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

e THI. CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1877 ;@Iw Tribme, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. BY MAIL—IN ADVANCE—TOSTAGE PREFAID AT THIS OFF) ally Edition, pos'pald: 1 sear ’arta of A year, per month, 1.0 Matled to any Rddress four weeka fof . . 1.00 unds ; Literary and el [ ay Fdifion, tweite o X ‘cekly, postpald, 1 o AT1a of 8 year, per mont L WERRLY EDITION ¢ free. 7o prevent delay and mistakes, he mreand atve Poats Gree address in full, including State and Connty, Temittances may beviade elther by dratt, exm Tost-Oiccorder. or In repistered letters, at our riaks 7ERMS TO CITY SUDSURIBENS, Tully, deltrercd, Eunday excupted, 23 ecnts pe week. Iaty, dellvered, Sunday fnclds cents per week Aditress THE TIIBUNE COMPANY, Lurner Madiron anid Dearborn. Chtcago, Hls TRIBUN 13 BUILDING DIRECTORY, Loome, Occupants, 1. CHARTER OAK LIFE (Insurance Dep'ta) % TO RENT. B GUSTIN & WALLACE. J.T. 4. DUEDER WATCH-CASR M . RUBBINS & APPLETON, o TO RENT, . LUERRER & UUTCHINS, . WAL C. DOW, A.J. DROWN. W. RODBBING, . WRIGIT & TYRRELL. 10 CIIARTER OAK LIFE (Losn Dep't.) . FATRCHILD & BLACRMAN, . JAMES MORGAN, 18, W, BRINGK, . HENRY K. SEKLYE. W. I\ COOLER. . M, D, HARDIN, 10, D. K. D) \ HUTCH! 0. 1 o » TIl LYCKU) . COMMERCIAL EDITOR. 3 V. DE . R HATCHER. A, F. BTEVENSON. NTol, i, CITY Ofilces tn tho DBulldlog to rent by W. C. DOY, Ttwom 8, ANMUSEM. New Chlcaxo Thentre. reet, between Lake sad landolph, Emerson's Muscum, Monroe street, between State and Dearborn. Vaude- ville und novelty, MeVicker's Thentros Madison street, bLetween Dearborn snd State, *0ur o, - Haverly's Theatre, LUzndolph street, hetween Clark and Laf Enigazenicnt of tlic ¥ifth Aveaus Compauy, +* ity Adelptl Thentre. .\lcn[ue street, coruer Deatborn, '* Iack and JIL™ TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1877 COICAGO MAREET S8UMMARY. T Chicngo produce wariets wero moderately active yesterdoy, and steadler. Mess pork clored 20c per hrl Bl L 075@14, 10 for April and 814,200, per 100 bs hiuher, ut 80, 4254 tor Aprll and § @54 for May. Moata were firmer, clostug af fur laose shoulders, Thic for doshort ribe, and Tisc fur short clears. Highwines wero quiet, at $1.05 perzuilon, Flour was quict nnd steady, Wheat closed fyc hlgher, st $1,40% for Apeil and §L.31 for Moy, Corn closcd 4@%5c higher, at i8%;c for d2%c for May. Ualy cloaed e i¢ for April and 3¢ for2iay, Tyo t (433@U0ic. Harley closed casier, or April. Tlogawere ynlet and H@10c i most uf tho walea ot $5.20@5.40, Cattle were dull and finin, with sales of common 10 cholea nt §1. 6065, 65, No sheep were recelved, Une humdred dollats in goll would buy $105.00 In greenbucks ot the close, April and lower, at i Greenbneks ot th Now fi:r G-old Exchango yeuterday elosed nt 953, At {ho Mickigan Stato clection yesterdny for Supremo Conrt Judge and University Regents oll the Republican candidates wero clected by majorities estimated at from 16,000 to 20,000, Tho rumor of n lund-slide in tho Mont Ceuts tunvel and the burial of two passengor .tring proves to have been a Paris canard. 1t is positively contradicted in the eable dis- It 18 announced that Princo Bissancg will 8ron tako a prolouged leave of absence, Ho has grown nervous and irritable uader the sirnin of the constant antagonism with which he has Lnd to contend as Chancellor of the Empire, rnd is said to carncstly long for & pariod of rest and peace. T'he debt-statoment shows o reduotion of the public debt for the month of March of §1,60,216, which {s a very handwome de- eronso for the first month of Hares' Admin. istmtion, There was also wrilten off tho books 53,800 by cancollation of the Geuova-Award bonds, which had proviously boen paid of, The full text of ox.Gov. CuaMpERrAIYS lotter to the President, priuted this morning, casta no new light upon thesituation in South Caroliun, and furnishes no now reasons why tho weaker party in tho contest should be perpetually bolstered up by Federal troops. 1t i tho sjrongest aud most favorable pre. sentinent thint tho caso is susceptible of, but not strong cnough to overcomethe Presi- dent’s settled purpose to put an ond to inter- furence fu Stato affairs, The Louisiana Commissioneis leave for the South to-day, They will, it is sald, carry with them no formal instruotions, but will bo governed in their action by the views of tho President, with which they have become thoroughly conversant in the frequent con- versationn at the White House during tho last few days, 1t is predictod that theaction of the Cabimet inthe South Carolina case will tend largely to simplify the work of the Cowmmission, The 8t. Paul Chamber of Commerco is looking into the subject of sorghum cultiva- tion a4 a solution of the grasshopper ques- tion. It Las been demonstrated that the Chiuess cano possesses uo attractions for the cpicurcan locust, and also that it can bo grown to advantage as a sure crop, and manufactured into sugar and sirup with a bandsome profit to the farmer. Necessity muy then prove to be the mother of an ex- podicnt which will turn the grasshopper curse into a blessin, Mr. Wattznson bas tired of the attacks which tho Northern Democrats of the ex- treme echool Lave beon making on him for the conservative part he took in forcing boyers to keep faith in the Electorsl bill, and lio strikes back in the Courier~Journal. Ho says very plainly thmt ¢ the bistory of the’ effort to place Mr, Truoew iu the office to which be was elected (!) is not creditable either to the statesmanship or the courage of thé Northern Democratic leaders.” He also tells them equally plainly that if the Northern Democrats don't want to consort suy longer with the Bouthern Democrats, the latter can very well take careof themselves. Of courss, be gives the Republican party several hard Llows in saying oll this, but in the end he admits his belief that Sonth Car- olina and Lonisiana will soon enjoy home- rula; that what he calls ** the sentimontal phaso of the Southern question” will poss out of politics; and that the business of the Bouth will then be to davolop its resources and reorganize its commorcinl system. Mo adds somo information to the Fosrrn-Baowx transnction, a8 a witness, to the effect that Sonator Suemiay assonted to Judgo Mar- Trewa' liberal presontment of the case, simply adding that he * supposed tho porties inter- osted would not bo too impatient, but would leave the Administration to recognizo the Nicnorza Government in ita own way." Tussia has on haud a littla affair of her own which proves so interesting as to claim the close personal attention of GortscEa- sorr. About 160 arrests have been made, and the trial is now proceeding, of persons of both sexes who have been engaged in plotting & communistie revolution. The Promier, with all his important duaties and lis weak state of health, finds time to attend court and look after the trial of these dangerous fomentors of internecine strife. Recent public demon- strations nnd disturbances have shown the necessity of great prompiness and severity in dealing with tho Russian Socialists, who have on several occasions successfully defled the attempts of the police to mnnage them by ordinary methods, It seems to ba very generally conceded on all gides that Mayor ITzaTr will be re-elected to-day, and the policy of retronchment in city affairs vindicated and nssured. There is no doubt that the Democrats have been sori- ously wonkened by tho ovidence that the party is completely in the bhands of tho bnm- mer olement in this contest, and their ranka sre 8o broken that they will' be ensily whipped if the taxpnyers and rosponsible mo go to thepolls. Dut this is necessary to assuro the victory, and the danger of too much assurance of success {5 the failure fo appreciate the importance of voting. Mr. SroNey Swrra said in his speech the ofher ovening that to-day's election is more im- portant to the taxpayers of Chicago than was tho clection for President last fall. Every responsible voter should regard it in that light. The larger the majority which Mayor Iearn and his associates shall reccive, the more obligation he will feol to continue the policy which hns mado his Admiistration so popular ; and the more taxpayors who turn out, the greater will be the number of competent nnd trust- worthy Aldermon, who are as essential @0 the mnintonance of the rotrenchiment policy as the Magyor limself, Even the Chicago T'imes royn that out of tho eighteon Alder- manic eandidates put forward by the Demo- crat, thero is but one—tho candidate in the Eighteanth Ward—who is a reapectablo man aud fit to be trusted with the rosponsibility of serving in the Conncil. It is the duty of avory respectable voter, therefore, to go to tho polls to vote against the bummer in his ward who is trymg to get into the Council, —_— "WORR FOR THE MASSES" Thongh Congress does not convene for purposes of general legislation hefore next wintor, tho presaure has already begun for liberal approprintious, the extension of pub- lic works, and generous subsidies to onter- prises of a.quasi-public charncter, but of privalo profit. Mr, Joux W. Fonxey, of the Pliladelplin ' Preas, lends off in this badly. conceived policy, and makes an appenl in bebslf of the unemployod men of {ho couutry, Tle contouds that the Governmont must bolp tho people who saved it in the Liour of trial, and not turn a doaf ear'to the crien of the thonsands of inen who ara struggling for bread for .their famishing familics. This is an ingenious but unphilo. sophicnl plea for a roturn to tho old systom of extravaganco and speculntion from the intoxication of which tho country is only Jjust beginuing to recover, 'That this is the uschiemo the Press leaves no room for doubt ing by specifying tho way iu which the Government moneys aro to be distributed Lrondcast. 'The construction of the Texas & Pacitlo Railroad must be nssisted first; then loeveos must bo constructed for the protection of the Missiasippl River; tho harbors and rivers of the Eastern States must likewiso bo improved ; new post-offices, custom-houses, son-walls, breakwaters, for. tifications, otc,, must be started, and ample subsidiea should be granted to the ocvnnio steawship linos, We should think tho Phila. delpliia Press.would hesitato about reforriug to tho last item in view of certain revela- tionsas to the disposition of the Pacifio Mail corruption fraud; but go great is the anxlety for new expenditares in belalf of the poor workinginen that oven disagreeable sub- jecta cannot bo overlooked, This i3 the old, old story. Construction companies, private rings, public jobbers, and Congresaional lobbyists are to be enriched at the cost of tho Governmeut under the pre- teuso of helping tho working people. Now, this plea may ay well bo answered by the broad assertion that it is not the province of tho Government to furnish work to the unemployed classes. The process is nothing mora nor less than taking of the subatance of tho sclf-supporting class to turn it over to tho idlo class, 'Tho Government, which {s without capital of jts own, nud lives upon tho suffcrance and contributions ot the people, has no right to sbuse its sgenvy Ly forcing contributions for private and special bonefits, When a man works ten Lours a day, he is entitled to his full compensation, less tho amount which it is necessary for him to contribute to the sup- port of what is called Governmont, and for the common weal of which e enjoys his share, But it 18 an outrage and a robbery to taka one hour of Lis labor away from him and make him work for tho benefit of some other person, ‘This is what happens when tho Government exacta a tax for subsidizing any business scheme, for providing public fmprovements that aro not nesded, or in any othor enterprise which iy intended mcrely to furnish work forthe uucinployed. European Goveruments somotimes resort to theso practices in times of general distross from a holy bhorror of the Pro- lotariat; tho *‘masses"” are provided with employment at public expeusa to keep thom down; thie dread that the people will im. prove the opportunity of idloncss to forcibly overthrow a Governmont they do not waut is the inducemont. Thero 15 10 such excuso Jn tho United Btates. The Government is of the kind tho people choso for themselves. Thero is mobody who wants to attackit. Communism has no terrors such as it con- stantly threatens in certain European coune tries. 'There ia not even this cxcuse to urge why the United States Goverument should constitute itself a gigontio employment bu- reau, to force by legal enactment a certain portion of the people to support another por tion. Not only is this whole system false in prin. ple and unjust in its operation, but tho de- tails are usaally worked out with a view to private gain. This is cortainly tho fact in subsidies to railroad and ateamship cor- porations, as our past oxperience abun- dantly proves; it is generally tho caso in the construction of public works, in which the coniradtors and dispensera of. the money derive more benefit than the pub- licor the workingmen. In taking mouey out of the pockels of one set of men to trans- fer it to the pockets of another set of men, n good denl rubs off in the friction incident to tho process. When thoso public improve- ment schemes do not actually contemplate private profit, thoy are dictated by erroneous idens of publio necessity. Of this naturo is the suggestion of dyking tho Mississippi River. This publio highway is certainly an institution in which tho whole country has an interest, and_flm overflow of its banks is a matter of sorious public concern. But true economy aud oxport enginecring demand rather the furnishing of more outlets than the providing of new levees and embank- ments, Ono dollar spent for the former will do more permanont good than ten dollars for the latter, When the spring thaw in thoe Obio ond its branches and the riso of the Uppor Missouri occur about the samo time, no embankments that wan can build will protect the Mississippt flood from breaking through or over; but it is practicable to open new outlets through somo of the subsidiary water-courses to the sea, and thus reliove the pressure, To goad on tho Government to cnler upon a grand schemo of levee-construction along the lina of the Missisaippi River in order to furnish the uncmployed classes with work would be an instance of the impeluous and wrong. beaded policy that time would domonstrato after millions upon millions of dollars had beon thrown awsy. The Government will boinno danger of such mistakes, nor of contributing to the enrichinent of private persons ond corporations, so long as it re- fuses to constitute itself a labor-agency or an clesmosynary institution, but does only such work a8 public necossity demands, and upon maturs determination as to the most eco- nomical and durable process. — THE CASE OF BOUTH CAROLINA. The President has ordered that the Federal troops bo withdrawn from the State-House ‘at Columbis, 8. C. Gov. Quaxpenram is in Washington, and the Lieutenant-Gov- ernor, Mr, R, I, Greaves, is in tomporary occupancy of tho State-Houso, acting ss Gavernor, under the protection of tho sol- diors, Wang Hauprox has practically beon Governor of tho Stato sinco the result of the clection was declared. Whatever Exaculive authority bns been oxorcised or recognized has boen his. Ninoty-fiva per cent of all the taxes collected have been paid to him, nnd out of funds advanced to him he hns supported tho charitable institutions and prisons of tho State. Mr, CnaMnzazaN hins boen unable to collect as much 88 5 per centof the revenue. Unless Mr. Grraves resist, Haueron will therefore enter upon tho duatics of tho office of Governor witkout {further question or controversy. ‘The intel- ligence from Washington is that Mr. Crax. penLAIN hns addressed a remonstrance to tho Presidont, and Las oxpressed it in very strong and possibly offensive language, sgoinst the withdrawal of the Federal sol- diors from Columbia. The weakness of Mr, Cnaunzriay's claim is, that, though 'tho troops havo garrisoned the State Capitol, Charleston, and the principal towns ever ainco lnst apring, ot CimaxmeruaN's requost, during which timo ho has been neting as Governor, his Administration, though thus protected by Foderal bayonets and artillery, has been utterly helpless to' defend or pro. tect its constituents and supporters, and Lelpless to perform any Exccutive duty. The troops have protected him in person and in office, but his Government has been un- ablu to protect the colored people, and has beon unable to collect any revenue, or to obtain any other support from tho peoplo governed. 'The result has been, sinco tho clection in November, a sort of anarchy, not violent, but noless fatul to authority; the property-holders refusiug or doclining to give Mr, Cnauppniaiv the least support, moral or material. 1f Mr. CuasopaLAN had been ablo, with the aid of the national troops, to excrciso any authority or to perform any function of Government, hLis case, morally, would have been vastly stronger. Tho presenca of the troops does not secm to have nided bini in the least, and thelr with. drawal will in no wise diminish any sctual control Lo oxercised, thongh it results in the termnation of bis nominal attempt to per. form the duties of his office,* Last July Mr. llaves gave notico that if elected Prosident he would ‘do all in his power to promote local self-government in all the Southorn States. This was a clear intimation that military power was no longer to bo tho national policy. Iu bis Inaugural addresa ho repeated his purpose tocarry out this home-rulo policy. The withdrawal of tho troops and its results indicate that the Government of Bouth Caroling, in the ab. senco of Federal troops, wasunable to assert, much less exercise, any Governmental au. thority, Tho President evidently concluded that it ‘was not worth while tokeep the soldiers there any longer ; that it was useloss to gamison the Btate.House, if the Governor and State officera could perfonn uo functions, ezecute no laws, aud furnish no protection to the colored people. S0ME PRESIDENTIAL GOBSIP, It Lias bocomo very evident that President. Haves is not to be made the vietim of spec- ulators uor the dupe of gift-makers. His n- tuitions and habits hro of o kind to stoor clearof all tho tomptations these people can throw out to him, 'There s the strongest disposition on his part, on the part of his family and these who surround him official. 1y, to return to somothing like the simplicity "which should characterize a republican ruler, and which the exigencies of the hard times demand, Thero is a uotable absenco of everything like octentatious display, and, ‘where there is no deaire, tomptation is easily put away, Thore have becn many evidences of this tendonoy to load a quict life aud to open up easy communications with the peo- ple sinco President Havzs entered tho White House, "but some specific instances have been roported in the last fow days ‘which assure it. It was the practice of Pres- ident GzasT to rotire to bis cottage at Loug Braach early in the summor with his family, and to romain thezo for tho greater part of tho scason. Itis said that he was firet in- duced to locate bis summer residenco thero by certain fricuds who wero interested iu Long Branch real estate, aud Gen., Guant himself investod larg.ly, to his own cost. It iz presumed that the sawe persons have been particularly auxious that President Haives should continue to make the summer head- quartery of the Government * on the beach at Loog Branch.” Variousinducements have beca neld out to him, among other, we be- lieve, the privilege of occupying tho cottago where Gen, Grant's family bas lived. o has doclined them all, howover, and simply says that if the hent of Washington becomes insulfernble to Mrs, Hares or hurifnl to the childron, his family will go for n short time to their old homo In Fromont, as they have no tasto for fashionable watoring.places. He evidently intonds to remain in Washington Limself, heat and discomfort to the contrary notwithstanding, and attend to the duties of hisofico. Tha force of this examplo will bo of tho most boneficial kind, When Gen. Gnaxt went summoring, many of his Cabi. net and heads of Departmenta imitated him, 80 that the Government was very much seat- tered. If President Hares remnins at his post, his associntes will bo constrained to do tho same thing. In refusing to send his family to Long Dranch, he has dono the country another scervice by declining to assist in keeping up its standing ns a fashionable sea.sido resort. Sea-bathing has became s0o davgerons on the banch nt that point that it shonld not be a popular resort. Wo believa that about one hundred lives were lost thero during the lnst season, scarcely n dey passing when some one was not drowned, Another public ben- ofit will be felt if the people, finding that the Presidont and his family nre disposed to be simple in their halits, follow the distin. guished examplo till economy and simplicity become the fashion. As to the dispensation of offices to relatives, consanguinity on either side of the Presidentin]l family scems now to bo n political bar-sinister ; and gift-mnkers, no matter how friondly and disinterested, are quiotly discournged Ly the non-acceptance of their offers, The Presidential habits, and tastes, and notions of proprioty are almost as cheerful to contemplate as the new do- parture in reference to the South and tho civil service, THE SMALL TREASURY NOTES, Under tho nct of Congress of June, 1874, establishing free banking, the Beoretary of the Treasury was dirccted to retira monthly o sum of grecnbacks oqual to 80 per cent of the additional currency 1ssucd to the new banks, or banks sceking to anlarge their cir- culation. Under that law, about $20,000,000 of greonbncks havo beon retired, and $25,- 000,000 additional bank notes issucd, The banks some years ago atopped tho issue of notes of less than $5, but the issue of groon- backs of less denomination than $5 hos been kept up. 'Tho following figures aro given s the amonnt of cuch denomination of cur- rency—greenback and bank—outstanding on the 18t of July, 1870: DRNOMINATIONS OF GUTNENCY. Leyat-tender noter. Dank noles, Tolal, 8 21,417,641 20, 512, (U 148, 042,002 0 100, 86O, 700 132,231,163 ), (120, 205 ), 810, 640 140, H0O 003, 500 Total, $308, 772, 284 8318, 020,072 8608, 501, 350 It will be seen that there were nearly 205,000,000 of greenbacks of tho denomina- tion of $1 and §2 then in circulation. Tho present Becrotary of the Tronsury partici. pated largely in maturing the actof 1874, ns well as what is called the Resumption act, the object of both acta being in the direction of ralsing the value of the currency towarda por. Tho rotiroment of greenbacks under tho act of 1874 ia imperative upon the Becre- tary, but there is nothing in thie act which limits his discration as to tho sizo or denowi- notion of the notes to bo retired. Until within o year or more tho small denomina- tion of notes were to some extont needed for tho same reason that tho fractional currency was needed, for change inrotnil trausactions, "Tha issue of silver immodiately rendered the furthor circulation of tho fractional currency unnocessary., 'Fhio change was accaptablo to tho whole country. Tho time has come now when tho {ssue of ong-dollar and two-dollar Treasury notes might in like inanner be discontinued; not suddonly, nor by wholesale, but gradually, ns is provided by the not of 1874, The coin- ngo of silver should bo continuous. Under the act of 1874, tho retiremont of greenbacks will not excoed $1,000,000 8 month, Binco July, 1874, to April, 1877, a period of two years aud oight months, only £20,000,000 havo been retived. The current coluage of silver is, or ought to be, twico that sum, The groat end ot this time is to bring our varlous forms of curroucy to an oqual value, Bmall notes are a most useless form of money if coin bo obtainabla without difloulty, That form of paper money which is most com. monly in uso iu small travasctions is of courso the less valuable. The larger notes are, for couvoniouce, proferable, They fur. nish tho means of baving large sums of monoy in small bulk, and are therefore, when at par at all, for varlous con. slderations, proferable to even gold or any form of coin, This end can bo greately promotod if tho Becretary of the Treasury, in all future retirements of green. backs under tho act of 1874, will direct that ‘Treasury notes of the smaller denominations be selected for that purpose. The colunge of sllver progreasing faster than the retire- ments of tho paper, there will no danger of a famino in change. For every dollar of smnall greenbacks rotired thero will be two dollara in silver issued, nnd, unless there Lo n re- valuation in the prico of silver, the coin of the latter will not Lo sentont of the coun. try. The paper-currancy will thenceforth be of the larger denoniinations, and will be found in bunks, in safes, and in the pocket. books. Tho retall currency will bo silver, and becomo o abundaut that no diffloulty will bo experienced In oblainiug it.in ex- change for bLilli, Tho late Becretary of tho Troasury rocommended that the issue of sil- ver e increased to $80,000,000, but why re. strict it to any sum? If mado a legal-tender in paymont of debtsof $50, which will cov er tho vast majority of small dobts, current Dbills, ote,, and with the eventual return of silver to its accustomed proportionato value with gold, we will bavo a currenoy always at par, The Becretary of the Treasury may, there. foro, Bo exercise his discretion in the re- tiremont of Treasury notes that thoso of the smaller denominations may be reduced, s the original use for theu, like that for the issuo of fractional curvency, no longer exists, By the withdrawal of the small notes he will reduce the demand for them, because, when men find they do not need thém, they will caro nothing whether they aro issued or not ; the tendenoy of this policy will be to elovate the general value of the currency, and aid in bringing all forus of our currency to a come moun current valuo. Oueof the firststeps taken in France in the great work of recov- ery aftor the practical conquest by Germany was to call in as rapidly as possible oll the “paper money of small denowminations. While we have after twelvo years of peaca 855,000, 000 of ono and two dollar bills still in circu. lation, France has loss than half a million of papor money of that description outstand- ing. Evenof the French paver equivalent to our 35 notes sho has nbout one-third ns muoh as wo have in circulation. The with- drawal of the small notos has put the silver coin in circulation, aud that coin being a legal-tender, her silver and gold cojns, as well a8 her papor, have gonorally abont the same curront valuo, subjeat to littla or no fluctnations. “The State of Sonth Oarolina for eigh yoars has had nominal Stato Governments which, though backed by larga majoritiea at the polls, wero unable to command reapect or obedionce (o tha laws, oxcopt under the protection of the Federal troops. Notwith- standing the presence of the national forces, tho State Goverument hins from tho begin- ning to the end uttorly failed to protect tho colored paoplo, who have from time to time beon subjected to tho most shocking and Lrutal outrages and porseoutions. Tho Prosi- dent hns considered long nnd doliboratoly whether the recognition of n State ‘Govern- ment having tho moral and physical power to protect these long-abused and maltreated colored peoplo in that Btate, with power to protect their lives and property, and to secure for them labor and wagos, which are their only means of living, and a Govern- mont ready and willing as well as interosted in doing this, was not aftor all the nearest and best approach to honest lotal self- government that could be established thero. He haa not withdrawn the troops hastily nor without earefnl provision that sucha Govern- ment will be found in SBouth Oarolina, whero the whole interest of the employing clasa rests in tho pesceful and genoral occu. pation of lobor, and in tho security and safety of tho laborers nnd thefr families. The population of that State has but two classes: Tho. employer and the employed. The workmen, tho field hands, the mechanics, the artisana of all kinds, aro negroen. These Intter have as yet but littlo property. They are dependent for wages, food, and shelter for themselvos and families upon their Inbor, Quarreling botwoen the whitesand blacks is fatal, espacially to tho dopondent blacks, who have but littlo means to migrate, and wounld searcely find lnbor elsewhere if thoy did, and who are deeply nttached (o their old homos. A Government which will cultivate peace and kind fooling botwoen thoso classes, and which, while protocting the colored peaple againat all violence, will effect o resumption of all branches of industry and put the laboring population agein at work for better wages, will be mora offective for good to the people of the Btate aund in giving pence to the country than any other which is confessedly uuable to do any of theso things, and which cannot command any support from either class of tho peop! Virginia has passed o bill to collect a tax on llquors sold by the glass, the Impost on o glass of lager belog hall a cent, aud on aleoholle liquors two and one-half cents, The Instru- ment by which this tax Is to b counted is on the principle of the car-bell-punch,—a’ ring for every drink. This {s u new style of whisky ring. If the good old spirits of Virginla~those ox- cellent drinkers who noses and abdomens swelled In jealous rivalry of imbibations—still exist, they will malntain such a clattering of those whisky-gongans to call out more than oue fire department by a false alarm. The Sorons of Virginla proceed on the samo princlpla ns that which prevalls among the police of large cities,—that Is, that **it takes o thief to catch a thief," and so legislate that it takes o punch to cateh a punch, Wo can fancy a party of Old-Dominlon roysterers beginning their wassall, and, rising in_ horror at the cease- less “tintinuabulation of the bell” which checked their drinks and scored thelr tax, floo- Ing to thelr domiciles with the fdea that there was & very largo amount of moiss to a small amount of drink. That a man and a Virginian canuot drink in qulet Is something new under the fashlons, aud in a land where Jerscy’s treata and treaters areas scorce as hen's teoth, Of vourse, there is a way to cscape this burden of nolse and tax, and that Is to drink by the quart, or tho gallon, o the barrel,—a toper’s quaft to tho nbdominous Baconus of tho moderns. But in all they do for goverument or self, they wiil do well to remember 8a1ner Gaxr's advice to Mrs, [laumis, “Drink falr, BErseY!” When Yaoukees arrive at this sort of regulating busi- ness they will put a gauge In a man’s throat, or sound his Inner wells with o meter, No jang- ling bella for kim to break the sweet symphony of his gurgll — Mesnwhile 1vxes has been denoonced asm o carput-bagzer from Arkanaus, but tha Hepublican organs havy forgolten (o say 8 wonl about TuTiLL buTnu o carpot-bagger from Tenucsseo,— Times, For the very good reason that Tutuitt is o native of Illinols; served four ycars in the Union Army; remained o short time in Teunes- scoafter tho Rebellion was crushed ont, snd then returned to his own Btate und came here, thu chief city thereof, five years ago, Ile wasn Republican when he volunteered as a soldler; he was onu while he scrved fu the ariny; was uvne while he reinnlned in Tenncasces; hias been & Republican since his return home to Ilinols; and 18 one now. Asto tho “ Arkunsas travel- er," he weut to that State to get oflle, and, under tho protection of Federal Layonets, suc- ceeded In forcing hitaself on tho people; after thotroups were withdrawn, ho was snowed-under by 0,000 majority, Then he carpct-bagged to Chicago, and hal bardly set foot In the ity before he upplied to City-Attorney TUTHILL Sor au ofllce a8 Asal t City Attornoy, clalning to be a flerce, rudical Republican, He watched around for an oftice for severa) months, and, fludiog that the Republicans Lad nune for him, o few weeks ago bo turned hils coat and flopped over as & Democrat! e blew off considersble wind ot the SULLIVAN murder trial, and then prevalled on the Irish delegates to nominate him s City Attorney, ns thoy controlled & ma- Jority of the Conveution. His nowmluation Is an outrage on that party, and lis clectlon would be a disgrace as well oa misfortunc to the city, e bas the cheek of au armysnulo to be passing himself off as a “ Democrat ' onthat party, As s lawyer, he knows nothing about city laws and ordinances, aud fs & mere wind-bag at beat, It isallttle funny tosce old Stonay supporting this turn-coat Arkausas carpet-bagger, ! e e As ho ote the Victorla steamboat steward's pickin’, OARNY'S8 *puns” wera pronounced by that functionary to be O K; had he’ ataid in New York he might now be pleking O K-um, and then we should understand just what his pun’sinent. o trled, when he got to Liver- pool, to pass himsclf off as sa * Ulater man." He did this by putting oo an old Ulster over~ coat. The dodge wos too thin the disguise was locomplete without the Ulster brogue-an; Oaxey wore su ordinary boot. He bad ex- changed bls cyc-glasses for spectacles, but that tnado bim all the more spectacular, and a fort- night's growth of hair and side-whiskers pre- vented him from assuming with success the role of snold woman. A ‘“red scar{" spoiled his chance to pass for a preacher, und a “dark blue sliirt " ruined his appearance as a retired capl- talist, especlally us he wore a *common cap," which should Lave becn retired longago. Oa the whole, OAXBY was tar from belng disgulsed s o geutlewan, a lar, or & Christian, e —— In his {ssue of lust Wednesday 8ToREY made out, as ho called ¢, “a lst of candidates for seats {n tho Councll who can bosafuly recom- mended to the support of the taxpayers as cconomists.” ‘The st of Aldermanie candi- dates which he then gives 1s headed by the name o D. K. Peansoxs, of the Firat Word, and ends with the name of A. R. Sczantoy, of the Eigbt- ecnth Ward. Yestenlay e sbuses in bls Zimnes the editor of ‘I'un Tuuwuxa for recowmending A. R. ScraNTON {nsteud of J. 4, B. DALy for Alderman, Five days ago, to the elegaut Jun- musxe of \he Tima® snclent STORBY, be * wept and howled " at the Democrats to support BCRANTON instend of DALY} vesterday ho was weeping and howllog for Diny and against ScraxtoN! ITedoes not appesr to perceive the ridiculous stuitification he coinmits, nor does he appear to know his own mind frum one day to nnother, but goes wabbling about and turning fopa in the most absurd and slngular mauncr, e eet— Tne Cuicago Trinuxz glves ne the following spocimen of morlel grammatical construction: The fnimitsbie x_could, In his day, skin oken which wout: \Fedters man fnto & Dos- We don't wonder such & not provoke & smile, Ve should hardly think that A Joke ‘*which would conviiaoa Western man into n Boston awidience™ wonld provoke n smile, It would be a thing *‘almost tao deep for tears,"'— Omaha Republican. It the editor of the Republican knew the dif- ferenco between punctuation and *grammatical conatritetion,” he would have inserted a commn. before *into,” Iu the abovo scntence, andsaved his comment. goak *' an that wonld ————— There is & heartiness about the President’s in- dependence which nost people will applaud. Bestdes his refusal to sccopt presents or to go Long Branch fn summer, and all that sort of {hing, ho had the audaelty to defy tho Nobraska 8cuntors who told him they should oppose the confirmation of Indian Agents for statlons in that State {f tho inen were not from that State. The Preslaout fiipped -the chips from their shouldera by nppointing three Agents who are non-residents of the Btate, Lo of them be- longing to the Boclety of Friends, who have heretofore asked and heretofore been refused representation among the Indlang, ———g— Mr. Menitt, when ayor, forced Hickry to re- ign even under only a part of the charges which ;An“:‘o n:: bgu: -ub-{nnmxed against bn::g.—l'nm The Post well knows that HicErY resigned at that time on account of the quarrel betweon the Mayor and the Police Commissfoners. He was between two fires, and, not knowing which party had the mosy law on Its side, he stepped asldo until the courts would decide the disputed points. Tho charges which the Post, TRUDE, and Mike McDoNALD havebeen making agalust him were not lavolved iIn his resignation as Polico Captaln fve or six years ago, and the Post knows it. Tt will be well for voters to note tho changes in the manver of conducting the town elections this year. The Jjudges and voting-places for these aro the same as for thio city clectlon; but there will be a separate box for the reception of th tickets for town officers. ‘Thera will also bo two additional clerks,—chosen Ly the judges of tha city clection,—who sball keep a separato poll-llst for the town elcction. Voters this year cannot deposit thelr ballots for town officers at any polling-place In their town, but must voto {u the city precinet where they reside, and in no other. ———— There {8 a bill concernlog school-books befors the Ilinols Leglalature, It is proposed, under the nusplces of & Btate Commisaloner, to bave o scries of books for use in the public schools pre- pared and published by contract. It i3 alleged that hundreds of thousands of dollars can bo saved in this way, without reckonlug the gain to soclety which will come from forcing the school-book guerrilla fnto some Lonest moda of obtaining o Mvelihood. This, at least, s a deslderatum, whatever may be thought of the mode by which It 1s proposed to achieve it. ————— Lucca pald $3,000 to cortaln New York law- yersto get her well rid of her husband, Count Vox Ruapg., 8he married agafn, and the Count appeared and began VoX RuADE upon ber. He proved that her divorce papera were not legal, and that her sezond marrlaze was Von Grande Hloombug. Bo she sued her lawsers. They beat her, She appealed, and gets a new chance at them. Shefsnot as Lucca in the divorce busincss as she is Inthe role_of Marguerite. A Chicago divorce lawger would have fixed the business better, e ———— At 2 o'clock thia afternoon the town meetings wiil bo held. At this time the snuual appro- priation will be voted. Last year this was £12,000, but it will bo threo times that{f the respectable citizens do not attend the meetings and vote. The town meoting for Bouth Chicago will be he held at HowLAND's livery-stable, on Tweuty-sccond street, between Btate street and Wabash avenue; for Weat Chicago nt 434 West Madison street: for North Chicago st North 8ide Turner Hall, ou Clark street, near Chicago avenue. » i Old 8toREY Los bawled himself hoarse at HaaTH beeanse it s suspected that Heaine in- tends to vote for him; but not o whimper has come out of his head aguinst JAEE Reitd, who Is managing the underground part of PErny Swirn's campalgn. It 13 all right in the cyes of old Bulidozer for JAKE Lo be clectioneering for Snitn and commanding the brigade that votes carly and often, but t {s a fearful thing it Hzs- 150 votes for HizaTin. B ——— Montonegro troubles Turkoy worse than three-card monte ever troubled a negro in this country, Turkey wauts peace with Montenegro, and the latter wantsa largo plece of Turkey. As o result, it is likely that tho Czar will do n Russian business in the war line s soon as the roads settle. It is plain that o genuine Monte- negro {3 opposed to de mobllization of the Turkish ariny aud to de demobllizatlon of tho Russian army. T —— ““There are too many ministers,’ was the sub- stance of a complaint Leforo the Newark (N. J.) Methodist Eplscopul Conference. Aud yet thero are nations of cannibals who have mot bad o tasto of roast wnisslonary for years, and somme of them never pleased thelr palate with the deMcacy. Toeo many ministers? Nover, while savages are starving for them, ——— Last fall there wos o good deal of delay In votlug ot soinc of the precincts; but as most of tha large ones Luvo since then been divided, and ss there Is noreglstry lists thls time to look through to find the name of the person offering lls ticket, the votlng will goon quits rapidly, 80 the voter will not be delayed. A few minutes 13 all the time It will toke. e — Another rallrond “war to the knifs" is an- nounced. They have been too frequent and bloodless, as between the corporations, to at- tract attentfon, The “knlfe,” after the cruel war 1a over, is generally found sticking into the viscera of the public, with all the raliroads jab- bing it futo the hilt, e e—— “There {8 Juck In 0dd numbers," says Rory 0'Mous, which {s probably the reason why the roar-us-some-more directory-man of 8t. Louls figures the population of that town at 501,459, 11 tbat compiler wasu't under blue-light treat- wment when he guessed at the population, he will be after hie ls dead, i A boy shot bis father In Malne the other day a8 they were returniog from church, Probably the trouble grew out of some dispute upon the subject of religion. Wnether the boy Lit the bump of philoprogenitiveneds, a la Pk, is not atated, Thot was the **offendiog orgen,' at all svents —————————— ‘Tho Turkish Goycrnment has cut down the wages of telegraph-operators to & point where they cannot pay their board. Thlis is a dodgeof tho Sultan to avold the expense of gulvanic ap- paratus for the wanufacture of clectricity. Each operator now haa }ightening in bis stomach. e ——— ‘Therg has never been fn Chicago a more sct- dve, vigilant, or successful City Attorucy than Mr. TutHiLL. He hos scarcely lost 8 suit dur- 1ug tho pust year, wul has won damage suits which savod the city over $30,000. Ho deserves to bo re-elected by a sweeplug majority. g L'he New York dealers arc waking s vigorous effort to put up tho price of coal. If they could get Old Probs tuto tho combivation, the con- spiracy might win. Otherwiso #t will be apt to result 10 au ** April fool.” ‘We look for splendid alns “aver the Rbine, 88 compured with the votlog In the North-8lde wards laat fall. Hzata will cerry Wm Fif- teanth, Sixteenth, and Efghteonth Wa and 8stitn’s mafority {n the Seventcenth will not ba large enough to do him much good. e — The Urecnbackers mourn the lossof Col. Tay. tor. They consider themselves now green. Lackers more than ever, Au, plainly, was not green enough to go to the bolls with such backers. 1lis Inst words asncandidate weres *¢ A plague upon such backers.!” et — 1 It the thieves, blacklegs, and scum of the Seventh Ward succeed In clecting the criminal HiLpraTn for Alderman, they inav ns well be informed that he will be cxpelled from the' Council. That body will never allew bim tosiy with them In that ¢hamber, "“Toscratch Haarit is a duty that no citizen should neglect, snys the Tumer. Yct ong would be u good deal nearer *the cuticleof g Bplrit-ualist” to scratch 8w, and, in the In. terest of Mr. STonar's pet plety, he ought to Le seratchicd by all means. o —r—— How would 1t work to put WexpeLL PRitLirg and Ororaxz Fraxcts Tnaix fo g cage for ext hibitioni From the ferocity with which both of thom uphold TiLDEN by opposing the Presi dent, their exbibition mighit bear the legend, “Bam-mies Twing.” | ‘“The Anclent Order of United Workmen® begin to sit fu this city to-day. It Is hoped they will sit long enough to hateh out amodernorder of the samo sort of men. * United Workmen!? arealtogether tooanclent, thoway matterastand otpresent. ‘The Inter-Ocean says It **has some respect for 8 plausible and expert llar.”” This s a confes slon that it has no seif-respect.. It I8 neitber “plausible” nor “expert,’” although It Les made lying a specialty for somo years. | 4 -Wape HaurroN made so much tuss and fury about getting to Washington and away from It, that he bas fairly won the right to Le termed, after the Oriental style, the Pshaw of Politles, f ‘The taxpayers made two millions of dollars last spring by cleaning out the bummers at the ity clection, They can save two 1nfilions to- day by knocking thetn higher than a kite. } Mr. A. Mircury Is running for Trustes la Hyde Park, and has not withdrawn, as has been crroncously reported. Hewill make a most excellent Trustee, 3 1f Hasmnohad come out for Perry I1. Satn, 28 JARE Rensthas done, old BTonxy would hiave clasped bim to his bosom llke s long-lost brother, *Notwithatanding all its vile blackguard abuse of Mayor Hzatw, the old Bultdozer in effect threw up tho sponge yesterday for Prnnry H, Saira, | § }, The betting last night was even that Hzarx would carry the Fifth' Ward (Bridgeport). - Thls ward is usually good for 1,700 Democratic ma Jarity. | Bpalnls giving attention to the *Basque prov. inces.”” A great many women in Chicago, and some men, are dolng the same thing. | The work of raliroad-wrockiog still goeson, in splto of the demisc of Saxur, who, *belug dead, yet apeaketh.” | The polis will open to-day at 8 0. m, sod close ot 7p.m. Let no Republican fall to vote, | Is CIAMDERLAIN & poer or o vassal] *Pears like be Is'a vas: | ¢ bulge on PERAY to-day. PERSONAL, New Eugland 14 stll) dealing damaation ‘round the land. A Western paper says **the advent of Good Frl- day was general all over town.'* Oskey will support bimaself In London by Shake apearesn readinzy at Exit-n.Iall, In New York plash is the fashfonable trimmiog fordresses, Tn Chicago It s siush. Owen Gurrity, while robbing a ship st Now Or leans, full overboard and was drowned. Mra, Dr. Sarsh B, Pettiugill, of Philadelphls, und dead 10 8 car last waok, Cinclonatl bas abandoned politics, and fs now working to securo the pardon of Jue Gose, Incare corated in a Kentucky jail for prize-fighting. Joseph Ilausch, uf Philadelphls, was to have ‘been marriod Isst Thursday., An hur after the time fized for the nuptials he waa found drowned. ‘The Gorman actor who 18 to ‘marry Allce Oates is vamed Emil Van Osten. He welghe 2313 pounds, and wosatone time s reporter on_ the Pittaburg Volkablatt, 2 New York papers give great credit to two six- foot detectives for captaring a thief. The calprit picked a 1ady's pocket and had 1o stand on ble tip toes to reach It. Deecher says *¢ the communion of soa! with soul ought not toboe reported.” 1o probably thinks that anything so sacred should only be confided to & mutual friend, Mr. James Gordon Bennett is In Ruesls, sod asysthe story that ho went thers to get out of the reach of cowhides i» m knout and knout falser hood,—Hurlington lawkeye. A Chinaman turned a laundry loose on Loulsville and alinost starved $0 death. In two months be only recelved ono shirt, and that was the dsy be- foro Watterson was recelved Ly Lls frionds. James Parton having married hls first wite's daughter, and that daogbter having presented Mr, Jumea Parton with & baby; Mr, Parton bu become his own father, and no longer weeps be- cause ho ls au orphan. A woman at Mystic (Conn,), who cut her throst a fow Uays ago, had hor windpipe drawn together and otil) llves. Eler ouly Inconventence s s allght leakage whers the woand was drawn up, which maki und llke & atesm valve when she takess heavy broath. & Two men fa Springfield, 111.," made s bet on 1he Presidential election, and the Democrat Lrooghi wnlt agal Le stakeholder, clalmlog that Tildes bad besn elected, The case waa tried beforss Jury of Democrats, who dcelded in favor of the Republican, and It s hoped this decrsion will be taken iato consideration by the tribuual Lefors which Tilden's guo warranlo proceedings ws) come. Sometimes we cateh aint gllmpees, la our atillest mid: et SR cmer, mattag i i Then the vapory vestals vanlsh, aad the censers pild ] blus And :ll.::u.h . lll!flhli of (llrl‘:_hp::l;:;;vr o oy a8 rise the vspors aud the mlst-wresitd g breaks the chiarm with: **Ne¥ WA LBS BT g fouts Reputiican. Aud agaln, perbape the waralog faw's plaluly vadd” > And fi:d‘l‘l‘::‘z o::l.“" while lhl_hlv:'h‘l:'l‘l;: u‘l"v But the snouze snd'dresms grow misly aa we look aud sce her come, With s rolling-pln In one handand & aplinter io ot \bumb. HuaTo bos t | w: ——— CANADIAN NEWS, Digpatch 1o Thé Tribuns. Special Torox7o, Out., April 2.—~A spetial cablegra® today says the Duily Telegraph 14 au editorsd Alscusses Mr. Qoldwin . Binlth's Fortuightly Rr viewmanifesto. It says that his judgment M rendered fmportant by the high character of bié tntellectual attafuments. Nevertheluss, (b Telograph sees nothidg (n the difficultics With which Cenada has to contend to warpaot the }lonmy view and bold, unwelcome words Wfi i Mr. Bmitl's estimate of Canada’s commerc importance to Evgland, sod is under nu sppre Lension that either sunexation to or unfon with the United Btates {a near, be OrtAWa, April 8.—Tue Free Prea says b . Hon. Alexander Mackenelo will mnl*“::n‘;a several uctious for lbel sgalust the Mall, et A COMBINATION BROKEN. s PuILADELPULS, Pa., Aprll 2—It s cviden there will ba no trouble between the Readivg Rallroad Compsny sud thelr cogincers. A3 ottlcer of the Company stated this mornlug that each man was eaked daring tho last woek whether they would remaln with the Comrfl or sdbere 10 tho Brotherbood, and out o aeers la the cmslmmuut of the Cutspasy G [y about & dozen od (0 quit work.