Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 2, 1876, Page 4

\ 4 The Tribwne, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. PAYADLRE IN ADVANCR—POSTAGH PREPAID AT Specimen coples sent free. To prevent delay and mistakes, he sure and glve Post- Offica addresa {n full, Including State and County. Ttemittances may be made either by draft, express, ost-Office order, or In rrgiatered Tetters, at our ylsk. ”ERMS TO CITT SUBSCRIBERS. Dally, delivered, Bunday excepted, 25 cents per week. Dally, deltvered, Bunday Included, 50 centa per week Addrens THR TRIDUNE COMPANT, Corner Madlson and Dearborn-sts., Chicago, Til. el etnidt it T AMUSEMENTS. Hooley's Theatre. Randolph strect, Letween Clark and LasSalte, *‘Roso Micliel.” New Chicago Theatre, Clark street, between Randolph and Lake. Hooleys' Minstrols. Wond's 3 A b T e CeF B Lover b &= m Corner™ Al ver.' eniog: CFrank E. Atken (n **The Tiekot-of-Leave e ——— BOCIETY MEETINGS. ENTAL 0. 33 A. F. ASD A A TAL O e, Matdd communteation, thia i promp. sitendance jurtance to meinbers, {0 L. er of the W, M. Ierequested. Dy onter ofthe Weiilicr, gecrotary. orn and State. FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1876, Groenbacks nt the New York Gold Ex- change yesterdny closed at 883, Tho public dabt, according to the ofiicial itatement, was reduced $4,617,616 during the manth of May. Circuit Judgos in tho Mayoralty quo war- ranto case will ba announced next Monday. Ex-Comptroller Haves was yostorday waited upon by Comptroller DentorsoN with a de- mand for possession of the offico, Alr. IIavEs resorved the right to take five days to givo an answer, and by that timo it is ox- pected the whole matter will bo settled. The Masonic pagennt at Philadelphia yes. torday was without American precedent in point of numbers, and furnished a sight sufficient to materinlly lessen attendance at the Exposition. Fully 10,000 porsons, in tho handsome panoplyof the advanced do- grees of the Order, paraded the stroots with o degree of cmpressement suficiont to make cvery ontered apprentice in the land thank Huaven ho is a Mason, At o little past 10 o'clock Iast evening copies of New York papers of Juno 1 were in tho hands of Chicago readers,—a circum- stance that casts the fost-mail achievoments far into the shade. A special train, char. tered by Janrerr & Parxn to transport o party of actors and a collection of theatrical scenery and propertiea to San Francisco, left Neow York at threo minutes past 1 o'clock yesterday morning, and reached Chi- cago at precisely 10 o'clock last ovoning, having sccomplished the run in twenty hours nnd fifty-seven minutes, the fastest time over mado between Now York and Ohicago. Promior DisaarLy, in his remarks in the English House of Commons yostorday on tho Eastern situation, was evidently desirons that thore should be no misundarstanding as to England’s policy in the premises, Heo de- clared that it is to tho interast of Great Britain that o Continontal war should be nvoided, and to this ond England will take a leading part in contributing to tho accom- plishmont of this object. Dmnaxri looks upon the condition of affairs at tho East as critical, and announces that his Government bas taken the nocessary precautions and will not be unprepared if an emorgency should arige, Mr. Mooby has some very pronounced jdens on the subject of church debt. The edifico built for him in this city is all ready for dedication—all except the payment of unsettled bills, and Mr. Moony declares the church shall not bo dediented until the full amount, something like 20,000, is raisod, if it takes all summer. A good beginning was made at tho opening service lust evening, when the sum of $12,3537 was contributed toward lifting tho debt, and it is hoped the balauce will be forthcoming shortly, ro that Mr. Moopy may accept the church and onter apon Lis work in Chicago. The color line has been nbolished in the army by a process peculiar to tha Democratio majority in the House. 'They have abolished the color lino by abolishing the colored regi- ments, such being the provisions, of Gen. Bannma's Army bill, which was passed yesterday by & party vote, Au amendment offered by Mr, Saavry, the colored momber from South Carolina, providing for the re- tention of the four colored regiments now in the servico and for the removal of tho in- hibition of tho enlistmont of colored men horeafter, but the Democrats would not con- sent, and the bill passed without amend- mont, A dsmand was yesterdsy made upon Mr. Braive by the Investigating Comamittee for the production of tho letters obtusined from MyrnioaN. Mr. Buuane manifested much solicitude concerning the question of pub- licity, and finally declined to produce tho letters until ho had consulted his logal ad— viser. Mr. Huxrow, speaking for the Com miltee, said that unless the lettors had some bearing on the case no uso would bo mado of thew, but the Commitico insisted upon their production in order to determine that question, An explanation of Mr, Braie's singular course respecting the vxamination of thesa lotters by the Comuittes is prom. ised for to-day, and is looked forward to with not a little curiosity. The Chicago produce markets wero stondier yesterday, and generally firm, eoxcept in wheat, with less doing. Mess pork wns stronger carly, but closod at 100 por brl low- er, at $18.22} for June and $18.37} for July. Lard was 5@12§o per 100 1bs higher, closing weak 8t $10.90 cash and $11.00 for July. Mcats were jo per Ib higher, closing at 6o for boxed shoulders, 9o for do short ribs, and 9§c for do short clears. Lake freights were moderatoly active and steady, at 2jo for wheat to Buffalo, Rail freights were dull and unchanged. IHighwines wers firm, at $1.09 per gallon. Flour was in light demsnd and easy, Wheat declined Ic, but closed o higher than Wednesday, st $1.03{ for Juno aud $1.04} for July. Corn was sotive, and closed o higher, at 440 for June and é4jo for July. Outs were frm, closing at 28)c for June and 28jo for July. Rye was active, at G3@G8je. Nnrley was ir. regular, closing at bic cash and 6ie bid for July. 1ogs wers firmer during tha forenoon, but closed dull and easy. Salos were at $6,40 @640, The cattlo trade was fairly active at sbout Wednesday's prices. Bheep wore qniet, with low grades selling at a docline. One hundred dollars in gold would buy $112.75 in greeubacks at tho close. Berrnar's case drags its slow longth along in the Sennte, yot it can hardly be said that it is making percoptible progress. Yesterday tho decision of the Conurt on the queation of jurisdiction was announced, and BELRNAME counsel, or at least the only ono present, Mr. CarrextER (Judge Braor being sick and Alr, Bramn out of town), contended that the Court had failed to sustain jurisdiction, the volo on that question having fallon ahort of two-thirds. He intimated that counsel might, upon consultation, submit the caso without argument, and claimed that in such ovent every Senntor who voted against juris- diction would vote in favor of acquittal. Af- ter some talk on the part of the Manngers, the Court ndjourned nntil Tuesday next. It appears thnat the dothronod Sultan of Turkey bod been laying up troasures on carth to an oxtent far exceeding that known of any modern potentate. The telegram of yesterday, announcing the contents of An- DUL's strang-hox, was slightly in error, threo important ciphers having beon omitted from the amonnt in guestion., It is now reported that the Sultan's savings amount. ed to ono hundred millions of dollars, and that the young monnrch has seized upon thin treasure, leaving his miserly unclo a shilling short and mome distance out of the royal pnlace, If this report proves correct, it will bo likely to have n healthy influence on Turkish finances, which have long been at the lowest obb, and will conmsequently gladden tho hearts of English holders of Turkish bonds, who have waitod long and waited in vain for a return in the shape of promisod intero: MR, BLAINE, The latest cvidence taken by the Congres- sional Committeo engaged in investigating the charges against Mr. Braivg is of o char- acter to place his political friends in the most embarrassing position. The warmest feoling for Dr, Bramxe personally, and the fullest appreciation of his ability and popn- larity, cannot blind suy one to tho fact that he has been jrretriovably put on the de- fensive, and that any enmpaign m.ade for his succession to tho office of Chicf Magistrate will necessarily be a campaign of denials, oxplanations, and cxcuses, It is uscless to close our oyes to this fact, or to aunother, viz, : That public soutiment just now is un- charitablo to all public men who are accused or placed under suspicion. Mr. BLAINE may bo, as we still hopo he is, entircly innocent of overy dishonorable transaction in public and private lifa; but it is his misfortune to have been engaged in certain specnlative, railrond, business transactions, and to have had certain business associntions that have presented him to the public as o speoulator in watored rail- road stocks, at the very best, and theroisa wide impression that this was not becoming in him while Speaker of tho National House of Representatives. Mr, Bramve may be able to remove all rensonable doubt of his porsonal integrity, but lo will scarcely suc- ceed, in viow of all that has been gaid, in conciliating that popular resentment which is now felt toward public men who are under 8 suspicion of impropricty. If nominated at Cincinnati, the Republican party, on the stomp and through tho newspapers, will be forced to constnnt explanations of certain curious or crooked stock transactions con- nected with his name which aro already so numerous and complicated as scarcoly to be intelligible. 3r. Bramie is too experienced and shrewd a politician to deny that such a necessity is always dengerous and generally fatal. The ordinary peril of going before the people under these circumstances is in- creased at tho present time by the general predisposition to belicvo the worst of every man and the wido-sprend impatience with every manner of political spoculators. The testimony of MurrioaN scoms to for- nish o common thread connacting tho alleged $64,000 Fort Smith & Littla Rock bond transaction and tha later story of Northern Paciflo revealed in Bramne's own letter to Fusiuter, and recontly made public by Aquinua Apaas, Murrioay wasFrener's confidential clerk, and in that capacity settled up somo outstanding differences botwoen Bramve and Fisuen., Murrioax's testimony is not as clear and explicit as it might bo; it Las an air of constraint, and carries with it the im- pression that something of importance is utill suppressed. But, taking it as it is, thero seems to bo no doubt that Fisuen and Braine wore mutually interestod in wild-cot railroad stock speculntions, Frsnkn was engaged, for ono thing, in selling the bonds of the Fort Smith & Little Rock Railroad, and MurLuioan recalls one transaction in which $130,000 of these bonds were sold, carrying with them the same amount of common and preferrodstock ; this gale wns made by a third party, who ro- ceived from Fisuer $62,600 of bonds a8 his commission, Though Murriaan did not say Buaie recoived this commission, hig testimony lunves that inforence, and Afr, Frsueu hos only tostifled that ho never gave Brave any bonds without consideration; of course Mr, Fisuru would regard the services of a broker ag ample consideration, How- ever this may be, Murriaax testified that ho had delivered the $130,000 of bonds to Mr, Braine, who had sold them to othier partics, Hore is where this story hinges on the Han. n1soN story relative to the Tox Hcorr snlo of soventy-five bonds to the Union Pacific Rail- road for $64,000. Murriaax’s underatand. ing was that Beaine had disposed of part of theso bonds to Toam Scorr, Tom Beorr's statement was that ho had roccived them from Carpwery, and paid 80 cents on tho dollar for them, though other testimony goes to show that they woro selling for only 45 cents on tho dollar and less, with stock thrown in and large comumissions paid. Oarvpwery is the missing link, and he unfortunately suddenly aailed for Europo about thoe time this matter was first mado public, Thero is also an ugly circumstance in that RovrLins, the Secrotary of the Union Pacific Railroad, bas never yot recollected how ha got bis impression that Bramz was involved in this transaction, which he admits he told HaunisoN. Cortainly tha inferenco from Mutrioan’s statemonts is that Braine acted o8 broker for the snle of $130,000 of those bonds at 45 conts, and for his sorvices received 8 commission of $02,500 in bonds ; that part of these bonds found thoir way into Tox Beorr's hands, who must havo had some reason for paying nearly doublo what they wero worth at the time; and, finally, that Tox Beorr availed hiwself of Lis connection, with the Union Paciic Company to unload hlg‘:sml bonds at tho oxorbitant rate he had paid, “Lho transaction iu Northora Pacifio stock THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1876, was likawiso between Messrs. Fisner and Braive, and ono of the most suspicious fen- tures nbout this iu that Mr. BraNg departed from what he has announced as tho rulo of hia life. In his statement before the House, Mr. Brawve said ho had always been guided by the maxim that ** Whonover concenlment is desirnble, nvoidanco is advisablo;” but in hialetter to Fisnen rolative to thosaloof a ono-twolfth share of Northern Pacifie stock hosald: **Keep my namo quiet; moution it to no one unless to Mr. CAtpweLn” This is tho same Mr. Carpwrrnn who left 80 unex- pectedly for Enrope, who ia tho missing link in tho Fort Smith & Little Rock bond trans. action, Another bad featuro of the Northern Pncifio transaction is that it is & notorious fact that the 80,000,000 stock (tho one- twelfth part of Jay Cooxe's half of which Braixg offered to secure for $25,000) was ontirelg fictitious, sinee tho rond wna to bo ‘built from tho salo of bonds. Tho story alro goes that thia atock was to bo divided up in shares and placed ** whero it would do the most good " after the manner of the Union Pacific stock in the Credit Mobilior opera- tiony; and the Boston Jlerald and New York Sun hnve published atatemonts relativo to its placemont, nccording to programmo, among certain railroad capitalists and politicians, Dut as DMr. Braine's proposed sale to Mr. Fisnen was never consummated, it is but fair to nssume that he never reecived any part of this distribution, DBut tho failure of Jax Coore showed Mr. Brane toboindebted to the firm of Ja¥ CookE & Co. in the sum of €13,831.33, with accrued interest at the rate of 6 per cent (Coorx was paying & per cent on deposits), which swelled the snm to over $40,000. 'This was secuved by a mort- gage on Mr, Brame’s Washington house, which is enid to bo worth not more than $25,000; but Mr. Blaine roturned to the Fisner pool the money he had received from them for the Northorn Pacifio stock which he had failed to deliver. This is as clear a statoment of the sov- ernl transactions and their connection a8 enu ‘bo made from tho datn so far. Itis by no means conclusivo that Mr. Br.ame acted cor- ruptly, but it is strongly suggostive that ho acted 08 a sort of stock-broker while he wna Speaker of the House, and that he availed himself of tho peculiar opportunitics of his position to make money out of certain transactions in stock whero * concealmont” was found ** desirable,” Wo confess thnt, with our present light, weshould bo at a loss to know how to remove this impression, and woare forced to admit that such an impression about a Presidential eandidato would be liken ‘millstone sbout the neck of tho party trying to clect him, It is the duty of all the dele- gatos to the Cincinnati Convention to give this consideration proper weight. Tho in- terests of the country will not justify the Republican party in risking defest oven for the charitable purpose of vindicating any- body, and Mr. Braive's misfortuno in the present complication, no matter how inno- cont he may be, should not be put upon tho party, which bas nlready misfortuncs enough of ite own to carry, 2 ORGANIZE A BRISTOW CLUB! The large number of gontlemen in the commercial and professional classes of the city who beliove that Mr. Brisrow best ropresents the necossities and purposes of the Republican party for the approaching Presidentinl campaign should take immediate stops toward the organization of the lurge but diffusod sentiment in his behalf in this city, The revelations of the last twonty- four hours, in the case of one of the most conspicuous candidates, render such a course moro desirable than evor, sinco there is now little doubt that thero will bo o smashing of the slate. Cincinnati has & Bristow Club numbering nearly ticelve hundred of the lead- ing citizens anl best Republicans of that city, "Tho Brisrow sontiment of Chicago is tully as large, if not largor, and it is among the samo closs of men. It is time that this sentiment should assert itself, and command arecognition. This may be brought about by the organization of a BnisTow Club, which will afford an opportunity for an interchange of opinion as to tho best moans for advancing his claims at Cincinnati, But there is no timo to bo loat, as the National Convontion meets June 14, which is less than two weoks from now. Certain gentlomen ought to in- terost themselves sufficiently to call a large hass meeting, advertise it properly, and ap- peal to tho patriotic sentiment in the Ropub- lican party for the nomination of a man who will embody in himself wmoro hopo of reform tlian could be sgncezed out of a thoussnd’ party platforms. Wo baliove that such o movemout, immodiately aud proporly brought before the community, would result in a dis- play of Briwstow sontiment that would make the politicians pause, and would lead to the formation of a volunteor delegation for Cin- cinnati that would mako itself heard and felt there, P, 8,—Since the above was writton, a call has been seut to this office for a meeting of Mr. ButsTow’s friends, for the purpose of organizing a Bmistow Club, The meoting will be held this evening at the Grand Pacifie Hotel. e e—— THE INDICTMENT OF THE COUNTY OFFI- The Gmlid Jury yestorday closed its busi- ness after thirty days of sessiou, Tho gen- eral result ig sot forth in soveral special in. dictmonts against Peniorat, others against PrrioraT and Kiunenny, and n comprehen- sivo indictmont against Periorar and Kia venLy, O'Downerr and Bweerzer, and ngninst five prosent and four ex-members of tho Bonrd of County Commissioners, Tho legal chargo is that of conspiracy to defraud Cook County. Mr. Pemrorar bos for sov- oral years held the position of Executive Manager of the finsucial affairs of Cook County,~—that is, the exponditure depart- ment, Porsonally, or in the namo of others, ho has held the controlling interest in all the contracts or other measures for the expondi. ture of money. Ie bought and sold con- tracts, Tho county officors were but his clorks, compolled, through fear of dismissal and induced by liboral payments of money, to awear to, sign, oficially approvo, allow, and order paid whatever bill he might present against the county, Theso bills woro al- ways paid. Contractors made Brrangemonts with Peniotar by which the county officers should certify tobills in which the quantities supplisd were greally exsggerated. 'Iho funds arising from theso frouds were tho grand corruption fund, sggregoting from $40,000 to $70,000 a year. Prniorar was the Boss. All persons party to the frauds drow their shares from Peniorat, who, draw. ing all the money from the County Treasury, was the Treasurer of the Ring. We suppuse the Grand Jury had some difficulty in tracing this fraud,—the primar Periorar’s possession. Ju secws, however, that thero has been aleak. ‘I'wo at loast of the shorars in the robbery have not only tes. tified of all they had persoual knowledge, but they have furnished other testimony or pointed out where I may be found, Tho re- sult is & break in tho magiccircle, ‘Tho Ring hins been broken, and, despita the statute of limitations, the Jury have fonnd such an abundance of eriminal transactions, begin- ning years ago and continning down to the presont weok, that, in addition to the con- tractors, they indicted nino of the pursons who have held the oflico of Commissioner within the period covered by tho statuto of limitations, We suppose there will bo little diffienlty in tho wny of establishing tho guilt of tho principal offenders, but all of them will now have an opportunity to be heard in thoir own dofenso. The Grand Jury, however, have perform- ed another public service. 'They have given a completo exposnre of tho way.in which the public business is trausncted, and thoe goneral corruption which governs in all branches of public oxpenditore under the County Com- missioners, Thoe public may thore read how the county is plundered, and may uudor. stand how the corruption ia fostered at tho public cxpense. It is unfortunato that tho minority of tho County Commissioners should Lo subjected, even generally, to the odium which must attach to the whole Board. The moral lesson igk plainone: That the peoplo must do with that Doard as it did with the Iato Common Conucil, and that is purify it at overy olection until the thieves have been all excluded. The fall of PentoraT, howaver, is a public blessing. It destroys tho unity of tho dis- lionest gang. It leaves them, for a time at least, without a chief, without n treasurer. Onco broken, it is to be hoped that other branches of the service, which presumably are equally corrupt, may have the veil torn from them, and tho guilty ofiicers be bronght to justice. MULLIGAN AND THE BLAINE LETTERS. ‘Wo bave endenvored in another article to mnko ou intelligent digest of the present avidence in the investigation of the charges against Mr. Braivg, and to define fairly and candidly its bearing npon his eandidature for the Presidency. DMULLIoAN's statement yes- tordny morning relativo to the Braive letters whicl ho had in bis possession and tho man- ner in which theso were taken from him after ho had appeared before the Committeo the day before, is a most remarknblo contribation to the case. In the absence of anything ex- cept n goneral denial on tho part of BrAiNE, and particularly so long s Bramve invsists uponwithholding theso letters from the Com- _mitteo and the public, tho truth of Murri- aan's story eannot bo reasonably questioned ; and, if true, of courseit makes BraiNeas a Tresidentinl candidate an impossibility. Murrioay says that, after his first day's tostimony, Braive sont for him and Fisner; that Fsner wont, but that he (MuLuioax) refused to go ; that BrarNe then came to him and begged in the most pitiful terms for the lefters in his possesaion, saying that ho was a ruined mon if be did not got them, almost going on his knees in griof and despnir, and even threatening snicide ; that ho permitted Bramxz to rend the letters in the presenco of Frsurnand ATRING; that Braive subscquently sought him out alone, asked to look attho lotters agnin, and then retained them and re- fused to give them up. Mr, Braina charnc- terizes MurLL1oAN'S Btatoment as extravagant, Lut admita that he has the lotters, and that Lo obtained them materially in the way de- seribed. Ho also rofuses so far to give them over to tho Committee, on the ground that thero i8 nothing in them relating to tho case in hand, Porhaps it would be aswell to al- low the Committee to detormine this. Thoy can scarcoly bo private letters relating to socinl or domostic matters which Mr, Buave might reasonably desiro to be withheld from the public view. If they nro in relation to fair and honorable business transactions, we aro at o loss to undoratand Mr. BLaine's pur- poso in keeping them secrot. 'The whole affair is strangely at varinnce with his rule sbout * concealment * and * avoidance.” Tho circumstances undor which Brame sought out MurnicaN, and tho fact of his obtaining and withholding the letters which were in MurLLioax's possession, givo & strong color of truth to MuLLiaan's verston of their intorviow, ‘There is no denying that. Braive should not have sought an interview with Morzioay at all under the circum- stances. But ho was solicitons and por- sistent, first sending for Murriaaw, then going to him and begging to read tho lotters, and subsequently, after Fisnrr ond Arkine had goue, obtaining them and refusing to roturn them. MuLuioaN also says that Bramvg, besides appealing to him in the most solemn and affecting mannor, mado lim o tonder of a Consulship if he would say nothing about the letters, This Brave denies, a6 he does the assertion that ho ap- pealed fo AlULLIGAN 80 piteously nud imn. ploringly as the latter described. But it is hard to beliovo that MuLLicaN would manu- facture a story of this kind, and the fact romains that Bratxs went to him, obtained his lotters, and refuses now to return thom to MurLioan or give thom to the Com. mitteo. Now, the eightoouletters which Mr, Bramve thus obtained may bo s free from all refer- ence to this bond or any speculative transnc- tion ns Lord CuxsTenvirLp's letters to his son, or Prosexx Mrmisee's rhapsodics to thoe incognita; but tho public will never bo con. vinced that they do not contain reflactions upon Mr. Braine's honor over his own sig. nature, until they shall have been spread bo- foro tho world to disprove it. The circum- atances under which ho obtained them, and the deterwination to withhold thew, warrant the vory worst construction that can be put upon tho charges brought against Mr, Braixe, and nothing which he can aay will bo able to provent such a result. In fact, unloss ho #ball produce all these letters and put an en- proof belug i ' tirely different phuse upon the mntter, it is not likely that Mr. Bramve's nume will be so much as suggested in the Cincinnati Con. vention, We &till hopo that the personal disgraco will bo avoided by the future devel- opments, but wo cannot sco how the recol- lection of this affair can be wiped out. 'The people of the United States do not want a8 man who has been whimporing bofore aclerk for the return of his personal lot- ters ; tho situation is too suggestive of a bur- lesque to be carried through an entiro cam- palgn. ‘Tho foreign dispatches referring to the Herzegovinian insurrection have been bur- dened for the last mounth or two with allu. sions to Niksio. As this placo ks occasioned much bloodshed, aud has played a very im. portant part in the insurrection, anid as fow people have any idea of what Niksio may be or whero it is, a brief statomont, from the columns of the London Academy, will prove { opportune, It is & fortross steuding on n | pluin about four square miles in extont, situ- eted inBoutheastern Herzegoving, near the Montouegran froutie: " level country in the environs of Niksic wus inhabited chietly by Mussulmen, the town containing only a fow wretched buildings. The fort itsolf iy surrounded by a wall 6 feet thick snd 24 feet high, bullt of stous. The armament consiata of 20 old-fashioned guns, the bar- rncka will accomwmodate 800 men, and the blockhouses 2,500 more, Last Decoember it was ravictualed by Raovr Tasua, who foreed o passoge with 12,000 men from Belek through the pass to the Niksio plain, and sinco then it has roceived nothing, ‘The Academy snya : Btrategleally, Niksic innaplaco of great tmpor~ tance, hence the eagernces displayed by the Turks to relieve It and rafse the airge, If possible, at any cost, for It stands at the junction of two roads lendtng from Hetzegovinn to Montenegro, If it were to fall into the bandw of the insurgenta it wauld strenuthen their position on the immedinto boriders of Montenegro, and once establiahed here the Turka wonld have the greateat difiiculty in drly- ing them out. KIMBERLY'S SQUEAL, *Rattlo his bones over tha stones, it's on- 1y a pauper whom nobody owns,” Following tho oxamplae of Mr, Jacon Reus, Mr, Gronoe 8. Knearruy, Wardon of the County Poor- louso and Insane Asylam, in order, if porsi- blo, to escape the TPenitentinry, has, m the Ting parlance of the day, *laid down” on his “pals” aud “squealed.” To put it in more appropriate English, he has confessed how tho County Ring, composed of contract- ors of whom Prnrorat is ohief, of County Commissioners, and of himsolf ns tho tool of the rest, have beon robbingtha county ; how they have robbed the paupors and the insane by stripping their backs and starving their bellies; and how they have held high earni- val while their victims have suffered. Tt will bo rembered that it was this Mr. Gronar 8. Kniornuy who voted 256 of theso paupers lnst fall for his pals of tho County Ring, who wero engaged in starving them, and who now turns State's evidence, hoping to save his own precious hide, ‘T'ho report of tho last Grand Jury fore- shadowed what this squealing witness has revealed. It produced o conviction of tho guilt of the Ring in the public mind ; Kiu- neRLY establishes the guilt with his damn- ing facts. That roport brought out damag- ing suspicions which could not ripen into in- dictments, owing to tho perjury of witnesses under intimidation of the Ring; but Mr. Kntsensy bas given the bottom facts from which the suspicions nrose, and they confirm the statement of tho last Grand Jury, that thore are sundry coniractors and County Tommissioners who ought to bo in the Peni- tentiary, It is due to tho present Grand Jury to credit it with doing all that it can to aend them there. Mr, Kivpenry's story bears all the impress of truth, and is corrob- orptod by other witnesses, PEntorar was the MermisTorniLes who owned this Faust, sud ho appronched Faust at the outset just ns Fausr approached Marouentre, with o little present. Other presents followed, and then cameo somo monoy, which was galved over with sympathy for his pov- erty and small salary., Moro money fol- lowed, and, littlo by little, KrMnenuy found himself drawn into the Ring. Thon tho toils closed sround him, and Knmeri—rywenls, ensy-going, unscrupulous Kisnenry—was ns complotoly in tho clutches of Prnrorar nsa man in the slimy embrace of n dovil-fish, ‘The capture of Knmeruy opened the doors of the Poor-Hlouse and Insane Asylum to theso cormorants, and thoy flocked in like vultures to their filthy feast, and fastoned upon tho pnupers, idiots, and maniacs like leeches, and commeneed the work of strip- ping them. 'The modus operandi wns very simple. Krvunenvy would make his requisi- tion for supplies for the Asylum upon Pe- MOLAT, naming twice the amount wanted. The conveniont Board passed upon tho or- der, and it was turned over to Peniorat, who would fill as much of it as ho saw fit, accom. panying the goods with n momorandum of the amount actually delivered, not ordered, so that tho subordinates should ot detoct this steal. ‘Cho memo- randum was then sent back. The quantity doubled or trebled at will, n bill was mado out, and tho momorandum destroyed. By this snug little process, KiMuenLy s boon renlizing from $G,000 to 8,000 por annum, and would have hnd more hnd it not been for Periorat’s perfidy. Of course n man who would cheat tho paupers would cheat thoir keoper. Periorar realizod about 25,000 per annum, and thon it is said thero ‘were about 25,000 divided among membors of the County Board who wero accessories to this robbery of tho county, this despoiling of the paupers, this swindling of idiots. Under the oporation of this simple process, Perrorat and his conspirators furnished the paupers in a snmptuous manner with musty boaus, , rotten meat, sour bread, mudily coffee, stinking molasses, oxocrablo soup, clothed thom in geant shoddy,—gave thom, in fact, just onough to keep the broath of life going im their lean bodies, some- times not ecmough. It is casy to starve an idiot; it is not very diffleult to starve o pauper. Sometimes tho pauper died and then ho was tumbled into a hole. Meanwhile these scoundrels were holding Ligh carnival and rioting on their stealings, They lived in full-blown clover upon their plunder, but their days of riot and revol arc now over. 'The handwriting is on the wall, and justice comes to claim her own, Nine County Commissioners, tha Toor-Houso Warden, and three contractors stand indicted by the Grand Jury for conspiracy to defraud Cook County, 'Thisisa good beginning in the work of reform, Now lot other Grand Jurios follow up where the last two have left off. Lot tho work go on until tho last vostige of corruption is wiped out and the last conspirator is nfoly landed in the Peni- tontiary, The whole community will breatho freer for the work of this Jury, It begins to look aa if this infamous Ring was smashed at last. If there is o vestige of it loft, let the next Grand Jury root it out, ‘The slight hold that BraiNe has on the Whis- ky Ring crowd In this clty, who secured him hulf o dozen delegates, Ia shown by the alacrity with shich they rushed to unload him yestor- day after reading the damaging revelatfons con- tained In the testhnony of MuLLioan, of Boston. They threw up the sponge at once, andunnounced their lutention of dropping him and concentrating ou some other candidute. The regular organ of the whisky thieves 1s fur CoNKLING, although they dow't Mke his hard- money sentlments. The littlo twlight tender, of tho IWhisky-Thicves' Organ 1s for CoNKLING while Gen. MeAnTuunand the crowd whom he wets with are for MontoN. The Rev. Rosrnr INaERsoLL, of Peorls, who {s a delegute for the Btate at large, 1s sald to be warinly for MonTon, aud ready to drop BraiNg any minute, It Brang 18 eft bebind there will be a desperate eflort made to keep the delegates from support- ng Buistow, ua the ery Is, suybody to beat Bristow, who has been rough on those who Luve atolen the publ 1L, e e— While in this country we are occupled with our great Centeoulnd Exhibitlon, to which nears ly all the natfons of the clvilized world ore also vontrlbutors, fu Englund thers fs quletly in progress an exposition hitherto unheard of this slide of the wuter, tho tangiblu results of which will probably, at least, bu of equal fmportance und fur more lasting, It {s known as the Loan Collection Exbibition of 8clentitic Apparutus, sud conaists of s displuy of instruments used fn all brauches uf sclentie reseurch, borrowed for exhibition for sz mouths fromn neasly every one of the civilized nntlons. The collection em- Draces specimens of Alout every known appara- tus In use, from thy earlleat times to the pres- ent, in geometry, nstronomy, applied mechunles, statics, and dynamics, sonnd, lIght, heat, me- teorology, chewmlstry, ete. The Loan Exbibitlon Is, however, much mere than a mero display of mechanieal alds in sclence. It naturally attracts scientific men from all quartera of the globe, and lends to an exchange of views and {uformation that in reality mekes it, perhiaps, the most fmportant. sclentiflc congress cver as- sembled. Regret Is expressed by the English press that Amerien {s so engrossed with her Centennint that sho has contributed nothing to the Loan Exhibition, wmore particularly as much was hoped for n the way of apparatus uscd b jreo- logleal und astronomical exploratons. The must fmportant result probably of the Exhibl- tlon will be comprised In an officil serles of ar- tlcles glving the history of the applications of mechanieal aparatus in selence from the carlieat period down to the present time. — ——— The report of the Commissioners appoluted Ly the Secretary of the Interlor to Investigate the charge preferred by one Onxey, of New York, agalnst Iatent-Oflice Exmnfuer Dr. R. G, Dynexruntit, fully and completely exonerates Dr. Dyeenevntis. In the report the Commls- sloners express regret that it s not within thefe power to inflict muitable punfshment upon O1- NEY for having recklessly and without cause brought the charges In question ngainst Dv- RENFURTIL As garbled amd ez parte statements of the testimony have found thelr way Into print, some of which were copled into our news dlspatches, wo feel that it is due to Dr. D. to state that none of the charges agalnst him were suatained, nnd that be fully vindicated bimself agalust them ail, e —— PERSONAL: Nine in & maplc number, the Indleted County Commiesioners will discover. 1r Perlolot blows on Kimberly ns Kimberly bas hlown on Perlolat, wlint a breeze there wlil bet Tiret Harte's new novel, entitled ** Gubrlel Clon- roy," hne been publistied In three volumes in Lon- dun, Brown, the mind-reader, has made a dismal fail. ure in Dalthnore, He failed In soveral aimple tests, Tironson Maward, author of **Saratoga," fs nct- ing us u Centennlal correspondent of tho Pall Malt Gazette in Philadelphia. The Mulligan Guard I8 doing terrible execntion somewhere; but whether It shoots from the breech or the muzzlo remalns to be scen. Nrthaniel Whecler, of sewlng-machine fame, is likely to go to Conyirers as successor of Barnim, promoted to be Unlted States Senator from Con- necticut, ‘The ifon. O, T.., Davis, Judgeof the Danville Clrcult, the Hion. Joscph . Mann, and a large delegatlon of cltlzens from Vermlllion County, 1IL., cume In on an excursion yesterday, Long Drauch wlli be nowhare this year, they sny, Newport has captured the fashfonsbles. The fatal troublo with Loug Branch is **tou much politica; too many bosses, and too heavy an undortow. Turgeneff, the Russian story-writer, ls 65 yenrs of age. He lyes iuParls In preference ta i native country, from which he was banfshed many years ago. The edict of banlshment has been re- voked, A veriter In Tlackdbod's agazine, who is decply disgusted with the present condition of Engixh socicty, atill finds it inhis heart to describe In glowing terns n model husband and wife casily recognired as Lord and Lady Lytton. Sinco the Missourl Dewocrats can Urlng them- ‘*We are in favor of the Resump- ' they may easily go onc step fur- ther, and add, **We are in fuvor of Snmuel J. Til- den for Presldent of the United States, " Mr. Moody's scrmon in Lake Forest was very powerful; but, as everything fn that dellghtinl wuburb i elther vory good or very rich, It produced no perceptible effect. Bome of the inhabltants powsess the rare combination of wealth and plety. A fushlonable tallor in the Eastwho futtens on the rcanty means of sibslstence of poor young men ins Lind the fmpudence to setup In business us u divpenscr of charlty, and to oceupy a front pew at church, The young men, meanwhlle, have to serimp themselves in clgars and other necessarics of life, **A yonung man of refined muslical tastes "' adver- tisen for **a position as son-In-law in a qulet, well- to-do famlly." The advertisement appesns in s Liverpool Journal. Ilere Is bravery for you, The position of son-In-law currles with it respousibility for one lacerated bosom per diem. Perhinps tho young man flatters himsclf he can avert the usual consequences by hla soothing music. Oplulons In regard to tho relative wickedness of Lnse-ball and horse-racing do not at ull run one way. When Gen, Cuombs, of Kentucky, was con- gratulated hecause hls son had won a horse-race, tenald: **Yes; and, although he rodu for the cup, yet he fa 8 good boy—never gambles, swenrs, drinks, nor plays basc-ball," Regular membera of the deamatic profession do not thank the Rev. 3r. Murray, of Boston, for sngresting that tho slage may be revolutlonized and become pure by the efforty of Mins Dickinson and Mre. Barry, Theroara thousands of women on the stage whose lives are as pure, and esamples s noble as Miss Dicklnson's or Mrs, Barry's; aud they are unwilllng to rdinit thut a revolutlon fs necessary In thelr profeasion, any more than lu the luw or the mintetey. The agentof the Vokes Family succecded In getting one good sudlence during thelr enguge- ment in Washington by cansing a rumor to be elr- culuted that Henry Ward Beeclier, who waa in the nelghborhood on u lecturing tour, would accupy a atago-hox at the theatre. Iy some wicked device John Chamberlain, the gambler, was induced to dress up in n white choker, and ho was put in the boxas & dummy. Many peopls mistook him for Mr. Deecher, und he, not belng a partner In the hoax, was surprized sud ansoyed by the attention hoattracted. The Rev. Mr. Cawpbell, pastor of the United TPresbyterfan Church In Forty-fourth strect, New York, {v havinga hasd time of ft with his flock, T'wo years ago ho began studylng medicing, and somo of the membera of hls congregation com- plained that he neglected his pastoral dutics. Not Lelng able Lo efect him, under tho church laws, they reduced bls salary from $2,000 per apnum to $500 per annum. At this time they wero owing him 8000, and the expectation was that ho would reaign rather than submit to the reduction. But he held on, and the 20th Inst. a meeting wau called o settlo tho matter, The pastor, who wis present, was roughly Interrogated by iy encmles; was told to **pull down s vest,” and ealled s Har. ‘The turbulent faction gathered under & beau- tiful {umination*bearng the motto **God s love." Fluully the pustor was sustalned by u ma- Jority of 9, Michelet made two wille. Tlo eald in one that ho wished to be Luried in Purls, whille [n the other ho ssalgned tho cemetery nearest the place of hly death, Hence the lawsuit which the son of his do- ceuved daughtor by his first wife engaged In to re- taln tho body at Wycres. Madame Michelet suc- ceusfully contested the suit, and on the 18th ult, Michelot's remalns were relnterred ot Parls, In deferenco to the wishes of Mudamo Michelet, pub. licly expresed, the usoal Parlslen crowd which gothered for the funeral refrained from political demonstrations, Bouqueta of red and yellow line mortellea, cmblems of Republicaniumn and free- thinking, were worn by many persons in tho pro- ceasfon, even by women and children, tho latter belug thus decorated by their parents, Michelet was not an athelst, and this populsr domonstration of frec-thinking at his fuueral was only appropriate becuuse the ceremony was non-religlous, About 3,000 persons walked In the processlon, The latest story about Mr, James Gordon Hen- netl's engagement to Mixe May, ond the unex- pected postponementof thelr marriage, s the fol- lowing explanation In 8 New York lotter: **Mr Hennett gavo a dinner party at his houss on Fifth avenue somo weeks sgo, at which several ladies, including Miew Muy, wero present. Mr. Bennott got very lively towand eveniug, snd, the dinner- varty belug over, asked all the ludies to step down into the bitllurd-room, when he would show them sowcthing they bad never seen before. Al went daown, ond baving, jnobedience to Mr, Dennett's request, got up on the billlard-table, were sudden- Iy startled by fhe catrance of twu gume-cocks, which, smid tig shrivks of the ladics,—who did not dure to get off thu table,—set to fghting in desd earnest. Tho ladlcs screawed, Mr, Bemnett laughed, and thoe cocks fought untll, torn und bleeding, they were carried out, and the ladics were freo to descend from thefr perch. Report says thut Mies Msy wes so disgusted at the be- havior of her Intended husband that she was ou thy point of breaking her engagement, but Snally It was agreed that the wedding shoald be postponsd for six months, ¢o give Lim a chanca to repent.” CENTENNIAL. The Great Procession Yaaterda, of Ten Thousand Knights Templar. A Visit to Spain---The Armor ef Chelp topher Columbns, Textlle Fahries, Plnylng-Cards, Pottery, Inlaid Steel, and Veils, Tho Musical Programme for Jaly 4—Thgs doro Thomas and Pat Gilmore, A Large Attendance---Visits from D, egations of Workingmen. YESTERDAY. TIR URRAT MASONIC PAGEART, Spectal Dispulch to The Trivune. PminavsLensa, P, June 1.—The Knights Templur parade, which took place to-day In thy city, was onc of the lurgest demonstrations eve made by the Order. AlLout15,000 men Inregally marched through tho principal strects, aecom. panied by numerous bands of music, making imposing spectacte. The sldewalks and window for miles were crowded with lookers-on. Tl evenlug a promennde concert was glven to by 8ir Knights In the Academy and Hortleultun) Hall. AT THE EXPOSITION. In conscquence of the uttractions down town, tho attendance at the Exposition to-day wy slimmer. There were about 20,000 visitors fn ull. The ndinisslons yesterday numbered 38,53 Of theso 20,240 pald cash and the others werg exhibitors, Tothe machinery building yesten day came forty-four londs of Anerican exhibiy and six forelgn, all of which are belng to-dy placed fu position. TIHE KRUPP GUN. For several days workmen have been busy up. loading the monster Krupp gun. A large cast steet derrlck with anunster hooks and chalng brought from UGermany for the purpose, wa crected across the rallroad track, and the pgur. carriage was slowly and carcfully lfted fron the car, which was then pushed from up der, nud, hanglng tn the alr thus, was iron to the ‘welght of &35 tona. Thle was placed on wheels and rolled to ane slde, and then the carrlage for tho gun it=elf was bronght in and followed ity same course. The gun etill reats outside the buili. ing on the elxteen-wheel truck which was used ia ta trausportation, which almost bhends to the ground under 'itu Lurden. It will probably be rought into tho bulldiny to-day, TEN THOUSAND BWORDS, To the Western Ansocluted Press. PUitADELPIIA, Junc 1.—The weather to-dsy wi porfect, tho'sun shone brilllantly, but the ajr was cool and breezy, 'I'he streets were In excellent condition, and neither dust nor mud made’ them unpleasunt, The grand parade of Knights Ten. piar way ihe grnind ovent of tho day, and bis proved a mugnificent aucceas. A more brillian wvent haw not ocearred here In yenrs, and protubly afinerand more imposing démonstration of thy Kind hins never boen seeir in this country. Itis Cerimntd thut 10,000 Kulets marched o Hine, iy the procession occupled one hour and twenty win. utes in pnesing u given polnt. — Nearly mr{ n Commandery was ~ acconipanied by & b of music, and many had in addition o drum corps, The processlon furmed on Brosd strect, tho right resting on Chestout, "Thie time announced for atarting was § o'clock, and very shortly after that hour all wus In readlnees, and the eolitmn moved down Chestnut street to ths musle of bands and tho cheering of vust crowds of spectators, * TIIE PROCESSION. At tho hend of the line wow Samuel B, Dick, cirand Captafi-General of Pennsylvania, with the followlig alda: the Hon. Jolin Y. Ilurirantt, the Ton. John Lotta, the Hon, Witliam 8. Stokely, Charles latchelor, John C, lutching, desse arr, B, P. Ringwhary, George W. Melgs, Jolin i, 1nys, RRobert A, Packer, Grant Weldeman, Thon. an I Patto Manse, Sullivun 8. Chlid, James 15, Stevenso L. Youmg, J. J. Cart C. W. Mackey, W . Allen, Rteubin wou, dohn Ml und Thomas L. Loc with & number of wpeeial ulde; then cam Hasine Niand_of Wuwhingtou, the Wishi Commandery Ko, 1, of the Distrlet of Coluul . G, Davis, E. C.) with nlucty men as an esco: thie Hon, James IL Topkinw, M, E. Grand St of the Grand Encampient of the United States, fa u barouche drawn by four horses: the prand of. cora of the Grand Encampment of the States—Vincent L. Iuribut, 1liinoks, D. s John W. Sumone, N, Y., Q. Tt BT, Scholt, M. Do Q. C.: Q. Woudrntl, 1. V.. in earringes, ‘rhie_grand oficers uf Pennsylvania'follawed, 3nd after them various Commanderice from uil portios of the country. NOTICEADLE IN THE LIND were the Pittsburg Commandery, the Allegheny Commandery, the Tancred Coramanders of Pits: Dburg. 'Tho marching donu by colian was wonders fally good, and the vvolutiune perforined durln thie march'wore loudly applauded by the crowds o Hpectators, Anong the distingulshed ofticers In line were the tolluwlaiz: Grand Commandery of Indlana, U, Henry, Grand Junfor Wardet, and cleven grand otilcers; William Rya nd Captain General, New York: L. M. tmer, Grand Command- ) nd Gencrallssimo, Vir- Fest Virdnla, G tton, Girand C W, 8. Summiers, drand Rerorder, nmi five grand oflieers: 11. Rtimor and (. Weat, of the Desert Preceplory, Sout Africa; Robert Vell, Eminent Commander, and W, I, haw, of Glaxow, Scottand; Willlam' Gib- son and Juimes Mctee, [etfast, Irefund, 2 mtoa bis, = CROWDS, From an early hour this morning the strects were crowded, and aa the column moved atong topes were ptrctehed along the sides of the streets cons stituting the ronte, to keep the crowd on the side- walk from cucroaching on the column, and pollce sere stutfoned on all tho streets uloniz which the procession pussed. After pasaing over the route, ug Chestnnt to Filth, to” Market, to Thir- te 10_Arch, to Brond, (o Columbla avenie, bock fo Manonle Temple, the Knights were re: viewed by the offiecrs of the Grand Encampment and dispereed, The nstallation of officers of the Grand Cor mandery of Pennaylyonia takes place this after- noon, and this evening n promenade cancert § v fn the Acudenny of Muaic oud Morticulturs: ull. CENTENNIAL JOTTINGS. A VISIT TO SPAIN—NAID TRAVELING=THI ARMOR OF CHILINTOPUER COLUMBUN—TEXTILE PABKICH FROM BARCELONA AND VALENCIA— PLAYING-CARDS AND THEIR PECULIARUFI—= POTTERIES AND TILE-WORK—INLAID 3THEG AND REPOUSIK SIHELDN—IPANISH VEILS— PROGRAMME POR JULY 4—3IUSICAL MATTLIS— UNUSUAL ATEENDANCE—A PRUITFUL SUGOES TION. Speciul Correspondence af The Tribune. PIILADELINLS, May 40.~I have taken ane other jumyp in the Centennlal bulldings, and this time it wasn jump fnto Spain, The advantago of u great exhibition lke this fs the fuclllty with which you may ga from one country t another. One minnte you can be fu kgypt, and the next you nay be fn Denmark; in tuct, you 1aay be there i one second only, a8 Denmark is nest to Egypt, and the distance between thes isthe snme g that from the sublime to the ridiculons, ‘Then unother step, on the opposlte slde of Egypt, will take you to Ypaln, where you ean conslder yoursdl among the Dons and the Hidalgos. You find the works of those who annource to you, “3y blood's Castitivn, and my blade's cast-steel,” 83 at fnhnbitsnt of Castile is fully Justified in de- cluring himself. There I3 a wonderful smount of dignity and high-tonedness amoug the 8psn- fards: they have many good things in ther country, combined with o grest many not lall as good. In Mudrid, you svs oneof the finest art-collections in the world; and, not far uway youean enter the Plaza des Toros, where thy people mmnuge themselves with the natfonsl wport, the bull-fght. Tattended one in Madril last autumn, und nothiug short of two poliee- menorafils of soldiers conid take me thers agaln, Ihave had little respect for the Spau- lards sines then, and am glad they haye not trivd toget up o bull-fighting ring here. But they couldn’t keep the dixgusting bustuess complete: 1y out of slght, as I lud several fHlustrations of it n thelr department,—some on fans, some o ellk embroldery, und sowme on lthographs aud other pletures, The pavillon in the Main Building Is rather imposing in appearance, as it fs bullt with cwos siderablo taste, sad fs palnted fu fmitation of cours sandstone. The Spunish flag 1s neatly druped over the entrance, and u Spanish uuldivf Is ugurlyulwnys on guard fn front of the yl.\A!\« On the outside, at the corner towards Much ‘1:' cry Hall, there'sre somo exeollont photograybs of ancleut armor; sud muong the suits repre sented 18 that of a man to whum We owe & gr deal, und buve heard much of,— CHRISTOPHEI COLUMBUS. i The armor i3 of the plate patteru, and sholyb_ the wearer to have been of goudly size. 1 i Meve one of the famous paintings of ** The Lo {ug of Columbus ¥ represents Lhn fu this Mtz tical suit of armor, What o Lguy Colun| ] could not have zeceived in his life-tme awme