Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 9, 1876, Page 4

- Thye Tribane, Tlfllhll! OF SUBSCRIPTION. PATABLR IN ADVANCE—POSTAGR PRETAID AT THIA OPFICE. Penir B 'Arta of EMHH? o an und-{ Bl Bheet . Fostage prepsid. Epeclinen coples s ‘To prevent delsy and mistaken, be snre and give Post Office address fn full, incfuding State snd County. Remittances may be made cither by draft, express, 4 Post-Ofce order. or in registered letters, st our risk, YXAMS TO CITY SUBSCRIDERS. Dally, deltsercd, Sundsy excepted, 25 centa per week. Vally, delivered, Bundsy Included, 30 centa per weck Addiress THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madiron and Dearborn. Chicago, Dl TAMUSEMENTS, New Chlcago Theatre. Clark street. hetween Lake and Randoloh, Hooley's Mizatrels, ~ Alteracon and eventog. Waod’s Murenm, Monrgestrest, botween State and Dearborn, *'The 'lvlvl{;" aad ""Amhmm ‘Gwinett,” Afternoon and evening. Adelphl Thentro. Montoe street, carner Deatborn, Varlety perform- ance, Afternoon and evening. - MeVicker’s Thentre. Madison street, between State and Deatborn, “The Bpy.* Afternoon and ovening. ¥ Haverly’s Thentre. Tandotph street, between Ciark and LaSalle. Tav- erly's Minstrels, " Afternoon and evening, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1876. Greonbacks at the N'ew York Gold Ex- chango yosterday closed at 901, It fs now stated that the Serviaus still hold Alexinatz. Tho roador ean do as he likes about belioving it, howaover, e — Tho stock of oil in the Pennsylvania oil xegions, according to tho offlcial gauging Just comploted, is 8,164,000 barrels. | Arrangements are in pm'ércn for a grand ont-door demonstration by tho Ropublicans of Chicago on or abeut tho 20th inst, The Hon, Jastes G. Bramye and Col. Bon Inoen- B0LL ard to bo the oratorical celobritios of tho occasion, About that time look cut for ono of the biggest crowds over seen in Obi- eago, A dend whito worasn, two dead negroes, o dend Chinamez, and two dond white men, furnizhwd ‘subjects for tho favored Coronor of New Orlcans yestordny, Thoy came to their death through moans sufficiently di- verse to matisfy tho cravings of tho most morbid loafer in quest of an inquest—from the suicide's philosophie quictus to the care- less pedestrinn’s gory annihilation under the Wheels of o steam dawmmy, e — A good way to sottlo the dead-lock on the question of the clection of a Prineipnl of tho County Normnl School was suggested in the formn of a resolution offered yesterday in tho Board of County Commissionors. It pro- vides that there shall tono appropriation for tho support of the school, and, if adopt- od, it would divest the fight over the Prin- cipalship of - its main intorest—tho salary attaching to the positios Advices to the 4th inst. from our corre- spondent with Cpoox's columnn indicato that Srrive Buwy's forces have aplit, the Inrger number, in straggling bodies, going in the direction of the Agencies, whilo about o thousand hostilun have takon the direction of tho Black Hills, with tho istention of making a murderous raid on tho miners of that local- ity. Croox, with a force of 1,500 men, is now on the trml of this latter hody, which e hopes to overtake ero thoy roach their iestination. e —— The stroot-lamps of this city were extin- guished Tast evoning at the time named in tho uow talle, without roference to the wenther, The result was that the city was loft in darknoss, as the moon was obsoured by thick clouds. Instend of Loing turned off at 9:50 p. m., the gns should have been lighted vnrlior than the solar timo,—6:40,— ond allowed to burn all night. If tho City Fathors, in their united wisdom, cannot as- sign to somo official the duty of looking out for clondy wenther, as suggostod by 'I'te ‘FamnuNe & month ago, it would bo- botter to rolegato tho task to the gas companies than 1o Jeavo the city in total darknoss, — e The Bhoriff at Fort Smith, Ark,, has just cowe off victorious in nn engogement with s party of Indians. Ilis engagement was to hang four of thom, and ho fulfilled it yester- day with groat punctuality and dispatch, ‘Ihis makes 16 cases of capital punishment inflicted ot Fort Suwith within the pnst year, and it is worthy of remark that the ern of murder and blood-lotting which prevailed " In that region boforo the hangman began to -nasart hia rightful prominence iu society has given placo to a much quister and more creditablo condition of affalrs, 'Thore is no more potent civilizing agenoy in the'bordor tountry than an occasional pleco of homp placed where it will do the most good. e —— A cablo dispatch from Madrid yostorday aanouuced the arrest of Winntax AL Twrep wnd Lig cousin, WirrLiax Howr, in the port Vigo, on board a Bpanish merchant.sbip, both prisoncrs bolng lodged in the fortrems, Nd conflrmation of the report has since been recoived, and its correctnoss is questioned smong the Tammany politiclans in Now York, In tho absence of any extradition treaty with Bpain, no eriminal could bo brought to the United States unloss he were kiduapped nud taken on board an American vessol. It is thought that the rumor Las been started Tor political effoct, tho design being to rellave Gov. Trtoen of the odium resulting from \ the escape of T'weep from the custody of a Democratic 8heriff who las never been | "' hrought to acoonnt for his delinquency, — The Chicago produce markots weta modor. "‘.y active yesterday, and generally firmer, pork closed 20c higher than on Thurs. 3 ™ 816.371@16.40 for October and §14.50 .3-00 seller the yoar, Lard closed 22jc per 100 ths Ligher, at $10,65 cash and $10,40 @10.45 for Octobor. Ments wero stronger, closing at 6}@064c tor boxed shoulders, 8o for do short ribs, and 8jc for short clears. Lako freights were active and stranger, at 8o for corn to Buffalo, Rail froights were wnchangod. Highwines were steady, at $1.08 pergallon. Flour was dull and firm., Wheat slosed @} higher, st 97jo for Beptomber and 974 for October. Coru closed §o higher, 8t 4o cash and 43jo for October. Oats closed @lo higher, at 83jo cash and 330 {or October. Rye was firmer, at 69)@G0c. Barloy closod stronger, at 750 for Beptember or October. Hogs were sotive, and 6@100 higher, closing firm at $5.60@06.10 for heavy and at §0.15%6.25 for bacon grades. -Cattle * xdE CHICAGO. TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1876—TWELVE . PAGESY PSS wera in active demand and strongor, with sales at $2.25@5.30, Sheep wero nctive and firm. One hundred dollars in gold would buy 3110 in greenbacks at thoe closa. — The Gorman ‘¢ Tipex-Itepnblicans " of Chiengo have failed to make themsclves con- splcuoua since the great demonstration of Thursday evening in honor of Oanr Scnunz and his mission as a politienl sponker, It was a turn-ont which hns complately aston. ished mnd appalled tho Tildenites in this region, whosa caloulations as to how the Ger. man voto is going in November have nunder. gone a painful and disconraging change, It was the first opportunity that the German. Americans of Chicago lad had to make known, publicly and en masse, their position in the prosent political campaign, and thoy improved it in a manner that leaves littlo doubt as to where their atrength will be cast. —— The pursnit of the Minuesota bandits who - attemptad the bank robbery at Northfield on Thursday waa nttonded by a very exciting epinode, although the affair resulted in little practical benefit to the pursucrs. The fugi- tives wero ovortaken before daylight yestor- day morning, about 30 miles from tho sceno of tho tragedy, and a desnltory fight ensucd, in which one of the villains was wounded and tho horvo of nnother killed. The rob. bers managed, however, by dismounting, to cscape into the donso woods near at hand, whero they were, at last accounts, complotaly surrounded, with n good prospect that they would all eventunlly bo bngged. Particulars of the robbers' visit to the bank, 03 brought ont in the Coroner’s inquost, showed the utler depravity and coldblooded. ness of the killing of Harwoop, tha heroio Cashior, aud also describo the brief combat batween the citizens and the robbers in the streat, in which a clergymnn with his shot. gun was & conspicnons party. ——er————— CHICAGO IN THE LEGISLATURE. Thoro i3 an active preparation by tho political committeos and organizations of this city and county getting tho machinery in order for nomination of cnndidates for the offices to bo cleoted exclusively in this county. The Republicaus Liavo already pro- gressed Bo far as to call the Conventions in the throo districts for the nomination of can- didatos for Congress. Theso Conventions ara to bo held on the 28th of Septembor, and tho candidates sceking the nominations are, or will be, active in proparing for that strug. gle. Tho Democrats will be in rendiness about ' the same time. There sre several county officers to bo elected this fall, and Conventions will be held to nominate candi- dates for these, The peoplo of Chicago, however, have more at stake in the sclection of candidates for the Legislaturo than they have in the elaction of county officers or aven of Con- gressmen, This county has o groater popu- lation, a grentor amonnt of business, o greater production, and greater cnpital invested in all ways, than any one of several States of the Union. In point of population this county exceeds cither Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhodo Island, Delawnare, Floridn, Arkonsas, Oregon, Nevadn, Ne- braska, Minnesota, West Virginin, or Colo- rado, and is nearly cqual to Maine, South Cnroling, Kansas, or Maryland, In ench of these Statos tho election of the Legislaturo isn mntter of ongrossing intorest, while hero, in this county, which is so deeply in- terested in the Legislaturo of tho State, the selection of membora of the Logislature is o mere matter of chanco,—the nominations being generally given to mon who, without character, ability, or expericnee for any pub. lic sorvico, are of necessity least fitted for that particular duty whick requires oll theso, Chiengo and the county are entitled to 21 Ropresentatives and seven Senators, Of these, four Senators, IIstves, Kenor, Bozn- LER, and Ronixsoy, hold over, Scnators nre to bo elocted in the Second District, which is composed of the presont Third nnd Fourth ‘Wards and Hydo Park; in the Fourth Dis- trict, composed of the presont Eighth, Eloventh, and Twolfth Wards; and in the Sixth District, composed of the present Fifteonth, Sixteonth, and Eighteonth Wards, Inonch of the sevon districts threo Repre- sentatives have to bo elected. Under the minority rule, those delegations will bo divided politically. It is almost practicable in advance to nscertain which party will be in tho majority, and thereforo elect the two membera in each of theso districts, In a partisan senso, therofore, there can be no particulnr atrugglo, becauso thoro can hardly Do a doubt in moro than one caso os to tho politics of the men who will be clacted. We write this on tho nssumption that the candidates on both sides will bo personnlly nunobjectionable; but, taking the experionce of past years, the rnle hns Teen for both sidos to silonce eriticism nnd discrimination by nominating on both tickots men who are equally unfit for tho office, We appenl, therofore, to both partics, in the in- terost of the city, which is the suffering vice tim of an accumulation of bad legislation, to romedy tho woakness with which Chicago has boen habitually represonted at Spring- field. The Republican party has taken the wise precaution to separate the nomination of candidates for the Legislature from the nomination of all other candidates by calling o Legislative Convention in each diatrict. Why should not the Democrats do the same, and thon moloct as dologntes for theso Dogialativa Convontions men who are not aspirants themsolves, but who aro intor- eated in having the city intolligontly ropro- sonted at Bpringfield 7 Tho taxes lovied in Chicngo, of all kinds— goneral, specisl, city, county, State, and town—do ot nggregate less than $8,000,000 annually. Al theso taxes are levied under tho authority of State legisiation, and while, theoretically, Chicngo hns Leen ropresontod in the making of theso laws, practically sha bas had no voice. Iler delogatious, oven on the most vital questions, have alwags beon divided, made up of oppesing factions, and largely composed of men entirely ignorant and unveried in all the dotuils of municipal affairs. Chicago io now in a most lamentable con. ditlon. 'The Rovenue law of the Btate is sadly deficient and {napplicable to a'city liko Chicago. Now that tho defects of tho law ara oxperionced by othor parts of the State, this city, by sonding to the Legislaturon dolegution of compotent, !u!cll.lgent, and cxperienced men, who will act unitedly for - tho common interest of GChicago, will unquestionsbly bs able to so- cure a caroful rovision of that law, ‘When the Legislature discovers that the Btato tax is not collected in this coynty, but | in sot nside and is lost whenever any person formally objocta to paying it, it is possible that tho Chicago delogation will meot with chearful co-operation in any remodial legisla~ tlon that moy be intelligently prescuted This city, and various. other cities of the 8tate, aro involved in financial complications growing out of contlicting logiulation and conflictiog judicial declsiona. Af nrasant these cities have no legal means of extrica tion ; havo no powor to pay their extraor- dinnry liabilitics reaulting from deficioncies in tax collections, except from the proceeds of back taxes, and have no power to collect theso unpnid taxes. Unless nuthorized in Ronie way to enforco tha collection of theso back taxes, they must nbandon their corpo- rato oxistonco, or linger in a somi-bankrupt condition, helpless and powerless, and inea- pable oven of maintaining proper or efficient wmunicipal governments. Wo nppanl, therefore, to the genernl offico- soeker, and to tho “ beginner in politics,” and to the mon who sock office for the mere honor of holdit ; it, to apare tho community and leavo the Legislnture to othors, This is no time for.complimentary elections to tha Legislnture. Tho ablest and most expori. onced mon are now needed, beocause, unless thero bo some remedinl logisiation, the con- dition of municipal governments in this State will bo deplorable,—disgraceful and injurious to the character, credit, and intelli- goncoe of the peoplo of the State. —— THE PERJURY CHARGES. Though tho charge made by the Chicngo Times that Gov, Hares had not paid as much porsonal tax ns ho ought to have patd in 1874 and 1875 was evidently suggestod by tha inability to explain away Gov. Trupey's contradictory statomonts under oath relativo to his incomo in 1862, and though the Harrs tax-matter lind not even the basis of reasonnble specnlation, Gov. Havrs has not been averso to making n clenn and convine™ ing oxhibit of his personnl proporty, 1lalins nlso shown that the Board of Equalization and tho connty officors mado up of his po- litical oppononts inveatigated the mattor, and attosted that Lo paid a tax on all his per- sonalty ata valuation oven higher than it would sell for. It is also cortain that tho Domocratic paper in Gov. Hares' homa would not print the charge beeauso it would react in such a way os to mako the Democrats vots for Haves in tho full knowl- edgo that ho was liboled and . wronged. Tha charge kins roceived no attention, so far as we can learn, from any papers oxcopt tho Chieago Times and a Toledo newspaper in which it originatad, and it is ndmitted every- whera else to bo basoless and malicious, And now that tho charge of perjury ngainst Gov. Trr.oex cannot be disposed of Ly making ont Hares to bo as bad, fsn't it about timo for TrupEx to adopt some such course as Haves choso, exhibit tho items of hia incoma for 1862, and show cither that ha did not svoar to having rocoived $20,000 from a single cliont in that yoar, or that he did not awear that his entlre income of that year was only $7,1187 Tho narest ho hiss come to making an auswer ig in a threat by the Albany Argus, his home organ, that ho might institute a snit for libel ngninst the New York Times, to which the Times has mude the following roply: ¢ We need bardly add, in reply to tho bluster of Mr. Tripen's *home organ,’ and other idiotic critics, that tho Times has made its charges against M, Troey with o full knowledgo of their fitness to serve as the basis of an action for libol, rud with ontire roadiness to givo Mr. Troex all the facilities which he may desire for such a snit.” Now the Now York Z'imes, unliko its Chicago name- sake, is & journal of character and recog- ‘nized responsibility. Wo have no doubt it will consent to an immediato trial with a “otruck jury” if Mr, Tiupen desires to bring ouit for libel, so that Lis gnilt or innocence may bo judicially domonstrated bofore the data of eloction, Gov, Hares has chosen a moro dignified method, bacauso he was able to demonstrate by = olose exhibit, as well ns by tho testimony of political oppo- nents, that he paid all the porsonal tax he ought tb havo paid. The charge agninst TiLpex {s of a differont character, Itis that, at an interval of soveral years, he awore to two contrndictory atatoments, one or the ‘thor of which fs falso. This chargo was made by the New York Times, which has published tho two statements. If it is folse, why does not Gov. Tiuoex, after causing his |- ‘“home organ" to threaten it, bring his suit for defamation of character, and so lot the country have the truth of it? If not this, why doas he not mako an exhibit that will show that be has been misreprosented ? JUDGE FARWELL ON THE COURT-HOUSE. Judge Fanwrrr's opinion in the Court. House caso boars evidence that Lo has given tho law and the facta a careful consideration ; aud, whilo he desiresa further oxhibit of facts ard a further Qiscussion, there ‘i littlo doubt that the case will result in enjoining tho County Board from procecding with any contracts for building the Court-House until tho issua of bonds necessary to pay for the work sball have beon submitted to a voto of the people. ‘l'his may bo donein eomplianca with the law at the rogular election in No- vember; and, if it be so determined, it will depriva tho present County Ring of their goldon opportunity for plunder, and enabls the people to proteet themsolves oithor by vofusing to voto the bonds (if thoy wish to postpona the orection of a Court-Iouses) or by electing five men of known integrity to tho vacancios in tho Board that ocour this year. ‘Thera wore conspicuously thres points made in the bill on behalf of the tazxpayers, upon which an injunotion wasasked rostrain. ing the Connty Board from consummating the McNet-Warxen stone contract, involv- ing tho expondituro of $540,000 for the stons work, and incidontally ss much more for tho other work on tho building to keep pace with tho progress of tho stono work, The points wero: (1) That the contract waa procured by fraud; (2) that'the County Board had ignored the agresment to ercot n building of uniform design by neglecting to consult with tho city autheritles; and (3) that the payment of the Court-llouso con- tracts will have to ba met by the ixsue of naw bonds, and that the County Board has no authority to make such issuo without causing it to bo submitted to s voto of the people. Tho two first points Judge Fanwerr, overrules, but the latter ho {a so much in. clined to gustain that he has {ssued a restrain. ing ordor on the County Board not to com- plote the contract until a further hoaring and a fiual construction of the law shall bo given, It is held to be a sottled principle that a taxpayer may institute a judiclal inquiry as to the authority of an official board to mako @ contract or dischargo other eorporate acta, Butif the allegation of fraud Is mnde, it must bo proved boyond question. The opin. fon of a taxpayer, or any number of tax. payers, that a moro favorable contract might havo boon mnde, and the oxterna! ovidences of corrupt motives, will not justify an inter- foronce with the dischargo of dutles or oxer- else of nuthority conferred upon a municipal board by law. The paople clectad the Coun. ty Board and must abido by its acts, good or bad, so long as thoy are within tho law and aro not tainted by a fraud that can be clearly shown. The Court did not fecl at liberty, therefors, to issme an injunction en the around of frand, though it sdmitted thinzs looked badly, The trouble is that the Coun. ty Ring contains some good, hard awearers, and, so far, no *squenlers.” As to the agreoment with the oily. to orect o building jointly and of nniform character, Judge Fanwzer does not think it so binding in ita natnro s to warrant a practical prohi. bition of the county's part of tho work so long as the city fa not ina ecndition to join with it. Theso two points no consequontly -out of the way for tho presont, nnd tho caso now rests upon the authority of the Board to irsuo bonds witlout first cbtaining an ap-, proval of suchi fssue from the peoplo. .. Judge Fanwers completely disposed of the atgument st up in an affidsvit of O. O, T, Hotvex, which was designed to show that the county has sufficient nwets to procoed with tho work without issuing now bonds. No one knows better than Mr. Hororx that this showing was flctitious, go far as tho availability of the nssots isconcerned, aud overybody knows that it has alwnys Leon the intontion of the Board to issto bonds for the money to moet tho Court-Houso contracts. The principal part of the nstits enumerated by HoLpey consists of $37¢,383, the uncol. Jectod taxes of 1871, 1879,1878, and 1874, which mdy never bo collected; $525,209 of the uncollocted taxes of 175, which wore approprinted for othar and syecific usos, and will bo needed if collectal; and am esti- mated tax sarplus of 300,000 over the nec. ensary oxponditures of 187, though thero is no means of knowing whether the Bonrd cnn lovy so much without oxceeding the constitutionnl limit of 75 cents on $100, or whether it will do so ever if it can, To reckon thesa items, nlong with some county proporty that may or may not be sold, ns available assots for building n Court-House, is go sbsurd that it only illstratos tho des. porate anxioty of the majoriy of the Board {o be permitted to go on with the MoNemx.- ‘WaLzen contract. The only quostion thnat remains to bo do- terminod is whother the goreral Inw requir- ing tho issno of county bands to be sub- mitted to tho people repoalod and set asido the law, spocial in its nafare, which was pasaed by tho Legislnture afer the Chicago firo of 1871 nuthorizing Ccunty Boards to igaue bonds for special puposes, of which the Court-Houso building % one. In view of the rocent dacision of ihe Supreme Court on Bill 300, which held that whero there is a general law governing all citios and o law spocially designed to exempt certain oitios {rom its operation the latter is null and void, it seems to bo cortain that Judge Fanweny will detormine that the isste of the bonds must be submitted to the people ; ho has al- rendy hold in effect that ho will enjoin tha Board from contracting tto indobtedness paless it has tho authority ta isaue the bonds .Decessnry to provide for the payment of that indebtedness. It iz sincortly to be hoped that ‘such will be tho findl decision, as it will arrest the Conrt-Hoise work wuntil tho pcoplo shall hove passed upon it by a dirct vote. In that caso, the wisest courso to_pursne under tho cir- cumstances, if it bo® legal, will bo for the County Board to enter info on ngrooment with the eity to crect the ontiro building, and give tho city a perpotual lemso (with the vilego of buying in tho future) of one. half the building at a rontal oqual to tho intarest on one-half thebonds issued for tho work. As tho city is nct in a condition to procead with its part of the work, and may not be for yoars, it is not litely that tho peo- ple of Chicago will voto for nn issue of county bonds to erect the county balf of tho building and leavo tho city’s portion of tho square unoccupied ; but if the county will undortako to procoed with the entirs bgild: ing on the basia suggested, and submit'n suflicient issue of bonds to cover tha work, ‘wo hinve no doubt the issus will be approved, —tho poople taking care to.elect at the samo timo five honest mon who will give tho hon- est elemont in the Board n majority. ¢ E— f FIRING THE SOUTHERN HEART. Tho Baltimore Clazette is at work firing tho Southern henrt. Attorncy-General Tarr's lettor authorizing the protection of voters in tho South, nnd giving instructions to that offcct, in accordance with the resolution passed by the Domocratic Houso, has in- flamed that shoet to tho vergs of madnoss. It calla for a mustoring of tho State militia and tho goneral mob to oppose tho Unitad States troops, just as they opposed the pas. #agoe of tho Union soldicrs through Baltimore in 1861, Itealls the order to the United States Marshals to koep tho peaco and roin- force tho civil authorities, if ealled upon, in proteoting voters *‘a bloody purpose,” and frantically shrieks, “To the bayonot wo must oppose tho bayonet.” Thero ara two answers to the froth and fury of this incon- diary sheot, First, the order to tha United Btatcs Marahals to protect voters is a Demo. cratic monsure, It wna introduced by Scorr Lonp, Democrat, now caudidate to fill the vacnney on tho headless ticket in Now ¥érk, and it was passed by o Democratic majorily without protost. Tho troops in the South havo nothing to do with the election, excopt in easo the oivil authorities shonld be overcoma by the White- Linors and Ku-Klux, and call upon them to restore order and protoct tho elaction, No man, Ropublican or Demoorat, black or white, is in danger of any interferonco with i rights as long na he {8 pendenbly inclined aud excrcisos his righta likae a peacoable, law- abiding citizon. Banda of murderers and assaseins, and mobs organized for tho in. timidation of citizens who havo the right to voto, will bo liable to symed interference if the civil autliorities nre unablo to excrciso thelr authority, whother thoy aro whito or black, 'The ‘Lildenites whoso duty to their party reqnires them to shoot negroes or keep them away by throats of murder will bo likely to Lave thelr amusomont stopped Dby the civil power; it the civil power fs insufficient, then by tho military power of the United States, in nccordance with the instructions of the Democratic House, faithfully carried out by the Prosi. dout aud Attorney-Gonoral, In tho second place, tho froth and’ fury of the Guzeite aro gratuitous and superfiuous. ' It may howl for Bonthern bayonets to opposs tho bayo. neta of tho United States until it is honrso, but they will not come, ‘I'no Whito.Liners and Ku-Klux are valiant in masking them. solves and riding at the dead of nightina mob to assault a golitary negrd in his vabin, aud they can courageously shoot down o handful of unarmed nogro prisonors after they have relessed thom and told them to run for their. lives, us at Hamburg, bnt thoy haveno appetiteforanencountor with United Btates troops armed with bayonets and bullots. The Southern peopla themsolves will turn a doaf ‘sar to'the bloody clamor of the Gazette, Thoir cxperionce in opposing the power of the United Btates is too frash in their recolloction to induca thotn to seck & ropetition of it. Tho Daltimoxe Gasetle will find that its efforts to resist the authority of the Goneral Governmont will be as fruitleas maw ay thoy wore in 1801, The rovolver and shot-gun are not going to carry tho eloctjon for Tmoen in November, unless nssassins and murderers aro stronger than the Stale sud National power combined. OUR ORT TRADE. Tho London Times publishos s lettor writ- ton by Ar, Dovoras Garrow, at Philadelphin, on tha subject of American manufactures, and that person writcs warningly that Brit. ish mnnufacturors, instend of rogarding tho United Statos a8 the grent market for thelr ‘goods, must oxpect hereafter to have the Amerieans strong compotitors in all markets in many lines of goods, The Englishman ia induced to beliovo thatthisisduoto the policy of protaction, forgotting that protection has oxploded, andthat, lookedat as a rogulator of prices, tho tariff has long sinco consed to protect. In fact, in many lines of industry tho tariff now operates ns, » woight .ond a hindrance upon the revival of manufacturce upon a now and prosperous pormanont basts, Out of tho ruinsof the rocout prostration American manufacturos must rise, when thoy do rise, freo of tho chniva and woights of protection, and relioved of that fatal the- ory that tho nearer a country is to a famine "tha more prosperous it must bo, American manufacturors havo boon greatly dopressed, not only during tho time since the panio, but even beforo that timo. They wero fnvolved in that great expansion of eredit londing them to immonse production, whila they had voluntarily closed evory mar. ket for tha salo of their gooda but the ono whoso consumption thoy had reduced to n minimun by their artificial prices. They woro making goods within a limited market, and solling thom on crodit, when eredit itself Lind been oxpanded beyond all healthy on- duranco. The strain proved too great ; erodit exploded, and the country was overwhelmed in debt. In aday or a week spoculntive mill. ions had coased to have value; eredit rosting on gambling bonds and stocks collapsed. In- flationoxploded. A contraction of expanditure followed. Goods manufactured at excessivo cost had o snle, oxcept at heavy doclino in price. Tho stocks on hand, having no for- cign market to which they conld be sont,— ‘boing oxcluded by the law intended to * pro. tect” them,—wero loftto bopeddled out whila the mills and forgos stopped work, and the protected labor was pnt on the strecls to starvo or to bocome tramps, Tlho United States, with o conl-supply of inexhanatiblo oxtont, with ores of the most productive quality, with every deseription of- row material in abundance, have absolutely by law rostricted for 16 yoars thouso by mannfacturers of these raw materials, to bo sold beyond the limits of the country, The momont & particular line of manufacturs reached tho domand equal to the supply of the homo market, it reached ite lmit; any production Leyond that was of a surplus, which had to bo sold at a loss, or which ne- cessitatod atemporary closingof thomill while it was salling. The grentoxpansion of cradit, however, whila it stimulated expenditure for homo products, created s domand likowise for foreign goods, and these wera importod and sold in competition with the home-mado wares. Leaving out tho products of the soil, and the manufactures of tho farm classed undor the general head of provisions, we bed substantially lost our export trade, and for what wo bought abrond .we had nothing to give in exchango. The decline in prices hias exploded all theory of tho nacessity or policy of protecting homo industry. Our manufacturers aro now pro- ducing and solling goods nt a profit at prices Which are lesa than those of 1872, by evena greator per cent than the duty, Thus do- mastic goods are.sold at 26, 30, and 40 por cent less than tho prices of 1872, whila the duty on foreign goods of tho same clasa has not boen greater than the same rate, Inother words, onr, manufacturors aro now producing and gelling goods with tho protection off. Tho Now York Z%imes hns compiled n comparative table of the leading articles of imported manufactures, showing the valus of ench yenr's importations since 1871, Values are givon in millions and decimal parts of mill- ions—29.9 moaning $29,900,000, ete. This decline in the valuo of importations .ought to atiract attontion. It is dueto a de- cline in the cost of tho articles themsolvos, and also to o falling off in the quantity con- sumed, In the same paper we find a like compilation of the values of our principal oxports in the same time : Corn & meal, | 5 'etrol'm, vtel S6.6 acon & bee | 1 putod—those of imports in gold, and of ox- ports in paper. The reador will Iook in vain in this list for exports of cotton, woolan, {ron, steol, or copper manufactures, or of leathor, and yot in tho most of theso things wo hiave o grent advantege over the foreign manufacturers, Wo have the raw material, the internal transportation, tho fuol, the machinery, the Inbor, and cheap food fof the laborer in an abundanco unknown elsowhero, and yot wo bave nothing, or comparatively nothing, to #oll, In the yoar wo exported about $13,- 000,000 of iron nnd stsol, whon wo ought to have exported §u0,000,000. Wo exportod cotton goods of a valuo of $7,000,000, when we cxported over $10,000,000 beforo the War. Wo oxported of all kinds of leathor manufactures nearly $10,000,000, when e ought to bo able to sell threa times that amount. The old delnsion of making goods oxclusively for a homo market atill paralyzes American manufactures. Tho story is told fu tho export of $157,000,00 of non-pro- tectod products, and a beggarly exhibit ot tho product of protacted labor—equal only to o gmall poraontage of the valuo of like ar- ticles of forsiggn manufacturs imported. The last act of Congress on thissubject was to incronse the protoction, which, owing to the goneral fall in tho prices of all goods, Is now prohibitory,—~in many oases, The re- sult of this intelligont legislation .hes boen a dealine of rovenue, until the Treasury i throatened with a deficiency oven in spita of the largo reduction of oxponditures. The country has beon aflicted Ly the ignorance and cowardice of Congross on this subject of the tariff,—its refusal to moet tho exigon. cles of the Treasury by intelligont legisla- stion, and {ts disrogard of the presont oppor- tunity to build up American manufacturcs aud a large export trado of toxtile pud other goods, by placivg our own peoplo on an equality with the manufactureru of tho world in the orivilsea of buvinz'and solling whure- avor thoy ean‘make the best terms. Lot us hope that after the Prosidentinl olsction thero will bo some effort mado in Congross to 80 amend the tariff that it will produco thenceded revenuo, and st tho same time give o now mpotus to trado nnd production. S—— AT LAST, At last Cranres Fravots Anaya s on the track for an offies, and will run for it as fast 28 his anclent and aristoeratio loge will carry him, Probably he and Mr, Bowr.es are hap- 1y, although in the nature of things thoir happincss must be short-lived. MMr, Apasts, howaover) does not take the track with virgin shyness. For years past ho lins Loon a can- didato, like other members of his family, for various offlees, his raco for which has beon crowned with distinguished and nnvarying misfortuno, growing out of thoe fact that, while everybody thought he would il tho offico admirably, everybody went and voted for tho other man. His past experiences will be brought Lhomo to him afresh in this cnso, for several reasons. First, Mr. Apams reprosonts neither the Republican nor tho Democratic party, but that little, handful of Reforiners, so called, or Indepondents, whose platform is purely gontimental, and whoso candidates will be triumphantly clocted about tho time of the Millennium, when the Democracy can 8co & ballot-box without stufling it and o negro without shooting him, If it were an off year, and tho pending election involved only issues of loeal impbrtance to Massachusotts, this little coterio of Indopendents which re- volves about Mr. Bowses might possibly ‘“onthuse ™ tho peoplo of that Stato with their reform sentimont, especinlly whon dressed up in the chaste and classical drn. perics of tho AvAxs family, Dut it is the despair of Mr. Apaus that the Indepondents will not figuro in this olection. Tho conteat this yonr is an out.nnd-out fight botweon the Straight Republicans and the Bourbon Democracy, tho ono party reprosented by o mbn who fought in tho War for the Union and the other by a man who fought agninst it. The South. orn Domocrats have recognized this chorne- teristio of the fight by nominating the most bitter ex-Robels for offices, and the Northern Democrats have followed suit by nominating the most bittor ex-Copperhends, and tho Nn- tional Convention comploted the work by nominating Truoex and Hexorions, the two most prominent advocates, during the War, of State SBovereignty and the right of saces- sion. Thore is to bo no third party in this fight, E:Eucm:d. it is openly nsserted- and not:de. nicd that Mr. Apaxa was nominated at the request of Alr, T1upeN, in order to give the | Intter additional strength. Mr. TILDEN can carry Mr. Apams, bt Mr. Apass cannot carry Mr, Tmpey. No ono doubts the por- sonnl purity, tho old-fashioned honesty, the manly virtues, the stately dignity, the irre- pronchablo character, the clear, strong in- toilect, tho brilliant literary qualities, or the oxalted statesmanship of Mr, Apams; but these attributes do not alter the naturs of tito lond which he is earrying ns the head of ‘the Democratie party in Massachusetts. The aggrogate of all Lis virtnes cannot atone for tho burden of perjury, railroad ewindling, ballot-box stufling, disloyalty, and dishonesty which Mr. “TripEN has placed on his back, or which, grather, ho voluntarily assumed to carry at Tripxy's request. However much the poople of Massachnsatts may ad- mire Mr, Apaus 0s & statesman and model of all the virtues, ho isnot an imposing spoc. tacla to them, carrying Mr. ‘lmpex's un- savory lond of corruption, labeled with Mr, Bownrzs' tag of reform. Third, if this wera o State eleotion, Mr, Apans might hope to draw &ff sgome Repub- lican vofes. It is, however, the wrong year for that. Thers is too much at stake, and tho Demooracy hava advancod the old Rebel and Copperhead elsment too far to-tho front for Republicans to risk anything by rushing after o sontimontal Governor. Ho will not securo o Ropublican vots, Worso than this, 80 far as his canvass is concerned, he must lose many Domocratio votos. Thp Boston Pilot, not only a Democratio paper, but a Catholic paper of great influence among tho Irish, domonstrated, as soon as it was known that he was a candidate, and did it asosolemn warning, why tho Irish of Massachusotts will never vote for him. Iis record upon tho Fanian question, while Min. 1ster at London, will never ba forgotten by the Irish, It was ono'of those acts of hos- tility townrds tho Irish raco which goes doeper than politics, and will nover bo for. given, JMr. Apaxs, of courss, will be beaton; moro than that, ho will he overwhalmingly Denten, Tho Democrats knew this when they nominated him. The selection of a candidate, however, shows a tender consid- eration aud praisoworthy humanity on their part. Mr, Apaws is used to being benten, and will feel dofoat less keonly than a now mnn, The peoplo of Massachusetta will giva him leavo to resuma his labora upon tho history of the Apams family by an ovor wholming majority. AHERICAN a. Dex Burees has taken tho trouble to re. ply to'fndry oritics,who hiavo boen scoustng him of sclling the Stars and Stripss to the American nation at an immense profit, by defining his position on tho bunting ques. tion as followsa: ‘The manufacture of bunting was unknown In this country until after the close of tha War, so that no American ship aver fonght under a yard of American bunting. One or twn attemnts had been mado to make it in America which had fslicd, §t was wubstantlally & monopoly of & fow drmsin Bradford, England, and aitbough it cost, in the War, an Englishman to mske it no more than now, thay put up the price upon us to $36, gold, per plece. In 1800, because I lived in a manufactar- ing city, T was requested by the Navy Department ta examine into the mubject and sce If it could Lo made here, 1 consulted with some ¢riends af mine in Lowell, and Intercated them in the subject, and they agreed 40 make an sttempt, provided I would furnish a partof the capital, which [ did, After many experiments, attended by very considerable expense, and by employing English machinery, an articlo of bunting waa made, which, upon compet- itive telal with the Rngllsh, was pronounced by a hoard of experts to Lo superlor, Tho dumand for tho article s very limited, cxcopt in Prosidentisl years and In this Centennial year, There are now thiree of four other eatablishiments which manufac tura bunting In the country besldos the ons at Lowell, 1t 1ssaid by o newapaper that the larl® i more than the cost, leaving the Inferenco that that in adried to the price. The effect of the manufac- ture horo has becn that bunting le produced at $10 aplece, gold, aw agalnst $:30, which our Govern. ment vald for over 11,000 plecea yearly during tae War, T'he burden of Gen, Burren's offense acom to have been the introduction of a new brauch of industry in the United States,—an offonse which may not seriously injuro his Congressional chances in the district whore be introduced it A 'I'ho cost to the country of building up the new indvstry is somewhat. hoavy, The Biitish wero seriously robbing the Ameri- cans on the price of bunting when Gen, Burrea induced Congross to levy a tax of 117 por cont on . British bunting. Under the vrotcotion of this'tax, tho now industry pro- ; . grossed. The soldiora mdpoop!utthevnlm Btates in hiced of flags, who would have by Lo pay $100 far thom to tho British DMAnM g, turors, were compolled to Ay 8217 tep lh; same flags to Gon, Burren's mills, Of eonrmy the industry wns builtup, The Cantennty bas bean a harvost to the new industry, The consumption of flaga has beon enormong; hyy on evory $100, at which consumers n;igp,g have obtained flags, they have beon com. polled to pay Gon. Burrrs's millg My bounty—not tax to tho Government, by bounty to support the now Industry, p, Boston IHerald, commenting on Doty dofense of the bunting monopoly, Bnya: Wa valued the tarlf at 117 ber eentum upon ty, original cost. The exact rate 18117, 41 per :zmnm. We drew the facts which wa cited from the gy yearly report of the Burean of Statistics, The for, * clgn value of the bunting Imported I four monyyy was glven by the Tlareau at $034 for 2,012 squarg yarde, which Is equal to $4,80, gold, Per pleco gy forty yards of tho width of 18 Inches, The daiy pald on thiv was $5.70, gold, per similer piene) WWhat but the duty prevents American biors from obtaining this fabric at the old ante bellum Pricey of $3to $5.60 gold per plece? What but the doty cnables Bursen and hla assoclates to rob the Goy, ernment and the consumers of thio United Statey B forcing them to pay the prics which ho namey, .. }+$10a plece,gold, "~for all Lhe bnting they ey The Gencral calls such work as thia **developlng now industry.” We have never ecen the statistjcy of the ** new Indnstry,™ but we dare assert it 1) the operatives who are employed In it could be Loarded at tho Fifth Avenue Ifotel, and feq tipon every luxury of the aeason, withmuch lers expeney 1o tho'nation than'Is involved by their present method of earning bread. Ho han atated that tha United States Governmant pald $36 gold per pleey **for over 11,000 pleces of bunting yearly during the War," Woe doubt the assertion, and call upon him to make it goo: OBITUARY, GROROGR SITIT, Gronar Ssirh, the world-famous Fnglisy Orlental scholar, whose death was annoiinced f tho foreign dispatchics yesterday, was born Iy England In 1825, He made Orfental subjects a study all his lifc, but his work first took nractl. cal form in 1864. During that year, while ex. amining the Assyrian paper casts fu the Britlsh Museum, ho discovered an fnscription of Siar. uaNesEn IL, which gave an account of the war against HAZABL. In 1807 ho nssistedinthe prep- aration of o now volume, entitled *Cunciforn Inecriptions of Western Asla,” and from that timo gave his whole attention to declphering these fnscriptions. His carlier discoverles fn clude a tablet noticing tho cclipse of June 15 703 B. C.; sketches of the Israclitish Kings Azantam, Peieam, and Hosnea; nccounts of the conquest of Babylonla by the Elamites in 2%0 B, C.;on Assyrian religlous calendar; and thy Chaldean asccount of the Deluge upon g tablet which he afterwards dlscovered to Lo the eleventh n- o serles of twelve glving the history of Nistion. In 1871 ho printed lis great work on thoe history of * ASSHUR-BANI-PAL, glvlng the cunelform in seriptions and historlcal transeriptions of that reign. In 1878 he went on an exploring cxpeds tion to Nincyeh as the representative of the London Zelegraph, and again in 1874. During these vislts he obtalned over 8,000 Inscriptions, and in 1875 published an account of his explo rations, and contributed o volume on the history of Assyria to the serics of * Anclent History from the Monuments,” slso “‘The Chaldeay Account. of Genesls," which was transluted Inte % German last year with notes by . Devirzen, Orfental sclence ips met with o sad loss in bl (death, more particularly as ho was engaged up on very important worl fn conncction with these fnscriptions at the time of Iis death. ISTARL WASIDURN, The Boston Aduertiser of Monday lnst rays:’ Mr, Isnagt Wasinuny, who died at his home In Livermore, Me., on Friday last, was fathorof a famous family. Indeed, fow fawmilles on record havo achievad mora distinction in & single genera- tion than has been the fortuno of the Malne Wasi nuiNs, The oldest of the sons has had a long ex- crlence a8 member of Can(imu from his natisy tate, and &s Governor of Maine, The nest Iz senlority served so longintho House of Repre. sentatives that ho becamo the ‘‘Father of thi Honge," 8ince retiring from that assembly ha hag won new honors &s the representative of tho Gove ernment at Paels, where he atill rem Tig third eon hes been & member of Congress for (e jears and, dovernor of Wisconaln. Another kat cen for a long term of ycara the representative of the United Statea in Paragnny, while stille: fitih hasbicen & prominent man in Minnesota pollti; and has been more than onco mentloned tn conn tion with high public atations, T'wo other sous reapected and worthy citizens of thelr native State, Mr. Wasusunx tived to a good old axe, as proud ol hls boys as they wero to batho sonaof thelr father. e ———— The Loulsvilla Courier-Journal la paingd ta abserve that Gov. HaYes did not {ssue an edict with refercnce to the recent prize-fight, and contrasts with tuls fallure the conduct of the Democratlc Governor of Kentucky, who promptly Issued his proclamation to the militia of thecounty where the battle was fought, commauding them to arrest all the participants. Tha Courier Tournal fs reduced to pitiful pick- Ings when §u sccks to make political capltal out of such o filmsy charge as this. As {t was known days before the fight that it would come ofl in Kentucky, what authority had Gov. ITAYEs to fssuc proclamations? There was na disturbance of the peace fu Ohlo. Since the Coupler-Journal has brought up tho matter, we would 1ike to have that paper inform us what the bold Kentucky mifitla did In the premises. They wera at tho light, but we have not learned that any one was arrested. What did the Sher iff of the county do? e was also at the dzut, was Introduced to theiwo principals, made o speech to them, and saw the fght outto Ity close. DId ho arreat any onc? ———— ‘The New York Euvening Post announces the death of IIARVEY AnNoLp, thu well-kuown print manufacturer, who died at his home In North Adams, Mass., recently, at the age of 70 Ho began his manufucturing carcer in‘1843, and at different times has owned many extensivt mills, Ile was an encrgetic member of tht Methodist Churéh, In politics he was formerly a Whig, but voted the Beri-Evinerr ticket it 1801, and has since been & Democrat, 11ls party ran him for Congress in opposition to Mr Dawes, and scveral times for State Treasurer, but never with success, et — e Canu Benonzls tospeak at Crown Polnt, Ind., on tho afternoon of next Monday. The time will probably be divided between him and Dax VooRugexs and ' Blue-Jeans " WILLIAMS, the Democratic candidate for Governor. Mr Benunz, as the representative of the Republican party, 1a well ablo to coutend agaluat two such Democrats, ‘There will probably be a large crowd {n attendanco upon the meeting, —— In Presidentfal years littlo Delaware Is worth counting, and we take pleasuro in moticing that she shows a disposition to beon thu right side. Atthe lateclty clectionin Wilmington the Republican ticket carried the day by o ma: Jority of 1,207, clecting fourtcen out of twenty of the Councilmen, and having a clear majority in elghit out of ten wards, The city was Dew cratic last year, PERSONAL. The religions newapapers complain that an infle del club has been organized among the dudtents of Amberst College, under the wing ot orthodozy. Dom Pedro's simolicity of thought and m'flfl“" Tias astonlshed the titled folkof Europe. We wish it could b sald that in America they wero oil 38 mad as he. Thoe Now York Herald sashly accords Georsd Ellota place ln literatura nextto thatof Shak- speare, Tho critic, we presume, has other place? in litesature to let. Mr. Edwarda Plerrepont explaina that hls pllcas tion to the medium Flint In the matter of ‘D:;; Lady Mary " was only with & view to testisg merltaof Spirltualism. s The Philedeiphin Evening Telsgraph asserts IEI Mr. George Fawcett Rowe's new come !-| ++1irasa, " 4 8 paipable imitation of Footo's aluid fareotten pleco, **Thes Liar" i Fhe London correspondent of the Parls Ualu :li probably does not regard tho truth tov scrupn “hlt )y whicn ho says that the resson of Gsubietta ;: e 1o London 8 to satlsfy a bet made by S C! u:m- Dilko, 1t fa sleged that Dilke, whols to w I 4