Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 27, 1876, Page 4

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Ths ensuing Presidential canvass will be one of the most exclting anat important that has ever occurred I 1his country, Fvery tnanshould be farnished with full and correct po- Ttfeatinformation, 1n order tosupyly thisnced, the pube Hishers of Tug Ciitoats TRIBUNE will print » campalgn cdition, commencing Immediately, and continutng untdl after tho Prerfdential election In Novemher, 1870, t the followIng cxceedingly low rates, pustage pal y-five coplestu ri-Weekly Cainpalin ¥ Eleven coples 10 oXk ABIIKSS,. m 20,0 Back numbers of the campaign cdition cannot ba sent. Thesovner personsorder THx CANPATGN Tain» UxK, the Rreater number of fesucs they will get for thielr money. Hooley’s Thentre. Tandolph strect, hetween Clark and LaSatte. En- **The Two sgenentof the Unlon Squaro Company, rphans,” Waod's Munc Monroe _strest, Uetween 1 Afteruwovn:** Love in Yivery, Eveulug: **Orphan Genivie: Adelpli Theatres Monrae strect, corner Dearborn. Vatlety perform- ance, ** Arralt ia Pogue,” e e e TULSDAY, JUNE 27, 1876, borh and _ State, Lursl Blmpllcity.” Greenbacks at the Now York Geold Ex- change yesterday closed at 80§, According to tho fortnightly budgot of news from tho Orient, the dififenlty botweon England and China is far from a satisfactory ndjustmont, Tho British Minister declines frioudly intercourso with the Peking Gavern- ament, o body of English froops in Burmah, numbering 4,000, are i readiness to cross the frontier nt o moment's notice, and a naval squadron is conveniontly located with a view to possiblo co-operation, The people of Louisville feel fally s prond of Col. Bristow s though he had beon the nominee of the Cincinnati Convention. Thoy npprecinte the high honor reflocted upon their city and Stato by his administra- tion of the Treasury Departinent, and Demo- crats and Republicaus nlike united Inst even. ing in an informal demonstration of welcomo on the acewsion of his return home. It was n social gathoring only, and included the best people of tho city. 'Thero is no telling how nenr Kentucky would como to being a Ro- publican State if Brisrow's name wero to head o Presidentinl ticket. Thoe Elevontlh Ward Republican Qlub pro- gents the neme of Moxnox Heata to the Republiesn City Convention ns a candidate for the Mayoralty, and supports this present- ation with nu array of faots and reasons which are foreible and to the' point, and morsover nre strielly true, Every word of indorsement nnd commendation contained in the resolutions adopted by the Eleventh Ward Club is fully borno ount by tho record of Moxnor Heatn's connection with municipal affaira os Alderman and Chairman of the Finance Committeo of the Common Council. Tla well déserves nll that his gratcful and admiring fellow-citizons have said in his pruice, A remarkable amount of sympathy and cousideration for the convicted whisky. thieves is manifestod by the Board of Coun- ty Commissioners, who havo ordered the §heriff to use for jail purposes the Iarge and commodions quarters horotofors occupied by the Grand Jury. There is u doubls purposs in this—te provids IHrsiNg, Buffalo Mirren, and tho rest with a plensant place of confinement far removed frow the common jnil, aud also to nrrange matlers with reforenco to il possibility thot sev- aral of the County Commissioners themsolves Tuny soon join the noble army of People's party patriots in their olegant but enforced rotirement. —— A motion for a change of vonue has boen entared in tho caso of tho indicted County Commissionors, to whom dolay is ovidently the grand object most to bo desired, ‘They allega such a stato of prejudico in tho minds of the peoplo of Cook County as would prevent a fair and imparbial trisl, ond prefer to teko their chances with juries to be seclected in Lake or Du Page Couuntics, The application for a change of vonue will probably be granted, but with honest juries and a vigorous prosecution, thero necd bo no fonr that the thieves will eventuully oscapo the Panitentinry, Our rural neighbors may bo reliod on to hato corruption ay cordinlly ns we of Cook Coun. ty, ond to give these rascalt thoir just deserts, An attempt wis mado yesterdny by the in- flationists of the House to shape tho policy and forestall the duclaration of the 8t. Louis Convention on the curreney question by the repanl of the Resunption act. This coutd Liave been done by u majority vote under a call of {he States in tho morning hour, and doubtless the nttempt would huve been sue- ceusful but for the skillful parliamentary tac. ticsof the Republicuns, who, by points of order and a demnnd for thecall of the roll, munaged o consume the morning hour, xo that the bill for repeal could only bo passed by o two-thirds vote, There wers too many Democratic mowbers nbsont in St. Louls to furnish the roquikite majority, and the cur- roucy quostion must now be disposed of by the Convention. E———— The Chicago produce tuarkets wero rather quict yesterdsy, aud mogt of thum wero steadier, except wheat. I'rovisions were strong eurly, and easier afterwards, Mfess york closud 50 per Lrl higher, st $18.95@ 18.073 for July and $19.15@19.17§ for Au. gust, Lard closed Go per 100 tbs higler, at $11.12} cash and $11.25@11.27) for August. Moats wero firmer, at 7§o for boxed shoulders, 10jofor do short ribs, snd 10§c for do short clears. Lako freights were steady, at 2o for cora to Buffalo, Rail freights were un. ebanged. Ilighwines wore quictand steady, a8 8110 per gullon. Flour wos loss active snd firm. Wieat closed 140 lower, at $1.03 for Juno and §1.03f for July. Corn closed e highor, at 4G}c for Juno and 484c for July Osts werv unchuuged, at 900 for Juny or July, Lye was in Lottor dginand, ot Cs THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY., JUNE 27, 1876, @690, Darley wna firmor, at GB@h9%e for June and 850 for mew, meller Beptembeor. Iogs wera nctive and closed frm at 16e nd- vanee, with sales principally at $5,90@6.10. Cattlo wera quiet and unchanged. Sheop werd nominal, only 262 head being received. One hundred doflarz in gold would buy £112.12} ingreenbacks at Lho closa. If there was any progross toward shapo in the amorphona inflammation at 8t. Louis yesterday, it would inclino one to the belief that, when the thing festers in the middle of thowaek, the cloment which will be enst out will bo ultra-inflation and rabid oppositionto TitoeN, His chances have improved in the past twenty-four honrs, The noble gang of seckers nftor truth e al,, who have gone up outof Lgypt and the restof Illinois, mot yesterdny in an open hall, and, surrounded by a cordon of St. Louis lonfors aud elephant. hunters, split their own long enrs ns well s tho shorter ones of tho groundlings with sientorinn billingsgate, nnd made the jndi- cions grieve. An orator, atnight splicing out an episode in Cnrist’s ministry with Euvoext Suss most popular work, affixed the whole mosale to Bamven J. Trupes's kite with the most stunning empressement, Tho hot scction of a ‘Turkish-bnth, which the delegntes ara enduring at St. Lonis, and tho fact that Jony Pors HoonerT is there in un. restricted posscesion of his mighty jaw. bone, will tend to au ecarly nomination. During the days that the Democratic Con- vention is wrangling over the Presidential nomination, and with nenrly & hundred Con- gressmen absent from their seats, it is quite possible that the condition of affairs in Washington will have become in the highest dogreo critical and alarming. 'Fheve remain but four days more in which to paas the various appropriation bills, without which the Government must come to a dead ntop, The Democtats of the House have siown no disposition to meet the Somate half way in the cffort to arrivo ot an agree- ment, but, iustead, have appointed as the Iouso members of the various Confor- once Committees the identical mon who are the most pronounced and obstinate in their determination that no concessions shall be made. The Scnate will not surrender un- conditionally ita convictions of right and ex- pediency at the behost of the malicious par- tisanship which lns governed legislation in tho House, and if, on the first of July, as now appears probable, no agreoment shall have boen renched, the responsibility will rest with the Democratic party. With the mails stopped, the Post-Offices and Custom-Houses closed, and all the machinery of the Govern- ment at n standstill, the 8t. Louis Conven- tion might ay well hiave saved itself the trouble of meoting, Lost Tuesdny Gen. Loaan rddressed the United States Senate in opposition to the Lill which Las already passed the House transforring-the Indinn Buresu from the In- terior to the War Department. While Tnre TripuNe lns been inclined to favor this transfor for rensons which it has freauently given, it must bo admitted that Gen, LoaAN has beon able to cite many good historical reasons for loaving the manngement of In. dian affnirs whero it now is, and we shall not bo surprised to find that his argument hag hind weight with tho Scuate. Tor those in- Lerestod in tho subject wo recapilulate the leading points of his addross. Gen, Logan belioves that the fransfer pro. posed is venlly tho beginning of a scheme for abandoning the Interior Dueparlinent as one of tho separate Lranches of tho Nationel Ad. ministration, and in proof poiuts out that another bill has already been introducad into the House proposing the transfor of the Pen. sion Burenu to the War Department, and that he has nlso heard it proposed that the Land Oftice shall likewiso be made n part of the War Departmont. Aside from this ob. jection, he wurges that there {4 no middle ground belwoen civilization and oxtinetion for tho Indians of this country, and {ho treatment that they rocoive from the Government must be in one direction or the other. 1o feclsit to bo a sacred duty to civilize sud Christinnize the Indinns, and «uotes the utterances of the early Presidents and statesinon to confirm this viow, Now the transfer of the Indian service from tho JInterior to the War Departient would be, hio hiolds, & teansfer from o peacs policy to a war policy, and the Iatter is opposed to the civilizing and Christinniziog of ony race of peoplo, Ho thinks tho very namo of the Dopartment to which it is proposed to con- fide the administration of Indinn offairy would carry with it o policy of hostility and n policy of coercion, In tho course of hiu speech o charges that the War Dopartment, then in control of Indian affairs, was re- spousiblo for the Floridn war, which cost tho couutry $50,000,000 and 1,456 lives, and lasted sovon yenrs, 'L'his result, ho says, wog brought about by circumseribing the rights of the Indians aud forcing upon them the iden that thoy were only temporary occu. pauty of tho soil, Tlio strongest argnumont advanced by Gen, Touax nguinst the proposed transfer is in his roview of the War Dopartment's denlings with the Indians during somo fifty years when (he army was intrusted with Indian af- faira, Ifo quotes from contemporaneous ro. ports at various periods during this time to show that the sdministration wns * expen. sive, inofticiont, and irresponsible,” which is the langunge used by tho House Committes on Indiun Affairs in 1884, In 1841 0 Speesnl Committeo on Rotrenchinent in the Iouss of Representatives speak of the provailing sys. tom ag ** oqunlly infurious and unjust to the Government sud the tribes.” Ile gives as iustancos of extortion reported from time to time that guns costinvg $7 in St Louis were sold to the {ndinns for $30, nxes costing 87) conts apicco for $2, a coupla of handfuls of salt for §1 which cost about G2 conts o bushel, kottles for 312 apieco which cost 25 cents o pound, and so on, Gen, Looan does not coincide with the Uelief that thero iy a higher grads of honor and integrity awong ofticers of tho army than among the men selocted for tha civil aervico, aud ha says that every fuvesti. gotion Lins shown tho proximity of soldiers and au Indion tribe to Le mutuntly demoral. izing., 1o also reverts to the fact that, once immediately after the close of the War and once since, thers have bLeen investigations lookiug to the transfer now proposed, and in both cases the finding was unfavorabls to it, Whils Gen, Loaax does not clahn that the Indian service is now all that it should bu, and admits thero aro serious defects, hu maintaius that the Indiany aro butter off thun they would be under military rulo. The wtatistica show that there are 843 uchools upon reservations with 11,000 scholurs ; that 4 per cent of the entire Iudiun population now attend school, und 8 per cent are church- wembers; that there i3 an iucreass of births aver deaths, which is u siga of prog. reni aud prosperity that the Indians hava nuder oultivative 317,213 scres of kuad, Piwe ducing 2,000,000 bushels of corn, 260,000 bushels of whent, 346,000 bushels of pota- {oes, 176,000 bushels of oats, besides their vegetables, and that 44,000 Indians, or 16 per cent of the whole, are now engaged in ngrienltural pursuits. 1le quotes from his- tarical writers and investigators to show that ngrienlturo {a one of tho best 1nenns for cive ilizing tho Indinn, and snys this nid would be almost logt if the sorvice wore handed over to tho ariny officars, 1o also Inye siresa npon the duty of kecping the mulitary aubservient to the oivil gervice In time of peace; and, belioving that the present policy is in the direction of civiiization, and that the ton. dency (o oxtinction is passed, he made the following characteristic close ¢ Why, sir, I turn away from the sad plctare of the nastand look forward to what the fuinre of this fieople may be if the policy now adopted ix properly sustalned, and the ryetem for accomplishlng the work thoroughly and” wisely revieed and placed on A proper footing, 1feel a deep unxicty to have my uame recorded as one of the advocates and defend. ers of this policy. * An § took forwanl and trace the history of the future, as the vel) 1ifts year by year, aud sce one ofter another of the tribea gathered on #uitable reservations, and graduaily, though slow 1y, learntug tho arts of husbandry, and the children gathered tn the schoolrooms and gradnally sequir- ing an educatlon; an 1nce the temales, now Yeasts of burden, siep by step acquiring thelr propes posi+ ton In social life, 1t Linds my hesrt to my country by anew tie. AsT dengthen my gaze and look Tittle farther, 1 sco waving fieldy of grainund happy homea whero once roved the wild buffalo and wilder savages; the ehlldren of thewe once savaze horden have grown into manhood und womanhood; they have taken on them the habill- ments of civilization: and new no longer b the wild war.whoop heard from ocean to ocean: ho Tonger 18 there need for n military post, scont. or soldier on out bordera of civillzation, for we have nono enve the ecean bounds eaet and west and na- tlonul bounds north and south. 1ecatch one more glance Lefore the vislon fades, und Ievethese tribes, redecmed and Christlanized, ndmitted toall the righta of clvilization und cltizenship, and side by side in theae halls sit thelr representutives, and 1 lieten fn admiration whifo the native elouence, now educntednnd trained n all the arts of clocue tion and oratory, thrilia with admiration the ntten- tive audlence, Sir, conld 1 link my name with a menaure which will reault in this end, 1 feel suro that ft will live and endure whife the rolls and records of time endure, MR, HAYES' HOME BPEECH. Every ono who hng read the speech made by Mr. IIa¥es in voply to tho cordial recop- tion tendered him by hia follow-citizens of Fromout on his roturn home, must havo been impressed with the warmth nnd depth of feeling it exhibited, and tho modosty, apt- ness, sud good taste of his words. It way no time nor place for the discugsion of tho grent issuos of tho day., 1le had roturned to his home, not aven as Governor of tho State, but ay a privato citizon, recently nominated to the place of first citizen in tho Republic. His old frionds and neighbors naturally gought an expression of their satisfaction at the houor conferred upon him, and, through Nim, upon them also, Thero wag no thought of party distinctions, Thoy turned out— men, women, and children—to welcome him liome. They illuminated their houses. Thoy | lind out thoir bands. It wes & social, friond- 1y, neighborly demonstration, and in no senso political, It iy a credit to Gov. Iives that he appreciated the character of the recoption ko thoroughly and responded to it #0 varnestly. It elicited from him a kindly and homelike feeling, Ilo ecallod over the nawmes of nien ho had looked up to and as- aoctated with, which wors asdear and honor- able to the people of Fremont ay any that are written in history in lotters of gold. 1fe #spoke the Jove ho has for Liy home and his neighbora, e told them of the plensuro ho nnticipated in returning to them without re- Roard to the issue recently put upon him. He Logged their sympathy and prayerful nid to assint him in the discharge of the groat re- aponsibility ho might be called on ta assume, and followed Laxcory in saying that without such support ho could not liope to succoed, but with it ho conld not faill, He hoped thero would bs no bitterness, no sbuse or vituperation in the trestmont of tho candi- date who shall ho nominated at 8t. Louis, The speech wns in every essential such a mo a3 should have come from a gentleman i Mr, Havzs' present position in tatking to his immediato friends and neighbors, It was througliout the utteranco of a private citizen, and there was a conspicuous absence of every suggestion of the politician, It breathed the simplict v, purity, patriotism, and good fecl. g Wi..a oro necesswry 1o @ retusn to tho anelen rgime of Americon publie life, It forecast su abandonment of the oxciting charactor and bitter controversien of lattor- day politics for the quiet, uuostentatious, poacefut, modest, dignified pursuit of good Governmont, such ay the cosy little town of Fremount probably onjoys, It was such a speoch py LincoL¥ might have made under tho samo circnmstances, excopt that it way dovoid of the humor Linconw would proba. Lly bave put into it. It was the hopotul ex- pression of a man who nssumes public posi. tion and responsibility as a duty, ready to dinchargo it to tha best of his ability if called upon, but willing enough that it shall fall upon soma one elae if tho people so desire. It certainly looks us though Rutuerrenn I3, 1aves is just the sort of man the Americnn peoplo have beou looking for in the presont emergency, BRUTE FORCE IN POLITICS, The preiiminaries of tho Detnocrntio Na- tfoual Convention nt 8¢, Louls aford u spec- taclo which is not very encouraging to those simple-minded and credulous people who have beunn cnyicd awny by tho Demoeratic hullabnloo of veform. If thero are any de. cent, sober-minded, or reasonabla peoplo in tho Demveratic party, wo commnend this spec. taclo to them nlso, Tho whole people miny contomplato the sceng with protit, ns indi eating what may oceur should the Democratio tickot bo wsuccossful next fall. Tho hotels and publio places of Bt Louis on Sunday wero in the possession of a howling, drunken Demoeratio mob, Tho ordinary quist of tha Lord's Day was disturbed by tho unseomly wrangling, cursing, and fighting of fac. tions, which at lust ronchied such o dis- graceful pitch that tho police forco of the city Liad to bo called in to proservo the pence. The fleld was occupied by two mobs of bruisers and plug-uglies, the ono heudod by Monusszy, fighting for Tisvex, the other by Kewuy, tho Tammany Bachem, fight- ing against Tieoex, All day long the ruf. flaus ond shoulder-hitters of 'Tammany aud the Bowery gulped down the wretched St Louls whiskey., They wrangled, yelled, and vaciferated in the hotel corridors, "They gathered in crowds on the streots and cursed onch othor, ‘They swarmed in the saloons, dons, aud dives, sud smashed each -other's noses aud blackenud onoh othor's eyes, If thero aro any respectabls meon iu the deloga. tiong or among the managers, they prudent- 1y kept out of sight, for these Democratip patriots of "Tanmany and the reformers from the Bowery, when inflawed with whisky, are no respeotens of persons. "Thero iv no secur. ity for a Democratis Swallowtail whon the Democratio Shorthair s on the rampuge, Between tho disputes, knock-downs, aud drag-outs of the respeotive fuctions, the Dewucratla reformers succosded in organiz. ing hell in Bt, Louis in a surprisingly short period of timo, in filling tho day with bed. Inm and drunkonnoss and tho night with fighting and brutal assnnlta, until at Iast tho authorities of the cly were compelled to call in the police to reatoro ordor, and secura the peoplo ot Louin their personnl sfoty. Theso disgraceful scones were not n moro fncident of the day, nor the ncddontal conse- quence of the universnl guzaling of whisky. The two factions, hieaded by Monmissex and Kerny, wore organized in New York and takon to 8t. Louis for the express purpose of carrying the Convention ad they carry ward. meetings at home—by bullying, blustoring, knocking down, aud drogging out. They wera talien thera to provent free discussion, and ovorwbelm the respectabls minority of the Convention, 'Ihey were taken thero to Recuro & nomination by bruto force, nnd, from the way in which thoy havo com- menced thefr work, it begins to bo apparent that if Me. ‘Cruney is nominated, it will not Dbe becauso a majority of the dalegates unite upon him as a faithful reprosontative of Dewocratio theories, but because tha Loy faction, under the lead of Monnisser, can drink longer, Lowl louder, and hit bard- er than (ho othe? faction, nnd that if he is defeated, it will not be beeattso o is not avaiiable or capable, but bocnuso KEruy's bruisers are more powerful than Monnwsey's. The nctiou of the Con. voution will be inspired by whisky and Lrawn, instead of wisdom nnd brain. ‘The contrast between the prefiminarios of 8t. Louis and Cincinuati is a notablo one. Politieal projudices aro not auy stronger nt St. Louis thau they wero nt Cincinnati, "The legitimato oxvitemont does not run any highor. Tho friends of Mr, BrLaNg were just ns resoluto that he should bo elected na are tho friouds of Mr. Tigoey, The oppo- nents of Mr, Bramxe woro just as much in enrnest ns the opponents of Mr. Tiupuw. The excitemont at Cincinnati was oven more intonse, for Mr. Braisz bind played #o prom- fnent a part beforo the whole country that the whole country was watching the con- tost, irrespective of party, snd the con- test was fonght out botweon Braise nnd anti-Bratyg men from all over the country. Tho L1Lpex contest, on tho othor hand, is circumseribed within the limits of Now York State. It is fought by factions from Now Yorlk, and tho rest of the Convention will bo burled this way or the other as ons’or tho othor of theso factions is strongest, And yot with party feolings aud projudices wrought up to their highest pitch in Cin- cinnati, there wns no desesration of the Sab- bath; no howling mobs in tho streets fronzied with hats and whisky; no drunkenness, no fighting, no neeessity for intorferenco of the polico, he preliminarios of the Convention wero pencoful. ‘Uhe proceedings of tho Cone vontion were dignitlod. It wua n fair, opon- handed, manly contost. Wo commend this contraat to rational, thinking people, who Lelievo that politicy should ho dominated by renson and not by brute force. We commend to them the spectaclo of Democraticleadersaud profassed roformers finporting mobs of several hundred professionnl bruisers, shoulder-hitters, and plug-nglies from tho slums of New York, making the Sabbath hideous with their orgies, and establishing such n roign of dis. order and ruffianly violonco that the polico have to bo ealled in. Wo specially commend it to any person who has been taken in with the Detnocratic pretense of reform and purity in politics, If such things happen in the groou leaf, what will bo in the dry ? THE LATE INDIAW BAYTLE, Tho dotuils of the battle which was fought ou tho 17th inst, at the hoad-wators of lone- bLud Creck, betweon the Sioux, numbering 2,600, wnder 8irTivg Butr-or-tne-Nortn, and Gen, Cnoox’s column of envalry, num- beriug 1,300, show that what at fimt np- penred to bo n victory was in roality tanta- mount to & dofoat, and that tho iguorant Indian warriors wore led with mora skill thun our own scasonod nnd diseiplined troops. Wo print clsowhere tho details of this disastrous attack upon tho Sioux. From the account it appenars that Geu. Croox loft his camp on the 16th With what appeared to bo o formidable expedition—five compunies of infantry mounted, and two hundred and fifty Sunke and Crow scouts, After an nd- vance of 45 miles, the Sioux wero discovered by the Suakes holdiug a magnificent position commanding the ravines through which the troops wonld have had to pass had they not beon discavered, Tho Snskes and Crdws mnde the first attack, but wera socon driven back by overwhelming num. bers. Tho troops then charged upon them, but tho Indians, after firing destructive volley, rtotired and took up a new and still stronger position on high- or points beyond, with skirmishera thrown out. Forsome timo tho Sioux alternately Jost and hiold their positions, but overy timo thoy retired they found n position stronger thau tha one thoy had left. Our troops ncted undor conflicting orders, cnusing une necossary sacrifice of life. As one incidont of the bungling manner in, which the battle was fought, it is stated that the Crows were charged by our troops, aud bofore tho mis- tako was discovered & volluy was discharged at them, and then our troops retired, Just ot tho time when tho troops had the Indians ut an ndvantnge the left of the line was or- dered by Gen. Crook to fall back nnd con. nect with the right, s0 08 to make n general wivance. It proved the disaster of the bt tle, und ended in a virtual defeat. ‘Tho Hioux held all the highest ground, aud sub. Jjucted our troops to a terrible enfilading fire, ‘I'hoy nttacked in front, on tho rear, nnd sometimes opened firo on both sides at once. They fuught their Lattlo in n masterly way. At last, after o wovera loss, n junction of the linw was formed, and the Sioux wore drivon from their vantago ground, but Gon, Cuoox could not follow them, 'Ihe country appoared dungerons, and he ordored bis line to fall back. ‘Tho most humiliating feature of the affnir iy the action of the Crows, who determined to return homo beeause they had uot beon properly supported by the troops, At last accounts the Snakes rommined with Gen, Cnaok, but they also were £o disuatis. fied that they can hardly Lo relied upon. 'I'ha responsibility for tho disaster does not rest upon the troops. All sccouuts agreo that they fought bravely and desperately, uvenin tha face of conflicting orders, and with all the advantuges of position in faver of the euemy., The fatnl mistake seems to have bevn in attacking with cuvalry whore cavalry could not operate, {nstead of with riflemen and sharpshooters. Gen, Cnoor has herotofore bornu the reputation of being s gallant and skillful Indisu-fighter. low an officer 50 well acquainted with In. dians snd thelr nmonner of warfaro could hiave mude such u mistake a8 to sowl o cavalry forco into & raving, the bluffs of whick were swarming with Indisus, who, every timo they retired, could taka stil) Ligher positions, issingular, to euy tho least. 'Thot Gen. Croox whould be unablo to follow up the Bioux and have to fall back for roinforco- ments when his ammunnition was only half exhinusted, is tantamount to an ncknowledg- nient of defeat. That he should have lost ruch gallant scouts as tho Crows appoear to liavo been is deplorable. e BRISTOW AT CINCINNATI. The speech of My, Bumrow at Cincinnati will bo gntefully accepted by tho great mul- titude of the Republican party. It will bo rend with intorest, beeauso it discloses the principles and policies which the great See. rotary would hiave favored hind ho beon nom. funted and clected, and it discloser how clonrly and emphatically thone principles and policics have hieon adopted by the Re- publican parly, nnd aro involved in the eloc- tion of 1aves aud Wuernen, o gave an admirablo nunlysis of the Uincinnati plat- form; but ho struck the popular feeling when o referred (o that parl of the platforn re- Inting to tho reform of the ecivil servizo. We reproduce what bo said on this point, Bocauso it will bear repeated readings, and cannot be too widely circulnted, Ilero is what he said: The Convention has given us n simple and easy method of reforming our clvil service, which fs uelther mora nor le<s than the practical application 1n publio alfuirs of the rule which works so well in private Jife—that every man ehoutd mind his own busineas and lenvo others o do Mkewlse, Mem- bers of Congress whom the Constitution charges with Teglslutive duties should not dictate appoint- ments to oftice ay tewards for personab political service, bul should leave the Executive free to ex- ercfse his constitntfonal functionx In the selection of ullicers with reference to honesty, fdelity, and capacity under the kanction of hin oath to take carc that tho laswa are faithfully exeented. When this distinction bietween lezlelattve and execntive fanc- tions comes to bo fully recognized and observed it will bo easy envugh for the Executive to reform aml elovate our civil service, Withaout this it s tmpowsible. The Canvention hias sirick n blow at the very root of the vvil, and hos indicated the true remedy for thy dungerons tendencten of a practice which comes down to us from the Democratie party, The platforn pledges the party to speedy, thorough; and nneparing prosecution and punish- ment of ull public ofilcers who betray ofiiclal trust, {Great applause. ] 'The Conventlon did not wtop to conuider, a8 xome would have us do, whether such prosecations and punishinents would be fafthful to he party. It hms given public notico that plune erers of the publle revenue and coreupt ofiicinle, whether Democrats or Republicans, must mect o they deserve the rigors of our crhminal statutes, Gon, Bustow exprossed in this emphatio declaration the views of the, great mosy of the people of the country, and especinlly of the Ntopublican volers. The Constitution, with wise forethought, excluded Congresy from ouy participation in the seloction of oflicors, and placed that power exclusively in tho hands of tho Executive, The framors of the Constitution well knew that nothing could ba so degrading and corrupting to Congresa, nor wo utterly demoralizing to the publio service, as to permit tho membors to havo .auy voice whatever in the appoint- maonts to oftico. 'The independence of tho Exoeutive is an impoasibility so long as members of Congross can demnnd and die- tato appointmonts, aud an Executive who iy the more clerk to register and redeem prom- inos made by members of Congress to Con- vontion-packers and enucus-bummers is not the Ixecutivo which tho Constitution of the United States provided. Tho absorption of the ontire patronngo of the Government by members of Congress lins placed in the linnds of tho latter & means of Lribery which has had the natural effect of enabling men to got into Congress nud Leep thore who are neither creditable to the country nor service- abla to nnybody buta fow desporate local politiciang, It hos also hud the effect of fill- ing the public serviee with tho mero personal rotainers of members of Congress, and not with men in any senso public servants. Tho rank nnd filo of the public servico hold their oflices rs porsonal gifts from Senntors and Representatives, and therofors hold in con- tempt their superiors. The President dare not remove thom without seeking u personnl breach with the Senotorinl patron; and it is only by such menus ag Bustow employed that the Executivo can got rid of n dishonest member of the publio service, There can ba no reform of the public sorvico until the Txcoutivo is restored to that indepondence of Congross in tho matter of appointments which tho Constitution gives him. 'Thoro can be no reform in the publie servico until Henators and Represontatives are tought by o fearless Exccutive that they havo no right, moral or legal, and shall not be pormitted to dictate the appointment of any purson to the civil servico. When Congressmen shall be thus thrust out of the patronnge business, and the President and the Exccutive Depart- monts are permitted to sclect honest ond eapable men to perform the public busiucss, then it will bo possible to dispense with at lenst one-third of the nmmerical force now necessary beepuse of thoe ineapaeity of the men forced on the Government by membors of Congress, Mr. Bnwrow, spaaking from an experience of & most successful struggle to purify one Uranch of the publia servize, knows oxactly where the nbuse exists, e bad tha coursge to strike withont asking suy pormission, Ho made himself do- tested in Congress, but respected by the peoplo, beeauso ho had publie thieves in- dieted, arvosted, convicted, and sentenced without nsking permission of the Senutors and Representatives who Lad these thieves appointed to the oflices they dishonored. In at least ono Btato ho indicted or dismissed [ every officor of the revonue appeinted by the Beuntors and Roprosontatives from that State, 1le emptiod tho publio offices of all tho thiaves, and therchy secured o delegntion to Cincinnati under the lend of o Bountor, a Congrossman, and an organ-grindor protust- ing that Bisrow had injured the Republionn party by laying Lis hands on the thieves who were robbing the Treasury, Mr. Buistow know it woyq his duty to hnve the revenue honostly collected, and that it was not the business of members of Congress to interfero; 0 hie ordered the arrest of overy Supervisor, Collector, Btorekeepor, Gauger, Clurk, and other person who was defrauding the Troasury; ho dismitsed every man in his Deopartment who was connected with the dishonesty ; ho demanded such changes in tho legal depart. wment s would eunble him to prokecute tho guilty, and theu entering the Courts im. penchied the whola body and dumanded judg. ment on them for their erimes, e bad not even notifled a Senator of what he was going to do; hio attended to Lis businows and left Congrossmen to attend to theirs ; he incurred tho oternal enmity of the politicians, but won the enduring contidence of the people. He was rejected by the Cincinuati Convention, but o numed tho man who is to bo next Presidont, and in the platform of the party is written the solomn pledyo that in the noxt Administration Bonators and Ropresontatives in Congress ara to bo recognized no moro in the matter of making appointments to the clvil servico of the country. ‘When Gon, Bristow spoke of this part of the platform, ho knew he uttered the senti- mouts of the American peopls, and he know also that he was but giving expression to the views of the galiant soldior and honest states- 1ann who Liad hoen nominated for President by the Convention which had adopted that platform, This spoecch of Mr. Bristow is important, because it foretolla that in the event of Tayey' election the long-neoded ro- form of tha elvil servico will becomo a thing of substanco tnd not n more theory, Now comes the charge that Ilavrs drow back-pny, A briof history of Congressional legisintion on the compensation of mumbors mny not bo uninteresting. In 1789 the com. pensation of members of both Houses of Conpress wns fixed nt 80 a day and 30 conta nmile, cach wny. Irom March, 1705, to Murch, 1746, tho pny wag $7 por day and 36 cents per mfle. In 1706 it was restored to $6 0 day and 90 cents per mils, March 19, 1816, the conmpensation was fixed at $1,600 year nnd 30 cents n milo, This was the ““back-pmy " act which defented nenrly every member who voled for it; it was ropenled in February, 1817, In Janunry, 1818, the pay was fixed at #8 por day and 40 cents per mile, and no change was mado until August, 1850, whon tho pay wng fixed at §3,000 a year, and the milengo romanined the aams. In July, 1866, the compensation wns changed o 25,000 o year, and the mileago was re. dneed to 20 cents per mile. Doth of theso et were passed at the first session of tho rospactive Congresdcs, just before tho elec- tiony for the succeeding Congresses, and were in no sonke “‘grabs” like the act of 1873, ‘They applied to the current Congress, and not, like the nct of 1873, to n two.yenrs' erv. ice that had expired bofors the Inw was on. ncted. Mr, Haves wasnmomber ot the House when this act of 1866 was passed, lut voefd aguinst the bill. e, howaver, with overy momber of both Iousos, took the increased compensation, ‘Ihere was not un objection in the country by any porson of either party. Tt wns ncquiesced in by both parties; the action of Congress wna entively free of any secicey or geab, Congress mot in Decom- ber, 1863, andin the Appropriation bill of that sossion tho incranss was voted. In the nct of 1873 tho incrense was not voted until the last hour of tho last session, whon the wholo torm of tho members had expired, In tho caso of the nct of 1866, tho incrensa was voted in the first sossion. Among thos drawing the incrensed pay under the not of 1866 wore the following Domocrats: Sen- ators Hrxpniozs, of Indicna; DooLiTTLE, of Wisconsin; Reverpy JounsoN, Lruaan Toun- oL, and wll the other Democrats in botl Houses of Congress. The attampt to make capital out of Hares drawing his pay under the nact of 1866 will hardly afford o profit equal to the labor involved. Il frionda hope, by pointing th Ing finger of scorn at the Chlvaman, publie atten- tion may be distracted from the chargo thot Wity.- A A, WiELLELY, of New York, on the 3d of March, 1873, voted for the salury-grab. —Chicago Dirnes. Bofore maoking this charge the ZTimes should have examined tho record, whero it wonld have found Wurxnen's name rocorded in tho negative. 'Tho first vote wea talen on tho question, “Shall the mnin question be now put?' on agreving to the roport of tho Conferonce Committeo, who reported in fa- vor of tho salary-grab, o vote stood nyes, 103, uays 84, nmong whom was Wheeler; not voting, 53, Afcr some debate, the ques- tionwas onthe prssags of the Lill, amnd it was carried by aycs 102, agninst uays 96 (with Waesren voting with the nayu); not voting, 112, After tho Salary-Grod bill passed, against which he votod in all jts stages, Mr. WirgeLer refused to aceopt the money, but directed it to be covered back into tho Trens- ury immedintely, The Zimes wns thinking purhaps of somo llinois Senntor or Ropro. sentative whom it confounded with the 1fon. Winuiax A, Wureres, of Now York, Ropub- lican candidate for Vice-Prosident, It is pointed out by the Fastern jonrnals that, notwithstauding the deoline in railvoad rates, the rate on grain from Chieago to Liv- orpool romning about tie smne. When the rates from Chicngo to Now York are 21 centd, the oceau carriers must content them- selvos with O conts, but whon tha rates be- tweon Chiengo and Now York go down ta 12 cents, tho ocvan peoplo want 18, Itisalson fuct that the lowest oconn rata ismuch higher thau the preaont lakerate, which is about 2} cents a bushol from Chicago to Bullalo, which is nearly 1,000 miles. This would in- dicate a Iargo demand for the ocean-cerrying trade,whichinturn wouldindicate that Europe ia in neod of American breadstuffs in more thau an average degree. ‘This construction may possibly compensate for the oqunliza. tion of rutes by the highor ocean chargos, A correspondent of the New York Nation, who attended the Cinelunati Convention, fell (uto o curfous error when he eame to write of Col. R. G. IxaEnsory, which the editor of the Vatton ought to have corrected or struck out. The wrlter says: ‘I necesnity, too, that the performers who have the principul roles aenigned to them feel of renchs ins the cars, not of the test of the company, but ¢ nding public, vcoms by u sort of al selection 1o lave the cifect of incrensing with euch generation of politiclans the power :ma ranzu of the buman volce, und to bo graduaily making It ue diferent from the volea of ordinary human belngs us the moral and montal qualities of uttticlans ura fram thuse uf the fot of wunkiud, Probably no schoot but that of Amcrlean potitles conid liave produced wich a volce us that of **Han ™ 1N agwsoLL, of Tilinols, who nominated Mr. BLAINE. After Halening 8o the fuxt reverbera- tlon of thy cchoes, {t was shnost painful to hear that the Government haw preterred, or ls about to pr‘u- ¢ riuin ler, charges wsuinst Mr. IRupnsons for frailulent practices connveted with the o or, s It wau plclureaguely pat by b leading vow editor, thut **1our State-Urlvons ure’y: ing for hlm." This is & “painful” exhibitlon of ignorance. The Government hus not preferred, nor Is it ubout to prefer, charges ngadnst Mr, INaggsons for “certatu fragdulent practices connected with the revenue,' beeause he has committed none. Col. IxaERIOLL Is u man of pure private charac- tery who devotes his thue and talents to his pro- fession, that of w lawyer, ot whiehi he is one of the p strongest and best {o the State The Nation'a correspondent mitst have wholly mis- understood the “Biastow editor "who * ple- turesguely ™ spoke, perhaps, of some official whisky-thief os laving **four Stute-Urisons yawnlng for him," as Col. INoprsout 3 uni- veranlly known to the people of Ihinois as a perfectly honest mau, blameless fn all the rela- tlons of a citizen, ucighbor, husbaud, and futher. Wedoubt not that the Nutionwill correctthe very grass Injustice its carrespondent has dune to an eut aud houorable mau when its atten- tion is ealled thereto, ——ag—— The editor of Tur Cuicaco Tiinuxk while Mayor aud his Council treated Micligun ayento ue thuugh it belonged 1o the city, und tared it out 1o tenaut, putting the rents i thy Public Ureasury. Thie wun ot ouly an enticely iflegsl act, but ono which he could 1ot perfursn without violating thy Tuw and bie oath of oflice, [t was winked ot then on uccount of the supposed necessity for providing Letuporary quarlers for the biducss inen who bu Lecu burned out.—Znter-Ucean, ‘The editor uf the Inter-Ocean seems to have falicn {ntv a hublt of willful and mulicfous false- hood whenever hie lias arcaslon to refer Lo the acts of the edltor of Tue Trisuss, It wes the previous admnistration which leased the Luky Front to tenants, and authorlzed them to ercct, on the lots usslgued to cuch, wooden structures. ‘When the new administration took oflice, ou the 1st of December, 1671, the whole Lake Front for more than u mile was covered with frame bufldings. At the expiration of the leass the tenants wero all required to veeste the Lake Front, and tear down thetr temporary buildings, Fbe wholo frout was cleared fu tha fall, wiuter, and apring of 1872-3, without ltigation or ex- pense to the eity; and the work of filllng up what was a atagnunt poud, or rather a mud-hole, with the debris of the burnt buildings and moe tevials from cxeavations for tellars hins gono on steadily slnee the five, until now tho fliing 18 neardy completed, aud tho park south of the Exposition Bullding la beautiful with lawn, whalks, and trees, e g— Everybndy {8 pratsing * Buftalo” Mirren for the candor and manhood he extilbited when ho was ealled on by the Cotrt for anything ho had to say bhefore sentence woa passed. 1iv said ho did not want to shirk auy responsibllity. Iia referred to the efforts the Chieago distillers mude for & Jong tine to run thelr works honeste 7, and how they were cut under by the St, Louls ¢ronked distillers for elghteen montha before they ylelded to the pressure. Ile uns doubtedly stated the truth when he sald that Instend of corrupting the oflicials they had cors rupted i, They made it (npossibie for him to*run at all uniess he patd thein blackmadl, and todo that he had to “run crooked.” [n concluslon he remarked to the Court, * T hava nuthlng to say In mitigatton of my punishinent other than what my attorneys bave sahd. § have to take whatever the Caurt sees Uit Lo give me." All of Mr. IesiNg's fricnds regeet that he did not exhibit equal fortitude and courage nt the critieal mument. The “Boss” {8 not 4 man of 48 el nerve s ** Baffalo,” who took iifs pune Ishment without o whitnper and smiling. 1lg Tenew, s an intelligent citizen, thut he deserved to be punished for violating the faw, and suid so ilke n nau. e — The Danville (Va.) Vews, a fire-cating Confed- erate-Democratic shieet, I the midst of Jta veneimous hatred of the Unlon Republican party, speaks thus of Goy, JTAvEs: And yet it will bo n wtrong ticket, and bard to defeat, wtrong fu ((x very obsenrity ; for prominence of Tute haw ondy meant celebrity 1 crime, disfize tut dn infamy, ‘The post of honor has been the private stution, and (he very fact of o man‘s being unknowsn [n public 1ife nrgdes hin pussably honest aud deeen RurneEnronn 15, HAvEs, thd white- nigger nomines for GANT'A old hoots and Hlogs kentels, was bors In_Oblo in 1 Bugan 1ho Commanded n bri; freelud crogada of Abral d two tern in Cong penctice of luw In 1855, during the ni ady iniia Alrlltt\nllm El hont distinction. leat ALLEN G, Tiun fur Guv- of Olfo, In IHGY, Ugonurg PeNnLetos, In GILLALLEN, i 1875, Ho was a record, #0 far as we have Leen able to ascertain, wasstulicd by no bratalltics agers and he haw mde o very respectabla o Guvernor, guilty of no peniontiacy-miers luing ruscalitic: The Evening Journal, i un artlele discussing the kentences awarded to the convieted whisky thieves, observea fu regard to Mr., Hesina: Hesixng consented to plead gailly to the connta which would place i o an equaiity With Die dlse tllers. Tlo never pleaded gulity Lesond that. nor way ke tejed on wny otier conits of the fudict- ment, No dunbt fie expecied to be classed with the dixtillers in tho Snal sentence, To what extent a Judge muy, witen sentenclag a irisoner, take in- to nccount facts known to his {ndependent of the trinl, 14 0 question of law, Wo havo only to aad that flzsiNe's nankiness in ot (i Informer, and the fact that the money 1ealized by hiw sy i member of the Ring was nsed In aying bis honest debts, have wou for him considerubls wympathy frat thone who. have o’ sympathy whatcvor with the Ringan such. The popular seotinent i ro- ard to"him and iy punshinent will be deter- mined, very Insgely, by the penaity meted out to Bri, who win uot o djstliler, Lué one of the chief consplrators, e at——— The Staats-Zeitung fmproves Mr, Ilzsize's present misfortune to explain that that gentle- man has never been the “publisher” of the Stauts-Zeltung; that the editor fs Me. IIRRMANN Rastin; that the puper 5 owned by 2 stock- cotnpuny, i which Mr. Hiesixve Is a slarehold- ery thut lie had o controlling interest upto four years ago, but not shnee then, and that now all the stuck lo hns left s wo plediged and tied up that e way not bo uble to hold any of ft. This explanation fs made In an article otherwlse triendly to M, T1E218G, but evidently with thé purpose of showing that the paper fs. uot responsible for Mr. I{nsing's peculfar relutions to the frauds committed upon the Government, g The feeling of sympathy for Hesiva scemed to grow wd fuerease wll duy yesterday. The general oplnion uppeared to Lo that his punish- nient was nbout a year too much, A powerful cflurt will donbtless be made to reducs the term of imprisomment at least a year. But everybody Is waiting to learn what punishment will bo meted out to the head-centio of the Whisky lllug.__ PERGONAL. William Black, tho novehst, $3 comls to tha Cuntennisl, **Magsachnsotts wiil pleaso take notice® that Dana's romarks at tho Cinclonatt Convention weres strictly Pickwlickisn, Tho summer-resort business woae rather uvers done in Chicago yuate: Summer **rerorted " here with all her relations iy Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught la goon to be murrled to the Princess Frederlea, daughter of the ex-King of lanoyer, Dv, Powers' articlo on ** Art In America* In the Moy number of LAy, the great French urt review, T4 the first of the kind ever publlahed In Paris, There were no Frenchespeaking Swilzers at the quodre-centennial colebration of lust Sunduy, lus Germany captured the land of Willlum Tell, too ? Mr, and Mrs. Sartoris, Jir, and Mra, (1, W, Swgl- loy. Churles Dudlvy Warner, and the Hon, Isracl Wushburnearo now on the ocean saillng towards Americs. Mr. Hesing haa handed in that resignation at Tast. Weo nomindte the ety editor of the Journal for the vacancy. e sy been fooking for it u long time, The English War-Ofice reports thlrty-two of- ficers wtll) living who took part in the battle of Watorfoo, Yet ths buttlo wus fought sfxty-ono years ago. Plerrepont Edwards, British Consul at New York, Is amatch for Edwards Plerrepont, Amors fean Minister at St. Jumes, 8o for uy uamcs aro concerned, Antoluctte Polk, deughter of the soldier-Iishop, is the original of Jouquin Miller's ‘*One Falr Womuan." She hes relgued us a belle In Rome for soveral winfers, ‘The betting in New York on the Yule-arvard race fu alightly In favor of Yale. The race tuked place ut Springficld, Muss, ,and both crews uro now quartered n that city. Oue of the New York Herald’s cacophonous poctaattempts to maku **leador® rhyms with ““Wheefer." Though big {ntentions are guod, he fally short of tho mark. Mrs, Loulse Fomeroy, wile of ¢*Tirick ™ Pome- roy, recently ployed Jultel ut Trenton, N.J, 1t {8 enid shy contemplates regularly enlering npon the dramatie profession, Prof. W, D. Whitney, of Yale Collegs, wayws student may get # more correct kiowledse of French from Prof. Bocher, of Harvard, thun frou on actual residence in France, Tho most curfaua fenture of the conviction of Mr. Iealng {v the amazing amount of wympusthy for bl it has developed amony the Germane of Chis cago, M hus uot beou s ropulue far years sg he 18 to-day, Andrew J, McCoah, & son of tho Prealdent of Princeton Collego, won the prizo for the best uvers aguof excellence in the sports of the Athlelic As- nucfatfon of the Colfege, Hu fs & memberof the Junlor Class, Aisw Maud Ilarrison, now playfng Ienriefls n he Two Orphans ™ at Houley's ‘tlieatre, 18 o pupll of Mlss Fannle Morant, who plays the Countess. Kate Cinxton, who ls still tho fuvorite Loulse, isselt-taught. Maine threatening Massachusetts becanso the Re- publican delegates from the latter Hitate Jdid not chiagsd o vote for Blaine at Cinciunati fs u ¥pectace ular show of no ordinary diwvusions, It tests the Black Crook and the circus. ‘Tho mout andeclous sssertion of feally to Jay Gould that Whitelaw Reld huy yet madu {5 con- tatued in the publication of an cditorial pacagravh complimentary to H. Il Kolilue, Unfon-Factic United Htates Seustor-elect from New Hampuhire. Frank Moulton, the celebrated Mutual Frivnd, was the guest of the Chicago Boardof Trade yuss terday, He wus received with uch enthulasm, wude a Bero of in u smull way, snd wwked out (o drink moro thues than the commerclal cditor of Tux Tatwexs could count, The 8pringtield Neputlican says of ex-Oov. Bul- lack's oratiun at Mt. Holyoke Sominary: ** It puts Lim anothor long step forward in the rauk of our great scholar-orstory, and will probubly take its posltion se the most divtingutshed sddrcus of sl thls Uterary unniversary ayason, '