Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 30, 1877, Page 4

The Tnilbawwe, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. BY MAIL—IN ADVAKCE—FOSTAGR FREPAID . TIIS OFPICE. AT X i Entnrds etvi b weeniy, postpald, 1 PaTte of & year, per month,, WEERLY EDI Postage prepafd. Srecimen coples rent free, Toprevent delay and mistakes, be emre and give Poste Oftcesddrem in full, Including State and County. Remittances may bemade either by draft, express, Post-Office order, of In reglstered lettors, At our risk, 7ERMS TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS. afly, deltecred, Bunday excepted, 23 centa per week, Latly, deiivered, Bunday Included, S0 cents per week THE TRINUNE COMI'ANT, Dearborn: Chicago, lit. Haverly’s Thentre. cen Clark dolph street, hety and LaSalle, Fn"('-“m?nxl",:ll O tho Tchingt-Dernurd Opora Froupe. *Maritana.” . MeVicherts Thentre, i et born _ s '\ “,'-_dx’e'&"en{'fl”nh- Sary Anderson, - GaT Manbers ¥ 4 %3 3 :i Musenm, i Manroe street, between State and Dearborn, Vande- 4 7hile and novelty. Fagagement of Den Thompson. Tenea Whicesan. ¥ 4 Adelphl Thentro, i}’ Monroe mreet, corner Dearborn, *'Tezas Jack fa tho Bisck Hilla." New Chicngo Theatre, Clark street, between Lake and Randolph, Minstrels, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1877 Rice's CHIOAGO MARKET SUMMARY, ‘The Chicago produce markets were steadier Sat- arday, with a fair volume of business, Mess pork cloged a shade lower, at 816,00 per brl cash, and 15316.1715 for June. Lard closod ashade at £10.10 per 100 1bs cash, and 8 a3 ¢ for June, Menta were casicr, at per 1b for loose shoulders, 7%¢ for do short ribe, and B¥4c for do short clears. Highwines were fi $1.10 per gallon. Flour was leas active and firm. ‘Whent closed 5¢ lower, at $1.060%4 for May, and 81,7215 for Jane, Corn closed 1@1xc higher, at G7c for May, and 59%c for June. Outs closed 1¢ ligher, at 42c for May, and 43¢ for June. TNye wan casler, at 0%, Darley was quiet, at 803850 =~ for April, and G%ic for May. Ilogs were quiet and { o cany, ot §5.30@5,70 por 100 Ibe. Cattle were steady, ot 80.50D5.50. Sheep were firm. Ono hundred dollara in gold would bay $100.62% In grecenbacks at the close, e ———— In New York on Baturdsy greonbacks ruled at 933@933. —e Roumanin has comploted with Russia what is designated as a convention to secure the noutrality of the former, but which looks vory like the proliminary negotiation which paves the way to an entire indentification later on of Roumonian with Russian in. ! teresta. :QE‘?, The cloging of the Danubo to the navigs. “1y tion of neutral vessels has had the effect of advancing wheat in London ono shilling a quarter on incoming cargoes. Rusain's nc- ,¥) tion in tho closing of tho Danube is con- 1, strued as furnishing definite ground for tho ¢ supposition that she has effoctod a complote ¥ understanding with Austria. ; The proposition of Germany to assume tho protection of Russian subjects remain- ing in Turkey after the declaration has been . rojected by tho Porte, and the plan of expel- - ling all Russians from the Empiro after a ;¢ certain dato will be adhared to. Germnny's 1% offer was mado in the interost of humanity, I andita rojoction by the Turkish Govern- !, mont will noturally havo the offoct to greatly sirongthen the hatred which the Gormans fool toward the brutal Turks. — Partionlars aro rocoivod of a fearful ca- tastrophe which occurred yesterdsy morning , ob Bontreal. 'The dismantled walls of g i largo factory building which had takon fire & +{i* ‘short time bofore, and upon which the fire- ‘men wero working, suddenly tottered and {oll outward with an awfal crash, burying the lower buildings adjoining in the ruins, and overwhelming a large number of people in tho appalling showor of red-hot bricks, Nino men woro killed outright, and ten were wounded in varlous degrees of severity, —_— Our customary varioty of roligious intelli ' genco i8 presented this morning, and in- cluded a sormon on ‘‘Publio Morals," by- Prof. BwiNa; amost oxcellent discourso by ho Rev. Dr. Hanntsox, of Atlants, Gan., on the ** Religious Future of tho Races of the | Bouth”; nsermon on *“Tho Revelation of * Gop in Nature," by the Rev, Dr. PowzLy, of tho Third Unitarian Church ; tholeave-taking of tho Rov. J, T. BuNpentaND, who is abont I toretiro from tho pastorate of the Fourth [ Unitarian Cliurch ; and an intoresting lotter t; from our Boaton correspoudent deseribing * I’ tho progress of the labors of Mr, Mooy and 1), his co-workers in Boaton in tho canse of p \ religion and tempernn i The strange and unexpocted sunounce- ment conies of the discovery, on the sliore . of Laka Erle, of a body firmly boliaved to be i''that of Mr. P. . Brus, the gitted singer 11 and evangelist, whose death ot Ashtabula 6wu 80 widely and sincerely mourned. A 'iparty of sportsmen found the remaing on the beach about ten milos east of Cleveland, !.and about fifty miles from tha point where +!.tho fatal bridge spanned the creck, and, aftor ' ¥ humanely interring the corpse, to them * wholly ‘unknown, thelr description gave 4risc to the belief that it was in. #dced tho Dbody of poor Buss, for - which, it will be remembered, the most thorough and indofatigable search was made 1 by sorrowing frieuds immediately following .the disaster, The theory is that the body 5 wes frozon fastto s cake of foo and later :wicarried out into the lake, where, with this “-iald to presorvation, it drifted until finally i wushed ashore, If the supposition proves to "'{be true, it will bring consolation to thousands 3 “of hearts to rdclaim and Inter with suitable 1 "marks of affection the remains of the man so ¢ ‘widely loved and estoemed. ; i 1 ] I [ ——— . The packers and produce merchants of the Board gf Trado have appointed a Committes f thei ing men to confer with the rail. 20ad people relativo to the discrimination | vgainst them made by the recent increase of ¢ ! mtes on fourth-class freight. Tho phase of ) } iha subject to which this Committea ought to {21 rive it special attention is the practiceof the -ailroad officials putting their heads together very fow weeks and orderig & sudden aud 4 wbitrary change of rates in some one or # }'moro of the different classea, This practice {ijw entirely wrong in principle and unjust tn l\&; t8 oporation. Nomaa who buys for shipment i ¥an conduct businesa inteligently, owing to b heconstant uncertainty of rates. If his judg- fz 4'aent forecasts n rise and he buys, tho railroads 7 me suddenly swallow up all his profits by 13 aising the rates, and not only wipe out his rofits but cause him to make a loss where 10 was entitled to 8 gain. The Committes i §awht remind tho railroads that, it they do ¥ SRRy, e % THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, APRIL 3). 1877. not abandon this pernicious practice, the ro- cent decision of tho United Btates Supremo Court enables tho State Legislatares to com- pel them to do what they ought to do of their own notion. The plan of investigation favored by Sec. retary Bienatax in conneotion with the cus- toms frauds in Now York is nn excellent in- novation upon the nseless secrocy which has usually attended such inquiries. Mr. Snen- MAN proposes that the taking of testimony by the Committeo shall be in the largest senso public, believing that the printing of the reports by the daily press will hava the effect of cnlling ont and suggesting the proffer of valuablo testimony which ofher. wisa would not bo renched. There nro few official fnvestigationa that wonld not be more successful with fall publicity than with the Star-Chamber privacy that is so popnlar among commissions, committees, and publio officera gonernlly, THE CAMPAIGN IN ASIA MINOR. It will be well to receive the Turkish dis. patches announcing victories in Asia Minor with tho usual discount allowed to accom. plished liars. The news of Russian repulses at Kars, Ardahan, and Tchorukson, with hoavy loss, comes exclusively from Constan- tinoplo, and is therofore to be distrusted na ‘braggadocin intended to havo an effect upon Westetn Earope in the early atages of the war, If thero hns been any fighting at all, it has probably been in the natare of skir mishing with the Russian advance, and not with the main army, which ia still in the vi. cinity of its base at Erivan, on tho River Aras, and not at Batoum or Tchorukson, which are on the south cosst of tha Black The objective point of Russian attack is Erzeroum, goutheast of Kars, the possession of which wonld com- mand the wholo of Armenin and tho sonth’ Bes, near Trebizonde: shoro of tho Black Bea, A brief deseription of tho country now oe- cupied by tho respective forces will give the reader o olearer iden of the military opora- Armenin {s divided botween tho Turks, Russians, and Persians. It extends from the Caucasus on the north to tho moun- tions, tains of Kurdistan on the south, and from the Caspinn Bea on tho enst to Asia Minor on tho west, It is & Ligh tablo-lond, reaching its highest points in the peaks of Mt Ararat, aud its valleys aro watered by tho Euphrates, Tigris, Aras, nod Knr, Tho Russian portion extends south to the Aras, and {s mainly in~ oluded in the Government of Erivan; the Persian sbare is in the Province of Azer- bijan; and tho Turkish in the Vilayot of Erzoronm. The principal Russian towns ara Erivan, Etchmindzin, Ardubad, and Alexan. dropol; the Persinn, Urumiyah; and the Turkish, Erzeroum and Van, Tho locality of tho skirmishing rocently reported from Constantinople is in tho Turkish vilayot north of Armenia and along the cosst of the Black 8en east of Trobizonde, and near the mouth of the Tchornk River. Trobizonde is tho Capital of the vilayet, and is the first commercial port of Turkoy in importanca on tho Black Bos, importing large omounts of graln from - RQussia nod tho Danube, ond commanding tho overland trade with Persia. Erzeroum, the objective point of the Russians, is tho Capital of Armenia, on the west branch of tho Euphrates, about 110 miles southenst of Trobizonde. It is the halting-place of the caravang from Tohoran to Moeccs, and the distributor of tho Trebizonde trade with the Eaat, and commands the road from Constan. tinople to Persia, The Rusalans have fought over the grotnd before, Prince Pasxevircnm having taken it by nssanlt in 1829. Once in posscssion of it, the Russlans will hold all Armenia in their grip, Tho Russian army in Aslatio Turkey, as originally organized, composed o corps of over 100,000 men, commanded by the Grand Duko Micuars, orother of tho Czar, Ouar dispatohes state that the Rusalans are still sending large bodies of troops to swoll his army. The Russians sinco the Crimean ‘War have constructed their roads with refer. ence Lo possible wars in this very scotion, aud their communicatious, thereforo, are now perfoct. Blic has a rallroad running from the Don to tho foot of the Caucasus, and has reduced the timo of travel to two days, Across the mountains she has constructed n fine macadamized road extending to Tiflis on the Kur, through the valloy of which sho has o perfoctly ensy approach into Armenia. Thoe Government, therefore, is within a fow days’ communication with tho Asiatia army, and can furnish troops nnd supplies to it without any danger of interruption. The Turks, on the other hand, haviug but a small army, under command of IHassan Pasma,—small bocause Asia Minor haa al. ready beon comphratively drained to supply the European army,—have no communica- tion with Constantinoplo elther by railronds or good highways, and must subsist off the country, innsmuch as any possibility of communication vin the Black Bea aud 'Trobi. zonde to Erzeroum would bo inevitably dis. turbod by the Russinns, It ia also always to be taken inta account in conncotion with the Asiatia campaign—the probability that Persia is in allisnce with Ruasis, and that, while the Turkish troops are engaged with the Russisns in Armenis, tho Persians, whoso territory oxtends to the very foot of Mount Ararat, can "pour in an army of at loast 70,000 men {o the southward, and at- tack the Turks on the flank. Notwithstand. ing Turkish dispatches of viotories, the progress of tho Ruasian army through Ar. menia esstward towards the Bosphorus to co.operato with the European army is morally cortain. It may be many weeks, even wnanths, but the time will come when the Turks must find themselves driven south of the Balkans, aud hemmed in belween two powerful Russian armics, where thoy will be crushed liko an egg-shell, loaving Russia in complete possession of the Black Sea. —————. BTATE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, ‘Ihere {s now a prospeot that this State will be provided with & comprehonsive and trustworthy Department of Btatistics, It was long siuce ascertained that the Genernl QGovernment could not be conducted with anything like system and frugality without such a department, aud ina proportionste dogree the informatjon collected in the State will be of value not merely to the State Goy- ernment, but to all the county sud munic. ipal governments within the State, The House bas alroady passed & bill providing for the appointment of a Commissioner of Sta. tistics, in which it is to be hioped the Senato will concur, An active, energatic, and com. petent officer can, under the terms of this bill, speedily make up an acourats state- ment of all matters of publio concern that would assist materially in restraining the extravaganco and thieving of officials in cer- tain, communities, and form the basis for reasonable and impartial taxation. ‘Tho dutics of this Comumissioner will em. brace the collection of & cowplste exhibit of the tazable valuo of all real aud personal property, tho asscasment and collection of 6eats, or demanding theirresignations if thoy taxes, and the amount and form of all State, county, township, and municipal indedted- noss, ns well as the purposes for which it was contracted. This is information which it is of the utmost importanco that all legislative posed (lnt he has agreed to mileage rates which give the Philadelphia and Daltimore roads the sdrantage in order to get mora ad- vantageous loeal rates on his local busi- ness, but ho s thus allowing a proc- officials in the Stato should possess, and yot | tica to grow up of shipping tho there is no means nt presont of even approx- | Wostorn produets ta Philadelphia and imating the different sums which the cities, | Baltimore, nnd buying the return towns, and local governments have sccumu- Iated on the doblor side of their ne- counts. The collection of the compnrative statistics in edncational, indnstrial, commer- cinl, sgricultnral, minoral, and ranitary con. ditions of varions parts of the State will be of *enough public and private benefit to largely overbalance the expenditurs which it will be necessary to mako in ordor to procure the information. No person in a private ea. preity could mako up such a record, which will bo of valuo in history ns well as for the pregent, but this bill provides a ponalty for the refusal on the part of any publio officer tofurnish the Commissioner with the nccurate information for which ho may apply. Iili. noin should long since have had a law of this kind, but it will comd better now than later. freight from thosa cities, which is anre to be, and hins alrendy baen fonnd to be, scrionaly detrimental to the business of New York City and the throngh traflio of the New York Contral Railrosd, The injury to Chicago consists in thus indircotly encournging nu- merous small competing pointa to the §onth and SBouthwest which the Pennsylvania and Ballimora ronds rench by their Bouthern con~ nections, : If Mr. Vaxpgnninr has faith that Chiengo's interests and his interests are idontical, which his jndgment and experionce certainly ought to teach him, then the obvious policy for him Lo adopt is to insist upon a common throngh rate from tho West to the seaboard, Ho should establish longitudinal parallels,— say Ohlo and Michigan in one district, Ili. nols , and Wisconsin in nnother, Towa and Minnesota in nnother, tho States to tho west in another,—and-say plainly to tho rival ronds}* * You shall not carry grain from any ono " of those linos running north and south {o your terminus, mor reo- turn froight from your terminus to any ono of thesa lines, at n lower rte than my rond earries it." It ia on this foundation that the business of Now York, the permancnt trafiic of tha Now York Central, and to a largo oxtent the con- tinned growth of Ohicago'a trado, rest. The very ndvantages upon which we congratu- Iatod Mr. Vanpenoizr in opening this friendly ndvice enables him to take this POz sition and maintain it in tho ond. If com= pstition should become so rife that all the roads would earry grain for nothing, the re. sources and advantages of his road would onnblo it to hold out. 4ho longost, If rates were put down so that tho Contral would moroly got the cost of hauling it freight, tho other ronds vould haul thoirs at a loss of 15 or 20 por cont. . Buch is tho difference in the rolative obstacles to bo overcomo and the relativo facilitios for overcoming them. The fight would nevor have to be made moro than onco, if indeod his rivals would fight at all. His advantagoe in grade and tracks out- weighs thoir advanco in distanco, and they would have to submit. It is by this polloy that Mr. Vanpzaoizr conld most practieally atteat his interost in New York and Chicago, and in the welfare of his siarsholders in the long run, E——— ABSENTEEISM, From the tima the Honso reassembled after tho clection of United States Senntor until the publication of the nbsenteoism at roll-call in Tne Tamuxe last woek, it had only been in session abont forty days, during which tho roll was called 201 times. Therefors the Timen chiarges falsoly and maliciously whon it says **Tre Taiouxe allows its readers to draw the inferonco that Jomy Ssrrm, absont at roll-call fifty times, wna nbsent fifty days from the Legialaturo.” When the readers of ‘Tre Tamunz saw that Omaxnen of DoWitt was absont from roll-call 72 times in 201 calls, and that * Catskin ” of Cook wns nb- sent 80 times, apd that Cartoxy of Morgan was absent 10t times, and that Javea of Tmke was sbsont 68 times, and that Morn1s of Hardin was absent 93 times, and that Prxxer of Will was absont 70 times, and that Monmsox of Christian wos absent 114 timos, thoy conld not supposo that oach nbsence from roll-call meant n day. Oarrox and * Catskin " are mean enough to do almost anything, but it would puzzle them to bo absont 104 and 80 days respact- ively in n term of only 40 days, Tur TRinUNE mennt just what it said: that the businoss beforo the Ilouso was embarrassed by chronic absontecism; that mnny members wero in the habit of skedaddling on Thursday or Friday and not rotnrning until the follow- ing Tuesday or Wednesday; that others ab- sented thomselves for wholo weoks withont good excuso or proper renson; that ona ob- Joct they had for such rascally neglect of duty was to .force ,8n extra session on the false protenso that the necossary business could not bo disposed of this aosalon; that thoy drow full pay while thus scandalonsly aud fraddalently noglecting tholr publio duty, All this wns true; but Lefore tha exposnre of absontesism appearcd in Tuz Tainuxz tho “‘faithful few” who remained nt their posts sont forth n telographio dispatch Inst Monday morning to the peoplo denouncing the skulking absontocs, and calling on the people to hold public meatings to pnss reso- lutions ordering ‘thom back to their vacant e — THE S0UTH PARK INVESTIGATION, ‘With tho arguments of tho attorncys the investigation of the Park Commission hns closed. Thero was hardly any ‘person In Chicago who did not foel an interest in tho matter, and all wero anxious thht if thoro hod been any rascality in the record or pros ceedings it should bo mado public and the guilty brought to justice. Thero waa cnough disclosed during tho investigation to show that the wonderful rumors and extraordinary charges mado against tho Park Commission. e1s originated in the schemo to compol tho Board to purchaso at five to ton times its nctunl valus what is known as the Duxnzvy- Covertoun swamp land. That waa the fnspi. ration of the nccusations; but it is likely that the combination intended that tho investiga- tion should be moro of a threat than n sub- stantinl inquiry. The Loglslature and the Committeo, howaver, had no stock in the Corxnoun-Dunrevy schemo, nnd therofuro proceoded without roferenca to any aid which that job might dorive from the inves- tigation. 8ufliclont, however, was dovelop- ed to show the enormity of that swamp-land schome, of which the public have beon so uearly mado tho victim. Bevoral minor quostions wore examined and satisfaotorily sottlod. Among theso was tho caso of presenling a $16 pony to a boy, o son of one of the foromen; anothor that a refused to roturn, No maudlin, swashy apologies of the Times or abuso of Tue Tniounr's reporter can wash out this condemnntory dispatch sont forth by tho colleagues of the derclict dodgers, Al proper and logitimate ronsons that members can presont for absenco at roll-call, such s personal illness, or illncss in_ their families, or absonce on commitico work, will be placed to their credit, and they know it; but it is not thers whoro the shoo pinches thom, and the Z'imes knows it. In nn editorial in yestorday's 7%mes—not the ono defending nbsontocism of logislators, but the ono abusing them therefor, in the sama {asuo—is this paragraplh : Public oficery are often fond of calling thom- selves public servanta in the presence of thelr con. cortain man milked a park cow, and tho milk was taken by somobody alse, and tho Board of Commissioners did not get tho money, Jonn McOarrney, had also a number of gravol contracts, on soma of which he made monoy and on others did not make so much, 1t hina beon shiown that somo nowspaper pro- prictors own cortain land in Hydo Park Township, for.which thoy paid large prices, and which they would be glad to sell ata losa, but which was in no wise park propor- ty, nor the result of any ‘““option” or any discraditablo denlingswith Park Commission. orsor other persons. Tho adoption of tho Park act in 186 waa carried by the popular “hurrah” in favor of the mensure, and not by any system of bribery or ballot-box stuff. ing. Al these important scandals wero, we assumo, disposod of eatisfactorily, Howover, looking at tho facts even at this dato, when the land taken for tho parks is of comparatively low value, and when holders of contiguous lands are desirous to sell and thera are few purchasers, the Commlusioners, it must be admitted, pald protty heavily for ot lonst three piecos of land, At tho en. trance of tho Drexel boulovard to the park, and at tho ontrance of the South Purk boulovard, thers wera puarchased from JacxsoN and oxone two blooks, It is admitted that there was more land bought from them thrn was needed for the drive. ways, and that the prices paid wore large ones, Tho answer {s that tho Commission. erg ncedod more land than they had in order to obtain a sufficiently wide entrance to the park; that the ownars kaew their necesuity, and, focling thoy had a ‘‘cornor” on them,, would not soll less than an ontire block at each ontrance, and demanded extor- tlonate prices. 'Tho portions of those pur. chases not necdod by the park may be sold off when that kind of property again bocomes marketable, Neverthless, wo think the price pald was too great, and its payment should Lavo boen resisted, even it the grand entrances to the park had been de- Inyed. 'The other plgeo of ground for which the Commissiouers, in the opinion of most people, pald at least o very liberal price, was tho strip takon from the end of tha tract of 3Ir, Joux WxnTwontx for a boulovard, The Comuissioners allowed him some §26,000f0r a strip 160 feet widv and a quarter of a mile long, containing about five acres, leaving bim a boulevard front that long, and deduct. ing only $5,000 for benefits to the whols eighty acres. He received for his strip of land $18,000 net, with the boule. vard fronting the “wholo longih of his tract. -The benefit might well Lave com. pensated for all the laud taken. A result of this bad bargain and improvident purchase was, that all the othor owners along that westorn boulevard have been demanding a similar price, snd Mr. Wxxrwonts has been complaining because the Couunissioners have not gono on and complated the extension. The Bowx¥ busincss has resolved itsolf into a question of responsibility or libility, 1t is admitted that Mr. Bowxx drew park money from the deposit bank in New York upon his chocks signed a8 Presfdent of the stituents. Now scrvants, whiother in a high or fow capacity, would be discharged If they neglected tholr dutics as public officers do, The neglect of dutles by public officors adds greatly to the expense of any Government, whether it Le Natlonal, State, or Municlpal. Tt also oxerts o most demoralizing mnflaence on all classen of employes, The dally running expenses of Congross or of n State Logls. Jature are the same whether n quorum {s present or. not. Tho smaller the anmberof membera present, howaver, the longor the scaston will he, In the Colonial days, when & member of a leginlative body could not be prescnt, -n sabstituto had the right to wceiipy hls acat and deaw hls pay for tho thne ho scrved, Perhaps a rovival of this practico wonld havo a tendency to make mombers moro pitnctual and attentive to Lusinc: A WORD WITH MR, VANDERBILT, Mr, Wituass IL Vavpenpier, the Pasha of the Now York Central Rallroad, has taken advantage of a briof sofourn in Clilengo to hold o conversation with an entorprisiug re- porter of Tur Tuinuxe, in which ho said many graceful and complimentary things about this city and ita onterprises, Wo aro disposed to roturn tho compliment. B, Vaxpenniur is o very creditablo son of his father, has shown much wisdom in the man. sgemont of tho'vast intercsts under his care, and has control of one of the grandest BYs- tems of milronds known to the world. The advantages of his railrond are very marked as compared with thoso of tho competing lines, 1lo Lias double and quadruplo tracks whore his rivals have only singlo and double, ateel ralls froquently whero they have ouly iron, While the othor trunk MHues run up grado and down, traverso ravives, tunncl mountains, wrench aronnd ourves, ex. baust conl and wear out stock, his rond runs as stralght os the crow flios, it avoids hills and valleys, it prefers stralght to crooked ways, and for o large part of the distance traversed its locomotives have little elso to do than overcome the friction of the wheels, A atriking instanco of the admira. ble condition and advantageaus construction of Mr, VanperoiLr's voads is furnished by the time record of his own trip to tho West, o large part of which was mado at about the rate of a mile » minute, Mr, Vanprampr bas just cause to bo proud of all this, and should mako the most generous uss of his advantages for himself, tho sharoholders of his Company, and the interests with whish o and those ho represents aro in sympathy, Mr. Vaxpeesirt, presumably spenkiog for his Railrond Company and New York as well &8 himsolf, was good enougl to ssy: **'We look upon Chicago's interest as our interest; o6 ghie prospers, we 1ust of nocossity share in Lier prosperity.” We think Mr, Vanpes. BiLr is right, if he is in earnest, but wo have differed with him in his methods of ap- plying this sentiment. If hethinksthe inter. esta of Chicago and of his road are ideatical, thon he i certainly wrong in committing himsolt to any polioy which operated detri. meatally to the intereats of Chicaga; for, though ho might enjoy present gain in such & course, the ultimate loss would bo more than retributive. That Mr. Vaxpzanivr has consented to agreements with rival roads which have been injurious to Chicago, ex- perience hus proved abundantly. 1t is sup- Board, and without the signature or knowl- Mr. Bowex was not tho Treasuror of the Park Commirsion. Tha New York bank know he was not tho Treas- urer. All the monoy of the Park Commis. slon was forwardod to the New York Fx- chango Bank for the apecifio purpose of pay- ing tho interest coupons on tho ‘park bonds, The Exchangs Bauk, however, pormitted Mr. Bowex to check the money for other purposes, and his oheoks on thoe park funds that bank pnsacd to the credit of his private acconnt. The question is, whother the Park Commission shall ba charged with Bowex's unauthorized chocks, or whother the Now York Exchange Bank which honored Dow. ' unauthorized checks shall refund the 40,000, more or less, to the Park Commis. slon, The money belonged to the Commis- slon, and Bowex had no authority from tho edgo of tho Tronsuror, Treasurer to chack for it. It was on deposit in the namo of the Trens. urer for the purposs of paying in- ferost coupons. On this quostion of lognl linbility for this money we have had the remarkable exhibition of the counsel for the Citizens' Association devoting thelr zealons labors to prove that the New York bank was entitled to the monoy, and that the Park.Commission, whose money had beon illogally and “unauthorizedly paid out by the Exchange Bank, had lost all claim to the money | ‘Wo do not proposs to discuss the pnrk‘l‘x'r (] merely wish to congratulato. the public on tho fact that noscandals, or frauds, or official indeconcics, suchas tho plotters alleged in Thero may have beon mistakes of judgment, and The wild specula- tion that rah from 1860 to 1873 lifted many clear and cool-headed men off their feot. Bpecnlators in lands and lots lost their wits. Euormous profits wero universally oxpected {from the location of tho parks and bomle- vards, Buch a thing as an interruption to the promised woalth and prosperity was not forescen. Everything was bounding and ox~ this kind, meking evory dny and hour, nnd tomptations nnd offera presented on all sides to mako fortunes, it scoms that {ho Commissionors of that dny woro abla to keop out of frauds and corrupt combinn. tions, to protect the public intercats, and to Then came the pavic, in Beptombor, 1873, The Courts proviously intorrupted the colloction of taxes by upholding the tax-fighters, and the Park Commissioners have struggled along over ainco s bost they could. The promised disclosures of fraud.and corruption, of, gon- oral rascnlity and misfeasance in mannging tho trust, nud the smirching and smutting of character, havo all failed, and the public havo rensonto bo congratulated on the rosult, vestigation at this time in dotail. rumors, have been found to exist, porhaps many of thom. lovely, in an hilarating with Oficially noting atmosphers of fortunes koop their own officinl handa clenn, e A LESS0OK FROM THE CORN-LAW REPEAL. Thirty-six yoars ‘sgo this summer, Groat Britain waa in the heat of. a bitter contro. versy, Thequestion was both political and aconomie, and portained to the proposed Theso wera logislative onnctments involving tho prin- ciplo of protactive tariff, but, unlike our Amorican tariff, providing for the intorosts of the agriculturistsinstoad of the manufac- turors. The aim was tosocure to the British grain-ralscr tho sdvantagoof the home mar. kot 0s pgalnst foraign competition, nnd to do this by a heavy duty on imported grain, or *corn,"” as the English call it. This was accomplished by a sliding scalo of duties regulated by the prico of grain, so that whon the prico wns high in the homo mar- kot, by reason of n soanty crop, the duty ropoal of the Corn 'laws. should be low, and whon tho prico was low, the duty should be high. As the land in Great Dritaln is chiefly owned by a few woalthy porsons belonging to tho aristocracy, and as ita valua for rontal deponds on tho prico of grain, and os Members of Parlin- ment aro nearly always either land-owners or bolong to their families, tho virtual monopoly of the corn market soemed socure. But ngninst it wore arrayed tho in. toreats of the manufacturers, the commoreial classos, and tho poor, all of whom clamored for cheap bread, ns necossary alike for the comfort of the common people, the ability to compete with manufacturers in countries whero food was low-priced, and the support of trade with other natlons, ‘Tho confliot was excoodingly sharp in the summer of 1841, becauso & now Parliament was to bo olected. The publio addresses and debates woro many and earnest; tho pam. phlots and tracts wero numberless. Toli. tiolnns grew eloquont in the public halls and on the platforms at the huntings, while cler. gymen took part in the discussion from tho puiplt and through tho press, on humanita. rian grounds. ‘Tho Conservativoor Protec. tlonlat party earried the day in tho elections, and 8ir Ropent Pren took the Promiership, Bu though the Tories succoeded in scouring 6 majority of the Parliament, the long and ablo preceding d'scussion of tho question at issue had not boen lost npon their shrewd londors. Bearcely was Sir Ropear Pren soated in power than he began to liberalize the tariff; and ero long he introducod and passed a bill which awept away tho Corn laws entirely, +Of 'courso, tho land-owners de- nounced ‘him at first 85 s traltog to thelr cause, but ho soon convinced his ‘party that thelr salvation depended upon his taking that vory course, and ho was sustained. Alore. over, the repeal operatod so favornbly for all tho publio Intoreats, and was solittle injuri. ous whero an ovil effect had most beon fearod, that the excitement died away,.and all classes acquiesced in tho declsion of the mooted question. It will be remembored, also, that Dismarrr used n similar stroke of polioy on the suffrage question somewhat Iater, aatonishung alike his friends and his {foes by introducing and carrying o bill for theextension of the suffroge just after tho Conservatives had won the day ot the polls in apparent opposition to it, Have not such facts a lesson for us? May wo not dgrive from them a corroboration of the wisdom of the course which President Havzs and his Cabinet have pursued on the Bouthern question? It is the duty of states- meun to study the actual situation, and to de- cide npon such measures ns sppear to be demanded by the exigencles of the case, having regard to what is practicablo as woll 84 {0 what is ideally desirable, And ofien- times & new aspect will come out, in tha progress of a discussion or of a political cam. paign, which may well {nfluence the courso to be pursued at ita close. ‘Thus Bir Rosznr Przu saw that, though he had secured a mojorily of the Parlisment, yet 1t had bgen under such explanations and promises, and in the face of such a large, intelligent, grow- ing, and determined minority, as to moke it imposaible long to disregard tho cry of the great cities and manufacturing districts for cheap bread. And he wisply yielded, in tiwe to avoid bitter strifo, aud in a way to socure the advantage to his own party, ‘ruther than to throw the couatry into the similarly ? hns done? Lot ua see if it wore not so, nnce. defeated tho Republicans. rathor than undor Demooratic rule, unreasonable expectations, question is happily sottlo FIRE DRILL AT A 8T. LOUIS HOTEL. ABt. Louts hotel-keeper, aiter giving tho Southern Hotel disaster somo thought, hit up- on anotabls cxpodient, took his trusted em. ployes into his confldence, and chuckled as ho thought of tho immenso success ho was golng. toachiove. About2a.m.on Friday an alarm of flre was suddenly given in the hotel, bell- boys galloped to and fro along tho balls arous- Ing the gueats, a well-tralned brigado of porters flow to tho baggnge-room, the clerks, llke so m’ ny automata, siczed tho books and other con- teats of tho safe, and tho burly head-walter stood at tho top of tho stalrs politoly usherlng the guesats, In thelr varlous stages of deshabllle, towards tho ofllee, When they had all nssem- bled thers the proprietor,why had been anxlous- ly watching thoscene with his watch fn lis and I have come- fort of my gucsts impalrod by o repetl hand, jumped sald; been upoun the counter “Lulicsa aud gentlemen, undesirous of having the tion of the sad scencs at tho SBouthern Hotely which, doubtless, arc fresh In your remein- brauce. To this end [ huve thoroughly drilied my employcs, so that cach one knows his duties fnthecventof & firo breaking out. Of thelr efllciency you have had a sufllclent proof to- night, when in four minutes and seventeen see- onda from startivg the alarm-corps of bell-buys out from tho oflice, tho lust guest—tho fat gentleman from 084, dressed, In an undershirt and a sheet—rolled down tho grand marble stalreaso into tho rotunda, And this has been effected without confusion or accident. Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you, If evera fire docs break out, display the samo coolncss you have shown to-night, and your safety will certalnly besecurcd. Good night. Bless you! As you retire to your virtuous couclics the hiead boll-boy atthefoot of the grand stalrease will glveyou esch a package of cards advertising my hotel, which you may ba desirous of cireulating among your riends, adding your own testimony as to tho cfticloncy of our precautionary system against fi—" Iio was nover allowed to finish the sen- tence, for o transfent guest from Delaware, Ia., fetched him down with a long-range shot with o hand-satchel, and then the whole asscmbly, with s ery of rage, fell upon him, . . , Wo Will draw & curtain over the scene that ensued., ——— A few days ago we recelved a Springfleld weekly papor called The Sangamo Monltor, with an artlele marked “Hon. WiLLiax L, Cuawmonr,” and written over 1t in pencil was the word “publish,” scnt undoubtedly to this offico by the honorable gentleman himself. Tho article is a highly culogistic “ pen-portralt " of the Individual, from which wd Tearn that ho re- sides in Clinton, DeWitt County, and that “as a legislator he 18 a credit to his district and the Btato, and entltied to tho plaudits of his con- stituents.” fle also describes himsel? as ‘a hard-working member of the Comumittce on Fecs and Balarles, Federal Rolatlous, aud Public Buildings aud Grounds,” " and claims that he “has offered various smendmeuts and resolutions.” Ho also speaks of himself as having *demoustrated his studicus. ness, close obscrvauce, and thorough knowledge of what was golng ou, and hias also shown admir- ablo Icglslative tactics in advancing by forcl- ble, eloquent argument the passage of lezisla tion, and by the same means defeating fnjudi- clous mcasures,” etc,, ete. Wo presumc these allegatlons aro all true, a8 ho admits thewn bim- sclf; and we nre glad to learn 5o ruch of the Reutloman, not baving observed his name luany of the roports in connectlon with bllls or meas- urca of public luterest before the House, Tho only thing heretofore known of bim was that fo 201 rollcalls he had absented himself soventy- twotlues. Perhapsthe **hard work ! required of bim on the Cumuitiees on Fees and Salasies and Federa! Relatlous kept bt away from roll-call scventy-two times (n eight or ten wecksof three aud a balf doys’ scssions per week, These aro very hard worked cummittoes, especlally the ons on “Fecs und Balaries,’ s tho mem- bers are obliged to deviso reasons for drawing arma of his ndvorsaries, Did not the Sonth. ern question meot the now Republican Ad- ministration undor Prosidont Haves vory And did not the existing sitna- ilon call nponn man who meant both to snva his party and heal the wounds of his country to do precisely what the President The Republicnus did indeed carry the national election, but by what n slendor vie- tory! Counting up, according to the ofiial returns, a minority on tho popnlar voto, they had but a majority of ono in the Eleot. oral College! Even this was disputed, and was finally awarded only after a dangerous rosistance in Congress, which jnst escaped throwing the nation into anarchy, and by the action of an unprecodontod tribunal os- tablished for the purpose, and whosa dects. ion ngain was' byn party majority of one. Ilore was matter for grave consideration on the part of tha now President and of his Cnbi. not. Tho problom oalled for statesman- ship, andnot for more partisanship. Why waa tho Ropullican victory so dubions and hard. won? It wore not right to attribute it to any one cause; but cortainly a prominent renson in the minds of many who voted ngainat it waa its sceming faildre, aftor n protracted cxperiment, to reconstruct the South 89 nsto placo socicty on n matural and safo basis, to leave politics to davelop thero in a legitimato and healthful way, and to reliove the whole country from n distarb- ing sectional influenco. Tho Civil War had been over for twelvo yoars; but, while the North was engrossed again in peaceful pur- suils, tho Sonth was still hot with passion, oand in a chronio civil war botween the two races onits ownsoil. In cortain States espe- clally—undor thonamo of tho Republican par. ty and undor tho form of Tepubliean insti- tutions, that is, by the support of a black mwajority—n *‘carpef-bag” lendorship had enriched itself at the oxponso of all other in- torests. Ignornuco oceupied tho sent of in. telligonco; pauperism nsurped tho preroga. tives of proporty ; lawa wore passod and taxes Inid to make corruption safe and profitable, Ax on inovitable consoquence, virtual revolu- tion wna the result, and it was held in check from open and bloody conflict only by the armed Iuterforonco of the Federal forces, The American pooplo were determined that this stata of things should como to nn end, ©Ona party or the othor must effect a delivor- Which should do it? Thiswas the renl question which undorlay oll that was sald in tho lnst campaign, and which nearly President Hares, having studied tho situn. tion na involving this problom, had tho skill and boldnosa to meot the exigoney by glving tho needed relicf under the best rathor than under the worst auspices, under Ropnblican To snatch victory from the enemy just as the issuo hangs trombling in suspenso, to savo tho interests which nll good mon have at heart, while depriving bad men of tho occa- sion on which thoy rolied for making trouble, is truo genoralship and statosmanship. Whilo genuine patriots have renson to rojoico, ovon Ropublican partisans should not eomplain ; sinco o disrogard of the practical exigonoy, at thia juncture, was suro to be the worst calamity which could befall the party, At tho same timo, philanthropy roquired that the nogroes should ba at once proteatod, and yot delivered from falso leadership and 8o admirably hos this beon mannged by the President, that the Domocratio party at the South has boon necessitated to pledgo itaclf to guar- antoo tho rights of tho negro to education and to political eqnality. Andso the great 85 per day for even days por week, waen th arcat home attending to thoir private or pr: fesstonal business; and the special pleas Justif ing auch practices that will beat the gencral o murrers of thele constituents takes time f deaw, and requires an order of talent that fe membera of that body except the Hon. W, | CrrAMBER Fossess. ————— Srnsxarir, Tif ..A‘:rud.—Mr.CnAnnnfln 1 ITonse) made a decided hit by offering the foiloy Ing, which was recelved with applause, but e out of order: WorREAR. The yentlan of ournals of the Conatltationst ¢ T e ey e Copttital they i £hat the iamo of 1ho 1o, Jaeren MANILY by fne o bo Técorded mpon saventy.teven mil-cailn 1o 5 gonventlon, which only sat nineiy-fve daye; ther ‘u{fmflghm:za ho ba roqueated to explatn or hare [Sensation and Jaughter. ] Notwilhstanding the raling of the Chalr, ty ex-member of the Conventlon.rises to s plafn* and “correet.” The first explanation | that the rolt was called 423 times, which fact th honorable gentieman from DotVitt Buppresse; and secondly, that he mistakes. the number ¢ failures to vote, which woro 67, Instead of 7 a8 alleged. The journal of the Conventlo shows the following record of the numbe of times the roll was called each month the number of times the party fr questlo; answered, and tho number of timea he falle to vote, The Convention assembled Dec, 1; 1809, and adjourncd sine die May 13, 187, th seasion having lasted five months: Zioll called, Meall voted, Not toling times, tlmes, times 43 « 21 0 23 64 From Baturday, April 23, untit Wednesda, following, he was absent by reason of persona {liness. During those days the roll was calle on Saturday 4 times, on Mortday 20 times, an, on Tuesday 18 times,—total, 87. Deduct thi unavoldabla nor-voting from the total of 67 and it leaves 80 fallures to vote In 423 roll-call in ivs months, And 17 of these were In 1, closing fortnight of the Conventlon, when a over-pressure of committee-work rendered | impossible to be present at somo of the roll calls, That, In bricf, {s the record; and ho ha no apologles to make for It, no matter boy many artful dodgers **applauded the “whare 28" of the honorable gentleman who falled te record his own name 73 times In only 201 call of tho roll in two months and a balf of atou forty working days. He lnughs best whe lauchs laat, ——— It the editor of tho Chicago Times Is reall anxlous to make Tnz ThtwuNe scom to hav done several members of tho Legistature fn Justlee, ho will not accomplish the object b, apologizing and explalning In ono column anc denouncing them for absenteelsm In an adjoln. Ing column of the same fssue. Wnat wo refes to will becomo obvious aftor perusal of whal follows placed in juxtaposition: DEFEXDATIE ABREXTEEN, lumu.x TIE ABAENTREN, From the '{,""” of ApriliFrom the 7,,!:!" of Apri Whatever may ho tho! The presont remston of merlt of the question of the Iilinols Legislamnre abacntecism in the Legia- opencd with almostevery lature, the manner” In'member in hisnoat, They which jt was handled by'ramained at Bprinzfield Tug Ciroano Tninuse till a United Stnios Sena- wasunfar in all casos, Tor waw elocied, when and brutal in many of tho Legislaturo ' took - them. For inetance, it recoss. From that time reports Joux Switi as to the present the attend. absent from roll-call ifty ance has beon amall an times, and “allows Ita wrregular, Apparently readors to draw tho in- the majority of the meme ferenco thnt 8xrvi hon'bors Aad no interest in been absent ml{ days anylhing except selectin from the Legislature,la anceessor to Joux Now, the fact {s, it ia Looax. Thatmattor by 0ssiblo for Suitit fo Ing attended fo, 18v0 heen nbaent from at Ilberll i ny roll.calls, and yctlime where they couls notabeent five dayw froni'seifA (he most pleasurs hisreat, 1tiseven pos- and profit (o themaelpes, bla that SxiTat mug ap- If a bl wan pending in ar to have been abaentirelation to a Penitentiary ifty timea, when he had/or Normal &chool, tha nercrlmennlvn{ from ma‘memheru from the part reat, ‘The roll may Uojof the State thut nn;,e: called five or ten tmes a'ed {o be benefited y 1t day: anda membor may|would bo present tl'the Loont of the city, or in[messuro was carriea or another room. Members defeated, Having satfa- frequently do not an-ified thelr constituenta n awer when thelr namestho mntter In which the; nre called, nmmu*h thoy|wera dlrccllly interested, may be present, Infine, {they would foavo Spring: the number of times /Aol for some more pleas. member may not resnond'ant and leely lotci. A to roll-call 1s no criterlonlit was not very diffical! 48 to tho number of dayaito find auch e place, many ha may baaway from thojof the members lavo Lerisiatare, 'I'hisIs the been of the Btate Caplta) nnfale feature of It. Ofibut a very few days of a courso, Tuwe Tinuxkleession wlilch has been knowa all this perfectly,continued quite too long woll, and know' that ifs'alrcady. publication was a gross, isrepresentation of the facts, —— HENRY CLAY DA%, formicrly of Tows, is the Nasny of Missourl. Ilo writes s letter to tho New York Sun, dated % Robelo Cove, Mo, in which ho saya: Many of us Weatorn farmera bollova that tho present stagnation of hurlness In your city has ro. sulted from the bankrupt condition of the Weat, which Is growing cach year worse, Bo strongly ia thin fecling arawinlz amongz men of all parties, {nat a party of repudiation fAnds many advocates, What do *‘us Western farmers at *Rebelo Covo'" want to “repudiate”? Is it privata debts, or personal honesty, or suap and the bath, or tho usc of finc-tuoth combs? If f1Ene RYCLAYDEAN isn * farmer,” lot him attenda lit- tla closer to ha cropa and his calves, and ho will be relieved of the *present stagnation ™ and the “growing faeling of repudiation,” He that by the plow would thrive, himself must efither hold ordrive, A littleless corner-grocery and a it tle mors hoo and plow whl brace him up oll tight, But fiow will repudiution at *Rebeto Cove, Mo.,” help the busluess stagnation fn New York1 ——— Therols a littlo pap-fed paper publishea un- dor the namo of the State Journal at Lincoln, Nebraska, which i trying by a scries of Jies in regard to this paper to sccuro a notice, It pre- tenastobea Republican paper, It is really a personal organ for a few ofice-sceking and grabbing Nubraska politiclans, It ncyer pub- lished an editorial line ln its lifo which was not inaplred by the hope of reward or a guid proquo for {avors recelved. It prates about nolitics as i1t koow what it was talking about, and sae sumea .to criticlse the courscof Tus Trisun. It is about ns ft for such an undertaking asa monkey would ba to review WasuiNoTON'S Farcwell Address. When it comesto a lvely squabblo betwoen contending Postmaaters i somo Nebraska hamlet, the Lincoln newspaper might bo called in as an umplre to advantage, Boyond this, 1t Is of no account, —————— A reader asks the date of the beginning of tho Twesn trial. Tho first eriminal trisl hegan Jan. 80, 1873, and the jury dissgreed. On Nov. 10, in_tho same ycar, he was found Rullty of {raud, and was scntenced to Blackwell’s Island. April 7, 1875, the civil suit for $6,000,000 waa In- stituted against him. Juno 15 his dischargo from Blackwell's Island was ordered by the Court of Appeals, but he was required to flnd $3,000,000 ball for the pending civil suit. Dec, 4, 1875, whilo visiting his rcsldence with two kecpers, ho escaped from custody, e — Tus Taibuss sald the election of Judgo Srorronp was ‘‘vastly preferable to a Repub- llcan of the KeLLoaa-WausoTn stripe,” and tho Bt, Louls Jispublican, nuoting the remark, obacrves that tho ‘logical concluslon® from this remark is that *tho Democratic fs vastly preferable to the Republican party.” O, nol It merely proves that a conservative, honorable Democrat is botter than & tricky, unscrupulous politician claiming to be & Republican. Thus far wo are willing to go, but no farther. ——— PACKARD bas no harsh feelings towards the Government for removing the vertebrm of his Adminlstration. Ouo! But he is such a thor- ough carpet-bagger that, after trylng to indlct the Administration in public opinion, ko ts will- ing to accept sny fat office that may be conven- {eatly vacant. ————— Tho Des Molncs Register is engazed in quoting {rom the Bungtown Dugle, the Podunk Beaser, and other organs of “opioion® from insiguifi- cant Iowa boroughs, in oposition to Harws. TUo ZLieglater, by thls effort, proves too much; 12 1t could quote from Jjournals of avy circulas -