Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 10, 1876, Page 4

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE - SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 18i6—TWELVE PAGES @hye Teibwoe, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. PATABLE IN ADVANCE~TOSTAGR PREPAID AT THIS OFPICE. Datly Editlon Yoo Lo i FPIFE{. am ol ey, &% ia of y onecopp, EARLY RSB e Glub of twenly, per copy. The postage 12 15 cents Bpecimen copien sent frea. . _Toprevent delay and mistakes, ba sure and give Posts Dice address In tull, Including Htate and County. Temittances may be made efther by draft, express, Cort-Ofice orler, or in regimered letters, nt our rlsk. TERMS TO CITY SUBSCRIBRRS. Dally, delirered, Sunday excepied, 23 conts per el Pally, deltvered, Bunday Included, 80 cents per week Adirers THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madlson snd Dearbarn: Chicago, JL AMUSTMENTS, Haoleys Theatee, . hetween Clark and LaSalle. En- oo s Yoo Tytiugor " Riae. Aichei.s AR erio0n sad ovenlng. New Chleago Thearre. Clark rtreet, betweep Lake and Randolph, Hooley's Minstrele. - Afternoon and eventng. Waodn Dtuseum, tonrae atreet. between State and Dearvorn. En: e A Thuhers Mevwador ' Tip Van Wiakie. yhilernoen and evening. MecVicker's Thenatre. Madison street, between State and Dearborn, Den- tof St 4, Huoley. Asternvon and evening. Y MEETINGS, 11t KN1GITS--Spectal Conrlava of Monday evening, < dectded 10 Ttockford on June 22, 31 10 lite gulok atidld he present 8¢ this con al arcangrments will he mado A ex ot tha Er Cr CHAS.J, Tnu\vn;zs‘m N ors ort i !‘Eflldl:?. BATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1876, Greenbacks at tho Now York Gold Ex- change yestorday closed nt 883, ‘Wa are officinlly noti cd that sun.umbrel. 105 and dusters will be in order in this region to-day. @uction in fares from New York to Chicago ~§14, instead of a3 herotoforo. The Bristow Club hell amnceting at the Qrand Pacific Hotel last evening and ap- polnted a delegation of one hundred mem- hera to attond tho Cincinnati Convention, "Tho list of nnmes is printed elsowhere, The Presbyterian Church of Canada, now in Goneral Assembly at Toronto, yesterday so far smoothed its wrinkled front as to decreo that organs might be introduced for tho uso of such congregations ng hannoniously desire to sound tho praises of God upon s loud in. strumont through the ernb-like and vicarious manifostations of a hired man. * It is denied by Mr. Braise that he has en- tertained the intention of appenring in person at Cincinnati next week for the purposo of strongthening his chances for tho nomiun. tion. Mr, BraiNg, in accordanco with ea. tablished usa,e, will stay away from tho Convention, It is also emphatically denied that any correspondence looking to sn ad- justment of their long-standing difforences has passed between Messrs, CoNzriNe and Brag. The Wiaconsin delegstion to Cincinnati lnst evouing held a meeting in this city, and decidod that the vote of the dele. gation should bo ecast solid for Braivk, The Bristow men protested vigor- ously against this courss, Lut were outvoted. ‘T'he machine is in full opefation in Wikconsiu, judging from the peculiar roa- soning with which ** Boss” Keves and some of tho othier delegates defend their position that Braixe is the coming man. It is not probsble that an agrecrent can ba mnde that no business of a political char- acter ahnll be transacted in Congress during tho session of the Cincinnati Convention, but the desired result is likely to bo reached by snother process, ns the cxodus of Congress- men from Washington during the Conven- tion weck promises 1o bo so great as to leave no quorum ju the Scuate, and any legisintion of a “political character” accomplished by the Democratio Houso would not be espe- cially duugerou The Senate passed tho Post-Oftice Appro- pristion bill yosterday ns it come from the Committee, with the sxception of the clause on tho wubject of Postmasters' aalaries, which was, on motion of Mr. Suenmay, amended by reducing tho amount appropriated for that purpose from §7,600,000 to 7,200,000, Mr. Burnsayalsointroduced anamendment,which was finnlly referred to tho Tost-Oflico Com- mittes, proposing an increnso in the rates of newspaper postage to 5 conts per pound, the intontion being to have that Committeo pre- pure a soparate bill oo this subject. Tho movement for rotrenchment in tho managoment of the public schools of Chi- cago bins beon slow and deliberate on the part of the Board of Edueation, but has at last taken definite shape. ‘I'ho Special Com- mittee appointed to consider the subject re- ported last evening in favor of a reduction of 10 per cent on snlarics and general ex- penses, whereby it is hopoed to securo say- ing of about $100,000 per year. 'L'he end of the school year is near at hand, and it is im- portant that the matter of reduction should bo uettled beforo the Bonrd enters upon the business of fixing salaries and estimating ox- penditures for the next year. o The Gas Comnitteo of the Common Coun- il aremeeyng with poor success in tho effort o obtuin from the two Gas Companies a re- duction in the price of gas, failing in which thoy proposs to reduce the wnount consin. od by leaving half the strest-lamps unlighted, "Tho Consumors’ Gas Company is ouce more an applicant for permission to establish competing works, but the Comumitteo very wiscly decline to give tho prop. osition a favorsble report withont first beiug satisficd that the new Cowmpuny hay either the capital or the disposition to com. peto with the old Companics, and that it would pot embrace the first opportunity to sell ita charter and franchises. Tho present Cowmon Council is not engaged in jobbery of tuis character, and its anly purpose in the matter ix to reduce the enormous gas bills of tho city by such means aa will best socure that Tosnit. The Chicago produce markets were gen- anally active yestordsy. DProvisions were stronger and grain irregular, Mous pork was 20@40¢ per brl higher, closing at $19.00 for Julyand $19.25 for August. Lard was 25@ 850 per 100 lbs higher, closing at $11.15 for July and $11.27j@11.80 for August. Meats wera {e¢ per )b Ligher, at 7jc for boxeq ghoyldars, 10¢ fup do short ribs, and 10jcfor do short cloars. Lake fraights were stondy, at 2le for corn to Buffalo, Rail froights wero unchaunged. IHighwines wera o lower, at 21,08 per gollon. Flour was in better demand and steady, Whest closed 1o higlier, at $1.06} for June and $1.06§ for July, Corn closed f¢ lower, &t 43¢ for Juno or July. Oats closed {e lower, at 30c for Juna orJuly, Ryo was firmer, at 72@724c, Barloy was quiet and firm, at 59@600 for No. 2 and 38c for No. 3. Hogs were active and higher, closing firm at 15@200 advance, or at §6.00@6.25 for common to choice, Cattle wero quiot and steady, at Thursday's deeline, 8heep wero dnll and lower. One hundred dollars in gold would buy $112.62} in greenbacks at tho close. Theoro ia talk of a comprommnige between Cor- vy ond tho Common Council, wheroby tho former is to be allowed to hold over until April, 1877, nndisturbed by any apecial elec~ tion, and Mr. Hayes is to be retained ns Comptrollor,—CoLvin in return to act in harmony with tha views of tho Council, It 1s hinrdly necessary to deny so absurd n - mor, The Common Council hns no need of this or any other compromise with Corviy. The two-thirds majority havo it in their power to legislato for tho bost interests of the eity and of the tax-pnyers, with or without Cotvix's concur- rence or approval, and tho only compromiso that would bao likely to meot with favor wouldl bo one which disponsed with Cornviy and Iaves. This can and will be brought about in due time, Mr. Bramve has thus far omitted in his various explanations to give a clear iden as to the meaning of n portion of tho letters and memorands rescned from Muirioax's cus- tody. Itisshown that for tho tronble and akill oxorcised in negotiating the sale to his Maine constitnents of $390,000 nomnal valua of bonds for $130,000 in cash, Mr, BraiNe received bonds of the nominal value of £1062,500, worth about £55,000 in cash atthat timo, According to the agreement, this lnrge donation to Mr. Braine wns partly in tho nnture of a8 commission on the sale, and “for other valuable considerations.” Mr. Braing has 5o far neglected to axplain what these ** other valuable cousiderations” were. ‘They must have beon very valuablo to Liave swelled tho nggregate compensation to 45,000, or sbout 43 per cent, upon a sale which amonnted to $1:30,000 ineash. This part of the docnmentary display was quictly passed over and not rend by Mr. Braime, with tho remark that it wos unimportant. Thoro i8 room for n decided difforonce of opinion on that point. ———r—— Mr. Braxxe has defied the majority in the Tlouse once too often for his own good., Iis bold and sudncious demonstration of yester- day has resulted in bringing about the thing of all others bo has labored so hard to avert —viz,: the introdnction .of hearsay evidenco before the Judicinry Committee concerning the various bond trausactions under investi. gntion. His aggressive and defiant attitude, though provoked by the unfairness of the Uomoerats in refusing him an op- portunity to spenk on his motion for o reconsideration in order that he might move to Lave the Canpwery tole- gram printed along with the other evidence, was in fact an injudicions move on Mr. Braive's part, as the House adopted a reso- Iution directing the publication of the tele- gram, but also instructing the Committee to reccive and publish hearssy evidence in con- iradiction of the telegram. 'This opens the door to the reception of & largs amount of testimony which had been excludoed by the Committeo, and what CALpweLy is roported to hinve said nbout Braivx and tke numerous bond speculations will now become n part of the record, prolonging the investigation and making the mattor look even worse than at present. s SRALL WE HAVE A REPUBLIOAY PRESI DENT1 Tne Cricago Taisone earncstly desires the election of a Republican Presidont in 187G, and for that resson it wants s candi- date nominated st Cincinuati- who oan be olocted. 'The elactions of 1874 disclosed the wids-spread popular discontent and revolt at the frauds and corruptions which had crept into the public service. T'he rovelations of 1876, when theso crimes came to light in the Cabinet aud in tho private office of the Pros- ident, left no doubt on any mind of tho deop necessity for 8 purification of tho administra- tion of tho Goverument, and raised the ques. tion whother the Republican party would undortako this work of reform or not. The country with universal approval greoted the anawer given by the Secrotary of the Treasu- ry when ho dismissed o hundred and more dishonest ofticials, arrested them, tried them, and convicted them; when the President gave the full forco of hiy nuthority to the Secretary's proceedings with direction to let no guilty man cscape. "The whole country was aroused with now forvor. The unanimi- ty with which the Ropublicaus Jed in the im- penchment of BeLgnap, and thoreadiness with which they consented to all investigations of frand, gave now life to tho Republican por- ty, and ¢nabled it to recover in the spring clectiona of 176 much that it had lost be- fore, It then Lecamo tho avowed and de. clared policy of Lo Bepublican party to pu- rify the whole administration of the Gov- crnment by expelling dishonesty and incom. potoney, by destroying every connecetion be- tweon national legislation and the lobby and the corporations who wera secking to plun. dor tho 'I'roasury; to break up and destroy the subsidy business, and to make bribery in all jts forms & crimo to be punished nsa species of treasom. Into such a eampsign the Ropublican party were prepared to en- gogo with an unbroken front and with ro. uewed zeal. ‘fhe army of Liberals and In- depoendonts who sought reform rejoicingly returned to the Ropublican party to aid in the couse. Hverything promised well fora brilliaut snd succussful campaign, Among tho cundidates namned was Mr, Braiyg, and ho was the most popular of all, Ho waa bold, sggreasive, moguetio and elo- quent. But his personal rivals had propared forhiscandidacy. CoNxring,aud Monron, and Burren hod made up his record, ‘hey knew himn a8 the people did not know Lim. "They know him o4 tho man who hud voted for or " fuiled to oppose every subsidy of either land or mouey asked whilo he was in Congresy, ‘They knew himn as tho man who hod voted for the audacious robbory by which the Gov. ernment lien for its sixty-four millions ad. vauced to the Paciflo railrosds was chauged from a fimt {0 a second mortgage. 'They knew Lim as a lobbyist bofore he entered Congress, seeking contructs for the supply of arms. They knoew himin Congress, and whilo 8peakoer, a8 tho Inside friend of wild-cat cor. porations ; concerned iu logislation to benctit such corporations; ruling us Hpeaker to save their bills, and &8 claiming rewards for his official sction; as engaged in selling the worthless bonds of such corporutions, re- ceiving large gratuities thercfor, &y con- frused in Lig lobbors ; and, Suully, when pecu- ninrily involved, gotting the Paciflo Railrond ‘ompany, a9 it seoms almost cortain, to give him $64,000 eash for what was notoriously not worth 64,000 cents, nlthough he do- clares in one of his lotters that he paid out that money in forty-cight hours therenfter, ‘I'he record of all this, in Mr, Braxe's own handwriting, theso peraoual rivals of Mr. Br.awve have made publio. It is, immaterial how they became public or throngh whose ngeney. ‘Theso letters are all Mr. BraINg's— his own record of his own operations ns & jobbor in contracts, in railrond legislation and in wild-cat socurities, and of his pecuni- ary obligations to the Pocific Railroad Com. pany, In this the record of n Roformer? Of n man to purify the Administration, to oxter- minate Congressionnl corrnption, and to raisa the standard of politicn) and official morality ? T'ar. Tninose hos objected to periling the JDarey triumph by the uomination of a candi- date thus londed down and jmpeached, not by Confederates or Domacrats, but by Repub- licoug who Are also aspirants for the Presi. dency. ‘Tne TRibune objects to & nomina- tion which will bo accopted by the conntry as o disavowal of all purpose of reform. It objects to forcing the party, unnccossarily, into n five months' campnign which will bo exclusively a defonsive one, MarnTiv Van Bupey, in 1810, was defeated in o dofensivo campaign; Hesny Cray, in 1844, for six months defended his record, ns presonted in Lis lotters, and was dofeated. Gen. Cass defended his Nionorsoy lettor and his River and Harbor lotter in 1848, and was defeated. Dovcras was put on the defensive in 1860 and dofeated, and also ServMoun in 1868, and Greeey in 1872, and oll went down. But neither of these had suclh a record to be do- fended a8 is furnished by Braine's own lot- ters against himsolf, Unfortunately thero is not a speech, nora vote, nor o lotter of Mr. BraNe's on record that in the remotest sense can bo tortured inta favoring reform, abolishing uscless of- ficos, reducing expenditures, purifying tho civil servico, or entting off any of tho abuses which have stunk in tho nostrils of the peo- le. Y Tur; Crioaao TainoNe has beon compelled to publish all this record, not to injure Mr. Braiye, but as ourront and telographio news aud as matter which the public should un- derstand. It has pointed out to the Repub- licans the supreme folly of nominating n candidate whoso personal rocord will super- wede the record of the Republican party, and will have to be defended for five months bo- foro the serutinizing tribuual of & people who demand as President a man who is by principle and practice a Reformer. If Mr. Buamve be nominated, then will begin the long, tedious, and henrt-sickening work of explaining and defending that score of lat- tery, several of which have not yot seen the light, and defending a long record of votes for pubsidies to monopolies and questiona- ble legislation of other kinds. If before that eampaige be ended the people shall weary of tho disgusting repetition, and at the October elections in Ohio and Indinna shall resent such a nowination and such a record, and in November shall elect a Domocratic President, and Democratic Scuate and Houso, and de- liver to the same party tha control of three- fourths of all tho State Covernments, we in- sist that no Republican shall hold this paper responsible for the folly which invited such o digaster by the nomination of such a can- didate, BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER. One of the peualtics of great wenlth iy the expeetation of an army of poor relations that they will be provided for when the rich man dics, Tho late Mr. Srrwant, the New York willionaire, is an eminent instance of this, Axnexn JANs is nowhere 08 compared with Mr. SrewanT in the matter of kinsfolk, Noarly 2,000 relatives have put in their claims for gomothing, and the New York Herald prints a whole broadside of lotters, a large number of them received from Ireland, which swarms with Mr, Stewant's relatives, and all of thom have the same burden. Like tho daughter of the horse-leech, they all ery “ Give, give,” A glance at somo of them will be of interest. The Viear of Derringhy, nenr Belfast, writes in belalf of two of his parishioners, relatives of courss, ono of whom thinks ho ought to have some. thing Dbecause he onca slept in the sato bed with Mr. Sruwanr, A private in Company B, Soventy.second Reg- iment of Indiana Volunteers, snddonly re- wombers that his father told bim he was a second cousin of Mr, STEwant, consequantly ho would like to havo his caso attonded to ns spoedily ns possible. Another person an- onymously sends n commuuication from the spirit-land, purporting to be written by Mr. Srewarr, and ordering Mrs, STEWART to cir- culato soveral hundred thousands of a certain medieal work. A Stewant in Proctorsville, Vt., writes that ho is surprised to learn from tho newspnpers thnt the dcceased was o cousin of his, nud regrets that ho did not find it out in time to meet him personally. Racuen JoNes, of Mt. Carroll, O., says “my wother is dond or alie coul tell all abaut Mr. Srewant’s age i supose sho liny thro childrem Jiven i nm tho younges i wil be fifty-two if i live to the 17 of uoxt May.” R.S8.Brewanrt, of New York, “a poor little orphan, with ouly one father and mother,” wants $10,000 to invest in business, having found out in his Bible that he is tho only male consin of Mr, Stewart. A clergymnan of Burlington, Vt., writes on behalf of ono of his parishioncrs, beeause she is a relative and a good Christian woman, Good old Mantia MoCreany, of Keokuk, Iowa, writes a very peremptory letter, with a certifiente of hon. osty, intogrity, and veraoity, and sends her tin-type, so that Mry, BTewanT may trace the family resomblunce, Illinois fs represented by Baran Borp, of Amboy, who writes Mra, Brewant: “1 take the Liborty to write to you to let you kuow that I have reasons to beliove that the late A. 'I' STewanT was arela- tion of mine tmy maiden nome iy Banau HrEwauT aud my native place is nonr Belfast Ircland, and I learned that is tho place ho is from, and Alexsude being our famley name, and if you think [ am trying to got money from you on fuls pretenco Please send me your address and I will come sieo you.” Mrs, Huuy, of Manchestor, Englaod, writes that her cousin’s donth has caused her *‘intence greit,” and that ** he uesd to nurs mo on his neo like a baby wich made me moar attacht to him." Sho touchingly suys that her “hoaps in this world hay gon Loaping,” and ‘*hoaps to hear” from Mrs, Brewant s0on. An octogenarian claimant in #5t, Louls write to lot Mrd, STewant know that her husband had one living relativa at the time of kis death, the octogenarign being that relative. Au individual in Albpuy, N. Y., with the aristooratic name of Cnanves Srewasr La Moxtanye makes the followlng cheeky requests * Was thore no memws, de- siriug hisoxecutors to sce! that * I should want nothing?' (that's fust the way he exprossed himself to me when [ last called on him), I should be under great obligations to yon if you would sourch among his papers with a view to the discovery of such a reqnest. Mre, B, Stewant of Peterboro, Cannda, in- forms Mra. Srewanr that alo is a relative, and that blood is thicker than wator. (xorar W. Pray, of Lapeer, Mich., is nof very hopo- ful, for he writos: *‘After looking up onr family treo I have discovered that Iamno relation to A, T. Stewart and probably wop't get any of his money, but in case yon find othorwise notify me ot onco.” Here ia n samplo threntening letter, writtan by W. PowrLyu Wang, of Now Yor) Nrw York, Aprit 27, 1870.—Mrs. A. T.Stewart —MADARK: While in tho Central Park yesterday nfternoon, and being in a nositlon unobrerved, 1 overheanl the following conversation beween two well-deessed mon, shom 1 ahould have taken for perfect gentlemen from thelr outward appearance: y, Jim? You were telling me tho other dny of plan bl in view by you to make o ralse, 1 have matured & letter one, What ia 112 Kidnap Mra. Srrwanvlnd demand o million of dollara for her ransom, Splendid idea; but how wil] you accom- pllah it? Send her a decoy letter, waylay ler at the proper pofnt, aud take herand the driverat the mue- 7le of a pistol, That Isa bold and dangerous un- dertaking. 1 know her and her tnrnout wall and will not makea move unless I know that It is per- fectly safo. I1f one plan does not succecd another will. 1 am your men eten unto death, Wo wiil talk more abont it at fomo aultable time and place, 1 feel it my duty to inform you of what tranapired, that belng forewarned you miglt govern yourself nccordingly. 1 awm, with due respect, your most obedient, W. Powerr Wane, P. 8, —Please do not montion my cum, a8 it might Jeopardize my 1o, ‘The abovo aro samples of the contonts of nearly 2,000 letters recoived by Mrs, SrEW- ant and Judgo IivtoN, and there are yot numorous counties in Ireland to be beard from, which will probably roturn 2,000 1nore claimants, all cousins, THR POSITION OF SERVIA. The constant rumora which have filled our telegraph columns touching the rolations of Servin with Turkoy mnke overything con. nected with that country of more than ordi- nary interest nt the present time, and also more than ordinnrily important, since every stap sho takes is under the inspiration of RRussia, and with the understanding that sho will bo assisted directly, if nocessary, as slio now is indirectly. For 400 years Sorvin hns boen cagaged in nstruggle with Turkey. Iler conquest was first made comploto in 1454, by Momasen IL, who in 1459 incorporated Sorvia with Turkey, excopt Bolgrade, its Capital, which was held by the Hungnrians until Sonyaan captured itin 1621, Tha Lurks punisted tho Servians for their resistance with the eaptivity of thousands ond the mas- sacro of whole families. Northern Sorvia and Belgrade went to Austrin in 1718, at the close of tho Iattor's war with Turkey, but by the penco of Belgrade, in 1739, ‘Turkish domivntion was restored, and tho porsccution of tho Serbs was resumed with tho old vigor and eruelty, As lnst the people rose under Czenyy Geonae as their leader, in 1505, who ‘wasg 80 sucecessful that he wns recognized s Chief of the Servians by the Sultan in 1807. After the treaty of Bucharest, in 1812, Servin “was desorted by Russin aud France, and in 1818 tho Turks again became masters, but in 1815 war broke out again under Minos Obrevovig, lusting until 1829, and resulting in the final supprossion of the absolute domination of tho T'urks. Dy tho treaty, Miros Onnenovio was acknowledged Princo of Sorvia, and the dignity was mado hered. itary in (his family. 'The presont Prince, MitaN Ounryovio 1V., is the fourth of his dynasty, the others being Miros Onnevovic, who abdicated in 1839, his wson Miran, who died the pame year, and Micrac, brother of the latter, who was na- snssinated in 1868. By the treaty of Paris, in 1856, Servia was placed under the protec- tion of the great European Powcrs as o semi- indopendunt Stato, the twonty-cighth article of tha treaty ordering that-* tho Principality of Hervia shall continue to liold of the Sub- lime Porto, in conformity with the imperial decroes which fix and determine its rights ond immunpities, placed henceforward under the collective guarantco of the contracting powers. In conscquonce, the said Principal- ity shinll preserve its indepondent and nn- tional administration, as well ns full liberty of worship, of legislation, of commerco, and of navigation,” The Servinns have the right to alect their rulers, have their own coinago and courts, and complete freedom of com- merco, 'Lheir only obligation to Turkey is to pay nu annual tribute of 2,300,000 pins- tren, or about $92,000, and by the terma of their treaty to furnish A certain contingent of troops in cage Turkey should become in- volved in war, The area of Sorvin s estimated at 12,600 square miles. Itis surrounded esst, wost, sud gouth with Selavio provinces already in revolt. It has a population of 1,138,505, who are all Sclaves, oxcepting 140,000 Wal- lachs, 25,000 Gypsies, and a remainder of 15,000 divided nmong Turks, Jews, Gormans, and Hungarinus, o that the Turkish elemont of the population is but » merc handful. Its chief trado is with Austria, butit has also commercial intercourse with Roumania and ‘Turkey, its imports representing the annunl valne of $4,500,000, and tho exports R5,600,000. Thorevenueis derived from n gen. eral capitation tax amounting to $1,600,000, Its flusuces are woll regulatod, nnd it occu- pics the excoptional condition for a European country of haviug no public debt. A declaration of indepondonce by Servia would be equivalont to n fact accomplished for soveral ronsons. Firat, it is out of debt and with excollent eredit, while Turkey is baokrupt and her borrowing power exhaust. ed. 8econd, the people of Sorvia aro a war- liko race of mountaineers, whose bravery and endurance havo buen tested through cen- turies of wars, Their army is thoroughly organized upon the Georman plan, and is thoroughly equipped. Servia has a rogular standing army of 5,000, n national militia of 160,000, and a garrison forco linble to daty of 80,000 mon. Ity militin of the firsst and socond class I8 so organizod that an army of from 70,000 to 80,000 men can be mobilized in a vory ahort time, It has an artillery of 450 fleld guns and 400,000 muskets of im- provod pattorns in its arsenals. It has now in tho field an army of 75,000 men con- fronting a Tarkish army of 27,000, Third, and most important of all reasons, Bervin bins the sctive sympathy and matorial holp of Russia, and is acting undor Russion advice in every step sho takas, Her army is generaled by Itnssian officers, and a Russinn half-pay Goneral of distinotion is her strato. gle adviser. Whatover sho heeds will bo fur. nished by Russia, and in case she enters upon war with Turkey, neither Austria nor England will dare to outrege the Christian sontiment of the world by aiding the Furk. ish tyrants. Without an iaterferonco, with haunds off, she can whip the Turks with her own troops, aud that speodiy. The law-officor of the ity advises Mr, O'Haga, yho still acts ns I'sasurer, that he {s warranted in paying oi money on the order of Mr, Covuviy, who ¥ Acting-Mayor, and Mr, Haves, who I8 in pssession of tho Comptroller's offlea ; but ho suggests that it should be with the express concurrence of the Financo Committoo. This course, or gomo other that is lawful, ought to bo adopted without further dolay to pay out the $160,000 anid to bo in the City Tressury to the city employes who ave so sorely in need of it. The failure to pay these people for soveral months past js tho most seandalous and oppressivo incidont of Mr, Corvin nsurpation and Mr, Haves' financioring, tnd the money now in the Treasury ought to bio immediately divided among tho employes prorata, Messrs, Corviy and Haves inight wait a whilo for their share. LIGHT WANTED. 'The first public suspicion enst wpon My, BraiNe was in eonnection with the transfor of §75,000 0of Tort Smith & Little Rock worthless honds to the Union Pacific Com- pany for $64,000 in money. Thiy transfer wos nominnlly made by Ton Scorr. It ar- rosted the attentior of Mr, 1IArnifox, n Gov- ernment Director of the Company, for the reason thot these boudswere unionded on the Compnuy at nearly par, thongh their quoted valus was only from 25 to 40 cents, and their real vatuo nif, Br. HanmisoN proposed an investigntion, but Rorrins, the Secretary of tho Company, persuaded hita to abandon it by telling him that “it would invelve Brae." Roruins bias since publicly admit- sed that he made that statemont to Yiarnisoy, but has neglectod so far to reveal what his own authority was for making it. Now the Democrats will chargo, if Mr, Brame bo the Ropublican candidate for Presidont, that ho did receivo tho $64,000 paid by the Union Pacific Company for those Little Rock bonds, and they will sustain their charge by an ad- mission in one of Mr. BLAINE's own letters, This point has nover yot boen fully brought ont to the popular view. In MuLnioaN's memorandam of the con. {ents of the Brame lottors which Mr, Boave took from him oceurs the following : No. 12, April 18, 1872—Adumita the $84,000 sale of bonds, and pald the moucy over in forty.eight hours to Majne parties. ‘T'urning to tho letter written by Braine to Fisuen, April 18, 1872, wo find it to be in reply to ono from Fismen, in which be pro- posed a partial settlement of their busincss matters, and had evidently hinted that Braive hnd already securod a Jarge sum of money from the salo of the bonds which had been given him ns B gratuity or comumission. In ordor to correct this impression Mr, Brave writea: You have been for some time laboring under a totally errancons tinpression iu regard to my resudts in the Fort Smith matter. The sale of bouds which you spoke of my making, and which you scem to havethought for my benefit, wers entlrely other- wise. I did not have the money In my poasesston JSorty-eight hours, but paid it over directly to the purties whom 1 tried Ly every means in my poier to protect from loss, I am very stro that you Bave lfttle filea of the labors, the losses, the efforte, and tho sacrlficen T have made within the past year to save theso innocent pervons who fuvested on my request from personal loks, and 1 say to you to- night xolemnly that I am tmmeasurably worse off - than it T had never touchied the Fort Smith motter. Now, in denying that he had received n large sum of money from the salo of the bonds which lind been given to bim person- ally, Lio explaing that the sale ho did make was of the bonds which he had originally sold to his Maine friends, and which he bad taken off their hands after the investmont bad proved a bad one. Now, what sale was this, if not the transfer of the £75,000 of bonds to the Union Pacific first through Carpwert and then throngh Vox Scorr ? Mr. Brawk admits that he resold the bonds which he took back from his Maino friends. Then to whom did he sell them? Ile hns nover yet stated, aa far a9 wo know; and #till tho transnction was too large and too important to him to hnve boen forgotton. A salo Of n lot of these bonds was mado at troble their quoted value to the Union Pacif- io. 'I'om Scorr was the purchaser, and he snys8 he got them from Catowenn. Very likely. But where did Carowenn get them? Was it uot from Buavg? Carnp. weLl's dispatch to Procron Kxorr docs mot deny this, though this way the point in issue. Ilo morely saya that Scorr’s atatemont was correct, and that he (CarvweLy) nover gave BraiNe any bonds, directly or indirectly, which of itself is proved false by Bramve's memorandum in Fisnen's book ; but Carowern does not sy in his dispatch that the bonds which ho transferred to Tox Scorr did not come to him from Brawkg, Unless BraNg can show that ho referred to some other sale of these bonds in the letter from which we have quoted, then Murrioan's memoraudum in re- gord to the meanning of this letter is wnr- ranted, vi That it admits the $64,000 transaction, which was first publicly charged upon Brave by Roxuins and Hannsow, and partislly confirined by Witsoy and Mizuarp, both Directors of the Union Pacifio, Mr. Braxg has all along taken great credit to himself for having repurchased somo of tho Littlo Rock & Fort Smith bonds which ho bad sold to the Maine people. Tho ex- tract from ‘tho lottor which we quote above throws some light also upon this transaction, BraiNe felt himself under speeial obligation to protect these people from lags, becnuse ho had persunded -them as friends of his to .purcllmw these bonds in order that ho might sccure ns a grotuity for himsolf $32,500 of first-nortgage bonds and $130,000 of land-grant bonds, As thoy had enabled him to do this, ha naturally folt that ho should protect theso friends from toss if ho could. But ho says in the lotter from which we quote above: *You have lit ta iden of the Inbors, tho losses, tho offorts, and tho sacrificos I have made within the pust year to save theso funocent persons, who in- vested at my wequest, from porsonnl loss.” ‘This seoms to indicate protty certainly that, thongh Braine felt tho responsibility of tho whole transaction, ho did not actually re- Hove his friends of the bonds he had sold them until he had made his arrangements for reselling them to somebody elso. Now, where wero these bouds sold that he toak back, if not to Carvwery, or Tox Scorr, or tho Unfon Pacifio? Will some of Mr, Brame'a frionds plense explain it ? Without any reference to the gullt or inno- cence of Ald, CurnertoN, who 18 on trinl for ueeepting Y blundishments® while o Unlted States Uauger, to wink ut the frauds on the revenue, the appearance of the Jocum Tenens, Couvin, 82 a vuluntary witness agafust hlm on, a polnt not material to the case, is of questions able propriety under the clreumstances. It la certaluly meun, spiteful, and unmunly, It seems from COLVIN'S own wdmission that he communicated what he alleges to liave been the purport of o contldentiul conversation between himsell and CuLLertoN to Mr. AYER, one of the Government counsel, and thus paved the wuy for being summoned In the cuse, This conversation, COLVIN swears, was when no one else was present, so that CULLEKTON, who can- not be u witness in bis own behalf, has no other meuns of offsetting It than ou the general probabiitivs, which acem to be opposed to the uceuraey of Couvin's testimony, The fact ls, that CULLENTON'S constituents nstructed himto oppose COLVIN'S usurpation a3 far buck us Feb- ruary last, and re-clected bl Aldermun for dofug so; and It f8 very evident that CoLviN voluuteered evidence which he thought wuuld prejudice CULLERTON'Y case, though wish no direct bpuylog thereon, becguse Ci TaN refused 1o be his tool, and help him remain inan offiee after Rs term bad expired. Mr. Corvin, an n witness, ls reported as hinving made one very shgulor slatement. Tn testifying ubout the Mayoralty stenggle, e fs reported as raybug: Al the newspapers and a portion of the Common Councll were agafnst me,” 10 Mr. CoLviy swore to this, hie had better ask leave to correct his testlinony, unless, Indeed, lie docs not regard the futer-Ocean, the Post and Mall, and the Slaata-Zeltung ns newspapers, all of which were with him and nof awafnst hin. e —— DEATH OF “GLORGE BAND In the death of Astantivg-Lucip-Avnong DUDEVANT, nee DUPIN, nhd hetter known tinder the nom-de-plume * (FEorar 8AND," there disap- pears from the stage one of the iwost consplenons characters of the nineteenth century, forn 1804, dyfmr fn 1876, and begluning an active steuggle with the world while n mere ehild, her career spans nearly three-quarters of o century, aralmost thrlee the avernge dueation of ife, During all this thue she was engaged, In one way or anuther, b leaving her fm press uponthe generations growing up and dying out around her. 8he improvest the broad fleld of letters to row fruftful sceds of romance, philugophy, re- liglon, musle, art, the dramn, soclalism, and politles. The growth was sometimes rank, the ador atrong rather than attractlve, the exhala- tions frequently polsonons, but it was always lusuriunt, brifliang, and fascfuating. (inonon Sanp was o genfus, It was not her fault, per- haps, that genius belongs rather to estheties than ethics, more to art than religion, to Ntern- ture, phitosophy, thought, and culture in pref- ence tomorals, She was an enthusiast by nature, Had ghe followed the first Inclination of an ardent and mpulsive dlaposition, she wonld have become a religlenxe, which indeed she seriousty contemplated while ti a convent In ber earller years. But fate confided her to the influence of lier grandmother, in whose velns royal blood Tan fllegithmatety, and who was deeply Imbuced with the morbld sensationalism of the efghteenth century, Thus, as o child, Geonox SaNp's fancy ran riot, 8he read Rilstory only for the romanee she found n ity LemNirz had o charm for her, beeause he opened up In Selence new realms of mystery; and JraN JAcQUEs Rous- 8EAU provided her with all the philosophy and reasoning which her moral nature seemed Lo de- mand. ker early marrlage, soon after the death of her grandmothier, to a Aort of country aquire, whose asplrations coulil not rise superior to the congenlul gruut of his plgs and the sym- pathetic bleatings of his calves, only served by coutrast and dissonance to develop her longlng for u free exercise of her fuenlties. The oppor- tuplty was not wanting. 8he left her home and went to Puarls with the first nan who encournged lier hopes and respanded to her ambitlon. It happeued to be a young Fuww-student tamed Jutes SaNprav, who abandoned lnw for 1Mt- crature, and who still lves, we belleve, Tor a time they lved In penury and obseurlty, the woman carning what they got by a koack of small drawling nud coloring. ‘Uhelr first yenture in lterature was together—a novel ealled ** Ruse et Blanche'—which was printed In the Z'jaro ineplite of the condemuation of such nen ns Barzac and KERATRY; but the latter thought no woman shoutd write. This was published under the nom-de-plume of “Jutes SAND.” But it was Mme. DupevANT who furnishol the real talent to tho combluation, as was immediately discovered in *Indiana,’ which she produced nlone shortly after. Thenceforward, though SavDEAUand she remalued together many years, thelr lterary work wase scparate; lers will never entirely disappear, his {8 scarcely known now. Ifer books, which are so numerous as to make even examination fmpractieable in such an artlcl ns this, have curlously followed the In- fluences und conditions n which she lived from time to thue. Her flest epoch was pure romance, In which she gave her lmagination frec play, only gulded to some extent by her own expertenees, which were peenlinely sugzres- tive in the romantle, Then she became more earnest and thoughtful, and the next series of ber books s cluricterlzed by o devotlon to philasophy, which is only vagarlous beeanse it fullowed the ramitications and changes in her studles, reflections, nnd associations, Then shie returned again to the purely romantie, and this regeneratlon wns brought about by the stuge, to which sho now tursed her attention. Ier dramatic compositions have never gained for her so much reputation as her novels, though the praduction of o new play by Groree Saxn at the Odcon Theatre (which Is the Thentre Franeais of the Parls students), has alwnys been an event of the greatest fmportunce, and some- tines even the occasion of an emeute. But her return to romance through this channel has given the world some delightful hooks from her old age, which hear the fmprint of u purer at- mosphere. Her life was always affected by her nssoclates in as prouounced a degree us sho exerted an {ofluence upon them. If, In thelr efght years of Intimate soclal com- meree, she dfd much to render Cro- PIN's musle so tender, pathetie, vomantle, and madltative, the influence Cuoriy had over her {s apparent enough fn “ Consuclo® aud fts sequel, % L Comtesse de Rudolstadt.” 8o she betrays fu other volumes the association with men of character and strength in thelr varlous provine ALrRED DE MusouT, with whom she traveled In Italy, undoabtedly developed her fuculty for receiving and reconveying the tinpresslons of forelgn Iands and peoplea which are discovered In ber books of travel, La- MENAIS at one tlme hrought back to her ufl her early Christian aspirations; st another, Pizrue Leroux infused Into her o curlous mix- ture of splrituntisin and the Pythagorean doc- trine, embodied In the mysticism of some of her hooks of that perfod; Mazzint, whose bovk she translated, inspired her with a devotion to the cause of political freedom, to which sho devoted herself in books, newspapers, and letters to the people durlug the revolutlonsry period of 1848, Her alliances with some of the most distin- guished men of the duy, though fu contrave ton of morals and in utter detlance of conv tlonulity, scem to have been prompted by n quick and responslve intellectual, rather than by a passlonats or sensual, nature. She was maseuline n inclbstions, tastes, thought, and habits; from thue to time durlng her life she resumed the habiliments of the male sex which she flrst wore us w child to ride about her natlve woods, The Amerlesn judg-. ment on her moral churacter will be hurshly (n- fluenced by the natural fucapacity of our people to muke u due allowance for the difference be- tween our severe soclnl codo und the grenter freedom of that partienlar phase of French Jfs Iuto wiich ahe wos (lest precipltated by un un- fortunute marriage. But in her memolrs (*“ LHistarlo do wa Vie™), which sho wrote 1ike most of the distingulshed lterary people of France some years ugo, shoe eays: My rellg- fon hus never changed at the foundation; the forms of the past have faded awny, for me as for my century, in the liht of reflection, but the cternal doctrine of the faithful—the good God, the tmmortal soul and the hope of the other Ife—hay reslsted evory test, every dlscussfon, and eyen the Intervals of desperate doubt.” Now thut this remmrkable woman {8 dead and gone, tho unly leguey that concerns the world {s hier lterary effects. They are not utleq nal in value; some of them will bg fore gotten on account of thefr vagaries, and others will be put ‘away for soclal reasuns, But her powerful imagination, her faculty of hngine- tion, her bigh culture, u charming mysticism, and her pure, brifllant, and forcible style, have all txerted tuo good un fnlluence upon the liter- ature and Hterary appreciation of this century not to be ackuowledged, at the tingl exit, as glv- ing her a place among the foremost writers of bee tune, —— Mr. Hovse wan elscted Mayor by the City Coun- cil, which hua no more nuthority to elect 8 Mayor than the county paupers had, and ho at ones en. tered upun the dutics of bl olce, while Corvix quistly appealed his cuzo to the Courls. Corviy belug vindicated sud ro-eatublished in his rigity, now presided 82 the meetings of the Councl exercives ull the other dutles of bis ofiice. Louls (ilube-Democrut. Mr. Hoxyng wus cleeted Mayor by thepeople of Chicagy, who gave him 37,000 of the 50,000 yotes cush ut the regulur eleeton beld In April just, ‘The City Councl} wetely canvussed thu yotes and dleclared the result, and by reason of anlg election prononnced him the legal Mayor af Cileago. Instead of “quletly appealing® Lig ease to the Courts, COLVIN made every passibly resistance, even going 8o fur as to thresten the use of the police force to keep hmaclf fu offce, But all tho departinentsof the City Government recognized the paramount authority of the City Counclly and ylelded obedlence to Mr. Tornn, Inorder to settle the case definitely, CoLvin'a lnwyera and Hoynw'a mutually agreed to sub. mit the ense to the five Clrenlt Judges of this county. This Court declded (1) That Cor. viN's term explred nore than & year ago,—~that he was only n locum fenens until a Mayor was clected by the people. (2) That the old Council had heen grossly derellet induty fn not calling such electlon long ago, and censured {t for its vefusal,—but 1t was Cos, Vi who fnfluenced the Council not to eall an lon. (1) That the Ton hield last April wiis too informal to give IToyng hisseat, though two of the tive Julges dlsagreed with this opin. fon of the majorlty. (4 That the Council may call nn electlon ut woy thne, upon twenty days! notlee, for Mayor, aud when o Muyor s thus el Cotviy must take his hat and mareh out. Be has contemded most stren. uously that he was mnot u locum lenens, but the rightful Mayor until April, 1877, This elaim the Court pronounees pre- posterous; but by resson of his influence over the old nud corrupt Counell he has maln- talned Ws bogas clalm for a whole year after his time had explred. Inthe face of these un. denluble facts, what becomes of the statement that CoLVIN s been *vindlcated and re-estalb. lished tn hls rlgghta ™1 That Zedoes not eonstder it much of a vindieation fs shown by the trick ha hns undertaken to play to get his case beforo the Bupreme Court on o fulse issuc and o lylng state of fuets, lu the liopes thas his late Carpos ratfon Counsel will help him to keep an ofllee to which he ias no lawful right a minute after the Councll does its duty. OBITUABY. JOSEPIINE OF SWEDEN, A dispateh trom London a day or two alnca announced the death of JosErtNg Maxiit. 14BNE BUGRNIE, . Queen Dowager of Sweden, who was born Marcht 14, 1807, She was the daughter of EuagNe BEANILARNAIS, son ol the Empress Joseeuing, aml hls wife, Avausta Ametir, daughter of MAXIMILIAN of Bavaria. She was inarrled June 19, 1823, to King Oscan L, who dled in 1859, She leaves the following children: Oscan Gustave Anourite, born 185385 Oscan Cuanncs Avousts, born 1850; Ogscan Cuannes Guinnavne, born 18615 und Evorya Narorzox Nicoras, born 1865, TREDWELL MOORE. A dlspateh was printed from Gen. Pore o fes duys sinee sunouncing the death of Lieut.-Col, Turowenn Moorg, Deputy Quartermusters General of the Army. The decensed had been In the service since 1817, at which thuo he waa made Brevet Second Licutenant, Iie served in the Mexican War, In campnigns agalnst the In- dians, aud during the Rebelllon served us Quar- termaster, and also as Speeial Inspector to the Quartermaster's Departinent of the Military Divislon of the Tennessce. OTHER DEATHS, The deaths are also annotneed of Command. er A. C. Stuivens, of the Uulted States Navy, who waus englucer on the Monltor in her thzhit with the Merrimnac near Norfolk; also of M. GROEN VAN P'RINSTERER, o very eminent Dutch statesman nnd writer, who was the antagonist of the Liberals for many years, The Pall Mull Gazetle says of him: Educated nt Leyden, M. Groex vAN PRiNatEnza entored Into tha arens of polemlcal literatura ot un early awe, and hin elaborate works um the House of Oranzo-Nnsxsu and the hiatory of the Netherlondy exhibited Lis theory of relizions dos velopment even before the vea of the Delglan revo: lution. 'T'he pletistic reactlon, which wae headed by o poot Dirbenuy, completoly won over the young “hlwtorian, who,'In 1831, was u declared ncmy of “‘tho [tevolution,“ 'and fallowed the Iens” worked ont from a Catlolle standpoint by MoxTaLEMUERT and others of the Liberal Catliolio #clwol upon the llnca of Protestantisin, The po- Mtlco-reifgious movement of which GRoEN van PuxsTERER became the leader, and whieh lie con- ducted with preat ability, forms a very curlous eplando in the annaln of [olland; It hes points of symfthy and rexemblance both with the Wealeyan nd the Tractarian rovivals, aud with the cavalior Toryf4m which owed [t bricf renowal of fife, some Aty yewrn ngo, to the genius of Scorr. M, Gnoen was & warm admirer of the 1louss of Orange, and o severe critic of the Republican party of 1olland n the nixteenth century, 1le detested modern Con- stitutionallam, though he was no absolutist, and he appored the non-sectarlan system.of education which was ostablished by the Dutch Liberals undor Tuouukcks'y teadersilp In 1857, ——————— The Milwaukee Sentinel, the whisky-thieves organ of Wisconsin, and which has been yelling itaclf hoarse for Br.AINE, docs not feol 8o confl dent of that aspirant's chances of election sinco reading his letters gs it did before. It says: We ielleve that It in a reasonable concluslon tram the premlsey that Mr. Brarxe will recelve at Cin. clnnati all, or very nearly all, the yotes that have been promised Riin on tho first hallot, but that he huw wutfered rome injury among the de aecond cholee he hoped Lo be. W have never un poned that Mr, BLAINE had suflicient strensth to nominnted on the tirst ballot, and we now appre- liend that the work of mcrlllllll!imlluhwquun( ale lats will not proceed space. - While, therefare, ous confidence 14 undiminished that 4o will head the Tist at st we conclude that the prospect of hisul- timste success s been lpaired by recent events, ———— The coustituents of Ald. CusiertoN met in his ward fn February lost and passed a resolution asking him to vote for a resolutlox calling an election for Mayor at the April cleo tion. Ife obeyed the vote of Instructfons of iy constituents, For this act he has been most vindietively and revengefully pursued by the Locum Tenens, whose term cxpired a year ago, e ———— Is It wise, lua party sense, for the delegates from Illinofs to foree BLAINE and his platforin of wild-cat raflroad letters on Ohlo, In the fuco of her protest In the Convention? Or for the Jowa delegates to do the sume thing for Tmdl- anat I thuse States are Yost n October, what becomes of the Presidentinl election fn Novem- Lerd ————— Ald. Curizwron (8 uuder a cloud just now for some of his ueta as Gauger; but thers Is more manhood and bonor fn hig ttle hnger thau lu the whole body of the Locum Lenens. —_— PERBONAL. Phillp Phillips, **the Singlng Pligrim, " has been a year [ Auatralla, ls now in Indla, anid will soun begin o reshicnce of several months In England. Michelet's posthumond worka, which aro to be edited by his widow very shortly, are understond to bo In somu part roviews of Comtlat philosop They have actuslly taken up 8 young man fu Bose ton, under the new law for the suppression of male alghtewnlkers, ITle name s West—fatal colneldenco | Mra. Tra Mend, of Greenwich, who In 100 years old, proved herwelf to be In full possession of hey facultics by the wilty obscryation that **Few peo- ple dic after they get to bo & hundred, " £ 4t 14 Aghiting obility the Amerlcan peaple want au the distingulshing quallty of thelr nest Preshient, they can't do better than promote that Hllustrion statesmun sud ex-puglilet, John Morrissey, An Oriental Order of Humllity, the chicf objeat of which appears to be the conferring of high wounding titles upon {nslgnliicant people, hoa beer catablished in thu South., The plun of the Orda {e traly ** Orlental.* Mr. Frank Moulton admlits that hels ‘*a Tilden Republican, " sccordlng to the phrase of Gen, Bute ter. Moultan suys Tllden will bave a larger fnan- clul backing from tho merchiants of New York than ny other candldate can hopo to get, Col. Georgs I, Butler, the handsome and brills fant nephew of Gen, B, ¥, Butler, laat tho Tree mont. Cal. Butler {aa delegato from Loulsiana the Nutlousl Hepublican Conventlon. 1lv (s une deratood to favor Morton or Conkling. » Towaglely hold their hands before thelr faces and peep through thelr Gngers when they cowe te the wax fdgure of Cleopatra, lifo slze, with clocke work uttachments, which occupies s conspicuons place at the Awerlcan Centennlal show. Brd. Swiishelm's surmise that the men of Ger= many do not wmuke tobaceo, but paper steeped in # weak solutlon of nlcatlne, fv recelved fn this country av a atartling revelation. Mre. Swisshelm must have supernaturul sources of informotion. The old 1looley Comedy Company, or the besh part thereof, Including Mr. O'Neill, Mr, Crandy and Mise Hawthorne, will uccupy MoVicker's ‘Theatre nest week, glving a succession of comedy performunces, Thoy open with Tow Taylor's