Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 18, 1876, Page 4

e e Ot S . ments, and that all that remains is for the <veyed. 4 ; THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 187G. Thye Trilbmne, TERMS OF S8UBSCRIPTION. 1IN ADVAKCR—POSTAGE PRI ntpaid; 1 ye: wr mont i, fou Tri-Weakly, poxtpald, 1 Farts of a yoar, per mont WEEKLY LD Qe copy, per year. clubof ten. Clib of twehiy, Postage prepald. Bpectmen coples rent frec. To grevent delay and inistakes, hesireand giva Posts ©ftice address n full, [ncluding Etate and County. Xemtiances inay bomode either by draft, oxpress, Fest-Oflice arder, of In reglitered letters, at our risk. 7ERM3 TO CITY SUBACIBENS, Dafly, deltrered, Bunday escepted, 23 centa per week. Dally, delivered, Eunday Inclided ents per week Address THE $UDUNE COMIANY, ‘Corner Madison and Dearburn Chieako, it YRIDUNE BUILDING DIRECTORY. Boo ms. Occupante, 1, CHARTER OAK LIFE (Insurance Dep't ) 2. TO RENT. B GUSTIN & WALLACE. J. T. DALE, 4. DUEBER WATCIT. MAN'F'G COMPARY, 8. ROBBINS & APPLETON, . KEW YORK WATCI COMPANY. 7. TO RENT. ; 8. W.C. DOW., A.J. BROWS, W.RODBINS, 9, WRIGHT & TYRRELL. 10, CIHAUTER OARK LIFE (Lown Dep't.)s $11-12, FAIRCHILD & BLACKMAN. 12, HENRY . SELLYE. W, I, COOTRR. 14-15. JAMES MORGAN. It W, HRIDGE, v Al PUPLISHING COMPANY. 7. M. D. HARDIN, 18-19, D, K, PEARSON & €0. 20. HUTCHINSON & LUFI% & CO 3, . J. A, McELDOWNEY 48, 36, CITY EDITONR, Offices In the Bulldlug to rent by W. €. DOW. Toom 8, ——— AMUSEMENTS, McVicker!s Thontree Madlson street, between * Dearborn and | State. Engagenient of the Kcilogg Opera Troupe, ** Trova: Adelphl Thentre, Monroe street, corner Dearborn. Varloty perform- ance. Haverlye Thoro, andolpls strect, botween Clark ond LaSalle. En- nsensof Siiss Nettsor, .+ Homeb and guliet.” ‘Wood’s dinscnin. palenroesurcet between Dearborn and State. *'Rob 05" JONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1876. At the New York Gold Exchange on Sat- urdsy greenbacks ranged from to 921, 1t fs nnnonnced in n cablgdispatch from Constoutinople that the arrangements for tho Conference on the Eastern «uestion are wirtually completed; that on Saturday tho Ligh joint preliminary conferces fixed it oll up, subjeet, of course, to further definite instructions from their respective Govorn- Porte to name the duy for the Conference iteelf, It isndded that Turkey rejects any proposition Jooking to foreign occupation,— in which ease, all will not bs plain sailing in tho Confergnce proper. Russin is in no humor to be dictated to by the Ports ns to the precise manner in which the satisfaction of lier demands shall be gunrantood. In our colloction of sermons prenched yes- terday in Chieago pulpits will be found one by tho Rev, Joux Arrinsox, of Grace Moth- odist Chureh, inroply to comments in our editorial columns upon his discourse of Sun- day week, respecting the lesson to be drawn from the Brouklyn horrof. It now appearn that tho condensed report of his remarks upon which the comment in question was based did not accurately reproduce his lan- guago or the weaning intonded to be con- This being the case, woare glad to tender the uso of our columus to set tho matter right, and to nfford an opportunity for repairing the mischief that the cause of true religion would suffer through the disseminn- tion of the ropulsivo doctrine jmputed. If itistho intontion of Mr. ATkmNsoN to dis- clnim tho promises, wo shall choerfully con- . cede theinjustico of the comment, A rumor is current in Columbin that Gov. CnanAERLAIN intends to arrest Messrs, #1laxeTON and SmarsoN upon the charge of trenson, employing the State constabulary to take them into custody. Great excito- ment provails in consequence, sud it is plainly given out that tho adheronts of the Haxrroxn dynnsty will not permit his orrest by any lessor power than United Btates troops,—an agoncy not likely to bo employed for such o purpose,~but will resist, with Dloodshed if nec- essary, any attompt by OCuavpri- TAN'S constables to incarcerate the Democeratic Gubornatorial make-believes, It 3s probable that the rumor of such an inten- tion hns no solider foundation than the fears, and it may bo the hopes, of the Hasrron legions, who would doubtless like nothing better than tho fino opening for n rumpus that such a procceding would offer, Tho exact terms of the agrcement upon froight rates botween Vanpenmur, Scorr, ond CGannerr are stated in our dispatchies this morning to bo quite diferent in one jm. portant particular from those which wero ot finst roported. It mow ap- pears that in tho adjustment of tho ~ dificulty it is understood and stipulnted that the question of mileage shall not govern, but that tho rates shall ba uni- form upon sl froight shipped from Western cities to polnts in Europe, the British Proy. inces, and on the Awmeriean seabonrd, whother tho froight passes through Bal- timore, Philadelphis, Now Yoik, or Boston, and that ol freight shipped to either of these citics a4 o torminus and then reshipped for cxport or jmport through or at unother of those ports shall be governed by the same rulo,~that of a uniform toriff without reference to the ques- tlon of milosge, ‘Ilo latter will havo its beariog upou shipmants for purely local con. sumption, but to this extent only will Balti- more aud Philadelphin got the benefit of lesser distances to Western points, I'lie Chicogo produce mavkets were irrogue Jar on Suturday, Mess pork closed 8o per brl lower, ‘st $16.45 for December aud 816,55 @16.57} for Jnuunry, Lard closed 2j@ic por 200 s Ligher, at $10.25@10,27} cosh und §10.32)@10.85 for January, Monts were siteady, ut 6o for new shoulders, boxed, Bjo for do short-ribs, and §ie for do short-clears, Highwines were unchsnged, ot §1.08 por gallon. Flour way quiet and steady, Whoat . closed fo higher, at $1.18} for December and $1.187 for January. Coru closed j@jolower, 8t 450 for Decewber and {4ie for January, Outs closod {o lower, b U8je cash and 8330 for January. Iye closed 40 lower, at 70}c. Barley closed 2¢ higher, at G6}o eash and 67¢ for Janunry. Hogs were firmer on heavy, at $6.66@0.00 por 100 1bs. Cattle 'Wera quict and ensy, at 22.50@75,.00. Sheop were dull, at $0.00@4.50. One hundred dollars in g{:ld would buy $107.75 in greonbacks at tho closo, Scnntor MontoN's visit to Indiann con- tinues to bo tho subjeat of not n little spocu- Iation and comment in Washington, Many theories ate advanced ns to the object of this sadden return to the midst of his constitu. onts, and all agreo in attributing it in part nt least to the recont movemont among the Indiann Domooracy toward the organ- ization of legions or clubs of a somi-milita- ry charactor, the formation of which ig be- lioved to be ot without referenco to tho prosent political situation. Mr, Monrox himself is ono of the fow who know what ho hins gone hiome for, aud he is in no hurry to add to.the existing agitation in his Btate by telling everybody his business, Certain it {s that his purpose is landable, and {lnt what ho lias laid out to do will be done. e is no nlarmist, but we have seen in tronb- lous times past that ke is n very wholesome person fo have aronnd when anything mis- chiovous or threatening to the public good is browing in the ranksof pence.disturbing Democernts. If ho is at homo on private businoss, well and good; it for weightior rensous, go much the better, Wo print this morming several commmui. cations upon na subject of all-nbsorbing In- tarest,—** Flow, and by whom, shall the Eleotoral vota be counted?” OQur Demo- cratic friends who aro all tore np nbout this important matter will find, upon examina. tion, thint there is no need to go into spasms about it; a glouce at the constitutional pro- viston nud the consideration for n moment of its plain and inevitable meaning aud intent will conviuco them that the country is safe, aud that a simple adlieronce to the forms of Inw Inid down by our wise snd pae triotic forefathers will settle the twholo controversy in an orderly and peaceful man- uer. The President of the Hennto will connt tho Elcctornl vote in the presenco of the Henate, and of tho Houee if the latter chooso to o presout as witnosses and spectators to tho mechonical and arithmetical lnbor in- volved; if not, he will count the vote just {ho same. Somebody will have a majority, of tho votes,—will havo 185 of them,~nnd that somebody will be the next President. Tho fact that the successful candidato will have o majority of one ought not to make tho operation of connting nny more compli- cated or perilous than if the mnjority wero forty times ono, e e THE SILVER QUESTION IN CONGRESS, ‘Wo earnestly invito the attention of Con. gress, and especinlly of those members who officinlly are intrusted with the dotails of our . financinl government, to tho famine jn cur- reney with which tho country is threatened, and which is daily drawing nearer. 'The Intest quotations of silver were given in Tug ‘Tnyvune yostordny; these quotations were: Fine silvor, 68} pence per ounce in London. This gives ns tho bullion valuo of the trade- dollar (420 grains) 09961 ; tho gold value of the ol Americou silver dollar (412} grains) is 0,9783; aud of a dollar of sunll silver coing, 0,914 ; aud of the greenback, 0.9275 to 0.9325. It will be seon that tho tradc-dollar aud the old silver dollarare now of considera Dy greater valuo than the greenback, and will not cirenlate in competition with it; whilo the margin of difference botweon the gold valuo of tho fractionnl silver and the greenback is reduced to a fraction, which is rapidly disappearing. It is nt most but a question of a few wecks when tho fractional silver coin will oxceed the greenback in valne, and at onco it will be hoarded. The inferior currency will excluds the other, nnd then we will have no small change, cithor of coin or of paper. The fractional paper currency hins boen retired to the amount of 312,000,000, and hns Lecome exceedingly scarce; the amount of small silvor authorized is only 210,000,000, but, of this, the most is dopendent on the surrender of smallpaper, which doosnotseemn to exist— ot least 15,000,000 of that currency hLaving beendestroyed, and thorefore lost. Itistheex- perience that when nny coin js worth even one- oighth of 1 per cent more as bullion than it fsny 1uonoy, that momont it will dissppear from view,—bo hoarded, or, as bullion, shipped. Wo have practically got rid of the sinall paper currency, ond now silver hos advanced so closely upon the value of groenbacks that thero is immodinto dauger of the limited amount of silver disappearing from circuln. tion. It requires but on additional half- penny to tho quotation of silver in London to make one fractional silver coin worth more than greonbncks, and then tho coin will bo put away or melted to beseld for bullion, Will Mr. Senator Surray, and Mr. Sen- otor Monniry, and Mr. Senator Bavano, aud other experienced members of the Finance Committoo, take notice of this rapidly-ap- proaching famine in silver currenoy, and will thoy ask the Senate to give a fow hours to maturing a bill to avert this calumity? Never was thore such an opportunity to place the business of the country upou a specio busiy permanently, It cae mnke po differenco whetlior Haves or Truozs be Presidont, so fuy s tho nevossity aud duty of supplying the country with monoy for chruge is con. cerned, and it will bo o shamocful re. pronch to the intelligence mnd statos- manship of the country that the peo- plo should bo left without wullicient eoin to transaot their business, when tyy silver DLudlion 1s piled up by tons in wareliauas ut the mines weiting permission to be eoinud, ‘Tho bill pusised by the Honse of Repres sonutatives is all proper and juit, bat the il does not embirage enongh to meet the cno- geney. Jtis I duty of Cougress to advantago of llmflpruswn! favorulie combition of the silver mmket to advavee the value of the grecuback, aud 1hid save 00r eoln g, ‘There should Lo un immedinto provision for freo coinago of thu silver doline of tas old standard ; the privilege of coinnge shonll by mule nt oneo, and the vilue of the greou. baok dollar shiould bo macdy equal to tuad of tho silver dollar by providing foe tis re- demption of those greenbneks vith wilver dol. Inrs in limited quantitios at stated intarvals, ‘The eutiro npproprintion for wnd income of tho sinkivg fund should bo applied to the purchase of eilver, with which to redeem thut past of tho public dubt sepresented fu the paperourrency. ‘Uhisamount, though not inore than 10 per cent annually of the ontstanding groouback debt, belng thus put in the way of extiuction, would so advance the value of the wholo that tho entive business of the country will be ploced on a permanent specie bosls, Congrozs might furthor, hav. ing thus mado the greenback equulio the silver dollar, offer to tha gy ‘yhe privilege of oxchizuging it fora for, -+ ** boud bear- ing 8§ 04 peresatintorest, Wowould then ——— have specie-payments without any disturb- anco of values or dorangement of business. The Becretary of the Trensury has advised tho coinnge of eighty millions of dollars of subsidinry silver coin, but why any limitation toit? Herods the silver produced at our own doors, and denied tho privilege of being coined. Why not permit any man having the moetal to exchango it for coin at the Mint? Can there be a surplus of coin? 8hould such an ovent be possible, the rem- edy is a diroct one. 8o soon ns tha country hiaa nll the coin for which it con find nse, thon the coinngo itself will stop; the surplus silver will find & market where it {s in greater demand. Worked to their utmost capacity, it will take tho Mints of tho United States five years to make silver.coin sufficient to moct the wants nud tho convenicnces of the conntry, Let us hopo that the Senators who hava no personal intereats to promote will not permit the country to be ovortaken with n searelty of coin for chiange, by withdrawing the nuthority to coin it. Let ushave the ouse bill meking silver of tho old standard dollar form a legal-tender. That nine- tenths of the people demand. Then Int us have thé coinnge of tho subsidiary coin made free, and the greenback made pnyable in silver in such qnantitics annually as will placo them at par, and provide for their evontual rotiroment, With free coinago and silver dollars made a legnl-tender, the banks and the country genernlly wounld at once re- sume business on a permanont specie basis without a perceptible derangemnent of trade or of oredit. 'This is n matter of practical legislation on which tha wholo country out. sido of Congress is ngreed, and for which the country i¢ suffering, and lkely to suffer etill more. Will Congress postpone the civil-war business loug onough to give nuthority that silver may be coined for who- ever may presont the metal at the Miut, and in whatever quantity may be asked? THE RETURNING BOARDS, Tho clonrest and most succinet statement of the powers and duties of the Returning Boards, and one that effectually clears up the muddie that has been made about the action of the Returning Boards of Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida, is that made by Judge Boxp, of the United States District Court, in the South Carolina case. This arose upon the application of the members of the Ite- turning Board of that State for relense upon Labeas corpus from their imprisonment for contempt by tho Bupreme Court of South Carolinn. The alloged contempt consisted in the refusal of tho Bonrd to obey a writ of mandamus issued by the State Court com- manding them, in substance, to limit their canvass of the vote to a count of the entire returns as mado by tho local clection officers to the County Boards, The real point pro- sonted was as to the power of tho Returning Dpard to not merely connt, but to couvass, the veturny, deciding nll'contests and charges of fraud and irregularity. If, under the lawv, the TReturning Board was vested with that power, then the State Court had no - jurisdiction to interfers with the Board in the exorcise of that power. And if tho State Court had not jnrisdiction, of -course the Board could not Dbe committed for contompt in disobeyingthe mandate of the State Court, by which that tribunal assumed to dircet how tho canvass should be made. The Constitution of South Caroling, in this regard modeled after that of the United States nnd following thoso of saveral States, without oxcoption, we beliove, recognizes and establishes the threo co-ordinate dopart. menta of government, the leglclative, excou. tive, and judicial, “With veferenco to this distribution of governmental powers, the Bouth Cerolina Coustitution, which is clted by Judge Boxp, provides that * The logisla. tive, exccutive, and judicinl powers of the Governmont shall bo éforaver separate and distinet from each other”; and with rofer- enco to the Supremne Court out of which tho mandamus issued, it is provided tho Court “ghall have power to issue writs of manda- mus. .+ . . andsuch other original and renedinl writs as may be necessary to give it a genernlsupervisory control ocer all other courts of this State,". "Iho Canvassing Board clearly was not an’ “ other court,” so that whother by any trick of words the powers couflded to it might bo termed * judicial” wps wholly fmma. terial. And it is equally clear that the Can- vassing Board is a part of the Executivo De- partment of the State, which facts nlone seem to sottle tho wholo gquestion of juris. diction by cstablishing the independence of the Board from any coutrol or supervision by tho Court. But no such strict construction is neces- sary to determine the question as to the powers of tho Board. By the well settled principlen of law laid down by tho Supremo Court of the United States in tho caso of Gaixes v, Tnompsox (7 Warrace Reports, 847), and affirmed by decisions of tho Bu- prewo Courts of all tho States in which the question has arisen, the law s : - That, {f it appear that the act which the Court f» asked to compel the ofiicer of the Executive De- partment of the'Government to do b purely min- {sterlal, the Court, huving jurisdiction to fssuo the writ of mandanins, oy compel the executlve off+ cer to perform hladaty; but, if the acl required to Lu done by the executive ofticer be not mierely min- Interfal, but dlscretlonary, or one about which he v to excrclse his Indement, o Conrt cannot, by mandamuz, act dircctly ypon the ofiicer, and gulde ond control hils Judgment or discretion in the mat- tera committed to his care 10 the ordinary exorclao of omelul duty, Now, by the statute of Sonth Caroling, ns by the stututes of Flovida and Youisiana, the Returning Board was established for the very purpose of exercising n discretionary power, ‘Fho South Cavolinn statuto provides that, upon thereturns, the Bonrd * shall thou proceed to determing end declara what por- sons huve boen, Ly the greatest number of vatas, duly clected to such offices, or elther of thene, ‘Thoy slmll have power, and it is mnde thedr duty, to docido all cases under protest or contest that may arise, when tho pawer to do ko does not, by the Constitution, restida i oo other bady. " Pha diseretion thus vested in thoe Board was, by the Coustitution aud the laws, to be overeiied solely by them; nnd the mombers of the Buprema Court had no wore right to diroct by maudate how the Board should exerciso its discrotionary powor, thon the Board had to issno a man. date directing the Supreme Court how to declde o lawsuit, and upon this ground Judge Boxn held that the State Court had uo jurisdiction to interfere by manda- mua, whereforo the members of the uturn. ing Board could not bo committed for con. tempt in disoboying that writ, ‘hio declslon dlsposes pructically of the question of tho power of the Florida and Louisiana Keturning Boprds to canvass in. stead of morely counting the rolurns, since tho laws of thoge Btates are idontical in spirit with that of Bouth Carolina. Summed up, the ghole ground of the decision, and ou¢ v - sunot ba controverted, is, that the Returnlng Boards wers established for the very purpose of making a canvass of the re- turns, ns the Courts wero established for the purpose of dotermining litigations, and that the provinco of ench is separnte nnd dis- tinet from tho other, THE NEW-ELEOTION PROPOSITION. Tar. Cnicago Trinuse, a fow days since, contained an editorial article suggesting a8 n rolution of the Presidential contest the hold- ing of a now election in the fonr disputed Southern Slntes, and offered as an authority for such a re-clection tho following from tho ncts of Congress of 1702 ¢ Whenover any State has held an clection for the purpose of choosing Klectors, and has falled to malc a choice on the day prescribed by law, (he Electars may be appointed on a subscquent day In such n manuer as the Leglslature of such Stale may direct. Both the fire-enting sheots in this city, Republienn and Demoeratie, and the fire- eatjng sheets all over tho conntry, have op- poadd tho proposition in thelr usnal hot- headed and swashbuckler manner, asif this plan were to be forced upon the country. ‘I'me Tamune made the proposition in no snuch spirit. It offered this suggestion as one that could Lo acted upon, if the lendors of both parties wers sincero in wishing to agreo upon Eeome compromise, It recog- nized the fact that there is a dispute a8 to tho honesty of the election; that the Ropub- licnna claim hat thoy wero doprived of thoir lawful majority in theso four Btates by fraud, intimidation, and terrorism practiced upon voters; and that, if thero had been n foir and free election, as in the North, they would have carried all four of theso States by majorities which would not have admitted of any question; nud that the Democrats claimed thoy Lad the mafority of votes in the boxes, nnd that they had the right to count them, irrespective of thie method by which they wero obtained, and declnre the result, precisely'ns Ep Punaars ond Mixe Evana once did with their stnffed Loxes in this city. Tecognizing this conflict, nud believing that tho leading men of both parties were desirous of avoiding collision and bloodshed and removing the present dis. trocted condition of soclety and Lusiness, Tue Trisuxe threw ont this suggestion of a plan by which & now vote could bo taken as a Dasis upon which the leaders might com- promiso if thoy were so disposed, It never intimated that the plan could be forced wupon the country; on tho other hand, Jf both parties aro not agreed upon it, it would provoe utterly impracticsl. 'With the assont of Congress ond of the Legislatures of theso States, and especinlly if hold under the supervision of national officers or members of Congress, such eleetions wonld be perfeetly logal and practical. That was the position of Tne Tripune, and against that position no moral or legal objection, or obfection of any sort, cnn lie, excopt the determination of the fire- eaters that there shall not be a now election, and that their man shall be inaugurated, right or wrong. But if the leaders of the two partics who aro desirious of compro- miso connot meot upon this ground, they ' must find some other, and find it speedily. THE DEMOCRATIC INVESTIGATIONS. The Democratio membera of Congress who are now investigating the political status of the four disputed Southern BStates do not scem to be making very satisfnctory prog- ress. In Florida they have only found that there ia no relinnce to bo placed upon the statements of the local Democratic politi- cians, and that seversl hundred Republican negroes have been thrown out of employ- ment and otherwiso " maltrentod sineo the clection for voting tho Republican ticket, and the Committes is naturally very much disgusted and disgrantled. In TLouisiana they have been sceking to discover cases of bulldozing practiced by Ropublicans upon Democrats, aud thoy hava found somo cascs of intimidation, where colored Republicans had rows with colored Democrnts who had gone back on thelr own party and principles. In n fow such instances they have found that Republican negroes have threatened and sometimes thrashed such traitors, Gen, Keenax, at Washington, who is con- duoting o ' porsonal investigation, tears both lhair and ghirt over the dis- covery that black “sho devils” in New Orleans had* been using varions fe- male influences to prevent males from being bamboozled into voting the Confedorate ticket. This is the oxtent of the intimida- tion. It has not been found that white Re- publicans did auy bulldozing after the man- ner of the white Domocrats, and the squnb. blos mnong the blacks are precisely of the character which might be expected ot the North in case sny counsiderable number of Irishmen should desert the Democratic ranks and go over to the Ropublicans, Thoy would be threstenod and thrashed in tho sameo manner. It couldn't be helped, There is no help against that kind of olectioneering snywhere, but no one would think of throw. ing away an election on that account, . If Bign MonwsoN's Committes hos gone all the way to New Orleans and discovered nothing more than that there was o feeling of bitter. ness upon the part of Republionn negroes ogainst their own traitors, or that some black wench mado faces at a Democratio nogro ncrosy the street, thoy lLad botter coma all the way back again and attend to the Jegiti- mato business of the country. They are wasting timo nnd mon oy (o no purpose. THE SUPPRESSED MAJORITY IN LOUISIANA, * Ihoy have practically deprived Loulsiaua of o Republican form of Government,” eox- clains the Port Wayne Seniinel in the midst of o * wah " soreed such as only could come from long hungering and thimsting after a post-ofico, *Thoy have disfranchised 25,000 voters,"—in which statemont Tux Tnwuxg is inclined to conour, though not in tho scnso intended by the Sentinel. The registry in Louisiaua, taken just prior to the late election, disclosed that in the State there were 115,010 colored asnd 92,0006 white voters, The negro who, if neither bulldozed nor wtimidated, will vote the Democratic tickot, is nearly na hard to flud in Louisiana a8 the redoubtable Tom CorviNg hLimself, ‘The nogroes in that Stata have hind abundant occasion to learn what the Whito-Line De- moceracy weans ; oud, if not subjyoted to such constraiut as would not bo tolerated north of the Ohio River,only an uttorly incon. siderablo number of them would vote the Demooratio ticket—oertainly a number less than that of the whites who' in Louisiana vote the Ropublican ticket, Upon a free, fair eloction there,suck as we had in Ilinols, Oblo, Towa, or elsewhero in the North,—at a Pregidontial olection which fetches out the 1dll yoto; the Ropublican majority in Lduisi- ann would be about that indicated by the figures,—that is, of about 10 por cent, or,on tho vota polled at the lato election, iu the uneighhiorhood of 20,000. It is not necessary to read tho proofs taken as tothe bulldozing in Quachita, Felicing, and other parishes, to learn that between 20,000 aud 256,000 voters would huve been effectually disfranchised in Louisiana had the conteuts of the ballot boxesin the bulldozed parishes been conuted a8 fixed up by tho Dowmocratic bulldozer jndges ot olection, A further proof of this is found in the fact that, outside the bulldozed parishes, the Re- publicnn voto was larger than ever before in the Stato; ,while in New Orleans, whore proper guards against ropeating and Lallot- stufling were provided, the Demoeratio ma. jority was eut down some 3,000, Whoro the colored men wero sulfored to como out and voto, they did so, voting the Republican ticket nlmost unnniniously, as they would hiave done in the bulldozed porishds, Tho suppression of the majority was pre- cisely what was nttompted by the bulldozers, In the most overwhelmingly Republican parishes in the Btate thoy kept the negroes from the polla by torrorism, and put enough ‘votes {pto tho, ballot-boxes to count up Democratic majoritios. And it was not the suppression of this majority, but the sup. preasion of thia ontrage upon the ballot, that was poerpotrated by the Returning Doard. There was nowhore in tho State intimidation or bulldozing of White-Linors or other Dem- ocrtio voters. Whero equal right was ne- corded to nolorod Ropublicans, tha returns were connted; but, whore only one side—tho bulldozers' side—was free to vote, the Re- turning Board rejected tho returns, to do which, in such case, it was established by Inw. ‘There wns no suppression of the Demo- erntio vote. Where tho Democrats sup- pressed Republican votes, the vote in those parishes—which was in law and in fact no vote, not baving been cnst at n fair, free clection—was rejected. That is the whole cnse as to the suppression of the majority in Lonisioun, aud the fellows who breathe goro because the Returning Doard defeated tho bulldozing schemo whereby, with TrLoey, they were to be connted, iuto the post-ofiices and custom-houses, cannot perswade the American peoplo to rush into a civil war to taka tho count of the Louisinna Electoral vote out of the hands of Congress. ' THE SILVER BILL. A correspondent in Burlington, In., writes to us upon the silver question, saying: In your advocacy of the sliver question you have never, £o far 0y I have noticed, spoken of it3 ef- fects (should free cofnage be permitted) on gold. Wo are told that a large quantities of sitver intllon are held in reserve untll free colnage conld Lo Lrought about, Now, then, If thiy bo»o, and the ellver mines continuo to produce largely, as in all probability they will, and Gormany persirta in hor schemo of demonotization of silver, will not the displacement of golt necessarily follow? Willyou please give o fow of your readers here your views? The effect of remonetizing silver in tho United States wonld be {o bring tho relative values of gold and silver to some fixed and permanent standard, For nearly 800 years the average valug of silver and gold has rarely, and then only for brief intervals and ot particnlar points, varied from 15} of silver to 1 of gold. Owing to peculiar circum. stances, this standard has varied for short terms, but bias always returned. The fall of silver in 1874 and 1875 was largely'duc to o panic, which, combined with n goneral de- pression of business, lias not yot lost all its cffects. On the 10th of December tho prico of fiue silver in London was 66} pence per ounce., 'I'rade dollars (420 grains) were sold the same day at 1 per cent premium in Cali. fornia, and small silver at 6} per cont dis: count. The return of silver to it ordinary proportionato value is therefors only a question of time. Tho passage by Con- gress of Brano's bill providing for the recoinage of tho old American silver dollar (412} grains) .and n legal-tender for all debts would have the effect of hastening the return of silver to its old-time proportion with gold. 'The great advantage enjoyed by France in the bi-metal. liocoinage and legal-tender is that the one always chocks the varintions in the valuo of the other, Whon n silver dollar weighing fitteon and a Lolf tines 03 muoh as the gold dollar will buy more than the gold dollar, then gold becomes the cheaper commodity, and the demannd for it, nnd the reduced de- mand for the silver, will promptly adjust the variation. Bolong ns Qobts can bo paid in oither, the fall of one will incrense the de- mand forit, and under that incrensed de- mand the equilibrium will he promptly re. stored. What is wantad is freo coinnge, with gold and silver coined in weights of fifteen and a holf of tho one to one of the other, and the values of tho two must romnin so close that the fluctuations of oither chn only bo temporary. 'Tho world bas always used both motals in ita coinage. and it is impossi- Dlo to displace either, unloss by the united action of all nations. There is not gold enongh tosupply the wants of mankind, and silver Is n nocessity. As tho two must be used, wisdom and sound policy dictate that all nations should agrco upon a comnmon standard of proportionate woight, whereby the silvor shilling, frane, mark, doliar, and pound should weigh fiftocn nnd n half timos as much as the gold coin of the same denom. ination, Then, no variation in the values of tho coin ns money could take place, bocause tho two metals as monoy would have the sams proportiounte value everywhere. The demonetization of silvor was on act of bad policy, and on the part of tho United States an act of folly, OBITUARY. . DIAZ DE LA PENA, Nancissg-VinaiLe-Diaz e La PeNA, one of the most ominent of French painters, died res cently In Parls at the ago of 67, o bogan his carcer 08 o painter on porcetuin, und flest ex- hibited sketches after Nature in the Salon of 1881, Although his most promluent claim to distinction rests upon hls lmdscupo work, e devoted himself largely to the Romuutle School, and peopled his couvases with the nymphs and goddesses of the antiquo world. As a land- scapo patnter, ho ranked among the flest, aud It is sald of lim by a Frencheriti¢ #No ono knowa better than he how to show light through thu folingo or'on the pearly bark of old beeches or tostud the recks with brilllant mosses or gray lichens,” Aa a colorlst, ho atined at n force and richucas of elfect which are in stelling cuntrast with the more subdued tints of the later school In France, Ho was a constant oxhibitor at the Salon, and in 1851 was mads a Chovalier of the Leglon of Ionor. JAMES WIIITESIDE, The London Tinics of Nov. 27 announces the death of the Right-fion: Jases WinTesibe, Lord Chict Justice of Ircland. Hou first dis- played his talents in the famous prosecution of 0'ConxeLy and his confederates of the Repeal Associntion, in 1843, at which thing he was chosen toconduct tho defense of Mr. DUFPY, of tho Nation newspaper, In 1848*hie was sclected to defend SwiTit O'BugN und Mesanes, aud made o most brRliant dlsplay of lis talents, In 1851 ho entered Parllament, and in 1853 became Solicitor-Genoral, In 1838 hu rose to by First Oftleer of the Crown and u Trivy Councitlor, In 1808, when Lord Deuny camo into power, ho was pronioted to tho lilgh offles which he tille at the time of bis death, , - MR, K. B. NORKIS, A truc, and in all reapects 4 remarkable wo- man, passed away ot Ypailuutl, Mich., on the moruingof the 27thot Octoher, Burn InDelawars Couaty, N, Y.,at the commencement of theven- tury, herearly ifo was spent on the borders, then fu tho western part ‘of the Stute. Soon afteracrmurrlagewith thejlate Mark NorRis,un enterprising merchant,and amost estimablegen- tleman, they emigrateld to Michlan, aund wero among the very first: settlers {n Ypsilantl, some time nbout 1830, Al the privations of ploncer Itfe were borne with cheerfulness, and her home heeame the refuge of the carly scttlers ns they passed on to the middle and west- ern parts of the State. Mer qulet yet netive benevolence, hor very superfor cultare, and emi- nent Clirlstian character made her the aceepted leader In every good work, und churclics, and scliools, und the refinements ot social life, soon gave the beautiful town of Ypailantl o marked Iufluence and an honorad name throughout the Btate. Posscssed of o most ‘retentive memory, ncute judgment, and covrcét dlscriminating taate, her knowledge of the local history of her city and Btate, and in fact of ull the past, andt her wide acquaintanco #ith Jiterature and art, drew around her the suclety of the wise nud the good, and made her beautiful homoon the Huron Riverthe centre of Christian eulturc and unostentations benevolence, For years she devoted a large portion of her thne to visiting personaily, and to the relief of the poor. They linve lost thelr must active, thelr trucst friend, Her name s Intimately nssociated with the history of her city and Btate, and wiil havo honorable record there in all coming time. Ifer memory {8 Lleased. e e Gen, KRENAN fs at it ngain. On Saturday he legraphed to his paper, the Zimes, two col- uthhie of balderdash with referenco to Senator Montoy, sctting forth that he hed suddenly gone to Columbus to vistt Gov. HAYESs, and that while thero he concocted a plan of firlng the North. If wo are to bellove Gen, KRENAN, Scnator Monrox has already token possesslon of the rallroads, telegraphs, and malls, He s orgunizing companies, regiments, nnd armles, and, In conjunction with the President and Gov. HAxzs, has perfeeted iis plans for fmprisoning the Demacratle side of Congress or dumping it into the Potomac, after which o Federal army and severat milllons of yolunteer Republican ‘Layonets are Lo place Mr, 1AYes In the Presi- dential chinfr, The whole dispatel, which cost “ihe old man? at Jeast 1ty dollars, besides nbout twenty-five dollars worth of editorlal comn- ment, is of the same sort of Iylng sensatlons that (ien. KEENAX has been sendiug for some thuo past, and which the Zimes prints as fllus- tratlons of independent journalism. Unfor- tunately, in this instance, another correspond- ent, not knowing of Gon. KEENAN'S lying sen- sations, sends a twenty-flve cent dispatch to that puver, 08 follows: . CoLuxnug, 0., Decals, —Senator Monroy passed throuyh this clty ut noon to-day, e was met at thu depot by (ov, Haves and Gen. Coxty, where a few moments were spent in conversation, Mo ToX then took the train for Indianavalls, From which it nppears that, instead of going to Columbus on n visit to Gov, 11AvEs, Senator Montox passed through Columbus on his’ way to Indianapolls, and met Gov. HAYES at the de- pot, and talked with him two or three. infmites, Out of such a small event as this, Gen, KEENAN coustructs two colummns of expensive lying. It was by just precisely such sonsational mendacity a8 this that the Thnes sought to fire the North- ern Democrutie heart before the War of the Re- bellon, but it did not pretend at that thme to be anon-partisan and independent newspaper! ————— **There never will bo nnother Democratic Prosi- dent,** uld Col, INarnsotL in o specch at Peoria, 11l.,, last weok, and ho might have added, **Thero will never b snother Presldential election {f Hayes 501» in the White llouse,"—ZLoulsrllle Courier- ournal. He might not have ndded anytbing of the kind, After the defeat of Jous Apaws, there never was another Federalist President. After the defeat of Gen. . Scorr, there never wus another Whig President, After Bucnanax there hos not sluce been another Democratic President, and the prospeet of TipoN rencwing the line of Democratie Presldents {8, to say the least, not very flattor- fug. There {sa feeling rapldiy pervading the country, South ns well na. North, that tio beat good of the natlon will Le subserved by the {u- augurstion of Gov, 1IAYES, Thousands of men who bitterly opposed his election, and spent money to defeat him, arc now coming to the bellef that his Administratfon will prove an cra of peace and reconeiliation between the North and theBouth,—a second Moxnos Ad- minfstration of pence and good will among men, to be followed eventuntly by a breaking up and reconstruetion of existing partics. Col. INaxRe 80LL Is 110t alone {n the opinlon that the Demo- cratle party has innde its last great struggle for restoration to power, and, having failed, will before long erumble to plecos and disband, and the members will then be at Jiberty to forn new political assuciations, ——— Wartrensox Is an M. C. In Washington, and haos left the Conrsour. in the hands of some one who has commenced fmitating the swash- buckler of the Fort Wayne Sentinel, who pro- claims that he los 7,000 warrlors ready in Allen County to march on Washington and seat the Usufruct in the Presidentlal chalr, and drown Haves in the Potomac. * Here,” says the -Cour.~Jour. man, *“are near 100,000 men In Kentucky, tralned to arma on eithier slde of the 1nat War, the greater part of whom would unite fnncommon cause that appealed to thelr pa- triotism and munhood,” But to inauguratethe candidate who hos recelved only 184 Electoral votes would not bo a * common cause ' that appeals elther to manhood or patriotism, We Judge, therefore, thatthe 100,000 Kentucky ware rlors would spill procious littls of thelr blood in such an uncotnmon and unpitriotlc cause. ———t— The condition of the fluances in the Demo- eratie eltadel (New York) may be Judged of by the following from the Horld: 1In the Bougd of Allermaon rymlonlny: Ald, Corx oficred a resdlution setting forth thit, as o large dent hus teen Inewrred by this city, amounting to nearly S110, 000, 000, on which intorcst fu patd to the amount of 39,500,000 annwally, and as thera are at present outsanding over 100 kinds of do- nominationnl bonds, it 1 absolutoly neceasary that B ized tnuncinl lmllry should bo adopted. In prdee thut the corporution und capitallsts of thu city he mutually benefted. The resolution provides that Comptroller Kesix bo Instructed to socure the l&nunzu of laws by the Leglslatpro (o enable the o Inance Departmént to fssue a condolldated loan f $130,000, 000, with fntereit not to exceod b por cent perannusn, )l the bonds outstanding to be funded In twenty-year bonds, Tv the Editor af Museensuunu, Dee, 14,~Will you please answer the fotlowing quostionw to settle o discussion bu- Lween two of your renders: 1. Was oy M, Patyen ever a Reputillenn? 2. Who Is or was the author of the Twenty-sece ond Jolut Rule of Congrevst LA R 1. Gen. Jonx M. PALMER scceded from tho Denoeratie snd jolued the Republican pary in 1855, and rematned o member fu good standing untll sbont the timo of his defeat by Gen. LoaAX for tho office of United States Senator, 2. The Hom Ly¥MAN TRUMBULL was the author of the repudinted Twenty-second Joint Rute. e —— The Zlow's Ilerald calls for prayer tu this exigeney of the country, Bay Bowres says that ho “secondstho mdtion, but would suggest that the prayers be at tho corners of the strecd, out atoud, [n the newspapers, un the platforms, in the slght and hearlng of the people, and that they go futo particulars, and nume nunes, and fnform the Lorp what has been done, what is belng done, and how they thiuk He ought to fnterfere and save the honor and the safety of itho Republic. In other words, lot us have somo good old-fashloned orthodox pruying, that wmeans business, ' —— Conversation between the frlend of Gov, Haves in Cinclnbati and u newspaper reporters 4+ What docs Gov, Haves think of the uttitude of Southern Domocrats townrd himt* *Hu 8 peefectly satisflod, " wou 1o roply, ** from {lio ox- i.?culmfl "Gk fabling Lt Ik oks Trom thoms ‘10 106 The, Tribune, ora dally that they sre willlay and anxlous to 04 sist him in hi: orts 1o restore pence and Imrman{ m Ihe South, * Do they want to co-operate Wit LimY" ny of them dn; ut least, Wt 18 the tone of theirletters,” ~++'Chun that Roneze juler- view 8° Colutubus, the other day, tieaut wouig things' *1 don't uay that, because I don't knuow: Dut 1 do know of bls recelving such letters,” was the reply. e m— A warm friond of BLAINE was the Postmaster of Ehiladelphla, Doy Cauenon has lad hlm removed. Other frlends in otfice fn Penusyl- vania havealso been removed by the CAMERONS. Braing Is mad at s kulfing, But weare told that the lcading Ropublican Ba-::tarl are all jonlona of Br.atnr, and win o LAINE, t nllow ;wulrl. himeelt At they can help it Ih.-hll::«:g, ving o very good time fn the Senate, ang wishea hiinaclt baek (n the House. X ———— lt'lla lllld that Col, Fonngy us ull about that«8365,000 from the Pacty M ;::r;guan fund, The Atory fs that he kzl.:::lt C‘ of It, the rost golog to two Republican ougressmen of Philadelphla. Who were the 1 Out with It, Colonel, You have had ty b«-{r the whole udlum f time 4o unload or, 4o years, and {t s about or, 08 1t would be ¢ West, to “M\mn\,’“ mnd g dovrnn"(:fcll}x;:t e —— % Proposes to tel Yesterday the Washington -;&;Ilhunkler wag more blood-curdling and bel "?ld man® who ruus the chlllc‘:;::eertgn:f :::: 5:»«. The reason Drobably was, that tho “told man" was attending Moony's nquiry- mecting, Hopo he inay experfence a change of heart aud stop the threatened v wal," B ————— PERSONAL. Bret arto I8 to sall for Euro year, Mise Bright, n daught v ,“mk.uu er of Joln Bright, Las ar. Caponl really fa to i \\'Illbdny be marted to Mile. Orevy, Amerlca, Mr. Raymond produced his new play, **Soven- oake," dramatized, from D, Toliand's ont, 81 Loutsyiflo Satardf night, . ! Almee, who has teen to Cubs way bick to this country. She bogl ment at New Orlenns Christmas ove., Ellzabeth Cady Stanton wakes s fair hitIn remark that the present politieal complication I:‘ : lu;;l’bln muse, with no woman to biane for {1, 0 Academy of Muslc tn Baltiniore, ono of Sinent theatren in tho Uniled States, wa sohd wom a foreclosure of mortgage Thuradny for $165,000, Dr. 0. 11, Tiffany, of Chlcago, has been Jectur. ing in Boston, and hovering about that rich churely In New York which dealres to necure e erilces, ‘The Intest addition to the Duke of Edinbargh's famlly ts o girl, who firat oponed her cyes {0 the world at Malta, whither the great Playfalr, M, D, had been summioned to aaalst, " Mullett refuees to speak with Gen, Bmith, . L wh reported unfavorably on the Chicago (.'urhm: House. The General, report #nye, slceps as vonngd. 1y as ever, notwithstanding, **Henry, " sald ghe, sharply, ns the: LT loncsome corner on the buulnv’nnl. "dn’: ’p‘m wflnl: ;n:k:o WTI‘: oult Ior t{;lu slefgh-ride with iny hat looking ne though it had been r N {ooki un over by on oinnl Bueaking of the constant cry of pour Bolre in parts of France, Mr. T. B, Aldrich enys: ¢ 'nx :?‘-,f‘. :: ;nllnn;y “me'y might walkover the greater uropt on the obtstrotche pork ol Surang otched palm of the Mark Twaln and Bret Tarte have hegun sult ogalnst persons In Canada for Infringement of copyright, Thefunof these ominent humorists docs not seem to bo nppreclated In the dense reglon of the Canadian mind, Ienty Wattersun's mother resides in Washing. {ony and her boueo fs his home during his pruegt brlet term of kervice as Congressman, They look upon himas- **the baby," and when he ctics for wil, not one of the famlily trembles, Tho Journal of Commerce advlées all peoplo to oat colery when they can get it, and onfons hetween times. Sayd It quiets your nurves, Dut une onlon- enter (remarks the St. Louls Globe) can unscitle the nerves of a whole street-car load, Some busincsa-men of Now York propose to re. vive the Luncheon Club, which had o brlef aud not Lrliliant existence fifteen ye: oago. The Workd predicts faflure for the enterprise, ond lays down the broad principle that no modern club can flours Ish zave In the atmosphore generated by gas-light, Col. John J. Reynolde and Capt. A, G, Moore, of the Third United States Cavalry, are to b trled by a court-mastlal, which is to ke convened on the Gth of January, for cowardice and dlwobedlenco of orders in tho February chmpaign, during the fight with Crazy Horse, The charges sro preferred by Gon, Crook, The Paris Minlster of Jnstico has {ssucd a da- be carly In the mow Is now on hep ns an engage. ‘eree, long looked for in dlre apprelicnsion, fore bidding all advocates In the Palts do Justice to wear moustachee, Of late yoars there has been connivance at the wearlng of these adorumients, but henceforth they must disappear absolutely from tho lipa of all counscl, learned and unlearn- edy Lln accordance with the old statute on the sub- Ject The German geographer, Dr. Petermann, Las written a ietter to Dr. Iiayes, saylng that justicets only now being dono the lattor for his nchieve- monts In the Arctic reglons, north of Smith's Bound, fiftcen years ago. Ho hopos that America wiil soon send another expedition to the Pole, aud betleves that with faverable conditlons and the ex- Libltlon of the usunl Amerlcan pluck, the flag of this natlon may yet be planted at the very spot. The Amerlcan Asgocintion for the Cure of Inchrl- ates has begun the publication of o quarterly jour- nal, which will bo dovoted to the apread of infore matlon on the snbject, and to tho arousing vf pop. ular and legislative actlon In the reform. The magazine is [4aued from Hartford, where much In- tereat s shown In the subject, and where nearly 100 gentlemen have Intely subscribed $200 each for the catablishinent of a new asylum. The private fund 18 likely to amount to §25,000, and the State I8 to e asked to contribute an equal amount, Mr, Stary had peculiar qualifications for the task of exccuting tho buat of Keats, which has lately been aent home, 1le wan tho poet's faithful friend, and watched by his Gedside on tho night of his doath. As the aguny prolonged itaplf hour after lour, tho watsher grew heavy with sleep, and to keep his eyes opon began to draw thodying man, o was ablo to tnfuli the sketch. Tho melancholy, moribund face lles upon the pillow, with clueed oycs, tho heavy halr,’ cycbrows. und strongly marked fentures rotain s}l their charucter; tho ex- pression of repose seqmu 1 Allent cclio of hia words $Thank God, It bas como!" Adelaldo Netlson arrived fn Chicago yesterdsy and ensconced horself Inxuriously at the Tremont House proporatory to her opening to-night st Hoverly's Theatre in tho charactor of Jullet, lice two-weeks' ongagement fu 8t Louls waa one *0 successful aa to reflect credit upon tho populue taste of that clty, whero Shakspeare proved to bod votent attraction cvon ne agninst the Kelloge Opera Company, Misa Nolleon'’s last afternoon was the océasion of s gracoful and protty ovation from tho ladien of St. Louts, wholn large numbers pafd thelr respucts to the falr artlst at the Sout'icrd 1otel atter the matinco, It was ap affair quito lu- formal and finprompty, but nono the lesd warni hearted and flattering. The Jocal pross point with rame pride to the high regard in which this chorme ing Impurdonator of the divine dramatiet's lovellust heromes Is held I tholr clty. - A correspondent of the Now York Times 18 creating somo excitement in Sun Franclsca soclety by writing doscriptive letturs about the vaigne vonanzu Kings and tho conrts malutained by them. 1t secins vomething monstrous for klm to sy lha‘{ Flood and 0'Brlen, Falrund Mackny, Morrow s Lucky Baldwin, viowed soctally, have no standing whatever, There wau a time, ho adds, when atfalrs stood differently, ~when thero was @ mining arls- tocrney which did actually bold in socicty the u: act position which tho ratlroad magnates now pos scss, Mesars. Flood and 0'Brien have boen vatrds clsed because of thelr persccution of Halton. l?f Lucky Baldwin the correspondent speaks with 1!:; freshing frankneas, lto has been informed ¥ .k +» Batdwin is 6 man who lus the luck of a blac cat and the moralw and manners of 8 hog." nlld,- win has, In fact, more than thesy,—he basa hm\'l au opera-hogso, aud many odd miilion doflars,an 1t wil Lo surprlsing 1f he does not make things n\;} comfortable for the correspondent who writed him s roughly. HOTBL .uuuuu.s fik andioon «nont flouse—Gon, O, 1, Smith snd L0 Jogu\; Arnett, Now Orleans; D. A, Holbrook, ::4 Paul; Johu C, Staples, San Francleco; I, M. Clarke, Doston; E. F, Dedyse, Miu m:luo " manager; Mme. Rosewald, Kellogg Opers; I Yepkes, G, A. Couly, 8. Betircus, C. w. . and Al Seguto, M oo soum 1 30r, and M. C A, Goldsmith, Plympton, Londan, Misa Nellson Iml{u ‘l‘y;flnmnvl Darr.Jn::u;{;. Juh Bilste Buteol St HGGCL Skl Lowell, . ¥ \ DeKelly i v, Ce + Gloversdale, N. Y. j & }’lilén(l)l'ln:! 'xch Yot onaunes un:l;'-‘x;;ldc’t}‘r’f‘ul cipa; G, B, Young, Clioton, Tu.... 45 d pary Cratty, Pourls owYorki AL d. " Orover, 8t {‘I. A, l'ludle}. Thaltiwr '\l;Nllfll;} o Pitwburg; J. W llonnu;um ow York: Lawrence, Puumm‘ . C. Gint; Yo VB Porking, Dudingion; ¥ 8. Puliner, New Yol Hawes, St Louls. 5 ad nows for wany alghing matdens in