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S30CIETY M Vae ETINGS. © L ORIENTAL LODGE, No. Stated i AND A, M.— otnuiunication ihi » A ¥, ‘rhldy) evening, ut 'Ihu{s‘{n Cordiahy lnrited er, ElE, Beereta 3 P, foT hisincas. towieet with us.” Dy ordeg of FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1877, . Greenbacks at tho New York Gold Ex. change yesterday closed at 91, Yestordny's developments in the 3Jusun- ; chusetts Beuatorial coutest scom to fore- shodow the corlain failure of Mr. Bour. wri's effortd to secure a re-clection, The | steady gains made by Hoan have brightened Lils prospects materinlly, and there nro evi- . dences of an_inlention on the part of tho Bourwers men to go over in a body to Gov. Ttice, and elect him by the aid of such Dem. * ocratic votes as can bo secured, ‘There ‘would probably ba little trouble in cffecting thia result but for the nnwillingness to apare Gov, Rice from the position ho now Ml with 8o much ability and satisfaction to the Stato, It looks, however, as if he wero ticketed to go up highor, . Bx.Gov. ALvin Sausprns, the last Gov. ernor of the Territory of Nebraska, wns yes- terday chosen by tho Legislaturo to repre- ¢ sent that State in the United States Sennte for the ensuing six yenrs from the 4th of March next. ‘The present Senator, M. ! Hircncock, was o candidate for re-election, and had au organized support, but he was weighted down with the salary-grab record, and wae nlso rogarded with disfavor on nc- count uf au overplus of devotion to the Pa. cifio Railrond interests, and uot all the power ; of patronago and the potency of the machine could forcs L upon the unwilling Repub- licans, whose nnmbers wero sufficient to con. trol tho situation and at tho last secure the 4 election in Gov, Savxveus of auother and fa Letter representativo of ths roform element of that party, Our Washington dispaiches are loaded with Interestiog matter concerning the Elect- is. oral Count bill yesterday reported to the i Benate and Houss with siguaturo attached of $int ¥ every member of the two Comumittces ex. 5§ oupt that of Senator Montoy, who, (hough W declining to sign the report, will probably ]:{ not attempt to oppose its adoption in the gbr % Benate. Interviews with leading men of ‘}:3 both parties Lad by owr correapondent yex- [!S terday denote a general disposition among il‘ metobers of the Senato and Honse to sup- port the new iacasuro and enact iu s a law. Extremluts of both sides, though the plan of : arbitration does not meet their view, keemn ! to recoguize tha necessity of deferring to the universal demaud for a peacoful aud lawful - settlement of the Electoral question, and . sbove all for such action by Congress us . shall at once restore quiet and confidence, — It may well be doubted whether Loaax's + chances were improved by the action of the Republican mewbers of the Committee np- pointed to iuveatigete the churgs of attempte ed bribery in postponin for uuother day tho taking of testimony. If, as is understood at Bpringfleld, the assault upon Surrivay's Virtue was mude by on sttache of the Chi- cage Custom-House acting entirely upon his own vespousibility and unknown to Gen, Louay, the sooner that fuct is made known and the moro widely it is published the bet- ter for tho Rtepublican eandidate. It was o bluuder, under such circumstaces, to defer for an hour the complete publicity of facts { which would set Gen. LoaaN right, As the matter now stands, the investigation caunot bo comumenced until after to-day's balloting Lias euded, aud in tho juterval o disagrecable uncertainty surrounds u subject thut might g be made clear, R e . The Chicsgo produce markets wero stead- Jer yesterday, Mess pork closed 230 per brl bhigher, at $10.85 cash and 217.00@17.05 for "6l . Lard closed 15¢ jer 100 1bs \igher, ot §10.60 cush, nud $10.90@10.92) or February, Meuts were ensier, closing at for shoulders, boxed ; 850 for short-ribs; 8jo for short<clears. Highwines were un. chauged, at $1.07 per gallon, Flour was if quiet aud fina. Wheat closed Jo bigher, at Bl 91.28; cahi wud §1.29% seller Fobruary, Corn closed 3@ o Ligher, at 43]@i8]c oach and 44}@i4}o for Febrnary. Oats closed easier, at 33lc cash and 353 for Febrnary, Rye steady, at 72c. Barley was quiet, closing ot Glg ensh, and 61c for February, Iogs wero dull, nosettled, nnd 20425 lowor, bulk of the sales mnking at §5.75@6 Cattle wero fairly active and ensier, with sales at $2,75@n.55 Sheep wero active, at 2,75@ 6,00 for poor to extra. One hundred dollars in gold would buy $106.37} in green- Lacks at the clos Thoe august Plenipotentiarics who have been fooling awny their timo at Constanti- nople in the vain attempt to patch up a compromise with the Porte on the subject of reforms and guarantees demanded by all Europo are mow at liberty to pack -their satchels and start for home, 'The reconstructed proposals of the Couference have been angnly and soornfully refected by the Grand Council of the Turks and Patriarchs, and all that re- mnins for the Plenipos to do is to receive the officlal notification that their mission is a failure, and then to step on board the war vessols that aro waiting to restoro them to their respective countries. There is no opening for counter proposals, or for n renownl of the negotintions in any form; the Conference has announced its ultimatum, aud the Yorte will have nouo of it. Turkey bas decided to defy all Enrope, and it re. mains to be scen what all Enrope, more particularly Russia, proposes to do about it. The ntter hopelessness of any nattempt to secure honesty and fairness in the award of contracts for furnishing supplies to the charitable institutions of Cook County was demonstrated by yesterdny's proceedings of the Board of Commissioners. Iaving gone through the farce of advertising for pro- posnls, the Ring bas repeated its annual rascality, and procecded to pass around the contracts without regard to the bids received. A notablo instancoe is found in the awand of the nieat-contract to n 1ing favorite nt n price which will amount to from $10,000 to $12,000 in excess of the figures of a lower aud perfectly responsible bidder,—an inex- cusable, indefenaible, outrageous steal. The courts hold that the taxpaycrs are powerless to prevent this barefaced plunder, and the only remedy rests with the Legislature. Advocates of the Lill for the election of the entire Board of County Commissioners upon 8 goneral ticket will find good argument in the awnrd of these contracts, The six ballota taken yenterday in the joint session of tho Illinois Legislature developed no new or startling phases of the Senatorinl question, The abaence of o Republican member of tho Ilouse, called home on ace count of sickness in his fawily, reduced Loaax's voto to 99 on the first ballot of the day, and it romained ot that figure through. out, 'There “were mo genuine premonitions of tho break that mmst occur before tho contest can bo decided; no evi- dencen of any inclination on the part of the Independents of Ttepublican prodilections to come over to the help of Loaay. There ‘whas o sonsation when, on the eighth ballot, Westwontil, of Cook, 8 Democrat, changed from Parsten to Davis, The event, how- ever, proved of no significance respecting the anticipated desertion of Parsten, for no otlier changes occurred. WrntwonTi Beems to have acted entirely on his own sccount, and the four succeeding ballots showed that the timo for uniting tho auti-Loaawn forces had not arnved. One thiug, however, mny bo set down oy tolerably certnin, aud that is that the dend-lock cannot loug continue, and that the hour is near at hand when loyalty to persons mnst give way to fllelity to party, "THE COMPROMISE, The Committecs of tho Senats and Hounse of Representatives to consider and report some plan for counting the Electoral vote, and determining all controverted questions, were composed of tho following persons : BEXATE, Republlcans, Morton, Indunu. tmunde, ZDemocrats, Iayard, Delaware, ‘I'iurman, Ohio. Cunkli Itarsom, X'rth Caroling Freling o, Willard, Michigan, Tayne, Ollo. McCrary, lowa, Hewitr, New York, 1loar, Mawsackusutts, Hanton, Virginis, Springer, linols, Here is n Joint Committes composed of seven Itepublicany, including men of cmi- nent ability and oxperience, and seven Dewm- ocrats holding high position in tho confl- dence of their party, 'Chis Committee have sgreed and bavo reported a bill declaring Ly law how snd in what wanner the Eleetoral voto shnll be counted, and how and in what mauner ull objections wnd contro- verted questions 65 to the counting of cou- tested votes whull Le determined. ‘The sime ple fact that this Joint Committce, composed of an equal number of partisnus, hus Leen able to reach an agreement, attests tho gravity of thu oceasion, aud the necessity, under a goverument of law, of determining even on election of Tresident by au appeal to Inw, justice, houesty, and fuirness. 'T'ho ditferences between tho two Houses are rud- ical. 'The Constitution i at lenst so ine dutinito that the powers claimed under it by both extremes aro fmplied only and not ex. pressed, These dilferences moy Lo thus ntated : 1. A large portion of tho Lepublicans eloim thut under the Constitution the sole power to count the votos, and of necessity of determining which of two returns shall be counted, rests with the President of the Sen. ute, whore uction ix final, 2, A large portion of the Democrati : party claims that the power of the President of the Senato onds with the opening of all the re. turns, of wheteverkind, bomay huve received; that in case of an objection to the counting of the voto of nuy State, the direet question, Skall such vote bo counted? must be put to voto in each Housy, ncting sepurately, nud, unless both Houses shall declura that the voto he counted, such vote thus objected shell bo excluded from the count, 4. A third opinion, shared by men of both varties, Js that the two Houses have juris. diction over the subject, but that the vote of each State, certitlod by the Executive authori- ty, ehall Lo counted, uuless both Houses shall vote to reject it. 4. In addition to this, it js the opinion that unless the two Houses sholl preseribo by law somw mode for determiuing these ques. tions, then, in the uhsence of any such law or regulation, the authority rests with the President of the Senato exclusively, ‘Ihieso conflicting judgments are rendered the wore perplexing bueause the netual de- cision of the election is involved in the adop- tion of either. 'Tko whole contest {s now narrowed down to the returns from Louisi- ana. If the returns from that State certified Ly the Goveruor, und embodying the result of tho election as determined by the Cun- vessing Hoard, be counted, then IHavesaud Wurzres will Lo elected; if the opposing roturus be counted, then ‘Nirues and Hen. vrrcss will be elected. If both returns be «xcluded, then there will be no choice, aud Tieoex will be elected hy the Honso of Rep- resentalives aud Wrerrer by the Sonate, The claim by the Democratic Houso of Rep- resentatives of the power of that hody to exclude the wote of any Sthte, withont reference to any action of the Scmate, is of coursa a claim onthe part of that body of the exclnsive right to appoint the President without refer- ence to the Electoral votes, audin denial of any co-cqual anthority over the subject by he Senate. Buch claim is rovolntionary; but it is mado, and, if persisted in, will lend to tho establishment of two opposing Gov- ernments, with the attendant anarchy, such n8 exist at present in Louisiann and in South Carolina. In snch n case there will be no arbiter save that of force. Under these circumstances these two Com. mittees have dgreed wpon a plan by which tho votes suiall be connted, nnd the result au. thoritatively determined, withont resort to force, or revolution, or violence, andat the samo time shall secure o decision which shall conform 1o Inw ns well as justice. This bill provides that tho voles as re- turned to which no objection is made shall be counted asa matter of course; that, in cnse of an objection, if the two Houses fail to ngree, the objection and all papers relat. ing to the case kbnll be referred to a Com- mission, previously appointed, which is to consist of four Justices of the Supremo Counrt, designated by districts, who nre to select a Ofth; and fivo Senators and five Representatives, to be elected by a tita roce vote of the respectivo Houses. This Com- mission aliall render a decision npon the ob- jection, which decision shall be tinal unless overruled by n concurrent vote of both Honses, This is the substance of the bill, the text of which will Le found in Tnr Trinuxg this morning, It is not n perfect ncheme, but it is better than civil war; better than the Mexican plan of duplicato Governments; better than a prolongation of the strife; and sceeptable not only ns defermining the Presidential clection, but ns settling tle threntened violence in Louisinna and South Carolina, The measure is not o mucha compromise as it is a submission of conflict- iug opinions to as faira tribunal ay perhiapy can bo constituted at this time and on the very ovo of tho day for counting the votes. We think that, when Epuoxps, Coxxrixag, Frervenvysey, Ioar, Wittanp, and Coary unito with an equal number of Demo- crats in rccommending this mensure as one to secure a pencoful solution of the trouble, that the country generally will rejoico and heartily approve the measure. THE SILVER BILL IN THE SENATE. The Senate Finance Committee, under tho leadership of Senator Snensay, of Ohio, is making a very serious mistake inita treat- ment of the Bravp Silver bill recently passed by tho Homse. "Lho House bill, us it passed, s n simplo re.enactment of the bi-metallic standard a9 It existed in this country from the formation of the Government up to threo years ago, when tho coinnge of the silver dollar was dropped almost surrcptitionsly and certaivly without consulting the senti- ment of the country, The fact itsell that tho American silver dollar had bean abolished was not known by tho people until attention was called to it some years after by the tem. porary decline fu tho valuo of silver; and then thero was an immediate and unavi- mous verdict that the change was en- tirely unwarrnuted, and a demand from all sides that tho silver dollar Lo restored to its old place, Congress coquetted with the subjectat tho close of the last session, but evincod the samo hesilaucy and indecision that it had wanifested with referenco to all other phoses of the flunncial problem. Iat during the loug recess the popular domend for theold staudard was expressed in anch emphatio and unmistakable terms that the House hastened Lo pass the necesiary mens- uro upon renssembling, Now tho hiteh hng cotne in the Senate through the' intervention of Mr, Jot IERMAN, who reports back tha Dbill withont recommendation, asks that ita consideration shall be postpoucd until tho Silver Commission shall have reported, nnd gives notica that he will then offer a substi- tute virtually giving tho silver dollar the samo status as the greenback dollar, end only. that. Now, we have no hesitation in snying that Mr, JostN SHERMAN "lias 1o right to nse bis position to impeds the exccution of the pop- ular will, expressed without regard to party, nor to hindcr a clear act of justice. Hadtho ousa bill been hawpered with details about the dosirability of whicl there might bea reasonablo difference of opinion, this post- pronement might be excuseil; but, as the Lill merely restores the old Kilver dollar yhere it wit,—~thnt i, waking it co-cqual with the gold dollar,—without prescribing the extent to which it shall o coined or giving it sy uses it did not originally enjoy, thero ean bo no reason in further delay, unless it Lo & do- sire to pauder {o tho pecial Interests of o favored class of boudholders, Unless Mr, Jonx SuendaN wishes to pluce himeelf in tho attitudo of a leader in the bond. holders' iuterests, sud commmit himself to their payment in’ & moro exclusive and tewporarily more valunble currency thon they agreed to take, Le will abandon his pur. posa of retarding the passago of tho bill, and also of reportiug o substitute that do:s not meet the popular demand. It s sensc- less to await the report of the Bilver Cowe. anission, which s now understood to be con. sidering merely thu question of internationnl agreement upon a silver standard. “This is all very well, but the besbiway in the world to stinulate internutional action Is to restore silver to the currency of the United Btates, where it Is oncof tho chief products, aud whero the only possible excuso for o further adherenco to an irredecmeble paper currency is o detlciency of coin for circulating pur- poses. It in a silly contradiction in this country of all others to yefuse o legalize n coin that was always the standard before the suapension of specie-payments, sud which now only needs legalizetion to comu uatural. Iy and easily into circulation again, Mr. Buenuan’s coutemplated substituto agrees in terms with Geu. Loaaw's Bilver bill; it suthorizes the coiuage of the silver dollar, and makes it legal-tender for the sawe purposes and to the same extont s greeubacks 5 it ulso provides that the United States noles (greenbacks) sball bo redeemed in silver on demand, and canceled and credited to the Sinkisg Fuud when so re- deemed. This shuts out silver from pay. went of dutics on imports and the interest on the Government bonds ; in other words, it keops it subordinate to gold, aud in no seuso restores the metallic standard which {4 demanded. ‘There can only be oue purposs in this, viz.: to pay the boudbolders in gold when they sgreed to toke their pay in gold and ailter; and the justiication of this, s we have Irequently pointed out, iy sentimental sud transcendental. The eJect of such a weas- ure would be rather to proloug the tempos rary and abnormal depreciation of silverthan to apprecinte the valuo of the greenback, But Mr. Suznaay wounld bo in n pretty plight a3 a financier if the silver dollar. ns is not impossible, shonld nevertheless become able than n gold dollar, with hia provi for redevining greenbacks therein, but prohibition of its acceptaucs for duties, Tinying asido this contingency, it is supremo folly for the United States to pass a law eal. culated to depress silver whon all the inter- eats of the country nro concerned in itaap- precintion, since it is ono of the staple prod. ucts, Thareal renson and tho only one we discover for tho mensuro which Mr. Bnen- N wanls adopted is to give the bond. lolders an advantago to which they are not entitled,—thnt is, the payment of the bonds and the fnterest thereon in a singlo coin, and the one which happens to be the more valuablo; we presume, if silver in A year or two should become worth mora than gold, AMr, Suenyax would be in favor of paying the United States bonds and interest in that coin, to the exclusion of gold, If tho Sen- ator from Ohio thinks that his partisanship of the bondholders' interest ngainat the fair demands of the people is likely to help the country, or hils party®or his own political interests, he will find himself very muech mistaken ; he may not discover it, however, until he hns ocension to appenl again to the auffrage of his own State, THE LATEST DEMOCRATIC OUTRAGE. Never intho history of the Government lias the doctrine of Stnte's Rights Leen so treated with contempt as it was on Wednes- day by the Demoacratic House of Rtopresenta. tives, That Lody ordered the arrcst of the members of the Returning Board of Louisi. aua, their transportation to Washington, and their tmprisonment for contempt, The Committeo of the House of Represoutatives in session in New Orleans demanded of the Returning Board the original returas of the clection in that State. The Canvassing Tloand stnled that they had not the custody of thoso rolurns, the papers having been de- posited with tho Se:retary of Slato; that the Toard was uunble to make a copy of tho ro. turns, and had no money at their command to pay for making a copy of them; and that if the Commiitec would furnish the meaus or tho clerical forco it could obtain n certified copy of the original papers, The Couwnnittee persisted in ity demand for the original papors, and roported the refusal to the Honse of Roprescutatives. "That body passed a resolution directing tho Sergeant-nt-Arms of the House to arrest the members of tho Board, and presont them at tho bar of the Houso for contempt, ‘Uhis in carrying the power of contempt to a limit nover beforo reached, It is an order to ar. rest n branch of {he Govermment of the State. The House might as well order the arrost of tho Governor and Executive De- partiuent of o State, or the Supremo Court of n State, because of the refusal of the Governor or Court to surremder the original reconds and orchives of the State to an irresponsible Committee of one branch of Congreus, to Le removed from the State. Wa do not suppose that such a requirement wos ever beforo mado in the United States. A certified copy of the original papess of any public record of a State or of n court i all that can be demanded by nny authority. The ofilcial aud original records of the Supremae Court of Illinois counot, even upon the command of a Court,” Lo taken from tho filos of that Court, thenve to bo renioved to another State. The Couatitne tion provides that * full faith and credit shall Lo given ineach Btata tothe publio acts, records, aud jndicial proccedings of every other State. And the Congress may, by general laws, preseriba the munner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shnll be proved, and the effect thereof.” Congross hins exereined thin power, aud prescribod that copios, proporly authenticated, suall be fur~ nished of such papers, and such copiea shail have the somo effeet a4 the originaly, Tho demand of the Committee for the possession of the original papers wns wholly illegal, Mr. MouuzsoN conld not have mado such a demand of avy County Clerk in Illinois and not be refused. The wisdom of tho universat rulo insuch cases of not parting with tho custady of tho original papers was shown in the fact that, on a former oceasion, the State nuthoritien of Louisinna, from courtesy, placed certain original records of tho Stato in tho hands of n Congressiounl Committee, und they were never returned, The partisan majorty of the House of Representatives, however, bas declared tho yower of that Ilouse tg demand possession of the original records, the archives of the Stato of Louisiann, and bos ordered the arrent of the ofticers who have refused to produce the pepers, For this proceeding there ix no warraut of luw, not even the authority of a bad precedont, Tho nct de- manded of the Returning Board was one which is forbidden by the luwe of Louisinua, tho laws of the United States, uud one which, under like circumstunces, is forbidden by the laws of every other Btate, and by thoe laws of every other Goverument. Becanso of this refusnl to perform nn st forbidden by statute, and not sanctioned by any law, theso uien nre to be arvested and taken to Wash- ington, and there held in contenapt duriug the legal lifo of tho present Houso of Rep. resentetiven, Such an outrage ean hardly fall to awaken tho indignation of the Amer. fean people, aud such a bluw at the sauctity aud seenrity of the Btotes in the mutter of the custedy of their own public records is nn jnvasion of State Rights far exceeding anythiog evor proposed by the extremest ade voeute of coutralizetion. ‘The Catnovys argumient avsumes that L riyht of a State W appolut Prestdential Electors which [# the saime thing us to »ay that the Electors uty State olicors, Which the deve Dasis ductrine holds them Lo be,—Chicugo Bulldoser, The tirst thing to notice is the lie thut the “right of a Stato to appoint P'residential Electors” is ** n Cangoun argument,” ‘The Nutionnl Constitution snyx ; Ant, 2, Szc, 2. Each State shall appolnt, in such manner an the Lezivlature thercof may direct, & number of Elvctors equal to the whols number of Senators und Represcntutives Lo which the State may be entitled fn Cougress, ‘I'hiy is the mandato of the Constitution, and tho authorily conterred by it upon the Btates, Ouly a vicious partisan would m- sert, in tho editoria) colnmuiof a daily vews- paper, that a State has not the right, by vir. tue of the Constitution, to appoint Presi- dential Electors, aud only a sublimo ass would deny, in tho face of the plafu lan- guage of the Counstitution, that Electors are Stato ofticers, in every respect specitied in tho Coustitution, What Jery Davis may think them to be i3 of no more consequence than what S171iNa Bues sy believe on the same subject. ‘The right of the State to appoint Electors, of the Electors to vote, aud of tho State to have the votes of its Electors counted, is fixed iu the Constitution, No amount of special pleading or pettifog. givg can yub out or get around the fact, It isonly necessary to read cwrefully what iy | , and Art, 12, See. 1, of the Conatitution to convince any intelligent, caudid man that the State of Iilinois has n eonstitutional right to have the duly.clected Flectorn counted for President and Viee- President, and that neither branch of Con- gress has any legal right whatover to prevent it. We will not undertoke to convineo the Z'imea champion jackass of that fnot, or any other, for lic ia too concoited, partisan, and stupid to perceive the truth, or admititif perchance he did get a correct iden through his muddy brains, THE LOUISIANA VOTE. Mr, C. Invine DTy, & Maryland gentle- man, and ono of the Commissioners named by the Presideut to visit Now Orlenns, hns rocently published a lettor giving his views on the political condition of (hat State ns exemplified in the recent clection, It adds to tho force aud importance of his statement thnt he s n native of Marsland, was brought up as n Sontherner and slaveholder, never voted auy other than a Democratic ticket un- il tho Stalo election of 1875 in Maryland, was a bellevor in the right of secession, and servad in tho Confaderate army frors Janns- 8as to Appomattox. It aldsstill further to the imporianco of hix statement that ho is not a politician, and has never beon a candi- dato for any office, Buch a man ns this sure- 1y can be relied upon as nu impartinl observ. er,—who would go upon this mission with- out any partisan bins, and would make an nceurnte report of affais just ns they have happened, without referenco to its eflfect upon any candidaie. From this staud. point, nud considering his antecedents, his statement i of such interest that we repro- duce its substanco, At the ontset, Mr. Dirry shiows that the Election law was passed with the :?l rence of Loth parties, and that the nolessity for it was recognized Ly Loth, that lie he- lieves the Returning Bonrd dischnrged its duties faithfully and honestly under the pro- visiona of tho lnw, ond that he evidenco was clearly in favor of its action, In giving tho grounds of his beliel in the justice of the decision of the Bonxd, he shows that large numbers of negroes hnva moved into Louisi- nua from Mississippt, Texas, and Arkansas, whence they were driven out by the shot- guu polley, whilo many whites have moved ont of the State, thus loaviug it strongly Ito- pnblicau. He strengthens this affirmation Ly furnishing statistics of population which go to show that, even in n rensonably fair cloction, after making allownances for the wilder form of intimidation aud for legiti-, mste persuasion, the State even then would lave gone Republican by 15,000 or 20,000 wajority. ‘The Democrntic argument that the negroes havo been converted to Dentoc- racy bo tronts as too absurd for scrious notice. Upon this point he says: ** The colored voters of Louisiann, and I might sny of the South, have nol been converted, but, on the contrary, cxcept in very rere ine stances, remain oy firmly Republicnn ay ever under the powerful iniluenco of gratitnde and fenr, for the majority fully believo that the return to power of (ho Demourats means their ro-onslavoment.” With regard to the bulldozing, ke not only affirms that it has been practiced by the White.Lenguo Demno. crats, but also that ** half the cases of ont- rage and violenco have not and never will be Luown, for these crimes have sealed with fear tho lips of the witnessen, These cnuses, and these only, explnin the sudden disappoar- auco of tho entire Republican vote in certain localities,” After referring totho power and extent of the White-Leogue, lio snys : 'The exfating state of affairs was not expected by Northern men, who thought negro suttrage would be n correction and preventive of possitle evils, But there never was a greater mistdke than to glve the negro the right to vote on the theory that he could mse thy ballot us ho pleased ay a means of protection, and there never was the «lizhtest doubt 4 to the reeult n the infnd of any Eouthern man, And ngain, referring to tho bilter preju- dices of tho whito Democrats, ho snys These people, politically, bave but ona fdea, ~to rld themaelves of Republican la in State and lo- cal affafrs, —and they declare frankly that to realize (hat idea Is au end 5o righteous as to sunctity any means. Glve theso peoplo thelr Qovernuents into thelr own handy, and they caro very lttle who fs President of the United States, Lut as long ae the desire for home.rule, as they .undemtond it, re- malns ungratified, as long a4 uuy part of the South, with or withiout cause, cries out agninat carpet-bug wovernment, so long will unrest and unreason pre- vall, nnd the white vote remaln solld, Mr. Dirty brings out two other pomts which every day's cxperienco is verifying. The first of these is the remedy for exintiug evils which has been urged over aud over again in Tne Crzcaco Trwose, Mo ways: With such n policy as Mr. aves could and would re to adopt, the conservative element in the South would apeedily dominate, as by its numbers and charucter it [s entitled to do; the white vote would he divited; proseription for polltical opinion wonld cease, and the negro woulil by secured in all hily rights, Tho second pertains to the light in which Mr. WrLoeN I8 regarded in tho Houth, upon vehich hio says: The Sonthern whites, left (o themaelves, with Ihelr pulitical ofices filled by native-Yorn citizens, would tu-tay prefer 1aves to Tikves, Eouthern people, aud especlally Southern soldiers, us jo natural to brave aud gencrous men, respect and sdmire Mr. llaves, who proved lis devotlon to principle on the battle-tield, and who fought thew openly and falrly, whilo they feel and often cxe press conterapt for Me, T15oes and the whole class of Narthern Lemoceats whom he typifics, Such views us thesd, coming from a South- ern-born wman, who fought for the right of secession, and who is ncithera politiclan nor on officeholder, deserves the respect and consideration of the whole country, and are entitled to more welght than the reports of 8 thousand partisan contmitte THE GERMAN PRESS TH)!DTTLED AQAIN, fhe German Liberals have oncs more ylelded under penalty of the displensurs of Brsxanck and his possible resigmation,—this time in the effort to oblain further liberty for tho press, "Tho Germuu press during the past fow years has obtained some valu. 8ble concessions, which hnve gone far to re. move the indignity and nrbitrariness with which it bas been trested by the Govern- ment. In the first place, it got rid of tho ¢ caution-money " that had been demand- ed prior to 1873, Upto that time no political poper could be published in Germany with. out depositing a certain sum of moncy with the Pross Censor or some other Government ofticial, the amount Leing iu proportion to the circulation of the paper, Tho demand was a very exacting and oppressive one, On the very fimt occasion that a paper printed anything unplensaut to the Berlin Bu. reauocrucy it was heavily fined, and its deposit was selzed 03 wecurity for the pay. ment of tho fine, The paper was then sup. pressed until the fue was paid sud the deposit remowed, nud its editors had tloroughly and publicly purged themselves of their contempt. Under such circum. stances os these, newspaper publishing was uot only precarious, but almost impossible, unless the proprietons avoided (he expression of any opiuion or criticism of the Uovern. wment's action, sud existed only as the con. venient tool of the Chancellor sud white- washer of the Administration. Tuis imposi- tion, however, was at last removed. They nlso succoeded in freeing themseiven nfter & hard 8ght from a hoavy atamp tax which was nlmost tantamount to prohibition, aud now only have to pay n small ndvertisement tax. Having succeeded "in removing the burdens we have naned during thy prezent session of Parlimnent, the Libeals aade another step forward in mecking tho reform that offending editors shonld at lesst bo tried by jury, ns in England and France. In connection with the reforins proposed in the judicial practice, they de- manded jury trial for the press in.cases of libel, and provisions were passed to this effect at the second reading. Risyanck, however, rather than lose his arbitrary prive flege of punishing refractory editors Ly fining or finprisoning them at his own option withont tho unnecessary trouble of a jury trinl or trial of any sort, atonco aud per. emptorily notified the Liberals that the mensure was distasteful to him, and that, it it wero insisted upon, tho whole schame of Jjudicinl reform should be nbandoned. The Liberals held out for a littla while, but, when it beeamo apparent that Disstanck was in earnest, they submitted, ns they have many times before, and the poor devils of nows- paper writers nre no better off than they wero before, and aro liable at any mo- ment to be {hrown in jail or subjected {o an onerous fine at the caprice of Bis- Mancg, beyond which lies no appeal. And this ig freedom of the press in Germany! The Pall Mall (azette, in commenting upon Brssance's despotic form of government, enlls attention to the Poles, the Alsatinns, the Ultramontanes, the Social Democrats, and other dangerons elements underlying the wholo Geman fabrie, and utters this note of warning: Ty-and-by there wiil be no Princo Brayanck to hold them §n cheek; hin place will be taken by some Minlster who cannot possibly have hts pres. tice and Is not llkely to have hifa practical sagncity and enormous strength of will. Then the demand for liberty will be uttered In very different tone from those at present heard; and 1t will indeed he serlons for the Empire It it should be uttercd at s tune when France feels beraelf ready for that war f rovenge for which ahe steadlly prepares, CARRIER-PIGEONS ON THE OCEAN. 1t has been suprgested by the New York Times that @ new use might be found for’ carrler- pigeons Ly tho occun steamship companies, ‘They might with profit carey a number of birds Delonglng on efther slde the ocean, and by let- ting them lovse when still some hundreds of miles from land migist carry fnformatlon regard. ing the voyage to peesons Iterested o shore, ‘The fdea merlts conslderation, There have re- cently been many detentlons of steamships, one now befug overdue nearly a month. The auxic- ty of frlends on shore, tneunwhile, Is tutense, wml there Is no way of relieving it Our ndvauced clvilization onglht long ago to have provided suine such way, and the use of carrier-plizeons in similar emergencies on shore has been so long approved that 1t s surprising lie trial lias not Lefore been made on water, lie supply of plceons on both sides the water s largze. An tor In Brusscls has been very successful in breedlng birds of the Antwerp stock, and, In Ameries, Mr. T, Ocves Weati- rnLy has ucquire] reputation as a pigeon-fan- clers Tle now nossesses a flock of fifty birds, of Wwhich the orlginal stock wos otitalned from Mr. Bresiy, the Brussels editor referred to. Some of the birds now in Amerlea have cost Mr, WeATHERLY us high ne 380 francs a palr, having won prizes in races of 400 miles from the South of France to Brussels, The carrier-pigeon {3 dun-colored or black, welshs from one pound toa pound and a halt, and {s larger than the ordinary plzenn, being usually about fifteen Inches in length, They are fre- quently used hy newspapers in Europe, belng eent ot with reporters who have been dis- patched to points distant from the telegraph or tho rullroad. During the siepe of Parls, also, pigeons were often madeto earry messages from without tho beleaguered ity to thore within, It 1s necessary, of course, that the pigeon should be taken away from its home and let loose In order to fiy back to it. If it has young ones at the point of destination, ita flieht fs atl the quicker and moro unerring, Justances have been known of pigeons traversing long routes at an average speed of thirty wiles an hour, and the rate of « mile 8 minute has sometimes been ottalned. The subject Is full of Interest in con- nection with the propased new application of the powers of the currler-plgeon to human uses. Itisto be hoped that the proper experiments will be made by someof the compunies con- cerned, s i LrexivoroN, Jan. 1. 7o the Editor of the Cin- clnnatl Enquirer: 1t Mr. A, 8, Hewirr is w0 weak-kneed a9 to advocate the inanguration of HayzeIn preference tothe inanauration of DEX, With Ity consequences, whulever they may be, would not the revignation of Mr, HEwiTr an Chalrman of the Dewocrutic Natlonal Committce De in order? We siggest the prest **Organlzer," Jonx G, THoNrsox, ua his uccessor, Kreyrrexr. By ull means let Hewitr make way for the bulldozer Tuosrsos, whose orders to the Dem- oeratie vress and leaders are to adinit nothing, to claftm everything to boast incessantly, to threaten fiervely, to swear loudly, to puton airs, confldence, and rush things, This Tuoursox with the plubis name fs just the fellow to marshul and command Warrerson's 100,000 “unarmed ™ fnthnfdators who are to assemble In Washington on the day the yoter are counte ¢d. This programme would work beautifully under TuosesoN, provided our Bridgeport Bansey presscs his Hetle bill reducing the nunlier of tho national police to 500 men, armed with short-range gguny, and stationed wore than half a mfle away from the place where Trosi- 80N oud his bulldozers arc uperating in TILLEN'S behalf, This Kentucky, Hitnols, and Oblo Con- federate programine 1s a narvel of politicat wis- dom, and WarrensoN, Tuoursoy, and Cave- FIELD are very SOLONS fur congelving i, e — {vER, Chiel of the United States Sigual-Service Burcau, has ed reports, with map, of the observations taken slmultaneourly 7 statfons on the dlst of May last, ut 7h. B3, . m. mean time at Washingtou. The sta- tions are situated in the United Btates, Cana- das, British Ieles, Cape of ol Hope, Algetda, Austriy, Belgium, Denmark, Frauce, Geruany, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, 8paln, Sweden, Switzerland, ‘Tarkey, und on the ocean. ‘Tho map 1a a very nteresting study, as lines drawa through the several stations show the distribution of tem- peruture and pressure over n great part of the Nurthern Hemlsphere, These comparlsons promise to be of very great service In extending our Lnowledgs of the laws of atmospheric change—which Is the scle t the weatbier, e Oue of th ry last pardons Acting-Governor Beverivoe fssued before stepping down and out was to aviltain named WinLiax H. Wiienr, sentenced from Tazewetl County in March, 1507, to twenty-one years' fmprisonment for rupe, Wiiony's crime wus o most revalting and dia- bollcal one, his victin being & lttle girl, on whom Lie used a koife to accomplish his devillsh purpose, But it lacerated the gushing sympa- thice of the pardoner to Keep the gentleman Jonger fn *“durance sile,” so he turned bim lsose. This was done atter he delivered his valedctory wessage, in which he reproved hin- self for (he misuse ana abuse of tbe pardon puwer. ———— Dead and damned—The Javes (dea 1Lat oue man can muke und unmase the Premdeut, —Cnicago Bulldozer, Dead and damned—The preposterous concelt of the Chicago Huildozer that the partisan ma- Jority of the House ecan reject the Electoral votes of States for the purpose of defeatiog Haves aud countinz In TILDEN, e 5 ‘The House Postal Committee have appolut- ¢d o sub~commltice, conslsting of Messrs. Aixsworry, WiLLls, and STOWELL, 10 con- slder the petitious received this sesslon askiog the Gorernwent to purchase uud assuine cob- trol of the telegraph lines of the conntrs In or der to provide cheay. telegraphy. The 1nst. master-General has been Invited to express the Department's views on the subject. We optie that this functlonary will, as deleately ns pos- witile, eorporate I his * views " the , fact that there 14 no money to spare Inthe Treasues o invest in telegravh linew, and that the expenses of the Government now exveed the receipts at the rate of forty millfons & year. e e i PERBONAL. Gai] Hamilton never yet refused s rafirond pass, and. heaven helping her, nover wlll, The Prince Imperial has charmed all the snobs In Rome by his gracefnl movements on patlor-akates, An interesting book annonnced for carly poblics. tion f8 *'Central Africa: or, Naked Truths of Naked Peopte,” It onght te e well covered L. fore rendine, The Noston papers entreat Mr, Sankes notto cx- hibit his 32-year-olil son os n mleslonacy there, Their expertence of phenomenal actresees teachies them to beware of precocions revivallas, A puor peasant digging In the fields near Verons. Tast montl discovered an amphora filled with sllver colns dating from the relgnd of thelast Roman Emperars, The valuo of the treacure was estimat- «ed at $1,600, : A marrled woman in Rome, whase name 1s only hinted'at by the, lnitlala (. L., has come forward and claimed part of the Yroperty.of the late Care dinal Antonelli on the ground of belug o near relu- Ure of the dead prelate. ‘The Brooklyn Common' Connell was horified Monday night on recelving a lettérpirporting to be from Martin Farquhnr Tuoper, In which the Pro. verblal Philosophier affercd to give n relect reading from his own works hefore that body, The letter was a forgery, bt 1t was nolemnly placed on fie, When the late Dr. Alexia Caswell visited Thomas Jeflerson at Montieclio, the then venerable states- man ssld, pointing to the Tuc Ridge Monntalns, **There fathe hackbone and kidney fatof this conlinent Lut for one thing." **Do you mean slavery?** ‘' Yes," aald Joflerson. Alexander 11, Stephens 14 lylng serlonaly Il at Washington from the effects of n bieeding at the Jungs. e made the Journes from hia home to the Capital, contrary to the ndvice of his physicians, i the hope of lending hia asslatance towards n vatls- factory settlement of tlie Prosidential questlon. Dom Pedro gave a donkey«deiver at Calro & gnlnen, and was roundly abused for hls patne, The man had nerer seen gold before, and he demonded aailver plastre. A crowid gathered ronnd, and the Emperar was near heing mobbed, untll a wiser one uf the drivers explained the nature of tho bounty, The Itev, Edward Cowle, President and mane acer of the Children's Fold in New York, has been arralgned on n charge of cruelty to the children undér hie care, The testimony Is very strong. The [nstitution 1s in part snpported by public money, and often containa aa many as ffty io- mates, The Rev, Adirondack Murray, easting abont for romething new to blame on account of the Bennett- May scandal, lights down upon the clubs as re- epongible, The tendency of the clubs, be snys, lg. to demorallze soclety, and to substitute for plea ant converas.between man und woman n sclfish de- votion (o cards and tobacco. ‘There 14 a tircek Club In New York, which 14 at wresent engaged In reading the Attlc orators fn regular course, after finlshing 1lestod, Longinue, and Arfstophancs. The prominent members are Dr. d. W. Chambers, Dr. Howurd Crosby, Charl- ton T, Lewls, Henry Drisler, Dr, Sacks, and Mesers. Oberhelser, Loggete, and Everson, It s agaln announced that Madamé Pattl.Caux contemplates an application for divorce on account of her hueband's gambling propensities, But a divorce, or even a separstion, for such a cause would be an odd thing in a French court, The fady may obtain u weparatlon if she can prove that her husband has propensitics of a more seeluus nature, Alittleglrt, In oneof the Hoston schoole, brought her teacher s noscgay of flowers the other day, which the teacher carried for some tlme, every vow and then enjoying thelr fragrunce, 1y-and- by another little zirl gald: ** I know where she got those flowerw. **Wheret" +/Oh, her little cousin wus burled yesterday, and they were on the collin," **What did be die of " **Scarlet fever,” ‘The man who inslate'on walking with you in the sire nd talkl weribed by the St. Louls Globe-Lemocrat aw * bore of bares," Tho usual atyle of hls conversa- tion ta violent and profene, conveylng to every pasver-by the Impression that he la herating you #oundly, and that you have not the apirlt to rescnt hinftwulte. The proper way todeal withsucho caee in St. Louls ls to outelerad Herod, and be cven louder and more profane than the Interlocus tor; but in Chicago, and other pullte communitier, the mont agrceable plan is to crush your tonnontor by appealing to bito on hehalf of o fuvorite charity, or by Inviting hlm to thenoonduy prayer-meeting, "The WIgh literary authorltles seem to have an af- fectlon for bad grammur, Yesterday the Nution wan caught tripping, Now comes tho Christien Unlon, which crodits the Ziterary World with Laving sald that ** Noil Foreet's * Mice at Play* fs A batter stury, and of the vame kind, as *Helen's Diables The ctitic of the Christian, Uwlon— who, by the way, is the author of **Ilelen's Babies"—adds to the verdict of the Literary World hisown approval In the words, **Sodo we, " ‘Then comes tho edlitor of the American Boolselicr with the Information that **The Narton Experl- ment" hav been **laying" on wur table for several weeke, The Rev. Dr. Deems has found treuble with his legacy from the Vanderbilt estate. 1o has been annoyed with many applicatlons for charity, and, sinca the announcement of hiv good fortune, his pariebloners bave adopted the practice of scading every beggar to ble door, Wo renlly do not nee why the good Noctor should be wo hardly used. 1in legacy, all things considered, was a small one, 20,000 for smouthing the road to Jordan of therichest man fu America! 1t was u beggarly pite tance. The Commodore, with his Learty detesta. tlon of the free-puss system, ought to have pald fuil fure to the conductor 1n this, the last journey of bty life, Inusmuch 84 ho did nol, the conguctor I quextion ouwhit not to be bield to an account tuo rizld by the public, Leon Y. Exconura, the famous paiuter, in cone versation recently withs representutlvo of the New York Eveatng Post, espressed his opinlons vn many subjects withmuch freedow. One of the principsl ndvantages of Parlvsss place of resi- dence forartists s, M. Escosura seys, thut the models thero are very chesp and ve #ood. They blre themsclves out for o day, and can wit for an focredible length of time as sl 04 waz-Ogures, The most famous of them was Delacre, who sftermirde bee came a Communlat, anu wai transported. Ile was with Melssonler for nine years, and then quarrels ed with hlm. The Enghish, M. Escosura says, are too patrlotic Inart matters. ** They are too cone celted. There's that Londoa palnter, Millaw, for examyple, who has shown talent, but ls degen ing dreadfully; they have just glven bl un unler for a pleture at $40,000, simply because M. A, T. Stewart pald Meissonier $00,000 for one, They want [t sald that English artisatthe tonof tbe heap. Thelr Noyal Acade cmy exhibitlon is not open to il the world, ss that of the French Sulon le. Its managers du ot admil the best spgcimens of French art,—they pre- fer to Al the Acndeiny with poor oues from their own country, ‘They have sctustly refused pictures by Willems, Compte, Baugulet, sud viber tirst- class palnters In Parle.” Eecosurs might wed bave been content with disparaging English und pralsing Awcrlcan ast; but there was ofie thing more for him to say fu order 1o win cumpletely the ustional heart, aud he wald ft: ** For me thers ate uo lndles In the world like American Judies,” MOTEL ARKIVALS. e urtts, Deadwoods J. B, Car- hllnlwu. Ottumwa: 4, Minheapohi; Jo Woitock, Nes Yo 5 woi R M. Ml ulneys I G. Rug:] A. ¢, Lane, Jollot; J. M. Jiridbury, New T Lo ), Fond du La rdnd Pact Hon. John C. Spooner, llads W A. . Tyuy. Peuriay Porter. Cticas R. Savage, Ouwah; Baruum, St Pa 2T W. Uotlle, Hon. J, 3, New York: J. M o T, Averill and 3. K W T, Iidgewsy, Cinclunaty t6 ... Faluer Hovs oy § Day, . ¢ Drum. Ph Jobu Juken, l!lu Hou. Willlazs Willians, Woburn, Mads, P. Wiae, Alton: James Hinmag, 81, Faul: Thomas Yiack, Linclopiuis 3. g J ert i i | 1 ;