Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 3, 1877, Page 4

- present expenses of the State are much too THE CHICAGO TRIBUN I ho refectsd tho packago certified to by the Governor of Oregon as the true and law- ful Electoral vote of that State, and decided in favor of the other one, he conld only do SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1877—TWELVE PAGES. him s an usnrper, and supporting another porson as President? What would have been the commercial aud financial con- dition of the counlry, thus torn by civil cotion; ite neighbors have had none. With this aystem it hns developed s roligion which may not unfairly be compared to Christianity in respect to mnoral influences and puroe pur- the temple of Hermamsrtos, the Egyption Vurcan, a shrine of syenitio granite, depos- ited in it a gold plate annonncing his dona- tion, stored its trensuries with all sorts of (lovernor's certificate, and go liehind the face of the prima fueie returns, take theother certificate and give the threo votes of Oregon to Havgs, Tn thelr specchies agalnst the Atbitratlon plan ¢ lower, at $5.75@6.50 for common to choice. @l 2 @t‘l"uw 2 The cattle market was dnll and unchanged, L 4 & | with sales at $2.60@5.30. Sheep were quiet, at 23.00@5.25, One hnndred dollars in TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, gold would buy $105.25 in grecnbacks at | it Ly oxercising jndicisl powors and fano- | strife, with its contending Governments? | poses. It has governed a largor number of treasure-trove, presented it with a grand gfi‘.'.'f,',.;mm'u,s'lffi"fi;‘ivfl'{"::.f{‘:fl.';‘.‘;'." e :l:r_vmml PREPAD AT the close, fions, Neither Montow, Bmznua¥, Gan- | Wonld not war—rninons nnd desolating war | people than ever lived nnder ono dominion | barge named * The Lord of Ages,” mada of President of the Serato could count the m": bt R L s The ’l‘nm;i";d‘fl_;mmy are cor. | FTELDs 10T Bratse, however, claimed that ho | —be inavitable, and, with two opposing Gov- | in ancient or modern times, Its industrica codar wood, 105 feot in length, adorned with | yote of Orcegon for 1aves, Unless he could ily Fdition, portpatd; 1 year, iy wdtiton: Literary and Ttellg e could exercisa judicial powera; but, on the contrary, have always admitted that he conld not, as his functions in the count matter wero simply ministerial. DBut it is singular that, while each of those mombera of Con- gress made specches ngainst the adoption of tho Arbitration plan, none of them proposed anything in its place, and did not undertako to explain how Senntor Feanv, as President of the Benaty, could count threo votes from Oregon for Havzs, or how Lo could distegard the prima facle regular certifi- cato which would elect Titoey. The Arbitration Commission, which have judicial powers, can go behind the Croxin cortificato from the Governor of Oregon, examino the laws of that State, reject the TiLozx Elector, and count tho State for Iaves. But the Preaident of the Sonate has no such power or authority. ernments, would not anarchy tako the placo of law, and wonld not, in the end, the wholo question have to bo decided by war, or by referring to arbitration the question, who of the two men was olected, despite the judicial decision by the President of the Sensto? Fortnnately for tho country thero wers in Congresa a body of intelligent, clear-headod opublicans, who knew their duty to their country, and who wero clovated above the herd of office.sacking, office-lolding brawl- era, and tho dependents of machine dema- gognes. These Republicans know that Hares could not be counted in by the Prosi- dent of the Senato without the usurpation of power on his part; who know that that Oregon case, dishonest as it was in purpose and effect, conld not be rectitied by a mero ministerial officer ; and that tha only way to get that case disposed of t& have Hares elected was to submit thot and all other disputed questions to a tribunal clothed with judicial powers, 'Tho whole scheme of arbitration was devised by cloar-hended Re- publicans in Congress, in the interest of the Republican party, to securo pence td the conntry as well as the clection of Mr. Haves, and his uncontested Presidency, which was not, under the circumstances, possible other- and arts havo progressed not only far in ad- vance of other Eastern nations, but to a de- gree which has amazed the observation of thoss who expected to find only barbarism. Had China enjoyed tho advantages of communication with the ontor world,. as other nmntions do, its civiliza- tion would have been ore fully doveloped; but that it has, nevertheless, kopt its people together, preserved peaco, and maintained no Empiro that has no equnl insizo or duration, is, perbaps, as much owing to the system of cducation it enjoys 23 nny other single fentura of its regime, How nbout the *other nations” which our correapondent so vaguely but confidently nssorts will show that compalsory education results in the arrest of all progress? Sup- poso we contrast Bpain, whera thero s no compulsory education, and Germany, where tho system prevails, Spnin has been dogon- orating for two centuries. Its contempo- rancous history is one of constant struggle to maintain its possessions and enforce peace among its own subjecis. The great mhss of ita pcopla aro plunged in dense ignorance, and aro casy victims of priesteraft and the ambitious demagogue. Prussian Ger- gems and gold, and gilded from the gunwale to the keel. In nddition to this handsomo ontfit, he also gave the templo 4,070 eaptives and 10,000 eattle, snfficiont to keop tho priesta in steaks and rouats for thirty years, In naddition to these donations ho came down handsome- 1y for his friends and fellow-gamblors among the gods and godiesses, Tho last fivo pnges of the papyrus are devoted to a narrative of his father's merits and his own. The Lon- don Times, in its description of tho papyrus, says that ho records * the repulso of tho Sar- dinian invaders and tho Kahaka, the Danni of tho Isles, tho Tencri, the Pulusatu, the dofent of tha sheplierds, the slaughtor of the Maxyes and Libyans, his {ributes, tho pros. trations and {tribntes of his foes or vassals, and the repose and safety onjoyed by Egypt during his reign.” ' The world nt large in this nineteenth cen. tury will bo giad to receive so favorable n statement of the virtues of this old monnreh, in whose person was concentrated tho na- tional glory of all Egypt of his day.. It scoms n littlo odd, in the hurly-burly of the present age, to Lo reading the antoblogrnphy of n monarch who was flonrishing in the dnys of the Trojan war, who mny lawfally do this, It were the madness of folly to rojecttlic Arbitration plan of counting the votes, e e — rying matters with A high hand in Washing- ton, They are making n prodigious effort to rush the bill through befora tho end of this Congross, na the Democrata are much strong- et in the Houso now than they will bo in the new Honse. Lnst summer, when the Demo- erats in Congress wera fishing for votes and preaching that * Reform was necessary,” they passed the following resolution as a ‘Will some one name the TiLpex * reformer! who twould resist the Influence of halfl a mi). fom? The Tildenites assert that old WELLS put bis pricc at a milllon. T.cas than one-tenth of that sum bought the nominatlon of the St, Louls Conventlon, and It only cost the *Re. former?? 831,000 to carry Indiana by coloniza- tion and repeating, Voslageprepa oph s In T, Inehding Stote aad Conate 8 céress I full, fncluding State no . cateliNota draft, express, FowsOpiee ovier, T reuiaverod tttars, at ut Tk, Resoleed, That in the Judgment of this Jonsc, in ? snec! the preaent condition of the fina al conts per week | lande, Indorsements, or by pledge of the public Autltern H COMIANY, credit, shonld e granted by Congress fo associa-- Lorcer Me Chicago, Tl tlond or corporatinne engaged, or proposing to ene o gagey, in public or private enterpriees. Already theso professional reformers have Adetuhl Thentre, forgotten this pledge, and are now cheek. Monroe street, corner Deatborn, **Uncle Tom's | by.jowl with the lobby in efforts to put Cabin."" Afteraoon and evenlog. throngh the grand swindle of giving tho -Iinyeriya T'"fl'"fi'r i ks nationnl indorsement to $100,000,000 of e e e bt Amith Jusscil. Al | speculator's railroad bonds. fernoun and evening. MeVickers Theatres Among the dispatches introduced in the Madison street, between ||mbg'r§|;n&;l"nemm: Oregon Electoral inquiry yestorday was tho EFigemens. of plasgls Mischoll Ll following, which lad no marks upon it to Sove Chivana FHeATEE inslcnlg lh; pl:c;: n;:;mTwh’l’c;; it w’:m uo;\t :t v a o xc. 0.~To Col. W. 7. Peltan, New York: Ik street. hetwoen Lako and Handoloh: A e siwon | Glory fo God. ol on to one Electoral voto 1n = s PICRRTT Is in great distress of mind onan count of the fallure to ralse the mones to buy the Electoral votc of Lontslana. 1lc savs he jo- tended to distribute his whack of the money among the war widows of the Bouth! e e In our notice of the new Busiocss Atlas ferued by Messre. RaxDp, McNaLLy & Co., In yester- day's TRInUNE, the price was put down at 82, ‘This was an ervor, as the Atlasis sold for 8123, It Is fully worth the former price, however. ———————— cered, Sunday excepted, ESCAPE FROM THE OREGON BREAKERS. - Now that the determinntion of the Presi- dential contest has been committed to the Court whoso decision {sto be final, and is practically withdrawn from the control of contending parties, it may be well to stato somo of tho tonsiderptions which inclined Republicans, in and out of Congross, to move ’ ‘The Mapbox and Prcxrrr fnvention Las ale ready tumbled to pleces. Many of the Demo- crats In Congress do not hesitate to pronounce the story a ahallow fabrication on its face, bl Bupposing the Maipnox yarn to be true, it cannot be nlleged of tiov. WetLLe, of Loulsiana, that he {sacheap mon. Nothing less thon a million would budge bim. * ¥ many placed itsclf under the influenco . uid evening. S i, ? Dr(gz’g:.e Il)l have 100,000 men to back it ng;:“‘ for this arbitration. The whole Republican wise, 80 long s there wos an adverso politi- | of compulsory education about the be. [ oven have had correspondence with Senator WesT, of Loulstann, heard of Map on. . 5 e ccrthy Stme. | Wo know of bt one Const: who Las boen | 204 the Democratio partics stand committed | eal majorityin tho presont nnd in the next | ginniog of ~tho present contury. It | the falr Imzy, who might have criticlsed | 1qx19 proposal Jast fall, and denounced hiim s of recond, made within the lnst four years, that Congress by Iaw has the power to regn- Iate, control, and direct in all mattors per- taining to counting the vote for President and Vice-President. In the nbsenco of any such action or regulatioa by Congress, it has been olaimed quite generally by Republicans that the power to count the votes nnd de- claro the result is vested in the President of the Senate. There aro others who claim for the Presidont of the Ben- ate the exclusive power to count the Elcetoral votes, DBut at no time, under any circumstances, has it ever been claimed by any lawyer that tho President of tho Senate has any other than a ministerial suthority to open the cortificates nnd connt those which bear upon their face the authon. tification required by law, that of the Exacu.’ tivo of tho State, No one has claimoed for him the right to exerciso judicial power. No one hns claimed for him tho power to go be- Eviponatapom | promiuont iu the Tiroex business, and that S » - is our Gen. Consg, who about the time this SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 1877 | 1 ooioh: 1o dted woa dssuing * wah” bulle- ting, inditing *‘gonh” pronnncinmentos, Greenbacks at the New York Gold Ex- | ang, in conjunction with Gen. CaxEnow, was change yesterday closed at 954, instructing Gen. Snemxan ns to his duties, We fear it was Consg, of Chicago, who was going tobnck up the Oregon swindle with 100, 000 men. Bnt where were the men? Where gloomy belief that the hydra-lieaded insur- | 4540 got them? Did he have on arrango- vections of their politically-tempestnous | o0 Sy \e i rrineo to borrowhis hundred clime can only be arrested and provented by, thousand ? But what could 106,000 unarmed the intervention of o foreign power. lambs do in bncking up snything? Will Thao Lower House cf the Minnesota Legis- Cons::, it it Lo our Conse, oxplain this mys- Inture yesterday passed o bill nppropriating | 1752 = %300 each to the two citizens of that com- ‘Tho report of our foreign commerca for nouwealth who allured to brightor worlds | 1870 makes o strong exhibit in tho way of the two defunct members of the YOUNGER | gobt-paying and changivg the balanco of gong. Opinion in the Legislatura also | trade from the debit to the credit sido of tho favors the restoration of hanging as o fixed | Jedyer, Iferoara somo of tho figures: penalty for capital crime. Houso of Ropresentatives, It was tho only feasible menns of lifting the decision of the election from the control of adverse and ir- reconcilable party mojoritics in the two Tlouses of Congress, to ba followed by pro- Iracted givil strifo and war, and have that decision made by an impartinl tribunal, clothed with power to set nsido technical but fraudulent advantages, and declaro the result ns demanded by law, justico, and fairness, ‘Whilo the mob of pig-hended partisans wore shonting for a partisan decision, without hicad of tho consequencas, theso Republican statesmen in Congress wera organizing this Court of Arbitration to secure for Gov. Haves, if he wera entitlod to it, not only a decloration of his election, but one which the whole country would accept a3 final and authoritative, Theso Ropublican papers who are whining at the supposed botrayal of tho party will yot thauk the Republicans who devised the arbitration for their wisdom, Hoatzn's harp-playing, whoss father or grandfather was swallowed up in the Red 8en, who was contemporary with Davip and SoromoN, and who lived before Romurus and Rewus nursed at the lnpine fount, be- foro Babylon was in ita glory or Greece had reached its historie poriod, Lefore either Pyraconas or Coxrucivs had commenced to develop their great systoms of philosophy and moral othics. It is a noble record, hiow- ever, »With tho slight excoption of tho hand- kerchiof trick played upon the protty Isws, no scandal attaches to his name. Can any of our present rulers, potentates, and monarchs writo down the story of their lives, and havo it rend so well 3,000 years from now, as does tho autobiography of this meorry monarch, Raxzses IIL, who walked tho strects of Thebes 8,000 yoars ngo, and, for the first timo sinco ho became a blessed mummy, mnkes his bow to the world fu the year of graco nud hard times, 1877 ? extended its influenco nnd dominion gradually over tho bulk of 4he German-sponk- ing peoplo. When Austrin roso against its advance, Prussia had to strike bnt one blow to Iny its opponont prostrate, When Franco (where ignorance and priesteraft nlso hold a largo sway) sought to arrest tho progress of Gernany, she sacrificed o powerful dynasty, and was placed back into a second rank af- tor n disastrous war. England tock warn- ing, nnd six years ngo inaugurated n system of compnlsory cducation which has alroady worked such excellont rosults that the dum. ber of children attending school in tho great city of London has nctually boen doubled under its operations, 1t is scarcely worth whilo to argue o quos- tion of policy with a person who is so igno- ot of facts as our corvespondent shows himself to be. His statement that the benofit from compulsory education will not bo what is clnimed {s not en. a scoundrel beneath notice at the time. ——— PERSONAL, Tweed denfes tho statement, first made In the Cinclnnatf Grzette, that he fa nogotiating to sur- render a large portion of his plunder and securs his ltherty, He wants his liberty, but olse wanta bis pinnder. Indeed, what ls lberty without plander? Mrs, L. D. Courtney, a danghter of the ‘ate Danlel B. Dickineon, who has Litherto appeared before the public as a writer of newapaper sketches and serials, has lately publistied o novel entitled ** Paulinc's Trial.” Tt 4 said to be enterialnlng, and wo understand Ia to be dramatized. Dr. Schllemann, it appears, haa a brlef resl. denco {n Indianapolts during the year 1809, baving been called there for tho intercsting purpose of obtaining a divorce from his Russlan wife, Ie made few acquaintances, giving himeelf up almost cxclunively to s stadics, and leading the life of s recluse, In his now lectnre, Col. Robert Ingersoll ex. presses lttlo sympathy with the sentiment of Solo- mon, *‘Spare the rod-and spoll the child,* He Ly _——— The pnopi;_o western Mexico are said to Do entirely discournged, and inclined to a EX —— Toamestic merchandlse, T — 570,008,040 | 1p : 1o falth In & man who had a0 many wises, but, ASpringfield dinpateh saya - Foreian merchandinc FTRBEHS | hind the duly-authentieatod cerifioao of the | putiotism, sad servicss o the wholo ooun | titled 'to much _comslderation, sined ko | ppyrpraahe awD cowMERcE, | Bels dead now, G, Tngersoll doea not wani ta . Druesr, in the Senate, Introduced o bl for Total.vesuerien 500,021,783 | not go certifled in ita place, or to reject all ty. 8o ignomntly distorts historicsl facts; | 1y published somo doys ngo an article | 537 onYihingmore than a necessary agninat him, ment of a Northern Illinols Normal Tuisersity, and appropriating $30,000 for com- | Merchandle meneing e gatie, Lxcess of exports over Imports... $104,000,077 ‘Thiere is ono objection to this proposition Comparo the above with the exports and which cannot be got over,—bard times. The | j;mports of 18752 taxpnyers linve no money to spara for invest- LXPONTS, ment in o new Normal University, The | Jomestic merchandise, **But if ever I do meet him," continued tho lece tarer, **Ishall give him a plece of my mind.* A Granger in the Indlana Loglelature, not having tho fearof the domonof drink before his eyes, lately introdaced Into that body a bill securing to alf citizens of tha State **the full rights and privie leges to Eat, drink, and wearc what soever they chae, provitited It be conventent for them to do #0."" 1f ft1s not convenient for them to do a they 1ike, they must have becn born with the spirits of slaves, Dr. W. H, Rassell's defenss agsin® the chargt of bribery by the Nawab Nizam {s aufic®ntly Juclé and satlefactory, If mo cold dealer in facts ot tempts to disturbit. 1le ls, it appears, the owne of a weckly nowspaper, and In that capacity Insert ed s statement of tho'Nawab's ** caso ' ot the reg. ularadvertising rates, the bill amounting to £500, The Intimation s, thet the claim received no edl- torial {ndorscment, M. Jules Verno has been accused of litersny piracy by 31 Renc do Pont-Jest. Tha Iatter as serta that 'he Voyage to tho Centre of th Earth," poblishod in 1803, contains the substance of a work from his pen fssued efghteen moniht earller, Tho matter has sleptover fourteen years, but {s now yevived in consequence of the refussl of Verno to givo Pont-Jest passes to tho theatre, Tht damages are placed at 3,000 francs, and the objection that the Stato hias nlready more work than it can well do is best an- swored by tho statement that it will havo less work to do when it deals only with per- sons who Liave socured in youth the basis for acquiring education all through life, As the intelligence nnd character of citizens in. crense, tho tasks of Government ave dimin. ished. Wo hopa nrenowal of the discussion will direct the attontion of the Illinois Log- islature anew to compulsory education, COMPULSORY EDUCATION. We print this morning n communication on the subjoct of compulsory education, in which the author nssumes that & new effort is to be made this winter in the Illinois Legialataro “to securo a Iaw compelling parents and guardians to sond their childron to school. Ho then proceedsto nntagonize the proposition. Wo were not aware that auy movemont had been taken to ravivo the subject in the Logislature, but wo hope that it is 80, or, if not =0 already, that the absurd opposition to it embodiod in the communi. cation we print will only serve to suggost the matter for favorable consideration, It would bo gratifying to Lave Illinois among the first States of the Union to adopt a system which, sooner or later, will obtain throughout the ontire nation to the great benefit of tho Re- public. Of course, it should bo_understood Ly thosa who have never given the subject any consideration thnt it is not proposed to compel tho attendance of childron at any particular school, whether public or private, but only to roquira that all children of na cortain nge—sny betwoen B’ nud 14 years—shall Lo given the benefit of a certain nmount of clementary education, 1t will ba alaw. to prevent parents from dopriving children of tho opportunity to acquire the rudiments of an education; thoso who are in a position to send their children to private schools may do 80 if they see fit; the publia schoola will be open to all who are not other~ wise cared . for, The compulsory featurs docs not apply to any clnss of schools, but mercly to tho general necessity that every child shall havoe aome schooling, the extent thereof belng gauged at least by the qualifi- entions requisito to an intelligent oxerciso of the suffrage and participation in a republic. upon the great falling off in British exports as compared with former years. Thore was an error in one of tho statemonts, and in what follows wo give the corrected figures, estimating $6 as equal to £1, Tho values of tho exports and imports of Great Britain for soveral yoars thus compared show o stendy but large decline in the value of the exports, The figures aro as follows: Imports, $1, 850, 445, certificatea from o State on tho ground of illegality in form or in tho election. What, then, was, the inevitable result in' case the counting of the votes had been devolved upon the President of the Bonate without any pro- vious directions from Congress ? 1fo would find in his possession certificates of Eloctoral votes glvon by tho Eloctors of .thirty.eight Btates, Each of theso thirty-cight certificates wonld have, a3 the law requires, tho certifl. cato by the Governor of tho State that the persons voting therein were the Elect. ors duly appointed in that State, Ho would have, in addition, other pa- pers purporting to be certificates of the votes by Electors in several of the States,—at least four Btates, These papera would all lack the Governor’s certificato that such per- sons were appointed Electors, Under these circumstances, the President of the Benate could not, as a ministerial officer, claim that he was bound to follow the Governor's cer- tificnte fu thirty-sevou States and not do so fu the thirty-eighth, Maving no judicial authority, ho could notdepart from the letter of tho law in the cnse of any oneof the thirly-eight States.. The Governor's cortifi cate, which was accepted a8 conclusive in” the cases of Louisiana, Floridn, and Bouth Carolinn, would be equally conclusive in the cnse of Oregon, He would then have to count the only certificate from that Stato sttested by the Governor, and this would have ndmitted the CroniN vote, and TiLneN would be olected. Had ho done otherwise, he wonld have usurped a judicial power which it is confessed he does not poasess; and then, instantly, the Honse of Repre- sontatives would Love passed o resolution reciting that no legal vote had been countod from Oregon, and that there was no election $420, 612,700 £107,209, 737 133,083, 090 $510,046, 810 lugh, and must bo cut down. TPeoplo are insisting npon lower taxes, nnd the way to 8503, 147,818 sccure them is not by levying $70,000 extra Excess of cxports over importa..§ 7,709,018 taxes to commenco a new Normal Academy. The exports of speeie in 1876 wero only All sehiemes fnvolving incrensed taxes must | 347,971,752, ngainat €70,108,832 in 1875; Lo postponed until times get better and | while the finports show n gain of over 40 per money plentier. cent—from $24,324,050 to #34,470,807. A littlo study of thoso figures will cxplain to people why tho premium on gold continues to dealine, and currency to approximate an equality of valuo with coln, Erports, 81,276, 825, 000 THREE THOUSAND YEARS AGO, 0 Trustees of the DBritlsh Museumn have rocently given to the world n fac-simile of o most uniquo and interesting document, being an Egyptian Hieratio papyrus of the reign of Raxeses I1IL, of the twentieth dynasty, who flourishied over 1,000 yoars before Cunist's time. This old historical gem is about 133 foot in langth Ly sixteen and a half inches wide, is beautifally written by four scribes, and has threa brightly-colored vignettes to illustrato its toxt, It was found under tho floor of n tomb on the site of the palace of Raueses nnd of the temples of Axox, and wns purchased by the British 3ugeum in 1878, It recorda many of tho events in the 1ife of that great monarch who played chock- ors with Ists, and was ungallant enough to win that lady's golden kerchicf aud send hor back disconsolato to Hades, 'The papyrus {s principally devoted to tho mimniflcent dona- tions of Ramesus to the tomples of tho gods in Thebes, Memphis, and Heliopo- lis,—the three great Capitals of Egypt, —and the lavish and reckless iman. ner in which he squandered gold, silver, gems, slaves, enttle, doves, linen, sandals, oil, galloys, statues, dates, salt, onlons, foathera, ox hides, and other miscellancous bric-a-brac and objects of *‘bigotry and virtne " used in e 1,870, It will be seen that tho importations of foreign produets into Great Britain has sub. sequently remained unchanged during the four years. But the decline in oxports has been very great. ‘The exports of 1876 were $273,000,000 less than they were in 1878, preceded by n decline of 168,000,000 in 187+ and $78,000,000 in 1874, The diffor- ence betwaeen the valuo of the imporls and of tha exports in 1876 wna the immense sum of 808,000,000, It shonld be remembered, howover, that the falling off in values is duo not altogoether to the falling off in quantities, but tosoma extent to the decline in priccs. Thus England importod nbout the samq weight of raw cotton in 1876 as wna import- ed in 1875, but at the saving of about 330,- 000,000 in cost, and exported a slightly-in. creased quantity of cotton goods at $20,000,- 000 loss valuo. - While there was o falling off in valuos, there was also a declino in the quantities of the great bulk of the ordinary exports of (reat Britaln. In this country the general dopression has not had the samo offsct as in Great Britain, The comparative values of exports and im. ports in the United Btates for the samo fiscal years, ending June 30, exhibits the following contraat A rample 6f the cconomy and retrenche ment in publie expenditures cnforced by the Democratic brauch of Congress was forcibly cited yesterdny by Judge Krrrxy, of Penu- — sylvania, in the course of the debste on the Tho Minois Legislaturo seoms to have re- Leginlativo Approprintion bill. Mo referred | covered at Inst from the effocts of clecting o eapecially to the fact that in Chicago tho | United States Senntor, It met yesterdny Governmen? s prying §70,000 per aunum | with n quornm, nnd n large number of bills— for office rent, whilo the Custom-louse | good, bnd, nnd indifferent—were introduced building remaing at o standstill for lack of | jn both Houses, In two of them, ot least, npx:mllriflfious to carry on tho work, for | Chicago has n specinl interest, viz., in whieh £1,000,000 ks alrendy been expended, |‘the establishinent of Appellate Courts, and, ho might havo added, nbout 1,230,000 | which, wo presume, was Buggested by the wore for the »ite. In Philadelpbia n similar | Bar Association and designed to relieve the policy obtaing, tho building remaining uu. | Cook County courts; and also in tho pro- tinished uipon which #11,000,000 has beeu ex- | posed nmendment to the Registry law, which pended. Jndge Krirey very jnstly charac- | shall restore the provisions of the law na terized' this sort of economienl logislation as | they were throe years sgo, and incrense the a blow ot labor and the productive industries | povaltios for illegal voting. Under the of tho country. And these samo reformers | Reglstry law na it stands now, Clicago hos yesterday voted down n. proposition tore- | no benefit from it for local eléctions except duca their own salories to £4,600 por annum. | when they occur on the same day as the gonoral State clections. Under the new charter the election for Mayor and Aldermen oceurs in the spring, when we are deprived of the safeguard of registration, If the law bliss by slaughterlng all tho pots of po! Thera were two torrlers, three canary-bird: parrot, a monkey, and fivo cata. Of courde she nover forgave him, yet his purposo waa laudable. He deaired to bo himael? the only pet of the ador ablo songetress,—not to divide honors, as she 1+ tonded, with all anlmato creation, % The boufle book on Amariea Iately printed by i #ago in regard to American ladles, from whichitlh posslble to learn that, when,tho usual means of obtalning an Introduction are denled, the acqualol- ance deslred may be found through an advertise- ment in tho newspapers, This Is Indeed news, howeree badly §t moy speak for the character of Al Offenbach’s 1ady acquaintances In Amerlea. It 1 reatly not so much & question of grave la- port whether Admiral Farragut was lashed to the rigging or not nt New Orloans, as it fu whether bt Thero {8 some speculation fn Wnshington as to the motive which led to the appoint- went by Spenker RaxNpary of two Democrats os the Honso tellers in tho count of the : i is of auy value in proventing eloction | by the Electoral Colleges, and then, calling | 80 form of government. the worship of gods, is calculatod to. make | Years. Tmporta. o vewarded for Ble nalie setione. during bf a‘:;m::}, ;:::;fi::l:c:t :’lle'::lly ?: ::Hm‘::w" fraudy, then it should be so enlorged that thyn roll of Btnlcl,wouldha’vu elected"l‘u.nl.ug. The objections to tho system which are | the mDIl“xl,J otgm:.ha Trustoes of modern | 18 sgt;t 19,330 :“’::m":‘;‘;rf::?:;:l::l ‘:”;m'xl“‘m““';":“";‘:‘w"z The Houso tellers v 1 {d 0 T3 | the charter clections in tho spring shall have | Tax Cutcaao TrivuNz hos from the first | gratuitously urged by our correspondent ara | churches, colloges, sud charitablo inatitu. | 2 B 17 subject, and noneat all to tho latter, yet there crs viero appoiuted firat, oud | 41,9 yamo proteotion as the goneral State elec- day of the Oregon Lusiness presonted all | noither new nor jmportant. He spoaks of 187 470,077,871 in tho alleged poverty of thoso ho loft bobind bia tions water to the extent of a very deluge, and fo inspire thom with the wish that that peculiarity of Egyptian civillzation which could produco a Raxeses might exiat now, sud raize up some modern Raxeses with means equivalent to his disposition, In this papyrus, Raueses tolls bLis own story, At this distance of time it Is not posaible to es- timate the exact weight to bo placed upon his statemeonts, how much ho exaggerates, or how wmuch of his record of tho Ramescslan donation parties is truth ; Lut making the customary margin for lylng, or perlapawith mors deference to Raueses wo should call it exaggoration, oven then his frequent gifta to the gods are of apalatial and princely char- ncter well befitting the successor of Pma- maon, who ronted the Lilbyans, and Sards, and Ethiopians, and slaughtered tho Philis- tines in their .bullock cars, who Dbuilt grest roservolrs on the roads to Byria, sent fleets to Araby the Blest in quest of spices and gums, developed copper and turquoise minea intho peninsula of Mount 8inal, manufac. tured great ingots of Lrass in the foundriea of the Scriptural Attrak, and ralded all over Ethlopia like a good old fresbooter in search of gold sud slaves. Unlike modern heroes, Rameses wroto his own history, and even makes n posthumons and pauegyrical address from Hades to his subjects, and in this papyrus he records his wars, kis gifts, his endowments, aud oven his softer moments when he dallled with the fafr but frail god- desses of the upper and lowor countrics, played st draughts with them, and squan- dered upon them Ethiopian gold, Asigtio sil- ver, Binaitio turquolses, and Arabian spices, without any fear of society gossip or Madame Gauxpy, Hesays that at Thebes he built new shrines and sculptured fresh statues, set up gold and silver plates, replanted gum trees, appoluted galleys to convey its tribute, stored the granaries, gave Auuoy, its patron deity, filty-siz Egyptian and nine Byriau clties, 421,802 hLead of catile, gold and silver vessels, and everylhing elia neces- sary to set up the blue.skinned and sun-crowned god handsomely in busi- ness, Heliopolis also came in for s liberal slico of the plunder which Rauzara stole from the outlying people. Ho endowed the temnple and its shrine with galloys of spices and turquoises, supplied its library with books, gave the city 12,963 captives, among them some of tho Apernl, now supposod to have been Hebrows, asud also offercd splend’d gifts to the Nile, the father of waters, sud Lis wife Rzra, tho harvest. Although Mewm. in order to preserve equality of political repe resentation the President og lh: Senato wie o In e sl forced to appoiut two Itepublicans, That Rarpart hod a motive lardly admits — e of a doubt. Is nction waos probably ‘Tho exorbitanco of the torminal charges dictated Ly the Democratic cancus, | for handing grain in this city Is sgein under which, in turn, may be supposed to | dlscussion, now that the trade is not so havo received its instructions from Tirbe | brisk, It hins been suggested that the cleva- limself, If Raspary committed this nct of | tor menin this matter are somothing like the parlinmentary bulldozing in pursuance of o | darkey whoso roof leaked,—~whon it'was dry settled plan and purpose, what is the little | it didn't need fixing, aud when it rained ho goamo? It len't of much consequence, to bo | couldn't doit, When tho grain business is sure, but the extraordinary procedurc has | brisk, tho elevatoranen contend that their nevertheless excited uot n little curiosity re- | charges aro all right, since they are doing oll garding its object and aim, tho business they can; and when business is slack and the pool has to sustain two or three idlo elevators, thoy claim that they cannot afford to abate. The excessive chiarges are mainly those for switching and trimuiing, nnd together they amount to about ono cent per bushel. Tho damage to Chieago business §8 found in tho fact that there are no such charges at Peoris, Toledo, and other points competing for the trado; nnd, especially ot o time when the rallrond rates from Chicago are so fixed as to enable a discrimination in favor of points to the west and southwest, this additional cost of handling operates very decidedly against Chicogo's shipping jutevests, The railronds bavo enabled tho elovators to rotain these charges by suaking an extra charge of throe cents per hundred on bulk grain delivered from cars on the track, which virtually forced the grain into the ¢levators. The Alton & 8t. Louls Rond las swnmarily abandoned this practico, and wa hope its example will force the other lines to pursue thosame course. If thoy do, the clevators will be obliged to drop thelr excessive charges or lose their business, There is more danger from froud in the former than in the latter, a8 Chicago knows by sad expetience. The decline in prices has of course ma- terially nffocted these values, But wo have reduced the quantities of our imports and have incrensed the quantitios of our ex- ports, The margin of differenco betweon oxports and imports has been greatly en. larged ; but while the British exports have fallon off in comparison with the imports, our exporta have incrensed in pro. portion to the imports, The exports ex- oceoded the imports in 1874 by $10,000,000; in 1875 by %111,5600,000; and in 1870 by $120,000,000. Daring the last six mouths of the calendar year 1876, not included in the forogoing figures, the decline in imports and increase in oxports is even in grenter propor- tion, e During the calendar year, Jan. 1 to Dec. 81, 1870, the statement of imports and ex. ports in the United States shows the follow- ing figures: 9 Jmports. Ezports, $420,012,700 0 & more fruitful theme for discussion and the enue- clatiou of lofty moral sentimonts. Wattcrson speaks well in Congress—when b speaka vense, 1lohasan eavy dellvery, o resdf age, and an enorgotic style whib rything ho says the appearance of dep Tho diffusencas wo noticeable In b4 K newspaper articles—and generally In editorial writ Ing througbout the Houth—Is not so much of 8 blemish In easy specchemaking, Constant iter: tlon which confuscs and wearlow tho reader ofies drives truth homa tothe mind of the Mstener. Pexas Jack fs In n state of mind over the condud of the Grand Duke Ale: whom Lo desires 10 serve e s guidoon a bal -bunt, Tho spplic: tlon was made some weoks ago, but as yet no sl of approval hoa boen givon, It ls sald that Tessh Jack may bo voen those days moodily pacing Brosd: way, lookingup and down, and chewlng tobsc? and the cud of bitter meditation. Ne has beed beard tosay: **1 wonder what s the mattor wit Lexts, 1writ bim, but haint got no answer.” Henrl Rochefort, the rudical Republican, 18 French nobleman with two titles, 1o had the b sinleter In bia escutcheon, but his father, Ly mst rylugafter the birth of Henrl, made him legitlmstt under the French law, The famous Rockefortt accusod of loaving his father in poverty whlle b himself was rolling fn riches. Iile carcer make an interesting blography, one of these dayk e ls now In Switzerland, but wields a powet France through his newspaper articles, pobilsked over thy signature of ¥ Thi s somo amuscment fn Boston over M hard fate of the young girl who wants togo ¥ tho Tabernaclo and vot convarted, but feare, I dovs 8o, hor consclence wiil compel ber toabss don the favcinating pleasures of dancing. thoughit acema never o have occurred to het e may both dance and La suved, or be saved without being too particalar in resard ¥ quence of the events. Iut, If shelsa B dancer, ber compunctions are well-timed. X0 bad dancer can b forgiven ju this warld, and & tainly not ln the nest. : Mr, John Pope lennessey, who has Just gonetd Houg Kong as the English Governorats salsr? £3,000 & yoar, was in 1850 aclerk ina Uover ment oftico with s stipend of £80. e was lfl only 25 years of age, but was selected by Corll Wisoman to stand for Puzlisment. Ho was elect «d, and kept his seat untl] 1803, Fe was theud? pointed to s diplomatic postin Africa, sud, 88 varlous changes, obtained his present prefers! 1is wuccess 1u the more remiarkable frum the that he ls a Roman Catholic of Ultrsmontsst vieww. . The cynlc who proyed that hls cnemy might 'flz » book had doubtless previously observed W most persons who wrute books were his en¢ For It {s Just o true that the hand of the mfl; author {s agninst every insn s# that every 238 the arguments it could muster, or find in other papers, or obtain from lawyers, show- ing the frauds and monstrosity of CroNix's sppointment ; but it has never met with any argument Indicating how the President of the Bonate could do anything but count that voto given by the Eloctors whoso appoint. ment was atteated by the Covernor, unloss he lald aside his ministerinl duty and assum. ed the judicial functions to go bohind what the law has made the official and prima-fucie return. There was not alawyer in Con- gress who claimed for him avy judiclal power, nor in fact anybody olse, ex. cept that clasa of papera who {insist that the President of the Benate, Leing a Republican, thereforo possessed whatever power was needed, judicial or otherwise, to declare the Ttopublican candidates elected, without ro- gard to the face of the certificates; or that class of politicians whose representative in the Benato declared that, * with n Republic- an Prosident of the Bonate, the party had the whole game in its own hards,,and should mako the most of it.” And now these same people, who insisted upon bringing about a conflict of authority between two pere sons claiming to ‘be clected Presdent, are whining that they were naver in favor of fighting! Unlcas they wero prepared to fight for the man whose election they insiat- ed should be declared by the assumption of extra-legal power by the President of the Benato, then why did they insist on forcing a condition of things in which a fight was inevitable? Their inconsiderate zeal is only equaled by their confessed pusillanimity. Supposs the Prouident of the Benate, to uso Mr. Mosnron's phrase, ** holding the whole gome in his hands,” had assumed: judicial powers and dsclared Hayes clected, and the House biad in the same hour elected TiLoey, what would have. beep tho rosult? Tizpex would Lave been sustained by the Govern. ments and physical strength of aixteen Bouthern States, and by the Governments aud physical strength of Now York, New Jersoy, OConnocticut, and of Indiaus, and Hayves by the Governments and people of tho other States. The Benate would sustain Haves and the House of Represeutatives would sustain Tizpey. Does any rational nau suppose that such a condition of atfairs cohld continue any length of time without armed collisions all over tho land, unless the rival claims should be submitted to arbitra- tion? Does any man supprse’ thot Haves would have ome dsy of peace in it as encroachment on individual rights, and an interforence with the dutica or privileges of parents or guardi. aus, It i3 Do mors an enoroschment than the exercise of governmental authority in any case where it is deemed for tho gen- eral good, and only an iuterference to com. pel thoso parents and guardians to do their duaty who would otherwise negloct it; The inforence is not warrauted that enforced in- tellootusl training will bo followed by en. forced moral aund religious training, sluce the compulsion oxtends only to tho requircment that there ahall be a certaln amount of train- ing, leaving it to individual circumstances, judgment, and choice, Low and by what methods suchi training shall bo given. The iutercat of the Stato does not extend to any religlons dogma or any code of morals, but it® is vital to the peaco and progross of the na. tion that its citizens shall all have the means of acyniring at least the elementary instruc- tion necessary to clevato thom sbove the brate creation, If thero wero a cortain con. dition of things which added yearly larger numbers of blind citizens, snd tho State could change it by interference, no one would call such interfercnce an ‘‘en- cronchment,” but would demand it as the imperative duty of the State, Dut the children who are permitted to grow up into citizensbip without being ablo to read und write are as blind in many respects as those who cannot &ee. Government hasa claim upon its subjeots for the good it does them, and it should prevent them from bejng blind when It can, in order that the compeusatory services expected from them oy not be de- preciated by the loss of ono of the senses. Tt is natural, probably, that the opponents of compulsory education should not be very well-informed themsolves, We are not sur- prised, then, that our correspondent, ¢ A, 8. B.," declares, with the sublime assurance of ignorance, that *‘the flual result of such ‘laws {{. e., a8 compulsory education] is the srrest of all progress, as tho history of China sud other nations whero they have prevmled sufficiently showw.” Tho reference is on unfortunate one, if the writer desired to sustain bls sssertion, We will tako China. It is & mnation 8,000 years old. During that tremendous period it has preservod the integrity of its territory, the peace of its people, and the permaneucy of its institutions, while its neighbors of the East have variously fallen into dscay or yielded to tho domination of a superior in. Lis Admivistration, with ko peopls | telligence coming from the Western World. | pbis was in & state of decadence inbhis day, of one-balf the Union denounciug | Chiua bas had asystem of compulsory edu | he remembered the old place, and gave to - g B o oo e e o e 4 e e 1 R 5 = SR L Fresh evidence is at havd confirmatory of the charge that the new dovelopments in the Louisinng investigation are the alternative outcomo of the failuro of a conspirncy to obtain blackmail. When in New Orleans Beuuntor *1lowe, Chalrman of the Henate Committes, recoived a broad intimation that, unless something wero «done to avert it, o disclosure would shortly be made that would aonihilate the Republican in. terests in Louisiana and give the Electornl vote to Twwpex boyond question, Benator Howe roplied that this was just what his Committee had como down there to find out, and if there was any such monstrous froud ay was binted at to be uncovered ho would be glad to know it. This ended tho negotiation for Lush-money, and the next thing heard of the great gunpowder plot s tho appearauce of Letrierizio, the perjurer, forger, aud thief, before the House Commit. teo in Washington. This is uot, however, the last that will Lo heard of it. There is another sido to this Louisinua affalr, and it is promised that when it is made public there will bu yet more startling and sensational developuents, Forelm mer Got and siive ) m oSl 1o Exports over Jmports. veee §165, 864,145 The excess of British hmportations over ex- portations representa an increased consump- tion beyond the domestia product ; while tho incrense of American exports over the im- parts showa an increased production boyond the amounts needed to meet domestic con- sumption, Y The Bnllou“hufin}zl, a radieal Republican paper, makes these pertinent observations: The sconer several Republican 'E'J"" drop the practice of declariug that the Hepubileans in Con- gress who voted for the Compromise bill did wo be- he threats of Democrats that they woald make trouble, tho better 1t will bo forail. The fact Is, the blicsns 15 the Senate could not sustain the: beforo tho country in sssuming that tho Pre of tho Sonate has wols suthorily 10 count the Electoral voto; and it might 8s well ko known now that the priucipal obstacle 1o their boldiug to tbst line of policy 1s that more than seven-clgnths of the Jtepublican Senatury now In thatbody huvo twic within (wo years snows by thefr votcs that they did not, ot those dates, bo- Iteve that absolute authority was vested in'that obleer In counting, which such procedare now would fudicate. Judced, Jess than two years ago every Hepublican Benstor exrupt {uro voted pgainat au amncadment to Mr. Moutox's Electoral ~ biil, which pruposed, in cuse tho two Houses dissgrend Tespocting tho Sauntingaf o votu of a dlatec, that the Presidont of tho Scuate shoald glve tho casting ote, agu une of thew 0rs 50 Ve a8 Mr, Fhear the Acting Vice. Bresidont, 2 haod ls agalnst Lim. 1t hayalwaye beea tbe 0 ‘There has been & degree of pig-hieaded Igno- | 108 for notorlous charscters to write baoks O07 rance exhiblted by * several Republican newspas ture. The latost instance of this ye:ul.n;‘fl:"“ re " i regand 0 the * count ¥ matter which | Siscare, Wuatrating the uorul gefects ot {‘:u Jamontable ag it 16 mischdovous. They co. | PA1arc, 4 Mre. Delknap, wito of tha jate Bect War. 8he s golng to write 8 baok, report 874 tinus o zroan sud cooiplain that the Arbitration | SFNeT, Sue lagoinz fo wrte @ Baoks il Secreal plan has thrown wwey or weakened HAYES' | \Washington ociety. 1f the book actually sestil chances! Those newspapers have never ex- | light, it will bo the best possible proof that 1 plained how tho Presidenut of the Benate. actiug | Belknap bay ceased to care what people way [ In & minbterial copacity, could dhsegend tue | Las 4 All Republicans claim that a fraud was practiced by the Governor of Oregon in giv- ing a certificato to Omoxiy, who voted for Tieoey, aud that bo acted the part of a par. tisan knave in doing it ; still the fact remains that Warrs was confessedly ingligiblo as an Eloctor, and that Gov. Grovea did cowmis. sion Cooxm, who received the next higliest popular vote, ‘I'wo scts of certificates wero carried to Washington aud deposited with the President of the Benate. Ouno of them lias the Governor's certificate attached, and on its faco sppoars to be regular, and yet, if the votes were counted according to tho face of that return, Tieoxx would be made Prosi- dent. By what suthority could the President of the Benate go behind this prima fucie cer- tiflcate, decide it bogus or fraudulent, and then open tho other uud count it for Hayus? ‘I'he Chicago produce arkets were mod- crately active yestorday and generally firm- er, Mess pork closed @7 per brl higher, at %10.85 cash ond #16.15 for March. Lard closed 2jc per 100 Ibs lower, 8t~ ¥10.55 cash and $10.67) for March. Meats closed cosier, at Gjo for shoul. ders, boxed; 8o for alort-ribs; and Bjo forshort.clears. Highwineswere unchanged, 8t 1,05 pergallon. Flour was guiet and steady, Whent closed 1jc higher, at $1.26 for February ond $1.27} for March., Comn was steady, closing st 42 cash and 4Gjo for May. Oats closed at 85fo cash sud 853]c for Muarch, Rye was aull, ut 6Yc. Barley closed casier, at fYjc for Fybruury aud B55jo 3 ro dull and closed 100 ) D! Murska's new husband, tho fifth or sixts, F§ celebratea Lils advent upon tha state of connublal B Offenbach contains o peculisrly interesting pas ki