Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 22, 1877, Page 4

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY. MARCH 22, 1877.° .l Thye Tribawe, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. BY MAIL—IN ADVANCR—TOSTAGE PREPAID AT TINS OPFICE. 11y FAltton, postpatd; § year. AT i 8 yesr, per montl: Mulied ta any sddem four weelch 16 Eynday Editon: Literary and el khee Rrecimen coples tent free. Ta prevent delny and mistakes, be sure and pive Poste % Cficeaddress In full, includloz Etate and County, l Postuge prepaid, Jemittsnces may bemade efther by drat, evpress, Teat-Otlice onler, oF In registered letters, atourrisk, 7ERNMS TO CITT SUNSCRIDERS. T'sily, delirered, Sunday excepted, 23 cents per week. Lailg, dettvered, Bunday tncluded, 50 conts per week: Aditrems THE TRIDUNE COMPANY, 4 Vorser Madison and Dearborn-ata. Chicago, Il mesr— Bt S = TRIBUNE BUILDING DIRECTORY. Ro ome. oeeupants. 1 anlm“?;:r;' OAK LIFE tInsgrance Dep'ts) 9, GUSTIN & WALLACE. J. T. DALR, . DUEDER WATCH-CASE MAN'F'G €O, & APPLETON & NUTCHING, ° . WM. C, DOW. A,J. DIIOWN. . ROBBINS. , WRIGHT & TYRRELL. 10 CHARTER OAR LIFE (Loan Dep't.) 16 & DLACKMAN. ORGAN. It W, BRIVAE, NAUING ASSOCIATE. 25 1. ARLE. . W, J. DARNEY & CO, . WILLIAM BROSS. 1. F. NORCROSS. J. A. McELDOWNRY. DM BUREAU. v EDITOR, :0. . A. F. STEVENSON. 1011 0. CITY EDITOR. ofices iu the Bullding to rent by W. G DOW, TReow 8, T AMUS TWood's Museum. Monroe sircet, between State and Dearborn. Varlety performence, Tinverly’s Thentre, § o flandoloh stemel, tuburen vk, aad Lasille . Fygugemen ¥ . % BRGNS e PO Omedy ™ Sompaty, Adelphl Theatre. Monroe street, corner Dearborn. Varlely enter- tainment. MeVieker's ‘Chentres Madiron #trect, between Dearborn ° Enaxementof Dlon Bonclcault, **71 TUESDAY, MARCH “ and State, *1The Shaughraun,” | a0, oy 1877 Greenbacks at the Now York Gold Lx- chango yesterdny closod at 05, s : The extrn session of Congress will be called .« for Monday, Juno 4, nnd it is oxpocted that ll necessary legisintion can be accomplishod beforo the $th of July. ¢ 7 Tho Itepublican City Convention, for the ;. mnominntion of candidates for Mayor, City 't ‘Trensurer, City Attorney, sud City Clerk, is to bo held at McCormick Hall on donday noxt, March 20, at10 o'clock a, m. Tho .+ primary mectings for tho selection of dole- |" gates to the Convention will bo held on Bat- urday of this weck from 4 to 7 p. m. i Jouy D. Lrk, the Mormon Elder who' was recoutly convictedl of complicity in the Mountain Mendoys mnssacro of twenty years ago, will to-morrow suffer the penalty of denth, the Governor having refused por- ~emptorily to Interfero with the execution of tho sentence, Lee waa offered his cholco of dootlis, and ho cleoted to bo shot. i Innletter which wo print this morning troin n correspondent who has just complet- ed n journcy to the Binck Iiills much in- 4 formation is given that is of interost to peo- ‘. plewho contomplate taking the trip—~what it costs, in dollam and cents as well as in shocks to the nervous sensibilities, the time consuned in the transit, freight rates, ete. ‘Tho Chicago Typographical Unlon yester- 3 day voted to reduco the scule of prices for ;+ composition from 42 to 40 conta on morning 4+ popers, and from 38 to 35 conts on ovening . papers. Corresponding reductions nre made .. in oll the other hrauckes of tynographical 1zbor excopt book-worl, 'This action of tho Union is all the mora commendabla from beiug attogether voluntary, Mnnleneg}‘u n({xhinnsl} n’z’r;;mn to relin. quith the territory cougnored by hor war with Turkey, and will Issuo a civoular to tho %+ Towera stating that sho will continuo to 5 oceuny and defond the districts in quostion ogainst ony attempt ot recapture, 'Tho TPorle, under pressuro of tho fanatics who will not listen to tho negotiation of a pence {+ that does not juvelve the restoration of thls i territory, i compelled to demand its bur. 1 render, and thus tho matter stands, 7 It is thought that tho Apaus-ANTuONY ' back-tax bl now pending In ihe Legis- Inturo will beconie o law fu ten days, A pocullor and rigorous fenture of tho hill makes personal property liabla for the taxes wssessed on realty, not permitting the © ordinary exemption from scizure nllowed in 5 cases of levy on exccution. Tho section, liowever, forbidding the record of n transfer .+ of real estato on which taxes may be duo * and unpaid was expunged, as that provision s would have aroused fatnl hostility to tha bill, A visit to the crib, for the purpose of in. 1+ quiring luto the condition of that structure, . which has recontly been roported to boinn +, fair way to tumblo to pieces, was mado yos- ! terday Ly o party of gentlomen compotont * {o ascortain tho facts, aud it was fouud that ', thero were no evidences whatever of decay . orweakness, The orib was prononnced to " be good for n hundred years at least of . towvico ss the fountafu.head of Chicago's . water-supply, judging by the present indica- " tions of the rute of wear and tear, Itis %, (outifying to know that the reports in ques. . tion were cither gross exaggerations or else R wholly unwarrauted by the facts, 2 ‘f'he Clucago produco wmarkets were irregu- ;7 lar yustenlay, provisions being active and i; wtronger, and grolu eesler, with less doing. + Mess pork clossd 740 perbrl higlier, 0t $13.97) . @14.00 for April and $14.16@14.17} for ' Ahy. Lard closed a shade firmor, al §9.87)@ v, §.40 for April and $0.47}@9.50 for May, ~ Meata closed stronger, at 4jo for loose * ghoulders, 7§c for do short ribs, and 7o i for do short clears, ighwines wero un- { changed, at $1.05 per gallon. Flour was in % good demsnd and firm. Wheat closed 10 i lower, at $1.24}4 for March and §1.24} for Y April. Coru closed jo lower, ut 89}e for 3 April and 42§c for Msy. Oats closed o i lower, at 83Jo for April and 85fc for May, . Ryo wua fo bigher, closing at ¢2}@050 cash % ond G2}o for April. Barley was firm, at 52jc :;(o: March and 520 for April. Hogs wero t S active and a strong 100 higher than on ‘Tuesdny, solling at $5.20@5.75 for common toestrn, Cattle ware active and fitm, with snles at $2.60@6.10. Bhoep were in demand, ot 23.00@3.7% One hundred dollara in gold would buy $104.87} in greenbacks at the clase, The policy of sending a Commission com- posed of gentlemon distingnished for states- manship and non-partisan conservatism to examine Into the Louisiana complication and present n statemont of all the facts in the cnso haa been fully decided npon by the Prosident and bhis Cabinet; and it i also settled that this stop will bo taken before any materisl nlteration or disturbanes of the presevt aituation {s brought about by the Ad- ministration, The membership of the Com- mission will bo the subject of gravo and care- ful consideration, to the end that when all the selections shall have beon mado the Commis- sion and its roport will command the respect and confidence of the entiro country, Vice- President Woreren, it s earnestly hoped, will head the list, and Senator Davip Davis, of Ilinois, hos Leen requested by tho Presi- dent to serve on the Commission—two ap- pointments which could not be improved upon, LxGov, Droww, of Georgis, nnd Judge E. Rockwoor Hoan, of Massachucelta, aro nlso named os probablo members. No Commission will be appointed to visit South Corolinn, Provious to tha Presidentinl olection of last year, numerous so-called **TrzpeN-and. Reform " Clubs were organized nmong the Germana of Chicago,—n fact that was very forcibly demonatrated when the votes were counted, and it became apparont low serl- ous the Germen exodus from the Republican ranks renlly wns. To wmake this defection permauent bas been the anxious desireof *the local Democratic lendors, but tho Ger. man Republicans who voted for Tipex under the belief that they wero voting for Reform evidontly have no intention of join ing the Democratio organization for guod. A convention of delegates from the clubs was hield lnst ovoning with the object of committing thew to tha support of the Democratia ticket at the city nud town cloc- tions; but tho schemo failed entircly, the Convention voting to defer action until both parties have nominated their candidates. When tho tickots are in the ficld the Gor- maons will vota for tho best men, aund, as the Dbest men nro quito cortain to bo tho Repub. lican nomincos, thoreis little doubt on which gida the German support will bo found. ~ * P LOUIOIANA AND BOUTH CARULINA, The Springfiold (Ill,) Stats Journal isina drendful state of mind about the Hon. Staxter Marrnews, the nowly-sleoted Re- publican Henntor from Ohio, snd says that “lip hos already sorely tried the pationce of consistent ond honest Iopublicans within tho past few weeks," It is nlso puzziod toun. derstnnd how *professodly Republican jour- uals like 'I'ie Cnicaco Trinuxe” could ap- prove what it cnlls Mr, MarTaews' * solf. atultification” in regard to Lounlsiana and sonth Carolina, The Iilinoia State Journal soems to borrow a good deal mora trouble about Bonator Marrarws than 4l peoplo of lis own State, whoro the Ropublicans In tho Legislaturo gave hun all but unanimous sup- port as agaiust some of the most prominent Ttepublicans in the State in nominating him for tho United Btates Senato. Porhapstho ed- itor of the Bpriugfield Journal clierishes soma resontment ngainst AMr, Marrmuws dating from tho campnign of 1872, Mr. MatTunws was one of those Republicans who ws dis- satisfied with tho management of the Repub- Yjcan party by Gnant and tho machine-mon, and so identified bimself with the Liberals who sought to orgonize nn - opposition inside of the party ; tho cditor of the Springficld Journal also professed at the same time tho same predisposition. Bub when the Liberal offshoot degenerated ntoa farce by the nom- inntion of tho good-heorted but erratio Hon- Aok Guezrey, Mr, Matrozws had the wisdom to withdraw from the movement, Not so with tho editor of the Bpringleld Journal, who followed tho folly up to the death, Per- bhape this is the reason why the Journal man 14 so disgruntled over MArTuEWY, whom tho mass of epublicans, both within aud ontsido Lisown Btate, regard sa a stvaightforward, Lionorable, aud able gentleman, and nons the worse for cudenvoring in his individual way to nusist Presidont Hayes' policy of Southern pacification, 1f tho Stata Journal's apprelicnsiona about Mr, Marraews and thoe Republican newspn- pers that approve his olection to the Beuate bo based upon its obstinnte desire that Pacxarp nnd Cmaypenzaty, and thoir ro- spoctive set of officcholdora, shall coutinua ta Lo suataiuod by tho army and navy of the United Statos, ag well as thalr Buccessors for oll time, then its criticisms may bo loss selfish, but they nro not any more reasonable. We do not bellave tho Stats Journal is uny mora anxious than Tuz Cumicado Fnwoye that tho colored men of tho South shall bo fully protected in thelr porsonal and political rights, Wo aro of opinion that Prosident Haves and Branter Mar. Tuews sro just as desirous that thig protection shall be afforded. ut thers is o strong fmpression among & vast multi. tude of Republicans that such protection a8 tho blacks lisve enjoyed undor a succes. sion of Wanmuory, Keirooo, and Packaup Governmonts does not protect. Ex-Gov, Kerroaa, inlis farewell messuge to his part of the Loulsinua Loglalature, admitted as much, {n plain terms, Ho eald thet it bed not boen poasiblo to prevent the hulldozing and murdering of the bLlacks, nor to punish fhoir assallants ond sssasuins, It is noto. rious that undor these so.called Ropublican Governments the colored peoplo have boon throntened, pbused, multreatod, and slain, and that thelr porsocutors sud assailants have not been Lrought to justico sud not even indicted, Yot during all thoso yors of such rule the Htate Governwents have hed the recognition of the General Govorn. wmont, and the support of {he Fodoral army and navy whounever thoy have asked for it with even a semblanca of couformity to the Constitution aud the laws. This makes tho inferenco inovitable that, whily the past policy nay have *!protected™ the carpot-bog officeliolders and professional politicians in taxing and even plunderng the people, it has not protected the colored rank and file of the party, for whom it has beon osteusibly exerclsod. . It is for this rea- son that Tux Trone §8 suyious that Presl. dent Hares' polioy; of yéconciliation’ of the two raccs shall be given a foll aud fair trisl, in the hope that it may prove wore effective than tho one which Lss been tried forthe 1ast efght or ten yoars with only continuous failure and disaster as o rosult, . But suother journal Lelonging in the same category as the State Journal, and opposing President Haves' policy Lefore it s trivd, tells us that * The entiro troublo of the past five years in the Southern States hasgrown out of the timid and vacillating polioy which thiu-blooded Ropublicaus bave forced on the Government.” This is nows indeed. The “timid and vacillating policy " has been to keop standing dotachments of the army in Louisiann for years to be called upon whon- ever the cerpet-bag Governments have been 80 wenk as to threaton tumbling from their own weight. The *thin-blooded Repub- licans,” who hLinve suggested, enforced, and directed tho Bonthern policy of the last eight years, nro U, B, Grant, the stnbborm and jron-nervod soldior, and such advisers as Monrox, Looa¥, Oauenoy, Craxoren, Bovt- wELL, Sinoest, Brenom, Buriem, ofc. Now, it thesa gentlomen are ** thin-blood- ed,"” and if their policy hias been ** timid and vacillating * towards tha South, wo should liko to be informed what is oxpected from Prosident Harss and a very different sct of advigera? X Thao fact is, that tho policy of the Inst oight years has completely fatled, so far ns protect~ ing the colored people is concorned, no mat~ ter how much it may bave protected tho carpet-bag offiechiolders. President Haxes and his sdvisers want to protect the poor, oppressed black people, and not the rapncione officcholders at tho exponse of the eolored race, nnd o thal end propose to try a different policy. This policy has only beon declared in n genersl way, and how it may bo applied specifically in tho enses of Touisinnn and Bouth Caroline has not yet been determined upon; but Tae Trivuse is at least willing to await the announcement beforo it opposes, and is almost willing to try any other policy thau the one which has so sigually failed. If Packanp nud his frienda have ono to suggest, they should give the President the bonofit thereof. THE THREAT EVOLT. P, Tho latest development in a political way | ia the reported allianco—aggressive and de- fensivo—liy some twelve or fourleen South- orn Iepublican membors of the Iouso of Reprsentatives to opposo and dofeat the Prosident's Southern policy ; a like allisnce is reported to be under considoration by the Sonthern Republicans in the Senate, Theso alleged combinations are, it 18 said, intendod to control tho nction of both Houses, tho numerical strangth of parties belng so noarly equal that & faction may defeat tho mnjority. Of conrse, a faction of Republicans in either Houso must bo poworless of itself; to exor- ciso any control it must have tho co-opera- tion of tho whole Demooratio vote, Tho isauo made by theso factionists is tho perpet~ uation nt the Bouth of Govornments main- tained by Federnl arms as distinguished from purely civil Governmonts maintained by tho peoplo governed. We question whother on this isssne these Republican implacables can count upon any very enthusinstic Democratie co-operation, Thero may bo a faction of ex. tromists in the Democratic party who wonld profor to havo all the Bouthorn States placed under military control, in ordor to have ‘‘a grievance,” and to havo a charge of *des. potism " ngainst the Ropublicans; but wo do not think that smong even that Bourbon fac- tion thoro ean be many who will place thom. selves on record ns demanding tho restora. tion of military Government in any South. ern Btato aftor tho President shall have so- cured peaceful civil Governments in all of them, It may bo that there is an expectation that this rovolt by a portion of tho Southern Reo- pablicans will be joined by Republicans at tho North, and that the union of the two wings of tho implacnbles will bo able to co- erco tho Prosident into an nbandonment of hin policy and roturn to the use of military force. Anyexpectation of thiskind must prove folincious. ‘The country ia tired of war and violonce. It domands ponce and concord, and i¢ will sustaln tho Prosideat in nny statesmanlike moasures ho may adopt to put on ond to tho strife which has provailed at the Bouth. No reprosontative of a Northern constituency can place himsolf in opposition to the Prosident on such an issuo ns that without knowlng that he will be repudiated by tho peopla at tho firat cloction at which ho can bo reachod. It should bo remom- bored that, at tho flrst sign of an orgauiza. tion to oppose tho conciliation policy of the Tresidont, tho whole Bouth will bocome a unit in his defenso, and every senaiblo, hon- est man at the Norih, outsido of the disap- pointed bulldozers, will promptly support the President, It needs only an organiza- tion by thess implacables for the purposs of broaking down the President to arouso the wholo country to hils support, aud, for ovory ultra who opposcs the Prsident in the policy of pucification, thers witl bo a hundred mod- corates that will give Lim n hoarty support, MWONICIPAL DEBTS IN ILLINOIS. Bonator WinTING, in proposing a resolution for a joint committeo of tho Legislature to coust for tha best means of aiding tho munje. ipalitios of Tiinols in mooting .oud paying their bonded debts, furnlshed some valuable informntion bearing on that sub. ject, 'I'ho railroad-ald debt amounts in round numbors to $16,000,000, and s owod Dby 45 countles, 227 townships, 16 citios, und 26 incorporated towns, Dut thera are othor debts, and the total debts in 1809 wero a3 follows; Cltie oW Counties "Total debta in 1800... , 600, D00 Mr. Wunino estimatos that since 186 theso dobts have incroased to an aggrogate of 45,000,000, It is probablo that this Isa low estimate, ‘Ihesa debts bear an interest rauging from 6 to 10 per cont, or an averago of 8 per cent ; and, afterpointivg out the b probability of secugng ony provision for direct nid from the Htate, Mr, WmiziNg sug- gests a plan by which, without themeceusity of o coustitutional amendwent, much may bo done {o relicve the muniofpalities, Mis plau fu: 1. Localitles and thelr bondholders to fund tholr prusent indobledneas by new uad uniform bouds on long time, say, 816y ycars at b per cent interest. 4, The Btate to seglster and counteruign these bunds, and wanagy, through State machluery, Jovy und collect from each locality sutticient to meot thelr nlerest ouligationy, together wity 3 per cont wore to be used as o vinking fund, 3, I'so Stato to discontinue Ler agency ta all excopt those why accept thewa torna, It 1s nut probuble that all the Jocal dudebiedness of the Slate would come into thls arrangement, as it could ouly be donu by an sgreement of 1he locality and thelr creditors, except it wight be dono in souie cases by the locality Liwniug new bonds, and redosming (o old with the avalle, Bupposs halt these dubta—say $20,000,000—which iy now pay- ing 10 pur cent interest, and which 14 the wost oppressive and thu most doubtful, should svek 10,715,854 fadice 5, the aid, the anoual foterest saved would be, $1,009,00. : * TPhoro is no good to e accomplished by iguoring the fact that o large portion of this debt is due by municlpalities which are ot able to pay the iuterest, and consequent- 1y the payment of the principal is at prescnt Lopeless. ‘Flese dobts wero improvidently in- ourred. 'The muusgers of tho railroad proj- ccts induced thess peopla to vote bonds in exchange for capitul stock fn tho railroad companlos ; tho stock, it was reprosented, would yicld large anuual dividends, thus re- lieving the wunicipalitica from ull. tax for interest,—the towns in the meantimo boivg 845,000,000 8t £ Por Cotbeas .» ropresented in the mansgement of the ronds. It is noedless to sny that all this was vision- ary. Inmany casos thoonly cash capitnl of thoso railway companies was the proceods of these mnnieipnl bonds, The ronds wers at onco mortgaged to the highest possible sum, and thon sold or lensed permanently to somo ono of the railrond swreckers, and tho stock obliterated, Theso Londs, in nomo of the subseribing towns, equal a mort. gage of severn! dolls¥s an acre on nll the land. These peopls wero also induced to contrnet these debls nnder tho fraudnlent not of 1869, which practically exempted them from State taxation. This law Dbeing de. clared unconstitutionsl, tho foll weight of 1ho debts foll upon theso small municipalic ties, Tho plan proposed by Mr. Wmiriza Is that, in nll cnses where the indebted towns and the creditors can agree, tha presont ont- standing bonds be replaced by 'the issue of new bonds bearing 6 por cont interest snd Loving Qfty yoars to run, and that in such case tho State, neting in bobalf of both par- ties, shiall anunally nssess npon suoh municl- pality and collect n sum equal to 7 per cont of tho dobt,—f per cont to bo applied to the payment of intereat, and 2 per cent to the prineipnl of the bonds. ) There certalnly can be no objection to nn arrsngement of this kind, The proposition {8 in no wise compulsory, At presont, taxa- tion to pay tho interest and principal of these debts is voluntary with the municipal. ities. They may or moy not lovy or collect tho tax., Tho State offers that if the cred- itors will surronder tha outstanding bonds, gome of which will soon matare, and sceept a & per cent bond, having fifty years to run, it will undertake to lovy and colleot a tax, with tho Biate taxes, equal to the pay- tnent of tha aunuel interest and 2 per cent of tho prncipal, and pay tho same to the creditors, Tho offer '1a matually advan- tageous to debtor and creditor. Tho debtor will bo able, ont of n tax less than he is now paying for intorest alone, to pay Loth prin. cipal and intorest ; and the croditor wall hinve an nssnranco that he will got his interest and his principal,—an assurance which, owing to the necessitics of the people, he does not T0W pCEBess. - Taking the whole debt to bo 345,000,080, the annual intercst thorcon avoragiug 8 per cent, the difference betweon the proposed and the oxisting arrangement will bo: ) inlerest, Debt, 15,000, 000 at 8 per cent. 5,000, 000 nt B per cent. Annual saving of nterest, Annualsnving in interest, Including, 2 per ecnt for principal.e uoesiee$ 450,000 ‘Thesa dobts now require sn aunual tax of $9,600,000. ,Under the new schomo the nn- nunl tax for interest and 2 por cent of the principal will be $3,160,000,—a saving of $4560,000, besides o reduction of £900,000 of the prinaipal. the annual tax for interest will bo propor- tionately reducod. As the principal is paid off, 1t is to bo hoped that an intelligont Com- misslon will be appointed by tho Legislature to consider this schemo and mature a law on this subject that will commend itsclf to the approval of the municipalitios and their croditors. This debt oppresses theso towns most disastronsly, and tho danger of defnult in interest is already urged by Jocal dema- gogues. EMANOIPATION AND COMPARATIVE KE SULTS. . In an article published in Tuz TatouNe of yeaterdoy wo gave a shortakotch of tho fright- ful domoralization that provulls among tho emaucipated serfsof Russia, nsdascribedinthe Englishpapors, Idloness, drunkonness, thieve ery, and sexual promiscuity are nlmost univer- nal,and theso vicos have reduced the agrieul- tural districts to a condition which is scarcely sclf-supporting, The valuo to Americaof this oxhibit, which {s made after a thorough Iuvestigation by. 8 Govarnment Commission, iy in tenching us that, however ombarmssing thie negro question Los boon politically, we havoe escaped many of tho most sorious con- sequences of a sudden and univoraal emauei- potion of o whols raca of people that had been necustamed to mervitude and depond- once through wmnuy gencrations, Tho dif- ferenco Veiwoen the slan experlonco is highly croditablo to tho Auerican negroes, and shows tho latter to bo a mora docile, teachable, and well-dispos- Amorican and Rus- ©d pooplo than tho Russinn sorfs, But, in addition to this, it {4 avident that there ware other favorablo conditions in this country whick have helped to avert tho Russiaa dis- asters. 'To begin with, Ruasia omancipated nbout 80,000,000 serfs, or more than soven times tho nuwmbor of cmancipated slaves In tho United Btates, Thero was also a sort of colonlzation or grouping togother of tho Russian serfs, inasmuch as their lands were divided up among them and they wera fop- arated iuto commune villages, with the right of solf-governinent even to the chofcs of all thelr ofticlals and priests; but there was no commingling of the superior classes, 'Tho gorfa had previously llved apart from {ho londowners and thelr nas. ters, but they lhad boen undor the rostraiut of officials and overveers put over thom, Whon this restraint was takeu away, aud the dread of tho Jash and othoer direct and certain punishment bad disappeared, they wero left in their iguorance to dovelop il tho bad and idle passious of a degraded raco, and with no oxample or influence in their wmidst to arrost fhose tondencles and onconrngo industry by omulation. It s ovident from a comparisqn of tho {wo ex. perioncea that the emaucipated slaves of tho United States have been the botter for the presonca among thom of thelr former mas. ters, notwithstanding the political complica. tlons, the Ku-Kluxing, and the bulldozing that havo disturbed the Bouth, The Russlan serfs have onjoyed abuoluta self-governmont s to their local affalrs, and were given a hut, o patch of laud, oud some cattly to start out on thelr new lifo; and yet they bave retro- graded and dograded, while the blacks of this country have progressod and improved to soms extont, Both Rusyin and the United States have yetn good deal to nccomplish in the way of taruing omancipation to tbe profif of both tho countsies aud the emencipated, and In both the yelief must be found maiuly in 1m. provod oducation. It may La botter jn this country to give the Llacks o more certaln guarautea of political and civil riglts, but only with the conscut aud co-operation of the native whitos, so that they may enjoy the triendly {nfluences and belp of the su- perior people among whols and with whom thoy live, But in Rusals it is evident that an extenslon of civil rights, or even the con- tinuation of those they already exerciso, will be fatal to tho raco of amancipated pessants and of great injury to the nation. 'Their prescnt ignorant and depraved condition rouders them uitorly unft for po. litical self-control. A system of comd)uhory education under the auspices of the Govern. ment will bo absolutely necossury to their salvation; and, as tho Church aud State are 50 closely united in Russia, it 1s probablo that the Government will have to assnme the right of appointing tho priests, as well ns tho rehool-teachors aud local officials, in order to reduce the number of holidays, compol at- tondanes at sohools, control the vice of in. temporance and soxnal disorders, and enforce rospect for property.rights, Withont some such courso as this, Lhe vast nation of com- munes made up of emaucipatod serfs will not remain merely an idle, impoverished, and dobauched communiiy, but dogencrata still further Into a monacing condition of anarchy and barbarism THE RICHMOND WHIG AND FREDERICK DOVGLASS, ®he Richmond Wiy was one of the most goalons of Mr. Titoex's advocates. It op- posed Mr. Haves not only stoutly but bite terly, and throughout the campaign wes an implacable, Sinca Mr. Hares' new depart- ure, however, it has mnado an hionost attempt 1o favor, if not to indorse it, and was suc- ceeding very nicely until Frxpgniox Dova- 1488 wos confirmed 08 Marshal of tho Dis- trict of Columbin, when its gorge arose, and it commenced making wry faces at the dose offered it. 1In its issuo of March 10 it says: Wa confess we havo beon alittie staggered In one hopes of arestored peace when tho nominations of Frevesick Dovurana as Marshal of the District of Columbla and of —- Broxr. a4 District Attorncy for Sonth Carolina were made by Mr, Havxs, with the knowledge which he must have that nothing could bo mote gratingon the publlc scutiment of Aho Sonth, and, wo mightadd, of s larze portion of the citizens of the North, than the selection of n nogro to the Marshalehip of the Diatrict, ex-oficlo Master of Ceremonles at tho White House. Perhaps if tho Whig will examino the mat- tor with o littlo loss of prejudice, it will dis- cover that things are not ns bad as they scem to be, Frepzarox Dovornass is not o negro. Ho s a mulatto. Ho hasa streak of whito nnd natronk of black. Bomo of tho very bost blood of Maryland flows in his veins, One half of him at lesstis F, F, V. Ho is therofore tho very best selection that could bo made as n link betwgen tho two racos. Whataver the dark side may bLe, tho white side nt lenat is entitled to wear bluo conts, brass buttons, and rafited shirts, and disport itself after tho manner of the editor of the Whig or any othor Southorn gentlemsn. In opposing the appointment of Mr. Dovarass, therefore, it docs mot allow any credit for tho white side of him, which, although it in- cludes only half of Mr. Dovorass, is much Dbetter than somo of tho wholo whites in tho Houth. Thero i3 anothor view to bo taken of this subject which wo commond to the Wiig. Mr. Iaves has beon trying two'oxporiments to test tho gonuinoncss of political profes. sions, and discover who really propose to support him in his now departare, He tried the first upon tho Republican party with Br. Kex by selocting him to take charge of the Post-Offico Department. It was p vory govara test of the acquiesconce of Republic. ons in the now policy, becauso Mr. Ker was not only a Southern man snd n Democrat who had voted ngainst Mr, Haves, but ho aleo bad beon o Rebel, served in tho Con- federato army, and fought against tho North, not giving up until ho was captured. Ho found that tho Ropublicans stood the tost. Thoy conquerad thelr prejudices and con- flemed him. Now, wo appeal to tho Wiz, would it not have bLoen unfair to test Republicans in this sharp manner and Jot the comservativa men of tho Bouth,—the Reconcilablos,—off without moking any tesb of the honosty of their profession? This was ovidently the view of 'tho President when ho selected Mr. Dova. rass, Ho wanted to test the Southern Rec- oncilables and sgo how they had copquarod thelr projudices, and therefore solootod the reprosontativo mau of the colorod race who had violatod the wholo ton commandments of slavery, Fnrorick Douonass stolo him. solf, chented his mnstor out of 1,600 worth of blood and bone, ran away, lectured and spoke in tho North agalnst slavery, stirred up wrath and fought tho slaveholders tooth and nail to the bitter ond, It was just such a test of Southern conservatives s he had made of Northern Republicous with Key, aud it fa but justico to eay that thoe most of tho Roconcllables have stood the test, Tven tho Whiz haa got Mr, Dovorass halt down, nnd, if it will but shut ita oyes andumake an honest effort, Alr, Dovarass will go all the way down, One troublo with the Whig is that its hosis of action is sll wrong, It has no solid foundation, For instance, in ita issuo of March 17 iv says: **'Tho Wiy is aver for Virginin first, for the South second, and for tho whole country third.” This explnins tho whole troublo of the Whiz. It las got things wrong end uppermost. Ita pyramid 18 luvorted, and standing on its opex instead of its baso, consequently the baso is so uar- row that every view the Waig takes must bo oqually norrow. Lot it turn its pyramid over 8o that the whole country will ba the bnse, tho South upon that, Virginia upon thint, Richmond upon that, snd wo havon't the slightost objection to seoing the oditor of tho Wiy standing upon the apex, When 1o gots tho idea through his mind that he is wrong ond up, that his foot aro where his Liead ought to be, and that he ought to tnm s somersault and como up on his fect, ho will ook at thingy differently aud act diffor. eully. 1t is cruol to Interview mon who are candi- dates for offico, . Why torment them before tholr timo? ¥ero, for instance, is o candl- date for Mayor. 1l wants to got thoe votes of ealuts aud sinners, 'Tho stern Puritan, the convivisl German, the mercurial Irish. man, and the serious Scandinsvian, must Lo coaxed into line, How can this be dono if o man bas to sland a newspaper in. terview ? If ho says ho belloves in * break- ing tho Babbath,” ke Lills at ono end as wany as he cures at the other; if he favors yum, ho dlsguxts the cold-wator men, and vics terai. 1t lo oxpresses no opinions, evory ono i3 afrald of him,. and peoplo “are so ovenly divided thet it {s difficult to suit ome class and not dlsgust some other that holds tho balance of power. In general, the best thing o candidate can do s to lenve town pending conventions and elections, We ad- vise this course. Lot all the gentlemen who desiro to bo nominated at the cowing con- vontions goaway. It will help the yailroads and not hinder business in the city, It will givo frionds of candidates moro elbow-room in whith to work, more of a fleld in which to make promises. It would alo introduce in politics a plan which works well in cestain roligious bodies, When o preachor’s charac- ter 18 “examined” by his Conference or Synod, e always picks up hishat andre- tires. Then & brother who has been earry- ing a rock in Lis spiritual pocket fora year, waiting & chance to sby it at & given proach- er, gots o chance, He can barmonize hiv wishes with his safety. Let the candidates go to Milwaukeo whila the peoplo *ex- amino” them. It will increaso tho popula- tion of that subarb, and yet take naught that ‘onriches wa Go, friends; depast in peace. “politiclan fn the country. conld be collectod fn one Blace aud o slight ad- 1nisslon fee charged, the show would not enough Come again whon you hear of your nomina. tions, althongh that may keep many of you away for somo timo. 8t Louls falrly glonts over the PirE-Jonzs murder, and the newspapers find In the oceur- rence an indisputable evidence that all the cor- ruption, all the festering and putrifyjog abom- inatlons of nvast reglon are concehtrated In thiscity. It this were our affalr, we might re- ply that ono swallow docs not make a summer, nor ong PIRE A whole school of flab. Hut we must remind 8t Louls thet (b was that city whichimposed Pixs upon us. It waa there, according to 8t, Louls reports, that he cultivated his long halr, developed his phreno- logical vagarics and vices, schooled himself In frec love, seduced his wile, inated hLis infamles in o second-haud book-store, He came to Chicago fresh from B8t. Louls, and a foll blown mor- at monstrosity. We presume that tho com- petitfon In his lino of business became so great fn8t. Louls that Lo was driven to seck some other fleld, and his carer [n Chicago shows that 1iis efforts were nelther auccessful nor profitable Inthis community. As to Jowus, imply located his business In Chicago as many others (o, on account of the superlor advantages, but, Yike mony other Chicago maunufacturers and merchants, ho sold a large part of his goods to St. Louts and _thereabouts. Belng engaged in the manufacture of Spiritualistic books and the publication of a Spiritunlistic nowspaper,be and Itspublieations were yery ilttle known in Chi- caggo, but ovidently, from the familiarity which the 8t. Louls papers show and the Interest they ovivee in the matter, 8¢. Louls was the principal raacket for hla wares. e— TueSt. Louts Hepublican says the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Raflrosd Company has about perfected arrangoments by which it wiil become the absolute owuer of the Missourd, Kansas & Texas Railroad, The Republican is of the opinion that It wiil make no msterlal chango fn matters as they now stand, except that the Chilcago policy which has heretofore prevaiied fu the management of the latter road will be permanently established. Ve are glad that Bt, Loulsis pleased with the consolidation, For oncodt will be fn accord with Chlcago, which® thinks the arrangement a very nice and proper one, Clicago wants direct business communl- cation with Missourd, southwest of 8t. Louls, with Eastern and Southern Kansas, with theIn- dian Territory, and as much of Texas as sha can reaclt, Thisalr-line rosd {s just the thing re- quired to moke commercial relations perfectly serene wlth all that fing country which 8t, Louls has hierctofore pretty solidly monopolized. Chi- cago I8 *down " on monopolics,~hates them,— and is reaching around everyswhero to break them up,—cspecially St. Louis ones, ————— Gen, Joun MoCostn, editor of the Alta-Cali- Jfornia, has performed & good work, A law- yer, offonded at o facetious paragraph in the Alta] called on the General for o *retraction.” He had In his pocket a self-cocking pistol, He had bis finger on the trizger. Ho informed the edltor that o vetraction must bo written within five minutes or thore would o corpse named wex-Gen, Jonn McCoun.” The corpse {n posse waited until the five minutes bad nearly elapsed, when its dylug throesbegan, One of thom took the retractee botween the oves. Another made s nose rise up like Croxin's, A third sent o file of his teeth down his throat st a double- quiek. ' A fourth made his stomach exclaim, “1 would 7ot live alway.” Then this lively corpso in posse called in witnesses, forced what was left of the diaciple of Coxs to hand over the deaths denling, sell-cocking, double-back-actlon plstol; after which it escorted him to a carrlage, accom- pauled bim to the loek-up, ond Jeft him, et The Burlington MHawkeye cavies the Clvil- Bervicosystem in Illinols, whero it is reduced to afinescicnce, 1t mays: the Postmasters conrmed i3 Crank o} Gulesbary, o capitst good fellow, who Tas had tho otlico sixteen years,and whon ho sorves ont the commisston ho has just recolved be will have lad It twenty ycars, nearly o Taxron, of Bulievitle, Iik., has twelve eneration. on Postinaster rcars, and will bo contloned four ye: more, UnAitke, of Mattoon, has had his ofiice for au equal 1ength of time, and 'gets sn equal contlau- ance, 11oairr, of Qalncy, and Dick, of Bloom- Ington, cach have Leen at thelr posta for eight years, and pots four yesrs more, 1ltinols has lmldlg! of the day, u Postmaster who resigned. 1le ives at Evanston, and after holding the ollice for twolvo yesrs hu cancludes he wiil let some one clse have a chance, and sends In hle redignation, = Thus ogaln §s dem ruted the wisdom of the 01d Jegul waxiu, ** Posseasion v nlne points of the law.™ Insome of the foregoing Inetances it seems to ran wovers) painta highor. ' e ——— A “Qranger” in the country sends usa bit- ter attack upon those who ars opposed to carry- Ing on moechanical Industries in tho Peniten- tiary, and winds up his rejected commuuication with this flug: “ Them follers who are so mortally opposed to competing with Penlten- tlary labor ought to remomber that some day some of them may get Into the Penltentlary themselves; then, how would they feel to bo diserimiuated ogalnst? Remember thoso that aro In bonds as bound with thew." —ee—— 1t ta sugmested that under the Clyil-Service rules the position of Commisstoner of Agri ture should bo accorded to the #scediest” It the applicants to pay the expenses of the Agricultural Bureau, A competitive examination of thesgold “socds™ would attract national attention, eapectally the 101 ———————— QGen, Grant s reported as saying *Holost hlataith fu Civil-Service Rolortn when the man who passcd the best examination under the (ixonox WitLtax CuRTis rules was sent to tho Peltentiney,” Which remark taves HaLsTEAD to observe that *Bome of GRANT'S friends’got Into the Peniteutlary after a cross-cxamination; and be did nok seemn to 108 falth In them even then. The Milwaukes Seatinsl says that President Rayzs scnt for MATY CAnpENTEE 8ud expresscd regret that the Republicans did not retafu blin ua counsel bufore the Commission. The Seutined does not state whether this regrot was on CARPENTEN'S account or ou President Hayes' account, A word of explanation ou this point would do good. ——— SAx Bowens Is of thoopintonthat if the Presl- deut hnd wauted o mon in the Cabinet truly representative of the whole country, ki could bt have done better than to pavo selected— CHABLES FRANCIS ADAMS, o the ground stated in the New England primer, that “ln ADAx's fall wo sloned all.” e ———— An incorrigible punster wastes his preclous time ju efforts of this sort: “Thu worst encmy of the now Administration cannot deny that the appointment of the vx-Bucretary of tho Treasury as Callectar of Customns b Portlsnd Indicutes a MonniLL tendency.” e e e Tn tho fight for the publicatfon of the sinecure tax-llst, tho Journalhas the most circulation, the Post the most clahing, and the F-0. the most— creditors. This gives tholattor the lead, as they are “infuental,” and snxious to get thoir money, ———— Tho Tinals anxlousto have & speclal ses- slon of Congress for genersl legislatlon, Cor poral KRENAN Is evidently spolling for s fight. 1¢ hwecanuot havo auy other * wah, he wauts & Hwaly! of wards. e et ¢ i sald tbat President Hayss reglsts thy fasciuntions of the ex-Uuvernor of Titinols a8 '8 watter of duty, e 1s pledged not to touch, taste, or haudle intoxicating BvERIDGXS. | ‘The municipal political articles in the Timss caunot be lics, for they are all TuUPE befure publication. Thoprice of sugar will go up. Tbe “pap- suckors ” bave got home from Waahington. - | MM, W. F, WasTwostw's uswe will be pre- sonted bafors the Republican City Couvention for the offics of City Treasurer. 3Mr. Wxxr- woutit, held the office two terms befors the and dissem- S — clection of Mr. D. A. Gaox, sud Wwas very pop- ular, ——— The candldates for Mayor will not tell who will be put ont if they get In, and it Is not nee- cszary tonsk who will ba #put out” If they don't get fn. ———— PEBSONAL. X The New York Lojus Club have electod Jotn Brougham President. A Florlda editor bubliahes **The Las Roseof: Summee " under the bead of ** Late Local Miscel- lany." Flve negroes were hang In Sonth Carolins last week for the mardor of a German. A local paper says, *Tho drop fell with s dall thad,” Tho Marquise of Montabello was burned to death In Parls, not long ago, Bbo had Just refurned from aball, and, standing too ncar the hearth, her dress canght flce. L . A Brookiyn woman, Mrs, fesoler, discovered a butglar In her room, and lald holdof him. ile pounded hor face terribly, and broke saveral of her teoth, but she clung to him until the police arrived, Charles R, Sergeant, a Bufialo boy, cosxed his 1ttle slster down to the rallroad 'track to stea) rides, Inhalfanhour he had lost his head, lege, and arms, snd was s shapeless, unrecognizable .mass, A Qerman couple named Btaninhoff, hiving at atrison, Wis., have twelve chlldren, six of whom never had & hale on thelr heads, Thus does Nature suggest a solution of the Indian question when msn's frafl efforts fall, A Bt. Louls papor {s gravely discusaing which fe the correct phrase, **It washe whom X lent ftto," or **1t was him whom I lent it to. * If the editor would concleely oxpress tha fact he would say, *'flo lent it to us, " Qeps. White and Beveridge ate charging upon the Custotha Collectorship, J. TRussoll Jones, howevur, *‘holds the fort." White Is sald to bave Aldrich and Brentano on his side. Beverlige, as usual, puts his trust in that Being who, alss! ace el::llinx to Coronor Dietzsch, fs ** not here.” Too A Western Miosonrl paper says: *‘Two weela agowe stated that Dr. Downing was thrown from ble buggy and badly hurt. We have since learned 1hat ho only had both his Jega broken ip two places nna“h'-.l! hisacalp torn off, and that he fa doing well. A forty-foot whale became atranded {n the creek at Anaheim, Cal., and drow il tho powder In tho town. Two sailors who sttacked him In a skift barely escapod with thefr lives. Aflercapsizinga lighter the leviathan went oat to 'ses, & happler and a wiser whalo, John D, Les, now under sentenco of doath for his participation in'the Monntain Mendow masss. cre, will loavo sixty-four children and three faltn. fnl wives, 1le had cighteen spouses, but clght se- cared divorcos and soven deserted bim, Mo is writing a book In which he will show up Brigham ‘Young and Mormondom. Max Btrakosch Is golng to give conceris in New York and Philadolphla simultaneously on April 2, 3, ond 4, usingthe telephone to convey the sounds from the ono clty where the concertizera are lo- cated to the other point. Thls system may do for concerts, bat it will never prove satlsfactory fur the Boldene tronps, eepecially fn ** Chllperic.”— Cinelnnatl Enquirer, Now the military men will call courta-mariial Meno-rations, —n kind of ovation '*Re-“knowaall - abont. The next timean army officer wants to fight & chaplain and & woman ho will probably com. ‘promise by n campalgn against Sitling Boll, Mrs, Capt. Dell has tolled Reno's knetl, at least for & apell. Let ua hopo this may causo tho Major to so livoas to **Ring tha bells of eavan," instead of wringing the Bells of carth, . One of tho most remarkable pleces of nowapaper work dona recently was in tho shape of 8 review of Victor Hogo's new book of pootry which appesred inthe New York iWoridof last Thurday. The roviow was claborato, and contained lbersl ex- tracts renderod fnto English verse, and oll was dona within & day after the receipt of the volume, This rapld and brilliant achlovement was the work of Mr, G, T. Lanigan, a thorough Erench acholar and woll known In Chicago as an accomplished Jonrnalist. Iia review snd translations wera printed two days carller than Bayard Taylor's in tho Tribune, though tho latter liad boen favored with an early copy from the author. Prof, Quthne, F, R. 8., gavo tho free sclenco lectare ot Sonth Kensington Musenm recently, his subject belng **Waves,” Aftcr s cloar exposition, with oxperiments, of some of tho princlpal facts knawn with regsnd to the wave motion of water and afr (In relation to sound), he went on to apeak of 5 subject In conmection with this, which, he sald, has occupled his attontion for somo years, He floated o thin Jndia-rabber ball flled with alr on water. Near thin he hold a large tunlng-fork, The Soating ball fullowed the fork. n ho ralsed was, Is this the at- traction? 1lis reply was a declded negative. He had in tho course of the lecturo explained how each ouclilation of & wava was followed Ly & reflec- tion, Mere, be argued, the reiioction pushed on tha fuctiet alde of the ball, Ho believed that soon wo shall learn that (liere Is no such thing oe attraction; that tho apparent pull will bo foaud to Do a push In the upporite direction, Tho approach, 48 1 the case of the ball, need nob necessarily be called attraction, and 1t waa bettor fn all cascs to substitute the word approach, which wasa fact, for attraction, which was o theory. Oneof the many absurdities oxlating nt Oxford up to fftecn years ogo was ‘‘a Grand Com- pounder,” Tho name was given to any under- who had £600 a year in hls own right,’ sud the rule wes thst he must, in taking hla de- greo, psy eomo very heavy fues, from which others, no matter how wealthy thelr parents, or how large thelr expectations, were oxempt. This state of things might have gone on for many years longer than it did but that & reformer dlscovored that o Grand Compounder, though compeiled to pay theso outrageous fees, could, on tha other haud, cumpel all the dignitariea of the univoraity toattend whon he took his degree. 8o tha reform- ing party begged & young gentleman named Bax- ondale to take the andaclous step, Theauthorliles were aghast, Such & thing bad nevet been hni\l of. They looked up the ancient atatatoe; therelt was fo black and white, and thers was no way of gotting out of it, Bo when Baxendale's degreo doy came, the Vice-Chacellor in s robes, attended by his **pokers, as tho mace bearers aro frroves- ontly ealled, the proctors in thelr velvet-sleaved gowas, and all the other unlveraity oficors, bad solomnly to oscort the (rand Compounder to re« celvo his degree. It wag not found necessary aftsr this to repeat the ceremony, The reform wae no longer opposed, —~New York Sun. The wardrob of Mrs, Laura 8., widow of the tate James . Taylor, was sold by tho Sherif? at New York, 1o satlafy s clalm of §1,400, held by Charles Develin, a contractor, The goods, com= peising silks, velvets, laces, ltnen wesr, jewelry, furs, lap-robes, china, etc., were spresd o long pita of spadoes and shovels that lued one aide of the dusky room. ‘The aale was oponed with the dfsposition of several lots of 1able-cloths, napkins, and handkerchiefs, and went on to the most etabe orate silk and valvet droases, whose beautiful tuxt- ure and lustre not even tha half-lighted spartment could congeal, Tho blddlug wes brlsk, and the bldders quarreled and swore as they stamped the mud from thelr feet and roughly pulled at the Ano fabrical mong the goods werze over twenty dresses, nearly oll of which were of the fineat allk, In black, green, maroon, and Javendor colors., ,0nd magnifcent black velvat dress, that cost not less than $400, wsa kuocked down, after s sharp bld- ding, for $60, and two dressos of grecn ailk, olab- ely ombrofdered, brought ouly §10. A aplenald rep aifk was wold for $21. Sevoral guury Hght lace Qresses were sold 1o & lot for 910, and & sealskin mul brougt only 75 conts, A wiik velyet cloak went for §8,96, lace curtslue for §16 8 pair, s floe sealekin sack for §21, crimeon plush sad dark and maroon-colored 1np-robos for a sony, aud bits of ngravings, shawls, ribbons, lvory. fans, assen, borae lankets, bottles of Preach overs! asta of jewelry, were disposed of st maliess Aigures. Tho trunks were 1ast, and the prices ranged from 75 centa to $18. et ——— s INDIANS, Bpecial Disvaich to Tha Tribens. B100x CiTy, fa., March 25.—I4 is stated by adties fraify Nioprars that the -Ponca fudians are very much excited over the proposcd re- moval of that tribe from thelr reservation to tho Iadlan Territory, They clalm: that they wero nduced to sigu the treaty giving up thelr rescs- vation rigbts_and sgrecing to the removal by misreprescutation and under the lmpression that they were only slgning & paper to euable them to. draw thelr aunulties. Tloy eay they will fight before they will leave. It is stated that the Government has arranged for thelr re- wmoval between now and the lst of April A conflict between them and the Goverument s antlclpated. Tue tribe s well anmed s0d wounted, aud determlned Bot Lo be drivei