Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 5, 1876, Page 4

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Clark street, between Itandolph and Lake, Rngage- ment of the New York Novelty Cumpsny, Varietyea« Terainment, Adelphl Theatre. ml.!'ogml strect, corner Desrborn, **The Lucky SOCIETY MEETINGS. MASONIC SOCIARLE.=The second of the serfes of partics given by Corinthlan Hall Trustees will take place at thelr hall, 1=7 East Kinzie-st,, this (Tucaday) Ehening. to whlcli e fraterity and thetr friends nre cordially lnvited. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1870. Greenbacks at the New York Gold Ex. change yestorday closed at 92§. The President's messags was not sub. mitted to Congress yesterday, tho protracted debate in the House ocoupying tha entire day, The message will bo sent in to-day. In the Senate yesterday Mr. Inaavrus, of Kansns, introduced s joint resolution provid- ing for the call by Congress of a Constitu- tional Convention, to be held at Columbus, 0., on the second Mondnyin May, 1877, for the adoption of an amendment to the Con- stitution which shall remedy the defects in tho Electoral systemn developed by the Presi- dential election of 1876 In the case of C. W, Burrz, the Repub- lican Congressman-clect from thef ‘Second District of South Carolins, whom tlie Demo- cratic House yesterdny refused to admit to his sent, there in no justification whatever for the treatment he reccived. Mr, Burrz hag an unquestioned majority of about 7,000 on the face of the returus, sud bears the certificata in due form of the Canvassing Board. His chief dingualification probably consigts in the last-nnmed fact. Wo print this moruing an interesting and mtertaining sccount of the misadventures which Lefel the Hon, R, P. Denickson, of this city, while eugaged upon n mission of philanthropy nt Chambersburg, Pa. In Chieago, wiere the namoe of Mz, Denicrsox stauds for all that is solid, lionorable, and respeetable, it will be rogarded as extromely ludicrous that the people of Chambersburg should bave for n moment suspected him of being n confederate aswisting in the escapo from justice of a notorious bunk-robber and burglar. If they are not already convineced of their mistake, wo can nssuro them that 3lr, DrricksoN iy not that sort of man, ‘The business of investigating the manner in which slections have beeu conducted in the South during tho past two years 18 to be taken in hand Ly both Houses of Congress, hough with purposas somewhat different uctuating the two bodies, Senator Epstunps offered a resolution yesterdny directing the Committeo on Privileges aad Llections to inquire aud report upon various matters connected with the snbject of the free and fair exerciso of tha elective franchise in vari- ous Southern States ; whils in the House n resolution offered by Mr, Hewirr was adopt- ed providing for the appointment of solvet committees to overlinul the work of the Cin. vassing Boards of Louisiana, South Carolins, and Florida, ; ——— President BruLings, of the Weat Side Gas Cowpuny, holds out the olive Lranch to tho Comimnon Couneil in a lettor Inviting another conferenco with n view to roconciling exist- ing differences as to the price for gay which the city is willing to pay and the Courpany to .aceept ; ot the same time expressing his will. ingness to fix the prico na low as that which obtains in any city in tho United Stoles, taking into nccount all the circumstances of the case. ‘Che Council at its meating yester. day showed a disposition to act upon the ad- vico of Judgo Druarstoxp and reopen the ne- gotiations which came to au end when the luw proceedings begon, The fact should be borne in ming that time is an importont fea- ture of tho question, and in the interest of economy it is important that an agreemont :hauld Lo reached ab the earliest posaible ate. ‘The first move in the Democratio game of Prosident-stenling was made in the House vesterday by the rejection of the credentials of the Congressman-elect from tho now Htate of Colorado, It was the incipient manifestation of the TiLDEN programmo, 08 warked out by Onasxson N. Porrss and managed by Apmax 8. Hewirr, to throw the olection of President into the Democratio House, The purposs is to refuse to recog. nizo Colorndo as n State, and thus to provent tho possibility of Gov, Havrs’ recoiving 183 electoral votes, sud, in order to propare the way for this grand larcony of the vote of Colorado it bLecame ucoessary to override nll custom and precedent, and deny to the new Representative tho priviloge snd ourtesy that has been invapighly accorded Lieretoforo in enses where thero worg ng eon. test forthe seat and no disputs as ta, \ig clection—that of a voice and a vote iy the organization of the House. It i the Demo- crats in the House only that are engaged to do Tiupex's divty work; they of the Benate will have none of it. In the laiter body the two Benators from Colorado were recognized wud assigued to their neats without opposl. tion, and it is believed thut upon reflection and consultation with the wiser and abler counselors of the party the House revolu. tionists will be induced to receds from their present position and efface from the records the Ligh-handed outrage of yesterdsy. ‘The Chicsgo produce wuarkets wers active and stronger yesterday, being excited by the situntion of affuiry in the Old World, Mess uark closed 1740 ver bl Lighur, at $16.10 THE CillCAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 35, 1876, for December and $16.25 for January, Lard closed 12§c per 100 lbs higher, at $10.00 cosh and $10.05 were steady, at ders, boxed, 8o for do short-ribs, and 8jc for do ehort-clears, Highwines were stendy, at $1,06 per gallon, mand and strong. Wheatclosed 8@3}o high- er, at $1.18 for Decomber and §1.18} for January, Corn eclosed Jo higher, at 450 for Decomber and 443s for January, Oatsclosed o higher, at 340 for Decombor aud 34}e for January. Rye closed 20 higher, at 72}c Barloy closed strongor, at 67}o for December and GB}e for January. Hoge wore active and atrong, closing a shinde higher than Sature day. Bales of common fo choice packing’ hogs were effected at §4.75@6.00. were in fair demand, at 10@200 decline. Sheop were steady, at 82.76@4.50 for inferlor to choice grades. gold would buy $108.62} in greenbacks at the close. geller January, Gito for mnew Meats shoul- Flour wasin good de- Cattlo One hundred dollars in It there was any hope of conservative and patriotio action on the part of the Democratic mafority in the House of Representatives after it-had elected RanpaLy a8 its candidate for Speaker, that hopa vanished yesterday when Ranpatv's oocupation of the chair wns made by him the oceaslon for a bitter, hostile, and partisan speech, This exhibi. tion wans something worse than unseemly, since its purpose was manifestly to add fuel to the flame of excitement prevailing through- out the country on account of the closeness of the Presidential election and tho uncer. tainty of the resnlt. Raxpaur, on taking the chair of the third officer in the Govern- ment, might have said and done much to quiet the public apprehension, and promote o proper spirit of concilistion on all sides. But RanpAnn wes not the man for that potriotism, place party above country, and it would ap. pear from the manifestations of approval with which his speech was recelved on the Democratic side that the Democratic loaders are in full sympathy with his narrow and selfish views of the sitoation, Ho is of a calibro always to The situation in South Carolina is peculiar and eomplex, but scarcely so critical as it ap. peared Sunday evening, terday the Democrats yielded gracofuily to the inevitable, and withdrew rather than sub- mit to the forcible ejectment by the Btate Constabulary of the persone claiming to represent Edgeficld and Laurens Counties. They proceeded peacably to another hall, and left the Republican branch in undisput- | ed possession. legality of the involved in in the Supreme Conrt upon sn appheation for a writ ordering the Secretary of Stato to submit the returns for State officers to the Speaker of the Domecratic branch. dny was the day set for the canvassof the vota by the Legislature, but the Republicans of the Benato, evidently unwilling to decide which of the rival organizations of the Honsa to recoguize, ndjourned without taking any action looking to a count of the vote, leaving the matter to be originated in the Houso, " and thus postponing for a time the joint ac- tion that must precede a declaration of the result a5 to State officers. To-day the Su. preme Court will decide the application fora rule requiring the Haves Electors to show by what anthority they propose to act in casting their vote for the Republican‘candi- date for President. In the House yes. The question of two case the organizations is the now pending Yester- ELECTING A PRESIDENT, On tho very eve of the actual voting of tho Presidential Flectors the conntry is still unaware definitely how the Electors will vote, or moro properly the namnes of the Electors appointed are still unknown. Caux Benvnz with somo others has addressod aletter to be laid before Congress, in which it is urged that the two Houscs of Congress at once mature an amendment to the Conati- tution and submit it to the Logislatures of the United States, by which the canvassing of the Electoral vote for President be placed in the hands of the Supremo Court, and that the amendment bo made applicable to the presont election, that Congresu could agree nupon such nmend- mont without delny, and they furthor nssume that it would be ratified by a suflicient num- ber of the Logislatures of. the several States in time to apply to the canvassing of the Electornl votes, which now must tuke place before the fimt woek in Februnry, not belfeve that the country is propared to adopt the plan proposed by Mr. Scuunz. However it might be nceeptable as a tempoe rary oxpedlent to bridge over an existing dif- ficulty, it leaves in force and unchanged all thoovils of the prosent system. awendment all the dificultios now existing, ns in the cnses of Louisiann, Florids, and otler States, will remain to disturb and threaten thd peace of the country, Mr, The gentlemen assume We do Under that Seuntor Monton has introduced his plan for tho clection of Presidonts. It is pro- spective, It provides that ench Congressional District shall have one vote for President, and each Stato two votes to be given to the majority, nud allows each person 1o vote directly for President. The person having a majority in ench district would have one vote, rule, though better than tho present, would only add to the inducement of partisan mn- Jorities in State Legixlatures to so constituto Congressional Districts as to havo the least numnber of votes eavry tho largest nninber of districts. Oue district with 60 mojority would give a vole for President, whilo in the adjoining distriot the opposing condidate with 10,000 msjority would ouly have one vote, in "Pue Tnioune, proposed by Mr, Buckarsw, of Pennsylvanin, that each Stato have, as now, ag many votea for President as the number of ita Sanators ond Uopresentatives in Congrous; that at the election each per. son vote dircot for a candidate for President ond Vics-President ; that the whole number of votes cast for grogated by the this aggregate be divided by the number of votes for President Btate s gytitled. 'I'yy yatio of each Eleotoral vote being applied to the number of popular volos in the Slate for cach candidate, the uumber to which each candidate would be entitled would be readily ascertained and de. clered. In the compntation, wherover there was 8 fraction greater thon one.lnlf the ratio, the person laving the fruction would be entitled to the vote. given illustrations of the effect of this forin of olection, This disponsos with the Eleotors, This A third plan ia thot airendy explained President Goveruor, Lo ag. and that to which the ‘We lave already It wonld revolutionize tho present systom Ly making tho vote of a Slate for President approximate us near us posaible & fulr proportion of tho popular ote. InTowa the Republican wmajority is 59,000, and Haves gols but the eight votes of that Btate; while in New Jersoy 'Trroen bas but 12,000 majority aud got the niue votes of that Hiote. Kven a fuiror illustra. tion of the opuration of this rule is iu put. ting Kentucky snd Iowa together, 'The vote of the two States at the recent election was as follows: State, KRentucky.... Towa.. Total. L2 272,614 Towa ha clectoral votes nnd Kentucky 12, Under this law, and by this same vote, Harzs would havoliad 7 and T1Lorx 4 votes in Iown, and Haves 4 and TiLpzN 8 votes in Kontucky, The result would have been the £ama, though the Republican voto in Kon. tucky and the Democratic vote in Iowa would have had its proper weight, But had Trpxx's majority in Kentuoky been only 5,000, he would have got the whole 12 votes under the present rule. Another illustration ia furnished by the vote in Indiaua. That State hins 15 electoral votes, which wero all given for Twoey. Under Montox's plan, Hares would have had 9 and Tinoen 6; while under this plan Trepex would have had 8, and Haves 7. Under Bucgarew's plan, New York wonld have given Tiupex 18 and Hares 17, while TrLoeN would have hind o share in the vote of Ohio, Pennsylva. nis, and Illinois, and Haxes had a full share of the vote in Virginia, Tennesseo, Georgin, Alabama, Missouri, oud all the Southern States, where ha now gets nono at all. ‘The ndvantage of this plan is that it defeats tho presont undue weight of the Jargs States where a small majority carries with it tho whole Electoral vote of the Btate. It.gives to the vota of every citizen an equal weight in tho cleotion of President, beeause in what- cver State it be polled it will count ac- cording to its due proportion for the candi. date for whom it is cast. Undor this plan nlso each citizen will be nble to vote directly for President and Vice-President separately, and for whatever person for cach office he may think proper. The useless, cumbersomo machinery of the Electoral College will be done awny with, Wo have no iden that Congress can matura a new plan by constitntional amendnent for counting the Electoral vote for President at this election. But como what may out of the present trouble, it will be criminal negligenco on the part of Congress not to provide for future clections, not merely to meet the poiut of canvassing the vote, but to cover the whole business of electing tho President, the time and manner of taking the popular vote, and the mannerof its connting and tha declaration of the result, The present plan, at the end of soventy-five yoars, has reached that point where it no longer serves the purpose for which it was intended, and, therofore, must be remedied it we wish to avoid confusion and strife, SOME WORDS TO A SOUTHERN FIRE-EATER. The Richmond (Va.) Whig is once mora firing the Southern heart as {t did sixteon yenrs ago. It has learned nothing from a bitter experience, The horrors of civil war, the destruction of thousands of lives, the losa of property in slaves, the materinl, social, and political turmoil of the past ten years, have not pacified the Richmond Whiy, have not taught it, or tho Southern people whom it represents, any lesson. As the Whig only repents what other Southern fire- eating sheets are snying, we select a singlo extract from & leading editorial in that paper of the 20th ult., in commenting upon which & general answer may bo made. Under the caption of * Peace at the Coat of Liberty ?— No,"” the Wihig takes occasion to makean in- famous assault upon the people of Now En- gland, in contradistinction to tho Middle and Western States, as if they nlone were about to precipitate the country into war, and says : ‘The §des of March will not come and go until these begettera of strife, fomentezs of a revolution, thewe usutpora of the rights of others, will In the ngony of thelr hearts and In deep humlllation have supplicsted for that peaco they have denfed to others, Blind fools they are, not to see that In the contest they force upon the country they bave cverything to lose, for the atruggle will be, thank God! at thelr doors, at their firealdes, in thelr lordly mansions, in their marty of wealth, In thelr oitics and towns, and not withus. We have no quarrel with each other here In the South; we are unlited now, united for all time to come—a ** Solid South, united for the Unlon, the Canstltutlon, and the enforcement of tho laws,” anxious for peace, yet ready in response to our country'scall to sus- taln the supremacy of its lawe and to compel obe- dlence to the mandates of the Constitution. Unlon. Istaure we; ays, Unlonlsts 10 tho heart's core; coerclonists when robetlious spirits dare conaplro ugajust **the best overnment the world ever l1:;:\'." onr glorlous Unlan, aud our ever victorlous ag. 'There are but two points in this bombastic stull that are worth noticing, The general character of it is already familiar, It is the old, old story that the IWAly rehearsed over and over before the War, when it was urg- ingon the Southern people to destroy the Government and disrapt * our - glorions Union,” of which it talks now so glibly, And this brings us to our first point, Sixteon years ago the Wiig pronounced the Government a tyranny and Anramax Lin- coLX a tyrant, and the murderer who assas- sinated him did it with the motto of the Wiig on hialips, It urged on the Bouthorn peoplo with all the cloquence and impetuos- ity it possessed to broak up the Union, to defy the laws, to trample upon the Conuti- tution, to fight ogainst the flag, and to re-establish o separate Government. By what subtle mystery has this pa- per 8o suddenly revolutionized iteclf from a TRebel into a Unionist? What supernatural agenoy has beon at work upon it and elovated Jjt to o position whero it can prato of loyalty Yo the poopls of the North ? By what authority of loyulty does it assume to itself the duty of preaching reveronce for the Constitution, obedienco to the laws, and devotion to the Union, to tha people of Now England, or to the people of auy other sec- tion of the North, who but recently had to compel the South, by sword sud gun and all the rigors of war, as well as tho safoguards of law, to remain in the Union and recogniza the authority of the Constitution? ~ Wo ars glad to know thot this now convert to loyal. ty is * 8o infused with zeal for the Union and the Constitution that it i jealons of the North least it may prove disloyal. We hope it will continue in thismnind and compete with the North in oboying the laws, aud that its loyslty is mot a cou. venient sentiment, depeuding upon the clection of a Democratic Presidont who was hand-in-glove with rgbellion, or'a spasm of devotion like that which some. times characterizes the roliglous convert, s0on to be followed by n lapse into sin again, Nevertheless we suggest to the Whig that ordinary modesty is violated when it talks loyalty to the North, which forced it to Le loyal. *! Blind fools thoy are not tosee that inthe contest they forco upon the country they Lnva overything to lose, for the struggle will be, thauk God ! at their doors, at their fire. sides, in their lordly mausions, in thefr murts of wealth, in their cities and towns, wud not with us,” This, sgain, is the old, old story that the Whfy told over and over befare the War, when it looked to the Northorn Democracy as its active ally, 1t illnstrates the sentiment, however, which pervados certain firo-eating sheets In the Bouth that. like the Bourbous, mnever disfranchised tho negroes. ting learn anything from experience; namely, that in case of civil war tho contest will be waged in the North, in cities, townships, neighborhoods, and families, Letwween Demn- ocrats and Republicans, and that so far as invasion is concerned tho South will bo let alone and loft freo to send up ita nrmies to the sssistance of the Titpey Democracy. Absurd as the sontimont is, it nevertheless goea to show the infernal and violont animns of the oxtrome Houthern fanatics of that class which has bulldozed Ropublicana and Much a8 we re- gret to seo the Richmond Wily wast- its transcondent dovollon to the Union and slopping over in its extrome loyalty, it is nevertholess a duty to inform it that it Is blowing its trampet, beating its tom-tom, and hurling its irebrands, with no enotny in sight, North, unless it may be the editor of the Chicago T%mes, who is rendy to furnish bodies or goro. The Northern people are not going to draw tho sword for tho benefit of Mr. TiLDEN, of Mr, Haves, or of the Rich. mond Waig. Our advice to it in the prom- ises, therefore, with regard to the first point, s, that its oxcossive loynlty is ng much out of place 28 wns its excessive disloyalty ; with regard to' the socond, that the editor of that paper should hang up his blunderbuss and apply ice to his head, There {8 no ono in the THE TROOPS IN THE SOUTH. If Sponker Raxparv's mddress yestorday on taking the chair means auything, it sounds the initiation to the most unscrupu- lous, indecent porformance upon the part of the Democratic Houso. his election, Bpenker Raxpany, for the ma. jority of the House and as the presiding ofli. cor of n co-ordinate branch of the Govern- ment, descends to a feroclous attack upon tho President for sending troops to the South to preserve peaco; and, posturing In heroia attitude, Mr. RanpaLn menacingly declares ¢ thnt Executivo interferonce with the rights of citizens of the South will Le frowned down by the poople.” 'The troops wore sont to South Carolina upon requisition, in due form, by the Governor of thut State, to gunrd ngninst domestio violence, Under the Con- stitution of the United States it was the im- perative duty of the Presidont, npon such requisition, to sustain the regulatly orgauized, rocog- nized, and d¢ facto State Governmont which called upon the Nationnl Government for support, When the troops wero sent into South Caroliun Mr. Wapz Hamerox's rifle- clubs were exeroising what they esteom the rights of citizens of the South in rough.rid- ing over the conntry, maintaining a reign of terror by bulldozing colored men. Had not theso citizons of the South boon interfored with on requisition of tho Governor by the General Government, thero can be no doubt but that the fire.eaters of South Carolina, in the exercise of what they prize ns their rights as citizens of the South, with a fow rvepetitions of such porformancesas tho Ham- burg messacre, and through violence and trauds at the polls, would have completely subjugated the majority of the constitutioual vuters and made of the elcotion a bloody farco, bloodshed, preserved order, and secured & measurably fair ond free election. Their withdrawal at any time sinca would Lave been followed by tho overturning of the State Government, drnwn on Tuesday last, there is no doubt but that the claimants to the soffa field and Laurens Counties, who were refused certificates by the returning officers, wonld have been forcibly seated, and that thero wonld have beén no seruple at any violenco required to assure the Domocratic party full control of the State, troops prevented any revolutionary mens. ures and Government, the validity of which no- bedy questions, in its lawful funotions. the presence ot the troops has effected in Bouth Carolina. The courts are open and will be sustained by the troops, if re- quired, in the exercise of their legitimate functions in passing upon tho questions in- volved when these shall be duly presented, ‘The qualifications and election of a member or claimant to o sent in the Logislature have notbeendetermined by troops, nor the rights of any one cut off ; and it remains for the Houso itself and the courts to scttle the disputes that have arisen. Immediately upon to send the troops there The presenco of the troops provented Had the troops been with- from Edge- The prescnce of the sustained tho existing Btate oxorcise of ia all that the That What is true of South Carolina is truo of Louisiaua and Florida. For the President to have failed to send troops lo theso Btates upon the requisition of thewr Governors would have Inte his clear constitutional duty. solo interferonce with the rights of the citi- zons of tho South in the matter has boen to maintain the supromacy of the law, agoinst violence; and what Mr, Ranpary denounces and threatens about is that the President did not permit the State Governmenta to bo bulldozed. been vio- His for him to THE LATEST ELECTORAL SENSATION, The uncertainties and sensations of the present political situstion hnve been aug- mented by the yumor that James Russern Lowrwn, whois one of the Mmnssachusetts Eleotors chosen by the Republicans of thot State, will cast his vote for TiLpay, rumor recoived 8 soeming confirmation from the appearance in the last number of the Nation of an article entitled “A Disputed Election, or a Failure to Elect," In which ‘This the ground was taken that it was clearly thie duty of one of the 160 Electors cliosen for Haxzs in the Northern Statos to exeroise the prerogative of his office and vote independ. ently ns the ouly means of correcting the assumed fraud in the count of the votes in Bouth Caroling,. Florids, and Louisiana, It is gonerally understood that Jaxzs Russeus LowzLy has long beon one of the contribu. tors to the Natlon; aud it was supposed that he wrote the articlo in question, which wo observe he donles. In that nrticlo, whieh reconnted the ecarlior practices of Electors voting independently, occurred the following significant utterances: Supposing that the votes of what we will call tha breo ¢ Retnrnlug-Board " Stutes are all glven 10 Qov, aves, it will yet bo in the power of auy wiugle Hepublican Elector to convert the otherwive Iuevitable dieputed electlon Juto a fallure to elect, + o o Within the last few wecks there has been & great deal of very coutemptuous criticlun of thy Klectoral system, Yet it way still happen that the derpleed old machinery containg in it an elo- ment of individuality very fmportant to present public safety. . . . ludeed, it there was ony oicer under the Coustitution who mure than an- other was expected to exgrcive the fullest and most unrestratued right of iudividual judgment, tuat oflicer wax the Previdential Elector. As Hanstron explicitly said, be was inteuded to e one of **a swall number of persony, sulected by thelr fellow- citlsens from the general musa™ on tho ex- press ground that they were tha moen **most cupable of sualyxivg the qualities adapted to lan occupunt of) the (Presidential] station,® and would **be most likely to possess the fuformation and discernmnent requlsite 10 80 complicated an fu- yestigation. « + Yeb, as waa Intimated fo the beginningof (his szticle, in the casw of the present election, the 1wue placed before the mywbers of the Elvcloral Collegea s, througlh a curlous combls Batios of circuwstauces, s whully diferent lesus from that which they were ed o deal wi Thoy are nat, as now appears probable, to decl whether ona candidate or _another sholl be Pres dent, but whether all the doubte and dire possib {ties of a disputed election shall bo precipitated on the country. 'This pulnt, in case the Blectoral votes ot South Carolina, Florida, and Lonisidna arocast for Gov. 1AYEs, every Inditidual one of the 168 propetly-chosen Republican Electors hne got to decide for himself, lle cannot evade the issue; it rosts without reserve inhls hands, Tho rumor of the proposed jndependent action having been brought to the attention of Mr. Lowery yesterday, he put a quietus upon {t, which s thus reported : Mr. Lowewr says he never wrote a leader for the Nation, and had nothing to do with Its article on Elcctars. 1ls declslon aa to his own duty he had reached threo weoksago, and It hadnever changed, namely: That he must vote accordingto the undor- atanding on which he was chosen by the people. 11e might wiah it wero otherwise if ho were an am- bitlous man. He might, ho sald, cast lns vote for some other person than aves, but for un honest man there could be no evaslon of an Elector's duty to vote according to the nnderstanding at the tima he wos nominnted. What may have happened since is none of his busincss, As to whether frand hnd been, or was to be, practiced in the disputed SouthernStates, Frof. LowxwLsald he didn't think any man a thousand miles sway wan competent to Judge. ENGLAND AND THE WAR. As ench day's movements in Europe more closely indicate tho protability of war, it be- comesmoreand moreevident that England will not take an active part In it, so far s the ac- tual settlement of the demands of the Slavio Cbristians is concerned. One all-powerful cause which is holding England baok is the determined action of the Liberal parly. As the situation grows more waslike, the Tib. erals grow more and more intonso in their demand that England shall not sympathizo with the Turk. Tho Spectator, one of the most outspokon of the Liberal organs, in ita {asuo of Nov. 18, while it coes not look for any other settlemont of the question than by the nrbitrament of war, notwithstanding that ‘‘the key of tho situation romains in Lord Denny's hands,” does not soe nny rea- son why England should interfore in favor of the Turk, even If the Russinns should occupy Constantinople. It sums up the charactor of the Moslem in tho words; * Improvement, or indecd change, as oxperionco shows, is impoasible to the Turk,” aund it adds with great forco: ‘What Is there In the fight betwaeen Turk and Slay which should.alarn us, ot divert our sympathies toward the non-Christian Power? 1s t because It is the weaker? So s overy buccanecr assailed by the navies of the world. Is ¢ the respectivo his- torles of the two races? Wehave had four hundred years of experience to teach us that the aacendency of the Ottomans s mischicvous o their subjects, to Europe, aud to civilization; tnat under their rulo nothing arises, that citles decay, that brave vaces lose their courage, that entire peoples wither slowlyaway, They have possessed for four hune dred years thie wost beantiful and productive lands in the world, Iands before which France fs infer- tile and Switzerland unplctaresque, countries whieh were granaries, clties which wero the ad- miration of Greek artists, islande the mere names of which call up associations of charm, and what have they made of them all? Ts therea manin thelr vast possussiona who would not dlo cheer- fully it hils death could but rolleve the world of them! Grant that the Slar 1s submis- sive, half-taught in civilization, often cruel, ond always nmbitious, and what has he dono that Is like this, thatwe shonld be hopelossas to his futire, or that we shonld regard him as the enomy of the human race? ‘The strongest argument whioh the Specta- tor makes for non-interferonce is in tho na. ture of a quotation which it makes from let- ters written by Bir Geonor OaxepeLy, M. P., an Anglo.Indinn, who has no prejudices sgainst Mohammedans, and by Mr, MacGa- AN, the correspondent of the London News, both of whom are now in Bulgarin, and both of whom declaro that the reign of terrorin that unfortunate country hos not ceased, al- though there is an armistice. Mr, Mic- GamiN quotes one village as » samplo of them all. Ho says: In one village, Strelichn, tho whole Christlan population are living in nlmost as complete s state of slavery as if they. had been bought and pald for by thelr Turkish nelghbors. They are compelled 10 work for nothing, they are beaten and maltreats ed, the women and girle are Inwulted and outraged with impunity. . . . Inmany of the mixed vil- lages the Turks bave o habit of inviting themselven todinner at Bulgarlan honses. Five orslx, and even elght or ten, Turks will suddenly take it iulo thelr heads to have an eveniug out, and they will accordingly goto a Bulgarian nelghbor, and arder dinner of the best of everything to be ohtained in tho village, 1f the Bulgnrian does not happen to have in his house what thoy want, they compel him 10 go out and buy It; they mako the wumen of the house walt on them; cat, drink, and carouse a whole night, and if the proprietor of the honse showa the least sign of Impatience, they beat him and threaten him with future vengeance, NO INCREASE OF JUDGES, To the Kditor af The Tribune, Cuicaao, Dee, 4,~In your paper of the 3d inst., n an cditorial headed **The Cook County Courts, " youurge the Leglslature to give this county the benefiz of the provision of the Constitution which suthorizes an [ncreanw of the number of Judges of the Circnit and Superior Courts, You quote o por tion of the twenty-third scction of Art. 8 of the Conatitution, but neglect to refer to tho closing ¥entence In that artlcle, which ls ae follows: **Population, wherover used in this article, shall b determined by the nest preceding census of this State, or of the United Statea,™ 8o that the Legis- lature 1s powerless to iIncrense the number of Jndges of tho Circult or Superior Court, or alther of them, untila ccnsus of the populstion of this county shall be taken by this State ortbe Unlted States, showlng a population of at least 50,000 In- habitants aver and sbove a population of 400,000, WisLiax M. Kixa, We find that Mr. Kivo is right, and that wo lind overlooked the provision to which he calls our attention, it being separated by many gections from thut suthorizing the in. crease of Judges. As there aruso many good reasons why the Stato should not undertake sny general consus, Cook County will have to wait uutil its population shall be deter- mined by the United States census of 1880, Meanwhile, 1t will not be possible to find any reliof by calling on the Judges of other cire cuits, since thoy are naturally unwilling to perform the arduous labor of helding court in Cook County with tho incrensed expeuse of living in Chioago, Lut without nny in. crense of pay. Cook County would willingly pay the snme additional compensation which it pays its own Judges by oxpross warraut of the Constitution, but it is preventod from do- ing #o in the caso of Judges called from other counties by tho section of tho Constitution (Art. vi., Sec. 10) which provides that, after the salaries of the Judges are Axed by law, 4 they shall not be inorensed nor diminisheid during the terms for which said Judges shall be respactively elected; and, from and after the adoption of this Constitution, no Judge of the Bupreme or Circuit Court shall receive any other compensation, perquisito, or bone. - fit, in any form whatsoover, nor perform any other than judicial duties to which may be- long sny emoluments.” Wo do not see any way in which the Legislaturo can increaso {he pay of Judges of other circuits for serv- ice in Cook County uuder this probibition, Tu that case, some other solution must bo sought for the velicf of the Chicago courts, ‘I'nx Oicaco 'Tainuny, in answor to all its critics, has-to say now, as it has said from the beginning, that it wants the result of the Prosidontial election determined fairly and Lonestly. Au election oblained otherwise will be a natioual calamity,—fatal to the party that maintaius it and perilous to the venco snd stabllify of the vountry, In this view of the cnse we know we reprosont the opinlons and judgment of Gov. Harves, for he lns frankly declared that he would not accept an election obtained by fraud or teintéd with dishonesty or unfnir. ness, Our distinguished eandidate for Pres- ident hina not so sot his henrt nor fixed his ambition on the Premdency that ho will ac. cept the offico unless honorably elected, nud in full compliance with the forms of Inw honestly aud fairly carried out. In addition to this, wo have the assurance of President Grant that the country will not stand any. attompts to defent the will of the people, and ** that no man conld afford to accept the office of President if thore wero grave doubts In the public mind about his fair and legal election.” These two conspienous ropresont. atives of the Republican party but give gen- oral exprossion to the universal sentiment of all honest Republicans and of the country generally, Tuz 'Tnmune has nsserted this principle of notion from the boginuing, and proposes to nasert it to the end. We do not bolisve that the country wonid snbmit to Titpex's election {f it could be catablished or justly inferred that an Electornl vote ap- pointed for Haves wns purchased and given to TiLpey. We think an eleotion obtained by such means, though legal in the eye of the law, would be received with the universal contempt of the American people. An election by any other corrupt or evidently fraudulent device would be treated in the same way, and no man, cherishing the lenst respect for his country, could afford to nccopt the office under such circumstancea, Before another issus of Tur Tntnune is made, the election, so far ns theappointment of the Electors is concerned, will be com- plote. ‘Iho result, with an explanation in detail of the facts upon which such decisiona aro made, will be before the country, Until then it willbe premature to form a judgment. ‘We have believed that Gov. Havzs had an honest majority of the legal voteslegally cast in Louisiana Aud Florids, and that ho was, of course, elected. That point has beon dis- puted, and, until the contrary has been shown by suficient evidence of faots, we will ns- sume that o has beon so elected. In such enge the country willinsist upon that clection being maintained, and it will be so 1main. tained. If it should appoar otherwise, the Ropublican party will accept the result and abida by it with that readiness which they shall expect of the Democrats in case Haves be elected. Before Gen. KEENAN was plnced_‘ln charge of the Chlcago Pimes, he *run® the Indlanapolis Sentinel, Fora time the gory class of Dewmo- crats wera in despalr to Gnd a sultable successor, but they have succeeded In gettiug one who ap- pears to be fully up to KEENAN'S standard of writing, He ls scarcely us scurrilous and flsh- market in his style, but does pretty well: he slams the adjectives nnd Interjections around in a fearful manner. We give a specimen of the ‘way ho gets in his work: THANKSOIVING-DAY, One of the first-born of the slsterhood of States Mes dead beneath her sunny skies, plerced with more doggors than scaled the fate of JuLICs CESAR, ‘Who of all the siiver-tongued orators to-day will read her will or show the people South Carvlina's ++ wounds—paor, poor dumb moutha-—-and bld thom for iiberty? Was she nu erring slater? So . Well, look upon her now fu the beauty cath, folded In the drapery of her \vlmllnF- sheet; and whtle your hearls béat o funeral mareh, ask yourselves ¢ alie - han not pald a torrible pene oity: GRANT hod stabbed hor to death, planted his leel upon her, Will you thank God for thatt What elac? Ob, Grast has his troops In Washington, He will compel the representatives of the people to submit to his orders or he will light the fancral pyre of freedom. How thankful we ought {o he. 0 cantury reaches down from the loftiest clovas tlons of” truth to the very bottom of hell. Let us shout. Thero fs something worth llving for, =~ our stomache, Let useatand be merry, It wan &0 when the atorm gathored over Bodom. Let us make another Dead Ses. By all means eat roast turkoy to-day, Northern freemen (1), quafl your wine. Let tho langh ond the Jest go round; this la Thanksgiving- Day. GRaNTsmokes,—It {v hls right, 1o in o volcano, anid the luva-tide of his_despotism will bury you If you gét in its way. Keep out of the way, —that 18 poifcy. Ask GuANT 10 fet you live. Disntea Gud from your thoughts. Men do not trost In Qod when they yield thelr freedom, Thaukegiviug, —repeat U wlowly, ~T-h-a-n-k-s- gei-v-lon-o Bver‘y lotter has the ring of a fune- ral-knell. Thero isa corpse in the Tomple of Liberty, and tivo more States are dyln{e. “Fhore is paralysis in thoir memberd, If you have health and |{mmh sud o true heart, noble purposcs, trust in man; if you hate tyrunts, and feel there |a fron Ia saur nérves, aud that'yoiare ruady o make sacrilices for your birthright, tuank dod.” It you have not these purposes, eat like swine, —yoa need not talk to JEIOVAL, ———— The New York Iferald azuin quakes before the spark of Cweesrlsm which, fulicu of once more turning loose the wild anlinals in Central Park, 1t resurrects to mnake agaiu the sensation, Of all the theatrical propertiesaud stage machinery stowed away ju the Jferald lofts, there 1a none that in the full glare of the blue lights had so long and successful a run. Though for a fact more people laughed at the spook than were terrified by fit, all enjoyed {t, and with one ne- cord declared it tho very spookiest of spuoks, and when young Mr, BANNETT came home from a polo-match and ordered the spovk be sent to the garret, there was wesping among the gods in tho gallery, And now for the delectation of us all the Herald turna on the blue lights again, in the glaro of which the spookis made to dance 8 of old’ It s not & third term to which Granr' aspires, but the Enplre {tself, And ho boldly plans counting Haves in, that IIAYES may not be counted in, but that there may be a disturbauce ovér it, when GRast whlhold on aund hold over to enter upon the role of Casar. After GRANT has had Hayxs counted in, explains the Herald, *it 18 by no means u wild expectation that the Democratic House of Representatives will resiat, and Prest- dent GRANT can then give such a shape to the controversy as will afford him u’pretext for keeplng possession of the Government until an- other Presidentlal election. If he holds over on such a pretoxt we shall never have haveun- other Prosidential olection. 1€ there should be & pretense of one, ths Casan nt Washington would manage to bave the present ditliculties come up again to afford him the sameexcuse for not reluxing his grasp,"—which apparition of this bloody-minded Cuasan, Guant, who would count Haves In that Havss might not be counted in, Is enough to make patriots’ hale stand on end. But then this {s doubtiess the last appearauce of the JHerald's apook of Cweur- {sm, " —— Bome person fn Washington with more zeal than Judement has been expending 4 smull sur- plus of money n the distribution of postal carda on which 18 printed the tollowing suguwestion: It ¢ thought by nany patriotic citizens that & solution of the Presidentlal complication, emis nently satisfactory to ail, may be reachied by a fow Eluctors of buth “partivs (with common consenti casting thelr ballote for Pxren Cooren, thus maks ing hiw eliglblo for cleciion %o the Prosidency by the llouse of Hepresentatives s u comproinlse candidata~1s belug frst understood that the Houve would concar, and that, {i the eveut of Mr, Coop- Ew's election, e will call both Jlaves and TiLneN into his Cabinet, and also make as squitable a di- vivion of all Governmunt patronage between Reo publicans and Demoerats as possible, having duo reganl for true Civil-Servicg reform. Bome of the heal hustie: en of New York and elvewhere, 1o- gardless o y attiliations, are reported us ear- neatly huplug for an carly adjustinent of the Pres!. dentiul question ou this hasts, telegrams to that eifect having been received here, It would be a waste of time to consider the merits of any such proposition, for the reason it is so utterly mpracticable that, i€ It were the moat meritorious In the world, it could not be carriedout, It would necessurily be a une-sided affalr, 1f the Republicans have 185 of the Llee toral votes, it I8 possible*ibat a gowl muny Democrutic Electors would agree to the profect, but the Republicans wouldn't, 1f the Demno- crats have a wsfority of the Eluctoral votes, the Kepublicans might consent to it, but the Demo- crats wouldn't. Then we think the llouss of Hepresentatives would, at the lust, cxercive thelr constitutlonal prerogative where there s a fullure to elect, and not cousider themselves bound by any fnformal agreement; in that case thev would orohmbly elect Mr. TILDEN aftor wll than Presidentinl uplr:‘lllil:z‘-‘ Ume, speaking of the powers and dut Loulatana Returning Board, tnsfsts ollel'hm\'lng out the bulldozed precinets, wh iere tray lll:lllntl(;r: ':em practiced, t'md adda: i iy Now, tiila la_the Miseteniopl plan, oy Sompensation for the poriinandlores o o 0me feuiency, that tiese NOTErsof o swany o) S e Ale cuunu:[lm" the public Attention, “{lrhnl'fl’! lhudInV('N“fi 10 understan 270 being norpeteated in the e oot };}-‘Mfi:fi gin“wor;e\hs“uucmwg“:r:';%::;c.‘xl:fli exccutlon of ty 3 of Loulsfana, it She I:efium1223;“:"7.';03'53‘"57 Bl last with thom, 'Wo ol oikTer that e 'e :n 0 4 syatem of counting that wonid shaw that thy utivaseers Had oxcecded thoir duty, and hag (o 'S ?,ul orecincta with the mere view of mer«:urnlnrqfl("hll “umncmtlc majorlty, There are certain pariay H int aliouid ba thown out—tor " tha proof snspmic and tho n requirea that netlon—tut the ety nuuat stop right there, “The Bonrd g wive’r Morence o, all ather consldorations. procest; arrmnge the Stato for the Tepublicans. b js oyl lence that they have done so will not be obeer 4 occaston for repentance; f, Preatdency. would gy, Benty Lands, 1126 an apple of Sodom. "4 8ebe of the ————— ‘We would notify the New York Afatt loss sustalned from the recent tire fn th‘eh:tull?la Ing on Michigan avenue and South Water strect 18 only half na much o8 it states. In the second place, that the Fire Department restricted the conflagration within the four walls where it broke out,and did ft with ease.s Third, the walls of tie bufliing are all standing, thoug, the roof §s burnt off, and most of the floors are consumed. Lastly, any city In the United States s just as likely to have a similar firent any time, In a atore or warchouse, a8 this recent, fira'in Chifeago; but with this difference: that very few of them have the abundance of water and appliances to control and extingulsh such g fire 08 this city now possessee, & ————— The Republicans of Kentucky went to the polls without any hope of carrying the Stote, but merely L0 oxbiblt thelr fealty to thelr parsy and thelr good will towards its candidates, They cast for HAvEs 98,415 votes, which ex. ceeds the best previous effort by nearly 8,000, A yeur ago the vote of the State was 128,096 for McCnzany (Democerat) aud 10,705 for Harvay (Republican), At the late election 1t stond 100,445 for TiLDEN and 93,415 for Hares, But the Republicans have loat tholr member of Con. gressin the Ninth District by 803 votes—igy wafority on a far lighter vote, - — Peoplo who wish to have thelr communles. tious appear in Tnz TRiBUNE, or any notive taken of them, must give thelr names and ad- dresscs. Anonymous letters are searcely looked at, but promptly go into the waste-hasket, — ————— TPERSONAL. Dret Harte has begun a new serial entitled ‘;‘ Thankful Blossom" in the New York Sundey un. Stonewall Jackson's daughter Julla, now & pretty g.lrlcol 10, is ving with hot mother In Clarlotte, Edmund Yates, the editor of the London World, :'lnpheen sued for libel by Mr. Charles Lewls, A Philadelphia clergyman has come In possession of n precious yolume of Luther's table-talk, lesucd in 1570, The Goethe Club in New York Is composed maly- ly of Germans and German Jews, and has a3 most intelligent membarship. The President la Dr. Kreppance, Miss Eliza Powers, a maiden lady of Boton, who amaseed & fortune in the millinery buslncws, dled hutely, and loft by wiil $30,000 to the Amer- ican Unitarlan Assoclation, The report, which at first seeried too absurd for bellef, that Drot Harte and Mark P'wain are writing A play together {s reafirmed. It 1s to briug out the grotesqua elements of the Heathen Chinee, John Morrlesey contradicts the statemont that In u recentspeech he fell into pleonssm, thus: **1 have no prejudice againat any negro of Afnican descent on account of the culor of hiscomplexlon.” It s sald that one reason of thu removal of the historical portralta of Revolationary chamcters from Fancuil ilall was thatthey wers overshadowed thers by Mr, Healey's enormous canvas of Danfel Webater. The Hoaton ‘correspondent of the Hartford Courant says that the recent performances of the Soldene comic-opera company in thst city have been the most offensive exhibitiona connected with theatricaly he has ever known. Worth, the Parlsian dressmaker, made a fine costume for a Dachess, and, without her permise wlon, farnished an exact duplicate of jt to another woman, untitled. Therenpon the Duchess #ent word that hier dress must he aitered for Lier cook. "Tho amuaing part of the affalr s that Worth feels that he has been disgraced. A womsn named Lucy Narclase Bessonnat, e Keating, committed sulclde at the House of the Good Shepherd in New York Wedoesday. Sbe was formerly the wifo of & nobleman connected with the Emperor Maximillan's Court, but hal fallen fnto bad waya of llving. The Sister Superior deacribed the suiclde an the most beautiful wouwss she had ever acen. The propriotar'of the London Athenceum is Sir Charles Ditke, who professes to bo u friend of America and an admirer of Ansericau institutions. The recent coutse of that Journal, therefore, with roference to American Hivruture—Inctudiug suck sweoping assortlons na that In Americs ** there 878 no men of letters, no public men, no statesnen, oo waorks of art, or at least vory fuw, to attedt the 10 Istence of & clvilized nation "—haa occusloned Just surprise. _ Dr. Armitage, o Baptist pastor in New Yok, underteok, in Wi Thanksgiving sermon, to projiose apreventive of futuro political crises wuch asthe one which now agitates the country, Mo would b votes cnst both directly for President and ludirect- Iy through _Electors, In case of & populse majority forany caididate, he would be declared elected; otherwise, the Klectors would be summoued W choose u Prestdont, ‘The plsu s perbnps moie novel than feasible. Blehop Doane, of the Protestant Eplecopal Dlo- cena of Albany, at & late service, sovercly crltls cised modern church muslc, H1o thisks that ki glven over to tho hands of men and womes who are only muslcal fn s secular sense, sud whoar ured, avowedly, lo draw s multitude of lluu‘\;r; who profer the kind of musfo they have ltlmf( l. love In uperas and concert-halle, 1le cunslder the church-musle of to-dey not only s billof e pense, hut & bune of contentlon which the Recto! of purishics are nnabls to chock of control. The London Puft Hall Gasette snysof Lonl nu":l ferin: **Tho lmporial Government is represent fu Canada by ony of the sblest, most mncll;ll:iq; aud persuasive of Govurnors, Lord n.;l l‘nb!' polltical sagacity, his finv tact, and Lls 8 “mw powora of expreavion Liave ripened Ina um; ol degrea sluco hio went to Cunada; andif his 'c"m, suooth over the diticultica of the Britlsh 0“ Disn dlspute linve uot ackleved success, it mu e we fear, that the conditions and materiale bl which be ine hadl th deal do not permit of auc] achleyement." HOTEL ARRIVALS. 2 Tremont House—Dr. M. 1 """‘-“’fi".’ufr'“\'&"ff Willtaw Buruham, Miiwaukee, K. 5. k“’ ot N nona; James F. Labidell, New Y‘N . Pitis- Simmonds, New Yorks: 1. €. Cunninguarh, burg; "fi" 1\)‘. ; unlxm\,nnlxjwulnnuu\»‘gnl.c.u jouse—1t. Wheelee o 3 \l\lnnkcu; the llon. ¥, Driggs. 1acon, o Jo K., Hanilion, d . #. Whoelor, Waupuu, W Ttchestors G, J, Cruuse, L, Q. mh;n-n.ltgen!. b ; the Hou, V. Lund, S50 * 8. K. 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