Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 10, 1876, Page 5

' | b i ot i [ Thye Teibwne. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. PATADLE IN ADVANCH—TOSTAGE PREFAID AT THIS OFFICE. $12.00 o Specimen coples nent free. 1o prevent delgy and mistakes, be sure and glva Posl- mc eddress in full, Including State and Conuty. ¢ Nemittances msy be mado elther by draft, exprees, i Post-Oflice order, or In reglatered lotiers, al Bur Hiak. ' 7ENMS TO CITY SUDSCRIDERS. Dafly, delivered, Buaday excepted, 25 centd por week, ally, deliyzred, Sunday fncluded, 30 centa per weok Adilresa THE TIRIDUNE COMPANY, Corner Modison and Deatborn-sts., Chicago, Il CAMPAIGN TRIBUNE. The RMopublican party has now placed its national ticket and piatform befars tho people. The ennlog Prestdontial canvass will beono of the most exciting aad fmpartant thyt bas avce accurred t this country, Everymanshould be furnlstied with fult @hd correct po- 1itteat taormation, Taordertosupply thignced, the pub- 1ishers of Tuz cnmmo"x‘nxm&n Tm prlz; a cs:z;p‘:n: , comm ediately, and_continuin o e e etion 1a Noveniher, 170y Wt thio following oxcoedingly 10w FaLcs, PORSRS Fald: 7 A1even COPIed 10 OXK ADDRKSS. Dack pumiers of the cunpaign tilies, SR 12 sent. The soone orae . UAT, the grester number of tosues they will got for thelr money. —— AMUSEMENTS. $ooley’s Thentre, Randolph street, between Clark and LaSalle. *'Con- wience.” ‘Wabash Avenue M. E, Church. Corner of Fourteenth street. Tho famous Origloal “Tennesaes Colored Jublica Singors. MONDAY, JULY 10, 187G —_——————— 4t tho New York Gold Exchange on Bat- ardny, greenbneks wore stoady at 804, v ———— Cpstle Garden, the famoas old wooden slructure whereat millions of immigrants landing in New York have firat sot foot on tho shores of America, was yestorday de- stroyed by firo, Thera is enconragement for tho beliof that tho wenather man has partially racovered from his protracted Fourth-of-July . *celebra- tion,” for Le has tho graco to anmounce cooler weather, with local rains, ————— Wa publish this morning a sermon by the Rov. D.J. Bunnewr, of this city, upon the subjoct of tho Little Horn massacre. The roverend gentleman, sasuming a perfect fn- miiarity with tho plans snd purposcs of the Almighty, clearly traces the hand of an om- nipotont and just God in the flendish butch- ery and mutilation of Cusrzn and his brave followers, wherons the infamy of that achiove- mont has beon gencrally aseribed to Brrrive VoL A movement in force will soon bo made by the JTouse inflationists upon the Banking and Currency Committeo to force sn carly roport that will opon the way to tho fulfill. anent of the instructions of the St. Louis Convention respecting tho ropoal of the Re- sumption act. A careful canvass of tho Committeo shows n majority of one in Javor of hard money, and ngainst the ropeal. JPhoro are five Democrats of soft tondencies, Including Mr. Payng, of Ohio, who at the boginng of the sesson wos osmong the hardest of the hards, but there are two Democrats on the Committeo who are firmly opposed to undoing the only pieco of work which even squints foward remumption, and these, supported by- tho four Republican members of the Committee, mnke up a ma- {ority of six ta five. against tho.repcal. Bo that it.is unlikely tbat tho inflationists will De sble to bring up the currency question in the conveniont and privileged 'form ‘of a Cowmmittee-roport. Lot all unsuccessful candidates for sents in Cangress console themselves with tho refloc- tion tunt thoy have escaped nn enforced sojourn in Washington, with the thermome. ter marking o temperature of 104 in the sbndo, And there is no immediato prospect of escapo through adjournmont, for the Senato hnas the impeachment trial on'its hands, and soveral {roublesome approprin- tions stand in thoway, 'Therois nothing loft but to swent and bear it, olthough the hoat In tho Senate Chamber and Hall of Represent- atives, with thoir poor ventilation and com- plete isolation from the opon aolr, {a some- \hing foarful to think of, much lessto en. Inye. Ttis said thatin the Senate and House e temporature has for tho past throo woeks weragod 90 dagrees, oceasionally gotting as aigh as 100, and that tho sovere prostration meident to n continued tomperatura of thia xind hins alrondy begun to mako iteelf plainly apparent upon the general health of mom- sora. ‘Waestorn Congressmen, who unmistakably refloct the sentiments of their constituoncics, aro urging on the War Department the ac. ceptance of State volunteors for the Indian war as the most effective snd cconomical plon for the apeedy subjugation of the ‘nostilo tribes, and tho proper punishmont of the fiends who slanghtered Ouaren and his command. Tho Secretary of War is sald to hold the same opinion, bolieving, doubtless, that a suitable volunteor foroe, mads up of Western mnen, and placed undertho command of Croox and Tzzry, would prove moro of- ficient than rogular troops unused to Indian fighting, Gen. Buemxax is understood to ook with disfavor upon the volunteer plan, and to advoeate the roeruiting of tho thinned ranks of the regular regiments up to the moximum, Ie has exprossed the opinion that the Indians under Brrrmvy Buiu will now ecparate into mmaller Lands, but many army officors, fully a8 woll qualified as him- solt to judge of the matter, predict o such result, ; — The Chicago produce markots wero goner- ally quiet and casicr Baturdny, Mesa pork closed 2§o per brl lower, at $19.70@19.75 for July and $1U.77)@19.80 for August. Lard closed 12}o per. 100 Ibalowor, at $11,05 @11.07} cash and $11,12)@1L.15 for Aug- ust. Moats wero steady, at 8}o for boxed shoulders, 1030 for do short riba, and 110 for do short clears. Lako froights wero dull, at2c for wheat to Bufialo, Mail freights were un- changed. Highwines were unchanged, at $1.10) per gallon. Flour was in small demand. Wheat closed 1}@1jo lower, at $1.00} for July and $1.02] for August, Comn closed {@1o Jower, at 460 for July and 40jc for August. Qats wore steadior, closing at 20¢ cash and 28Jo for August. Itye was quiet, at C5c. Barloy was nearly nominal, at LT@58¢ for July and 75@800 (now) for Sep- -tembey, * Hogs wova active aud easler, clos- ing weok at 100 decline, Bales chiefly at $0.40@0.00. Cattlo were in fair demand, at I'ridny's quotations. 'I'he range of eales was §2,60@5.85 for iuferior to vxtra. Slcep wero in better supply, but under a foir do- mand prices were sustained, at $2.50@4.50. Ono handred dollars in gold would buy 111,87} in greenbacks at tho closo. ———e Now that the connsel for Gon, DELENAP Liave concludod to moko tho best of the trial instead of falling back on the plea that tho Sonnto did not lawfully asswme jurisdiction with a vota of less than twoethirds, it is evi- dent that tueir lino of defonsp will boto show that Brrxxap appointed Evaxs poste trader at Fort 8ill in the beliof that ho was sccaptable to the officors of tho post, and that, while hiaving no knowledgo of any pay- menta by Evans to Mansm, he sccepted pay- ments from the latter under the impression that they weraon account of the seitlement of tho estate of his wife's first Lusband, On the other hand, the Houso managers regard tholr case ngaiust BEtrNAP 03 sbeolately in- vulnerablo, ond on the simpls quustion of guilt, 88 dotermined by tho proof, they do not admit the possibility of a fallure to con- vict, Mansmand Evaxs oro yet to bo oxam- ined, and tho testimony for the progeoytion is oxpocted to be all in to-morrow. r———— ——— Tho lottor of Gov. HAxzs, accepting tho Ropublican nomination for the Prosidonoy, appoars in our columns thie morning, Itis a model letter of its kind, and ono which will greatly enhance the high rogard in which tho Tepublican standard-bearor is held. Nothing could be moro conclse, clear, and direct. It is & platform in itselt, and ono which tho Re- publican party can proudly stand upon. That yortion relating to Oivil-Bervico reform is, in tone and cxpression, abreast with tho most advanced idens and demends of the re- form cloment of the party snd of {henation. It hasa genuine Buistow ring sbout it, the ring which means death to the mochine. Not less pronounced and un- smistakablo is the declaration on tho subject of tho currency—the resumption of specie payments as the only way to ond the ‘‘un- certainty insoparable from an irredeomable paper currency,” which, “ywith its fluctua- tions of values, is ono of the gront obstacles to o revival of confidenco and busincss, and toarolurn of prosperity.” The utterances concerning tho public-school system and the condition of tho Southern Btates are thoso of o statesman ond patriot who knows neither soct mor scction. The concluding portion of the letter, o condensation of the wholo, is & grand campaign motto: Vith a Civil-Service organized npon A eystem which will secare purity, experience, cMclency, and cconomy, A etrlet regard for the puplie wels faro solely n appointments, apd tho speedy, (horough, and unsparing prorccution and punishe ment of ,all public officers who betray .officlal trusts; with o sound currency; with educatfon un- rectarfan and frec to all; *with simp)iclty and fra- gality In public and privatc affairs; Bud with o tra- ternal aplrit of barmony pervading the people of all zections and classcs, we may rcazonably hope that the sccond century of our cxistenca 83 o na- tion will, by tho blessing of God, bo pre-cminent a8 an cra of good feeling and aperfod of progress, prospetity, and hoppiness. P VIOLATIONS OF EXECUTIVE CONFIDERCE. A singular question has beon raised ab Washington by a sub-committeo of tho House Judiciary Committee. It ig, whether o Cobiuot officer con Lo compelled to state what has taken place in the privato consul- tations of tha Prosident and hisadvisers. It arisos upon the demand modo upon’ Mr. Busrow, lato Secratary of tho Treasury, for & statement of all that has officially, but privately, passed betwean him and the Presi- dentrolating to the whisky business. The Secratary very properly refuses to nnswer the question, claiming that the consultations of tho President with hia Cobinot offlcers are of a confidontial character, and not to be re- venled. Fo denies that, even if 8o disposod, ho has any suthority to disclosoWhat took place ot his conforences with the Prosidont. 1t s illustrative of tho malignancy of tho Democratic mombers that such a controversy should over arisa. The Presidont is the Execative, Tho mombers of the Cabinét are cnch responsible for whatever thoy moy do in the discharge of their official duties. Until tho contrary is shown, it ia to ba assumed that thoy act in all official mat tors by tho direction or authority of tho Presidont. Each lsa o brouch of the publio service in his especial chargo, aud, soparately snd colleotively, thoy aro anthor- ized and required to furnish the President with information and sdvico. The Prosi- dont is not obliged to follow the ndvice of & ) Oabinet officor, even upon matters portain. ing to tho partioular dopartment of ‘which such officer is the chiof ; nor is he obliged to follow the advico of a majority, or of the whole, of his Cobinet. With them Le con- sults ns to mossures to be propos. ol; to ordors to bo given by the Exoculive; in relation to forelgn mat- ters; concorning legislation proposed or onacted Dby Congress; nud, generally, with regard to the wholo policy of tho Qov- ornmont nnd the exccution of the lawa. These questions ars froquently of o delicato charaoter, and seerecy is essentisl to auy frosdom of consultation. ‘Tho Senate of tha United States considers various matters with closad doore, All treatios or other confiden- tial matters are consldored in privacy. All appointments are soted upon,.zeporta aro made, and debates take place in‘private. Be- oreoy s oasentinl to tho freedom of disous- slon of such matters. Imagino the debates which would take place in public if tho ex- amiuation and disoussion of tho personal fit- ness, education, and private claraster of in- dividuals took placo in open scaslon, with crowded golleries and roporters prosont. What would bo the chamotor of our diplomacy if the cousideration of treatios was in opon session, with the private and confidential correspondence of our own and foreign Governments read in open scs- sion, and published to tho world? ‘Thoro is pothing in the consideration by the Senato of all theso mattors requiring privacy and confidonce which doos not enjoin confidence fu the counscls of the Exccutiva. Think what kind of affairs Oabinet meotings would bo with a half-dozen reporters and the gen- eral publio in attendance, Yo, if & Commit. tas of either Houso can mummon o Oabinet officer and make him rolate what took place atoncor any numnber of Cabinet mootings, and publish it, wherein is It different to hav- ing a roporter present at such Cabinot meot- inge to publish what way bo sald pro and con on every question ? ' ‘Tho rolations of the President with his Cabinet oficors are far mora of @ confiden- tial charaoter than thoso of Senators. It is like the privato conforeuces otween client and counsel, or the domestio consultations of tho family circle. ‘o juyado this privacy no man has cvor yob attempted; it bas remained for amalignaut squad of the DemocratioHouse to sttempt to drag out for public ropding the pivate consultations of tho President with his constitutions! advivers. What has taken place ot thesé meotings took place iu alf tho freodown and security of confidonco, The person participating thereln who would violats that confldencs should forfeit tho respect of every citizen, No process of Con- gress should Lave tho power to cosrce any | him sud fought ncar THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY. JULY 10, 187G. Cabinet officor to divulge what took place, or what was said to him by the President or any of his associates. Bottor rest in prison for an indofinite term than to ssorifico por- sounl honor and good falth, 1t such a rlo wero once adopled, that & Cabinet ofieer could bo compalied to dis. closo tha consultations of the Excoutive, thoro would bo no indepondenco of tho Ex- ccative, He conld have no sdvisers. o could consult wwith no porson whatover, Ho would be doprived of tho ordinary privilogo of overy privato oilizen,—tho privilogoof tak- ing odvice, or obtaining {nformation, or dis- oussing proposed aotion. There could o no Cnbinet meotings to which reporters might not a3 well bo admitted. The whole theory of & Cabinet or Execntive advisera will bo de- stroyed, and the President will bo redueod to hold n sort of town maeting, open to every- body, in order to consider what notion lio should take upon public matters, foreign and domestie. 'There would bo nosuch thing as o Cabinet ndvisor, No Becretary would un- dertake to offer advico, when that advico was 10 bo made public. ACabinet mesting consid- oring a gmve public quostion, instead of be- ing a confidontinl affair, inviting tho fullest froodomof thought and expresaion, would, in viow of tho probable publicity of tho pro- coedings, bocome o formal nssomblage, in which esch person would reduco what ho Yiod to say to writing, and put it on record for his faturo defenso. Mr. Brasrow has refusod poremptorily to npswor the quostions, It Is hinpossible to foretoll how far Confoderato malignity may procoed, or whothor the House will order the ex-Socrotary under arrest for rofusing to dlisclose the confidential proccedings of the Cabinot; but, should tho Seeretary b so im- prisoned, he will have the rospect and sympa- thy of the wholo country, be sustained by tho opinions of the entire logal fratornity, and will incronso the admiration which tho peaple bave for the honest and foarless See- votary. ‘That ho will yleld, no one has the faintest suspiolon, . R — THE SPEECHES BATURDAY NIGHT. In his spooch at the great Republican mass-meeting Saturday night, the Hon. Bue=ny M. Currox took up and disposed of tho issue made by tho Domooratio sham re- formers 08 to’ the Presidontial candidates,— thiat these, in and of thomselves, withs thoir records ns-thoy havo made them, aro tho true platforms and the only renl plodges of tho respective partica for tho reforms to bo, accompliched. Admitting tho solf-ovidont fact that the work of reform must go on until overy dishonest man in the publio ser- vico {a roformed out of it, and until the cor- rupting influonces resulting from the great upheaval of socloty by the War aro reformed out of affairs altogether, and reminding his hienrers how the Ropublican party bhas honted down, oxposed, snd punishod cor- ruption in its own ranks, ho dispassionately considersd what sort of guaranty and assur- ance of reform TILDEX is, in and of himself, That question, wherever Trupzn's record and political afilintions aro known, con- tains its own answer, and a most tolling answor it is, as wns- manifost wheon Mr. Cuzrox declarod tho reform wanted was not such na would como from n schoming rallrond stock-jobber, tho political partner of Doss Twerp, so long ad that partnership conld bo mado profitable. The koy-note was atruck when the Hon, Eareny A. Stonzs, who followed in' one of *his happicst eforts, domonstrated in his own {nimitablo style the ludicrousness of looking to tho Democratio party for reform of any gort. Thero was, 08 everybody thero know, alitoral truthfulnees that addod to tho satir in his statoment that the reform Democraoy, aftor oll thess yoors, hnd so far roformod that thoy now nnheaitatingly declred: ngainat stealing. Not less telling was his scathing raview of tho declarations of that party in favor of reform by getting thomsclvea into oftico’ snud their denunciation of the Repub- lican party for obstructing tho appre- cistion of groonbacks, which tho De- mocracy proposod to dispose of by rag- repudiation. Thoro was no flauating of tho bloody shirt in Mr. Sronna’ spooch. But it was illed with tho plain, unanswerable logic ‘of facts, showing that in nothing has the Domocratio party given assurance of ifs fit- ness to be intrusted with the Administration, nor of its purpose or capacity to abandon its renctionary polioy. 'The speochos of Mr, Courzost and Mr. Brorns 80 exactly fit the situation that Tme Tnmoyz to-day republishes thementire, Tho Tonat of tho Domocratio reformors since the $t. Lonls Convention haa been that thoy have placed the Republican party on the do- fonsive ‘bofore tho country, Bubt theso spoachos, with which the campaign has boen opened in the great Northwest, havo alroady porved to make an ond of the defensivo campaign, to vindicato tho Ropublican par- ty, and to fixupon tho sham roformers the yecord of their sham roform candidato and the yot moro damning rocord of thoir sham seform party. (e ] A WORD WITH JOHN P, FARNSWORTH. A Tyuoes and Henpaicks ratifieation meot- ing was held ot Aurora on Saturday oveniog which was addressed by Joun F. Fanxs. wonr! Our diepatch says ho talked over an_ hour dlscussing the platforms of the Cin- olnnati and St. Louis Conventions, the Civil.Servica roform, the curroncy ques- tion, and tho tariff, and couldn’t for the lita of him sco why tho editor jof Tup ‘feinuNe should support Hayxs and Wuxerer, Wo may retura tho compli mont by esying that we cannot for tho lifo of us ses why Jonx F, Fanwsworrm should support Trrpx and Hexpniogs, Mr, Fanxswonto was one of the origiual Aboli- tionists of Illinois and o friond of OweN Lovevoy, e wos eleoted to Congress by the Ropublicans from tho Chicago District bofora the War, and waa ro-electad, until the district was divided, as a Republican and Anti-Blavery man., Whou the War broke out, he raised tho Eighth Cavalry from among his constituents, former and presont, and sorved with distinotion. He was then re. electod to Congress for several terms until 1874, At that time, being opposed to Guans's Administration, he went off to GnerLry, and voted for bim as o Libers! Republican. He hod never given any intimation then, norhas hosinco, that he would go over to the Demo~ crats and Qonfodoratos, nor Lavo his friends supposcd him capablo of doing it. Ilow this radical Republican, after baving spont forty yoars i ths Auti-Slavery servico, having risked bis 1ife for it, having fought the Dem- ocratic-Confederate parly sinco he woe a boy, can now dellberately turn and go tack upon his record, his lfe. long assoclations and friends, and appear in a Confederate mecting to help ratify the nomination of a bogus * reformer” and po- litica) trimmer, and join hands with the mon whom ho has fought all his life, s not ouly singular but unintelligible. *How ho can go back upon Tlaves, who was o eoldier with bim in Virginia, and | who, like bimnolf, hns olways bocn an Antl Slavery mon, who hina alwaya boon a pure man, who ls ovorything that Famxsworrnt wants n candidato to bo, who haa rdvoested overs political doctrine that Fansswontn considers orthodox,—how ho can got up in tho old Auli-Slavery city of Aurora, and de- liborately and publicly - disavow the whole record of his life, and cut looso from all hia political nasociates, and turn his back on his frionds and his principles, is what his frionds connot unerstand. 1t shows either that he is nursing somo secrot bitterncss to the Te- publican party, whichno omo elss compre- honds, or olso that ndvanofng yoars have clonded tho botter judgment of his younger days and dimmod his politieal vis- ion, Howover much Lo m#y bave been opposed to Gmawt, thot s o thing of tho pnst, Mr, 1avzs ia n mon of his ownsort, whorspresents overything in the way of reform that Mr. FAnxswonTit hias beon urgng. ‘Thathe should now publicly go back upon Mr, Havzs shows that ho is rocreant to himsolf and his principles, Tuz Cnicico ‘Tnisuxe sapports Mr, Haxes bocanso ho lsa man of unspotted bharncter and of exalted worth, who hag sorved his country on the field with bravery and skill, and has served his State with honor, and Lecause ho has been o truo Republican, is in favor of xe- form, and purification of the Oivil Borvice. For thoso ond similar ronsons, Tms Tnwune supporta him in preforonce to tho sham ro- former, *Slippery Sax,” ‘and his Coafed- aerated political associates. e r————— TILE SILVER QUESTION, It is apparont that tho controversy over the valua of silver and its futuro condition as amedium of oxchange Is becoming more complicated ovory day. 'Tho price of bullion continues to £all, and it was quoted the other dny in London at 47 pence, which is 14 pence less than the avérage price for over twenty- oono yoars provionaly, Germany goos on with the. work of demonctization, gotting rid of its old silver coins ns rapidly ss posaible. England ouly buys for uso in ita Indian and 'Chinoan trade, but the quotations for thia trado are 80 uncertain that the London Zimes racently said thore were really no quotations of ellver ot nll. France, Belginm, Switzer- land, Italy, and Greeco aro bound, by a con- tract known as the Latin Upion, to maintaln the snmo monoy, and this contract lasts till 1880, 1Ifitwero not for this, Bwitzerland: certainly, and Franco probably, would hiave ndopted tho singlo gold standard. As it is, Bwitzerland lnst year did not coin its full quota of silver, and the Fronch Foaate has just adopted o bill, pro- pared by the distinguished political ccono. inist Leox Say, authorizing tho Government to limit or suspend the coinaga of silver Lefranc plocos, This is really holding the domonatization of silver in abeyance. Mean- whilo the amount of gilver coin put out by tho United States Government in exchango for fractionals is 80 small 2s to haye had no offect on the downward tendency. of the sail- var bullion, while the mines turn it out as rapidly ns over; and tho rosult is tho price continues to decline. e How long this depreciation will continue, and whaore it will stop, are questions which puzzlo nlike thosa who favor the domonetizn- tion of silver-and thoso who desira to have it mado logal tender. 'These fluctuations in silvor ara not exceptional. The Pall Aall points out that ono ounco of silver at tho ac. cession of Evizanern would buy nlmost ss much o8 two ounces in the timo of Epwanp 1IL; yot at tho accession of Cmantesl. the purchasing power of silver was only sbont ono-third what it was in. Erazanera's tmo. ‘I'ho snme journal contiunes Tn the Middlo Ages ono ounca of gold exchanged for ten of silver; In 1702, when the United States adopted tho dollar coinage, they fxed the propors tion 6t ona to fftcon, ln other words, the silver dollar was to weigh as much ns ffteen gold doliars, Tiy this act, sllver way overvalued, and, accord- ingly, in 1803, when France adopled the franc sya- tem, the Minister, GauniN, fixod the proportion at ono to fifteon and a half, GAupix undorvalued as Haxiurox overvalued silver, and the consequences were very curlons. Fifteen dollars' weight of sll- ver In the vpen markot and as bulllon wonld not Dy ono doliar's weight of gotd, but whon colned itwould. Consoquently It was profitablo to evory parsun who had sllver to get it colnod, Further- muore, it was profitablo to cvery person wha had to pay money to pay it in sliver, for the sllver passcd for more than it wos Intrineleally worth, Sllver, therefore, was alone rent to the mint, and siiver only passed from band to hand. What became of the gold? It wos legat tendor Just as sllver was, for the United States adopted the hi-metallic sya. tem. Either gold or silver, therofare, would dis- charge debts to apy amonat. DBat to pay gold would oe to fncur loss, Consenuently it disappearcd from the Amerlcan clrcula. tion and was ozporicd to France, France plzo adopted bl-metslism, but ms * sho undervalued silver it would have been a Joss to wend it to tho mint. Accordingly, sllver was cx- yported from Franco to the Unitod States. in return for (ho ol acnt by tho latter. ThoUnited States, finding thelr gold gone, declded upan gotting it Vack; and in 1834 thoy Tevalued tho metals, fxing tho proportion then nt ono to sixtecn, They thus passed from ono error to auather. As they pre- viously overcstimated sllver, they now underes- thnated it, and tho result was preclscly the roverso otwhat iad beforo oceurred, The whole of the silver was exported, and gold took its place. So complete waa tho substitution, Indecd, that sinco 1854 not a elngle stiver dollar has been cojued by the Amoricanmints, althongh the law making sil- ‘yer o legnl tander equally with gold remainod upon the ntaiute book until 1873. Here wo have dowble (Mustration, an complate as 1f it had beon intended for verification, of the influence of mero colnage laws on the movement of the preclous metals; In the conrso of half 8 century weo fnd gold expellod from the United States and silver from ¥rance, and then aflver swept away {rom the former and gold from tholattar. The fact s worth bearing In inind ata time when Qermany fs de- monetixing a silver colnago and subatitutiug for it 8 gald one. From the samo authority we learn that the price of silvor from 1845 to 1840, both in. clusive, was o fraction over G penco per ounce, It novor fell to that figurs, and nover reachod b shillings, In 1850 it pnssod 60 ponco. In 1851 it reached G1 pence, From that year to the end of 1808 it stood above thot figure, occasionally rising to 62 pance, and oven a fraction over. From 1867 to 1872, both Inclusive, the price fell to a frac. tion over GO penco. In the two follow- ing years it stood above 5Y pence. The avarage of last yoar we aro unable to stale, but during the past eightecn months the fall has been constant nnd rapid, the price last weok being about 51} penco, or say & fraction undor 52 ponce. Botween 1850 and 1872, it will thus be seen, tho price averaged about 61 penco an ounce. At the end of 1874 tho foll had brought the prico enly to tho lavel of 1815, or sbout thirty yoars before, Yot tho more recent decline Lins brought it down to wherae the silver dollar of the wolght and atandard colued by the United Btates is only worth 176 conta fu gold, It is a wonder that the Governwent should delsy the rapld substitution of silver coln for fraotionals with this differonce in its favor, ‘This surcly would be no breach of faith, because, if a metallic curvoncy had been presorved in this country during all thesa yonrs, tho small chongo would still lLiave been silver, aud the people would have borne the depreciation fust the same. Bo long a3 thero i3 poeffort to increaso tho amount for which silver {s a legal tender thora will bo no injustice nor hardship in supplying all tho small changs the country noeds by silver eoin. At tho samo timo, it a roturn to tho bi- motallic currancy {8 contemplated by the re. sumption of specie paymenta, the silver dol- 1ar ought to be equalized with the value of tho gold dollar by incrensing tho amount of motal put into thie silver dollar and its parta. Otherwise, imitating the coinage without the {ntroduation of any of tho bnsor metals, and without reelly swindling the poople, will probably bocomo & goneral, and certainly o profitable, businese, A very large por- tion of the mickel coina now in circnlation wors mnot mada by the Government, but by countorfeitors. As tho cont of tho metal nnd manufactaro of & &-cont pleco I8 only nbout a cont, it pays for privato persons to coin them, whila furnish- ing the pooplo & coin of equal intrinsio value. 8o it will bo with silvor coina if the silver dol- 1ar, ng manufacturod by tho United Btates, shall continue to be worth only throe-fourths a8 much 0s the gold dollar, and 20 conts lesn than tho greonback dollsr. It should bo ro- mombored that, with all this plothora of sil vor, soveral of the Europoan countrios, a8 well pa the United Btates sud the SBouth American countrics, have an frredeemable paper currency; and, if there could bo o sim- ultancous rosumption of spocle payments, giving amploymont to silver as 8 curroncy, thero is littlo doubt that it wonld resumoand maintain its equilibrium, This would seem to bo tho only way to avoid the'tmiversal de- monetization of silver, e — THE PACIFIC BAILROAD3 AND THE GOV- ERNMENT. 1t is a mattor of momont that Judge Law- rENce's bill has passed the Houso of Ropre- sontatives, compeiling the Union Pacific amd Contral Pacific Railrosd Compauies to pay a cortain amonnt of monoy annually into the TUnited Btates Treasury, to bo applisd on tho intorost and principal of thair bonds guor- anteed by the Government. The Pacific Railronds have never voluntarily taken sny stopain this direotion. Thoy havo trented tho Government guaranty of their bonds rather ns a gift than as o loan, and have never made preparations for payment. On tho contrary, nll their preparationahave beon for not paying oither intorest or principal The Government had originally secured it- self by a first mortgaga on tho rosds, but the Pacific Railroad lobbics got this lien re- lensod by Congress and a socond mortgago sccepted by tho Government in liou theroof. The danger now is that the ronds will bo sold under tho firat mortgnge whon it ‘comes duo, and the principal owners will buy them up, leaving tho Governmont out in the cold. Tho only claim the Government has is for half tho sorvices rendorod by'the rail- ronds and for 5 porcent on their net earn- ings, and the roads bave nover paid tho latter. | It ia ostimated that the Central Pacifio should make semi-annual payments of §049,730, and the Union Pacific of $904,781, in order to liquidate the interostend prinel. pal duo in 1898, Bub tho bill raported by the Judisisry Committeo provides for tho somi.annual payment of only $875,000 from the Union Pacifie, and $284,106 from tho Conteal Pacifie, both for ten yoors' time, after which tha psymonta are to bo incronsod. The monoy received from theso payments is to bo {nvested in United Btates bonds at the best market rate, and creditod to the il ronds. Judge Lawnence did not bellova the sums provided for to bo sdoquato, but sup- ported the bill ns being in the right direc- tion, and the best ho could seouro. The fact that thobill, on its final passago in the Touse, rectived o voto of 169 yeas to D nays shows & remarkablo doferonce to public son- timont nbout those subsidized railronds; but in tho preliminnry votes, leading up to n finn) consideration of the bill, it was shown that noarly onc-half of the Congressmon wanted to postpono and delay it, oven ot this Iate day. 4 This bill has to pass tho Senate beforo be- coming a law, and it will probably bo diffi. calt to got & hearing of it wo late in tho ses- sion, with tho Impeachmont trisl and the Appropriation billa prossing upon tho attontion of that body. But timo for ita. consideration ' should bo found, novertholess, and tho bill promptly passed. As Judge Lawnxxox romarked, if tha Pecifio Railronds honestly intend to pay the bonds and interest guaranteed by the Government, no bettor way could bo adopted than by thus creating a fund for that pur- pose by somi-onnual payments. 1f they do not intend to pay, then tho bill is all the moro necessary to compel them to do so, THE TERN WAR, The news from the Turko-Bervian cam- paign continuen to be so conflicting that ono may well deapair of arriving ot any rationad conclusions ns to what has thus far been ao- complishod. I we mny bolleve the Turkish roports, Gen. 'TonzuNArery, Who commanda tho sastorn division of the Sorvians, is not in Turkish torritory at all. Per contra, Rus- slan, Bervian, German, and- English advices unite fn the nssertion that not only is he on Turkish soll, but that he has turned the Turkish flank, and {s well down to Sofla, be- twoen tho Turks and Consisutinople. Tho advices from the western column under Gen. Zaon, in Bosnin, constantly contradict cach othor. If we are to credit tho dls. patohes of tha past weok, Bollina has been destroyed threo times by the Servians, and captured threo times by tho Turks,” The Turkish srmy has boen throo times routed Ly tuo Sorvisns st tho samo’ placo, and the Bervians thres timea driven back by tho Turks, Both sidos aro evidently lying with industry and zoal for thelr respootive sldes, but, ont of the hoterogencous and con- flicting news, it bogins to bo apparent that while TonenNaveew's column, which has {aken tho offensive in Bulgorin, is meeting with success in his southerly march, the ofensive column on the northwestern {ron. tier, under Ziom, has received a bad sel- back. Pending the arrival of any declsivo newens to aurrent operations, the foreign mails whiclh have just come to hand contain many interesting facts.' con- corning the preliminary movemonts of the Sclavie powers, @ rosumo of which will bo interesting, The London Times of Juno 24 disoussea the situation, and pointa out very prophetically to tho English Cabinet, which was congratulating itselt upon tho re-tstablishment of poace; that war {4 imminent. Its comment upon the atti- tude of Borvia is s0 portinent that we copy aportion of it. - Tha T¥nes says: Theeo haa been during the past yoar a violent ex- cite: smong tho peoplo of Serviain favor of the insurgents, sud & bolicf that tho opportunity of the Sclavic race Lad come. ‘The Qovernmantof tho I'rinco has been urged by tho very atrongest infinences to toke part against the Turks. Tho Prince fears for his throne and for tho aupremacy of bl famlly, and the leading politiclans sud vol- ddera have fancled that frresolution st thiy criste would bo followed by a popular condemnation from which they would uever secover, To these sotlvos may be sdded & confidont bopo in the vup- yort of Burgla; lodved, we can scarcely be unjust "] another articlo, is matorislly affected by the farthor | in ssxuming that the Government of Bt. Petorsbrrg. hna approved and encouraged the display of na- tionalaplrlt. Servia hns, in fact, been appealed to from every part of Belavle Europe as the Slato whoss duty It s to stand forth forc- most -in the common canse. 'The consoe qnefice of these incliemonts has been prepa- ration for war, and, of course, n great expendituro of moriey; Tho notton that the Groat Powers could never sco a Christtan land ngnin oversun by tho Turk, ond that in ‘o detormined confilot ovontual succosn muat Lo on tho Chrfatian sido, js an articlo of political faith among the potriots of tho Turkish Provinces, As to tho present attitude of Europe, tns not Lord Denny dald that the Treaty of Pans docsnot gnarantéd tho integrity of the Oltoman Empirc ngainst revolution in its conatituent proy- inces? If tha work la ever tobe done, it must be ‘bogun by thoso who aro still reckoned within tho Ottoman pale; and, ff these whl bear tho brunt of tho firat onsot, hiclp Is sure to coms In theend. This tho vlew assidnously prescnted by tho frienda of actlon, and It s sald that oven awmong the Prince's Ministors thera ave mon ready foe tho bolder vonture. With regard to Montenegro, tha ZVmes of tho samo date Bpenks with tho samo dogroe of cortainty ns followa Thero has lately Leen a 'nrofect to conelliato Montencgro and to detach ft from tho revolntlon ary connectlon by tho sesslon of a small portion of terrltory, In return for which Montencgro should acknowlodge tha soverolgnty of tho Sultan, Moro than one Government appears to have thought that an understanding hotweon Turkoy and Montenegro would bo the surest means of producing apacifica- tion, and that the cession of some frontler diatrictn would beasmsll orice to pay for encha beneft, The Austrian Government, however, is sald to be convinced that the cndeavor to Induce the Mon. tenegrins to do Anything which might be construod into a dircct or indirect recognition of the Sultan's soverelgnty wonld Lo o mere wasto of time, and that not even so Incompleto an acknowledgment a8 fs Involved in sendlng an Envoy (o congratalate tho new Bultan 18 to ba hoped for. It s quite pos- slble that Bervia and Montenegro may maintain the relations with Herzegovinn which have lasted thronghout tho Insurrection, and erd by acting to- gethor, If action thoro be ot all. Bubeoquent events hava shown tho prog- nostications of the T'mes to be absolutely correct, notwithstanding the positive manner in which Mr, Disnarss ronssured the English poople. With rogard to tho attitude of Turkoy, tho TParis correspondont ‘of the Z¥mes throws some now light upon this subject. Ho says: 1 only mention thoeo rumors, which have influ- enced tho Bonrae, to show what a mistake 1t wonld be to fancy the Eastern question {s approaching a solution, Turkey has always asked to bo left alone with ita rovolted subjects, and when warned that in that case Montenegro and Servia would openly join them, haa nlwaya replled that f for- elgn Powers would agree not to encourago the ia- surgents, she would not be afrald to' face such an oventuallfy, and did not oven ask tho Powers to intervenadiplomatically to prevent such o genoral rising. 1t is ovidont thot the Great Powers aro acting upon this hint of Turkoy, nnd have formed their ring to watch the struggle and goe if sho can make good her assortion. 'The most significant foaturo of this ring, how- over, is, that, whilo England and Germany axe watching tho fight in the porsons of thoir diplomatio ropresontatives, Austris is watch- ing it with her frontier swarming with troops and Russis with 70,000 or 80,000 troops concentrated near Bukowina, which is within osasy striking distanco of Bulgaria, 1f tho Berviaus ave worsted, what than? Will the Great Powers allow tho Mohamme- dons to roassert their sway over the Ohris- tians? - Will they give thoir consont to the rehabilitation of the Ottoman Empire in the Solavie provinccs? Doos any one suppose that Busais is to risk the solution of tha Eantern question upon the prowess of Scrvia and Montenogro ? ————— The corrospondence of tho New York Trbuns from the Contenninl disclosca that thers is o controvarsy going onbotweon some of the American’exhibitors of manufactures and many of the jurors, espocially thoso from forelgn countries,” The forsign Commis- slonors and jurors, particularly those from Gormany, Fronco, and England, urge that tho compoting goods in the Amorican Do- partment shall bo marked with the prices ot which thoy can bo produced and sold, and insist that this information shall bo fur- nished beforo tho nwards are made. Thoy clatm, and it would scom with great force, thiat the coat of manufacture {san cloment to be considered in judging of tha merits of any oxbibit. Bomo exhibitors have'.refused to farnish their pricé;lists, whilo othors claim that, if tho cost of production be considered, the comparative cost of labor should nlso ba takon into nccount. Where two men oxhibit compoting . articles of manufacture of the same class ofegoods, the relativé prices at which each can be produced and sold is one of tho most pertinent pointa of comparison. Itis the main question in which the poopla ‘who consumo those goods nre most interepted. Tho fact tlist ‘one man cmn produco a given article for $10, and that man can produce an oqual fact that the socond producer cannat soll his production at less than 320, The utility of o)l manofacturcs is largely measured by the price nt which they can ba sold, and, to judgo of tho practical bonefits to mankind resulling from the production, the pricont which the product may be sold i o strong cireum- stance. ‘Tho protected manufacturers of the United Btates should not sbrink from a com- parison of prices a8 well 28 of fabrics ; to do 80 is & blunder, because it will natnrally at- tract attention to the fact that Protoction is not only n fraud upon the peoplo, but an obstacle in the way of the advance of Amorican manufactures. The old famillar illustration that coconnuts might be pro- duced in the United States of n quality suce cessfully comparing with thoso brought hero from elsgwhore is portinent. The for- olgn cocoanut msy bo sold in Philadelphia at 10 conts, while tho American cocoannt could not be eold for less than $10; and the comparativo utility of thé two flolds of pro- duction might be measurod by these figures. Wo do not understand low thore cau be any cloar comparison of tho merits of the compot. ing productions which excludes statemonts of the costof production; and one of tho groatost. bonofits to result from this Exposi- tlon is this onumeration of the world's prod- uots, with tho cost given for eachs country and section, é OBITUARY, v “+ ANTONIO' BARILI. Our dispatches yesterday morning conduined tho shnouncement of the death at Naples of tho famous singiug-master, ANTONIO Bamsy, wha had taughit voeal muslc many yeara in this country, Ile was musical-lirector under PAL¥O, and ufterward wielded tho baton with great syc- tens in Mexleo, He {3 better known us 8 teacher of singlag fu this city then forbls connection with operatle enterprises. Not meeting with tho success his talents warranted, hio left boro soma elghteenmonthssgo forEurope,wheroheln- tended bringing out somna of his_own compos!- tlons, In the fall of 1874, Mr. Bauiri marsled st Parls o Miss WoLwy, of Strssbourz, Iiis father was Maestro FrAxcesco Bamiuy, of Rome, & composer of merit, and hls mother Catewing Cmigsa, o famous prima douns for whowy Doxwizerrs composed hid opers “ L'Asscdo df Calals,”* and Corrora his opers “Glovanna I di Napoll” Her sccond husband was Blguor ParTr, an operatic tenor, and futher of ADELINA, AMALIA aud CArLOTrA Parri. His oldeat slster was CLOTILDE, & pritia, Qonna who married Arrusp Tuouy, of New e e e i L Wetherell. York, and whose sccond husband wan 8enoy Beors. Tio nlso Icaves two brothers—Nicors, wlho was an operatic basso, and Ettons, 4 famous teacher and Larltone, who educated Ap. BLINA and CAntotTa PatTt) his half-alsters, Maunicn BTRaRoscu became connected with the family by marrylng AMALIA PATIL Amiong others whot he helped to cducate for the stage wero Mile. Monzxst and Mme, VA¥ Zavor, CASIMIR PER{ER, ‘Tho eablo brought the intelligence oh Thars. doy lastof thedeath of tho eminent Frendy statesman, AvousTe Casiuin Victon Lauieyr, who changed his surname in 1878 to cumu{ Pemsr. Ilo was a son of Caspur Prmen, the leader of the middle class Tory party, and Louis Privtera's Prime Mintstor in 1831, g was born in Parls, Aug. 20, 1811, waa fourteen years in the diplomatic service, a Deputy from 1846 to 1843, and a member of the Legisiativg Asseinbly from 1840 to 1851, From Septemnber, 1870, to February, 1871, o was detalned by the Germans, On the Sthof that month e way eleeted to the Aszembly as a partisanof Tuigns, From October, 1671, to February, 1872, lie way Minister of the Interior, and retired on account of the opposition ta the removal of the Assembly to Parls. Ile resumed the office in May, 1 but accompanied Tmzna In his retlrement shortly atier To has published numerous works on finance and polltics anda life of Cutantorrn CoRDAY. OTUER DRATHS, Among_other deathis recently reported an those of DAxiEn D, Brioas, United States Ap pralser at New York during Piznce's Admiulse tratlon, and Comnifestoner of Polive in Brook.. yn sinee 18703 ot A. W, PAuLTON, cditor of the Manchester (Eng.) Ezaminer and nautlior of much of the anti-Corn-law literaturo; of M. Ju coB ALEXANDRE, the founder of the celebrated firm of ALEXANDIE, pere ¢ Jils, harmonlum makers, Paris; of JonanN Cmsustorn Risr, the veteran German Jandscape painter and Dl rector of the School of Design at Augsburg; of M. Evporg_SouLi, thc Conscrvator of the Muscum of Versailles and 2 well-known writer on art and lltorature; of Dr. Manriy Iave, o famous tanskrit acholar, who assfsted Buxsex in bis Dibelmerk ; of tho Hon. Perin B. Gares, Mayor of Schencctudy, N, Y.; of WiLLiax Durn BonixsoN, Caohler of the New York Cuse tom-House since 1343} and of the Hon. Trous 0. Moone, who was Governor of Loulslana st the outbreak of the Rebelllon. et et TPERSONAL, The Sun suggests Custer's carcer as & theme for the poet, Demoeratic newspapers arc printing fisttering notices of 3m, Hendricks. i A rumor coméa from Porala that the Bhah 1 soon 1o revisit Europoe Incogaito. ‘Mr. Dlalne's phyalcians recommond a trip to Eus tape, as soon as his health will permit. Mr. Conway heard Cobden sy, towards the closs of hislifo, that there wos another Reform bill in Jokn Bright yot. Twonty-nlne racos were run for atthe Jate Ascot mesting, and the value of prizes awarded, exclu. sive of £2,830 for barsos placed second and third, was £20,130, . Tho Dritish Honse of Commons recently defeated by an overwhelming majority m resolution declar. ing that **the timo has arrived whon flogging in 1o navy should be aboliahied,* ‘The Hon. Geargo H, Pugh, of Ohlo, suffered a stroke of paralysis ton days ago, from the effocts of which ho hos not yet entirely recoyered. Hlis mental faculties are unimpalred. . Kato Flold made the great mistake of speaking too well at.the Hospital Dinner in London; the proay old gentlemen were jealous of her, and poohe poohod the idea of o woman talking In publie, Mra. Prentlco, wife of 8 Profcasor in Wesleyan College, Middletown, Conn. , slipped and fell overa precipico at Satton, Friday, The fall was 70 feot. Bhe was picked up alive, but cannot live. Capt. Cook, of the Yalo navy, hes nccepted o position on the New York Iorld, Wa hope he will not attempt to Introduce */tho English stroke* !’n&‘&mnflcm Journalisw; the attompt would bo stal. Gen, Sherman sald, st & recent army reunton, that he would rather march aix timea from Atlants to the son than encounter once tho unspeskallo campaign agalust the savages on the he full force of hia romarks is now op preciated, Marrls Bpringficld, of Phlladelphis, pnt an end to tha life of shame upon which his sister fisd on- tered by killing hor. Ifo sald it had becomea question whether ho and hils mothor or his sister should dle, and he finally decided that the lotter wau thie lonst deserving of lite. ‘Mlsa Abbott, whose non-success in opoers haeal- ready been noted, turns out a married lady—3Mra. Fricnds who gave her pecunlary ase slatance while sho was preparing for the stage ara represcnted as boing Indignant at ber want of cane dor as to hor domestic relations, ) Subscriptions to the furd for the purchase of the* ©0ld South Church, Doston, have sccumnlated so rapidly that the Committee propose to raiso $160,- 000 by the 17th inst., Iu expoctation that further time may be given In which tho property may bo purchased, efther by tha city or by subecription, Mr. McKes Rankin oud bls tronpe, porforming ot the HMoward Athcnmum in Boston, gave the profits of two performonces Saterday to the Old Houth Church fund. Jt has been remarked that tho founders of tho church proLably mover supposed tho time would como when tho contributlons of 4 play-actofs" would bo neccssary to save it from desteuction. b Adolaldo Nellson, the actress, has left Lone don for Paris to consnlt her modical adviser, Dr. Johnaton, as to wherssho shaltspend her vacation. Dr.Jolipston {u spoken of by acorrespondent as one of tha leading medicalmen of America;on the contrary, ho is tho leading American physiclan of Tatls, having lived in the I'rench Copital moro than twenty years, c Col, Phoclon Moward had his fow atraggling halrs clipped close to hiwacalp and left last nfght for tho scotof the Indian war, via Blemark, . Tute Tty uxe has, unfortunately, lost two valoed corroe epondents by tho Tndiane, Lut it [s safe lo sy that _+*Phoclon " will come out with a whole skin, and ftistento onc that fn lcsa than thirty dsys Tus Trinuxs will contain his report of an interview .with Major-Ganeral 8iiting Bull. Me. Julian Hawthorno writes to the New York Tridune, protesting agalnst the use made by his brother-in-law, Mr, George P. Lathrop, of ‘Nathanlel Hawthone's manuscripts In the recently= pubtished **8tudy of Hawthome," The clder Tawiuorne, 1t is well known, expiicily diroctod s cxecutors not to aselst ln sny blographics! akotch of bimselt. Mr. Lathrop, while recognieing this injunction, disregarded it by the small svasion of & *+Study," which only differs from 8 biography 1n InBicting upon the public more af tho writer's personality thaa {s usual in blographical work of & ligh order, ¢ Religlons newspovoers in England have ratsed & 10t of warning agalust the propased introduction of eMgles of heathen gode nnd goddesscs as articles of Jewulry, Nkely to result from tho prosentation of some auch jewelry to {ho Prince of Walos!n Indla, We bellovo thoro fano cause for serious alarm on this score, In the present condition of the money-markety, gold and ellver idols will Lo antcemed too much of a lugury oven for tho wealtbicst familics, Whether there Is any fmme- diate dsngeraf arotarn to idol-worship ln Eng- quéstion that may bo sufcly left to the press to decldo. A 1OTRL ARRIVALS, # Tremont ITouse~P, W, Rilnelunder, Neow Yorki J. Kemp Welsl, Jr,, England; J, C. Colbeck, Tunbridge, K 'orgusvn, Australlaj C. Pase ton Harper, By , No 8, W.i tho Hoo. A, U Bevin, Connecticut; (eorgo Fux, LaPorte, Ind...e Sherman House—Willlam Foote, Jr., New Ore Jeans; Aurel Eecakewmothy, Hungerian Centennisl Commistloner; Isasc Croshy, Boaton; B, J. Herls- was Y. G, Burbsm, Jr,, Now Yorki Waterbury, Ct.i F. W. iPlynn - ond © Thomas lsyes Iroland: Cargill, LaCrosse; W, F. llunte Jing, NeQregor, Ta. : D. D, Gliford, 1ndisuspolis, Bamucl Smith, ' 8t. Loule; E.. L. Mermlitt, SBIIM' fleld, 1. ; Col. A. Wood, Crosse, Jurand 'rcifo—K, Pordebard, Lyons, YFraucaj 8. 3. Darly, LaSalle; J. T. Lauo Bl W. Prench, llnven‘vu' <. D, Oould, 1 Qen. J. M, ledricl . Ottusawa; K. H. Phillips, llllllluhul‘i ¥, 'Vaiton, . Jullles, €. do hmuyfi. au 3(, _ Cbampln, ncoi Jubp & danlt, Milwsukeo: York. ... Gar Withertord, New e frouté—J.. W, Biwith, Akron, B Watkins, Gt Pauly 3. P Codb: A Hod b § auls I Loute} Miss Perry, Pokeepsl and wite, Iucf:m‘ A et e ¥ Qal snd A, W. Boulten, Venoay Loulw} Georys Shlras, Jr., Pittsbu Hartford: Joha i, Haymond, Colling, Troy, N. ¥,