Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 24, 1876, Page 4

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES. The Tribmue, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE—POSTAGE PREPAID AT By Ee ety afied % address terary and Religious Double WEREELY EDITION, POSTPAID. gressional honars sre busying themselves mere or less a5 to the list of delegates ; but it is more important that the voters who are not candidates should attend the primaries and select delegates whom they can trust, without regard to individusl candidature. Theres will be ona voting-place in every ward, and it is the duty of every citizen who in- 1:® | tends to vote the Republican ticket to seck ont this place, inform himself as to the char- acter of the men who are to be sent to the Conventions, and use his vote and influence to have thesa respectable and representative bodies chosen for the daty of nominating candidates. Specimen copies sent free. “To prevent delay and mistakes, be sure and give Post~ Offce address tn full, incloding State and County. ‘Bemitiances may be made either by draft, express, Fost-Ofice order, o in registerod 16tters, a¢ our risk. TERMS TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS. Daily, delivered. Sunday excepied, 25 cedis per week. Dudly, deltvered, Sunday {ncluded, 30 cents per week THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, e It will be seen by a notice in the an nouncements for religious services that Dr. Wrizzam W. PaTToN is to spenk in Farwell Hall at 3 o'clock this afternoon on the gues- tion of the Bible in the public schools, which isat the present time exciting so much in- Camper Madiron and Dearborn-sts.. Chicago, Il e —— SOCIETY MEETINGS. i terest. Dr. ParroN has long been recog- nized as one of the prominent evangelical RIERTAL CONSISTORY, S.°.P.".B. .S.". 32. A, —. Amembly on Thursday evening, o 55 2t Conatorial Hell 76 Monroe-st. Members clergymen of the city, and he Las few, if any, spperiors as a clear andlogical reasoner. Coun- | 1t i8 understood that his views are not in sympathy with those who insist on the read- order = % i . . -Chtet. JAMES A T BLAD, 52 iary. | iDg of the Biblein the public schools. The T.—Atten- CHI ANDERY, . 19, K. tlon, Eciegggg?-lu!”hptdfl Conclave Monday E\‘egm‘g. Bept. 25, 82 7:30, for wurk on the K. T. Order. Visit- 1ng Sir Enights courteously invited. By order of the EC CHAS. J. TROWBLIDGE, Recorder. CHAPTER. NO. 2, R. A. M.—Hall Stated convocation Monday evening, Bept. 25. at 7:30 o‘dochfiormlémlm‘ ‘n:hsd workon the % e o the s, o o W wmdF M. Degres. DY order ot ioRER Sec. are LATR LODGE. NO. 393, A. F. & A. ML.—Regular comimanioanoy Sondss” sveRing. Sept; 23, aL 7:30, o'dock. “'DYK‘_?D geghlr:inemo‘ Y “lv!l!&lll;lfi breth- er e e ey Oy O BN L Sec. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1876. % e At the New York Gold Exchange on Satur- day the dollar greenback represented 907 cents in gold. The Bev. Wrnrtay ArviN BARTLETT, pas- tor of the Plymouth Congregational Church, severs his connection with that, church to. day and preaches his farewell sermon this evening. During his stay in this city the Doctor has made a large circle of friends by Ids genial personal qualities, as well as by the performance of his ministerial duties. During his occupancy of the pulpit, the ‘union of the Plymouth and South Congrega- tional Churches was effected, likewise the building of the large and handsome edifice now occupied by his flock, and the large in. crease of his congregation. These gratify- | ing results Dr. BARTLETT can point to as the direct fruits of his labor, and he will go to his new cherge in Indianapolis with this much of credit. He will take away with him numerous regrets that his work is fin- ished here, and cordial good wishes for his £utore. A very important matter, and one that should engege the prompt attention of the | Mayor and Cominon Council, is the necessity of filling up the mud-hole left in the Lake Park. Tt will require but a comparatively mmall sum to pay off the workmen who have been engaged in filling and grading, and to supply the top-dressing necessary to com- plete the work. Of course the public will easily do the filling, as it is a grest favor to be allowed to dmep in that cavity. When this is done the city will have one of the ‘hsndsomest walkirg perks in the country, a mile in length from the Exposition Build- ing, and of immense financial value also. With proper exertions the work could be done and the park all gradsd before winter setsin. The result is so desirable and im- portant to the city that the Mayor and Coun- il ought to deviso some means of accom.- plishing it. At present the part of the wark that is left undone is both unsightly and un- bealthy. The Chicago produce markets were rather quiet on Saturday, with few impor- tant changes in prices Mess pork clossd a shade lower, at $16.223@16.25 for October and $14.65@14.70 for the year. Lard «<losed & shade firmer, at $10.22@10.25 for October and §9.22}@9.25 seller the year. Meats were steady, at 6fc for summer shonl- ders, boxed, 8§c for do short ribs, and 9lc for do short clears. Lakefreights were guiet, 8t 2¢ for corn to Buffalo. Rail freights were unchanged. Highwines were firm, at $1.08} per gallon. Flour was quiet and firm. Wheat closed }@}c higher, at $1.073 for September and §L.044 for October. Corn closed 3¢ low- up the of I to of me; he he 50 he at army. He traction of the story. follows: address is given in answer to a call from a large number of prominent citizens who are connected with evangelical churches, and we gratified to observe that so many intelli- gent and considerate men of all denomina-~ tions and classes are coming to recognize the fact that, under our Constitution and Gov- ernment, sects in 8 minority have equal rights to protection with those that consti- tute & majority. Yesterday we printed an extract from Jacos TroMPsON's report to JEFF Davis, giving result of his mission to Canads, in com- pany with Creamexy C. Cray, in 1864, to get & fire in the rear. In this issue we give document in full It throws a blaze of light on the purposes, objects, and opera- tions of the Order of the ‘* Sons of Liberty,” which 8. Corsmve Jupp says he was a member and Grand Commander for the State of Illinois. soN regarded them, and acted through them, It will be seen that JoxE Taoxe- the Northern wing of the Confederate says that while he failed establish an open and successful rebellion in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio by the help of the secret Order of the *“Sons Liberty,” nevertheless he produced such commotion in those States and such appre- hension in the mind of the Administration a8 to cause LINcoLX to keep back from the field or withdraw from the front 60,000 Fed- eral soldiers, who were employed to watch the ‘‘Sons of Liberty.” JAxE suggests to Jerr that in this view of the subject *‘ The same amount of money has effected so much in no other quarter since the com- ncement of the War.” He does not in this document tell how much of the Confed- erate money he distributed among the of- ficers and Commanders of the ** Sons of Lib- erty” in Ilinois. Perhaps S. Corying Jupp Imows, as he eays he was the Grand Com- mander of the secret military order in JIli- nois. But reed the document and open your eyes. THE “SONS OF LIBERTY.” Mr. S. Corstxc Jupp has notified us that hes been damaged by 2 publication in TrE TRIBUXE to the mount of $50,000, and has notified us, farther, that ho intends, when he has time, to institnte a criminal prosecution for libel, Pending these pro- ceedings the publio are entitled to the faots. On Monday evening, Sopt. 1S, Mr. Jupp prosided at the TrUMBULL meeting, and, in doing, indulged in some indecorvus lan- guage, and especially denounced Senator Logax with having recruited soldiers for the Rebel army. The report of this meeting was written out late at night, and the fact of the political association of Judge TrumBULL and AMr. Jopp, and, the suggestion being made that sach a story was once current in Fulton County, a paragraph was written in which it was stated that Mr. Jopp had raised a com- pany of cavalry to resist the draft. The next day, Mr. Jupp assumed that his “pri- vate character” had been sssailed, and ad- dressed a letter to this office, filled with in- temperate and scurrilous language, in which denied the story of the cavalry company. Despite the language, which would have jus- tified its exclusion, we printed his letter, and the same time published editorially a re- ‘What we said was as er, at 44)c for September and 44¢ for Octo- ber. Oats closed easy, at 34} for Septem- ber and 34c for October. Rye was 2c low- er, st 62c. Barley closed (@1c lower, at 0@ 804c for October. Hogs were dull and easier, 24 $5.70@G.05 per 100 s, Cattle were act- ive and weak, 8t §2.25@5.00. Sheep were in fair demand. One hundred dollars in gold would buy $110.00 in greenbacks at the close. —— Wo wonld counsel the menagers of the va- rious Orphan Asylums, Half-Orphan Asy- Yums, Erring Women's Refuges, Homes of the Friendless, Lying-In Hospitals, Free . Hospitals, and other eleemosynary institu- tions of Chicago, not to give them. any immediate the distribotion of the $30,000 damages “Grand Commander” Jupp | {LreuEhout the summer in establlshing emples and in- hes sued Tee Tomune, and which he proposes ““shall . be devoted to charitable objects,” after the deduction of legal ex- penses. It is just possible that Mr. Jupp msy not recover his $30,000 damages, in ‘which event it wonld be n waste of time for the managers of the charitable institutions to put in their applications. Indeed, it is Dot impossible that the expenses of litiga- Hon may 5o far exceed the damages that Mr. Jeop will recover that he will have no money Yo spare for charitable distribution. At all events, we promise to publish timely warn. ing whenever there is any likelihood of his getting damages either of $50,000 or less out of Tax TrinuNE, s0 85 to give all the charitable institutions an equal show for the concern about There will be found in another part of Tue Tarouxe a list of the places for holding | 5ent to this office another letter, written in the Republican primaries, to-morrow after. | What seems to be a peculiar style with him. noon, for the selection of delegates to the | He assumed the tonc of the bully, and, in First and Third Congressional Conventions that are to nominate the candidates from two Chicago districts. The importance of these primaries is scarcely second to the Congressional election itself. Chicago has been misrepresented in Congress for two years by three Democratic Congressmen, who acted with the Confederate majority in the House, and who got their places by a mere “scratch.” It is very likely that these three men will be candidates for re-electivn. They can be beaten without any trouble if Republican voters will do their duty and nominate gentlemen of recog- nized ability and character against them. i work will be determined largely at the primaries, and the result can be assured by sending only good men to the Nomirating Conventions. We huve no doubt the various aspirants for Con- We publish & card from Mr, S. CorsTNG JTpD fu answer toa pamgraph which appeared in Tue TRIBUNE yesterday concerninghim. We pubtished the statement because it has been repeatedly made during the lost twelve years, and supposed it was true. Mr. Jupp, as long ago as 1864, enjoyed the distinction of being the head in linois of the Enights of the Golden Circle, and the revelations of the character and design of the object of that organization rendered the raising of 8 company of cavalry a small affair in comparison. In the offi- cial report of the Judge- Advoeate-Geneéral, Hovr, *‘on the *Order of American Enights,” or ‘Sons of Liberty,' a Western conspiracy in ald of the Southern Rebellion, ” made under date of Oct. 8, 1864, is given the names of the officers, etc., of the organization in several States, and contains the following paragraph: . o Commandge fn e tltied ** Grind Missfonary of the Stave," and desiruased 8150 &8 3 MEMUCT Of VALLANDIGHAN'S S1af, 18 one of the active members, having been buslly enzamed tiating members. We eive Mr. Juon the fall benefit of his denial of the company-of-cavalty story, and we will give him the benefit of a denial that he wasa member and officerof the Knights or the Sons of Liberty, and by to-morrow we will be able 10 explain and give evi- dence from ofiicial papers as to the purposes and ends of that organization, and of its uperations in this State and other States in opposition to the War and in 2id of the Rebellion. This, we supposed, ended the matter ; butit seems that Mr. Jupp had started out to have & fight with some person. He had begun by adirect personal assault upon Gen. Locax by the repetition of a libel which he knew had been repeatedly refuted, and, taking the pretext of anotice in Tae TrmusE, thought he would try and gain a little notoriety by a controversy with a newspaper. Ho begun the business of defamation, and is now “plaintiff” in an action of damages: % On the day this appeared (Seps. 20) ke the language of the bar-room, indulged in scurrility with a proficiency that was re- markable. He was informed that he would have to modify some of the language of his letter, if he desired its publication. This be refused to do, and published his letter else- where. In this second letter he denied that he had been a member of the Knights of the Golden Circle, and he added : Iwss however, & member and **Grand Com- ‘mander” in Illinois of the Order of **Sons of Lib- erty, ™ an entirely different organization from that of the **Knights of the Golden Circle.” The charge in your editorial that this Order of *‘the Sons of Liberty”" wasa *“conspiracy in aid of the Southern Rebellion™ is another of the malicions falsehoods to which you do mot hesitate to give editorial circalation. That organization was a political one, and was an offset in the Democratic party to the *‘Union Leagues™ and **Wide- Awakes" of the Republican machinery. Yon Re- publicans, in 1863-'4, were in the habit of de- ing the entirs Democratic party ftself, ass *con- spiracy in aid of the Southern Rebellion, " and you have not yet abandoned this sort of fish-market warfare. 'The Order of *Sons of Liberty " was a8 Toyal to the Union and as devoted to Its laws as was the **Union League™ itself, and thie lavors of the Union, not then members of the Democratic party, are little aware of the debt of gratitude the coun~ 4ry owes that organization for the potent intlnence it exerclaed in cliccking the tendencies to violence and outbreak of men almost infuriated by political persecutions of themselves and their fellows. By reference to the paragraph which we published, it will be seen that the statement that the *“Sons of Liberty” was “‘a con- spiracy in aid of the Rebellion,” was not that of Tar TrIBUNE, but was officially made by Judge-Advocate-General HoLr in the title of his report. As this report was made con- cerning the order of which Jupp admits he was Grand Commander in Illinois, and in which he named Jupp as an officer of the Sons of Liberty, it is strange that Mr. Jupn has never sought out Judge Horr and made him answer for this “ fish.market” 2nd *‘ mali- cious falsehood.” For twelve years Mr. Jupp has permitted this declaration that he was ‘¢ Grand Commander ” of the Sons of Liberty in Tlinois, which organization was a ‘ con- spiracy in aid of the Southern Rebellion,” to rest unchallenged upon the National records and pass into the history of the War, and at this late day he proposes to treat it as an assault upon his private character. ‘We wish to state here that we have pub~ lished no word concerning his private char- scter. He'isa vetersn politician, and an old and familiar personage in politics; and whether he pushed himself into the chair at the TrumMBULL meeting, or was invited to talke it, the old party politician broke out when in introducing TruasuLy he assailed LoGAX ss a recruiting-officer for the Rehels. A man with his political record has no right to expect that he can publicly asseil other men and escape criticism himself. His per- sonal character is no more “sacred” than that of the persons whom he accused. ‘We utterly refuse, in the light of the in- formation before us, to accept Jubp's state- ment that the Sons of Liberty was as loyal to the Union as was the * Union League.” The Union League was exclusively devoted to the support of the Government in the prosecution of the War. If the Sons of Lib- erty ‘‘wasan offset” to the Union League, then it opposed the ends of the Union League. Iu fact, it was for peace, and was opposed to the War. But on this point there can hardly be any room for doubt. Our readers are invited to the testimony of two witnesses, testifying officially. These ‘witnesses are Josern Hovt, Judge-Advocate~ General of the United States, and Jacor TaoaresoN, Commissioner of the Confoderate States. If the reader will keep in mind the state~ ment of this man Juop—* I was, however, a member and Grand Commander in Iflinois of the Order of the ‘Sons of Liberty,’”—and also of the fact that at the time when most of the transactions covered by thess two re- ports took place he was Democratic candidate for Lieutenant-Governor of Illinois, thers will be no difficulty in discovering the ap- plicability of the testimony. Judge Howr s2ys in his report: From printed copies heretofore eelzed by the Government of the Constitution of the Supreme Council, Grand Council, and county Parent Tem- ples respectively, of the Order of the Sons of Lib- erty, in connection with other and abundant testi- mony, the organization of the Order in its latest form {5 understood to be as follows: **The gov- emment of the Order in & State is vested in & Grand Council, the officers of which are a Grand Commander,” etc., ‘‘and a certain number of Major-Generals, or onc for each mflitary district." The eccret Conatitution of the Supreme Council provides that the Supreme Commander **shall ba Commander-in-Chief of all military forces belong- ing to the Order in the various States when called into actunl service,” and, further, that the Grand Commanders *‘shell be Commanders-in-Chief of the military forces of their respective States.™ , - In Iilinois, where the organization of the Or- der is considered moat perfect, the members in which is commsnded by a ** Brigadicr-General.” The members of cach county constitute a ** regi- ment,”” with a ** Colonel " in command, and those of each township form a ** company. " According to this official report, Mr. §. C. Juopp, es * Grand Commander,” was Com- mander-in-Chief of the military forces of the Sons of Liberty in Tllinois, But Judge Horr, in that portion of the report directed to the specific purposes and operations of the Order, enumerates these purposes under the following general defini- tions : 1. Aiding soldiers to desert and harboring and protecting deserters. 2. Discourging enlistments and resisting the draft. 3. Circulation of disloyal and treasonable publi- cations. 4. Communicating with aud giving intelligence to the enemy. 5. Aiding the encmy by recruiting for them, or aiding them to recruit, within our lines. 6. Furnishing the Rebels with arms, ammauni- tion, etc. 7. Co-operating with the eaemy in raids and in- vasions. 8. Destruction of Government property. 9. Destraction of private property and perseca- tion of loyal men. 10. Assassination and murder. 11. The establishment of a Northwestern Con- {federacy. The report on this Order thus closes : In the presence of the Rebellion and of this secret Order—which is but its echo and faithfal ally—we cannot but be amazed at the niter and wide-spread profligacy, personal and politieal, which these movements against the Government disclose. The guilty men engaged in them, often castingaside their allegiance, scem to bave trodden under foot every sentiment of honor and every re- straint of law, human and divine. Judea produced butone Jubas Iscamior, and Rome, from the sinks of her demoralization, produced but one CATILINE; and yet, 88 events proved, there has arisen together in our land an entire brood of such traitors, all animated with the same parricidal spirit, and all struggling with the same relentless malignity for the dismemberment of our Union. Of this extraordinary phenomena—not paralleled inthe world's history—there can be but one ex- planation, and all these blackened and fetid streams of crime may well be traced to the same common foundation. And now comes Mr. Jupp, who declares : 1 was a member of and Grand Commander in Illinois of the Order of the Sons of Lib- erty.” Howr's report, founded upon all the evi- dencs acenmalated, is the case made out by the United States againstthe « conspiracy in aid of the Southern Rebellion.” We invite attention now to the evidence of Jicon THoursoN, the Commissioner of the Con- federacy, who, for several months, dealt di- rectly with the Sons of Liberty in their con- spiracy in aid of the Rebellion. We ask especial attention to this report; it is full of interesting reading matter, and shows how the “Sons™ undertook to * offset” the “ Union League.” The whole report is in Tae TRIBUNE, and, summed up, Troxesox informs the Confederate Government: 1. That he put himself in communication with the leading spirits of the Order of the “*Sons of Liberty,” and was received by them with cordiality and confidence. 2. The Order was especially miitary. 8. The members of the Order, leaders and privates, wero opposed. to holding & Presi- dentinl election, as Lrvcorx would re-elect himself, hence the only hope was force. 4. The members believed that by a bold Bouncing every combination of Democrats, inclad- | and vigorous movement the three great each Congressional district compose a ** brigade, ™" Northwestern States, Illinois, Indians, and Ohio, could be seized and held. This being done, Kentucky and Missouri woald rise, and ““ this in sizty days would end the War.” 5. The postponement of the meeting of the Chicago Democratic Convention from July 4 to August 29 postponed the rising, and July 20 was fixed, and then a later date. 6. Troxrsox furnished Confederate gold to have three monster peacc-meetings in Illi- nois, one at Peoria, one at Springfield, and one at Chicago. The Peorin meeting was a grand succes 7. The arms of the “Sons of Liberty,” purchased by Confederate gold and sent to Indianapolis, were seized, and numbers of the leading *“Sons* were arrested. 8. McDoxarp, Democratic candidate for Governor of Indinna, threatened to expose tho whole business unless the rising was abandoned, and the rising did not take place. [No Democratic candidate, or member, or Grand Commander in Ilinois squenled.} Arrests and exposures followed, which demor- alized the *Sons of Liberty.” 9. The large sum of Confedernte gold ex- pended among the Sons of Liberty to pro- mote the ¢ conspiracy in aid of the Re- bellion * was wasted, except that it required . the withdrawal of 60,000 Union troops from the front to watch the Sons of Liberty ; and this was the most serviceable expenditure of the like sum of money by the Rebel Gov- ernment during the War. 10. Relates the further expenditure of Confederats gold in various attempts, es- pecially that of the release of the prisoners at Camp Douglas, the burning of New York, ete., etc. 11. The Order of the ‘““Star” succeeds the Sons of Liberty,—the members swearing to resist the draft. ‘We submit these tworeports. At the time TrmoxpsoN wrote his, he had seen that of Judge Hovr, and contradicts it only in the reported number of the *Sons of Liberty,” which he says Horr put too high. Judge Howr put the number in Illinois at 100,000 to 140,000. Jupp, who “wasa member and ¢ Grand Commander’ in Tllinois,” states that there wers over 100,000 in the State, and we suppose he speaks by the card, and confirms Horr. ‘We promptly, and in the next issue of the papor, retracted the ludicrous story of Mr. JUDD raising a company of cavalry in Falton County; we had no design then, and have none now, to make any untrue or unfair statement concerning him. We have in no sense assailed his private character. He has put the history of the * Sons of Liberty” at issue; has declared that it was purely a Democratic organization, and that he was Grand Commander in Illinois of the Order. Upon that issue made by him we have sub- mitted the sworn testimony of a member of the Order in this State, the sworn statements and confessions of members of the Order in other States, the fact of the trial and convio- tion of numerous members of the Order for treason, have given extracts from the oaths and obligations of the Order, and finally the official reports made to the Umted States and to the Confederate States Governments. In these there is a concurrent mass of testimony to establish that Judge Howr properly de- nounced the Order of the Sons of Liberty as @ conspiracy to aid the Southern Rebellion. Mr. Jupp thinks proper to denounce the witness CLAYTON as 8 perjured traitor. We know him only as o Son of Liberty. We know Mr. Jupp asa member of the same Order, holding o higher rank. We have no means of deciding as to the relative veracity of the more than 100,000 members of the Order in this State, and of the hosts in other Btates. CravToN tellsone story, Jupp an- other. Jixe Trouesox and Horr confirm Crayroy, and we leave the-public to form their own opinions. CHICAGO'S PUBLIC WORKS, That was a very cheerful gathering at the funeral of the Board of Public Works, when the principal employes celebrated the good feeling that has existed in the organization, and when Messrs. Prixprvinie, TroxpsoN, and Wams retired to privete life with the willingness and grace that all citizens in public service should exhibit when the public has no longer any need of them. In parting with the Board of Public Works s an official orgenization, it is only proper to say that the people of Chicago have been more uni- formly fortunate in the selection of the gen- tlemen who have composed that Board than any others of their public servents; and, while & larger amount of money has been disbursed by that Department than by any other, wo think it is safe to ssy that less of it hes been misapplied or wasted. The public works of Chicago are a marvel of ekill and enterprise, and fully adequate to the wants of s city of amuch larger population, as they are also far in advance of other cities older in years dnd of greater size. The reason why the old Board may now be abandoned is becaunse the public works are in so complete and excellent condition that they only need to be kept in order, and because the subordinate branches of the service are so well organized that the expense of a separate Department can be spared without injury. The water-supply system of Chicago is now one of the most thorough in the world. The last report of the Board—for 1875— showed that there were 410 miles of water- pipes in the city, and there are now nearly double as many as at the time of the fire of 1871, of which 2 greater pro- portion is of a larger size than the pipes of New York City. It is estimated that eleven-sixteenths of our pipe are of sizes considered enfe for fire purposes in all cities of the world. This vast system of pipes is supplied by two lake tunnels and a double system of pumping-works, and the full capacity of the works, when both are in operation, is probably equal to double the average'consumnption of the city for all pur- poses. Our water-system is more than self- sustaining, and yielded a surplus over the expenses and interest on bonds of over $10,000 during the last nine months of 1875. Our other public improvements are in an equally advanced condition. We have all tho bridges and river tunnels necessary for the saccommodation of the vast traffic which passes them, - and nmearly all the railroad viaducts demanded for safety and convenience. At the end of last year there were 263 miles of sewerage, over 100 miles of which had been constructed since the fire of 1871; and a large part of the pro- verbial healthfulness of Chicego is due to the admirable system of drainage which has been adopted. There are about 120 miles of paved streets, and about 630 miles of side- walks. The river and harbor, the engine- houses and police-stations, and indeed all the necessary adjuncts and modern improve- ments of a thorongh-going city, with the singlo exception of a City-Hall, aro in a con- dition that will compare favorablywith those of any other city on the Continent. Nearly the whole of this vast system of public improvements has been provided within twenty years, and it is therefore a special monument to the enterprise of our people, and a lasting testimonial to the hon- esty and efficiency of the gentlemen who have composed the Board of Public Works from time to time. Noy that retrenchment must be the order of the day, the city is in | the best possible condition to pursue it, and itis only necessary at the annual charter elections in the spring to select a Mayor and Common Council as honest and public-spir- ited as the present Mayor and Council, to insure the preservation of thess works at the smallest possible cost. LONG JOHN'S CAMPAIGN. The address delivered by Long Jomy ‘Wexrwonts in McCormick Hall on Friday evening was of a character totake over a large part of the * doubtiful vote” of this com- munity to Haves and WreeLer., Mr. WeNT- WoRTH is in a position to exert a wide iuflu- ence over his neighbors in political mat- ters. He is a freeshooter. He is not the representative of any party or clique. When he makes a speech ho hires his own hall, employs his own band, pays his own ex- penses, and makes his own speech. And he never fails to draw a crowd. The peoplo know they are listening to a man in whom political independence is not a mere pretense. His conclusions are mede up from a long ex- perience, and his convictions are those of an independent and wealthy citizen who un- questionably has the welfare of the country et heart in whatever he advocates or counsels. His speech, in which he gave his" ressons for supporting Haves and ‘WareLEn, is a practical campaign docu- ment; it is not merely vivid and interesting beceuse of the reminiscences it contains, but it xepmsenfs'n certain and large number of votes, because it gives form and expression tothe same sentiments that others have entertained without knowing just where they would lead. There are two or three points of importance in this campaign which Mr. WeNTWoRTH illustreted with peculiar force. One showed why the ¢ bloody shirt ” still cats so large aflgure. The fact is thas the Confederates of the South and the doughfaces of the North have forced it into the canvass. There is no doubt but a large body of conservative Republicans & few months ago sought to make the most of a policy of conciliation. ‘They heartily desired to have the issues of the ‘War abandoned and forgotten. Many of them thought that the ex-Confederates, as a rule, had returned to their allegiance sin~ cerely, and somo went so far as to make the carpet-baggers entirely re- sponsible for the continued political dis~ quietude in the South. Mr. CErisTIANCY, who was elected as Senator from Michigan as a Conservative, went to Washington im- pressed with these notions; yet a few days 8g0 he was obliged to confess that he had discovered his error, and that the ex-Con- federates who now cherish any good feeling to this Governnent are the exceptions. Mr. ‘WeNTworTH pointed out with forcible direct- ness how the irrcconcilable feeling of the Confederates and the old-time pandering of the Northern Copperheads have necessarily brought the old war-issues to the front. No sooner had these people obtained control of one House of Congress than they began show- ing their fangs. Their spokesmen proved to bs as bitter as the ante-war fire-eaters who precipitated the Rebellion. Bills began to pour in to pave the way for the indemnifica- tion of Rebel losses during the War. The “ Mississippi plan ” broke out in every dis- trict in the South where the negro voters are in the majority. And finally the St. Louis Convention conceded everythingtothe * solid South ” by nommating for President and Vice-President two men who were in fall sympathy with the Confederates during the War, and who will be their willing tools now if they succeed in obtaining the power. Mr. WeNTworTE has it from Democratic mouths, as it is also proved by experience, that it is useless for the Democratic party to put forward as candidates men who wero conspicuously identified with the prosecution of the War for the Union, because the old- time Bourbons simply will notvote for them. This it was that deprived HoricE Greerey of the full Democratic vote in 1872, and it is this which will surely cost the Democrats the State of New York this year, where the State ticket is made up mostly of renegade Re- publicans. There was another point of importance in Mr. WesTwoRTHE's speech, and that is where real significance of TmpEN'S cereer 8s 8 railroad- wrecker. The value of it ‘“lies in the applica- tion on it,” and the application is simply this: It was TrnpEx’s Credit-Mobilier system of building railronds, and his patent Pprocess of reorganizing and consolidating worthless corporations at the expense of solvent and profitable companies, which led to the absorbing monopoly and extortionate rates against which the farmrers of this Western cosntry revolted en masse three years ago. A striking instance in point was cited by Mr. WeNTWoRTH in the case of the Northwestern, as reorganized by TmwLpew. Aftor robbing the.old Galena & Chicago Railroad, which was a popular and profitabie institution, and loading it down with bank- rupt concerns, the consolidation led to a goneral increase of rates on freight and pas- senger traffic, ranging all the way from 25 to 88 per cent. IF the farmers of the West were honest in their opposition to railrond monopolies and extortions in their crusade of three years ago, and if they are anxious to avoid a repetition of the very abuses which once occasioned a popular uprising, they will scarcely permit the election to the chief control of the country of the man who was the inventor of the system that brought on all their troubles. Said AMr. Wesrworrm finally : 1t'is a calamity to haveanother bloody-shirt cam- Daign, and the Democrats are responsible fdr it in not nominating & pronounced sympathizer with the late War and with the universal emancipation that resulted from it; that any attempt to restore the Democratic purty as it existed before the War will make the results of that War a primal issue in any campaign, and consequently delay the discus- slon of other measures necessary to the revival of our irdustry and reform of existing abuses; that ihe clection of tle brain pewer of all railrosd con- solidations to the Presidency would everywhere encourage the enemies of raflroad competition and cheap transportation; that it is the duty of every honest man and every opponent of monopolies to support Gen. HAYES as & patriot, eoldier, and etatesman, a sincere reformer, ananti-monopolist, and an outspoken opponent of the Congressional Rings. And in this one sentence he has summa- rized reasons for acting with the Republican party now which will strike many voters as final and conclusive. he indicated the Now that the Turco-Servian war-cloud is dissipating, a very small clond, no bigger than a man's hand, has arisen over the hith- erto peaceful little principality of Lippe-Det- mold. It appearsthat the Prince of that five-nere section is extravagantly fond of hunting, and keeps his own game. One of his favorite stags recently escaped, and, be- sides dangerously wounding several persons, has displayed many other dangerous tenden- cies. The animal cannot be caught, and the Prince has issued & manifesto that he shall not be hu't. Meanwhile, the indignant peo- ple are on the eve of revolution. They can- not appeal to the Emperor or BIsiARCE, since Dby the articles of confederation the Pnince has the absoluts right of regulating his internal affairs. He cannot meddle with ontside politics, and no outsider can meddle with his politics or stags. Not being able to bring the stag to bay, at last accoupts the people were dovising ways and means to bring the Prince to bay, and the next breeze from Lippe-Detmold may bring the tidings of war, in which that stag or somebody else may get hurt. A COMPLIMENT FROM *' THE THUNDERER.” It is very well known that the London “Thonderer ” is not in the hobit of paying many compliments. Whenever, therefore, it does utter any kindly words concerning this country, they are worthy of ‘attention, first, because of their rarity, and, second, because of their consequent sincerity. A compliment from the London Times is praise from Sir Huperr. The ocession for the nice things said of us by the Zimes is the replies which President Gmanr has been sending to the rulers of Europe to their let ters of Centennial congratulation. ’1‘239 most gracious feature of the compliment consists inits gratification over the letter from Queen Vicronms to the President. Says the Zimes: ‘The only Power which has come into serious collision with her has been our own. because between us we divide a great Continent. Yet the good will of no nation ‘could have been more heartily ex- pressed than that which accompanied the letter of congratulation sent by our own Queen to President Gmaxr.” In the midst of its Centennial congratalations it grows exuberant, and makes the following handsome acknowledgment: * All of us have come to see that the Americans did good to this country as well as to their own when they conguered their independence. In the Tory Ministries who tried to tax them without their consent we have learned to ses the champions of s despotism which, if tri- umphant in' Americs, would have reacted in England ; and we admit that the Colonists were' fighting the battle of liberty for us as well as for themselves.” That is as hand- some as one would ask for, and will probably moet with the heartiest and most reciprocal feelings on this side of the water. Perhaps the most interesting features of this greeting to the American Republic aro its philosophical observations with regard to France and Germany. Contrasting the harmless effect of the Revolutionary idea upon England, ‘‘because we knew how to widen our institutions without the wrench of revolution,” with the disastrous effects of the seme idea in France, it says : The men of letters, the whole party of discon- tented Frenchmen, were charmed with the sim- plicity of a Government which was free from all the entangling influences of Feudalism. They fancied that life would be nobler, easicr, and more just if the avenues of activity were not choked at every tum by immense accumulations of hereditary interests. They forgot, however, that the Colo- nists had started with a clean board; that America had no past; that the Revolution had not destroyed a single social fabric, but had merely cut a frail administrative tie. It smounted to nothing more formidable than a violent change of Government, leaving society untouched. The social part of their Revolation, indced, had been slowly and al- most inscnsibly effected by the mere process of colonization, which had left behind all the more complicated social arrangements of the old conn- try. The French Revolution, onthe other hand, was more social than administrative. Destroying monarchy, aristocracy, Ctureh, administration, the laws of inheritance, 8 whole system marked by a thonsand years of growth, it replaced everything by n=-1azements fresh from the brain of the legis- lator. It was the greatest experiment ever at- tempted by human andacity or skall, and it may take France at least another generation to recover from the violence of the wrench. In instituting eomparisons of Germany from 2 military point of view with other Powers, especially in its class of military leaders and its expert buresucracy, the Times hits upon a deduction which it failed to make during tte War of the Rebellion, but can be acceptod now by the American people apon the well-known axiom, Better late than never”: France felt the want of such a class when she went to war with Germany in loose democranc array. So did the Northern States of America when they bad to beat down a rebellion led by the planters of the South, who were an aristocracy in all but the name. Presideat GrasT, however, may console himeelf with the reflection that such a military casteas the aristocracy of Germany has not always proved the greatest source of strenath in contests so prolonyed and exhansting a8 to put a Ppressure on every unit of the community. There are few better examples of national tenacity in the face of disaster than the wars waged by France against the whole of Enrope at the end of last century, and by the Northern States of America against the South. Those contests showed that goldiers may be hammered by defest into gs fine fighting stuff as ever the world saw, if, instead of being animate machines, they are knit together by a comon enthusiasm for a great ideal. As a whole, the article, the salient points of which we have given, is a handsome and graceful tribute to the American Republic {from the great organ which reflects the sen- timent of the English people. Coming from the London Times, it comes from the English people themselves, and is therefore all the more acceptable and gratifying. The proprie- tor of that paper is now in this country, and will undoubtedly find that the cordial good wishes of England for our prosperity are fully reciprocated by the American people. e WOMEN IN POLITICS. Upon that never-ending and always-recur- ring subject of the influence of woman in politics we have received a letter from an esteemed Iady correspondent. The letter i in criticism of an article which appeared some time since in Tae TRIBUNE, based upon Mr. HrcemveoN's ““Four Boston ‘Women,” and discussing the relative honesty of men and women in office. Upon this point our correspondent quotes the following satirical extract from a paper written in the National Teachers' Monthly by Mrs. Mazcarer B. Svr LIvAN: Perhaps it may be pretended with Some appearance of justice that the political morality of the country cannot be reduced below the degradation to which exclusive parties of men have brought it. Be that as it may, we cannot afford to let women have the ballot if they are going to use it for pub- lic theft, for men alone have shown themselves capable of doing all the stealing which the country can bear.” Our corre- spondent adds to this, somewhat in the same véin : “ We need not go so far as Eden to find a reason for Mrs. Brrmvar's crimes, A still living poet states it better : As the husband is the wife 15, o art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nat, Will have weight to drag thee down." Inthe original article to which allusion has been made, the distinction in degrees of bonesty between men and women holding public office was not drawn perhaps with sufficient clearness, It is the undoubted ex- perience of close observers, not only in this country but the world over, that in all such grave cases as larceny, burglary, embezzle- lic funds, and dishonest man;; alati " vate trust-funds, man’s recoxpd iurm;:;m is infinitely worse than woman's, yy are bolder thieves, compass ang devise o, a colossal robberies, and “are morg apt bn;: thieves, than women. Women are alyyy, more trustworthy as holders or gmdin,“ other people’s money, and under the m:f circumstances and an equal deares of 'empg:, tion are guilty of less stealing than men, was laid down a8 an axiom by . §) the ex-United States Treasurer, that in any case where the amount of money Purloineq from his Department exceeded five or dollars, it was not & woman who took it Iq every case where large packages of mong were abstracted he invariably foung thgy they'were taken by the male clerks, eithey directly orin connivance with other mafey outside the Departicent. The female clerks appeared to have no disposition, or, if they were 50 disposed, had not the nerve to taka large amounts,—consequently in the assar. ing and packing offices, where thousands ang millions of currency or coin are bandled, thy preference in employment has been awarded to women, because they are, as a nle, safer from temptation than men. The class of dishonesty to which the artie cle alluded was that of gift-taking, and thy writer dwelt upon that as the Peculiar dan. ger and temptatién of women, llustrateq by Mrs. Berxwar's fall, ‘without making the dig. tinction we have drawn. Mrs. Beigys stole nothing herself, bat she accepted gifta which were only procurable by her influence in securing the assignment of post-trager. ships. As she did not steal from or openly Tob any one, shesaw no harm inaceepting the gifts, or, if itappeared wrong to her, it wag an offense easily condoned, since it did no one injury. Thisis the point that was made in the articlo and elso in Mr. Hicorssox's well-known “Boston Woman ” gketch, name. 1y, that women do not regard gift-taking in the same light as men, and do not look upon it as a-dishonest act. We do not Proposs to go into the metaphysics of morals to ascertain the causes of the dis. tinction we have pointed ocut. We have only to record the result of general experierice the world over, that, whils a woman would regard the downright theft of 81,000 as positively odious and wicked, the same woman would look upon it as s trifling offense to accept a gift of $1,000, even though its scceptanca involved actual dis- honesty and corruption. Thereis just this difference between the sexes in their percep- tions of honesty. While we have no doubt that the exercise of the elective franchise would lower woman instead of elevating the suffrage, would tend to degrade her and strip her of all those qualities which make herlife 8o sweet and besutiful, and would tend to popularize and incroase the practice of cor- rupt-gift-making and gift-taking, it is none the less to be placed to the credit of woman that the experience of the world, at all times and inall places, shows that, so faras the reckless abstraction of other people’s money is concerned, woman is not as bad 2s man. Eve accepted the apple as a gift from the serpent. If she had let it alone, Apay would have stolen it. The difference between tha first parents is the difference between ths sexes ever gince. —— THE SOUTHERN CLATMS BUSINESS, ‘We printed yesterday a summary of the action of the Missouri Cogadernes looking towards the collection of ‘claims amounting to 88,000,000 by the ex-Rebels of that State when & Democratic Administration ghall have eome into power, and intimated that this was but the forerunner of similar claims to be made by the Solid Sonth when pay-day comes. Already in Georgia claim-blanks ara in circolation, so that the Rebels of that State may be ready to make their grab after Trioe is elected. The following is a copy of one of these claim-blanks : State of Georgia, County, s1.: % I , in and for the said county, do hereby certify that . of -, personally ap- peared before me and made proof as fullows, to- wit. 1 being duly sworn, eays that he now resides at » in the county and State afore- 83id, and that he was a resident and citizen of saié county, in the State of Georgia, on the — day of -, 186—. 1. That of the last-mentioned date he was the owner of the following goods and chattels, to-wit. : (Here is leftablank for name). —————, of the age of — years (being st that time a house- servant, farm-hand, etc., as the case may be). 2. That the value of said property at said last- mentioned date was S—. 3. That on or about the —— day of , 186—, the same was driven or taken away and destroyed by the Federal forcesin command of (Then follows a space in which are stated the cir- cumstances of the loss, etc). Subacribed and sworn to this —— day of —, 187—. The losses of Missouri during the War ‘were a mere bagatelle as compared with those of Georgia and some of the other Southern States, but if Missouri's claims amount to eight millions, what sum will represent the claims from Georgin? The following sum- mary has been made of the claims business: The azgregate of above 140 claims is. $1,552,260 Bills to'refund direct taxes uncollect- cd amount to. 2,661,778 Bilis to refand i en of which are_pending) Bills to pay for property used stroyed (estimated)...... Bills fo pay for supplics, &c. Totaliasaons civiss e ene weees.. . $472,816,158 The above, however, is but a modest sum as gompared with the actual amount of the claims that will be presented’ when TILDEN is elected and ready to sign them. As wo have already said, the losses of the other States were one hundred times greater than Missouri, with its claim for eight millions. To satisfy these Rebel cormorants, it will be necessary to double the national debt. Are the taxpayers of the North ready for this Confederate raid upon their pockets? Do they. sufficiently realize the danger that- threatens them? Do they stop to think that after they have been compelled to pay sl the legitimate expenses of the War they may be compelled to pay for all the damage done by the Union army in forcing the Rebels back intothe Union? The Cincinnati Commercid states that several weeks ago tho followind questions were publicly asked of the Hoz. Moy Sivizm, Demoeratic Congressmad from Ohio : First—As a Reresentative in Congress, are youin favor of, or opposed to, refunding to the Rebef States, out of the United States Treasury, 138 $2, 492, 110 direct taxes paid by them? Second—Are you in favor of, or opposed to, re- fanding the cotton tax, in whole or in part, levied and collected from 1863 to 1868, and amounting 10 268,072,088 Zhird—Afe you in favor of, or opposed to, tB2 payment of stores and supplies taken by or fur nished to the United States army, or of rent for tbe use and oceupation of property, including vessels, where the claim is in favorof a citizen who W3S disloyal daring the War ? Fourth—If you are opposed to the payment of such claims, are yon in favor of, and will you aid in, the passage of a resolution, or bill, or s0m8 declaration by the House of Iteprescntatives ageinst the recognition or payment of them by the Tnitea States, without regard to the effect your - action may have npon your chances for the Spesk® ership? Fifth—Will ‘you, in case of your election 88 Speaker, either to 6l the vacancy or in case your election as Speaker of the next House of Rep~ ment, dufeleation, ussppropriation of pub- Tesentatives, s0 appoint committees, when iz youf Dower, as will be favorable to the defess of &