Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 16, 1877, Page 4

4 The Tribane, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION., DY MAfL~IN ADVANCE—POSTAGE PREPAID AT i Ove eopr. b i Cinbof iweniy. Postage prepald. Brecimen rorles sent free. To yreverl delay and mistakes, he sure and pive Post- Ceeaddressin foll, fnelnding Ktate and County, Remittances may bomade eliher by draft. express, Fost-Ottice onder. o in registered letters, atour risk. TERMS TO CITY SUDSCRIDERS, Dafls, deltvered, Eunday excerted, 23 centa per wesk. Dafly, deiivered, Sunday Incinded, 30 conts per week Adaress THE THIIUNE COMPANT, Lorner adison and Dearbo feago, il TRIBUNE BUILDING DIRECTORY, 3 Occiipants. 1, CNARTER OAK LIFK (lnsursuce Dep't.) 2. TO RENT. 2. GUSTIN & WALLACE. 4. DUEBER WATCI-CASE 8. LORBINS & APPLETON, o, TO RENT, %. MENILY LUEDKER 8. W3 C. DOW. A,.l. BROWN. W.ROBRINS, 9. WIIGHT & TYRRKLL. 10 CHARTIO 0AK LIFE (Loan Dep't.) 18, FATRCIILD & BILACKMAN, AMES SORGAN, NIY K. SEE! HARDIN, i, PEAISONS & €O, 4. T. DALE. MAN'F'G CO. 1. W. LRIDGE. YE. W, D. COOPER. 21, 0, L. BASK . 22 Al DBUREAG, oL, 1t T GEO, L. TIATCHER. A. F. STEVENSON, 5, NIGUT EINTOR, 4. CITY EDITOI. g Offices In the Unlkliog to rent by W. €, DOW, i zooms, Al o New Chilengo Theatres A Clatk atrect, between Lake and Randolph, Rlee's Minatrels y Haverly's Theatre, Tandnlol street, between Clark fnd _LaSalle, Engig.mient of 3tee. Dt SR 06 Mol Knior Englisli Opera’ Company. Muae Moaroe strert, between State aud Dearborn, ¥iile and novelty, Vaude- L MeVicker's Thentra, ~ _Madlon strect, Detween Deaphorn and state Engagement of ¥, £ Chanfrag. **Sam." Adetonl Thentre, Monroe sireet, cocner Dearbomn. **The Mountaln + Meadow Massacie,” Variety entertatnment, MODAY, APRIL 16, 1877, CHICAGOD MARKET BUMMARY, The Chicngo produce warkots were actlve Satnr- day, and higher, being excited by tho war news " from Europe, Mews purk clused 60¢ per bel higher, ' At $14.05@16.00 for Aprll nnd $105, 00@15. 024 for ~ May. Lard closed 25¢ per 100 1bs higher, nt £0.75 for April and 8. 80@20.82Y; for May, Mcals were HQ Ke better, atfic for looso shoulders, 75¢ for do short riby, and 8c for do short clears. Highwines wera quoted at 810514 per gallon. Flour was nctive and higher. Whent clased 40 higher, nt 8141 for April and §1, 44} @1.44% for May, Com closed 244c higher, at 453(c for Apell and 48¢c for May. Oata closed %c botter, at 35%c for April and 34Kc for May. Rycadvanced lo 70@77c. Narloy closed highor, st GO@00c for April, llogs wero activoand 5@10c higher, with sales at S5, 367676, Cattle were in good demand and Armer, at $3.00Q 5,20, Shecp weres qulet, nt $3.75@6.00, Ono bundred dollars in gold wonld buy $100.75 in freenbacks at the close. In New York on B:t;rdny groenbacks wero o trifla lower, ruling at 035@91, — A Vienna dispatch says “Austria fs ro- solved, it nocessity demand, to localize the , war by nrmod occupation of Bosnia.” In viow of the probablo offect of such occupation on the minds of soveral European monarchs, *‘localizing tho war," ny Folonius would ssy, is good. Attornoy-Goueral Dxvexa evidently has no intenlion of Lelng drawn into a scolding- muatch with tho nale virago who recontly let fly ot Lim., He bears in mind Wexpzin Purnuies’ weakness for calling hard names, which once went so far o to denounce Anpanaxt Livcons as n * parasito,” * lek- spittle,” and ** slave-hound,” and is nol Jis- pused to interfers with this barnless pas- time, The dispatek tent by Lord Dernr to the Dritish Chargo d' Affaires at Coustantinoplo proves tho abandonment by Englaud of any oxpectation that war can Lo averted, ns well « 03 of auy intention to interpose further diplomntic effort iu bebalf of pacification., Dznur's ututement to the Turkish Ambassa- dor in London way that the divergonce be. » tween tho views of [tussia and tho Porto + oppearcd o wide ns to yendor furthor dls- ! cussion usclesy, aud that ho counld not sce 1 what further steps Eogland conld tako to ' mvert the war whish apponred Inovitable. In tho dismlesal of clerks in tho Interjor Department, mado necessary in order to bring the oxpensed within the sppropriation, loud compluinuts are heard from the unfor- " tuuates that Secrotary Scnune's rules .l in regard to removals and promo- Y tlons have not boen falrly and faith. y fully carried out. ‘The selection of the clerks to bo dropped off the rolls neces- . sarily devolved upon tho subondinnte officisls of the Department, and It Is chargod that these officials have jnvariably discovered superior werit in the clerks who were backed by tho strongest political inflnenco. Nobody belioves that Mr, Scuunz would countenauco or permit such an infraction of his Civil- Bervice regulations, and f favoritiun las been practiced to the oxtent complained of, ho s the sort of wan to right the wrong when fuformed of tha facta. Twe Anumber of intoresting religious eventasre recorded in our columnns thismorning—among them, tho opening sermon preachod by Prof. Bwiva to the newly-formed Bouth Park Ave ~ enuo Independent Congregational Churohj *, the iustallation of the Ilev, Joux Apporr Fuexcu as pastorof the Fourth Prusbyterian, Prof, Bwisa's old church; the first sermon of the Rov. J. II. Wonnary, of Covington, Ky., recently called to the pastorate of the Eighth Presbytorian Oburch in this city; :* tho farewell sermon of the Rev, Dr, Twrraxy, of Trinity M, E. Church, who goes to tha charge of Bt. Paul's M. E. Oburch, Now York City ; asermon on ** Cumst’s Coming,"” by theRev. O. H. Evznrst, of Plymouth Cou- gregational Church; and an address by the Bev. Dr. Joszeu Hasmauy to the German Young Mun's Christian Association of Chi c8go. Oue of President Guanr's latest and best innovatiors upon his scttled rules of conduct % was that of occasionally conseuting to he ine it terviewed by newspaper correspondents, for in this way he gave public expression to 3 mavy excellont ideas aud inteallons, aud 5 o 3 S5 stuck to ther besides. President Haxes has begun early to talk when ho has anything tosay. Itisof interestto kniw that heis in no manper disturbed or dismayed by the fire-in-the-rear which is threatened by n fow disgruntled Republieans, but will keep right on trying to be President of the whole coun- try. Ho hasnot abated n jot of his confi- dence in the policy thus far pursned toward the Bouth; he doos not know to what ex- tent attempts may be mado to thwart him; but of one thing he is confident—** namely, I think it my duty to carry out the pelicy, and I am going to do it.” This s what he aid in an interview on Saturday. The indications yesterday in Now Orleans wero that the long and bilter contest be- tween the rival Governors will lo.day be ended in favor of Nicworts, Four more membiers of the Paczanp Legislature are now nceded to completo a legal and undis. puted quorum in the Nicmorrts House, and it is confidently expacted that the requisito number, and possibly more, will go over to- dny. With this wonld end tho Inbors of the Commission and Packanp’s hold upon the QGovernorship. The withdrawal of the troops would immediately follow, and Nica- onta would be in fact the only Governor of Loulsisna. In spite of tho assurance he has received of the never-ending support of tho bloody-shirt implacables of the North, Pacx- ARp will bave no alternative but to follow CrAMpERLAIN'S examplo and quit the hope- less fight. Yestorday's issue of Tne Toimuse was ono of the most notablo in point of general inter- est ever produced from this office. It con- tainod the equivalent of sixty.threo columns of advertisomonts,—an amonnt of advertis. ing patronnge never equaled bybut onedaily paper in America,—tho New York Herald,— and rarely, if at all, surpassod by that paper, copsidering tho greater longth of Tnx TR~ use's columus. Not oven the large and va- ried collection of choice reading mntter pe- culiar to Sunday’s Tumuse exceeded in human interost tho thousands of advertises menta setting forth, in their indlvidual and uniquq phraseology, the condition and wants of n great city; whila the combination of at- tractivo contenta with the vast superiority in circulation which ‘Tux; Trinuxe has obtained on Bunday conatitutes nn achiovement in joununlism that, justifies a feeling of pride and gratifiestion, Tho subject of * Pauporism ” is discussed in on interesting manner in n paper which wo print this morning, prepared by a cor. respondent who has taken the pains to pro. curo and collate statistics showing relatively the cost of maintaining tha varions grades and kinds of pouperism in Massachusotis, Now York, nad Pennsylvania, together with the startling increase during the past few yenrs in tho nnmber of persons supported by public charity, in addition to the amoun’ of private and individual almsgiving, All that Is shown fn this connection in tho States from which figuresaregiven is equally true of Illinois, where no reports nro nade to tho Btate of tho township system of providing for paupera; in fact, it the oxperienco of Cook County is o fair criterion of that of tho Stato at large, Illinols would probably be found to have outstripped Now York, Masan. chusetts, and Ponnsylvania in the rapid in. crosse of pouperism-and its cost and ovil offects, Tho enactmont and rigid enferoe- ment of the Vagrancy bill which has already, passed the Lower Houso of the Logislature would go far toward docreasing the propor- tionw of the tramp and vagranoy uuisance, Lut the genoral overhauling of our systom of pauper encouragoment is a subject which should secure the attention of our law-mak- ora at an early doy. PACEARD AND NICHOLLS' CLAIME BOTH DEFECTIVE, In his lotter to the Prosident, Mr, Paox- Anp endeavors to eatablish o point, that the President {s of ncoessity, when appealed to by the Exccutive anthority of a Btate under the ciraumstances stated in the Constitution, the exclusive judge ns to who is the Execu. tivo of the State, aud therefore cannot refuse tho aid of troops asked for. Iavingnssumed this point, hu argues that the President can. uot question the legality of his (Pacxanp's) election without questioning his own. In both of theso points, the law and the fact do not sustain Mr, Pacxasp, In tha case of conflicting claims as to who is the Exccutive of a Btate Government, s for instanco in the prosent case of Lonisiann, the Prosidont must of uccesslty decido wheth. or tho application iy made to him by the compotent and logal Exeoutive of the State. Dut he is not bonud todecido that A, B,or 0. D. {s the trus Exeoutive of the State. Iftho mutter be in doubt or opon to queation, be ls not compolled to recognizo either Paoxarp or Nionorts, but will uddress himself first to thuse means which tho Constitution and laws of tho Stato provide for ascertaining whe Is (overnor of Loulsiana, In the first placo, Mr, Pacxanp miastatos the facts when Lo assumes that his cloim and that of the Prosident reat on tho same foundation. The Conutitution of the Btate of Louisiana pro. vides: TiTix 3.~BXEcemive DErARTNEXT.—ARTICLE 48.—The suprenio oxecutlyo power of the State shull Lo vested in & Chicf Msgistrate, who shall bo styled tho Governor of the State of Louisisns, Jlu wball hold Wi ofice during the torm of four years, and, together with the Lieutenant-Gove ernor, closen for the sawe term, Lo clected as follows: The qualifled voters for Iteprescntatives slwll vote fur Gavernor and Licutenant-Governor, at the thne and placa of voting for Represcntatives {he reluras of every slection shall be seated up and franamliled vy TUK PLOISE BETURNING OFFPICES (O the Sccrclary of Slate, who shatl deticer them (o the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the accond day of the scsalon then to bo holden. Tha members of the Genoral Assembly sball meot in tho Itouse of Represcntatives to cxamine and count tho votes. Tha person haviug thoe greatest number of votes for Guvernor shall be deciared duly elected; but, In caso of o tle vote between two o mota candldates, ono of thow shall jmme-, distely be choden Guvernor by joint vole of the members of tha Genorul Awsembly, The person haviog the greatvst numbor of votes for Licuton. sat-tovernor shallbe Licutenaut.Governor; but, In cose of & tle vote between two o niore candls dates, oua of them shall bu fmmedlately chosen Lis nant-Goveraor by jolut vote of the meme bers of the Genersl Assembly, In 1672 tho Negislature created what is known as the Returning Board for ** all %lec. tions," ete., sud puthorized that Board to hear complaints, elc,, aud to roject returns for intimidation and violence, and make out rovised roturns, and declaro tho result, This act of the Logislature, however, conld not amond, alter, or repeal the Btato constitu. tioual requirements that the returns from the election officers of tho vote for Governor and Lieateusut-Governor sbould bo mado to the Becretary of Btato, and these original ro. furus bo luid by the Becrotary bofore the Legislature, to be by them: counted, and the person baving the Lighest number of votes to be declared Govermor, It will be seen that, by the Constitution of Louisiana, the Roturning Board bad no jurisdiction over the returns for Governor or Lieutenant-Gov- exsor, and thal the Legislature had original i . 8 = THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY. APRIL ‘16, 1577, and exclusivo jurisdiction over the returns for Governor. In like manner the State Constitntion makes each Jlonse of the Gon- eral Assombly exclusive judgé of tho olec. tions and qualifications of ils own mom- bers, and it provides cxpressly (Ari, 46) Lhat tho ratarns of all elections for membors of the General Assembly shall bo made to the Becretary of State. It will bo observed that, however extensive and absoldte the powers of the Returning Board may have been over tho returns of the election for all other officers, it bad no power whatever to revise, or alter, or otherwise control, tha returns for Governor, Lieutentant-Governor, or mom. Lers of tho Goneral Assembly. The returns for thesa officers, the Constitution provided, should de eancassed by tha General Assembly, Heroin lios the wide difference betweon tho engo of the Presidont and of Pacmanp. Tho Roturning Board had full anthority of law to ravise, canvass, correct, and purge the re. tarns for Presidentinl Elactors, and it did so. These rovised rolurns wero made by a tri. bupal fally empowerod to make thom, and thoso purged returns showed a majority for thoe Republican Electors. That was A result renched in stret con. formity with the law of the Btate. But thie Returning Board of Lonisiana wont be- yond this; it assumed. autlicrity to pass judgment upon the returns of tho cloction for Govornor nnd Lieutenant-Governor, and to alter and change those returns, when the Constitution of the State. peremptorily required that tho Secrotary of Stats shall sond the original returns of tho vote for Governor 20 ‘he General Assembly, to be counted by that body, and the person having the greatest numberof votes shall Lodeclared by that body to bo the Governor of tha Btato, In the case of Lonisiana, there waro two bodias or factions, each calling itself the General Assembly. In each of these bodics was o number of mombers whose clection was undisputed; some who held over from previous elections ; others elected by tho re. plundered him to disgorge. master, power. EFFECT OF T00 HIGH A TARIFF. 'The revelations now being made public in regard to silk importations prescnt one aspect going to show that the Governmant cannot evada all responsibility for the system of robbery, since it hns eatablished s0 high n tariff on silk goods as to offer a premium for dishonesty among the importers and the officials, Tho duty on manufactured silks is GO per cent ad talorem, which does not in. clude tho samo tax on boxing, drayage, and commisgions, making tho total charges not far from 70 por cont on the first cost of the goods. Tho nggregate duties received have been from 30 to 40 per Jcent loss than the law required, or probably a loss of $12,000,- 000 of $15,000,000 annually., Would it not hiave beon botter tq maka these enormous silk dutics one-hnlf svhat thoy are, which might have Leen collected withont much loss and wrould have yfelded about ns much, revonuo to the Government without tho frightful de- moralization of tho customs ecrvice and an epidemio of importers’ dishonesty? Tho fime lias passed when silk goods can be re- gardod as & mere luxury, Tho silk dress is 10w ns much a part of the wardrobe of the farmer's and mechnnic's wifo and daughter ns tho alpnca waso fow yoars ngo. It is absurd that, whila toa and coffes (on which overy penny of a reasonable duty could ba collected) aro put on the fres list for the benefit of ‘tho poor man's bronkfast table,"” silk drosses which his wife or daugh. tor w2l have, and which cost him mora than Las been roprrsented, then nserious effort should be mada to compel the men who Mr, Traor has always heen the man fo atlract strong per- sonal attachments, and has had tho roputa. tion of being a fast friend and n generous Tho termination of his career, in which light his retirement from tho Presi- dency of the Rock Island Road may bo re. garded, is a sad one, and will bo regretted by all who know and admired him in his time of turns; and others declared elooted by tho Re- turning Board,' Each of these Lodies pro- fessed to count tho votes for Govornor, and each declared a Governor to lave been elocted. Neither of these Logiala- turcs had the original returna of the voto for Governor. One had tho roturns as re- vised by tho Returning Board, and doclared Pacxarp eloctod: the other hnd coplos or duplicates of the original roturns, and de- clared Niciorrs clocted. Neither Logisla- ture had a quorum of legally-clected mem- bers in both branches, and, therefore, neither had lawful authorltyjto act; and as tha original returns for Governor wera naver beforo either body, as the Constitntion of the Btate commnnded they shonld be, the vote for Governor has nover been legally canvassed, nor tho result legally declarad. Under thoso circumstances, it is not diffi calt to discover that thero is a wido distne- tion botween tha title to offce by tho claimant Packarp and Prealdent Hayrs ; and there is abundant reason why the President, beforo recognizing cithor olaimant, should inquire whother thore had over boon a formal can- vass of tho vote for Goternor of Louisiana in the manner and by the !authority required by the Constitution of the Btate, and if not, to endeavor to have tho constitutional ma. chinery to that end put in operation. T — his ten or coffoe for n yoar, aro so laden with excessive daty as to make their price half as much again as {4 ought to be. This is the tomptation to froud, and the €0 to 70 por cent loaves a large morgin for "§t. Tho salories pafd tho Custom-Honse underling officlals aro not large enough to render them suporior to tomptation, and genecrally too small to socure tho sorvices of oxports who onnnot be de- ceived. Ignorance aud collusion open tho way to the frauds for which the universal popular demand and largo margin of profit bavo prepared both imporiora and consum- ers, Applying the samo line of argument to all classes of imported nrticlos which aro in universalusoandon whichoxcossive dutics are chargad, it {s nat difflcult to understand that tho duties could be roduced one.half, yicld tho samo amount of rovenue, and savo tho publia sorvice from systematic corruption. The Becrotary of the Treasury may run down and punish tho chief ofenders in thoe frauds lately exposed, but Congreas may provent to o largo extent their recurrence by removing tho temptation which always exists in exces- sivo duties. THE ARMAMENTS IN THE LEVANT. Now that war is almost inevitablo between Russin and Turkey, tho question of arma- monts becomes one of extraordinary in. JOHN ¥, TRACY, There is a tomptation to writo of Ar, Jomx F. Tnacy o if his death had beon an- nounced, and in the sama spirit aa an obitna. ry article would treat of a citizen who hed occupled eo consplonous a place beforo the public. Tho disaster which hos overtaken him is worse than death coming upon s man in tho enjoyment of all his bhonors, richly enrnoed; thero is probably littlo left to Mr, Tsicy’s lifa but tho mechanical process of breathing, With his position, foriune, phys. {cal honlth, and mental vigor all gone, he ia 80 comploto o wreck that there i little left for death to take. We say it in the kindliest spirit. For a coupls of years'it has beon nn open socrot that Mr, Tnaoy has boon suffer- ing from a portial softoning of the brain, . which, along with other diseases, hiad ren- derod him unfit for business. Il went to Europe in tho hope that rest and hange would restore him his health, iut for somo months pnst his frionds have had him under a sort of sur. veillanco, convinced as thoy wero that he ‘was scarcely capablo of caring for himself, and apprehensive of somo calamity overtok. ing bim through his own indiscrotions. He remained Prosidont of the Rock Island Road only nomfuslly, and his recent heavy lossca in Now York stock-gambling rondered his definite and public rotiroment necessary to the intorests of tho rond. Joux F, Tuacy was one of the railroad ploneers of tho West. The Rock Island TRoad was construoted under his supervision, and ha has been the chief manager of {ts in. toreata up to tho failuro of his health, His large wealth was mainly acquired, howaver, in stock apeculations, aud ho was known In Wall strect and thronghount the country as ono of the boldest, shrewdeat, anl most wuccesafal operators, ranking with Vanpen. 1T, Daew, and Gourv in the magnificence of his schomes and tho fearlérsngss with which ho attacked anylsrge bull or bear movement, Mo has in hls time run many a succeasful corner in stocks, and has morcileasly **squeozed ™ those who were op- posed to him, If the failure of his last pool had ocenrred while he was in full pos- souslon of his health and facultles, ho would liave been entitled to no particular sympathy, for ho would only have boen beaten at his own game, played by him for yéurs despor- atoly and without scruple. But, In view of 1ho fact that he went into this operation with impaired faculties, and eluding tho vigilance of hisfriends, it is only proper to regand his mlsfortuna with the same pity thad one fecls in contemplating a disaster that overtakes lunatic who escapes from tho asylum, Itis intimated that Trior's large fortuns, csti. mated ag high as $3,000,000 and $4,000,000, bas been entirely swopt away. This msy bo exaggerated, but in any case a large part of it hau disappearod. It is mot likely that ho ‘will live long to regret his loases, and wo be- liove that he has no immediate family to sufler from thom. Tho idea that Kexxxoy & Co. or anybody elsu in Wall stroat should sue Mr. Traor for ‘what is left of his wrecked fortuneson ac- county of unpald marging and unsettled transactions in the Iate stock pool, is simply outrsgeous, If there aro any suits growing out of the affair, they ought to be reversed, and Mr, Tuior, or bis friends in his behalf, onght to sue for recovery of money taken from bim by persons who knew he was not 4n a it condition to transact businois. - We “think his case Wustrates more strikingly than any previous experionce the utter heartless. zess of tho stock-gamblers,” This plunder- ing of & man bereft of his senses is ou a par with the act of any dishonest card-player ‘who cheats @ drunkon man. It is a species of robbery, and if it be & fact that Mr, ‘Ina0Y’s mental condition is o distracted aa torost. Loaving out of considoration those European Powers which may bo ultimately dragged into the war, what is tho strength of those nations and provincea that are im. medlately interested and must take one slde or theother? Wo have vory recently givon tho strength of Russia from official sonrces. Her army numbers 1,500,000 men, of which one half {s used for offensivo and tho othor Lalf for defonsive purposcs., Tho urmy of "the Houth, which haa 8o long been concon- trated at Kischenev, and is now, if reports may bo trusted, ncroas the Pruth on s march towards Roumanis, numbers 260,000 wmen, The army of the Caucasus, which will attack on the flank and has only a fow woak battalions to oppose it, is 150,000 strong. Tho roserve corps on the Austrian side numbor about 150,000, and thers nro abont 800,000 moro troopastationed at various points that can be immodintely brought into actinn, beon mado of the 'Purkish army is 700,000, The highest estimnto that has aver but this fs without doubt greatly exsgger. ated. The most competent military author- itios state that the maximum of the Turkish fofces i botwoon 250,000 and 800,000 troops, and that thoy ara scattered over wide arcas, It is avidont that in cnse of war her troops must be so coucoutrated to moot the power. ful Ituusian ormy of tho South that no ro- sistanco can be offored to the Russian army of the Cancasus, or to tho inevitable gravita. tion of Greeco and the Sclavio provinces to tho Rusalan side. ‘Thero aro other provinces which must toke part in this great contest,—Egypt, Tunis, aud Tripoli, which will. be likely to glve asalstanco to the Sultan ; and Roumaula, Bervia, Montenegro, and Greeco, which will in all probabllity ally thewselvos with Rus. sin, 1t is only possible to make a rough es. timute of the strength of Egypt, but it has beon calenlnted that the fighting strength of tho regular army is about 60,000, with 144 guns, the resorve 30,000, and an frrogular force of possibly 60,000 more. The force that could be supplicd Ly Tunis and Tri. poli, conslsting of regular and irregular troops, called Korouglis, descondants of the old ‘Furkish Janissaries, is very small, not amounting to over 18,000 very poorly armed men, The military forco of Ronmania conslsts of the standing army and reserve, tho torr- torial army and reservo, the militla and tho National - Guard, and rural levies, 'Tho standing army is orgauizod upon the German plan, and armed with Prussfan guns, both iufantry and artillery, It fs probable that Rownania ean places in the Seld nearly 70,000 men, and keep them up to their full strength dariog a campaign, leaving behind sufficiont troops to perform tho ordinory military dutles of the country. The Bervian army, although it suffered greatly during the Turk. sl campnign, has been reorganized, and, although it 18 very inferior in fightiug ma. terial and badly armed, it could probably mouster 100,000 mon. The Montenegriny, who'are a raco of warriors, wake no profes- slon of a military organization, and yot huve never boen defeated by the ‘Carks since the outbreak of the present Belavic rebellion. Thoy can furnish a contingent of 10,000 of the bravest troops in Europe. A corre- spondent of the London Z'inws recently gave the following acconut of thulr system of war: ‘Theiv method of fighting Is perfectly well known, and conslats of retiriug to their mountain faat- nesscs, aud laylog weste the couslry, 1 the atrongth of the foe s Overwhelming. When they are sufiiciontly numerous to fght, they hide the greater part of their force beblud rocks or In cav- eros, sccd outa fow skirmishers to cntice the enemy Into the ambuscade, and then fall on him swond fn haud. Ur they will shoot him down from safe amubuscades lu the hills a4 he marches through tho ravines which are tho avenues from one part of the country (o sauthes. 1f the persistcnt courage ‘ and energy with which theso mountaireers have fonght for their tndependance during & Jong serles of years were not enongh to show thelr chi ' 8 proof of thelr warlike spieit may ba found In the saying of the friends of the family whén & boy la born. They bless him with this spocch, '* May he mot die in his hed " Groece, althongh sn {ndependent Power, will undoublodly be an ally of Russis. Sho i3 wenk from a military point of view, and probably conld not muster moro than 20,000 nien, althongh she professes to have an army of #0,000. The troopa are poorly armed, and have no organized traln or trained sanitary troops. Tho statemont has also been made within s faw days that there exists o seerot treaty betweon Russia and Persin, bat it is hardly possible that Persin will fignre In the war, farthor than to take ndvantago of it for territorinl acquisition. It i hardly necossary to consider the naval foroes of Turkey and Russin, Tho fleat of Turkey is tho strongest, but this is not to be o naval war, The contost will bo fought south of tho Balkan Mountalns. Russin and hor natural nllics can placo in the fleld first and last 1,700,000 men, Against this enor- mous force, placing the Tarkish army at ils highest estimato, the Porto can Lring nbont 000,000 men. Accepting, howaver, the low- er estimato, which is the most likely to ho corroot, it can muster a little short of 500,000 men, There can be but ono result to such an encounter, in the event that the other Pawers do not interfero—the utter collapso of tho Turkish Empire, THE S0UTHERN LIBERALS, There ure indications that tho Boutherners who proposo to brok awny from the rbid, fire-cating, bulldozing Bourbon Demoerata with which thoy havo beon identified in the common stroggle agalnst the earpet-baggers, bat with which they have had littlo other sympathy in common, will naturally take to themaelves at tho outset tho name of * Lib- erals.” The namo is appropriato in South. oru politics, and suficiently oxplicit, They will not be Domocrats, nor act with the Democratic party, tho moment the color.line shall be dropped ont of politica. They can- not well call themsclves ** Conscrvatives,” for that title hns been misappropriated by the Southern extromists -as a contradistinetion from the **Radicals,” na thoy lave hereto- foro desigunted all Republicans. Thcy may not be willing to assumo the ngmo of Re. publicans at tho outsol, and it per- baps would bo impolitic for them to do so; euch are tho projudices and such tho influonce of tho extromists At tho South that thoy might soriously im. pede the political proselyting that is to ba done. It wonld be difficult to revive the old ond almost forgotton name of * Whig" (though & large part of the now Bomthern Liberal party will bo composed of the Oll- Line Whigs), becauso that title hoa no longer any applicabls slgnificance in American pol. itics, The name of * Liberal,” as contra- distinguished from Bourbon, however, will bo approprinte and attractivo. It will carry with it the promise of a comploto sevoranco from the extremists and bulldozers of tho Bouth, snd bo a pledge of guaranteelng the rights of citizenship to all without -dis. tinetlon of color, race, or previons condition. Thera aro thousands upon thousands of lib- eral-mindod native whites throughout the South,—Unlon men before tho War and pa- triotic men since the War,~who ‘aro hostile to the bulldozers and flre-enters by naturo, tradition, snd intorests, nid when ¢ Liboral”, shall become a political term that designatos such hostility, they will gladly sasume it and’ enrry out its epirit, ‘Thero 18 nnother renson why ¢¢ Liberal " Is & proper and desirable name under which to organize the now party movement in the Bouth, It will render the ultimate alliance with the liboral-mindod Republican party of the North in national issues an ensy step, for the sllianco will Lo with the liberal eloment of tha Republican party, as representoed fair. 1y by the Prosidont and his Cabinet, sod by tho vast masses of intolligent, fair-thinking citizens who Indorso their policies and polit- cal opinions, The allianco will be opposed by the implacablos uuder the lead of such men as WeNpxLL Prrrres, who has already coma out 08 thelr spokoaman, the displaced earpet-boggors in tho Bouth, and a class of rabid, machino politicians overywhore who have no other knowledge of possible issue in public affaira than the display of the ‘‘bloody shirt.” It would not be gurprising to seo some of thesa implacable maligoants go over to tho ultra Domocrats, whero they can hate togethor, nnd in the consolonsness that thore will bo' no congenial placo for them under the new condition of things which aims o estab- lish reconciliation and good will. Buch an occurrence would not ba any moro romarka. bla than it was for Bzx Durwxs to hocomo a Radical Ropublican after. voting fifty-four times for Jxrr Davis in the Charleston Con. vontion just preceding the Rebellion, Ex. tremes mest in politics as in other relations of life, and it is botween tho two extremes of fmplacables ‘that tho Bouthern * Liborals" Lopo for tho salvation of thelr conntry and happiness of their poople. With tho carpet. baggors out of the way, tho South has only to fear from the Bourbon Democrats and the irreconcilables claiming to bs Republicans, It {s absolutely cortain that tha new polit- ical departuru at the Bonuth will assure alto- gother more complete protection to tha ol ored people than they havu over enjoyed be- fore. To roverse the old adnge,—United they fall, divided they stand. With political division aniong the blacks, which has alrealy boen sccomplished (o a conslderable extent {u South Carcling and Loulslana, the colored voter will have assumed a political inde- pondepce that will render his vote valualle and assure his rights and his protection, Ifis votewill no longer be o matter of courss,— 1o bo giveu to a certain imported clique un- less bulldozed out of it,—but will be as un. certain a8 the white man's, and to be so- cured by protection, conciliation, oqual rights, and feir treatinent. Both parties will seo this and mct upon it in their own inter- ests, The old Bourbon Democrats will got wowe of the blacks, but the *‘Liberals ” will secare the gredter proportion of the colored vote by reason of the greater confidence they will inspire, and the common intesest of Dblacks and whites in the penceful, economical sdministration of local government, educa. tlonal adyancement, and the material pros- perity and progress of the country. Oune great issue will be taxation aud disburse. ment, and the blacks Lave found out by ex- perionca that it s not in thelr jutorest to support the tax-eaters as against the tax. payers. This will be equally true after the Democrats shall Lave supplanted the carpet. baggers, and the Liberals begin the ight for reform,—not on & sectional basls, but on the ‘busineas baais of self-protection, ——e The roply of Turkey to the Great Powers of Europe can lardly fail to imprees the ruader with the sublimo impadence and arro- gance of the Turkish Govercment. 'Though ‘Turkey is tho most despotio of all wmodern Govaruments, it nevertheless stands in dread of the mob, and the mob fnt Constantinople iz A mob of religious fanatics who would as goon destroy their own Governmont, if it +woro suspected of treachery lo tho faith, a1 thoy would opposa OChrislian crusade, Tho religious faction in Turkey hold their alleginnca to the Government subordinate to thoir devotion to tho faith, and no Bnltan or Minister could successfully withstand the fury of this fanatical mob if the least con- cession were made to the Christian Powers. It is woll known that tho power of tho Torks in Europe has only continned during the last half century by the forbenrance of the Grent Powers, or, mora properly sponking, beeauso of tho jealousy of those Powera of ono anothor. - England hias made the pro- tection and preservation of Turkey her policy, conaldering that the Integrity of Turkoy was esgential to the safely of Dritish supremacy in the Indies, Therd bLis not beenn time for many years when Turkey could reslst an nggrossiva war Ly Russia. The Empira of the Turk has exiated by the sufferance of Europe. In the face of these notorious facts, the lottek of the Turkish Ministor Lo Anstria, England, Russia, France, Gormany, and Italy, is a specimen of inso- lent deflance which has rarely over been equaled in diplomatio controversy. Im- perinl Gormany counld hardly sssumo such 80 oxalted tone of power' and of insulted majesty ; nor could England or Franco ven- tare to speak so indiguantly in behalf of outraged civilization as does \T'urkey in this lattor to tho combined Powery. — T\BITUARYJ, 1033 WINANS. L 3 Tho dlstingulslicd lnventor and machiniat, IRoss Winans, died at nnlumnm\,on the 11th {nat., at the age of 81 years, For lh‘{ty years he was proprictor of the Mount Clalrg shops, at which the locomotives of the Baltimoke & Olilo Railroad are butlt, and was the Inveptor of, many of the avpllances now used in loconiotives and cars. The beavy frelght engine known as tho *Camel's Back " was bis inventfon, and ft 15 nlso stated that he was the original inventor of the railroad coach as now constructed. Dur ing the War ho was an ardent Southern sympu- thiser, ond was a member of the Maryland Leglslature when that body was put under are rest by order of Gen, McUrentaN, He Invent- ed a steam gun which he attempted to semi to Harper's Ferry carly fn the War, but It was captured by the Union troops and brought back to Baltimore. He spent large sums on his bhonse and grounds in Baltlniore, whers ha had & very extonsive con- servatory, and whers ho has recently been putting up what he Intended should bo the largest organ in the country, Ho was st one tima largely interested in raflroad bullding In Russla, whero he amassod o largo part ot his fortune, o leaves two sons, both of whom have acquired much notorioty in connection with the WiNaNs clgar-steamer. ANDREW UALLIDAY DUFT, Anpnzw HauLpax Durr, whose death was announced by eable a day or two sgo, and who wrote over the alignature of ANDREW HALLI- DAY, was a very skillful English playwright, who wroto o large number of clever dramas, among them **Littlo Em’ly,” the most success- ful of the many dramatizations of * David Cop- perfield,” and * Amy Robaart,” which he adopt-" ed from ** Kenilworth.” ITo has also produced “Love snd Money,” '“Daddy Gray," * Check- mate,"” “Tha Fortunes of Nigel," and ** Martin Chuzzlowlt.,’ o was also cogaged for many years as a contribator to tho Morning Chronlele, tho Cornhill Magatine, and AH the Year Round. Tho New York ZVmes says: *‘Ilo was a geutlo- man of very genlal manners, well known to the Journalistic professlon, and was much respected by all with whom he camo {n contact. e Jeaves brother fu this country who bears tho family name, and.who Is, or was not long ago, employ- od ln the Chicago Post-Office."” . OBITUARY NOTES, Among other deaths of prominont persons that have lately occurred are those of * BiLy Anp," avoted humorfst of Georgls, who con- tributed very frequently to the papers of At-. lanta, and achleved more than o local reputa- tion; of tho Very Rev. Faunas FaciLg, formerly nssistant of ths Buperior-General of thoe Chrls-, tian Drothers, who was tho father of .tho Cheistian Brothers of the United States and Canada, and superintended the schools In Ameriea from 1848 to 18615 of Field-Marshal 8ir Jonu Fonsten FitzazraLp, of tho British army, who cntered the force fn 1703 when only T years of age, and scrved fu Spaln and India with great distinction; and of WiLLiax Woob,: the well-known New:York book-publisher, who catablished the Medlcal Record and Amerlean Journal of Obstetrics, and was oue of the found- ors of tho Mercantite Library. ——— . The allezatiou that PACKARD holds the ofico of Governor of Loulsiana by as good a tltle as that of Prestdent TIATzs, is st once falveand abe surd, " The Congress of the Unlted States can- vassed tho Electoral vote, and declared R. B Haves President of tho United Btates, xod the ‘wholo Amerlean people instantly acqulescyd In thedeclsion of Congress. Tho Constitution of Loulsiana commauds the General Assembly of that Stato to canyass the returns’ fur Governor and Licutenant-Governor, which duty the Leg- islature bas not yet pecformed. The memburs of that Legislature have never met together, ‘They divided on the first day of meeting into twq rival factlons, ncither having an une disputed and lawful quorum, and both have since then been engaged in passing biils unlaw- Iully; cach fuction has declared a datmant for Guvernor and Licutenant-Governor, and set up a Btate Government; each has made appropris- tlons, and levled taxes, and consumed taxcs, and for three and a half months have remalued fu hostlle antagonism, Tho Fedoral trocvs wera ordered by Gen, GraNT Lo keep oue faction from cutting the throats of the other, and so they re- main to this ' moment at o dead-lock, What Prestdent faves hias been endeavonng to effect is, first, to have a lawful Leglslature organired out of the rival factions; and next. for this law- {ul Leglslature to canvass tho votes for Gove ermor according to the provisions of the Cousti. tution of Loulsiana. When that i done, hic whil recognize Pacxanp immediately, it he be tho successful candidate; sooncr he cannot. B T — ¢ Tho Albany (N, Y.) correspondent of the Graphie, i bls letter of April 8, in relatlon to theinquiry into llfe-insurance iuatters, makes this statoment—(tho Gruphic has boen pliching fntotlol. . companies gencrally)~about Mr. H.J, Funoeu, of the Charter Oak; The feature of to-day's ezamination is that of Huxny J, Fuusen, who bas explained his con. nection with the Gusrdisn Life, the North Ameri- ca, and the Churtor Qak, Including tho couditiou that o foand those Companies I, how kv recor. crod and saved to the Cumpany tho property of McCoar, ou which tha former Prendent loaned arcondng the sttmpled plea of uiiry of the law In_refgrence tu collustun i oring of trust funds, explatning tbe tranaactiona of the Mavrisws resl calate wnd other poluts that the Commities touched npoa. All tuls was dona in s full aud frank & manuor tiat it satiafied Lho Comunlilee and those In stlendunce that If there auy dishonest insurance ofiicials, Mz, Fumssn wau uot one of tho namber, Even Mr. Moak, the connscl of the Committcy, who hay becn pxceedingly incredulous ail the way througlh tho examination, scenied Lo bo satiafied and cone Vinted that Mr., Punnzu was scrving tho loterest of the policy-holdors in tho Companfes with whlch ho s councected. e —— Josxru C. Fosras, an old playwright, actor, and manazer, who has led a very eventful life, died fu New York a few days ago in his 73d year, He was born fn Edinburg In 1604, aud fn bis carlier years was an actor, Iecamoto this country in 1833 with Cooxz's Lowdon Circus, oud, after a sbort seasou, weut go Cinclunat] and cutered {nto pastnership fu the clrcus busl- ncss with Joux Kosinson, with whowm bs ro- malned until bankruptey separated them. o then went to Phlladelphiaand produced Lis own vlay, “Tho Nalad Queen,” with Buntos, Uuag- LoTTE Cusuaan, and Neams {nthe cast. Afters wards he put * The Enchaytress ! on tha stage, with Pyzen aud Caxorixx Ricuines asstare In 1833 ho entered Into s partnership with Gen, Ruros Wersitin the clrcus business. In 1349 they took the old Chestnut 8treot Theatre and ranitnyear. To 1850 ho rented the Pittshurg . Theatre; in 1856 was with Lrwis BAX®R in Jonx Batrs’ Natlonal Theatre in Cinelnnatl, produce fng “horse pleces,’” and in 1851 took a traveling company through Pennsylvanta and Ohto, and prepared for the O Bowery Theatre *‘The Monster of 8t. Michacl.” Ile alto bullt the Cremorne Oardens In Now York, snit was ong of the managera of the Chatham Street T; Among his later spectacular plays ara *Thy Beven Dwarfs, *Tho Twelve Temptations) “Lalls Rookh, and ** Ahmed.” Even at the time of his death, when past 70, he was busy constructing new plays and spectacles. e had been married threo times, and was tho father of seventeen children. e The Women's Chiristtsh Assoclatiofi s a come bination of Chicsgo ladics who hops t0 oceuny the same sphere of usefulness In their relations to tho women of this largo city which the Young Men's Christian Association holds to the men. There is nothing roformatory about the ormanieation In the ecnse In which that word [s usually applicd to nssociations for the benetit of women. The purpose {s to open up cheerful, Christian associations to the large class of girls and women who live {n tho city without imme- diate familles or n homo such as true women reqard it. The Boclety has established adise pensary, which has already extended medical 3id to many who nceded it. It has also rented two houses—~Nos. 751 and 753 Wabash avenue— with twenty-eight rooms, which Is Intended to e a Woman's Home, whero domleil snd board can be procured At tha lowest prices, with proper assoclations, reading-room, ete. Thirtcen of the churches have undcrtaken to furnish thirteen of thesa Tooms, and other churches have volnnteered to furnish other rooms in part.. It bas occurred to ithe ladics in chargo of the Assoclation that,at [thls moving time of year, many persons will find erticles of housshold furniture, whether of ’lho kitchen, dining-room, or bed-room, which ‘u\ny want topget ndof. Sent to tho auction- \shons, those articles would bring but & small re- turn, while they may be made to serve an excol- lent charity by contributing them to the Women’s Christlan Association to nelp furnish tho home they are establlshing. Those who ean spare houschold goods of'any kind will do good work fn disposing of them alter this suge poation. ' ————— It was n little cheoky for Mr. GRonax W. 8x171, one of the prosccutors nzalnst the Park Board, to complain of the publleation of the 4 Missing Link* lotter in Tne Trinune befors {ts presentation to tho Insestigation Commitice. Mr. Kavzs hit him a centro shot when he asked Bsurm how {t happened that a whelo eolumn of lettors and telegrams {n his posscssion got Into tho Jufer-Ocean a day in ndvanco of thelr sub- mlsslon to the Committee, where they worc als- torted and printed out of connection orsequenco for the express purpose of smirching: fnnocent persons. Burrm dropped specchless at Kavnxs' fuestion, as it fashed through Lis mind who it was that gave away tho letters bafore the Com- mittes had secn them. & e ———— The New York ZEuenlng Iost gravoly au- nounces the performance of Vzroi'a,'**Don- Carlos” in that city *for the first time In Americs.”” The announcement would not be remarksble wers It not for the fact that the New York papers are continually makiug such blunders. - **Don Carlos' has ‘been given fn Chieago, and many other operas announced for the fizst Himo In Now York. Thero seems to be an Impression in tho minds of New York crities that no work can be given In’ this conntry until 1t has been given la that city,—an impression of which they should divest themselves. e Tho Detroit Lost takos back its allegation that Tax Trinuxne intimated that Chicago jour- nalists “ playea it *, on Brother Moopy. This evidence of contrition warrants tho withdrawal of the vigorous language on the part of Tua ‘TriBUNS which brought the Pust toa senso of its lost conditlon. Thereis nothing llke put- ting these matters plaluly, sothat sny offending nowspaper man, though a fool, suall ‘not err thoretn, There fs work In Detrolt for Moopr todo. Itspeoplears * s doat as o Post” to ordinary cvangellcal appeals, e —e— And now Friend Broadorim s after the care pet-baggers, A delogation of Quakets from Virgiola visited tho Presideat ycsterday, re- questing that noou but natives ehould bo aps pointed to office fn that Brate. Thia will make the bag-men of the ‘Bacred Bofl exceedingly fcw aud Quaker. The Friends think to give outaiders the offices ‘‘is an Injustico fo tho natlvo Virglalans entertaining Repubilcan prine ciples,”” In this view they will bo waramly sup- ported by native colored asplrants. —et e e . A gentloman fust {n from Springfield Is (ndig- pant o rogard to tholass of tho Pust-Ofilce by the proprictor of the 8prinzfield Journal, He puts it thus: ' If any Republican Is cntitled to the offico on political grounds, It s, Col. PmiL- rips, He consented to run for Congress in the district as a forlorn-hope candidate, He ivorked 1ike abeaver, and only succeoded In Increasing tho Democratic yots nbout two thousand.” e PERSONAL. They trled 8 market woman In Daltimore last week for belug & common scold, and acquitted her, ADaltlnore man flattencd his bullet againat the forehead of anothor Daliimoro man whom he was trying to kill. » A TPhiladelphia schoolmistress punlshed sn urchin, Urchin's mother cowhided schoolmistress, and ls now fu jall, A sclentist says that oystors bave digestion, Yel 1t may bo asked whether o high-toned and churche golng Bhrewsbury bas ovor buen known te scold bl ‘wite Lecause she didn't put enough lquor futo the stew.—llerald. The Boston Zerakilamenta that the pratty women of the city would uot go to the Oid Bonth ball. 1% soya there was not one strikingly beaut!fal woman 1n the whole assembly, while of dumpy and scrawny womeu there were many examples, : Tho 8t. Louls Republican has discovered' that Diniae has robbod Morton of the leadership fu the Republican ranks, and thal,. in the coming cam- paign, Disloe will command the advance and More ton the rear of the ** Rodical army," Ablel P, Pileld, the Water Register of ‘Came bridge, Mass., sloped about & ycar sgo wilh $20,000 of the munigipal funds, Last woek Le was fonnd keeplug s litile candy store In Brooke Iyn, and living undet the name of George Frost. A man never knows just when he is mlsslnga golden opporsunity, Willlam M, Evarisac one tiuo had & chance to_be Sccretary of alifs-lnaure ancy company, Hedldnot fmprove his opporia- nity, and see where ho 18 strandod now, —ffgukeye Hayes ducs not ind the Presidential path one of voses, ‘The othor evenlng Dr. L. A, Etchlson, of Baltimore, inveigled bim Into the Jibrary of the ‘White Itouse and, befors theuufortumats man could cscape, the Doctor resd to bim the whole of a originsl pocon. — ge. As the King of Denmark psssed s batcher-shop, & fow days ago, & hugo mast!® eprang upon his tiny whito sat-torsler. The King dofcnded bls dog, sod the butcher, not kuowing who It was, started for the King, when be was stopped by & police-conatable, who explainod matters, : As Moutgomery Queen's clrcus pasved through Ban Prancisco rocently, 3 keeper of the snimals atood in s cago occupled by a llon, lonecss, and tiger, ¥or some time he wanaged to keepibe brutes apart, but finally they rusoed at each otber, and In tho 8ght the keepor was badly tora. Apeculiarity abost {ho Bt. Louie fire was the buruing snd charring of human bodles beyoud s possibility of dentiflcation, whilp toe clotbing wil loft aluost dntact, Maouscripts and lotters, too, were fusnd univjused near tho remalns of bodles ol which four-8ftha aro popuiszly supposed Lo by waler. A Jersay octogensrian, Qecrge Vrcsland, follin love with Mary Harrison, s buxom wl . They wure engaged to bo marrled, but Vreeland failed 1o fultil, and Mary ated him for breach of promlsc, 110 gave ber bonds, conditioned Lo pay ber $40,000, 11 aho would let up sud promisa ngt to publlsh bia lebters, aad then dled, and Mary has brought el sgaiust the execatose 1o colloct Lhe money. Therd fs tall awearing oo the trisl, which i convulslng the social circles of Beszap -