Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 14, 1876, Page 4

4 @he Tribyne. TERMS OT SURSCRIPTION. TAGE FREFAID AT PAYADLE IN ADVANCE— ‘I'I:‘IN OFF| Yish Dt Eatten, g, N i Matled to any address four weeks for, 1.00 Elmldb"! Edll{nm Literary and Religie 2m ¢ ' il oA o i e R T WERKLY EDITION, FOSTI'AID. e , PET_yOu! S Ie ery Clnbof twenty, per COpy. The postsge 18 15 cents & yuar, which wo wi Epecimen coples sent free, To prevent delay and mistakes, be ture and glve Poste Ofice address in full, Including Rtate and County. Ttemittances may be made elther by draft, express, Poat-Ogice order, or in reglstercd letters, at out risk. TERMS TO CITY SUDSCRINERS. Dafly, delteered, Sunday excepted, 25 conts per week, Daily, dellvercd, Sundsy Included, 50 centa |19r_wcc\: Adiiress THE TRIDUNR COMPANY, Corner Madtson and Dearborn-ats., Clicago, Ill MENTS. Adelph nire, Manros street, corner Dearporn. Varlety perfor mance. New Chicago Theatre. Clark street, between Lake and Randolph. THoo- Tey's Mlinatrels.’ Afternoon and evening. " Madison strect, between State and Desrborn, ** The Overland Ruate.™ Tlaoley’s Thentre. Tandolph strect, hetwean Ciark and LaSalle, En- gageincnt of the Oates Unera ltuufle ‘Troupe. ~Afier: Hoon. 'L Fillo de Mad, Angot.” Kvening, *'Ls Joliié Parfemouse.” Wond's Musentm. Monros street, between State and Dearborn, cashiry Luss.," Afternioun and evening. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1876, *Lan- Greenbneks at tho Now York Gold Ex- chauga yesterday closed at 88}, ¢ Mr. Wasnpunyg, having learned of tho sndden illuces of Mr. Bramne, yesterday sont from Paris o cable dispatch expressive of ro- gret and solicitude. It is nnnounced timt on Monday morning noxt there will boa general eleaning-up of whisky-fraud business in the United States District Court. Tho persons who liave plead- ed guilty and those who havo been found guilty nfter a trial by jury will bo arraigned for the purpose of receiving their respective sentences. In the opinion of Senator Looax the Stato of Illinois is an old woman hunting for her spectacles, when there they are right on her nose. He is indignant at the stupidity which has foiled to discover Presidential timber closo ot hand, and it is said he will mever gratify such n people by voting for the nom- ination of Wasununye or any other Iilinois mun, The Belgian Parliamontary elections have resulted in fovor of the Catholics, Many of the contests wers exceedingly close, and the arnouncenent of the vote was followed by rioting and bloodshed. Much fighting was indulged in both in Brussels and Ghent, and prominent Catholic buildings were guarded Ly Government troops. Many arrests were mado, and at last advices moro serious trou- ble wan feared. The Demoeracy of Maine and Delaware held their Conventions yesterdsy and se- locted delegates to the St. Louis Convention, In tho first-named State, TiLpeN rocured the delegates, while the tinancial plank of the platform adopted Lns the true hard-money ring. The Delaware Convention instructed for Bavarp, and also emphatically resolved fhat gold and silver is the only standard that o nation con safely tie to. Prof. Parroy is nceded in Connda to sit down on a case of heresy. Tho Rov. D, J. McDoyxers is unsound on the doctrine of future punishment as sot forth iu tho West- minster Confession and ordinarily under- stood by the Church, and the Crnadinn Gen- eral Assembly is engeged in an endeavor to straighten the thing out. As was the caso with Prof. Swiya in Chicago, popular sym. pathy is argoly on tha sido of the defendant, and unless sowmebody comes forward to spur tho Assembly on in this matter, there is danger that no sealp will be taken, Thero seems to bo no longer any reason for uncortainty as to the condition of Mr, Brave, The doctors of both schools unite in the opinion that he has beon relioved of his threatening symptoms, and that his speedy recovery i8 almost mssured, Evi. donces of the correctness of this view wero not Incking in tho sick-room yesterdny, Mr. Bramve penning with his own hand n dis- pateh thanking his friends in Cincinnati for their unswerving fidelity, and at varions times giving expression to his thoughts in n mnuner conclusively showing that ho had regained command of his menta) facultics, I NE—————— The action of tho Govornment counsel in dismissing the indictments ngainst Messra, ‘Wapswonri and Warp, which was dono yes- terday, will meet with popular approval un- der tho circumstances. They had no evi. donce againgt cither of theso gontlemon ex- cept that of Jake Renyr, and thoe Moxy trial abundantly demonstrated that neithor a jury nor the public would accept his story as true, It would, therefore, have beep n needless cost to have gonoe with the other triuls, depending on the same evidence, and tho result would merely have served to de- moralize the admistration of justico in the Federal Courts so that, 28 one of the coun- sel was heard to sy, It would eventually bo impossible to convict a cougtertoiter with the tools in his pocket,” If the Govern. ment counsel aro open to any criticism, it isfor a lack of sagacity in going to trial in ooy caso on Jaxe Reun'd story, which was Tepugnant to the common judguwent of those who have known him., 1t is only fair that this dismissal sbould reinstate Wamp and ‘Wapswonta in public estimation whero thoy wero beforo they were indicled, and leave theta just where an acquittal bofora a jury would have left them, e ——————— The Chicago produce marketa were less nctive yesterday, und prices avernged lower, but without weakness, except In provisions. Mess pork declined 250 per brl and closed strongor, 8t $18.52§ for July aud $18.75 for August, Lard declined 150 per 100 Ibs and closed sironger, at $10.97} for July and §10.10 for August. Meats wero Jo per 1b lower, &t 7¢ for boxed shoulders, 9§a for do short ribs, and 10c fordo short clenrs, Laks freights wero firmer, at 30 for wheat to Buflalo. Rail freights were unchanged, High- ‘wines were steady, at $1.08 per gellon, Flour was fu light deraand aud steady., Wheat waa 1o lower, closing ¢ $1.053 for June and §1.03} for July. Corn was jc higher, clos- ing at 444c for June and 44jc for July. Oats were easior, closing st 29)c for June aud 29§w29]c for July. Ryo ws casier, ot 71} @ 72 Barley was 1G2¢ higher, closing at G2 cash or sller June, Hoge wero active and stoady, with the bulk of tle sales ot $0.00@ .05 for light nnd beavy. Cattlo waro dull ad weak, rolling at §1.90@4.80. Tho sheep matkot was quiet, at $2.50@1.560. Last Saturdny evoning thero was in store in this city 1,282,318 bu wheat, 1,232,458 Jbu corn, 413,823 bu oats, 57,610 bu rye, nud 289,313 bu barley, aggregating 877,088 bu mord than a week proviously. One hundred dollars in gold would buy £112.60 in greonbacks nt the closo, Tho resolution introdnced into the Com- mon Conncil looking to the expulsion of Ald. Hizonern, beeause he has been guilty of neeepting bribes and perjuring himself, and is therefore unfit to bo a member of an official body, should be promptly passed, if the Judiciary Committee, to whom it was re- ferred, conclude that the Council has the authority to nct, s we do nnt doubt it has, It is & seandal and o reproach upon the city that its Legislaturo should have among its members o man who has confessed that, whilo holding the office, he conspired to stenl from the Government which employed him and committed perjury to enable himself and others to do this. As long as such a person i3 permitted to remain in any public oftice, thero will be no hope of reforming the public service, CurientoN, fortunately, is in a dif- ferent position. Ile stood his trial promptly, met oll the avidencs the Government could bring agninst him, including Acting-Mayor Corviv's spiteful and irrelevant testimony, and the jury merely found him guilty of negligence, but acquitted him of all corrupt conneotion with the Ring, to which Iz~ oprern has confessed ho belonged. In view of the fact that CuLLERTON was n Gauger only three months, and that it took the Gov- ernment eight months to ferret out the frands of the Ring, it is not very surprising ihat he id not discover them. CuLLERTON stands scquitted before the community, while HiLoreTi is a confessed whisky-thiof, and should bo at once kicked out of public servico forull time, THE CONVENTION. The health of Mr. Braise has been so far rostored that ho was able yestgrday to indite n telegram to his friends in Cincinnati, an- nouncing his own convalescence, and thank- ing them for their labors in his behalf. Tho result was an immenso increaso in the en- thusinsm forBrawve, ‘ChoPenusylvanin com- bination between Casenox and CoNgLuio bas broken down, the large majority of the dele- gates refusing to vote for Conzrina anddeclar- ing their purposo to voto for Braive. This almost unexpected accession of such s large number of votes has practically determined the result, and, nnless gome unforeseen acei- dent Lnppens, it is probable that Mr. Brave will be nominated upon the sccond ballot. It is vory likely that Gov. Haves will bo selected as candidate for Vice-President on the BLAINE ticket, JMr. MorroN appears to bo hopelessly beaten, though his friends maintain an ap- pearance of faith that ho iy holding his own, This can hardly bo possible, even so far as the firit ballot is concerned, which will be » formal bullot; while, if a sccond ballot should bo necessary, ho can only count with certainty upon the nuyielding support of Indinng, as the anzicty to be on the win- ning side will shake the loyalty of all but Lis own Stato. The CovrriNe men refuso to admnit that their candidato is beaten, but they practically admit as much when they ad- mit that the contest has narrowed down to Braise and CoNguiva. With tho contest thus narrowed down, the resule hardly ad- mits of a doubt, Br.amve being far the sirong- er man before the Convention, os ho unques- tiounbly is befora the people. THE CANDIDATES AT CINCINNATI. The scemingly irrcconcilable division at Cincinnati between tho friends of CoxriNg, MontoN, Braing, and DBristow lends many persons to the impression that in the end somo other candidate who has inno way participated in this struggle between the rivals will be tho nominee. Of these pos- sible eandidaten there are eeveral, but the most conspicuonsly presented to the Con- vention are Havrs, represented by the 41 votes of Ohio, and ITARTRANFT, represented Dy the 58 vates of Pennsylvania. By specinl instructions, theso 102 votes are withheld from distribution among the othier candi- dates. It is becauso of this that all ealen- lations and estimates aro made “ after the first ballot." It is eclaimod, however, that au arraugement has been mado whereby the vote of Pennsylvania is to be changed from TanTnaseT to CoNkLING, after which Hant- nANrT will be henrd of .no more. But the Haves vote is of a more permanent guality. It {8 not o commercinl commodity. It comnot Lo rold ont or exchanged. It isa voto repro- senting one of the great battle-fields of tho election. ‘The result of the election in Ohio depends largely upon the eandidato who mny benamed. 'Iho Eepublicans of Ohio do not want CoNgrINg, nor do they want MozrtoyN, Braixg, if in his wonted henlth pnd mental vigor, would be loss objectionable, With Brisrow, Oliio would be contented, and in case Bmsrow at any tino should develop n strength where the vota of Ohio could turn the balanca in his favor, it is likely Lo would gut the whole vote of that State. In the meantinie the vote of Ollo will continue to Lo polied for Harrs, "'he wholo aspect of things in the Conven- tion will bo changed should thers be any alarming intelligenco concerning Mr, Brame's health. Unless his recovery be established 08 certain, bis illness will continne to hnve some influcnce on the action of the Conven. tion, ‘Thero i3 a somawhat bitter antagonism—n vindictive focliug—on tho part of a portion of the Western friends of BraiNe and Coxg- Liyo towards Bristow, and this feeling will prevent them from uniting at any time to vominate t.o Kentuckian, Should Braxx prove unable to be nominated, or should he, beeause of the precarious condition of his liealth, bo withdrawn, then Lis vote will be divided, and whers will it it go? Asa rule, Braase's frirnds are opposed to CoNKLING ; 8 portion of them may go to Monton, B small portion to Buistow ; but the bulk of them will naturally seek another and a now man, Bo, when Cosgring or Monton bo abandoued, tho bulk of their friends will prefer 8 naw man to either of the rival con. didates, and even when Bristow's friends find it neccusary to accure a choice to slect a satisfactory candidate, they will as body scck a new man in preference to Braixe, 3lorToN, or CoNKLING. Whoshall this new man bo—who, being free of ull participation in past porsonal struggles, is not involved in tho present ongry coutro- vergios ? Who ix it that will bo equally accept- ableto the Reformers and to the adherents of Brane, Conxvixg, and Montox ? Prominent is Gen, Hayes, to whom aro plodged the forty-four votes of Ohio, and who is consid- cred accoptuble to all the other cundidates {or the second placo on the ticket. Auother person named i the Ifon., Wirimw A. Waukyesn, of Now York, au cminent niewber of Congress from the old Biuas Wasour dise THE CHICAG TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, JUNL 14, 1876. e e trict in New York, who, howaver, will hardly dovelop into a candidato until thero is a gen- eral breakdown of thoso at present promi- nently named. A third person nnmed is Mr. Evmu B. Wasnnunye, who fs now in Paris, This gentlenian, shonld thero bo ocension for Lis name to ho presented, will be personally unobjectionable to n large body of West- ern BLaixe men, to . all New England and tovthe Sonthwestern people. To Ohio he would bo cspecially acceptable, as his nomination would sectiro the undivided vote of the Germnan population, rondering nsuccess in Ohio beyond all doubt. If achoica be mado outside of Braise, Bnisrow, CoNr. r1¥g, aud Montoy, it will in all probability be cither Haves, Wasupunse, or WHEELER. Mr., Hayes is n gentleman of most respectn- Lle talents, and of irrepronchable character; n clear-headed man of sound principles, a bravo soldier, and undoubted Republican, e woull command the averngo Republican voto in all the Statés of the Union,and would earry Ohio. Mr, Waeesen is a man of ex- pericnco and nbility, a sound Republican, to whom tho country owes the admirablo ar- rangement by which peace was given to Louisinua, Ile, too,-though comparatively unknown, would commnnd the general Re- publiean vote, would strengthen the party in Now York, evon though ho may not ha as strong ns Haves in Ohio, Mr, Wasnounrsze is known to the whole country. As a Repub- lican ho would bo as strong in Now England and Now York as any other candidate, while in Ohio hie would be invincible. The Convention will meet to-day. It is not likely that business will have so far progressed that balloting can bo begun beforo Thursday nt noon. By that time tho pres- ent and probable futurs Atate of Mr, DBraiye’s henlth will be definitely ascertain. ed. If hoshall have sufllciontly recovered to give promise of rencwed physical vigor ho may bo nominsted before Thursday night, though this is but a speculation which may be changed by the constantly-recurring variations of opinion at Cincinnati. Tho presont indications aro that all the anti- Coxxriva vote will unite on BraiNg. THE CHARTER OF 1975, If the petition introduced into thoe Com- mon Council Monday ovening nasking that the charter of 1875 be submitted to the peo- ple bias 10,000 ona fide signatures of legal voters—being more than onc-cighth of all tho legal voters of tho city—thon the Coun- cil ean exercise no discretion in the matter, but is required by law to submit within tweuty days tho question whether Chicago shall reorganize under such charter or not. The movemant for tho submiksion of the new charter is certainly ill-timed, ndding, a3 it doos, anothor complication to the un- seltled condition of municipnl affairs, aud tho assumption that tho petition has been secared at tho instanco of AMr. Covin and liis friends will prejudicos good many plo- plo against it who would ordinarily favor its adoption. There is little doubt that the purpose iu bringing it forward now iu fo legislate tho new Council out of offico next fall, one-half of which would otherwise serve until next spring and the other half until a year from next spring, But wo ara confident, if the charter be ndopted, that the bummer element can again be defeated in their hopo of electing a Council of the old sort, and that all the good men in tho present Council con ensily bo re-clected if they will consent to bo candidates. In any event, one branch of tho City Couneil, being chosen by the city at large under the charter of 1877, would be composed of good men, and would have the power to defeat vicious legislation, With the probability, then, that the purpose of the bummer ele. ment may bo defeated, the merits of the charter of 1873, if submitted, should com- mend themselves to the people now as much as thoy did when the chartor was at firut do- vised, 'but practically dofeated by stufling the ballot-hoxes in favor of the present charter of 1872, The chnrter of 1875 may be submitted and adopted without holding any more elactions than are nlready provided for. The Council has ealled a specinl election for Mayor on July 12; tho charter may be submitted on the samo dny without materinl increnss of expense. 'the Iaw requires only twenty days' notice, and if the dato Lo fixed for July 12 at tho next Council meeting, which i to bo held Friday aftornoon, thers will ba an intervention of tweuty-six days. TPublic economy and the interests of the city (in view of tho uneccessity of submitting the question in any case) suggest the adoption of this programnmo, If, then, tho charter bo adopted by n majority of the voters, it provides that thoe cxisting charter and oflicers shall continue in nuthority until the reguler eldgtion dny in November, when an entire new set of officers will be elocted and the new chiarter will go into offect. The Council having decfred the offico of Mayor vneant, and as tho vacancy will be fitled the 12th of July by popular clection, the Mayor chosen at that time will be the lawful Mayor of tho city till the regular fall clection, and Mr. Corvey will have to step asido tho same a4 if the charter of 1875 were not adopted. The most conspicuous advantage of the charter of 1875 iu that it limits the rate of city taxation to 1§ per cent on the assessed valuation of the property. 'This is on the State nssessment, which is the only assess. ment made under tho present Roveruo law, The tex-lovy of 1875 was about 1,000,000, and nmounted to a small fraction less than 3 per cent on the ussossed valuation of the property, or nearly double the amount aun. thorized by tho charter of 1875, It is proba. blo that, with tho natural increaso of tho State nssessment, the city dould lovy a gross tax of $3,000,000 for the current annual ex- penditurcs and keep withiu the lawful limit of 1} percent. There is a very general im. pression that the City Government can bo adequately maintained for that sum, but it will bo almost impossible to prevail upon oven the best of Councils to bring themselves down to that limit unless they are con- strained thereto by law, This provision of the chartor of 1875 will, thercfore, attract to it tho support and votos of & large proportion of the tax-payers, "The proposed charter hos other distinctivo merits which should comrend it to the peo- ple of Chicago in preforence to the extsting charter, which was framod more with & view to the amaller cities and towns than in keep- ing with the necgssities of a large and metro- politan community. Ouo of theso in the abolition of the various Boards, and concen- tration of authority in the individual bLeads of departments, subordinata aud accountablo to tho Mayor, It provides that the Comp- troller, Corporation Counsel, City Attorney, Comuwissioner of Public Works, Commission- ¢r of Health, Firo Commissioner, and Polico Commissioner, aball compose the * Mayor's Cubinct"; that they shall meet for consulta. tion at least once a weck, and oftener when called by the Mayor or any two members of tho Cabinet ; that all contracts excaeding the suwm of $500 shall bo approved by a wejorigy of this Cabinet in n pnblio voto of yens and nnys, restricting tho award to tho lowest ro- sponsiblo biddor who sliall furnigp satisfac- tory bonds for the performance of the work. Grent saving and reform in the public con- tract work are expected from this plan, Another and still moro desirable improve- ment {a the provision for two branches in the Common Council, the organization of which is modeled after the nationnl systom, The Board of Councillors or ** Upper Houso " is to consist of fiftoen members to be clected on the general city ticket for four yenrs, sovon at one general election and cight at the noxt, excopt that the entiro Bonrd is electad at tho first genoral election under the new charter, ‘This Doard concurs or non-coucurs in the appointments of the Mayor, and ling n negativo vote on the ordi- nances of the other Board. This provides a permanent check upon hasty and corrupt city legislation ; and, ns the Board of Coun- cillors aro elected by the city at Inrgo, it is probable that both parties will always put their best men forward to strengthen their tickets. The Board of Aldermen consists of three members from ench ward, which would bo fifty-four in all, to bo elected every two years. The number was fixed at three fo ns to minke tho principlo of minority repro- sentation operative, in onse it sliall also bo adopted when submitted separatoly, but at the same timo as tho chartor; in that cnso overy voter may cumulate or distribute a3 ho ploases lis votes ninoug the candidates for the Board of Councillors and among the eandidates for Alderman in his own ward. All sppropriation bills and ordinances originate with the Board of Al dormeon, but the Board of Councillors have the snme privilege of nmending, coneurring, and negativing na in other legislation, Tho Mayor and Council love relntively much the same powers as at present with the nid of the AMayor's bill, excopt that the confirmation or rejection of appointments is intrusted to the Board of Councillors alone, The officers elecled by tho votes are the Mnyor, City Trensuror, City Attornoy, and Commissioner of Henlth, ench for two years; all other city officers are appointed by the Mnyor, with the consent of o majority of the Councillors, and subject to removal at any timo, excopt when two-thirds of the Council rofuso to conenr in such removal. No sulary can bo fixed at a higher rato than $3,000 per annum. No personis eligiblo to the oflice of Mayor moroe than onco in four yenrs, and no member of the Mayor's Cabinet is eligiblo to the oftice of Mayor until two yonrs after ho shall have eeased to bo such membor, These are the most striking fentures of the chartor of 1875, which the Council is now required to submit, and which, to savo codt and trouble, should be submitted on the samo dny s the special election to fill the vacancey in the Mayor's office. Thoe charter was carefally studied and olaborated ox- pressly with a view to Chicago's necessitios; ond, though wo rogret that thero hns been n call for its submittal at this time, its merits commend it to adoption, CHICAGO AS A SUMMER RESORT. The return of tho summer months, with their product of green trees, warbling birds, nsparagus, strawborrics, balmy broezes, grasshoppers, picnics, and now potatocs, once more suggests tho propriety of urging upon the people of this country tho peculiar ond unique claims of Chicego ns a place of summer yesort. While Boston is baking, Now York boiling, Philndelphin broiling, ‘Washington simmering, and Cincinnati, Mil- wankee, Louisville, St. Louis, and other suburba of Chieago frying, the people of this city are onjoying cool broezoy, refresbing rainy, greon flelds, o grateful sun, and balmy air—winds from the north and east temporod by the the cooluess of the Lake, and from tho south and-west, bearing to us fragment bints of tho grass, flowars, wheat snd corn of the prairies. Thero aro many reasons why people af- flicted with the heat, and dust, aud gonoeral depression of other cities, should como here, and the principal one is that thero is no heat, or dust,.or general depression hero, but, on the other hand, coolness, cleanncss, and wide-nwake retivity. A man aceu.tomed to the broiling sun.rays of Now York, re- flected in hot streams from the high build- ings that wall up its norrow streots, can rejoice in the cool breczes that sweecp through our broad, straight thoroughfarey, A Thiladelphian, who is blinded with dust all summer ond brenthes more strect-sweep- ings than ho does oxygon, can come hero and keep his eyes clear and his face clean, and have tha satisfaction of walking upon side- wnlks and riding upon pavements that are kept as nicaly as n good housewifo keops hor floors. 'T'he Cincinnatian, blackened and be. grimed with conl-smolse, can wear white linen Lero and eat spring chickens not peppored with soot, The 8t. Louisan, weighed down and deprossed with the ennui and dullness of his city, and sick of doing husiness with tho pawnbrokor and tho auctionoer, can re- Jjuvonata himself in our robust activity, and #till return in time'to got his namo into tho Directory, 'f'hore aro many sepecial attractions in which Chicago excels Sarntoga, Long Branch, Nowport, the Thousand Isles, aud other bumanity-pons, First, wo have the bost water in the world, pure, limpid, cool, and eparkling, and plenty of it. Lho reservoir {8 inoxhaustible, It dncs not come from a shallow, stagnaut poud, full of lily- pods, bullfrogs, pollywogs, nowts, turtles, and noxions vegetations, but from the groat inland sea two milos away from human lifo, desp enough to sink n man.of-war out of sight, nevor riled or polluted from the bot- tom, ovonby hurricanes. 'This water tempers all the broozos that blow over it, 5o that they envelop the whola city with cooluess and purity, bracing gnd strengthoning its peoplo through the day, and giving thewn calm, refroshing sleop at night. It furnishes basy, pickorel, trout, and whiteflsh, which aro harder, firmer, oud swecter than othor fish that do not swim in such deep, cold waters, Its brond expanse furnishes an un- rivaled sailing ground, whero one may have the inspiriting, bracing feeling of ocean nav- igation and sail out of sight of land, It sffords tho oye an ondless succession of waterscapes, never aliko on two successive days, with el the placid beauty of a river in calm and the majestic grondour of the ocosn in storm, and on sunshiny days flocked with Bying parti-colored shadows, like thoxe that 1akes tho Bwiss lakes so famous for their beauty, giving suorises like those that Oravpk painted and moonrises like those of Prunes. So much for its wator. Second, no city in this country, perhaps no city in the world, possosses 8o wany and sych fine hotels. 'They are not great wooden caravansaries in which human beings are packed awuy like sardines in a box, into G-by-4 sweltoring dons, like the great barny of Haratoga and Newport. 'Thoy aro not firc-trop, a4 tha juspeotors have pronounced the liotels of Now York to be, 'They are not caal-stuoky or greasy liko tho Ciucinnati hotels. 'They nro not deserted aud lonesome like tho St. Louis hoteln. They are spacions, roomy, cheerful, clegant, couvenient, and comfortable, All that art can do to make them nttrnctive has been done, Thelr tables aro supplied with the products of thoe TFar West, tho North, and the Bouth, and all the delicacios of tho East, brought hero in n day or two by rail and steamer. Their hospitality is disponsed by hospitablo mon, who have sympathies for the lmuman race, and by clerks who are not paid to keep up a dinmond-shirt front, talk slang, and part their hair in the middie, Third, wo have drives which are un- equaled. Tho visitor, if ha likes 0 water. side drive, cnn take tho beach-road skirting Lincoln Park, or, if he prefers to go inland, mny traverse tho South Park sud Drexel Boulgyards, surrounded with trecs, flowers, and shruby, through miles of gardens, with n mngnificont outlook stretching ns far as the eyo can sce, nud gay with erowils of handsome equipages, untroubled with dust, and breathing the purest air in the world. These aro some of the principal fontures of the city that make it the groat placo of sum- mer resort. There aro many minor foatures, stch ns the busy stroots, the elegant blocks of business and palatinl resfdonces, tho unusual facilities of rnilrond, steambont, and telo- .graph, the best nowspnpers and pretlicst ‘women in tho country, the netivity of busi- ness na compared wi h less-favored places, the Loeum Tenena, the elegant churches and famous ministers, the fino shooting and fish. ing within o few hours' drive of tho oity, the woll-stocked markots, the handsome theatres, and the thousand-gnd-ove other attractions wo bave not the spnco fo enumerate. Por. haps one of tho best proofs of our advan- toges ns n placo of summer resort is the crowds of strangers nlready in the city. THE MANIA FOR ECONOMY. \ Without tronching upon the philosophy df tho panic and the resulting hard times, no observing person can doubt that n large part of tho present commercial and social distress is owing to n certain mania for cconomy which scoms to have fastened most npon thoso who ore suffering tho lenst. 'This gon- eral observation does not apply to -the ob- vious nocessity for retrenchiment in public expenditures for various rensons. The ex- pondituro of tho people’s monoy is nlways relntively greater thon individusl adminis- tration of private property, and for many yenrs past there has been an agount of ox- travagance, wastaze, nnd plunder which public welfare would requive to be changed, no matter how pyposperons tho community. But thero is undoubtedly a vast amonnt of hypocrisy and meanness in tho restraint which many persons are putting on their own individurl expenditures, and thocontinuation of the haxl times is largely attributablo to tho coutngion for hoarding rather than retronchment. Referenco is not mnde to those people whosa necessities, from a dopro- ciation of proporty, loss in business, and a failure of actual income, force thom to ocono- mize, nor to these who, having lved boyond their means and experienced tho discomfort nnd chagrin consequent upon.it, have deter- mined to do so no longer. The particular claws at fault is mado up of those who earn g8 much oney now ng before the panie, and those whose share of worldly goods is atill largely in excess of tho average® well-to-do man, but who have takon advantage of the general depression to stint thomsolves and their families, and fmpress upon everybody with whom they come in contact that there ‘is an impending ealamity worse than any- thing that Lins happened herotofore. Tho atmosphero is positively Lluo from the oxhalations of theso morbid and snifiling cronkers. Thoy protrude their protendod poverty on all sides, while they have monoy lying idle intho bank, continue to make regular annual profits, and never forgot to cut off tho coupons from their bonds as the interest comes due. Stinginess among these pooplo has assumed microscopic meanness, Nor are they content with hoarding their own menns and resources at the cxpenso of depriving themsclves of all gratification of their wants, but all their conversation is im- pregoated with approhonsion sud despond. oncy, and their intercourse with other peo- plo seoms principally for the purpose of leaving tho impression that tho world is coming toan ¢nd, or some other dire and erushing ealamity is about to fall upon man. kind, Wo venturo to say that every reader of this who docs not recognize that he is the person meant will bo ablo inatantly to fix upon sevoral persons of lig acquaintanco who it tho description oxnetly. If theso commorcinl and social Zartuges had spirit onough to appreciate that they are tho chief agents in mainteining the hard -times, when there is plenty of money in tho country and when production is rife and abundant, they might perhaps give over the intense satisfaction of making themselves and overybody else misorable. It is not easy to eny how such poople can be affected, but perhaps the best way to trent them 15 to bully and chinff them upon every possible oceasion, to hold thom up to ridi- cule instend of joining in with their tedions jeremiads, to expose the insuffernble selfish- ness and mennness of their conduct, and on. deavor to shnmo them into an abandonment of their sentimontal and morbid cconomy. Wo would not advize anybody to live boyond his incomo, for it was this perniciouspractica applied to the country at largo which betray- ed us into the panic. Dut we would advise overybody to satisfy their ordinary wants when thoy have the means to do so, and live upon their resources as liberally na they would have done had there been no ponio ; and the rich peoplo who aro constantly look- ing poverty in the face, and whose fear of the poor-hougo incroases with tholr acoumu. lations, are now proper subjects for scoff and ridiculo, The oxpectation of relief from tho Cen. tennial Exposition i based upon the theory that travel, sight-seeing, and a groater tamiliarity with tho improvements of tho time, will creato new wants and bring about a more liberal exchango and consumption, T'he railronda may be made an cfficient agency in this by the reduction of passonger rates to such & figuro us will set pcople in motion, and they will also profit byit. There will bo an casier and moro liberal sentiment whon local taxation is reduced, and less of the substance of the peoplo is wasted upon a clasg of bummers who are now supported altogethor too woll and too numecrously, Particularly the nomination of two good candidates for tho Presidency, if this can bo brought about, will be a political aid to recovery from the present depression, But more than all else, the repeated discom. fiture of the cronkers, and the liberalization of the rich aud well-to.do who fanoy thom. selves poor, will re.ostablish the prosperity which this country is entitled to enjoy by reason of its youth, vigor, and resources. Donth from mentsl worry aud consuming avarice will happily rclieve all commwunities { of a portionaf thess stingy busyLodiss, who aro not conteat with their own meanness, but dosiro everybody else to bo mean; but Aomo hondway should also bo mnado against them, and somo relief obtnined from tho dis- mal impressions thoy sprend, by meeting them boldly and oxposing their niggardly work. Ilero fa an opportunity whero wit can bo mado useful, Tho Acting-Mayor is ovidently indulging in some petty, spiteful motives in his con- duct of city affairs that prompted him to ap. pear in CuLrenron’s irial and give evidenco which hind no bearing on Currertoy's guilt, bnt which he hoped would projudico the jury against the defondant, It is in the same spirit that Corviy hny now removed Mr, Privptvieie from the Board of Public Works and Ifasinron from tho offiee of Boiler Inspector,—simply beenugo theso per- sous Intely havo not howled for Convin's continuntion in oflice in spito of tho judg- mont of the Court that he is & mero locum tenens. 'Wo havo no interest in cither of the gentlemsen who have been removed, but we adviso the Council to non-coneur, simply be- cause it is nu oltrnge that this man CoLvin should seck to nvail himsolf of loss than a month's tenuro of office to disturb the entire City Governmont, and marely to gratify his dosire for porsonnl rovenge. Thoro wny no way to preveut his disgusting exhibit of spleen in the CursrnroN caso, but thero is n way to provent his turning the entiro City Govermnent topyy-turvy, and tho Council should not humor him in #o reckless a misuse of official authority for personal ends, Thero aro sevoral pointsof correspondence Dotwoen the Itepublican Convention which met in Chieago in 1860 and the Convention which will meet to-day in Cincinnati, Pro- vious to tho meeting of the Chicago Conven- tion Mr, Srwanp was supposed, as Mr, Braise is now supposed, to have n largs pro- ponderance of the votes, and his frionds ex- pected that *“aftor tho first bullot " he would re. ceive ruch accessions as would nominate him immediately. But tho result was differont. The voto on the firat ballot was : Seward. 731¢ Dayton.... J8 027 |McLean a3 10 [1] H On tho recond ballot, Pennsylvania aban- doned her favoritoson, and, inatend of voting for SEwARD, voted for Lixcorw, the ballot resulting: Sewanp, 181); Linconw, 181; Cirasr, 42} ; and 63 for all others. On the third ballot, Mr. LmvcoLN was nominated, So intonse wns the excitement concerning the choice for President that pothing was said about the Vice-President. ‘There were, in fact, no eaudidates for that nomination until after the other nomination Lad Leon acted on, The Vice-President being thon conceded to the Enst, Haxriy got a majority on tha"first ballot, In the Republican Con- ventions of 186t, 1868, and 1872, the only contests were npon tho nomination for Vice- Presidont, the Presidontial candidato being nominated without opposition in oach case, The unsnimous exculpation of Sperker Kenn is a maottor for profound gratification on all sides. Tho reputation of the country could not well anduroe to havetthe charge of bribery affixed on a man occupying Mr. Kenn's position, and one who hns been uni- versally and without regard to party rogard- ed a8 an upright and honorable gentlomnan, The frank and gonerous statomonts of the Republican mombeors of the Committee which investignted the charge should be a lesson in partisan fairness to the Democratic majority in Congress, which so far hns chiefly used its power to givo ear to tho most senscless charges against Republican oflicinly, oven when it was patont that such charges were prompted by motives of porsonal or partisan spite. Porhnps Mr. Krun, if his health bo spared to him, will hencoforth use his influ- ence in favor of justico to Lis opponents ; if he cannot live, certainly thore could have Deen no death-bed consolation moro gratefal than this unanimous vindication, The Clncinnati Gazette publishes the following correspondence as disproving the allegation thut the publications in that paper concerning the paytnent of $64,000 to Mr. BratNg by the Unjon Pacific Rallway Company was Instigated by Mr, Bristow and his fricnds: The 804,000 bond atory was first printed at In- Alanapolly, and was reproduced,” of course, in thu Gazelte, ‘Phe dispatches scut from Wash- ington by Gen. BovnTon, correspondent of (s papur, were, ns wu shull now show, dictated by Me, srae himself, Upon the pablicition of the Tn- diauapolisreport, ‘Gen, BovyTon addressed the fullowlng note to Mr, BLmNe: S'CINCINNATI GAZETTE, WASHINGTON OPFICE, April 12, 1870.—Dzan Mu, Huase: Of courac T must say romething sbout the story from Indianap- olls. Ix there any pont you desire me to muku? 1 will take pleasuro In aerding; auy statementa you may wlsh to huve nppenr fn the Gazetfe on your suthority. Truly yours, 1L V. Borxron. “efton. Tanzs G, finaine To this Mr. Brak replicd an follows: S WEDNESDAY EVENIN DEAn GENERAL: T shall give to the Assoc Presw o whort letter written by ine a few weeks since to 8 frivnd In the West, touching the question, “'Fou havo iny thanks for your kind offer, and T can only say&hut warp and woof the atory of my ever recelving at auy time 8 peany from the Unlon Pacllic Pallrond Coinpany Ja falee, ‘The Compuny never qmd any money of which direcily or indi- rectly Tgot the advantage, and uo man llving can Theay his statement. Indced 1 never had any Blninces transnction of any kind whatever with b Union Puclfic Company or 4oy persons repreacnts fng it ¥ You may use this statement, but T would pre- fer that yoil put it in your own words rather thun have It sppear as an fnierview, Sincerely, ‘. 0. Brae, *+1t hins been eald frequently to-day that the at- tack originated with Senator Montox snd for hie benetit, Ido not wish myself to be underatood ay {n nny way reaponsibla for such ‘a statement, and thin yon iuay iuclude In yourparapraph If you please. J. G, Braie™ Upon recelving this note, Gen, BovxTon seultho following to the Gazelte: “ BLAINE's DENIAL OF TIE BOND STORT, Speciul Dispatch o the Cincinnatl Gazette, PV AR INGTON, April 12, -1 regurd Lo the story from Indlanapolin, connecting Mr, BLaNg with the aalw af the Arkanaas Rallroad bonds to the Unfon Pucitle Itatlroad Company, ho sesurcs hin friends to-day. in 8 most positive sannér, that, in warp and wool, the story of his ever recclving ot aw time nramly from “the Unfon Paclic Company (‘: fulse; thit the Company nover pald uur money of which he, either directly or indicectly, recefved thu sdvantage; that hle statemunt no Jiving wan can Enhluy. ++Furthar, that he never had sny business teans- of any kind whatsoever with the Unfon Pa- clfic Company, or with any poron representing it. My, Braine's friends bave freely charzed that the Indanagiolis story was orlginated. for the benefit of Senator Montoy, and was printed to-day to influ. ence the Virginla Conventlion. Mr. BLaivg himeelf suya hie I8 not in any way responsible for thisatates ment. Gentlemen “hiero having dealings with the Unlon Paclilc Itoad l-l{1 thero 14 nothing fn the resolution said tohave been clted by Me. 1IARstson, the Government Ditector, whichpoints even re- motely toward Mr. BLaine. " The next day Gen, BovstoX le grap hed the fol- “IWII'I“ to the Yazeile, alvo upon Mr. BLarse's au- thority : *+ Mr, BraiNe declares most cm‘phnllully that he had nothing whatever to do with the Moutox, liLiss & Co. Lransaction with the Unfon Puclio Rtuilcoad, Ho ways that tha current story that ho sold the Arkansas ponds fur u constituent, and re« ceived the 864,000 on account of this constituent, 11 abrolutely false, He neither handled tho bonds nor the moey for himeelf or for any ono clee. In regard to demandlug un lnvertlgation, va tho mat- ter now stande, be doea not intend to doit, i friends say thal tha Democrats wonld have an ope portunity to gratify their pervonal hostility to him, By iiowing buch an' inseatigation to dra alo without conclusion until the Clucinnati Couvy tion, 1f the Democrats, however, delerming upon an fnvestigation, he will then demand that it shall be promptly, and vigorously, and espoditiously pushed to a'conclusion, ———e——— Benan, the champlon of the dumb brutes, has cote out uhead on the turtle question, He ro- cently made a most carbest protest against the manner {n which turtles are brought from Key ‘Weat, to which u reply was mude that the turtle was insensible to paln, and that he could not be transported in wuy other manner thun ou his back, Mr. Buson, bowever, bas proved from the worka of the naturalists that the turtle s A very acnsitive animal and feels paln very keenly, and, n niddition to this, shows that tylng the oy, fmal on Its hack sometimes polsons fta flesh, i1 furthermore shows that it s just na easy to bring the turtle in a tank of water as to bring f¢ on its back, and that it gets through in bhetter shape, nud works up better Into soup. Every turtle in the land owes Mr. BRRan a dobt of gratitude, and ought to extend its Nipper to hin and shake, e —— The Boston fconoclnats have at last beep awakened to a sense of thelr outrageous cone duct In allowing thelr vencrable Revolutionary relle, the O1d South Churely, to be demollshed, ‘The press of the country In all directions g taunted them, reviled them, denounced them, and at laat commercial greed has halted heforg sweeplng It nway, to sco i the antlquarians and the degenerate sons of pilgrim sires can rafsg funds enough to prevent ft. Hero will bhe an excellent opportunity for the Radieal Club, of Boston, to stop talking twaddle and do soine thhs for the good old Revolutionary times, and forthe venerable members of the Massachuesctts Iistorical Society to: stop adintring each other and go to admiring the Ola South, ubout which they prate so muclh, ——— It is presumed that CorviN hns appolnted O'Nen, to the Board of Publie Worlks, and Munrny as Doller Inspector, with the purpose of counterncting the resentment he created among the Irishien by his volunteer testimony to prejudice CuLLerron's case. - We don't hes lleve it will work. CorviN can never ngatn got the Irish vote,—nor, for that matter, any other vote to speak of,—for any office In the City of Clueago. PLRSONAL, Mra. Scnator Loganaund famlly have returned ta the clty nnd taken posscssion of thelr houso at 61 Calumet avenne. The local politiclans of Philadelphin left that clty Sunday night singing **Hold the Fort™ and blagpheulng for Martranft. The Tev. Dr. John Iall proposes to spend his summer g‘munn in travel in the West, ond epeak- Ing on Suhday-school matters, Stephen 11, Tyng, Jr., has opened a gospel tent, for the summer campalgn, at Sixth avenuc and Thirty-fourth strect, New York, O'Donovan tosea's ** akirmlshing fund " to carry on operations agalnst England in the Fenlan in terest grows with nuexpeeted rapidity, A powortul mind suggests that the Democratle party ts Ule a man riding backiwards in a car—ho docan't xce anything unt(l ko has passed it. We suggest to Anna Dickingon the meansof an awful and amplo revenge, Let her eriticiso the un. collected—dlsheveled—poems of Willlam Winter, Esq. T'he London World announces that Capt. Burna. Dy, the Central-Aslan llon of the London ralons, {8 about to atart for Africa in quest of Mr. Stanley, who hag not been hieard of for over a year. Morrlson, of 1lliuols, warned Tarbox not to ot- tack Blalne. **If you pitch Into Blaine," said Willlam, *‘you will bellove by to-morrow night that there 1s a hell and that you aro{nft.” Tarbox Colvin nover had reason to accuso Cullerton of negligence. So far ns tho experience of Locnm Tremens extends, there 18 not a more Induatrious, falthful, and persistent oficer in the servico of the city. The New York bookscliers aro gencrally ndopting the Chicago plan of having resting-places for thelr customers, and wo are glad to sec the New York papers giving eredit in the proper quarter for tha iden, Many wisé womenof Keoknk keptaway from Jadee Love's lecture Jast Saturday night beeause, we aro informed by a local print, they feared the subject wonld **necessitate an abstract and obtruse treat- ment." **Skirmish alang tho best way possiblo, and God will take care of us all," eald Congressman Pur- man, Wonder if he haan't gone to Cincinnati? Sume of the Southern votes, they say, are a littlo *tonsartin.' The St. Touls Republican cxactly understands the position of Mr, Bergh with regard to the re- versed turtle. He proposes that each turtle shall snooze on a padded wllk cushion and ba escorted luto town by a brasa band, Tho sale of Fechiter's country eeat in Ducks County, 2., has becn postponed. 1le patd $12,000 for it, and left It under a mortgage of $4,000. It is a plcturesque farm-house, owing its attractive- ness more to tho brauty.of the surrounding coun- try than [ta own, Qamblers are proverblally weak on political cal- culatlons, The way the pools arc scillng show that the gamblers of Chicago aro particularly ignorant of the chances they are risking thelr money upon; they make Iastranft & favorite, Now Is tho thne for brisk young reformers to wade {n and do some- thing for their aged parcnts and poor relations. Clara Iubbard, & young woman, accompanied I, L. Van Neas, the Chicago pedestrian, for 207 miles on hia recent walking-match in Philaaelphia. Sho fell twico on the track, and wns only kepd going towards the close by the uso of stimulants, Flnaily sho was removed from the hall, and §s now lying in a eritical condition. She had more pluck than phbysical power. Mr. J, 1II. Stoddart, of tho New York Unlon Square Theatra Company, s announced to play In the ** PostBoy™ fn New York, begioning on the 10th inst., when the com- pany opens here, Ils pame Is in the list furnithed to the Chicago press as contalniug the namen of those meinbers of the company who will certainly appear here. lias there Leen any mistake? Stoddart I3 cstcomed by some Judges the best nctor in New York fn tne to-day, Thoe company without him will be less than itself. 1t In very probable that Prof. Seclye, presca Congressman from the Tenth Mavsachusctts Dis- trict, will be eloctod Presldent of Ambierst College, tosucceed the late Dr. Stearnd. Prof, Soclyo hns been connected with Amherst College many years, * and has held a position in the Faculty which would naturally entltle him Lo the succession, unices the Trustees shall declde to go entirely outside of the Colloge fora Preaident. In the present emorgency it almost scems that Amlcrat Collegs might sparo Prof. Secclye better than the American Congress conld, The London Athenaum suys thot the immedinte causy of the quarrel between Dr. Schwelnfurth and Gen. Stone was an article in tho Allemelgne Zé- tung, supposed to be from the pen of the former, refiecting strongly en the laiter's trentment of selentific travelers, It appeared ou investigation that the Dactor was not the author of the article, Dr. Schwelnfurth las, nevertheless, in conaes quenco of his varlous wlsundurstandings with Gen. Stone, resigned the Presldency of the Geographicsl Soclety, **und," says (he Alhenwum, **we fear Gen. Btone will prove but a sorry substitute for him. " Alfred D. Jesaup, Jr., who was killed in whot 1 called a duel at River Bend, Col,, on Thursiay last, waa not, na reportod by telegraph, ¥ tho son of a New York banker." 1iis father, It appears vn favestigation, fe o well-known paper-manuface turer of Philadelphia, senlor member of the firm of Jewsup & Moore, Tho affale which resulted in the death of youns Jeusup [y unlversally regarded st Metle short of deliburate murder, 8 ho had only & revolvar to defend himuelf with, while hls oppos nent was armed with & Winchester ritle; and it {8 believed the murderer, who beara an i1l name, would be Jynched off-hand if hie should be esp+ tured and bronght back to River Beud. Mr. Moody has had enough of begging formoney, by his own uccount, If the busluess men of Chl- cago wunt bis wervices for o revival scason, they must be prepared to provide a suitable building; be caunot spare the tinie to attend to such mattors. Nodoubt Mr. Muady lw right. But ho §s not s0 humible us ho once was, Prosperity has glven blm opirit and & prudent regard for himaclf, He has Tearned that his wonderful powers must bo caro- fully hushanded, in order that they may be nsed 16 the bout purpusy and accomplish the most & What othery can do a4 well an he, others must doi what he can do butter than othiera ho will do sa Toug ay he has sustalolng strength, The conflict uf the homeopaths and the silopaths at Mr. Blnino's bedside iv none tho less violent becauso 16 1a not vislblo to thy publle, Tho allo: paths, by the rales of ther wocleties, aro obliyd to refuse recognition to the honcoparha as physls clans, We can fmagine the univoranl shrugging of allopathic shoulders ut tha diagnosla of ** cercbral depresslon,” which they say means everytilng of nothlug; and tho homcopaths uro equally scoruful at the sllopathlc statement thut serona matter had been injected into the substance of the brais. Meanwhile, Mr. Dluine's life 4 trembling in the balance, 1f ho dlcs, the allopathe will triuph over Ly attending physicians; i he llyes, tb8 boweopuths will have thelr victory,