Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 16, 1876, Page 4

1 e TERMS OF TIIE TRIBUNE. o L'repnid at this OfMce. Malted to any widreia aur weoks f Sunany diion: Literary sad ball 0e Trl-Wetkiy, Rov[a o % Tar same rate. WEBRKLY RDITION, POSTFPAID. One mllk Der year.,.. Clubof five, pércopy. Club of l'enl;. per cof The postage 18 15 cents Specimen coples sent froe. Offica address In full, tncludlng Stato sod County, Tost-Oflice ordor, or In reglstered lotters, at our risk. i THRMS TO CITY SUDSCRIBERS. THR TRIDUNE COMPANT, Corner Madison and Dearborn-sts., Chicago, Nl ] AMUSEMENTS, New Chicago Theatre. Minstrels Hantony p1O01e3% Thentze, olph street, between Clark wad, Lasalle, En- (agement bt EIHE Avens 'c':amfi'my.‘:’ 4 Lasale: Ew At q TETICKETs Thentra, . adisan atroet, botween Btate and Dearborn. Eoe HSmen: oF o Meggic Bt Troupe. Letlo, or Adclphi Thentre. Deatbor stree 5 2 ot OTRG Walfe of v Far.e Variety eaterialn i \IVnod’l Tuscum. lonroe street, hetween Dearborn and Btate, ~ After. noon: *iTho Invisivic Prince. + - lonlll;'“flyu'llndl."b nce. Evenisg: John Thomp i Fnrwell iall, Madinon street, between Clark and LasSalle. Lecturo ject ontanus tho Fan. by Blakop McLaren. Bubj Atle™ BOCIETY MEETINGS. DLAIR LODGE NO. 303, A, F. & A, M.—Meets thia cienlug at 710 at thelr Hall, 72 ‘Monroo-at., for work on the . Af. Degree. Visiting brothron of alster lodges avo conually Iavlied fo be prosgt, - gy C. W. O'DONNELL, Becretary, " oo W e TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1876. Groenbacks yeaterdsy at tho New York Gold Exchange closed at 83 Prof, Parton yesterdsy delighted tho Mothiodist General Assembly at Daltimore with - & brilliont address, and showed the wondering men and brethren that ho was Jjust as good on a rostram as on a heretic, Final netion has been taken in Washing- ton in reforence to tho powerful movement in behalf of Exccutive clemoncy for Wint~ 1M MoKes and Cox Maauinr, the convicted ond sontenced whisky-ringslors of Bt. Louis, The President, having been waited upon by tho parties in intercst, reforred the mattor to Attormoy-General Prenzeront, who declined to interfare, but decided that the law must tako its course. . " 8till another strong Republican ward is fieard from on the Gubernatorial question. The Eloventl Ward (old Twelfth) has voted to sent to the County Convention delegatos uninstructed, but who are well known as Tribune, HATES OF SUISCRIPTION (PAYADLE IN ADVANCE) ‘To prevent delny and mistakes, be sure and give Poste Dally, dellyerad, Sundsy oxcepted, 23 cents per weck Dally, delivered, Bunday included, 80 cents per week* Addresa Clark street, between Randolph and Lake, Hooley's was in better dmnend and firmer, for Juno, Rye was quict at 6o, olosed at G $3.00@5.80. Sheep wore firm. pick out tho counterfeits, of which thero are o good many. ' The Tremsury has threo millions of silver which may bo paid ont on drafts, aod tho Beorotary is now lrsuing it. But what are threo milllons towards supply- ing the public needs? A weok or more ago Mr. Pavn, of Cloveland, O., Chairman of the Banking Committeo, propared a bill to authorizo tho issuo of silver coin to the 'amount 'of ten { millions, in exchange for legal-tonders, + which " lat- ter are only to be reissued after destrue- tion of an equal amount of frnotional cur. toncy, Yestordny his bill was onlled up, on o motion to suspend the rules, Tho voto re- sulted, yeas, 113 ; nays, 73,—being 60 ma. jority, but that not being two-thirds, tho motion failed. What aro the constituencies ropresented by these 78 dogs-in-the-manger, nino-tonths of whom are Democrats, and the rest Ropublicans and Independents.? What decont resson can any of them give for voting ngainst tho proposi- tion? This is not aschems of cantraction, nor a device to make fractional money searco or warse. On tho contrary, the bill provides. for throwing ten millions of silver change into circulation as snon as tho public want it, ‘What possible objoction could thero be to such a bill? Wo can' conceive of mnono, unless it bLe a fanntical mg-boby opposition to allowing hard money to ciroulato among the people. Thosa who voted in the nogative nre probably afraid to lot the common people seo, touch, or handlo any real monoy, lest they may get to like it and prefer it to ragged, Brensy, torn shinplasters. We can conceivo of no other reason for the hostilo votes of the 73 objectors. Tho friends of the bill aro shown to bo in o vast majority. Xiot them push the measuro after first amending it, making it twenty-fivo instoad of ten millions, for evory) dollar of that sum will bo roquired to satisigy- the popular dev,and for silvor. rocolleat, tho?, this is n largo country, h t COUSTING THE ELECTORAL VOTES. anti-Bevempas men. They will, it moy be The possibility of a bitter controverry in supposed, support the best man and most | the country concerning the counting andl promising candidates, but as Brvemipag | doclaration of the electoral votes fax-Presl- fulfills neither of these roquiroments he will | dont and Vico-Presidcat has long simoo get 10 help from tho Eleventh Ward, ‘Whatover the merits of the singular trans- forced itself upon the public mimd. “The olectors of Presidont aro chose'a in ench Btate at an eloction governed and controlled < uoction in Fm:t Smith & Littlo Rock bonds | by-the laws of the State. The Constitution Dy tho Executive Committco of the Union | resds that “cach Stato shall ap point, inwsuch Pacifio Railroad Company, the tostimony of | wmanuer as the Legislature /thereof | moy knpwn os Libergs yestorday, and, w 400 beinp prese tho oDV~ Pl b 189" patod in 4] 4o deliberations of the gathor- Col. Tox Beorr, given beforo the Houss Ju- diclary Committes yestorday, takes the bur- den from tho shoulders of Mr. Bramve, and shows as conclusively as o plain, straightfop. ward statement can show, that Ay, Brune told the wholo truth, and »oth- ing but tho truth, when Lhe ' gig. claimed any connection whatover v 1th the &04,000 matter. Col. Scorr und oubtadly .r stated by ggosted as to " .ctors were not .soont in regard ,» but no taint of .c8 to Mr. BramNg, doorr for having so o himsolf a load too sidential condidate to i T m— The, conforence, ¢z prominent gentlemnon wes held ot New York 43 largely attonded, about Among tho namea of .cers BT yointed and of thoeso who par- ing will be 7 ecognized many of the foremost men in AT serica, but not & politician {s to bo found in, tho collection, There are eminent collego dignitaries, authors, preachers, po- liticok oconomists, statesmen, whoso utter- onces aud thoughts have loft their stamp upon the intelligence nnd oulture of the wation. Almost without oxcoption these Liborals have been Ropublicans, and would liko to bo Republicans again, and to take counsel togother about this is the purposo of the conferenuce. The first doy's proceed- ings partook largely of short spoeches of a character indicative of the goneral senti- ment on the subjoct of the appronching Presidontial contest, and the plans and pur- poses of the conference will not be unfolded until to-duy. The Common Council had a thoroughly business session lnst evoning, Mayor Hoyne was abgent, and ox-Mayor Corvin did not putin an appearance, Ald. Arpnion acting o8 Chairmen pro tem. ‘The Standing Com- mittoes for tho year were appointed by Mayor Hoyxne and confirined by the Coun- cil. The Committees aro tho sirongest and best that have beon chosen for years. The bummers and Colvinites bave been relegated to obsourity, and placed where they can do tho lenst harm, whilo the brains and integrity of tlie Council aro sssigned to tho best possiblo advantage. 'Lheso are Committoes, wo predict, that will have no uso for go-botweens to gather in bribe. mouey, and that will honeatly and capably attend to the business of the city., The Council refused to roceive a so-called veto message from one I D, Couviy, but it or. dored an investigation into the remarkable shrinknge in tho receipts from saloon liconses noticeable under that individual's adminis- tration. Oneof the most notable and en- joyable things of the evening was an admir- ablo Jesson on good sense and good mauners read by Ald. Tunoor o the Young Drxod- TueNes of the Council. —— ‘The Chicago produce markets wero active yesterduy, and generally stronger, but pro. visions wero frregular. “Wheat was buoyant. Mess pork advauced file por brl, and slosed noarly the samo us Baturdsy, ut §21.00 for June and §21,15 for July. Lard advanced 20@250 per 100 lbs, closing 2jc lower, &t $12.46 for Juns and $12.05 for July. Weats wers finn, ab 7{o for Loxed shoul- dircct, o numbor of electors,” ofc. ¥ The wholo machinery of the ele stion, tho making of ‘iho returns, canvassing tho vots, and declaring the result, are ‘m the hinnds of the Staflo authoritics, Untik within the present generation thero bas ‘boen no complaint of any stch general fratads asto changa the re- sulb of tho election fin any one State, or to threaten a defest of tho national choice. drove asharp bargnin whon he 14 i Fraudulont elections have, howover, become the bonds in tho peculiar manne U o i lZ‘ Himsolf, and the inquiry is sy whethor the Government Dire' singularly ignorant and quie to the extraordinary nffaire fraud or collusion attact’ who may thank Col. / cheerfully takon upe heavy for any Pre earry. - sinco then a racognized science; it is used largely in machina politics.of this country; oud the forgery of roturns to camry an cloc. tion in favor of a candidate is but a brief stop in advance of what bns already been done. At the last Prosidential election thers wors duplicate returns of thp clectoral vote in Arkansas and Louisinna, and that thero wero gross irregularitios in ‘tho election in other States was indisputed., For such s contin. gency there iano logal rpmody, The Con. stitution simply states that tho President of the Senate, in the presonco of both Ilouses, shall opon all the, certificates, and the votes shall bo counted. Undera joint rulo of Con. gross it has been rognlated that to count the roturns from any 8tate shall requlre tho assent of a majority' of both Houses, acting soparately ; and thet upon the objection of cithor House the vute of o State shall be re- jocted. 'Chis arbitrary rulo has always been an unjust ono; and in the contingency, as at present, of the wmxjority in one Houso being of the opposite party 1o that ruling in tho other louse, the objection business might bo enfriod ou until all tho votes wero ro- jected. During tho'last four yeurs Mr. MontoN nnd othera have been trying by law to provido n means whereby sll contingen- cles of this kind might bo avolded ; bot thero has been a faituro to do so,—anutter inability to agree upon anythimg satisfactory, Mr. Epauxps, of Vermont, has, howover, mot tho difieulty by, proposing to so amend the Constitytion as to supply tho ouis- sions in that instrnment as it now stands. This amendment substitutes & now article for the prosent alresdy smended twelfth article. 'The chango bogins by requiring that the elootors, on the day of their meeting and voting for Presidont and Vice.Presidont, shall transmit thoe certificatos of their vote to tho Ohief Justice of the Supreme Court ; that on the doy fixed theso roturns shall be opencd by the Court, tho votes counted, and tho re. sult declared. "I'ho Court iu to count such votes a8 it may cousider to hava beon luw. fully given and certified, ond to disrogard errors of form, and be governed by tho sub. stantinl right of the matter. In caso thero bo no election, then tho fact is to bocertified to the Houso of Representatives, which body, &s now, shall procoed to cloct. Tho other change is in addiug o new provision to thoe effoct that no person holding the oftice of Justico of the United Btates Bupreme Court shall be eligiblo for elcction as Prosident or Vice-President until after the expiration of two years noxt after ho shall have ceased to bo a momber of that Court. ‘Thislast provision is an eminently wise one, 1f any geutlemun on the Supreme Court Bencli feels disposed to engago in polities oud becowo a candidate for popular honors, Le can resign ; hocaunot use his placo on the Beuch to promote his candidacy, nor step from tho Court to the Executive chair, Tho proposed amondwment is advisablo because it takes the wholo businoss of yuceiving, can- vassing, countlng, and determining tho va- lidity of tho roturns of clectornl votes out of the control of Congress, gud making that dere, 110'for Jo short ribs, and 11}o for do short clears) Lake friights wera dull, at 2{a for wheat {0 Buffalo. Rail freights wera moderately active and nnchanged. Highwines wore je higher, at 31.07% per gnllon, Flonr Wheat closed 2je lowery we sl 0} for May nnd $1,074 for June. Uorn closed @jo higher, at 4740 cash and 6o for June, - Onts were Darloy for May and 56}e for June. Hoga wore active and steady, selling at $7.00 @17.26 for common to cholco. Cattla woro in limited demand and weak, with sales at One hun- dred) dollars in gold would buy $112.60 in Remittances may ba made either by dratt, express, | groenbsoks at tho close, Thero {8 great complaliit anong the people ot the elowness with which silver chango is got into circulation; up tolnst Saturday not quito four and a half millions had been is- sued. Bilver can only bo obtained fn re- demption of fractional scrip, and it is an oxccedingly slow process to connt and assort tho torn, defaced, and naaty little stuff, and They shaald,:, THE CHIOAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1876, ' A fudiclal question; For the judgmont of the Buprome Court, the only non-politienl tribunal to which thore can bo an appeal, the American peoplo have a high respect, rnd they will accept tho decisions of that hody when thoy wonld rojoct and repudinto that of an accidontal partisan majority in either Honso of Congresg, Prevomiives nre the wiscst policy, The adoption of this amend- mont may be found, and that at no remote day, acting s n provontive of eivil war, in which tho peoplo shallvbo divided end in arma bocauso of the disputed clootion of o Propidont. Every election in Mexico and South America is the occasion of an armod confliot over tha result, and it iabut common prudence on our part to provide a constitu. tional tribunal free of palitics to determine that question withont arms. THE GUBERNATORIAL NOMINATION. ‘The roports from the County Conventions Of tho Republican party in this State indi- cato protty certainly that Mr, Bevenmar's eandidatore for, Govornor is practically cuded, and that any further effort on his bebolf will merely bo disturbing and dis. organizing without availing him in tho lenst, Binco tho withdriwal of Mr. WasnnusE, the tido bins boon in favor of Mr. Corvox, upon whom Mr. Wasupuaye!s. fricnds have genor- ally united. It ia widely canceded, indeed, that Mr, CoLrom is now the fittest and most ovailable candidato whomy the Republican party could present. ', M., Rinaway will probably get n lmgoe complimentary voto that will como mosfly from’ tho lower coun. ties of the State, and the compliment will be well-deserved; but tho cvidences of his strength ara ‘not cnough to warrant much hopo on the part of his friends that ho can bo nominafed. BMr. Cunrom, on tho con- trary, is now in n position to attract the vohos of tho uninstructed delegates and thoso who go into the Convention with the pur- poso of giving thair influence and votes to tho candidate who shall develop most etrength at tho outsot. As to Ar, Bevenioaz, it looks now as though his nome will bo withdrawn by his {frionds bofore the balloting begins. ‘Ihat ‘would bo tho wiser courso to pumsue. Un- less thero shall be some radical change in the public sentiment, of which thoro is no pres- ont indicntion, it would bo an incxcusable picco of folly on the part of bis friends to put him before the Convention. The Ite- pudblicans of Ohicago+and of this Judicial Dis- tridt have lad recent experiemces which mako his nomination inexpedient. The Re- pulblicans norainated a weak candidate for tho: Bupreme Judgeslip in this district, end, though they aro largely in the majority, the resull wos the clection of the Democratic candidato by an immense majority. Boin our recent city eolection thero was o woak neamination ¢ for Qity £ Tronsurer, and, *while the Republicans carried tho rest of their ticket by upwards of 5,000 majority, tho Domocratio candidate for Tronsurer was elocted Ly 5,500 majarity. 'The Republicans of tho State certainly should not commit on a Inrgo scalo tho folly which the Republicana in this part of theStatocommitted on a small scale, after tho disuster of such a policy has been abundantly demonstrated. 'Chore in no reason to oxpect from Mr. Bzvenmor him- self any solf-sacrifico in the interests of the party, but tho good senso of tha ‘peoplo will probably relicve him of-every opportunity for such action. Mr. Brveninor may be defl- nitoly rogarded as out of tho race, and his Btato appointces may as well dovots thom. selves to their official duties during the re- mainder of the Acting-Governor’s terny. BLAINE AND TOM 8COTT. Under rome peculiar juspiration, Col. Jonx W. Forxery, of Philadelphis, fell asleep tho night beforo the opening of the Exposi- tion, and had a dream,—n very long dream, —which ho prints in his paper, the Philadol- plria Z'ress, ond which covers soveral col- umns of that paper. Col. Forxey is a very onthusinstio snpporttr of Mr. Bramve, as many other Pennsylvanians are, and nlso an nr‘.dunt supporter of Col. Tox Scorr's varl- ous subsidies now pending in Congress, In tho dream into which Col, Fonxkr fell he had a vision of & man of 1976, who related to|him tho sucoession of events in tho cen- tury then closing, and, in tho recital, oocurs tho following: IEager to ind out the newest problem, T put th o rapld question, **Who was elected’ Prestdent ln Navember of 1870 1" 1o paused und rajsed » white hand to lis broad brow, u3 one ls in the habit of doing when we go back to the old times.. **Ob!a mnn by the nano of BLAINE—JAMES G. BLAIXE.' o was clected. I should think ho must have beew, o vory goud sort of Presldent. Hu surrounderd nimeclf with exporienced statesmen and swakerwed tho Jove of the people by reswarding hlw frlends und forglving hls foce." “*Ilow long lid he sorver ¢¢ Four years,” **And then, who followed bim #* *4Ah ! that {s aquestion I can enaily answers for 1 heard my father talk ubout that Presidemt. 1l name was THONAS ALEXANDER ScorT, and he got in becauso while BLaiNe was Presldent Scoty car- ried through his Texus & Pacific Railrond, and hullt it 80 atrong and so promptly that he got-to the City of Mexico In alittle loss than two yones, and ai- though BraiyE would have liked to have had a see- ond term, the people rosu en massa, without dis- tinction of party, and made Scorr Prealdent, I must tell you that, just befors his olection, owing ‘to this very rallroad of his, Mesico applied for adwlsslon Into the Unlon and was divided Into four States, mamely, the Stute of Mexlco, tho State of Lincolp, tho State of Frank- lin, and the State of Jaorez." ¢+ What sort of ad- minlstration did Scorr make¥ ¢ The Lest they bod in u long time, os you wiil realizo when 1 telt you [t lusted clght yeara, Lot me woe, Ity Secre- tary of Stato was o very ablo man from Pennsyl- vanla, whom you used to know, ‘ANpugw Greoe Cuwriy, a Ropublican of that day; his Becrelasy of the Treasury was un ex-Confederate oflcer of that tme, J. W. Tauocxsonton, of Texas; hls Attor- ney-Qeneral, a famous Jawyer, also & Democrat, quite old when ho was appalated, namned JEREMIATL 8, Bracr; the other namen I forget, with tho ox- captlon of hts Postmuster-Generul, colored man named LaNasros.™ **llow long did Scorr lvet” 411 after bo rotired from the Presidency and vi- brated between o handsome country resfdenco in that fourishing part of our country which you used 10 know ns Caunada, In the City of Montreal, and in his winter resldence, Jacksonville, Fla, Ils dicd about the beginnlng of the twentloth eentury, in the 77th year of hisngo.” *¢ s Cunada & part of the Unlted States now™ ‘*Oh! yes; that took place In tho last year of Braixe's Admlnlstration, and gave us four now States, numely: Canada, Montgomery, Burke, and Cromwell, " Col, Fousty is u gentleman who preserves all tho ardent temporament of more youth- ful doys, sud who, when ho dreawns, always drees as ho wants things to happen, and o8 he and his frionds plan to have them hap- pen, bas located the granting of Hcorr's subsidies of three or four hundred millions of dollars during Bramr's Adusinistration, after which Bcorr himself is 4o become Pres. idont, Can it be that oven in their dreams tho friends of "Tox Scorr's,subsidies can have such visions as these ? b ‘Tho Staats-Zeitung, in anunfair and wa- liclous effort to socure ¥omo German support for CoLvin's pratonsions to hold the oftice of Mayor, has been hinting that there will bo an effort by the pressnt Council to rovive the old Bunday liguor ordinance which was ro- pealed in 1873, after a fair fight on that is. sue. 'U'he Staats-Zeitung knows perfectly well that there is not the slightest denger or prob- ubility of any such attempt, That issue hos been disposcd of onco for all in the City of Chicago, nnd the people who stood by the | willlng to deny that he had seon him in ordinanco have been thoroughly convinced | Rroprz & Stzwant's office as rocited above. that it is politically impossible to re-onnot it. | Farther confirmation of Mr, Kxowrron's Another and more finportant Isano is now bo- | atatomont is found in tho " testimony of fote tho people: It is tho popular will eersus | Gon, Mussey, now of Cinoinnati, who wns usurpntion, vetronchmont eertus oxtravn. | then a fellow-student in tho same ganee, honest government dersus official cor- | office, and who rocollocts seoing Brame ruption, Tho Gormans are ns mmuch inter- | there, but forgot when or under what cir- osted s any othor class of tax-paying cit- | oumstances, until Knowrron recalled the oc- zens in chocking tho misrulo and waste of | casion. As botween Mr, Bramxe and the late public monoy, and wo beliove they are too | Mr, ENowstow, thon, it appears to be protty intelligont to bo misled by the sonsoless | cortain that tho lattér nover retracted nor allegation that thers will bo an ecffort | donied the statement lie ronlly made, and to rovive tho prohibition issme. Tho | timt this intimation conveyed by Mr, BLamve loenl ‘laws rolative to the sule of liguor and | in. his Congressional explanation was not tho obsorvauco of Bunday are just what tho | weauranted. TPoople’s Party made them, and so thoy will ‘Mr. Riopre having eatablished this much, romnin. The tax-payors have no intontion of | procoeds to find in the rocords of SrEwint's jeopardizing the causo of taxes and honost | suit against tho Ksnss Pacifie Compony government by exciting tho opposition of [ what ho sccepts ss a corroboration of the Germans on the Bunday Leer and wine | Krowrron's statemont. o cites a letter of question, and tho editor of the Staats-Zci- | Brewant's to tho President of the Company, tung knows it vory woll.' Mayor Horne, | showing that tho former had exchanged when ho was informed yostorday of what the § fifteon $1,000 construckion bonds for twelve Staats-Zeitung had intimated, said bluntly: | $1,000 land-grant bonds with o man named I don't baliove a word of it, and should | Briarve, and also a stipulation botween tho they [the Council] attempt such a thing, I | twopartics to the enit that **Jomy E. Brame” would veto overy action of the kind.” (trother of Jaxes G, Bramx) was tho holdor - of gnid bon Now Mr. Rinpre suggesis A BUCCESSOR_FOR DAVIS, that Mr, Jonn E. Brarxe mako s statemont Now it seoms Judgo Davio Davis won't do. | Of the case, showing just where, whon, and Thot is to say, aftor having talked of him, | bow ho bocamo posscesed of these bonds ; and resolved of him, and nominated him for gix | also that the original twenty-five 81,000 con- yonrs a3 thoir future candidate for President, | struction bonds hold by Trowmas Ewmo, Jr., tho rag-baby people discover that tho Judge | and by Jonx E. Brame (and pubscquontly {snot nu inflationist aftar all, Thoy have | taken up in oxchange for larsd-grant bonds) othor candidates, however. Thore is By | shall bo produoed, so as to 1how whather or Burien, an original inflationist, who has | not they wero tho onos witiicssed by James boen opposed to redemption all hislifo,—~has | W. Kxowrroy at the time har saw Bramve in long since passed redomption. DBxzn Burnen | Brewant’s office. This sugg jostion secms to hns beon a Domoorat,” ns Judgo Davis has | bo rensonablo and practieal )lo. « Mr. Rippre never boen; Brx Burren hns been a soldier, | docs not profess suy desira to pursuo Mr. 08 Davis bas nover been. Ben is an ox- | Bramvg, nor to show that 110 was the recip- perionced statosman of his kind, whilo Davis | icnt of any bonds as n gro'latity, but simply s beon on the Bonch for thirty yoars. . Tho | to show that his deceased san-in-law told tha greonbnek party is not confined oven to Bur. | truth whon ho stated that:he had seon Mr. zen. Thoro avo the Boomanaw brothers nt [ Bamve in Mr. Brawants’ offics, and had Indianapolis, one of them bearing the his- | Witnessod the transfar of cortain bonds while torical namo of Janzs, Worquestion whother | BraiNe was thero. in tho United States thero are two mon who so earnestly beliove in tho paper-moncy lunacy, nor two men who so conscientiously boliove that their family can produce the statesman to sweep tho country in favor of inflation. If, however, modest merit, which is extensivo in Indiana, shall be overlooked, thore is the voncrable Winrram Avvew, of Ohio, who declares that he was born as late 881798, We have o number of shinplaster statesmen in Illinois, including ex-Speaker Harves and Oavesews, M, 0., oll of whom would willingly accept the nomination for President. 'Thoy have all the reccommenda. tion that they have boon Demouvrats. But surveying the whole field, we cannot understand why there shonld be any diffor- enco of opinion ameng tho inflation people 08 to who should bo their champion and their londer. With the Amorican people there is no more honored name than Krrrzy. 1t is o3 familiar in the remotest cabin on the frontier ns it is in the palaces of tho rich, THE GOVERNMENT K PRINTING. Tho proposed nction of -the House Com- mitteo on Printing ralativ o to the Govern- ment printing promisesto | e a much greater scandal than the original ¢ harges against tho Congressional Printer. T he roport of the Committeo sota forth that Mr, Ouirp has overcharged for work ‘for the Exccutive Dopartments far-boyond tho refular rates ; that he bag paid more t]1nn the ordinary re- tail prices for articles purchased from the offico; that ho-paid mid dlemen large profits ; that ho allowed exxcessi vo pay for labor; that oxtravagance haw porviaded every department of the office, and tha/; the bookkeoping and internal managsment of the office have beon vory loose. G fanting that all this be true, thoro is certairaly not:d for reform. That it 18 not all trucymay 1o possible, einco tho in- vestigation wms mride in o Star Chamber by two Democ ratic *Congressmen, tho Ropub- lican momtwors of! the Committeo,being ab- ond is immortal in the workskiops and mar- ;‘;:" ;:? ,:;::m memmmumd. ::; kots of the Innd. Mr. Kerrey hos o famo tracto 1 beyond tho borders of hia‘native lIand. Tho :’;Ling t ‘:; Om“’ l::d \?:nml::x?; .“‘,: manufacturers of other zations havo learned 3 ) to tromblo nt tho rofling thundor which | Covere ,';i‘;flf,f‘;’f,,‘;“’,;‘j{,‘l‘;‘;;;,‘i: ?,’,u‘s.,?:;:; ochocs the namoof Keuuuer, Ho hins startled tan, to fbe supported: by tho profits of the tho men of knowles,go the world over by his public printing. Tl peoplo, tharafore, will discoverics in poli/iical cconomy,—conveying | “placa imphicitr confldonce in Lbie;nno- to them laws avd facts of which thoy had | giaca yoport, basod upon testimony taken in nevor heard bef ore, and which they continue | goor ob But, ‘fing that it Lo ;m' what to reject in ‘proportion to the extent that do umncmt;cxg';npm%m todo? How ara they hnve ay -information of their own. | 4 By going to reform and remody theso al- "T'here is nejt a Inborer on the American con- 1 sgod sbuses? Tho Committee yin alosin, tinent whio docs not, know that ho is indobt- | § 4y ranart socomumends that the mmu.,fi od for/whatever cmployment ho has ever of FuangLoy Rives, of Moy 2, 1876, for tho ‘had .f Mr, Keuney, nor is thore an idla 'pn'ntlna ond binding of the dobatea of Con. man/in all tho Unitod States who does not gress, bo accoptad, and a contract bo enterod knoy that his idlenoss is the rosults. into to take offcct at tho beginning of the ofmot. having Mr. Kerrey ot the head of next sesslon, and that the printing and bind- atr nationnl affairs, clothed with absoluter,| 006 tho Dopartimentssbiall be undsrthe con- power to print monoy without limitation and. trod of the heads of those Dopartmonts, and distributo it among tho bardy toilmen of the | 'y acanted wnder controct. . Whether | tand. As a beuofnctor of tho poor, in pro~{ 4 o & againat ATr., Crasn o . charg 3 true or nof paeiug topey 3,65 perpaund for rags; be | g6 mmmu-g of investigating them hn‘.’q has bad no rival, Tlo Lns tho rocommonds. | yoyy go unfair and unjust, and so mach in tion that in carly lifo he was a Democrat and thosstylo of n porsocution, that it will croato 8 Freel'rader, whilo Judge Davis can only | tympnthy forhim, Into the Star Chombor claim toy have been a Whig, n Protection- of theso two Domocratio Committeo-men ist, ond'a Ropublican. Tow tho Greonback- | gy, Tives, who is socking for the printing, ers. can bo ot nloss fora candidate, and |y 4 samitted, and ho was allowsd to conduct agpechlly why thoy siould hang around | 4 b geamination in bis own way, it belng woll Judge Davis, who turnsout tobo ahard- |y, town that it was his purposo to brealt down ‘monoy man, whon thoy can have such a xec- | 4, Government Printer and scoure an enor- ognized }nm]er 88 Winiaax D. Kenrey, oon { oo contract. 1t s o natural quostion to be explr.nnud only perliaps by'tho fll?fi that | o i, howover, Why should tho Gov it Kerrey is poor and D.}vm in rich. Kentey | ) irow awny its heavy investment in typo, Lins been the poor man's friend so long agd D rosses, tercolypo plates, and other mo- 50 porsdstontly that e 1s a8 poor 03 his 0880- | 4.0y hocause Alr. Onare hos beon guilty of clates, whilo his rivala by attonding to thoir mismanagement? Why should tho printing- own business havo grown rich. Unless tho | moo'he discontinued because Mr, Crarr hos sagchaby’ pegploar disposed to bo.“"m“." shown himself to be corrupt? \\;ould it not fal to the man who hns been fighting their [ o just 08 consistont to nbolish the House of battles for years, who has crushed out tho Roprosontatives bocause nearly all tho Domo- paupes Iabor of Europo, who has by his. pro- | _orotiq ofticars of it bave proved to be corrupt tectivo policy secured uninterrupted labor scoundrels? How is tho system of Govern. and high wages to all his countrymen, nnd to ment printing to bo purified by going baok whom the wholo lund is 8o deoply indebted } to tho old contract method, which dnder for its prosent increased prosperity and un- | equaled activity, they will drop Davis and Burser, the choap imitators, and nominate the groat original, the Mon. Wirzaam Do Kewry, of Pennsylvanin, rupt that it had to broken up ? It s evident onough from the admission of Rivzs, the Democratic contractor, to the Star Chamber, {hat tho wholo investigation is a put-up job Lo get control of the printing and administer it upon the old corrupt contraot gystem. If these Democratio reformers wish to purify tho printing-ofiice, the only feasibla way is to place it in charge of an hoaoost, capable, and firstclass man, not to dostroy it and then givo ont the printing on tho old con- tract systom, which was R thousand times more corrupt than tho present system, But 8a this would romove from the Democrats the opportunities for a steal, there is no probability that such t will obtain. BLAINE AND EANBAS PACIFIC. Bome of tho nowspapers of the coantry have printed a four-column statement by A. @. Rippre, Esq., of Washington, in -zoply to Mr. Braine's personal statement in /Jongress relatizs to his alleged ncceptanca o'/ 15,000 worth of Kausas Pacifie benda fro'm the lob. by agent, Josernn B, Brewant, w'ho was for- morly o pariner of Mr. Rmoru's, ‘Ihis statoment of Mr. RippLy's was aléo sont to ‘1 Trusuxe, but os it wos excesifively long, and was personal as betwoon. him and —— BLrame, and did not scom very clearly to The Bt. Lonis Whisky Ring, it is stated, make out a caso sgainst the lwiter, we did | g elooted delegatea to the State Conven- not think proper to take up fow: columns of | 4ion opposed to Bocretary Bristow, and the Bpace to present it to our readars, Mr. Rip- anti-BrieTow papers, among them tho Globe- pLy's purpose wos to dofond “Mr. James W, Democrat, whose proprietor hos boen con. Kxowwron, his eon-in-law, and now de- | yioted and sontenced to two years’ imprison- ceased, ngnl'nxt the imputation sot forth in | jent and finod $10,000, are rejoicing at tho Mr, Braing's statemont that Kwowrrow Lad | regult. People outside of Bt Louis, how-. originatad tho ohargo and afterards vetract-- | evor, will not b dispossd to rogard this clec ed it. Tho testimony cited by Mr. RiooLe. | tion of delogates by the Whisky Ring with seoms conclusive thot Bir, ‘Knowrron merely auy degreo of rojoicing, On the other hand, said that, while & student in 8rewaur & Rip- they wall look upon it as little creditable to prr's law-ofics, ho saw Mr. Brame coms | the party as were the whisky trials to tho Re- there and retire to the private offico with Mr:. | publicans caught in it,—the proprietor of Srzwant; that tho latter shortly aftor cawer | 116 Glbe Deniocrat, lur’ instance, Tho ace. to Mr. Knowr:coN and asked him to witness | 4ion of the party is tantamount to passing a. tho tranafer of twenty-five 1,000 construe- | yonolution of consure on Bocrotary Bristow: tion bonds of the Kansas Pacitle (then Union | g0, proscouting revenue thieves. Will the Pacific, Eastern Divislon), which ho did; | Repnblicans of St. Louls permit thomsclves and that Srewanr thon took those bonds | 4o be placod in such an attitado Lofors tho back into the room whore Mr. Brane was, country? Can thoy affordit? Are thoy and that Mr, Brame shortly afterwards re- | apologlsts for and defenders of thieves ? tired. Mr. Ripprx's testimony also seems. | = coffclusive that Mr. KNowLTON mnover re- ‘| It was very funny, the question asked by tructed this statoment, notwithstanding Mr. | the Democratio Naval Investigating Couunit— Buava insisted that it wasa caso of mis- | tee of JoNazuan Youxa, the garrulous Cap— taken identity. On tho contrary, it seems'.| tain of the Novy-Yard at Kittery, Me. Bald that Mr. Knowrzox insisted that he was cor- *| the Democratic Chairman: * If a man stands- rect, and oven propared to leave Washing- | by the Government up and down, in trying’ ton rathor than appear bafore an Inveatigat- | to do. his duty, he does it at the peril of be~ iing Committee against Ar, Braws, and noty | ing ramoved?” Then up spoke tho gar-, : Domocratic auspices was so rotten and cor- ' rulons Capiain of the Kittery Navy-Yard, who not having boen removed, of courso has | not done his dnty to his Government, and snid: * Yes, sir, and it is folt all through tho novy." Tho Domocratio tiger evidently saw the refloction in tho mirror, and jumpod agnin, and here ho is impaled sgain in tho fragments, Every omployo of tho House of Reprosontatives, man, woman, or child, black or white, who Lad sorved the Govern- mont up and down, and who had dono duty by going South and holping to save the Goy- ernment from destruction, was incontinently removed, ond those who had fought sgainst the Governmont were givon their places. And itis folt all through tho country, Copt. Youxa, of Kittery. signod himsslt fn hasty notes *'P. M. (after. noon). Mr, Plckwick, it will ba remembsred, ad. ‘mirod the ease with which Mr. Magnus' frionda woro smased. ks . Col. Jameson, an editorial writer connected with the Bt. Iouls Globe-Democrot, was ordained g Baptlst minlster last Saturday, . This seoms to be in a micasure s rofutation of the common that nowspaper-work haa an lrroligious tendency, Bishop Littleohn, who was to hiave arrived from, Harope abont this time, delsys his return for some weoks owlng to the death of his son-In-law, Mr, ‘Mll1s, and tha sorlons illnosa of Dishop Hare, wha L been his teavollng companion. Bishop Ilara Ig In Venico, unable to be moved at present, - Misa Mny Howard, well known to the frequenters of Chicago theatres, will mako her first Appearance om the atage of Now York next Saturday night, wwhen she will play Afrs, Van Drugh in ** Charity » to the Rutk of Mies Davenport, The performance w1l be for the baneit of Mr. James Lewls, and wij} take place fo tho Fifth Avenuo Thoatre, e following paragraph from the *‘Life of Ma« caainy,* recently published, ls worth reprodncing, Bpoaking of his own portrolt, bosald to a friend: 441t 4a tho faco of & man of conslderabls menta) powors, great boldness and frankness, and & qolck. rollish for pleasure. It lsnot unlike Mr. Fox's in ge noral expressfon, 1 am quito content to have su ch & physiognomy, . 1Miss Anthony, aa a aentative advocate of woman'a rights, says: We will go to Phila. doltpliia, not to tojoice, but to declars our freoe do'm." 1tfs ot casy toseo why thera would ba 2n, pthing inconslatont fa rojolelng and making § des daration of frecdom at tho samo timo, unless iy be trno that what ts doclared has no existence, and MI #a Anthony certainly cannot mean to jmply thia, * Pho Doston Post aya that Owon Merodith's new ‘portm, **King Poppy," waseuppressod because It read so much like a satire In advance upon the now Empross of India. A fow advance coples which had beon sent out to friends were called In, and the whola edition was buried decp. It will be noticed that **King Poppy * is not included in the forthcoming now edition of Lord Lytton's pocms. The pistol with which Aaron Barr killed Aloxzan. der 1amilton is now in the posseasion of Loais Marshall, of the Commercial National Bank, ef Versallles, Ky, 1t troces its pedigree through the' gentleman who acted as Burr's second, to whom i waa presented by Burr; Col, James Bowie; Dr, Carr, of the arsenal near Baltimore; Thomas ¥. Marshall, and E. C. Marshall, to the present own. or, son of the last-named gentleman. A Trustce of tho Fifth Avenue Church, New York, explains that Dr, Jobn Hall {s not pald ‘45 salary of 810,000 gold, "' s reparted, but **$10,008 greonbacka "' ho haa fajth in the resvurces of thy country as well as in other things, Morcover, hig church did hot cost $1,000,000, but $850,0001 and, as the preachor lls it ovory Sunday, and It {avery large, tho Trusteo doos not seo why tha ongregation or the pastor {s open to rebuke for xtravagance. Tho first game of *‘Tolo" (shinny on horso- ‘back) waa played at the Jeromo Park Club-House grounds last Thursdny. Thore were ten contest- ants, of whom two goon fell off thoir ponles, sna spent tho remafnder of the dayin chasing them about tho grounda, Mr, James Gordon Bennett ‘was the hero of tho occaslon, -showing maoch ex- pertness and courage. Tho World says the gome must bo reganled, for tho proacat, aa meroly s Iively and entertaining ozperiment, An odd nowspaper-paragraph beiugs tho intellfs genco that Mr, Gladstono **has become Interested in the stago os an amusement to wean poople from intoxicating lquors.” Tho argument must be that the craving for one kind of stimuladt can bo atis- fied by the substitution of apother. This thcory was long sgo exploded by practicsl cxperiment, ‘Tho stags has no mission a8 & temperance reformer to fulflll. Nor, on the other hand, ‘oes it ncocaga- rily have a tendency to encourage intemperance. Last week Thursday tho American Charge d'Affairea in London, Mr. Wickham Hoffman, was presented, ot a recoption held in the Germsa Em- basey, to tho Empress of Ges expressed hor thanka to Mr, Hoflman for his noblo sorvices as Becrotary of the Amerlian Legation In Parls during the Franco-German War, and requests ed him to convey her porsonal regards te Minister ‘Washburne for his work In that conncctlon, Of the Legation nea whole, she spoke in terms of tho highest ndmiration. The sugar-merchants who blackballed Bocretary Bristow at the Union Leaguo Club, Now York, do~ fend themsclves by soylog (n anonymous notes, of coursc) that ho allowed drawbacks on refined sugars oxported from this country to ono firm, and denled all allowances to others. The charge has ‘been pronounced false, and, even on the showing of the sugar-men thomeolves, it appears tuat the Secretary did nothing wrong. Tho New York Post 48 anvoge aboul the blackballing, and Intimates that tha respectable mombors of the Cluh will uso strong measures, if nocessary, to rovarse it do- clelon, A churchman writes to the London 7¥mes in- quiring whother the Queen's new titlo of Empress of Indis fs to bo uscd in tho prayer-book, Mr. ‘Disraoli has promised that it shall not bo used in State papers whoso opermtion I8 confined to Grest ‘Britaln and Irclapd, but as the prayer-book ciren- Tutes at home and abroad, and tho prfnting of two diverse editions would bo an alarming lnnwnuon.; the correspondent wants to know what the Governe, ment proposes to do about It. In thls connection,} it Ia worth noticing that President Grant, so far ss. known, was the frst head of & forelgn natlon to- cmploy the now title in an official manuer. This hedid st & dinnoer In Philadolphis, when he pro- posed the health of **Her Royal and Imperial Mnjesty the Queen of England," leaying off the last phrase of the descriptivo title, HOTEL ABRIVALS. Ono of the journals which supportsa * fa- vorite sonny " for tho Republican Presiden- tinl nominntion having remarked that tho only throats of bolting come from the papers which favor Bnistow, tho Cincinnati Com- mercial very pointedly suggests .that tho pa- pers and persons reforred to are not Repub- lican nowspapora and politicians, There are cortain jonrnals in the country which have not given an adherence to the Republican party for somo years, but offer to support Mr, Bntsrow ns tho Republican candidate. Thoy roprosent n good many thousand voters, If Mr, Brierow shall not receive the nomina- tion, theso nowspapers nnd votors may not sapport tho Ropublican nominge, but they will not bo * bolters,” as thoy make no pro- tenso to boing Ropublicans, but are inde- pendent, and freo to pursue their own courso, The situation is this: The nomination of Mr. Bostow will cortainly attract the co- operation and support of n Inrgo class of in- dependont voters, who possibly hold the balance of political power, whilo the failure 1o nomingto him mny throw theso votes to the Democratic candidato. Thia ciroum- stance onnnot bo ignored in estimating the relative availability of tho different candi- datos, and it is sbaurd to talk about mon or nowspapers bolting from a party to which they do not even claim to belong. The Domocratio Reformers in the Houso are making much ado over the allogation that tha Postmastor of Bobila has sponta considerablo sum of money to securc Senator Srexokn's election. As thoy are now inves- tigating Senator Srenokn, and are desirous of brosking up this sbominable practico of spending money at clections, would it not bo well for them to turn their oyes towards Conneeticut, where a Sonatorial clection will take placo to-dsy? Porhaps if they look sharp thoy will find money apent thero right and left. Porhaps thoy will find that Demo- cratic monoy has boen spont quite freely in tho thrifty Nutmog State to buy Democratio Senatorships for years past. The Chicago Z¥mes i3 very much cxerclsed about an ¢xhibition on the part of T Tiinuxs of what {t calls “incendiary journalism.” We question the capacity of auy,nowspaper in Chi- cago to be ¢ incendiary ™ by comparison 8o long a8 the Z¥mes continucs to be printed, and wo do not belleve that any othier Journal will make an effort in that direction. In regard to the local artide on the water-works, to which reference is made, it was the very roverse of ‘*{ncendi- ary,” and was written to allay the public appro- hension occesioned by the wide-spread rumor that tho main engine had broken down. The article pointed out the exact extent of the nccl- dent which had oceurred, but took occaslon to refer to tho bad judgment, and perhaps mallce, which had dlctated the removal of Mr. CreciEn, who had been fn charge of tho cngines ever slnco the water-works were bullt. Tho reason why the Zimes takes up tho matter s that Mr. PriypiviLLe, having been severely nttacked by the Zimes rccently, cxposcd ono of the editors” of that paper and impaled him in public print. Since that time Mr. PRINDIVILLE has hud o warm friend lo the particular editor he scarfied and the ‘constant support of his newspaper. It talkes o whipplug to mako o certain class of animals Jick the hand of tho person adiministering the castigation, and Mr, PrixpiviLLe evidently understood the kind of critter he had to deal with. But all this does not change the fact that there-was an aceldent which probably would not have occurred had CreciER not been removed; ot nll events, such- neeldents were not common when he superin- tended the machinery. : ——————— The BrverIpaz men confldently claimed Mor- gon County on nccount of the number of the Acting-Governor's appolntecs ; in Jackson- ville. At the primaries held last Thurs- day the BevEnipae men stole a march In Jack- sonville, and securcd tho delegntes by o close vote. Dnt when the County Convention as- sembled Inst Baturday it was found that the rural districts were nll for CoLLoy, and Bev- zripoE had no show whatever, In Bhelby County it was also all ono way—for CuLLoM. Pontiae, which had been confidently counted on for BEVERIDAE, clected o CuLrox delegation. Macon County has sclected ou antl-BevERIDGE delegation. Tho powerful County of McLean goes for Curos. The delegates from Mo Shuber, Ameterdam, N. Y.; A, II. Dolamater, Choveinnds B Dorry, Denver; F. ilurd, Bridgo- purt, Conn. ; C. C, Tlough, Now York; J,' I Dod-, on, Nelzon, Now Zealand; John A. Mariin, Atch-" ison, Kan.; H..Downes, New Zealand; 3(r, and 3irs. Pritcher, Molbourne, Aus. ; IL Hoffmolster,; Tiamburg; 1L, Helntichs, T, docraae, Muxico; We M. Angub, Newcastlu-on-Tyne, Eng.; I, M. Ogil+ vy, Heotland: A, G, Williams, 'Kngland; 7 ¢. E. Mills, Georgo Ttoss, .Willism llep- burn, and Herbert’ Edwards, New Zealand; Jonn . Forbes, Geargo D, am Chri C B o il Bandor. ana. Syl o Donough County were nstructed for CuLLox. ns‘y’: 4 uual{i. e e, 6, Ottaws, nt the primaries, went strong for Cor- Ingeraoll, Peoria; domes liaines, Pokini Gor. Lox, und the big County of LaSalle is expected | sohn I, Deverld uxvfln eld; J. J. Brinckerhoff, to do likewise. Ou the other hand, Jackson Bv‘rllggfilgh& ‘gx;ml'll el“!lvf:n(i;:l:!'gfins‘;l;l‘l\folh County, down in Egypt, instructs for Rinaway, | e 5o o Ta04 William Ludlow, Us & W snd Washington County is claimed for him, .g’ P :xln‘)le, vm\.\'mhlhm'i' nll;’ A-in l::"x:m' 4 é] 3 " jans, Prolrie Nearly all the countics that aye not for Cut~ “:mgnfln ‘OMIL SO R g ot d 103 scem to be for Rinoway,—Brvempae g, 3 I Rol nxth),' belug ulrcady dlstanced. Nova Scotfa.... Tremont Zouse—C. 11, Pond, Obloy ug ulre 5 tho Hon. 1L Yurrows, Boston; the Hon. N, G Prait, Day City; J. A Bane, Capo of Good lispey the Hon. 11. A. Durgos, Now York; Col. J. Bl Logansport; the Hon, W, W. Wheaton, Dotrolty . the Lon, G, W. Eastman, Providence; Gon. J. Po| ¥ ott, Biene Cartin, _ Han 3 Oran dota; ' Dr. M. R. Teegsden, Racine; $ion: 3o W, Doo, | dancavilly; *the.. Hont Charles” Atkingon, Malone, N. Y......Sherads Ifowse~Jd. M. Danforth, 'Dnbuque; John A-J Jackson, Kulamazoo; T, A. Druwnh!{uw Yok Leander P, lllchud!on,vsA)llnxflold (11L.) Reprubli-} can; A. Benham, Rod’ Wing, Mian, ; 8. Parken Jr., New York; Willlam' Lucas, Bt Louls| city:” 1, ¥, Randolphy thg, “Pir, “Rochestors ¥, & Boulder, Col.... G 8. Daltimore; 8, ——— Tho Republican Convention of Kane. County will be held at Geuevn on Baturduy mext, the primury mectings being held on the preceding day, Kanc is ono of the lergest and most {m- portant counties In the Btate, and her action on thic Presldential election, {f sho shall take any, will be influential, A correspondent nssures us thut the friends of Gen, Brisrow are in o large majority fn the county, but that the politiclans und office-holdera genesully favor Bramm. Frank E, Alken, New York: F. Anderson, Dovries PERSONAL owa; B, ¥. Lawrosce oz sslsted at the opontng | Aenh e AL Bhorce Weaninatan: Saesgt B n| H n A. Plorce, Washington; Jooi oporat. Paton and his og assisted ab the opening | Bob) ute: tlowan 11, ‘Dates, CCpnélnnati : Mathews, Jumca Thompaon, and Willlam Farmudy Blanche Tucker, the Chicago prima donns, s re- | froys R.' W. Barr, Lockport, N, Y. +ported quite i1l i London. b 1t {a bglloved that Cardinal Antonelli, Secretary of Stata of Plus IX,, will nover rise from bed aguln. Moscs L. Bwift, of Reno, Nevads, has been granted a divorce from his wife on account of her *emental cruelty.” Trroligious 'young people In the moet fashionable, church on Fifth avenue, New York, dance in the vestibule to the tune, **Come, yo aliconsolate.” Tho late Lord Lyttleton was an sccomplished chess-player, and for & long serics of yeara preaided at all public assomblages of clicss-players in En- gland. Almee, the opora-bouffe divinity, hasboon ob- seured by tha halo of glory that has beon thrown around Offunbach, the opern-bouffe composer, by the Jesdors of *+socloty™ 1o New York. There are many class-pocts in the country who can writa botter postry than Mr. Siduoy Laner, e speak with all duo clrcumspoction and respect —— CANADIAN FLOODS, &pecial Dispatch to The Triduns, Otrawa, Ont., May 16.—The river rosa sevend fnches last night, and reports from np the rivet aro to tho same effect aa felegraphed yeaterdss. Gotinesu 18 fu a lamentable condition. Anol housc floated off to-day, Alost of the inhabltsatd have been compalled to evacuw e thelr pro 4 andsottlo n Hull, Four pllesof Baldwin's lom* ber, coutalning 120,000 feot, wero carried 'r"l this evening, und took with them about 100 Ntl )3 #n elovator rallway track ond one plle of l‘u& lumber, A telegram from Des Molnos esyé Tuo water fell thoro "8 inches sluce yesterdsy: effect wlll;hnl‘ll l‘)f”[!:ll:lhw t;.“ Tritune; 2 cial Dis iy Moy 15.—The water is, on 81 8760 age, 3 feet 0 Inchi ldwg n?n o wharves. from 7/ in the river s attributable to the {ugux free the Ottawa. At Shorbrooks, on tho 12th, the HYED ‘waas 2 feet above a point it had not been nfl,:‘,l"mk roach beforo fur seventy yoars. The Grand Trity s flooded In several placcs botween this cliy A0 1 er of for the **weltering base of the long-0go." e ated, oming. 16 SYouABIag. BAYIE o ke Julid Mathows, the leading opera-bouffe siuger | transfersed over the floaded dlstrlct, No traat log uf pasa there for some time to coms, The X kflqm casols at Lachine ia sttendedswith great dificu Tionday 8% noon the watoF 5toca 28 feot 8 lusbes 63 tho lock slll. o lately played in Chlcayo, is serfously {1l at st. fiuu‘ Byl.\: hZu comfortable bed at the Slstera’ Houpital, bat 18 not Mkely to recover soon. Binco Mr, Bayard Taylor says that the Centennlal opening makea him ‘*proud snd eatlafied 8s sn American," tho Rocucster Democraé thinks the $7, 000,000 have not been vxpondud in vain, W. Y. McCollum, who has been figuring largely fn Philadelphls of late, 18 famillarly koown smong his frionds o8 **What You McCollum" (the Great Unknown). The joke smuses his friends very much, but it reminds strangers of Mr. Peter Mag- aus' friends, who were lkewlso amused when Lo DOM PEDRO. e Crxonmart, O,y May 15, —Dom Pedro, the peror of Drazil, arrived in this city st N:W“‘ul‘ tula mornlng, Ho was drives to the Orsad [OUT and after broaklast was escortod by Mayo? ston sod ‘other clty dignitaries o 3‘"“th o, el R the city and suburba, o ¢ wu{lfl[&w for Mammoth Caye, Keusuckl [11 k: . ny. Hor Msjesty | Palmer Ham:d—o. B. Peck, Dotroit; D. W,