and closed at Gje. Barloy was quiet, and closed 1@1}c lowor, at Glo cash and 5% for May. Ioge wers quiet and o lower, with sales at $7.70®8.00 for common to choice. Cattle wero inactive and irregu- larly lower, BSheep rold at $4.00@0.50 for common to choice, Ono hundred dollars in gold would bny $112.75 in greonbacks at tho close. The brief dream of the Democracy is over wherein they saw President GraNT impench- ed, the Republican party rhattered into frag- fragmants, and the Amecrican people flinging themselves bodily into the arms of the party of purity, integrity, and patriotism, The vision Insted only ono night, only long cnongh to ennblo somo of the partisan nevs- papers to appear supremely ridiculone in their Inmentations over the fall of the highrest officer in the National Government. The awekening is nccompanied with a sovere hendache, coupled with the knowledge that the whole thing is o most 'disgraceful failure. ‘The Democrats in Congress aro Leenly alive to the fact that a terrible blun- der iss been commitled, and that not only will tha President successfully maintain bis authority to employ the Secrot-Service fund of the Department of Justico for the detec- tion of crimo ngainst tho Iaws of the United States, but the invostigation will also result in bringing into prominence the stupendous clection frauds that wero discovered and checked in New York City by the expendi- ture of the monoy in quostion. The sensn. tion has subsided, and the wiser hoads among the Democrats curso the hour when Barxex Cavrrieen aud his co-conspirators gave pub- licity to the garbled and distorted story. charges is to meet them, and, more than that, to rendor valuablo assistance in getting at the facts, Mo yesterday urged the Chairman of the Committeo having in charge the cnse of tho bark Maryfferrist to make the inquiry specinl, to push it with all possible prompt- ness, and to conduct it with open doors, add- ing that tho solection of membors to act as a sub-committeo was wholly immaterial to him, But tho Wisconsin back-biter who moved the' resolution objected to's publio investigation, and when it camo to o voto in tho House there were found thirty Domocrats besides Cate mean cnough tw vota for con. ducting tho investigation sacretly, snd thus to afferd an opportunity for giving ont fnlso and garbled roports of tho tostimony. Tho Houso, however, refused to sanction such an outrage, and the inquiry will bo open. It will be greatly assisted by Sec- rotary Bristow himself, who hns furnished the Committce with tho names of the owndrs of the vessel and of thoir aftorneys, and indi- cated whero the full reccrds in the case mny be found. It is perfoctly woll-known to those familinr with the facts thot thore s not a pog on which to hang a hopoe for damaging dis- closures in this caso, but it may yet happen that the Republican party will be under obli- gations to OiTE, of Wisconsin, to the Investi. goting Committee, and to the Democratio House, for the furnishing of a most excellent catopaign document, THE WEXT GOVERKOR OF ILLINOIS, Tho State of Illinoiy, in point of political weight, stands fourth on tho list of States. In 1870 it Iocked but two clectoral votes of an vquality with Ohio, and st thin thno haa far outstripped thnt Stato in population ns well ug in wealth and productive resources. "Pho Governorship of o State of more than three millions of people is an honorable of- fice, and one which skould ba filled by a man of high personal charactor, of intellectual ability, and qualified by experience for an in- telligent, honest, and vigoroua discharge of tho duties of Governor, The Republican State Convention, ono of whose duties will be the nomination of a candidate for Governor, has been called to meet in May, Ordinnrily, the nomination by the Republicnn Conyention will be equiva. lent to on clection, and lenco it was that Tue Cmicaco 'I'minuNe took occasion, some weeks ago, to make the duggestion that, ns the Convention had tho power to practically name the next Governor, it would be wiso to select somo man botter fitted for the offico and more creditable to the Stato than the present incumbent, who so gesiduously sceks a re-clection, In the nomination of a ticket for State officers, the person who is named at tho hend of the ticket ought to bo the strong- est with the people, should be a first-class man, and known to possess the ability to porform his ollicial duties respectably. We preferred to state some of the objections to the nomiunntion of Acting Gov. Bevempor before the meating of the Convention than to postpono them until, if nominated, it would be too lato to do so. The Actinz Governor was never squarcly elected Governor of the Btate. By private scheming or arrangemont ho was put second on tho ticket with a man who it afterwards turned out was running as a eandidato for the Scnate, and not for Governor at ull, It was by the euccess of this little trade or trick, and 'not by ony estimate of his fitness or .ability for the office he holds, that he beeame Governor, From tho day he took the oftico down to the present, he has been industrious. ly olectioncering for a nomination for Gov- ernor, 1lis time, his eloquence, his patriotic services in tho field, as well as his ofticin! pat. ronage and his personal piety, bave been em- ployed to prouote his nomination by the coming Convention, All the well-known ugencics of mnchine-politics have been act- ively, systematically, and continuously em- ployed to pack the Couvention to nominate Lim, Ie represents machino government, which excludes popular will and dictates who shall be voted for. Gov. Brvempaok iy a ma- chine politician, and depends on the machine for success, Though the State of Illinuis is unques- tionably Republican, yot party obligations Lung so loosely upon so many people, tha popular disgust for machine politics is so strong, aud the independent voter so reso- luto and so numerous, it is no longer a cor- taiuty that the man who is nominated will bo electad because ho is the candidate of tha party. The history of the Acting Governor is proof of this. Four years sgo, when ox. tousibly n candidate for the unimportant oflice of Li¢utenant Governor, though it was at tbe Presidentinl election sud party lines wero unusually rigid, Bevewor had but 85,334 majority in the Btate, when his colleagues on the ticket had mesjoritios ranging from 48,884 £0 57,000, Ha thusran more than 20,000 bohind. A large proportion of the Repub- licana of his own county nbsolutely refused to voto for him then, and it is possibla that even a greater number will refuse to do so in 1876, In 1872 ho hnd not boen Govornor, and, of course, wns not ag unpopulnr a8 now ; ho had not thon offended the pride of the State by his weak ndministration of the office, nor was he then known to bo the feoble man, intellectunily and officially, as to warrant the gonera! verditt that he s the wenkest man that ever held the office of Governor of Iilinols. He had been Gowernor long onough to bavo enabled nn ordinary man to comprehond the duties and pewers of his offica when thero ocourred in one of the southern counties o poriod of iawlessness and disorder, in which mnrder became a vegular And couspiouous featurs. 1'or months the murder ormaiming of oro or more persons overy wook or fow dnys took place, aud, though the perpstrators were known, no effort was made to arrest them or break up the cut-throat gang. These crimes and outragos had extended to several counties, and wero so flagrant that tho peoplo of the Sonthern States, who had been repeatedly subjected to military rulo under less provoeation, sneeringly repronched tho Federnl Government for its negleot to interpose n military foreo to supersedo the confessedly inefliciont State Government in Iilinois, which hnd failed to suppress n systematic seriea of murdor that would have horrified tho bloodiest Ku-Klux commu- nity at the Bouth. It was not un. til Tue Cuicaco ‘CainuNe sent n com- missioner to the district, had published the whole history of the crimes, and had held tho Governor directly responsiblo tor its con- tinunnce, that stops were taken to put astop to tho assassination business, Previoualy ho had got into & controversy with o demngogues in the Legislature, plending thathe could not maintain order and suppress organized crime becnuse of tho want of $12,000 in his con- tingent fund! But Tug ‘[ammuse taught him his duty differently. The people of Ilinois in 1872 had not witnessed the Governor's profligate abuso of the pardoning power in the cases of convic- tion for crimes of violence, This was also cxposed in Tne Triouse, not, ns alleged, to abuse the Governor, but in the interest of good government, justico, and public safoty. Ho hns, to promoto”his interests in the coming State Convention, made a sad uso of his patronage. His appointments as s whole bave been with a view of constructing n nominating caucus, and not for tho efficioncy of the public service. It is possible that the machine mon may succeed ot Springfield in forcing him on the party, but it is equally poasible that tho peoplo may smash tho machino nomination. Such things are very common just pow. From all parts of the State thoro is & strong objec- tion against tho nomination of Acting-Gov- ernor Brvenioox, and a protest against tho impolicy of forcing the peoplo to chooso be- twoon him and eomo personally bettor and mors compotent man on the Democratio ticket. Tar Cmosco Tninuse has been govorned by no personal focling in this matter, It has songht to mnake party success moro certain by making it deserved. ‘This paper has no candidate to present, but has urged that any of varions qther persons would bo profern- ble. 'Tho name of a President of ono of tho National Banks at Springfield has boen sng- gestod. This gontlewan has sorved in tho Legislaturo, and was a very respectable mem- bor of Congress, and has experionco and sbility. Another gontloman, President, if wo mistake not, of o bank at Shawnectown, is urged by his friends, Tho name of M. Wasnnonne has also been presonted, and, while Tue TrnoNe did not originato his ean- didacy, it has favored his nomination be- causo ho is unquestionably the strongest man, the most favorably known, nud the most certainsto bo clected, This paper is in no wise committed to his nomination, nor is it to that of any other person ; Tue TriduNE is o peoplo’s paper, and not a machine papor working in the interest of any particular office-holder or oftice-seolcer, BUGGESTIONSE CAULFIELD. It is just at present an opportune time to suggest to Mr, Barney Oavnrizrp, tho rep- resentative in Congress of a rapidly decreas- ing minority in the First Illinois District, that ho is engaged in very dirty business, nnd that in his great zeal to nccomplish something of o partisan character for tho benefit of his Confedernto associaten, ho is conducting him. self in n manner both mean aud alignant, In his capacity as Chairman of tha Commit. tee on Exponaes in the Departmont of Justico he has established a Star Chinmber of invosti. gation, the mombers of which belong exclu. gively to his own party, the Republican mnem- bers not being allowed to participate in some of ita deliberations. Out from this Star Chamber conte such garbled roports of testi. mony and one-sided distortions of statemont as tho country has recently seon in the parti- san accusations mndo sgainst the President and the Sccretary of the Treasury, Itisin consonance ulso with his partisan meannces that he gives out ono-sided reports of the proceedings of his Star Chamber to Confed- crate and Copperhead nowspapers for publi- cation, withholding the facts from respoctn. blo and impartial nowspapers and Republican Journals, for fear that their immediato oriti. cism and comment mny brenk tho force of the colored accusutions, and npon the well. known bypothesis that a lio onco started is apt to travel too fast for truth over to over. tako it. "Uhus far this mousing little lawyer Lins agown himself to bo the most mulignaut partisan in Congroess, and ies ncted in o manner which might bo expected of a politi- cinn without principle, and elevatod only a fow degroes above o ward bumwmer, When such men are suddenly transferred by nceie dent to places of importanco, they carry the smme pnrtisan meannoss aud dospicablo trickeries which charactorized thom in manip- ulating ward primaries and county conven- tions. Mr, Cavrysee, if he hos sullciont intelligence to cowprebend anything, ought to know that, apart from tho intrinsio walignity of Lis actions, he is utterly misrepresenting the sontimeunts of the majority of Lis distvict, 1Ilis record thus for bas not been of a charactor to com- mend bin tothe bottor class of the voters, or to inspire his own party, which he ia so in- temperately trying to sorve, with any speciut degree of prido in his statesmanship, 'Thera liave beon othier men in Congraas from large city distriets of us small calibro ns bo, but thoy have had tho good scnse to maintain o discreet silenco and thus cover up the fact, or nt lesst not make it painfully apparent to the whole country, Mr, CavirmzLd will woat theroughly sppreciate tho fruits of his present operations when he returns to his copstituents. Inthe eveni that he should seek o re-election, e will still woro thorough. 1y appraciate the temper of the people whom he has besn misrepresenting, 1t is gratify. ing, howovar, to note that now and thon he runs ncrosé & man who will not be vilified and libeled by him without hitting back, and that, too, with a pronpiness, decision, and dignity that mnke an impression even npon his thick-skinned partisanship, This has happened to him in tte mntter of tho bage. less slanders set nfloat Ly the whisky thioves through thie sgency of Mr., OaviriELD, to the offect that Mr, Baistow, whilo United Btates District Attorney for Kontucky, had been in- strrmental in releming tho diatillery of 8. T. Suir. Mn CavimErd gave out tho slander fo the Capperhead and Confederate press, but Mr, Bastow im- medintely demnnded a hearing boforo tho Committee, and callel upon OCavrrietp to produce his necusers that ho might confront them faco té face. 'The indignant protest of an honest man was something moro than even Caurrienn could stand, and he was com- pelled to ent the humble pie that was ten- dered him, and to writoe tho Secretary, after allowing the base slander to be ciroulated in hia party nowspapers, that *‘ thero aro no charges mnde or proyen againat you, and you stand beforo us with the fullest exoneration of even o suspicion,” \Mr, Oavrrizep will find when he returns that his constituents have cooked nn humble pic much larger than Mr, Brisrow's for him, snd that they will ex- poct him to eat it whether he likea it or not. THE CABE OF GEN, J. M, HEDRICK, Gen. J. M. Hepriox, of Town, Buporvisor of Intornal Revonue, has published in his newspaper, the Ottumwn Courier, a lameo and shambling sccount of his denlings in post-traderships. Io acknowlodges to hav- ing nn interest in the profits of tha posts at Grifin and Concho in Texas, at Tetterman in Wyoming, aod Buford in Dakota, at Fort A. Lincoln and at Camp Supply, and also at Fort Laramio, though ho says he made noth- ing out of the lnst-named cxcept his traveling expenses for two trips to aud from Washing- ton (?). As to all thoso traderships, it appears thnt Hepriok contributed nothing except political influenca and cheek, tho roturns coming to him in the form of greenbacks, and out of tho pockets of soldiers who aro exposing their lives in Indinn warfare for $12 per month. Mr. Ieonick thinks that this is o purely privato affair nnd nobody’s business, o snys that ho secured the appointments, and, instend of conducting the business of post-trader, ho allowed the former incum- bents to hold on and worlk off their old stocks, giving him a sharo of tho profits meanwhile. T'ho testimony of Mr, E. A. RerxoLvg, the trader at Camp Supply, differs from that of Gen. Hennick in an important particular, viz.: that he donies that it was an ordinary business transaction. The following is the Associated Press report of Mr, Rexvorps' testimony : 3Ir, RerxoLbs testified that he seoured the appoint- ‘mont on Sept. 17, 1870, through Gen. J, M. izbaiox, of Towa; was to pay him $5,000, but found the arrange- ment unprofitable, aad altogother paid him 34,5003 mado thelast paymont in the latter part of 1873, or early 1n 1973; nad paid no money to anybody else on sccount of the appointment Lo tho post. Tho reason witnesa agrood to pay 1lzbnIox $5,000 & yoar wus bo- cuuna tho postetraders generally talked big Ogurcs abaut tho valuos of posta; that they would miske targe suma of money *noxt yoar;"* that sa theso torion cirentated bis (Uznniox’s) prices scomed to *Inflate,’ Witness' firm had made about $10,000 a year; dealt with Heonion bocauso he wanted tho sppointment, and 1EDRIOK controlied it; witneas haa hald tha post nearly six years, but the agreamont was dropped ; if 1t b beon o ordinary business, transaction witness wauld owe lizpriox about $26,000, It would appear from this version of the affai that Mr. Hepnick® was not a post- trador, but a dealer in post-tradorships, or perbaps a blackmailer of post-tradors. Bir. Heoniox is still, we believe, a Supervisor of Internal Rovenue. His ominent fitness for tho Intter position is not vindicatod by tho recont disclosures, On tho contrary, it will be the manifest duty of his successor in oftice to investigate his transuctions as Supor- visor 8 clokery tha Comiuittea of Congress THE The silver coine issued under the recont act to replace fractional currency are going off like hot cakos ; and, though the exchango has only been in operntion o couplo of days, it is alrendy certnin that the poople are re- joiced at tho reappearance of the bright and handsome coin, and that they, will never be satisfied with a return to the old shinplasters. But, as Tue Tnisure hos already intimated, thero is a serious danger that the provisions wyhich have Leen made are not adequato, and that tho silver will disappear unless there shall bo further legislation authorizing an in- crensed issuo. In addition to tho natural juclination to hoard it, there are other ren- sons for apprehending the disappearance of silver unless additional measurey are taken to keop it in circulation. Either an appreoin- tion of the valuo of silver or a doprecia- tion in tho quoted value of greonbacks would lead to it Greenbocks and sile ver may to-day be on a par as compared with gold, but there is no nssurance that this will bo so to-morrow. Silver bullion has already begitn to riso in London (it is now quoted at 53} peuce per ounce, and was ns low as 52 peuce) on account of tho pros- pectivo demand for silver coinage in this country and some recent financial operations in India. The greenbacks are subjected to vavious broker influonces, and will continue to rise and £all in value, agin the past, so long 08 no provision shall be made for their re- demption, So, while greenbacks and silver may bu now worth about 88 conts in gold, the former may foll to 85 or 86 at any time, or the lattor may riso to Y0 or more; in either casa the brokers would duy up the silver coin with greenbacks and melt the coin into bullion for export., At the samio time the disponition to hoard the silver coin will in. erenso in deferenco to the principla that the inforior currency always floats and displaces tho superior, It thoro is to be a serions and perwanent offort to koep silver in circula- tion (and this certaiuly ought to be the pur- pose) somothing wmore than the retiroment of $30,000,000 or 40,000,000 fractionals must bo accomplishod, ‘The proper precaution to take isthe imme- dinto passage of the bill introduced into the United 8tates Senate by Benator Buriwan sinco the Fractional Silver bill bocame o law, ‘T'his new bill provides for the colning of o eil- vor dollar of the standard weight of 412 8.10 graing (uot tho trade dollar), and wmakes them lcgal-tender to tho ummonnt of &20, Tho secoud aeotion of the bill is ag follows : 80,2, 'That the Hecretary of tho Tresqury {s horaby authorizsd to exchangs tha slivor doliars Leroln tharized by an equal amount of United States notes, which shall ba rotired aud csucelod aud not ba sgain replaced by other notuy, aud sll United Btates notes Tedeotned under this act shall be held to be & part of tho Sinking Fuud provided for Ly saisting law, tlie in- oreat 10 ba coruputad therouts an i casa of bonds ro- docmed under the acta relating to the Hluking Fuad, "Chera is reason to belisve that such a pro. visfon would romove $ho danger wo have de- soribed. If this were tho law, sustaived by tho proper facilitics for coining tho silver, tho effect would be to equalize tho value of sitver and greenbacks, At all events, the silver would mever exosed the value of the groenbaoks, as the Iattor could bo ox- changed therofor by the same ensy procesd o8 fractional currency is now axchanged for silvor coin; nnd, if the greonbacks shonld become worth more than silver, that would not be serious. Thero is a strong prabability that both would gradually and equally appro- cinte. Tho decline of the valus of silver ia mainly owing to it domoRotizntion in Gor- many., CGormany bought £66,000,000 gold (%330,000,000) for mow gold coinngs and £10,000,000silver (950,000,000) for now silver coinnge. Prof. Jevons estimates the not de- monotization of silver'in Germany na equal to £40,000,000 (200,000,000), on the theory that £16,000,000 of the old silver was rotained. But the efect of this domonatization was nob meraly to doprocinte the value of silter by throwing $200,000,000 of it on tho mnrkot, but to apprecinto the valuo of gold by with- drawing $200,000,000 gold from the market. Tho offcct on milver ns estimated in gold voluo was consequently about the samo ng if 100,000,000 had been add- el to tha stock of silver bullion, or equal to the product of tho Amorican mines for ton yoars. If, now, thero bo'an Amorican domand for silver for coinago amounting to, say, $125,000,000 (which would be oqunl to tho aubstitution of silver for the fractional currency and for that amount of greonbacks which wero to bo retired gradunlly ns the issuo of National Bauk notea increased), then the value of silver will bo gradually onhanced until it will probably becomo worth 93 cents in gold. Greenbacks would go up with silver s long ns they should remnin redeomable in silver, 'To reduce tho nmount of outstanding greenbacks to $300,000,000 by this process would requiro, perhaps, a couploe. of years, During this poriod thero would be no con- traction of tho currency, and at the ond of that time the . greenbacks and rilver wonld probably be worth 95 conts in gold, wheh would add 7 or 8 por cont to tho valuo of the currency, and impart con- fidenco and stability to all classes of business, nnd these aro tho essential preliminary stops Defore thero can bo an imprdvement of trade and commorco. Greenbacks would cease to fluctunto nnd continue uncortain in value, as they would slowly but steadily rise in value. ‘Wo would ovory doy by impercoptible degrees ‘be appronching resumption, and resumption itsclf wonld be proportionately casier and moro practicablo. Ono of the moat salutary influences of this proceduro would beeducational. The fallacy that irredeemable shiuplasters aro more desirable than coin for ncurrency would be oxploded ouco for ail. Tho people would be- come familiar with coin once more and ox- act ita substitution as a basis for our money, The groenbackers would not have cven the semblance of o plen in favor of their pet theory.. The compnrative escape from tho constant fluctuntion of value in the existing curroney and the ndvantage of a permanent gauge of valuos would be 80 improssed upon the Amorican pooplo that they wonld de- mand, and readily suggest the meauns for, absolute resumption. Every consideration, thereforo, prompts the adoption of the bill Senator SuzryaN has introduced, or ona materinlly the same in its provisions, with fall authority to the Secretary of tho 'Trens- ury to purchnse silver bullion, coin it, and pay out silver dollars in oxchange for groen- backs to be rotired and canceled. THE DESTINY OF TURKEY, Events in tho record of the struggle be- twoon the barbarian Turks and tho Christinn insurgents, and in tho attitude of the threo great Powers—Russia, Austris, and Germany —follow ench other almost as rapidly os the chnnges in the kaloidoscope. Tho Ilatest dispntches show that Horvia is fast placing herself upon o war footing oud sending amunition forward to the frontier, and that little Montenegro has formally declared war with Turkey, which atill further com; plicates the situntion, and adds to the gravity of the daugors by which the ‘Purkish troops aro surrounded botween the mountain walls of Herzegovina. The most striking fonture of the nows, however, is the awkward and uncomfortable situation in which Germnny is placed. She finds her- self confronted with two serious dnngors, which may at any time brealk tho triplo alli- anco upon which hor Emporor depends for tho maintenance of ponce nnd order in Eu- rope. On tho one hand, the Russian policy towards tho insurgents has radically changoed of late, and will chango still moro after the nbdication of tho Czar and tho sccession of tho Ozarewitch to powar, who is no admirer of Germany, and is opposed to tho peace programmo of his fathor, On tho other hand, Austria has roused the apprebension of Gormany, and espocinlly of the German population of Austrin, by the prospect of an annexation of Bosniaand Servis, which wonld bring tho Selavonian population into a very largo majority, and completely offset nnd porliaps utterly destroy Gorman influonces in Austria. ‘Tliero can bo no doubt that the Hungarion and Croatinn Austriaus have long desired a fusion with their brethren who were torn from them by tho Turks, Whatever eclse may oventuato from these rapidly chang- ing movements, one thing is certain—overy day brings tho Turks nearcr to their destiny. The fullnoss of time hLins ovidently come when tho “Fark will be driven back noross the Bos- phorns and towards Turkistan, whenco ho originally camo. It seoms apparont now that it must bo but a short time only beforo the land of the Greck Ropublics and the ancient Empire of Constantive will be reckoned once more among the OChris- tian peoples and in tho fold of tho Greok Church, aftor their centuries of bitter bond- ngo to tho Mohammedan Turks, It will be a reconstruction more remarkable even than the unification of Germauy or that of Italy, a4 it wilf rcunite people who have heen ground down by Asiatics for centuries ; will reestablish a religion in many countrics which has been politically suppressed by Molsmmedanism* for four hundred years, and will put an end to the most despotic oppression and mistulo tho world bas over witnossed, Tho banishmont of the Turk from Europe, and the blotting out of Turkey from the map of Buropo, will bo a blessing in which the whole civilized world will ro. jolee, Tho Turk has shown himself not only a cruel bigot and despot, but has proved him. self impervious to the spirit of reform and progress. 1o has resisted modern civiliza. tion in all its dovelopments, He is to-day pracisely the same, excopt in point of cournge, that he was when ho crossed the Dardanclles on his wonderful career of con. quest, 'To rologate himm to the Asiatic provinces whence he camo'will be one of the most beneficent triumphs of the nineteenth century, The Democrats in msjority evidently aspire to more absolute control of personal liberty than the Ropublicans whom thoy were for- merly lavish in acouslng, This is the infer. ence from the introdaction of a bill by Mr, that tho presentation of Mr. Wasununxe's name for Governor lins produced extraordi- nnry excitoment at the Btato Capital. The State Journal offico has beon in a fermont evor sinco, voted ita columns oxclusively to tho annihila. tion of E. B. Waasnnunnz. of his olection in treated ag if it portended war, pestilence, and famine—to Springfleld. There must be & reason for this, frantic lamentations qver tho probable ‘elec- tion of Wasununye could be made without cause. Wasnnunng, who is known to every voter of Illinois as the unyiclding fos of cor- ruption, joblery, stenling, and bribery, Inrge or small, and as n man who leans on the peo- plo and'not on the machines of politicians, is ovidently not the kind of man they want at Springfleld. Such o man, it is feared, would bo troublesome, and would perhaps keep his oyes and his ears opon, when an- other man would be conveniently blind and denf. Dut tho very qualities which ronder him obljectionable to Springfield will make him stronger with the peoplo by many thou- sands of votes than any other candidate who can bo uamed. sons to whom it had any value whatever, Qoverument sold it, gottiug for it probably all it Procron Kxor?, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, conforring upon the Hupreme Courl of the United Htaton tho exclusive ju- risdiction of issuing the writ of Aabeas corpus ‘whanover tha party applying for such writ ia detained or deprived of hia liberly by eithor Houses of Cougress. infraction of the proposed rule, Mr. Kxorr also desires that tho Suprems Court phall havo authorlty to issuo n writ of prohibition whenover any othor Court shall interfore. Thors is only ono step more for tho Demo- crata to propose, and that is to deny the right of tho not of Jubcas corpua altogethor a4 regards Congress, To gunrd ngainst any It fu a noticenblo i not nlgx;lflcnnt fact That paper hns for woeks de- The possibility No such It is not—nTc in England, in ordor to y raiso o row in & church-yard, that somebody in- tors or altempts to intor thoro the remalos of *a dead piggor.” It is sufficient, though the romains Lo thoso of a blue-blooded Cancasian, that ho wns n Dissontor. ThLe sgitation that stirrod up tho wholo Kingdom bocause tho fam- ily of a deconsod Dissonting clorgyman placed upon tho tombstono over his grave the titloe ¢ Roverond " Procoding his namo bas sonrce yet gubsided; and now & flercor tumnlt rages boe causo upon tho stono that marks tho resting- place of a decesued freo-thinkar, in the Bolton church-yard, is inscribed tha following : T.ot goda attend on things which gods must know— Men's only earo relates 10 things below, Tho town authoritics lnvo taken the malter in hand, nnd demand that tho ofensive inscription bo forthwitli erasod. But the family of the de- coasod atand upon thelr rights and propose to fight it out, it fight thoy must. As a compro- miro, howover, thoy offer, if required, to cover up the stono with a watorproof sheet which shall besr this logend: * This shoot muat be raised only by porsons who aro willing to read an in- seription to whicl® tho Dolton carporation ob- ject.” Anywhero olee in all croation that would nave torminated tho ridiculous squabbla; but in England, of course, they are proof ogainst tho wittieat satiro, and it can only be oxpected to aggravato tho tombatone row. —_— *Col.” WiiTLEY, upon whose tostimony the chargo of corrupt ueo of tho secrot sorvice fund to {ufluence elections Is made againet the Prosi~ dent, according to the Washington Republican, has o swoet-nconted record, In 1858 he wan known fn Kansas ns the loador of an organized band of fugitive alave-hunters and border-ruf flony, It was WintLex's gang which ovortook and captured Dr. Joux Doy, of Laswronce, when the latter waa carrying a band of fugitive slaven to Canada, and carriod Dox and the nogroos into Miszourl. There WminTLY was paid rewards for ia capturo, and Dr. Doy was tiied, convicted, and acnteuced by tho Missourl Court to soven years' imprisonment in tho Ponitentiary, though it was provod ho nover was 1 Misgourl, and thorofora conld heve committed no offonao withe in tho jorisdiction of tha Court. Doy was ros- cuted from the jail at 8t. Josepl, Mo., by o party of Froo-State men from Kansas. Tlorcon the Miesourl outhoritios otforod aroward for his capturo, and Wiirrey attompted it, but ho and Lis gang woro fired upon and drivon off by the roscuing party, Dr. Dox is now living ot Battle Crook, Mich. It is aiso stated that Wumirrer fled from that rogion to cscaps trial upon an in- dictmont for horse-stealing, s An alarming statomant {8 made by some of tho antt-Wasununsn pross that Mr, Wasnnunse, gomo twonty yoars ago, ohtalned from Congress o0 nppropristion to bulld a marine hospltal at Galenn, which has sinca been gold for much loss than iv cost to build [t. At the timo this hospl- tal was bullt, Galona was the most important ehipping point on the Alississippl River above BSt. Louis, and thero were more stoamboats owned and rogistored thoru than at any pont sbovo Bt. Louis. Thore woro regular dally packots, night and morning, botwoen Galena and tho upper river towns. 'I'na trade contin. ued uutil it was carried off by the railroads, and tho lospital, whicl: was n nocessity when built, sras noeded no more. With tha loss of hor once prosperous rivor trade, (alona declined, and roal ecutato fell off gonorally, Tho hospital building, designed for hospital purposes, being no jongor nooded aa a houpital, very naturally dechinod tu valne, and thore were but fow por- Tho was worth at tho time, ‘Thie complaint against Wasnnunxe strangely procoods from under the ghadow of the new Stato Capito! building, which hassupported & Board of Commiesioners and othor ofticial parasites for soveral yoars. —————— A rocent number of Tite Cut0aGo TRIBUN, in dls. cussing tho Presidontisl posaibititiés, assunies (Lst Mr. 1utszow, f chosen by tho Clncinnati Gonvention, could rely upon the support of Lotk parties fu Kont tucky.—Lowtavilte Ledger, Noitdidn't. It nevor claimed the voto of the Dewocrats for bim. It suid, however, phst there was & strong probability ba would get a good many of the old Whigs of Kentucky, The Cray \Whig clement is not extinct in that State. The candidacy of Bristow would warm it juto ac- tivity aud vitality, snd wo have very little doubt but he would carry tho Stale by itaald, The fopublican party of Kentucky fa no puling infaut ; it polled for [Ianrax, Republican, 90,000 voles, againet 126,000 for Lesrie, Deomocrat, At a rocont election it almost carried Louaville. A changs of 18,000 old Whig votes to Baistow would give him the Btate, . He is sure of 5000 or 6,000 Germaos anyhow, who have basn in the hablt of votlug with the Damocrats. St it Gov. Havzs, of Ohio, in dealing with tho atriking coal-miners of the ‘fuscawaras rogion, Lins shown that he means no nonsouse, and wil not hesitate to suforce tho lawe promptly with- out regard to the Lavor-Union votos, In hiy proctamation to the strikers ho tella lhem plain- ly snd unmistakably that the terronsm they Book to maintain must forthwith come tosn oud § that no man who is williug to work shail b deterred from dolug so by violence, aud that i thecivil suthorities prove unable to protect peacefu!l laborers againet the strikere, s suffl- cieot military forco will bo sent there to protect them, and with instrucilona to disperse tus rioters. Gov. Haves' action Is in refreahing contrast 10 the gingerly course of the Pannayl- vania authoritiea not long aince in dealing with the strikers. = Brzox'a sarcastio definition of fame, to bave your name spelied wrong in the Gazetts, iu illus. trated by an announcement in the New York Evening Fost, which is nothing it nos ortho- graphical, to the followlng effect, touching ocar rocent elactiont ' BUTEUL i3 elsoted ever Avaus for Qity Attorney ; Auza over Hivzone tweon now aud ths 1Gth of Juno. is to find a roceptscle strong snough to hold the power generatod, union of & map-poddiers cheok anad a politiclan's unga might answor the purpose. The Real Estale Record asys : e e e o ! for City Clark ; Brax over Doxrixrp for Olerk of tho Polics Conrt ; HAYNe Laa no opponeut for Msyor.” PERSONAL. Mr. Tennyson fa reported to bis at work on an ada to the Prince of Wales on hia return from Indis. A French wit who had bargained in vain with & Jewish desler for m superb Christ ou ivory, finally burat fortl with tho rematk : ** My friend, your ancostors sold the original of that ploture for ona-hinndredth part of the money you naz,” Mr. Aloxander Btophens is now s poor mau, and a Goorgia papor says ho is burdonod with the aupport of many * dead-beate,” which mug Lo n sorlons maitor to him attho preaent low obb of his financos. A Virglnis oditor, whose paper lins just aua. pended, says that he entered the tield of journal. iam under the jmprosaton that thero were + millions in it.” ** And so thero are,” Lo con. tinues, ** but they remain in it yet.” Good asata for thio Bhiakapestean momorial performance thiy aftornoon can still bo obtained at tho box-oflice of MoVioker's ‘Theatro, Booth will play Denedick, Mr, McVioker Dogber- ry, Miss Cumming Dealrice, and Mra, Murdosh Hero. Mr. The Kooley motor promisea to materlalize ba« The dificulty A composition formed by the Br. ‘Parko Godwln, of New York City, has ‘beon engagod for some timo in dovising o fAtting commomoration of the hundroth annivorsary of tho publication of Adam Bmith's * Woalth of Natlons.” A committeas of distinguished goutle~ men has beon appointsd to mako the nocetsary arrangomonts, Mr, Btewart's business sagacity was not shown n Lis roal ostate Investments in Now York Oity. ** Waut of judg- ment and forosight 18 seon in noarly every pur- chase.” It ls doubtfal if the proporty wonld sall for tho asacssed valuo, which [s genorally nnder« atood to boe 00 per cont of the roal value. Some of tho Esstorn nowspapers have cons fused tho history of ** Kit " Carson, the scout, st rocently rolatod 1o Tne TRIDUNE, with that of the oldor and mora famous Kit Oarson, The “KIt" Caraon roferrod to In Tne Trinonk wag woll known in tho Wogtorn armies daring the War. s title of ** Kit".was #*nickoame do- rived from the other Oaraon, One of tho spoctators of the unvailing of th Liocoln Monument in Washington was Lonls Clark, alias Gioorge Harrls, who saw tho nogro Uncle Tom whipped to death by Tom Usnaday, of Garrott Conunty, Ky, Immediately aftorward ho arossed on tho fco and gave tho particulara to Mrs. Harriot Boochor Stowe, upon which she founded her story of * Unclo Tom'a Cabin,” ‘When Dom Pedro was comlng out - of church in New York ho stopped 1n the vostibule, spoke to one of tho police officars, lifted hishat to him, and doliverod a messago. The Captain in retura gavo the military salute and left tho ohnreh. " Bodad,” said u Jookor-on, *did yos eovor sos tho likonv it, bo gob. An Imporor takkin' his hat off to a cop and the cop kapia® his own on.” The wifo of John Young, Brigham's third son, ia & Piuladolphia lady. Ble mot her afinity in & tour across tho continent seven yoars ago, and arrangod to marry lim on condition that ho should digmiss the two wivos ho then had, This was finally accomphshod ; she married Jolin; thoy took a bridal trip to Now York, and wore thore married ovor agaln in tho Ou.m.ilu tnshilon. AMr. Jamen O'Noil, the favorite Chicago actor, has made nn cogagomont for two yoars with Messrs, 8hook & Palmer, of tho Union 8quare Thoatre, Now York, at o snlary of $120 » weok, AMr. Thorne will remain with the company; he and O'Nelt will hold positions as leading mon, neltbor ranking the other, and both not appesr- ing in tho same play, unloss it containg twe equal parts, Grace Greenwood's husband, Leander Lippioe cott, who bas beon caught in certain question- ablo official transactions at Washington, has sl- ways boen held inbad repute by hor frionda, He lived fora long time onher enrnings snd roputation, and lost the love of his wife evant- ually by neglect and infidelity to his marriage vows, The Ilariford ZTimes correspoudent is rosponsible for theso statoments, Stoplien Mnssott, otherwleo Jecms Pipes, of Pipesville, aftor drifting bout in the 0ld World, has roturned to this country, on his way to Oali- fornia, tho nowest part of the Now, whore he found tho opportunity of adding to his amusiog fmitations that of Jobn Obinaman, While abrond, his ontertainments in Patls and else- whore weroattended by crowded audisnoos,—so say the newspapers. : Wo invite the attention of the publishors of Harper's Magazine to & cago of literary plagiar- ism in tho April number of that periodical, Tho interesting article on * The Talip Macia " is an almost verbatim copy of an article with tho same titlo contaluod in & volume entitiod ** Remarka- blo Popular Loluaions,” by Charlea Mackay, LL. D.,, publishod some yoars ago by tha Routledges of Londen, Mra. Van Cott, thie rovivallat, eays that upon being introduced to Goen. Grant, she romarked ; + 1 foel it & ploasuro to shake your hand as the Chief Magistrato of our couutry, but I woald rather ahako hands with you as & brother in Christ.” Geo. Grant turned away and mado no roply. Mrs. Van Cott rolatos this atory with no apparont conacionaness that fu so dolng she con- viots hersolf of impertinence. Heanry Clay Desn writes a choory loltor cone cerning tho recent destrnotion of his Louss by fire to one of the Iowa papors. His llbrary em- braced 4,000 volumes, with no trash 1o the col- lection. It was particularly fall in books of po- Mtical roforenco, Not a thlag was saved, and thore was no lusuranco onaoy of tho proper- ty. Mr. Doan writos: ‘1 aupposo you want to know whatwo will do? TI'snswer prompt Iy just as we always have dono,—we will go ta work. Our sxos will bo in the timber to hew out anothor dwelling; In the meantime we are improvialng the amoke-houeo &3 & dwelling,” Mri, Koemble, in her * Rominisconcos,” now publishing in the Allantio, says: ** My mother was at Urary Lane when Mr. Shoridan wae st the hioad of ity administration, snd haa often described to me tho oxtracrdinary proceedinge of that famous first night of * Pizarro," whet, at Jast keeping tho faith ho had so often broken with the pub'ie, Mr. Bhoridsn produced that wost offoctive of molodramasy, with my aunt’s and uncle's parta atill untinishod. and, depond- iug upon their extraordinary rapidity of study, kept them lesrning tho last scenes of the act, which ho was till writing, while tho bogln. ning ot the pleco wna belng performed.” ? HOTEL ABRIVALS, Paimer lMHouse—J. P, ¥arley, Dubuque; J, Wi Rodefer, Councll Bluffa; E.J. Bousfieid, England{ W. Lefier, Claclunati ; 0. ¥, Hooghton, Corning; Ty 1.’ Yarry, Clncinnati} §. D, Davenport, Worceslar} B, i, Moffet, Quincy; II. W. Rapl “L Montreali Willism Craig, ¥ori lope, Canada; 1L A, Taylor, Now Yorkj Capt, W, W, Marsh, Omahs; . ¥, Morris, Wulscks, JiL; M. H, Bwi taws, HL7 W, 1L Hlevens, Meadville Grand Pacifie—John O, Hogin, Sigourney, Ia; Au- drew W. Mitckoll, t, Louls; W, 0, Wauley, Houston, Tox.; E, Clark, Jr., iutfalo; O, M, Drow, New York | O, B. Bornard, Japan ; 3, B, Grinzell, Grinuel, Ia.; A, Warlltz, Australias ‘B, 'W. Butler, Sandusky] John 0, " Gault, O, Miiwaukees J. 1l “Lucors I Turgonler, b, hetdon, 1il.; land, New York; X8, Bmith, Winooa; L brook, 8t, Louls; M, A Livermors, Bosto W, U, McEntes, Englang k O batsworthy, New York J, B, O, I, Kiok poucer, York; ley and wife, Drooklyn: Richard’ Oeitel, Efbéo slock, Uermany; H, . Miller, Fort Madison, Ia.... Sherinan Hous—Charics Lyous, Fort Loward s 8. Elizaboth Cady Stantou, Now York; W, 3I, Kyerd, Morrison: It D, Jacques, New Yorky J Hoston: Boynton Leacn, U, 8 Freoports 0. 2, Holmad, Balsw, ¥o Lag; n 3. M ? H 3 Llgton snd’ 3 sater, N. ¥, J, L. Havermeyer, Gardner House—Joseph RBraiuard, Oleveland ; W. 8. W, Detinls, Balstmore; Lisut, Allan 3 [ S, o Tollact 6.8, ot} G, Y Voodwad, Woeliog | o R | AL, Boows, Hov