Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 21, 1877, Page 4

Thye Tetbmre, TERMS OF S8UBSCRIPTION, aamn. WY MAIL—IN ADVANCR~POSTAGR TREPAID AT TIIIS OPPICK. 1 Ny Fditfon, posipaids 1 yesr. ¢ BanrEanen, potpaes Malled to dny sddress four 1 Bundsy Kditfon: Litersry and Rel { g Bhee ‘ 88¢ 2.50 ifi“m {3 tpald, 1 ye: 3.3 * oatpald, arts of -yrrlr, pz"rl‘nflnl{.. +50 ' WEERLY EDITION, FOSTPAID. Rpecimen coples pent free, and mistakes, be rure and zive Poste ), including Btate and Canaty. Remittances may be made either by draft, express, , Fort-Office order, or {nrexiatered Jetters, at our risk, 7ERMS TO CITY SUBSCRIDERS, Dally, delteered, Sunday excepted, 38 cent per week. Dally, delivered, Bunday included, 30 cents per week Adiirers . THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearbos sta.. Chieago, Itk TRIBUNE BUILDING DIRECTORY. . Rooma. Occupants. i 1. CRARTRR OAK LIFE (Insurance Dep't.) 2. TO RRNT. 3 GUSTIN & WALLACR, J, T: DALE. 4. DUEIER WATCH-CASE MAN'F'G CO. * 5, ROBDINS & APPLETON. . . € TO IENT, 7. HENRY LUEBRER B. WM, C. DOW. A.J. BROWN., W,ROBBINS. o, WRIGHT & TYRRELL. 10 CHARTER OAK LIFE (Loan Dep't.) 11-13, PAIRCHILD & BLACKMAN, 14:15, JAMES MORGAN, R, W. DRIDOE. 18, IENRY R. SEELTE. W. D. COOPAR. 17, M, D. HARDIN, . 1819, . K. PEARBONB & COv 20, TO RENT. 21. 0, L. BAGIN & €O, 22, ABSOCTATE RDITOR. 23, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. 24, MANAGING EDITOR. 25, ASSOCIATE EDITORS. 28, L. G, RAIILR. 27, W. J. DARNEY & CO. = 28. WILLIAM BROSss. 28, I ¥, NORCROSS. J. A McRLDOWNET. 0. REDPATH LYCRUM DURRAU. 31. COMMERCIAL EDITOR 22, W, W, DRXTER. 22 GRO. L. THATCUER, /A, ¥, STEVENSON, 35, NIGHT EDITOR, 38, GITY EDITOR. *_Offices tn the Bafldy 3 g oflding o rent by W. C. DOV, m——— ey AMUS EMENTS, New Clileaxn Thentre. tr Clark street. between Lake and Han ‘s Mttt " Khieruoon and eventag. dolfhs By Tluveriy’s Thentre. ‘_Randolph street, heiween Clark Engagement of Mrs. Ontes’ Eugilsh * ¥rincess do Trebizonde.” Aft lrfl.dc !g!:ll;. Opera Company. ternoon and evesfag. Mumeum, Monroe street, betwoen State and Dea ., Vaude- il A Aoveiy. " Atieraoon sad cTeRDE o DMeVicker’s Thoatre. Madlson street, between - Dearborn En‘rnwnlol F. 6. Chanfrau. and eyeniog. and State. **Bam," Afternoan Adelpll Theatre. Mouroe street, comer Dearborn. Meadow Mamacro,* noon and evening. “The Mountaln Varlety entertaloment, Afier " BATURDAY, APRIL 91, 1877 | CHT0AGO MARKET BUMMARY, The Chleago prodace matkets wers unsettled snd very Irrcgular. Meds porkclosed 156 p¥r brllower, at §16.30@15.35 for May and $15.47%@15.50 for Jane, Lard ciosed hic per 100 Ibs lower, st $9.00 for May and $10,02}¢ for June. Meats wers steady, « Bt5¥ceforloosashonldars, 73¢c for doahort-ribs, and He for do short clears, Highwines were qulet, st 81,0715 per gallon, Flour was actlve snd highor, Wheat closed 3ic fower, at $1.45Y for Apzil and | 81,408 for My, Corn closed 1yc lower, at48%c for April apd 40%c for May, Oals wero %o Jower, ot 303¢ for April and d7Ke for May, - Rys was firmer, at 8lc for May and 80c for April. Barley closed 2¢ higher, at70c for April, Hogs wrere active and unchanged, sclling at $3.20Q £.00. Cattle were active and firm; ssles were'at $2.50@0.12%. Bbecp wera steady. Ono hundred dollars In gold would Loy $100.50 in greeobacks at thaclose. Groenbacks nt tho New Y'n;k Gold Ex~ _change yeaterday closed at 933, The BStraits of Mackinas aro now fairly opon, 8 propoller of tho Northern Trans- + portation Line having passed through with- out trouble yesterday, 1t will now be in onder for would-be Post- masters to indulge in a little self-gratulation. Tho old custom of snnouncing appoint- ments of this character sovoral days beforo the commisslons wero made out has be. becomevery troublosome to President Iaxzs, 88 it has givon tho many patriotio rivals of the lucky ipdividuals an opportunity to try and convince tho President of the woful mis. takes ho has made in not appointing thom. selves, Horcafter no appointmonts wift be announced until the commisslon has sealed the contract. . A Vienoa dispatch purports to give the substance of a copy of the Russian war manifesto transmitted to Princo Cnanres, of Roumania. Init tho Czar declaresthat, aa the natural protector of the Bclavonian nations of tho East, ho has been compelled to ob- tain by forco of arms the pratection which ‘has been refused through the obstinacy of the Porte, and that tho war is not one of conquest, but will, cosse aftor these regults havo been securod. Another dispstch, after confirming the nhove, Is to the effect that Ruesin will occupy and hold Roumania ns & guarantee for tho exccution of the re. forms demanded, fuviting the other Powors 1o take part in the occupation, and disclalm. ing any intontion to acquire territory perma- nently, The selection by Mr. Buaw of Mr, Foun. TiIN a8 temporary Spesker {n the Illinols House yesterday proved the direful spring of woes jnnumerous to the friends of the Eye and Ear Infirmary on Peoria and West Adawms strests, After a number of errors by the Chalr, tho ordinarily captious became disbolieally cranky and terrible, and through, the whole afterncon tho masters of the orgy hung upon the unoffending institution, as upon a peg, & horrible agglomeration of fan. cles, the romorseless creations of disap- pointed men habituated to adjourninent at Fridsy noon, and turned after that hour to cold and {mplacable mizanthropists, intent only upon pulting beams out of the poor In- finpary, and waking a hopoless maniac out of tho Bpoaker. As to the amended Cook County Commis- - siouers’ bill, we are content with the smallest prospect of relief, but aro by no means hope- ful that it will be afforded even in the shspe proposed. In its present condition, the bill legislates nono of the Comnmizsioners out of oftice. 'The terms of five Commissioners ex- piro next fall, and the bill provides that five successors ghall be elected ona general ticket by tho county at Jarge, and to Lold office for one year. In that case, the terws of ten ' Comumissioners would expire a year from .mext fall, and then the county would elect ten mewbers on & generul ticket for one year. Two years from next fall, the term of tho ontire Board would expire, and "then und thereafter every year all £f- teen Commissioners would be elected on a general ' ticket, If this bill can bo passcd, tho people will endeavor to protect themselves, though, in that event, it sy bo pearly two yeans before the taxpay- era can sucure the control of the Board. But 4 thio election. ‘| of all the Btates of the Union, wo feel no assurance that even the present bill can Le passed. It looks na though a ma- jority in the Legislatare are fnclined to ig- nore the Cook County delegation snd the demand of the people of Cook Connty, and prefer to listen to Catskin Kzimwzy, Com- missioner McOarenzy, | County-Attorney TRouvntree, and Lobby.Agent Goopzry; whother or not these gentlemen have con- sonted that the bill may pass, we are unin- formed, but ita success or failure scems fo dopend upon thelr concurrence. Se————— The order for the removal of the troops from their quarters in the Afechanica’ Instie tuto nt Naw Orleans was yesterday issued by the Prosidont to the Socretary of War, and by him transmitted through the customary channels to the proper officers. The troops will ba romoved at noon of Tuesday next, when the policy of non.intervention in Biate affaira by the United States Government will have been complotely fulfilled. By that timo, judging from present indiea- tions, sl somblance ¥ a contest between Nicworrs and Pacxarp will have dissppeared, as the latter has already beon deserted by the larger portion of hissup- J porters. Gon. MoMiLuax yesterday took hiis soat in tho legal House, and Wainuorm will join the legal Benato to-day, and commence his pipe-laying for the Bonatorship, belng encouraged to hope for a sufficiont Demo. cratio following to give him the control of Tt is the misfortune of Benator Bramx in hia present attitude of hostility to the Ad- ministration to have his name connected by yumor with all sorts of extraordinary and ab. surd propositions having for their object tho embarrassment and annoyance of Presi- dent Hayss. A Californin dispatch gives the | outlina of & schoma, of which Mr, Brame is the putative author, to bo brought forward ‘in tho Senata at tha extra sassion, having for its purpose the roopening of tho Eloctoral question, and providing for a Court of Arbitration consisting of the Chiet Justices of the Buprome Courts to decide whother President Hares is rightfully entitled to the office. Itis to bo feared sn enemy hath done this to Mr, Brimz—somo unprincipled enomy who wonld like to croats tho impressfon that the sunstroke of last .gummer produced softening of tho brain. The attempt will fail ; nobody will believe the Senator from Maine to be such an idiot. Y Among the subjeots likely to be brought to the attention of Congross at the extra sos- slon in June, that of American shipbuild. ing is mentioned as assuming prominencs in viow of tho demand for American vessols which would be created by a protracted European war. At presont, our shipbuild- ersaro prohibited by the heavy tariff upon materials from competing with the ship- yards of the Clydo, whereas it is claimed that, with equal advantages, such as would bo obtained by the removal of duties, America conld furnish iron vosscli. st a lower cost than would bs pos- gible for Great Britain, which at present onjoys a monopoly in shipbuilding. Itis oxpooted that Congross will bo called upon for such n modification of tho tariff as will remove the prosent prohibitlon upen this important branch of American industry, provided tho European situstion is such sz to encourage the shipbuilding interest to unite in A movement to obtain tho desired logislation. The nomination of the Hon. Geonor Scnxzmrn, President of the National Bank .ot Mlinoin, to tho Swiss mission (now at the diplomntic grade of Charge d'Affuires), will bo very gratifying to the peoplo of this city and State. The misslon is that filled by Tlorack Rustxe, of Wisconsin, for so many years, and the sppointmont of Mr. Scanxr- DER {8 & racognition of an editorial lion on {lso place, 83 ho was for many years owner and cditor of tho Staats-Zeitung, though he haa aince rotrograded to the condition of a prosperous bank Prosident. Mr. Scunzipxn is o German by birth, coming from Southern formany, we bolieve, and not far from Switzerland, and s conversant with the Con- tnental languages. He hag been a resident of America for thirty years or more, and has becomo n thorongh American in sympathy and attachments, Ho will be a creditable ropresentative of the people, and will main- tain for the Bwisa misslon tho samo excellont roputation for proprlety, dGignity, and cour- tesy which Ilonior RunLee geinod for it Mrs, Hayes has a policy which will meet with the hoarty approval of all classes of the American people. That policy ia tho exclu- slon of wine from all official dinners and en- tertainments at the White-House, The question arosa on the occasion of tho official dinner to the Royal Princes of Rusale, and, in -consideration of the peculiar circum- stencos attendiog their former and present visit, tho cstablishment of the rule for the first timo in their case was omitted, but that houceforth no wino is to be used at any time on tho tablo of the Prosidont, That being tho general ruls, no one can take exceptions. Tho Presldent is of necessity abuolute in the management of his own house, subject only to tho supromacy of the lady of that house, The absence of wine fu the rule of their pri. vato table. No. pervon can complain, Tho exampla to tho country will bo a healihful one. Itisnn exawple that may bo adopted gonerally with great bouefit to soclety, amd the country will applaud the courage which Los mado this junovation upon s long-os- tablished usag it i generally conceded that if our ofiicials guess within §8,000,000 or $10,000,000 of the nctual results of collecting the revenue, they Lave done woll enough, It seowms cu. rlous, therefore, to notice tho Engliah jour. nals ralsing a row and runipus becauso thore was o provpect, o fow days before the closs of tho fiscal yoar, that the actusl revenues would fall short £100,000 of Bir Sravvozp Nourncors's estimate. As it turned out, tho nctual receipts excceded tha estimates by £163,030, but the newspapery still seom to think that the gentloman who wvontrols the Exchequer ought to have made a closer guess. As England rajses about $400,000,000 of revepuo, we should say that even a defl clency of half a million iu estimating g year in advance would not bave been so very dreadful; but Eugland Las a closer wsy of doing business, and also bax an advantage in collecting its revenue from a limited number of sources, sud can therefors comnt with 1woro certainty upon tho results. Instesd of quibbling about the difference betweon tho estimates aud results in collecting the reve- nue, the English journals will do better to turn their attention to the expenditure thero- of, Great Britain raiscs §400,000,000 of revenue, while the Unitod States, with a third larger population, bave reduced the yearly burden to nearly $250,000,000, If it THI CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1877—TWELVE -PAGES. was not for the superior British method of tazation, which largely relieves the senso of boing taxed, the Government would be called to acoount by the people. T THE TAXATION OF OAYITAL. The Legisiature of llinols in 1873, and jta successors since then, imegined they had fouud the long-sought systom of equitable and fust taxation when they ncorporated in the Revenus law of the State a provision to tax every possible form of personal proper- ty, and thus reach, chain, punish, and de- atroy the great enemy of the human race, Capital. More than half the present ses. slon has been devoted to a discussion of the problem whether Oapital shonld not be treated 08 a pestilonca to be ‘oxtirpated by alltbo powers and machinery of Government; and whother a State Government which does not promptly Reek to doliver the peopls from tho presance, growth, influence, and baleful consequences of holding capital should not ba treated as faithless to its trust’and deserv- ing of the seversat condemfiation, Tha prosent Legislature will in ‘all probability docido, as 1t has done belore, both questions in the afirmative. ‘The Revenuo law now provides for tho assessment of every de. soription of vistble or tsngible personal proporty in the Btate, and also— 1. Everycredit for a sum certaln, payable in money or labor, 2. Annultlea and foyalties. 3, The capl tock of all companies. 4. A)l moneys, credits, bonds, stocks, moneys losned; all moneys depodied mnd subject to n&{‘ ‘i‘emnll property in {ransitu. . Tho.end and aim of this law is to roach, and if possible ax out of existence, every dollar of scoumulated earnings. That is the theory of tho lnw, nnd to carry it ont there iz a fesrful inquisition of oaths and ponaltica to compel the bloated capitalists to disgorge. If a man shounld lend to his neighbor $5,000 with which to build a- aAwelling, the Assessor is compollod to hunt down the iniquitons transaction by taxing thie house built with the $5,000, and alzo the noto and mortgage given for tho loan; thus the $5,000 capital pays taxes on $10,000, and the mortgageo v listed a3 one of tho moral Bashi-Bazouks who aro despoiling tho people of their substance, If & farmer needs an sdditioun] horse, but cannot mpara the money until after harvest, and therefore givos his nots for the price,—$100,~—the Assessor returns the guilty malofactors engaged in the transaction to be pnnished,—ons with a tax of $4 on tho horse and tho other with a tax of $4.25 on tho note and interest. * - ‘We have discussed the criminal and fatal policy of this law of Ilinols repeatedly during the last six years, bat the demagog- jsm which gained such a control over tho Granger entiment has succoeded in fnaten- ing upon this Btate this vindictive treatment of crodit and of capital, and so far tho Leg- islature he¥ not recovered from its domins- tion, Mr, Gronae H. ANpnEws, one of the New York Tax-Commissioners, hus, ina serles of letters originally published in the Now York ZT'mes, aud rocently put into _pamphlot form, discussed this whole matter very clearly, While the whole book is filled witlh instruction, we use but onoor two illustrations, adapting them to local mattors, to which we Invite tho study of Honator Warrino and the other gentlemen of the Leglalsture who think that the. maln object of instituting Governmonts among mon was to {ax intangible properly, Tho trae proposition is that the valuo of real eatato is fixed by tho valne of the personal property upon it.' The ownor of five dwelling-houses lives in ono, and the othors ara occupled respoctively by a physician, an oditor, a bank officer, and a lawyer. : To the, ront of these houses iz addod a sum equal to tho taxes thorcon; the rent, including the taxes, is the prodnct o2 the braliis—the por- sonal property of the. temsnts. Bo traced thronghout, the principle holds good that tho tenants pay the taxes, and the taxes are ndirectly taken from tho carnings of their Inbor and their Lraing. Anothor casss 18 whero a warehouso used for storage pays an sunus! tax of $30,000; this whole tax is in fact pald by the porsonal property stored theroin. The sssessed taxablo valus of tha real estato in Chicago is about $145,000,000, ond {ncludos about 22,400 acres; DBuresu County contalns about' 1,100,000 acres of land, and jts taxable value is put down at 10,275,000, Bureau County contalus forty- five times as much real estato as Ohicagodoes, but tho value of the whole is only one-four- toonth of tho forty-fth part of the same quantity of real estate in Ohicago, Bo in Chicago, the land In tho First Ward is moro valuablo than {n anyother, The land fu Bu. ronu Connty isas good as that in Chicago ; Lut the roal estato in this city is made valu- able by tho amount of personal property upon it, while that of Burcau County is of less valus becauso of the comparative ab- sonce of personal property. 8o with respoct to tho values of real cstate in the city; the variations are due to tho distribution of porsonal property. Real cstate fs depondent for ita prosperity not only to the presence of personal property, but alio to its active, productive, snd profitable use. The depression in tho valuo of real estats is due to the decline in nctive business and profit in handling porsonal property. When business declines, employient ceases, wages aro reduced, labor and ekill are not in de- mand. Then tho busineas, the purchases, sales, and profits are diminished; the power to pay ront s curtailed; and rent is reduced or coases; and, us renls are the basis of roal estato valueu, the valucs of cstate decline also, The taxes, therefore, of real estate’in citlos is borne by the traffio in personal property, Every man who visits the city and exponds money tor any purpoas contributes proportionately to pay the {axes. Erery articlo of merchandlso sold in the city coutributes, by tho profit ou the transaction, to ennble tho dealer to pay rent sud other taxes, ''The faot that tho real estato in Chl- cago forms so large a portivn of the taxable property of the Btato is due to the jimmense amount of persoual property brought here, aud Leld here, aud sold here. Drive out or repel {Liy porvonal property, or ronder trafiic in it uoprofitable, and the real estate of Chi- cago would recede in valua to that in districts where less or no business is done, Any law or practice having for its object the exclusion of persoual property, to the extent of its operation bas a dunoging effoct on tho val- ues of all property, As Mr. ANonEws puts it: “The questions of the Lour, thep, are substantially theso: How tokeep, how to at- tract, and how to utilize this life-giving, tax. puying, debt-bearing element, kuown as per sonal property,” An essential itom §n traficand produotion, aud profit and prosperity, fs the employment of capital. Capital can bo easily moved from one point to the other. Patriotism does not extond to the voluntary search for taxstion. ‘That is, men will not1take capital from whero it is profitablo and untaxed to other places where it may be tuxed. Neither will men who buy goods voluntorily seek places whore to the valuo of tho goods is .of conduct, added something to pay the extrn faxes levicd on the capital investedin the businoss. It is true that the law of Illinols, so far as it soeks to tax credit and capital, is a failure, as it is elsewhers, and mecessarily must be, But to the extent that it does reach particu- Inr porsons or particular interosts, it inflicts direct opprossion and extortion on the few. But the possibility, tha legal requirement and threat, the legislative malediction on capital, remain to deter its introduction, and it possible exclude it from the Btale, Innn- swerto the quostion ns to what wera tho hindrances to the ensctment and enforce. ment of an equilable law, reaching all porsonal property, and so distribute the burden as to make it nominally light on all, Mr. AxnRews suggests that three things are necessary : 1, To amend the Constitution of the United States. 2. Toamend the Con. stitntions of all the States, 8. To amend the constitution of human nature, Penusaylva- nia and Rhode Island have no laws for the taxation of capital, or moneys, or credits, or loans. New York and Massachusetts have such laws, and Mr. Wirtaw Mmvor, Jr.; in nn article on the Tax laws of tho Iatter State, formulates the law on this subject lnto n declaration of penaltied and bounties thus : er endearors to promote the pros- husetts by loaning money to bulld hanses, tailrosds, mills, ot factories, or In alding suy business enterprise, he shall forfeit $16 annu- ally on every 81,000 10 [uvested. ¢ any person attempt to asalst the prosperity of this State by investing money in Iand or goode ‘which he borrowa money to pay for, e shall for- felt, in addition to the tax on such landsand goods, the sum of $15 annuslly for every $1,000 so bor- rowed, 1t any person shall bring money or other por- sonal property Into this itate, he stall forfelt $15 annually for every $1,000 20 brooght m, If any person living in Newport (. 1), havlog $1,000,000, bring the ssmo Into Massacl tis, he shall forfeit for such olenlll}&, 000 annually. Increasing the amount of the penalties, thess formulas of the punishment imposed bylaw for bringing money and other persone ol property into Massachusetts would do- scribe the practical oporations of the statute of Dlinois. Owning or introducing money into Illinois to be used in business {s by our law treated s a crime, and is punished far more sevarely than vagrancy, encoursga or wink at that both negroes and immigranta shall ba peoplo cannot sbift tho responsibility npon anybody else, and the Goneral Government, cipation of the slaves, will bo justifiedin purpose of guarsnteeing to the blacks tha ot the cost of so many thousands of lives. ‘We all want peace, but it must be peace in gooh faith that will guarantos equal rights to sll men, A ported {o Michigan, The teformer, Dr. ReY- temperante socicties, glving them a “ white nbbon " to offset the ' red ribbon® worn by the men, It fs pleasant to have an evenneas [n this {neit In the eyes of the temperauce peopls that the women have been overlooked, Thelr pledge should fnclude total abstincnce from opfum, chloval, ete., In all their forms. - It is often urged that women should be allowed to vote upon tho lcense question, and it is assumed that they would, almost “to n man,” oppose the sale of Intoxicating diinks, Tho attompt to brigade them into total-abstinence socletios will e a very practical test of the correctness of this view. Let us sce whether the proportfon of women who will' completoly abstain from the use of stimulants Is as great as has been charita. bly preswaed. It fs likely that there will be morae hesltancy on the subject than would be suspected prior to experiment. Many excellent wouon who avhor the wine-cup would dio in thelr tracks sooner than surrender the right to put 8 “)ittle something " in minco-ples. PSR S U——— ‘The New Orleans Democrat publishes a sorae- what lengthy bistory of onc of A. OigmY Havr's uncles to show that cceentriclty -and puns run In the blood of the family. But there 18 nothing to show that any of his relations ever plundered n city by a 10 per cent levy, and then fled to a foreign country under the thin dlsguise of n mysterjous dlsappearance, There Is no palliation for this man’s crime; and it {s an un- healthy sentiment that undertakes to screen him from the well-deserved censure of the peo- ple. I Mr. HaLn bad all the graces of an Admirable Crtcuron, with the lumor of & Caarues Laupn or a Srpxer Ssirnm, they ougbt not to lesscn by o word the condemnan- tlon which should follow, forever, the man and hispame, It is tine to stop making crime respectable by applause or s allent sympathy evoked by the eriminal’s misery. I¢ Mr. Hann stole (and there secms to be no doubt about it), heis a thief, and & most extreordinary ones and us such, lucky only in his oscape from a deserved {mprisonment, should bo ba considered, MESSRS, RICHOLLS AND HAMPTON, Thero ia littlo renson to doubt that, within o few days, Niouorrs will come into as full possessionof the State Government of Louisi- ana as Haurrox has acquired in the State Government of Houth Carolina. In one senao, this will end the mtruggle; but the ond of the struggle really moans the begin- ning of n rosponsibility weightier than any ¢hat has boon nssumed since tho close of tho War of the Rebollion, It remains to boseen whether Meassrs, Niogorrs and Haseron properly appreciate this fact, and are pre- pared to fulfill tho solemn pledges which they have made to the peoplo of the United Btates, During the Bouth Carolina negoti- ations, Haurron pledged himself repoatedly, by speech and lotter, to a certain policy, and Nicrorrs, in communioating to tho Loulsiana Commission the resolutions of Lis Legisla- ture, has committed himself to the same line Both gentlemon aro obligated in the most solemn manner to assure the fol- lowing poliniss 1. Tho assumption of Stata control inn pencoful mauncr, without the alightest ont- break or a drop of bloodshed. 2. Tho enforcoment of the constitutional amendments and laws of the United Btatea guaranteeing the nogroea their political rights, 0. The thorough pacification of their re- spective States, and the prompt and impar. tint punishment of offendors * against the Jaws, “ 4. The eatablishment of a systom of odu. cation, supported by public and impartial taxation, of which the blacks shall have their full shiare of benefits, In undertaking to do all this, 3essrs, Niom- orrs nnd Hauprow hiave nasumed for thom- selvos and their assoclates to carry out the whole work of reconstruction contemplated by the Genoral Government. It is not to be denied that their plodges in this rogard have beon the chief inducement to taks such steps 88 would give them control of tholr respect- Ive Blate Govornments. It had become manifest that the carpet-baggers had not the power to enforcs the constitutional amend- ments, and properly punish those who were oveor-riding them, without the notive support of the United States army, It was a ques. tion whother the intorferenco of the army should be extended so s to practically polico theso Btates, or whether tho troops should be withdrawn and trust to the South- ern peoplo to enforce that protection of the ‘blacks which the carpet-baggers had failed to secure to them. Tho sfatus guo would only have sorved to prolong ovor four years mora thd strife and contention of the past without helping tho blacks, It waas neces. sary to do ono thing or other,—either in. crease tho army interferonce or trust to the native whites and the plodges of their leaders, Tho formor course was besot with too many difficultiea; it would bhave required an increnso in the srmy while the House of Ropresentatives (Democratic) were refusing to appropriate enough funds to support the force alrendy §n service, and it would have been opposed to tho sentiment and convie- tiong of the great mass of the peoplo. It wna on this state of facts that Presldent Harzs dotormined to venture a trust in the promises and plodges of the other side, ‘Wa do not doubt the sincority of Alossrs, Nicuots and Haurron in their pledges, but 1t rewalog to be seon whother or not thoy lave overcetinatod tloir own strongth. Nicuorrs will have more to contend with than Haueron, for the reason that ho will encounter the opposition of a powerful elomont in the large Oty of New Orleans, which will aspire to run tho Btate, It s rumored that his Lieutenant-Governor, Wirzz, has already placed himself at the head of this ambitious clique, sud such a combination may seriously embarrass Niouora ju fulfilling his pledges. Never. theless, Nicmoris is tho Governor of the Htate, and under the pecaliar lawa of Louisi- ans, made by the carper-baggérs for their own purposes, his powers are so ‘broad that Lio canuot pload any opposition as an excuse for failure, e must fully comprebond the vesponsibility he has assumed, and stand up under it without flinching. Ile must also understand that, while a realization of his promises will satisfy tho North and the country, their failure will deprive his peopls of any claim for copfldenco in the future, and organize a sentimont against them which will be overwhelming and irvesistible, We speak 1a & upirit of friendly waruing. If the new departure in tho Bouih shall resull as Prealdent Havxs and his friends hope and ozpect, the eutire country will approve it. But if, when left to themselves, the native whites of Louisiaun and South Carolina tol- erate thospirit of *‘ bulldozing,” discriminate sgaingt the blacks in their laws, permit tho organization of armed bands of dospersdoes, neglect to punish the asssilants of negroes, ———— 5 Gov. NycuoLLs' letter alddressed Lo the Presi- dent'a Comm!ssloners contalns three Important pledges to which ho aud his supporters will b strictly held hereafter. . Ile says: 1 fec] that I do but speak (he sentiments of the white people of Loulsiona when 1 daclara that thelr Government will socure, drat, a vigorous and eficlent enforcoment of the Tawa,'so that af sous and property wiil be tected; and, should occasion requira it, coed In parson where any dlsordurs ma; the public peace or the political righta of zon, Hecond, the establishinent of » publie educalion Lo be supported by equsl an form taxation upon property, so hat all, without regard to race o color, may Fecelve ofticial advan- tages thereunder, Third, the fosterlpg of Immie gration in order to hasten the developmont of the Rreat natural resources of tho State, re fully sud equall gm- will pro- pledges are inado good, and he will satisfy the whole North; but if they are not, ho may de- pond upou it those he represents will be called to au account that will have retributive justice luit e e—— ‘Thobill making some appropriation for the deaf and dumb children of Chlcago aud Cook County docen’t secm to have met with much favor in tho hands of committecs at Bpriogfeld. ‘Thers scoms to be a wrong impression that this bill fs gutten up in the Interest of some ring. This i 2 mistake, as special caro has been used In framing the bill to make it non-political. It has nothiug to do with the Commissioners’ bill, nor the Englewood Normal-School blll. It stands alone on its own merlts, and this session of the Legislature sbould seo that it is wot neglected, ‘The City Board of Education kuows the necds of ths sclical, aud haa made efforts to got 1t befors our delugates. ———— . The dismissal of thoss poor clerke at Wash- jogton is g very sad officlal duty. But wedo hope that, If they canget on honest Mving other- wlse, thiey will reform and ‘“ewear off" from ever having anything more to do with Govern- ment oftices, A man or woman had better be dead, 80 for na usefulness or happiness is con- cerned, than a Government clerks for the latter is but little less than a burial alive, withan ever-prescut posalbility of resurrection sud ejectment. 1¢ rascalitles continue to be a3 numerons and a8 rapldly developed as they havo been of ‘lste yoars, hell, as originally planned, will have to bo enlarged for the accommodation of criminals. Orthodoxy must be elastic enough to admit that the crop of human villainy su exceeds ex- pectations as to justily elther au Increase in the size of the original penal colomy for the eyil dead, or Lthe obtalnlng of o place fora new scttle- ment. : ———— As to the Regltter it basno defense to make of Auuxy, Itls elther & creditor of ble n debtor,~aud Tux TrinUse, {o adsertiug tust it slmply indulges, etc.—2¢e Moines leglater. ‘Tus TuIouNs asseried no such thiug, Far bo it from us to accusc tho Replsfer of Leloga “creditor * of B, F. ALLEN or any one clse. A statement must bave at least ' the appearauce ot credibility to galu entrauce to this paper, e Comnmissioner AYxRs s an honest man, and therefore has no Influence fn the County Board, He stauds alone, or uearly s0,—a sort of A, 8st~ xuK; soliloquiziugs O solitudo whera are tho charms That vuges have seen {n thy facet Better dwoll in the midst of alsrwms,’ ‘Y'bau grosn in this horeible place. ———————— Col, IxgEnsoLr says thls ustion does mot waut any fslsuds cuncxed. With all due re- spect to Mr. INaxusoLL's oplnivs, we thiok Cuba would make a very pretty charm for Brother Jouathan's watch-chaly of States, Itls very evident that Spain cannot take careof it muck fouger, or keep the peace, tuch less ssy that the Uplted Btates can't llav-ans. e ——ee It s an open secret at the County Commis- sion Ring's headqustiers that (Goonmil has slready received $500 from cach onu for bls sorvices tndefeating the passage of auy LI ve- leviog the taxpsycrs from tho robbery of tbe Ring. The attorney of the Rivg, it 1s sald, also chipped-in generously, e e There are rumors that some of the bondsmen of the late Postmaster of this city ave likely t0 furnish dissolviog views of their property. Af- ter all the trouble wo huve bad lu securing 3 real nlce Government defaulter, it would be a pity to lose what few benefits attach to Lis cap- ture. ———— ¢ the troops ars taken from Packarp, he will probably give over suy attempt to realst Nicuorrs. His posltion then will be somewhat like that of sowe men wrrested by s Bherdf when hae dida’t kappea to bave avy bundcufls aloog. Hesimply removed tho buttoas from intimidation in elactions, or in'any way refuss to recognize the full equality of tho blacks in n politieal gonso and their right of protection, the first to turn against the Bonth will be those very people who have favored tho new departure, and thero will be n " BSolid North” to protest against the breach of faith, Tho expectation is that the race-color line shall be obliterated from Sonthern . politics, and ! the pantaloons of the culprits and told them to fully protected in thelr business, lite, and political afiltintions, If there shall bo a fail- ure torealize this expectation, the Southern under n demand of all the men—Republicans and Democrats—who sustainod the war for the proservation of the Union and the eman. resorting to measures-of coercion for the rénults which wore fonght for ‘and’ achiaved 1A novelty in the temperance.husiness is re- NOLDs, bas commenced to organize women into thing, 'Tho men have heretofore been so prom- - Let him see that the first and accond of these STATE AFFAIRS. ‘The Careless Way. in ;.Whioh the filinois Housa is Doing Business, . forward march. They found plenty of occups- tion for thefr hands holding thelr trousers In poaition; if they let zo and tried to runor fight, then tbe unmentionables would at once become a stumbling block. The buttons will be off PACKAND'S trousers the moment the troops are removed. There is no doubt about that fact, and e will beain to go very slow and careful from 1hat date. ‘The colored membera of the Legislatars in Lousiana do not scem to want a ‘' Mosus? nearly so much as they yearn for su Ainox. ‘The man who will ix 'em up a golden calf the most expeditiously {s the leader who suits them. Nicnors seems to head PACKARD fn this bust- ness, h An Imbroglio Growlng Out of Al lowing the Journal to Go Unread. . % The Blll to Create Another State Institution Hurried Through. il | ee—— e How docs GoopzLt manage to exercise so much {nflueuce over the Springfleld Lsglster in behalf of the Ring thleves? Does he dislde with it? 1f he does, what agency does he em-~ ploy to control so many of the Democratlc members {n support of the plundering rascalst et The House Non Compos l!antfi During the Whole Afternoon. Speaker Shaw Belog Siek, the Hembers Have s Hiy Unigeky Bal 5 How much of the $5000 loboy fand has Festis:wilh Bls N Mmlh. GoonzrLt pald to the Springfeld Reglater for its seryices In defense of the Cook County Ring thieves? Will the Springfield Journal plesae ascertaln and make it known? Important Procesdings in the Masss-| chusetts Legialature, - - ILLINOIS, 4 SPEARER 1AW SIOK. &pecial Dispaich to The Triduns, 8rrixariecn, I, April 20.~Bpeaker Shaw, ‘who has been 1] for several days, svas confngd to , and, by his spooiniment, Re, tain presided as Speak, Mr, 1s sultering from & severs bilio 1breatens to davelop Into typhold NOUSE PROCEEDINGS—A JANGLE. After the journal bad been approved withont reading, Me, Fountaln, In the chalr, ‘atated th the pending order'was Ifouse bl No, aibd Dumb Asylum Appropriation bill: Mr. Morrison ralsed the pofnt that the House bad adjoorned pendiog the consideration of the bill making sppropriations for the erection of an Esstern Insane Asylum, ; e, Holly, Mr. Dunne, and Mr. Easton Inslated that the Journal was corregt. Aftdr the amond- mentlast offered on yesterday had been: voted down, the Speaker had made the customary sn. nouncement,—**If there are no further amend. menta, the bill will be ordered to a third roading,” Mesers, McKinley, Weatworth, Cronkrite, Mer. 7111, Hopkiny, and others malntained that tho bW ‘was not ordered to & third reading, MR, SIOPKINS ,© . - sald he desired to give motice to the friends of the blll that they need mot resort to soy anap-judgment tactics to caery the LMl He did not want sny bilhreported from his Committee (Ap- propristions) paseed fn such way, Every man la the House knew the bill had not been ordered to s third reading. Letthers be fair dealing about this matter, To make the correction Jn dus form, ‘he moved that the vote by which the journal was approved (without reading) be reconsidered, which wad done, and then the entry that the bWl had been ordered to & third l‘tldlflm‘l atricken " out, and further cousidorstion of New Insanb Asy-. Jum bill was redlimed, 2 Even when that was done the House, which i» growing MORE AND MORE SLIR-BUOD In the transaction of Lasiness, actusily ap the Journs] without its Leing read, excopi e eee—— A correspondent of the 8t. Louls Repullcan remarks sadly, ““The world moves and we must move with It," and lsoguldly sugeests that the site of tho lste Southern Hotel should be covered by an opera-house. e — A boy in Bennington (Vi.) dled the other day from swallowlog a screw. The physiclans re- sorted to every method of rellef save the com- mon one of taking out the screw by & screw- driver, | A woman has been appolnted Asslstant State Entomologist of this State. Next to getting married, we know nothing that would plesse a woman more than & chance to get at the bugs. | ‘The bill to reform tho Cook County Board has becn agaln moditicd; but unless the Ring's lob- bylst can be bought off or run off, there {s not much chance for its passage. } ‘The Governmont proposes to make the torch In the hand of BraruorLby’s Liberty fu New York hasbor a light-house atatlon. This will give liberty a ** fush " hand, f Bia Mouru, Chiet of the Pottawatomies, is on his way to Washington, Hebas heard casu- ally that every member of the Cabinet has a big mouth, nose, and ears, f The New York Herald hates the Puritans, It I8 o mere matter of envy. They salled with the Mar-flower; Jamps Gonpox Baxxxrr dida't. ——————— It the Treasury Department sends MuLLeTr to Chicago, the compliment #ill be returned by shipplng B, F, ALLEN to Secretary BUERMAN, ——————— T JAr QouLp secms to be very sugeessful In pulllug down the house that VANDER-BILT. 1iis name ought to be Joy-hawk, et roved Gotting veady for the twentleth century: Ap- polnting a Superintendent for the Yellowstone 5 reckoued fortunate that thore i no reason for im-, Natlonal Park. g any Mgll{enci or crookedneds to 1 bub it 14 nos to bu uvsumed that he is infal- lible, The bill iteolf and tho proceedings thereon ILLUSTRATED MOST FORCIBLY the way In which local tmprovements under the e of public institutions dre scrambled for, Thie lum, in brld.ml&nt be nt Kankakee, o Da- r Chawpalgn, or bal dogen of e ———— ‘The Commissary of tho Russlan army will bave tho beneficlal influence ot Ma's-cow. Will the Post's chatterlog monkey explaln what that editorial did mean? f e e uf mhioh. hEoagh (Lolr Feprotentatives. hpuk - each of which, through thelr représentatives upots PERSONAL, - The door, Joinsd 1o tlin scrainble fof ne locatlon of the aeylam. The necessity or policy of the erec tion of & now asylum not at &ll consldered. Mr, Charles O'Conor has refused to com- pound with Tweed untll he confesses to have mur- dered Nathan, Thero will be no war in the East untll it {s defnitely sottled whether Oshkosh will zemaln meutral or tako sldes. Spotted Tail has cut himeself off from the warlike tribes of tho Northwest, asd now adorns the wigwam of peace. In Mexico thres girls are born {o one boy. —dldany Argus, Late sdvices indlcats that the boy i dofug splondldly, ' Onkoy Tall has started across ths Conti. nent, and the Dute! cry io soguish, **Look owit of dot garbet-bagger!" The Democrats of Now Orloans are the only wing of the party that object to drawlng & Commlsslon from tha Admintatration. A Boston mansger anxious to collect his msurance, has offcred Kate Claxton $100 per night Whether each member could get it for hls town, was tho paramonnt consideration. If the lev!cl for phat was good, he waa for the bliL 1f not, was fornlust it. As for the members oute alde the dutrict desiguated for the location of the new asylum, they were quletly givea to nnderstand it waa none of thelr fight, and 17 THRY DION'T WANT TURIR DILLS KILLUD, had better not mix in, 2 Of the outsiders, Mr. l[cxklnl also had the temerity 1o go in, and he fold soms pratty plsin truths, " lle reminded members that [t was abont aeston to 'm?...dm"f b} pressed -tightor an u’ D spproptistions. The Ncpresentativea of county that had an ** nstitation *' in it came fecling that It was hls first daty to get the bigyess appropriation for that **institutfon." To get it he traded voles and combined with the other Rep- tives ounties ln which were locats: - Tho atrength of tnat Riug in this member folt. Ho did ot want any more countles 10 send Ropresentativea to be ndded tolt. Avpropristions now were sweilsd every year, snd & atop shoald Le put to |t somewhars, TUR DILL FOLCED TUROUGL, But by yrecllel{ ‘the Influcuces tudicated by Mr, o+ tha LIIl was forced through and ordered Hopkl: 1o play in ** The Daughter of the Flames," W ;fi" satoy, it prolies hat tioww atall be ‘ o altimore haa an ambitious slok man who | FECANER, A5, BVOCLS, SUNTR DO O ond A Bae stratchiod ont one 1nch and ax elehih, or elght e o other powers, and be eubject to Iaches and a oneth, which not defnltely atated. Iations, and conditions expressed i n o e o The Now York Bonator nccusod by Tweed | tions and Stswe Keform Hchool, and ta improre et helpiog bim 1o ateal, swears **{n the pressnce | their organizativn and fncreaso thelr sfclency,'s of God " that he Woodin't do spything of the sort, The wealth and population of 8t. Louis bave manifested themsolves In & eubscription of $00.83 as o testimonial to the bravery of thatcity's two firemen. Anna Dickingon has torn the ‘‘ Crown of ‘Thorns* from her bead, and dragged the spoar of the critle (rom her sids, bat she stilt chows sponge of vinogar and spits, 8t. Louls’ ludy lawyer has pasitively re. fused the post, or auy other office, cslculated to dlatract her attentlon from the discussion upon the proposition, **May Couzins kiss!" Anna Dickinson says that she did not abandon the Esgle Thestrs becanse Josh Hart Vicked ber maid, Jocked up her messongers, threats n ber, aud stole her wirdrobe, 5, and the object of sald ] be the eame ae set foi 1o Bec. 3ot ot xaid act. For the purchase of the alte and farm, which shall {nclude not leve than 100 acres, sod for constructing ouildings fo7 the ilinois Bastern o phl for the Insane, and for plumbing, heatlos, R0 for the vantllation of the same, and 8t the sxid bullding for occuponcy snd use there I8 appropristed tho sum of $:00,000 to be pald S0t of sny moneya ot otherwlss appropriated. s herelnafter provided. ‘The bll] also prevides that within ten days after taking effect of the sct, the Gorernor shall appolnt soven Cammissi no two uf wlio! be from the Diatelct, and none that part of the Htal merldlanaud {acinded bal approved April 13, 167 hospltal shal e thirty-nintbsnd An.dl 13 farty-one and one-half parallels of latltudv. (ntuent a8 5000 a8 possible after thelr ap quailidcatio all proceed to hospltal, st such a place 0 time moat sconoiaical Lo the State an ted (o the wanta of the fnstitution, baving re- In the seloction to olevation, sewerage, and R dralngy {ug supply of livi facillty of acceas, (he quality of tbe 201l nad 1he price n’ll'd for the' 1ands bat .’z. uald nd sbundant aad never (i In New Loodon, N. H., ‘““a healthy girl child was born of Mrs. Bdwin Messer, Sept, 3, 1870, and A well-devaloped, lving boy, Jsn, 27, 1677, the births belng four months and twenty- four dsys spart." The Loulsville Courfer-Journal man thus congratulates himself upon his escape from trans. portation: **Evarts wauts only lisersry men for diplomaticagents, Thls {s doubl! got the American humoilst out of the The elght.yoar-old daughter of Willlam Druns dashed upon tho track of the Cincinnatl, Hamilton & Dayton Road, just outalde of Clacla- natl, the other day, saved ber younger brother and slater (rom au syprosching tealn, snd was berselt crustied to death. Abe Rothachild, who wes chargsd with murdering & young girl down In Texas, s the pet of the Lone Star |sdles, who vie with each otherto make him comfortable. If there fs anytbing & Texas woman ad:nires, It Is some fellow who has killed ong of hier sex. Tho urday Revtew conceives the fol. lowing brilllant opinion: **Tbe Kellogge and the Packarde aro uot, perhaps, Commissioners shall nefther aak norv accept, o8 thelr ownsecount or on account of tue Slate, aop r s In taouey, frolghte, lsmdy, or otbher valusble properly &4 & con slderation for the locstlon or choica of wits And a violstion of tiw provision shall be decmed & high mledemesnor, puniebsble by 8us or by ime i nment, or by both, st the discretion of sny bourt In which conviction of the ssma ulay be ob> talngd sud bad, Within ten dl‘l aftar the se-! lection uf & site, the Governor shall sypoint three Frustces fur the ioepital, whi 1l bo & budy cot= Ject 1o the same oles, regulations, cundiil d purpases s uslns now e Truswees whick approv b{ the Qoverdor snd Buard of 18l Charitles, - Bald plans shall be accompasied by speciScations sna by'a dutalled estlmato of the smount, quallts, tion o sil materials and labar requlred for the srection and full corm- pletion of the bulldings rdiog to sald plans, Advertlsement for propozals shall then bo made, sud the contract let ta the luwest Lidder, TUR LAWYERS, . Mr. Woodward woved to reconsider the yote by which the Supreme Court Reporter's bill wst 1ost, Catrled, and the bill was taade ths spacial order for nest Thurs sges from whom they aro d Awny down the centre alsle he saw her, with one {eg thrown over fi ther, and a tooth- plck In ber mouth, Thelr met for the first time, but tbe Rev. Joseph Cook recoguized M Walker, and sbe swiled s he observed, ** stand before structureless bioplasm and & wearlog organlem, " A fuw days sgo 8 New York thle? picked Mrs. Fraucls D, Moulton's pockot. There was consldarable fun wheu ¥rank D. went on the stand. **Your pravious experlonce on the wil- ness-stand ‘qualides you to srirwe,” was Lawyer Molt's observation. **It qualides me totell the truth, eir,” My, Moulton warmly retosted. **That RMERT'S OLAIM LOST. The Emery Clala blll waa tsken up oa second resding. | Y""d" 1ust the Auditor of Publis Accounts sball drsw bis warrsut oo the Stals Treasurer for the sum of $4,117.84 In fsvor of Fellx J. Bumery, which sum be paid to ibe ;lhl Velis J. Buory, and it o ved by himsds eot of all ‘clalms for 5 f Illinois growlng out of & contract mi g sald Buery with the Slate of Illinois for the labor of A1) wnlcuhnuuun‘ 1, 1474, and continulng in force for the periad of olght years. Bald warraut shali be pald aut of say movey In the State Treasury uot otherwlve sppro* kg R Wt i & st to_ v aisbe ying bls say e this; sald it brledy bat sy bu, bub 1 don't know whether 1t 1s ornot,™ | eluquently: Mr. Mott lh;n #ald with strong emphasis, ** Well, m:fl'n *ouku- Twmove $0indefinitely postposs It1s,” and by this time Mr. Moulton's face wes 3 . ! Tm Bushed, and ole volce betreyed hls auger. +¥on | i Meriti—"*What's thatt T'm, pusging Ul will get aloug better if you dgn't make ay exbibi. Mr. Merntbwas informed, aad sdded: * Yes I tlon of you " the lawyer continued, in & bigh | hope that motlon will carry;" and 1§ did, ank Emery claha was bursled.” The bil atiay $47.000 for the complex o bill sppropriating §47, o the tibu of the E&'JL ma'nnmu was ordersd W0 & thled reading. o TUE ENTIRE AFTERNOON SR3810X was occupled in 8 discassiva of the bill mflll’; zlmmhual for tue Kye sud Kar lndrmary st U onutaln, the occapaat of the Chalr, —s mast u¢ gentlumas, but a novice in pasilameatay law, 'auine of bis rullogs on the recopslders® fon of thn Samcume Court, Begrier g, excile o 5 Pk sad Others with Lhe blanders of "the (Continued oa the Kisth Pagey ey, ‘*Tust remark wiil apply equally weil to yoursslf," Aselstant District-Attorney Tusssll suggested. **And toall of you," Recorder Heck- ottadded, e — e GRAND HAVEN, MICH, Bpecial Diapaich to The Tribune. Guaxy Havay, Mich., Avrl 20.—Nr, W. Q. Sherman, proprietor of the Catler House, recelved word to-day from D. A. Ray, press currespoudent of the 11liuols House of Bepresentativ uac- ing the intention of party of about 100 mewbers of the Lesialature tavdend 8 week or two ia Grand Uaven iu'dune, to enjoy the fsbing 5 ate teactions of this cliy,