Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 20, 1876, Page 4

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Tn order tosupply thisneed,the pub- nters of Tiik Cutcauo Trinuxs will print a esmpaign edition, commencing immediately, and continulng unttl after tho Preaidential efcction fn Novembor, 187 nt the following exccedingty low ratcs, Postago pa 13eckly Campalgn TRINUN K-~ Twelye coples Lo OXE ARDR Twenty-0vc coples Lo ONE A rl- Weekly Campalgn Tuiny: XEleven cOples 10 ONK ADDREA 4 Tiack numbers of the cami scnt. The sooner persons order Titx CanratoN Tnime uNE, the grester number of lssuce they wiil get for tletr money. AMUSEMENTS. Tlooley’s Thentre. mnao\‘m llreclfi between Clark and LaSalle, Ene gagemont of the Union Squarg Company. ** Ferreol,” ‘Wood’s Musenm, Monrge street; hetween Deathorn poon, *‘Caste,” ~Evening, '*Mirlam's **Peiuy Qreca. Adelphl Theatre. Monrge street, corner Dearborn, Variety perform- enca, '*Queen Lib." SOCIETY MUETINGS. tate. After Crimo™ and ASTILAR LODGE, No. 308, A, F. and A, M.—An: nuaTmeciing the Cruoiayy cvénini Ut o GGk, It Teleal, ¥ Moubosct.: o cleetin of olicers bud i ucs. " ANl members & Sprea- Lppinearordue R T TN APOLLO COMMANDERY QOF KNIGNTS TEM- TLAR-Stated conclave this, Tuescay, oyening ai 8 wock, b thelr Asylum, 76 Monrog-af, Order of K. T. will be conferrad. TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1876. Groenbacks at tho New York Gold Ex- chango yesterdny closed at 88, This is Brex Hruu's brief out forciblo ex- pression of opinion us to the strength of the nomination of Haves and Wnceren: ' By G—d! they'vo got us ngainl " The namo of the Busrow Club of Chi- cago Lns been changed to the Haves and ‘Wueeren Club of Chieago, and arrangoments ave in progress for o grand ratification-meot- ing, Acting-Mayor CoLvin's spiteful removal of Mr. PrinpiviLLe as member of the Board of Public Works was justly rabuked by the Common Council lnst ovening, A motion to non-concur in the removal was adopted by a voto of 32 to 2. Ths party at tho Washington end of the wviro unblushingly dsserts that the era of dampness is not yet ended, but qualifics his prediction somewhat by announcing that the pluvial contributions will bo of a thinner churactor than thoso of the lnst few days. Rumor poinis to other changes inthe ‘Treasury Dopartment, Chief Clerk Wirson has, it is reported, formally tendered his res- iguation, to take effoct July 1, and -the story i8 again rovived that T'reasurer New will re- tira from his presont position, in which hd has for some timo remained at the urgent so- licitation of Mr, Buisrow and others. Rumor olgo connects tho name of Gen, 8. A, Hont- wuT, of Illinois, with the Treasury portfolio. Thero is ono way to remove the present stumbling-block in the Comptroller's oftico, and the Common Council has been com- pelled to tako that way. The charter.pro- wvides that tho ofice of Comptroller may bo sbolished and its duties trausferrod to the City Clerk. An ordinance containing these provisions waa passed lnst evening by a vote of 25 to 5, Aunother long-winded lotter in- structing tho Council as to its powers and duties will now be in order from Mr. Haxes, The evidence taken yesterdsy by the House Comumittee in the mattor of the cable digpatch from Jostau CALDWELL to the effect that he had given no bonds to Mr, Bratne, and confirming the testimony of Col. Scorr, developed the fact that CALpwenn sent the dispatch at the urgent solicitation of friends of Mr. Buane. The lattor has received o letter from Carpwrrn vouching for the genuinencss of tho dispatch, reiterating the statement that he never, directly or indirect- 1y, gove Mr. Braine any Fort Smith & Little Rock bonds, and declaring his readiness to forward a sworn statement to this effect if desired by the House Committos, Tho Bonate yesterdsy refused to grant the motion for & postponement of tho impoach- ment trial until November, but at the samo timo consented to take up & maw branch of the subject, beinga plea by defendant's counsel that, inasmuch ns the vote by which the enate anssumed jurisdiction over the case was leas thantwo-thirds, jurisdiction has not been lnwfully assumed, oud the Senato has no power to proceed with the trial, Arguments will be Leard on this question on tho 6th of July, The Sounte buving been * notified that the defengs will smnmon nearly 200 witnosscs, hos appointed a Committee to single out from this number such ss are material and important in the case, and if Bzrrnar wants any more witnessus he must foot the bills himself. The Chicago produce markots wero mod- eratoly nctive ycaterday. Provisions wero strouger early, and weak later, Mess pork closed 1740 per Lrl lowar, at $19.05 for July and $19.20 for August, Lard closed Go puy, 100 1ba lower, at $11.32) cash aud $11.45 for August. Mcats wore unchanged, ut 7c for boxed shoulders, 104e for do short ribs, and 100 for do short clears, Laka freights were steady, at 2fc for corn to Buffalo, Rail freights wera unchanged. Ilighwines were inactive and firmer, at $1,09@1.10 per gellon. Flour was dull and steady, Wheat closed 1o lower, st $1.03{ for June and $1.04 for July. Corn was Jo higher, closing at 460 for Juno and 4Gjo for July. Opts were {@}o highor, closing at 80}o for June or July, Rye was steady, at 70@70jc. Bar- ley waa quiet and easier, at 67}@0to for No. 2 and 850 for No, 8, Hogs were active and steady for light, and dull and 6@100 lower for heavy grades. Bales at §5,00@6.10 for common to cholce. The cattle market was falrly sotive and firm, under light supplics. | Bheop were dull, One hundred dollars in THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TULSDAY. JUNE 20, 1876. gold would buy $112.60 in greenbacka at the close. The rontence of tha confessed whinky- thievea wns deforred till to-dny to afford an opportunity to their counsel to put in ploas for mitigation and mercy. This the criminnls wore ontitled to do, and thero is no likelihood that Jndgo Bropaerr will be influenced by sontimentalism or confused by ontside cir- aumstances, Thore is unquestionably n dif- ference in the degroo of guilt between dis- titlors and Government ofticials, but it ia not forgolten in this community that thers wore certain men among the number who, though not actually Governmont officials, really ran the Government offices and whipped in the distillers to thieving for thair special benefit. These men were the blackmailers and chiof acoundrels of the Ring, and it would bs a travesty on justico to rank them meraly as distillers or outsiders, or to permit them to chcapo with n nominal punishment, Tho moral sense of the community and tho whole country would recoive & severe shock from any such *‘lame and impotent conclusion " of tho Chicago whisky prosecutions, It is doubtful whether the more cautious and conservativo of the Democrats in the Hougo will join in tho partisan schemo to clog the wheols of the Government by o failuro to pnss the remaining appropriation bills befdre the closo of the fiscal year. Thoy porceive in such a resnit an appalling degroe of dishonor and discredit to be bronght home to tho Democratic party, which will bo com- pelled to assumo the responsibility for tho dofault. Legislation in the House, besiden being in an inexcusably backward condition, is 8o complicated with now questions and unconsidored clhianges that it would bo utterly impossiblo for the Senate to give to these monsures any- thing like an adoquate examination and dis- cussion, and it will therefore bo necessary for the Senato to strike out all now legisla- tion, and pass the billa only so far as they relato to nctual sppropriations. Disagroe- ments aro certain to arise concorning the va- rious questions cvon whon presonted in the simplest form, and it would scem that a dis- nstrous doad-look is inevitable, An interesting chapter on civil-servico re- form is contained in tho affidavit of Col. Jucssey, read yesterday in connection with that gentlomnn's appoal for clemoncy in be- Lalf of Iesino, Miries, ele. Col Juessex ‘was Collector of Intornal Revenue in Chi- eago for two years, from 1869 to 1871, and in his affidavit ho narrates how Dema at- tempted to dictate the appointmont and as- signment of Gaugers ond Storckeepers, and low the refusal of the Collector to submit to this dictation resulted in his unceremonions romoval without cause other than an unwill- ingness to becomo tho tool of the ‘Whisky-Ring. Renm went to Wash- ington forthwith, and Col. Jusssexy wrote to Congressman IanweLn, inform. ing him of Rems attempt to control the minor appointments, but the only reply he over received was n notice of his removal. Sioxey Santi remarked ot Cincinnati the otlier dny that the Republicaus of Chicago would probably see to it that these things wero done differently herenfter, and from the manner in which the Whisky-Ring politicians fared at tho Convention it would nppear that hio knew what ho was talking sbout. HAYES AND THE GERMANS, Tho Staats-Zeitung of this oity is making o desperate offort to dopreciato the merits of Ryraerronp B. Haves, and to moke it ap- pear that ho will not secure the support of the German-American citizons, To this end it professes to belleve that the enthusiasm of Tus Cmoaco Trinuse aud the Republican press generally has been suggested by party- ism alone; it dwells particularly on what it calls Mr, Hayes' otscurity and the negative qualities of his character; and, finally, it says that “he stands before the people, not 08 a socond LixcoLy, but as s gecond Fraxg- 1N Piexce.” It is very ovident that, for rea- wons best known to itself, the Staats-Zeitung has gona over to tho Confederates, and that it will nccept the St. Louis nomines, who- overlio may bo. But it in no respdet repre- sonts the average German sentimont any bot- ter than Mr, JlesiNo did when he ran for County Treasurer sgainst Mr. Huck; and, by an unfortunate chain of circumstances and cortain disgraceful assoclations, it has lost nll power to influence tha votes of the honest German massed of this community. We do not believe that sny man could hiave beon selected in the country who would have plensed the Gormau masses so well as Mr. Hayes, unless it hnd been Mr. Bristow, 'To begin with, ho has an unimpeachable pri- vita charnceter, and tho disgust of the honest Gormans with scandals about our publio men has lod them, with many other peopls, to placo this quality sbove all others for a Presidentinl candidate. In tho mnext place, he wos n brave and successful Genernl, and thus has o lasting claim upon the patriotio sontiment which prompted 8o Inrgo a propor- tion of tho German citizons to go into the War for tho Union. Ho has also expressed himself unequivoeally and uncompromisingly in favor of a specie currency, to which the Germnns are dovoted almost to a man. "Then he ropresgnts that improved Ohio Re- publicanism, which throw off tho projudicial “Qrurade " olement that had sought to at tach itself to the party, and whick, with the active aidof Uanw Scuunz last year, redeemed the State of Ohio from the D emocratic party and Bill-Allonism, Wa shall hear a good deat during the cam- peign about Mr, Marves' obscurity, We don't know that thore is suything in the spirit of our Government which is opposed to the notion of taking up a private citizon and making him President, even though he hind nover held an oftice or figured in any way in politics. ‘Thero nre probably a good many people to whom this notion will commend itsalf. If it i meunt that Mr. 1aves hasnot beon conspicuous by having to confront and aoswor charges against his personal and offi. ciol character, that is true. But those who have faled to follow his publio carcer have not buen very close observers of pasging ovents. A man who rose in the army from aMajor to o Major-General; who refused to leavs tho army to run for Congress; who sub. soquently served his constituonts two torms in Congress; who has been thrice Governor of the great Stute of Obio; who has in turn beatun "Tnunsax, PexvLeToy, and ALLex for that place; who has always run and beon elocted in the off-year, when it was nocessary for tha party to draw upon its strongest aterial; who, in his last campaigo, at- traated the attontion of the entire country by redeoming Ohio from the Democrats,— such a 1an is scarcely to be counted among the obscure citizens of this country, It o chargo could have lain against him of cor- ruption, orincompoteuce, or ** negativeness,” it would have been made the most of in soma of the bitter fights Haves has fought aud won against Obio's chief Democrati champions, Ho is notably oonspicuous, as & wattes of fact, from the absencoe of tha slighteat breath of scandal or suspicion in all his publio life. Mr. Bristow had nover been heard of con- splcuously in the country at Inrge two yenrs ago, and before e was appointed Secrotary of tho Treasury, and yot it fs not denied that ho is to-day one of the best known and most popular citizens in tho Republic; and it Mr, I1aves had done nothing moro than to go through the last Ohio campaign un- soathed, it would Lavo been enough to con- vince the peoplo that ho is just tho sort of man the country wants at this time,—not a scheming politician, Lut a man of the peoplo, pure and irreproachable, with no regrots haunting him from the past, and no ontangle- monts throatening him in the futara. Wa havo a word to say regarding tho at. titudo of the Staats-Zeitung, and the par- ticular class of Germans it represents, Itis natural that it should refuse its support.to a mnn of Haves' charnoter. Of lato years it has ropresonted n class of persons who have acted with the Republican party in national politics only for plunder, and with the Demo- cratic party in local politics for the samo ignoble motive. Themost conapiouous persons of tho class with which it has made common causein this community aro Hearxa, onoof its proprietors, JaRe Rem, chief of theWhisky- Ring, and Vox Horrex, n dofaulter and fugitive, It bas been ono of the porsonnl organsof tha whisky-thioves and local pecu- Intors, Now tho Republican party can well afford to dispense with the allegiance of all such cattle, and of the support of the Staats- Zeitung while it represents them. It ie this olass of plunderers who have disgrnced and dregged down thio Ropublioan party in this nnd other communitics, and a rid- danco of them will reliove the partyof a dend woight and reslore its buoyanoy. We are satisfied, too, that tho honest and ro- spactable German people will be as glad to bo relioved of political associntion with the Rems, Hesmvos, and Vox Honrens as the Amcrican Republicans are; for to tho Gor- mans these men have beon not merely a po- litical but a national disgraco. We aro bet. tor satisfled with tho alleginnce of that clasa of Germans of whom Mr, Cant Scmunz is the most distinguished ropresentative, and who combina tho intelligence, honosty, and patriotism of tho German-American popula- tion. They returned with Mr. Bonunz last yoar in Ohio to vots for Hayes, and, liko Scnunz, will voto for him now for President. Wo have faith to beliove that this class of the Germans is largely in the majority, and that the Remus, Hesivas, and Von HoLrexns nra the oxceptions; if wo are right in this, tho opinions and influence of the Staats- Zeitung count for nothing in this campaign. FAIR ELECTIONS. The nominations of the two parties for the Presidentinl election will be completed in a fow wecks, Tho canvass will then begin in all parts of the country. The present Ad- ministration has a duty to perform which it cannot avoid, and that is to give notico that, to the cxtont of the powors of tho Govern- ment, thoro shall be a freo and fair eolection in avery State, county, and precinct in the Unitod States. Lot there be a fair election, no matter who may win, Every man in the United States, ontitled by law tovote, should havoe the privilege of giving that vote. There is no higher moral crime than a fraudulent election. It is rebollion,—it is trenson. It is war upon tho liberties of the people, and a trampling upon the dearest privileges of the citizen. No party which, having the legal authority, should by law deprive any por- tion of the peoplo of their right to vote would dare to justify thenct, or hope to retain power. ‘Why should any portion of the peopls, against all law, bo farcibly deprived of the privilega given them by tho Constitution? It has boen the practica in at least half a dozen of the Btates of the Union for a portion of the white population, with the consent and “approval of the wholo Domocratic party, to organize armod forces to commit such depre- dations and personal viclonce upon the col- ored people s to produce a terrorism suffi- ciont to prevent them attonding tho polls and voting. This violonce has boen of tho most atrocious character. It hos included throat. oning noticos to leave the county, coase at- tending political meetings, and omissions to vote. It hns included nocturnal visits in force, personal beating of the men, scandal- ona abuse of the women, and destruction of tho little homes and property by fire and otherwise. 'Theso havo been enlarged by ns- saults by large partics of armed men on colored congrogations or meetings, and frequontly by indiscriminate shooting into lnrge bodics of negroea. In this way oloc- tions aro determined,—one class, and & numorous one, is intimidated, is put under the alternntive of not voting or being mal. treated or murdered, and the resunlt is as emphatic a defeat of the public will as it thesa voters were oxcluded by law as o clnss from voting at all. ‘Thero is an abundance of law applicable to these outrages,—law that provides punish. ment for tho crimes, and furnishes authority to prevent their commission. The law au- thorizes the oxecutive dopartments to take nll tho steps to break up these murderous intimidating organizations, and to furnish all the protection nooded to enable the colored peoplo to exercise all thoir political privileges froely and fairly. What is needed is “that theso laws be executed. Ample notice should be given of the purpose of tho Adminis. tration to exocute these laws, nnd this nottce should be followad by a proparation of all the means nocessary for that purpose, that upon the least evidence of any scheme to carry the clections by fraud or force, by violence or intimidation, the prop¥r proventives bo ap- plied and fair cloctions secured. Tho Admin- istration owes this to the causo of public morals, to the integrity of our political in. stitutions, and to the preservation of tho political rights of tke whola people. It will be remembered that Gen. Sonenox, when it was intimated that he had better re- turnhome from London, for conduct unbe. coming sn American Minister in connection with the Emma Mine scandal, ploaded the ex- ample of the Portuguose Ministor, the Duke de SArpanma, in extenuation of his opern- tions® The latest mails give wus dotuils of the Duko's oporations, and show that they were very similar to the misorable Emma Mine business, Tho case was brought in the courts by the stock- holdors of the Lisbon Tramway Company sguinst ALnenT GuanT for fraud. It appears that Oramx & Puncuaso, » firm of con- tractors, sgreed, in return for his get- ting thom the contract, to pay CGmanTout of the money recelved on it §300,000 at tho outset, end §200,000 moro in cash or paid up shares of th§ Company, and were to accept a ‘“put” of 4,200 shares at Gmaxt's discretion, Besides thiy, they wera to pay the Duke do Sirpania $30,000 in cash and $80,000 in paid up whares for getting the charter of tho road. ‘The Dirootors wera then qualified” iu the ysua} doaative atyle, and they entered into » contract with Crasr & Puncuanp for the sum of £1,540,000, The prospectus was drawn and Graxy commenced floating the shares, aud, after A considernble quantity had been disposed of, it was found by some- body that the line conld not bo conatructed. Hence tho suit. The Duke de Sanpanma keops what he got, but, like Gen. Bonznox, his Governmont has notifiod him that ho bad bettor come home. [t — THE LAKE-FRONT PROPERTY. Mr. Oanter Iinnisox, the Ropresentativo of the Weat Division of this city in Oon- greas, hat herotoforo beon n rource of harm. less amuaemeont to his colleagues, and no partioular injury to his constituonts, Dut, if wo havo read aright the bLill which Mr. Hannison got through the Houso last Batur. dny, relativo to tho Inke-front property’s title, thero sooma to bo danger that ho will prove himself a nuisance not merely to the ‘Weat Siders, but to the South Biders and the whola city, We have approved his effort to seoure legislation which should vest the title of this property absolutely in the city, to dispose of it as tho oity might deom propor. But the text of tho bill which Mr, Hanntson caused tg bo passed by the Houso scems to nccomplish just the opposito of all this, and placo the city under greater re- straint than ever. It readsas follows : De it enacted by the Senate and Iouse of Rep- resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the rights, title, and Intarest of the United States in and to tho publie 1anda in that portion of the Clty of Chicago known as Fort Dearborn Addition to Chicago, ubdivided, platted, and recorded nnder authority of the Secre- tary of War, about the year 1830, be, and hereby is, conveycd to the City of Chicago, together with all accretions and riparian rights, and all reversions and romainder thoreto belonging, provided, hotw- ever, that this act shall In no respect impair the dedicatlon heretofore made of sald grounds or any private vights therein. Bo far from sccomplishing what the people of Chiengo desire and the best intoreats of this oity diotato, this bill merely renflirms the original dedication of the United States, and vests thotitle of the proporty in the city simply for the purpose of preventing any salo of itinthe future, Tho proporty was originally sot nside by the United States Governmont 63 & common or public ground, and it was for this ronson that tho Btato could not sell it. When tho city undertook to sell it, its right was contested, and Judgoe Druanstonp hold that any sale which should violnta the original dedication would throw the titlo back into the United States Govern- ment. It was on this account that tho city was enjoined from solling. Subsequently the Government, through its praper officors, indicnted that it would interpose no ob- jection to a romoval of the injunc- tion or the sale of the property, if the owners of private property fronting on the park could be conciliated or satisfied, 'This is the present condition of the property. Tho private ownera of adjacent proporty, ex- copt one or two, have withdrawn their objec- tions to the sale, and it was thought that o quit-claim deed frow the city would be ac- copted by the milronds for throe blocks and tho price paid for that much of the ground that has beon commonly agreed upon as fair, Now that a Council has beon securod which is enlisted in the real interests of thae city, and with no leaning toward blackmailing, there hios been a hope that tho sale could be oventunlly consummated, and it has been generally believed that Mr. Hanmsox's bill was for the purpose of giving the city o bot- ter title to the property with referonce to ita pale. Butif this title is hampered exprossly by the limitation that nothing shall be dono to impair the original dedication of the land, then the city will be worso of than it is now, and ail sale will bo out off now and in the future. : . If this is” tho proper construction of Mr, Hannisox's bill, Gen. Loaan may do tho city a service by arresting its passage in the Son- nte. It is not what the people of Ghicago want, and in this matter Congress has cor- tainly no desire to run countor to tho wants of the Chicago peoplo, Chicago has now soveral hundred mcres of public park grounds, scattered in every division of the city, and ample for a population of two mill- jons. Tho particular location of the ungain- ly strip along the lake shore, betweon Ran- dolph street and Park Row, reuders it valu- able property for business purposes, whilo the proximity of tho railroad tracks and the oncroachmont of business ronder it vory un- desirable nsa public ground. The Govern- ment has, as n watter of fact, no intorest in it ono way or the other, whila Chicago, if permitted to disposo of it, could got monoy enough out of it at onco to largely reliove its presont finnucial embarrassments, and evont- ually enough to roduco its debt by some milliens. It would be a flagrant injustice, in this state of things, for Congress to pass o law which appears only to confirm Chica. go'a title in order to restrain the city from doing what tho people want, If this be the purpose and offect of the bill, Mr, Hannisoxn has been misrepresonting the interestsof the city, and the Benate should refuso to pass it. ILLINOIS IN THE CONVENTION, ‘Tho part that Illinois played in the Cinein- nati Convention was too prominent and im- portant to be passed over with general mon- tion. The dologation from this Btate was the pivotal point sbout which the hopes of the Brave men rovolved. IMinols wus cal- culated upon to nominate and secure the olection of Brawve. The Braixg men from other States and Mr. Brame's licutenants were given to undoerstand that the whole delegation, with its +2 votes, could be count- ed upon with absolute certainty as solid for Lim., 'Tokiif advantage of Mr. Brawe's atrength, when ho was at the very acme of his popularity and boforo his official lettors and stock-jobbing record had beon made pub- lic, the Whisky-Ring, enginecred by an Illi- nois Benator and Reprosontative, soized upon the delegation, and inopposition to the wishes of the people of Tllinois went to Cincinnatiin theinterests of BLaiNe, They hated BrisTow with a cordial batred, not nlone because he Liad prosecuted and smashod the Whisky- Ring, but also becanse he was opposed to that systom of distribution of patronage which was subsoquently condemned in the platform, When, thorefore, thoy marched to Cincinnatl with their dologation, and across the Rhino to Convention Hall, the Brame men from other Btates and his leu. tenants from Maine countod upon 40 votes from Illinols with absolute certainty, and had no fears os to the other 2 because they would be ** whipped in" on the second bal- lot, it not on the first. The Drawk men thorefore leaned upon Iliinois, not reckoning that she was s broken roed. ILlinols was not only to plump hor solid vote for Buaivxon the first ballot, but she was to dragoon othor Westorn States jnto line for him, snd in- crense the fog onds of some of the Eastorn and Southern delegations. Whon, theroforo, the vote of Illinois wau called for, the Brave men prepared thomselves to shout and to hang their banners on the outer wall. 'The kettlo was to wpeak tothes trum- pet, the trumpet to the sennoweer withaut, thie eannons fo the licavens, the henvena to onrth, ‘The eloquent apokesman aroso, hut the fire fn hin eyo was not as bright as when Do nominnted Brame. Instead of a plump 40 or solid 42 votes, the vote waa in tha thir- tien~08 for Brane, 3 for Bmsrow, 1 for 1layes. This waa not up to tho full measuro that wos oxpected of Illinois. Tho ncelama- tion that followed was not nolsy, Tho kettle spoke to the trumpet, but the heavens did not spenk Lo the earth, nor did tho cannoneer without hear tho trumpet. Thoro was no hoartiness, but somo disappointment in the oheer. Tho voto of Iilinois was not up to the mark, but hope springs eternal in tho human broait. Perhaps it wonld Do all right on the second ballot ; but the socond ballot alarmed nnd astonished Braing's forces, Tho whip hind been cracked in vain over the hends of tha dolegates. 'Thers wore only 36 votes for Bramxe. Boven delegates had voted agninst him, 6 of them for Brisrow. Bon Inaensorw's voico wna lowered somowhat. It was half-mufiled, and there waa a tono of ro- gretin it. Tho applause then bogan to rise among the antl-BrarNe mon. Illinois was not counting at all as bad boon promised. A chango might possibly come on the third ballot, but tho third ballot was a ropetition of the second—35 votes for Bramveand 7 against him. Tho applauso began to conso. Thero was n wot blanket beginning to do- acond upon the Brawe men. The fourth Dballot did mnot help mntters. The voto still romnined 85 fo 7. Illinols wns doing nothing to help the stragglors,—doing nothing to confirm the halt hopes and fears of the policy-men. They folt that Illinois was nncertain, and that they wero lenning upon a broken reed. Instead of standing npon kolid ground, tho founds- tions woro shaking, The fifth ballot showed still more weokening. It stood 83 for Braine and 9 against him. Two morogdelegates had wenkened. 'This was a boggarly result com. pared with the 42 votes thnt had been promised. Tho leaders prepared for a grand rally on tho sixth ballot, for things were beginning to shalko all over the Convention, but the rolly was abortive. Brame had but 32 votes, Another vote had bLeen lost. Thore were cheors for Illinois, but thoy did not come from the BramNz men, The other side of the houso was do- ing the cheering for Illinois, INaERSoLL's voioe had grown husky. Ilis hend drooped. 1lis faco showed dissppointmont, disgust, and despnir. The Sonator and Represonta- tive, tho spokosman and the editor of tho T'hievcs' Organ cracked tho whip furiously. Thoy raved, ocursed, begged, beseached, and threntened, for tho end was at hand, and the Braixe column was oracking end recling, throatening every moment to fall, On the soventh ballot, by some means they got back 8 votes, and Braive bhad 35, but it was too Inte. The prestige was gone. Ili- nois hnd no more influenco for BraimNe. 1f the machino men had been successful and liold tho Nlinois votes, Brame would have ‘been nominated. If they had incroased the vota of tha delegation up to 42, he would have beon nominated. It wns tho hosi- tation, the waver, the unceriainty, and the drop that disheartoned the Buame men and loat the battle. It carried Wisconsin, it helpod precipitats Michigan, it influenced Indinna, and it swept tho dubious Draive mon from other Btates. GEN. HANCOCK AS A CANDIDATE. Thore are o number of Democratio poli- ticians in and about Washington City who liave begun to talk sbout Gen, HaNcock as their candidate for President, Of all the mon named be is of the least consequence. Hao is o chronio offico-secker,—thrusting him- self forward for political office when ho is notoriously unfitied, by tastes, habits, and education, for any civil daty whatever. Tho country has had as long a torm of mero per- sonal and military Government ns it ia dis- posed to endure, Tho American peoplo have no tnste for military rule, or for military men as rulers. ' WasuiNaToN was clooted not alone for his military fame, but bocause, as soldier and civilian, ho had founded the Ropublic. When kLo hiad finished his torm, then followed a line of glviliana extending to 1829, Gen. JACKSON wee not in the strict sonse o military man; ha was a citizen sol- dier, who, when the war was over, left the army and resumed his civil pursuits. Outof the Mexicon War thero was oloctod another military President, Gon. Tayror. Though'he lived loss than two years, the people in 1852 rofused with groat unanimity to elect Gou. Bcorr as hissuccessor, Inlike manner, even during “the War, the peoplo preforred a civilion Prosident to Gen. MoOrerzan, In 1868 there was n general desive to honer tho great military chioftain who had brought the War to o succossful"conclusion. This desire was supplemented by tho disturbed condition of the Robel States, which, under the delusive expectations held out by Anpuew Jolxson, soomed disposed to defy the national will, defoat the measures of reconstruction, and involve the country in perpetunl strife, A liand of mail was considered a prudential mensure, 'The popular desire for a soldior Presidont has boon fully satiefied,~so fully, that thero is hardly a mnu of any party who doos not look forward earnestly to tho resto- rotion of the line of civilians. 'The country is ot pence, Withiin the bordors of tho ‘Union there is no symptom of revolt or ro- Dollion,—certainly nothing that may not bo controlled by an Ezcoutive order and the ordinary police authority at the disposition of the Government. It is mnot likely that the people will seok a soldier Prosident again until such time ss the supply of availabla clvilinus shall censo, or soma imperative ne- cousity shall require ono. Gen. Haves, though ns brave and gallant n soldier and ono with as bright a rocord oy thot of Gen. HANncoox, was one of the million or more of citizon soldiers who entered tho War from patriotism, and, as soon as tho fighting was over, returned to civil lifo. Gon. Haxcocx, on tho contrary, was taken by the conntry in his infanoy, and clothed, and feod, and odu. cated as o soldier of tho nation. He has boen trained as a soldier, and ns such lhas been set apart for the publio servico. has had po experience in political matters, aud all his utterances during the last teu. yoars looking to political prefermont show him to be entirely ignorant of civil matters. We concede that Le was a bravo soldier to cxecuta the orders of snother, but as a Gon- eral to command and direot he was inferior to many of bhis .own subordinates. Knowledgo of how to make a charge, to mawhal troops, to lead a march and pitch & camp, is not -tho particular knowledge neoded in » Prosident at this time. Some nacquaintance with political economy ; some practical information about toriffs and other formns of taxation; some kuowledge of the lawa and of tho political history of the country, ia noeded iu the Pres- ideut who is to succeed the present term of comparative porsousl Government. If auy man supposes that by the uomination of Gen. Haxcoox any Bepublican soldiers can be induced to yote the Dewoaratio ficket, be Ho-| ia laboring under a serious mistake. ‘'I'he Union eoldier, whon naaked to vote for Ian- cock, will answer, na he answered whon asked to voto for McOLErLtaN, Why ia Gen, Haxoock running on that ticket? Why is the Union General the candidate of the old Confedoratos? And whyis he politically on tho side againat which he fought during the War? The very fact that ho is supported for tho nominntion by- tha ex-Confederato members of Congross, and capacially by those Confederates who favor the rag-baby and in- dofinite expansion of tho ourrency, may bo indicative of n nomination by the 8t. Lous Convention, but it forotells boyond all ques- tion the overwhelming dofeat which ho will weot at the hands of tho American peoplo. DANGEROUS KNOWLEDGE. A ntrange cnso was recontly brought be- fora the English Conrts invelving a now quostion. It nppoars that Inst February an advertisoment appeared in a London paper addressed ** to medical men inneced of money, or students well up in chemistry and annt- omy,” to nssist in **an interesting experi- ment.” The advortisoment was vory ingen- fously worded, and attracted the notics of many medionl practitioners, among them one Vaxce, who oponod a correspondence’ with the advertisor, Thelattor, who had signed hersolf * Witrram Quanun, replied to Vaxce, and explained the nature of *' the in- teresting oxperimont.” It was tho taking away of humnn lifo by poison without leav- ing nny traces behind that would afford a basia for a Coroner's investigation or a legal prosccution, The ndvertiser further stated that the problem’was one of self-destruction, and cnjoined secrooy upon VANCE's part, so that tho feelings of thoso who would profit by tha suicide’s death might not be injured, As a furthor temptation to Vance, an offer of $500 was mado, and as VANOE was impecu- nious, like most medical studonts, ho bit at the offer and wrote to her, tntering into a very claborate explanation of various meth- ods by which death might be produced and not leavo a trnco of the cause bohind, e suggested among other methods a peculiar usie of ehloral, which would justify a vordict of '*death by misadventure” from any jury, Tho gamo of the plotters was interrupted by tho police, into whosa hands the correspond- enco foll, by accidontally going nstray in tho Post-Office. Iaving noticed tho advertisomont and finding that the cor- respondence touched upon the use of deadly drugs, and that thero were complicated ne- gotintions about money payments, they at once commenced working up what appeared to them to bo a first-class criminal cnse. The writers worg ensily run down. Vaxoe whas discovered and arrested, and ** Wirnias Quaree.” turned out to bo a woman named Eu..l:.'t Bxxe, wife of a commercinl traveler, and she, too, was arrested. Thoy were brought to trinl at tho Old Bailey nnd the trial Insted for two days. It was claimed for the woman that she wns a romantic lndy fond of dabbling in the science of suicide aund of iuvestigating tho literature of Lor- rors,—a feminine Epoar Por, with a predi- lection for the abnormal. It was clnimed for Vaxce that he was deceiving Ernnex Snee, and trying to get money out of her with nostrums that would not accom- plish the purpose she was aiming nt, and that lio really had no intention to help her destroy ber own or any other lifs, Tho testimony of his own lotters, howover, was convincing that he was as sincere and honest na Jlomeo's opothecary, and that, in the one case like the other, povorty was the im- pelling cause, The proscoution made n most rigid cxamination of the womsu's circum. stances, but wera unable to find any other motive for the action expopt that mentioned in the correspondence, and so had to accept the theory of suicide. They put thoir case upon this theory, nnd the jury, which had no sympathy pith the romence or manin of Erien 8nee, sontenced her to six months’ imprisonmont, and the medieal student, as the guiltiest of the two, to eighteen monthg' imprisonment. The verdicts wera rightcous ones. If this oman lad o mania for dabbling in dead- ly drngs, and was inquisitive onough to want to know . what drug would cause doath and leave ng trace behind, there was no telling how long sho would keop that deadly knowledge in her possession without using it, if not on herself then tipon somo ono else—in gll probability upon the com- moreinl travelor himself as the handiest cus- tomor. The punishmont of Vance was also well beatowed. Mo gave his dangerous ad- vico without satisfying himself whother the woman meant to commit murder or suicido. In teaching thia womnn how to poison with- out leaving & trace of the cause of death be- hind, he was circulating dangerous informa- tion that was prejudicial to somo ono's life. The English jury, therefore, did well to pun- ish him evon more aeverely than tho woman. If the latter, ns was clamed for her, Is simply romantic, her impritoument may tako the romancae out of her. With regard to the other party, it will teach him and oth- era who have such dangerous kunowledge to kecp it to themsolves, While Tur Trinone has ns much confl- dence in the charter of 1876 as it ever had, it haa rogrotted that a movemont for ils sub- 1ittal to tho people was started at tho pres- ont time, whon the purpose wus mercly to shorten the ofticial term of tho prosent Com- mon Council, and add to the complioations and ombarrassments of the City Govern- mont. Itis a gratification, thercforo, that there is suchovidonco of fraudulent signa- tures to tho petition as will reliove the Coun- cil from tho necessity of submitting the question at the present., Wo slall hope, nevertholess, that, when the city affairs shall bo somewhat straightened out, and before another bummer Council can be inflicted upon Chicago under tho charter of 1872, the charter of 1875 may be submitted and adopted, with its manifold checks upon ofil- cial bummerism and corruptio ‘The recent important additions to the English -novy have called attention tothe fact that the Italtuns are rapldly accumulating a formidable navy of thefr own. In addition to the Dutlio, which s tho most powerful vessel In the world, there are 4 fron-clads, 3 screw dlspateh boats, 2 screw gun-boats, 8 torpedo beats, and S stecldispateh bosts now in process of con- struction in the natlonal dock-yards, at a total cost of $13,057,400, of which $4,817,400 have al- ready been expended. Of those vessels, the Duitio and Dandolo sre without peers In the world In tho strength of thelr srmaments and armors, The cstimates for the Itallan navy, recently voted for the current year, amount to $0,571,186. ————— Whilo we are agitating tho question of Chi- nese cheap labor fn this country, the Chinese themselves aro ugitating tho same question at home fn- s very sensiblo manner, Li Huna CiaNGg, the virtual ruler of Chiun, has given the agitation s very bractical drift by prepurations to erect sume very lurge cottou factorics ut Ningpo, which, if succcsstul, will serioualy fu- terfere with the trade fu this stuple with Great ~Pritain. Manufactured cotton goods tuthe value of $17,014,760 {n the year 1874 counstitutud the bulk of the imports of British produce into the Chineso Emplre. The anount of cotton grown in China we have no icans of aacertaln- ing. From 1803 to 1805, at the timo of the dearth of American cotton, the cxports to Great Britaln Included Jargo quantities of raw cotton, but the supply ccasod {n 1878, Blnco then the exports have been gradually Increasing, as follows: In 1800, $80; in 1870, $485; {n 1871, $2,435; In 1872, £20,605; in 1873, $105,205; In 1874, $48,055, — A great many poople are snxiously looking for the coming newmoon to bring a chiange from the present inlscrablo weathor, In nnswer to several questions, we state that the new moon will occur to-morrow, Wednosday, at 4h, 26!4m. 1. m., being 19 hours and 45 minutes after the sun reachies the summer solstice. ——— PERSONAL, Hancock 1a the coming man, ~coming to grict, Davis' name carrios welght with it,—about 300 pounds, v Tiooley's Minatrola play at Cincinnat! this week, and at Loulsville next. Tilden's ralirond record {s crooked, No raflroad that he tonches ever rans stralght aftorwards. The myatory of the fatal dael in Colornda has been cleared up, Doth parties to It were drunk. Hayes' nomination strack the Democratlc party right betwoen the oyes, and gavo it the Llipd stay. gers, Scribner's Magazine for July contains nn ilius. trated articlo on Isrvord University by Horace £, Secudder, Harducell Slote, 2. C., telegeaphed In hot hasto to Mr, i1alstead not to permit the uso of his namo before the Cincinnati Convention. Hnyea has a beautiful complexion, the reault of temperate habits, o clear conaclence, and an awis- ble disposition. Vote for Iiayest Frank Paliner was ‘‘stabbed In the platform,* 1t declarcs for the hardest kind of hard méney, while he I8 & brevet-papa of the rag-baby. Qeorge D. Lord, will sit in bis prison-cell and support Gov, Tilden with about as much enthusl. asm as Deacon Mclice accorded to Secretary Bris. tow, Hewitching Almee, the quoen of opera bonfle, has been drawing [minense crowds to Booth's The. n:!u In New York. She goca this week to Philadel. phis. If Tilden 18 nat nominated he will console him. solf by gobbling up somne more Weatern rallroads, The wise thing for the West to do fs to nominate him firat and beat him sfterwarde, The Philadelphia Times points an evident moral from tho defeat of Blaine, namely, that ** No man who openly rought and bargained for tho Preslden- cy over did attaln it, of ever ought to attaln it." Lndy Thornton is rusticating among the Berk. shire hills at Pittaflcld, Mass, Sho hos glven a shock to notlons of Repubilcan simplicity in that reglon by refusingto recelve or make calls—tho ** hawty ™ thingl Mr. Plerce, of Massachusetts, aays ho worked for Judge Hoar for Senator, but no one of that namo shall ever again have his help or Influenco for any oftice whatever, Ioardeserted Bristow and demaorallzed the MMassachusetts delegation, and Tierce ts angry about it. Jean Daptiste Dumas, the new member of tha French Academy, was one of the early patrons of Daguerre, the Inventor of the Daguerrcotype. For the kind ndvice and asslstance which he rendered at that time he has since been amply rewarded by o seat nmong the imunortals, The man who yesterday decorated the horaes® heads and the streets generally with the word **Uold" had the mortification by cvening of ece- ing half-n-dozen shrewd ndvertdsers taking advan. tage of him. It fa impossible now to tell who the original **Gold" man Wns. The Cincinnatl Commercial suggesta Senator Lo- £an o8 & proper man to succeed Secretary Bristow, Gon, Logan maatered the sclence of political econ. omy, Including the comparatively trivial financlal question, in two weeks, 1ecould run the Treas- 1ry o8 no other man evar ran It. ‘The Prince Imporia} will shortly pay a visit to the Czar of Itnssia nt St. Peteraburg. Inorder to avold any other constructlon thau that the reception of this gucst is o mero act of politences, tho Rtussing QGovernmont hns ceused an explanation of it to b made to the French authorities. On the uccaslon of the recent visit of the Comty de Parls to tho Czar at Ems it was noticed that the intter woro a cravat of the French colora. It ia not probable that any buts semi-clvilized potentate could concelve of such an cxtraordinary act of e litoncas and sclf-abasement as the wearing of thit bizarre cravat must have been. 'Tho late Presldent Stearns of Amherst College, who wasalwaya noted for his prompt preparatios foroftelal dutles, had Lis baccalaurente sermol for the next Amherst Commencement finished on bl birthday, the 17th of loat March, Ile hnd alac werltten hisroslgnatlon of the ofiice uf Presldent, to e read to the ‘frustecs at their next meeting. Sardou, tha celebrated French dramatlst, whost 4+ Ferreol™ was produced nt Ilooley's Theatre last night, has o very unpleasant countenance, whicl 18 not unlike o caricature of that of Edwin Douth, Since the comparative faflure of ** Ferrcal ** at thy Gymunso, his conteact with that theatre has been canceled, and ho s now ot work ona comudy which {a to be produced next seagon at tho Vaude- ville, Abdul Azia, late Sultan of Turkey, cursed hlt fepliew Murad heartily on entering the culque which was to convey hlm to his place of confine: ment. **1ad I known," sald ke, **what kind o! a plant that Murad- wos, I should have wateret him with poieon.” Itlsa remnrkublo fact thut, & few days after this utterance, Abdu) Aziz's spirit. 1amp was snuffed out with a pair of sclssors, ‘Th fall of the Sultan {a easily explained when it fs uns derstood that his Imperlsl Guard was comuan Dby hls cldeat won, aged 10, and his fleet by his sece ond eon, aged 15, The grandmothier of the lato Sultan of Turkey was o young French lady born I Martinique aud belonglng to a noble and anclent fumily, She was educated In France, and at tho age of 18 took pas- waye on a French vessol for Martinique, Tho shlp was captured by Algerino pleates, and the beauti- ful Creolo was sold into slavery, 8he was added to the Sultan of Turkey's harem, Ier beauty, wit, snd mualcal talents captivated the heartof hee maater, and, on the birth of her son Mahwond, sho wasd ralsed to the rank of Sultana, Her family was closely conuected by Intermarrlago to thatof the Enpress Josephine, Madame Plessy, the great dramatic nrtlet of the Comedie Francals, madu her farewell o fow weeks ago. Aftorsho had fnfshed her veraes, she took Mesdemolsclies Ssrah Bernhardt and Crofzette by the hands, and with sdmirable grace presented them to the public as hier substitutes, Henry Jnmes says of thlsact: **1t I3 more than likely that sho lad measured the Irony of her gesturc; for from tho moment it tukes two octresses 1v minke up o Mue, Plessy, the causy Is obyiously Jost. Clavor as these young ludles are, they will not 01 the void, Their art {a small ort; Mwe Plessy's was great art, " The New York Sun says: **The only part of the Republican party which hias not been besten ut Cinclnnati is that small band of honest, sincero men who desiro reform and who had Hen Bristow for their candidate, They have not numinated thesr man, It la true, but they havo defeated all tho candidates whoso names were fdentical with core ruption, and they have preventod the nomination of every advocate and ropresentative of Urantism. Thoy have less to regret and leas to cxplain than sny others among the varlous factions and divise fons of the Convention, Wa tender to the Bristow men our affcctionate nnd reapectful compliments.” 1LOTEL ARRIVALS, Tremont Houge—Dr, Tecegarden, Racine; the Tion. Ttabert N bpenning; b A, Emerot, Bay Clty, Mich. ; C. Cuniby n, New Yorks Gen, 0. W. Cummings, San Franclacoi Gen. g p W 1. itradford, Claclunall: the Hon. J, W. Eddy, Millugton. ... Sherman ffouse—W, B, Snell l'\l‘ld . #. 1Hack, Indlaua; W. Decker, Hoaton; T’ 00 Tracy, New Otleans; Col. IL_L. Adami, York; Col. €. H._ ‘Lyon, Fort luwat J. . New York; Washington le\-i-‘ Ottumw 11, L. Stone, Provideace, St Li Col. Wilson, Deliaice, 0. ; Chatled E. 1 Tand, Luke Suporlor; Gen. Summer linbcock, York, trand L. Conn. } M. win, Pripceton; Jlenr, Gould, Boston; Worthiington, Clove C. Bikalkovuny, Rus R. B, Kellogy, O Arthur Atkinson, Uuy.... Gardner House= I Hanborn, and b 10, 1. L. Davis, Now York 11. M. Bates'and W. O. Poor and wifg, Cinclunatl G ¥/ Edwards, Daltfore; Gon. A, Audonod Now'York; J. M, Crawlord, Nuchusi; W, & Avery, Maine: Mre, Young, Duboquu; ¢, G, Hud: son, Bristol, Ind.; J. O, Cleveland, New Yorki J. It. Winturbothun, ‘Jollot; Bisa Pratt and, Fer- Fiv, ilinadaly; Mies flardonbiaugh, Lone-Kock, Wik 1., Palmer House—E. X, Ciibbon, Dublin, Ircland; 3. Viekerwan, Englind; Dr Al M. Robertot, Bcotisnd; Lurs Bertarelll, Dz, A, Bortarellf, aiJn,n‘y E. Calderas, and Francla Caiores, laly; Jobu Peck, Canadaj 11, Fisher, Australia; Mclluull}uh Htusirated London News; Dr. C. L. Burd, Flil- adelpblaj B. W, Tubor, x(qu:k.