Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 29, 1876, Page 4

gflly Raition, postpald, 1 * Pana v ' ' THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 29,-1876. . The ‘ Tetbywe. TERMS OF BUBSCRIPTION. FATADLE IN ADVANCE—FOSTAGE PREPAID AT THIS OFFICE. f 8 year, permonth, “h‘s"'"’W Walirees four n thee . per ye O CoPTaBer.) Club of twenty. Postage prepal * Bpecimen coples sent free. To prevent delay snd mistakes, bo suresnd iva Post- Office address {n full, inclnding Btate and County. Ttemittances may be made either by draft, express Pust-Office order, or {n registered letters, atour risk. - (3 TERMS TO CITY SULSCRIDERS, Daly, dell rered, Bunday excepted, 25 cents per week, Datly, delivered, Sanday included, 20 cents per week Addres TIE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison knd Dearbo: Chicago, Dl TILDEN’S RECORD. A ORTAT CAMPAIGN DOCUMENT, The record concluslvely proves that be was— 1, A BECESSIONIST, AND OPPOSED 10 THE AR FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE UNION, 2. A BOSOM FRIEND OF '*1038 TWEED™ AND 4 MEMBER OF TIE TAMMANY GANG, 5 3. A DOGUS REFORMER WiO REDUCED NO TAXES, REFORMED NO CANAL CORRUPTION, AND MADE NOTHING BETTER THAN 1K FOUND IT. 4, A CORRUPTEIR: OF THE BALLOT-DOX, AND A LEADER IN FRAUDULENT KLECTIONS, A8 SMARGED UPON 1M BY HORACE OREELEY. 5. AN 188URR OF SHINPLASTERS TO LABOR- ING MEN IN TIIE IRON IREGIONS OF MICHIGAN, 6. A MONSTROUS RAILROAD SHARK, WHO AMASSED MILLION BY DEVOURING WESTERN RAILIOADS IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE. This great Campaign Document fills four pages of TaruNzsize. A copy thereof auoulll bo placed in the hands of every voter in the Weat. Haycs aod Wheeler Clubs everywhere ahonld order **Tilden's Becord* for dlstributivn. COST OP TIIR RECORD. 76 will ba rent by mail or sxpress, with charges patd, on the following terms: Ter 100 coples... For & doze &ingle cop: By the 1, B¢ad orders immediately for ‘TRIDUNE CO., Chlcago. MeViekor’s Thentre. g l1dison treet, betwean Desrborn sad State. */The 20 IMaverly’s Theatre. Tandolph street, between Clark and LaSalle. The California Sinstrels. New Chicago Thentro. Clark street, botween Lake and Raudoloh. Hooley's Winstrels. Adelphl Theatre. Monros street, corner Dearborn. Varlety performe suce. TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1876, Greenbacks at the New York Gold Ex- thange yesterdny closed at 903, The Ohristians of T—;ron 0, Ont., prayed for rain in the churches of that city last Sun- dny, the present drought baving become a grave affliction, The Sprague print-mills in Maino, Massa- chusetts, and Rhode Island, which have been lying idle fdr some time past, will all resumo within a few days, stocks having become pufiiciently reduced to warrant this course, Mayor Heatr bolieves that thera is a fine opening for rotrenchment in the Donrd of Public Works in view of the comparatively small number of public works now being carriod forward. In n commuuication to tho Common Council yestordny Lo recom- mended that the services of *thie threo Com- missioncrs be dispensed with, and thoir powers be conforred upon ono roan, who, Mayor thinks, cau perform all the duties re- - auired at prosent. A good day's work was dono yestordny at Pottaville, Pa., in the passing of tho sen- wnce of denth upon fivo members of tho infamous Molly Maguires who had beon sonvicted of the bratal murder of Policeman * Yost. ‘These bloody wretches have so long . defled the nuthorities thod the hanging of tho fivo wurdorers sentonced yesterdsy is cortain to have n wholesome effoct in sup- pressing tho work of assassination and out- -rago thut hos sio long disgraced that region, ‘The Trensury Department st the present timo presents a sorrowful scene, The many clorks owployed aro fllled with fear and trembling at the prospect of what may bo in slore for them now that the Confederate guillotine hins baen set at work, Five hun. dred bends must fall, Tho ax has already bogun its slaughter, und the names of its victima are given in a dispateh printed else- where, Many of the headsof burcaus, bo- ing unwilling to witness the decapitations and the misery attending them, have left the city, nnd Becretary Monnny also discovers that just about this time a visit to his Lome in Alnino will prove benefloin! to his health, Lovers of aquatic sports will find much to intercat them in the accounts of various con- tests which appear in our columna this morning. The second of the serles of races booween the yacht Frolie, of Chieago, and tho Yua, of 'Woronto, was sailed yesterday, and resulted in a second victory for the Lome yacht, which, having teken two out of throo heats, is declared.the winner of the race. At tho Philaduphia rowing regatta yeuterdny, seven hosts weio concluded, The Northwesterns, of Chicago, although beaten by the London crow, and being short-handed Ly tho'disability of one of their number, wado o fine record, their time being faster than that of any other crow axcopt the Lon- don men. Tho opinion of Corporntion-Counsel Ax- TooNy, holding the ten-year gas contract to bo illegal and void, was yosterdsy submitted to tho Common Council, Its conclusions are clear and emphatic, and thero ia littlo doubt thet tho Council will accept tho opinion as its gulde in dealing with tho West Bide Gas Company, Mr. Birrines had bet- " tor'surrender gracefully and moke his peace M once with tho Council. Mr, Warming, of tho Bouth Bide Compay, Las done %o slready in his proposition submitted yes. terdny, to supply gas for the stroet lanps ot $21 per year in case 8. foot bLurmers are wused, and for the public buildings at $1.50 per 1,000 cubio fect, 'This offer moots the requiroments of thie Gas Committoe, and will probably be¥ace copted by the Council, A similar arrange- mont with the West Side Company would work a total reduction of about $500,000 per year in the cost of gas to the ocity, and would effectually disposo of the movement to sub- Btitute oil for gas in the siroet-lamps. —— The Clicago produce markets were frreg- ular yesterdsy, with moro activity. Mess pork closed 166 per brl lower, at $10.25 cosh or Heptembor and $14.90 geller the " year. Lard closed 7jc per 100 1bs lower, ot $10.02§@10.05 for Beptember and $9.87)@ 9.90 for October, Meats wore tame, at 8o for “boxed shoulders, 8}o for do short ribs, and Bjo for do short cloant. Lake freights were quiet, at Blo for corn to Kingeton. Rall froiphts were unchanged, Highwines wore stoady, at $1.09 por gallon. Flour was quiet nnd firm. Whoat olosed 8¢ highor, at 9iic for August and 05}e for Beptember, Corn closed jo lower, at 43}o cash and 42jo for Beptember, ‘Oats closed }@}o lower, at 8130 onsh and 813 for Boptember. Rye was @10 higher, ot 5tje. Barloy closed steady, at 7740 for September and 770 for Octobsr. Hogs ‘wera active snd 5@100 higher, with most of the trading at $5.90@0.40. Cattle were firm. Snles wera reported ot $2.50@5.16. Bheep were in light snpply and in demand at $3.00 @4.60. One hundred dollars in gold would buy $110,62} in greenbacks at the close. Mr. CuariesFrancis Apaws, althongh pro~ fossing to occupy o position go exalted above the comion herd of politicians that he is independent of mon and mensures and has no need to defluo himsolf, hias taken the trouble to writo an open latter declaring that he shall vote for Tizpex and Hexpricrs, al- though e gives no renson for his choice. It is a littlo carious that Mr. Apaus, who pro- fossed to bo a Union man during the War, and sympathized with the Government in its eofforta to suppress the Rebellion, should declara for Tmory, who was mnot & Union man, but aCopperhead aud n railrond- wrecker, ns against Mr, Haves, who was n Union soldier, who is now an ardent roform- er, and who has not a spot upon his personal or politieal charaoter, Ifo knows very well that Titpex has snrrondered to tho 'soft money olowent of his party ; that he was a Btato.Soveroignty man during the War, de- fending the right of the secossion, and, if he is olacted at all, muat owe his election to the advocates of that doctrine ;. that ho was tho originator and counsolor of the Credit-Mo- bilier scheme ; that he was o railrond-wreck- or; and that ho iz n politician of the Tam- many school, and wns the friend and coun- solor of Doss Twzep. Whatever reason Apaus moy have for his romarkable course, his decision onlyshows that ho is & worn-out, decayed pohitician, who, like Jonx M. Parx- en and Joun F. Famxswonti, has becomo soured beeanse he has been overlooked by the Republicans,. His decision is not crodit- able to his pretonsions ns an independent politician and reformer. THE CIVIL SERVICE. Among tho inventions of the Domocratic politicians for campaign use is tho statement 80 widaly cirenlated in regard to the number of Govornment cmployes, ‘This was found- od upon an estimate made up by one of the .Confederate Congressmen figuring ont 94,119 employes, which the Demooratis newspapers spenk of in round numbers ts 100,000 office- holders, There wos a double purpose in overestimating the number of employes. One object was to convince a certain class of porsons that tha Republicans have been ex- t'avagant in their ndministration of the Gov- ernment, but tho othor and more far-secing purposge was to furnish o stronger rallying. point for the Democrats, and mnke them be- lieve that there are nearly onough of- flcos to go around nnd give every man a place who votes the Demo- cratic ticket, ' The Democratioc managers underatand perfectly well that they can fire the Democratic heart in no way so surely es by oxnggerating the spoils to be attained, and thisis tho main rosson why they have nearly doubled the actunl number of offices at the disposal of the Government. In a provious articlo wo pointed out in dotail the intentionnl distortion of the Blue-Book which bnd been made by the Confederate Oongrossman who got up therecord. Since then there hias been reported by the various heads of dopartments the actual number of employes from 1859 to 1875, in responso to n Senate resolution introduced by Mr. San- oeNT. Tho actual number of employes of ‘thoe Government civil sorvice mow and in provious ycars is as followa : Statement of the totn] number of clvll officers in or_connected with the departments from 1850 to 1875, Inclusive, oy reported by the head of cach department jn_compliauce with Ecnate resolution of July 24, 1870: ] F5 B 2 id 3 i K H s gl te |8 5| 8.38838)|° 8] 8 = g e A B8 .2B888 518 gou . |§ E|B.BR888 | 8 5|8 Ltps B 2| 8. EEERBE|F 5|8 prea |2 g | EsEIEER | L1 B By % §|ExBE3BE| ¢ 818 Hp e B | BlEER8s :El? » B 3 R EEEIARR £ E x o B 8 il8sEsgas| f %’E”g’???? § £diiidd|m IEERREEEREN a2 g8 3 SRR ERAE ggggizd | 9 722%9%%7% |89 FEEEfEl | EEEESEE | apB8EaIRR| & u An examination of thid table will show that, of the 24,000 increaso in the number of omployes since 1861, 14,000 have been in the Post-Ofice Department nlone,—an increase which the rapid sottlement of new oduntry aud tho extraordinary demand for postal facilities have ronderod indispensable, It mustalso bo remerabored that a large propor- tion of these omployes ara paid out of the revenues of the servico. Tho apparont large incroase in the U'reasury Department is eatls. factorily oxplained Ly tho faot that 69D Gaugers and 888 Btorckeopers (1,887 in all) have been added to tho Blue-Book since 18783, who ware naver before included in the list of omployes, though even larger numbers had been in tho sorvico In former years, The apparent incresse of 000 in this sanie Department for 1876 is accountod for by the faots that 877 Deputy-Collectora were then included in the list for the first time, though previously in the service, aud that the new Bureau for the redomption of National Bank riotes, established by the Our- ! zeney act of 1875, sdded 163 employes to . the Troasury Depariment and 30 to the Comptroller's offics, whose salaries ave paid by the National Banks and not by the Gorv- ernmont, The falsification of the Democrats is the mors striking whon put in this way: They have assorted that thero aro 100,000 offica. holders, whon there ara in fact only 62,172, or little more than half that number. They hnve asserted that thero has beon an incroase of 88,000 offico-holders in four yoars, whils the notunl incrense hns been but 12,000, By comparing tho employes in tho Post-Office Department, who numbered 80,668 in 1871, and 44,805 in 1875, it will ba seen that thera were 8,227 Postmastors and lottor-carriers added in those yenrs. This would leave an apparent incroase of lesa than’ 4,000 but, after deducling the Deputy-Collectors, Gaugers, Storckespers, sud others proviously 1 the servico but not formerly included in tho Blue-Book list, it will be found that there has been no incrense at all, but an actunl docroase in the number of porsona employed in all branches of the Government gorvice except the Post-Office Dopartment, whera the Increnso will continue as long ns the country grows and extends The spoils- huntera will not, therefore, have such rich plekings as the Domocratio managers have led them to believe; but wo have no doubt that, with tho opportunity, they would soon increaso the unmber of offices to their own ostimate, The syndicate, of which N, M. RornsonLp & Sons is the head, have subscribed to $40,- 000,000 of tho new 44 per cent loan, withtho privilego of taking the whole £300,000,000. The losn is taken at par in gold, less 1§ per cont commission, out of which all expenses are to be paid. The bonds are payablo at tho pleasure of the Government at any time after fifteen yearsfrom their date. The new bonds are to be exchanged for ontstanding G por cont bonds, and a call for $40,000,000 of the latter will Lo issued at once. The whole amount of the 6 per conts yet out- standing is about $985,000,000. Those are mostly 6-20 bonds, which are all now subject to call at the pleasure of the Government. Tho charactor of the bonds outstanding may be thus stated : B1X PER CENTA, D Fovrusry, 1801 ¢ 'i';,':i'? 1605 abruaty, 3 Orogon war, 358 145,000 July and Atgust, 1861 180,321,350 Morch, 16863 75,000, 000 160, 658 650 202,003,100 810,022,760 97,473,800 vose 18084,000,650 10-40 of 1804. .. $104, 660,300 Funded loan of *"516,850, 620 Total G per cents..uuseeesersense ,$711,455,800 In sddition to theso thers are outstanding of the 5-20 bonds of 1862, 1864, and 1865, abont 32,500,000, which have been called at various dates, but havo never been presented for payment. Interest on these has censed. The now loan will bo exchanged for 6 per conts, and the exchange will probably bo mado within two yenrs, reducing the aggro- gate of 6 per cont bonds to less than one-half tho whole bonded debt. Tho annual saving in interest made by the first, and by this sec- ond (when completed), funding operation is: On $500,000,000 b per cents.... .85,000,000 On $300, 000,000 414 per conta.. 4,600,000 Total reduction of annunl intereat, $9,500,000 Thoe othor loan authorized—tho 4 per conte—can hardly be put on the market un. til the 4} por cont lonn is out of the way. The 4 per cent bonds have thirty yonrs to Tun befors subject to call, and the long term will give thom an additional value as an in- vestment, Tho 5-20 bonds of 1862 and the other years of the War have nll bean taken up. ‘Tho call for the new loan will be upon the 5.20 bonds of 1805, of which over /0,000,000 bave al- ready been exchanged, and 150,000,000 ouly are outstanding. In the meantime, the loans which foll due in 1881, amounting to about $280,000,000, will, as thoy fall due, be fundoed in 4 per cent bonds. Thus, gradu- ally, the whole bonded debt will be reduced from G per cents to 5, 4§, and 4 per conts, or an average reduction of 1§ per cent annually on the whole charge for interest. Mr, Trir- DX hins denounced the Republican party for “imbecility aud immorality” in not having takon any stops to propars for resumption, During tho eloven years of peace the Rapub-. lican party has pnid off of tho debt proper, and of unndjusted claims and liabilities re- sulting from the War, $1,000,000; has built up tho shattored credit of the Govornment ; Lns refunded or contracted for refanding $800,000,000 of the publio debt at reduced rates of intorest; has advanced thg green- back from GO to Y0 conts on tho dollar; has givon stability to the publiq credit inall parts of the world; hag roncwed the coinnge of sil- vor, withdrawn the fractional currency, and has placed the Government on afirmer finan- cial basis than it has known sinco the Demo- oratic party tock up arms to destroy the Union nnd to establish a slave Republic. Total 6 per cents, . FIVE P 18 PERJURY DEFENSIBLE} Evon the Chicago T'imes falls into lino and sorlously tokes up the theory of defenso in regard to TrLneN's contradictory statements under onth which was suggested Ly his pri- vato socretary, This is the nurest indication wo havo seen that the exposure is bearing its froit. ‘The polioy of the Zimes has been to admit everything, aud still claim that Troey {u the best mau to elect President. It has endeavored to give the Democratio eampaign an aggrossivo attitudo, aud lins steadily ve- frainod heratoforo from apologizing, explain. ing, or defending. It has aequiesced in tho charges brought againat its Presidential can- didate. It has admitted that his War record was bad; it pointed out his connection with tho peace resolution of the Democratio Con- vontion of 1864; it hns not deniod that he hna been o professional vailrond-wrecker; it has even charged breach of trust upon him,— but, with all this, tho 7¥mes has main. tainod that he {8 the ono man fit to be TProsident. Now, howover, it showa sigus of woskening, It has been put upon tho dofonsive, and - imitates tho othor Tiuoen organs in putting forth the absurd theory that the $20,000 which Mr, TiLpen subsequontly swore ho received ns foesin 1862 from o single company were tho earnings that oxtendod over sorvices of soveral years, This may be 60, or may not be so; we are inclined to thiuk it is not o, beoauso the re- organization of the 'Worre Xnute Railroad, for which the foes wero pald, was accom- plished within two years at most, But, ad- mitting it to be true, what bearing hias it on the caso ¥ It was not an fucome until it was recefved by TiuveN, Ho did not return it for former years nor for subsequent years, when it was not recoived, If ho did not ye- turn it in 1872—ns his sworn return for that yearshows he did not—then he did not re. turnit all, Ho withbeld it, thercfore, alto- gother from the tax to which it was liable, -and he falsified the roturn under oath to es. oape the tax. Thia s the sort of thing which the Chicago Z¥mes undertskes to cxplain and defend, It says that business | mon know * tha earnings of a man like Tir- DEN varied, and that, between tho locelpts of the yonr aud the taxablo income, there was n wide distinotion. Buppose the earnings did vary? The law required o tax on the actual recolpts of the yenar from all sources whatso. ever, no matter when they wero earncd, lesa cortain exemptions. Mr. TiLpex returned Lia total income for that year at something noar $14,000 and claimod exomptions for nearly $7,000, yet ho himsclf has sworn that Lis receipts from a single cliont in that year wera $20,000. It %omains, then, that he must have falsified in one case or tho other, The Times is also inclined to complain that just ono year has been sclected * to convict the Governor of dishonesty.,” Does thin mean that it is not a very serions matter if the * Governor " wasouly dishonest one yenr, or committéd porjury only onco? But there was good reason for seleoting this par- tioular, year. It was found that the ¢‘ Gov- ornor” had sworn o fow years later that his income for that partioular year was in n single instance about three time as mueh as ho had ‘returned it under onth when the tax wos to bo paid. But the Zimes thinks that “a man who would cheat tifb tax one year would cheat it every yenr during its imposi. tion."” Vory likely, Indeed, this seems to suit Mr. TiLoeN's caso oxnctly, for, while he only made raturns for two years and failed to comply with the law thereafter, it seoma¢| that he did so becauso he conclnded that it would be cheaper and safer, and the fact is that the avernge income nssessed upon him during all the years tho tax was {gpposed waa only $15,000. As it waa durlng theso years— between 1861 and 1872—that Mr, TiLoex ac- quired n largo part of & personal fortuno that is estimated as high as fivo millions of dol- lars, the inferonce is that he did cheat the Government every year when he paid tho tax on only $15,000 o year, which wonld give him n personal fortune of only $165,000, oven if it had cont him nothing to live in the monntime, Stll, if ho bad swind®d tho Government only once and porjured himsolf only once, most people will think that a man guilty of these crimes should not bo clooted to the highest office in the Republic, Tho, Staats-Zeitung, which has been half inclined to look favorably upon Mr. Truoey, has algo beon floundering around in the des- perato offort to make his two coptradictory statements undor oath harmonize; and, in this ondeavor, hes suggested that even if Mr, Tipex had enjoyed an income of $60,000 in tho yoar 1852 (which is cor- talnly not improbable, as ha has sworn o singlo cliont pald. him $20,000), ho may have pustained losses amounting to $86,000 in that year, which would have brought his net income down to the $14,000 which ho aotually roturned. But tho troublo sbout this theory is that the law required a roturn of tho gross income from all sources, and the very blank form on which Mr, Tr- peN made his return contained the spacos for making deductions for losses and other oxomptions allowed by law. Now, Mr, Tr- DN swore that his gross income was only $14,000, and all the exemptions which he claimed, including losses, wassomething over $6,000. Bo this theory fails, as does also another theory of the Staats-Zeitung, that tena of thousands of other **highly respact- able men” falsified thoir incomo roturns, The fact remains that all who did swindled tite Governmont, and swore falsely in order todo so; and tho question is whether the Amorican people are propared to make o national defonso of perjury by elocting ono of those mon Chiof Magistrate. Ilere is the cago a8 soid to be stated by Mr, TiLpeN him- self: On Dec. 28, 1803, Ilr.l Tn M ansicer fo the Tilden awore to a relurn, \complaint in the Circuit Court the United under oath, in which he said? toles in the sult of the **I neraby certlty that'St, Loule, Alton & the following I a truc.Terre laute Raliroad and fajthful atatomont wl‘t’flmpau(}l againat him- tho gains, profits, or in-leelf and olhers, which como of Samuel J. Tit-lanswer was fled' recent- den, of tha Clty of Newly, Ur, T¥lden suwore un- York, and County of Now der oafA as follou: York, Htate of Nawl “VPhat for such ser. York, whether derlvedvicea the defendunt from any kind of proj- Tilden made o charge al’l{ rents, interesws, lof len thousand dollars dividends, * salary, or againstsald sccond-morts from any professlon, igage bondholders, and trade, employment, or the sald charge was pald, vocatlon, or any othor,byor on behalf of snld sourco whatever, from second-mortgage hond- 1st day of January to holders, on'the 7th of Olat day of December,'October, 1882; ., . . 1862, bothdaysinclusive, .thut the defendant Til- and subject to_an incomne don, for a part of his ser- tax under the Exclae laws;vices * aforesald, 0 of the United anh:l.‘mmk:l chiargo of the like Incume from ull wources, [suim of ten thonsand dol- $7,118, lars on account of pro- feasional scrvices render- ed to the firet-mortgage bondlioldera and the lte- celvers, which was thl to him by tho eald Aza- riali C. Flage, . . . and which paymont up. eurs undor date of Nov. , 1602, In a statement ahnexed to the tirat re- l:oxl nlnulxflfl‘( a8 having een recelpted for by tno lnatd Tilden, *on account uf _ professional ser- vicen,' " Now, unless Mr, Titory can truthfully deny and successfully demonstate ihat he made one or tho othor of these statoments under oath, the conclusion ia inevitablo that ho aworo falsoly in oue or the other. Any other attompt than this to oxplain or dofend both these sworn state. monts is simply an apology or defenso for perjury, The question then is: Is perjury defensiblo slmply because the person who is Lelieved to have committed it isa candidate for tho Presidonocy, and in order to enoblo a certaln political party to got control of the Government ? . ANOTHER PROOF OF TILDEN'S DISLOYALTY Tho man who will not help his country in an emergonay is disloyal, 7T'ho records show that TiLpen rofused to do it. 'The Albany JLivening Journal shows that, at the close of tho War of the Rebellion, a very clogant volumo of fi00 pnges wana printed in Now Yorke by Mr. Goobsion, the purpote of which was to preserve a record of the munificence of Amorican citizens in volun- tary contributions to help the Government, It contalus copies of every, subscription paper known to have been made in aid of the couse aud the suounts coutributed by citizens, The first paper was inald of the Bevonth Regiment of New York, April 17, 1861, There are forty names on it, headed Ly GnixxeLy, Evants, Fisn, and others, but tho nnme of TiLoey is not in the list. On the 224 of April came tho subserip- tions to the Union Defenso Fauds, headed by WirLuaxe B, Aston, A, T, BrewanT, Javes Gonpoy Bewwerr, Avaust Briuoxt, and other persoual and political friends of Tir- py's, but Tinoen's name does not appear in tho list. On the samo day there was a patri- otlo meeting of the Barof Now York City, Trupex was acoustomed fo toke nn active part in all the Bar meotings, but his name does not gppear in this, In May a subscrip. tlon was started to holp Fnaxx Bram raise s rogiwent in Missourl, DBeiaoxt, Pnewes, and other Democrats contributed, but the namo of TrLoxn does not appear in the list. In March, 1864, tho great Metropolitan Fair was hold in New York. The aggrogate of contributions to it was 1,851,275, sent in by soveral thousand contributors, whose unamesappearin this book, but Tiroxx's uame 1s not among them This ' Tributo Book " contains n completo record of sl the publie meotings and fairs hold in New York City. Mz, Truoex'snamo dogsnotappest in any con- neotion with one of them, while thora is not another prominent citizen of New York whose name s absent. Tho *‘Tribute Book " statea that $70,000,000 were vojuntn- rily contributedby the people of tho North- ern Btales to aid the Governmeny Of this amount, Trtoex did not contribute n single cent. Lest it-may bo inforred that Mr. Tif- pEN could not afford to so, it may be as wall to alate thnt his wealth Is cstimated at eight millions. Of course a part of this money has beon made since the War, out of the Credit Mobilier and railroad-wrecking in general; Lut at tho time whon hia porsonal and politi- cal frionds and tho public gonerally wore coming forward to the help of the Govern- ment, ho waa then immensely wealthy. Wers thero no otherevidence, this fact alono would bo eatiafactory proof of TiLpEy's disloyalty. ‘Wo commend the recordof * The Tributo Book " to Judge OatoN. SILVER IN GERMANY, There soem to ba considerablo confusion and uncertainty na to tho amount of silver which tho nction of the German Government has (Lrown or will bo likely to throw upon the market, Thero is o lnck of publio in- formation both na to what hins been donoe in rolation to silver demonetization, and as to whnt.flm Government is now doing. The Berlin Borsen-Zeitung stotes that up to the 1st of April, 1876, tho Government had withdrawn silver colns of tlm kinds and amounts na follows : Marks, Silver coins of the thalor standard... 244,822,083 Silver coina of the gulden standard., 180,442,137 Hronen thater . .o ):g;)’g:;éfi . 410, 547,120 18108, 000,000 No further withdrawals wore mado in April or May. The amount still outstanding is es- timated variously, but at about $110,000,000. Of the 440,000,000 marks withdrawn, 226,~ 000,000 had been applied to the now silver curronoy ; 100,000,000 marks sold on the market, and tha rest is held in the Treasury. According to this statement the Government has not sold over §205,000,000, and, even if tho whole ampunt withdrawn and not recoin- ed wera gold, it would not exceed $50,000,- 000, the amount. which the United Btatos have ordeted to be coined. Undor the now silver law of Gormany, the new silver coip- Jigo is mot to oxcoed'420,000,000 marks, or about $105,000,000 ; but this amount. is al- rondy prononnced wholly inadequate, and will probably be much enlarged. amount of old silver coina not yot withdrawn is estimated at $100,000,000. Tho Govern- ment has susponded aotion, probably because of the low price of silver. Out of She con- flicting estimatos we gather the following re- sults: ‘Wholo amonnt of silver. Amount to be recolned. Amount to be sald.., Frobable increaso of recalnnre. sllver to bo sold when withdrawn.... This withdrawal will probably ba delayed and be very gradual, g0 long as silver ro- mains below its ordinnry average value. 0,000, 000 110,000,000 SLAVERY IN TEXAS. . A late issue of Harper’s Weekly contains a Iotter from n responsible gontleman in Texas, which throws n flood of light upon the man. ner in which eclections are conducted and Domocratis majoritios obtained in the South, The most intercating part.of hia testimony portains'to the State of Toxas, whera ho To- gides. The spirit that notuntes the legisla- tive and judicinl branches of the Confoderate State Governmont is shown by the changes that have been mada in the statutory lnws with the. intention of nullifying the opora- tion of the Fiftconth Amendment. The fol- lowing extract illustrates tha spirit of flend- ish hostility that exists towards the unfor- tunato blacks : > Beforo the Rebgllion, whon the Democeacy con- trolled all the Leanches of Government without op- positlon, theft of property had to be over $20 {n | value to be a felgny, and any adult citizen of sound amind, and who had not been convicted of a folony, was a quatlied Juror. All of (hia has beon changed by recont Domocratic leglalation, and now theft of praperty of any value s n felony, and no ono who cannot read and wrile well is s qualified Juror, Thle excludes nine-tenths of the colored Mien from jury worvice; hence grand and petit Jurles will bo mainly composed of white men; whose prejudicesand anhnusltics against the freed. men are #o notoriously scit-evident thut they will not Indict or punialiwhite men who murdor colored peaple, Iow this plan of persecution works is shown by tho following extract from the re- port of oue of the Stale Priton Inspectors, made to Gov. Coxe, Inst January : The number of convicts recefved will average elghty-ono per month. Thero are 1,280 convicts hired out to planters and railway contractors, Nearly all convicts cmployed on farma and railroads aro nugrocs. ts work from daylight untll dark, Thelr raf consist of tho coarsent diet, ond in many instances {s Insuflictent in quan- tity, At oncof the plantations I examined the rations sent to twenty-four convicts for dinner. The ment ratlons consisted of hog chitterlings, or entralle, with a portion of the oxcrement stlll on thom, and only balf cooked, The rations conld, It good, have been caten by four or five mon, Owling to had food and other causes, tho moriality among the convicts has been very groat, Attho Lake Jackson planiation 1 found sixty-fivo sick convicts out of o force of 185, The<o nien had no medical attentlon, Out of 200 convicts employed on tho Overton & Jlenderaon Road, 1 found fifty. three sick.’ A great many convicts who have been killed or died aro buried along the line of thls road. Blek convicta are rent from tho pluntations to the privon hospltal when the distance, ete,, will atlow it, The privon hospital ¥ o very unsuitablo bullding. 1t [a Jocated directly over thu buke-oven and cook- Louse, and has a low celling and metal roof over- heaid, Thavo viaited this hospital in warm weathor, when tho beat wan 3o great as to almost cremate the unfortunate sick contined thero, At many of the plantations tho lavh hus been very freoly npe plled, and, from all T can learn, very cruolly, I have sxamined the backs of truaty convicts, which were llterally cut to pleces Very fpw convicis cs« cape from the plantations where blovdhounds are kopt, and if they do eveupe thoy are soon caught, At many of the plantations no washing had been dona for weoks, and tho convicts, s well au thelr quarters, were flted with vermin,'and os thoy had no chunge of clothing, tney had to wear their fithy ragy, and endure the vernin as best thoy could, At the Luko Jackson plantation the convicts had not changed thele clothing fn ten weoky, and thelr | lowor extremities groro naked, The beddlng ls amply o straw matirees, and {n cold weuthor the convicts slovp upon hard boards and cover with thelr mattressos, . ‘The purposo of the Confederntes ia plainly ovident. Instead of resorting to murder and assnssination, as in Mississippi and Bouth Caroling, to reduce the Republicas vots, which Is nine-tonths black, the Texas Dem- ocrats tako the surer methiod of reducing the negroes to serfdom, which, in all regerds, Is tantaniount to re-enslaving them. Once con- victed of a folony,—and stealing a chicken, intoxication, vagraucy, idleness, and all other trifling offenses which ju the North might perhops consigu & man to the Lride- well, are congidored folonies,—the unfortu. uato negro is not only sold out to planters, but he is disfranchised and disqualified from sorving on a jury. It iy easy enough to in. vent charges sgainst § pogra, aud to vouyich him, sinco the juries are composed of whiten, who hato tho nogrocs: Once conviatad, his doom Is slavery under color of ‘la¥r—nn en- forcod Inbor, which has the lash and the bloodhotind for its terror, aa did the old insti- tution of slavery. Tho nogro in Texas is sold ont, boaten, and sbused ns he was in the worat daya bofore the War, and has no re- sourco, That many negro convicts doserve punishmont for their erimes is true, but it {s simply infamous that the most trifling of- fonsos which in the North restrain n man of his liberty for n fow daya should consign the negro to yoars of labor upgn a piantation, disfranchise him, and expose him to themost horrible abuse, for which he has no rodross. In viow of this infamouslegislation in Toxas, how long will it be before every other South- orn State will ennct similar laws? In the event of Titpen's election, how long will it be beforo tha whole power of the Ku-Klux ond White Leaguos is turned loose upon the frecdmen to massacre and re-cnslavo? —e . OBITUARY., M. WOLOWSRI. M. Worowagr, the French political economist, who dled rceently, after a prolonzed {lness, was Lorn at Warsaw in 1610, After Liaving reccived his education in Parls, he returnod to Poland, but having served In the National Army during tho revolution of 1830, ho hecame an exile, re- turned to Parls, and, in 1834, naturalized him- "sclf there, Ho then deyoted himself to the study of Politienl Economy aud Law. In 1848, having teen cleeted to the Lepistative Assembly from the Department of the Seine, he took his position nmong tho Moderate Republicans. After the establishment of the Empire he aban- doned polities, and entered upon his duties as Professor of Politleal Economy at the Conserva- tolre. In July,1871, he was elected Deputy for the Scine, and he was afterwards appointed life-member of the Sunate, In the'Assembly he always confined himself to fluanclal Gues- tlons, and the works which he has written upon Iis favorite scienve bave given Mim a reputation thae world over, TARRY T. HATHS. The deathi of Gen. Harny T. ITaxes in Now Orleans has already appeared in the telegraphic news of Tur Trinuse. Ho was born in Missie- sipol in 1820, and obtaincd his education at 8t. Mary’s College, Maryland. He tterward prac- ticed law in Ballimorc and New Orleans, enter- ng practice in tho lattercity in 1844, At the outbreak of tho Mexican War his brother wasa leader of Texan Rangers, and he joined him ns Adjutant, and during tho war served with dis- tiuction {n Gen. TavLon'g battles after Buena Vista. Heresumed his profession at the closs of the war, but wheu the Rebelllon broke out was clected Colonel of the Seventh Louisiana. He was subscquently promoted to a Brigadier Generalship, and, at the closc of the War, was serving as Major-General under Kmny Saira, He ogain resnmed the practice of tho law. Although nn active politician, he never held but | one important office—that of Bheriff {n1860-'7, RDWARD WILLIAM LANE, ¢ EpwARD WILLIAM LANE, the famous Orien- tallst, died in London, on the 10th fost. He was born at Hercford, Scpt. 17, 1801, and re- #clved Iia carlier education at the hands of his mother, SoritzA GARDRER, the brilllant and Dbeautiful nicco of the artlst Gainsoorouan. He, Is best known as the trauslator of “Tho Arablan Nights," the author of **Modern Egyp- tlans,” and the compller of a new Arable- English lexicon, of which the New York Evening Post snya: The %rent work of Mr, Laxe's life waa the preparation of e Amhle-EnFlhh loxicon, He devated to it bls best years, his entirs resources, and his most ardent love, In the prosecation of it he made three vinits to Egypt, tho firet from 1825 101828, tho second from 1839 to 1845, and the third from 1842 to 1840. 1t siready covers 2,500 royal quarto pages, each having three closcly printed columns, - The merits_of this lexicon ara Very genorally acknowledged by Orlentalists, who alone can nprrnllu the almost unparalleled ing dnstry, the ripe scholarship, and the unsworving perseverauce displayed in ita preparation. No student of Arabic cun now be satlaied with the old lexicon of FreyTaa, OBITUARY NOTELS. Among other deaths recently reported are thosa of Jaszs M, Bucuanax, for many years a Judge in Baltimore, and a memberof the Con- vention that pominated BucmaNAN for the Presldency; of WiLLiAx McLaTnuor, President of tho Commonyealth Insurance Company, of Boston; of EuGENB KRTRLTAS, 8 descendant of the oldest Knlckerbocker family in New York, and cousin of ITackzrrt, the mctor; and of Grnoror BTrRARIDES, of Bmyrna, who died at tho unprecedented age of 182; of the Hon. ‘Warrex Lovening, who Is credited with belng the first man to fitroduco HENRY WiLsox into public Hfe, and who died at the poor-house In Medway, Mass.; and Mrs, PAuLINA WnionT Davis, of whom the New York Tribuns says: Upwards of “thirty-five ycars ago Mrs. Davis evinced a warm interest In -ucurln{; for women tho same public rights and anportunitios that sro en- i?"d by male citizens, e acted in concert with UcReTIA MoTT, Knnzating L. Roae, Friances D, GAoE, Banaut TYNDALE, and other eul‘{ rdvocates of women'srights. Mrs, Davia lobored zealousiy topromote tho principlen sho avowed, and fre- quently wrote for the press on the %uhjut. In Into years she had been less nner{:auc. ut” sho re- tained ber convictions to, tho last,’and regarded with faver the efforta at hémo and abroad to pro- wote the fudependence and education %I wonien. S —— In the Editor of The Tribune. * Couxcit, BLuyws, 1o, Aug, 25,—Sax Canv I8 right In saylng he wants good m:[mr monoy that shall be the equivalent of gold, and you are.wron ying it hos nover been hnd, Read the speech .°C. CaL1ouN and find his notice of North Car- alina, soon after the Rovolntion, fssuing 500,000 or of eredita made recelvablo for Statc duce, These, he eald, wero made a legal tender, ‘*‘but, of coursg, wore not nhllgnnr( after tho adoption of the Federal Comatitution™; yet they clrculated frecly for twenty (c-r- on & par with'gold and sll- ver, without anything to support thom but thelr reception for the revenites of the State, and which amounted to less than $100, 000 per annum, * whila tho fsaus was $400, 000 or 8300, 000 lsilzech de- livured in tho Uuitod States Kenute Sopt. 10, 1848, ) Tle alwo Inatanced the fesno of $100,000,000 of paper by Itussia that was incontertidle, yet was received in payment for all dues to the Government, and it clrculated freely on-a par with gold; and, desplte of its inconvertibility, was held “so Indefi- nitdly only becausa the Government rectived it forall dues. AsI know nothing about ft, only what Mr, Canuouy then told us saying it was so 0 1827), I canuot tell how lony it rematned so, nor how thoso paper notes were Jiquidated, But reference mi*ht aleo bo nada to tho legal- tender paper of the New England Colonles, and 1r. FRaNkLix's defonso of it befora the Brtish ‘Government, maintaining their right to do so, and witnessing to tho advaniage of it, And as late); 281841 Pennsylvania, lssucd '+ relief notes " thu wera rocalved for all ducs to tho State, and wers recalved evarywhere In the Statu; and, for all the purposes of trade, were quits cqual to cofn, San Jany, at ull events, is In good cumpany, in akin- dred relation to FnANRLIN, JayrenuoN (vee hid lete ::::“;n Evrig, his son-in-law, in mu‘. and Oac- Noliody oxpects Prren Coorznwill be Presiidont; but he will make a mark that will do towork to, Lecause It fs honeat, und favors ** honost money.' And, i the end, honesty wiil (-revnu. Reapecty 0 - V. B, SLAWSUN, The writer of tho above in a private note cx- presses such a high opinfon of tho importance of what ho bad written, and of its crushingcon- clusiveness upon the subject of paper money, that we publish it, If it convey any Informa~ tion bedring upon suy subject, perhaps. the reader will find ftout, The lasueof * Auditor's warrante" was once & general thing In wany Btates, and wo bellevo that woll's scaips wore legal-tender in payment of taxcs, and may be yet lusome of the Btates, Indlan wampum hea also done servico as legal-tender fn its doy, ns has rumn {n Now Englaud and tobuacco fn Mury- land and Virgiula, e —————— It 1s o curlous feature of tho hard times that while ordfMarily we lmport laborers aud me- chanies, we are now cxportiog them., Tho New York Mall records the exodus the other doy of 150 nnsons and stone-cutters for Greenock, Beotland, and futimates that another party is soon t@follow theu, The chance of steady eme ployment was offered thow and they wisely jm- proved {t,—wliscly both on thelr own account aud becauss It fmproves the prospects of an equal Rumber of unemployed left ut bome. - e —— Tho fear has becn expresssd by various cor- respondents that tho Forty-third strect sewer project is to be revived and pushed through at the mcoting of the Hyde Park Board of Trus- tees this evening. We bellove that this appre- heusiog Wil proye to Le groundlesy, tw we have too much confidence In tha wi, 2 good Intentlons of the gentlemen n;l:onzll:l:‘ the Board of Trustces to supposs that tlueg woulll [mpose upon the tax-payers of bi + TPark a hurden of 880,000 for a worl that fy 1 : only not needed and not called for, but {y n:. lently opposed by a very large majarity of the tax-pnyers. Tho Trustees thomaclves are Tead. ing citizens and heavy tax-payers, and will not, wo are surc, o against tho wishes of thelr cone stitucnts futhls matter of tho Forty-thirg slreet sewer, . ———— Mr. Tontaraxsis, of the Bpringfigla, Collegiate Institute, n native Greek, wr tho Republican of that clty from 'hiladel, 1 have taken speclal pains to v the ** Tarkish l‘;cplr(an:l‘:.“u :lllgl‘ zanr," In fact, everything Turklal: atate that thore s not a within the Exhibition gronnds. ""y'l;llrlelh kt;xllllllnlu")’sl 'lnr!Tghnl 5, Turkish subjecte. 7 ozel of thom here, They are all ++ dnugneid by profession, and are accustomed to mel) thele wares in European Turkey. When they hearqd i the Exufbition, thoy broukht tolr whves jo o country, and, having assumed the Turkish nu-' tume, *‘meraly for attraction, " they roprosenie] gn:::::::;:.u the representatives of the Turkish Thie statement of Mr. TENIATRNSIS, notwith standing the reflection {t casts upon Ws owy countryinen, will glve Amerlcans cause for cop. gratulation, Turks have no business among civilized people. They might be entered on X hibitfon as the champlon butehers of women and children, but in any other capacity they ought not to be tolerated. Mass,, itea th fat phia: what 1 ;“'Su{umt.' e Turk 10 yohors Our so-calleg —————— ‘What fa there In tho peaceful and qulet ocey. pations of agriculture that keeps farmers 1y the cars whenever they get together? Iy ap- pears that the management of the agricultura) interests at the Centennial Exhibition has beeg in a muddicfrom first to last. In the first place, the farmers complained that they were not properly represented In the opening ceremontes or in the Commlsslon. Then an Adslsory Board of Agriculturists was appolnted, byt thelr advico has beensystematieally neglected by the Commissfon, The next trouble was in the appolnting of judges, who appear to know no more about cattls than they do of the Choctay langunge. Lastly, the Dalrymen's Associatton got into a row which wrecked thelr part of the show. It fs a sad exhibitlon, cither of bag spirit or misfortune, on the port of the oprie culturists, ——— » WaaNER's opponents in this country are de riving considerable comfort from the fact that Mr. Dwicun, the conservative old ecritie of Duight’s Journal of Musie, 1s throwing cold wa. ter on tho Baireuthfestival. Mr. Dwiont, hoy- ever, in this instance, s not a competent it ucss. Inthe first place, ho is very old; in the sccond, he la so projudiced that tho sight of'a score of WAGNER'S music gives him tho Wag. norphiobln; in the third, he has heard nonc of tho operas in the Trilogy, and, consequently, is ' not qualified to expregs any opinlon about thetn, one way ortibother. M. Dwianr Is too prejudiced to eriticlze WaoNzR'a musie or dis. cuss s theorles, ——— Boston, nojwithstanding its Puritanical or. glp, ts churches and ministers, and fts Radical we terin Ureek . Club, is making o bud name for ftsclf. How ' Corron MaTRER would have been shocked had Le known that, with a population of 350,000 people, Boston would consume 720,000 hottles of lager beer per day, or over two bottles for every man, woman, and chlld! Making a de- duction, however, of 250,000 for women and children, total abstinence people, and moderate drinkers, and we have 100,000 grown-up people copsuming 720,000 bottles, or over seven bottles per diem! Taking into considerntion the other liquors that aro consumed, it {8 pretty evident that Boston is the hardest drinker in the United Btates. There {s need of crusaders in the Hub.' ———— 1t s coeler to protend o be what {on are not, than to hido what you really aro.—Colton. This truth is particularly applieable to the Democratic party. Whilo it pretends to bea TReform party, the pretense docs not cover the deformity. i PERSONAL, Tho Rev. Dr. Bacon says that Cod calls meii om of the ministry 88 wellaslato It, What does Prof, Patton eay to this? 5 1t ts announced that M. Gambotta intends going to London shortly, for the purpose, accordingtos Parlsian paper, of making an efude approfondi of the income tax. The birth of & son and helr to Princo Milan fure nishes a theme for rejoicing In Bervia, notwithe standing the dlstress of the natlon on accountof reversos sustained fn the war. « o Tho statue of Dr. Livingaggno, lataly unvelled in Edinberg, represents tho exploror n traveling cose tume, his right Lolding out a Blule, and hisleft reatingon tho handle of anax. The materlalls bronze. Mr, Renan, in his new philosophical work, writes: **Natore {s but an appearance; man buts phenomonon, There iu tho eternal basis of things; there fa tho fndnito, the substance, the abuolute, the ldeal.” 3 The important changedn the cast of ** Two Men of Sandy Dar," produced at the New York Unlon Squarc Theatre last night, was the substitution of Mr, 1L, 8. Mardoéh for Mr, J. H. Stoddart in tho part of Sandy Morton Weo notice, alao, that Mr, ‘Thorno and Mlea Claxton arc not in tho cast. ‘There 14 sald to be increaxing evidence ontbe part of college boys of a dlsinclination to study oratory. Tho Boston Advertiser suspects that this distate of the subject {s connected with a distrust of declamation and a fear of falling Into whatis called, by a forclble figure, the spread-caglo style, - Misg Mary Anderson, the young actress of Louls- ville, made only & modorately successful debutat San Franclsco. She appeared In ** Evadne.” The Chronlele advisen her to seck a position in sowo good ntock compang, Tho Aife judges that her genlus 19 60 unmistakable that Lier faults arotosily condoned. ‘Tlio Now York fferald has como to the conclu- slon that GQourge W. Curtls cannot be ranked 843 statcsman or a politician, but only as & contributor to public amusement. This 18a high compliment from the Herald, which fa overywhero recognize 28 the sole organ of roley-boley and all other athe « letic sports, Ono of the Engllsh reviows,in an attempt to en- courage M, Gilder, of Scribner's donthly, speaks thus of his little volume of pooma: **It {u even possible, although, in aur Judgment, by o means probable, that ho may prove & poet: §f nat, the use of versc ls often the prelude to wuccess in prose composition.” The London Spectator sagaclonsly observed & fartnight ago: **Tho Turkish Emplro Is not half 82 1ikely todive as American slavery was when tho Virginians hanged John Brown." Thgre has aince ‘een no reason to madify thls opinfon, however serious mayhiave appeared the temporary galne of lossea of tho opousing srmies, Mr, Mapleson has already organized in London the claus which fs ultimatelyto furnish the materlal fora natlonal ballet. About 200 girls, ravgingin age from 6 to 14, aroto bo gathered together, and placed under skilled toachers. The tuition is to ba froe, oudafter reaching a cortain stage of profi- clency the puplls aro to bo pald a swmall salary, ot thesame time ongaging to romain with M. Maple- son for a term of years, * Tho difference between tho onterprise of Emnglish and that of American journals s shown fn a com- purlson of the dispatches from Bayreuth published respectively by tho Now York 7imes and the Lon- don 7¥mes during the Wagner featlval. The formice Journal published each duy about 2,500 words, tuo latter about forty words, The London journal, of course, had the advantsgo oa regards distauce and expenso of telegraphiug, . Don Carlos has boen canstantly watched durlng his stay Iu Now York by four persons aupposed (o Lo sples In the employ of the Spanish Government. He at ono Ume prepared to lodgo o cowplalnt agalnat them, but was advised not to do so by Mr Dana, of the Sun, who suggested that any public procecdiugs agalnst the spjes would giye color to the accusation of cawardica constautly brought agajget Carlos by his enemics, . A scnsation supplemontal to tho Balham mystery hos been coused in London by the pubtleation (n th 74mea of o card from u ficld-ofilccr, who relutes bitw early exportenco of the cffects of tartar cmetle, frow o overdose of which, it la ollsgud, Mr. Bravo dfod, The feld-oficor assorts (hat, while serving in Indls, Lio took & houvy doso of laudanum for tbo purpose of commilting suiclde. Afterwards ro- pentiug, be took two tablewpoontuls of tartar emels le, not kuowlug st that time—nor, Indeed, untfl tho developmeats of the Dallaw luguest—thst B