Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 19, 1876, Page 2

Tl CHICAGO TRIDUNE: SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 more hecoming the people than to greet the arrival of w clilzen who had dfrcharged his dutics to the pubile, and made for hiineelf and for the 8tate which he represented an hon- oralle register in the listory of the countr: And it wns a matter of great orief that the d tentlon of the trein had prevented thelr hear- ing his volee and accing hir pereon; but it was an olil hubit of Logan's” ta face the encmy and llnger fome nt the front. 1t was not the first time he had aisappolnted the expectations of his family, when they had looked to grect him and to enjoy his company in the house- lhold. In the other times, as well as now, the preeence of the enemy in the South had kept him from home dutles and cares; and he had been engaged In mceting the samu cnemy that e met so_bravely and so well In the history of the war, o trusted that none present who had any recollection of those ddays, or had partlcipatad in them, were not glad that Lhere were men {n the Senate of the United Btates in times of &I"“Y men who were compes tent to do the deeds of daring, in the ficld and to speak words of cheer and gbrayery in the Councl Chiamber of the natiof, ~ We nceded Sust such men na the Senntor, who stood there @8 hie did when arrayed upon the ficld of battle, and In his own person made o rampart and o bulwark for natlonal libertios, He trusted the moments would Le few before hie himeelf would be present and speak, go that s volce might be hieard agaln; and, while en- raged In waitlng, before any music or adilresacs roin gentlemen wlho were in the habit of mak- fng political speeches, he sugaested that atleast amoment of thne aud a tithe of thelr energies be devated to g[\'lufi three chicers for Gen. Lo- gan. 1t they would join with him they would make the hall so loud that, if tho traln came in, th_rfi wounld greet him on bl arrival. hu clicers were glven, Several genttemen {n the crowd cried out for COL. RICADT, wlho was on the steps talking to some ladies. Tie tool sliclter lmhlml one ol the columns, but, the cries heing repeated, he came forth reluct- antly, Ile sald he undorstood they had stopped there to congratulate Scnator Lojan on his re- turn, He was ainan of whom they might well be proud—a man who had sorved tha pooplainthe army and {n the cauncils of the natlon—a man who waa to<iay faithful to the Unlon, and a man who understood the contest pending to be the old contest of the War; a man who did not forget to do all in lis power to {m ctuate this glorlous Unlon, this Govornment of the people —this Government which allowed every man to have falr and equal rights, Wherever Logan Liad been placed he had been found faithful, and would always be found so. Finally the order was given, and the head of the column turned homeward, Frank Lumbard was called for, and, Jolnjug with the Glee Clulv' sang “ Old Shady " and * Golng Back to Dixie. MEETINGS. BIXTH WAND. The Bixth Ward Hiayes and Wheeler Marching Club, to tho number of about 150 men, last evening paraded through the ward, and pro- scnted a creditable appearance. The following are the oflicers: Captaln, John Pfeiffer; Lieu-~ tenants, Willlam and Henry Ludewig; Henry Holtz, standard-bearer. The Bixth Ward Democratic Club met last svenlog at No. 690 Halated strect, with Presi- dent P, I Joyce in the chalr. The business transacted was only of a routine character, BEVENTH WAID, The Enst End Svventh Ward Club held fts regulur weekly meetlng last evening at the corncr of Fourteenth and Halsted strects, with Prestdent J, Dugid in the chair. T, 8. Birchand neting us Beerctary. The Committee on Organi- zation of a marching club reported ‘rm:.rrcnu. The Hon. L. L. Boad was thanked forhis specch 8t the last mecting. After transacting some routine business, the Club adjourned. NINTIL WARD. The Ninth Ward Tilden and Hendricks Club met last evenlng corner of Halated and Adams strects, for the purpose of forming & permanent organlzation. e Commitice on Permanent Offlcers belng unable to agree, they wero grauted further time, While the Commiittes was out the Democeratic Glee Club favored the crowd with several songs, atter which the meeting adjourned until Thurs- day evenlug. TENTI WALD, The Tenth Ward Republicana met at No, 200 North Halsted street lnst evening to further organlze and prepare for campq:fin work. Tho ilxlun. L. L. Bond und others msde stirring sd- resscs, The Tenth Ward Democrats mado a desperate effort lust evening to fill a lotof capesand hats ‘which hed been dunated to the warld. The ef- fort was anything but succcssful, There wasa waut_of numbers and enthusissm, and tho spueches were dry and tedlous, LIGHTEENTIL WAND, A mecting was held at North-Side Turner- lall last evening for the purpose of organizing & company of Boys in Blue. Col. W, g% Serib- ner was made Chalrman, ,and Capt. John J. Healy Secretary. The clreular Issuod by Gen, Dix was read and considerable time spent {n ex- plalning the objecta of the assoclatlon, BSay- cral gentlemen” spoke encouragingly of the -yrogress already ninde in aroualng enthuslasin amung the soldlers Ia the several wards ot the North Slde, and promiscs were made of & large organization. The roster was then opened, and thirty ex-soldiers put down thelr names, The Boys then adjourned to meet at the same place :i\'cduus\lfly cvenlug to complete the orgaulza- o A meeting of the Minute Mcn was held at the samu place. It waa declded that oflicers should De clevted as soon as forty men hove been enroll- ed, Beveral numes have already been signed,and wilbe presented to the muas-meeting to be Yield ut Turner-Hall this evening, For this mecthye Charles T, Adatus, Esq., and tho Hon. Lorenz Brentano are announced as speakers, A few misguided Germans of Tlhiden procliyi- ties met ut the Elghteenth Ward Democratic Headquartors lust evening. They call them- selves the German-Amerlean Tilden and Reforn Club of the Eishteenth Ward., Tho usual amonnt of routine business was dluruud of, after which few fucble speeches of the Demo- sratic stripe were wade, aud the meeting ad- Juuraed. : HYDR PARK, A meeting of tie Republicans of Oakland was held at the hose-house Thuraday night. They organi, 'y clecting Samuel Faulkner pernanent Chaliar, L. D, Condes Secretary, 2 Buyd Treasurer, and F, A, llerring Rep- resentative to the Central Club. Euthusiastic specchiea were mude by J, X, Bensley sud others, TOUNO MEN'S REPUNLICAN CLUB. A mecting of the Young Mcu's Republican Club of West Chlcugzo was licld last evening at Globe Hall ou Desplaines strect, nenr Madison, 1u the absence of the ofileers appointed tempo- rarily at a previous meeting, Mr, J. E. Moure was called Lo the chalr aud " dir. lcury White ellicikicd as Swretu{. W, A, Phelps, Chairman of a Committee ap- pointed to draft a Constitution, reported a does ument, and also read u minorlty repurt by Dr. C, Jd. Lewls. The winorlty report was adopted ufter much talk, Asrewmarked by o young member of the Club, the organizat'on T8 compused almost entirely ul old pulitivul hucks, who call themselyes Yonug Itepublicans becaune no one else will call thein such. The Club seems to have bren started by sume pulitician who was uuabla to use the ward club tu his own “urpuw. 1ts movementa are not looled on with favorby the Republican Cen- trad Club, which regards it as u disorganizer of the varlous ward clubs In that Divisiou, aud s W therefore will be very short, AROUND HEADQUARTERS, THE REFULLICANS, At the Btate ieadquarters, In the Grand Pacific Hatel, Col. A. C. Babcock and Becretary Dan Shepard were busily engrged yesterdsy in suswerlug the numerous letters recelved, The news from Indfana {8 most cheerfug, und there seems to be no doubt therv of Ben Harrlsou's clection. Messrs. Koot, J. W. Buun, and Col, Babeock, of the Executive Cumrplttee, lield a sort of fnformal meeting, but did do business m’tllh’ of especial mention outside of the usual soutine, Among the names on the register yesterday were the Ion. Rush Clark, of JTowa ‘City, 1o} thie Hou, Thomaua J. lendereun, Priuceton, 1. Willlum J. Gross and J. W, Bunn, 8pringtield; James M. Beardsley, Rock lelaud; Jesse H, itiirup, Belvidery nl. . The fou. G. 11, Harlow is announced to speals In Kilbourne, Marlon Cunnl{. un the 264h lnst, Carl Schurz will speak in $cCormick fHull, fn German, about the st prox. On the Iullmvlng :\'cnlmi he will probably speak tu Euglish in Farwell Hall. Johu Wentworth will speak in Indianapolls 45 soun a8 the weather gets cooler und tho camn- alzn Lotter. At least, that’a what Bccretary Bliepard says. Jumes Py Root says that Turkish baths are kept dn tho Paclfle Hote), oppusite Headquarters, fur the conveulenco of Democruts, Inthe bathi they are put through s procesa of steamivy, wlifch takes out all the virus, and leaves thein tomewhat encrvated but clecused, and in a conditiuu to be taken tuto the Republican cmp. DEMUCRATIC HEADQUAKTERS, The Palwer Houss Hewlquarters scemed o lstless place yesterday, John Forsythe, Bevre- tary Crowley, Gen. amcrou, s the usual nuinbis of the *unterrifled ? e roomns, but they had no news to gl was recelved from Gulens, IN)., which stated that that pluce would go fl:suuumln Among were John Sullivan, Dennla exas; e F, Bkinuer, Valparaiso, Ind.; B W. Brown, Fulton, 1. The Campalitn Committce mct at 4 o'clack Festenday afternvon, and, without doing any- ling of tnportance, adjourned. The Young Demucracy clalins fo he orzaniz- Ing. It {n alao (urther clafmed that the State la well organized,~Demovratically speaking, of course, Mlke Evans claime to have organized an Inde- pendent Clah with 2,500 members, 'l‘h\'( will soon “hooras " for Lew Steward, That ' bar'l of money! “will bs Judiclonsly distributed. Jeremiah J. Crotivy {8 already #ald to have re- cefved & nnflkewful for distribution among Sthe hoyat't John Hise Is the owner of the “1enderson bar'l' It conslats of Confederate shinplnstera. Tllden’s fron currency will fur- nish the staple for the other “bar'l’) Capt. Connett's speeches in Indlana are sald to have made plenty of Hayes and Wheelcr votes, Rufas Mageo, Sceretary of the Indiana State Democratie Commitice, will be hereon Motday, He will hold a gecret confab with the great | Moguls of the Democratic camp in this city relative to the campaign in the Ilovsler Staio and the ainount of Aithy lucre it will take to carry it on. De F. Skinner, who {s an cx-M. C., wnain the city ycn(culny'}nmtlng up talent to peak at the Democratle puw-wow to be held In Valpa- raiso to-hight. INDEPENDENT GREENDACKERS, ‘This parts has at laat hendyuarters, and benu- tiful and elegant they are. hey are located In the south end of the Tremont louss, on the partor floor, and take in u séries of three rooms, claborately furnfshed. © With commendable dis- crectness the carpets huve been covered with white crash in order Lo suve them, ‘The Greene backers yesterday threw thelr banuer to the breezg, The Committee on MM!-.\lceHni to he held in the Exposition Bullding on the 23d inst. met zy:eswrdn_y murnlnfi, with Sydney Myers In the hafr and A. C. Cameron “Scerctary, It was reported that there was some cash ralsed, but more was neededs 2 Thers will be n meeting at the Tremont House this evening of the Greenback Legion for organlzation for “the torchlight procession. There will be a glee club present, who will sing cradie-songs for the rag-baby. Col. Chamher- laln will niarshal the Greenback host. Jimmy Buchanan, of Indianapolls, yesterdny sent In ihe following dispateh : INp1axaToLis, Aug. 17, 1870, —The Ion, Syd- ney Myers ense meeting and great enthusl- asm over Uary's speech, Tlutulreds will be lu Chl- cago on the 23d. Jaues Bucnavay, The following letter from Peter Cooper was received, which proves that the old gentleman will not be Liere on Lhe 23d fust, : Nrw Yonx, Aug. 16, 18%0.—4, C. Cameron, Secretary Commlttee of Incitation—(BNTLEMEN 1 am r:g‘nulml by Mr, Couper to thank yon for your cordial invitation to tha Conventiorn of the 23d {nst. in Chicago. dissuaded by his from rlekini Tint he has been strongly immediate {riends and relationa hin “personal bealth in u long Jjourney llke this "al this scason of the year. " Ie hlmself is somewhat doubtful also whether e will not put himseif in & false position as secking publicity and ofiice, * when he rulls deslren nonc, but would rather re- turn to the old Republican stmpliclty, ** whenthe oflice sought the man, and not the man the ottice, " ith miany thanks, therefore, for your kind- neas, he thiike it best to decline hin persona) pres- enico In Chicago, but will send In a more forusl letter addressed to the Convention, which may be nome compensation for his nbsence, Itespect- fally yours, J. C. Zacuos, on behalf of Mr. Covper, FOR CONGRESS. MIssOUNI. 8r, Lou1s, Mo., Aug. 18,—The Hepublicans of the 8ixth District of this State have nomi- uated H, E, Havens for Cougruss. EAN3A Torera, Ks, Aug. 1 the Third hmrlct uowinated Thomas Ryan for Congress to-day, PRSEEE MISCELLANEOUS. CARLINVILLE. &Special Dispatch to The Tribune, CantanviLLg, I, Aug. 18.—The Republican Benatorial Conventlon of the Fortleth District, composed of Macoupin ana Jersey Countics, met at Brighton and nom{nated the Hon, Jona- thau Plowman, of Virden, for State Seuator, and Qen. Richard Rowett, of Carlinyille, for Kepre- sentative. The nomluations are quits satisfac- tory, snd will receive the unlted support of the party, : TILDEN'S APOLOGISTS AT ¥AULT. Special Disputch to The Tribune, WasmiNatox, D. C,, Aug. 1B.~Representa- tive Hevwltt, {n defending Tilden against Rus- son, declared that Tilden contributed toward eaulpping what was known as the Tammany Regiment. The ruport to the War Deportment of the Unlon Defense Committee of New York shows that Tilden hud no purt whatever (n the matter, In regard to thls reglment, the Comimnittes reported at the time It was sent to the feld that * The entire cost was defruyed by the Unlon Defense Committee, Every urticle of clothing nnd equipment was furnished by the Committee, together with ratlons for alinost a thousand men for the period of a mouth.' KANSAS. Bpecial Dispatch 1o The Tridune, LeaveswonrTy, Kan., Aug. 18,—Cupt. Goorgo T. Anthony, who was Eclwrdny made the Re- publican nomines for,Governor of Kansas, are rived at his homo in this city and. was tendered a reeeption. Mr. Anthony fn the most unpopu- Inr man {n this county, and yet throughout the State he stands very ‘Algh. 1lis majority will be about 10,000, und” the balance of the tlcket much larger, George ‘T. Anthouy is a cousin of Busan B, Anthony sud D, R.” Authony, the oditor of the Zimes, of this city. DECATUIL, Speciat Dispatch to The Tribuna, Dzoatur, 111, Aug, 18, —8cnator Ugleshy re- turued home last night, and will open the cum- palgn in p big speech here Saturday night. NEW YORK REIUBLICANS, New Youk, Aug. 18.—~One-half of the clity delegution to the Saratopn Conventlon elected to-night are anti-Cornell men. The Reform Club elected u full set of delegates to the Con- vention, headed by John A. Dix, but It is probable they will siot be admitted, BIRINGPIELD. IL).. Bpectal Disputch to Tha Tribune, BPRINGFIELD, Aly, 18,~ Demyerats had a mass-meoting to-ulght, gotten up in the vain hope of & demonstration camparable with the Republlean ineethg Tuesdsy nlght. 8o com- nred, it was not o success, but it was, neverthe- ces, u large meeting. The Hon, Jumes C, Rtob- {uson delivered the address, and it wha o good ona from & Democratic standpoint, befng chietly dovoted to urging u chutige of Administration and a fulsome eulogy of Tl 1ts noticeable feature wus the total noglect to so much lic Republicans of as mentlon the coalltiun State ticket, or to urge Its election, (ov, Robinson, lhowever, bitterly censured the course ot S8ecretary-of-War Cameron In seeking, through Uen, 8herman, to carry Into offect Scott Lord's resolution guarunteelng a fule clectlon tn the Bouth, and'denounced the Secretary's unler s an attempt at militury interference with elee tlons, and in the Interest of Hayusand Wheeler. Ha deslred the word to go out from the Capltal of lli[nots that the Democrata of IHinols would uphold the Democratic Congress in refusing to count the clectoral yote of u Stute carried by military toterference on any pretext—even if such a course should rosult it another war, The startling decluration was received with cheers, ns also the ridicule aud denunciution of the regular army as uscless and uuneeessaay to be malntuined. MISBISIPPT, Wasainaton, 1), C., Aug. 18.~The President to-day, ot the Instance of the Republican Con- gressinen of Mlsslésippl, made un extensive chunge of Federal ofiicers (n that State, includ- ing the Marahnl for the Bouthern District and tha l)r(nfl,ul Postmasters. 'These Congresamen say that the new nppolutments will huve the ef- fect of reconciling ol the differing cletments, and strengthen the party, with the prospect of securing an electoral “votu for Huyes and Wheeler, — THE REFORM PARTY, o the Fditor of The T'ridune. Cuicauo, Aug, 18.—Can yon inform me whether or nod the so-called * Reform party ls composed of inen who trled, by clvil way, to break up the Government of tho United States, and, huving falled to do 8o, have concluded to give it up, and cluim to huve reformed, and are now "dymf to make people believe they ean e trusted with the manegement of the Govern- wmgnt und the muking of the taws! Yours, ete., [You bave gut the facts stralght. Thu ¢ Re- formera® who ure now howllng for Tiden and Heudrleks wers kuown in the South us rebels and {n the North us Copperticads, It is thy satne vld crowd,.—Ep.] FINANCIAL, Gpecial Dinatch (v The Tribune, Cornwaren, Mich, Aug. 15.—Bower & Me- Qowun, bankers In thls city, and having a branch bunk at Quiney, 6 miles vast of here, made an ssslgnment to N. . Loverldge this mornlng, Bowen was Clty Treasurer, but he passed in his reslgnation thls mornlug o the Comnmon Coun- cilund (¢ wus aceepted, and George Sturr up- potated The aasots or llabilities wre not kuowa. OREL The Turkish Garrison at Nisch Sadly Short of Provisions. Dashi-RBazouks in Servin to Be Shot Down at Bight. Servia Preparing a Noto to Bo Sab- mitted to the Powors, A Savage Ducl Between Two French Communists fn Belghune TIE WAR, TRINCE MILAN'S HEIR. Brrarane, Aug. 18.—Prince Milan hus ro- celved from several, if not from all, the powers, congratulations upon the birth of an helr, oll of which contaln exprassions which leave no doubt {n the mind of the Prince that the powers are desirous of seetug an end to the wor which is dangerous to the general peace of Europe. The resuit 13 that Servia ia ready to treat for peace, but wlll not consent to the deposition of Prince Milan, or tha sacrifice of any territory, nor will sha consent to Turkish administration, ARMY OPERATIONS. The Bervinus are defemling Milnnovatz, Ifit falls, the Turklish advance ot Belgrade and Semn- ondria could not be prevented. To-day the Turks attacked the ontposts near Belna, und were repalsed, They attacked the Drina army yesterday ncar Badovinaiz, aud were repulsed with ‘urcnt luas. Teports that the*Servians were defeated on the Drina and at Banjn, ete, are purs inven- tlous, M wiscn. Loxnoy, Aug, 18.—A corresponsdent writing fram Fhillfpopolis, under date of Aug. 11, saya: “The wmlll.}un of the Turkish army at Nlsch is deploruble, aud starvation s threatening, The country around does not afford l\g{)plhzn of fornge. Afong the road between Nisch and Soflw’ the villnges are all abandoned, aud the army will soon be obliged Lo advance into Servian territory for nup{)ll(‘a or retreat. Through tho clforta of Sir. Schuyler, of tho American Lefillxlkm, the release of prlsoners, ex- cept thoso the first category, has Leen ordered.” PEACE PROPOSITIONS. Prince Milan ycslenln{ gave audlence to the #x Powers, separately. BLIONE Pressure was brought to beur {n favorof peace or an armistice, but thls the Prince refused, The report [s untrue that Belgrade is being prepared for 4 slegu. LATEST, Lonvoy, Aug. 10— a, wn—The Daily News dlspateh from Scutard says the report ol a Turk- Ishdetent ut Brisanski on the th inst, Is con- firmed, The Turklsh losses are estimated at 'Gen, Tehernageft i reported to hata fssucd a genera! order that all Circassians and Bushi-Bu- zuukds shall be shot without parley when cup- tured. The Times' specinl from Belgrade says a note will soun be geut to the Great Powers announc- 1nys the decision of the Prince, the Government, and the Committee of the 8kuptschina. It willde- clure that Servia 5 willing to trent for peace on the bosls of the status quo ante-bellum, The note is to be rovised, and will be submitted to the Council siinmoned by Prince Milan for that purpose. ‘I'nesume vorreapondent adds: * Russion sym- pathy iu the Scrvinn canse is becoming most s« tentatious, Hussinu oflfeers are in the Capital in uniform, and many Russlan Slaters of Charity are scen In the atreeis and hospltals. The Ser- vian Guvernment lms just recelved a lvan of 8,010,000 roubles in Russta, and the war Is grad- ually becoming an aifair oot of the Ruselan Government but of the Russian peuple. I feel no doubt that there I8 grout danger of Russia drutting or belug driven into the war.” FRANCE. ARMY MATTERS. Tants, Aug, 16.—Gen. DeCisaey’s resignation was requested, by Prestdent MeMahon. This action is conatrucd to muan that the President wishes hils War Ministry to be no longer subject to parliamentary viedssitudes and chouge during the recess, and the selection of Gen. Berthsut, who (s not a member of Parllawent, excites considerable comment, particularly among the Republicans, The reorganization of the Wor Department and the large cxtenslon of the powers of tho Chlel of the General Staff is shortly expected fn consonance with the views of the Duke o' Audifret Pusquier and Froyclnet, which Gen, Berthaut shares. It Is expected that Gen, DeClsacy will be ussigned to one of tho great military commmnds ut the approuching changes of these posts. A DRSPCRATE DUEL. Loxnoy, Aug. 19=5 u. m.—A speclal to the Stauduard from Purls reports that a savage duel hias heen fought In Belgium between MM, Pindy and Chardon, two well-known Comnmunlst refu- gees. The weapons were sabres, One combate aut recelved slx gashos, and the other efght. The flesh was sliced from thelr faces, and both fainted from luss of blood, The cause of the duel was that the partles had sceused each other of rabbiug the Commune. GREAT BRITAIN. DIED, LonpoN, Aug. 18.—Jobn Frederick Lewls, R. A, the well-known painter, I8 dead. The sculliug mateh Letween Edward Trickett, of Australla, and Willlain Lumsden, of Blyth, for £200 & slde, and a level bet of £200, Is off, Lumsden paying forfeit, ———— AFRICA, DANOMET'S KING. LoxpoN, Aug. 18.—The King of Dahomey halds four Frenchmen as hostages, and threat- ens to kil them [ the DBritish squadron fres upon the natives. GERMANY. BANK BTATEMENT, Berux, Aug. 18,.—S8pecfe In the Imperial Bauk increased 4,000 marks durlng the week., ——————— . OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, New Yonx, Aug. 18.—Arrlved—The steamer Oder, from Bremen. QueexnsTowy, Aug. 18.—The steamships Abyssinia and Wisconsin, from New York, have arrived, Loxnow, Aug. 18.—The stenmship Greccee, from New York, has arrived e e———— TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. Mesris, Tenn., Aug. 18.~The flvst balo of new cotton wus recelved this morning by Thom- a8 I Allen & Co. It was grown by A, 1L Blmpson, of Colfax County, Miss,, and clastes us “ good mlddling." BAN FraNctsco, Cal, Aug. corpus ewseof Tarsy McCabe, the elreus boy, wus declded this morning, The€hild was given to Charles Sonnlas, uf the Soclety for the Pre- vention of L‘ruult{' to Children, to be forwarded to his pareuts in New York, Speclal Dispatch o The Tribune, BrriNovikLp, ik, Aug, 15,—The Rallroad und Warchouse Convinlssloners have appointed a8 Committee of .\p‘xcnls upon graln nspres thon I Chivago P, W, thater, 8, D, Foss, nd ), W. Irwin, fn placo of 11 Gueney, B, B, Balds wity, and George 11 Stiwell, romoved, Sueclal Dispaleh 1o The Tribune, Osugos, Wis.,, Aug, [5.—4An clection for o Btate orgunizution of Turnevs took phice here st A:vun?u);. with the following result: Presis dent, G. W, Newmann; Vice-Presldent, william Peupkos Correspomding meur{» Guenthery Recording Seerctary, Williai Dfckniann; Turn Master, €, Ucllerieh: "Freusurer, 8clirlbers, Bpeclal Dispatch to The Tribuns. Mo, L, Aug, 1—=To-day was burled Juecal Claypood) oneof the oldest umd most ce- centrie Inlubitants of the State. e took an actlve part us a soldler I the War of 1512, wus enptured ut Detralty und paroled, At tho thou of s death he was'58 yeurs of uge, and well kuown throughout the novthern purtion of the Stute. Ho removed from Obio to Hlinols in 1584, and from thut thne, for many years there- after tovk au actlve past in the affuirs of the dtate. The funersl was very largely attended, l:xcra belng nearly 200 carclages hu'the process sion, 1 18—The habeas Churles 1eviLLE, Aug. 18.—A called meoting of the Exceutive Cummittes of the Rizut Worthy (iraud Lodge of Good Templars, which was fixed for Iudianapolts the 23d fust., hus been chunged to Luuisville the same day, ou sccount of the sudden and dangerous relapss of Right Worthy Grund Templar 1Hekmaon, Napuvity, Tenn, Aug. 18,—Qen. Penny- packer and contmand et this evening for New- port, Ky. They have been here eeveral years, Alarge number of cltlzens ussembled to bid than good-by, The departure waa attended with niuny pathetlc fucidenta. Meetings of citizeus passed resolutivus ebmplimentary tels 1876—TEN PAGES. noldlerly conduct, expresaiug afincere régret at hia departure, and earneat wishes for his future welfare and proxperity. Spectal Dispalch to The Tribmne, Brovx City, I8, Aue. 18, —Keports from the atrlcts 10 Dakota where the grasehoppers liave heen any nine-tenths of the corn crop is de- atroyed.” Other grain {8 not Injured above 5 per cent. In this seetfon the corn crop will be about onc-balf; no Injury to other crops, —m—— SPORTING. DASE BALL. TIARTFOUDA VR, BOATONS, Spectal Dispateh to The Tribuns. DosTon, Muss., Aug. 18.—The Hostons keored thelr fifth conaceutive defeat at the hands of the Hartfords to-day. The batting was about enual, while the Harblons excelled In the field, One error by Ocorge Wright In the fourth {n- ning lost the Bostons throo runs, Another in the nth tied the seore, amd the decliing ran waa seored by Burdock (n the eighth by.a wild throw h{ Brown. The Hostons mnde all’ thelr runs in tho fifth funing by five total base hits, earning three of the four runs, Ahout 2,000 people wwere present. Tho umpiring was a little unsatisfactory. THE SCORE. " Tioston, nnrAE qa \\'rllihhl 0] 2 2)7) 2 Leonard, 1. 0 0y 0 0 O O Itourke, €. ol ol # 0l 0 Marnan, 1 b o 013} 0| 0 Brown, ¢, TR Morrill, 2 O 0] 4l 1 Manning, p 1] 1 olg Schafer, 3 b, 110 01 Whitney, r. f.. g elal 1 Total,cossaeesrinncsninnnne (8] 4] 729117) D Hlartjord, Remacn, ¢ [ 1 0l tl2lolo Hurdock, 2 b, ! 1 1) 8l oo Higham, r. 0 15 10 Ferguson, 3 b, 11110/ 2 1 Carcy, . B...en 10170 Hond, p 0 0/ 0] 1| 0 York, l. 2{ 1100 Mills, 1'b, 0 113 of 2 Hurbluge, U ol 8l 2 Total . 5l 02715l & Tnningi— 1 B 7 80 Bostun, 000 0—t . 01105 | rifords, 5; TBostons, 1. First b s -llartfords, 1, » Tolal bascs—Tartfords, 7; Dostons, B, Two-basa hits—Burdock, Wright, and Schafer, each, l&:l’:uck ont—Murnan, Morrlll, and Schafer, 1 Left on bases—Hartfords, 5t Boatons, 2 Double plays—Morrill and Murnan, 1, Wild plich=Maunninyg, 1. Time of pame~Two hours and five minutes, Umpire—-3r. Duchone, of Hartford, WHEELING, W. VA. ‘WnEerLing, W. Va., Aug. 18.—Base-ball: AII:%beny.. 4 010010 %2 0-8 132000100 Time of game—One hour and Afty minutos, Runs enrxlcd—AIlughcng. 1, Errors—Allegheny, 7; Standard, 4. A large innjority of the persona xmmnt claim that the game was given to the Allegheny by unjust deelsions, allowing the Allegheny to make five runs on unjust declsions. INDIANATOLIS, INDIANAPOLIS, Auy. [8,.—The game here to- day resultes 0—4 0000200 0-2 0000000 1-1 L LLE VS, CINCINNATE Special Dispaich t0 The Tribune. LouisyiLLE, Ky., Aup, 18.—In the game to- day the Loulsyilles Gelded remarkably, und for tha first tlne this scason played without an error, ‘The Cincinnatls batted ‘well, und_made nine safe hits, but the perfect pluying of their opponents prevented more than one run being seored—that ove carned. Louisvlllo curned one In the second funing on Fulmer's three-baser over the left-flelder's bead und Snyder's safe single, immediately nfterwards, In tho soventh inning, after two men were out, Ryan and Col- Tius mude one-bascrs, and Gerburdt o two-nser, Booth's bigh throw hume to cub off Callins, who was attomptine to seore on Gerhardt's b allowed Loth Collins and Gerhardt to score. The Cincinnatls [{hlyed o fleldiug and batting game which would win nlne times out of ten, THR 6CORE? oo ZLouterllle. Gerhardt, 20, Hizmeo Total.... « Cinclunati. Joues, ¢ 1. Looth, a.8 , Gould, 1 b, Penraon, ¢ Dean, 1 f, Sweasy, 2b, Foley, Williams, P Soyder, I £, Total..... Innings— Cinclnnuti Lonlaville, . «0 1000030 0—t Uwplre—Mr. Robert Clock, of the Clncinnatl Eowmmm o] o3l oen i 3 Slocurozeizn Slupauzeane =l coroouore ol coccccocolty oo |l ocosorcos & lrrorsoconl & ] olel crroomermo Elizonmocnrel am £ L ub, ‘Time of game—One hour and 8fty-five minutes, !:;rn‘: bass by errorsa—Loulaville, 2; Clncin- nati, 0. Jtuns earned—Loufaville, 2; Dulls called—~0On Devlin, Btrikes called—OR Devlin, Strnck out—Joney, 1; Dean, Cincinnatl, 1, on Willams, 5. off Willlams, 10, 3 ltysn, 1;, Al son, 1. Two-baso hits—Gerhorit and Hague, ‘Ihree, bawe hits—Fulmer. Total base hits—Loulsville, 12; Clacinnatl, 0, Left on basea—Lonisvilly, 4; Claclunatl, 4. Paseed balls—Pearron, 1. WIId pitches—None, Qut on tlics—Luulsville, 10; Cinclnnatl, 11, Doubls plays—Collina and Allfson, BPIUNGFIRLD, 1Lk, Special Dispaich 4a The Tridune. BrriNariELD, All., Aug. 18.—~DBuse-ball; Bloumlngton, 65 Springtield, 3. TIIE TURF. UTICA. Urica, N. Y., Aug. 18,~Large sttendance at tho races to-duy, Weather flne, und track fost, BUAMNARY CLABS, P Qreat Eastern 1 31 o2 ba 44 11 Tin Time—i 501, L BUNMARY 2120 CLABY, Tarust cuuveeenan 11 Clomenting & 33 Gien. tnrdeld e id Carrig, oo, Time—L10245, 4y After the oxhibition of famous trottors be- fore the gratt stand, Dan Mace's buy nare Amy trotied two Lrinl heats without u break or wkip, Time, 2208, 219017, RACEX AT MENDOTA, 1LL, peclul Disyaich to The Tribn MENDOYA, 1L, g, 18—Uver 5,000 people asseinbled to-duy ab Lhe Mendots Driving Park tu see the closing races of tie progrumme, The clowds that threatened rain in theinorning drift- ed fnto space, sud the sun continued witn full foree during the entire afternoon, The unlin- Ished race of yesterday was the first called, It wus {ur horses of notorlety, fur a purse of 1 B150 to the firat, 800 tu the second, $60 1o thixd, ffteen entries and seven starter : 3 the Wilder, ¢ 45111 Struny 1200 Charwel 98 43 Boikirk . 4 4 22 Qypay Tal i Mazoy .. Frank Keruay Lisne 2k 2, The next was the 3:20 cluss, for a purso of £4003 #8210 to the tirst, 8100 to the secowd, 350 o the third, uml §40 to the fourth, twelye en- trivs wud wix starters: WaolfordZ, ... I'hil Sheridan Sleepy Bill. Fauuf lobl Kuto llazard, Lady i... 1 3 3 By 3 No. 11 was next on. It was for 3:48 horaes, for & purae of §5X). Out of twenty entrivs cnly four started,~Trmupohine winulng easily i thiree stralght heats; Trunpoltno..eee voo 1 HOML .0, oh s 42 LAly Piere i uway, g4 32U Yae The running race, 2 miles uud repest, fora purse of £300, was won b smuu, Ada Lnnbert second, Fulmouth thinl, and Powpey Bmush fourth, Time, 8:51 and 4:4014, The free-for-all, for o purse of $1,000, while threo horses sturted, was virtuslly Letween La- dy Star aud Hrother Jonathan, Ubserver belng drawn and Uertle through ‘muuncsu mervly starting to fill, Junathan took the first heat, Lul&)osr.nx the next three heats und irst mouey —§000, Tlme, 2128565 2:235¢; Saiidg, During the races everything bussed off_qulct- 1y, und tho horsemen exbrees greut satisfaction . with the meeting and the adm(rable ninner in which the judges dlseharged their arduous de- ties. W, 8, Frazer, Eaq,y of Aurora, ofllclated ns rtarting judge, The 1nostof ihe borses leave here to-morrow for Farlville, where the next meoting comes off on Tuesday next. SILVER. THE VARIOUS ACTS OF CONGRESS, Tu (i Editor of The Tribune, Cnicano, Ang. 17.~IIaving, during the last two woeke, read fn yonr valuable paper many intereat. Ing cditorlala and letiera from the people on the aflver quustion, Ifind that in nearly all the ntate- ments touching this qnestion the writers en- doavor tomnke the followine pointat First, that, unt!i the demonotlzing nct of Congress of 1873, siiver wasthelegs)-Iender coln of the conntry; sec- ond, that tho act of 1873, demonetizing allvor, wne unjust; thisd, it for that act it would now be, and shoulil be, caequal whth iold and fegal-tender for all debitn due to and from the United States, inclnding Interest and principal on Uniled States Bondn (vlz, t those by acl of Congresa made payablo Incoind; fourth, that the sliver coln af tho United States had alwaya been & proper and legnl-tender far coln-contracts, anid equal to gold in all utents and purpoxea at ite face-valuo untll 1874, On looking into the many and varlounacts of Con- grese aince 1702, relating to the above questlons, 1 find sald acts of Congrees much at varlance with the above clabina and nesumptions of the many writers; ns, fiest, 1 dind that the act of Congress of April 2, 1702, firat created the American sllver dot- Jarj the sald dollar was to bo of the value of the Span- el milled dotlnr,and the value compared with gold fo bels to 1, Sccund, by anather act of June a6, 18i44, the dollar cofns of Mexico, Chill, Peru, and Central Amerien, were to be legal-tender when welghlug not less than 416 grains of fine silver.and the dollur of Brazil when of the same weight and restaped. Third, the act of Jan, 18, 187, s The Unlted States dutiar ahall be of 419 gralns Jructions in proportions that Is, halves, quarte nand dimes; “thua waking the half-dollar 2005 quacter-dollar 10014 grainas, ete, KA runmk say between 1848 and 1853, the sliver cofn” of this country, that ' was trade, wns Spunish and Mexlcan, the American duilar “bein, scldom aeen In trade, ‘This scarcity of silver change continued until 1853, when, to relicve this scar. city, nnother act of Congress, of Feb, 21, 1851, ‘maile the half-doliar contaln but 102 gralns of all- ver, lustead of 20634, and the munller ractions in 1ike proportion of welght and value, Thers is no mention mnde [u this nct of the silver dollar, nor doen it uppenr that, after that dato, this silyer dol- Inr of 41244 grains was coaed; and the writer is of oplnlon’is had not beon coined for many years previous to 1849, wnd, If any wns coined, i€ wae not in general elrculation, " The croation of this debused con was virtually the firat of the demone- tiziug of American silver, from the fact that this net of Congress of Feb, 21, 1853, made thin coin. age of siiver only fegal {ender for fice dollara, and, from and after this date, the Amerlcan dollar of 41243 urnins was o thing of the Hmat; and the act of March 3, 1833, ways thissilver coinngo, Including the S-cont plece, {8 to bu of the Onencan of previvus colnage, IFrom 1864 to Feb, 21, 1867, the Spanish and Mexlcan fractional ellver coin continued to circu- late lareely, when, at tho above date, that was In n measurg demorn d by Con 8%, which de- clared it to ho legal-tonder—tie 25-cent plece at 20 cents, the 1233 at 10, and tho 614 at 5. At these rates, It helng worth moro than the United States offered, it wns konn nsed for mechanical and other purpores, This uct of Feb. 21, 1857, made the o-franc silver colu of France of value here but for 0 centw nlthough the plece would welgh 484 €rn|n! and aver, and was of finer silver than the United States silver; and thus two of our sllver half-dollare, in 1857, were really not worth 93, when compared with this 5-frane plece. ‘I'ne noxt stiver act of Congress—the one so mach complalned of—was of IFob. 12, 1873, .Thls act created the trade-dollar of 420 grains, aleo the balf-dollar of 12! grams, which (s 200 graiuy, and smaller fractions in proportion, and a legal- tender but for §5, iuclding the trado-dollur, —the trade-dollar being well understood to have been made (o promote our trade with Chinn, Japan, etc.. —our old Spanieh, Mexican, and United States dol- lars having become exhausted In this country; and Sec, 28 of this act anys silver colns other thin the trndo-dollar shall be paid out, te.,—showing the trade-dollar way colned for oller' purposcs than Jegal-tender coln, From the nbove 1418 vory clear that, slnce the year 1853, silver hna virtuslly been demonctized in this country; firat, hecanee all_Import-dutles and purchases of Government lands have been made payable in coln (anleas land was entered by scrip or land-warrants) ; second, that coin was gold, and, there being no silver dollara In circulation of the creation of 1702 and 1837, and the other allver coins of the United States belng mot legnl-tendor for over coin could bat mean United States goid coln. Agaln, all coln-contracts for muny yenrs, at lenst since 1862, have alwaya in tragde eant gold; and asn merchont, dealing continnally before and since that time, in goods bought and sold for gold coln, I have alwuys, in all inercantilo transactions, understood coin be the short for guhl coln. Again, T have never, since 18033, boen able to pay any dutles for goods im- ported fu silver, ouly for fractione of s dollar, and he Lalanco in gold. ~ Rince 186, and beforo 1870, have 1 Uime &l tendered za low as 85 In Unlted States silver, and it wus alwoys refused. We will now proceed to the Unlted States bond questlon, 1 find that in the loans of Julr 21, 1841, und April 15, 1842, and many other loans made up to the year 1861, Congress ia slicnt on princlpal !I!t:ll in the word coln; but In the 1801 nct of June 17, {t aays it is payable in coln. The b, 21, 1851, mal this colu gold, r in only Jugal-tender for 86, The act 18U, crentud what Is kuown as the greenlinck legal-lender forall except dutles and in. terest on bomted debt, which ahall be patd in coin, Bec, £ of the abovo act provides that, o cuuble tha Trensury to fand the Treasury-notex, §300,000, 000 of honds Do issued (there aro known s the h-208 of 1802), and rold for Treasury-notes or coin of the United States: the interest of sald bouds to be pald in coin, and the dutics of tho Unlted States set apart ns special fund for so doing, Now, from the above it fa very clearthevo dutles ara United States gold coln (the Freasury-notes spoken of above were nncd to pay onr Aoldicrs with during the ebelilon, and Idow't think any eoldler hatd- Ing such bonds Is patd unjustly when he is pald in gold nw Intereat), ~'These honds, the 3-208 of 1802, aro now couverted into sew b per cent bondn, Jayabie in” colu: and to pay the in- orest on such honds in “our present sllver colu is plaluly & case of partial repudintion of our natlonal debi; and | don't belleve our sol- dier fought to preserve thin Unlon to sce It pare tially, or in full, repudiate her just debts, 1, for one, did not, and thought theny and think now, tint every dullar we all had pald’ us would tiave been nune too geod had It all been fn gold, Agatu, tho act of Murch 3, 1803, creates the is- suo of $600,000,000 of bonds, to bo {saned as 7-408 or 5e40n,—It holng opilonal with the Sec- Tetary of the Treasuey; and L s p)n(nl{ itata per cent interest, [Lshall be patd I colns I Interest u payable fn currency, it shall bo 7310, What in thds difference for If it 18 not gold, a« sliver, by tho act of 1853, conld no be nsued, not belng legal- tender for over $57 1 fndall actw, both short) Defore und since this Tast one, clearly state thut all lmlu\n--l u payuble in coln; and this'coln le clearly Ruld I am in favor of it, and Now, na for nllver, ielleve we cannot huve tow much of {t, and would ke to ree IL cobned as per standurd of 1702 and 1847, Including the old siiver dollar, sid do away withall bills under €5, and make this silver leanis tender fur ull purpores, except dutles, forcign mimilony, ete., for the reanon that J helieve thit ot ustng gold for any pnrpuss would drive it all out of the conntry, s it would become merchans dire that wonld lig in greater demand {n countriea with a gold clrcalution Than here; and 1 belivve the any notno fardistant but that many of us will JaL e the tlme when the United States will have s golil enrency, and take ber pluco as ono of the rick nations of the carth, a3 slio certainly l4 entitled 1o, hehe the richest in mineral and agricultual ‘wealth of the entire nations of the world, "Then our present gold, $150,000,000, will bu quite an iten to resume on, Aud, Instly, wit world be the consequence if wa whouldl make the Interest on our bonded debt payable [ our present deproclatod aflvor? 1 hellove he holders on the otiier wlde of the water, whom [ belivve holil somo $1, 500, (4,600 of our bonds [*curcely hall thut mmount.—Ep. | would, as roon as we niade their interest payable In sflver, cone vider sncha London uncertaln investment, und wopld da an any wmorchuat dues whon o geta uh uncertwin or doubtful account, st once get the best offer, ond dispoxe of §t, And I bellove that, In lesa thnn (s o muntha after anr determination 10 pay the intercst n silver, you would req st loant ane-Abird uf the Dunds tirown un the New York murket for alv, which would drain this country of every dollar of goldund stlver we had. In fhat casy, we whonld, hudvedd, sec hard timen, in com« pariéon with which theso would Lo tines of ense and plenty, B, P, 8. — ENGLISIT MACHINATIONS, b the Editor=af The Tridune, Osuxosi, Wis,, Aug, 16, —The Chicago Times of yetorduy moruing, In its snewer to your avsers tiou that gull 1s nat the most generally sed metal for muney In the world, dispuses contempruously of Asla with the remirk, **1t is burdly necessary 1o tu nuch account of the semi-clvilized couns tries of Ada, Africa,and South America.™ Handly necessary to take much gecount of Asfal—a contie ~ueut which contalns two-thirds of the popalation of tha earth, and lias for 2,000 yearadrawa from thu rest of the worid thetr surplus gold and wliver in payment for the products of fta soll anil Induse try, und whoao temporary luability to ubsorb the silver thrown oot of une 28 culn by the Governe mentsof Europo has depreclated that metal, say, 15 per cent. Tho relation of this allver question to the com- morca of Asla appessd 1o mets be worthy of serfous conslderntion. Grent Britain monopolizes the commerce of the Eust Tudius, and largely sleo oc- cuples the feld of trado In Chinae, and requlres for Lothellverto use in lguidation. she s directly intereated In reducing the value of silver in ex- change for gold, vhich lattor metnl she expects to CummING abnudance trom the Wentern notlune Who aro her debtors, v mH{ it sl can persuade or Lully them duto demotietlziag silver, A no other couniry tah tohe u\\'n{ from her, or diviuy with her, the commerco of Uio Oriont (which, in Lat case, would bo tas only market for siiver), slie wonld comntsnd that wetslul bee owa price, Her plan svews to be to make gold (Lo medinm of Hamdation in Enrope and Amerk inthe Enet. Ascreditorof the W ern Statea, sha liopes to draw to herself the gold w th which, In turn, alie can command thole silver, for, unlces faed ar 8 coin In Enrope and America, 18 must go, throngh Enginn, to Asin, The mavoment againat the nee of aflver As money began In England (and wan confined to herown for- titory and her Weatern dominfons) in 18160, Pro- ducing no allver horsclf, slic found wae for ali the allver that she could obialn, buth In commerce and hy purchasing the contral of the minesof Moxico aid Central Amerlea, In her Kast [ndin trade, It I8 throngh her Infiuence that the Gerinan Em- Jire bas hoen led to ropodiate Ita ailver coing and substitute gold, ~a measure which It lv not - 1likely hina had ‘much to do with the Anaucial dis- trenn that has provalled thero doring the last year of two, 1t I8 the Intluence of England that is now at werk In this country Lo the same end, —concenl- Ing, it raems to me, the real glst of the question by & clamor nbout repudiation, and appealing in that wn(y to the cupidily of ourown cltizens who aro lofdars of Govornuicnt bonde, In point of fact, however, the qgneation of the mediun of payment for vur bonded Indehtcdness has nothing to do with the queation of the use of sitver as s general nediwn of lquidation, 1¢ one agreement requires us to pay onr honds in gold, we must do ro, even if sllver is money. ‘The eflcct of domonetizing silver upon the value of that metal {olts producorain the two Americas in alav & secondnry queation, na it appears (o the wriler, ‘The question of greatest hinpurtance ap- E“" $n bo wlicther tha circulating medium of onr Weatorn World shall be contructed by throwing-out of use silver, which hias constituted unc-halfof it in Europe and Amerlen, and threo-quarters of It if we include the Orient, and a0 doulle the pur- chusing value of gold at the West, to the Tose, if not Fuin, of all debtors, Enginnd, T think, will be the only country benefited by suclia proceeding; all athers will suffor. + BENECA, — BENATOR SHERMAN'S VIEWS, Mr. Senutor Sherman, In & recent xpecch o his conatituente, comes to the defenso of the Ameri- can silver dollar. 1o explains that his concurrence fn non-action at the Inte scasion was, that Congrees could act moro inteltigontly next winter, He intl- mates that & majority In Congress favor the re- colnage of the mlver dollar, 1le takes no stock in the gold theory; he claims that the silver dollar was a legal-tender, and that the debtor had the right to pay his dobts In nfiver, It he thought proper, His romarks are full of nterost justat this time. Here fs what he said on this subject; I do not now. fellow-citlzens, enter fully upon the great queation of the restoration of the oln silver dollar as the moncy of account, for it has not yet aesutned a party aspect. 1 huve given tha aubject the most careful conslderation, and was the first to propose the recolning of the vld sliver dollar. That it wil and ought to ald us greatly In the problom of apecle-resump- tlon, T have no doubt. Nut there are con- nected with the [ssuce of this dollar details aboat which there [s and will be a wide diversity of apin- fon—how rapldly it can ba coined; how far it shall hea Infnl-lumlcr; tho purposes to which It shall he applled, whethier'to the rodemption of the green- backs or the incrense of our cum-nc‘r the eflect to demonetize gold and ita trus raiation to guld, All these are guestlons a wiso man will consider talrly Lofore deciding, 1 waa a member of the Canference Committes of the two Houses on the Stiver bill. Tam not at 1th- erty to state what occurred, except as is siown by the nction of the two Housca. Hoth Housea were in favor of lsauing the old dollar—the dollar in lo- Ral existence since 1702, cantalng 412 §-10 grains, and only demonotizod in 1873, when it was worth 2 per cont more than the gold dollar. It was thon, and for twenty years had been, only Issued for ox- ort, and was' net in clrculation, ~ Still, it\was a egal stundard of value, an well as gold, always had been, and was the richt of any debtor_to plz In silver doilara as well aa gold aol- lara. 1t was his legal option. The relative value of the two metals had often varled before, andatill tha right remained to tho debtor to pay in cither dollar, and, thorefore, In the cheapor dollar, ‘Tl more disuse of the coinage of the eilver dollar conld not, and ought not to, alfect’pre-existing con-~ tracts, And now, when ul} our domestic contracta have been based upon do¥xculA|uu paper woney, made a legal-tender for all debts, public and pri- vate, except customs and dulies and interest of the pnbllc debt, it would scem uot only legal, but right, in the brondest scnsc of the term, that wo should avail ourselves of the rapld and fonuldable fall of sliver buillon to recoln the old slver coinm, including the old silver dollar, the oldest of our cofns, and with themn II’ our depreciated notes, and thus restore the old culn stamizrd, 1 bolieve & declded mnjority of both Houses were In favor of this policy, but {ta exccution ls u work of time. There iv '8 limt to our ablilty to coln aliver ploces, and_mints cannot Do improvised In B year. Wa thereforo provided for & the” silver coin that by rncllhllll’ bo colned ot tho mints” of tho United States, driven to their ntmost capacity, uutil July, 1878. 8o far we ngreed, And wo could have agreed upon recolning the old silver dollars but ‘whether it ought to be received for customs dutles, now payahle “'Enm' ar lepald out for luterest on the public debi, we could not agres. We con- cluded, therofors, that as it could not be coined for more than a year, to organlze a commnission, composed of members of bath 1fouses and of ex+ erts in colnage and exchange, with o vlew to col- lect and report the fulleat information posalble. Thas the gueation of the ald ailver dollar [a post~ poned unti next winter, when it may bo decided with all the lghts that discussion tnuy throw npon it, 1 know that It can bo and onght Lo be made an instrument of resumption s well'as n vast rellef to all onr industrial clasucs, These questions will be declded by tho Hepublican party asall the great ql“““m‘. of the past sixtecn years have been de- clded, and 20 8a {0 advance the goncral interests of the people. The Democratic party, as tsnal, will denounce what we do, then heaitate, thenacquicsce, then approve, and then embrace, MEASURES OF VALUE. To the Editor of The Tribune, Cnicaao, Ang. 16.~T1 am glad to see the position you take {n regard to sllver-colnage. 1 cannot sce how any thinker, acquanted with the first prin- clples of Political Economy, can tako any other viow, thongh possibly weifish futerest may lead him to expre different anc. 1f there 1s one principle catablished in the aclence of Paolitical Econoniy, it ls, that the value of all commoditiea devends on the relative supply and demand there {a for them, It Isan error Into which many seem to have fallen, to suppose that gold {s an exception to this law, and that it s n perlect and unchangeablo standard of value, In tha naturc of things, there can'lie no such abeolute mensure of real value. All that we have over had sre nominal and approzimate ones, subject to the aume law of variableness In real value, according to the supply aud demand, which allects all other commoditics. You may have $1,000 In gold to-day, over $1,100 in greenbucks, slances; attempt to carry it acroes Lako Michlgan, and, If thu boat should take firo and vou bo dopendent on awimming or a lfe-preserver for eafety, you would e glad to ex- change your thousand in gold fora hundred in grecnbiacks, Among someof the natives of Africa, a gold eagle might not be worth se much asa 10 cent string of beads, to buy a chicken or some rice with which to save one from starvation, IVive thousand dollars in gold to-day might be wortly wore than $6,000 te-morrow to & mun who had s payment to maka by which he could save his estate orcredit, We thus see that the reul value of gold, ss well a8 othor mouoy, {s constautly changing with clrcumstances, though It remeins nominally ever the sumo, Gold and silver arc, however, on account of hielr Intelnsic valuo In the arts, thelr preciouxness compared with thelr bulk, und consequent enee of tranuportation, the labor required (g obtaln them, their freedom from rust, sud fineas for diviston, e mose convenlent and beat ndnl\ml to coluage of anything wo have. Tho two materials togother seoin ' better for thia purposs than elthor separate, The gold, belng less bu k(. 1s hetter to reprerent larpe aums for transportation and stering: whito ailvor, bolug harder und lers oxpensive, in more convenfont and sconomical for small payments anid purchasos,—#aving much af tho loss which would pertain 1o gold by common wear, "I'he goneral uve of this dual coinage by the world fur ages had so adjustod thelr val to all other valucs that it was an near & perfect measure of value aa wo can ever expect 1o fnd, What, then, has produced the late greut disturbance in thelr rolative valuesy Livery one kuowa that, If an enely frost ahould destroy half the corn-crop, the value of tho rest would” be much Incrensed, Might we not, thore- fore, expect that the destruction or demunetira- tion'of half the colnags of the world would greatly increnss the coiumercial value or purchasing powor of the reet, though 1t could not fncreasw fts noml- nal vajue? . If thie use of rye for the dlstillation of apirits w by law supprusaed, does any ons doubl that conunerciul value woilld be diininished? If the una of gold as 8 coln and medlum of exchange, instead of that of silver, hiad been provenied by law, can any onv doubl that ita value und purchusing power would have heen much lessened, whilo thut of sil« ver would have been greatly increased? ' It acems. then, that Congry 35 cammitted n great blunder and doue ¥ wrong by enacting o lsw which haa fuc the .real value of the doliary ar nnit of measure, thus sdding o the bure den of every deblor, Keop it beforo the people, ‘T, P, BrELEY. worth Chango the circum- —— € COIN," To ihe Editor of The Triduns, Curcaan, Aug. 18.~When your sllver articles began, I wasn littlo shocked, ae our State Bavings Institute had nearly s million of Government honds, ant I thought I saw distorbance shesd, But, the more 1 have sead, the more watisfled I o you sre right. 1 have reduced wmy Investigations 1o paper, and, If you car to put them Iu print, they arv at your service, **Remove not tho old landmarks which thy fathors ave sct. "= Frov., zxli., 28, Demonctizing sllver fs vory inild way of exproesing the uct of a ennll House (only 124 belug present) decluring that silver sbould no longer e tho unit of vutue jn American colns, Ju view ol the fact that we had eome thousands of millions of paper tu redeem, and that the date of resumption Lad been fixed g1 a not distant date, it was much as If sowe of the oficers of uslip, In great storm aud on a Ire shore, while & o were belasw nalcep, remnlved to cut. adiify ool the emall hoats which conld float them asure ™ An netof gronter madness and Injastice sou, hardly be concelved. Keeall the circamaope lere wna a natlon compelled, by the h," extremitics of a great war, (o auspend Fhecle payments. We lsued ' bonds payaniy Iawtal money or coini that coin’ gt gold and sflvar, recognized by the C i Tegnlized by the act of 15122, an J:?{'"'..“.EL“.?- a0 1l after the (stie of a1l our hunde. Farcpell er+ of wealth, eapecinlly tha Germans, bogns thers honds st fome than "thelt face, andpeprs!t thiom mostly b siivor,—whally In’ aliver’ 1 1o choa, Tho fiatnct of 1811, st i luly 't mended In Angust, says nothing ol Ih;_gnml tmlv;.; b i 1802, 7 hmm‘ sl 0 act of Febrnar 2, authordy, batel of Londs, redecmanls &t Slenunr'c:'h:n'lm"# vides that all dutlos on _hinporta ods alialf hy pold In coln and appiicd Arst 10 the paymen ! cofn of the Intereston the bonds and nates of (1 nine’ hun. United States, The net of March 8, 1803, anthorizes dred milllons of 10-40 bonds, redeemable in enin. The act of Juno {0, 1804, antharizes fanr hyn dred willions of bonds, the somi-annual interer ym%nblo in coln, Ue Inw of 1650 declared all consalar and diplg. e feck pod A O d In 1846, dy 'he act of 4, amended In 1840, declnred a1y tmporta should he collected fn ready mon R, i et 'ho act of March, . pledges the faly the United States o way all lia tatorm e obifgntions In coln, ete, i and again *+cotn pail for dutlés on Tmported Roodn ™ fing 15 3;'5“‘ x:.nymenl In coin of Ita [nterost on bonds anq on, The act for refunding the nattonal debt, July 14, 1870, provider for bonds reldoemable In coin, © * People have been Jod to ielieve that the Uniteg Statea bonds or interest were Enynlyle in gold In. stead of caln, 1 have read all the acta authorizipn: the Secretary of the Treasury fo feaue boml, ang not one of thom Jjuatifes the Trensnrer in Insning any bond pagable in gold. Whencver any deals nntlon [s mndoof payment atherthnn in **nianey » 1t [a always provided that payment shall be In coln, Another mgnlncnllon grew out of th carelesy 1anguage In the act of July 12, 1870, providing for an increnso of National-Dank notes, wlm‘:il [ nald ** that, uron tha deporit of any United Stateg honds hearing Interost lnlzlnld."elc‘ »**In the man. ner prencribed by the 1Uth and 20th rection of (ng Nutlonal-Curreticy act, " etc. ; wherear nelther thy mmll{nm or sliverars to bo found In the wholy voluminous chnapter creating our Natfonal Banks, (overnment bonda fssued *Vpursuant 1o law® are theonly things spoken of as security, and the banks are empowered, among other thlngs, *ite buy and sell bulllon and eoin,—not 8 word asto F\ml or allver. If tho Sccretary of the Treasury lins cver {asucd honda payable In gold, he hasng done s0 ' pursuant to Jaw. " Coln wan of two kinds,—gold and aflver; but thy onlt of value was the allver dollar.” Onr country wan ‘plmlndmtlhum Loth, and had vast amounts of capitaland a large anuluunn employed in the pro. duction of botly, In mining, amelilng, asraylng, and bringing them to market, In 1871, Gernany, our largest creditor, had domonetized silver, thy making it eaaler to pay her fn a coln aho Lersel| had depreciatad. In the faco of all thia, am thoughtless vnlcnl%llnx leglulntors, In 1873, when aliver had already begun mx(urrl:(al‘l in view of Uermany's actlon, passed a bifl for regnlating as. says and the mints, aud coolly (lrngpefl Ono #pe. cioa f legal coin; 'the Inovitable elfect of which would bo to lesscn the value of the coin dntlawed, nnd o Increaso the valne of the coin retalned. A fluctuation occurred at once, greater than had been known for 200 Jears. Statintics sliow that for 200 years there s been ecarcely any fluctuation In the relalive valuen of goid and ailver, and that sflvorhad varlea loes than gold, Silver had been more unlformly the ntandard of values In the world than gold, Ths Amerlcan Encyclopedia says: “.\'llwrfiml been nsed a8 & med{um of exchange by all civilized na- tions from the earliest ages, Why ubollsh from the " world's pocksts a thing the peoplo love from amsociation and hlsloryt **Curacd he he who removeth the old Jandinarks," In all lands where the Holy Bihle s read, men from Infancy hiave nexoclated gold and allver to- tether as (e coln of the race, Abraham made iis first purchuse with shekceis of ailver. The Scrlptares apeak of allver and gold together in mure than a iundred texts, Tt insupposed that coins exiet- cd a8 early as the olght century, and wero ured by alt civillzed natlona ns early nx” (he fonrth century, \betore Chrixt, lerodotus ryn the early colm of Asin Minor were of sliver and gold mixed, Inthe landaf Greeee, as in Palestine and Asia, sllver and gold went hand in hand; and, in all tines and all cuttntries, thoy hava been united in bonds aa firm ay wedlock, 'thuugh silver was the most comman and unlveraal, Silver haa been the war-coln of nll Europe unt!l a verzv’ recent day. Tn the history of England. its subsidics, ita imincnae reprisals from Spaln, ita wages to Coutinentsl armius, wero of allrer, seldom of gold. Johnson and Locke both speak of **money ™ a8 ** colned aliver," making no wentionof golil, In 1810, England, producing little bulllon, and bavingno interestnsa producer, abolished ailver tender; but, in wpite of fhat, and in apite that sho was then, and continued much o In the future to be, the hanker of the world, miver Iost nono of its purchasing power, but, con trariwlse, 'increascd - relatively in valuo over gold, somuch that, in March, 1840, our Congress, (¢ countoract the increase, lesscncd the amountol allver put Into certaln of our cofns. Nay, the very elomenta from God's first Landiwork have K‘“M them side by side, The Comstock lode, which pro. duced §23, 000,000 of bulllon In 1874, —more thaz any mine ever before knnwn.—pmdnccd 4 per cont of pold. Whercever one oro s fouud, its mate in usunily slcening by ite slde, **The sllver fs mixe, and the gold Is mine, saith the Lord,"—IHag., il., §. Twenty centurles of recorded human experience have kept thens in ures ful matrimony, England, Germnn(, and the LUnited States have established a llmitad divoree Letween them; and much of the distress and dis- aster of these times in all these threo countries may snfely be chiargenblo to this cause alone. Ve ure certain to restore silver to ita original place, and it is only a question of time, Wo, asg natlon, pfl)fll\fi'nf( hree-iifths of ull tho silver pro- duced I tho worfi, will not long bo so biind as to lessen the value of our own vroduct; bot the dix tress and slirlukage arislng from its temporary de- preciation wiil crish many thousands of onr “clti zens, in the meantime, to Iz-nkru;lllcy and ruln. During our Civll War, inane of his heart-scarche Ing meseages, onr martyred Lincoln expresecd thankfuinces to the Great Father for having ralsed up from the bowolsof tho esrth a product thal brought us In oft-time milllous of mouey from the Old World. The wame Provideuce, froin tho yeat 1848 till now, ns if In anticipation of the war thai wan to devastato our country, where Freedom wa o work cut ita results In the awful thrues of cons et and arma, has poured into our lapy, from the mines of California and the: West, more gold and silver than had been produced In the whels century bufore. Shallwe be moro thankful for petroleun than for sllver? When our debt fa nlhl anpald, when our promises-to-pay are still out and unre- decmed, and we are struggling to meot the same ls coln, inatead of thanking the Great Glver, shall we voluntarlly divest anrelvesaf the privilede of o ing in both colne, and so add to the value of the kind rotained untold miltions more ‘The reatoration of allver to the coinage of thit country and the world, 1a demanded Ly justice, fairnees, and pollcy, None buta robler can cont tend that silver should not be taken in payment of debtscontracted before the pnsange of the act of 1870, Let it be so amended that debta contracted after the act of 1873, and prior to Ita amendment, o payable Ingold only, so that no mun should luse the benet of biv bargaing hut Government bonda paynble fn coln, issued prior to 187, ane cerinfuly payabla in the coln that wasa Jugal-tendel at the thue af their lssue. All writera agree that tho coln of the world alionld be ss atable ss the clements will pormit, Cun stabllity be snhanced by roducing the legal colo to one kind, wherehy the money-kings of the world can control, and manage, and corner it at willt In auch events, Lombard and Wall streets alono can control the whole legal coin of the world atan; Riven time; can bull” or bear tho market at willy contral Minlaters, Ambnssadors, Congressen, an Parliaments; diciate torma of war and peace; Al the valleya of the Continent with hlood, cover the harbors of the wurld with contend- ing gunboats; construct ur scatter tho wh've-enlled vensels of commorce of the stean engli..5 of des structlon; but, with a dual standard, the waves of a hightened c, seoking far ita lovel, will roll in from the fs it Ind, frum Asiaand tho lelands of the sca, —a tida) wave hurried on by human o~ terest to sccure the increased valusof thelr etocks, Repeal thu unjust and odlous law, sndin a shurt time ailver will be wurth as muc| lelnllwlg as It over was; and, when our (lovernment shall be ready to redeein her bonda in coin, there will be no appreciable difference in the relative valne of xnl'§ “and stiver, and the great masses of the world #lll e freer and safer from perils by mo, latal som Engiand and Walls trock: frota (he VARGorL. Gronn Tiotuachils of History. Do @ I it Ny TILDEN AND THE WAR. 7o ihe Kdilor of The Tridune. New York, Aug. 18.—Mr. Abram B, Hesftt, M. C., from this clty, lately asked Mr. Kasson 441t ho d1d not know ' that Tilden voted aguinst tha resolution In the Democratio Conventlon of 1864 which dcclared the War a fallure. To thisquery Kosson conclusively auswered thattho record showed the coutrary, Now, I wish to show you that .no man knows better than Jlewitt that Tilden was the chief ity ul»}‘wrhud of the War times. Une John L. '8ullivan was, at the thoe the War bioke out, our Minister to Portugal. Whether be was kicked out or reatgned, I do not remem- ber; but be cawme back to this city, aml began writing sccesh letters to the newspapers, urging that Jeft Davis and his Confederacy wmifght bo et alone.” Now 1 havo it from good authorlty—I may suy tha beat—that this same O'Sulllvan wrote & treatlse on_ tho subject of the Rebellion, sdvo- cating the Bonthern” side, and scut ft to the Hon, Abram 8, Hewitt to be published; Lut Hewitt declared {t too ultra for bim, sl &né 1t to 'Tilden as the right nuy to meke it public Both Hewitt aud s purtuer, Edward Coopeny were noted Copperheads, but *[fiden wos unis versally conshilered the prince of Copperheads. 1t that astute gentlenan should ever ve Presl deut he will go with the most ultra of the ex- Rebels, Heo belongs to thems; he bas slways bulunged to them; and he will naturally dv ul,l ke can for thew. ()'Sulll\'uu‘ Fliden, and P tiodwin wero a part of the oll ¥ Demouatic Re- view squad of rulklcnl huu.ulmm. Yodwh left thein for a time, but e e b golug back for sume years, und nuw owns up whera ho stauds. Yuurs truly, Ox3 Wuo Ksows-